Court Decision Forces Installation of Sewage Plants
After a long legal battle, property owners along the Little Calumet River and Thorn Creek win a decision before Master-in-Chancery Thomas J. Holmes. The ruling requires Chicago Heights, Bloom Township Sanitary District, South Chicago Heights, Glenwood Manual Training School and Lansing to install sewage disposal plants to treat effluent before entering the rivers.
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Little Calumet River
Indiana State Line
Blue Island
Thorn Creek
Chicago Heights
Forks
Thomas J. Holmes
Wm. J. Lindsay
Superior Court
City of
Bloom Township Sanitary District
South Chicago Heights
Glenwood Manual Training School
Lansing
Nelson E. Oliver
Thornton
Rivers and Lakes Commission
Harry F. Ferguson
Springfield
Clean Streams Committee
Robert E. Downs
Clarence A. Toolen
Walter Haines
Lst
Lindsay
Fitch
Holmes
I. T. Greenacre
Court orders sweeping clean streams relief for Thorn Creek area
Master in Chancery grants injunctions against sewage discharges into Thorn Creek and Little Calumet River, directing funds and plant construction to restore the waters. The Pointer editor and Clean Streams Committee hail the ruling as a major step toward reviving Deep River and Lake Michigan habitats.
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Master-in-Chancery
Thorn Creek
Calumet River
Pointer
Clean Streams Committee
Walter Haines
F. W. Hagan
Harvey
Jacob P. DeYoung
Nick
Margaret Wolf and Oscar Fagg wed in Riverdale ceremony
Miss Margaret Wolf of Riverdale and Oscar Fagg manager of Ergo's bakery Riverdale were married Monday evening April 13. Rev O Larson performed the Swedish Mission church rites attended by only Mr and Mrs Thomas Foster. A reception for twenty two followed at Bergstrom's cafe. The couple will reside at 18755 Illinois Street Riverdale.
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Margaret Wolf
Riverdale
Oscar Fagg
Indiana Avenue
Ergo
O. Larson
Swedish Mission Church
110Th Place
Thomas Foster
Homewood
Fagep
Bergstrom
Calumet Index
Fred C. Baecker
Fagg
Pointer
Illinois Street
Dolton Troop 1 Boy Scout News and Local Events
The May 2 fundraiser banco and card party will be at Lincoln school at 8:00 p m with tickets from scouts. On April 25 twelve scouts hiked to Thornton. they were rainbound but returned safely with help from Mr and Mrs Linard.
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Lincoln School
Thornton
Southern Cook County Bankers Oppose Branch Banking
The Southern Cook County Bankers Federation met at the Elks Club Blue Island with 45 bankers present. Horace Holmes chaired the local group and F G Hudson led the program, including unanimous resolution opposing the Countywide branch banking bill introduced in Springfield.
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Cook County
First National Bank of Harvey
Springfield
Southern
Ivanhoe News Notes Local Social Movements Across Town
Mrs Clarance Crane and relatives return from a 215 mile trip to Davenport. Davenport visitor Mrs Lewis Martin greets childhood chum Mrs Cherem at Crane home. numerous couples plan gatherings in Calumet City Ivanhoe and surrounding areas as residents relocate and announce moves and marriages.
Emma Bacon Memorial Fund Dance For Endowment
The Chicago Tuberculosis Institute nurses plan the first annual dance at Bal Tabarin Hotel Sherman on Friday May 8 at 9 p.m. Proceeds aid an endowment to care for Illinois State Nurses Association members with tuberculosis and support current patients in public institutions. Tickets available from local nurses including Alta Itter.
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Hetty Gooch
Alta Itter
Mouth Hygiene Council
Medical and Dental Arts
Chicago
The
Chicago Dental Society
Parent Teachers Congress
Chicago Tuberculosis Institute
Julius Rosenwald Foundation
Edwards Sanitarium
Naperville
Bal Tabarin
Hotel Sherman
Local Notes From Dalton and Riverdale Community
Local items report two year old Philip Staples seriously injuring an eye at home with a milk bottle opener and a hospital visit for eye sight hopes. Fred Waterman’s near miss when his car started in gear after a battery issue bruised Mrs Waterman and cut her eye. both women not seriously hurt. Henry Horn returns home after parotid gland operation and hopes to work soon. St Paul’s Lutheran Men’s Club hosted a Dart League banquet with over 200 attendees. Thornton won the year’s cup from Steger. quilt raffle prize 158 won by Mrs. Harold Miller. Degre os Honor Juvenile Club thank attendees of indoor carnival. Visits noted between families in Keokuk and Riverdale. 15th wedding anniversary celebrations for Mr. and Mrs. Evers with many relatives present. Card prizes and tinted cards advertised from Mrs Stier's Studio. A lost purse found at Obeldobel store advertised. Semi-annual salary night noted for board of trustees. Mildred Rampke hosting a birthday gathering with multiple attendees. Riverdale’s Women’s Catholic Order of Foresters to host a car and dance for St Mary’s church with fifty prizes and a door prize on May 8.
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Philip Staples
Burton Staples
Dalton
Roseland Community Hospital
Fred Waterman
Mary Waddell
Mr. Waterman
Robert Daehn
Felix Stout
Nelson Patz
East 134Th Street
Keokuck, Ia
Evelyn Whiteside
Keokuck
Mildred Rampke
Obeldobel
Board of
Mildred Rammpke
Rampke
Geo Carlson
Chicago
Mabel Buechler
Catherine Niewald
Cora Lotz Marcella Buchler
Helen Niewald
Fritz Tasche
Margaret Rademacher
Mildred Krueger
Dorothy Rampke
Women’s Catholic Order of Foresters of
Riverdale
St. Mary’s Church
St. Mary’s School Hall
Free Painting Lessons Offered by Mrs Sophie Wichman Stier
Mrs Sophie Wichman Stier provides free lessons in painting pottery plaques lampshades pillow tops scarves and pictures. Contact Inter Ocean 9848 or visit 133824 Prairie avenue Riverdale for details.
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Sophie Wichman Stier
Interocean
Prairie Avenue
Riverdale
New Riverdale President Claussen Inaugurated At Village Meeting
The Riverdale village board installed Wm. J. Claussen as president with trustees Theodore Reich Wm. B. Graves and John J. Torpy sworn in by Village Clerk Koehler. Claussen, director of Hibbard Spencer Bartlett Co., urged cooperation amid local issues.
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Claussen
Hibbard, Spencer, Bartlett & Co
Chicago
United States
Frank Price
Dolton Board approves bonds and salary actions
The Dolton Board met in regular session with all members present. President Dickel and others receive six months salary of 36 dollars. some were docked for sickness. Treas Harris reports auditors on village finances. The Street and Alley committee will buy two car loads of cinders to repair side streets. White Phillips Co of Davesport IA wins $15000 fire engine bonds at 5 percent, plus a 65 dollar premium and printing costs to buyers. License fees are to be cut per amended ordinance. The new board will be installed at the next session in May.
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Dolton
Dickelman
Board of Trustees
Harris
White Phillips Co
Davesport
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Attorney Downs
Boy Scout News
Bankers’ Federation
Ivanhoe News
Clarance Crane
Mothe
Eloise
Davenport
Lewis Martin
Cherem
Spindell
Old Bridge Club
Calumet City
R. Meurisse
C. Crane
D. Shirk
Ivanhoe
A. O. Sky
Parnell Street
Union Street
E. H. Terry
Hazel Crest
Wallace Street
Terry
Hyde Park
Floyd Eaton
144Th
Stewart Avenue
Wilcox
East 140Th Court
Roy Merrisse
Dawson
Roseland
Merrisse
Donald Kruger
Frank Marten
Warren Eaton
George Geilhufe
Lowe Avenue
Henry Francis Parks
Edgebrook Avenue
Emma Bacon
Vnew President
Dolton Board
Simi Die
Wm. J
WM. J. Claussen
President Village of
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