Ladwig to Detroit for plant work and community role
John Ladwig, long time Pullman lumber inspector and Riverdale Improvement Association secretary, plans to move to Detroit with Mrs Ladwig after visiting relatives there. The pair hope to settle near Sunday and pursue new opportunities in a large automobile plant.
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Detroit
Ladwig
Pullman
Riverdale Improvement Association
Ludwig
Johnny
Diggs
John Madison
Connersville
Ind
Ten Years Ago With the Pointer
Mrs John Gertzen nee Zoller of Riverdale with her son James left on April 23 for New Orleans to visit her sister Mass Theodore Schlueter and family, planning to return later this summer. Prohibition raids yielded liquor and Saddle and Harness Club seized as evidence by Kensington police. Daughters Dena Veet Uproacd underwent appendicitis surgery at Ingalls Memorial hospital and is recovering well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Gertzen
Zoller
Pat Riverdale
James
Kinday
New Orleans
Mass. Theodore Schlueter
Riverdale
Gertzen
Hnesego
Schluete
Second Christian Reformed church cornerstone to be laid
The cornerstone ceremony for the Second Christian Reformed church will be held on May 1 at 3 p m. with Rev E Kooistra laying the stone. Ministers will speak and the Ladies Aid Society will sing while attendees gather to witness the church’s construction progress.
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Second Christian Reformed Church
Jacob Alderden
Reneid Alderden
Randolph
Wisc
E. Kooistra
Buriitime
T. W. Muilenberg
P. van Dyke
Ladies’ Aid Society
Thornton girls host entertaining swimming pageant
The Thornton girls staged a swimming pageant on April 22 23 and 21 drawing large crowds and offering an entertaining evening. Queens were crowned with Beth Brookley named reign me queen the first night Rosemary Montbrian queen the second evening and Marjorie Mudde the freshman representative.
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Thornton
wWro
Beth Brookley
Beth
Rosemary Montbrian
Marjorie Mudde
Marjorie
In Memoriam for Arthur Dreshall
In sad loving memory of our son and brother Arthur Dreshall who passed away after illness. Long days and nights you bore your pains waiting for a cure but all in vain. God saw you suffer and whispered Peace be thine. You left behind broken hearts that love you still. Loving Mother Sisters and Brothers.
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Arthur Dreshall
Arthur
Coming Events At St Marys And Dalton Immanuel Church
A card and banco party for St Marys Holy Name baseball team occurs Tuesday evening May 5 at St Marys school hall with twenty prizes and a cash door prize. The Dalton Immanuel Evangelical church youth group hosts a Weinie roast Sunday afternoon May 3 at Thornton Forest Preserve leaving church at 2:00 PM. Al will run cars. Tickets 15 cents each or 25 cents per couple. Everyone welcome.
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Banco
St. Mary’s Holy Name
St. Mary’s School Hall
Dalton Immanuel Evangelical Church
Thornton Forest Preserve
Sixth graders earn perfect attendance and visit Ford plant
The article notes sixth grades achieving perfect attendance this month, listing students by name. It also mentions the ninth grade visiting the Ford plant in Hegewisch with accompanying teachers, and recalls Celia Smith returning from illness while Ruth Alm remains absent.
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Toon
Charlotte Bond
Betty Brown
Robert Crane
Junior Goeringer
James Krueger
Dorothy Lotz
Holly Matz
Mary Jane Middleborn
William Provis
Doris Teas
Dorothy Zieman
Celia Smith
Ruth Alm
Ford
Hegewisch
Kinesland
Mille
Roseland
Roosevelt School Room News Highlights From Grade Reports
Grade three and four students share classroom news and projects. Harold Pals and Gerald Ippel created elephant displays. Geography booklets with palm trees and a map of Africa are described. Birds, chickens, an orchestra plan, and a Swiss poster are mentioned with brief field notes.
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Harold Pals
Gerald Ippel
Bobby Brown
Africa
Rome
Kinderparten
Josephine Kwains
Doncaster Banker Acquitted Over Kiss Charge
Albert Pickering of Doncaster a banker was acquitted of the charge that he kissed the wife of his bank’s janitor. The case concluded with a verdict of not guilty after evidence and testimony from the trial.
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Albert Pickering
Doncaster
King
Berger School Arithmetic Winners Lead Grades One Through Eight
Readable text lists first and second place riders by grade in Berger School arithmetic contests from first through eighth grade, names include Joyce Vandenberg Chuckie Gentry Charlotte Harbrecht Beatrice Vandenberg Howard Taws Morris Wilkins Alfred McKllquham Dorothy Pedric Ernest Diekman Edward Robinson Billy Vandenberg Rolland Bertrand Bill O'Brien Ruth Waterman Margaret Vandenberg Pauline Couwenhoven Virginia Powell Mar garet Vandenberg. It notes an Achievement Club convention on April 24 at Morrison Hotel, led by County Superintendent Noble J Puffer, with Berger attendees and a field trip to the Museum of Science and Industry near Jackson Park. The baseball game vs Gouwens School ended 8 to 7 for Berger and an upcoming game vs Hoover School is noted along with planned movies for project work and a Girl Scouts camping trip to Indiana Dunes Park in May.
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Joyce Vandenberg
Chuckie Gentry
Charlotte Harbrecht
Beatrice Vandenberg
Howard Taws
Morris Wilkins
Room IL
Alfred McKlquham
Dorothy Pedric
Ernest Diekman
Edward Robinson
Billy Vandenberg
Martha Wilkins
Room HI
Eileen Pediie
Fred Diehman
George Boomsma
Cceént
al Shares
Robert Kickert
John O’hair
Rolland Heryman
Room IV
Rolland Bertrand
Bill O’brien
Ruth Waterman
Margaret Vandenberg
Pauline Couwnehoven
Virginia Powell
Achievement Club
Achievement Officers
Morrison Tietel
Noble J. Puff
Berger
Hoover School
Indiana State Dunes Park
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John Ladwig
William Rudloff
Wittenberg
Wis
R. Sehableshe
Dalton
Mildred Rampke
W. Rampke, Jr
Helen Pentiod
Carolyn O'Brien
Helen Koch
Dorothy Blan
Helen Messerschmidt
Pearl Heinke
Lillian
Dorothy
Hazel Grapenthien
Dorothy Rampke
Charles Waterman
First National Bank
Saratoga Springs
N. Y
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
Chicago
Mr. Waterman
MBE
Pointer
South Holland News
Bavi
Public Service Company OF
Northern Illinois
Serett Am
Memoriam
Roosevelt School
TACKS
Apeauty Shop
Michigan Ave
Gabrieleen
Oscar R. Vincent
115Th Street
AMG
J. F. Chandler Roofing CO
Chicago ST
Dolton, Ill
Baby
Conrad Kern
Interocean
Indiana Ave
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