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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1961
Page
3
Herman A. Depperman of 14214 Michigan has been selected president of the Supervisors Club of the Chicago Division of the Honors Central Railroad. He has served with Mines Central for 38 years and is currently Supervisor of Tracks.
Faith Friberg, daughter of Mr and Mrs Elmer Friberg of 25 West 141st Street Riverdale, has been elected chairman of Pi Beta Phi sorority at Monmouth College.
Chi Omega alumnae in the Chicago South Suburban area held a spring luncheon at the Dorchester Club in Dalton on May 3. Outgoing president Mrs. Norman G. Kohl outlined the year’s achievements and new officers were introduced including president Mrs. Arthur Dillner and secretary Mrs. Leigh Atkinson.
Dolton village issued 34 new homes valued at 583 350 33 garages priced at 44 876 50 and 37 improvements worth 18 136 plus two miscellaneous items totaling 52 000. The overall building valuation for April reached 693 362 50.
Police recount the 1949 case of Marino who killed Joan Coward and later wounded others. Jurors found him guilty in 1950, the Illinois Supreme Court overturned, he pled to manslaughter in 1953, and he walked away from a Danville hospital on Christmas Day 1960. Lt Mohr recalls the evidence and police unease.
An accident on Halsted near 134th in Riverdale involved vehicles driven northbound by Joseph H. Hutter and Joseph J. Vickers. A second impact damaged a bumper on a Dalton stop at 134th and Halsted when hit by John C. McKinney.
District 148 will hold its annual Spring band concert on Friday May 12 at 8 p.m. at Roosevelt school. The event is free and open to the public with Americo Meneghini directing students from all district schools in grades five through eight. About 94 students form the concert band and perform clarinet and flute solos and duos.
A fire caused an estimated 4000 damage to a house at 184th and Halsted in Riverdale. Riverdale Fire Dept. arrived to extinguish the blaze on Saturday, May 6. The house owned by Al's Poultry stood north of the business establishment.
Janet Gresens of 14721 Dorchester Dolton was given oxygen by the Dolton Inhalator Squad for about six minutes as she suffered fever convulsions.
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