Riverdale adopts ordinance creating local improvements board
The village council enacts a Local Improvements Board, names Henry Strosinske and others as members, designates a secretary with 220 annual pay, and sets 1360 total funding for board and officers. The measure authorizes quarterly compensation and repeals conflicting ordinances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverdale
Cook County
Illinois
County of
Cook
State of
Tinnis
General Assembly
State of Illinois
Henry Strosinski
Ray E. Martin
Harry Hanschmann
Milo F. Day
Janes F. Hanihan
George Smith
Wiliam J. Claussen
Board of Trustees
Board of Local Improvements
Peter J. Kurz
Henry Strosinske
Creed For a New Citizen Commemoration Poem
A reflective commemoration speaks of becoming a citizen and inheriting the freedoms guaranteed by the founders. It traces the dream of liberty through centuries and acknowledges the enduring struggle for human rights and equality across nations.
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Siepers
P’lermins
Land of Ours
Alroady
Bell Survey Shows Record Building Permits in City and Suburbs
The Bell Savings and Loan Association survey shows April permits totaling 4.8 million in Chicago and 9.26 million in suburbs, the suburban figure a record since 1931. City permits reached 1,104 homes valued at 5.88 million in the first four months, with substantial increases in both housing units and value compared with last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bell
Bell Savines and Loan Association
Chicago
Lowns
Permits Issued Rise for 829 Homes Valued at 4.31 Million
Last year period shows 829 housing permits issued, totaling 4,310,473 dollars in value. The increase equals 33 percent in home count and 36 percent in value from the prior period.
Harvey Federal Adds Higginbotham to Staff as FHA Loan Manager
Harvey Federal Savings and Loan Association announces on May 12 1941 the hiring of William B Higginbotham as FHA loan manager. Former secretary and manager of Robert E L Brooks Inc, he will lead the new FHA loan department to finance all eligible properties under Title II and the new Title VI defense housing. The move expands the suburban lender's mortgage service to builders contractors and homeowners in Cook County and beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvey Federal
Wm. B. Higginbotham
John Bardwick, Jr
Harvey Federal Savings and Loan Association
Cook County
FHA
William B. Higginbotham
Robert E. L. Brooks, Incorporated
Chicago
Commercial Avenue
Higginbotham
Local News Roundup From Riverdale Dalton May Events
Local residents report health updates births and birthdays. Minnie Schulte recovering from appendectomy at St Francis hospital. Vernon Stutghem and wife welcome baby boy born May 9 at St Francis Blue Island. Doris Calcott celebrates birthday with Bowen school staff at Woodshed. Cogswell children recover from measles. I Am An American Day posters distributed by Riverdale-Dalton Lions club. Russell Schaefer returns from Kenneth Minnesota to serve as radio operator at Great Lakes Naval station. brother William serves on U S S Canden in Brooklyn Navy yards. Mothers and daughters attend Thornton township Girls club Mother and Daughter banquet. May Queen Betty Ann Hazelhurst and maid of honor Betty Brown announced. Mrs Louis Bishop hosts pinocle party May 12. Grace Hahn recovering from operation at Evangelical hospital Chicago. Stolen 41 De Soto car owned by R W Millikan recovered in Woodlawn district Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnie Schulte
St. Francis Hospital
Vernon Stutghem
Blue Island
Grandma Stutzhem
Doris Calcott
Bowen School
Riverdale
Florence Hedtke
Katherine Kurz
Virgil Petty
Dorothy
Earl
Grover, Jr
Joan
Grover Cogswell
Dalton
Riverdale-Dalton
William
U. S. S. Canden
Brooklyn Navy Yards
Girls’ Club
Thornton Township High School
Harvey
Mesdames Henry Petersen
George Hendricks
George Kay
Earl Anderson
Walter Kemnitz
Edward Waterman
Roy Meurisse
Clarence Brown
L. A. Davidson
Leslie Howard
Joseph Beckley
Thomas Mullender
Joseph Fischer
Albert Miller
Louis Reich
Kenneth Woodward
Walter Alm
Theodore Kraefft
Emil Matz
V. LaDege
Harry Waterstraat
Douglas Crow
James Rochfort
Betty Ann Hazelhurst
Hazelcrest
Betty Brown
W. 138Th Street
Woodlawn
Chicago
Millikan
Stolen Car From Home and Wallet Theft Near I C Station
A car was stolen from beside a residence Sunday night or early Monday morning after the family retired. Miss Irma Burkhardt of 13909 Lincoln Avenue reports a loss of twenty one dollars from her purse near the I C station at 138th while hurrying to catch a train Sunday morning.
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Irma Burkhardt
Lincoln Avenue
I. C
138Th
Local Women Attend Men's Club Convention
Delegates from Ivanhoe and Dalton Riverdale women's clubs attend the 46th annual Minors Federation of Women's clubs convention opening at the Hotel Sherman. The four day event marks federation history since 1890 with exhibits and a call for national unity in American freedom.
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Minors Federation of Women’s Clubs
Hotel
Sherman
W. H. Brodt
L. A. Davidson
Ivanhoe
Doris Calcott
Marie Kinney
Margie Kleinz
Vivian
Doris Martin
Katherine
Agnes Kurz
Hazel Paynter
Loretta Kummerer
Monterey Stell
Jane Warren
Eleanor Wordelmann
Florence Des Jeans
Rosemary McLaughlin
Dorothy Bersehinski
Rita Ackermann
Dolton-Riverdale Junior Women
Emily Ripley
Dolton-Riverdale Women’s Club
General Federation of Women’s Clubs
New York
Women’s Clubs
Hotel Sherman
Two local graduates and community notices from May deadlines
Ten years ago in Jeannette Hess Ingalls school of Nursing two local girls Edith Dengler and Catherine Erffmeyer prepared to graduate on May 10. The piece also notes Eddie Taylor transferring to Beaumont Texas and various local social events and a birth on May 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edith Dengler
Riverdale
Catherine Erffmeyer
Dalton
Jeannette Hess
Eugene
C. Sheldon
Lewis Marten
Cherem
Crane
Davenport
Iowa
James Mulhall
Lowe Avenue
Edward
South Holland
Raymond van Drunen
Peter J. van Drunen
Peter Kickert
Reich and Jennings attend Joliet K of C convention
Twenty years ago Wm. A. Reich and Barney Jennings served as delegates from Pinta Council Riverdale to a Joliet K of C convention held Tuesday and Wednesday of that week.
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Wm. A. Reich
Barney Jennings
K. of C
Joliet
Pinta Council
Riverdale
Mgr
Harold Stanley
Twin City
Pullman A. C.’s
138Th
State Streets
William Middleborn
South Holland
Katie van Buren
Berien Springs
Mich
Sam Ostman
Willis Gouwen
Phoenix Parent and Teachers’ Association
Phoenix
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Patrick Henry
Nathan Hale
Washington
Valley Forge
America
Abraham LincelIn
Schug’s Tavern
Dolton
Virginia Dare Wine
Lubeck
Bismark Beer
Schenley
Fibber McGee
Molly
Johnson
Richard Price
Park Ave
South Holland, Ill
John Wax
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