Riverdale Board Names Yearly Committees and Officers
Riverdale Trustees approve committee allocations for the 1945 46 year with President Claussen confirming appointments to Finance Streets and Alleys Drainage Police Fire and Water Works and other panels. He reappointed village officers and named 24 special police to serve as needed with fifteen named for Arcady Farms Milling company venue. The railroad duct maintenance remains village responsibility under the 1981 contract and a June Local Improvements meeting will discuss related railroad matters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverdale Board of Trustees
Claussen
Day
Kromer
Lyria
Hanschmann
Krome Hanschmann
Hanihan
Strosinski
Lyrla
Kramer
Syria
Riverdale Reserve Police
Board of Trustees
Arcady Farms Milling Company
School Street
I. H. B. Railroad
Board of Local Improvements
Program of Varied Interests Planned for UHS & JC PTA
Thornton Township high school and Junior College PTA meets Tuesday evening May 22 at 8 o clock in the high school auditorium Harvey. An excellent speaker will address active and discharged servicemen and their friends. New officers will be installed. A community singing session led by Walter Armbruster and a marimba solo by William Haase are on the program with colors presented by Riverdale and Dolton Scouts. The Thornioneers provide special music in the cafeteria during the social hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thornton Township
Harvey
Walter Armbruster
William Haase
Riverdale
Dolton
Thornioneers
Polkow Rites Held For Clara H Polkow In Thornton
Funeral services for Clara H Polkow age 75 were held this afternoon at St Pauls Lutheran Church Thornton. She died Tuesday morning at her daughter Lucilles home 215 Maple Lane Thornton where she had lived four years. Born February 3 1869 in Fillmore Wisconsin she is survived by three daughters Niola Williamson Lucille Bruegmann Lillian Bruegmann and Victor Polkow all of Thornton a sister Ida Bertram Chicago and two brothers Otto Schuster Fillmore and Oscar Schuster Sheboygan Falls Wisconsin Interment followed at Oak Lawn cemetery Bachmann funeral home directed arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St.Paul’s Lutheran Church
Thornton
Clara H. Polkow
Lucille
Maple Lane
Fillmore
Wis
Niola
Lawrence Williamson
Walter Bruegmann
Lillian
Local Poppy Day Means to Honor War Dead and Aid Veterans
Mrs. Margaret Meginnis the Poppy Day chair for Paul Gall Unit American Legion Auxiliary explains the meaning of Poppy Day and its benefits. Poppies symbolize remembrance for World War dead and provide employment and rehabilitation for disabled veterans who make them. The unit aims to sell 5,000 poppies this year and invites volunteers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Meginnis
Paul Gall
American Legion Auxiliary
America
France
Belgium
American Legion and Auxiliary
Legion and Auxiliary
Riv
Sgt William Ehlers Sent to Philippine Hospital for Knee Bullet
Sgt William Ehlers of the 37th Infantry Division was wounded on February 10 in the Philippines and later rejoined his unit. He underwent surgery to remove a bullet from his knee and his entire leg was placed in a cast. His wife Lorraine Altringer of Riverdale was notified. Sgt Thiers, also wounded on Bougainville, is mentioned in connection with his service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. Ehlers
Philippines
William Ehlers
37Th Infantry Division
Lorraine Altringer
Riverdale
Thiers
Bougainville
X Ray Clinic Free at Lincoln School This Friday
The new mobile unit of The Tuberculosis Institute of Chicago and Cook County will be at Lincoln School all day Friday May 25 for chest X rays. All X rays are free and open to all residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Tuberculosis Institute of Chicago
Cook County
Lincoln School
Local Soldier Captured by Germans Relays POW Ordeal
In a May 4 letter to his wife Helen S/Sgt Carl W Krueger recalls being captured on April 29 after an attack. He describes days of movement and confinement, sardine rations, and a rescue by Italian partisans before a U S division unit freed them. He notes his family ties to Dalton and Prairie Ave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen
Carl W. Krueger
Italy
Krueger
Helen M. Horn
Frank Krueger
Dalton
Carl
Two Survivors Return From Okinawa Sinks
Rodger Rost Sr son of Riverdale returns on 30 day leave from San Francisco after serving nine months aboard the Calhoun sunk April 6 off Okinawa. His brother Tom, a Merchant Marine cadet, learned Rodger was in the city but could not meet him. Orland F. David, husband of Dorothy Gruhlke, arrives on 80 day leave after serving aboard a landing craft sunk off Okinawa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rodger Rost
Calhoun
Okinawa
S. ‘Clark St
Riverdale
San Francisco
Rodger
Tom
Merchant Marines
Orland F. David
Dorothy Gruhlke
Ivanhoe Civic Club to Hear FBI Agent Speaker
The Ivanhoe Civic club will host a meeting Monday evening May 21 at Roosevelt school. Special Agent D J McCarthy of the Federal Bureau of Investigation will be the featured speaker. The public is invited for what organizers call one of the season's best programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ivanhoe
Church to Hear Grace Liu Sunday at Dalton First Methodist
The Dalton congregation will hear Grace Liu, formerly secretary to Madame Chiang Kai Shek, during the 11:00 a.m. worship service on Sunday May 20 at the First Methodist Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mme
Chiang Kai Shek
First Methodist Church
Dalton
Grace Liu
Madame Chiang Kai Shek
Miss Liu
War POW Liberated in Germany Receives Card Home
Sgt. John W. Owen, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Burch of 14426 Chicago Street Dalton, freed by British troops in Germany on April 28, reports he is well and safe. He promises to write soon and hopes to be home shortly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Owen
John Burch
Chicago St
Dalton
Germany
Earl Wise Awarded Bronze Star Medal
Pvt. Earl Wise of Dalton is awarded the Bronze Star Medal for meritorious achievement on Leyte October 20 21 1944. He protected a 95 pound radio under mortar and sniper fire and transmitted orders during a mortar barrage aiding the infantry journey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Wise
Dalton
Leyte
Hoys
96Th Division
San Francisco
P. C
Earl C. Wise
Field Artillery
U.S. Army
Wise
Bradley
Earl
Okinawa
Cpl
George Wise
India
George
Theo J Shapas Commissioned Second Lieutenant at Fort Benning
Theo J Shapas was commissioned a second lieutenant in the U S Army on May 12 after completing the Infantry School Officer Candidate course at Fort Benning Georgia He is the son of Mr and Mrs Theodore Shapas of 14 East 144th Street Dalton Tl He served as a corporal before his commission and had prior service at Fort Sill Oklahoma and Camp Maxey Texas with the 125th Infantry Regiment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theo. J. Shapas
Fort Benning
Theodore J. Shapas
Army of the United States
Infantry School
Shapas
Theodore Shapas
East 144Th St
Dalton
Army
Field Artillery
Fort Sill
Okla
125Th Infantry
Camp Maxey
Texas
Indoor Carnival Planned at Riverdale Youth Center
The Youth Center at 64 East 138th Street Riverdale hosts an indoor carnival on May 25 from 7 p.m. to midnight with admission twelve cents and a door prize of a 25 War Bond. Attendees are asked to donate odds and ends such as junk jewelry and old dishes to the White Elephant booth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Youth Center
East 138Th St
Riverdale
White Elephant
Former Dolton Man Dies at Wife's Funeral
Nick Meyer a native and former Dolton resident died from a heater attack at his wife’s funeral in Seattle Washington where the family had lived for about two weeks. He had moved to Seattle five years ago to work in a war industry. The Meyers previously lived on a farm in Huron South Dakota. He is survived by twelve children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nick Meyer
Dolton
Seattle
Wash
Meyer
Huron
S. D
St Paul Lutheran Pupils Stage Tom Sawyer Operetta
Four upper grade pupils of St Paul Lutheran school present a three act operetta based on Mark Twain's Tom Sawyer next Thursday May 24 at 8 p m in the school auditorium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark Twain
Mississippi
St. Paul’s Lutheran School
Canvass Planned for 7th War Loan Here
The 7th War Loan drive opens Monday with a house to house canvass as the key strategy. Milo F. Day names five captains to lead sections Greenfield Highlawn Riverdale North East Ivanhoe West Ivanhoe and volunteers prepare to contact every household within two weeks. Dalton chair Albert H Farms and Mrs Edward H Munson organize a Women's Division as supplies arrive for the campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milo F. Day
Riverdale
Ivanhoe
Greenfield
Robert Newell
Highlawn
Henry Petraske
188Th St
Charles Cook
East Ivanhoe
Clarence A. Brown
West Ivanhoe
Lawrence Hoff
Day
Dalton
Albert H. Farms
7Th War Loan
Edward H. Munson
Three Here Home from Long Overseas Service
Three local servicemen returned to their homes on furlough after months of overseas duty. Ensign Warren Claussen arrived May 7 for a 27 day leave from the South Pacific where he earned five bronze stars aboard a landing craft. T/5 John Cale came home with a 45 day furlough from Belgium and the European Theatre, staying with his parents in Riverdale. S/Sgt. Paul Putnam reached Iv anhoe for a brief stay before a Florida rest trip, after Saipan service and four years with coast artillery in Hawaii.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ensign Warren Claussen
Wm. J. Claussen
Riverdale
South Pacific
John Cale
Belgium
Joseph Cale
Riveradle
John
Paul Putnam
Karl
Putnam
Ivanhoe
Florida
Paul
Saipan
Coast Artillery
Hawaii
Committees Named for Dalton Fire Department Jubilee
Plans for the Dal ton Fire Department fifty year anniversary run June 27 to July 4 at the new carnival grounds south of Dalton Park. Chief H J Dickelman leads as general chairman with crews assigned to committees and a week of city water fights and a grand July 4 parade and fireworks display.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dalton Fire Department
H. J. Dickelman
Dalton Park
Delion Fire Department
Dalton Riverdale Woman's Club Leaders Meet May 24
The executive board of the Dalton Riverdale Woman's Club will gather Thursday evening May 24 at the home of President Mrs Harry Hanschmann in Riverdale for the upcoming year’s planning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dalton-Riverdale Woman’s Club
Harry Hanschmann
Riverdale
Also Mentioned on This Page
UHS & JC Pta
Pfe
Warren M. Coleman
Ivanhoe Civic Club
F.bi
Sgt
J. W. Burch
Wife
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