Riverdale and Dalton Plan Street Signs and Brick Tile Work
Riverdale board met May 8 with all members present. They discussed removing Dr. Banfield to the city, hear a street signs sample from Barr Sales Co, and left the matter for next meeting. Treasurers report showed $190 on hand and bids for ditch and drain repairs were set. The board ordered tile placement at several sites, notified the Telephone Company to fix streets, and considered bank deposits and road maintenance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverdale Board
Niemeyer
C. P. Banfield
J. A. Kollar
Blumberg
Barr, Sales Co
Stieman
Sellin
Brandt
Atlantic Street Ditch
Viaduct
Halsted Street
Tracy Avenue
Calumet Brick Co
188Th
Ashland Avenue
Brick Yard
Tor Company
Lotz
Indiana Avenue
Telephone Company
Pope Beet Sugar Works
Diehl
First Trust and Savings Bank of
Bushnell
State Aid Road Department
Lualsted Street
Unruh
Halins
City of Chicago
Kinney-Hood Pig. Co
Standard Oil Cowes
Chi, & Kiv. Lumber Co
Chi Telephone Co
Grant Bros
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WaArgle
Bergoldo
Tedterseeese
Strosinski
Fbertife
Arthur Lotz
Wray Lagi
Dianea Steetdges
COUNTRY YOUTH VOLUNTEER FORCES ENLISTMENT LIST
The notice lists local volunteers in the Medical Corps Officers Reserve Navy and various branches. It names Dr Aitken Franks Mitchell C Thompson J J O Rourke and many others including Arthur Schueki Henry Zimmerman Max Ernst Lloyd Ibbotson Joe Van Pelt Jacob Van Pelt Earl Slaughter Kenneth Maples and more. Parents and friends are asked to report new enlistments to The Pointer weekly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Schueki
Henry Zimmerman Max Ernst Iloyd Ibbotson
Joe van Pelt
Jacob van Pelt
Earl Slaughter
Kenneth Maples de George Caroline Paul M. Anderson
Paul Gall- Mervil Gardner
Andrew Garry
Joe Black
Harold Packard
Charles Velty
Lester Brookfelt
Floyd Hamilton
Russell Gibson
Frederick Bradley
Clarence Stevens
Otto Moggie
Clarence Ducett
George Smith
Herbert Smith
Newton Best
Edward Took Matty Michels
Frank Behrens
Arthur Porter Infantry
Cavalry
Donald Jenness
Wallace Macdonal
Horace Hampton
Carl Arsettie
Arthur Black
Arnold Henken
Ray Ingle
Pointer
Local and Personal News from Riverdale Community
Mrs. Anna Warning celebrates birthday while recovering from a hip injury. Will Vanderveen reports from Key West Barracks Florida where 100 degree heat is not hindering a ball game. PTA meets May 22 at Lincoln Avenue School with officer elections. Dalton M I Church Ladies Aid gathers May 24 at Mrs. Waddell’s home. Mrs. S Ellen Dolton, 80, praised for memory and status as elder pioneer. Riverdale school pupils plant 40 vegetable plots to fight high living costs under principal Mrs. Virginia Uraver. A street car crossing accident on 134th Street injures a boy with a broken leg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Warning
Key West Barracks
Florida
Parent- Teachers Association
Lincoln Avenue School
Ladies Aid
Dalton M. I
Robert Waddell
I. M. Wahmbolf
8. O. Penrod
Dalton
Rensselaer
Ind
Columbia Furniture Co
Joseph Neath
Penrod
Lincoln Avenue
Penrods
S. Ellen Dolton
Dolton
Chas. H. Dalton
Riverdale Pullman Branch School
Indiana Avenue
Virginia Uraver
Lawsuit Impacts If Bonds Signed by Private Individuals
The note suggests legal exposure differs when bonds are signed by private individuals rather than entities. It implies potential personal liability and accountability shifts in civil actions.
Dolton Village Board awards removal contract and signs plan
Dolton village board awarded the light plant equipment removal contract to W A Jackson Company of Chicago for 1500 dollars. The Drainage District engineers advised contracting, and the Street and Alley Committee was instructed to plan crossing street signs to be purchased from Good Roads Machinery Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dolton
W.A. Jackson Company
Chicago
Argughola
Good Roads Machinery Company
Twin City Garage under construction in Dalton
The Twin City Garage at 239 41 Lincoln Avenue Dalton advances toward completion. Henry Mohr and Martin Newald, proprietors, plan updated auto sundries stock and Racine tires agency. Completion expected early June. contact before move at Mohr home 250 Mast 136th street Riverdale 743.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Twin City
Lincoln Avenue
Dalton
Henry Mohr
Martin Newald
Night Burglary Ends in Dead Intruder at Harvey Store
George Rader of Harvey woke to a window noise at his rear store. He fired when a burglar tried to jimmy the window and died from a shot to the heart. The partner escaped. The intruder was an ex convict John Frawley. his father also died in a similar incident. Rader was exonerated and credited for his nerve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Rader
Harvey
Jimmy
Roder
John Frawley
Clovers Fall to Bush Jolts in Sunday Baseball Clash
A large crowd watched the Dalton Clovers debut at home as they led early but the Bush Jolts battled back. In a hard fought game the Jolts overcame a deficit to win 12 to 4, handing the Clovers a defeat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clovers
Bowen School Seeks Garden Projects Within Cook County
Bowen School invites youths aged 10 to 20 to undertake garden projects to help the less fortunate, offering a sign board with ownership and project names and an Achievement Pin with silver stars for extra credits. A. R. Davis invites interested students to send their names for full particulars. Last summer 16-year-old Edward Hahn earned 350 dollars from chicken and garden work. The village planted shade trees along 187th Place and the class of 1917 chose pale blue and pink as colors, with Raymond Zoller as business manager.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. R. Davis
Bowen School
Riverdale
Dalton
Cook County
Edward Habn
Boston
Tey
Raymond Zoller
Card of Thanks for Augusrt Rosr and Family
We thank the boys friends and Chicago & Riverdale Lumber Company staff for the attentions and sympathy shown during the death and funeral of our beloved son and brother Augusrt Rosr and Family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago & Riverdale Lumber Company
Augusrt Rosr
In Memoriam for Our Father tlans Ohlsen
In loving remembrance of our dear father tlans Ohlsen who died May 28 1918. Some day we look toward Paradise and a sweet new life will bloom in each breath as we yearn to see the faces kept in memory from his children. WANTED 20 girls steady employment wages 1.40 to 170 per day apply Asbestos Shingle Co
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tlans Ohlsen
Paradise
Tragic 1917 Riverdale Drowning Car Crash Claims John Rost Life
John Rost aged 18 dies after being dragged between a passing party car and a telephone pole near Leyden avenue and Oakland Cemetery. He was an only son of Mr and Mrs August Rost and is mourned by five sisters. Funeral services were held at St Pauls Church with Rev H Wind officiating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Rost
William Niemeyer
Riverdale
119Th Street
186Th Street
Will Niemeyer
John
Leyden Avenue
Slanke
August Rost
St. Paul’s Church
Rev
H. Wind
Oakland Cemetery
Red Cross Benefit Vaudeville at Thornton Township High
Alumni stage a live vaudeville show at Thornton Township High School Auditorium on May 19 to raise funds for the Red Cross. Eva Schultz and Dorothy Rundle organize acts while tickets 25 cents at the door. Curtain 8:15 with acts including Mares-Desperate Desmons Dev ils, Michael Angelo chalk talk, Nora Bayes troupe, Caruso and Gadski, Vernon Castle, and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thornton Township High School
Eva Schultz
Dorothy Rundle
Red Cross
Mares
Desmons
Futurous Music
Lonolulu
Michael Angelo
Nora Bayes & Co
Walds
Mlle Tinny
Monsieur Gross
Caruso
Gadski
Vernon Castle
Frank ‘Tinny
Bert Williams
Lorado
Taft
Harvey
Ice Man Deliveries Expand to Riverdale Dolton Area
Beginning Monday May 21 the Ice Man will deliver to homes in Riverdale Dolton and nearby areas. Price 40 cents per 106 pounds paid in cash only.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverdale Dolton
Garden Theft Ordinance Aimed at Chicago Gardens
The judiciary committee recommends to the Chicago city council an ordinance to protect garden plots from molestation and theft. The state code now imposes penalties for theft from gardens or damage to them. The measure bans trespassing and damaging all ground under cultivation without the owner or lessee’s permission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Committee On Judiciary
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Riverdale and
Brick Company
Mast Place
Tee Oeame
Frank, Seestadt
Medical Corps
Aitken
France
Frank Mitchell
U.S. Medical Corps
C. Thompson
Roy Huntley
Emmet Irwin C. Meuzelaar Jr
W. Meuzelaar
Arthur Townsend
Richard Townsend
Illinois Field Artillery
Irwin Gundaker
Robert Golding Gee
Nairn Harold Tompkins
Lawrence Engle
Raymond Robinson
Lawrence Cairns Jackson Rhodes
Nathan Bradley
Louis Holmes
Thomas Hammond
Walter Dyer
Harry Denby
Selder
Art Lundberg
Theo. Lyckberg
Joe Schimel
Almer Johnson
Chester Lydstrom
Walter Mann
Field Artillery
Donald Figenbaum
Harry Ruthrauff Myron Lambert
Arthur Sweet
Wm. W. Blocker
Wm. Crowley
Victor Dahlberg
Alvin Pearson
Edward Walters
Peter Schoon
John Harder
Clarence Reynolds
Edward Petak Lyman Lee Roy Smith
Edward Kinney C. Kleinhaussen
John Bureh
134Th Street
Frans Berndt
Washington Avenue
Clark
Reidh
Ray
136Th
Halsted
Harvey Man
Dalton Clovers
Bowen
Memoriam
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