Lake Calumet Harbor project moves to bidding phase
Chicago officials announce Section One specifications approved by the Mayor's Special Committee for Lake Calumet Harbor. A 200 foot wide dredged channel about 10 813 feet long will encircle the lake on a 200 foot roadway, with a planned grand celebration at first shovelful. Funding includes four year tax levy and $1.2 million tax anticipation warrants. Dredging to 22 feet depth expected within 30 days.
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Lake Calumet Harbor
Departments of Public Works
Richard W. Wolfe
Bureau of Engineering
Loran D. Gayton
Calumet Record
U. S
Lake Calumet
Chicago
Biossat
Rowan and
Govier
Elmer Flewelling Dies Former Harvey Mayor
Elmer Flewelling former mayor of Harvey died at Ingalls Memorial Hospital on Thursday May 17 from pneumonia. Funeral services will be held at Kerr Chapel Harvey on Saturday afternoon. He was longtime in business professional lodge and social life of Harvey and many friends regret his passing.
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Elmer Flewelling
Harvey
Ingalls Memorial Hospital
Kerr Chapel
barber shop opens on Leyden Avenue May 28
A window poster announces the opening of a barber shop in the new six store front building on Leyden Avenue on May 28. A Lost Boys’ glasses with case near Bowen school or Acme road offers a reward for return to The Pointer office.
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Leyden Avenue
Bowen School
Acme Road
Ivanhoe Supers to Meet Posen on Sunday at Home Lot
The Ivanhoe Supers host Posen Sunday at 2 30 P M on the home lot at 142nd and La Salle Streets east of the I C Ry Details from last Sunday's Chicago Heights game appear on another page The Ivanhoe Civic Club meets Monday evening May 21 at the usual place with notes on officers entertainment and club members including new residents and car owners.
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Ivanhoe Supers
Posen
142Nd
la Salle
I. C. Ry
Chicago Heights
Ivanhoe Civic Club
Committee of Entertainment
Graves
Wunder
Bill’ Lotz
144Th Street
Bill
Jake Gamphker
Kansas City
Ivanhoe
Jake
Doris Davidson
Branniger Building
Society Reporter
West Side
Mary I. Parker
Davidson
Riverdale
Cutten
East Side
Butler
Mesdames Dunn
Davidson and
Meurisse
Mesdames Graves Classen
Parker, Miller and Odell
Eikenburg and
Griffin
Grover Crull
Lowe Avenue
Andersons
O’donnells
Dick Davidson
A. Berg
Evanston
Civic Club
Ray Meurisse
Frank F. Dunn
Doroth Hickenberry
F. Dunn
New Golf Course Opens in Burnham area
A nine hole course opened last Tuesday at Burnham with plans to expand to 18 holes. Village President John Patton Attorney Samuel K. Markham and Village Clerk Otto Heigl led the development as Burnham expands with new avenue paving a viaduct over tracks and a bridge over the Calumet River.
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Burnham
John Patton
Samuel K. Markham
Otto Heigl
Burnham Avenue
Calumet
STOP POLLUTION Essay Prize Winners Named
The South Holland village hall hosted a prize essay contest on Dangers Lurking in Stream Pollution. Winners announced were Ralph Shepard Harvey first Vernetta Gibson South Holland second and Virginia Needles Dolton third.
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South Holland
Riverdale Post Office Moves to Leyden Avenue
Postmaster Axel Berquist and postal force moved Saturday from Indiana avenue to Leyden avenue. By Monday morning the new Riverdale post office was fully operational with up to date equipment. The Pointer will publish a photo of the first Riverdale post office and a list of postmasters in the next issue.
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Axel Berquist
Riverdale
Indiana Avenue
Leyden Avenue
Uncle Sam
Pointer
Fred Baecker
Water Shut Off In Riverdale Roseland Pumping Station
City Engineer Loran D. Gaton informs Riverdale that Roseland pumping station will shut down May 22 1928 and for nights through May 24 9:00 PM to 5:00 AM Reduced pressure expected during outages and villagers urged to conserve water and publicize the notice.
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Chicago
Riverdale
Illinois
Roseland
Local and Personal News From Riverdale and Nearby
Robert Hanschman will start work on the Standard Oil filling station opposite the Woodshed. New neving on S Western Avenue opens May 19. Catherine and Ursula Kern visit Phoenix relatives. Robert Simnick broke his arm at Hale’s Elevator last Friday. Mr. and Mrs. George VanderVeen visit from Muskegon. A Dalton W G T U meeting remembers Mothers with verses and lunch. Mabel Koehncke and Martha Koehncke head to New York to visit family. Frank Ulander promotes lakeside vacations near Lake Noqueboy. Over 250 Chicago Heights residents, mostly colored, vaccinated after smallpox cases. police also immunized. Indiana state auditors report no arrests for license fee evasion. Hoosier drivers cross into Illinois for tax-free gasoline. Calumet City station operators vow to defend violators. rabies scare prompts dog bite hospitalizations. Mildred Koehneke travels to Louisville to attend the Derby. Claude Meisner plans to move back east. he was a former boxing champion in the Marines. Augusta Bruhn, Esther Bruhn, Dick Adams, and Joe Locher attend Michigan Blossom display in St. Joseph.
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George VanderVeen
Muskegon
Mich
Riverdale
Nash
Dalton W. G. T. U
Nancy West
Everone
Mabel Koehncke
Martha Hutton Koehncke
New York Central AB. A
Chicago
New York
John Keehncke
Frank Ulander
North Park Avenue
Dalton
Lake Noqueboy
Crevitz
Wisconsin
Chicago Heights
City Hall
A. H. Tannenberg
Public Health and Safety
State Department of Health
Indiana
L. 8. Bowman
Indianapolis
Hammond
Illinois
Calumet City
Indiana Harbor
Mildred Koehneke
Hartford Insurance Co
Louisville
Claude Meisner
Allentown
Meisner
Marines
Navy
Claude
Dutch Meisner
Augusta
Esther Bruhn
Dick Adams
Joe Locher
St. Joseph
Michigan
Water Shutoff Notice for May Nights in Dolton Village
Water will be shut off nightly from May 22 to May 28 between 9:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m. Do not sprinkle during this period. Wm. G. Dolton, Village Clerk.
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Wm. G. Dolton
Supers Lose Narrowly to Chicago Heights 7-6 in Key Contest
In a lively Sunday clash at the new Supers ball park, Ivanhoe’s 2 squad fell 7 to 6 to Chicago Heights after overcoming an early 7-0 deficit. Struss pitched well with 26 strikeouts, but defensive miscues and momentary lapses dashed the comeback as Savers miss their chance to seize sole possession of first.
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Ivanhoe 2
The
Heights
Hardings
Chicago Heights
Struss
Posen
Indiana Ave
142Nd
School Street
LaSalle
Dalton
I. G
Chicago
Benjamin E Noel Dies of Pneumonia at Home in Chicago
Benjamin E Noel longtime employee at a Chicago company plant and State Streets died at his Dalton home following a short illness from pneumonia. He leaves his widow and three children named Benjamin and Clifford plus other relatives including his mother Mrs Dora La Frenier and Mrs Cordie Dillman. The obituary notes services held yesterday and burial at a cemetery.
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Benjamin FB
Noel
Eral Hicetric Company
Chicago
Dalton Rafter
Noel Tsides
Benjamin
Land Clifford
J. L
Dora la Frenier
Cordie Dillman
Everett
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Harbor Sure
Ivanhoe News
Burnham Woods
Izaak Waltons
America
New Home
Loran D. Gaton
Robert Hanschman
Standard Oil
S. Western Avenue
Catherine
Ursula Kern
Phoenix
Arizona
Peter Kern
Robert Simnick
138Th Street
Hales
Het Hardings
Arrows
Sunda
Bruhn
Bessette
Propper
Albrecht
Kortum
Dura
Lansing
Harvey _ Homewoo
Thornton Posen
Matteson
Benjamin E. Noel
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