Dolton Chronicle social notes and local events
Local residents attend weddings showers and hospital visits as Dolton and Riverdale communities share news. Notables include The Top Hatters club letter from Mex Jan Laght, orchestral broadcasts by Savitt, and various family happenings at St Joseph Mercy Dubuque.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Panozzo
133Rd
Indiana Avenue
Chicago
The
Top Hatters
Mex
Jan Laght
KYW
Philadelphia
Mr. Savitt
Carlotta Dale
Bon-Bon
Fennimore
Wisc
Bowen School
Walter Hible
Dolton
W. Schwager
Wayne
Gary
Ind
Mike Schneider
St. Francis Hospital
Blue Island
H Carr
Vivian Gilbert
Vivian
Walter Nowak
Myrtle Day
Margaret Wilkens
Riverdale
Eastern Star Blanket Club
O. C. Hinkle
Dalton
Victor May
Arthur Dilner
Baby
Ankele
Danville
Dillner
Emma Ankele
Newark
Ohio
Jack Simnick
William Staat
Oak and
Sheridan Street
George Yaseen
Ivanhoe
Pearl ‘Cohen
Jean iPackard
Lincoln P. T. A
Lincoln Gym
Helen Thompson
Bernie Sutters
Washington, D. C
Baltimore
Annapolis
Albert Stack
Gerald
Flint
Mich
John Lambert
Roy Smith
Sacramento Boulevard
Chicagro
Grand Memorial Hospital
Smith
Ingelborge Brehm
Betty Shoder
Dorothy Berskinski
Evelyn Rampke
Raymond Pracht
Robert Hair
Dol
Women’s Foreign Missionary Society
Dolton Methodist Church
H. J. Anders
R. S. Libberton
Washington School Girls Defeat Lincoln 22 to 13
Washington School girls softball team beat Lincoln 22 to 13. Girl Scouts hosted a theatre party to see Snow White at the Parthenon in Hammond. Third grade runs a Beauty Corner linked to Art Stories. Fifth grade welcomes Catherine Plug from Roseland Christian School Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington School
Washington
Lincoln
Lincoln School Third Graders Visit Fire Department Day
The third grade welcomed Wilbur Purnell from Harvey and David Meyer from Parkside in Chicago. Kindergarten visited the Teen TXAM and tested a ventey THY with jars, Wetter pumps and a fire truck. They wore firemen hats and rode the trucks through the village streets and had a good time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilbur Purnell
Harvey
David Meyer
Parkside School
Chicago
Franklin School Student Activities Across Grades
Students in grades 1 and 2 collected stones, viewed brown Texan rocks, and toured Village Hall to see jail, water pumps, and a heavy firemen’s hat. The 3rd and 4th grades received health books, visited Wanzer Dairy, and learned about milk. The 7th grade makes graduation program covers while the 8th grade toured the high school and earned 5.88 on a benefit movie. Van Tiers misses the rest of year due to illness and Bernard Seim moves to Lansing. Older grades carve soap sculptures of animals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
van Tiers
Bernard Seim
Lansing
Berger School Iris Plantings and School Trip Plans
Herbert Krueger and classmates discuss irises and a cocoon moth in class. Basil and Lucinda Brassfield return from Missouri with coins for sales tax and plans for a sand dune trip by school bus. Sue Wise hosts a wedding shower and Jon attends the Greater Chicago Press Guild luncheon with awards presented.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berger
Herbert Krueger
Basil
Lucinda Brassfield
Missouri
Ugean Wismer
Sonny Johnson
Miss Cain
Sue Wise
Pohlers Court
Dalton
Banco
Jon
Greater
Chicago Press Guild
Allerton Hotel
Chicago
Guild
St Paul School Wins Awards at Lutheran Education Festival
St Paul Lutheran School of Dalton Riverdale joined Lutheran schools from multiple towns for a festival in Crete Il. The event opened with a 2 30 church service and featured music contests dramatic readings and art and English written work judged on Saturday. About 100 locals attended and the school won numerous ribbons and prizes across art English music and a hydro electric plant model project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul Lutheran School
Dalton-Riverdale
Kankakee
Matteson
Beecher
Crete
Steger
Chicago Heights
Lansing
Oak Glen
Calumet City
Homewood
Tinley Park
Cooper’s Grove
Orland Park
Thornton
Virginia Perguss
Frederick Belz
Norman Schroeder
Roberta Kester
Arlyn Peiguss
Lucille Wilkens
Muriel Stahnke
Florence Bessinger
J. C. Kliefoth
Bradley Cowser
Muriel Beckmann
Roberta Kuester
Richard Haase
Mildred Busch
Lois Haase
Robinson Cruso
Bowen School Honors and Events Recap
Bowen school reports 100 percent spelling for Marilyn De Vries Loretta Norman and Mary Ann Warren. Betty Robinson visits May 17 offers Olympic contest stories. K Kurz attends Chicago Normal college reunion May 21. Banquet at Hotel Knickerbocker May 19. St Marys third annual spring dance June 3 8 30 pm. Eighth grade picks flower and motto. Nature Study project praised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowen School
Marilyn de Vries
Loretta Norman
Mary Ann Warren
Patsy Spinnozzi
Betty Robinson
Betty
Katherine Kurz
Chicago Normal College
Knickerbocker
Patterson
K. Kurz
W. Petty
Bowen
Riverdale
Homewood
St. Mary’s Church
St. Mary’s Auditorium
Shirley Golding
Alice Hanschmann
Riverdale Park District Treasurer's Annual Report 1937 38
Riverdale Park District Treasurer presents funds received and expended for the fiscal year ending April 30 1938 in Cook County Illinois. The report lists multiple sources of funds including individual receipts and expenses for park operations. Names of officers staff and vendors appear with amounts for salaries and service costs such as engineering lighting lumber and maintenance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverdale ‘Park District
Walter Sellin
Riverdale Park District
County of
Cook
Illinois
A. D
Kinney Hood Printing Co
Oliver Johnson
Delos Hand
Viola Wiebke
Chas. H. Sellin
Putnam
W. H. Sellin
Paul Simnick
Park
A. L. Simnick and Sons
Chicago and Riverdale Lumber Co
Lumber Public Service Co
Acme Coal Co
West Disinfecting Co
Chicago Fence and Equipment Co
Treas
Riverdale
the Huey Co
Emma Leichinger
Paul Oemick
Dalton Fuel and Material Co
Ceme Aomé Steel Co
Public Service Co
Herbert Zornow
Bell Telephone Co
Tre
Park Hammond Monumental Works
A. L. Simnick
Herbert Ludwig
A. L
the Pointer
Mower
J. L. Strong
Ill
Kk. S. Putnam
H. Sellin
Ya Buchler
Otto E. Wagner
Clarence
Lotz
Ce G & R
D. W. Albee
Paul Kelieroth
L. Simnick and Sons
Hastings Garage
Kettlers Riverdale Pharmacy
Julius Pooder
W. Gcg
Ludwig
Secy
Ee O’larson
E. H. Bachmann
Acme Steel Co
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Lincoln School
ST. Paul School
Hans
WINDY
Riverdale Beer Garden
State of
Riverdale Park
Said County
Walter H. Sellin
Frank Stewart
Walter Haines
Thornton Township
T. W. Keehan
Calumet Township
Wee
Calumet “Township
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