Riverdale Man Cited For Army Service Behind Iron Curtain
A Riverdale family welcomed home S/ Sergeant Alexander F. Maka age 28 after more than a year in silence behind the Iron Curtain. Alec last visited in winter 1962 on furlough leaving with the words Do not worry about me Remember no news is good news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dureen Corsello
Riverdale
Alexander F. Maka
Alec
Alexander M. Maka
Michigan
Fort Campbell
Kentucky
Sgt
Maka
Barbara
Sandy
Linda
Democracy
2Nd Battle Group
Fth Infantry
Iron Curtain
Berlin
Alexander Maka
U.S. Army
Thornton Township High School
Ice Cream Social at Ivanhoe Park field house
Mrs. Raymond Kauffman of Ivanhoe Woman's Club invites locals to the annual ice cream social at Ivanhoe Park field house on Tuesday June 4 from 6 to 9 p.m. Tickets 25c. homemade cake ice cream and beverages served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Kauffman
Ivanhoe
Immanuel Church Plans New Building With Y Shaped Bell Tower
The Immanuel United Church of Christ in Dalton approves architect sketches for a larger brick and stone church at Grant and Sheridan. The design includes an octagonal sanctuary for 800 to 400 worshipers, a 24 hour memorial chapel, a Y shaped 53 foot bell tower, and a dual purpose junior room. Groundbreaking is hoped for fall with completion by summer 1964. church school and services shift to Lincoln School during construction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Immanuel United Church of Christ
Grant and
Sheridan, Dalton
Whitehead-Billman Architectural Firm
Chicago
Immanuel Church
Lincoln School
Grant & Sheridan
Annual Memorial Day Parade in Dalton Riverdale
The Dalton Riverdale Memorial Day Parade opens with Paul Gall Post 303 American Legion and starts Thursday at 1 p.m. on Wabash between 137th and 138th Streets, moving east to Leyden and Lincoln Aves, then to Oakland Cemetery by cars and buses for services honoring war dead. Theodore Burdy will speak. Wilmot chairs the event and contact info is provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dalton-Riverdale
Paul Gall
American Legion
Wabash
Riverdale
137Th
138Th Streets
137Th St
Leyden Ave
Lincoln Ave
Dalton
Oakland Cemetery
Theodore Burdy
Sandridge
Glenwood
Marty Wilmot
Wilmot
Bus Car Crash In Riverdale at Halsted and 134th
A bus and two cars collided at Halsted and 134th Street on Wednesday May 15 as the bus slid and struck Hardy’s car pushing it into the Davis vehicle. Drivers Hardy Griffey and Davis reported neck knee and chest injuries and Griffey received a speeding-for-conditions ticket.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Griffey
Hardy
Davis
Dalton Civil Defense Thank You Letter to Pointer Publications
Letter from Donald E. Cleghorn thanking Pointer Publications and Dalton residents for a Warning System fund drive. Notes completion near $3,000 in donations and commends area captains churches schools businesses clubs and press coverage for the community action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pointer Publications
Riverdale
Illinois
Dalton
Paul Rizzo
Dalton Civil Defense Organization
Dolton Man Designs Fire Alarm Link to School
James Albert of St Paul Lutheran Church fame designs a direct school to Dolton fire station fire alarm. The system instantly notifies the fire department and clears the school for rapid response. It claims to be a first for Dolton and includes a fail safe to ring in the school if the line to the station fails.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dolton Man
Board of Christian Education
St. Paul Lutheran Church
Board of
Dolton Fire Station
James Albert
Dobson Ave
St. Paul’s
Illinois Bell Telephone Company
St. Paul School
Dalton
Polio Shots Offered In Dalton June 1 And 13
Dalton residents can receive free Salk polio vaccine shots Saturday June 1 and Saturday June 13 from 1 to 5 p.m. in the village hall. Sponsored by the Dalton Health Department, the program follows last year’s effort that inoculated over 1600 people under Dr. Paul A. Rosborough and staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dalton
Dalton Health Department
Health Department
Paul A. Rosborough
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Alexander F, Maka
New Immanuel Church
Henri-Frederic Amiel
Judi Lagestee
South Holland
Florence Plug
Bernice Fabian
Owen Hanson
Thomas Mossell
South Holland Fire Department
Herb Schmidt
Riverdale Fire Department
Donald E. Cleghorn
David John Hess
Dobson, Dolton
Sibley Barber Shop
Primo Tremaroli
Betty Lane
David
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