Ground broken for St Marys church and school complex
Twenty years ago the parish began plans for a two story church and school on Leyden avenue 97 feet by 139 feet. John Vandeursen Harms, born May 25 1917 at Dalton to Prof Louis Harms, is the first Harms-Vandeursen grandchild. Private Roy Huntley of the First Illinois Regiment sick with diphtheria at an isolation hospital near Lawndale Avenue is improving slowly after anti toxin treatment. Draft registration for men 21 to 30 set for Tuesday June 6.
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St. Mary’s Church
Leyden Avenue
St. Mary’s
Wm. Dettmer
John Vandeursen Harms
Louis Harms
Dalton
John
Harms
Vandeursen
Roy Huntley
First Illinois Regiment
Lockport
34Th Street
Lawndale Avenue
Mgr
O. V. Huntley
Roy
Michael H. Kelly
Congress
South Holland Notes and Local News From Twenty Years Ago
The cold rain harms onion sets with D P Young resowing over 200 pounds. South Holland public school graduates 18 with names listed. Perfect attendance and spelling honors noted. Russel Gibson heads to training camp. farewell party held. Local students and families highlighted. A motorcycle incident on School Street ends with no injuries. University of Chicago student Herbert Zotnow wins wrestling title. Mrs. Otto Lentz faces goitre treatment at Blue Island hospital.
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D. P. Young
South Holland Public School
Jennie Paarlberg
Jennie J. Gouwens
Ida Tysse
Mary Rietveld
Mable Koedyker
Jennie Vanderbilt John Vanderbilt
Bertha Ravesloot
Josie van Zanten
Herban Paarlberg
Jessie Gouwens
Russel Gibson
Sam
Newport
R. I
Herman Rinkema
Eddie Schuurman
Harry Vinke
Willie Bruin
Tunis Paarlberg
George Gouwens
Ray Meeboer
Aggie Rinkema
Elizabeth van Zanten
Geneve van Zanten
Minnie Kessky
Blanche Dalenberg
Bessie Meeboer
Jennie Bardwick
Minnie Bardwieck
May Gleary
Ma Gibson
George
Expers
Deckler
John C. Zornow
Otto Lentz
St. Francis Hospital
Blue Island
Goitre
Gallstone Operation Reported For Mrs Albrecht at Ingalls Memorial
Ten years ago Mrs Charles Albrecht underwent gallstone surgery at Ingalls Memorial hospital last Monday. The operation was serious but she is said to be recovering well, a hopeful note for her many friends. A Roseland party of three men, partly under the weather, attempted to out-
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Albrecht
Ingalls Memorial Hospital
Prahl family plans Michigan trip and relatives visit
Mr. and Mrs. Herman Prahl expect to depart Friday for a trip across to Michigan with a stopover in Muskegon to visit relatives. Mr. and Mrs. John O. DeYoung announce the birth of a daughter on May 22. William Kreeze of Arlington Washington arrives for a visit after years away, reconnecting with relatives. A baby girl Viola Mary arrives at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Nick De Boer in Chicago Heights.
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Herman Prahl
Michigan
Muskegon
John O. DeYoung
William Kreeze
Arlington
Washington
Viola Mary
Nick de Boer
Chicago Heights
Calumet District Brims With Public Works Progress
Alderman Lindell notes rapid progress on three major Calumet projects with a $1 million Duty avenue extension on Stony Island avenue near 130th street. Sewer lines parallel to 130th Street advance, a Municipal Interchange Terminal near Lake Calumet is under prep, and a new Riverdale elementary school at 133rd Street and Calumet Avenue rises.
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Svony
Riverdale
133Rd Street
Calumet Avenue
Doty Avenue
Stony Island Avenue
Lindell
Chicago
Loop
Nickle Plate and
Chicago Western Indiana Railroad
96Th Street
State Highway Department
PWA
LakeCalumet
City of
al. Johnson-LaCrosse
City of Chicago
Ketler-Elliot Company of
103Rd Street
Nickle Plate and Western Indiana Railroad
103Rd Streets
108Rd Street
Lake Calumet
WPA Projects in Thornton Township
Three WPA road projects in Dalton Riverdale South Holland Lansing Thornton Harvey Calumet City and Burnham await federal approval via Thornton Township Commissioner Joseph Nitz. One plan funds 290 workers at 77 616 to resurface roads grade shoulders and drainage. A second builds a Little Calumet river bridge at Propper Road 167th to 159th with a twenty two foot roadway costing 116 191 employing 190 men. The third adds a ditch along Arthur Road 159th to Calumet river costing 9 000 with 50 workers.
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WPA
Dalton
Riverdale
South Holland
Lansing
Thornton
Harvey
Calumet City
Burnham
Joseph Nitz
Chicago Herald-Examiner
Little Calumet River
Propper Road
167Th Street
159Th St
Arthur Road
159Th Street
Calumet River
Also Mentioned on This Page
THE
South Holland News
Pointer
Electrolux
Public Service
Public Service Company OF
Northern Illinois
Calumet District
Arthur G. Lindell
Thornton Township
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