Dalton area social calendar and community notes
A town card and banco party benefits St Luke s Court No 186 Catholic Order of Foresters at St Mary s hall June 13 with valuable prizes. Local residents Mr and Mrs Milton Meede from Philadelphia visited May 24. Many gatherings, birthdays, club events, and a trip to Chicago are recorded along with births, illnesses, and school activities in Riverdale Dalton and surrounding communities.
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St Luke’s Court No
Catholic Order of Foresters
St. Mary’s Hall
Milton Meede
Philadelphia
Dalton
Ray Houston
Beverly Hills
George Ewing
M. E. Meeder
Fred Kasten
Thurel Meeder
Dan Bachmann
R. Staggers
Wes Milton Meeder
California
Mr. Meeder
Edward Leib
Eirl
St. Francis Hospital
Blue Island
Ivanhoe Roosevelt School Picnic Planned for June 3
The Roosevelt school hosts its annual picnic Tuesday afternoon June 3 at Ivanhoe park. Pupils and mothers bring guests while the Ivanhoe P T A provides beverages and serves ice cream. Several social visits and bridge gatherings are noted in surrounding items.
Franklin School Show Highlights Seventh and Eighth Grades
Dorothy Harms and Shirley Carswell report seventh and eighth graders staged stunts such as Jack and the Beanstalk Red Ride Mood Lion Tamer Three Bears and a Levitation Act. The eighth grade trio performed music and Shirley Cogswell played clarinet.
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Gerade
Brookfield Zoo
Constellations Planets and Sky Facts Highlight School Exhibit
SOWEN SCHOOL fourth grade students finished reference charts on Constellations Planets and other sky facts. The third grade completed workbook withdrawals and the Hobby Lobby Club from grades five and six celebrated a special day with their teacher Miss Hedthe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sowen School
Gerade
Janne Seletas
Mer Ehart
Erade Hay
Cevioy
Wily
Patricia Hawes
Janne Selle
Calumet River
Wun
Doeto de Litdle
Miss Hedthe
G. W. Spencer Jr Girls to Parade Friday
The G. W. Spencer Junior Girls will take part in the Decoration Hay parade on Friday. Members should assemble at Riverdale village hall at 1 15 PM to march to Oakland cemetery.
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G. W. Spencer Jrs
G. W. Spencer
Riverdale Village Hall
Oakland Cemetery
Lincoln Teen Age Dance Sponsored for June 13
The Lincoln Parent-Teacher Association agrees to sponsor another Teen Age Dance at Lincoln school gym on Friday evening June 13. The last event drew over 300 attendees with parents praising supervised dances as a key leisure activity for youth. District 148 Board of Education cooperated to make it possible.
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Lincoln Parent-Teacher Association of
Dalton
Lincoln School
Board of Education
District 148
Bowen Girls' Club Banquet Set for June 5
Bowen school Girls' Club plans its annual banquet next Thursday evening June 5 at six o'clock in Our Savior's church parlors. Mr and Mrs A J Sutherland of Seattle were guests with the Walter and William May families over the weekend. Sutherland is Mrs William May's brother and will visit relatives in the Chicago area for about two months before returning home. Riverdale A C will play St Paul A C of Chicago Heights Sunday afternoon at Riverdale park following a loss last Sunday to Lincoln A C of Chicago Heights.
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Arthur E. Diliner
Frank Thompson
Lincoln Avenue
Dalton
Bennis
Mary Marvin
Springfield
Franklin Berndt, Sr
Washington Street
Dick Simnick
Franklin Berndt
Lyle Klitzke
Bridge Club
Florence
Katherine Schabloske
Felix Schabloske
Dolton
Helen McDonald
Rosemary McLaughlin
Florence Lane
Agnes Kurz
Violet Struven
Helen Voeel
Dorothy Meginnis
Edward Lane
Harmony Choral Club
Louise Ewert
Chicago
Illinois Central
Lincoln Park
Chicago Historical Society
du Savior
Ae LaVerne Deichen
Flora Gallegos
John Tourtellotte
Donald Woods
Doris Calcott
Room Four
Franklin Boys
Riverdale Park
Roosevelt School
Ivanhoe Park
Ivanhoe P. T. A
Douglas Sutherland
Holland
Mich
Sutherland
George Zilsberner
Bridge
L. A. Davidson
Mis
Mis J. van Dyke
Irving S Cobb
Lewis D Myles
Myle
Hubbard Myles
Philadelphia
Wentworth Avenue
Gerald Reasor
Phyllis
Joy Reasor
Marilyn
Jacqueline Maynard
Gloria Jean Grenwall
Bowen School
Our Savior’s Church
A. J. Sutherland
Seattle
Washington
Walter
William May
Sutherlands
Riverdale A. C
St. Paul A. C
Chicago Heights
Lincoln A. C.’s
Riverdale School Yard Wins Honorable Mention in Lawn Campaign
Riverdale Branch of Curtis School at 13258 Prairie Avenue earned honorable mention in Chicago’s Save the Lawn campaign. John Galande, custodian since building completion in 1938, oversaw seeding and flowers after landscaping by the Board of Education. Principal Monica Brown secured tulips planted and tended by Galande, enhancing the yard visible from Indiana Avenue.
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Riverdale
Curtis School
Prairie Avenue
Save
City of
Chicago
John Galande
Riverdale School
Board of Education
Grande
Monica Brown
Indiana Avenue
Also Mentioned on This Page
Walter Wells
E. 137Th Street
Louisa Schaefer
Florence Rampke
Meta Schroeder
May Rodman
Jennie O’connor
Women’s Relief Corps
Department of Illinois
Bloomington
Armin Hanschmann
LaSalle Street
Charles Hammeister
Agnes Dieger
Gertie Simnick
Mary Lotz
Buechler
Weidelman
Ihene Garry
Jule Flahive
Helen Flahive
Adeline Flahive
Schmuck
Charles Dally
R. Zoller
Charles Sadler
Stella Mottinger
Ivanhoe
Lincoln
Bowen Girls
Roseland
FUR Salon
Michigan Ave
Harvey
154Th Street
Harvey Federal
Harvey Federal Savings
Schug’s Tavern
Manhattan
Old Wisconsin
Badger
Bismark
Reingold
CFL
Muscatel
Bismark Beer
Schenley Bond
Emerald
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