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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1919
Page
1
Riverdale holds a 2 p m Decoration Day parade led by W R C and G A R Ladies. Young soldiers from training camps join bands, Boy Scouts, and schoolchildren marching from Riverdale Village Hall to Propper's Corner and Oakland Cemetery for services and addresses.
Baseball column reports the Clovers and JJ Chicago Heights played to a 9 9 tie after a late rally and disputed umpire decision. Chicago Heights scored eight runs in the eighth aided by five errors, with Decoration day set to face Cavaliers and Englewood South Ends upcoming games. Lefty Albrecht to pitch Sunday. undecided pitcher for Decoration day.
Liberty Boys lost 10 to 0 as West Pullman Arrows pitcher Spiesberger dominated on the mound. Errors plagued Liberty with poor fielding and baserunning as they struggle to put runs across. Upcoming schedule includes a Decorsa tion day trip to McKinley Park to face the Monitors and a Hamilton Park clash with Hillside A A for an afternoon game.
Standards defeated Hazel Crest 10 to 8 in a tense game highlighted by a collision between Hazel Crest first baseman Heintz and catcher Thorp. Heintz suffered a brief, dreamlike pause before returning to play as Gus Bowse and Ted Thorp formed the local battery. The teams set for a December day rematch at Palmer Park field 113th and Indiana.
Carl Dieck, a young entrepreneur, plans to self ice in his express and moving business. He has quickly built a solid patronage with an office at 425 Washington Avenue and expects telephone service soon.
Market notice lists asparagus at market price from John Schaak Market and Grocery Riverdale with contact Riverdale 25. Also adds for sale a fresh Guernsey cow by Fred Diekman Delton 454 and a stenographer position requiring rapid typing experience.
The Elizabeth Meyer property comprising 1.72 acres and a vacant house will be sold for cash at Room 1787 111 W Washington Street Chicago Illinois at 11 o'clock sharp on June 17 1919. Sale subject to Circuit Court approval and property appraised at 1400 must bring at least 933. Cooney Verholven 1938 Conway Bridge 111 West Washington Street Franklin 56237 Attorneys.
Riverdale board authorized buying tar via Barrett Manufacturing Co. to cover 137th Street and Wabash Ave at 14 cents a gallon. Testing village well debated with Indiana Air Pump Co. proposed. vote split 3 to 3, president casting deciding yes to borrow pipe for a test. Police incident at Calumet Grove led to gunfire by Officer Simnick and arrests. ensuing testimony issues and potential police committee trial. Vehicle licenses due by June 1. Found gold pin reported by W R C.
J J Powers visits his parents in Tuscola Illinois last Sunday. Decoration Day causes the weekly issue to advance one day and employees receive a Saturday holiday. Rudolph Hamming 65th Engineers returns home honorably discharged his bride Olive Zirzow died recently from pneumonia and influenza. Henry Homier and family move from Riverdale to 181 Orchard Blue Island. he is a noted truck farmer and former Farmers Association leader. Frank Bergola moves to 2 East 137th Street. Dolton Woman’s Club hosted Katecha Koo cast in Green Room on May 23 with dancing and refreshments. Epworth League Bazaar opens 6 20 p m Tuesday June at Rantho bakery goods aprons and more. Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society meets June 8 at M E parsonage all invited. F L Wolf Two Rivers Oil & Gas Co Bartlesville Okla visited sisters Wertman and Neath. Raymond Wertman returns from Appleton Wis with grandfather Wolf a Civil War veteran. 87 years old and led parade on Decoration Day. Ray and grandfather photographed in uniform. Harold Packard returns from Great Lakes Station mustered out at 18 served two years Atlantic crossings. Fred Beudefeld returns home with honorable Army discharge after many battles and a slight scar from a mishap.
All neighbors wishing to attend memorial service on Sunday June 1 meet at Dalton Village Hall at one oclock sharp. They will go by truck donated by Chicago and Riverdale Lumber Co. Lulu Berger recorder.
Railroads in the Central Western Region launch No Accident Week from 12:01 a.m. June 22 to 12:01 a.m. June 29. Local notice instructs focus on safety and vigilance across lines.
Progress on the Dalton to Propper's Corner highway continues with Jaranowski Hagbeer Frank Green and Foreman Henry Milhaba reporting solid work. The state highway engineer praised the crew after inspecting the site and noted the thoroughly scarified leveled stoned watered rolled pavement.
District 148 calendars list Decoration Day exercises on Thursday afternoon and a June Festival on June 10. Spelling contests are planned next week while the kindergarten program is set for Friday afternoon June 6. Schools close June 20 and eighth grade exercises occur June 12. parents urged to keep students in school. A retired clergyman joke ends with a rural image of the man in overalls in the garden.
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