Ban Parking At 138th And Halsted
Riverdale village moves to place no parking signs on the south side of 138th street east of Halsted due to a dangerous intersection. The board also notes traffic lane markings on Halsted viaducts and discusses street lighting, dredging, sewer tunnels, and open ditch reports with multiple trustees and officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
138Th
Halsted Streets
138Th Street
Halsted Street
Hanihan
Riverdale
Kendrick Harger
State Highway Department
Riverdale Board
Hanschmann
War Department
Chicago
Calumet
Illinois Central Railroad
Calumet River
144Th Street
Smith
Simmerling
The
Public Service Co
Ashland Avenue
Strosinski
Water Works Committee
137Th Street
Martin
Indiana Harbor Belt R. R. Company
Stewart Avenue
Zornow
Flett
Indiana Harbor Bell R. R. Company
Hales
Naomi West to sing in Chicago recital November 21
Naomi West will perform in a song recital at Perrin Hall Auditorium Building Chicago on Sunday November 21. Seating is limited and reservations may be made by calling Commodore 1831 or writing Miss West at 703 W. 120th St.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naomi
West
Perrin Hall
Auditorium Building
Chicago
Commodore 1831
Miss West
W. 120Th St
Armistice Day Plans In Riverdale Community
Paul Gall Post No 303 of The American Legion lines up Armistice Day events starting November 10 at Our Savior's Community Church with Rev St Clair speaker. Flowers will adorn the soldier monument on November 11. The post will host a party November 13 at Dolton village hall with German and Austrian veterans invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Gallost
Paul Gall Post
No. 303
American Legion
Our Savior’s Community Church
Riverdale
St. Clair
Hines Memorial Hospital
Paul
Lansing
Lester Brookfelt
Riverdale Police
U. S. Navy
Uncle Sam
Navy
Paul Gall
Dolton
Mrs. Augusta Schultz Dies After Long Illness
Augusta Marie Schultz nee Keehn aged 69 7 3 died Friday October 29 at St Francis hospital Blue Island after years of declining health and two major operations. She was married to Albert Schultz in 1894 and lived in Riverdale since. Surviving sons Gustave and William two daughters Mrs Hubbard and Mrs Arthur Harms seven grandchildren one sister and four brothers. Funeral held November 1 at St Pauls Lutheran Dalton with interment in Oakland cemetery. Jacobsoa Funeral Home in charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
August Marie Schultz
Prairie Avenue
Riverdale
St. Francis Hospital
Blue Island
Billings Memorial Hospital
Augusta Marie Schultz
Keehn
West Prussia
Germany
America
Wanatah
Ind
North Judson
Albert Schultz
Schultz
Gustave
William
Hubbard
Olga
Arthur Harms
Julius Lembcke
Fred
John
Huntington
Huron
South Dakota
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Dalton
Walter J. Keminitz
Oakland Cemetery
Dolton
Jacobsoa
Acme to Meet Inland Steel in Benefit Boxing Show
The Acme Steel Company Goodfellowship Club promotes a charity boxing card at Venetian Hall 139 Kingston Avenue. Bouts begin at 8 pm with Acme boxers facing Inland Steel representatives in eight weights from flyweight to heavyweight to raise funds for club members' children for a merry Christmas.
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Acme
Inland Steel
Venetian Hall
Kensington Avenue
Acme Steel Company Goodfellowship Club
Inland Steel Company
Goodfellowship Club
Acme Steel Company
Face to the East Poem Honors the Lads Who Went West
A solemn wartime lyric calls all to face east and pause work to honor the fallen. It honors bankers, farmers, clerks and every rank who died like men, asking a moment of prayer for the lads who went over there as memory wraps the nation, bugler sounds taps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murmer
Mem'ry
American Education Week Observed With Evening Classes
District 148 invites the public to see school work during American Education Week by holding four evenings of classes. Franklin and Washington schools host Monday November 8, Lincoln and Roosevelt Tuesday November 9, each at 7 15 p m lasting about one hour. Schools close November 11 for Armistice Day and November 12 for teacher institute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horace Mann
Massachusetts Board of Education
Franklin and Washington
Lincoln
Roosevelt
Board of Education
Card of Thanks for Two Losses
The Jacobitz and Schultz families express sincere thanks to neighbors friends and Rev Kemnitz the ladies choir police and others for kindness sympathy at the deaths of August Jacobitz Sr and Augusta Schultz. They note thanks for donated cars flowers and overall support from their communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
August Jacobitz
Walter Kemnitz
Jacobitz
Augusta Schultz
W. J. Kemnitz
Schultz
Two Veterans of Harbor RR Retire
Two Harbor Railroad veterans retire from Indiana Harbor Belt Blue Island yards James H Carroll yardmaster for twenty years and T J Coles Blue Island yards oldest switchman. Fellow workers presented each with a traveling bag. Carroll is secretary treasurer of Railroad Yardmasters of North America since 1925 and fought in the Boer War. Officials will honor him at a dinner Monday. The couple plans a Texas winter trip. Cole’s final trip ended in a decorated caboose signaling retirement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad
Blue Island
James H.carrol
Halsted Street
Riverdale
T. J. Cole
Los
Railroad Yardmasters of
North America
South Africa
Mr. Carroll
Mrs. Carroll
Texas
Caboo
Mr. Cole
IL A. B. Railroad
Mrs McLaughlin Elected District W R C President
The South half of the Womens Relief Corps held its district convention on October 29 at the Masonic Temple. Mrs J McLaughlin was chosen president with Teresa Marshall of Harvey as senior vice president. A large crowd attended and sixteen from G W Spencer Corps were present. The corps will visit Oak Forest Infirmary on November 7 to bring jellies magazines and groceries to soldiers.
Townsend Plan Meeting Explained at Riverdale Hall
A Townsend Plan meeting is set for Monday evening November 8 at 8 at Riverdale village hall. A speaker from Townsend headquarters in Chicago will explain the plan's meaning and implications to the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Townsend
Riverdale
Michigan Avenue
Chicago
P. C. Wike
Dredge Work Shifts To Chicago River Section
The Calumet dredge moved from Tata Calumet to the Chicago and Eastern Illinois bridge area and prepares to resume dredging the Little Calumet River. Engineers face a horseshoe bend near the Acme Steel plant while plans to replace bridges with electric turntable types are discussed. The project aims to finish between Chicago and Blue Island within the year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
al Johnson and
la ‘Crosse Dredging Company
Calumet
Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad
Tata Calumet
Little Calumet
Lake Calumet
Lake Michigan
City Council of
Chicago
Indiana ‘Avenue
Riverdale
Horseshoe Bend
CE 1
Indiana Avenue
Acme Steel
Johnson and la Crosce Co
Here
Blue Island
Pick Chairman For Red Cross Drive Committee
Appointment of Mrs. H. W. Slaughter as chairman of the annual Red Cross roll call in Dalton was announced this week by James B. Forgan, chairman of the Chicago chapter. Roll call chairmen were named for 106 suburbs and 35 Chicago neighborhoods as the drive set a regional record for organized communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. W. Slaughter
Red Cross
Dalton
James B. Forgan
Chicago
South Gook
Chicago Heights
Harry Hood
Blue Island
Fred J. Nichols
Calumet City
Joseph Miller
Flossmoor
Charles A. Ford
Homewood
Karl P. Schmidt
Matteson
Frank A. Allemong
Olympia Fields
S. W. Becker
South Holland
John Dalenberg
Steger
G. Salman
Thornton
J. W. Miller
Tinley Park
Omar C. Iebenbach
Roll Call
Forgan
Sandridge Ladies Aid to Serve Chicken Supper in Church Basement
The Sandridge Ladies Aid will serve a chicken supper in their church basement on November 12 starting at 5 30 p m. Adults 50 cents and children 25 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sandridge Ladies Aid
Also Mentioned on This Page
Halsted
Naomi West
de “Ray
Veterans of Harbor RR
Red Cross Drive
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