Winterhoff forms advisory council of mayors on relief policy
Thornton township Supervisor Winterhoff convened all city mayors and village presidents to form an advisory committee for relief administration. The report shows budget cuts, staff savings, and lower rent as part of a push to balance funds and audit bills twice monthly while expanding surplus commodity access for older and widow beneficiaries. The group will meet monthly with a broader civic committee meeting quarterly.
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Wm. H. Winterhoff
Thornton Township
Winterhoff
Park Avenue
Harvey
Board of Auditors
Legion Post
American Education Week Set for District 148 Schools
Public invited to visit Dalton and Riverdale schools during November 10 to 14. Armistice Day programs on Monday, a Tuesday holiday, Come to School Night events at Lincoln Roosevelt and Franklin Washington, and Friday 2:30 pm auditorium programs to showcase student work.
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National Education Association
Dalton
Riverdale
Lincoln
Roosevelt
Franklin
Washington
Board of Education
Seitz Couple Fetes Silver Wedding Anniversary
Mr and Mrs E Seitz of 13901 Lincoln Avenue Dalton celebrate their silver wedding with a dinner at Pipe o Peace golf course. Family and friends from Dalton Harvey Richton Blue Island Roseland Westmont joined the event with gifts and congratulations.
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Mrs. Seitz
A. Schmutzler
Seitz
Fern Seitz
E. Seitz
Westmont
Joseph Fischer
la Vine
Florence
Norma Strampe
Dalton
P. Gross
Ruth
Shirley
Paul, Jr
Harvey
J. Kiessling
Richton, Il
Erna Seitz
Roseland
Doldale Lodge Meet to View Golden Gavel Exchange
Doldale Lodge No. 113 IL OO holds a regular meeting Friday November 7 at 8 pm in the new hall at Main and Greenwood. Members to see the golden gavel gifted by Homewood lodge and plan a joint trip to Monee lodge on Tuesday November 11 leaving 7 15 pm.
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Doldale Lodge
Main Street
Greenwood Road
Homewood Lodge
Doldale
Monee Lodge
Odd Fellows
Monee
Laetae Amicae Club Celebrates Anniversary Meeting
On Friday October 31 the Laetae Amicae club met at Rosemary McLaughlin's home 13937 Lincoln Ave Dalton. The anniversary was celebrated and officers were elected Rosemary McLaughlin president Helen Krueger secretary and Hilda Ungelug treasurer. A Halloween luncheon followed.
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Laetae Amicae Club
Rosemary McLaughlin
Lincoln Avenue
Dalton
Jean Berschinski
Helen Krueger
Hilda Ungelug
Ruth Middendorf
Roseland
Talented Cast Schedules WLS Show November 13 14
A Dalton Riverdale Junior Woman's club presented home talent show will feature over 100 performers aged four to eighty five. The three act program at Lincoln School Dalton includes a Gay 90s revue riverdale Ramblers and a melodrama The Persecuted Maiden with a guest WLS broadcast. Tickets are thirty five cents.
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WLS
Dalton-Riverdale
Lincoln School
Dalton
West Pullman
Margaret Cashman
WLS Home
Riverdale Park
Harmony Choral Club
St. Paul’s
Emma Rampke
Riverdale
Cashman
Police Thank Donors for Dalton Radio Fund
The Dolton Police Department expresses gratitude to radio fund donors in Dalton for their generous contributions. The two way radio equipment funded by the drive has proven satisfactory and enhances the department’s ability to serve the community promptly and efficiently.
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Dalton
Bowen School Teen Age Dance at School Gym
The Bowen School P T A sponsors a teen age dance on Friday evening November 7 at 8 o'clock in the school gym. Paul Phillips orchestra will furnish the music. Admission is twenty cents.
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Bowen School
Paul Phillips
Riverdale Gets Nine New School Safety Signs
The Chicago Motor Club Safety and Traffic Department announced today that nine school signs were erected on Riverdale streets in recent days to improve safety for students and drivers.
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Riverdale Streets
Chicago Motor Club Safety and Traffic Department
Legion Armistice Day Observance Plans Detailed
Paul Gall Post 803 American Legion announces Armistice Day events as Europe wages war. Dinner November 8 at St Paul school auditorium Dalton with dancing and card playing, then Legion rooms. November 11 services at Oakland cemetery and Dalton village hall. Local schools close November 10 for observances. Banks and post offices also close.
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Paul Gall Post No
American Legion
Legionairres
St. Paul School
Dalton
Legion Rooms
Oakland Cemetery
Dalton Village
Riverdale
Chicago
Paul Gall Post
Rites Held Saturday Morning for Phyllis Salerno
Funeral services for 17 year old Phyllis Salerno were held Saturday from her Riverdale home to St. Marys Church with a Requiem Mass. Interment followed at St Benedicts Cemetery Blue Island. Phyllis died October 29 after a five month illness, aided by twenty one blood transfusions. She was a Thorn Township High School sophomore and is survived by her parents and brother Dominick.
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Phyllis Salerno
Anthony Salerno
Emerald Avenue
Riverdale
St. Mary’s Church
Matthias Hoffman
St. Benedict’s Cemetery
Blue Island
Phyllis
Roseland Community Hospital
Paul Gall
American Legion Auxiliary
James Johnson
Mary Fergnson
Edward Albrecht
Margaret Krusal
Arlene Wolfram
Phyllis Colwell
Betty Teas
Faith Petraske
Dawn Packard
Mary Krusal
Bachmann
Thornton Township High School
Dominick
Edward Mohr Called for Army Service Today
Edward Mohr of 13933 Atlantic Street Riverdale joins 12 other youths in the Harvey draft district to report this morning at 7 30 at the Harvey post office for induction to 515 South Franklin Street Chicago.
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Edward Mohr
Atlantic Street
Riverdale
Harvey
138Th Street
Edward
Induction
Franklin Street
Chicago
Hunter Fined For Violation Of State Game Law
Harry Larson of 10317 Yates Avenue Chicago was fined 30 dollars by Justice Jacob P. De Young of South Holland on October 26 for hunting migratory waterfowl after 4 p m October 16 near Lake Calumet. Federal wardens R B Waddell and Clarence Ballard apprehended him.
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Harry Larson
Yates Avenue
Chicago
Justice of the Peace
Jacob P. de Young
South Holland
Lake Calumet
Larson
R. B. Waddell
Clarence Ballard
New Residences For Riverdale In 1941 May Reach 100 Goal
Village figures show 91 homes completed by October with 612 152 dollars in permits for the year. Builders expect the 1941 total to exceed 100 as activity continues to rise and records fall.
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Riverdale
Peter J. Kurz
Plant Worker Dies After Steam Line Blast at Dalton Plant
A coroner's jury ruled accidental death for Harry Bloomer 46 Blue Island resident after head injuries from a steam line blast at the Chicago Brick Co plant in Dalton Friday. He died Saturday at Ingalls Memorial Harvey. Survived by widow Caroline and son Kenneth. Funeral at First Lutheran Blue Island with Lutheran cemetery interment.
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Blue Island
Harry Bloomer
Highland Avenue
Ingalls Memorial Hospital
Harvey
Chicago Brick Co
Dalton
Caroline
Kenneth
First Lutheran Church
Lutheran Cemetery
Auxiliary to Sponsor Jelly Shower for Oak Forest Vets
The American Legion Auxiliary will sponsor a jelly shower for war veterans at Oak Forest for Thanksgiving. Mrs. Ruth Slaughter leads the project and asks contributors to bring jelly, jams, pickles, preserves, cookies, shaving cream, toothpaste, Bull Durham tobacco, and clothing to the next Auxiliary meeting on November 13 or call Dolton 874 for pickup. Articles are in high demand and greatly appreciated by the veterans.
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American Legion Auxiliary
Oak Forest
Ruth Slaughter
Annual Red Cross Drive to Start Nov 9
The annual Red Cross Roll call drive begins Sunday November 9 and runs through Thanksgiving Day. Mrs Pauline Slaughter of Dalton, appointed chairwoman, says literature and contribution blanks will go to residents this week. Posters have been distributed to local stores as preparations mark the largest drive since World War I.
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Red Cross
Pauline Slaughter
Dalton
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Mayors’ Group
IL Oo
Junior Woman's Club
Dolton Police Department
Bowen
Legion
Europe
Hunter
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