Quiet Riverdale election rejects city system change
Voters in Riverdale turn down a proposition to switch to a city election system. The note also states that all banks will close Monday, November 11, Armistice Day, and encourages banking on Saturday.
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Riverdale
Lincoln Park
Village Hall
Esane
Anew
Hee
Democratic
Sullivan We Bee
Crea
Barnes
Oho
McKinley Seane
McSurely
Neene
Teenies “Neta
Lindsay O’connor
Miller Weeee
Meneen
David Never
Schwaba
Tsaacs
Dierssen
Murphy Wa
Arenes
McCaffery Nenmeanecee Ee Esnsen Eneresees Eternet
Sandstone
Political Pearance
Worsley Ex-Service Co
Eaceeenasendemnepeeneenneeaeenee
Jones Paweneeeee
Arnold
Democrat— Men Enenser
Finnegan
la Salle
Panerneca
Local notes highlight families and business moves
Twenty years ago The Pointer reports on local births and social events. Charles Bockelman welcomes a daughter. Loretta Keller visits Riverdale relatives. Lambert and associates plan Pendants. Industrial updates note Commonwealth Electric wires to Riverdale and Chicago Milling expected current soon. Senator Lorimer’s Congress directory and shipping industry chatter accompany profiles of Dr. Freer and government lab work in the Philippines.
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Charles Bockelman
Ernest Dieck
Kensington
Philpot
Loretta Keller
Joliet
Gustav Berschinski
Anton Strosinski
Riverdale
Commonwealth Electric Company
Chicago Milling Co
Martin Wilkins
Illinois Brick Co
LaBahn
Lansing
Emil Kasten
Dolton
Wm. Lorimer
Washington
House
Paul G. Freer
U. S
Phillipine Islands
Dr. Freer
Cora Freer
A. C
Otto F. Reich
Mr. Freer
Phillipines
Taft
Armistice Day Program at Dalton Dug Out and Monument
Armistice Day events planned for Sunday November 10 at 10 30 a m at the Soldier Monument opposite Village Hall Dalton include a program with America and The Star Spangled Banner sung by the assembly and band prayers address reading roll call of World War dead wreath laying a firing salute taps and a closing hymn All Legionaires ex service men and invited groups asked to attend in uniform or post cap.
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Dalton
Soldier Monument
Village Hall
America
Assembly
Paul Gall Post
Halsted Street Opening Celebration Planned by South End Chamber
The South End Chamber of Commerce announces a Halsted Street opening celebration for next Monday. An 11 30 automobile parade precedes a 1 p m banquet at Fenger High School with Michael J Faherty president of the board of local improvements as main speaker and Alderman Govier as toastmaster.
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South End
Local residents draw 160 acres on Cheyenne River and Standing Rock lands
Four locals drew 160 acres each in the land draw. Ora Willigan, forman driver for the Knickerbocker Ice Co., Nicholas Meyers of Dalton, J H Boyens and Albert Boyens of Riverdale were among the fortunate registrants. The land is open for filing.
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Cheyenne River
Standing Rock
Ora Willigan
Forman Driver
Knickerbocker Ice Co
Nicholas Meyers
Dalton
J. H. Boyens
Albert Boyenns
Riverdale
Transfer Made Trustees Realign City Students
Riverdale students from Bowen move to Dolton schools under a plan settled by Judge McEwen after six years of dispute. About 80 children shift. some remain at Bowen with $3 monthly tuition. A new Ivanhoe school may be built south of the Harbor tracks with a viaduct at 140th street to ease access in coming years.
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Greenfield Subdivision
Riverdale
Bowen School
Dolton Schools
Lincoln Avenue
Chicago Street
Board of Education
Dalton
Bowling Champion Sets Roseland Record in Friday League
Clarence Simnick of Riverdale, bowling for Phil Schmidt's team, posted a 751 series with games of 235 236 and 280, nearly achieving a 300. He also contributes to the American Legion team at St Paul’s school alleys and holds a season high game of 257.
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Clarence Simnick
Riverdale
Phil Schmidt
Clarence
American Legion
St. Paul’s
Calumet City reports 98.3 percent vaccination rate
Health officer E S O’Brien says Calumet City school children show 98.3 percent smallpox vaccination with 676 newcomers vaccinated this year. Enrollment last year stood at 3,684 with 8,624 total vaccinated. Robt Wesley switchman died October 27 at 37 years 2 months. funeral by switchmen union. Services held at Bachman’s chapel with Oaklawn cemetery burial.
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Josephine C. Gray
Joseph DeFries
Stoney Island Avenue
Sibley Boulevard
Erwine Thompson
Oak Hill Cemetery
Hammond
Calumet City
E. S. O’brien
Robt. Wesley
Dalton
Monroe Street
Margaret
Switchmen’s Union
Bachman’s Chapel
Oaklawn
Local and Personal News Items From Riverdale and Nearby
Telford Workman, son of Aine Workman and Iowa State College veterinary student, won a gold medal for top scholarship. Ernest Kettler visited Milwaukee relatives, sharing a pleasant time. Grand Rapids visitors the Riverdale Kinneys stayed several days. Mrs. J Kasha and family traveled to Manistee to visit relatives. A Halloween gathering at Hazel Strassenberg’s included many friends and a lunch. George Holden drove to San Pierre, Ind., and witnessed a serious accident on the way home. Methodist ladies attended a Mission meeting in Chicago Southern District. Cornell College homecoming noted for Stuart Thompson. George Obeldobel completed a 16 day auto trip to San Diego with extensive detours and beer prices in Ciudad Juarez. Theodore Staab marked his birthday with a serenade by American Legion Band Boys and potato salad from Grandma Staab. A Halloween masquerade at Roseland honored Misses Alice Stern and Jean Barron with a long party. Walter Malloy, cited by city sealer for overweight coke shipment to Porin Bros, paid the overweight fine.
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Telford Workman
Aine Workman
Iowa State College
Ames
Iowa
Ernest Kettler
Kettler
Milwaukee
James R. Kinney
Grand Rapids
Mich
Riverdale Kinney
J. Kasha
John
Ted Dreger
Manistee
Kasha
Wis
Hazel Strassenberg
Stanley Kwains
Teddy
Mary Shopovitch
Elen Butkus
Leonard Shasma
Harold
Aldin Jenkens
Brotama Nuzzo
Katherine
Marie Pazoti
Hilda
Elizabeth van Dyke
Lillian Krueger
Dorothy Lucas
Alice Cook
George Strassenerg
Geneva Smith
Franklin Berndt
George Holden
San Pierre
Ind
Ford
Arthur Strassenberg
Hebron
Methodist Church
Dalton
Chicago Southern District
Fernwood M. E
E. Thompson
M. A. A. Farbridge
Woodlawn Methodist Church
Stuart Thompson
Grant Street
Cornell College
Mount Vernon
George Obeldobel
San Diego
Cal
George
Gila Bend
Ariz
Spanish Trail
Bankhead Highway
Fort Worth
Tex
Pickwick Greyhound
Yuma
Tia Juana
Mexico
el Paso
Little Rock
Ark
Ozark Mountains
St. Louis
Joliet
Kansas
Tulsa
Okla
Oklahoma City
Ciudad Juarez
Theodore Staab
American Legion
Paul Gall Post
Grandma Staab
Ted
William Schlieman
W. 113Th Street
Roseland
Riverdale
Alice Stern
Jean Barron
Walter Malloy
107Th and
Wentworth Avenue
Porin Bros
Walter
Mail carrier Lyons faces prison for stealing money from letters
Ernest Lyons a Riverdale mail carrier with 16 years service was arrested by postal inspectors after a decoy letter with marked money was opened in the station water closet. He sorted through mail taking letters with money, now faces prison and loss of rights. Lyons is married and lived in Riverdale’s black belt, and readers are urged to use money orders or cashier’s checks to prevent theft.
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Riverdale
Ernest H. Lyons
Axel Berquist
Lyons
Sam
Won Music Scholarship At Chicago Civic League
The Joseph T. Park $500 music scholarship was awarded at a meeting in the LaSalle Hotel Chicago by the Chicago Civic league to Thomas Hagarty of Thornton Township High School. Mrs. Miriam Stone presented the award on behalf of the league for voice and music studies.
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Joseph T. Park
LaSalle Hotel
Chicago
Chicago Civic League
Thomas Hagarty
Thornton Township High School
Miriam Stone
Thornton
Specialville Becomes Dixmoor by Village Vote
The village at Western Avenue and 147th Street changed its official name from Specialville to Dixmoor by a 4 to 2 vote. About 1,200 residents reportedly approved, with hundreds attending the meeting and cheering the board. The change aims to shed the old name linked to a roadhouse operator.
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Western Avenue
147Th Street
Specialville
Dixmoor
New Hotel Planned for Hammond at Rimbach and Ama
Architect Louis Hess announces a nine story hotel and apartment project in Hammond at the southeast corner of Rimbach and Ama streets. The building will cost 500000 and include 114 hotel rooms and 25 apartments.
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Rimbach and
Ama Street
Hammond
Louis Hess
Sandridge church bazaar and local events schedule
The Ladies Aid of Sandridge M E church hosts a bazaar on Friday November 15 at 2 p m. Doldo Rebekah Lodge No 9 plans banco and card party at Masonic Hall Dalton Tuesday November 12 at 8 p m with refreshments and prizes and a permanent wave door prize from a local beauty shop. Volga German Benefit Association Local No 3 to dance at Riverdale Village hall Saturday November 9.
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Ladies’ Aid
Sandridge M. E
Doldale Rebekah Lodge
Masonic Hall
Dalton
Volga German Benefit Association
Riverdale
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Coalition
Halsted ST
Riverdale School
Secretary of State
E. V. Price
Tailored Clothes
Triangle Toggery, Dolton
Adv
Ernest Lyons
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