National War Fund Campaign Enters Final Week Here
Dolton residents report nine hundred dollars donated to the National War Fund as the drive closes in on its final week. Riverdale contributions total $899.67 with work by schools, theaters and civic groups. Suburban Division reaches 62 percent of its $850,000 quota, with district tallies from Orland Park to Flossmoor and Oak Forest.
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Dolton
National War Fund
Riverdale
Walter Pohlers
Dalton
Charles Colebourn
Stuart Cochran
Mr. Cochran
Henry E. Heideman
Cook County
135Th St
F. R. Snyder
Hazelcrest
East Hazelcrest
Harvey
Phoenix
Homewood
South Holland
Thornton
A. F. Senior
H. G. Carr
Calumet City
Burnham
Lansing Oak Glen
E. E. Webber
Steger
Chicago Heights
Flossmoor
Glenwood
Matteson
Richton Park
Olympia Fields
Carlisle Condon
Dolton Draft Board Calls 13 for Induction Week of November 11
Thirteen registrants have been called by the Dolton draft board for induction into the Armed Forces the week of November 11. Dolton natives named include Louis Bortolon Jasper Oling and Clarence Gordon Wesse while others hail from South Holland Lansing Phoenix Homewood and Michigan.
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Dolton Draft Board
Armed Forces
Louis Bortolon
Jasper Oling
Clarence Gordon Wesse
Dolton
Nelson Louis Tromp
William Albert Thacher
South Holland
Charles Ernest Crowder
Jacob Peter Hoeksema
Donald Jule LaTulip
Lansing
Clem Lowell Hon
Edward Joseph Kwasny
Leroy Darden
Phoenix
Thomas Edward Puhrmann
Homewood
Fred Nelson Hall
Michigan
Fire Dept Honors Retiring Members
Nine veteran members of the Riverdale volunteer fire department were honored at the Riverdale village hall with retirement badges. Fire Chief Herman Wiebke presented awards for over two hundred fifty years of combined service. Herman Dreesen noted for joining in 1903 and serving as treasurer.
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Riverdale
Woman's Club Country Fair at Dalton Village Hall
The Dalton Riverdale Woman's club stages a country fair Friday night November 17 at 8 p m at the Dalton village hall. Attendees can enjoy baked goods white elephant booth candy stand handmade articles quilts fishing pond wishing well bingo cider and doughnuts with proceeds aiding Christmas gifts.
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Dalton Village Hall
Dalton- Riverdale
Burton Holmes to Present Travelogue on Forum
Burton Holmes, noted writer and lecturer, will present Scenic Colorado at the Harvey Optimist club Community Forum. The talk is Monday evening at Thornton Township high school auditorium at 8:15 p.m., showcasing color travel scenes from the Rocky Mountains and Colorado scenery.
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Burton Holmes
Colorado
Harvey Optimist Club
Thornton Township High School
Holmes
Rocky Mountains
Bowen School Delivers Democracy on WLS Broadcast
Bowen school in Riverdale was chosen by Educational Director David J. Heffernan to demonstrate classroom democracy on WLS "School Time of the Air" last Monday. Pupils from grades five through eight, guided by Principal Virgil O. Petty and Miss Florence G. Hedtke, showcased student government, party conventions, officer elections, and after school projects for the Junior Red Cross serving servicemen and refugee children.
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Bowen
Riverdale
WLS
Jerry Walker
David J. Heffernan
Walker
Achievement Club
Red Cross
Virgil O. Petty
Florence G. Hedtke
America
Ivanhoe PTA Meeting on Education in Flight Age
The Ivanhoe PTA will meet at Roosevelt School on Wednesday November 15 at 8 p.m. Miss Kathleen Powers of United Airlines Educational Division will discuss Education in the Age of Flight. Donations of cookies are welcome for the service men’s center and hours to earn a Red Cross cross have been reduced to half. Refreshments will be provided and child care is available.
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Ivanhoe P. T. A
Roosevelt School
Albert Heine
Kathleen Powers
United Air Lines
Robert van Evra
Servicemen’s Center
John Deupree
Red Gross
T. Walker
F. Roettiger
Binder
F. Fones
George Myers
J. C. Weaver
Missionary Cornelia Dahlenberg to Speak at Dolton Church
Miss Cornelia Dahlenberg of South Holland, a returned missionary from Arabia, will be featured on the program when the Evening Circle of the Dolton Methodist church meets Friday evening at the home of Mrs. John H. Zweirs in Dolton.
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Cornelia Dahlenberg
South Holland
Arabia
Dolton Methodist Church
John H. Zweirs
Dolton
Raymond Wilmot Wounded in Action in France
Mrs. Elizabeth Wilmot of Dalton received a War Department telegram confirming son Pfc. Raymond H. Wilmot was seriously wounded in action in France on October 22. He wrote October 25 that shrapnel injured his left shoulder and chest, affecting his left arm. he named Lassay Laval Fongers Le Mans and Mantes as places he fought.
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Elizabeth Wilmot
Shepard Drive
Dalton
The
War Department
Pfc
Ray
Mond H. Wilmot
France
Raymond
Lassay
Cherbourgh
Laval
Fongers
le Mans
Mantes
Troop 9 Paper Drive Set for November 11
Riverdale and Ivanhoe residents join Troop 9 in a monthly scrap paper drive this Saturday November 11. Scouts will canvas homes for wastepaper magazines cardboard and rags with bundles tied securely to aid the war effort. WPB figures show Riverdale Ivanhoe led among Chicago suburbs in past drives and organizers seek continued strong support.
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Boy Scouts
Riverdale
Ivanhoe
WPB
Chicago
Miss Betty Neward Visits Riverdale Family After St Louis
Miss Betty Neward returns home from St Louis where she teaches school to spend the weekend with her Riverdale family.
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Betty Neward
St. Louis
Riverdale
Republicans Win in Seven Dolton Riverdale Districts
In seven Dolton and Riverdale voting districts totaling 3 576 ballots, Republicans led with 2 290 straight ballots to 1 103 for Democrats. Dewey Bricker captured 2 219 votes to Roosevelt Truman 1 320. Lyons 2 097 to Lucas 1 360. Green 2 496 to Courtney 1 277, with Busbey and Kelly also in the race.
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Dolton
Riverdale
Dewey
Bricker
Roosevelt
Truman
Lyons
Lucas
Busbey
Kelly
Green
Courtney
Washington School
Straight R
Straight D
E. J. Sullivan
Bushey
Berger School
Central Radio Shop
Wabash Ave
Calumet Township
Firemen Respond as Fires Threaten Homes
The Dalton fire department responded to a prairie fire near 153rd and Michigan City Road, with Calumet City and Riverdale crews assisting. damage remained small as multiple buildings were spared. A midnight call to Ingleside and Lincoln Avenue also produced only minor damage due to quick action.
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Dalton
153Rd
Michigan City Road
Calumet City
Riverdale
Dolton
Ingleside
Lincoln Avenue
War Mothers Meet Draws Winners at Local Unit
Dalton Riverdale Unit of Mothers of World War II held a regular meeting with a bank drawing won by Henry Fuller B J Balazs Herbert Zornow William De Wit Thomas Hede Lloyd Bowerman Robert Jennings Edison Packard and Walter Bockelman. The national convention will be November 14 15 and 16 at the Hotel Sherman in Chicago. Members not yet registered may attend by showing their membership card.
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Dalton- Riverdale
Henry Fuller
B. J. Balazs
Herbert Zornow
William de Wit
Thomas Hede
Lloyd Bowerman
Robert Jennings
Edison Packard
Walter Bockelman
Hotel
Sherman
Chicago
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Herman Paul
Frank Stiemann
Ben Wells
Herman Volkmar
Charles Landberg
Emil Sellbinder
Peter Altringer
Otto Lentz
Walter H. Ortel
James F. Hanihan
Police, Fire and Water Committee
William J. Claussen
Claussen
Dolton Firemen
Dalton Fire Department
Village Board
St. Paul’s School
Herbert J. Dickelman
Dickelman
Fred Altringer
Blue Island
Wisconsin
Tllinois Firemen’s Association
Galena
Clef Dickelman
Illinois Fire College
University of Ilinois
Chef Diekelman
Travelogue
Bowen School
Ivanhoe Pta
Raymond Wilmot
Raymond H. Wilmot
Troop 9
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