Veterans Day Services For Honored Dead
Veterans Day observances will be held in Dolton and Riverdale on Saturday morning November 11. Local veterans groups including Paul Gall Post 303 American Legion and several VFW posts will participate at the Doughboy Monument in Dolton village hall. A drum and bugle corps will perform, wreaths will be laid, taps will sound, and a rifle salute will conclude the ceremony with residents invited to attend.
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Dolton Village Hall
Dolton
Riverdale
Paul Gall
American Legion
Greater Dolton
Greater Dolton Memorial Post
V.F.W
Oscar Hines
Paul Gall Post
Eisenhower
South Holland Mother Tells FBI Experiences At Club Talk
Valerie J. Dillon, wife of Raydon T. Dillon, will speak to the Dolton Riverdale Woman's Club at Dolton Park fieldhouse tonight about two years of Communist front investigations in Chicago. She describes personal impacts, links to current groups, and offers guidance for American women against communism.
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Foug
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Dolton- Riverdale
Woman's Club
Dolton Park
P.m
Valerie J. Dillon
Raydon T. Dillon
South Holland
Subvetive Activities Control Board
Washington D.C
Dillon
William Niedermeyer
Herbert Rau
John Wernicke
George Morren
Mabel Grant
Walter Alm
Charles Colebourn
Dolton-Riverdale
Riverdale
Wernicke
Immanuel Church Enlistment The 1962 anniversary grows near
Immanuel Church members look toward 1962 marking 75 years of growth as they plan to relocate to larger property for better facilities. A 1956 long range planning committee studied community trends and, in 1958, approved purchasing 4 1/5 acres about a mile east of the current site.
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Immanuel Church
Roosevelt PTA to Host Derwinski Visit in November
Madison-Eisenhower PTA members are invited to Roosevelt school on Wednesday November 15 at 7 p.m. Congressman E J Derwinski will be the guest speaker. The two PTAs usually meet on Tuesday but will combine this month for the program.
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Madison- Eisenhower Pta
Roosevelt School
PTA
At & P.m
E. J. Derwinski
Madison-Eisenhower Pta
Roosevelt Pta
Tri City Leaders By Doreen Corsello
Gerald Pals, long time South Holland resident, attended Thornton Township High School in Harvey and Calvin College in Grand Rapids Michigan to study education before pursuing a career in teaching and public service.
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Gerald Pals
South Holland
Thornton Township
Harvey
Calvin College
Grand Rapids
Michigan
Well-Flip My Wig musical revue at Thornridge High
Harvey Kiwanis Club presents a two night revue at Thornridge High School auditorium on November 17 and 18 at 8 15 p m. The Broadway style show features dancing and singing choruses comedy skits and vocal numbers with an all local cast from Thornridge and Thornton Township high schools including the Thornridge Key Club. Proceeds benefit Youth and Community Service Programs.
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Harvey Kiwanis Club
Thornridge High School
John E. Tilton
Arnold F Koester
Thornridge
Thornton Township
Parkways Filled on Lowe Avenue by Riverdale Public Works
Work crews from the Riverdale Department of Public Works recently filled parkways at 14233 to 14237 Lowe Avenue near the river. The project aimed to improve drainage and street stability in the area.
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Riverdale Dept. of Public Works
New Feature Foreshadowed on Woman's Page
A notice hints at a forthcoming feature to appear on the Woman's Page of POINTER PUBLICATIONS. The fragment signals page updates adding new sections or columns for women readers in the near future.
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Pointer Publications
District 149 OKs Bids For Caroline Sibley School Addition
The Board of Education District 149 awarded contracts on October 25 for a Caroline Sibley School expansion with 13 classrooms a teachers room and wash facilities. Cappeletti and Ross Construction Co is general contractor Borg Inc is heating Shannon Plumbing Wagnum Electric Co handles electrical work. Completion is due by August 1 1962. The district also announces the opening of a educable mentally handicapped class at the Berger School Vandenberg Addition under state supervision taught by Miss Luella Kettelhon.
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Board of Education
Caroline Sibley
Cappelletti and Ross Const. Co
Chicago Heights
Borg, Inc
Chicago
Shannon Plumbing
Wagnum Electric Co
South Holland
New Berger School
Vandenberg
Luella Kettelhon
State Department of Public Instruction
South Holland Board Fe Meet Schedule for November
The South Holland village board will hold two regular meetings at 8 pm on November 13 and 27 in the Village Hall room at Rt. 6 and Wausau Ave. The Village Plan Commission meets November 14 at 8 pm. Other events include Babe Ruth League November 15, 7:30 pm and 4-H club November 16, 7:30 pm. Police Court sits November 17, 18, 24 at 7 am and November 25 at 10 am.
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South Holland
Rt. 6
Wausau Ave
Village Plan Commissin
Holland 4 H Girls Name State So Holland
The Better Homemakers 4 H Club of South Holland held its first meeting of the season with 21 girls and several mothers present. Officers elected: Carolyn Fukada president Pat Smith vice president Kathy Cotter secretary treasurer Lynn McCurdy program Beverly Bovard music Diana Schnell reporter Nan Smith historian Mary Cotter recreation Pat Manning hospitality. Refreshments served by leaders. next meeting at Kathy Cotter 15979 Drexel with Mary as co host.
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The
Better Homemakers
South Holland
B. Smith
F. Pyrzinski
Carolyn Fukada
Pat Smith
Kathy Cotter
Lynn McCurdy
Beverly Bovard
Diana Schnell
Nan Smith
Mary Cotter
Pat Manning
Drexel
Mary
Hoekstra to Attend Florida Industrial Launderers Convention
Hoekstra Cleaning Co secretary treasurer Hoekstra of South Holland will attend the 29th annual convention of the Institute of Industrial Launderers in Bal Harbour Florida November 13 16. He serves on the institute board cochairman of the Market Research and Public Relations committee and will report on the committee work. He has held leadership roles in related associations and civic groups including Ingalls Memorial Hospital South Holland Lions Club.
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Xierman
Hoekstra
Hoekstra Cleaning Company
South Holland
Institute of Industrial Launderers
Bal Harbour
Florida
Institute
South Suburban Cleaners Association
Illinois State Dry Cleaners Association
Ingalls Memorial Hospital
Harvey
South Holland Lions Club
Roosevelt School
First Reformed Church
James Paarlberg
Martin Grotenhuis
Paul Gouwens
Theodore Paarlberg
Lester Santefort
Howard Paarlberg
Clarence Brouwers
John VanGennep
Harry W. Vinke
Harry H. DeYoung
Sharon DE Young
Cottage Grove Ave
Ambassadors For Christ
Lansing
Minnie van Deursen
James
Phyllis Gouwens
St. Francis Hospital
Gouwens
Phyllis Kornafel
Holland Home For
R. J. Maddigan
Drexel
Calumet
Carole Carr
Susan Engelbrecht
Jeannine Hinele
Camp Thorncreek
Thornton
Kaye McGaghie
Robert Olsen
Elm St
David Antkiewicz
159Th St
Willis Hock
Gouwens Lane
Village survey postcards flood aid and local notices
Village officials urge residents to return 2 500 survey cards and letters to help solve flood problems. Roosevelt school plans a paper drive November 30–December 1. Community notices include church elections and local births and events.
Straw Fire Destroys $5,000 Worth of Bales in South Holland
Police say arsonists set seven thousand bales of straw ablaze at John L. Hoekstra’s property on South Park. The South Holland department battled the blaze for hours in mud as investigators monitored several suspects. The loss exceeds prank levels, says Chief Douglas Gouwens.
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South Holland
Douglas Gouwens
John L. Hoekstra
South Park
Hoekstra
Gouwens
Thanksgiving Tea Open House At Holland Home
The Lades Circle at Holland Home for the Aged sponsors a Thanksgiving Tea and Open House on Wednesday November 15 from 2 to 3 30 p m. at 240 West 107th pl public invited attendees can tour the building meet staff greet residents and take part in this Ministry of Mercy.
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Lades Circle
The
Holland Home For the Aged
107Th Pl
Ministry of Mercy
Joyce Kilmer Veterans Post Plans 1961 Installations
Joyce Kilmer Post 1828 will install its 1961 62 officers and trustees at a dinner dance Saturday evening November at a restaurant on Halsted. Edward McElroy will install officers with Congressman Edward Derwinski as speaker. Oscar Hines serves as master of ceremonies. National awards including Gold Cross and Bronze Star will be presented to post members.
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Joyce Kilmer
Halsted
Adam del Priore
Nay Farina
William Grems
Grems
Chester Wandasiewicz
Ard
Oscar Himes
Robert Podgorny
Edward Schaeffer
George E. Shea
Thomas Kinney
Joseph Pegorin
James Vogel
John Moran
June Christensen
Edward McElroy
Edward Derwinski
Oscar Hines
McElroy Wil
Joyce Kilmer Post
Dalton
Riverdale
South Holland
Thornton
Roseland
Chicago
Pinta Council K
of C
Nome
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Joanie
FBI
Cong
Derwinski
Dalton Immanuel
Lester Ohlsen
Clifford Woll
Henry Propper, Jr
Edward Heitmann
Fred Richman
Walter Leonards
Charles Ebermann
Arthur Vankat
Ray Ou
Fointer
Tri- City
BY Doreen Corsello
T’ridge
South Holland Board
So. Holland
BY Dureen Corsell
Holland
Veterans Post
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