Riverdale Board Approves Sidewalk at 138th and Halsted
Riverdale board in regular session reviews finances with $3,449.44 in general fund and $331.56 in special assessment. They reach an agreement to lay a sidewalk 50 feet on Maurer property with 11 feet donated, and authorize a dedication ordinance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverdale Board
Claussen
138Th
Atlantic Street
William Maurer
State Board of Health
Roosevelt
Riverdale
Dalton
Flick
Roosevelt School
Graves
Reich
Board of Education
Armistice Party Success At Riverdale Legion Post
American Legion notes a large Armistice Day gathering in new quarters with Riverdale and Dalton village boards represented. Wm Claussen spoke, Post adjutant Wm Stern received a cigar lighter, and comrade Oscar Reich teased about singing. The post holds meetings on the second and fourth Tuesdays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverdale
Dalton
Wm. Claussen
Chas. Dickerman
Wm. Stern
Paul Gall Post
John Lambert
Lincoln Avenue
John
Chas. Boseman
Charley
Oscar Reich
New York
Oscar
The
Legion
Walter Bachmann
Notice to Remove Furniture from Riverdale Building
A notice dated November 13, 1931, requires the party with furniture stored at 72 East 187th Street Riverdale to remove it within 10 days or it will be sold to cover storage charges. debtor listed as 28 2 Oswald Obeldobel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East 187Th Street
Riverdale
Oswald Obeldobel
Notice to Bidders on Village Insurance and Fire Truck
Sealed bids will be received by the Village of Dalton Board of Trustees until 8:00 p m Tuesday November 25 1931 for insurance on a new fire truck and risks including fire 104100 liability 20000 to 40000 property damage 5000 collision full coverage or 250 deductible. The board may reject any bids. WM G Dolton Village Clerk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Trustees
Dalton
WM. G. Dolton
Store to Close for Service in Honor of Death
My store will be closed Saturday November 14 from 12 to 4 PM on account of death. Louis E Reich.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis E. Reich
Itll Look Inviting Grounds Improvement Planned
The Dolton board will hire two paid firefighters to maintain the village hall and grounds. Work has included leveling and reseeding the yard to create a fine appearance year round, an action expected to win broad resident support and encourage town pride.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dolton Board
Pointer
Dalton
Riverdale Village Committee Adopts Plan for Local Relief
Riverdale villagers decide to adopt Plan No 2 for relief work after a report by Frank Martin. The budget will list number of families and persons in each family. Officers Price Robinson and Wiebke will prepare the budget.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverdale
Emerson
Cihtinidee Wacheb Fhe Sileshan
Frank Martin
Emerson Joint Relief Committee
Frank Price
Harry Robinson
Viola Wiebke
Gerald Byrne
L. E. Odell
Ivanhoe
Riverdale Park
Officers Elected In Young Ladies Club
In a recent St. Marys church meeting the Young Ladies Club elected officers. Marie Kinney was named president with Magdalene Dumais as vice president and Lucille Kern as secretary. Anna McDonald will serve as treasurer and Mae Burchinski chairs the entertainment committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young Ladies’ Club
St. Mary’s Church
Marie Kinney
Magdalene Dumais
Lucille Kern
Anna McDonald
Mae Burchinski
Dolton Relief Committee Seeks Aid and Registration
The Dolton Relief Committee met November 9 and ordered all unemployed to register with Secretary Wm. G. Dolton at the village hall. Relief callers will visit the hall on the second and fourth Wednesdays monthly. A December 5 ticket sale is planned with hopeful community support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dolton Relief Committee
Wm. G. Dolton
Charles Dickelman
Dolton Relief
State health official urges sewage plants for four Indiana cities
Dr. William F. King, secretary of Indiana's state board of health, says Hammond Whiting East Chicago and Cary must build and maintain sewage disposal plants. He ordered the works previously Gary built one plant and Fast Chicago plans one. King calls the sanitary feature essential and says the current unemployment period is an ideal time to start. A formal order may be issued soon.
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Hammond
Whiting
Chicago
Cary
William F. King
State Board of Health of
Indiana
King
Gary
Betty Robinson Named as Sullivan Award Candidate
Betty Robinson olympic star and fellow athletes Barney Berlinger and Albie Booth are named as candidates for the James E Sullivan Memorial medal for 1931. Racine Thompson of Roseland serves on a 600 member tribunal to pick the athlete of the United States who best advances sportsmanship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty Robinson
Barney Berlinger
Albie Booth
Yale
James E. Sullivan
Racine Thompson
Roseland
Sullivan
United States
Bobby Jones
Sullivan Memorial Committee
Betty
Dump Proves to Be a Mine at Industrial Highway Site
Hundreds of needy men and women dig daily at the abandoned coke dump near the Indiana Harbor Gary city limits to find winter fuel. A steam shovel operated by steel company workers removes thousands of tons of iron ore stone and other deposits from the dump covering nearly half a square mile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Works Steel
Indiana Harbor
Gary
Steel Company
Local and Personal News From Riverdale and Nearby
Wilson Palmer visits Ingalls Memorial hospital for removal of a small bone piece from an ankle fracture. Illinois highway department to announce road bids in November totaling about 14.9 million dollars for paving grading and bridges. Shirley Meeder injured by sewing needle. expected full recovery. Robbery at Phillip Reitz and George Jeffers homes nets a watch cash and an overcoat. Mrs. Koehler returns from Michigan fully recovered. Edith Dalton confined with fractured hip after a fall on icy tracks. Low Vale Pleasure Club to host Second Annual Thanksgiving Dance November 1 in Dolton village hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson Palmer
Ingalls Memorial Hospital
Betty Robinson
Wilson
Illinois Highway Department
Frank T. Sheets
Shirley Meeder
Thurel Meeder
Kanawha Avenue
Dalton
John Berger
Garfield Park Hospital
Shirley
Edith Dalton
Michael Reese
Ellis Avenue
Low Vale
Funeral for Walter Rudloff Follows Fatal Accident
Walter Rudloff, a longtime Dalton resident and steam shovel engineer, died Friday evening after an automobile crash at 147th street and Indiana avenue. An inquest was delayed to November 20. He led Local No. 5, U B T and CW Union, belonged to Doldale Lodge I O O F, and left a widow Helen and four daughters. Funeral services were held Tuesday at Bachmann chapel and Timmanuel church, with burial at Oaklawn cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Rudloff
Ingalls Memorial Hospital
147Th Street
Indiana Avenue
Kerr Mortuary
Harvey
Tie
Evanston
Doldale Lodge I. 0. O. F
Dalton
Helen M. Hetlich
Ifelen
Myrtle
Alice
Leona
William
Bowler
Wis
Ella
Frank A. Tlamsa
Chicago
Herta
Jay Smith
Ind
Bachmann
Forest Preserve arrests for illegal tree cutting near Calumet river
Two Harvey youths were arrested November 5 1931 by Forest Preserve police after being caught cutting trees near 140th street and the Calumet river. Judge Raymond Baumpartner fined them 200 dollars and costs, remitted with a warning. Over 100 live trees have been destroyed recently, and officers will arrest anyone cutting without a permit. No hunting is allowed in the Forest Preserve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvey
Forest Preseve
140Th Street
Calumet River
Raymond Baumpartner
Forest Preserve
Mrs Rampke Dies at 88 in Riverdale Home
Mrs William Rampke nee Eggers died at her Riverdale home on Wednesday November 11 at 2 45 p m after a five year heart illness. Born May 27 1857 in North Harvey she married William Rampke Sr December 22 1881 and had six children Tillie Reich William Jr Dorthea Grapenthien Hattie Edward and Walter plus 16 grandchildren and a great grandchild Funeral 1 30 pm Saturday from 13829 Atlantic Street Riverdale then 2 pm at Immanuel Church Dalton burial Oaklawn Thornton
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catherine Rampke
Eggers
Rampke
North Harvey
Wm. Rampke
Riverdale
Tillie
Louis FE. Reich
William Jr
Dorthea
Chas. Grapenthien
Hattie
Edward
Ormsby
Minn
Walter
St. Paul
Atlantic Street
Immanuel Church
Dalton
Oaklawn Cemetery
Thornton
War on Diphtheria In Chicago
The Chicago city health department launches an intensive diphtheria campaign focused on protecting children too young for school. Immunizing infants shields them through toddler years and into school life, reducing a leading cause of child mortality. The department urges parents to protect every child and emphasizes diphtheria as a preventable disease.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Health Department
Chicago
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Riverdale’ Board
West 138Th and
Halsted
American Legion News
Dolton
Ehlert
Koehncke
Banco
Martin Hettich
First Avenue
Phoenix
Phillip Reitz
Calumet Avenue
George Jeffers
George L. Koehler
Koehler
Michigan
Michigan Avenue
Brickmakers Local Union No. 5
Edward Stahnke
Richard Fritsche
William Rampke, Sr
Riverdale Restaurant
137Th and
A. C. Reich
Bedrock
Phone Interocean
William Rampke
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