Plans for Roosevelt School Water Sewer Connection Debate
At a special Board of Education meeting District 148 rejects one Riverdale village proposal for water only and insists on dual water and sewer ties. Trustee Woosnam urges broader discussion as boundaries and costs are weighed along Riverdale and Dalton.
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Reosevelt School
Wiosnam
Board of Education
Dist
Board of Trustees
Riverdale
Roosevelt
School District 148
Woosnam
Dolton
188Th Street
Woodlawn Avenue
Calumet River
Little Calumet River
Indiana Avenue
Sibley Boulevard
Cottage Grove Avenue
144Th Street
Ashland Avenue
Center Avenue
146Th Street
Dalton
Illinois Central R. R
Lakeside Avenue
154Th Street
Illinois Central Railroad
Ivanhoe
Christmas Tax Bills Go Out For Cook County 1930
Cook County property owners will receive 1930 tax bills around December 25 as the final real estate and personal property valuation totals reach 4 228 998 246. The board of review cut 209 394 384 from assessor figures with personal property reductions totaling 174 779 186. Tax rates hinge on state tax commission schedules for railroad property and certain Illinois corporations, due within two weeks. A mandamus petition seeks to force the review board to include escape personal property assessments, potentially delaying extensions.
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Cook County
Robert M. Sweitzer
Board of Review
State Tax Commission
Illinois
South Cook County Woman's Club meeting at Bates home
The South Cook County Woman's Republican Club will meet at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Mark Bates on Vollmar Road in Flossmoor on Friday at 8 p.m. Speakers Mrs. Mabel G. Reinecke and Mr. Otto Reich will discuss Taxation and Reassessment inviting the public.
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South Cook County
Woman’s Republican Club
Mark Bates
Vollmar Road
Flossmoor
Illinois
Mabel G. Reinecke
Otto Reich
Arthur Strassenberg
Dalton Park
Fray Florist
Florida
Riverdale
Emily Ripley
Paul
Edmund Chaussen
Evanston
Sheboygan
Wis
Claussen
Dalton
Chicago
Cottage Grove Farm
147Th
Cottage Grove Avenue
Dolton
Paul Gall Post to Meet Nov 24 1931 National Defense Talk
The American Legion Paul Gall Post schedules a large meeting on Tuesday November 24 1931 with Major General Frank Parker speaking on National Defense He chairs the Legion National Defense Committee in Illinois Also planned are a Friday executive committee gathering and a new band leader Roy White who led at the Charity game Judge Raymond Baumgartner is noted for a magistrate outing and a prior published paragraph is acknowledged
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Paul Gall Post
John Torpy
Harvey Post
Frank Parker
Sixth Corps
U. S. Army
Parker
American Legion
Department of Illinois
The
Legion Hall
Post
Paul Whiteman
Roy White
Roy
Riverdale Park
Raymond Baumgartner
Ex-Ray
Legionaire’s
Bridgman Enterprise
St. Joseph, Mich
Legion
Ray Smith
Jack Finerty
Frank Lund
Lund
Killers Sentenced in Erickson Slaying and Related Plots
Four confessed killers of Oscar Erickson the ice cream man from Chicago and south Cook County towns receive prison terms ranging 21 to 40 years. Robert Ver Way admits planning three more murders to shield witnesses. Other defendants, including Ver Way's associate Sroka and Edward Smith, are also sentenced or pled guilty in the Erickson case.
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Chicago
Cook County
Walter Stanton
Oscar Erickson
W. 118Th Street
Joseph Bielecki
Harvey
VerWay
Edward Smith
Sroka
Smith
Bielecki
Ver Wey
Robert Ver Way
Erickson
Nellie Petrova
Stanley Sroka
Phoenix
Ver Way
Russel Mann
Frank Novak
Oregon
John Golden
Kensington Police
Golden
Thomas Ryan
Michael Grady
Notice to Bidders for Village of Dalton Insurance
Bids must be received by 8:00 p m Tuesday November 24 1931 by the Village Board of Trustees for insurance including a new fire truck valued at 10400 liability 20000 to 40000 property damage 5000 collision full coverage with 250 deductible. The board may reject any or all bids. WM G Dolton Village Clerk
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Board of Trustees
Dalton
WM. G. Dolton
Telephone Night Dance Draws Illinois Bell Employees
On November 23 at the Trianon Ballroom south and southwest side units of the Illinois Bell Telephone Employees Association host their second annual Dance and Card Party. Ted Weems and his orchestra provide the music with acts like The Funeral of Old Man Depression. Prizes await each bridge and five hundred table. last year drew over 3,000. WANTED at The Pointer office clean rags for washing presses at 5 cents a pound.
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Trianon
Scarlet Fever Taking Toll in Dalton Family
Harold Wise seven year old son of Mr and Mrs Bert Wise of 796 Lincoln Avenue Dalton died Friday morning November 15 at the isolation hospital after a five week illness with scarlet fever. His sister Elaine ten also contracted the disease but is recovering. Mrs Wise returned home Sunday and Elaine is due home soon. Harold was buried at Oak Lawn Cemetery with Rev Thompson conducting the short service. Several other scarlet fever cases are reported in the neighborhood urging prompt doctor calls.
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Harold Wise
Bert Wise
Lincoln Avenue
Dalton
Oaklawn
Rev. Thompson
Jenness-Avery Miss Scotch Weds Dr King Avery
Leah Jenness daughter of Mr and Mrs Milton H Jenness of Dalton married Saturday evening Nov 14 at the First Presbyterian church Hammond Ind to Dr Samuel King Avery a prominent dentist with offices in Hammond The bride is active in patriotic community work and a noted businesswoman who entertains visiting women from organizations in Chicago
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Jenness-Avery
Scotch Leah Jenness
Milton H. Jenness
Dalton
Samuel King Avery
First Presbyterian Church
Hammond
Ind
Chicago
Ham Imond
Local farmer keeps rare trees and a poultry yard
Jacob P. T. Kirsch of Riverdale raises about a hundred chickens in a private yard and feeds a family with home grown eggs. A buff Minorca hen laid an extraordinary egg weighing a full quarter pound with notable dimensions. He challenges readers to outdo the record.
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Jacob P. T. Kirsch
LaSall
Riverdale
Concordia Insurance Society
Kirsch
Charity Drives Underway in Riverdale Dolton and Area
The Riverdale and Dolton charity committees receive support as Hales & Hunter Elevator Co. CEO sends checks for local relief. Employees donate one day’s pay monthly to Emerson Joint Emergency Relief Fund benefiting Riverdale Dolton Blue Island Harvey and Chicago communities. Dalton dance at Village Hall December 5, Riverdale dance November 28 with 25 cent tickets and a clock raffle.
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Riverdale
Dolton
Fred H. Stracke
Hales & Hunter Elevator Co
C. 8. Woolman
Bie
Emerson Joint Emergency Relief Fund
Dalton
Blue Island
Warvey
Chicago
Dalton Relief Committee
20Th Precinct
Riverdale Improvement Association
Bunco
First Trust & Savings Bank
20Th Precinct Association
Harvest Offering At Our Saviors Community Church
The church invites all families to bring food, money, or clothing to a harvest offering Sunday at 7 30 pm at Wabash and 188th street. Relief committees will distribute canned goods, staples, and winter provisions to the needy, with proceeds aiding local aid. Pastor Herman Keiter notes the effort transcends sectarian lines.
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Our Saviour’s
Wabash
188Th Street
Christ
Herman Keiter
Ivanhoe Women’s Club Meeting Highlights Budget Talk
At the Ivanhoe Women’s Club gathering at Mrs. Dick Davidson’s home Miss Mary Wigley spoke on Budgeting in the Home stressing budgeting as a path to ideals and distinguishing living cost from living standards. A Benefit Bridge Party on November 14 drew a large crowd with praise for Mrs. Frank Martin and her committee. The club plans to meet November 24 at Mrs. Wm. B. Graves’s home.
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Ivanhoe
Dick Davidson
Mary
Wigley
Frank Martin
Wm. B. Graves
Health Clinic to be Held at Dalton Health Center
The Pegular Chest Clinic will be conducted at the Dalton Health Center on Monday November 23 at 1 30 p m. The session aims to provide evaluation and care guidance for chest related health concerns. The event will be led by medical staff and open to the public.
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Dalton Health Center
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