Twenty Years Ago with the Pointer: Local Notes
Bruised hand ends a six week absence for Ruivedale veteran who will winter with sister Clara. Irma Pauls recovers from two weeks bed rest due to tonsillitis. C H Smythe leaves for Blackwell Oklahoma and South Horn Kansas to visit relatives. Mrs Katie Gesselbrech of Chicago visits the Ridge area with Fred Engel family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruivedale
Balanady
Johns-Manville Company
Clara
Irma Pauls
C. H. Smythe
Blackwell
Oklahoma
South Horn
Kansas
Miss Janet Rietveld Returns from Danforth Visit
South Holland notes from twenty years ago record Miss Janet Rietveld returning from Danforth Illinois to visit relatives. Mrs J Meeboer and daughter Bessie leave for Holland and Flint Michigan. Mr and Mrs Carl Baake relocate to Chicago. Mrs Dr Walvoord heads to Grand Rapids Michigan. Mr and Mrs Harry Pals welcome a baby boy born November 15. C Koch Peter Boer and J Kel with families move to Momence Illinois to buy farms. Miss Nelile Blink surprised by 46 girl friends at her home. she soon will be a bride.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Janet Rietveld
Danforth
Ill
J. Meeboer
Bessie
Holland
Flint
Mich
Carl Baake
Chicago
Dr. Walvoord
Grand Rapids
Harry Pals
C. Koch
Peter Boer
J. Kel
Momence
Nelile Blink
Miss Blink
De Youngs Quietly Wed in 1916 Shower Event
Attendees at a neighborhood shower report a joyful gathering. William De Young and Miss Alice De Young, both known locally as Una Vieliat, were quietly married at Alice’s mother's home on Thursday November 9 1916. The couple are wished happiness and success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William de Young
Alice de Young
Una Vieliat
Ten Year Party Honoring Anna Peters at Home
A surprise party marked Anna Peters’s birthday at her residence on November 18 with friends from Dalton Riverdale and Thornton. Attendees included Grace Lawall Raymond Wesse Pearl dette Sharles Peters Josephine Van denberg Arthur Krueger Catherine Niewald and others. A luncheon followed. The Hammond State theatre, capacity 3600, and over 900 KVA connected load consume about 1.8 million kWh yearly, highlighting heavy local electricity use. C and E I R R detours trains Saturday November 20 for Calumet river bridge repairs with a 8 am to 5 pm closure and dredge passage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Peters
Dalton
Riverdale
Thornton
Grace Lawall
Raymond Wesse
Pearl Dette
Sharles Peters
Josephine Vandenberg
Arthur Krueger
Catherine Niewald
Clarence Schultz
Adeline McColly
Lydia Ungelug
Ralph Lange
Elwood Lehman
Lertha Fleck
Alberta Wesse
Elen Peters
Peters
Anna
New State Theatre
Hammond
New State
Calumet River
Dockweilers mark five years in South Holland
Mr and Mrs John Dockweiler Jr celebrate their wooden wedding anniversary five years after marrying on Friday Nov 12 Relatives from Bloom township Lansing Campine Highland and Chicago attended a large supper Then bunco awarded prizes to Mrs Edw Koehn and Elsie Smith Men played 66 pinochle euchre and enjoyed the fragrant weed. Mrs A Polasky and son visited Fulton and Morrison HW A baby boy was born to Mr and Mrs Jacob Van Schouwen of Lansing on November 17 Formerly they farmed in Dakota and will move to Lafayette Ind with relatives staying in South Dakota Missouri and nearby areas have connections to the couple
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Dockweiler, Jr
Bloom Downship
Lansing
Campien
Highland
And
Chicago
Edw. Koehn
Elsie Smith
Boy Named With A 63 Letter Hawaiian Name
Honolulu news notes the birth of a son to Mr and Mrs Raymond Munny Judd. They name him Kananinoheaokuuhomeopuukaima naalohilohinokeaweaweulamakoakalu m Judd a 63 letter Hawaiian name meaning the beautiful aroma of my home at sparkling diamond hill carried to the eyes of heaven.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Honolulu
T. H
Raymond Munny Judd
Judd
Diamond
Heaven
The Average Girl as a Queer Creature
A humorous observation on female behavior noting she mocks a young man one day and may wed him the next, reflecting changing social dynamics and witty reflection on romance.
Home remodeling call in Harvey district
If you are thinking of building or remodeling your home, call Fred V. Moore Co. at 124 E 54th St Harvey. Phone Harvey 1036.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred V. Moore ‘Co
Harvey
School News Thanksgiving and Local Activities at Washington School
The eighth grade studies Andean countries and mapping. a field trip to the Planetarium is planned. A benefit band concert by First Lutheran of Blue Island at Washington School on November 20 supports district music funds with no admission, free will offerings welcomed. Scout and Girl Scout events, basketball tickets, and classroom projects fill the week with framing of literacy and TB awareness through the Berger Bugle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South America
Washington School
Blue Island
Lincoln School
Blue Tsland
Scout News
Dalton
Riverdale
Washington
Bowen
Franklin
Roosevelt
Lincoln
Roosevelt School Pupils Share Classroom Projects
Student entries describe planting tulips with pictures for each grade, a poem reading, and a geography poster showing trade between natives and white settlers. Other notes cover Education Week exhibits, Armistice Day airplane rides at the Municipal Airport, and observations of city landmarks like the Merchandise Mart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kiiagergarten
Lua Arndt
Patricia Lyons
Joe Frampton
Phyllis Reasor
Gloria Grenwall
Betty Davidson
Bobby Keppert
Merchandise Mart
Richard Day
Fourth Grade Thanksgiving Project At Berger School
Students in Room I- and Room TH report new goldfish and toys in the aquarium while plans for Thanksgiving pictures, Pilgrim stories, and a Plymouth colony diorama fill class time. Brothers Tommy Sonny Johnson and Ernest Diekman build log cabins and kids craft people and Indians for a play about The First Thanksgiving Day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte Halbrecht
Russell Herrman
Black Forest
Massasoit
Bradford
Tommy
Sonny Johnson
Ernest Diekman
Plymouth Colony
Bowen School News Highlights Class Activities and Events
The first grade works on an Indian unit while grade two begins new spelling books. Maxine Gill donated a aquarium with a castle and four fish. Fourth graders assist the Achievement Club by presenting an introduction and handing out programs. John Tourtellettee serves as Room II librarian. A seventh grade debate with eighth graders as judges discussed Dutch claims to New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maxine Gill
Maxine
Achievement Club
Flora Gallegos
la Verne Deichen
Patsy Spinozzi
Jack Mills
John Tourtellettee
New York
St Pauls Lutheran School 6th grade top spellers and activities
The 6th grade achieves 100 percent spelling with Lois Billenberg Ruth Bremer Adeline Campanile La Verne Fisher and others. 5th grade top spellers listed. Principal activities include Field museum trip for 3rd and 4th graders, art teaching expansion, primary reading class shifts, and girls volleyball practice with Washington school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lois Billenberg
Ruth Bremer
Adeline Campanile
la Verne Fisher
Frederick Hess
Henry Luebbe
Norman Markus
Robert Sellin
Esther Vorrath
Lois Haase
Dolores Jacobitz
Norman Herrmann
Anita Jones
Bertha Krell
George Klein
Glenn Rhode
John Leimer
Muriel Stahnke
Lucille Wilkins
William Bloom
Field Museum
Washington School
Highlawn
Marilyn Newell
Lora Byers
Betty Mills
Snookie
South Holland
Lightning Twice Myth and Human Instinct
A wry proverb notes lightning rarely hits twice in the same place as it explains the ceiling of a good first strike. A second thought asserts that deep in every person lies an instinct to pursue meaningful work and contribute value.
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South Holland News
Pointer
Noghe
Tiuminat
Becter
Iluminating Engineering Society
Public Service Company OF
Northern Illinois
Cilla Mullins
Miles Standish
John Alden
Scotty
John Proper
Gertrude Staat
al Shapas
Edward Robinson
Beatrice Laws
Berger School
The
Berger Bugle
Roosevelt School
Bowen School News
ST. Paul’s Lutheran School
Paul
Warren Lorenzen
Banco
Alma Kenminitz
Eleanore Bitter
Helen Herman
Charlotte Lange
Albert Reitz
Raymond Tacobitz
Edward Stahnke
Floyd Rhode
Alvina Schneider
Edna Grass
Dorothy Miller
Mary Stark
Dorothy Luebbe
Vera Stinhauer
Warren
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