Community notes from Riverdale and Dalton residents
Social visits and family events fill the week with neighbors from Riverdale Aurora Joliet Chicago Heights and Dalton. Local clubs host card parties dances and a turkey dinner while a concert by the Acme Steel Concert Band is slated for November 30 at Lincoln School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dalton Methodist Church
Junior Woman’s Club
Riverdale
Acme Steel
Jack Kokesch
Lincoln School
Dalton
Family Visits Clarence Fike at Camp Polk
Six relatives of Private Clarence E. Fike, 3rd Armored Brigade, 3rd Armored Division, returned to Dalton after a week at Camp Polk. Visitors included his parents Mr. and Mrs. Clarence G. Fike and Mr. and Mrs. Phillip G. Fike, plus his brother Charles and brother-in-law Edward, all residents of Dolton. They praised Camp Polk facilities including the guest house and service club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence E. Fike
3Rd Armored Brigade
3Rd Armored
Dalton
Camp Polk
Fike
Clarence G. Fike
Grant Street
Dolton
Phillip G. Fike
144Th Street
Charles
Edward
Shower honors Miss Evelyn McCarthy in Riverview notice
Mrs Ray Baumgartner hosted a bridal shower for Miss Evelyn McCarthy at Riverdale village hall on Wednesday evening November 12 at eight o clock. Attendees included Mesdames Luesay Baldell Vitale Snashall Berenson Anderson Lau Mottinger Nimtz Nimtz Baumgartner and many others with gifts sent by additional hosts unable to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Baumgartner
Evelyn McCarthy
Riverdale Village Hall
Mesdames
Joseph Luesay
Albert Baldell
A. Vitale
Fred Snashall
Gertrude Berenson
Theodore Anderson
Lulu Berger
Pauline Slaughter
Alvina Volling
Nellie Grandmaison
Clara Ergel
Helen Lau
Annie Mottinger
Alleen Madderom
Mildred Berner
Dorothy
Bride List Includes Miss McCarthy to Wed Roger Anderson
A wedding notice states Miss McCarthy will become the bride of Roger Anderson on Thursday, November 20, with a list of other names including Mary Howe Seelbinger Emily Schmidt Lacid Panozzo Henry Wilkens Charles Colebourn Anthony Leichinger Louis Haht and Mrs Christine Wagner Miss Marie Marcon and Miss Mildred McDonald among those mentioned.
Two Babies Honored at Baptismal Rites
A double baptism was held at Immanuel Church on Sunday morning for Warren Meredith Coleman Junior and Gayle Louise Heitmann. Sponsors included Stanley Coleman, Mrs. Dorothy Fisher, Henry Heitmann, and Shirley Spoolstra. A 1 o'clock dinner followed at the Petersen home with family and friends, then an afternoon of conversation and hymns as guests departed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Immanuel
Warren Meredith Coleman
Warren Coleman
Lee E. Coleman
Joliet
Ruth Petersen
Gayle Louise Heitmann
Edward Heitmann
Virginia Petersen
Stanley Coleman
Dorothy Fisher
Warren Meredith
Henry Heitmann
Shirley Spoolstra
Gayle Louise
Henry Petersen
Norman
Stanley
Ph. H. Bassier
Emma S
Henrietta
John Heitmann
Henry
Max
William Heitmann
William
Howard Fisher
Delores
Roger
Warren, Jr
Shirley Jane Spoolstra
Sunday School Attendance Pins Awarded at Dalton Methodist
Dalton Methodist Sunday school will present gold cross and crown pins for perfect attendance over the past year at 9 45 p m on Sunday November 28. Pins for 1940 and 1941 go to Evelyn Harms Audry Johnson William Johnson Marlene Pfotenhauer Clara Krause Marguerite Krause Joan Slusser William Slusser Barbara Werner Jacquilin Gundaker and Dorothy Harms Albert plus other names expected to be announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dalton Methodist Church
Evelyn Harms
Audry Johnson
William Johnson
Marlene Pfotenhauer
Clara Krause
Marguerite Krause
Joan Slusser
William Slusser
Barbara Werner
Jacquilin Gundaker
Dorothy Harms
Albert
Alumni Class Years List Read at School Ceremony
The article lists students by class year including Thiernan in third year Fred Rentner Arthur Harris Ted Schaafsma Ruth Van Dyke Dorothy Schaafsma Evelyn Nolan Ray Holden Kenneth Mossell James Mossell David Gardiner Diane Meeder Barbara Meeder Dean Nairn Shirley Meeder Allen Meeder Honore Polus Marguerite Pfotenhauer Bettajean Nairn Richard Gardiner Virginia Hampton Eleanor Holden Madge Clark Harriett Prickett Vivian Prickett Marjorie Hampton in successive grades through seventeenth year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thiernan
Fred Rentner
Arthur Harris
Ted Schaafsma
Ruth van Dyke
Dorothy Schaafsma
Evelyn Nolan
Ray Holden
Kenneth Mossell
James Mossell
David Gardiner
Diane Meeder
Barbara Meeder
Dean Nairn
Shirley Meeder
Allen Meeder
Honore Polus
Marguerite Pfotenhauer
Bettajean Nairn
Richard Gardiner
Virginia Hampton
Bride-To-Be of Riverdale Youth Honored at Shower
A bridal shower was held Thursday evening November 13 at the Riverdale village hall in honor of Miss Lorraine Holland of Roseland. Her three attendants-to-be were Miss Louise Wesse, Miss Dorothy Reinke, and Mrs. Robert Langenberg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorraine Holland
Roseland
Riverdale Village Hall
Louise Wesse
Dorothy Reinke
Robert Langenberg
Mesdames H. Wesse
J. Wilkens
A. Jacobitz
H Wilkens
B. Petersen
W. Holland
F. Struss
T. Miller
August Bonse
T. Reich
A. Reinke
W. Wilkens
Emerson Wilkens
C. Goebel
D. Vondaal
J. C. Reinke
J. Holland
C. Jacobitz
E. Ramstrom
L. A. Bonse
Wilmer
Pioneer Woman to wed Herman Wesse in Riverdale
A wedding announcement notes Miss Holland will marry Herman Wesse of Riverdale. A group of guests attended with many presented gifts including Mrs. W Ahrent and Miss Roxie Marabain, and bunco was played before a buffet luncheon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Holland
Herman Wesse
Riverdale
Farewell Party Held For Mrs Katherine Sellin
Mrs Clara Middleborn of Riverdale hosted a farewell gathering for her cousin Mrs Katherine Sellin of McCook Nebraska on Wednesday afternoon November 12. Attending were Mesdames N Ahrens D Klockseben H Kay M Wagner M Sellin C Rohlman and A Rohlman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clara Middleborn
Riverdale
Katherine Sellin
McCook
Nebraska
Mesdames N. Ahrens
D. Klockseben
H. Kay
M. Wagner
M. Sellin
C. Rohlman
A. Rohlman
Also Mentioned on This Page
Fred Altrineer, Jr
John Hilger
Aurora
Harold Kaiser
Ingalls Memorial Hospital
Harvey
Larry Ralph
Philip Oehler
Axlington Heights
Zion
Leonard Danielson
Fred W. Ludwig
State Street
500 Club
Edward Ehlers
Ora Hallowell
Arthur Lussenhop
Harrys Waterstraat
Louise Gibbons
Williard Hoglund
Keene Palmer
Chicago
John Perguss
D. Grimes
Clear Lake
Wis
Charles Teas
Woman’s Guild
The
Immanuel Evangelical and Reformed Church of
Guild
Albert Stevenson
A. I. Stevenson
Jean Lou Franke
Evelyn Traslet
Barbara
Marilyn Dreshall
Cleo Broom
Albert Thiernan
Bobby Harms
Charles Beseman
Della Deam
Gale Deam
Waukegan
Chin Chin Club
Stevens
Millicent Dreck
Paul Haseman
Chicago Heights
Harry Lucas
Doris Punch
Gertrude VanderAa
Alice Altringer
Twenry Petrafke
G. N. Boyer
Petrafke
Guy N. Boyer, Jr
Marion
Dan Senice
Bobby
Blue Island
Dick Taddon
Hamp Haddon
Forest Avenue
California
AW. FE Beech
Co. & By
Dolten
Young Ladies Sodality
St. Mary’s Church
St. Mary's School Hall
Wddice Kay
Nershel Boch
Albonech
Women’s Society of Christian Service
Clarence Fike
Riverdale Coal & Dock Co
130Th and
Halsted Street
Riverdale 1060
Bell Area
Worthing
Aboyhone Company
Illinots Bell
Commodore
Mascer
Michigan Avenue
Center For Thrift
U.S. Defense
Harvey Cae UE Savings
ASSN
Security
154Th Street
Harvey, Ill
Harvey Federal
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