Community Plans Holiday Festivities Amid Thanksgiving Prelude
The town anticipates Thanksgiving and Christmas activities with rising employment and a hopeful economy. Turkeys arrive at favorable prices as four day school breaks begin. Churches plan services including Immanuel Dalton St Paul Mary mass schedules and Knights of Columbus memorials. Volunteer worshippers prepare for Chicago Temple services on Thanksgiving morning.
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Riverdale
Dalton
Immanuel Evangelical and Reformed Church
St. Paul Evangelical
St. Mary's Catholic Church
Knights of Columbus
First Methodist Episcopal Church of
Chicago
West
Washington Street
Epworth and
Hi League
Funeral Rites Held Tuesday for Mrs Elizabeth Albee
Mrs Elizabeth Albee 59 died at 54 East 137th Street Riverdale after a lingering illness. Funeral services were at Our Savior's Community Church led by Rev Martin G Kabele with interment at Eden Cemetery Schiller Park. She was born April 3 1879 in Hanover Germany and came to the United States at 18 months. Survived by husband Daniel W Albee five sons Leon ard Harold Oscar Vernon Daniel and Daniel and four daughters Florence Elizabeth Evelyn Adeline and their spouses, a brother John Buescher a sister Mrs John Noeth and eleven grandchildren. Bachmann funeral home in charge. The annual Red Cross roll call ends tomorrow Thanksgiving. contributions urged to Mrs H W Slaughter of Dolton.
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Elizabeth Albee
East 137Th Street
Riverdale
Our Savior’s Community Church
Martin G. Kabele
Eden Cemetery
Schiller Park
Albee
Hanover
Germany
Daniel W. Albee
Oscar
Leonard
Harold Danielson
Vernon
Daniel Albee
Florence
Henry Krell
Elizabeth
John Heil
Evelyn
Clarence Hammer
Adeline
John Buescher
John Noeth
The
Bachmann Funeral Home
Eight New Homes Permits Issued in Riverdale Area
Riverdale reports eight new residential permits over five weeks as favorable autumn weather boosts construction. Permits issued Oct 14 through Nov 2 cover two story brick homes at multiple addresses with contractors including Rightway Construction Mills & Sons Evans Jones and Edmund J Sullivan.
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Riverdale
Peter C. Kurz
Kurz
Shiller
Theodore Swan
Egeleston Avenue
Ivanhoe
Mr. Sullivan
Charles Gorton
State Street
Arthur L. Lussenhop
Jacob DeVries
Fred Ludwig
Rightway Construction Company
Edmund J. Sullivan
John Wilferson
South Shore Construction Company
Mills & Sons
Emerald Avenue
Union Avenue
Evans Jones Construction Company
Clarence Crane
Wallace Street
Chicago
Cook County
Born Streffling Wedding at Dalton Home
Miss Edna Born daughter of Mr and Mrs Fred Born of Dalton united in marriage to Albert Strefling son of Mr Adolph Strefling of Riverdale on Saturday November 19 at 4 pm at the home of the bride's parents Rev Philip Bassler officiated The bride wore white taffeta with a sheer tulle veil and carried pink roses and baby mums Attendant Pauline Wolling wore aquamarine taffeta and carried pink roses and baby mums Out of town guests included the Blanke families Strefling relatives and others from Grant Park Roseland Galien Prairie View Harvey Illinois and nearby areas.
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Edna Born
Fred Born
Dalton
Albert Strefling
Adolph Strefling
Riverdale
Philip Bassler
Pauline Wolling
Alfred Stretling
A. Blanke
L. Blanke
Grant Park
Julius Strefling
Edna
Margaret
Otto
Altha Strefling
Galien
Michigan
Anna
Roseland
Leona Wolling
Prairie View
Illinois
Carl Anderson
Westenberg
Maxine
Joyce
Matilda Sparger
Ruby
Harvey, Ilinois
Schaefer Store in Dolton Now Open
Mr and Mrs George H Schaefer reopen their Dolton store at Main street and Chicago road after ten years closed. They occupy a redecorated south end section of the building. A full advertisement appears on page seven.
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George H. Schaefer
Main Street
Chicago Road
Dolton
Hunters Bring Back Bucks From Northern Michigan
Gilbert P. Lane reports Walter W. Nowak and Jake Miedema of Riverdale Dal ton and Roseland respectively spent a week in northern Michigan near Marquette on a hunting trip. Each shot a nine point buck with combined weight over 400 pounds. Lane notes he had opportunity to shoot more but each hunter is limited to one buck.
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Michigan
Gilbert P. Lane
Walter W. Nowak
Jake Miedema
Riverdale
Dalton
Roseland
Marquette
Mr. Loane
Mr. Miedema
Mr. Lane
Fenger Mt Carmel Wins Public High School Grid Title
Last Saturday at Soldiers Field 80 000 fans watched Fenger high school win the Public High School league football championship defeating Harrison Tech 32 18. Quarterback Don Griffin 180 pounds scored four touchdowns on 22 carries for 156 yards leading Fenger to its first Chicago public high schools football title. Griffin opened with a six yard TD run and added two more rushing scores while passing to Tom Howes for a 38 yard gain set up another score. Harrison’s Jankus and Klemchuk failed to click in the air and a special play saw Bill Gauron return a fumbled punt 43 yards for a TD.
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Soldiers’ Field
Fenger High School
Don Griffin
Fenger
Harrison Tech
Chicago
Titans
Griffin
Harrison
Jankus
Klemchuk
Bill Gauron
Tom Howes
Dudzik
Zilius
Jan
New Lumber Plant Under Construction in Dolton
The General Wrecking and Lumber Co of Chicago begins two building project at 150th Street and Indiana Dolton as a first step toward a Dolton branch. The 100x20 foot structures will support the firm’s new and used lumber business with yards at 9820 South Ashland Avenue and 4600 South Halsted.
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Dolton
General Wrecking and Lumber Company of
Chicago
150Th Street
Indiana
Ashland Avenue
South
Halsted
Dolton Firemen Sponsor Thanksgiving Dance at Lincoln School
The Dolton volunteer fire department hosts a Thanksgiving Eve dance at Lincoln School auditorium. Kenny Knowlan and his Orchestra provide music and a large dressed turkey will be given as the door prize. For bus service details call Inter Ocean 9744.
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Dolton Firemen
Dolton Volunteer Fire Department
Lincoln School
Kenny Knowlan
Public Service Co Awards Eight Prizes in Contest
The Public Service Co of Northern Illinois announced eight $200 winners in the southern division of its 4800 prize home building and modernization contest. Winners include S. M. Wrigley Toulon D R Hanley Streator J M Joyce Joliet Ernest Waibel Homewood Francis H Daft Perth Avenue Flossmoor Ray Powers Plainfield A E Hanshaw Kankakee and C Henning Vagtberg Blue Island. The program urged better home building standards and integrity in specifications to benefit owners and the industry.
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Public Service Company of Northern
Homewood
Francis H. Daft
Perth Avenue
Flossmoor
Ray Powers
Main Street
Plainfield
A. E. Hanshaw
Poplar Street
Kankakee
C. Henning Vagtberg
West 119Th Place
Blue Island
Schneider
Buckley to Chair Chicago Tuberculosis Christmas Seals Drive
Homer J Buckley will chair Chicago and Cook county’s tubercu losis Christmas Seals sale, the institute announced. The thirty second annual campaign runs from Thanksgiving Day to New Year’s with 1500 local associations and 1200 seal committees allied to the National Tuberculosis Association. The seal bears a double barred cross as the crusade symbol.
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Homer J. Buckley
Chicago
Harry Hart
Tuberculosis Institute of Chicago
Cook County
Buckley
Chicago Institute
United States
Immanuel Church Plans Annual Mission Festival
Members of Immanuel Evangelical and Reformed church Dalton observe the annual Mission Festival on Sunday November 27. Morning service at 11 o clock features Miss Scheidt a Honduras missionary. evening service at 8 o clock features Rev Schroder district president. A short pantomime by the Missionary Society is part of the program.
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Immanuel Evangelical and Reformed Church
Dalton
Miss. Scheidt
Honduras
Rev. Schroder
Northern Illinois District
The
Missionary Society
Deflated Revenues Pressure Illinois Education Funding
A Lake Shore division study shows Cook county and Illinois schools struggle to fund education as assessed valuations per pupil vary over decades. It compares real estate, personal property, and railroad valuations in Dalton Riverdale and Cook county figures from 1927 to 1987, highlighting shifting revenue sources and the need for new funding.
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Cook County
Chicago
Lake Shore
Illinois Educational Association
Dalton-Riverdale
United States
Illinois
Association
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Red Cross
H. W. Slaughter
Streffling
Schaefer
Mt. Carmel
Interocean
Public Service Co
T. B
Immanuel Church
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