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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1953
Page
1
Building activity slowed in Riverdale and Dalton in September. Riverdale reported 213 150 in permits including 14 new homes and a gas station, while Dalton posted 20 360 in permits including one apartment building. Combined September permits totaled 233 510 with 15 residences.
Dolton Methodist Sunday School will award 23 members for long term attendance during the Sunday School hour next Sunday morning October 11. Top honors go to Marjoulee Rampton for 29 years of perfect attendance. others include May Mossell 19 years Evelyn Sparger 16 years Caroline Rentner 15 years and more with multiple members receiving 11 9 8 4 3 2 and 1 year recognitions.
Dolton Methodist Church reported 176 new members received in the past three and a quarter years, the largest single service total. Russell Howard administered the Holy Sacrament with Mrs EB Kopac directing music and Herman Van Eck at the organ. Betty Dalton and Ethel Denny were soloists. a $50 offering supported the fellowship of suffering missionary project.
Members of the Kiwanis Girls Volley Ball League hosted their first annual banquet on October 5 at Our Savior's Lutheran Church in Riverdale. The Acre Lives Company Team of Riverdale won the trophy with runner-up Malloy Coal Company of Dalton receiving individual trophies.
Arthur Marino, sentenced to 30 years in 1950 for the murder of Joan Coward, seeks release. A hearing before Judge Green in Criminal Court is planned for October 19. Police note the crime area near the clay hole at Sibley and Chicago Road with an aerial survey by the Chicago Crime Laboratory for the hearing. Assistant prosecutors Frank McDonald and Arthur McLune to lead. Emmet Byrne to defend Marino.
The St Pauls Ladies Aid will host a Fall Luncheon on Thursday October 15 from 12 noon to 1 30 PM serving beef stew. Tickets cost 1 00 for adults and 50 cents for children with a reservation deadline of Monday October 12. Tickets available from Ladies Aid members or by calling Waterfall 83 5041 or Dolton.
Rob ert E Erffmeyer seaman USN son of Mr and Mrs Edward A Erffmeyer from Dalton Ti participates in NATO Mariner a major peace time sea and air maneuver. Patrol squadrons use P5M Yarlin planes to mine and sweep the Atlantic from Greenland to North Africa with nine of 14 NATO nations taking part in the exercise.
St Marys Church on 137th Street hosts a series of informal half hour lectures each Monday and Friday at 8 PM in the new auditorium. Topics include The Necessity of Religion What about God and What the Mass is. No charge or examinations. Sponsored by Rev Johnny W Welle.
In Pastor Richards absence Mr Thomas Foulkes will deliver messages at both morning and evening services on Sundays October 11 and 18. He will also lead Wednesday prayer sessions and Bible instruction at Community Grace Church in the absence of Pastor Richard Post who is in Southern Alabama for preaching engagements in Coden and Mobile.
The item notes a broadcasting schedule over WJOB from 6:03 to 6:14 A.M. for October 12 and lists Whittle with address Dol. 2988 75005 Lincoln S Holland. The fragment provides limited specifics beyond the time, date, and the name with an address reference.
The Ivanhoe Methodist Youth Fellowship calls for donations of canned goods for Wesley Memorial Hospital free bed wards. The rally occurs on November 1. Newly elected officers include Carol Long as president and Caroline Hoglund as vice president.
Riverdale and Dalton police report a multi car crash and reckless driving arrest. Edward Dabrowski 26 was charged after sleeping at the wheel near 146th Street and Holiday Motors lot. Violet Barangai 26 treated after a rear end collision on the Calumet Expressway near Sibley involving James Sarris 25 who admitted racing at high speed.
Riverdale Dolton volunteers battled grass and rubbish fires across the week. Incidents include a barn blaze at 13309 Prairie Avenue and a rubbish fire at the Roosevelt School addition rear. An inhalator call and an oxygen aid were reported for Omar Hinkle, who died. police suspect children starting the rubbish fire.
A letter to Roosevelt School parents asks help to stop vandalism at the new addition. Residents are urged to report anyone seen near the building after school hours after a weekend fire damaged paper coverings. Police will stay alert.
St Francis Hospital Auxiliary met October 5 at the Blue Island hospital to plan a rummage sale at Eagle Hall on October 12 and 13. Volunteers from Dolton are asked to call Mrs Philip G Thomson to arrange item pickup. A $10,000 pledge was announced as a down payment for hospital needs.
The Berger School PTA plans its first meeting on Tuesday October 13 at 8 p.m. A Cc A Quain will address Civil Defense, an important issue of the times. Membership cards will unlock the coming year’s program books. all parents urged to attend and meet teachers.
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