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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1961
Page
7
Richard Allison a 24 year old Harvey resident working as a mechanic at Standard Service Station Chicago and Sibley was injured Saturday morning Oct 7 when a car jack slipped while he worked on a car. He was taken by ambulance to Ingalls Memorial Hospital in Harvey.
Publication details for the Dalton Pointer Riverdale Pointer and South Holland Pointer list the offices in Riverdale Illinois, establish date May 22 1907 and provide staff roles publisher business manager editor advertising manager with a weekly Riverdale distribution and subscription rates for Cook County and out of county.
Mrs. Elmer Krueger of Riverdale will serve as Christmas Seal campaign chairman for the eleventh year as the drive starts in Riverdale. Miss Grace M. Diekman will head the Dalton drive for the fourth year. Announcement was made by Errett Van Nice general chairman of the 1961 Christmas Seal campaign in Chicago and Cook County.
The Christmas Seal drive by the local Christmas Seal agency, The Tuberculosis Institute of Chicago and Cook County funds TB work. Early detection through city X-ray units shortens treatment and reduces spread, part of ongoing TB control through the Seal campaign.
The men of Our Savior's Church plan a scrap drive on Saturday October 21 at 9 p m. Call VI 1-0495 or VI 9-1092 before then for pickup or bring scrap to the trailer behind Riverdale Village Hall at 157th and Wabash. Papers in bundles are welcome.
Chifford Wilcox, principal of Berger School, attended the Illinois Association of Principals convention in Springfield on October 5 6 and 7.
Thornton Township Republican Women urge Tri-City women to attend their Monday meeting at 8 pm in Thornton Township Hall South Holland. A film titled Operation Abolition on Communist Party tactics will be shown by E Michael Ferguson supervisor of personnel at the Allis-Chalmers Company.
Police Magistrate Tom Harper reported that ten Dolton children were struck by motor vehicles in September. Drivers were cited for failure to yield to pedestrians as schools reopened, with patrols and law enforcement urged to protect youngsters crossing streets near schools.
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