Community Fair Promises Prizes and Fun at Riverdale
Paul Gall Post 303 hosts a two day charity fair October 25 and 26 in the Schwab Building Riverdale. Attractions include dancing nightly on the Park Plan, side shows, doll dress contest for little girls under 14, door prizes in gold, child fish ponds, a Kiddy Kar race, and school poster competition with cash prizes. Mrs. Edward Alrecht and Mrs. L. F. Ripley are organizers. Premium lists note U S government scoring and canning contests with jars of vegetables.
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Paul Gall
Schwab
East 137Th Street
Riverdale
Edward Alrecht
Dolton
L. F. Ripley
U. & Government
Good Fish Story Near Havana Ill Report
John Harms Jr a banker spent Columbus Day fishing near Havana Illinois with friends. He belongs to a club owning 1700 acres near the Uncis Spoon and Bob rivers. A dike project costing 20000 dollars blocks floodwaters and preserves fertile land. Harms recounts fish jumping into the boat as water overflows ditches. The tale, though incredible, is believed by the party.
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John Harms, Jr
Columbus Day
Havana
Ivanhoe Garden Club Meets for Last 1929 Session
The Ivanhoe Garden Club gathered at Mrs Ed Schulte s on 137th Street Oct 15 with Miss Edith Dolton speaker on perennial care and a lunch served by the hostess. The meeting closed the 1929 season and hopes for 1980. Also notes newborn Marvin Packard Oct 12 at Deaconess hospital and Bunco gathering at Mrs Martin Niewald s. A fire at Hales & Hunter Elevator 140th and Stewart Ave woke firefighters with little damage.
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Ivanhoe Garden Club
Ed. Schulte
137Th Street
Edith Dolton
Marvin Packard
Deaconess Hospital
Kries
Grandpa
Grandma Harry Packard
Martin Niewald
136Th Place
Bunco Club
Hales & Hunter
140Th and
Stewart Avenue
E V Price Tailored Clothes Ady Triangle Toggery
Tailored clothing offered by E. V. Price at Triangle Toggery in Dolton Ady retailed items from the store.
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E. V. Price
Triangle Toggery
Dolton
Ady
Twenty Years Ago in Dalton Local Notes
Jos Fischer returns from a two month Northwest trip to North Dakota Minnesota and Iowa. Misses Carrie and Jennie Holden visit Oakdale. Chas Schnoor heads to Dakota for relatives and to register for the draft. Minnie Krueger entertains a school group. F Schafer sells The Saturday Evening Post at five cents weekly. Mrs John Dahlke and Mrs Amena Wesse visit North Judson. Arthur Buechler to enlist in the Navy. Leone Walkerly’s sixth grade girls surprise her. Dalton Board plans exercising apparatus for girls and boys. Building and Grounds Committee visits Palmer Park Webster School Hammond Park for info. Friends of Matthe w Buechler and Herman Horn recover from typhoid fever. Horn can sit up. Buechler can walk. Continued on Page 1.
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F. Schafer
137Th Place
Saturday Evening Post
John Dahlke
Amena Wesse
Herman Siebner
Chas. Dahike
North Judson
Arthur Buechler
Rivergreen Park
Riverdale
U.S. Navy
Dalton Board of Education
Palmer Park
Webster School
Hammond Park
Matthew Buechler
Herman Horn
Pigeons Set Record Flight From Chicago to Dalton
Arthur Fisher, car department foreman of 118 Kanawha Avenue Dalton, released twelve homing racing pigeons from Chicago at 10 31 a m. The birds returned to Dalton within about three hours with the first arriving at 1 30 p m after a roughly 1380 mile journey.
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Arthur Fisher
Car Department
Kanawha Avenue
Dalton
Danville
Chicago
Fisher
Fairgrounds
Hein Couple Celebrates 15th Wedding Anniversary
Mr and Mrs Martin Hein of 47 East 138th Street celebrate their fifteenth anniversary on Saturday October 5. Attendees included Mrs Sandkamp and many couples such as Mr and Mrs E Sellin Mr and Mrs R Nimtz Mr and Mrs Fritz Mr and Mrs A Leichinger Mr and Mrs E Mohr Mr and Mrs E Evert and Mr and Mrs M Schroeder. A lunch, games and dancing followed, with gifts gifted to the couple.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin Hein
East 138Th Street
Sandkamp
E. Sellin
R. Nimtz
Fritz
A. Leichinger
E. Mohr
E. Evert
M. Schroeder
Mullen of Los Angeles Guests in Riverdale
A. C. Mullen of Los Angeles visited Riverdale with his son A. C. Mullen and family for a few days last week. He left Wednesday for a business trip to New York and plans to return to Riverdale for another week before returning to California.
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A. C. Mullen
Los Angeles
Calif
Riverdale
New York
California
Bert Hawes
Aurora
Dr Roland Batten Guests Of Riverdale Hosts
Dr Roland Batten of Portsmouth Virginia was hosted by Mr and Mrs Ross Lambert in Riverdale during the past week spelling a cordial visit.
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Roland Batten
Portsmouth
Ross Lambert
Riverdale
Sweetest Day Candies Ad From Robinson Apartments
Mrs Stevens offers 3 pounds of sorted candies for 1.00 at the Robinson apartments located at State and 188th street. Contact Riverdale 543 by phone for orders. 24-Ip
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Robinson Apartments
State and
188Th Street
Stevens
Riverdale
Riverdale Board Debates Police Chief Dismissal and Fines
Riverdale village board met Tuesday with President Price presiding. Trustee Lambert urged discharge of Motorcycle Officer King, but motion failed. Judge Schafer reported September fines totaling $545 as police issues and permit disputes dominated discussions.
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Riverdale
Price
Reich
Mackier
Bishop
Clarence Schultz
Lambert
King
Bonse
Police, Fire and Water Committee
Schafer
Major League Stars to Meet Blue Island Nine at Blue Island Park
A Sunday afternoon game at Blue Island Park will feature Major League stars Eddie Taylor Oscar Mellilo Billy Rogell and Tim Murichson facing the Blue Islanders joined by city league players. Neighboring notices report social visits and a wedding in Valparaiso Indiana with Dorothy Grapenthien and Michael Nelson tying the knot.
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Eddie Taylor
Blue Island
Blue Island Park
Oscar Mellilo
Billy Rogell
Tim Murichson
Blue Islanders
Dorothy Grapenthien
August Grapenthien
Michael Nelson
Valparaiso
Ind
Pointer
Family of Eighteen Draws Reader Admiration in Photo
Misses Jennie and Alice Fischer of Roseland visited their brother Arthur Fischer in Dalton last Thursday. The Chicago Tribune ran a striking full-page photo of the Peter Peerbolte family of South Holland, a 18-member brood including parents and 16 children aged from 14 months to 24 years. Peter Peerbolte is a wholesale commission merchant and a proud father.
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Jennie
Alice Fischer
Roseland
Arthur Fischer
Dalton
Chicago Tribune
Peter Peerbolte
South Holland
Peerbolte
Franklin J. DeTurk
Nicholas Zieber
Reading
Penn
Dr. Weidner
Chicago
Mr. DeTurk
Minnie DeTurk
Mr. Zieber
Riverdale
Halloween Dance by D and R Girls at Riverdale
The D and R girls announce a Halloween dance on Saturday October 19 at 8 30 p m at Riverdale village hall with music by the Merry Makers.
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D. and R
Saturay
Riverdale
Merrymakers
Riverdale Village President recovering from illness
Village President Frank Price of Riverdale returned home from Northern Michigan after months of illness, regaining strength and weight. The note also lists local residents visiting kin, birthdays, and visits by doctors including Dr. M. R. Weidner and Dr. Junior Weidner, plus fire officials attending association events and a Chicago visitor with Riverdale ties.
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Frank Price
Riverdale
Michigan
Polluted River Menace Prompts Demand for Immediate Action
Public health officials push to stop sewage pollution of Thorne Creek and the Little Calumet River caused by Chicago Heights. J P DeYoung and fellow Izaak Walton League members cite court orders ignored since 1927 and 1939 to halt dumping and install disposal plants, reporting hundreds of dead fish and strong odors. They plan appeals to the Illinois State Sanitary Water Board to protect health and fish life along the rivers.
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Thorne Creek
Little Calumet River
Chicago Heights
J. P. DeYoung
South Holland
Izaak Walton League of America
DeYoung
Calumet
Little Calumet
Indiana State Line
Lake Michigan
Also Mentioned on This Page
Jos. Fischer
Northwest
North Dakota
Minnesota
Iowa
Carrie
Jennie Holden
Oakdale
Fmends
Chas. Schnoor
North and
South Dakota
Minnie Krueger
Leone Walkerly
Williard Montgomery
Flat Rock, Ill
M. D. Montgomery
Lydie Kehi
Fon du Lac
Emma Kehi
Milwaukee
Wis
Theodore Hedtke
Clarence Walker
Ivanhoe
M. Myran
Bk. Bavardi
Thos. Radcliff
Thos. Cherrington
Wm. Gardner
W. L. Young
H. W. Slaughter
Earle Slaughter
Vina Walker
Harry Helms
Mary Helms
M. R. Weidner
Pennyslvania Railroad
Virginia Beach
Yorktown
St. Francis Hospital
Grandpa Horn
Asher Parker
Marshall Martin
Elmhurst
Cincinnati
John M. Martin
A. J. Money
Roseland Community Hospital
Phyllis Jean
L. E. Reich
Illinois State Firemen’s Association
Edwardsville
Ill
H.weinicke
Wm. Prili
Izaak Waltons
Mr. DeYoung
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