Local town notes reveal luck punch board scam and injuries
Salesmen pitched a luck punch board to local businessmen then fled a few days later with top winners. Carolyn Barehead fainted from indigestion and cut her head. A baby girl was born to Mr. and Mrs. Doe Grinder on October 17 at Ingall Memorial hospital. A man was struck by a hit and run near 159th Street, later identified as Joseph Jusulis of Chicago, driver not found. Roosevelt PTA to show The Covered Wagon at Roosevelt school on October 24 with affordable admission. Mary Ratout of Harvey injured by a car near 159th Street. hip fracture and brain injury, no compound fracture, driver not charged. Public notices include church missionary meetings and local family updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carolyn Barehead
John Barehead
Doe Grinder
Riverside Drive
Ingall Memorial Hospital
Turstee William Gouwens
159Th Street
Joseph Jusulis
Halsted Street
Chicago
Roosevelt Parent Teachers Association
Roosevelt School
Mary Ratout
Finch Avenue
Harvey
E. C. Hagen
van Drunen
John van der Giesen
Bethany Church Sets Sunday Sermon Subjects
Bethany Christian Reformed Church lists sermon topics for Sunday with 9 am Eliah's Sudden Appearance 1:80 p m May We Ever Swa An Oath and 7:80 Traps by the Wayside. South Holland hosts hundreds of women for Christian Reformed Women’s Missionary Union meetings with speakers Dr H Beets Rev Bo Fssenburg Mrs John Van De Water Miss Tillian Bode Rev J R Kemps and choirs performing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bethany Christian Reformed Church
Eliah
South Holland
Highland
Minnester
Ind
Lansing
Roseland
Maelewood
Creere
Evergreen Park
Hlinois
Women’s Missionary Union
Christian Reformed Churches of
Chicago
First
Bethany
H. Beets
Grand Rapids
Bo Fssenburg
John van de Water
Tillian Bode
China
J. R Kemps
New Mexico
Mrs Alice Witvliet obituary and local notices
Obituary for Mrs. Alice Witvliet notes her death from a heart attack on October 16 at age 72 years 7 months 21 days with services held October 19 at home and church. It lists birth in 1862 in the Netherlands, immigration in 1888, marriage in 1890, five children and sixteen grandchildren. Other notices report jo hannes Schaap of Orange City death, a fall injury, school officers for 1984 85, a baby girl born to Mr and Mrs John Schimmel, and various local family updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Witvliet
Haartoog
167Th Street
Tunis Haywood
Christian Reformed Church
JL. Westra
Oakridge Cemetery
Wietvliet
Haarlemmemeer
Netherlands
America
Gerrit
Pullman
Cornelius Witvliet
Roseland
Vanden Werf
Mary
Tunislay Wood
Jennie
T. Goutwens
Peter
Nell
Cornelius Siersema
Griffith
Ind
John
Gerrit Anthony
South Holland
Anthony Schaap
Johannes Schaap
Orange City
Iowa
Anthony
William Gibson
Roosevelt Parent Teachers Association
Leonard Santeford
Clarence Dalenberg
Henrietta Peck
Raymond Gouwens
John Schimmel
Ingalls Memorial Hospital
Schimmel
Wilhelmina Tysse
Grace Lindbergh
Voss
Austinville
John van der Bilt
Jacob van der Griend
Peter van der Griend
Cora
Robert
John Koster
Vincennes Road
Peter de Ruitar
Arie T. de Young
William
Carl C. Waterman
Harold J. Iddings
Matchwood
Mich
Marry Cahill
Harvey
St. James Hospital
Chicago Heights
Robert Gene
Cahill
Minnie van Mynen
Gerrit Ketelaar
Jaeob Ketelaar
Superior
Wisconsin
Nick Koedyker
Dick J. van Drunen
59Th Street
Case Kalk
Munster
Raphy Yooma
Harry H. Pals
St. Luke's Hospital
Henry W. Swets
de Waard
Cornelius Raveslooi
Wayne Lagestee
Leonard Lagestee
Notice on Personal Responsibility for Debts
Poacil states not responsible for debts contracted by anyone but self after October 9 1984 by Vera Ceche tto proprietor of Sibley Beer Garden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poacil
Vera Cechetto
Sibley Beer Garden
Sandridge M E Church Schedule and Harvest Event
The Sandridge M E Church lists services for Sunday October 21 with 9 15 am morning worship 10 30 am Sunday school and 7 30 pm harvest festival program. Thursday October 25 3 30 pm religious instruction and 7 30 pm prayer meeting led by Pastor Leopold Schneider.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leopold Sehneider
Pittsburgh Law Restricts Youths From Street After Eight Thirty
A city ordinance in Pittsburgh bans boys and girls under 14 from street activity after 8:30 PM. Violations reportedly declined from 50 to 12 percent since penalties include detention and castor oil dosing for first to third offenses. Other items note international fraud case, a Smoker at a pipe incident, and a divorce suit for cruelty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Miniature Auto Races Set for Calumet Speedbowl Debut
Auto races in Lansing area will bow to Chicagoland fans Sunday as promoter Jack Leech presents a program at the Calumet Speedbowl on Torrence avenue near Lansing. The small cars reach 60 mph, with a wheelbase of 65 inches and width of 18 inches, drawing crowds beginning to embrace the new sport after West Coast origins and growing Midwest interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lansing
Chicagoland
Jack Leech
Hammond
Ind
Calumet
Calif
Midwest
Milwaukee
Cleveland
De Youngs Have Long History Across Nations
The article traces the De Jong family lineage from Charlemagne to the Dutch, Flemish, and American branches. It notes medieval rulers and noble titles, the spread to Holland and Belgium, and the family’s rise as Counts of Flanders. It records early members: Bou Douin de Jonghe, 1295 governor of West Flanders, and 1500s Dutch branch in Charlois. It cites 1856 American arrivals Arie and Peter De Jong, with 1689 Jan De Jong in New York and related kin in Kansas and South Holland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pire
Charles the Bold
France
Louis
Germany
Lothaire
North Sea
Italy
Lorraine
de Jongs
de Jonge
Holland
Belgium
Flanders
Ghent
Boudouin de Jonghe
Boudouin the Young
West Flanders
de Jongh
Rotterdam
Charlois
Arie
Peter de Jong
Jan de Jong
New York State
Christiana
de Jong
America
Tunis de Jong
Adrian de Jong
Junction City
Kansas
Hiram Jacobs
South Holland
Anie
Peter de Jone
Johannes Lafort
Jan
The Merry Frinks and Scream Cartoons at the Theatre
Tonight Friday and Saturday at The Theatre present The Merry Frinks a lively family comedy with Guy Kibbee and Aline Mac Mahon followed by Buddy's Trolley Troubles and The Lost Jungle. Sunday matinee showcases Little Man What Now and Making Good with Joe Penner. Tuesday and Wednesday feature Oven with Chester Morris Mae Clarke and King for a Day plus March of the Years and a cartoon. Admission 10 and 15 cents Tuesday Wednesday. other nights 10 and 25 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guy Kibbee
Aline McMahon
Buddy
Margaret Sullivan
Joe Penner
Chris Colombo, Jr
Chester Morris
Mae Clarke
Andy Divine
Local church fundraisers announced for November and October
The Dalton M I church Ladies Aid bazaar is set for Thursday November 22 with a cafeteria lunch. St Marys church holds a fish fry on Thursday October 25 at the school hall with tickets 25 cents, plus dancing and entertainment. Rebekahs District No 2 plan a fish dinner at the M F B church of Dalton on November 1 with tickets five cents, dinner 530 to 730 pm. A Branigar building Ivanhoe bridge and pinochle party is scheduled for Saturday October 27 by the Ivanhoe Womans Club with prizes and refreshments. A dance cabaret at Eagles hall Blue Island hosted by the Calumet Township Roosevelt Regular Democratic Club is set for Saturday October 20 with admission 25 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies Aid
Dalton
Branigar
144Th
Stewart Ave
Ivanhoe
Calumet Township
Roosevelt
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Sandridge M. E. Church
Adniad Gortzen
Bremen
Jane Thurman
St. Paul
Geneva Mayer
Newport
Thrace Elsen
Elizabeth Norman
Hull. Enge
Virginia
Ed Snyder
Tony Apperson
Mr. Apperson
Crow
Harrison Finn
Los Angeles
William J. Anker
East 158Th Street
So. Holland
P. J. van Drunen
Blue Island
Michigan
N. J. Paarlberg
Dr. Salsbury
Gouwens Bros
Salsbury
DE Youngs
Riverdale Theatre
Eorge Burns
Gracie Allen
Guy Lombardo
Shirley Temple
Adolphe Menjou
Little Miss Marker
Myrna Loy
George Brent
Stamboul Quest
Wallace Berry
Viva Villa
Ries, Teste
E. 137Th St
Riverdale
Daniel C. Bachmann
Telephone Dolton 900
Lincoln Ave
Dolton, Ill
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