Community events and church notices from Blue Island area
Listings include a lusher ham dinner fundraiser by Madison Eisenhower PTA with hours and ticket prices, a Community Chest Drive aiming for 5500, Girls League Union Banquet tonight, Spookspirations Halloween event in Blue Island with age restrictions, ALCW and Redeemer Lutheran Church activities, hospital surgeries for Marvin De Young and John Verwey, and a 1951 Thornton Township High School class reunion with contact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison-Eisenhower Pta
Madison
Girls’ League Union
Calvary Reformed Church
Ambassadors For Christ
Blue Island Mission
George Schultz
Arne Nurmi
Marvin DE Young
South Park Ayve
Passavant Hospital
John Verwey
Michael Reese Hospital
Gerace Lutheran Church
Our Redeemer Lutheran Church
Harvard
Chicago
H. G. Kleiner
Grace Lutheran Church
Eisenhower School
159Th Pl
Minerva
Thornton Township High School
Paris Country Club
Robert Wentz
Steven Lee Smit
Marvin Smit
E. 164Th
Community Fund Drive Sets ’62 Goal At $5,500
South Holland plans a 1962 fund drive with a $5,500 goal. Paul Gouwens chairs the Community Chest, Henry Ravesfoot leads the drive. Planned allocations include $3,400 to youth groups and services, $470 to local aid and reserve, with the rest for party, counseling, health, and U.S.C. support. Residents are urged to contribute, aiming for about $2 per family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Holland Community Chest Fund
Paul Gouwens
Community Chest
Henry Ravesfoot
Boy Scout
Girl Scout
U.S.C
South Holland
Promoted To Senior Engineer At Peoples Gas
Roger C. Olsen of 1058 East 1st Place South Holland has been named a senior industrial sales engineer in Peoples Gas Light and Coke Company Industrial Sales Department. A World War II Navy veteran, he earned a mechanical engineering degree from Illinois Institute of Technology and is a registered professional engineer. He and his wife Genevieve with their four daughters have resided in South Holland for three years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roger C. Olsen
South Holland
Peoples Gas Light and Coke Company
Olsen
Peoples Gas
Gas Uility
Illinois Institute of Technology
Genevieve
Gardeners Plant Flower Beds At Ivanhoe Park
On Saturday October 14 Ivanhoe Garden Club members planted two flower beds in front of the Ivanhoe Park fieldhouse. About 10:30 a.m. Esther McGovern led the group with Clarence Newgren Willard Alford Len Wahler J Stewart W R Anderson and J Moran. They planted 500 tulip and daffodil bulbs plus peony bushes and iris. Plans were drawn by Willard Alford and approved by the Ivanhoe Park district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ivanhoe Garden Club
Ivanhoe Park
Esther McGovern
Clarence Newgren
Willard Alford
Len Wahler
J. Stewart
W. R. Anderson
J. Moran
Missionary Linn Waitz To Speak At St Pauls Dalton
Mission Sunday observances at St Paul Lutheran Church Dalton will feature missionary Linn Waitz speaking at the 8 am and 10 45 am services. Rev Theodore Melinat will be liturgist and Rev E Brauer of Chicago Heights will lead the German service at 9 15 am. Missionary Hall7, preparing for Concordia Theological Seminary Springfield Ill, will share Nigeria field experiences and note his work in Juju Gods of West Africa published last year. Public invited to hear the gospel triumph overseas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul Lutheran Church
Dalton
Linn Waitz
Lutheran Church, Missouri Synod
Theodore Melinat
St. Paul
E. Brauer
Chicago Heights
Homeowners Association Meeting in Dalton October 24
The Suburban Home Owners Association of Dalton will hold its regular business meeting on Tuesday October 24 at 8 30 p m at Waterman School. Officers will be elected for the coming term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Suburban Home Owners Association of
Dalton
Waterman
Study How To Attract Industry Regional Assn Meeting Discusses Local Development
The Regional Association of South Cook Will County municipalities meet at 8 p m Friday October 20 in Dalton Village Hall 14014 Park Ave to discuss stricter codes zoning area wide planning enforced legislation as tools and to review a report on attracting industry to South Cook County The forum features Robert Ausbach and asks executives to consider moving plants or offices to the region and explains why South Cook County is often last choice and seen as low man on the totem pole
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Regional Association of
South Cook Will
Dalton Village Hall
Park Ave
South Cook County
Dixie- Governor
Northern Ilinois Gas Company
Robert
Ausbach
Immanuel Church Pledges 1500 Toward U S A Seminaries
Immanuel United Church of Christ Dalton underwrites 1500 of the 2 000 000 United Seminary Appeal to fund capital improvements and training capacity at three seminaries. The drive runs during Operation USA World Order Sunday October 22 and Reformation Sunday October 29 with special offerings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Immanuel United Church of Christ
Dalton
General Synod of the
Evangelical and Reformed Church
United Church of Christ
United Seminary Appeal
U.S.A
Immanuel United
Church of Christ
Sunday Church
Uls.a
World Order
Clifford A. Woll
Immanuel Church
Decree Set For November In Fritz Dump Case
Herbert F. Zornow says master in chancery reports and exhibits on the Charles Fritz dump case were presented before Judge Epstein October 16. A decree for permanent injunct ion was sought by plaintiffs. Court set final disposition of defendant's exceptions for Friday November 3 at 2 p.m. in the county building. Intervening petitioners include the Village of Riverdale, Riverdale Area Property Owners Association, the City of Blue Island, and the Baltimore and Ohio railroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert F. Zornow
Riverdale
Master In Chancery
Charles Fritz
Village of
Riverdale Area
Hans R. Rall Retires From American Oil After 19 Years
Hans R. Rall retires from American Oil Company in Whiting Indiana after nineteen years of service. He joined as a design engineer in 1942 and later held engineering and technical service administration posts in Whiting and Chicago. Rall, a University of Illinois civil engineering graduate, is a registered engineer in Illinois and Indiana and serves as a Dalton village trustee with wife Peggy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hans R. Rall
American Oil Company
Whiting
Indiana
Rall
Chicago
American Oil
Illinois
Court Action May Be Sought On Dolton Property
The Village of Dolton seeks demolition of two small living structures at 14331 Indiana Ave after owner Henry Meyer remodeled without a permit. The village cites inadequate plumbing wiring foundations and a single exit, noting the 250 sq ft buildings fall short of the 650 sq ft living space minimum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dolton
Indiana
Arthur Dillner
Henry Meyer
Dillner
Meyer
New Hope Fund Drive Dates Set For Local School
The Dalton Riverdale and South Holland units of the New Hope Fund Drive announce door to door campaigns on October 24 in Dalton October 25 in Riverdale and November 2 in South Holland to raise funds for the New Hope School which operates without tax aid or national campaign support. Funds go to the local school housed at the United Presbyterian Church in South Holland and president Clarence Simnick thanks supporters who attended Open House on October 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Hope School
Dalton
Riverdale
Holland
Dalton - Riverdale - South Holland
Clarence Simmnick
South Holland
Simnick
New Hope
United Presbyterian Church
Lowvale Lodge Family Night Set for October 28
Members of Lowvale Lodge and their families plan an eight o clock Family Night on Saturday October 28 at Lowvale Lodge Hall 14087 Lincoln Avenue Dalton. The program aims to entertain children up to 16 with laughs and a short summer picnic film as Arthur H Harms chairs the event and coordinates refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowvale Lodge
Lincoln Avenue
Dalton
Arthur H. Harms
Sign Up For Civil Defense First Aid Course
Dolton Civil Defense Unit offers a First Aid Course starting Wednesday October 25 from 9 30 to 11 30 am at the Dalton Municipal Building 14014 Park Ave Register by calling Mrs Caldwell VI 9 2829 or Mrs Schrader after 4 pm VI 9 6140 Learn to apply pressure bandages tourniquets and other civil defense first aid skills for personal family and community safety
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dolton Civil Defense Unit
Dalton Municipal
Park Ave
Caldwell
Schrader
Sign In Please Ivanhoe Park Fall Program Opens Registration
Ivanhoe Park announces its 1961 Fall and Winter Recreation Program with registration on Saturday October 21 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the park fieldhouse 144th and Stewart. Activities include Story Hour for pre kindergarten tots, plus tap and ballet, baton twirling, and other classes taught by volunteers and Beverly Danielwicz with a March recital planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ivanhoe Park
144Th and
Stewart
Ivanhoe
Park
I.C
Ivanhoe Junior Woman’s Club
John Haila
Atlantic
Park Fieldhouse
Beverly Danielwicz
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Riverdale- Dalton
Lions Club
Nigeria
St. Paul’s
Tri Cities
Robert Henricka
Mr. Henricks
Tar
Deborah Starka
Susan Walker
Carole Stark
Fred Kasten
Elmer Katfka
Estelle Wills
Steve Mager
Stig Himmelsbach
Regional Assn
Hans R, Rall
New Hope Fund
Lowvale
Berger
Helen Ghezzi
PTA
Peggy Predl
Jean Singer
Frances Woodside
Beverly Wimmer
Donna
Singer
Pointer Photog
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