Riverdale and Dolton Install Fingerprint Systems
Riverdale and Dolton police departments installed fingerprint facilities with help from Springfield Bureau of Criminal Identification experts. The program aims to identify transient lodgers, solicitors, and suspicious visitors and to deter crime. future plans include a citizens fingerprint file.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverdale
Dolton
Bureau of Criminal Identification
Springfield
N. T. P. Sullivan
C. L. Farber
Frank Mraz
Charles T. Heidenrich
Dalton
Mraz
Hiram Tells of Big Doings at Lowvale Lodge
A Past Masters night at Lowvale Lodge featured George Schaefer as judge and a mock court session led by Paul Hampton as bailiff. Prosecution by Art Dillner and other members spanned humorous trials of fellow members with two hours of hospitality to finish the evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hiram
Pointer
Lowvale Lodge
Mac Roush
George Schaefer
Paul Hampton
Schaefer
Art Dillner
Bill Claussen
Bunch
Fred Ehlert
Herman Werner
Kasten
Omar Hinkle
Tink
Big Jim
Birthday Party for Mary Evelyn McCloskey a seventh
Mary Evelyn McCloskey hosted a Sunday gathering on East 186th Street Riverdale for her seventh birthday. Guests included Rosie Kainrath Patty Lou Sobek Mary Jane McCarthy Jean Schultz Shirley Schultz Phyllis Berschinski Delores McCloskey Beverly McCloskey Arlene Neering Dorothy Robins Frances Bergold Carol Horn Mable Markley Marcie Pietsch Loretta Pietsch Dorothy Mulhall Betty Rose Dusold and others. Games and luncheon were enjoyed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Evelyn McCloskey
East 186Th Street
Riverdale
Rosie Kainrath
Patty Lou Sobek
Mary Jane McCarthy
Jean Schultz
Shirley Schultz
Phyllis Berschinski
Delores McCloskey
Beverly McCloskey
Arlene Neering
Dorothy Robins
Frances Bergold
Carol Horn
Mabel Markley
Marcie Pietsch
Loretta Pietsch
Dorothy Mulhall
Thornton Township Riot Follows High School Football Win
After Thornton Township beat Calumet City 8 to 7, about five hundred students gathered at 154th and Lexington in Harvey and rioted with rotten fruit and tomatoes. Police intervened, the fire department dampened the celebration with water, and firefighters enjoyed riding the new truck again.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thornton Township High School
Calumet City High School
Harvey
Thornton
State Line
154Th and
Lexington Avenue
Rarvey
Mrs. Wilhelmina Wesse Dies at 83 in Dolton
Mrs. Wilhelmina Wesse aged 83 died at her son Gustave Krueger’s Riverdale home after a ten day illness. Born February 22, 1855 in Germany she came to the United States in 1891 and lived in the area since. Survived by Khavneger, seven grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. Funeral at Bachmann funeral home Saturday 2 pm and St. Pauls Evangelical Lutheran church Dolton at 2:15 pm with Rev. Kemnitz. interment Oakland Cemetery Dolton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilhelmina Wesse
East 186Th Place
Gustave Krueger
East 137Th Street
Riverdale
Wesse
Germany
Khavneger
Local readers plan trips and reunions across states
Mr and Mrs Hamp Haddon and grandson Leonard Bussiere Jr of Dolton depart Oct 15 for a week in Winchester Tennessee to visit relatives. Raymond Packard of Dolton attends Brotherhood of Truckmen convention in Danville Illinois Friday and Saturday. Mrs Albert Steinke of Dalton leaves Oct 15 for ten days with aunt Mrs Mary Gla ser in Derby Kansas. Miss Catherine Kern leaves Oct 16 for two weeks in California with a Grand Canyon stop. Birthday club met at Florence Rampke home Oct 12 with pinochle and refreshments. Mr and Mrs Roger O Connor of 238 East 186th street visited relatives in Akron Ohio Oct 14-16.
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Hamp Haddon
Leonard Bussiere, Jr
Dolton
Winchester
Tennessee
Raymond Packard
Brotherhood of Trainmen’s
Danville
Ilinois
Albert Steinke
Dalton
Mary Glaser
Derby
Kansas
Catherine Kern
California
Grand Canyon
Florence Rampke
East 136Th Street
Roger O'Connor
East 186Th Street
Akron
Ohio
Dies at 73. Rites Held at St Marys Riverdale
Henry B. Stiemann died October 13 at Ingalls Memorial hospital Harvey after a five week illness from lymposarcoma. Funeral services were held October 17 at St Marys Catholic church Riverdale with Requiem High Mass. Interment followed at St Benedicts cemetery Blue Island. He was born May 20, 1870, married Anna Simnick April 21, 1894, and worked at Pullman shops and Acme Steel. He is survived by his widow two sons Ben and Lawrence four daughters Ida Clara Margaret Adeline ten grandchildren six siblings and multiple nieces and nephews. He was a charter member of St Luke Court No 186 Catholic Order of Foresters which served as pallbearers. The Bachmann Funeral Home handled arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry B. Stiemann
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Riverdale
George Alexander
John N. Weiler
St. Mary's Church
St. Benedict’s Cemetery
Blue Island
Mr. Stiemann
Ingalls Memorial Hospital
Harvey
Anna Simnick
Pullman
Acme Steel Company
Roseland Community Hospital
Theodore
William
Frank
Ferdinand
Caroline Dreger
Katherine
Ida Stiemann
The
Bachmann Funeral Home
Assessor Clark Talks with Lemont Deputy Doolin on 1939 Valuations
Cook county assessor John Clark visited Lemont township deputy John Doolin to discuss income as a factor in the 1939 quadrennial renal real estate assessment. Doolin, 81, the county’s oldest township assessor since 1885, recalls quarry work and vows to continue despite new problems. A second note mentions the 58th Precinct Improvement Association of the 9th ward meeting on October 20 at 13565 Indiana Ave.
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Cook County
John
Clark
Lemont Township
John Doolin
Renal
Doolin
Lemont
Clath
Tri
58Th Precinct Improvement Association of
9Th Ward
Indiana Ave
Riverdale approves stencil street signs on utility poles
Riverdale trustees report completion of sign installation at intersections after obtaining Public Service Co permission to stencil on electric light poles. The board notes 18 poles already carry signs and discusses police identification bureau aid and WPA project progress on 137th street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverdale
Harry Hanschmann
Riverdale Board
Simmerling
Public Service Company
Hanschmann
Martin
Police, Fire and Water Committee
T. P. Sullivan
Bureau of Criminal Identification
Springfield
Frank Mraz
Sullivan
Chief Mraz
K. S. Putnam
WPA
137Th Street
Illinois Central
Wentworth Avenue
188Th Street
187Th Street
Putnam
Junior Walther League Girls Organize Basketball Team
The Dalton Junior Walther League Society forms a girls basketball team. Juniors wishing to play meet at the school at 7 PM every Monday. Dues are 25 cents per month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Junior Walther League
Junior Walther League Society of
Dalton
Pinta Council Knightly Night at St Marys Hall
Pinta Council No. 1981 Knights of Columbus will hold their annual dies night at St Marys school hall tonight October 20. There will be dancing refreshments and entertainment for attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pinta Council
Knights of Columbus
St. Mary's School Hall
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Ill
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New London
Texas
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Farber
Centralia
Michigan
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Heidenrich
Illinois Municipal League
Rockford
Herbert Dickelman
J. P. Lau
William C. Dorman
Elmer Steiner
Dalton Fire Department
Indiana State Firemen’s Association
Purdue University
Lafayette
Indiana
Dee Webster
Bill
Henry Blink
Mat Reitz
Casey Robbins
Art Paynter
Fred Schubert
Jimmy Mosselle
George
Lowvale
Hull
de Dovis
Cate
H. Stiemann
Poles
Illinois Central Railroad
A. M. Umshler
T. J. Healey
Day
Zornow
Rau
Allegretti
Schwaba
Strosinski
Petroleum Heat and Power Company
Al40th
Wallace Streets
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