Street Repair Plan Approved by State Officials
The State Highway Department notified Riverdale Village Board that plans estimates and specifications for improving 137th Street and Wabash Avenue were approved. Bids will be sought next spring. gas tax funds will finance the project. Village work includes repairs to roads, sidewalks, and a tunnel project under railroad rights of way with daily progress reports requested.
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State Highway Department
Riverdale
137Th Street
Wabash Avenue
State Department of Public Works and Buildings
Division of Highways
Karl Putnam
Ivanhoe
Illinois Central
Smith
Simmerling
Public Service Company
188Th Street
Ashland Avenue
Witthin
145Th
la Salle
Hanschmann
School
State Street
127Th Street
WPA
Wm. J. Claussen
Illinois Street
Nelson
Flo
Claussen
Trustee Day
Day
Strosinski
School Street
138Th St
I.C.R.R
187Th
State
Perfect Attendance Pins Awarded by First Methodist Sunday School
The Sunday school of the First Methodist church on Dalton honors 45 members with perfect attendance last year, awarding pins. Carrie Norton receives her eighteenth year pin. she has attended Sunday school for thirty years and taught for twenty four. Other pin recipients span from first to thirteenth and eighteenth years, including Phyllis Colwell, Jim Parks, John Proternhiner, and Mrs Edward Watson among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Methodist Church
Dalton
Carrie Nordon
Pirst
Phyllis Colwell
Jare Parks
John Proternhiner
Vernon Chirk
James Parks
William Guetschow
Edward Watson
Thomas Regnier
Ruth McGowan
Thomas McGowan
Diane Meeder
Louise Speicher
Clarence Pfotenhauer
Betty Parks
David Gardimer
Barbara Meeder
Dean Nairn
Jack Hartman
Jane McGowan
James McGowan
Allen Meeder
Shirley Meeder
Pigth
Marguerite Pfotenhauer
Bettajean Nairn
Virginia Hampton
Richard Gardiner
Charles Krueger
van Milligan
Eleanor Holden
Marian Norton
Judge Chark
Robert Anders
Alice Harms
Mary Anders
Ardarth Anders
Dorethy Krueger
Dorothy Wegener
Bessie DeVries
Harriett Prickett
Vivian Prickett
Twe
Jean Hampton Galley
Marjorilee Hampton
Carrie Norton
Bazaar Held by Low vale Chapter Proves Successful
The Low vale Chapter Ni. 962 C. E. S. conducted a bazaar at the Dalton Masonic Temple on October 20 from 1 to 6 pm. Lunches and a bake sale were offered by local groups. Displays ranged from Servelle Paper Products to handmade items, Xmas cards, and decorative novelties. A GEH radio and a fortune telling booth added variety to the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowvale
Dalton Masonic Temple
Dalton M. E
Dowling
Ivanhoe
Alice Meeder
Clarence Stomp F
George Schaefer
Ways and Means Committee
May Hruby
New Model Home Opens in Ivanhoe suburb
Mills and Sons Realty Trust announces a new model home in Ivanhoe, opening Sunday October 24 at 1457 Clark Street. The five room French Chateau style, on a 45 by 125 foot lot, features ultra modern kitchen, tile bath, illuminated house numbers, and oak flooring. Five Chicago buyers have moved into new Ivanhoe homes as Mills and Sons enters its third year. A one story brick church is under construction at 14412 Normal Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mills and Sons Realty Trust
Ivanhoe
Clark Street
Whitehead
Chicago
Mills and Sons
Paul R. Clark
State St
Carl Carlson
Clark St
Leonard Meyer
William Krause
O. C. Frohener
Normal Ave
Normal Avenue
Col Turner to Speak at Harvey Tonight
Col Roscoe Turner world famous pilot appears Friday October 22 at Harvey to discuss his London to Melbourne race with motion pictures of the 1984 flight. He will recount trans continental speed records Bendix and Harmon trophies and the 1100 mile Thompson trophy race with future aviation views. Two showings at 2:50 p m and 8 p m sponsored by Boys and Girls clubs with ticket sales by local volunteers and office for Umbaugh and listed sellers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roscoe Turner
London
Australia
Dirom
Col. Turner
National Broadcasting Company
Shirley Callarman
Tom Newman
Mr. Umbaugh
Evelyn Tampke
Ed Doyle
Mike Lakowski
Helen Kopec
James O’brien
William Hercules
Bob Ripley
Stanley Hugget
Dorothy Munro
Death of Arthur Messerschmidt at 19 in Illinois State hospital
Arthur Messerschmidt died Tuesday morning October 19 at the Illinois State hospital after a three month confinement. He was nineteen and is survived by three sisters Mrs. Geo Gleim Esther and Ruth and one brother Milton. His father Andrew and mother had preceded him in death. Funeral services are held this afternoon at St Pauls church with Rev Walter Kemunitz officiating. Interment is in Oakland cemetery. Bachmann Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
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Arthur Messerschmidt
Illinois State Hospital
Geo. Gleim
Esther
Ruth
Milton
Andrew Messerschmidt
St. Paul’s Church
Walter Kemunitz
Ford Airport in Lansing May Be Abandoned
Henry Ford may withdraw his interest in the Lansing Ford Airport as lease expired October 15 and the field has struggled as a business. High taxes and weak demand have kept operations limited with a potential conversion of the 325 acre site to farm land. The airport, praised for its beauty and modern hangar, sees few lessee prospects for the coming year.
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Henry Ford
Ford
Lansing
Children Offered Many Opportunities at Riverdale Park
Riverdale Park offers free guitar lessons for local children who register at the fieldhouse between noon and 6 PM. A ping pong tournament starts soon with a district championship in Chicago Heights for winners. Ninety three children receive free dancing lessons Mondays under Ruby June Haack. tap in the afternoon and ballroom at 7:30 PM. A new floor and park additions improve comfort for all activities.
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Riverdale Park
Park Fieldhouse
Elis Colemn
Chicago Heights
Ruby June Haack
Feldhouse
Riverdale Park Board
Htas
New Church in Ivanhoe to Open by December
A one story brick church rises at 14412 Normal avenue Ivanhoe for the newly organized Church of God with 50 members. Rev Elmer E Eldridge from 14304 Parnell avenue will lead the church which expects to move into the building about December 15. The Church of God counts 1360 churches nationwide with a general assembly at Anderson Indiana.
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Normal Avenue
Ivanhoe
Church of God
Elmer E. Eldridge
Parnell Avenue
Free Methodist Church
Harvey
Seven Ars
United States
Anderson
Ind
St. Marys Halloween Party Nighted at School Hall
The St Marys school hosts its annual Halloween Party on Sunday October 31 in the decorated school hall. A new feature of entertainment will be introduced. Luncheon is served at 7 00 p.m. A hearty welcome to all.
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St. Mary’s School
Village Boards De Serve Credit For Improvements
Through the efforts of the Village Boards of Trustees of Dolton and Riverdale two traffic improvements have been made. Dolton installed a second stop and go signal at Lincoln Avenue and Chicago Street due to prior hazards. Riverdale repaved 144th Street with tar via improving a heavily used east west artery. Citizens acknowledge the village boards for these civic changes.
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Dolton
Riverdale
Dalton
Lincoln Avenue
Chicago Street
144Th Street
Car and Train Collision Claims Woman's Life at Death Corner
Chief of Police found a wrecked car at 148th Street and Indiana Avenue after a deadly collision on Sunday night. Three men injured. one unconscious. Coroner's inquest delayed to November 9. Other incidents include a minor sideswipe at 146th and Halsted with two drivers uninjured and a request to trim trees at Cedar Park Cemetery to improve visibility at a notorious intersection known as Death Corner.
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Father McNally
Kensington
Charles T. Heidenrich
Dalton
148Rd Street
Indiana Avenue
Heidenrich
Rem
Ingalls Memorial Hospital
Harvey
143Rd Street
Indiana Ave
146Th
Halsted Street
Alois Nezzadzisi
W. 123 Street
Thomas Woods
Woods
Nezzodzisi
Cedar Park
127Th Street
Halsted
Officer Cogswell Set to Testify in Traffic Case
Dol von police officer Cogswell received a court summons to testify in a traffic violation case in Judge Lowe’s court. E W Pleitner of Chicago was fined $10 and costs after a stop sign violation at Chicago Road and Main street. The Chicago Motor Club appealed and the case is to be called again today under Judge Hacht’s venue change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grover Cogswell
Dolvon
Dourt
Crimanal Court
John C. Lowe
Cogswell
E. W. Pleitner
Michigan Ave
Chicago
Chicago Road- Main Street
Pleitner
L. Edward Brookfelt
Louis E. Hacht
Riverdale
Hacht
Chicago Motor Club
High School Names Year Book Co Editors
Thornton Township high school appoints 1988 yearbook editors led by co editors in chief Jack Jones and Ada Golden. Elean or Jones becomes business manager with Helen Doolen advertising manager and Carolyn Gouwens circulation chief assisted by staff across departments including photography, art, faculty, activity and clubs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thornton Township High School
Loudene Anderson
O. F. Umbaugh
Jack Jones
Ada Golden
Eleanor Jones
Helen Doolen
Carolyn Gouwens
Norma Reid
Bernis Thompson
Jeanne Archer
Dorothy Berschinski
George Kritinich
Robert Ripley
Evelyn Hammermeister
Robert Hair
Thelma Fontechia
Evelyn Rampke
Q Constance Malito
James Spencer
Elaine Knutzen
Earl Edelen
Raymond Pracht
Marion Dudek
Dog Lost Near Chicago Ave and 147th St
Brownie, a brown short hair fox terrier with white chest, has gone missing near Chicago avenue and 147th street. A house pet for years, reward offered for return. Call Saginaw 5704.
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Chicago Ave
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State Highway Dept. OK
137Th
Wan
General Mir
St. Mary’s
130Th
Cottage Grove Ave
High School
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