Riverdale Reports September Building Permits Totaling 49615
Riverdale village board reports September building permits totaling 49615 with 8 residence permits 9 garages 3 alterations and 1 factory extension. The average compares favorably with August and notes no residential abatement. Also notes odor complaint to Dept of Public Health and lamp request at Arcady Farms Milling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverdale Village Board
Smith
Department of Public Health
Springfield
Ill
Junior Women to Present Club Program in Dalton Riverdale
The Dalton Riverdale Junior Woman's club opens its first social meeting next Monday October 27 at Riverdale village hall 730 PM.- Mrs Frieda Wilkins chairs the club institute round table with Magdalen Dumais Marie Kinney Millicent Dieck and Marjorilee Hampton assisting. - Guest Mrs Do A Brown of Ivanhoe Third District Senior club Institute chairman attends. - Miss Marion K E Gridley will speak on Indian Retrospect introduced by Mrs Marie Ligler. - A Junior Woman's bowling league forms with practice Thursdays 7 9 PM at Park View lanes Riverdale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Club Institute
Dalton-Riverdale
Riverdale
Frieda Wilkins
Magdalen Dumais
Marie Kinney
Millicent Dieck
Marjorilee Hampton
Do. A. Brown
Ivanhoe
Third District Senior Club Institute
Marion KE. Gridley
Marie Ligler
Indian Welfare Committee
Park View
P T A To Honor High School Faculty In Thornton Township
The Thornton township high school and Junior college P T A will host its annual faculty reception Tuesday October 28 at 8 p m A student musical program is planned and refreshments will be served The P T A promotes education and invites all to attend the fourth Tuesday meetings including a November 4 panel on Athletics Mrs Walter Alm chairs the event Community Night follows October 27 with three minute speeches by local groups and a summing address by Mrs Arthur Williams of Normal Illinois
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thornton Township High School
Parent- Teacher Association
N M. Tourtellotte
Dalton
Riverdale
Parent-Teacher Association
National Congress of Parents and Teachers
Walter Alm
Harvey Council of Parents and Teachers
Kiwanis
Optimist
Boy Scouts
Community Center
Ministerial Association
Rotary
Woman’s Club
Girl Scouts
C. YY
Camp Fire
Arthur Williams
Normal
Ill
Ilinois Congress
Large Crowd Enjoys Community Night at Lincoln
A large crowd attended Community Night at Lincoln School on October 15 hosted by the Dalton Riverdale P T A council. The indoor track meet, planned by Lincoln principal Merle Kauffman, saw Washington school pupils win and Bowen second with Virgil Petty leading the community singing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln School
Dalton- Riverdale P. T. A. Council
Bowen School
Merle Kauffman
Washington School
Bowen
Virgil Petty
Charles Colebourn
Woman's Relief Corps Holds Annual Inspection
Guests at the Woman's Relief Corps annual inspection included department president Mrs Ann Lou Huhn and department inspector Mrs Hazel Hedtke along with several members from local and Chicago units. A gift was presented to Mrs Florence Rampke, executive board member, and a luncheon followed the program. Several members attended the W R C district convention in Palatine Illinois the prior day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman’s Relief Corps
Ann Lou Huhn
Hazel Hedtke
Catherine Antrim
Mary West
Mildred Morgan
Lillian Case
Chicago
Zola Miller Donahue
Sailors’ and Soldiers’ Widows’ Home
Wilmington
Florence Rampke
Clara Engel
Louisa Schafer
Esther Peacock
Mary O’conner
Palatine
Ill
Police highlight safety markers at Riverdale danger spots
Assistant Chief Lester Brookfelt of Riverdale Police views a newly painted large stop sign on 138th Street east of Halsted. Similar stop and caution markers were placed at all traffic danger spots in the village under police department supervision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lester Brookfelt
Riverdale
138Th Street
Halsted
Most Dan
Gerous
Police
Waltons Begin Work on New Izaak Walton Lodge
Members of the Calumet Region Chapter Ikes start building a new lodge beside Lake Izaak Walton at 147th Street and Chicago Road Dolton. The initial unit will measure 20 by 40 feet with plans for an later addition housing a kitchen and facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calumet Region
Izaak Walton League of America
Lake
Izaak Walton
147Th Street
Chicago Road
Dalton
Izaak Walton League
William Besman
The
Fish and Wildlife Bureau
Besman
Charles Besman
Dolton
R. B. Waddell
Lloyd Forsell
W. S. Waddell
New Business Hous es Com pleted Here
Arthur Cohn moves his dry goods store to a newly built brick structure at 18615 Indiana avenue and adds a line of women’s wearing apparel. Louis Canterucci relocates his fruit and vegetable business to the former Cohn site. New bowling lanes by Roy Gowens and Jacob Herman at 216 West 138th street are active. Ted Dreger buys the restaurant at 137th and Indiana avenue and the Dreger grocery and meat market at 18401 Indiana avenue is sold to Lawrence Stiemann.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Cohn
Indiana Avenue
Louis Canterucci
186Th Place
Cohn
Roy Gowens
Jacob Herman
West
138Th Street
Ted Dreger
Mr. Gowens
137Th and
Indian Avenue
Lawrence Stiemann
Firemen Sponsor Dance to Benefit Emergency Unit Fund
The Dalton Volunteer Fire Department sponsors a dance Saturday evening October 25 at Unity Hall corner of Chicago Road and Washington Street. Proceeds go to the emergency unit fund. Bob Charles' band plays and tickets cost 35 cents available from the firefighters.
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Dalton Volunteer Fire Department
Unity Hall
Chicago Road
Washington Street
Bob Charles
Ivanhoe Woman's Club Plans 1941 42 Season
The Ivanhoe Woman's club meets October 28 at 1:30 in the Washington school music room. A motion picture by Imois Bell Telephone will open the program and hostesses are Mrs. Fred Ek Mrs. Leslier Howard and Mrs W Heatte. The season featuresInterior decorating topics Christmas and garden programs flower arranging and Hull House activities with plans through April 28 plus a spring luncheon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Imois Bell Telephone Company
Ivanhoe Woman’s Club
Fred Ek
Leslier Howard
W. Heatte
Washington School
J. Lennon
Fred Gronwall
India
Ivanhoe Community Church
Club Institute
Garner Grills
A. Rebmann
J. Hobbis
Hull House
Fred Grenwall
L D. Curry
Washinegton School
Dalton Woman Anna Joerrs Kallas Dies at 86
Anna Joerrs Kallas of 741 Mainstreet Dalton died Monday October 20 at her home after a lingering illness. Born January 9 1855 in Kolbow Mecklinberg Schwerin Germany she was 86. She came to America in 1921 and married Herman Kallas that year in Dalton who died March 21 1938. Survived by daughter Alvina Barewood Seattle and two stepdaughters Marie Groth Chicago and Meta Schmied Dolton plus two grandchildren and two great grandchildren in Seattle. Funeral services were held Wednesday October 22 at 2 p.m. Jacobsma funeral home with interment Oakland cemetery Dolton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Joerrs Kallas
Mainstreet, Dalton
Kolbow
Mecklinberg
Schwerin
Germany
America
Herman Kallas
Dalton
Alvina Barewood
Seattle
Wash
Marie Groth
Chicago
Meta Schmied
Dolton
Jacobsma
Oakland Cemetery
Turn Clock Back One Hour Saturday Night
Chicago and environs will return to Central Standard time early Sunday morning October 26. Everyone reminded to turn their clocks back one hour before retiring Saturday night.
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Chicago
War Dept Plans Public Hearing on Little Calumet River Flood Control
The Calumet District Clean Streams committee reports a War Department notice for a public hearing at Hammond City Hall on Wednesday morning November 12. Jointly by the War Department and the Agriculture Soil Conservation Service, the session considers flood control within Indiana, project scope, expected benefits, and local cooperation. The committee will present a report advocating a unified program, as part of a Flood Control Act process with possible further Calumet and Great Lakes projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calumet District Clean Streams Committee
Indiana
War Dpartment
Hammond City Hall
War Department
Soil Conservation Service
Department of Agriculture
Little Calumet
Clean Streams Committee
Congress
Secretary of War
Little Calumet River
Secretary of Agriculture
Calumet River
Sag
Great Lakes-St. Lawrence
Riverdale Police Warn of Dogs on Schoolgrounds
Riverdale police announce they will seize any dogs found on school grounds on and after October 27 following multiple complaints and a dog bite incident. Ten year old Robert Kraefft was bitten on the hand while at Washington school and received first aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverdale
Robert Kraefft
Theo. Kraefft
Edbrooke Avenue
Washington School
Police To Demonstrate First Aid For Scouts
Riverdale police will present a first aid demonstration for Boy Scout Troop 9 at Washington school next Monday evening October 27. Chicago Motor Club installed School Crossing signs at Bow en school area on 157th street 137th place and State street last Monday afternoon. FCC inspector checked police radio units and operators licenses last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverdale
Boy Scouts
Washington School
Chicago Motor Club
Bowen
157Th Street
137Th Place
State Street
Federal Communication Commission
Woman's Club Style Show and Card Party
The Dalton Riverdale Woman's club hosts a fall style show and card party at the Bowen school auditorium Riverdale at eight o'clock tomorrow. Features include banco and card gaming fashion displays by matron career girl teen and children's models a short musical program and door prizes Tickets are available from club members or at the door. Everyone is invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Club
Dalton-Riverdale
Also Mentioned on This Page
Peter J. Kurz
Arcady Millis
Aready Farms Milling Company
Arcady Farms Milling Company
Zornow
Cook County
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis, Inc
P.T.A. Will
Lincoln
Woman's Relief Corps
Ake Waltons
New Lodge
Anna Joerrs
Kallas
War Dept
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