Pupils Return To Studies With District Enrollment Figures
Schools in District 148 opened with teachers meetings and classes resuming. Franklin 94 pupils Lincoln 155 Roosevelt 48 Washington 195 total 492, down 35 from last year’s first day. St Paul Parish School Dalton registered 150 pupils, unchanged from September 1940. Bowden Riverdale enrolled 65, Berger 104, St Mary’s 181, with grade enrollments totaling 62 42 44 33.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin School
Lincoln School
Roosevelt School
Washington School
William L. Reaugh
Franklin
Roosevelt
Thornton Township High School
St. Paul Parochial School
Dalton
Berger School
Templin
Bowen School
Riverdale
St. Mary’s Parochial School
Recreation Facilities Adequate at Fort Knox
Private Bernard Petkus reports Fort Knox Kentucky offers extensive recreation for soldiers with a large service club multiple game rooms four cinemas and several recreation halls plus canteens selling books candy and refreshments. He notes the camp contrasts with other army camps and praises the local morale building program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uncle Sam
Fort Knox
Bernard Petkus
Riverdale
Bernard
U.s.co
Bruno Petkus
Garden Club Fall Flower Show Set for Sept 14
The Ivanhoe Garden club invites the public to a fall flower show at Riverdale village hall 138th Street and Wabash Avenue Sunday September 14 from 2 to 8 pm. Admission is 10 cents with door prize chances. entries include arrangements, minis, terraria, house plants and junior exhibits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ivanhoe Garden Club
Riverdale Village Hall
138Th Street
Wabash Avenue
Illustrated Lecture on the Sacrifice of the Mass
An illustrated lecture on the Sacrifice of the Mass is set for 8 30 p m tomorrow at Saint Marys school hall. Admission is free and Catholics and non Catholics are invited to view slides from St Marys Mission House Teehay Ill. Rev John Kleinz and Rev Matthias Hoffman will lead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saint Mary’s School Hall
St. Mary’s Mission House
Teehay
Ill
St. Mary’s
John Kleinz
Matthias Hoffman
Dalton Riverdale Junior Womans Club meets September 8
Plans for the yearbook and season programs will be completed at the first regular meeting of the Dalton Riverdale Junior Womans club Monday evening September 8 at 7 30 at Riverdale village hall. A list of new prospective members will be compiled and several other matters discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dalton-Riverdale Junior Woman’s Club
Riverdale Village Hall
Twin Cities Celebrate Fifty Years of Progress and Hope
Fifty years of change transform Twin Cities from a believed pipe dream to a thriving community. Paved streets railroads and autos spurred real estate and factory growth. New community center and library projects emerge from past doubts as residents aim for a true fiftieth anniversary.
A&P Stores Introduce Five Day Fifty Hour Week in Dalton
The A&P Food Stores announces a five day forty eight hour week for store employees to start in Dalton on Wednesday September 10. To give staff a full day off the store will stay open on Wednesday afternoon at 14133 Chicago Road Dolton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dalton
A&p Food
Chicago Road
Dolton
Altringers and kin enjoy a family outing and visits
Mr and Mrs Marvin Altringer and children with relatives traveled to Momence on Monday September 1 for a day of fishing horseback riding and picnicking. The group later joined by Janet Needles and others noted a miniature train thrill for the children. Reverend O Wasson attended a revival in Tennessee before meeting family in southern Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marvin Altringer
Fred Altringer
Peter Altringer
Janet Needles
Momence
Hans Struven
Ronald
Robert
Marvin
Post 651 Air Show Set at Rubinkham Airport
Aviation Post No 651 of the American Legion will stage an air show on Sunday September 7 at 2 p.m. at Rubinkham airport 159th Street Route 6 and Kedzie Avenue with free admission and ample parking. The program features a nine ship naval formation from Glenview training base P40 pursuit planes from Selfridge Field parachute jumps glider events and stunting plus morning exhibitions of model gas powered and radio controlled planes. The event supports Army and Navy Air Corps cooperation to spark youth interest in aviation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aviation Post No. 651
The
American Legion
Rubinkham
159Th Street
Route 6
Kedzie Avenue
Glenview
Selfridge Field
Aviation Post
Army
Navy Air Corps
Famed Woman Doctor to Address Lions Club on Vision Roles
Riverdale Dolton Lions Club will host Dr Hedwig S Kuhn an ophthalmologist from Hammond Ind on Thursday September 11 at 630 pm in Dolton Evangelical Church. She will discuss New Concepts of Visual Performance in Industry linking eyesight to the national rearmament program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hedwig S. Kuhn
Hammond
Ind
Riverdale-Dolton
Calumet
Kuhn
Five Motorists Hurt In Highway Crashes Over Holiday Period
Multiple accidents over the holiday period left five motorists injured at busy Riverdale intersections. Joseph Kuezi and Oswald Hall were involved in a two car crash at Sibley boulevard and Cottage Grove avenue. Sophia Ruben suffered severe injuries as a passenger. A second four car crash at the same intersection injured Mrs Reba Goldman and Dave Kaplas. Riverdale police and Fire Department recovered the body of John Hillegonds after a drowning at Lake Calumet. Local safety measures include widened crosswalks and new road markings at several intersections to curb crash rates.
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Sibley Boulevard
Cottage Grove Avenue
Sibley
Joseph Kuezi
Belden Avenue
Phoenix
Oswald Hall
Racine
Wis
Sophia Ruben
155Th Street
Kuezi
Hall
Twealls Memorial Hospital
Harvey
Dave Kaplas
Riverdale Fire Department
John Hillegonds
South
Normal Avenue
Chicago
Lake Calumet
Hillegonds
Doty Avenue
130Th Street
Herman Baumgartner
Kenneth Woodward
Wm. Nottorf
Riverdale
Rooseveld
National Safety Council
Indiana-Leyden-137th Street
138Th Street
Indiana Avenue
137Th
Indiana
Marine recruit completes training joins artillery unit at Camp Elliott
Pvt. L. Michalski son of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Michalski of Riverdale has completed Marine Corps training and is sent to Camp Elliott Cal to join his battery Leo's in the French Seventy-Five Heavy Artillery. The unit plans to move to Teeland in October. The Young Ladies Sodality of Saint Mary's church plans a Sept 9 meeting. Judith Musette daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Kramer was baptized at St Marys with Mrs Pauline Brookfelt and Wendell Schaefer as sponsors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. Michalski
Joe Michalski
Riverdale
United States Marine Corps
Camp Elliott
Cal
Leo
Teeland
Young Ladies Sodality
Saint Mary's Church
Judith Musette
Ernest Kramer
St. Mary’s Church
Pauline Brookfelt
Wendell Schaefer
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Walter Price
Carol
Betty
McGrain
Garden Club
Junior Woman’s Club
Twin Cities
Dolton Lions Club
James R. Kinney
Grand Rapids, Mich
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