Eighth District Meeting and District Council Formation
The notice calls a Tuesday meeting and a Thursday session at the Blue Island Post headquarters to form an Eighth District council and elect district officers for the coming year. It also mentions returning adjutant Bill Stern, a drill corps gathering, and 1927 dues collection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Matthiesen
Blue Island
Department of Illinois
Bill Stern
Harry L. Burhart
Eighth
Wallace H. Rozell
Forth
Cleveland
Ohio
Legion Club
Paul Gall
Thul
Dolton
American Legion Auxiliary Juniors Meet Saturday at 2 PM
The junior members plan a 2 o'clock Saturday gathering with many activities including birthday celebrations and officer elections. They will make tray favors for Orland in September and request return of chance books. Attendees at Hamilton Park Fieldhouse included Mrs. Bock Albrecht Ripley Wiebke Deichen Rudolph Schlieman Nelson. New district officers named Ruth Lapperque Ruth Kennedy Margaret West Ella Schroder Virginia Davis Frankie Albrecht. Past Commander Nelsons traveled to Effingham for the 22nd Engineers reunion before school started.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orland
Hamilton Park
Anna Bock
Frankie Albrecht
Emily Ripley
Viola Wiebke
Hazel Deichen
Edith Rudolph
Amy Schlieman
Mabel Nelson
Eighth District
Ruth Lapperque
Ruth Kennedy
Margaret West
Ella Schroder
Virginia Davis
Nelson
Effingham
22Nd Engineers
France
Bogus Magazine Solicitors Fined $100
A ring of seven men and two women selling fake magazine subscriptions were fined $100 each after being arrested by Burnside police in Chesterfield. Joseph Akai of Langley Avenue handed a dollar to test the scam and helped capture the group a block away as they offered popular magazines at a cut price.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chesterfield
Joseph Akai
Langley Ave
Akai
Burnside
Real Estate Transfers Listed in Thornton and Calumet Townships
Recorder Edward J. Raindl reports recent transfers across Thornton and Calumet townships. Names include Harvey L., Elizabeth Gouwens, Mil ford Vosburgh, Casimer Kosinski, Dick Schaap, Michalina Batar ski, Jas. Sareny, Roy L Modglin, Clayton Adams, Kathryne Mayer, and Maurice Flynn among many others. Transactions reference parcels in Harvey, Ivanhoe, Snydakers areas and relate to firms such as Sears Roebuck & Co. and Calumet Center Sub. Also listed are mortgage-like notes and dates ranging from 1900s to 1940s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thornton and
Calumet
Edward J. Raindl
Recorder of Deeds
Cool County
Thornton
Calumet Townships
Harvey L
Elizabeth Gouwens
Milford Vosburgh
R. S
Broomells
Harvey S
Barys Et al
M/C
Dick Schaap
W. Hammond
Anthony
M. Huppenthal
Casimer
Ann Kosinski
Harvey
Harvey Fl. NP
Michalina Rbatarski
Jas
Jean Sareny
Robertson & Y
Homewood
Sears Roebuck & Co
Roy L & Mayme N. Modglin R
Johnsons
Youngs Central
Milton Bos
Joe R. van Drunen
Dalton LS BS SE
Lillie Pecht
Olis & J. Marlatt
Sheldons
Harvey Sheldons
Lawn Siz
Harvey Finance & Thrift Co
Hugh Beattie
Harvey Land Co
William W Huggettm
James A. Wiles
Lawn
Harvey Martha Oehler
Samuel Vickers R. S
Ford Calumet Center
Ermine Elliott
Belle Ricketts
Ivanhoe Branigar Bros
Percy
Barbara A. Wilson
Clayton A. Adams
Ivanhoe
Kathryne M. Mayer
Margarite Carlson
McMahons
Ravesfoots
Emma Jean Barrett
Leslie Spencer McPhee
Frank Hampton
O’laughlin Securities Co
Hansens
Serafino Giardino
Oreste
Lina Biagini
Herman Dukema
Osie E. Everett
Houghs
Myrtle Ahrens
Home Owners Loan Corp
West Park Manor
John H. Boerst
James L. Maloney
Snydakers & A. Illinois
Hammond
William Charles
Mary Elizabeth Kovack
Anna Omarik
Wm. J. Hornak
Calumet Township
Eastern Star Plans Friends Night at Lowvale Chapter
The Lowvale Chapter of the Eastern Star invites members and friends to a Wednesday night event on September 16 titled Friends Night. Sister Myrtle is expected to attend at the Hast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowvale Chapter of the
Eastern Star
Myrtle
New X Ray Speeds Cancer Cure
Dr. Henri Coutard of Paris predicts new high voltage X ray equipment could enable cancer treatment within a decade. He speaks in Chicago as guest of Dr. Max Cutler and teaches at Michael Reese hospital September 21 to 27 for a graduate cancer class attended by specialists from Honolulu and Mexico City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Henri Coutard
Paris
Curie Institute
Coutard
Max Cutler
Lake Shore Drive
Michael Reese Hospital
Honolulu
Mexico City
Dayton fire station blaze destroys truck and hose
In Dayton Ohio a blaze under the fire station destroyed its fire truck and 1,400 feet of hose along with two adjoining buildings, totaling an estimated loss of 20 000 dollars. A notice doe was jailed in Texarkana Arkansas after two men contested its ownership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dayton, Ohio
Nolice Doe
Texyarkana, Ark
PARENT TEACHERS TO HOST MRS HEFFERNAN AT ROOSEVELT SCHOOL
Mrs Heffernan of the Chicago Board of Education will speak at the Ivanhoe P T A meeting at Roosevelt School 146th and South Clark on Tuesday Sept 15 at 730 pm. She will discuss Know Your Schools and a reception will follow. Mrs Morrison will install officers for 1936 37 after the talk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lou
Education Talk at St Pauls P T A Opens Year
Mrs. Robert Stier is publicity chair and principal E O Haase will discuss how Education Isn't What It Used to Be and explain the book rental system and a moving picture project. The first regular meeting is September 16 1936 at 7 30 p m with a film unit shown September 14 at 3 p m. Admission 5c for children 15c for adults. Everybody is welcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Paul’s P. T. A
Robert Stier
E. O. Haase
St. Pal’s Ey. Luth
P.T.A
The Life of George Washington Ad Beetles Ready
A list of works including The Life of George Washington and Jack and the Beanstalk and Wild Animals of Africa. An item titled Milk as a Food appears with Indians of the United States and The Wooden Soldier. An accompanying note mentions a comedy 22 an adder attraction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Washington
Africa
United States
Lincoln P T A Meet Sets Supper and Welcome
Lincoln P T A invites all parents to a six o'clock pot luck supper in the domestic science room followed by a teachers reception. At 7 45 the regular meeting in the kindergarten room features Mr Wm E McVey Thornton Township high school and Junior College as guest speaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln P. T
Wm. E. McVey
Thornton Township High School
McVey
Lincoln School
Carl Thomsen
PTA
Illinois State Librarian Answers Reader Questions
Questions cover state history from free schools to Lincoln era figures. Answers identify Governor Matteson as first promoter of free schools, Ford County’s 1859 establishment, William H. Herndon as Lincoln’s early biographer, Archer G. Herndon’s 1826 tavern Indian Queen, and Lincoln tomb custodians starting with John Carroll Power in 1874.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Secretary of State of
Illinois
State Library and Archives Division
Capitol
Edward J. Hughes
Springfield
Matteson
Ford County
William H. Herndon
Lincoln
Herndon
Archer G. Herndon
John Carroll Power
Edward S. Johnson
Herbert Wells Fay
Mississippi Valley
Fort Chartres
Wilkens
Ninian Wirt Edwards
Ninian Edwards
Transylvania University
Elizabeth P. Todd
Abraham Lincoln
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Aleve
Lincoln Ave
Kanawha Ave
Greenfield
Albert H. Harms
Irving Avenue
Ashland Avenue
A. C. Reich
Riverdale
Interocean
A. Armin
L. Jones
Dept
Olney
Fordson and Oliver
Dyer Supply Co
Dyer, Ind
Pullman
A. M. Dykstra Co
State St
Superior Heating Co
J. Scheffers
Madison Ave
Harvey, Ill
Hamilton Piano Co
A. M. Dykstra
State Street
Domino Poultry
Gouwens Bros
American Legion News
J. G. Thal
American Legion Auxiliary
Bogus Magazine Solicitors
Washington
Wash
Emil W. Kristof
Leo A. Maschek
Inc
Ivanhoe P. T. A
Mrs. E. S. Day
Secretary of State
Daniel C. Bachmann
Telephone Dolton 900
Dolton, Ill
A. Meyers
Prop
Penn
R. R
Dolton, UL
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