Police and Railroad Keep Lookout For Suspicious Loiterers
Riv erdale village board hears Ivanhoe Civic club was misinformed about police staffing and learns two regular officers plus two part timers cover shifts. New radio at fire station will aid dispatch. Illinois Central agents monitor platforms. Delinquent water accounts sent to attorney. street lights and road work updated. pavement hazard at 145th Street noted. Motor Fuel tax allotment for August 1941 reported as 478.06.
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Riverdale
Gerald Eckley
Ivanhoe Civic Club
Hanihan
Homewood
Claussen
The
Illinois Central
Eckley
Strosinski
Ivanhoe
Wallace Street
Lowe Avenue
State of Illinois
Department of Public Works and Buildings
Division of Highways
Springfield
Ivanhoe Civic Club Meets September 15 at Mills Building
The Ivanhoe Civic club holds its regular monthly meeting on Monday September 15 at 8 PM in the Mills building 408 West 144th street. Three board seats are up for election. A Riverdale Village representative and Wm L Reaugh superintendent of School District 148 will speak. Refreshments will be served.
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Ivanhoe Civic Club
Mills
West 144Th Street
Riverdale
Wm. L. Reaugh
T. T. Night Classes Open September 22
Thornton's night school opens its first semester September 22 at Thornton township high school. Registration is at 7 00 p m Monday September 22. Tuition due at registration. Courses cover high school and junior college subjects with many practical shop and language classes. Under National Defense sponsorship some shop courses run free of charge.
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Thornton’s
Thornton Township High School
National Defense Program
No Stars in Hollywood Finds Them Back Home
Riverdale residents the Walter Alm family visited Hollywood early summer hoping to spot movie stars. They saw none in California but two weeks ago Alm encountered Pat O’Brien in town and, the next day, comedian Bob Hope at a train station while on duty. Hope joked he had been golfing nearby and had “lost as usual.”
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Walter Alm
Riverdale
California
Hollywood
Alm
Pat O’brien
Hollwood
S. C
Bob Hope
Olympia Club
Bob
Chicago Brick Co Plant in Operation
Chicago Brick company employees returned to work this week as the plant resumed brick production for the second time this year. Shipments depleted stored brick, prompting the restart. The reopening will add about 80 jobs and produce six to eight million bricks, driven by increased building demand for residential and industrial projects.
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Chicago Brick Company
A P Stores Announces Five Day Forty Eight Hour Week
A P Food Stores announces a five day forty eight hour work week for Dalton employees to start Wednesday September 18 with Wednesday afternoons now closed for a full day off. Store location 14133 Chicago Road Dolton.
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Dalton
A&p Food Stores
Chicago Road
Dolton
Sailors Home From Iceland Return to Riverdale
Two local sailors from the U S S Fuller enjoyed home leave after aiding troop transport to Iceland. The top picture features Herman G Horn with his parents Mr and Mrs Gustav Horn while the bottom shows Kurt Ackerman with his wife Mrs Rita Ackerman. Kurt left for Boston September 4 after a short visit. Herman returned home late in August. Don Dunaway, another Riverdale boy and shipmate of Herman and Kurt, visited his mother in August.
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U.S.S. Fuller
Iceland
Herman G. Horn
Gustav Horn
Kurt Acker
Rita Ackerman
Kurt
Boston
Herman
Don Dunaway
Riverdale
Pointer
Dolton Joins Suburban Police Radio Network
Dolton Police install transmitter in a squad car linking to the Cook County highway police station at Homewood. The system enables two way communication with Riverdale and nearby towns Lansing Homewood Calumet Park and Posen improving emergency cooperation and officer safety during single unit patrols.
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Dolton
Riverdale
Dalton
Cook County
Homewood
Whhen
Charles T. Heidenrich
Federal Communications Bureau
WBVY
Lansing
Calumet Park
Posen
Harmony Choral Club Resumes Practice Tonight
Harmony Choral Club resumes practice at Dolton Village Hall on Monday afternoon September 15 after a summer pause. All members urged to attend and inviting women of the community who enjoy singing to join the chorus.
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Harmony Charal Club
Dolton Villasne Hall
Junior Women Open Garden Tea to Begin 1941 Season
The Dalton Riverdale Junior Woman's club marks its 1941 42 season with a garden tea Sunday at the Hamil Dieck residence 320 East 138th Street from 3 to 5 pm Hostesses Miss Monterey Stelle Doris Calcott Marie Kinney Katherine Kurz Jane Warren and Mrs Aileen Dieck with Vivian Martin as program chair invite all local young women ages 16 to 35 If rain tea moves to Riverdale village hall The next business meeting will be Monday September 22 at 7 30 pm at Riverdale village hall.
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Dalton-Riverdale
Eliub
Hamil Dieck
East 138Th Street
Monterey Stelle
Doris Calcott
Marie Kinney
Katherine Kurz
Fall Flower Show Sunday September 14
Reminder for the Ivanhoe Garden Club flower show at Riverdale village hall on Sunday September 14. Admission ten cents with door prizes. Exhibits open 2 PM to 8 PM. Professional pianists provide music in intervals. Perennial and house plants for sale.
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Ivanhoe Garden Club
Riverdale Village Hall
Clarence Struss Ends Season With Waterloo Team
Clarence Struss of Riverdale returned home after finishing the baseball season with Waterloo of the Three-I League. He posted a pitching record of 10 wins and 10 losses as his club, a Chicago White Sox farm team, finished seventh in the league standings. their season closed Friday.
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Clarence Struss
Riverdale
Waterloo
Chicago White Sox
Traffic survey needed before four way stop at Sibley Indiana
Dol ton village board heard from Illinois Department of Highways that a traffic survey is required to decide on a four way stop at the Indiana avenue Sibley boulevard crossing. The meeting covered speed limits on local streets, street light upgrades, tree branch trimming, sign permits, and an ordinance banning women bartenders.
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Dolton
State of Illinois Department of Highways
Indiana Avenue
Sibley Boulevard
State Department of Highways
Heidenrich
Thhe
Watson
188Th Street
Forest Park
Kanawha Avenues
Fike
147Th Street
Chicasso Street
Dalton Park
Police Department
Public Service Company
Sibley
Chicago Street
Chicago
144Th Street
Wernicke
Lincoln Avenue
Dalton
C. & E. I. Railroad
Hastings
St Paul Walther League Plans Fall Rally and Events
The St Paul Walther League held its September 9 meeting and outlined an October hay rack party. The September 28 Fall Rally for the South Shore Zone is announced with co chairs Misses Dorothy Poeplau and Ruth Bachmann assisted by Louise Wesse Evelyn Rampke Muriel Clark Dorothy Wiebke Ann Poeplau Alma Kemnitz Maree Newald. Further details will appear later.
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St. Paul Walther League
South Shore
Walther League
Dorothy Poeplau
Ruth Bachmann
Louise Wesse
Evelyn Rampke
Muriel Clark
Dorothy Wiebke
Ann Poeplau
Alma Kemnitz
Maree Newald
Sportsmen Schedule Two All-Star Games This Weekend
Tonight at 8 the Coldale Sportsmen host Bliss and Laughlin of Trarvey at Sportsmen field. Sunday night the Sportsmen meet the Cassidy All-Stars of Roseland at the same venue. The All-Stars were runners up in the AAA league. Management aims to book strong opponents for the rest of the season as schedules wrap.
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Coldale
Bliss and Laughlin
Trarvey
Sportsmen's Field
Sportsmen
Cassidy All- Stars
Roseland
Sportsmen Field
Woman's Club Business Meeting Set for Sept 16
The Dalton Riverdale Werman's club will hold its first business meeting of the 1941 42 season on Tuesday afternoon September 16 at 1 30 at the Riverdale village hall.
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Woman’s Club
Dalton-Riverdale
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Chicago Brick Co
Harmony Choral Club
Sibley- Indiana
Dolton Board
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