Twenty Years Ago with the Pointer Highlights Local Happenings
Mrs. John Propper received a hand some cut glassware at a surprise tendered by the W. R. C. last Tuesday. Riverdale acrobat Carl Krueger and Ed Lamoss to perform Matt and Jeff at Dalton theatre next Sunday. Paul Reich and Ruth visited Sheboygan as guests of lighthouse keeper John Pitchler. J. J. Powers returned from Tuscola after two weeks with his parents. Charley Grapenthien injured his hand moving equipment and will be out of work for weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Propper
Elizabeth Kasten
Carl Krueger
Riverdale
Dalton Theatre
Ed Lamoss
Matt and
Jeff
Paul Reich
Ruth
Sheboygan, Wic
John Pitchler
Paul
Charley Grapenthien
Otto Lentz
Earl
Ohio
Michigan
Local Society Notes from South Holland Twenty Years Ago
Miss Cornelia Dalenberg and Gertrude Schurman and Bessie Dal enbeg left for Hope College Holland Michigan. Miss Cornelia Veldt goes to De Kalb Illinois for Girls Normal School. Announcements of marriages include Alma Farney to Reverend Tunis Gouwens in New York and Miss Crawford to Mr Henry Blink with wedding in October.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cornelia Dalenberg
Gertrude Schurman
Bessie Dalenbeg
Hope College
Holland
Mich
Cornelia Veldt
de Kalb
Ill
Girls Normal School
Alma Farney
Tunis Gouwens
Fort Washington Reformed Church
New York
Miss Crawford
Dodton
Henry Blink
J. van Drunen
Local Visitors and Rail Crew Attend Nation Event
Mrs. G. H. Dewald of Pittsburg Pa with her daughter Helen and son John Walter visits her parents Mr. and Mrs. John Harms Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Wm Lorenz of Dalton attend the Maintenance of Ways Employees Convention in New York City. Mr Lorenz is road supervisor for the C and E I railroad at Yard Center. Herman Slusser returns home from Minneapolis for school last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. H. Dewald
Pittsburg, Pa
Helen
John Walter
John Harms
Wm. Lorenz
Dalton
Maintenance of of Ways
New York City
Mr. Lorenz
Yard Center
Herman Slusser
Minneapolis
Wichman Stier Pair Tie Colorado Wedding Romance
George F. E. Stier left Thursday evening for Denver to join his wife Sophia Wichman. The couple wed with a simple ceremony at a minister friend's home before Sophia set off for Pueblo. Sophia, during the war, cared for soldiers and adopted neighborhood youths as brothers, a memory praised by the Pointer editor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George FE. Stier
Denver
Colorado
Sohpia Wichman
George
Mmelewood
Pueblo
Sophia
Pointer
Couple Weds In Dalton With Wedding Trip To The East
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Nelson return from a wedding trip to Williamantie Connecticut and other eastern states. They wed September 6 at the bride's Dalton home with Rev H Wike officiating. They left amid rice and good wishes and will set up housekeeping at 1455 Park Avenue Dolton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Nelson
Williamantie
Connecticut
Dalton
H. Wike
Illiois Central Railroad
Park Avenue
Dolton
Local Notes on Tense Events from Maywood and Nearby
Mrs Tennis N Paarlberg underwent a serious bladder tumor operation last Monday at a Maywood hospital. Condition described as serous but improving. Births announced: Mr and Mrs Peter Dalenberg welcomed a girl on September 138. Mr and Mrs John N Santefort welcomed a boy on Sept 12. Mr and Mrs John Barchead welcomed a boy on Sept 15. New cement sidewalks begun along State street from James Huzenea’s to Calumet River and along Fast 155th street to Hoekstra property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Holland News
Tennis N. Paarlberg
Maywood
Peter Dalenberg
John N. Santefort
John Barchead
State Street
James Huzenea
Calumel River
R. A. T. Gouwens
Hoekstra
Modern gas heat replaces old stoves and pumps in homes
An advertisement touts gas heating as automatic and clean replacing wood and basements chores. It offers free installation and removal, a low monthly rental of 3 dollars during heating months, and a one year trial with option to return or apply rental to purchase. Call your Public Service Company for details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Public Service Company
Hot Springs National Park
Ford Motor Company
Chrysler
Government survey on credit in Chicago district advances
The Federal Reserve district of Chicago conducts a three week field survey to understand why small business loans are scarce. Fifty four economists and specialists collect 4000 cases across Iowa, Southern Wisconsin, Northern Illinois, Southern Michigan, and Northern Indiana with support from chambers of commerce and trade associations. Contacts for submitting bank loan refusal cases are provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Reserve District
Chicago
Sevond
Iowa
Wisconsin
Illinois
Michigan
Indiana
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Chambers of Commerce
Lions Clubs
Kiwanis Clubs
Rotary
Washington
Isaac Viner
Secretary of the Treasury
C. O. Hardy
Brookings Institution
S. H. Nerlove
University of Chicago
E. 59Th Street
Midway
Tire wear and blowouts blamed for fatal Illinois crashes
Secretary of State Edward J. Buches warns in a highway safety bulletin that economy in using worn tires endangers lives. Frequent inspection, proper inflation, and avoidance of treadless tires are urged to prevent accidents and fatalities on hot summer days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Edward J. Buches
Hughes
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J. J. Powers
The
Illinois Central
Tuscola
Cardin-Nielson
Ic Water Supply
Gas Heating Division
Public Service Company OF
Northern Illinois
A. C. Wesse
Engle St
Dolton, Til
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