Riverdale Audit Reports Healthy Village Finances
At the September village board meeting Trustee Day announced the annual audit by James T. Wilkes Co. showing Riverdale in excellent financial condition with committees under their appropriations. The report noted few bonds outstanding and a minor correction to be issued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverdale Village Board
James T. Wilkes
Claussen
Board of Local Improvements
Zornow
Water Works Committee
Hanihan
Smith
Strosinski
Hanschmann
140Th Ecout
Dalton couple welcome daughter at In galls Memorial
Mi and Mrs Edward Heitmann of Dalton announce the birth of a daughter on Wednesday September 17 at In galls Memorial hospital Harvey. The father serves as chief compositor at The Pointer plant.
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Edward Heitmann
Dalton
Ingalls Memorial Hospital
Harvey
Pointer
Lions Club notes store hours and health gear talk
The Riverdale-Dolton Lions Club forum discusses A P Stores plan to five day forty eight hour weeks with full weekly day off, replacing half day closures. The group also forms a bowling league and plans a safety program with Carl Lankenau from Harvey Fire Dept and Dr Hedwig Kuhn on visual performance in industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pointer
Riverdale-Dolton Lions Club
the Pointer
Dolton
Illinois
Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company
A. & P. Food Stores
Riverdale
Dalton
M. C. Haas
Chicago
G. Snip
Day
Allyes
138Th Street
Lion John Davis
Carl] Lankenau
Harvey Fire Department
Lankenau
Robert Alverstrom
Lions Club
Lion Davis
Hedwig S. Kuhn
Hammond
Ind
Harmony Choral Club Holds First Meeting of Season
The Harmony Choral club met at Dalton village hall to rehearse future pieces led by Mrs Louise Ewert. Hostesses Mrs Louise Gundaker and Mrs Cora Miller served refreshments and plans included pastel voile uniforms and a sacred concert in December. A picnic supper is planned at Thornton forest preserve later this month with date to be announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harmony Choral Club
Dalton Village Hall
Louise Gundaker
Cora Miller
Louise Ewert
Thornton Forest Preserve
Junior Women Plan Garden Tea to Open Season
Dalton Riverdale Junior Woman's club invites members and guests to a garden tea Sunday afternoon September 21 at 3 o'clock in the yard of Emil Dieck, 320 East 188th Street, Riverdale. The event marks the opening of the 1941 42 season with officers and hostess committee pictured.
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Dalton-Riverdale
Jane Warren
Dorothy Paynter
Marie Kinney
Doris Calcott
Monterey Stelle
Kindergarten class planned at Roosevelt School
A group of Ivanhoe parents organized a Roosevelt school kindergarten with Mrs. Dorothy Fyrench, approved by the Board of Education. Official enrollment on September 22 runs 9 to 11 am. Tuition begins at 4 dollars for opening month, then 3 dollars. age 4 by October 1 required.
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Ivanhoe
Fred Ofecky
The
Civic Club
Board of Education
Roosevelt School
Dorothy Fyrench
Jack and Jill
Roseland
Bowen School Library Grows as Community Book Nucleus
The Bowen school P T A started a community library last year within the recreation room of Bowen School Riverdale. It now holds over two hundred adult titles including fiction and non fiction. Residents of Dalton and Riverdale may borrow books for five cents per month with two week loans and renewal option. Open Thursdays 2 4 and third Tuesday evenings for P T A meetings. Donations of books are welcome.
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Bowen School Library
Bowen School P. T. A
Dalton
Riverdale
Bowen School
Junior Walther League to Attend W G N Broadcast
The Junior Walther League of St. Pauls Church will attend a radio broadcast at station W G N tonight. The group will leave St. Pauls school at 6 45 pm.
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Junior Walther League
St. Paul’s Church
St. Paul’s School
Acme Steel Signs Labor Pact With SWOC
An agreement covering working hours conditions and vacation was signed Sept 5 by Acme Steel officials led by G. T. Avry and H. L. Bills and SWOC representatives Raymond Sorocco and George Patterson. It affects plant workers except machine shop and certain supervisory staff and aligns wages with prevailing Calumet district steel worker pay.
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Acme Steel Company
Steel Company
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
G. T. Avry
H. L. Bills
Raymond Sorocco
George Patterson
High School and J C P T A Meet September 23
Thornton Township High School and Junior College P T A set a Tuesday evening event September 23 at 8 o clock in the school auditorium. Dr Frank Q Brown will discuss The Future of Television. Brown is a writer educator and world traveler who recently spoke to Lions Clubs chambers and industrial councils.
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Thornton Township High School & Junior College
Frank Q. Brown
Chicago Technical College
Brown
Tlions
Chambers of Commerce
W.R.C. to Honor Past Presidents Day on October 8
G W Spencer Women’s Relief Corps will observe past presidents day at the Riverdale village hall during its regular meeting on Friday October 8 starting at 2 o’clock. All past presidents and members are urged to attend.
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G. W. Spencer
Womens Relief Corps
Riverdale Village Hall
Dr W A Meis to Assume Gallegos Dental Office
Notice that Dr W A Meis, Northwestern dental school graduate, will occupy the late Dr G Gallegos’s office on Saturday September 20. He will be in the office Wednesdays and Saturdays for the rest of September and will devote full time to the local office starting October 1. Mrs Alice Gallegos.
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W. A. Meis
Northwestern University Dental School
Dr. G. Gallegos
Meis
Alice Gallegos
South Holland tragedy claims 6 year old Thelma Boer
Thelma Boer six of South Holland died after being struck by a westbound truck on 159th Street near Van Dam Road while returning home from school with her nine year old brother Clarence. The coroner ruled death a crushed skull with verdict of unavoidable accident. The driver, John Weiteren of Munster Indiana, swerved but could not avoid the child. Sidewalks along 159th Street were recommended for safety. Thelma had just entered first grade at South Holland Christian School and is survived by her parents Obbe and Mrs Boer.
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Thelma Boer
South Holland
Clarence
159Th Street
van Dam Road
DeYeune Funeral Home
John Weiteren
Munster
Ind
JJ. DeRidder
Wenenga
Aleady
South Ielland
Cook County
Alolsie
Thelma
Weirenga
M. B. J. Swets
South Tolland
Arthur Cgouwens
Nick DeYoung
Jacob Ageon
Harold DeYoung
George Voss Thelma
South Ifelland Christian School
Sonewine
Obbe Boer
East 159Th Steet
Fred Krueger Called For Army Service
A list from Cook County Selective Service shows Fred J Krueger of 14610 Princeton Ave Dolton among men reporting for U S Army service. The induction group proceeds from Lansing to Chicago and includes several residents of Hazel Crest Lansing Harvey Dolton and Oak Glen with various addresses.
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Dalton
Fred J Krucee
Princeton Avenue
U. S. Army
Cook County Selective Service Board No. 12
Lansing
Lansine
S. Franklin Street
Chicago
Kenneth Lyle Dickinson
Wood St
Hazelcrest
le Roy Scott Callahan
Page Ave
Hazel
Phoenix
Vernon Lee Paris
Cenlin St
RFD
Harvey
Floyd Walter Dust
So. Schulty
Fred J. Krueger
Princeton Ave
Dolton
Walther League Gifts for Soldiers Drive at St Paul
The St Paul Waitha Leagues sponsor a shower for army and navy members of their congregation stationed at camps. They request donations of toilet soaps shaving articles toothpaste brushes shoe polish socks hankies stationery cigarettes stamps and gum. Donations may be brought to 100m TI at St Paul school within the next week.
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St. Paul Waitha
Army
Navy
St. Paul School
Also Mentioned on This Page
G. Reasor
Roosevelt
Ivanhoe Woman’s Club
W.R.C
Fred Krueger
Walther League
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