Riverdale completes village equipment building this week
Riverdale's new one story equipment building beside the fire house was completed this week with WPA work finished early. The structure allows for an extra story, and superintendent William Nottorf led the project with Village Engineer K S Putnam reporting curbing and street light updates along with other village projects.
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Riverdale
WPA
William Nottorf
K. S. Putnam
Riverdale Board
Putnam
Illinois Street
137Th Place
State Street
188Th Street
Smith
144Th Street
Malgo Gear Co
Dalton
Strosinski
Wentworth Avenue
188Th
189Th Street
Buffalo
Hanthan
Day
South Suburban New Bath Service Contact
Information about South Suburban new bath service is provided. The notice directs readers to phone In terocean 9744 for details and scheduling.
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Interocean
Starnes to Make Third High Altitude Parachute Leap
Calumet City real estate man Arthur H. Starnes will make the third of four scientific parachute jumps from 25 000 feet at Rubinham airport Harvey before week’s end. The test aims to gather data on stratosphere jumps aided by Northwestern and University of Chicago scientists.
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Arthur H. Starnes
Calumet City
Rubinham
Harvey
Mr. Starnes
Riverdale-Dalton
Roscoe Turner
Stares
Starnes
Northwestern University
University of Chicago
U. S. Army
Walther League Plans Events And Convention
The senior Walther League met on September 10 to announce a handkerchief shower for the Lutheran parsonage and a Zone roller skating party on September 16. A hayrack party to Palos Hills is scheduled for September 28 with 7 p.m. meeting at the school. Tickets cost 50 cents from Bill Busch or Clarence Hammermeister. The group promotes attendance at the Northern Illinois District convention October 19 and 20 at the Stevens Hotel in Chicago. A Zion church rally at 99th and Winston with registration at 2:30 is also planned, led by District president Bill Zeller. The date is Sunday September 29 at 2:50.
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Palos Hillis
Bill Busch
Clarence Hammermermeister
Stevens Hotel
Chicago
Zion Church
99Th and
Winston
Bill Zeller
Thornton Township High School P T A Holds First Regular Meeting
The Thornton Township high school and Junior College P T A will meet Tuesday evening September 24 at 8 o'clock in the school auditorium. Scouts, sons of executive board members, will present and retire the flag. A U S Department of Justice representative will give a program with a lecture and films titled You Cant Get Away with It. Refreshments will be served in the cafeteria after the meeting.
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Thornton Township High School
United States Department of Justice
Legion Auxiliary to Install Officers in Dalton Ceremony
Paul Gall Post No. 303 and its Ladies Auxiliary prepare Saturday night in the Dalton village hall Legion room for a joint installation. John Belz will become commander, succeeding Edwin Messerschmidt, with a slate including Oscar Reich as senior vice commander and Earl Slaughter as junior vice commander. Eight district officials, led by H. Bock and Carl Powley, will install the officers. Afterward a social program and new auxiliary officers led by Naomi Matthiesen will be welcomed, with Gladys Johnson, Helen Reinke, Mary Ferguson and others taking posts.
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Paul Gall
American Legion
Ladies
Legion
Dalton Village Hall
John Belz
Legion Post
Edwin Messerschmidt
Legionairres
Oscar Reich
Earl F. Slaughter
Karl Meginnis
John G. Thul
Julius Nelson
Harry Meginnis
Earl Slaughter
H. 8. Bock
Carl A. Powley
T. F. Reinhardt
Carl Maurer
Naomi Matthiesen
Amy Schlieman
Gladys Johnson
Helen Reinke
Mary Ferguson
Frankie Albrecht
Mabel Vestal
Alice Phillips
Hazel Deichen
Metal Schroeder
Hold-up Man Robs Dolton Woman in Her Home
A Dolton woman Mrs. Fred Born reports a stranger posed as a firm collector robbed her of 252 dollars at her home on Saturday afternoon. He pressed a gun to her back while she counted cash, but police have no precise description due to shock.
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Dolton
Fred Born
Community Patriotic Council Plans Friday Meeting
The Community Patriotic Council will hold its second meeting Friday evening September 20 at the Dalton village hall starting at 7 30. The council includes representatives of local organizations and industries and aims to promote better citizenship and Americanism in the community. Mr and Mrs Arthur Wagner of Riverdale have returned from a two week motor trip to California.
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Community Patriotic Council
Dalton Village
Arthur ‘Wagner
East 136Th Street
Riverdale
California
Local Brick Plant Reopens Amid High Shipments
The Chicago Brick company's yard on East 188th street resumes brick production for a six to eight week period starting September 12 due to unusually heavy shipments. About 100 workers regain employment. storage holds about six million bricks, with a potential spring reopening if demand persists.
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Chicago Brick Company
East 188Th Street
Draft Boards Named for Local Registration District
Two draft boards designated in the locality to register men ages 21 to 35 on October 16 as the first step toward selective service. Board No 11 at Harvey handles reconscription in Calumet and surrounding townships. Board No 12 at Thornton handles residents of Thornton township excluding Riverdale Dixmoor Harvey Calumet City and Dalton South Holland area.
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Burke- Wadsworth
Harvey
Calumet Township
Thornton Township
Riverdale
Dixmoor
Thornton
Ill
Riverdale Firemen Win Water Fight Cup at Fall Festival
Riverdale fire department wins the water fight contest defeating Acme Steel Flossmoor and Dalton in the finals to claim the gold cup. Captain Ted Siggelkow leads John Diehl Fred Radtke Kenneth Woodward and Adolph Matthiesen with Asst Chief Brookfelt as coach. Riverdale defeats Harvey in an exhibition and the Stiemann family holds its annual reunion at Jackson Park with about 80 attendees.
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Riverdale Firemen
Acme Steel
Flossmoor
Dalton
Riverdale
Harvey Fire Department
Ted Siggelkow
John Diehl
Fred Radtke
Kenneth Woodward
Adolph Matthiesen
Brookfelt
Police Department
Harvey
Railroads Agree to Tackle Local Nuisances
Fourteen officials from five railroads met with Dolton and Riverdale-Dolton groups at the Dolton village hall to discuss ways to cut noise blocking crossings and smoke. Leaders pledged swift coop eration and enforcement of rules to ease real estate concerns and protect school crossings.
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Pegenau
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Doldale Sportsmen
Oak Glen
Dolton Fire Laddies
Jack Quinn
Bob” Haney
Bob” Schug
Legion Auxiliary
Stiemann
Jackson Park
F. G. Nicholson
Chicago and Eastern
Lllinois
C. P. Fisher
Pennsylvania Railroad
C. F. Wiegwele
Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad
T. J. Reid
Illinois Central Railroad
R. F. Jeter
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Arthur Dillner
Dolton Chamber of Commerce
D. C. Bachmann
Riverdale-Dolton Lions Club
Dr. C. F. Pegenau
Frank B. Diekman
Dolton Village
Herman J. Anders
Chamber of Commerce
John F. Chandler
The
Lions Club
P. Fisher
Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad
St. Louis
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