Fall activities begin at Riverdale Park District
Park District Superintendent Dick Popper announces fall programs at Riverdale Park. Registration opens Monday September 26 from 1 to 3 0 p m for a ten week hat making course directed by Mrs. Lucille McCarthy. The course starts October 3 in the new fieldhouse. Other offerings include a Wednesday story hour for preschoolers, a Wednesday Retired Group meeting with pinochle and refreshments, educational movies on the first and third Thursday of each month, teenage dances, and a record hop on Saturday September 24 at 7 30 p m with 75 cent admission.
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Riverdale Park
Dick Popper
Lucille McCarthy
Police Charge Teens With Forgery in Suburban District
Five youths and a 15 year old girl were arrested by Harvey police for passing bogus checks in Roseland Dolton and South Holland. Suspects admitted to writing checks for 40 and 37.50 then cashing them at clothing stores and supermarkets before fleeing in a borrowed car. Court date set for Tuesday September 27 at 2 pm in Harvey.
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Dolton
South Holland
Harvey
Roseland
South Holl
Dolton Police Department
Robert Carl
Chicago
Polie
Sptember 8
Shulthree
Hadhazy
15Th
Michigan
Ingit
Shulthie
Wiliams
Paline
Police Seek Stray Black Dog In Riverdale Bite Incident
Douglas Yamak aged two from 13843 School Street Riverdale was bitten on the forehead by a stray medium sized black dog on Wednesday September 14. The dog has not been found and the boy started rabies shots. Anyone knowing the dog’s whereabouts is asked to call Riverdale police immediately.
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Douglas Yamak
Riverdale
Douglas
Studying Medicine At Arizona State University
Martha Dimner daughter of Atty and Mrs Arthur J Ditlner 25 EF 142nd St Dalton is a freshman at Arizona State University where she pledged Kappa Kappa Gamma Martha is studying preliminary medicine Visit for Mer Pastor Mr and Mrs Harry Olphofti and Mr and Mrs Harry Dykstra weekend visiting Rev and Mrs Jacob Blaauw of Beaverdam Mich
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Martha Dimner
Atty
Arthur J. Ditlner
Dalton
Arizona State University
Martha
Harry Olphofti
Harry Dykstrasper
Jacob Blaauw
Beaverdam. Mich
Thornridge Varsity Cheerleaders Shine Despite First-Game Loss
Thornridge six cheerleaders celebrated student support after a tough start in their varsity game. Left to right Bonnie Short Pat Wedding Rusty Kopac captain Sue Peterson Wendy Muldowney Marlene Fraday pose for a POINTER photo by Tom Renner as fans cheered loudly.
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Thornridge
Bonnie Short
Pat Wedding
Rusty Kopac
Sue Peterson
Wendy Muldowney
Marlene Fraday
Tom Renner
Council Lays Plans For Year For Dalton Riverdale PTA Council
Mrs Robert Carver president of the Dalton Riverdale PTA Council District No 19 held a September 9 meeting of council chairmen to map 1960 1961 programs Each chairman will lead a unit meeting to outline school activities Attendees included chairmen Goodman Graefen Wells Mernek Venning Ghezzi Boustead and others A September 12 presidents meeting and September 13 executive board session followed Budget reviews and plans for a September 28 council meeting at Roosevelt School were announced PTA members invited to attend.
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Robert Carver
Dalton-Riverdale
PTA
Michigan
Riverdale
Ralph Mernek
John Venning
Merrill
Calumet City
Sylvester Ghezzi
Shepard Jr
Dalton
T. Boustead
Chaiman
Wallace
Thich
Wayne Murphy
Washington-Jefferson
B. E. Day
Franklin
Robi
France
Hoosevelt Park
Donald Jennings
Bowen
George Tashjian
Berger
Robert Anders
Lincoln
Damel Jacobs
Waterman
Carver
Roosevelt School
PTA J
Pointer offers student subscription rate for college readers
The POINTER announces a special student rate of 3 dollars for mailing to any college or university in the United States. Call VI 9-1800 to subscribe and stay updated on local events and friends while away at school.
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United States
Dalton Riverdale Junior Club Presents Satire Set to Music
The Dalton Riverdale Junior Woman's club hosts Glonn Gonigam in Satire Set to Music at Dalton Park fieldhouse on September 27 at 8 p.m. The program features Gonigam's impressions of singer types from club meetings to TV and home shows. Timetald avenue chair Mrs Koenneth Smith leads the refreshment committee with members including Mrs Robert Nelson and others.
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Dalton-Riverdale
Glonn Gonigam
Leon
Ottawa
Illinois Federation of Woman's Clubs
Ottawa Woman's Club
Dalton Park
Local Ikes Attend Convention At Peoria Next October
A group of Ikes from Riverdale Delton Dolton and surrounding towns plans to attend the Izaak Walton League of America state convention at the Jefferson Hotel Peoria on October 1 and 2. The delegates will discuss harmful food insecticides as a key topic with Don Hemmerling arranging hotels travel and lodging for 25 attendees.
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Art Fanning
Riverdale
Bill Nuss
Delton
Bill Krone
Henry Miller
Gard Hinch
South Tolland
Andy Vachota
Chicago
Joe Anderson
Dick Kuck
Roseland
Dave Miller
Ray
Johnson
Harry Lindell
Martin O'Neal
Dolton
Clyde McCoy
Dick Finneil
Don Hemmerling
Don Adams
Izaak Walton League of Americas
Jefferson Hotel
Peoria
Calumet Region
Dora Hemmering
Don
Lood
Ravel
Three Armed Robbers Take $247 From Tavernkeeper
Riverdale police report an armed robbery Thursday night at a tavern on West 138th Street. Three men entered, demanded beer, and ordered the bartender to surrender cash. They fled with about $471, plus two bottles of scotch and a six pack of beer.
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Riverdale
Charles Cook
Your Boy Scout Donations Stay in the Community
A 1960 drive by the Boy Scouts of America seeks funds to support Scouting in Riverdale Dalton and nearby southern suburbs. Donations stay local to benefit local sons and community youth and foster patriotism self reliance and civic leadership.
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Boy Scouts of America
Riverdale
Dalton
Boy Scout of America
Plan to Form New Episcopal Church In Area
Episcopalians from the south Holland and Dalton area will meet Sunday afternoon Sept. 23 at 4 o clock at the home of Mr. and Mrs James Singley dr 16018 Ellis to organize a new Episcopal Church for the area A tract of land has been purchased as a future site near the Calumet Expressway All interested people are invited to attend the meeting.
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South Holland
Dalton
James
Singley
Ellis
Calume Expressway
D R Women Host Brunch for Club Philanthropies
Mrs. Milan Herzog of the Dalton Riverdale Woman's Club will host a brunch at her home 14909 Irving on Tuesday Sept 27 from 9 to 12 for members and guests to benefit the club scholarship fund and other philanthropic efforts. Silver offerings will be received. Judith Fike, 14607 Grant Dolton, currently receives the four year scholarship. The club supports the Occupational Therapy Workshop at Oak Forest and the Illinois Cottage at Park Ridge School for Girls. It also aids the Marquette School for Boys in southern Illinois and contributes to rehabilitation and education programs for delinquent youths.
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Milan Herzog
Dolton-Riverdale Woman's Club
Judith Fike
Grant Dolton
Oak Forest
District Wineis Federation of Women's Clubs
Dalton-Riverdale
Illinois
the Park
Ridge School
Marquette School For
Ilinois
Dalton- Riverdale
Entertains Club Hosts Audrey Van Deursen
Miss Audrey Van Deursen entertained her girls' club on Monday evening at her home. The gathering featured fellowship and light refreshments with members sharing news and plans.
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Audrey van Deursen
Ridge Dedication Set for October 4 at Cottage Grove Dalton
Thurmadge High School dedication ceremonies at Cottage Grove and Sibley Boulevard in Dalton are scheduled for Sunday afternoon October 4 at 7 o clock. Pred T Ehlert, president of the board of Education, announced. The project began in August 1957 and the building has been in use since February 1960 with minor construction remaining. The dedication address will be by Honorable Lawrence G. Derthick, United States Commissioner of Education since 1936. He previously served as Superintendent of Schools in Chattanooga and has earned honorary degrees.
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Thurmadge High School
Cottage Grove
Sibley Boulevard
Dalton
Pred T Ehlert
Board of Education
Tsirvet
Ems
Lawrence G. Derthick
United States Commissioner of Education
Dr Derthick
Chattanooga
Tennessee
Frosh-Soph Lovelies Triumph with Tridge Cheerleaders
Frosh-Soph squad of Thorndidge High School opens season with a victory. Members of the Tridge Junior Cheerleaders are identified as Jeanette Brandt Gaye Burke Gas Klompmaker Doris Fray Joan Wognum and Nancy Weter in a team kneeling and standing lineup.
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Tiornride
Frosh-Soph
Lovelie
Tridge
Jeanette Brandt
Gaye Burke
Chief Douglas A Gouwens Marks 20 Years Leading South Holland Police
Doreen Corsello notes Douglas A Gouwens celebrates twenty years as South Holland chief of police on September 24 1980, marking his 1940 appointment date. The piece details his prior roles in Thornton Township Cook County Forest Preserve and Illinois state highways, Army service including duty at Hyde Park with President Roosevelt’s entourage, discharge in 1945 return to police chief, and community ties with the Lions Club fire department and police associations.
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Douglas A. Gouwens
South Holland
Thornton Township
Cook County Forest Preserve
Illinois
U. S. Army
Ft. Riley
Kansas
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Hyde Park
N.Y
Goowens
Sir Winston Churchill
Chiang Kai- Shek
Harry Hopkins
Henry Morganthau
Roosevelt
Falla
M.P. Gouwens
Hiram Vanderle
Gounwens
Roosevelt School
Thornton Townskin Hr & Toad Og Harvey
Chicago Business College
Chicago
Ceehia
Park Lane
Brian Ae
Brian
Thornridge Hhgh School
Dalton
Gouwens
South Holland Lion Club
South Holland Volunteer Fire Department
Hlinois Police
Thinois Association of Chiefs of Police, Inc
International Association of Chiefs of Police, Inc
Douglas A Gouwens
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Oscar Hines
Harold Brown
Thomas Kinney
Carl Maurer
Wm. J. Quirk
Fred Wolferag
June Christensen
Robert Peiguss
Kiwanis
BY Durfen Corsello
Arizona State
T'Ridge Varsity
Council
Ile
Ilus
D-R Jrs
Episcopal Church
D-R
T’ Ridge
Inie Vetstios
Dershick
Ussr
Soviet Union
Congress of the
Tig Fob
Ender
Ot Miiretses
Wr Ehlert
Board of
Exuealion
Thornridge High School
Thornton
Towieny
Juni College
Frosh-Soph Lovelies
Renner
By Doreen Corsello
Douglas A, Gouwens
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