Henry's Wedding stage play set for September 29 30
Local volunteers organize a public wedding themed comedy at Lincoln Avenue school auditorium The First Methodist church backs the event featuring Paul Hampton Caroline O Brien and Isabelle Hampton in lead roles with M F Propper as Lawyer Brown The plot revolves around Uncle Henry a 55 year old bachelor marrying a widow 49 and a race against Jack to claim a $100000 will plus comic disguises and a gas explosion gag propel the action through two nights of entertainment by Promoters and town officials.
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Pointer
Thompson
M. E
Miss Paradise
Henry
Lincoln Avenue
First Methodist Church
Paul Hampton
Uncle Henry
Mrs
Jack
Ted
Harris
Elmer Krause
Stuart Thompson
O’flarety
Herbert Dickelman
Mugs
Marvin Packard
Eliza
Mary
Illinois State Firemen's Convention Held in Decatur
Delegates from Riv erdale Fire Department and other towns attended the 45th annual Illinois State Firemen's Association meeting in Decatur September 18 to 16. L E Reich re-elected director and vice president. officers elected include Joe Valentine Rock Island president and Roy Alsit secretary Champaign. Next convention slated for Rockford in October 1933.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. E. Reich
Riverdale Fire Department
Fred Ott
Dalton
Ed Dillner
Demering
Matteson
Frank Flanigan
Thornton
John Link
Blue Island
Illinois State Firemens Association
Decatur
L. BE. Reich
Joe Valentine
Rock Island
Frank Ruthkaskie
Steger
Tl. L. E. Reich
Riverdale
Roy Alsit
Champaign
Simon Kellerman
Edwardsville
Weilder
Mount Olive
Rockford
Ill
Boats on Calumet River Draw 14 South Shore Boats
Old river hands watched a 14 boat line from the South Shore Power Boat Club travel up the Calumet to Halsted Street forest preserve. The site will house boat clubs with a 700 foot landing planned. The Lake Michigan Yachting Association seeks two trips yearly along the river from South Chicago to Halsted. Dan Perry of Dalton manned Gypsy II in line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calumet
South Shore Power Boat Club
Jackson Park
Halsted Street
Lake
Fined for Shooting Ducks Out of Season
Game Warden Peter Thanasulas nabbed two youths last Friday night near Calumet Lake for shooting ducks out of season. They had eight ducks in possession and names given as Felix Smolinski and Sam Zesputho, both 16, turned over to juvenile authorities. Both guns were confiscated and the incident followed another in which he arrested four men from South Chicago using an 800-ft seine to catch fish for bulk sale in Gary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Thanasulas
Calumet Lake
Felix Smolinski
Forrestville Avenue
Sam Zesputho
Thanasulas
Chicago
Gary
Hood Nominated to Fill Republican Judicial Vacancy
Judge Craig A. Hood of Chicago Heights is selected by Republican Cook County committeemen to join the fall election ticket. Hood is a respected southern Cook County jurist and is praised by the Chicago bench for handling major cases. An 8-pound boy was born Friday September 16, increasing the family to 95 boys and 3 girls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Craig A. Hood
Chicago Heights
Cook County
Hood
Chicago
Osenga
Dalton Laundry
Clarry
Harry Man
Riverdale Boy Undergoes Appendectomy at Roseland
Donald Dunaway, son of Mr and Mrs D Dunaway of Riverdale, was taken to Roseland Community Hospital Saturday for an appendectomy. He is reported to be doing nicely and is expected to return home soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Dunaway
D. Dunaway
Riverdale
Roseland Community Hospital
Don
Water Tunnel Planned Under Western Indiana Tracks
Dolton village boards advertises bids to lay a water tunnel under Western Indiana tracks at Lincoln avenue crossing. Past repairs costs cited for leaks under trees, bids to be opened next Tuesday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Indiana
Lincoln Avenue
Dolton
Indiana
Hoard Hoe
War Department Allocates Funds for Calumet Harbor Dredging
A Washington dispatch reports the War Department using 46 000 dollars from rivers and harbors for maintenance dredging at Calumet harbor to restore river channels and preserve dimensions. A 20 000 dollar grant funds breakwater repairs at Chicago harbor. two basins remain un dredged due to land ceded issues. Commercial traffic at Calumet in 1981 reached 8 627 701 tons valued over 89 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Department
Chicago Harbor
Calumet Harbor
Forks
United States
Johnson Messerschmidt Wedding in Dalton Roseland
Robert Messerschmidt of Dalton and Miss Ebba Johnson of Roseland were married last Saturday evening at St. Pauls church parsonage with Rev. Walter Kemnitz officiating. They are popular young people and enjoy many well wishes from friends.
Robbers Loot Hodorowicz Hardware With Cash Box Heists
Sixth Detroit area holdup nets over $2,000 at Hodorowicz brothers hardware store on Michigan Avenue. Bandits, armed and masked, seize cash from a candy and cigar box in the rear apartment, bind Mrs. Frank Hodorowicz and two employees, then flee with jewelry and a diamond ring worth about $300. Two lookouts join the getaway in a awaiting car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan Avenue
Hodorowicz Brothers Hardware Store
Frank
Frank Hodorowicz
John Lee
Walter Lis
Lost items and reward notices listed for Dolton area
Lost trombone music sheets in Dol ton or Riverdale. Notify Joe Long at 324 Monroe Street Dolton. Dolton phone 883. Lost young bulldog with white head and forehead spot. Reward offered by Dolton Hardware store. Dolton phone 650.
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Dolton
Riverdale
Joe Long
Monroe Street
Dolton Hardware Store
Local and Personal News From Dalton and Vicinity
Mrs. Wm Kreis widow of Rev Kreis leaves Dalton for Nokoma to reside with daughter Mrs Roy Krapp. Son Arthur Kries, just home from hospital, movable in a wheelchair after severe injuries from a prior auto crash that killed his father. Miss Edna Lund arrives from Winnipeg to spend three months with sister Alma. Melvin Sheahan tours to Champaign to begin Illinois University as a freshman. Mrs Mattie Leonard injures leg in rug accident. doctor sets fracture and confinement follows. Mrs Fred Scheer suffers paralysis after a stroke worsened by a Chicago accident. Mrs Emily Claussen recovering after neck tumor operation at St Francis Blue Island. Arthur Dreshall undergoes treatment for spinal tumor. possible surgery. Lane family returns from Buffalo and Canada trip. Reich family visits St Joseph Michigan. Steinhauer wins raffle dresser. Floyd Eddy collides with Elwood. injuries and damage. Frank Kleinz to Ohio visit. Crossing near 138th Street causes ankle fracture. rails unattended. Nora Flynn and Mary McCarthy visit Marie Kinney and attend Tennis Club dance. Henry Mohr and Mrs Otto Lentz return from Dreitz summer home in Arbor Vitae Wisconsin.
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Wm. Kries
Kreis
Immanuel Church
Dalton
Nokema
Roy Krapp
Arthur Kries
Joliet
Kies
Mary Connor
Libertyville
Everette Connor
Dolton
Edna Lund
Winnipeg
Canada
Alma
Melvin Sheahan
S. J. Sheahan
Calumet Avenue
Riverdale
Champaign
Ilinois University
Mattie Leonard
John T. Farrell
South Dearborn Street
Thomson
Fred Scheer
Arthur Dreshall
Park Avenue
Art
Gilbert P. Lane
Ruth Mary
Marilyn Alice
Buffalo
N. Y
Alban P. Reich
Alice
Harriet
Adolph “al Smith
Reich
St. Joseph
Mich
Steinhauer
184Th Street
Amy Schlieman
Floyd H. Eddy
East 95Th Street
Joseph Elwood
Gladys Avenue
137Th
Halsted Street
Elwood
Kollar
Frank Kleinz
Jacob Kleinz
Iron
Otto Lentz
Dreitz
Arbor Vital
Wis
New Roosevelt School to Open for 1933 Boundary Area
The Board of Education sets up a new Roosevelt school for grades 1 to 4 and kindergarten serving the described district bounded by C and FE I railroad Sibley boulevard Indiana avenue Calumet river Illinois Central railroad I. H. B. railroad and the I C line. Kindergarten hours 1 to 3 pm. Staff assigns Miss Schurman for grades 1 Miss Cronk for grades 3 and 4 and Miss Jillson for kindergarten. Children age 4 by February 1 1933 may enroll.
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Board of Education
Sibley Blvd
Indiana Avenue
Calumet River
Illinois Central Railroad
Ilinois Central
I. TY. B
I. C. Railroad
Roosevelt School
DeHaan Mohr Married In Dalton Simple Services
Margaret DeHaan daughter of Mr and Mrs Henry DeHaan 10055 Lowe Ave wed Alfred Mohr son of Mr and Mrs Alfred Mohr Riverdale in simple services at St Pauls Dalton. A reception followed at the bride’s parents home and the couple will reside at 99th St and Normal Ave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul’s Church
Dalton
Margaret DeHaan
Henry DeHaan
Lowe Avenue
Alfred Mohr
Riverdale
99Th Street
Normal Avenue
New Auto Race Track at Calumet Kennel Club
A new half mile auto race course is being prepared at the Calumet Kennel Club located at 169th and Torrence avenue in Bernice. The club, built for dog racing, was halted by court action before reopening. Auto racing at the track could bring activity to local racing fans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calumet Kennel Club Evrounds
169Th
Torrence Avenue
Bernice
Calumet Kennel Club
Dalton Riverdale Building and Loan nets cash to members
The Dalton Riverdale Building and Loan Association matured its 25th stock series on September 15, paying $25,000 to shareholders. Of the $11,000 total, $15,100 was covered by real estate loans for families now debt free, leaving $25,600 distributed in cash to members choosing cash. Secretary Holmes notes many new shares are being purchased across active series.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dalton-Riverdale Building & Loan Association
Holmes
Building & Loan Association
Wilbur S. Wilcox Sells Bermuda Onions Near Crown Point
Wilbur S. Wilcox raises a large crop of Bermuda onions on his Crown Point Indiana farm and offers about 700 bushels for sale. Onion weights range from half a pound to 2 pounds. Samples are on view at the First National Bank in Dalton. Wilcox brings over 400 years of combined onion and seed business experience to growing the big onions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilbur S. Wilcox
Bermuda
Crown Point
Ind
First National Bank
Dalton
Wilcox
Vehicle production and holiday parking habits cited
The Chicago Motor Club notes that over 53 million motor vehicles have been built since 1898. Many drivers assume most are in operation, especially when seeking parking on holidays.
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Chicago Motor Club
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Dickelman
Propper
Lincoln School
Judge Hood
Eddie Taylor
Anna Taylor
U. S
Hodorowicz Store
Roseland
Arthur Harms
Olga Schultz
South Park Avenue
NEW School
Roosevelt
DeHaan-Mohr
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