Frieda Polchow Rutz Burba, personal narrative, 1968

              C. R. History
Chicago Ridge, Ill 1968
CHICAGO RIDGE PUBLIC LIBRARY
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Chicago Ridge, Ill. 60415
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CHICAGO RIDGE - HISTORY
POLI
I Frieda Polchow Rutz Burba entered
these articles about Chicago Ridge ac I
remember them - I was born Dec 29- 1904
on a farm located at 105th central - My
father Charles Polchow was the first
Pres. of Chgo Ridge - which I believe was
in 1914 - I remember there was a 2 story factory
at 104th & Birmingham which was Vacant but
it had this reading on the side ( slot machine manufacte
had a separate building 2 storie in the front that
had an apt upstairs but downstairs was the
village post office operated by Elsie Nueman
her parents & her lived in the apt. Now it is
all torn down - the post office has moved
mony times since then - next it was in Klee's
store, a two story building located at 106th Princess
Klees lived upstairs later building was moved
to 106th S. E Side & Ridgeland. it was many things after
being a grocery store for years. Bristown barber shop.
Novelty shop 0 apt. and finally in 1967 it was
condemmed and burnt down owner Bruns Duckurt
I remember when the big 3 story building at 104 and
Ridgeland was a rooming house operated by Mr & Mrs
John Henry Meyer 0 it was later made into apt upstairs
tavern down and changed hands many times it was
torn down in 1967-- I remember when their was a
frame building where the brick one is now at
106th Ridgeland N. E Side was a Brandt's tavern, then a church
now a teen club. The old Pres. Church that
sold to V. F W.