The Robbins eagle., March 03, 1951, VILLAGE EDITION, Image 1

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THE BIGGEST LITTLE NEWSPAPER IN COOK COUNTY ILlx L/Ul I
Voluma L ROBBINS. ILLINOIS. SATURDAY. MARCH 3. *1951 ~ o
R.F.C. RESOLUTION PASSED!
LEE RISTON, TRUSTEE, AGAIN
THROWS HIS HAT IN THE RING;
THIS TIME ~ ON HIS RECORD
MR. LEE RISTON has proved himself to be the kind
of citizen that Robbins has been looking for. Mr. Riston
came to Robbins about 11 years ago from Chicago
where he received his grammar school education and
graduated from the Du-Sable High School. While in Du
cable h© attained the rank'
of commanding officer for 2
years from the R. O. T. C.
He later joinned the Illinois
National Guard. Became 1st
Lieutenant in the militia.
After coming to Robbins,
Mr. Riston wasted no time
in becoming affiliated with
the civic affairs of the vil
lage. He was a member of
Robbins Fire-Department. In
1947 he was elected to the
office of village trustee. Be
ing new to the position of
Chairman of Streets to which
he was appointed after his
election, it took some time
for him to find his way. But
in a very short time he had
grasped the situation and
had things well in hand.
Mr. Riston gave the village
of Robbins a very remark
able improvement on the
streets. It was Mr. Riston
who first introduced the idea
of placing a booster pump
on the water lines. It was a
bitter fight but he won.
Today, if the pump is not
running the village is com
pletely without water.
Mr. Riston lives with his
wife and two children at
135th and Hamlin avenue,
Robbins, Illinois.
He is also quite a sports
man; being president of the
Robbins Gun and Rod Club
of Robbins.
He is employed (9 years)
with the Perfection Gear of
Harvey, Illinois, as supervis
or at a very good salary.
One can see at a glance
that Mr Riston is a wide
MR. LEE RISTON
awake young man and is
quite active in village and
civic affairs.
As chairman of the Health
Committee, Mr. Riston has
done much to help rid the
village of some of its health
menaces. This has caused
him to issue warrants to some
citizens to appear in court
. before they would act. Be
i ing trained in the army an
j ofder is to be carried out,
he knows nothing but to see
that laws are carried out.
I don't know if Mr. Riston
is going to try to succeed
himself as trustee of the vil
lage but if he should then
I am sure the citizens of
Robbins will never forget the
good job Mr. Riston has
done.
WHAT IS MRS.
WHITE’S GAME?
DO YOU KNOW?
The political pot is boiling
in the village of Robbins!
The Non-Partisan party, the
first' to hold a mass meeting
in the fight to elect three
village trustees, chose Mrs.
Elinor White as the keynote
speaker.
There was given the great
est display of hypocrisy and
ignorance that one ever wit
nessed. It is a pity that the
people can be so misinform
ed. In one voice the people
neard that the village-clerk
had a perfect record and
heard the same person say
that they didn't know what
was going on in the village
hall.
It is a sad affair that this
village has a clerk who
would attempt to use a li
quor ordinance which was
passed in 1933, when the
state had a law on selling
beverages with 2.3% alco
hol. One doesn't have to be
a drinker to know that there
must be another ordinance
passed at a later date to
take care of beverages with
a • much higher alcoholic
content. Yet our village clerk
is hopelessly trying to criti
cize the mayor. Inasmuch
as all monies are turned
over to the village clerk,
why is it so important that
she must collect* the liquor
license monies?
For two years Mrs. White
never worried about collect
ing anything but the checks
which were made out* to one
Mrs. Hyde or Mrs. Robinson.
Can she be looking for some
thing to fill the gap left after
she could no longer get
these checks?
AT LONG LAST A REAL
STEP HAS BEEN TAKEN TO
MODERNIZE OUR VILLAGE
Robbins' Village Board
met Thursday evening at the
village hall for the purpose
of studying the resolution
from the Reconstruction Fin
ance Corporation on the loan
of $945,000.00 to improve the
water supply and to put in
sewers.
This resolution is a con
tract between the village oi
Robbins and the Reconstruc
tion Finance Corporation.
After the village clerk had
read and the engineers ex
plained each paragraph of
the contract, the trustees then
passed the resolution in its
entirety.
This is the first step. The
second step will be to pass
the bond issue in the amount
of $945,000.00.
The two engineers are:
Walter Wilson, engineer for
the project and George M.
Jones, engineer for the vil
lage of Robbins.
NOTICE
The Original Citizens Forty
has filed its ticket with the
village clerk.
Marcellus Jones, Lee Ris
ton and Victor Anderson are
the candidates on this ticket.
Vote for a continuation of
the sewer and water project
and better housing.
Mrs. Elinor White was
elected on the Original Citi
zens' party ticket two* years
ago after she had left the
Non-Partisan party because
she said the Non-Partisan
party was so rotten, they
were nothing but hoodlums.
But today she wants those
same hoodlums to come to
the village hall and help her.
Now what does she want
them to help her do. I don't
think the people of Robbins
want those kind of people
in the village hall—including
Mrs. White.