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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1941
Page
6
Roosevelt School reports first and second graders preparing an Easter assembly on Thursday April 10 at 1 05 with scenery charts and practice. Parents and friends are invited. Earlier in the week a film about Robin Redbreast was shown to students.
Last week Friday Jessie Robinson and Dorothy Harms decorated seventh and eighth grade bulletin boards with spring pictures. Frances Basile returns to the eighth grade after a one week absence. Students in seventh and eighth grades are making posters for the Franklin PTA card and bake party in art class. In English class in grades seven.
Eight talks outline PTA agenda as Franklin school describes activities. On April 1 seventh grade English sponsored a joke contest with songs and a candy sale. Fifty Easter favors were sent to Fort Sheridan hospital as Junior Red Cross work. First and second grades perform Easter program today at 1 05 p.m. Third and fourth grade pupils presented an Easter play at the PTA program with musical numbers by the rhythm band, the Franklin school band, and singers from grades three through eight.
The eighth grade chose trips to the aquarium and the planetarium. W. G. N. Baseball practice begins April 7 as students stay busy. A April 7 talk on Courage with speaker T. A. Brook was well received by seventh and eighth graders.
Grade one looks forward to Easter vacation and a visit from the Easter bunny. Grade five welcomes back Mildred Hall and Anita Court after measles absence. Fourth graders Billy Brandt and others have perfect attendance for a month. Anita Colebourn and Beatrice Smith sang at the last P T A meeting. Seventh grade won the attendance banner. Mr Beasley plans an orchestra concert soon. Donna Poss Beatrice Smith and Ella Arndt passed seventh grade writing test. Third and fourth grades enjoyed a day at the Field Museum Aquarium and Planetarium. The Indian population is said to be increasing rapidly and kids rage around back yards.
A chicken crosses the road without being struck by a car while a nearby person appears confused by the moment. The incident spotlights a humorous clash between animal instinct and human wit.
We express deep gratitude to friends neighbors the police and Rev Kemnitz for sympathy and help after the bereavement of Wm Wichman. Signed by the family.
The candidate thanks voters in Dal ton and Thornton township for loyal support in the last and previous elections. He notes being elected thirteen times as supervisor and serving twenty-nine years in office. He claims his books have been audited yearly by the town board of auditors and published in local papers, found correct.
The annual report for the highway commission treasurer will appear in The Pointe and the supervisor report in the Harvey Tribune. The relief office books were audited by state auditors under the Illinois Emergency Retention Commission and found correct. 49-1 William F Propper.
Thomas Harpei thanks voters of the Dal ton Park District for support in the April 1 election and confirms his election as park commissioner.
Howard T Nelson thanks supporters for help with the township Aseke erection project.
A voter thank you message from Charles E Colebourn expresses gratitude for support received in the park bypard election held on April 1, 1941. The note credits supporters and notes appreciation.
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