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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1941
Page
5
A Riverdale youth recounts his infantry company experience during a month of training at Camp Forest. He notes regimentation, drilling, barracks work, and occasional town visits, with good food and manageable fatigue duties. He mentions dry air, 1200 feet elevation, frequent colds, and ends with regards to Riverdale readers.
The Paul Gall Unit 308 Auxiliary plans its regular meeting for April 24. The 8th district seeks 98 members to meet quota while Paul Gall Unit is above theirs. May 18 is proclaimed American Day with flags to be displayed properly and awards for top Americanism reports. A layette shower supports child welfare and gifts can be arranged via Mrs Strand. Tours to crippled children’s home and delinquent girls in Geneva are planned. Members are urged to contact representatives about House Bill 399. Sunshine raffle winners noted, and grave markers will be placed on deceased members’ graves by Decoration Day.
Acme Steel clinched first place in the Y Industrial Basketball league by defeating Sherwin Williams 44 to 30 on Wednesday April 9. State Lubritorium lost to Pullman Car 25 to 26. Beverly Auto beat W A S 30 to 28.
The league ends its season with four games on Saturday April 19 Beverly Auto faces Ingersoll Steel at 7 pm Pullman Car meets Sherwin Williams at 8 pm Ingersoll Steel battles Ingalls Shepard at 9 pm and W A S plays Great Lakes at 10 pm.
St Marys church hall hosted the installation of officers for St Marys Court No 228 WC OF on April 10. Rev John N Weiler officiated as spiritual director with Ida Prymas as chief ranger Irene Garry recording secretary Margaret Kern financial secretary Magdelen Braun treasurer and Catherine Kern among trustees Agnes Dreger Margaret Stiemann and final member. Dr Philip G Thomsen was named medical examiner and Rev Matthias H Hoffman attended as guest.
Dalton Riverdale Women's club hosts Gardening for Defense program at Riverdale village hall with Mrs M Sartor introducing and Mrs John Perguss performing a solo. Ivanhoe Women's club members will attend as guests.
Miss Louella Haskins and Juliet Forbes of the Radio Council Board of Education will speak at the Bowen School PTA meeting Monday evening April 21 on the subject Radio in Education. Community singing and a Bowen school art demonstration will also be featured.
The Lincoln School P T A announces a teen age dance to be held Friday evening in the gymnasium on April 25. The event invites local students to attend a supervised social gathering with music and chaperones.
A Dalton notice invites attendance at Lincoln School for an 8 o’clock dancing event. Admission is 15 cents. Readers are urged to keep the date open for an enjoyable evening of dancing pleasure.
The T. T. H. S. Boys and Girls Clubs present Helen Hiett with N. B. C. News Analyst direct from Paris Madrid and Gibraltar Friday evening April 18 at 7:45 in the high school auditorium. Admission is twenty five cents.
Herman G. Horn son of Mr and Mrs Gustav A Horn 13344 Indiana avenue serves in the United States navy and reports from Bremerton navy yards Puget Sound Washington He works on degausing cables aboard the carrier Saratoga and has been made a second class seaman He is catcher and captain of the baseball team and has recovered from a recent illness Kurt Ackerman and Don Dunaway of Riverdale also stationed at Bremerton yards all three now aboard the troop transport U S S Fuller awaiting departure for San Diego and thence to an unknown destination
A corrected notice states William J Harty Independent Township party candidate was not the winner for justice of the peace. Joseph Giewar Township party candidate from Jowski Calumet City is the actual winner of the justice of the peace office.
I thank the voters of School District No. 148 for their support in electing me to the board of education at the election April 12. Roland C. Laney signs this message.
The family of the late Connie De Vries expresses sincere thanks to relatives and friends for sympathy and flowers and to Mr and Mrs Chester Evers Ru Milter Freeman and the First Reformed church of Roseland Lydia and Earl Mellin family for their support and committee efforts.
Walter E. Deichen thanks voters for support in the school election held on April 12 1941 in district 133.
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