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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1938
Page
2
Local residents attend parties and showers for Lydia Hoffman and Armon Lund ahead of their upcoming wedding. A parade of visits, trips, hospital stays, vacations, picnics, and community events unfold across Dalton and nearby towns with note of infections, surgeries, and a twin contest.
Ivanhoe children ages 4 to 16 perform Alice in Wonderland and Tackhammer's Toy Shop at Terrace Gardens 14516 S Clark St. under Mrs Dorothy Dickey. A free will offering funds the expenses. Cast includes Robert Gore Bobby Dickey Lillian Schaefer Anita Court etc. Perform Sunday August 21 at 3:00 p.m. Invited public and children welcome.
The Ivanhoe P T A invites all Ivanhoe children to sell items along Clark street from 3:00 p m to 6:00 p m on August 21 with profits split with the association. Families may buy food and enjoy games from gand box to baseball while neighbors mingle for a neighborhood afternoon.
Former Dolton resident Joel Long now arranges music for Henry Busse's swing orchestra in New York City. He previously wrote Perfect Lady for a Dolton production on November 22, 1935, and composed three local songs Columbine Fatigue and Perfect Lady. Long, married, lives with his wife in New York and is praised for his natural musical talent.
The Calumet Township Roosevelt Regular Democratic club schedules its annual picnic at Calumet Grove on Sunday August 21. The event offers free admission and sixty door prizes for attendees.
The proverb lampoons terse notices in Illinois where citizens value brief communications. A humor piece notes many prefer a simple envelope with a check, implying frugal, direct messages over verbose statements.
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