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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1925
Page
10
Community notices recount a weekend church service, births, farewells, family visits, birthdays and reunions. Roseland friends celebrate Miss Kickert’s upcoming Zeeland teaching post, while relatives gather at R A Gouwens and John Kickert homes for birthdays and companionship.
The annual mission fest of the First Reformed churches of Lansing and South Holland will be held at Thornton Forest Preserve on Monday September 7. Speakers hoped include Rev John Van Ess of Arabia Rev Koeppe of China Rev Harry Anker of Africa Rev VanderWerf and Rev VanDuine.
Mrs. Wm. F. Schultz announces the marriage of her daughter Anna to William E. Erfert Jr. of Lansing set for August 29 1925 at St John’s Church in Lansing Rev Harmeling of Roseland to conduct services at the First Reformed church. Several local residents appear in health and travel notes including Miss Irene Schuringa’s tonsil removal and Joe Munster’s return from Battle Creek sanitarium.
Rev J J Mayer of Niles Center Michigan will speak in English and German at Immanuel Church Dalton Sunday morning. All members urged to attend as the church must choose a successor to Rev J H Dorjahn who has resigned and will retire early in the fall.
A notice from St Pauls Lutheran Church invites to a discussion on Christian day schools next Sunday August 30 with German services at 9 80 and English at 10 45 am. The message argues church schools educate Christians and good citizens, aligns with US constitutional church state separation, and emphasizes parental and divine responsibilities.
Our Saviour's Lutheran Church invites Sunday school at 9 30 a m and a sermon at 10 30 a m by the pastor on This Worldliness and Other Worldliness. It urges avoidance of worldly vanity and stresses spiritual duty, inviting readers to attend next Lord's Day.
In loving memory of our dear mother who passed away three years ago Aug 29 1923 Always true and kind What a beautiful memory she left behind
Three gypsy women robbed Mrs. Dettmering in her Holbrook home on the Interurban line between Harvey and Chicago Heights. They searched the house took six dollars a wool blanket a dress four pillow slips and three sheets warning they would return for twenty five dollars. A second group called later but fled as county highway police arrived. they left after the license plate was reported.
Theatres feature The Cloud Rider with Al Wilson and Virginia Lee Corbin plus Fables and comedy. Sunday shows Marjorie Daw and Clive Brook in Love's Bargain. Midweek Night Life of New York with Dorothy Gish and Rod LaRocque. upcoming The Ten Commandments production.
Saturday program features Franklyn Farnum in The Drugstore Cowboy a blend of thrills and comedy. Sunday shows Richard Barthelmes Soul Fire a teary musical from the play Great Music plus Felix the Cat cartoon and a comedy. Tuesday and Wednesday Sept 1 and 2 Blanche Sweet and Ronald Colman in His Supreme Moment praising technicolor beauty and international romance. Thursday Sept 3 Baby Peggy in Captain January hailed as a star vehicle with heart. Also Emanuel Church Sewing Circle benefit and Riverdale Boy Scout meeting Friday Aug 28 at 7 15 p m to discuss a hike.
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