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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1927
Page
2
Sunday school at 9 30 A M and Bible classes. Morning worship at 10 30 A M with D D Bramkamp as speaker on Carthage College. Church invites all to enjoy services and Christmas Spirit, Edw A Voorhees pastor.
Second Sunday in Advent December 4 1927 German worship 9 am English worship 11 am Sunday school 10 am theme Living As We Should Special meetings December 7 church council December 8 Ladies Aid 2 pm Choir 8 pm Pastor Wm Kreis leads parish urged to attend and extend prayers for ministers and attendees.
St Pauls Lutheran Church announces December 4 divine service at 10 a m in German with Lord's Supper and a 9 30 preparatory service. Sunday school 9 15 in the parish hall. Advent midweek service December 7 at 7 30 p m in English led by Rev G Elbert on Messianic prophecy fulfilled in Christ Jesus.
December 4 session of Sunday school at 9 45 a m for all ages studying Scriptures. Missionary Day in the school. Morning worship at 11 with special music and sermon. Evening service at 7 30 p m. Pastor preaches both services. No Epworth League meeting due to Hyde Park Presbyterian visit. Public welcome. Sunday school board meets Friday at 8 at 425 Main street by Mr and Mrs Tourtellotte.
The family thanks friends and neighbors for their kind assistance following the destruction of their home by fire in Wyoming.
Viola Reich Elaine Ohlsen and Vivian Dickelman with Miss McMahon visited the country life director's school Monday. She asked for stories on summer or last year projects. The district nurse visited last week selling Christmas seals. Thirteen eighth graders. all but three averaged ninety two. Christmas play planned. girls decorate room for Christmas.
The school progresses with the Christmas play The Magic Nutcracker and tickets set at 100 for children 20 for adults. Students plan a new Camp Fire Girls club, with Miss Kerr guardian and dues of one dollar yearly and five cents weekly. The Boy Scouts sell Christmas seals, and eighth and seventh graders collect five cents for Red Cross pins. New books arrive via Mr Ault and reading includes The Boy Forty Niners and other titles from the public library.
News notes a local writer Mr. Ault near completing The Boy Forty Nin ers and readers hope for another strong work. High school game results show Thornton Township 8 Riv erdale Dodgers 10 in a tight highlawn gym contest.
First grader John Zambon joins Lincoln Avenue School while Toba Lee Casanov fights pneumonia and William Dieck misses class with a broken arm. The 7B’s race for attendance keeps Indian and Marley-Davison tied as Earl Grandmaison and Secreta Schmiedl lead the two teams. Eighth graders study machine parts and sewing outlines as patterns and fabric cutting plans are prepared for Friday with a Wednesday start.
Fifth grader Eldred Axtell remains in hospital with mastoiditis. Classes from kindergarten through sixth grade prepare a Christmas party and the Christmas play The Toy Shop, with plans forming across grades four five and six.
Lester W. Groom presented a Thanksgiving night organ program featuring Nevin Sonata Tripartite and Rustic Wedding Symphony by Goldmark. Junior choir offered Fairest Lord Jesus and Glory to Jesus while Seniors performed Praise the Lord and The King of Love. Leo Sowerby of St. James Church Chicago, whose works have been programmed for the fourteenth concert on January 2, will be assisted by Flora Waalkes.
A compact chronicle of major natural disasters and catastrophic events from 1802 through the 1920s. Entries include volcanic eruptions in St Pierre and Martinique, the 1906 San Francisco quake, 1908 Sicily Calabria quake, 1920 China quake, 1923 Japan quake, 1925 Santa Barbara quake, 1925 Shenandoah wreck, 1926 Lake Denmark blast, Ishpeming mine disaster, and a 1926 Pingtarm snowslide.
The Turks adopted the crescent as their national emblem in 1453 during the conquest of Constantinople. This action established a lasting symbol linked to Ottoman power and heritage.
Two noted American physicians say heartburn does not come from stomach acid or contents but from muscular distension of the digestive tract. They assert it can be controlled by medicine.
A reflection on how true greatness carries a prince like bearing, likening the highest hearts to a palm tree that strives upward under heavy burden. Sir Philip Sidney’s words emphasize resilience, virtue, and elevated conduct in adversity.
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