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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1937
Page
3
A humorous column notes boys avoiding dance lessons while social duties require weekly participation. It jokes about neighborly acquaintance, debt lists, turkey prep, missing barefoot boy replaced by barefoot girl, and women excelling in bridge with a call for men to learn cooking. It urges Illinois groups to form clubs, spend freely, and support Christmas tuberculosis seals to aid health year round.
The Thor gas heated clothes dryer cuts family wash time to two hours or less, replacing tiring line drying. It fits small spaces, offers 96 feet equivalent line capacity, and is portable like furniture. Demonstrations occur during Blu Flame Week at local dealers and Public Service stores.
Thornton Township high school basketball coach Jack Sipe previews a tall, slow but potentially potent squad. Veterans Luttrell Robertson Bauman Schuldt Hammers Vincent Jones and Haines return, aiming to improve shooting and control while facing fast break opponents in the South Suburban league. A natural leader is seen as essential to elevating the team beyond average.
The Franklin P T A invites all to a board and bundo party on Wednesday December 15 at 745 p m in the Franklin school auditorium with refreshments after the program. Proceeds aid the annual Franklin school children's Christmas party. December 8 Bazaar by Ladies Aid of Immanuel Evangelical and Reformed Church Dalton offers aprons fancy goods towels pot holders and other articles with refreshments.
The St Paul Juniors defeated the Everdale Boy Scouts 46 to 16 in their season opener played Sunday in the school gym at 1 45 PM.
A photographer notes two talking women behind the man in a theatre row who dismiss his request for quiet. The piece critiques selfish behavior seen during the Christmas rush and laments public manners.
The Henry Wadsworth Longfellow house in Portland Maine is a formal brick mansion built 1785 86 by General Peleg Wadsworth with a third story added in 1815. Brick was shipped by boat from Philadelphia. Longfellow spent his childhood and youth there writing notable poems and studying law.
Col lier's Weekly reports that on the Gold Coast West Africa a king or tribal chief courting a young woman may discover she is already his wife and part of his harem after years of marriage roping in mistaken affection rather than new union.
Scutage or shield money was a tax first levied by Henry II in 1159. The owner of every knight's shield was obliged to pay a sum in lieu of personal service.
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