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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1939
Page
6
At the Cook County postmasters meeting in the Sherman hotel, an organization is formed and officers elected. Local postmaster HBE Rinkema becomes secretary to a group of seventy postmasters and will embrace four or five surrounding counties to create a Greater Chicago Area Association.
The South Holland village board held its regular meeting on Tuesday at the town hall presided by President James Gouwens with five trustees present. Reports including six stop light violations eight delinquent water accounts and a cash balance of 6183.68 were reviewed and filed. The board acted on billboard ordinances building permits curb gutters highway widening 147th street catch basin repairs on West 158th Street and railroad street sections. Meeting adjourned at 11:15 p m.
Janette De Young daughter of Mr and Mrs James De Young married Tys T Gouwens Jr son of Mr and Mrs T T Gouwens in a Roseland Roseland home ceremony officiated by Rev Dussema The bride wore moire taffeta and carried white carnations and lilies of the valley Bridesmaid Charlotte Hager in blue chiffon and pink carnations Best man William Kickert The couple will reside in South Holland.
Rev I Westra presides with English language service at 9 a.m. on February 26 on "Ascension of Christ" and a 1:30 p.m. Dutch service on "Judas the Traitor" followed by 3 p.m. Sunday school and 7:30 p.m. "The Apocalypse."
Pastor J. S. Ter Louw leads a Holland language service at nine with themes The Christian Suffering and at 1:30 The Unparalleled Betrayal. Evening worship at eight, Sunday school at seven thirty, C B meetings. Mrs. Frank Schimmel returns from Ingalls Memorial Hospital. McKinley School closed due to flu with forty percent absent.
The Augustana College choir will air on WGN March 1 from 6 15 to 6 30. Henry Weld formerly of South Holland conducts the group. Guests Miss Henrietta Peck and Miss Marge De Young joined Miss Hugena Dacsenzi on Friday February 17, 2020. The wedding of Janette De Young and Tys Gouwens Jr drew 81 and 80 year old Mr. and Mrs. Richard Blylander and 71 year old Albert Wagner attended in Roseland with Rev O Holtrope of Cleveland conducting all Bethany Christian Reformed church services Sunday.
Dolton officer Stone recovered an abandoned Ford sedan on Living Avenue near Dolton Park. The car, bearing a Riverdale tag, had been taken from a garage at 13900 State Street and owned by Miss Margaret Basehart of 12901 State Street. Neighbors heard the vehicle leave the garage shortly after 1 AM Monday.
Our Savior's Community Church at 138th and Wabash Avenue led by Pastor Martin G. Kabele hosts Sunday worship at 10:45 a.m. with the theme Romance of Cross Bearing and 9:80 a.m. Sunday school. A Ladies' Missionary Society meeting is set for Monday at Mrs. Andrew Baumgartner's home in Dalton, and a midweek Lenten service is planned for Wednesday at 7:45 p.m.
Vehicle licenses in the Village of South Holland are due and can be obtained from the Village Collector. The fee for passenger cars is 2.00 and trucks 3.00. Office hours are Tuesday evenings 7 to 8 and daily 8 to 12 and 1 to 5 except Saturday afternoons. William P. Gouwens, Village Clerk. Onion seed stock available 1988. trade or contract options offered by T T Gouwens & Sons 130 W. 158th St. So Holland Hl. Phone Harvey 12 36-to-GV.
Local ad urges farmers to order woodruff seeds and save with liberal discounts at Gouwens Bros Farm Supply. Also contains an auction notice for Feb 25 1989 at 1 pm near Lansing Wentworth Ave featuring horses cows trucks farming gear and household goods with cash terms.
The text notes a public awareness of personal shortcomings and a period of perceived shortened time following the Christmas season.
The Chicago Navy Pier will open February 26 for an eight day Boat and Sports Show featuring Great Lakes clubs, a Lady of the Lakes contest, a tall tale anglers contest, and Paul Bunyan story contest. Highlights include the Hypo cruiser and various sport competitions plus themed days across the week. Ten friends surprised Miss June Anderson of Dalton for her sixteenth birthday with gifts and a party.
Local market advertises a Friday sale featuring home dressed fowl eggs and a wide range of meats including beef pork veal and poultry. Highlights include roasts, chops, kidneys and sausages with prices per pound or per unit and a Friday order deadline for Saturday pickup.
Mrs Nell Cooper of Dalton suffers pneumonia and two sisters from Grand Rapids Michigan and Buffalo New York visit to care for her. Mrs James Skaggs of Nomenco visits Dalton at the home of Mr and Mrs Frank Cogswell. Mrs Mary Voss returns to Riverdale after two months with her daughter in Cleveland Ohio. Mr and Mrs R M Rimard and sons Kenneth and Ralph of Argos Indiana visit the Albercht family over the weekend. Influenza cases rise as Clara Stieman is confined at home. An employer jokes with a typist about her activity while he is away.
The Dale Theatre presents The Great Waltz this Sunday and Monday. A musical drama about Johann Strauss with life and loves, featuring Louise Rainer Fernand Gravet and Miliza Korjus as three of the screen’s brightest talents.
The girls ask about their chances of marriage, suggesting they may fare better than the boys in escaping wedlock.
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