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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1937
Page
2
Divine services mark New Year’s Eve and New Year at Saint Luke Church with German and English sessions. Installation of church officers planned for January 1 and sermon texts include Phil. 8 18 14 and Prov. 8 6. Communion and weekly services follow, urging faithful to seek divine guidance as the old year ends and the new begins.
Riverdale church St Marys Church at 310 East 187th Street lists Sunday services at 9 9 and 11 a.m with Rev John N Weiler as pastor understating the parish timings and leadership.
Immanuel Church at Corner Grant and Sheridan hosts Sunday school at 10 with Christ Dreshall as superintendent and classes for all ages. Divine worship at 11 on the topic A Personal Inventory, with League Tuesday and Council Wednesday. Lundies Aid rehearse Thursday and choir practice Thursday evening. Catechetical instruction Saturdays 9 to 12. Public welcomes guests without a church home. New Year blessings to members and friends. Sylvester services Thursday at 7 p.m.
Corner Grant and Sheridan Streets announces Reverend Donald R. Crocker as pastor. Sunday schedule includes church school at 9 50, morning worship at 11, sermon theme Building Faith, Hi League at 6 15, Epworth League at 7. Monday at 6 30 p m pot luck supper and semi annual congregational meeting with department head reports and brief address by Blair F Latshaw district superintendent.
United Lutheran Church in America led by Rev. Martin G. Kabele hosts Sunday school at 9 30 a m and morning worship at 10 30 a m with a sermon Conquest of Ai. A congregational meeting follows service for council elections. Also notes teacher’s meeting Monday Jan 1 7 30 p m at Miss Florence Hedtke's home and Ladies Aid gathering Wednesday Jan 6 1 30 p m at Mrs L Schafer's home.
Dr Harry J Hager will preach A Twelve Months Reprieve at Bethany Reformed Church Sunday night at 730. The Senior Choir will sing. At 1000 am Dr Hieger will deliver The Fullness of the Spirit How Obtained. The male chorus will provide music.
Rev Leopold Schneider presides at morning worship at 9 15 and vesper service at 4 30 on Sunday January 3 with 10 30 Sunday school. Mission Society meets January 7 at 2 30 hosted by Mrs Ernest Dieleman. Religious instruction at 3 30 and prayer meeting at 7 30 followed by an 8 30 official board meeting and 8 30 choir rehearsal. Epworth League gathers at 8:00 Monday January at the home of Miss Eleanor Klein.
St Clements Episcopal Church at 58th and Loomis lists Holy Communion at 8:00 a.m. and 11:15 a.m. Sunday, Church School at 9:45 a.m. Evensong is canceled as the vicar leaves for Washington after the morning service. Communicants Guild meeting canceled this month. Men's Club meets January 19. Women's group first meeting of the year January 14 afternoon. Church opens to all.
The dionaea or Venus flytrap grows in boggy southeast soils and catches insects to supplement nitrogen. Sensitive lobes snap shut when an insect lands, then reopen after digestion. Western Newspaper Union.
A brief exchange notes that large ships rarely sink multiple times, suggesting a single fatal incident rather than repeated losses.
Bachmann Funeral Home opened to the public on Friday December 18 drawing a large crowd over the weekend. The 15 room facility includes six funeral rooms and a second floor apartment area with a 300 person service room plus a private family room for immediate kin. The one level design and modern fixtures highlight a handpicked plan aiming for first class service in southern Cook County.
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