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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1941
Page
5
The Churches St Marys Church at 310 East 137th Street lists Masses on Sunday at 7:00, 8:30 high mass, 10:00 and 11:00. Pastor is Rev John N Weiler with Rev M H Hoffman asst. pastor. The note emphasizes convenient hours to attend and weekly faithful attendance as service to God.
Corner Grant and Sheridan Streets hosts worship services led by Rev. Milton S. Freeman with church school at 9:45 a.m. and divine service at 11 a.m. Youth groups meet at 6:45 p.m. A Christian Adventure Camp at Berger for 7th and 8th graders runs July 20–26 at a cost of $6.
The Ivanhoe Church in Roosevelt School led by Rev. Milton S. Freeman offers Youth groups at 6 45 p m and worship at 9 15 a m with church school that same time. The Christian Adventure Camp at Berger for 7th and 8th graders runs July 20 to July 26 costing 6 dollars, promising a delightful and profitable youth opportunity.
Frank T. Palm presides over Sunday worship at 9:15 a.m. and church school at 10:30 a.m. Intermediates in 7th and 8th grades register at 3:00 p.m. for a Christian Adventure Camp July 20 to July 26 with the theme Follow Me.
Church school at 10 oclock with Samuel Jessen as superintendent. A class for every age. Divine worship at 11 oclock with the sermon Walking in Newness of Life. All are welcome if you have no church home. The church invites outreach and life.
Sunday services at 9 30 a m and 10 45 a m with Miss Violet Hedtke supervising Sunday school Rev R C Shawl from Pontiac Ill delivers the sermon Next Sunday July 27 a congregational meeting will follow the morning service Members urged to attend
Open Bible Church at 13563 Indiana Avenue lists Sunday July 20 events. Bible school at 9 45 a m with classes for all ages and an Adults class on The Jew, the Gentile, and the Church. Morning message A Prepared Table, 11 00 a m. Youth and Junior groups meet 6 30 p m. Evening sermon The Abyss at 7 45 p m. Wednesday prayer and Bible study at 7 45 p m. No class Thursday evening.
At 8 00 p m Friday the program of the Daily Vacation Bible school will be given. The public is invited to attend and see the work of these children the past two weeks. We report the best Bible school and best interest yet. A live lamb will be given to the boy or girl who brings the most new scholars. The lamb will be presented at the close of the program. John 8 7.
Twenty years ago Mr and Mrs E Rubinie welcomed a baby boy born Tuesday July 12. Mrs Henry Mohr left for Cayana Canada with her son Frederick daughter Binrenca and nurse Miss McDavitt. Mr and Mrs Paul M Smith and children Viola Mortimer will visit St PaulMinn for a month. Mr and Mrs George Axtell of Dalton welcomed a baby girl born July 6. Edward Manthey returned from Detroit. Mrs A J Perry left for Pittsburgh with daughters Ethel and Ruth.
South Holland residents J. P. DeYoung and wife toured to Fort Wayne Indiana over the weekend. On return Mrs Van Horn and daughter Lydia joined them for hospitality at the DeYoung home. Bertha Wallace and Archie Leslie quietly wed in Chicago on July 13 and moved to Ashtabula Ohio. Mrs Carrie Rump and her son left for Denver Colorado for a several weeks vacation with relatives.
Ten years ago a bridge party at Mrs W L Tourtellotte’s home announced Miss Holly Day’s engagement to Lt Com Homer Harrison of Mare Island California. The marriage is planned for late fall. Also noted are a baby girl born to Mr and Mrs Herbert Hawes Jr at Ingalls Memorial on July 15 and Dorothy Haviland’s July 8 betrothal to Franklyn Bergold in Crown Point Indiana. Emma Lindley leaves for six months in Seattle. Lemkes return from an eight day Fargo vacation.
The Jacob Tap family motored to Fox Lake Wisconsin on Tuesday to visit relatives. Mr and Mrs Jacob Vander Giessen left Tuesday for a motor trip through northern Michigan. Mr and Mrs R Vander Bilt celebrate their golden wedding anniversary on Tuesday July 21 with seven children and many grandchildren and friends. Jacob Cora Nellie DeYoung and Conrad Oostman left Monday for Paterson New Jersey planning a Niagara Falls stop on the return.
The smallest Defense Savings Bond costs 18.75 dollars and reaches 25 dollars in ten years. A 75 dollar bond grows to 100 dollars. other bonds scale proportionally. Proceeds fund the National Defense Program, with funds invested to protect the United States. Purchase at post offices or banks or write to the Treasurer in Washington DC.
The Wemani Corner discusses how temperament and habits guide home design. It contrasts extroverts and introverts, urges elimination of non essentials, and stresses fitting plans to means, avoiding overambitious schemes, imitative traps, or impatience while valuing standards, independence, and practical decor knowledge.
In a glass factory Ben Haverhill learns the bank closed today as his wife Bess plans to pay off the mortgage on their home. The couple had saved through sacrifice and thrift to celebrate a dinner in their own house, only to face the setback of the bank shutting its doors. Ben returns home despondent, while Bess shares the news and mourns the lost gains.
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