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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1941
Page
5
St Marys Church at 310 East 137th Street lists Mass times on Sundays at 7 00 8 30 10 00 and 11 00. The pastors are Rev John N Weiler and Rev M H Hoffman and the notice urges faithful attendance to render service to God each week.
First Methodist Church at Grant and Sheridan invites worshipers to a 11 a.m. Sunday service with a sermon on God’s Challenging Call and Heartening Response and Isaiah 85. August guest preachers to be announced. Friday dinner for Young Married People at Dalton Park. Berger Junior Camp opens July 27 for grades 4 5 and 6. shower bathrooms now finished with nurse oversight and affordable 6 price.
The Ivanhoe Community Church meets in Roosevelt School with Rev. Milton S. Freeman as pastor. Youth groups gather at 6:45 p.m. Divine worship and church school begin at 9:15 a.m. The day’s meditation centers on Isaiah 35 and God’s challenging call and heartening response.
Sunday services include 9 15 a m morning worship and 10 30 a m church school led by superintendent Stanley Steinke. The church board of Education meets Tuesday evening. Berger Junior Camp runs from July 27 to August 1.
Rev Ph H Bassler invites at Immanuel Evangelical and Reformed Church with German morning worship at 9 o clock Sunday School at 10 led by Samuel Jessen superintendent Divine worship at 11 on the sermon We are Debtors You are welcome if you have no church home and seek life serving ministry
Our Savior's Community holds services with Sunday school led by superintendent Miss Violet Hedtke. Morning worship at 10 45 conducted by Ralph McClintock, followed by an important congregational meeting. Monday July 28 Service Guild outing to Glenwood forest preserves hosted by Mrs Harry Waterstraat and Mrs M Altvinger.
St Marys Church announces a one day summer festival on Sunday August 24 on the church grounds. The feature is a chicken dinner served in the church basement from 1 30 p m. Tickets are 50 cents. In addition to the dinner there will be bingo and other attractions.
Miss Dorothy Gruhlke of Riverdale traveled to Muskegon Michigan last Tuesday July 15 and then visited Ottawa Ontario with her aunt Mrs Anna Schultz for two weeks. Mr and Mrs James Wilcoxen and family hosted Mrs Harry Hunt of Villa Grove Illinois on Wednesday July 28, Hunt is Mrs Wilcoxen's mother.
Twenty years ago J C Hinkle and wife of Oakland City Indiana visit his sister Mrs J M Deum and brother O C Hinkle. Mr and Mrs Raynond Packard of Riverdale are proud parents of a seven pound girl born Friday July 1. Joseph Lauer, long time resident with the Struven family in Dolten, leaves for Germany and Austria to visit relatives. Mrs James Johnson and Grace return to Peoria after a month with daughter Mrs John Matthigsen of Riverdale. Hon Charles Morris Idaho lieutenant governor and John Wilcox of St Anthony Idaho visit I W Wilcox and family to promote Idaho land emigration. Co W Berger and you John left for Dubitswich Dick for a week’s vacation. Mrs Dora Clinger of Indianapolis Indiana visits sister Mrs T W Johnson and family.
South Holand announces the birth of a daughter to Mr and Mrs Walter Van Kanegan on July 14. Cornelius Tromp wed Miss Laura Dengate in Chicago on July 20. They plan to reside in Trarvey. Orville Ravesfoot visits uncle Al Van Zanten in Grand Rapids and reports a fine time. Mrs N P Paarlbere of the Ridge returns from Grand Rapids visit. F A Marsh and family move into the 159th street house formerly occupied by Neal Van Kanegan.
Ten years ago Mr and Mrs Leo Nunley of 15 West Court welcomed a baby boy born July 16 at home. W S Baker cashier at the First National Bank Dalton returned from a two weeks vacation at Altamont. Mrs Baker and the children will stay the summer there. Mr and Mrs Herman Daehn and Mr and Mrs Robert Daehn drove to Nutthinson Minnesota for a week visiting relatives. Mr and Mrs Harry Lundgren Miss Eleanor Byrne and Edward Arkena drove to Madison Wisconsin last Friday returning Monday morning.
South Holland announces the arrival of a son to Mr. and Mrs. Dick Rietveld Jr on July 16. Nick Paarlbere and John Baker returned July 15 from an eight day trip to Holland Michigan by a 15 foot row boat with a 10 horsepower Johnson motor. Leona De Waard daughter of Mrs J De Waard and Hillegands of Roseland married at the bride’s home July 18. S Van Deursen traveled to Minnesota by auto last week.
Ruth Shilling of Dalton and John Baker Jr son of Roseland were married Saturday at 3 30 in the Shilling home 14247 Lincoln avenue with Rev Harry Hager officiating. The bride wore white mousseline de sole with long sleeves a fitted bodice a long train and carried a colonial bouquet. Miss Mildred Shilling maid of honor wore pink taffeta and carried blue delphiniums. James Baker brother of the groom was best man. A dinner at Mickelberry s followed for immediate families and a reception for 150 relatives and friends at the Shilling home capped the day. The couple will reside at 14816 Woodlawn avenue Dolton.
Mrs Joseph Lennon left last Friday for Cleveland Ohio for a week's visit with friends in the city.
The piece argues women can expand beyond wife and mother roles by embracing virtues such as generosity moderation courage and tolerance. It cautions against rigid thinking while urging careful planning to apply talents to daily tasks from furniture to meals and hospitality.
A guide warns homemakers to plan within limits and avoid vices such as greed extreme thrift carelessness and shiftlessness. It recommends simple designs minimal maintenance and allocating funds to necessities first while considering personality traits and the needs of time.
A friendly poem describes vacation dreams and the urge to travel by train. The speaker imagines mountains rivers lakes and forests, longs to see nature, and envisions a streamlined journey filled with excitement and luxury.
The author notes a vacation surge driven by many boys stationed at camps across the country. Visiting relatives and friends travel from Brooklyn, White Plains, Rahway, Marshalltown, Williamsburg Town, Little Rock, Portland, and St. Petersburg to Dal ton, Ivanhoe, and Riverdale, showing how connected even distant locales are in this wartime network.
Nobel prize winner Dr Irvine Langmuid says a summer job helps youths find life work and start careers early. He urges young people to train hands and minds, pursue personal interests, and do research rather than wait for knowledge from books.
Samil Kaiser, 68, of 9187 Pleasant Ave Beverly Hills, collapsed and died of a heart attack at 95th St and Western Ave. He once ran a bakery in Dolton in the building later home to Berger Bakery. The family left Dolton 18 years ago. Funeral services were held at 8400 S Ashland Ave with interment at Bethania Cemetery. He is survived by his widow, two sons Fred and William, and daughter Eleanor, Mrs. Ernest Willis.
The passage notes women in a promontory era speak of enlistment criteria for husbands. It lists a good pay envelope a good car good manners and a generally clean appearance as prominent qualifications.
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