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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1938
Page
2
Mrs. L Maxwell hosts honor birthday for Mrs John Connors with cards and luncheon. Numerous locals and guests from Dalton and nearby towns attend gatherings, vacations, and visits across Illinois and Wisconsin, with meals, drives, and church events noted along with several birthdays and prize wins.
Ivanhoe reports include births and health updates with Mrs C T Carlson and Mrs Floyd Mix both well after hospital stay. Residents share visits, parties, and upcoming events such as the Fall Dance chaired by John Grindell and a Garden club meeting at Mrs Victor Both.
Rev. Donald Crocker leaves Sunday with his father Rev. Roy Crocker of Chicago for a month long vacation at the latter’s cottage in Lake Muskoke district northern Ontario Canada. Mrs Crocker and son David Alan have been there. Two theological students from Garrett Institute Evanston will occupy Rev. Crocker’s pulpit during August.
Camp Waters in Michigan hosts the second Scout session with about seventy South Cook region Scouts for two weeks. A prior group reenlisted for a second term while others returned home praising the program. Scout Executive Robert G. Boltz hints at a possible August seventh third session if interest remains. A seventeen-person staff, led by Boltz, runs daily swimming boating handicraft and further activities on an island in the St. Joseph river near Buchanan.
Police from Riverdale Dalton Harvey and Calumet Park seek a lone garage burglar who has hit four Riverdale garages and stole a camera from a car. He fired at bystander Lawrence K. Vick who fired back with a shotgun and helped drive the thief toward the Calumet River. Investigators link the suspect to earlier Harvey burglaries and similar Calumet City incidents.
Misses Mae Berschinski of Riverdale and Julia Moenich of Roseland arrived back Saturday July 23 after a trip through Ohio New York and Canada confirming their safe return and travel span.
The article describes a nationwide salesmen’s drive branded Sales Mean Jobs conceived by George W. Mason of Nash-Kelvinator. Lincoln, Nebraska, sparked wider efforts as Acme salesmen in all regions collaborate to boost selling, aiming to support production and keep workers employed.
A free moving picture show on termites is scheduled tomorrow evening July 29 at 8 30 at Riverdale Village Hall. George J Normite of Smithereen Co Chicago presents the program arranged by The Pointer to help locals recognize termites and prevent home damage. Admission is free and the film runs about half an hour.
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