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Riverdale Pointer

Location

Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Jun 03, 1927

Page

2

Junior High Poetry And Sports Highlight School Notes

Seventh graders lead in a waltz contest with Josephine and Viola as captains and high scores. Eighth graders prepare graduation songs. Students work for diplomas in writing while the G A A gains new members. Junior high girls beat Highlawn 15 to 5. sixth graders top Riverdale 30 to 7. Robt. Foster writes a waltz titled Spring. John Ehlers offers a city themed poem about Dalton and the Calumet River.

Flying Ace Henderson Josephine Viola Junor High School Highlawn School Riverdale Public School Robt. Foster John Ehlers

Bowen School Notes Grades Advance and Festival Plans

By order of the School Board room three will close Friday to allow the principal to take health contestants to Miss McMahon's Division V Festival at Palos Park Forest Preserve. Mr Lehner, former Globe principal, visited. Miss Pendleton, the new nurse, arranged a Dalton clinic. Graduation weeks approach. The Graduating Class announces its first Fall dress rehearsal for the commencement play with glittering costumes and dramatic lines.

McMahon Palos Park Forest Preserve Lehner Globe

Play That Surprises at Highlawn Art Theatre

Praised by critics, a worthwhile drama for families and general audiences. Art theatre presents an entertaining production as a learning experience for children, with the date to be announced next week.

Highlawn

Lincoln Avenue School Eighth Grade Busy With Commencement

The eighth grade prepares for commencement with three weeks left in the term. Students finish note books and all work as Harvey Struven falls from a truck, injures his shoulder and misses school. Charles Peters returns after tonsil surgery.

Lincoln Avenue Harvey Struven Charles Peters

Our Saviours Lutheran Church Whitsunday Services

The Our Saviour's Lutheran Church on 188th Street and Wabash Ave lists Whitsunday services including Bible school at 9:30 a.m. Morning worship with the sermon The Great Gift and a children's sermon. Events include the dedication of the Des Plaines chapel and groundbreaking at Atonement Church on Sunday the 12th at 7 p.m. A Mother's and Daughter's Banquet is planned for the following Wednesday. Rev. Edw. A. Voorhees, Pastor.

OUR Saviour’s Luth United Luth. Church In America Edw. A. Voorhees

Pentecost Sunday Services at Immanuel Evangel Church

Pentecost Sunday marks the church birthday with German worship at 9 am and Holy Communion. English church school at 10 am and English worship at 11 am, all in the house of God. Pastor Wm Kreis invites all.

Wm. Kreis

Illustrated Yellowstone Talk at Dolton Methodist Church

H Wuethrich of Morgan Park presents an illustrated lecture on Yellowstone National Park at Dolton Methodist Church next Saturday June 4 at 3:00 pm. The program features 100 colored pictures and is free to all, with emphasis on Junior League work and youth invitation.

Dolton M. E H. Wuethrich Morgan Park Yellowstone National Park Dolton Methodist Church Dolton Riverdale Junior League

First Methodist Church Pentecost Sunday Services

Pentecost observance at the First Methodist Church includes Sunday school at 9 45 a m for all ages, morning worship at 11 with special music and a sermon by the pastor, Epworth League at 6 45 p m, and evening service at 7 30 with junior choir and Clyde Radabaugh singing. Pastor A A Myers extends welcome to all.

First Methodist Church Epworth League Society Clyde Radabaugh A. A. Myers

C. E. Spring Rally at Roseland Church

The Calumet Division of Christian Endeavor hosts a spring rally at Community Emmanuel Church Roseland on Monday evening June 6 at 8 p.m. Speaker is Mr E P Gates Secretary of the United Society Boston. A short musical program follows the address.

Calumet Division of Christian Endeavor Community Emmanuel Church 102Nd Place State Street Roseland E. P. Gates United Society Boston Gates Society

Supers Split Holiday Baseball with West Towns in Twin Losses

The Supers lost 6 to 2 to West Towns last Sunday at Riverdale Park, with Struss striking out 13 over 11 hits. Monday the Supers rebounded to beat Seminole Indians 9 to 2 behind Johnnie Albrecht’s 6-hit, 11-strikeout gem and strong fielding including Pilz double plays.

West Town A. C’s West Town Struss Casey MccGrain Wagner Riverdale Park Seminole Indians Johnnie Albrecht Albrecht Supers Pilz Graham P. Miller Mann Rathshaw Bessette

Harmony A C's at Riverdale Park Sunday Game

The Harmony A. C's will be the attraction at Riverdale Park next Sunday. Game starts 3 p.m. Batteries Albrecht and Jordan, Rathshaw and Reed for the Indians.

Albrecht Jordan Rathshaw Reed Harmony A. C’s Riverdale Park

Riverdale A Cs Fall to Steger in Sunday Match

Riverdale A C's lost 14 to 6 to Steger A C's Sunday afternoon at Steger after a slow start. The day opened with Dengler pitching a 6 to 0 shutout for Dengler over the Kensington Universals at Riverdale Park.

Riverdale A. C’s Steger Steger A. C’s Steger’s Riverdale Park Dengler Kensington Universals A. C’s Bowen Riverdale Stars Matthiesen

Dolton Amends Peddler Tax Provision in Village Ordinance

The Dolton village ordinance amends paragraph six of section six of chapter 31 to set a yearly peddler fee of 10 dollars, six months 5 dollars, three months 2.50, one month 2, and under one month 1 dollar. Existing conflicting ordinances are repealed and the measure takes effect after passage and publication.

Dolton Cook County Illinois

Pessimistic Wail in Cincinnati Enquirer Opinion

A brief Cincinnati Enquirer opinion quotes a pessimistic line about wisdom and happiness, noting the speaker’s jab at intelligence and the paradox of contentment among the less wise. The piece reflects a satirical tone on human folly.

French Housemaid Title Explained as "bonne a tout faire"

Article explains the phrase bonne a tout faire meaning a housemaid skilled in many tasks. It notes the literal translation good for doing everything and discusses historical usage in French domestic service.

Black bass eggs and nesting habits outlined by fisheries bureau

The Bureau of Fisheries explains black bass reproduction and nesting behavior. Male bass hover over nests of gravel in shallow Great Lakes and Atlantic regions, fanning to aerate eggs and prevent sediment buildup. Artificial fertilization remains undeveloped, yet natural fertilization rates are favorable.

Bureau of Fisheries Henry O'Malley Union Alaska Canal Zone Calumet Thorn Creek Bureau The Great Lakes North Middle Atlantic States Pointer

Glorious Things Kindles Awe in First View

A quotation from Charles Kingsley in Two Years Ago extols the first sight of a glorious object lifting the heart. Awe and admiration make the grandeur seem near yet highlight one’s own smallness. The text emphasizes the immediate emotional ascent sparked by beauty.

Charles Kingsley

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