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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1930
Page
2
The St Pauls Evangelical Lutheran Church on 138th Street and Leyden Ave invites worshippers for Pentecost Sunday with sermons on the Spirit of Pentecost and the church's calling. German services 9:30, English 10:45, Sunday school 9:30. Voters meeting June 9 at 7:45 p.m. Pastor W J Kemnitz.
Our Saviour's Lutheran Church posts Pentecost services with Holy Communion and member reception. Junior and Intermediate Luther League meet after morning worship. Catch Up Sunday is June 15. A congregational picnic at Thornton Forest Preserve is June 27 with bus from the church at 10 a.m. Vacation school starts June 30 at 9 a.m. Pastor Edw. A. Voorhees invites all to attend.
Sunday school hour hosts a children's day program followed by a union service with Mrs. Rudolph Malek speaking on her Africa mission. Morning service begins at close of Sunday school to accommodate the speaker. Ladies Aid meets all day Thursday June 12 and Fourth Quarterly Conference is Wednesday evening June 18.
The Chicago Southern district of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist church will hold its district meeting in Chicago Heights at the First Methodist church on Wednesday June 11. Mrs Warris Dante of Harvey will preside. two sessions include a forenoon program with greetings from Rev Albert Bauman and Mrs Jasper Otis and talks by district officers. A play The Magic Box by Thoburn women will be staged in the afternoon under Mrs F H Sheets. Miss Ruth Northcott, Africa missionary, will deliver the main address. large delegation from 35 societies including Dolton and Riverdale is expected.
A Montreal Star note recalls Lord Eskgrove a Scots judge from a century ago famed for verbose oratory. His long moralizing sentences included condemning a tailor for murder with an ornate flourish and lamenting a housebreaking crime ending with the line about a family at dinner.
A man should play as hard at his hobby as at his business to find happiness and fulfillment. The reminder links leisure and work, suggesting joy comes from equal vigor in both pursuits.
District schools host field day at Dolton park with track events and games for every pupil. Graduation play The Mystery of the Third Gable features Roy Lane and the Sherwood family with acting by students and two intermission song numbers. Tickets available from 8th and 9th grade students.
The final P T A meeting of the Chicago street school year is scheduled for Friday afternoon June 13 at 3:00. All members are urged to attend and help make the meeting a success.
The Highlawn School eighth grade will stage the annual commencement play on Wednesday evening June 11 at eight in the school auditorium. The plot follows a house party with two mysterious visitors a kidnapped millionaire and a dramatic climax. Tickets cost adults 35 cents children 10 cents. The Highlawn Parent Teachers Association will hold its annual officers election on Thursday June 12 at three with refreshments served.
The article reports a late classic baseball game where Class A beat Class B and C 4 to 3 after an extended top? bottom order. It details senior and junior divisions, Phoenix taking third place in the morning, and lists junior winners in boys and girls events with points and names.
Emerson Bouchard takes first in baseball throw while another athlete places third with one point. In girls events Delores Baumgartner and Anna Palchinsky finish second in the three legged race with three points. May Jay and Clara Jay win the B three legged race and sack race with five points.
May 27 festival at Bowen School faced rain but turned cold not wet. Pupils, unhappy with weather, enjoyed a good time and Bowen School scored 31 points. Buses from South Suburban Co. left Bowen at 9 30 sharp, full of students and mothers.
The Bowen school teachers and pupils made posters for the festival on May 28. Rooms 1 seating 2 reading 8 manual training and 4 health showcased the displays while the crowd expressed admiration during the parade.
In Room 1 students share short writings including The Story of Oranges by Warren Claussen. The piece notes oranges growing in Florida and California, on bushes with leaves and blossoms, and claims orange trees are shorter than banana trees.
Room 2 reports a spelling contest using the year word list. Girls outperformed boys with top scores. Ethel Bishop and John Carson each achieved perfect scores in third grade reviews, while Clara Jay Shirley Weiner Aurelia Jillicek and Werdell Peterson led fourth grade with four perfect scores, each to receive prizes.
Destruction from gold dredges leaves 50 to 60 foot high cobblestone piles along northern California. Farm lands and orchards are ruined, land rendered useless. Dredges cost about a quarter of a million dollars to build, with low operating costs and high profits. The stones are ground for cement and will supply crushed stone for years.
A Washington Star quote reflects on power of a famous name, noting that influence cannot force honesty in a child. The speaker, Uncle Eben, argues that naming a child George Washington does not ensure truthfulness.
Poetic snippet praising women with admiration for beauty delicacy vivacity and quiet strength attributed to Sanmel Johnson in a vintage tribute style.
The Sparrow family finches belong to the spar row group and are found worldwide.
A short, sharp reflection notes that constant admiration fades quickly once the object is familiar unless continually fed by new discoveries, drawing on Addison's idea of evolving fascination.
Ivanhoe won 5 to 3 over Belle Plaine with Mully and Bruge contributing strong infield work. The team had lost 5 to 4 in 10 innings to Gary last Sunday as Johnny Albrecht threw well but bad breaks affected the result. Next Sunday Ivanhoe faces the Bruins, with Art Messerschmidt slated to play first base.
Arrows beat Zion 35 8 then lost to Holy Cross 6 4 over the holidays. Curtis held Zion to six hits while the team plated 28 against three Zion pitchers. Buechler led with five hits, Niewald and Curtis four each, Klein and Kreutzberg three apiece. Holy Cross benefited from Kratz two timely doubles to win the Sunday game.
Golgotha remains undefeated as the Arrows slip to second place in the league. Next Sunday marks the first appearance of the new Gethsemane club at Riverdale Park at 3 00 p m promising stout home competition.
The Ivanhoe A.A. Jrs baseball team beat the Violets 10 to 5 on Memorial Day. Bill Neering pitched well with 12 strikeouts and 6 hits allowed. Substitutes played due to some missing players as Muskey, Ivanhoe manager, worried about a tougher matchup ahead.
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