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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1937
Page
9
Our regular meeting is Tuesday evening June 22 with nomination of officers for the coming year and a by laws amendment vote. The July 13 meeting will elect officers. The July 18 picnic is postponed. Call Dolton 695J to send news or reports.
On Friday evening June 18 Acme Steel will box Bendix Brake at 139 Kensington avenue at 8 30 p m. The card features Russ Nyberg Alex Paul Johnny Sadunas Jessie Robinson Martin O Gradney Phil Sale Johnny Sandhan and more. Eddie Horn trains the Acme boxers and the event benefits the Acme Welfare Society with the Foremen's Club sponsorship.
The Mohawks add several new players and aim to trouble league leaders. They face the Hesser Boosters at Riverdale Park on Sunday at 3 p.m.
The Dolton Bearcats host the Harvey Flyers on Sunday June 20 at 2 30 p m at Dolton Park. Fans are invited to attend and support the local team in an afternoon matchup.
On Wednesday evening June 23 at 8 p m the St Pauls Mixed Choir of Dalton will present a sacred concert in the school auditorium. Director and organist will be E O Haase. The Juniors of the W R C meet Saturday at 1 30 at the Riverdale village hall, last meeting before summer.
The Dalton-Riverdale men's team struggles in the South End Tennis Association, losing to Grand Crossing and Palmer Park. The Riverdale women lost to Gage but beat Palmer women 5 0. Riverdale and Dolton clubs schedule meetings June 18 and June 21 to plan a high school age tournament, inviting experienced players to mentor beginners.
A writer in Pearson's London Weekly classifies the elementary hand as the lowest, coarse and clumsy with heavy palms and short fingers. He says carriers of this hand are dull, inert, with limited ambition and education, lacking appreciation for form color and beauty and having poor temper control.
In medieval art black signified darkness death mourning evil falsehood and despair. In heraldry the term sable is used for the color black.
Jack Quinn invited about a dozen 15 year old gang members from 95th Street to Dalton Park for a baseball tips session. He demonstrated fielding pitching and batting basics and urged continued practice, inspiring the youths to return for further instruction.
The Womens Union of Inmanual Evangelical church celebrated its silver anniversary with a 6:30 p.m. banquet on June 15 in the church basement. Ethel Duffy of Detroit spoke on citizenship alongside Chicago speakers M Vonderheidt and M Mermitt. About 150 attended. The first meeting was June 20, 1912, led by Emma Pauls. current president is Clara Neath with member M Yeatman still active.
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Marsh and Patricia traveled to Rensselaer Indiana where Mrs. Whitaker underwent surgery on June 10 and is recovering. Thieves attempted to break into Herman Ander's grocery and Dengler's filling station the same night Miller Gas Station was robbed. Dr. and Mrs. Avery of Dalton announced son Kingdon’s high ranking dental degree from Indiana University and internship with the U S Public Health Service. Riverdale fire station notes Herb Bremer of Columbus Georgia sending Wheaties after nine home runs, with a long celebratory letter on an adding machine paper.
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