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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1911
Page
8
St Pauls Ey. Luth. Church at 138th Street announces Sunday services at 9 30 and 10 00 A M and a Wednesday March 8 service at 7 50 P M. Meeting of voting members will follow. Rev H Winp is the pastor.
The St Marys Catholic Church bulletin lists Quadragesima Sunday services on March 5 1911 with first mass at 8 A M high mass at 10 30 A M and evening liturgy. Collections for Indian and Negro Missions during services. Ember Days observed with Stations of the Cross and Benediction at specified times. A special Eucharistic Society meeting is announced with Rev A A Riss as pastor.
Immanuel Evang Lutheran Church lists Sunday School at 9 30 a m Regular services at 10 30 a m English service at 7 30 p m Lenten services Wednesday 7 30 p m Rev G G Press pastor Everyone welcome
The Dalton M E Church announces services for Sunday March 5 with morning and evening readings from Phil 2 12 and 1 Sam 26 21 2 Tim 4 7. Activities include Junior League at 2 30 pm, prayer meeting Wednesday, choir Friday, Ladies Aid meetings on 2nd and 4th Thursdays, and a Sunday School Board meeting moved to E J Claussen’s home on March 4.
In loving memory of our dear husband and father who died one year ago February 27 1910. Dearest father thou hast left us and our loss we deeply feel. But God has bereft us He can heal our sorrows. Yet again we hope to meet thee in Heaven with joy to greet thee where no farewell tears are shed. Mrs Wa Gertorr and Family. Electrical supplies at Obels.
At the Board of Local Improvements meeting on Feb 28 resolutions were adopted to lay village water mains by special assessment. The project will be constructed by the town at cost and bids will be sought for installation. Local notes report parishioners and residents traveling or moving, with updates on farming and building activity in the area.
Local shop on Main Street in Homezwood advertises buggy harness from 7.50 dollars and up and offers team harnesses made to order. Co. Easter.
South Holland items note student Peter Dalenberg visiting from the University of Illinois and XJohn Van Ostenbrugge at Mardi Gine in New Orleans. Michael Vanderan, 75, gave $25 to each of his nine children from a recent lot sale. Hester VanDrunen is seriously ill. Mary Ravenloot and Walter Hoogmoet wed. Classifieds list team running gear and spring chicks for sale through A. C. Reich in Riverdale and John Rickert in South Holland.
Parents and patrons of Thornton Township public schools are urged to attend a Thursday night meeting at the High School. Hon. Francis G. Blair, State Superintendent of Public Instruction, will speak, with most of the evening devoted to his address. The event is organized by the Thornton Township Principals and Superintendents Association.
The Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen Lodge No 621 in Dalton invites the public to a Saturday evening gathering at Fleischauer's pavilion on March 18, 1911. Proceeds support lodge activities.
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