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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1939
Page
2
NEWS ABOUT TOWN reports the Progressive party holds its weekly meeting Monday at Riverdale village hall at 8 PM. Also covered are local social visits, family gatherings, baptisms at Dalton church, club events, and community notices across Dalton and Blue Island.
Mrs. Leo Popper of Ivanhoe and Mrs. Hans Steiner of Homewood joined a luncheon hosted by Mrs. Jack Ritter on March 2. The Ivanhoe Woman's club plans its March 14 meeting at Mrs. E O Krueger's home with W Zesch Jr co hosting and Edw C Minas Co decoration program.
Christine McDonald of Riverdale and Carl Wagner of Berwyn Illinois wed on Monday evening March 6 at the M E parsonage in Berwyn Attendants were Mrs F E Fike of Dalton and Earl Johnson of Berwyn The groom works for the C B Q railroad and the couple will reside in Berwyn Illinois.
J Frank Grimes president of the Independent Grocers Alliance and First Reader in a Christian Science church will speak at a mid day service broadcast over station WGN Chicago on Friday March 10 from 12 15 to 1 00 CST The address part of a series by religious denominations will discuss Life Hunger.
Third and fourth grades report perfect attendance for the week. Gerald Scott and Roy Zenere lead the weekly games. Fourth graders begin science unit Why Do We Have Days and Nights. Third graders receive California Fruit Growers booklets on oranges and lemons tied to geography. Jean Zoller and Ray Tatgenhorst monitor room 2. Students listen weekly to stories of great musicians and have written reports on Mozart and Beethoven. Lois Gouwens returns to grades 5 and 6. Patsy Newell out with flu. Fifth and sixth graders enjoy Western U S folders and Miss Hedtke's activity table. Sixth grade plans a round table on Switzerland Austria and Hungary. Upper grade literature studies Longfellow Song of Hiawatha and memorizes selections. Bessie Coleman absent due to illness. Harold Lucht and Violet Zoller monitor room 4. patrols James Rochfort and Robert Prill. Deck tennis appears in gym. Achievement Club hosts dictionary contest. organizers Harold Lucht, Lorraine Keiser, Lorraine Tomky. Three Achievement Club boys led flag at Bowen PTA meeting March 2: James Ferguson, Leo Kainrath, John Tourtellotte. Mr. McCormick, bird imitator, spoke March 7. Bowen girls beat Washington for first. Bowen lightweights beat Washington to tie for league lead.
In room 2 second grade spelling class writes a story about George Washington and focuses on politeness and courtesy in discussion. Attendance nears normal after sickness absences. one boy recovers from surgery and a girl has flu symptoms.
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