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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1927
Page
2
Lincoln Avenue School report highlights Junior High track prep and health crusade progress. Girls athletic motto Work and Win adopted, Kindergarten program set for Friday March 18 1927 at 11 30 am. Fern Links and Emil contribute washroom monitor notes and student verses.
Readers celebrate Highlawn’s facilities and growing enrollment while reporting on sports results and student activities. Fifth graders Mary Hendersholt and Rose Morris share pride in modern classrooms, a well equipped lunch room, and cleaning staff. The piece notes athletic outcomes versus Thornton and Bowen and previews a March 22 basketball game.
Bowen School in Riverdale reports girls on the north diamond and a boys team seeking a rematch after an 11 to 7 loss to Globe in a practice game. Miss McMahon announces a county Health Contest while pupils work on summer Project Units in Garden Wage and Canning and prepare for spring break April 9 to 17.
Front yard visibility noted from the public highway as a plan to please Mr. Tobin and aid visitation work for summer supervision of Garden Poultry and Pet Stock Projects.
The Annual Election for one President and two board members of School District 148 will be held April 9, 1927. Polls open 1:00 p m to 7:00 p m at Lincoln Avenue and Highlawn schools for respective district sections. Nominations require petitions with at least fifty valid voters due by midnight March 30 to the Secretary of the Board.
At the Y Miss Mayme Luther has been ill with influenza for about a week. She is a fixture at the Y and her illness disrupted floor work but she is now recovering. General Secretary C R Bearmore of Alliance Ohio Y M C A visited with Secretary and Mrs Farbridge and their family, the Dilleys, and the Bearmores. Mr E E Laking of Danville dined at the Y on Wednesday.
In memory of our dear grandmother who died eight years ago on March 12. Often we tread the path that leads to the grave where lies the one we loved so well. Signed by Jennie Silbert Anna Marbeth Otto Marbeth and grandchildren.
Nature Magazine asks how many of the listed animals store food for future use during October. The items include woodchucks, chipmunks, red squirrels, deer, muskrats, meadow mice, deer mice, skunks, dogs, cats, cows, horses, sheep and others.
An Atlanta Constitution reflection compares abundance to heaven, noting the joy of plenty on the table and the promise of more to come. The tone is celebratory and domestic, emphasizing gratitude and sociable hospitality.
The origin of opera traces to the Florence production of Furidio in 1600 marking a pivotal moment in theater. This early event situated opera as a fusion of music drama and communal spectacle shaping European performing arts.
The article lists Sunday services at 9 15 English Bible school 10 15 English worship with sermon Hope Thou in God and notes a jazz critique. 11 00 German worship with Behold I stand at the door and knock. German Lent meditation Wednesday 23 17 45 and a senior evangelistic league meeting Tuesday 22 at 8 pm led by Pastor Wm Kreis.
Our Saviour's Lutheran Church at 188th and Wabash Ave announces Lent events for March 20 with 9:30 a.m. Sunday school and 10:30 a.m. worship. Sermon Darkness Against Light and children topic Lamps. Midweek Lent service 7:30 p.m. Heroism of Christ. Friday 7:30 p.m. Teacher training. Dr. C H B Lewis to attend as Sunday school superintendent. Pastor Rev Edward A Voorhees invites all.
Sunday March 80th features Sunday school at 9 45 a m missionary day, morning worship at 11 with choir, Epworth League at 6 45 p m, evening service at 7 30 p m with music by Clyde Radalbaugh. Lenten service Wednesday at 8 with Rev August Menge. Public welcome. Pastor A A Mers.
Rev. A Karreman leads a 9 30 a m Holland sermon on Jesus in Gethsemane followed by a 2 00 p m American language sermon on Jesus Before the Sanhedrin at First Reformed Church Lansing. Sunday school at 3 30 p m and Christian Endeavor at 7 30 p m led by Mr Cornelius Tanis.
LANSING First Christian Church Pastor C De Leeuw conducts morning service at 9 00 a m and afternoon service at 2 00 p m Protestant Rev Church Rock s Hall Oak Glen spotlights two Holland language sermons at 9 00 a m and 2 00 p m St Anne s Roman Catholic Church Rev E P Kelley presides with Lenten service Friday 7 30 p m, confession Saturday, and mass Sunday at 9 30 a m
Sunday school at 10 00 a m prepares for Easter at 3 00 p m. Intermediate League at 6 p m and evening worship at 7 00. Rev R A Bowman, pastor, conducts services and classes for parishioners.
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