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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1941
Page
5
The article lists St Marys Church at 310 East 137th Street with Rev John N Weiler and Rev M H Hoffman as pastors. It announces Sunday Masses at 1:00, 3:50, 10:00 and 11:00 and urges faithful attendance as service to God.
The Open Bible Church under Pastor Otis Wasson lists Sunday March 23 schedule including 9 45 am Bible school for all ages 7 15 pm Evening message The Threefold Glorification. Wednesday 1 30 pm Ladies Missionary Prayer group with Mrs John Cowser and 7 30 pm Prayer Bible study Acts 22. Thursday 8 pm Bible class with Mrs Henry Knuth and 7 45 pm Saturday group to oversee South Chicago Mission. If he was wounded for our transgressions Isa 53 5.
Frank T. Palm pastor leads a Sunday program at Sandridge Methodist Church with a 9 15 morning worship, 10 30 church school under Stanley Steinke, 3 15 musical program and tea, 5 00 Hi league, and an 8 00 union Lenten service at Immanuel Evangelical and Reformed Church in Dalton. Catechism class Thursday 3 30, Lenten Christian Discipleship Clinic Thursday 7 30, and choir practice Thursday 8 30.
Corner Grant and Sheridan Streets invites worshipers with church school at 9 45 a m and divine service at 11 a m Pastor Milton S Freeman notes few Lenten Sundays remain The sermon is titled A Scripture Emphasis Week night Lenten service is Wednesday at 730 p m Union Sunday service joins Evangelical and Reformed church at 8 o clock
The Roosevelt School hosts Ivanhoe community youth groups at 6 45 p m with Divine worship at 9 15 a m and church school at 9 15 a m. Lenten Sundays pass quickly and the meditation theme is A Scripture Emphasis.
Morning worship at six German service and 11 oclock sermon on Christ the Mediator. Sunday School 10, Samuel Jessen superintendent. Lenten services midweek and fourth Union service led by Rev M Kabele. Catechetical instruction weekly. Choir to perform The Mystery of Easter on Easter Sunday. You are welcome if you have no church home. Verse from Isaiah ends the notice.
Our Savior's Community Church led by Pastor Martin G. Kahbele will hold worship at 10:45 a.m. with special music and a sermon by the pastor. The notice emphasizes a welcoming service for parishioners and visitors alike.
The church invites visitors and outlines schedules for March events including a Congregational meeting after morning worship on March 23, Sunday. Miss Florence Hedtke heads church school at 9:30 a.m. and youth groups meet nightly. Pastor Kabele will speak at Emmanuel church in Dalton.
Divine services Sunday March 23 in German at 9 30 and English at 10 45 a m with sermon John 6 66 69 The Vital Question To Whom Shall We Go The 7 Midweek Lenten services on March 26 German 7 15 and English 8 15 a m cover The Price of Redemption and The Price of Love Our Lutheran Hour broadcast Sunday at 3 15 pm over WCFL station.
Bowen School reports room four regrets illness absences for Lois Couwens Dorothy Lucht and George Sainozzi. Patrol duties go to Denald Woods and Eugene Wilder. Rhoda Tatgenhorst Clement Jay and John Tourtellotte win sportsmanship awards funded by Milton Miller. Bowen earns three first place volleyball and basketball trophies for the season and three first place cups for the Calumet League tournament. a March 17 dinner for players parents teachers and board members followed.
First and second grade students study cowboys and Indians with reading drawing rhythms and stories about the west. Third and fourth grade work on a Dutch border using green construction paper and blue sky. Friday two dozen children excused at 2 PM for perfect attendance.
In first grade Dale's class enjoys new books Round About and Companion Work. Roberts' class likes Peter's Family. Sixth grade studies division of fractions. Fifth grade welcomes a new Erie, Pennsylvania student and will spend their PTA dollar on a field trip. Monday grades viewed four films Goats Water Erosion Bicycles and Stringed Choir. Lincoln School won two volleyball trophies for season and tournament. Barbara Dreshall named best player, Morris Albrecht best lightweight, Charles Beseman best heavyweight.
The article notes a two day interclass tournament for the upper grade boys with Marilyn Kart returning after a week away. Reporters Janice Hrund and Barbara Drefhall provide coverage of the events and the players involved.
The eighth grade studies borrowing money in arithmetic and welcomes Jessie Robinson as a new pupil. Girls crafts class invites Mr Klitzke to view projects led by Dorothy Harms. Seventh and eighth grades visited Lincoln school to see films on Friday March 14. The band concert directed by Mrs Kauffman was March 12, with PTA sponsorship.
Arcady Farms Milling Co hosted a free movie night for about 250 employees and friends at Washington school Riverdale on March 14. The event featured a technicolor sound film Science and Modern Feeding plus a cartoon and picnic footage, with G P Lane as MC and W D Walker delivering remarks before dancing.
The text links the golden notion of inner silence to personal virtue and progress, then shifts to describe Empire period furniture, noting veneering, bronze mounts, and classic emblems such as wreaths and eagles. It outlines bed designs with compact forms and evolving canopies and poles.
The Empire style emerged after the Directory era as Napoleon rose from consul to emperor. It redecorated royal palaces with luxurious furnishings, favored mahogany, and featured modestly constructed chairs with elaborate carvings and round tables. The movement bridged obscurity and power, leaving a lasting impact on later furniture design.
A reflective reminiscence on preferring old houses farms and books to modern life. The narrator values open spaces country roads shadows and nature scenes for their depth and tranquility. A closing note urges neighbors not to borrow dogs too often from friends.
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