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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1934
Page
2
The churches announce services for Lent and Easter including Good Friday at 10 a.m. German and 7:36 p.m. English, and Easter sunrise at 6 a.m. English 10 a.m. German. A lecture course on Lutheran biblical teachings begins April 4 at 7:30 p.m.
Dolton M. Be. Church plans Easter Sunday events including 9 45 am Bible school 11 am Easter service bearing His Cross 4 pm vesper service cantata Master Angels with choir and silver offering A cordial invitation to attend and bring Easter offering bank The Epworth League dramatic success noted and April 15 Prodigal Son oratorio by Lincoln Street Methodist octet at 7 30 pm with silver offering pastor Hrwine Thompson.
Our Savior’s Church reports sixteen confirmands on Palm Sunday including Claude Griffiths Ralph Lenover Charles Cook and others. Additional adults and youths will join by Easter with several named individuals listed. Good Friday self denial service introduces two University of Chicago ministers sharing a short sermon and envelope tallies reveal attendance and collective Lent offerings.
The schedule details multiple Holy Week services with specific communion times at 6:00, 9:30, and 12:15. New members will join at 11:00, with the last communion at 12:15 to include all who have already communed. Easter Cantata by Wilson features the Girls and Women’s chorus at 7:00 p.m. on Easter Sunday.
Immanuel Evangelical Church at Grant and Sheridan announces Sunday school at 10, divine worship with Communion at 11, and a cantata Life's Eternal at 7 45 led by Rev. Ph Bassler. Cantata participants listed include Anna Dreshall and others. Ladies Aid meets Thursday at 2. Address shown. Easter message centers on living Savior.
Palm Sunday events at Sandridge M E Church at 147th Street and Michigan City Road include worship and Lord's supper at 7 30, morning worship 9 15 with special music and a sermon, Easter program 10 30 by Sunday school, and evening service 7 36. Thursday April 5 at 2 30 the Woman's Missionary Society meets at Mrs Russell Bales Riverdale followed by 7 30 prayer meeting and 8 30 choir rehearsal led by Pastor Leopold Schneider.
The Federated Church choir at 155th and Turlington Harvey will perform The Triumph of the Cross by H A Matthews on Easter Sunday at 4 p m under the direction of Richard L Wesselius.
Nearly seven hundred attendees enjoyed the Lenten cantata The Triumph of the Cross by JH A Matthews performed by the St. Paul Lutheran Mixed Choir and soloists last Sunday. The 60‑voice choir received high praise for its merit with solos by Rev. W J Kemnitz Dorothy Haase Linda Wassman John Perguss Walter Beechman and Helen Fehner accompanying. The performance, directed by Erich O Haase, prompted repeat demand and a Easter Sunday encore is scheduled at 8 p m in the auditorium.
School notes show first graders Iris Binney Shirley Bud wash Annie Corsello Mary Louise Lambert Johanna Lotz Mary Alda Nelson Lois Roberts Betty Simnick Lawrence Stroh Ronald Struven Betty Jane Teas earned perfect spelling papers on Friday. Kindergarten welcomed first grade for a student run store and attendance was perfect on Wednesday. Second grade reports on sand table tree dwellers posters and a front board welcoming birds. Fourth grade rehearses a future program. Seventh grade eyes a trip to Japan starting Monday and reads Biography of a Grizzly. Eighth grade maps Africa outlines and King Arthur stories with geography display shelves by Jame Scaglione and Harold Schmidt. Ninth grade civics notebook on campaign clippings for election day. Clubs note Junior dramatic club pantomimes stories and township champion for the declamatory contest Clara Jay champions spelling after competing March 28 and Thornton contenders win division contest. Achievement officers and Mrs Smith attend convention March 23 then tour the museum.
Clara Jay reports room one pupils mourn a missing mate Bobby Wilkens and wish his return. Rhoda Tatgenhorst and Shirley Tatgenhorst recover and greet classmates at their home. Easter crafts keep students busy while Laura Byers recovers from appendectomy in hospital. Eleanore Werdelman remains part of the school.
The narrator tours New Orleans with levee work and river traffic as 1927 floods loom in memory. Describes Spanish moss, and the enduring relief effort across seven states. The journey turns north toward home with a stop in Vicksburg, Mississippi, famous for Civil War history and the national cemetery.
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