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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1933
Page
2
St Paul church held a Diamond Jubilee ceremony with about 1700 attendees last Sunday. Pastor W J Kemnitz urged continued worship and church involvement and announced Divine services next Sunday May 14 at 9 50 German and 10 15 English with English graded Sunday school at 9 30.
Dolton M E Church holds Sunday services at 9 45 a m Bible School 11 a m worship and 6 45 p m League meetings with themes Jesus Asserts His Kingship Changing the Mark and Can We Change Our World A Womens Foreign Missionary Society meeting May 18 at Mrs Stanley home China work discussed Official board meets May 15 Melting pot campaign runs May 14 to June 1 with a receptacle in church for jewelry and gold donations Rev Erwine Thompson pastor
First Baptist Church at 187th Street Riverdale lists Bible School at 9 15 a m and Morning Worship at 11 a m with sermons on The Mother God Honors and The Young Must Sow Wild Oats Evangelistic Service at 7 50 p m B Y P U at 6 30 p m plus weekday prayer and study meetings and a cottage prayer at 2 00 p m at 13850 LaSalle Street Riverdale Pastor H LeRoy Wertman preaches Christ crucified risen and coming again.
Our Savior’s Community Church presents Jewels in God’s Crown as the Mother’s Day sermon. Worship at 10:50 a.m. with Women’s and Girls’ Choruses providing music. An evening service at 7:50 honors Mother’s Day with Mrs. Ainsley Roseen as speaker. music supplement. May council meeting follows 11:30 service. Young Peoples Society devotional at 6:45.
The pastor directs a drive to boost church Sunday school quality with teachers visiting public school classes of the same grade and inviting children to May 21 services. A choir practice for Lutheran Day at the World’s Fair is on the same day, with additional sectional practice at Bethel church in Peoria. A Missionary Tea is planned next Wednesday at 2 p.m. All interested women are invited as an indoor baseball team is being formed with Herman Bammemrtner Sr. as manager.
Immanuel Evangelical Church at Grant and Sheridan invites members and friends to Sunday School at 10 o clock and Divine Service at 11 with a Mother's Day emphasis. Dreshall, superintendent, notes a sabbath school organized by age and tokens will be distributed. Youth meetings follow weekly. tickets for a trip are urged.
The family expresses deep appreciation to relatives friends and Rev W D Kemnitz for sympathy and for floral tributes at the loss of their daughter and sister. They also thank the Ladies Aid and all who donated in memory of Carl Preiss and family.
Alderman Arthur G. Lindell has been appointed to several city council committees including traffic and public safety building and zoning recreation and aviation harbors wharves and bridges and its sub-committee on bridge clearances special assessments and the World's Fair conventions and exhibitions.
County commissioners agreed to redistrict suburban precincts outside Chicago election jurisdiction to balance voters at 700 each. Subsequent elections will have two clerks per polling place instead of three. A new judges list will be presented with two Democrat and one Republican village judges at each polling place, replacing the prior three Republican judges.
Vivian Brown, 28, colored, appeared before Judge Joseph Flaherty on a false voting charge following the Duxmoor village elections. She was jailed for failure to pay the imposed fine. complainant was Mrs. Charles Special, wife of the Dixmoor president.
A period note on the value of good education as the foundation of happiness for families and nations, citing Benjamin Franklin.
Calvin Kehr from Milwaukee visits the class and shares his love of school. Shirley Tateenhorst in Grade Tr writes about a cocoon discovery and a large moth. Ill third grader Marilyn Newell is noted. peers show spelling progress. Fourth grade reads Els on stories and famous titles including Dog of Flanders and Rumpelstilskin.
Our class, led by a teacher, plans to buy four new books using funds from the achievement club. Roy Cook serves as treasurer as the group organizes a library. The titles include Adventures of Perrine, The Modern Story Book, Tanglewood Tales, and Professor Peckan's Adventures.
Seventh and eighth grade girls presented a style show in the gym on Wednesday afternoon in May. Thirty three models, crafted in sewing class since January, were judged by Mrs. Lane and Mrs. Tlazen. First prize went to the Nea Stobbs chaired group. second prize to Ethel Jones and others. Winners earned an all day picnic. tea closed the event. The Cinderella play on April 21 earned 20.80 profit to buy 35 books for junior high and adult libraries. 28 volumes were for adults.
The issue lists Beer Licenses and numerous village appointments. President names Treasurer George H. Schaefer Attorney Wm F Propper Health Officer Dr M Robert Weidner Policemen Fred T Ehlert and Herbert Dickelman Fire Chief L F Ripley Truck Driver Frank Wesse and lists finance judiciary streets alleys drainage sidewalks light health building grounds and band commissioners with named members.
The school presents a Mother's Day assembly with selections by the Toy orchestra, poems and dramatizations by both grades, and songs. First grade students with all A’s on April reports include Bobby Brown and others. A farm project at the sand table and room library updates for third grade accompany Girl Scouts activities and a May hike.
Announcement from Mr Browne at the local airport states the Lansing Air School is officially open with Don C Young as instructor. The facility lists two planes for flight time and passenger service, and an air taxi is also maintained. The report notes a notable upturn in aviation business in recent weeks.
Rev. Ph. Bassler notes the death of Arthur C. Dreshall born July 12 1801 in Chicago. Survived by wife Viola Reich children Donald Barbara and Marylin. Employed 21 years at Carson Pirie Scott Chicago he served as Sunday School Superintendent and church president.
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