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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1940
Page
3
St Marys Church at 310 East 137th Street lists Rev John N Weiler as Pastor and Rev George Alexander as Assistant Pastor. Sunday Masses at 7 00 9 00 and 11 00 a m, with emphasis on faithful weekly attendance as service to God.
Divine services Sunday May 19 German 9 30 English 10 45. Trinity Sunday meditation on Christ’s Revelation of the Glory of God Gospel John 8 1 15. Sunday school 9 30. Worshippers invited visitors welcome. Bless ed are they that hear the Word of God and keep it.
Bethany Reformed Church at 111th Place and Perry Avenue invites 250 Glenwood Manual Training students to attend the 7:30 p.m. service as Dr. Harry J. Hager presents You Can Take it with You. Morning sermon by Dr. Hager titled The Spirits of the Age vs the Spirit of the Ages. Junior sermon by Rev. Swets. Bethany Bible and Emmanuel broadcasts feature the Gompers handicapped children group and choir performances.
Sunday services May 19 at 9 15 a m for morning worship and 10 30 a m for church school with Elmer Meyer as superintendent. Hi League at 7 45 p m sponsored by Mrs Detla Deam Dalton Riverdale historian. Thursday 7 45 p m Christian Discipleship clinic with Acts chapter 5 study.
Worship schedule for Open Bible Church Indiana Avenue includes Bible school 9 45 morning message Living Epistles at 11 00 Young People meetings 2 30 and 6 30 p m Junior V P at 6 30 and evening service 7 45 with the Mystery Babylon topic Weekly midweek prayer and study sessions are listed along with a guest speaker Rev D L Foster Moody Bible Institute chairs the May 18 monthly men’s meeting with a 5 30 start and 6 45 supper invitation extended.
About 135 Cook County garages and service stations are licensed to test trucks under the Illinois motor carrier act. Semi annual inspections will check brakes lights and other safety components. Class A stations inspect all trucks while Class B cover trucks of 1 1/2 tons or less. Local Class A station Thorsen's garage Harvey IL. Class B stations Roseland Scientific Brake Service and Reliable Spring Co Chicago.
Tickets for Brother Rat by Thornton Junior College go on sale at 35 cents for May 24 and 25 performances in the Thornton Township high school auditorium. Cast members come from Flossmoor Homewood Harvey Blue Island and Roseland with sales at the main entrance ticket booth.
I thank all relatives friends and neighbors for beautiful floral offerings cards of sympathy and words of expression in the loss of a loved one Rev Crocker for his kind words to the singers and all who donated cars also to the Dalton police Mrs Margaret Blink 2 1p
Public notice announces a public hearing on an application for a variation from the Cook County Interim Zoning Ordinance. The hearing will address the proposed deviation from current zoning rules and related standards. Local officials oversee the process and invite affected residents to participate.
Cook County Zoning Commission schedules a public hearing at 3 00 p m on Tuesday May 28 1940 in Room 300 160 North La Salle Street Chicago Illinois to consider establishing a tourist cabin camp and restaurant on the south side of 159th Street U S Highway 6 about 1782 feet east of Cottage Grove Avenue. Attendees may present heard. The chairman is Robert Kingery with members Joseph K Brittain Andrew J Callstream Harold F Egan August Geneke Walter P Saunders William L Voss and ex officio George A Quinlan H Gordon Bollman and Thomas Corcoran.
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