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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1938
Page
2
Albert and Alfred Jr. and friends enjoyed a May fishing trip at McHenry Illinois. Church and club activities include a Sunday school gathering in Dalton and a May banket and party in Riverdale with varied attendees. Several residents recover from illnesses and travel for visits and weddings noted.
Ivanhoe resident miss Doris Warman of 1965 Wilson avenue Chicago was weekend guest of Mathilda Fransen of 14131 Dearborn street. Mr and Mrs Frank Cerny of Stuart avenue welcomed an eight pound son born Friday May 18 at Billings Memorial hospital. Mother and baby are doing well. Mr and Mrs Thure Lindros and family of 14106 State street moved from Ivanhoe to Morgan Park to settle permanently.
The Ivanhoe Civic Club will hold a May frolic on Saturday evening May 21 at the Pipe o Peace Country Club located at 12th and Halsted streets Riverdale. The program includes dancing and card playing with refreshments available for a small fee and all are invited.
Reports from Dolton Illinois and nearby areas include hospital updates for Mrs. Robert Newell and Mr. Clarence Foster, local birthdays and visits, a nursery shower for Miss Virginia Petersen, and plans for church events and Mothers Day activities. The community also notes births, marriages, and school events involving St. Mary’s and Mount Carmel.
The eighth grade visited the NBC studio in the Merchandise Mart to watch Kaltenmeyer’s Kindergarten and toured the studio after. On May 17 the seventh and eighth grades will visit Brookfield Zoo from Dalton at 9:00 am to 3:00 pm. First graders strive for 100 percent attendance as the year nears end. Edward Purnell joins seventh grade from Bryant school, raising the group to forty. Lois Purnell joins the second grade from Harvey. Carl Hasler cannot attend.
Peter Klinkhammer of second grade wrote The Wind and classmates enjoyed the poem. The first and second grades visited the Pointer office on Monday May 16 1988. Third grade learns map making focusing on the British Isles. Third and fourth grades may visit Wanzer Dairy on Friday after noon.
Miss Burghardt was absent Monday. Miss Tilstra and Mrs Bagg filled in. Eighth graders host a screening of Peck's Bad Boy on May 19 with tickets sold by students. Roosevelt school games ended with Franklin girls 21 to 9 loss and Franklin boys 6 to 5 defeat. Bernard Seim from eighth grade moved to Lansing, Michigan, planning to finish the year there.
Students shared pictures from the West and cards from Missouri while writing to Miss Barnings who was ill. The graduating class prepares a program for the twenty seventh of the month with Rolland Herrman as valedictorian and Robert as salutatorian.
The eighth grade works on songs for next week's commencement singing Grey's arrangement of Handel's Where'er You Walk On Wings of Song by Mendelssohn and Now Is the Month of Maying by Morley. Fourth graders Annette Martin John Medendorf Margaret Langley and Beatrice Smith have perfect attendance this year.
The eighth grade welcomes John Plug from the Chicago Alliance of Christian schools. The Washington Troop 9 plans a three day hike to the Dunes in the second week of June with many named scouts listed as in good standing. Washington school beat Franklin 12 to 4 in a five inning game on Tuesday May 10.
Room 1 makes flowers for baskets and reads David's Friends. Second grade reads Child Library Readers and builds a doll's house. Room 2 welcomes Lillian Cook back. Fourth grade decorates with borders and studies Edelweiss from Switzerland.
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