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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1929
Page
2
The English service at 10.45 a.m. and German service at 9.80 a.m. will be led by Rev D D P Roesener as the pastor preaches in Gary Indiana. The English graded Sunday school meets at 9.30 a.m. The pastor invites families to prepare for Christmas and hear Bible teaching at St Pauls.
Our Saviour's Church Riverdale invites all to Sunday Bible school at 9 30 morning worship at 10 30 with sermon Taking a Stand Young People meet at 6 46 pm on What Should Young Men and Women Expect of Each Other Miss Gertrude Englehardt leads Choir practice Fridays 4 pm Congregational meeting December 1 Tickets for the home talent play How the Ladies Earned Their Dollar advance purchase encouraged Doors open 7 30 pm 35 cents per seat Plays repeated November 21 Rev Edw A Voorhees pastor.
Corner Sheridan and Grant Streets lists church school at 9.45 a.m. Morning worship 11 a.m. Epworth League 6.45 p.m. Evening service 7.30 p.m. First Quarterly Conference set for Monday evening November 18 at 7.30 p.m. with Dr. Frank W. Barnum presiding. Woman's Foreign Missionary Society to meet Thursday November 21 at 2 p.m. at 473 Lincoln Avenue. Erwin Thompson, Pastor.
Marie Kling presides at 177 East 154th Street on Sundays at 2 30 p m with missionary speakers and a sermon on Gifts 1 Cor 12 1 10 Mark 16 18 faith healing and miracles lay on hands prophesy messages by Evelyn Boyd and Marie Kling piano by Isabel Carney public welcome special member invitation home meetings Wednesdays and Saturdays private readings and healing daily at 231 West 147th Harvey Illinois
Read Arthur Brisbane weekly columns to hear his graphic terse interpretation of current events. He believes in a better tomorrow and improves human conditions with direct forceful appeals. His writings are widely read and keep readers in touch with a fast moving world.
Bowen school notes cover a cooking recipe for apples with details on mixing and baking. A November 8 soccer match versus Crete ends 3 2 after extra time with returning alumni aiding the team. Achievement notes mention a shortened program for achievement night and an upcoming magician performance to fund library books.
The seventh and eighth grade pupils who earned 100 percent for the preceding week are Delores Baumgartner Elly Jilleck Emerson Bouchard Anna Palchinsky Buddy Reich Margie Norman Alice Middleborn Donald Donaway Lillian Dengler Annabelle Vandermyne Woodrow Carson Dolores Ripley Irene Engelhard Evelyn Nimtz.
Alice Middleborn reports in fifth grade several new students joining classes including twin boys from Germany and Stephanie Kainrath. Ralph Gerloff returns after a sick week while Lotus Ahrens and Gene Matthews are noted absent or new. Room 1 rehearses for a night achievement meeting and Miss McMahon visits on November 12.
A man watches a plane perform stunts and asks the aviator where he learned to fly. The pilot replies succinctly that he learned in an aeroplane, delivering a punny, dry punchline.
Fifth to eighth graders begin work on the Christmas program an opera titled King Christmas with twelve solo parts and a twelve member jury chorus Miss Dickelman coaches the play.
The week of November 18 22 is designated Come-To-School Week with exhibits in all rooms. Highlawn sessions include an open Thursday evening November 21 for parents. Kindergarten and first grade begin separate sessions starting Monday November 18.
Community notices list library hours and room 15 at Dalton Library and Lincoln Avenue School. Sessions run Tuesday 3 30 to 4 30 p m Wednesday 6 30 to 7 30 p m and Thursday 3 30 to 4 30 p m.
The Junior High held Armistice Day services in the school auditorium on Monday November 11 with a pupil prepared program including color presentation by Boy Scouts, flag salute, songs and grade level tributes. The article notes meditation at eleven and praises patriotism for future American citizenship as Fall Exhibit week begins November 18 with student exhibits and a voting contest to determine the best display among 7B 7A 8B 8A and ninth grade.
The column describes a school activity with class voting for program committees two weeks ahead of time. It notes a play titled The Lost Record with student authors, two recitations by Jerry Kollros and Annie Joffee, and Phyllis Maughan’s piano solo. Also detailed are a boys basketball game vs Thornton Township High graduates, a 19 8 score loss, and a new dance class teaching ten stunts per month titled Varso vienne. Frances Barblow joins the eighth grade as the class grows to 26 girls and 6 boys.
Water in the Arctic seas freezes slowly and imperfectly showing uncertain ice. Sea water ice is less salty than the surrounding water because saline particles are rejected during freezing.
In Evansville Courier, a whimsical reflection notes that a man might toil as much to grow a cabbage as to catch a fish, yet with far more enjoyment in gardening than fishing.
Water that burns peat as dug from the bog contains 98 percent of water. Sun drying evaporates only 15 percent of this water, yet peat so dried burns with a fierce heat. Ireland has 4,700 square miles of peat bogs.
The article argues that daily 24 million students and 4 million newspapers powerfully influence public opinion. It notes mutual dependence between press and schools, with editors helping teachers and schools using newspapers as textbooks, while urging editors to raise standards to curb sensationalism.
The Moose club presents an all star boxing night on Wednesday November 20 at Venetian Hall 180 Kensington Avenue. Notable bouts feature Paul Adducci Ventian A C versus Steve Pavaleck Lawn dale A C at 152 pounds Roosevelt Haynes C A V champion 1928 Tonie Williams Gene Quinlan South Shore A C Johnnie Graves Hammond Ind Joe Brown Willie Haynes and other events. Tickets available at Moose club house 35 W 111th Street.
Women manage estates and house property, becoming a growing profession with women managers employed on estates nationwide in England.
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