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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1928
Page
2
The St Pauls Evangelical Lutheran Church on 188th Street and Leyden Ave invites worshipers for the last Sunday in the church year with services in German at 9 80 and English at 10 45 am. A note from Pastor W J Kemnitz calls for reverent attention to the word and thanksgiving as a sign of grace through Christ.
Dolton M. E. Church schedules church school at 9.45 a.m. and morning worship at 11 a.m. Epworth League at 6.45 p.m. Evening service at 7.30 p.m. The first quarterly conference led by Dr. E. G. Schutz will be at 8 p.m. All members urged to attend. Ladies Aid Bazaar and supper set for Thursday evening, Dec. 6, from 6 to 8 p.m. Rev. Erwine Thompson, Pastor.
The church marks the last Sunday of the year with a memorial service to remember departed members. Families visited by death in the past year are urged to attend. German language service at 9.00 a.m. English service at 11.00 a.m. Sunday school at 10.00 a.m.
Our Saviour's Church of Riverdale holds Bible school at 9:30 a.m. Sunday. Morning worship at 10:30 a.m. Dr K E Irwin will discuss the United Lutheran Church in America. Luther League at 6:45 p.m. Sunday. Thanksgiving service Thursday at 9 a.m. Congregational meeting December 2 with new member reception December 9. Pastor Rev Edward A Voorhees invites all to attend.
A brief note on the gift of tongues in New Testament times described as ecstatic speech often unintelligible to hearers and speakers, needing interpretation. The article mentions similar phenomena attributed to figures in religious history and notes uncertainty about the exact nature of the gift.
The record notes early attempts to extract cotton seed in the United States at Natches Mississippi in 1834 and New Orleans in 18, both failing in practicality. The first solid industry foothold came later in Providence Rhode Island.
A new German micromanipulator enables surgical operations and amputations on single cell organisms like amoebae. The device performs extremely delicate work on infinitesimal objects, advancing precision in micro level biology.
Pupils made Thanksgiving borders and study for an achievement meeting. Seventh and eighth graders had Halloween portraits arrival Friday. Bowen school plans an achievement meeting. Eighth graders use World Book in geography class and learn weather explanations. Rain kept soccer from play. field was very wet. Eighth grade grammar class writes model business letters. graduates must submit a real business letter.
A short diary style piece describes a girl awaiting her mother who has gone away. She and her brothers search for her arrival at the street car line and return home to find their mother with a new pair of scissors before finishing a craft project cutting out dolls.
A narrative recounts a ship sinking with women and children drowned while men survived. A man with a camera captured a life belt picture that ran in a national paper. The piece also notes a child’s memory of a fountain pen gift and a school pen mishap resolved by hot water.
On my birthday in November I had a fine cake baked by my mother. Ralph Gerloff and Gussie Bonse were invited to join the celebration and we enjoyed a very good time together.
Narrator recalls returning home to a telegram from grandfather about grandmother’s serious illness. The mother and narrator cried, while the aunt traveled by train and promised to call or write. The night included about nineteen phone calls from the mother.
Students from Lincoln Avenue School prepare a morning program on Friday at 11 380 o'clock for kindergarten and visitors. First graders dramatize the Three Pigs with a sand table project. Second grade presents a Pilgrim Indian scene in a forest with clothespin figures. Third grade displays the Landing of the Pilgrims sand table. Fourth grade saw a picture of Colonel Lindbergh. Fifth grade geography compares the upper and lower Nile with a constructed project.
The report covers student activities at Highlawn and Lincoln Avenue schools. Seventh and eighth graders engage in basketball, geography projects, sewing pajamas, and a music study on Franz Schubert. The eighth grade initiates a Girls Athletic Association, while library hours are posted for Dalton Community Library.
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