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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1934
Page
2
The Churches announce Sunday services in German and English at 9:30 and 10:45 a m with Sunday school at 9:30 a m. It marks the last Sunday of the old church year and urges humble prayer for mercy on the nation. Thanksgiving Day is observed on November 29 with further services at 9:50 a m German and 10:45 a m English.
Sunday church school at 9 45 a m worship at 11 00 a m Epworth league and Hi League at 6 45 p m The morning sermon theme is If Thy Kingdom Come On Friday November 30 Cradle Roll will hold its annual promotion day with certificates and baby baptisms The annual Thanksgiving Union service of Chicagoland Methodists will be in the Chicago temple with Bishop Waldorf as speaker.
Our Savior's Community Church on Wabash at 138th Street lists Thanksgiving Day worship at 10 30 with a sermon titled Thanksgiving. Other events include National Day of Prayer observance on Sunday November 25 and an operetta set for December 12.
Immanuel Evan Church invites all to Sunday school at 10 oclock with Christ Dreshall as superintendent. The class structure covers every age and the year ends with praise for the many blessings and opportunities God has granted.
The message urges faith in Christ amid time’s rush and notes a memorial service at 11 oclock and a Thanksgiving service at 7 45 pm. It invites attendance for those without a church home, emphasizing the church as a life ministry and asking if the ministry is reaching you.
Sunday schedule lists morning worship at 9 15 and Sunday school at 10 80 for all ages, plus 7 30 evening service and Junior League. Thanksgiving week includes a 7 30 service and a regional Union Thanksgiving Service at 8 00 a m with Chicago Methodists at the Chicago Temple. Leopold Schneider is the pastor.
Dr Walter L Wilson president of the Kansas City Bible Institute conducts a weeklong Bible conference at Bethany Reformed Church 111th Place and Perry Avenue Roseland nightly at 7 40 p m with services Sunday morning and evening and a closing Monday night well known radio artists provide special music attendees include groups from south side churches Dr H J Hager pastor coordinates events with topics covering Gods Message in Nature s Miracles and Belshazzar s Feast among others
A temperance lecture is criticized by a speaker who admits he eats too much and keeps late hours, arguing that his own lack of restraint disqualifies him from lecturing others on behavior.
A playful exchange shows Dolton residents joking about indoor sports and boundaries of staying out late. The dialogue features a girlfriend confirming interest if companions know when to leave.
Franklin school notes show 100 percent American Junior Red Cross in first and second grades. New pupil Richard Haddon enters fifth grade. Sixth grade donated books for Book Week and received three new titles including Bambi. Eighth grade works on Hall of Fame and seventh grade presents colonial life drawings. Boy Scouts raise papers to pay dues. Mitchell Schaafsma named Senior patrol leader.
Miss Hedtke demonstrated slide making at a Central Council event with Lois Reich Ethel Bishop Clement Jay Patsy Newell and Rhoda Tatgenhorst. Students in grades seven eight practiced basketball. many earned over 80 in a test. The October spellings honored Adeline Albee Warren Claussen Verna Englehardt Elaine Deichen Edith Rampke Dorothy Wiebke and Ethel Bishop. The advanced class includes Wayne Prill Clara Baumgartner John Clark Betty Mills. Fifth sixth grades studied ancient history using Westward Toward America with Miss Bendler’s museum. Last Thursday’s school program featured Mother Goose Party Bivoche Aubuon and the North Wind Puppet Show Jack and the Bean Stock A Modern Melodrama Remarks and America.
The fourth grade notes Har old Wesse's illness and reads silent readers. The sixth grade used two dollars from PTA to buy indoor games. The seventh grade gained five new books bought with PTA funds and held a victory party on November 21. Junior and senior girls clubs report activities and officers. A Thanksgiving assembly is planned for November 28 with all grades and visitors invited.
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