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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1936
Page
2
The Churches announce the new church year with a sermon on Revelation 3 20 inviting reception of Christ. German service at 9 30 a m English at 10 45 a m Sunday school at 9 30 a m Advent midweek service December 2 at 7 30 p m in English. Prepare for Christmas observance.
St Marys Church at 310 East 137th Street Riverdale lists Rev John N Weiler as pastor and notes Sunday Masses at 7 00 9 00 and 11 00 am offering convenient hours for faithful attendance and weekly service to God.
Corner Grant and Sheridan Streets invites all to Sunday School at 10 with Christ Drenau as superintendent and Divine worship at 11 with a memorial service. Council and League meet Tuesday. Ladies Aid Thursday. choir reherses in the evening. catechetical instruction Saturdays 9 to 12. Everyone welcome seeking a home church.
Corner Grant and Sheridan hosts Rev. Donald R. Crocker. Sunday morning includes church school at 11 and a worship service on The Breadth of Christianity. Evening Hi-League Epworth League. Tuesday church night offers a pot luck and three classes plus a children’s story hour. Community singing led by Wm. H. Stanley.
Rev. Leopold Schneider, pastor, announces schedule for Sunday November 29 with morning worship at 9 15 Sunday school at 10 30 and evening service with Junior League at 7 30 Thursday December 2 features The Mission Society at Mrs Diekman’s home at 2 00 religious instruction at 8 80 prayer meeting 7 30 official board 8 30 and choir rehearsal 8 30.
St Clements Episcopal Church on Church St at 163rd and Loomis announces Holy Communion and a church school at 9:45 a.m. and 11:15 a.m. St Andrews Day observed at 9 a.m. December 2. Advent begins the first Sunday. 19th annual corporate communion of men and boys. Patronal Festival December 4. Vestry meets November 27. Acolyte Guild meeting 4 p.m. November 30.
Dr. Harry J. Hager will preach The Unspeakable Consolation of Gods Providence at 10:00 am at Bethany Reformed Church Lilith Place and Perry Avenue Rose land. Infant baptism will be administered. the Evangel choir will provide music. At 7:30 pm he will speak on The Church that will be Caught up at Christs Coming.
The Walther League schedules a December 3 athletic meeting at 7 45 p m and a December 8 joint business meeting. Welfare Club seeks canned peaches for Kinderheim on November 25 and 27 at the school auditorium. Junior League social moved to December 4. Senior League social praised with about 60 from Lansing Riverdale and Dalton. Toys for Kinderheim planned. contact Lillian Poeplau..weekend trip to Planetarium and Aquarum November 29 meets at 2 00 by station for 2 05 I C train.
The National Youth Administration distributes about 80 000 dollars monthly in Illinois to support nearly 20 000 high school students from needy families under the Student Aid Program. William J. Campbell, state NYA director, notes the program spans all counties and benefits 1 028 high schools statewide. Students work after hours in libraries and offices to cover expenses, receiving up to 6 dollars monthly.
The first and second grades performed The Thanksgiving Fairies in the auditorium last Wednesday. Seventeen pupils are listed in the cast and many other students contributed with songs, weather charts, and art projects across grades seven and eight.
Grades 1 and 2 made place cards for Thanksgiving and held extra cards for visiting classmates. Grades 3 and 4 performed a Thanksgiving Song during the Wednesday program. Grades 5 and 6 presented a Mary Lou Drendel written Thanksgiving play with Harold Pals as Jacky and Pilgrim spirits voiced by Peter Lundquist Shirley Strassenberg and Ronald Koch.
Oliver Henry and Virginia Zoner recited two poems as part of the program. Grades seven and eight presented an original Man on the Street segment. Participants included Phyllie Jean Fike Lena Lundquist Della Staat John Schultz Billy Carson George Wise Jack Zoller Lewis Rodman Arthur Larson and Donald Bonema with Benny Varco as radio announcer.
Kindergarten enjoys new toys Nancy Ann doll and tea set. Second grade nearly perfect on reading tests. Students write stories Health Rules Our Pets An Indian Story. William Wilde adds goldfish to aquarium. Library by Roland Nelson and caretaker Stokely Wilder. Betty Jane De Vries returns to school. Betty Mills and Donald Engel lead Studebaker drills. Engel wins ladder tournament.
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