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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1940
Page
3
The church at 310 East 187th Street lists Masses on Sundays at 7 00 and 8 20 high mass 10 00 and 11 00 oclock Rev John N Weiler and Rev M H Hoffman serve as pastors The notice emphasizes convenient Sunday Mass hours to encourage faithful attendance and weekly service to God.
Open Bible Church with Rev Otis Wasson lists December 1 worship services 9 45 am Bible school 11 am communion 6 30 pm youth study The Acts 7 45 pm evening sermon Judgment and Salvation 1 30 pm Wednesday Ladies Missionary Prayer 8 pm Thursday Bible class Tabernacle lessons 7 30 pm Friday Cottage Prayer All are invited Psalms 42 8
Pastor Walter J Kemnitz leads Divine services in German at 9 30 and English at 12 45 Sunday school 9 30 English Advent service 7 30 p m Wednesday December 4 7 30 p m Redeemer hymn invites worshipers Lutheran Hour airs Sundays 3 15 p m WCFL station.
Frank T Palm pastor announces Sunday services December 1 1940 with 9 15 morning worship 10 39 Sunday school for all ages Elmer Meyer superintendent 6 30 Epworth league Hi league 7 30 evening service Thursday 3 30 catechism at Berger school 7 30 Christian Discipleship study Acts choir rehearsal 8 30 Thursday Official board meets December 5 shifting from November 28.
The First Methodist Church at Corner Giant and Sheridan Sts invites all to church school at 9 45 a m and divine worship at 11 a m with youth groups at 6 45 p m The sermon title The Sub ping is noted with an Advent message and time fellowship in the service.
Community notice invites worship at 9 p m in Roosevelt School with sermon on The Sublime Fellowship. Youth groups meet at 6 45 p m and Dalton location hosts special Advert service with appropriate scripture and hymn.
Rev Ph H Bassler pastor leads Immanuel Evangelical and Reformed Church. A church school organized and equipped to serve with a class for every age and Samuel Jesser as superintendent.
The Rev. Milton S. Freeman, now two months into his pastorate at First Methodist Dalton and Ivanhoe Community Church, outlines Advent services for the second Sunday of Advent.
An open letter to Santa asks for personal luxuries beyond need such as perfume jewelry and poetry books. The piece blends with a rural scene where Sally faces choices about her coffee roaster and a new hired hand, Hiram Tate, changing affections and plans as harvest ends.
Evelyn Harris colored pictures for Mr Kauffman to pattern plaques for the boys crafts. Seventh and eighth graders received Junior Red Cross checking sheets asking about home hazards. Frances Basile's group makes linoleum block prints for Christmas cards and metal tooling designs. Grades five and six wrote a twelve line poem on thanks for the Thanksgiving assembly and begin work on a Christmas program.
Devora's second grade class reads Friendly Village and Bills's class tackles Down the River Road. Seventh graders near finish a Nancy Drew book while Miss Denny plans a new one. Fourth graders make chalk posters Fun and Music and begin map studies. Volleyball starts for seventh and eighth graders. first graders seek toy instruments for a rhythm band. Donald Reynolds joins the fourth grade from Chicago. Fifth and sixth grade girls host a hobby show Tuesday. Seventh graders receive a fireplace shaped box from Mr. Anders. Vera Reynolds, new to eighth grade, previously in fifth grade, is welcomed. Reporters are Janice Brand and Barbara Drefhall.
Third grade at Bowen School started a new club named the Jolly Story Tellers Club in English class. Lois Hanschmann elected president as pupils plan poetry projects and discuss riddles poems and fairies with library books from the Chicago Public Library and Miss Hedtke guiding poetic discussions. Room three shows enthusiasm for daily Christmas carols while the fifth grade develops a lantern slide project.
Divine worship at 11 oclock with a sermon on Putting on the Armor of Light. First Sunday in advent notes Jesus as Gra cious Savior and Eternal Judge. Anthem by the choir. Activities include Young People Monday 8 pm Council Wednesday 8 pm Choir Thursday 8 pm Ladies Aid Thursday 2 pm. You are welcome at Immanuel if you have no church home. The churchs ministry is a ministry unto life and asks if it is reaching you.
Middle Atlantic school notes sixth graders becoming speed artists in fractions. Absences due to illness included Clement Jay and Loretta Norman while Flora Gallegos heals. On November 18 the Bowen Achievement Club hosted an evening meeting with a student made Indian pageant and a demonstration business session. The club plans a Thanksgiving basket for a needy family, chaired by John Tourtellotte, Allen Golding, and Jean Zoller.
The first grade enjoyed a restful break after Thanksgiving. Second graders welcomed many parents to their program. Martin Kala is ill but expected back soon. Fourth graders plan a trip to the Amazon Basin to learn about South America. Third graders had a happy Thanksgiving and discuss Christmas plans. Fifth graders return to school and follow an airplane race spelling chart with high hopes.
November reports show first and second graders crafting a room post office to send letters and raise funds for the Junior Red Cross. Parents visited classes. a fourth grade assembly and a Thanksgiving program by second to fourth grades featured plays, songs, and art contests.
The comment jokes that girls do not play India as boys did, claiming they are already busy chasing gangsters into hideouts, leaving no time for the game.
Sally Jay plans a smokeless coffee roaster to spare her family smoke and, with Mammy Joyce’s amused input, unveils a crank driven green coffee roaster in the kitchen. Sally recalls her Virginia to Kansas migration after Melville Jay’s death and her aim to sustain the family farm with new work.
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