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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1931
Page
2
Divine services in German at 10 a m with Lord's Supper. Preparatory service at 9 30 a m and Sunday school at 9 30 in the parish hall. Adult lecture course begins Oct 5 at 7 45 p m. Confirmation class for children runs Mon Wed and Fri at 4 p m starting Oct 18. Mission Sunday. The Bible is the authority. Wemmiia Pastus.
Immanuel Evangelical announces Harvest Home Rally Day and Mission Festival on Sunday October 4 with German worship at 9:00 a.m. Rev K Freytag of Chicago will speak. English services follow including 2:30 p.m. Mission Festival, and 7:30 p.m. English Evening worship with Rev W Krause. All offerings support Kingdom Work.
Corner Sheridan and Grant Streets offers Bible school at 9 45 a m and morning worship at 11 a m Sunday Epworth League gatherings at 6 45 p m Ladies Aid meets Thursday afternoon October 8 with Mrs Ralph Vandenberg as president A parish supper is planned Thursday October 15 from 5 30 to 7 00 tickets 35 cents Bake sale by Epworth Leaguers Saturday October 8 starting 10 a m at Anders store on Lincoln Avenue Hi Leauge time moved to Saturday afternoon Bessie DeVries and Johanna Leensvaart lead the group
Our Savior's Church at 18th and Wabash lists services Sunday at 10 30 am with Sunday School and junior league. chorus practice Friday evening. church school teachers meeting Friday. Tuesday business meeting at Mrs W Hazen 18017 State. Church Council Monday 8 pm. Ladies Aid Wednesday 2 pm at the parsonage. Woman's Chorus to make first public appearance, largest of its kind.
In Metropolitan Chicago Our Saviors hosts worship October 4 with sermons titled Winds Out of Lacimice. The crowd may need early seating by mid winter. The pastor notes a church school reorganization by age and confirms upcoming confirmation classes. Herman Keiter, Pastor.
The Glenwood Mission Church lists services at 8:45 a.m. for Y P and 6:80 p.m. Evening preaching at 7:30. Men’s prayer at Mr J Worthy’s home Tuesday 7:30. Women’s Bible class Wednesday 2 p.m. at Mrs L Patrick’s home. Girls class Friday 7 p.m. Dorothy Patrick hosts social hour. All welcome, only once a stranger. R J Vaughan, Pastor.
Mr and Mrs N Young Mrs V Darin Edna Anderson Mrs C Nelson and daughter Violet visited Rev and Mrs R J Vaughn last Wednesday in Chicago.
The Lincoln gym hosted a district 148 PTA get acquainted party last Friday. Grand march led by Mrs. Carl Thomson and George Staunton with a large committee chaired by Mrs. John Wermeke coordinating the event.
Ed Needles guided the Mohawks to a 26 0 victory over the State Flashes at Riverdale Park. Freddy Altringer scored two touchdowns and a late extra point while Kinney Alpert and Alex Alpert added scores. The crowd front appeared small but the Mohawks showed strong blocking and pouncing defense as Turik Simnick punted well. They next meet Roseland Hawks October 4 at 2 30 p m hoping for continued improvement and hometown support.
Harvey football travels to West Pullman Park for a season opener against the West Pullmanites. Coached by Bill Kelly, the squad includes former Pullman Panthers from the Govier Booster team of 1929 and last year’s West Pullman Park stars. Both teams are described as formidable, with kickoff set for 2 30 p m.
In Sanford Maine a crew of Angora goat hair sorters uses fingertip touch to distinguish up to fifteen hair diameters in the thousandths of an inch. Mistakes ruin costly velvet. workers must stay healthy and rested. No women qualify. the 35 men are middle aged and mostly glasses-free.
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