Twenty Years Ago With The Pointer
Twenty years ago the Pointer notes a new baby girl for the Estrup family born Friday September 2. The W C T U elected officers for the year led by President Nellie Cooper and Vice President America Moomaw with Leone Waddell secretary and Ethel McPike treasurer. Mrs Win Robertson of Pana Iowa visits Roy Smythe's family and friends. Herman Krueger Theodore Schlueter welcome baby girls born Sunday September 26. Mrs Wm Mau hosts Fleur De Les Club with cards and lunch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Estrup
Estrup
Nellie Cooper
America Moomaw
Leone Waddell
Ethel McPike
Lida Wilcox
Win. Robertson
Pana
Towa
Roy Smythe
Herman Krueger
Theodore Schlueter
Wm. Mau
Fleur de Les Club
Ten Years Ago Highlights From Dowagiac Area
A survey recalls a weekend visit by Mr and Mrs Henry Pfotenhauer with a fruit belt auto tour noting a large crop of peaches apples and grapes. Riverdale permits near eighty thousand dollars issued last week and growth rumors in Riverdale and Dalton suggest population could double in a few years. Marguerite Lorenzen celebrated her seventh birthday with classmates and ice cream. Mabel Propper, daughter of Mr and Mrs W F Propper of Dalton, enrolled as a Lake Forest College freshman after high school, planning to reside on campus. A frost blanket on Sunday caused damage to late corn and vegetables as temperatures hit their lowest Sept 26 in 30 years, with frost reaching as far south as Springfield and Indianapolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Pfotenhauer
Dowagiac
Mich
Fruit
Riverdale
Dalton
Marguerite Lorenzen
Mabel E. Propper
W. F. Proper
Thornton Township High School
Lake Forest College
Lake Forest
Ill
Miss Propper
North Shore School
Springfield
Indianapolis
Ind
South Holland News Ten Years Ago Highlights
Mr and Mrs P Boer and Mr and Mrs J Van Schouwen planned to sail Sept 24 returning to live here. Mrs A Gouwens Sr ill and aging. Louis Workman out with a broken arm from cranking a car. Bernice Brickmakers beat Brazil 10 7 in Brazil Indiana on Sept 26. Local families attended including Peter La Salle Anthony Milazza Wm Tracy George Fiene Barney Caserio Albert Kinda.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Holland News
P. Boer
J. van Schouwen
Netherlands
A. Gouwens
Louis Workman
Bernice Brickmakers
Brazil
Barney Caserio
Albert Kinda
Mrs. Osford
Evolution of Playing Card Figures From Kings to Modern Courts
The article discusses how playing card pictures symbolized social classes with hearts for clergy clubs for society spades for serfs and diamonds for merchants. It traces early monarch representations David Alexander Caesar Charlemagne and queens Argine Esther Judith Pallas and notes changes in suit imagery from bells and leaves to swords and money and the club’s origin from the French trefoil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland Plain Dealer
David
Alexander Caesar
Charlemagne
Argine
Esther
Judith Pallas
Germany
School News Highlights Seventh Grade Exchange and Art
Students showcase Byrd expedition letters and inventions posters while seventh graders receive a Polish Red Cross portfolio and plan a return gift. Geography booklets form, reading chart tracks library books, and a pottery exhibit spans countries and U S regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denny
South Pole
Admiral Byrd
Piekary
Poland
Red Cross
Warsaw
Shirley Burch
United States
Rettaiean Nairn
Lovane Wilck
Lincoln Boys
Franklin School
Pranklin
Tinearn
Wacshington
Lincoln
Plarmonica Rand
Vandad
Hacehall
Anite
Franklin School News Highlights From Kindergarten To Baseball
Kindergarten pupil Joan Jaeschke missed days with a cold while Barbara Sciisewski returned after tonsil removal. In grades 3 and 4 twelve new library books arrived and two weeks of perfect attendance were achieved. The 5th grade studies friendly letter writing and the 6th grade Safety Club met again. Eighth graders demonstrated moonlight, eclipses and lunar phases. A fire drill cleared the building in 28 seconds. Franklin beat Lincoln 13 to 10 as Jack Zoller earned the win and Benny Vareo hit a fourth inning home run.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin News
Joan Jaeschke
Barbara Sciisewski
Arthur
Mary Lou Drendl
Franklin School
Franklin
Lincoln
Jack Zoller
South Paw
Benny Vareo
Civil Service Exams Open for Federal Jobs
The Civil Service Commission announces open competitive exams for Junior veterinarian at 2000 a year with the Bureau of Animal Industry, Associate extension home economist (4 H Club work) at 3200 with Agriculture, Research Associate in international relations at 3200 with State, and Adjudicator at 2300 with the Railroad Retirement Board. Eligible applicants for the adjudicator role must have carrier organization experience or as an employee-representative in that context. Full information available from the Secretary of the Civil Service Board of Examiners or the Commission in Washington, or any city with a first or second class post office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Civil Service Commission
Bureau of Animal Industry
Department of Agriculture
Department of State
Railroad Retirement Board
United States Civil Service Board of Examiners
Washington, D. C
Newcomb Couple Visited Aunt in Hollywood This Weekend
Mr and Mrs Ralph Newcomb of Hollywood California visited the former's aunt Mrs Pearl Farbridge at 14203 Edbrooke Ave last Friday and Saturday. They left Sunday for their home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Newcomb
Hollywood
Calif
Pearl Farbridge
Edbrooke Ave
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Pointer
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South Holland
Bowen
Riverdale Park
Hich Girls
Sleepy Hollow
Konitz
Night
Moore
Meyer
Margaret Langley
Ria Wirginson
Robert Jorsch
George Wells
Florence Ferrari
Marie Casoni
Planterium
Civil Service Examinations
Arnold
U.S
Cape Hatteras
J. F. Chandler Roofing Go
Chicago
Dolton
Leyden Avenue Cleaners
Leyden Avenue
Interocean
A. Meyers
Prop
Penn
R. R
Dolton, Ill
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