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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1934
Page
2
The church announces a German language service with Lord's Supper on October 7 at 10 a.m. A preparatory service at 9:30 a.m. follows the gospel lesson Mt 9 1 8. English Sunday school at 9:30 a.m. and a voters meeting on October 8 at 7:30 p.m. Pastor J Kemnitz is listed.
Holton MF Church announces Grant and Sheridan Sunday services with Sunday school at 9 15 a m and morning worship at 11 am. Tri League and Epworth League meet at 6 45 pm. Ladies Aid holds an all day meeting on Thursday October 11 with a pot luck lunch and officer elections. Missionary day on Sunday October 7 features a visiting Chinese speaker. Erwine Thompson, Pastor.
Open Bible Church at 18568 Indiana Avenue invites all ages to Bible school at 9:00 am and morning worship at 11:00 am. Youth group at 6:30 pm evangelistic meeting at 7:30 pm midweek prayer at 7:00 pm. Special service October tenth at 6:45 pm features Alma Doerme from Unevangelized Tribe Mission with mission pictures of Africa.
The Sandridge M. E. Church announces no Sunday services or Sunday schools on October 7 due to the annual conference session. On Thursday October 11 at 2:30 the Mission Society meets at Mrs. A Steinke's home followed by 3:50 religious instruction, 7:30 prayer meeting, and 8:30 official board meeting.
Immanuel Evan Church invites all to Sunday school at 10 AM with Christ Dreshall as superintendent. A pageant Life Builders will premiere, diplomas awarded for department transfers, and officers installed. Divine services at 11 AM. Quarterly meeting Tuesday 7 PM. Mission festival October 21 and Loyalty Week Oct 21–28.
Bethany Reformed Church at 111th Place and Perry Avenue will observe Sunday School Teachers Recognition Day at the 10 a m service to honor about 100 teachers. Pastor Dr. Harry J Hager will preach on The Lord s Return a Source of Comfort and open an afternoon series on Prophecy and the Signs of Our Times with What's the Time on the Clock of the Ages. Additional sermons and Good News meetings continue through October with choir music at all services.
A Riverdale resident reports lending two eyes yesterday and receiving only one in return. The exchange prompts a lighthearted claim of miscounting and a playful correction. Local humor follows in a small town exchange.
A Lansing area column reports a serious eye injury from a horse kick to Posthumus, several local visitors, a child struck by a truck with faulty lights suffering leg and head injuries, service extensions on rural mail routes, a PTA meeting, a birth in the Lying-In hospital, and community happenings at homes along Ridge and North Lansing streets.
Franklin school reports detail from Swami stage mock future plans by Boys Club and Girls Club, as well as officer elections for both clubs led by Miss Hazel Kasten and student leaders Joe Rimkus Virginia Dieckman and Lois Unruh. Other items note new workbooks, class compositions, craft club meetings, and planned field trips with Shakespeare plays.
School clubs begin October 1 with separate junior boys and girls groups under Misses Melin Field and Thomson. Officers include Cornelius Ver Wey as president and Betty Jane Schroder as junior girls president, with program committees named for organizing regular meetings and activities. Senior boys also organized with Earle Stutzhiem as president and George Flieth as vice president.
Joe Lackoski was fined 25 and sentenced to six months in jail in Washington Pennsylvania for taking an ear of corn from a farmer's field.
A concise aphorism notes that pessimism often follows financial losses from bets on optimism, signaling a shift from hopeful to wary outlook after money is gone.
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