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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1932
Page
2
The Open Bible Church invites attendance for German 9:30 a.m. and English 10:45 a.m. services with a sermon from John 5 1-9 about Jesus healing a Bethesda invalid. Sunday School starts at 9:00 a.m. Pastor W. J. Kemnitz urges bringing children to learn Bible stories.
Our Savior's Community Church marks its 21st founding anniversary with 9:20 and 11:00 services and a sermon on Coming of Age. A Chicago Heights layman will greet attendees and make an important announcement.
Immanuel Evan Church offers a German service at 00 o'clock with a sermon on For in Him dwelleth all the fullness of the Godhead bodily. Sunday School at 10 o'clock, supervised by Arthur Dreshall. Morning worship at 11 with a choir number. Catechetical instruction Saturdays and choir rehearsal Mondays. Annual mission festival set for October 30. Pastor Ph. H. Bassler urges service in the ministry to life.
Naomi Shickley West presents a German song recital in peasant costume at the Dalton M. E. Church Sunday October 30 at 8 15 p m Tickets available at Lukens Drug Store.
A note explains that pompier is a French word for a fireman derived from pompe meaning pump and in modern English is used to denote a fireman's sealing hide or cover.
A woman waited weeks for a proposal and nearly despaired before he revived her hopes with a curious inquiry about whether her mother and father were decent old people to live with. The remark appears in a dated social column of the era as a glimpse into intimate courtship norms.
First graders decorate for Halloween and note the return of Ted Haskell Leon Murden and Luis Reyes after mild illnesses. Third grade builds seed and leaf charts and writes books. Fourth grade plans a Halloween program October 28 at three. Junior high students work in domestic science with dinners and undergarment sewing while planning Christmas toys and a school lunch project.
The forest preserve board panel approved renaming the swimming pool at 49th Street and Torrence Avenue from Clay Hole to Green Lake Pool. Esther Foster led Harvey Women's Club delegates opposing the old name and urging a prettier alternative. The pool drew crowds last season and is expected to attract thousands of families this summer.
A fragmented Detroit News passage hints at a quirky origin for a long standing local puzzle. The text references a ten khetibe inspired Watt's steam engine era and a revelry involving a deer and a push, leaving room for interpretation of who began the chain of events.
Karl Serner of Graz, Austria, woke to a bizarre moment when a mouse had crawled into his meal and he swallowed the tiny creature along with cheese. Rescuers report he is unharmed and the incident remains a curious local oddity.
A 22 year old man testifies about the night in Gary and Chicago Heights when an officer was shot during a car pursuit. He describes obtaining guns from Jim Silvestro, the route, the stop, and the ensuing gunfire including his own five shots.
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