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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1938
Page
4
St Marys Church on East 137th Street lists Masses at 7 9 and 11 a m with notes on attendance. Sandridge M E Church led by Rev Leopold Schneider shows a morning worship at 9 15 am on September 4 and a Sunday school at 10 30 am with a prayer meeting at 7 45 pm on September 8.
At 188th and Leyden Avenue Missouri Synod Rev Walter J Kemnitz leads services Sunday September 4 in German at 9 30 and English at 10 45 am The Lord's Supper will be celebrated in English Sermon text John 3 16 30 36 The Sunday school meets at 9 30 am A new school year starts September 6 at 9 am in our Christian day school inviting parents to enroll their children for the advantages offered
The church resumes weekly programs with church school on Friday at 8 00 p m and Sunday services at 9 45 a m for school and 11 00 a m for morning worship The pastor has returned from vacation and will preach on The Church and the Worker A Young Married People's club meets Wednesday at 8 00 p m at the parsonage for the fall season invitation extended to all young married couples.
Officials mark the 163rd birthday of the U S postal service by noting a long standing problem poor handwriting causes about 1 500 000 dollars in losses annually. They highlight misaddressed letters and city name confusions such as Cleveland of which 26 cities share the name. They cite names Homestead and Honesdale Chino and Chico Macon and Macomb Dillon and Dillon Winona Minnesota and Mississippi and note over 100 000 letters were sent blank last year. The glacial period is estimated at at least 500 000 years.
Jack Quinn, a veteran pitcher with 28-year career spanning Yankees, Red Sox, Athletics, and White Sox, seeks a managing or coaching role. He credits late career moves and a return to the Dodgers’ familiar ballpark in Johnstown, now offering his services as a senior mentor at 13917 Kanawha Avenue, Dolton.
A large crowd watched Calumet Memorial Park win the trophy in Burnham park during the Carnival of Federal Recreation events. The summary lists top placers across Junior Girls and Boys Intermediate and Senior divisions in sprints relays throws jumps and volleys with Calumet City Riverdale Burnham Dolton and Lansing all earning honors in multiple events.
Dorothy Dickey will teach kindergarten classes at Lincoln and Washington schools next year with about thirty pupils enrolled already. Morning sessions occur at Lincoln and afternoon at Washington, with a ten cent daily tuition. She is a University of Illinois graduate with teaching experience in Urbana and Til, and runs a home dramatic school in Ivanhoe. The program incurs no district cost.
A Riverdale gas station advertises a broad service range and stricter payments, requiring a 50 percent deposit from unknown customers and 100 percent from certain known patrons, with signage in a local business house.
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