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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1934
Page
2
St Pauls Church at 158th and Leyden Ave offers German service at 9 30 a m English service at 10 45 a m with English graded Sunday school at 9 30 a m The Gospel contrasts Death and Christ and urges faith in Christ Our attendance is increasing and the pastor WoJ Kemmnitz invites all to attend next Sunday.
Our Savior's Community Church schedules a 10:30 service titled Do We Need a Heaven with discussion questions. A church carnival and fair at Bowen school is planned for September 29 with multiple groups participating. Members are urged to report for roles and practice sessions through the week.
Dolton M E Church schedules Sunday 9 45 Bible school 11 00 worship 6 45 IF League and Epworth League with topic What our group is going to do this year The official board meets Monday Sept 17 at 8 pm with closing conference year business The Women Foreign Missionary Society meets Sept 20 at 2 pm at Mrs Anders All ladies invited The Ladies Aid to hold a cafeteria supper date to be announced
Immanuel Evan Church at Grant and Sheridan hosts a Sunday school with Christ Dreshall as superintendent. It is organized and equipped to serve with a class for every age, inviting participation from the community.
Sunday service at 11 o clock explores the church history and its divine foundation. The text notes the church’s spiritual origin, Pentecost climax, and calls for voluntary participation with welcoming words for newcomers at Immanuel’s Church. Choir rehearsal Thursday and a Mission festival October 31 are announced.
Sunday schedule lists morning worship and communion at 9 16, Sunday School at 10 30, and evening worship at 7 30. Weekday events include Epworth League meeting September 19 at the Meyers home, Ladies Aid September 20 at 2 30 with Mrs Dickman hostess, and the annual W I M program at 7 50 led by Pastor Leopold Schneider.
Crowds attend Bethany Reformed Church at 111th Place and Perry Avenue Roseland to hear Dr. Harry Vom Bruch of Long Beach California. The program features sermons on A Great Challenge and A Challenge to Youth with a choir and guest soloists. The revival runs nightly through September 28 with additional Sunday services and a velour reproduction of Christ in Gethsemane to be unveiled.
The mime describes the harvestman as an amiehnid in the order Phalangida. It notes a small rounded cephrothorax, a broad six-segment abdomen, and eight slender legs. It explains harvestmen do not spin webs and feed on small insects.
Riverdale Park held a Friday closing with plans for next summer as Mr. Kirsch announced continued supervised play. Awards awarded for most points include Marilyn Newell and Jimmy Sheldon first, Mary Jane Middleborn and Christian Wartenberg second, and Betty Lou Bender and Joe Capparecchi third with labeled sweaters.
A description from Charles D. Stewart in the Atlantic Monthly portrays the queen bee as the central figure of a hive. She continually lays eggs as she tours the comb aided by attendants tasked with feeding her.
A town man offers a novel excuse to avoid jury duty explaining that since his wife is on the jury, no agreement could be reached and he cannot serve. The remark underscores unusual juror avoidance theories in civic duties.
George Makowski of 11836 Emerald avenue sustained a skull fracture when the car he rode in, driven by Anthony Lesack of 11764 Lowe avenue, collided with Fred Hazen of 647 Irving avenue at 147th street and Chicago road. The crash occurred in heavy fog. Makowski was taken to St. Margaret's Hospital in Hammond and is expected to recover if no complications arise.
A glance at social trends shows some couples marrying for wealth while others seek affection. The discourse weighs romance against financial stability in modern matchmaking and cultural expectations.
Helene Iswolsky writes from Paris that Japanese babies are cherished as royal in their families. Parents and siblings carry, cradle, and bow to infants, who rarely cry. The piece notes overpopulation and a society that minimizes individual demands to accommodate new arrivals.
R F James of Frederick Maryland after a letter to President Roosevelt went unanswered drew a gun on the postmaster and a clerk at the local post office. He was arrested.
William Alexander of Galionpolis Ohio is assigned to attend Sunday school for one year as punishment for disturbing a religious meeting.
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