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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1938
Page
2
Local Dalton and Riverdale residents share community events from September gatherings. Walther League members roller skate at White City. Dutch family birthdays and church activities are noted including Octet club wins, Evangelical aid trips, and a legion drum corps trip to the West. Several residents travel, visit hospitals, or plan vacations while community groups prepare fundraisers and services for September.
Nine year old Ivanhoe resident June Marjorie Skye recounts a Lakeside Press tour in Chicago and a P T A carnival that raised 15.03 dollars. The piece notes a Medill Tribune Post event, a new school year meeting, and plans for Roosevelt school movie blinds financing.
On Tuesday September 18 at the home of Mr and Mrs Frank Cogswell in Dolton guests enjoyed refreshments. Dolton resident Mrs Frank Thompson had relatives Belle and Dorothy Williams from Springfield visiting over the weekend. Mrs Thompson underwent nose surgery at Mercy hospital in Chicago. Riverdale sailors Joseph Vogel Curt Ackerman and Don Dunaway recently returned from naval maneuvers aboard the training cruiser U S Wilmette near Manitac Island. Curt is a first class seaman Joseph a second class and Don an apprentice. The crew conducted target practice and other training activities onboard.
Enrollment rises in Room 1 with 9 in Grade 1 and 11 in Grade 2. Plans for kindergarten on September 1 invite all district five year olds. Room 2 children return while Miss Hedtke’s sister enhances the fall border. New books, equipment, and an audio visual program arrive as safety patrols, museum curators, and posters energize activities.
Five new students Neela Schnurlein Charles Rogers Margaret Rogers Nancy Bradley Rolf Lindquist and John Evans joined Roosevelt School in the third and fourth grades this year. Rolf brought a large caterpillar that formed a cocoon over the weekend. Other pupils added items to the science collection while first and second grades report no new pails. Tommy Mallender remains ill and out.
The first grade welcomes three new pupils Marger ite Krause Carol Mick and Joan Martins and begins reading colors. There are 13 first graders and 11 in second grade. The second grade aids the first week. Ronald Martens is new in the third grade. third grade has 15 students and fourth grade 12. The fourth grade greets science books and plans a science table.
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