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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1936
Page
2
Divine services Sunday include German at 9 30 and English at 10 45 a m with sermon from 2 Cor 9 6 11 Divine instructions on Christian giving A reunion rally for the young people is at 7 30 p m followed by a parish social In addition a special voters meeting is set for September 21 at 7 30 p m If it's in the Bible you will hear it at St Paul
St Marys Church at 810 East 137th Street Riverdale lists Masses Sundays at 7 00 9 00 and 11 00 a m with pastor Rev John N Weiler inviting faithful attendance as service to God.
Immanuel Evangelical and Reformed Church at Corner Grant and Sheridan Streets invites all to Sunday school at 10 and divine worship at 11 with the sermon In His Steps. A choir rehearsal Friday and catechetical instruction Saturdays 9 to 12. Everyone without a church home is welcome.
Corner Grant and Sheridan Sts. Pastor Rev. Lee Ernest Coleman returns from vacation and will lead church at 9:45 a. m. church school 11:00 a. m. worship 6:45 p. m. Hi League.
St Clements Episcopal Church at 158rd and Loomis with Rev. W. C. Cross as pastor holds Holy Communion at 7 30 a m.
Bowen School reports weekly room librarian changes in Rooms I II and III with Patsy Newell and Rhoda Tatgenhorst taking turns. Third grader Margaret Green transfers to St Marys. Ellen Gill stays home due to a dog bite. Geography study uses slides stereographs and tiny fish in Room III. Flowers from Miss Hedtke’s class. Mr Huntley donates tulip tree seed and Spanish moss. Fifth and sixth grades welcome new Merriam Webster dictionary. Mrs Bryan Patterson hired to teach music and art. Recess gym classes due to rain. students bring gym shoes. County official Mr David J Heffernan visits. Room IV boys join safety patrol led by Donald Engel captain and Meredith Schnell lieutenant. Achievement Club splits into Lions Tigers with concurrent conventions Sept 17. Room IV librarians Bernice Hence Clairie Baumgartner September. Flag-raising by older pupils. soccer games during recess mark opening days.
Holy Communion at 10 o clock each Wednesday in September and Church School at 9 15. Men's club dinner September 22 at 6 30 in the church basement 75c a plate with Canon Gibson speaking. Next Sunday Saint Clement’s keeps usual times. On September 27 service times shift Holy Communion 8 am Church School 9 45 am Service and sermon 11 15 am. The church is dedicated to Saint Clement of Alexandria meaning merciful and kind.
Rev. Leopold Schneider presides as pastor with morning worship at 9 15 and Sunday school at 10 80. Evening service at 7 30 on Sunday. Prayer meeting at 7 80 Thursday. Choir rehearsal at 8 30. Woman's Association meeting Friday at Worth Illinois.
Rev A W Tozer of Chicago Christian Missionary Alliance speaks at 10:00 a.m. on He Shall Be Great at Bethany Reformed Church 111th place and Perry avenue. Senior choir sings. 7:50 p.m. Rev Theo Schaap of De Motte Indiana preaches with Young Peoples choir providing music.
The Roosevelt School grades 1 and 2 report twenty five pupils with six in first grade and nineteen in second. New students include Robert Popper Homewood Norma Jean Pearson Chicago and Budd Gorsuch Harvey. Fourth grade returns include Richard Ferguson who moved away. others resume with new readers and geographies while making pictures for a movie.
St Pauls school reopened on Tuesday September 8 with a brief church service. The seventh grade welcomed new pupil Alex Goeringer Jr increasing the class to 26 and the eighth grade welcomed Donald Anderson. Total school enrollment stands at 163. Election of officers for patrol and
On Friday September 11 the Girls Auxiliary elected officers: Donald Anderson 1st captain Albert Reitz 2nd captain Charles Rowe 1st lieutenant and Edward Stahnke 2nd lieutenant Selma Kaiser was chosen president and Charlotte Lange vice president The first of 15 movies in St Pauls gym was shown Monday September 14 with more on September 28 The PTA sponsored the event On Tuesday September 15 an athletics meeting set volleyball for girls and basketball and baseball for boys by all participants
Seventeen first graders enroll as eight girls and nine boys. Third grade has 27 pupils with 21 boys and 6 girls. New pupils arrive from St. Marys Washington and Chicago. some return later. Fourth grade adds Vera Reynolds. Norman Coleman may return. Fifth grade studies postal history and maps from New York to San Francisco. The room plans a monthly single sheet newspaper and a visit to the telephone company with a dial phone. Seventh and eighth grades develop Red Cross correspondence and cooking projects. two baseball teams play. Music lessons resume at four schools. enrollment advised through Miss Hanschmann or Dolton 825M.
First graders read stories while Peter returned to school on Thursday. Second graders use books for arithmetic. Sylvia Ippel joins third grade from Roosevelt. Fourth graders enjoy Reading and Living. Weather cools, boosting work mood. Fifth and sixth graders develop The Water Clock play by Moore, Fike, Sehnoor, and Drendel for possible assembly.
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