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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1943
Page
3
Rev Milton S Freeman delivers Rally Day sermon at 9 16 a m without Sunday school. Choir special music emphasized. Choir rehearsal held each Wednesday at the home of Mr Cyril Skidmore.
Corner Grant and Sheridan Streets invites all to rally around Christ with renewed earnestness during Sunday services led by Rev. Milton S. Freeman. Activities include 9:45 am church school, 11 am worship, 6:45 pm Pre-Hi league and 7 pm Epworth league, with a Friday 7:45 pm Board of Education and church school workers meeting.
Immanuel Church corner Grant and Sheridan led by Rev. Ph H Bassler holds Rally Day with 11 o clock Divine worship and church school at 11. Certificates of promotion and officers to be installed. Training for service theme. Choir rehearsal Thursday 8 pm Catechetical instruction Saturday 9-12 Parents urged to attend.
St Marys Church at 310 East 137th Street lists Rev John N Weiler as pastor and Rev M H Hoffman as assistant. Masses on Sundays are at 7 00 8 30 high mass 11 00 and 11 00 offering convenient hours for Holy Mass and urging faithful attendance as service to God.
Lincoln and Sibley Blvd. Sandridge. Pastor Frank T. Palm. 9:15 a.m. morning worship 10:30 a.m. Sunday school Rally Day with Stanley Steinke as superintendent. 8:00 p.m. Rally at Morgan Park for the Methodist Youth Fellowship. 8:00 p.m. Thursday Christian Discipleship Clinic meets.
Divine services on Sunday September 26 in German at 9 30 and English at 10 45 conducted by student C B Peters. Sunday school at 9 30. Chicago Lutheran Hour Rally October 3 at 2 45 pm at Stadium 1800 W Madison Dr W A Maier to speak on The Call to Repentance 20000 seats. Lutheran Hour on WAIT Sundays at 3 pm. Adult lecture course begins September 27 at 7 80 pm at the parsonage.
Bethany Reformed Church at 111th Place and Perry Ave continues to welcome large crowds despite wartime rationing. Pastor Dr. Harry J. Hager delivers Sunday sermons on Satan's Objects at 10:00 a.m. and How Many Sins Have? at 7:30 p.m., with Goldie Ashlund leading a song service and the church choir providing special music.
Bethany's Bible program on Station WAIT 820 kce at 4 30 p m features Hugh Seffens singing with organist Martin Bennema. Weekday catechism classes meet Mondays at 3 30 p m for children 4 to 14 at 111th Place and Perry Ave one block west of State.
Our Savior's Church English Lutheran at corner 138th Street and Wabash Avenue invites parishioners to Sunday school at 9 30 a m and morning worship at 10 45 a m led by Rev R C Shawl pastor on Sunday September 26.
Illinois deferred Selective Service registrants were warned to keep local boards informed of changes in status to avoid Class I-A risk. Col. Paul G. Armstrong urged reporting events such as births or employment changes that could affect classification, noting several registrants have failed to notify boards.
Registrants with children born before September 15, 1942 or adopted before December 8, 1941 must report births to their local boards. Those who changed jobs should notify the board, and employers may file Form 42-A for critical occupations. Address changes must be reported to avoid penalties and possible imprisonment.
A fragment urges registrants to perform the required legal duty to avoid unnecessary work, embarrassment, and possible disgrace, signaling compliance is expected to prevent adverse outcomes.
Riverdale couple announce the engagement of Corporal James Hunter to Miss Arlene Severn of Flint Michigan. Hunter is in the Army stationed at Camp Hulen Texas. Severn lives in Flint with her parents. They met during her visit to Camp Hulen last spring. No wedding date set.
A lexis of thought notes that bold ideas inspire crowds. plain words are cheap, yet powerful notions spark collective thinking and action. The quote credits Owen Penny with valuing transformative concepts over empty rhetoric.
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