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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1930
Page
5
District 148 details health checks at return, home rules for sickness, new health course for kindergarten to grade six, and Modern Health Crusade with room awards for 75% health habit scores. Junior High girls study health with nurse, boys with Mr. Bauman. Red Cross courses for 7A 7B girls. safety patrols at three schools with captains named. Public library spending and Illinois manufacturing data accompany.
Living models at Sears Roebuck in Greater Pullman present the new fall season apparel for women Misses juveniles and children including afternoon and evening wear coats dresses sports wear lingerie and millinery. Shows begin this afternoon with additional performances at 3 30 and 7 30 oclock Friday and 8 oclock Saturday featuring local talent from Calumet conservatory.
A compact meditation on collective hardship and mutual support. The writer notes that our own troubles are tied to the burdens of others including children, relatives, the sick, and the poor, urging communal care and responsibility.
Complying with request from Walter S. Roy secretary of South End Chamber of Commerce, Boy Scouts in Roseland and Pullman divisions will conduct a major good turn survey of intersections with missing or damaged street signs. Victor Beckman chairs the Civic Service Committee and endorses the project as a test of Scout ability. District Executive F. O. Bergquist promised immediate start if Chamber approves. The piece notes Chicago elevated lines as record holders for safe operation.
The Secretary of State grants a charter to the Southern Cook County Chamber of Commerce for the area south of 119th street blue island to riverdale and to the Indiana line. The group will open an office January first in Harvey and aims to recruit 100 members to double by year start.
Last Sunday the Arrows fell to Jehovah 6–8 in a close game. Jehovah led off with a second inning run aided by two Arrow errors and scored in every inning until the seventh. The Arrows rallied with a three run burst through the fifth but a bases loaded double play ended their hopes in the final frame.
The Arrows schedule their final game of the year at Comiskey Park home of the Chicago White Sox. It is the last of a three game series with Jehovah. The contest has no championship stake but fulfills a dream of playing in a big league ball park for many players.
The Riverdale Dodgers meet the Govier Boosters of Roseland Sunday September 28 at Riverdale Park at 2 00 p m. Supporters are urged to attend and cheer the team. The Merchandise Mart in Chicago is noted as the first building to be built wholly on air rights.
A new process extracts water from milk to create a pulpy sheet sold by the pound and possibly by square foot or yard. Liquefied milk can be made by dissolving the sheet in hot water, Capper's Weekly reports.
Roy Ammel a North Dakota air enthusiast who fought in the war invests 40000 in a Lockheed Explorer and intends to fly solo to Paris in about twenty five hours calling it Doing a Lindbergh. He aims to cover 3610 miles faster than Lindbergh and hopes the legend approves.
Police expose racketeer pressure on unions with seized papers showing gangs aiming to infiltrate legitimate labor groups. They warn that union racketeering exists on a huge scale and threaten welfare of unions, urging it be stamped out.
Captain Orlebar, British air force squadron leader, beats his own speed record of 355 miles per hour at the Schneider cup and has since exceeded 400 mph, suggesting cross Atlantic or Pacific flights in under a day as aircraft speed improves. The piece notes urgency to harness time.
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