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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1934
Page
2
The German service starts 9 30 and the English at 7 45 a m with gospel Mt 22 and a sermon on pitied legalists. A graded Sunday school at 9 30 and October drives to boost enrollment. Consumption instructions begin October 1. Classes for juniors and an adult lecture at 7 30 p m. Pastor W J Kemnitz.
Dolton M E Church plans a September 30 program with primary graduates receiving diplomas joining the junior department. New officers and Sunday school teachers will be installed, and new members welcomed after a morning service. Erwine Thompson, pastor.
Immanuel Evangelical Church schedules Sunday school at 10 o'clock with Christ Dreshall as superintendent and a class for every age. The last Sunday of the school year is Sept 30, with officers to be elected for the new year. Rally and Promotion Day is Oct 7 with a planned program. Divine worship at 11 o'clock features a sermon on The Church and the Community and notes on church mission and community life.
A church promotes events from October 21 to 28 including Loyalty Week and a Ministry outreach. The message invites parishioners to engage with the ministry described as a ministry unto life and asks if its reach is extending to you.
Our Savior's Community Church calls a congregational meeting after the morning service on Sunday September 30 at 11 30 a m to discuss a matter of great importance to the pastor and the congregation. The service at 10 30 a m includes the sermon What Profit and a dedication of Sunday school workers.
Friday 8 15 music program under Epworth league. Sunday 9 15 morning worship 10 30 Sunday school 7 30 union service at Central M St church Blue Island. Address by Rev Philip Yarrow. Leopold Schneider pastor.
Bethany Reformed Church at 11th Place and Perry Avenue plans Mary Communion next Sunday with two services at 10:00 AM and 8:30 PM. About 1200 attendees expected. Pastor Dr. Harry J. Hager will address the topic Are Good Men Really Good at the evening service, followed by the Singspiration at 7:30 PM.
On the twins birthday morning Doris receives a box of chocolates tied with a pink ribbon while her sister Susie gets the ribbon. Doris explains that Susie loves pink so she takes the ribbon, and Doris prefers brown so she keeps the chocolates.
The Bowen School hosts a Saturday community fair opposite the Illinois Central, offering a cafeteria luncheon at 12:30 to 1:30 and 4:30 to 6:30, a Japanese Tea Garden, ice cream, baked goods, and sideshow attractions. Main floor show features the Mothers' Community Chorus and a “Believe It or Not” freak display, with proceeds benefiting Our Savior's church.
Libby McNeil and Libby on Western Avenue in Blue Island employs more than a hundred workers with weekly payroll between 13 000 and 14 000 dollars. Seasonal tomato canning plus government cattle killing programs drive employment to record highs. Three shifts seven hours apiece run the meat department with three hours for cleanup. plant operates Monday 7 am to Sunday 7 am.
The article recalls Ferdinand Magellan as the first to approach a circumnavigation, funded by the Spanish crown though a Portuguese-born explorer. His flagship completed the voyage past the equator, but Magellan himself died in the Philippines before the journey's final legs. The returning ships continued, completing the world-girdling expedition.
Pupils enjoyed a week with an alligator sent by Mr. Fray. Seventh grade reads Viking stories while tracking books on bulletin charts. Eighth grade charts fill quickly as they prepare a class debate with boys and girls opposing sides.
Three pupils join Franklin school from Roosevelt Bowen and Washington schools. Lorane Wilck misses days due to her sister illness. New safety patrol group named Alfred Peters Albert Wesse Jr Ray Van Drunen Carmar Stas Joseph Rimkus Raymond Ott Leendert Oudshoorn. Eighth graders William McDonald and Evelyn Ingraham join from Bowen and Washington. First graders plant pumpkin seeds that grew into a magic vine and study The Magic Vine. Third and fourth grades return after vacation totaling twenty five pupils.
First graders craft Mother Goose booklets and view an alligator at the library on Wednesday, sparking lively questions. Fourth graders start writing with keen interest, aiming to become excellent writers soon. Sixth graders enjoy the Yukon Trail read-aloud during homeroom.
The wild duck and its male companions hide in reed beds along lake margins during moulting. Flight feathers shed nearly all at once making flight impossible, so nature dulls their plumage to resemble females, aiding camouflage.
At the Dolton board meeting on September 25 five firms bid on Lincoln avenue construction with totals ranging from 2,999.42 to 4,664.50. Other actions include paying employee salaries, reviewing delinquent business licenses, drainage concerns with Pennsylvan ia RR follow up, sidewalk repairs, jail ceiling plans, water bill notes, and a willow tree obstruction near 188th and Indiana. A miscellaneous note mentions an oddly phrased Detroit directory entry and a New York bigamy arrest.
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