Morris district school board results reveal incumbents toppled
In Morris area elections on Saturday new faces won three year terms across several districts. Jack Kutches and Joy Parnell captured Morris Community High seats while incumbents Davenport and Santa Cruz were defeated. Other districts including Morris Grade School Coal City Goodfarm Minooka and Newark each elected new or returning board members with canvassing to follow.
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Morris Community High School
Board of Education
Jack Kutches
E. Washington St
Carlton
Joy) Parnell
Mooseheart Dr
Kenneth Davenport
Lynwood Dr
Jack Santa Cruz
Susan Circle
Kutches
Parnell
Santa Cruz
Davenport
Franklin School
Nettle Creek
Saratoga
Wauponsee Town Hall
Newark High
Randall J. Devick Jr
Ralph Akre
Kenneth Hume
Morris Faces Urgent Sewer System Upgrade in Morris
The first part of a two part series explains Morris Illinois antiquated 70 percent combination sewer lines and the need to separate sanitary from storm water by 1978 under federal law. Officials worry homeowners overlook the issue until basement flooding occurs.
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Morris
Morris Daily Herald
Marilyn Zwiers
Morris’ Sewer System
City of
Arthur
Joliet Junior College Trustees Winners in District 525 Race
Incumbents Robert A. Kiep and Aubrey A. Wills were reelected to three year terms on Joliet Junior College Board of Trustees District 525. Raymond A. OConnor a former college employee also won a seat. Top vote getters led throughout counting with Wills finishing ahead by over a thousand. Dow led Morris precincts but trailed overall. Unofficial tallies list Wills 9498 Kiep 8563 OConnor 7540 Dow 6646 House 5178 Thomas J Kiep 4807 Ormins 4162.
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Saratoga
Phillip Zink
Robert Hecht
Board of Education
Donald Kaufman
Tom Bennington
Thomas Hart
Robert A. Kiep
Aubrey A. (Fitz) Wills
Joliet Junior College Board of Trustees
Raymond A. O’connor
Richard Dow
Morris
Wills
Robert Kiep
O’connor
Dow
Eugene House
Thomas J. Kiep
John C. Ormins
Kiep
Weather recap at Dresden Island Locks and Morris
Windy rain and cooler today with a high in the lower 60s. Tonight cloudy and chilly with a chance of showers. Tuesday cooler with a high in the lower 50s. Weekend highs reached 61 and lows 37 at Dresden Island. Sunday’s high 78 and low 48. Morning readings 56 in Morris at 7 am and 54 at 11 am. Precipitation totaled .29 inches.
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Dresden Island Locks and Dam
Morris
Bols Wins Minooka Township Supervisor Seat After Discovery
A Saturday morning discovery at the Aux Sable Township Minooka Fire Station shows Bols 340 votes to McEvilly 338 with a 339 tie. The discovery has no legal effect on the result but allows a recount petition in Grundy County Circuit Court. McEvilly said he may decide on continuing with a recount petition.
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Leonard Bols
James McEvilly
Aux Sable Township
McEvilly
Minooka Fire Station
Grundy County Circuit Court
Plan to discuss school ordinance at Morris Grade School Board
The Morris Grade School Board of Education meets at 8 p.m. Wednesday at Franklin School. The session opens with board organization and canvassing election results to seat the new board. Officers including a president will be elected. Other items cover district feasibility studies, air conditioning, bus contracts for 1973-74 and 1974-75, and the resignation of Mrs. Muriel F. Burt, Garfield School first grade teacher, effective year end.
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Morris Grade School
Board of Eucation
Franklin School
Grundy County
Shabbona
Muriel F. Burt
Garfield School
City election slate tops Morris race with four alderman seats
The Morris city election will fill mayor, city clerk and treasurer plus four alderman seats. Republican candidates include Donald Caisley Sr for mayor, Marjorie Warren for city clerk, Robert W. White for clerk, and aldermen John Maunder, Donald Barkely, Elmo Ray Younger, Robert Gilbertson. Independent Glen Hutchings seeks third ward alderman on the ballot. Polling places open 6 am to 6 pm at City Hall, Masonic Temple, Telfer’s Printing, and Hexdall's Garage.
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Morris
Donald Caisley Sr
Marjorie Warren
Robert W. White
John Maunder
Donald Barkely
Elmo Ray Younger
Robert Gilbertson
Glen Hutchings
Division St
Hutchings
City Hall
Masonic Temple
Jefferson St
Telfer’s
Pine St
Hexdall
Wauponsee St
University expert to show Morris visual environment film
William R. Nelson Jr. of the University of Illinois will present a videotape on Morris visual environment at a 7:30 p.m. community meeting in the First National Bank Building. The program Our Visual Environment aims to spark local discussion and action on environmental quality with a daytime town tour and an evening critique.
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William R. Nelson Jr
University of Illinois
Morris
First National Bank
W. Main St
Nelson
Woodcock urges UAW to push pensions and overtime in talks
UAW President Leonard Woodcock told about 1,000 union officials in Ottawa Illinois that negotiations with automakers should stress larger pension funds and voluntary overtime plus contracts renegotiable if government controls rise. He opposed new controls, urged free market principles and warned against government pricing of meat with a call for tax reform as alternative.
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Ottawa, Ill
United Auto Workers
UAW
Leonard Woodcock
Woodcock
Illinois
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Morris Grade Two
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Rte. 1
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Robert Hunter Jr
E. Jefferson St
Wauponsee St. Hall
Hunter
Coal City
Frank Anselmo
Second St
Coal City Community Unit
Elvin Wills
Anita Peterson
Wilmington
Goose Lake
Frank Onorato
S.S. Broadway St
Jerry Meece
N. Kankakee St
Goodfarm
Goodfarm Grade School Board of Education
Donald Pfeiffer
Allen Hoffman
Louis Gschwendtner
Minooka High
Minooka
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Channahon
Harvey Lewis
Rte. 3
Joliet
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Rte. 2
Lewis
Stiliman
Donald Pehlke
Richard Thompson
William Burnham
Donald McCarter
Thomas Thorsen
Wayne Tesdal
Russell Carlock
Michael Daniels
William Huston
Lisbon
Lisbon Grade School Board of Education
Robert Challey
J. Paul Livingston
W. Lee Schultz
Newark
Maynard Larson
A. Jerry Knutson
Delmar Anderson
Shirley Worst
Dale Williamson
Paul Garbo
Yorkville
Yorkville Community Unit
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James Follmer
Bristol Township
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Na-Au-Say
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Fox Township
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Imooseheart
Meadors Cir
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Goold
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North St
ST & Illinois
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Water and Sewer Committee
Kiep, Wills, O'Connor
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Virginia
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Albert Pilch
Grundy County Extension
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