Area Business News Finds and Merges Highlight Industry Growth
Richard L. Bradley marks 30 years with Commonwealth Edison in Morris and lists family ties, church, and fraternal affiliations. Biz notes cover Federal Paper Board and Riegel Paper merger plans valued near $120 million, spin-off details, and stockExchange terms. A Brown & Root Chicago Division hire and plant biology factoid close the item.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard L. Bradley
Robinson Drive
Commonwealth Edison Co
Morris
Bethlehem Lutheran Church
Cedar Lodge A.F. & A.M
Medinah Temple
Chicago
Morris Shrine Club
Morris Eagles
United States
Bradley
Ardith
Charles
Edison
Wayne
Richard Jr
Joliet
Diane
Charlene
Richard Jolley
Commonwealth Edison
Obituaries and tributes across several towns
Multiple notices report deaths in Joliet, Plattville, and surrounding areas. Olive Arm strong of Joliet, 74, dies after a short illness. services at Patterson Funeral Chapel, Braidwood. David L. McKanna receives military rites at Plattville Cemetery. Millie Bundy, 93, of Minooka, dies. services at Plattville United Methodist Church. Memorials to church. various survivors listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lester
Olive Z.) Armstrong
St. Joseph Hospital
Joliet
Walter
Eleanor) Bell
Wilmington
Charles
Ramona) Weber
Melvin
LeRoy
Lois) Bergman
Braidwood
Richard
Peetoke
William Adams
Elaine
Earl Adams
Patterson
Braceville-Gardner
Clarke City
Gardner
Symerton
United Methodist Church of
Ladies Aid Society
David L. McKanna
Plattville Methodist Cemetery
Kendall Vfw
Davis Funeral Home
Harry Naden
Stanley Larson
Cyrus Thompson
Wade Horton
David Avernarius
James Swiggett
James Wick
Ara Corrigan
Gordon Gross
Plattville
Millie Bundy
Minooka
St. Joseph Mercy Hospital
Aurora
New York
Theodore Jones
Plattville Cemetery
Larson Funeral Home
Yorkville
Plattville United
Elect ASA Officers At 51st Annual Convention
Harold Kuehn of DuQuoin Illinois was elected president of the American Soybean Association to lead the 51st annual convention. New officers include W B Tilson Plainview Tex vice president Seymour Johnson Indianola Miss secretary and Howard Adler Sharpsville Ind treasurer. More than 1500 farmers and wives from 26 states attended. Next year’s meeting will be in Columbus Ohio.
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Illinois
Harold Kuehn
DuQuoin
American Soybean Association
D. Leslie Tindal
Pinewood
S. C
W. B. Tilson
Plainview
Tex
Seymour Johnson
Indianola
Miss
Howard Adler
Sharpsville
Ind
Altough
Columbus
Ohio
Cattle on Illinois 47 after Semi Crash prompts warnings
Chief Deputy William Button warned motorists that about 18 cattle are still wandering along Illinois 47 near the Gardner Blacktop after a semi overturned earlier this week. Signs are being posted to warn drivers as cattle continue to roam. A motorist struck one steer, damaging his car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Button
Illinois 47
Gardner Blacktop
Button
Crash Kills Two in U S 54 Collision Near Kankakee
Two people died and another was injured in a car truck crash on U S 54 south of Kankakee. Victims identified as Vincent Ewald 49 and Ruth Schneider 42 both of Alsip. Truck driver Leroy Blake 38 of Kings Mountain NC was hurt.
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Kankakee, Ill
Kankakee
U.S
Vincent Ewald
Ruth Schneider
Alsip
Leroy Blake
Kings Mountain
N.C
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Riegel
Scharffenberger
Danny Ford
Abbott
Colon, Mich
Blackstone Jr
Goebel the Magician
Jan Natario
Scalzo and Company
Federal Paper Board Co., Inc
Riegel Paper Corp
Federa
J. R. Kennedy
William J. Scharffenberger
Riegelwood
Robert R. Heap
Brown & Root, Inc
Houston
Heap
University of Illinois
Carriage Drive
West
Oak Brook
Horace S. Hunt Jr
Grundy County
Chanel Chantilly
Alus Love
YU Waly Teen Agency
ORIG
Liberty St
Lester Armstrong
Frank Bundy
Harold Guarwood
Melvin Day
Gerald Moore
Auburn, Kansas
Day
Moore
Paul W. Cable
Optometrist
E. Jefferson
Tete
Pee Ey
SUN
Encyclopedia Britannica
Britannica
Hornsby's Family Center
Senn CH
UCT
Fantastik
Osee
ASA
Mary
Coal City
H&r
Jand
Junior Acres
Pine Bluff Road
Prairie Lake Trap Club
Prairie Lake Hunt Club
Marseilles
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