Morris High School graduates face warnings from Dr Preston Bradley
Dr Preston Bradley told 37 Morris High School seniors that seeking social acceptance via cigarettes and wristwatches corrupts society. The 1922 commencement at Primrose Theatre featured 25 cent tickets, class Day, a hospital benefit, and a Joliet Masonic Band.
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Morris High School
Preston Bradley
The
Peoples Church
Chicago
Dr. Bradley
Primrose Theatre
Mary Pickford
Anita Foss
Alfred Gleghorn
Mary Groves
Thomas Hynds
Melvin Johnson
Ivand Krohn
Marjorie Lund
Louise McGrath
Marvel Massey
Delthea Mitchell
Lulu Nichols
Phillip Palmer
Myrtle Peterson
Ruby Starr
Glenn Steward
Eloise Sykes
Everett Thompson
Elise Walker
Anita Walsh
Margaret Weitz
Helen Winsor
Mary Winterbottom
L. B. Maxwell
A. G. Harrison
Food price surge lifts wholesale costs in May
May saw farm products jump 1.4 percent boosting overall wholesale prices 0.6 percent as unemployment held at 5.9 percent. Farm commodities rose 2.6 percent with livestock up 4.5 percent, while average hourly earnings edged up to 3.61 dollars with weekly earnings at 133.21 dollars.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Nixon
Washington Grundy County approves 50 unit low income housing project
HUD in Washington D C approves a 1 179 288 dollar contract for Grundy County with 50 affordable family units. The Morris project is part of a seven site Illinois pilot to improve housing for low income families using modular factory built units and state OHB coordination. Public hearings and local planning proceed with annexation of 10 acres near Hi Park subdivision and zoning to R III.
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Grundy County
U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Washington, D. C
U.S
Leslie C. Arends
Hi-Park Subdivision
Housing Authority
The
First National Bank of Morris
Morris
Illinois
Illinois Department of Local Government Affair
Office of Housing and Building and
HUD
Richard Ogilvie
State Office of Housing and Buildings
OHB
Seneca youth in critical condition after kidney transplant
Steve Nelson 18 of Seneca remains in critical condition at Passavant Hospital Chicago in intensive care after a kidney transplant April 18 and a May 18 removal surgery. He faces infection pneumocystis carinii ulcer and dialysis thrice weekly as 22 doctors monitor his fragile state while parents Cliff and Lois stay at bedside. Blood donor plea seeks 50 pints.
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Seneca
Steve Nelson
Passavant Hospital
Chicago
Cliff
Lois
Steve
Nelson
Emil Blobaum
Our Savior’s Lutheran Church
Community Blood Drive Urges 164 Pints For Year End
Grundy County Red Cross officials appeal for 164 pints next Monday at First United Methodist Church Jackson and Wauponsee Streets from 11 30 a.m. to 5 30 p.m. Donors ages 18 to 65 in good health and weighing at least 110 pounds may give. Donor safety excludes those with heart problems cancer tuberculosis hepatitis chronic kidney disease malaria or a stroke. Appointment routes include Morris Hospital and Mrs Del Noble with phone numbers 942-2932 and 942-2062. Babysitting and rides offered. call church or coordinator Brobaum for details. Steve Nelson drive supports Passavant Hospital and local recycling. Steve Nelson Fund at Community State Bank Seneca.
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Grundy County
Red Cross
First United Methodist Church
Jackson and
Wauponsee Sts
Tatoo
Morris Hospital
del Noble
Clifford Spiller
The
Morris Jaycees
Steve Nelson
Brobaum
Red Cross Bloodmobile
Passavant Hospital
Chicago
Passavant
Our Savior’s Lutheran Church
Steve
Community State Bank
Seneca
Warmth Rises to Midsummer Levels Across Illinois
Weather report notes highs well into the 80s with fair mild nights. Dresden Island Locks and Dam recorded 79 degrees and 55. Morris downtown registered 75 at 10 15 am. 7 am temperature stood at 65. Saturday forecasts call for sunny hot conditions with highs in the lower 90s.
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Illinois
Dresden Island Locks and Dam
Morris
Nixon seeks ratification of Moscow SALT pact
President Nixon urged Congress to approve the Moscow SALT accords to curb nuclear arms. He addressed a joint session after returning to Andrews Air Force Base, facing mixed reactions from lawmakers and critics about ABMs and offensive missiles limits.
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Washington
Moscow
Nixon
Congress
Andrews Air Force Base
Henry M. Jackson
John M. Ashbrook
Sen
Robert P. Griffin
Michigan
Senate Gop
White House
Florida
Senate
House
Morris eighth graders graduate tonight at Morris School
Tonight at 7 45 p m diplomas are awarded to 171 graduates of Morris Elementary School District No 54 in Shabbana School gym. The seventh grade chorus led by Charles Hammond performs two numbers Consider Yourself and From These Halls. Gary Gunnerson of American Legion Post 294 presents awards and remarks are by H Dale Barr superintendent with class presentation by Bernard M Keating. Diplomas are issued by Supt Barr and board members Gordon Lear Donald Marth and Donald Zwiers. Christine Lund provides processional music and Rev Roy Hamburger offers invocation and benediction. Names listed include John Cleve Hamilton Edwin James Hansen Doug Hayse Richard Helgeson Kathy Herman Brent Hexdall Russel Higgins and many others.
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Morris Elementary
Shabbana School
Charles Hammond
Gary Gunnerson
American Legion
H. Dale Barr
Bernard M. Keating
Supt. Barr
Gordon Lear
Donald Marth
Donald Zwiers
Christine Lund
Roy Hamburger
John B. Allaben
Charles Dale Allen
Thomas Paul Anderson
Diana Jill Atkinson
Bruce D. Barr
Robert Lee Barry
David W. Bartels
Mary Joelyn Bednarik
Beth Ann Bell
David W. Bell
Ronald Wayne Black
Larry L
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Morris Daily Herald
Richard Nixon
Myles J. Ambrose
Federal Paper Board
Golden Age Club
Lawrence Arneson
Sally Zwiers
Fremont Ave
Saratoga Grade School Board of Education
Minooka Grade School Board of Education
Saratoga
Robert Chord
Cardox
Burdett Oxygen
Minooka
Chord
Armak Co
Saratoga School
AVC
Wades
Larry Poynter
Grundy Area
Donald Kaufman
Kaufman
Herald
Wcf
Aet Mattel
LiBerty
Anthony Scariano
Park Forest
Seneca Youth Critical
Debra Lynn Broderick
Christopher Martin Brooks
Gail Bussey
Bonnie Jean Button
David Button
Cheryl Ann Campbell
Richard Douglas Carlson
Bobby Dean Clemmons Jr
Carl E. Clubb
Edward Cockream
Steve Connor
Peggy Sue Cotter
Martha Louise Craig
Margaret A. Davis
L. Gehrig Dergo
Janis Marielle Dickison
Tracy Alan Dorheim
Stephen Dyer
Allan Egeland
Susan Lynne Ehnert
Gregory Enerson
Gregory Eugene Enger
Larry Enger
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