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Newspaper
Morris Daily Herald
Location
Morris, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1960
Page
8
Local notes record several visits and travels. Gardner residents report people visiting Joliet, Detroit, Milwaukee, and Findlay while others return home from trips or recover from illness. residents host relatives and friends in the area.
Officers in the Altar and Rosary society were installed at a recent meeting. New president is Mrs. Alex Veteri, with Mrs. John Fassino as vice president, Mrs. John Dixon secretary, and Mrs. Albert Jecovec treasurer. Outgoing president Mrs. Thomas Kennedy received a gift. corsages went to all officers. No meetings until September. Briefs mention visits by Mrs. Jessie Frost to Omaha relatives, the Johnsons visiting in Omaha, Jimmy Frost with the Emmett Fleming family in Ogden, and LeRoy Wright and son Robert weekend fishing at Edgerton.
An old advertisement promotes Appl ITCH ME NOT as a 48 cent remedy for eczema ringworm insect bites and surface rashes available today at Sobol Drugs. The copy emphasizes rapid drying and instant relief for day or night use and positions the product as a drug store purchase.
The NEA says nearly one third of a million public elementary students were on half day schedules in 1959 60 and over two million faced overcrowded classrooms. Urban districts averaged 29 6 pupils per class with larger districts more crowded. Over 13 million children in urban elementary schools, many in classes exceeding 25 and 30 pupils, with smaller groups above 35 or 40.
Norfolk police observed a woman driver backing her car against traffic on a one way street to avoid driving around the block. Judge Vernon D. Hitchings Jr. fined her and explained the arrows show traffic flow, not driving direction.
Baby Shower at the home of Mrs. Bertha Hughes featured 11 Reading Circle members with Mrs. Odell Kittelson and gifts for infant Rebekah. Honor Graduates Marianne Mathre and Virgil Duvick received gifts. Mathre to work at Chicago hospital, Duvick to attend Waldorf College. Special service in Helmar Lutheran with Rev. Oscar Laavey, saxophone solo by Duane Christian, choral numbers, lunch served by local families. Briefs note further families visiting.
The House Labor committee tentatively approves a three step increase in the minimum wage and extends coverage to about 4.1 million workers. The plan raises the current $1.00 hourly rate to $1.15 this year, $1.20 next year, and $1.25 in 1962. The measure is a modest reduction of Kennedy Roosevelts original proposal as Senate action aims to avoid a presidential veto. The administration backs extending wage hour protections to more workers, with a proposed target between $1.10 and $1.15.
Coal City announces Frances Klegman will wed Douglas Stobel in fall. Also: concert finale by Gail Quillman Berger with the Conservatory of Music and Symphony Orchestra. Heart attacks sent two residents to Joliet hospitals.
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