Minooka High School to Graduate 66 Seniors in May
Minooka High School will hold graduation for 66 seniors on Friday May 31 at 8 p.m. in the school gymnasium. Rex A Siron superintendent will present diplomas with Steve Sheek valedictorian and Valerie Westerveld salutatorian. Invoca tion welcome and benediction are planned with the chorus under Bruce Hammitt and Barbara Woodman as organist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minooka
Rex A. Siron
Minooka High School
Ralph Coop
Board of Education
Steve Sheek
Dale Sheek
Joliet
Vale
Minooka High School Chorus
Bruce Hammitt
Barbara Woodman
Coal City Notes Briefs Highlight Local Visits
Mr. and Mrs. Louis LaZier of Collinsville visit Michael LaZier and relatives in the area. Thursday guests at Miss Anna Hatch include Erwin Hell ing of Morris and Lucille Haglund of Wisconsin. Wieczorek family visits Oglesby. Pichon honored at Raymond Van Buskirk home for 52nd anniversary in Fithian. Russell Palmer returns from Huntsville after three weeks with son Herbert. Beaumont Curtis of Olympia Fields and others visit R. W. and B. R. Trotter. Haine family visit Mae Raine and Jessie Wharrie in Naperville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis LaZier
Collinsville
Michael LaZier
Anna Hatch
Erwin Helling
Morris
Lucille Haglund
Wisconsin
Anthony Wieczorek
Oglesby
Felix Pichon
Raymond van Buskirk
Fithian
Russell Palmer
Huntsville
Ala
Herbert
Jules Beaumont
Curtis
Olymphia Fields
J. B. Fleming
Lake Forest
Donald Cram
Kenilworth
R. W. Trotters
B. R. Trotter
John D. Haine
Nancy
Jimmy
Naperville
Mae Raine
Jessie Wharrie
Graduation Speaker Dr. Holderman Heads Coal City Exercises
Dr. James B. Holderman of the University of Illinois Chicago Circle will speak at Coal City High School commencement on May 29. The event includes a band prelude, diplomas from John Tuiner, top graduates announced, and a list of 54 graduating seniors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coal City
James B. Holderman
University of Illinois Chicago Circle
Coal City High School
Anna Hale
John Tuiner
Board of Education
Pete DiPaolo
Coal City Community Unit
Judith Dodd
Joanne Bunty
Stephanie Tira
Dorene Ann Albrecht
Stephen Earl Allen
Linda Ann Benge
David William Brown
Resident Will Be 90 on Sunday
Mrs. Julia Thompson of Gardner celebrates her 90th birthday this Sunday. Born May 19, 1878 in Big Grove Township, she has lived 68 years in the same Gardner home and now resides at Grundy County Rest Home. She has three children, three grandchildren, and nine great grandchildren.
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Gardner
Julia Thompson
Grundy County
Thomas
Big Grove Township
Frank Thompson
Harold Jensen
Kenneth Clark
Minooka High to Honor 1968 Graduates in May Ceremony
The 1968 Minooka High School graduating class includes Joseph Allen John Michael Baker Bonnie Beasley Charles Becker Jacqueline Benjamin and many others. Baccalaureate will be at 8 p m Sunday May 26 in the high school gym with Rev Daniel Facemyer delivering the sermon The Rev Ted Berst will give the invocation and benediction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minooka High School
Joseph Allen
John Michael Baker
Bonnie Beasley
Charles Becker
Jacqueline Benjamin
Sandra Bennington
Janet Beckman
Dennis Bogart
Theodore Boyd
Robert Breen
Brenda Brooks
Ricky Brooks
Donald Brown
Diane Costello
John Chandler
Richard Coop
Gayle Costello
Helen Coyne
Betty DeCoste
Ronald Dziengel
William Eaton
Brad Kneix
Glenn Erickson
Ronald Frederick
Janice Friant
Mariue Fultz
Shelia Gaston
Cynthia George
Terry Grimes
Connie Jo Hall
Judy Hamric
Leland Douglas Harrison
Mark Hoyland
John Hoppler
Janet Jennings
William Kubinski
Lindsay Lake
Cheryl Lee
Robert McCauley
Colleen McEvilly
Ronald Moore
Martin Nichols
Valerie Offerman
Gary Olsen
Barry Owens
Kathy Poole
Bernadette Rapp
Walter Satorius
Joseph Scarcelli
Gerald Scott
William Seil
Steve Sheek
Peggy Siron
Carla Sue Smith
Joy Steffes
Gary Sweeney
John Szepelak
Peggy Waite
Edward Wendell
Patsy West
Valerie Westerveld
Barbara Wildey
Dennis Winchester
Jeanne Woodman
Larry Yunker
Donna Shaver
Daniel Facemyer
Minooka
Deserted at 98 in Memphis suit for divorce filed
Ben Thorn, 98, filed for divorce in Memphis claiming his 68-year-old wife deserted him after a 1942 marriage. He states she left him 10 years ago. The note also mentions there are 1,100 known flea species on earth.
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Memphis, Tenn
Ben Thorn
Earth
Itching Sweat Feet Remedy Claim in Ad
An advertisement touts T-4-L Powerful Germ Killer for itchy sweaty feet and foot odor. It promises overnight relief and a 48 cent money back guarantee at drug stores if not satisfied.
Honor Day Highlights At Kendall County High Schools
Four Kendall County high schools Yorkville Newark Oswego and additional district students will honor top scholars with awards medals and scholarships. Oswego holds an all student honors assembly on June 7 with Douglas H Moews presenting. Yorkville plans Awards Night May 24 at 8 pm. Newark schedules May 29 all school assembly with senior honors on graduation night.
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Plattville
Kendall County
Yorkville
Newark
Oswego
Oswego High School
Douglas H. Moews
Yorkville High Schools
Newark High School
Wayne Gilbertson
Legion Band Presents Pops Concert in Joliet Rialto Theater
The Joliet Post No. 1284 American Legion Band, a 20 time national award winner, will perform at 8 p.m. Thursday at the Rialto Theatre Joliet under A. R. McAllister Jr. The program funds a trip to the September national convention in New Orleans and features a pops set including Victory at Sea St Louis Blues March Buglers Holiday Holiday for Trombones and We Are Together. A vocal rendition adds variety to the program.
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American Legion
Joliet
Rialto Theatre
New Orleans
A. R. McAllister Jr
St. Louis
Obituary of Peter Murphy 72 Coal City resident
Peter Murphy 72 of Coal City died suddenly Thursday at St. Joseph Hospital Joliet. Survived by wife Nettie daughter Mrs. Gerald Maxine Shirtino three grandchildren one brother Adam and step mother Katherine Murphy all of Coal City. Preceded by son Raymond in World War II and his parents. Born April 6 1896 in Coal City he married Nettie Serena in 1920. He worked as a shipping clerk at Atlas Wallpaper Mills retiring October 1967. Funeral 2 p.m. Saturday Reeves Funeral Home Coal City. Burial Braceville Gardner Cemetery. Chapel hours 2–5 and 7–10 p.m. today.
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Peter Murphy
Coal City
St. Joseph Hospital
Joliet
Nettie
Gerald
Maxine) Shirtino
Adam
Katherine Murphy
Raymond
Nettie Serena
Publisher Frank M. Herbert Jr. dies at 47 in Boston
Frank M. Herbert Jr. 47, publisher and treasurer of Atlantic Monthly Co. died Thursday in Boston. He joined the Atlantic Monthly in 1947 as assistant circulation manager, became circulation manager in 1948, then assistant publisher and director in 1964 and publisher in 1965.
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Boston
Frank M. Herbert Jr
The
Atlantic Monthly Co
Atlantic Monthly
Norman Mailer Fined for Speeding on Cape Cod
Author Norman Mailer, 45, was fined 25 dollars in Wellfleet district court for speeding on April 27. Mailer, who has a home in Provincetown, pleaded innocent after police wanted to warn him and issue a ticket.
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Provincetown
Mass
Norman Mailer
Wellfleet
Cape Cod
Mailer
Stout Hearted Men and Hot Canary Performance Highlight
Legionnaire Ray Hall sings Stout Hearted Men while Joe Gutierrez performs Hot Canary with a violin, showcasing a violin virtuoso turn by the trumpet era musician.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Legionaire
Ray Hall
Joe Gutierrez
NI-Gas Files to Sell $25 Million Mortgage Bonds
Northern Illinois Gas Co filed a registration with the Securities and Exchange Commission for a proposed 25 million first mortgage bond issue. Executive VP of finance William J. Crowley said bids would be opened on June 11, pending regulatory approvals.
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Northern Illinois Gas Co
Securities and Exchange Commission
William J. Crowley
Ni-Gas
Financing Planned for 1968 Utility Construction Program
Clearances and satisfactory market conditions set the stage for a 1968 utility construction program with an estimated cost of 45 million dollars. The company will fund the balance from internal sources and external financing.
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Dictorian
John Westerveld
Bill
Kubinski
Larry Anker
Valerie Westerveld Salutatorian
Coal City Notes
Dr. Holderman
Mary Kathryn Brown
Linda Diane Cinotto
William Clyde Dicker
Judith Ann Dodd
Carol Ann Dzuris
Rosemary Elizabeth Elberts
Mark A. Enger
Rita Marie Fornelli
Wendy Kay Frye
Michael J. Funk
Pamela Jo Gill
Rodney C. Haache
Mary Lou Halliday
Jane Hanley
Jean Hanley
Mary Elizabeth Hines
Cindy Jean Hodgen
Joan Jisa
Charlene Marie Joneson
Kathleen Marie Kasher
Betty
Jean Leggons
Suzanne Ada McLuckie
Coletta
Jane Macaluso
Dennis Michael Mullaney
Lynn Ray Merkel
Nancy Jo Millenbine
Nancy Lee Miller
Nora Christine Monbrum
Carol Jean Murphy
Candace Lynn Muzzarelli
Michael Wade Pemberton
Gary Joseph Peter
Chester Franklin Reader
David Franklin Rogers
Joanne Kay Bunty
Jean Marietta Ryan
John Everett Sayers
Christina Margaret Schimandle
Gary Raymond Skubic
Vickie Sue Spese
Terry L. Stewart
Roxanne Elizabeth Steyer
James Joseph Tira
John Mar
Ia Tira
Stephanie Marie Tira
Dennis M. Tirelle
Victor C. Togliatti
Deborah Ann Trotter
Kathleen A. Tyler
Charles Joseph Valerio
Lana Kay Watson
Richard Allan Wharrie
Patricia Ann White
Gail Renee Willis
Dennis Roy Wills
Kaleen Ann Wills
Diane Bea Wolfe
Pamela Christine Wolker
Julia Ann Young
Eugene Russell Zaccaria
Judy Dodd
Blue Cross
Blue Shield
Blue Shield Hospital
R.F.D
P.O
Kendall Co
Legion Band
Vinalawn
Goodyear
Liberty St
Ni-Gas Files
Paul Cable
E. Jefferson
Kyanize
Walex
Enon Waits
Carre
Lars Fosen
Oscar Fosen
Morris Daily Herald
Plymouth
Ford
Chevy
Grundy Motors, Inc
Division Street
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