Braidwood Obituary: Joseph Watson Sr. 68 at Home
Joseph Watson Sr. 68 died at his Braidwood home on Thursday surrounded by family. Survived by wife Angela Carpenter, three daughters, four sons, three brothers, three sisters, 28 grandchildren and six great grandchildren. Funeral 2 p.m. Monday at Patterson Funeral Home with burial at Braceville Gardner Cemetery. Visitation Sunday 2-5 and 7-9 p.m. in Braidwood.
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Braidwood
Joseph Watson Sr
Angela Carpenter
LaVerne
Joyce) Findlay
Wilmington
James
Jeanne) Lauridsen
Carbon Hill
June) Ramsey
Morris
Joseph P. Jr
Jerald
Dwight Jack
Quincy
Clyde
Michigan City
Ind
George
Thomas
Coal City
Evelyn) Higgins
Myrtle Carpenter
Elizabeth) Kresee
Chabanse
John
Lavinia Watson
South Wilmington
Atlas Wallpaper Mill
Lennon Wallpaper Co
Joliet
Frank McIntosh
Diamond
St. Joseph Hospital
Motherwell
Scotland
Joseph
Mary McIntosh
Harrisburg
Eagles Lodge
Pauline
Mary
Charlisle
Ron
Don Henke
Reeves Funeral Home
Billy Pearson
Braceville-Gardner
Traffic court actions and fines across Braceville area
A series of Braceville district traffic cases resulted in supervision, fines, and costs for marijuana possession and various speeding and license offenses. Notable entries include John Stanford 17 receiving a year on supervision and 400 fine, Stephen Knudson 15 facing two license charges with 50 plus costs, and Cheryl Olroyd 15 fined for not having a valid license, all enforced by local and state officers on Aug 4 to Sept 10 at multiple streets and highways. Other youths faced penalties for speeding, improper turns, and registration issues, while some defendants were not prosecuted for charges like reckless driving or disobeying stop signs.
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John Stanford
Rte. 1
Braceville
Michael Perino
Illinois
Main St
Stephen Knudson
Kiersted St
Morris
Kurt Salems
Lincoln and
Butler Sts
Douglas Francois
Lincoln St
John Wilkinson
McKinley St
Ronald Brown
Park Lake Dr
Wilkinson
George St
Cheryl Olroyd
Mary St
Coal City
Peter Odo
Chestnut and Mazon Sts
Douglas Williams
Mable
Jeff Black
U.S. 6
Tabler Rd
Jeffery Garrett
Northern Ave
James Matteson
Interstate 80
James Willis
Illinois Ave
Grundy County
Robert Davy
Houston Weathersby
Church St
Dan Raymond
Diamond
Christopher Fitzgerald
Odo
David Dummitt
Rte. 3
Secretary of State
James Creed
First Ave
Price St
John Zelinko
Raymond
Main and Railroad Sts
Gardner
Joliet Market Report Shows Limited Cattle Demand
Joliet Illinois market notes insufficient cattle sales to establish a clear market. Hogs traded firm to 25 cents higher with No 1 2 weights 200 240 pounds at 51.00 to 51.50 and 240 250 pound hogs at 50.50 to 51.00 per hundredweight.
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Frankie Val & the
Good Vibrations
Markets Grain Prices at 12 Noon
Chicago markets show corn lower and soybeans substantially down at noon on the Board of Trade. Wheat trades mixed as corn December slips 2.19 percent, March declines 2.29, May 2.343, and soybeans for November drop 6.48 percent with further declines for January and March futures.
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Chicago
UPI
Moon
Board of Trade
Use dogs to search for hunter in Wyoming mountains
About six dogs will be flown in today to aid Big Horn County authorities in locating hunter Norman Bell who disappeared September 10 during a grouse hunt in Wyoming's Big Horn Mountains. The Air Force will provide five or six scent-following dogs, with local volunteers assisting in the expanded search that also involves the Civil Air Patrol.
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Bell
Air Force
Civil Air Patrol
Gardner-South Wilmington board approves 650240 budget
Gardner-South Wilmington High School District 73 board adopts the 1978-79 budget noting total revenue of 634640 and expenditures of 650240. Auditor David Wilcoxson reports records in order as tax levy rises to 1.7984 with assessed valuation up to 22237837. Transportation and special education costs, insurance, staff changes, and a rescheduled November meeting are also announced.
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Gardner-South Wilmington
Board of Education
David Wilcoxson
Wilcoxson & Assoc
Ottawa
Suit over injuries from July crash in Grundy County
Coal City girl Stacie Monbrum sues Verel Hilgendorf in Grundy County Circuit Court claiming severe permanent injuries from a July 15 collision on Illinois 113 at Gorman Road. Hilgendorf allegedly failed to stop, causing a head on with Hilgendorf’s car. passenger John Thompson of Braidwood died. Miss Monbrum seeks damages.
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Coal City
Grundy County
Stacie Monbrum
Mazon St
Hector Monbrum
Verel Hilgendorf
Wilmington
Miss Monbrum
Illinois 113
Gorman Rd
Hilgendorf
John Thompson
Braidwood
Legionnaire's disease threatens Dallas industry
Dallas health officials reported two cases of Legionnaires' disease among 35,000 attendees at the national VFW convention. Officials say the outbreak does not threaten Dallas residents, but business leaders fear negative publicity could hurt the city’s convention trade.
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Dallas
UPI
Philadelphia
Bellevue Stratford
Missouri
New Jersey
Chamber of Commerce
Jack Andrus
Chamber
Convention and Visitors Bureau
VFW
CDC
Coal City Scouts Plan Circus Trip to Chicago Amphitheatre
Coal City Girl Scouts will travel by bus from Coal City grade school at 8:30 a.m. for an 11 a.m. Ringling Brothers and Barnum Bailey Circus show at the Chicago Amphitheatre on October 21, returning around 4 p.m. Each girl may be accompanied by one adult.
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Scout News
Coal City
Ringling Brothers
Barnum Bailey Circus
Chicago
Revenue agents check vehicles in Will County crackdown
State revenue agents stopped several hundred trucks, buses, and commercial vehicles in southern Will County as part of a statewide effort to curb motor fuel tax cheating. The spot checks involved asking drivers for fuel tax permits, a Revenue Department spokesman said.
Botulism linked to deaths of migrating ducks at Smith Lake
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service reports botulism killed about 1,100 migrating ducks at Smith Lake near the Willamette and Columbia rivers. Officials say toxin bacteria formed in the lake as ducks fed on crustaceans, causing the mass die-off.
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Portland
Ore
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
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