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Newspaper
The Spectator
Location
Joliet, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1958
Page
3
Joliet car dealers and the Joliet Association of Commerce prepare a sales promotion missile themed as a nationwide effort to boost business. The campaign uses the You Auto Buy Now slogan and runs Saturday through Sunday, April 20, spanning cars and other goods.
Dr. Klusman announced Illinois Bell Telephone will host an open house at 65 West Webster Joliet April 17 from 630 to 9 pm. Displays include a voice mirror and Beverly Bell a talking life size doll to entertain guests and show how bills are prepared efficiently.
A Joliet weekend feature includes an automobile show at Walsh lot on Chicago and Webster streets and a kiddie contest for ages two to five Sunday at 3 30 p m. Winners receive merchandise prizes from 100 down to 10 with a panel judging personality and poise. Joliet Association of Commerce invites entries at 6 5218 or 35 W Van Buren. Also a four hour show stars Wimpy the English clown and 11 clowns with a circus calliope and free rides in a tally-hostage coach.
Four candidates seek Joliet Township High School District 204 posts and three vie for Joliet Grade School District 86 inspectors. Lockport races feature incumbents Morse and Bolattino facing Swenson Anzzolin and Borio. county races highlighted Hartley Knater and Doerfler endorsements amid low turnout of 17 percent. Democratic challengers include Loughran O'Brien. O'Neill faces Fowell despite strong name branding.
Joliet grade school board moves to dispose of surplus property after last night’s meeting. Appraisals by the Joliet Will County Board of Realtors show Babylon and Hillcrest sites with three parcels valued at 3.5 acres for 3000 dollars and Hillcrest holdings totaling 17.29 acres with values of 10500 and 5700 dollars for a home site and surrounding land.
W A Wilta, operator of Willa Oldsmobile Inc, chairs the event described as a challenge to help pull the economy up by the bootstraps thru sensible spending. The program intends to restore public confidence and kickstart buying of automobiles and related goods including appliances and furniture.
Will county residents raise 42872.66 for the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis in the January polio drive led by Dr. John J. Carey. Bartling notes 380 polio patients thank the community as vaccine effort hinges on Salk shots through family physicians.
Frank P. Metzger of Illinois Bell Joliet office earned the Theodore N. Vail citation for preventing a crossing hazard on June 4 1957 at Spencer road. He cleared debris warned motorists notified the railroad and coordinated with officials until trains and traffic were halted.
A picket line formed at 6 this morning at American Steel and Wire gates after a Tuesday pro test by about 30 roll shop workers. Shifts 3 to 11 and 7 to 3 left duties citing speed up of rolls. 7 to 11 and 3 to 11 shifts reported for duty then quit. Attempts to contact company and union officials in Chicago and Gary failed.
Joliet Parking commission tentatively approves restricting parking to one side on Cass Scott and Joliet streets for a trial May 5 through 31. The group backs leasing a Union Machinery site on Van Buren as a parking lot to a private owner. Bids likely after the next council meeting as work continues to dismantle Corn Belt Hatcheries for future parking.
Several hundred dollars in property damage occurred when a car driven by John J. Ramirez 26 of 562 N Scott Street jumped the curb at Columbia Street into the American Steel and Wire company entrance. Officers Cronk and Wagoner reported Ramirez’s car missed the turn and struck the fence, damaging about 30 feet of fencing.
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