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Newspaper
The Spectator
Location
Joliet, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1932
Page
13
Rockdale may lose electricity as Public Service Company sues for 6000 dollars. court judgment of 4993.26 dated Oct 1 1930 against the village has prompted a mandamus to force an annual levy for payment. Village board president Joseph E Kuhar Jr says funds are unavailable.
Seventy two jurors from all sections of Will county were summoned for duty during the May term of circuit court. The summons cover three venues for different weeks with jurors listed by name and address. A college president comments that stupidity appears almost universal, likely from spending too much time around colleges.
The article honors Army Nurse Corps heroes from World War I, noting Major Julia C. Stimson’s belief that every nurse displayed courage. It recounts a Beauvais night duty surge where 20 nurses volunteered for dangerous air raids, and lists three nurses awarded the Distinguished Service Cross, Beatrice M. MacDonald, Helen G. McClelland, and Isabelle Stambaugh, for extraordinary heroism and wounds.
One thousand students from 15 Joliet public schools staged a George Washington bicentennial pageant at Joliet Township High School auditorium. The show featured Indians soldiers and statesmen as background for key moments in Washington life. Proceeds fund meals for undernourished students.
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