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Newspaper
The Spectator
Location
Joliet, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1935
Page
2
Farmers urge rain as weather gods seem to favor heat over showers. The piece notes a pending bumper crop if rain returns, while critics of change resist departures from tradition.
State police launch brake test campaign to enforce the new traffic code with educational aims and a minimum initial arrest target. Highway patrol emphasizes safety and urges every motorist to have brakes tested.
Wis consin visitor QO F Englehardt plans several days away. Tom Martis shifts from fishing to golf. Don Larking climbs poles atop WCLS towers at Joliet National Bank. Freddie Pelias eats two or three pears daily for 15 years. John Kaffer recalls names after meeting people. A west side girl seeks golf lessons from Chuck Anselmine. Harry Manning and Frankie Zelko were seen at Edgewater Beach hotel last Friday.
Alec Gordon returned to his Braidwood home after a 30 year absence. Friends held a Knights of Columbus hall dinner and entertainment last Saturday for about 200 people, with many Joliet friends attending including Judge George Blatt.
Ruth Barry was selected as Wilmington correspondent for The Spectator to supply residents with the latest happenings and news events. Wilmington townspeople are advised to contact Miss Barry to have society sports and general news published in the Wilmington section of The Spectator. r., Cornelius Sullivan, Joseph Hartley and Francis Boetto.
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