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Newspaper

The Spectator

Location

Joliet, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Aug 31, 1950

Page

2

Dedication Plan for YMCA Women’s Building Addition

Mrs. Robert E. Hoyt is named chairwoman of the dedication committee for the YMCA women and girls building addition. Dr. George H. Woodruff selects committee members to assist with late October or early November dedication plans. Delays due to steel shortages affect rocker construction. contracts for furnishings have been let to Joliet businesses.

Robert E. Hoyt Ymca Women and Girls YMCA George H. Woodruff Hoyt Association Erma Agazzi EF. PD. Collins James W. Barr Willard B. Curtis Lester DeGeus Harold R. Metz W. Franklin Barsett M. H. Hollingsworth Walter O. Herschbach Zenol Moore Women & Girls Champe J. Stoakes Stoakes Walter Geissler Women's Building Committee Joliet

Mrs Naomi Limbach of Morris Dies at 31

Naomi Ruth Limbach 31 died yesterday in Morris hospital after a lengthy illness. Survived by husband Henry Tiny Limbach two children and mother Mrs YW Reinhold. Funeral from Davis Funeral Home at 8 30 p m to Immaculate Conception Church at 9 with Rev F E McDonough officiating. Burial in Mt Carmel Cemetery.

Naomi Ruth Limbach Morris Hospital

Annexation Debate Moves Joliet and New Lenox Students

The JT JC board backs annexing New Lenox township into Joliet Township High School District. Voters will decide September 9 at polling places open noon to 7 pm. Endorsements cite broader course offerings, shared resources, and lower tax rates, with no impact on elementary schools.

Joliet New Lenox Townships New Lenox Township Joliet Township Illinois Illinois General Assembly New Lenon Lenox Township

Wallpaper workers threaten nationwide strike in Joliet region

A telegram from Washington reports the United Wallpaper Crafts and Works of North America ordered a general strike effective midnight. Union demands include a wage increase, health and welfare plan, and better conditions. Lennon says talks resume with Conciliation Service as a potential avertment looms. If held, about 1,200 Joliet workers and several dozen at Coal City and Mokena mills would lose work.

Joliet Frank Maxwell John Keto Washington Employers Labor Relations Committee United Wallpaper Crafts and Works of North America International Union Eugene Lennon Lennon Wallpaper Company U. S. Conciliation Service Coal City Mokena

Music leaders map CMA campaign in Will County

Civic Music association leaders from Joliet and other towns prepare for the annual membership drive September 11 to 16. Division chairmen and captains meet at the Y M C A to plan events including four concerts and a Longines symphonette tour. Membership dues are 6 dollars for adults and 3 dollars for students with concerts at Joliet Township High School auditorium.

Will County Carl R. Makeever Ruth Martin Albert Herath Ruth Anderson Harry Graly Emmett Severson James Bartley Marylou Wardley Edith Hoyt Ernest McCraw Joliet Ginger O'Donnell Plainfield Lou White Wilmington Carl Jensen Dwight Longines Symphonette Joliet Township High School Joliet-Will County Beatel Nash Motor Company Scott Street The Civic Music Association J. W. McCarthy Arthur Enix Jack McCoy Prospect John B. Anderson Andrew Barber James R. Fay William Smith

Burglar Steals Whiskey and Cash at Northwest Recreation Club

A burglar gained entry to the Northwest Recreation Club at 150 N Hickory Street and stole 12 fifths of whiskey and $10 from the cash register. The break in was found at 6 AM by janitor John Geletel. Deputies say entry used a key to the outside door and forced an interior door. a broken member key was found in a north door lock.

Northwest Recreation Club Hickory Stret John Geletel Hickory Street Sheriff's

Joliet Public Schools Announce Fall Teacher Assignments

The Joliet Public Schools list fall term assignments across Central Junior High and multiple elementary and special schools. Reopenings set for Tuesday September 5 with Pershing new building ready. Culbertson kindergarten to open shortly after. Taft addition weeks later. Parents urged to deliver children for medical and dental exams before school starts and present birth certificates and immunization records.

Joliet Central School Donald Moran Madeleine Otte Mary Doyle Florence Grab Eleanor Butler Marie McCracken Gertrude Wilson Angela Donahue Elizabeth Thomas Ardis Ege Mary McGowan F. R. Kuhajda Laura Avery Marguerite Pierce Richard Burger C. R. Fritz Anna Patch Jessie Malloy Regina Royle T. FE. Culbertson Hulda Johnson Julia Sullivan Bernadette Conway M. Ruth Murray Frances Grant Inez Vercellotti Lucille Schultz Alice Long Donna Lee Bagalka Lela Eldred Ruth McClanahan Mary Tynan Ardis Corp M. H. Cunningham Margaret I. Bolton Jessie Ford Gladys Berger Maude Kelley Virginia Lindsley Anna Binder Margaret McConnell Ruth Haywood Edna Guthrie Elfrieda Boehnert Emrogene Welch Violette Hill Florence Missman Shirley Curl Ruth Martin May Johannsen Mary Margaret Lytle Leonard Hertz Margaret Brennan Helen Lennon William Verner John Becker Ella Frey Anna Johnson Doris Martinson Rose McLaughlin Mildred Harper Virginia Long Dorothy Younghusband Evelyn Clemens Fern Brown Ina Purdy Marie White Florence Ek Aileen Delaney Cecilia Trizna Helen Baby Parks May Faulkner Sally Chmelik Albina Kuhajda Ruth Gottschalg Marjorie Macy Elizabeth Beil Helen Coushlin Frieda Weber Nellie Kitchener Shirley White Pershing Olive Spangler Marjorie Adelman Janice Bloomquist Jucille Fritz Mary Elizabeth Clyne Bernice Seaborg Dorothy Johnson Barbara Krietenstein Sheridan Margaret Lennon Marjory Wismara Helen Stoops Florence McCormick Marie Bourg Margaret Ford Nina McLaughlin Alice Kennedy Margaret Weibel Gladys Emerson Doris Graves Margaret Slocum Taft Margaret Giertz Aileen Farrell Jane Braham Lorraine Archambeault Thompson School Jessie Ernst Frances Delaney Rosemary Padula Helen Donahue Mary Elizabeth Traty Nellie Brandt Isabel Lasser Mary Maloney Washington H. R. Lehmann Kathryn Keily Edith Kerr Virginia Moeller Gertrude Larson Stella Mateer Margaret Lee Betty Roberts Charlotte M. Johnson Mary Madden Sibley Gibson Lloyd Reynolds Hilda McIntosh Emory Akeman Hazel Klint Exilda Gillette Dorothy Ranne Marilyn Hubble Joseph Smith Anthony Gutierrez Bernice Conway Ruth Howell Josephine Rufus Janet Chamberlain Catherineux Gertrude Rosell Jula Connell May Dick Mima Ream Martha J Lippold Flora Leonard Vivian Sallenbach Woodland Daisy Ream Jennie Willis Romayne McLaughlin Joan Hollister Anne Jericho Martha Hills Jewlise Malinowski Catherine Robinson Evelyn Keck Ruth Seamen Culbertson Childrey St Rive

Cab Driver Beaten and Robbed on Route 30

Sheriff’s deputies found Victor Rossi a Yellow Cab driver beaten and dazed at Route 30 and East Washington Street around 11 last night after a citizen’s call. Rossi said he picked up a passenger near Schneiter’s Restaurant who wanted to go to Earl’s Tavern. An investigation is in progress.

Sheriff's Deputies Victor Rossi Route 30 East Washington Street Rossi Silver Cross Hospital Schneiter’s Earl's Tavern South Circle Drive Lee Caswell Yellow Cab Company Sheriff's Office S. Circle Drive Circle Drive

YMCA Board Sets First Full Meeting Date

Y M C A calls its first full board meeting for September 7 in the board of directors room at the YMCA building.

George H. Woodruff YMCA Association For Board of Directors

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