Boundaries set as Joliet boards back unit district 204
Joliet Grade 86 and Joliet Township High School boards agreed to file a unit petition for district 204 after hours of talks. 70-C and the A C Education Committee supported a unit system with 204 boundaries. The meeting closed with optimism for Joliet education.
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Joliet
Joliet Township
Joliet Association of Commerce Chambers
Education Committee
A. of C
M. M. Hershman
Rabbi Hershman
District 86
Arthur Lumsden
U. of C
A. of Cs Education Committee
Stuart Kroesch
Milton Jensen
Kroesch
Henry Bale
Lumsden
DSA Award to Be Made at Founders Day Banquet
The Joliet Junior Chamber of Commerce will hold its Founders Day banquet January 19 at the Moose lodge where the Jaycee Distinguished Service Award will be announced. The 25th anniversary adds significance as 12 judges from industry professions business and clergy decide the winner. Nominees aged 21 to 35 need not be Jaycees members. submit nominations to William May at 811 Brings Lane by December 21.
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Joliet
DSA
Jaycees
William May
Lane
Two youths arrested in wallet theft case
Edgar Senter aged 21 of 514 EB Jackson street and Richard Hauck aged 20 of 420 Abe street were arrested by city police on a wallet theft charge. Lenora Leach of 1200 S Chicago street signed the complaint, aided by friend Jean Strainer after witnessing Senter take the wallet at a restaurant on East Jefferson street. The suspects denied the theft when confronted.
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Edgar Senter
EB. Jackson Street
Richard Hauck
Abe Street
Lenora Leach
Chicago Street
Miss Leach
Jean Strainer
East Jefferson Street
Senter
Dietician's Mother Dies in Kenosha
Mrs. Hilma Falk of Kenosha Wisconsin died Tuesday in that city. She was the mother of Miss Alice Falk a dietician at Silver Cross hospital. Funeral services were held today in Kenosha. Her husband preceded her in death two years ago.
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Hilma Falk
Kenosha
Wis
Alice Falk
Silver Cross Hospital
Postmaster urges early Christmas mail with three simple rules
J Walt Lowrey announces a hurry to mail out of state items before Monday and local items before December 10 as part of a 1955 campaign. He stresses secure packaging correct addressing and early mailing to ensure delivery by Christmas. Authorities note varying size and weight limits and advise on postal inspection notices and return addresses.
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Lowrey
Homemaker of Tomorrow Tests Reach 256000 Seniors
Senior girls from St Francis academy and Joliet Township High join 256,534 graduating students to take a 50 minute homemaking aptitude test Tuesday as part of Homemaker of Tomorrow Day. General Mills funds a 106000 scholarship program with $1500 state winners and $500 runners-up, plus trips to Washington Virginia and Philadelphia for interviews.
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St. Francis Academy
Joliet Township
General Mills
District of Columbia
Washington
Virginia
Philadelphia
Trifari
850 Seek Work at Post Office Christmas Rush
Eight hundred and fifty applications for part time work during the Christmas rush at the Joliet post office have been taken out. No more applications are available. Of the 850, 250 will be accepted to start work by Dec. 15. First consideration will be given to former civil service applicants and then to ex servicemen.
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Joliet
J. Walter Lowrey
Two Accidents Mark Safe Driving Day Start
Safe Driving Day opened with two incidents in the city. Norman Schumacher 38 of the Woodruff hotel received an arrest ticket for failing to control his car after a collision with a parked auto on Chicago street. Blanche Grant 345 S Desplaines street owned the struck vehicle.
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Norman Shumacher
Woodruff Hotel
Schumacher
Chicago Street
S. Chicago Street
Blanche Grant
S. Desplaines Street
Ozell Johnson
Wisconsin Avenue
John Anderson
Custer Park
Ohio Street
Eastern Avenue
Johnson
Ohio
Eastern
Seek letters in $61,000 Seil estate
A petition for letters of administration in a $61,000 estate was filed yesterday by Mrs. Agnes Seil widow of Herman H. Seil who died Nov. 16. The Plainfield estate consists of $11,000 in personal property and $50,000 in real estate. He is survived by daughter Eleanor Coyne and son Gordon. No will exists. Three other petitions were filed yesterday.
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Agnes Seil
Herman H. Seil
Seil
Plainfield
Eleanor Coyne
Gordon
Alice G. Kahler
Los Angeles
Calif
Eugene
Wilmington
Julian
Marcel
Chicago
Helen
Riverside Inn
James L. Howell
Joliet
Kenneth
Leona Hibner
Irene Lind
John Gildenzoph
Agnes L. Gildenzoph
Manhattan
Gildenzoph
Assault charge filed against Edmund Dillon
An information charging assault with a deadly weapon was filed against Edmund Dillon age 22 of 108 S Joliet street yesterday by State's Attorney Frank H Masters Jr. Other informations charged William Bohl age 54 of Lom bard with petit larceny for stealing gloves from W T Grant and Peter Matuszewski age 34 of 425 Liberty street with issuing a check with intent to defraud after passing 14 bad checks totaling 500 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmund Dillon
S. Joliet Street
Frank H Masters Jr
Dillon
Doris
William Bohl
Lombard
Bohl
W. T. Grant
Peter Matuszewski
Liberty Street
Matuszewski
School Bus Inspections Schedule Before Holidays
Arrangements set for semi annual inspections at the official station John Motor Sales 1 S Eastern. Buses from Lockport Township High St Dennis St Josephs and other districts to be checked daily from December 21 to December 30 with varied start times and extended hours. If changes are needed contact the inspection station directly.
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John Motor Sales
S. Eastern
Lockport Township High School
St. Dennis
St. Joseph's Grade School
Lockport
Ludwig
Valley View
St. Bernard
A. O. Marshall
Braidwood Community
Custer Park Commuunity Consolidated
Reed-Custer Township High School
St. Francis Academy
Catholic High School
Braidwood - Wilmington - Lorenzo
Elwood Community Consolidated
Laraway
Channahon Public Schools
Joliet Township High School
Taft School
Lincoln-Way High School
Manhattan Public Schools
New Lenox Public Schools
St. Jude’s of
New Lenox
Plainfield Community
Troy Community
Troy Bible School
Anniversary of CAP Observed by Joliet Unit
The Joliet Civil Air Patrol squadron marked its 14th anniversary at Joliet Airport led by Captain Robert Powers with 15 seniors and 21 cadets. The group aids in locating downed aircraft and trains cadets, aligning with the national CAP origin under Fiorello LaGuardia.
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Joliet
Civil Air Patrol
Robert Powers
Fiorello H. LaGuardia
Office of Civilian Defense
Franklin D. Roosevelt
U. S. Air Force
Lucas V. Beau
United States Air Force
Civilian Auxiliary
Washington, D. C
Breenee and Telephone Case Profit Report
Breenee case details indicate a monetary sum of 237 dollars referenced with telephone matters. The snippet suggests a news brief listing financial figures or costs related to a legal or civic issue in December 1955.
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J. Walt Lowrey
Che Spectator
the People’s Newspaper
William R. McCabe
The
Spectator Publishing
Illinois
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