Joliet Opens 1930 31 Cage Campaign With Nine Early Games
Joliet high school basketball starts the 1930 31 season with two weekend games at LaGrange tonight and tomorrow at Joliet gym against Mazon. Coach Gaga Mills hopes to mold a green squad through nine preconference contests featuring Glenbard Oak Park De Kalb and Lockport before the Big Six opener January 2 against Rockford.
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LaGrange
Mazon
Joliet High School
Joliet
Mills
Glenbard
Oak Park
de Kalb
Lockport
Rockford
Collegiants Clash with Thornton Saturday in NIJC
Joliet junior college opens a 23 game schedule traveling to Harvey for an NIJC conference game against Thornton. Coach Aubrey Wills leads a veteran lineup from Joliet De La Salle and Lockport high schools through a classy brand of basketball this season.
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Aubrey Wills
Joliet
Collegians
Harvey
Northern Illinois
Thornton
Baskeetball
de la Salle
Lockport
Swimming Meet For Women At Steel Works Club Pool
A swimming meet for women and girls will be held at the Steel Works club pool next Tuesday evening at 7 45. Miss Marion Ahlberg will supervise the event.
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Steel Works Club
Marion Ahlberg
Water Baby Teaches Freshmen at Wittenberg College
Pretty Marie Moorhead, a biology teacher at Wittenberg College in Springfield, gives lessons on water bugs and leads students in swimming in the college tank.
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Marie Moorhead
Wittenberg College
Springfield
Two Indoor League Games Open Joliet Season
Joliet Industrial Indoor baseball league opened with two games at Farragut school gym. FEJ&E meets James G. Heggie & Sons in game one. Zero Ice meets Moore Brothers in game two with games every Wednesday and Friday night. Next week Bates Manufacturing faces Heggie then Phoenix plays Gerlach-Barklow.
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Joliet
Farragut School
James G. Heggie & Sons
Zero Ice
Moore Brothers
Bates Manufacturing Company
Heggie
Phoenix
Gerlach-Barklow
Two Thousand Seventy Seven Fed At Mission
A November report from Peter H. Mc Carthy, superintendent, notes 2077 unemployed men were fed at Morning Star Mission on Colling Street with 744 seeking lodging. Free clothing aided 394 persons. rail fare paid for 10 stranded. relief to 14 families. 38 conversions recorded. The annual Christmas dinner will be served by Mrs. C S Witwer and helpers.
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Morning Star
Colling Street
Peter H. McCarthy
Joliet
C. S. Witwer
D Salle Prep Coaches Team Preps for Opening Tilt
De La Salle high school basketball coach Baldy Carroll drills the squad as the opening cage game nears. A week from tonight they meet Fox Valley at Aurora and Saturday they face Seneca on the local floor.
Will County Auto Fatalities Reach 57 This Year
The death toll from automobile accidents in Will County rises to 57 for the year with the death of Carl Johnson aged 47 of 658 Cass Street. Johnson was struck on Van Buren Street by a car driven by Bernard McElroy of 1202 Jackson Street while crossing an icy street.
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Carl Johnson
Cass Street
Will County
Johnson
Bernard McElroy
Jackson Street
van Buren Street
Indoor mini golf in Chicago lit by UV rays
The piece notes a new Chicago indoor miniature golf course using ultra violet lighting. It contrasts the game’s texture with a witty remark about grapefruit naming and plays on words about science and royalty.
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Chicago
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