Joliet Girl Praised for Opera Ballet Dancing Breakthrough
Joliet dancer Katherine Dunham, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Dunham, earned rave reviews for the principal role in La Guisarme at the Opera House. Trained in Joliet and Chicago, she led an all Negro cast, trained by Dunham herself, and later plans to study in New York on a scholarship as the first Negro to start a ballet.
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Katherine Dunham
Albert . Dunham
South Joliet Street
Joliet
Chicago Public Library
Chicago
Mark Turbyville
Miss Page
Luda Paetz
Miss Dunham
Harris Theatre
New York
Orange Crush contest offers Joliet youth car prize
A Joliet contest by Orange Crush Bottling Co offers a new automobile to the boy or girl with the most votes by December 23. Each bottle yields a vote and visitors to the bottling plant at 205 Ohio Street on Saturday receive a free button. The car has a gasoline motor, can reach 25 mph, and gets 40 to 50 miles per gallon. It is on display at Palmer House Floral.
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Joliet
Dad
Orange Crush Bottling Company
Ohio Street
Spectator
Palmer House Floral Company
Catholic High Opens Cage Season Against St. Philip Tomorrow
Joliet Catholic High starts the west-side basketball season with a new lineup including recruits from last year’s lightweight ranks. They face St. Philip of Chicago in a 7 30 p m non conference game. Starters likely Petan at center Corcoran and O Brien at forwards Sak and McCarthy at guards. Reserves include Stahl Bob Smith McGrath Vic Minarach and Stanley Lorenc. Admission 40 cents adults 15 cents students 10 cents pupils.
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Joliet Catholic High
St. Philip of Chicago
John “Baldy” Carroll
St. Philip’s
Chicago
Carroll
Petan
Corcoran
O’brien
Sak
McCarthy
Stahl
Bob Smith
McGrath
Vic Minarach
Stanley Lorenc
Girls Win Prizes in Chicago Contest
Miss Irene Stretter and Miss Stella Pratzner each won forty five dollars in a Chicago contest. The prize money is to be used at the Edward Zagel company in Chicago.
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Irene Stretter
Stella Pratzner
Chicago
Edward Zagel Company
Immaculata Club Card Party At St Mary’s
The Immaculata club of St Mary’s Catholic Church hosts a card party tomorrow evening December 7 at 8 o clock in the Rialto cafeteria. Committees include tickets Evelyn Cheesman Angela Donahue and others and prizes for Mable Haldorson Ann Kelley and Helen Malone.
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Enculata Club
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Rialto
Anne Kelly
Evelyn Cheesman
Hubert Kelly
Angela Donahue
Mable Haldorson
Ann Kelley
Helen Malone
Alyce Connolly
Elizabeth Donahue
Marion Delihanty
Anna Dando
Dorothy Dietz
Mary Donahue
Catherine Ferry
Dora Feeley
Agnes Malone
Dorothy Lea
Margaret Kennedy
Nell Gibbons
Loretta Conners
Helen Donahue
Monica Cooney
Lucille Schwab
Mary Louise Schuettler
Catherine Schweitzer
Dolores Mark
Cele Connolly
Nora Sullivan
1934 Auto Deaths Reaching New High
Travelers Insurance reports a 16 percent rise in automobile fatalities for January to November 1, 1934 versus 1933. About 28,400 people were killed and 740,000 injured to November 1, with a projected twelve month total near 36,000 fatalities, an all time high.
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Travelers Insurance Company
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Catholic High
St. Philip
Charles Gable
W. Allen Street
Africa
Meshie
Mary Cravin
Immaculata Club
J.C. Adler Co
Jefferson
Bluff
Park
Bluff St
Hills Bros. Coffee
del Monte
Ptha
Pork and Beans van Camp
Dinet ‘Joliet
Derby
Polish & Cleaners
Ottawa
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