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Newspaper
The Spectator
Location
Joliet, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1935
Page
3
Postmaster Walter Grey urges residents to mail Christmas gifts early as foreign game packages have already arrived. He warns last minute senders may face delays while noting mail volume could rise 15 to 25 percent nationwide this year due to improved conditions in the United States and Canada.
St Bernard's church hosts a new monthly program during Our Lady of Mount Carmel devotions with sermons by Father Gabriel Pausback on the Catholic Church and the Bible. A Q A box invites anonymous questions aiming to clarify Catholic faith and Bible relations.
Stan Laurel worked as a gag writer at Hal Roach Studio before rising as a film star. He crafted jokes that would later underpin his iconic duo work with Oliver Hardy.
Former Deputy Warden Frank Kness is appointed superintendent of the division of highway garage at Springfield by Governor Henry Horner. He will oversee 35 garage employees who maintain state police cars.
A large cast of women and girls will perform a blackface minstrel show tonight at the Farragut school auditorium. The event is staged by the local Y Women group and promises a variety of acts and entertainment.
Miss Inez Lawrence chairs the event with Mrs. Georgia Lee Norberg and Miss June Ericksen directing. Minstrel chorus includes Norberg, Anderson, Seneni, Young, Klen, Frances, and others. soloists feature Young, Seneni, Muriel McGuire, Lawrence, and more. Special skits star Jackson Murae, Balch, Wilme, Lynn, Bartelt, Remke, and others.
A short piece notes that self employment offers no real edge in loafing when supervision is absent and warns that autonomy brings responsibility. It cautions against slacking without oversight, implying personal accountability in independent work.
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