Post Office Extends Weekend Hours For Christmas Rush
Joliet post office will keep parcel post and stamp windows open at night and on Sunday for the holiday mail surge. Windows operate tonight tomorrow night and Saturday night until 8 PM, with Sunday hours 10 AM to 5 PM. Postmaster J Walter Lowrey urges careful wrapping and legible addresses and notes openings for stenographer and typist positions in Washington with starting salaries $1 750 to $1 972 and temporary housing provided.
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Joliet
Federal Department
J. Walter Lowrey
Yuletide
Post Office
Lowrey
Washington, D. C
Washington
Discharge Buttons Available in Joliet for Veterans
Capt. Andrew Quam announced availability of lapel discharge buttons for men and women honorably discharged from the Army since September 9, 1939. Distribution will be at the Armory of the Illinois Reserve Melilla at 143 HB Cass St Joliet from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily except weekends.
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Joliet
Andrew Quam
Army Area
W District No. 3
Sixth Service Command
Ilinois
Melilla
Cass St. Joliet
Reed Prairie bus serves Tarquette Gardens and Glenwood area
A new Sunday bus service aids families attending downtown churches. The Reed Prairie bus departs Mode theater at 9:15 AM, then leaves Marquette Gardens and Glenwood at 9:30 AM, stopping Catherine and Taylor streets at 9:35 AM. Return trip follows the Ruby street route. The outbound run from Grants store starts at 12:30 PM.
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Tarquette Gardens
Glenwood Avenue
Reed-Prairie
Mode
Reed Prairie
Marquette Gardens
Catherine and
Taylor Streets
Ruby Street
Grant’s
Forum club meets at Y dining room this evening
The Forum club gathers at six fifteen tonight in the Y dining room for a dinner and a talk on an undisclosed topic. The Y M C A Glee club meets January five in the Y lounge directed by Maurice Ellison. Christmas party for Y M C A employees Saturday at six in the Y dining room.
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Forum Club
Glee Club
Y.M.C.A
Grade school band to hold Christmas concert
The Joliet Grade School band will stage its annual Christmas concert Sunday at 2:15 PM in Joliet High School auditorium. Doors open 1:30 PM. The program features Sousa marches, a modern studio orchestra playing Push Button Radio, and a combined finale of Yuletide and armed forces songs. The grade school band has 80 members, formed 31 years ago. the second band has 56 members.
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Joliet
Joliet High School
John Philip Sousa
Xmas of First Christian church events
The Barca Philathea class will meet at the church Tuesday for a Christmas social and gift exchange hosted by James Klement Clemence Luther and Edna Wimpeny. Wednesday the elementary Sunday school presents a Christmas program with gifts for children. Thursday features the midweek devotional The Babe of Bethlehem led by W R Riggen. Friday hosts the candlelit midnight Christmas ice from 11 to midnight.
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Barca Philathea
First Christian Church
James Klement
Clemence Luther
Edna Wimpeny
Bethlehem
W. R. Riggen
St. Mary's to Host First Christmas Party
St. Mary's Carmelite parish hosts its first Christmas party at the church hall Tuesday. A music program precedes games with special prizes planned. A large group of parish members will help organize the event.
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B” Friends of St
Joliet Community Safety Council Dinner Meeting
The Joliet Community Safety Council will hold its regular December dinner meeting at the Woodruff Hotel. H. J. Beeson of the Pullman Company will be the speaker.
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Joliet Community Safety Council
Woodruff Hotel
H. J. Eeson
Pullman Company
Obituary of George Kitchener 78 of Parks Avenue
George Kitchener, 78, of 314 Parks Avenue, died yesterday at St Josephs hospital after a lingering illness. Survived by one brother and two sisters in England and a nephew William in California. He came here 56 years ago and worked 33 years for Elgin Joliet and Eastern Railway. Wife died years ago. Funeral at 2 p.m. Saturday at Olson Funeral Home with Rev. W. B. Morgan officiating. Interment at Elmhurst.
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George Kitchener
Parks Avenue
St. Joseph’s Hospital
England
William
California
Mr. Kitchener
Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway Company
Olson Funeral Home
Rev. W. B. Morgan
Elmhurst
Catherine Noonan dies in Joliet after long Joliet life
Catherine Noonan of 405 Hickory Street died this morning at St. Josephs hospital after a three month stay. She came from Massachusetts in 1854 with her parents and lived in Will County parts before moving to Joliet in 1914. She is survived by a nephew William Noonan and nieces Elizabeth Rose Nellie Hess Joseph Stagner Reid McClintock Lynch. remains are at Western Funeral parlors with services set for 9:00 Saturday at St Marys Church. Burial at Mount Olivet cemetery Wilmington.
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Catherine Noonan
Hickory Street
St. Joseph's Hospital
Massachusetts
Will County
Channahon Township
Joliet
William Noonan
Hiwood
Elizabeth Noonan
Rose Noonan
Nellie Hess
Joseph. Stagner
Elwood
Chester Reid
John McClintock
Lockport
Eleanor Lynch
Lemont
St. Mary’s Church
Mount Olivet Cemetery
Wilmington
Dalpiaz Dies. Survived by Six Children in Chicago
Ludwig Dalpiaz age 66 of Moon seph's hospital died. He is survived by two sons Ludwig Jr and John Juliet. three daughters Mrs Alice Burek Mrs Emily Hruby and Mrs Marie Schenk all of Chicago. two grandchildren. Funeral services set for tomorrow from Gerald Dames Funeral Home at 9:00 to St. Anthony's Church at 9:30 with interment at St. Patrick's Cemetery.
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Ludwig Dalpiaz
Moon Avenue
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Ludwig Jr
USA
John
Juliet
Alice Burek
Emily Hruby
Marie Schenk
Chicago
Gerald Dames
St. Anthony’s Church
St. Patrick's Cemetery
St Jude’s Church Bingo Night in Newenox Set Weekly
St Jude’s church in Newenox holds bingo games every Thursday at 8 pm. The event invites all for a pleasant evening to meet new and old friends. The church is on South Cedar road a half mile south of Route 6. Father Reynold Klaes is the pastor.
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St. Jude’s Church
Newenox
St. Jude’s
Cedar Road
Lincoln Highway
Route 6
Reynold Klaes
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Peo
Spectator
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Newspaper
William R. McCabr
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the Spectator
Keay
Jillinets
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