Joliet Stores Spark Yuletide Shopping Frenzy
Thousands crowd the Joliet loop district with five shopping days left before Christmas. Merchants stocked large varied merchandise and extended hours until 9 30 p m to aid late shoppers. Display windows attractively decorated with a local Chamber of Commerce contest awarding prizes. Toylands abound and about 100000 dollars was spent by local merchants on Joliet kiddies gifts. Cass Street merchants joined in creating Joliet s Christmas center with lights along Chicago to Ottawa streets and toward The Eagle.
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Loop
Joliet
Chamber of Commerce
Cass Street
Joliet’s
Chicago
Ottawa Streets
Chicago Street
Eagle
Miss Rath Lyon to Solo At Joliet Symphony Concert
The Joliet Civic Music association presents the Joliet Symphony Orchestra second concert Monday night at Joliet township high school's auditorium. Chicago soprano Miss Ruth Lyon will perform the aria Waltz Song from Romeo and Juliet and a set of English songs. The program opens with Glinka Roussané et Ludmila and includes Rimsky Korsakov pieces and Ippolitow Iwanow selections. A Grieg piece dedicated to Claude M. Dibble who died this week follows the intermission.
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Joliet Symphony Orchestra
Joliet Civic Music Association
Joliet Township
Ruth Lyon
Chicago
Gounod
Notable Joliet Neighbors and Stage News At Rialto
Street chatter mentions Karl Dane and George K Arthur planned personal appearances on the Rialto stage next Monday through Wednesday. Other items note local figures like Judge Dave Fisher and Mrs Bertha Campbell, plus calendar pads from Packy McFarland and Nick Romano slated to cover De La Salle games.
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Karl Dane
George K. Arthur
Civic Music program includes Konigskinder and Oberon Overture
George Dasch conducts a memorial performance featuring Humperdinck Introduction to Act 2 of Konigskinder and Variations on the Austrian National Hymn by the string orchestra. The second half concludes with Weber Oberon overture as the final number.
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Civic Music Association
George Dasch
Humperdinck
Oberon
Weber
Handel Recital At High School Promises Classic Voices
Students of the high school music department under Albert Hindle perform an Old Master Costume recital in the auditorium at 8 pm. Proceeds aid the school loan fund. The program features Handel Messiah selections with the high school orchestra and choruses, plus guest singers and a dance director.
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George Frederick Handel
Albert Hindle
Hiram Converse
Lascia
Opera
Rinaldo
Isabel Boyd
Hindle
E. B. Brockett
Dorothy Westendorp
Verna B. Hoyt
Reva Levin
Catherine Wall
Bernice R. Evans
Harlow Fredericks
Loretta Kimball
Verna K. Reynolds
James Sime
Anna Collins
Cora Gaskill
Marion McAnally
Doris Rohrbach
Louise May
James Grady
O. W. McGovney
George Lehr
Philip Theaver
Orville Sippel
Centius Smith
J. S. Sproal
Esther W. Moore
Divorces Sought Over Cruelty and Speeding Hands
In circuit court, Inez Piercefield seeks divorce from Curtiss Piercefield citing a speed of a “great big hand” during an alleged incident. Euphmia McFedres also files for divorce from Andrew McFedres claiming boxing lessons and cruelty. Gertrude Pappas sues Samuel Pappas for divorce citing similar cruelty patterns observed in boxing and wrestling.
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Curtiss Piercefield
Inez
Ray Faulkner
Andrew McFedres
Euphmia
Andrew
Scotland
Dale Nicholson
McFedres
Samuel Pappas
Piercefield
Gertrude
Grant
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Xmas Shoppers Throng Stores
Loop District
Ottawa Street
Miss Rath Lyon
Frank Turk
Elmer Stephen
Dave Fisher
Paul Larsen
Bill
Hamilton
Mr. Fisher
Art Downey
al Stengele
T. Boles
Sheriff’s Office
Seaver
George Bancrof
The
Rialto
George Mahoney
Joe ‘Keig
Harold Wallace
Joliet and Lockport
Phil’ Scott
Eddie Yahn
Bertha Campbell
Larry” Fox
Joliet Calendar Company
Nick” Romano
de la Salle
WCLS
WKBB
Handel
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