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Newspaper
The Spectator
Location
Joliet, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1934
Page
1
Spectator newsboys will begin their monthly collections this weekend. Each boy will carry identification for your protection. if unrecognized, ask to see it. They operate as self employed vendors, keeping their monthly collections. They aim to deliver The Spectator to homes every Thursday afternoon. If you do not receive your copy, call 9224 before ? o'clock for delivery.
The Y M C A opens its annual New Year exhibition on Friday evening January 4. C R Makeever, the Y’s physical instructor, announced that every department will participate with gymnastic and swimming shows, glee club singing, industrial work pictures, and wrestling. The program will be larger than past years.
Joliet residents plan a lively New Year Eve with midnight gatherings at the Rialto and other hotels. Reservations are heavy at Woodruff and Louis Joliet hotels as dances watch parties and church services draw thousands to welcome 1935 with gaiety.
Several thousand children will return to Joliet public grade schools Joliet high school and Joliet junior college on Wednesday morning January 2 after a Christmas vacation. Parochial pupils resume January 7 along with Catholic high school and college students and out of town college students. High school and junior college students begin semester exam preparation a week after classes resume.
The mayor announced his candidacy for mayor at the March primary. He said the city operating budget for 1935 would be trimmed below 650000, down from 686142 last year and well below the million-dollar level five years ago.
The Spectator reports upcoming mayoral and commissioner nominations with talk of reelecting some officials. Mayor Lennon signals a 1935 budget plan to reduce expenses and restore wage cuts, and November rumors name J. W. McCarthy as a potential mayoral candidate.
Zero weather grips Joliet with extreme cold across the eastern and middlewestern states. The Municipal airport thermometer stood at two below zero last night as the cold wave continues.
Fire Chief John Nygren issued a warning to open garage doors before warming a car in a closed space after a death from carbon monoxide. Take no chances, officials say, as the warning emphasizes safe ventilation.
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