Joliet Association Champions Civic Growth and Projects
The Joliet Association of Commerce outlines a year of broad activity to boost economic vitality. It reports efforts across agriculture, beautification, civic affairs, education, housing, industry support, and public relations, benefiting city development and employment.
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Association
Altho
Joliet
H. L. Peterson
Contact Club
Association of Commerce
Joliet Township
Greater Joliet
Leonard Troughton
Arthur Lumsden
A. W. Tarter
Retiring Joliet pastor honored at testimonial dinner
Dr. Walter H. Macpherson retiring minister of the Joliet Universalist church will be feted at a dinner in the Hotel Louis Joliet main dining room. He completes 40 years in the Joliet church pulpit Sunday. Music by the church quartet directed by Arthur Eneix and brief talks by community and church leaders will conclude the program.
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Walter H. Macpherson
Joliet
Joliet Opens Two Ice Skating Fields for Public Use
Joliet Park board announces two fields open for ice skating in the Joliet area. Desmond field offers a warming field house and Farragut school field provides skating space for residents.
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Joliet Park Board
Joliet
Desmond
Farragut
Joliet Mayor seeks state aid for traffic origin study
Mayor Arthur O Janke urged C A Apple district engineer of Illinois Division of Highways to fund an origin destination traffic survey for Joliet. The study would map six bridge areas and the Larkin to J tracks corridor to assess bottlenecks and transient traffic, with a possible Lockport extension.
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Arthur O. Janke
C. A. Apple
Illinois Division of Highways
Joliet
Orville Belfield
Fic
Janke
Ruby Street
McDonough Street
Larkin Road
Lockport
Ex-convict arrested on fraudulent check charges
Arraigned before Police Magistrate Martin Jackson George Laketa 32 formerly living at 403 Washington Street is held on $2000 bond. He allegedly cashed a $25 check on December 15 at a Kalb bank and another for $30 later, with Schulkin reporting the first check cashed. Laketa denied further crimes but refused a lie detector test.
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Martin Jackson
George Laketa
W. Washington Street
Laketa
Isadore Schulk
W. Jefferson Street
DeKalb
Schulkin
Record Cold As Mercury Falls To 20 Below
The thermometer dropped to 20 below zero between 5 30 and 6 30 this morning, beating the prior low of 17 below recorded December 16. Cold, fair weather was forecast with a rise to 12 above zero today, then a jump to 20 above tomorrow and more snow likely. Tonight’s low is expected to reach five below.
Joliet saves Christmas for a debt-ridden father
Joliet residents rallied to help 35 year old Stanley Dombroviak and his wife Anna and four children after he advertised an eye for sale to cover debts and buy toys and food. The Spectator story prompted donations of toys clothing and money, lifting the family's spirits and easing hardship.
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Joliet
Santa Claus
E. Washington Street
Stanley Dombroviak
Anna
Veronica June
Robert
Mary Elaine
Anna Marie
The
Spectator
Dombroviak
Sec
Dombroviaks
Three Held in Morris Jail for Brutal Farm Owner Assault
Three teens held on five thousand dollar bonds for the severe beating of Julius Peterson, a 58 year old Grundy county farmer. Peterson remains in serious condition at Morris hospital. They allegedly attacked him after meeting in a Morris tavern Christmas night and traveling through Grundy county taverns on Route 66 near Braceville, then abandoning him on Jackson street near the state's attorney's home.
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Grundy County
Morris
Julius Peterson
Morris Hospital
Carl Holcomb
Henry Lazier
John McLennon
Stavanger
LaSalle County
Bell
August Black
Peterson
Morris Tavern
Tf&ey
Braceville
Jackson Street
Black
City to align with state law on accident reporting
Traffic Captain Belfield asks city council to pass an ordinance easing reporting rules for minor crashes. Motorists would not report unless injuries or damage exceed 100 dollars and the period to report would rise from 12 hours to five days. Unreported accidents would still require exchanging info or face hit and run charges.
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O. D. Belfield
Belfield
Ed Franck
Newspaper masthead and date line from Joliet edition
The fragment shows a 1951 Joliet newspaper masthead indicating volume 25 and issue 39 published December 27 1951. It notes second class matter residence at Joliet Post Office under the 1897 act.
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Joliet
Illinois
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George Woodruff
West Side
Vwousing
Govern
Francis Pirc
Mary Lou Mlakar
Nancy Giampalo
West Park
Snuffy
Jolietgu
van Buren Street
James Bell
Che Spectator
the People’s Newspaper
Tlliam R. McCabs
Spectator Publishing
Stator
Cass Street
Minoia Telephone
Bingle
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