Schools Dominate Final Will County Tax Distribution in 1947
Will County Treasurer Charles Lauth announced a total tax levy distribution of 346,079 with schools receiving the largest shares. Joliet city and Joliet township led allocations, while Joliet Township High School and district 86 school districts earned sizable sums. Other townships like Crete, Plainfield, New Lenox, Frankfort, and Monee also benefited, with non high school areas receiving funds for student transfers.
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Will County
Charles Lauth
Joliet
Joliet Township
Joliet Park District
Tuberculosis Fund
Lauth
Lockport Township
Lockport
Wil County
Crete Township
Crete
Bloom High
Crete High
Plainfield Township
New Lenox Township
Frankfort
Homer
Reed
Manhattan
Monee
Minor collision on slick city streets near Van Buren and Eastern
A minor auto collision occurred last night at the Van Buren street and Eastern avenue intersection due to slick pavements. Leonard Engelhardt of 411 Grant Avenue and Jack Hills of 421 Madeline Street drove the cars. no injuries were reported.
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Leonard
Engelhardt
Grant Avenue
Jack Hills
Madeline Street
van Buren Street
Eastern
Hills
Jit
van Buren
Weather outlook fair and cold with a light wind shift
The forecast calls for a chilly night with a low near 18 degrees. Tomorrow will grow more cloudy and warmer with a high around 34. Winds shift from north to south from this afternoon into tomorrow.
Neighbors Aid Two Ponies Found Near Park
Police investigated two ponies found in West Park area. One lay in a field under a blanket near death, the other in a nearby barn. Two youths, Elmore Phillips 13 and Joanne Phillips 12 of 176 Woodland Avenue, cared for them. The ponies belonged to an Eau Lemenager whose address was unknown. The children said they had previously helped care for the horses and urged Lemenager to take the ponies.
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West Park
Elmore Phillips
Joanne
Woodland Avenue
Eau Lemenager
Lemenager
Jaycees Open Nominations For Distinguished Service Award
Joliet Junior Chamber of Commerce opens nominations for its annual Distinguished Service Award to a man aged 21 to 35. The Founders Day banquet will present the award at the Louis Joliet hotel on Wednesday January 19. Nominees judged on character achievement leadership and service to the community with activity dates from January 1 1948 to tomorrow.
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Joliet
Chamber of Commerce
Commerce Group
Anderson
Lockport Father and Son Injured in Head-On Collision
A Lockport father Victor Zaloudek and his son Glen Victor 18 were injured in a 5:30 p.m. head-on crash with a semi on Wolf Road. The truck driver Claus Olson of Chicago was unhurt. Both victims are hospitalized at Silver Cross with facial, chest, knee, and hand injuries, and fathers may have x-rays.
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Lockport
Wolf Road
Victor T. Zaloudek
Glen Victor
Claus Olson
Greenwood
Chicago
Olson
Glen
Silver Cross Hospital
Zaloudek
Woman Injured in Alleged Fight at Home
Angela Mengine of 604 Third Avenue was rushed to St. Joseph's Hospital in a police ambulance near 11:00 PM with cuts on her right wrist after she said her husband Joseph Mengine threw her through a back porch door during a fight. He was booked by police.
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St. Joseph's Hospital
Angela Mengine
Third Avenue
Joseph Mengine
Police find red wagon driver
Police concluded a Red Cross station wagon driver caused a minor incident involving Helen Bowler of 1621 West Jefferson Street near the Star Peerless Wallpaper firm on Maple Street around 11 am yesterday. Walter Johnson of the Elwood Ordnance plant reported the wagon slid into a car but found no damage after inspecting Bowler’s vehicle.
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Red Cross
Helen Bowler
Jefferson Street
Star Peerless Wallpaper Company
Maple Street
Walter Johnson
Elwood Ordnance Plant
Olga Wilkey
Johnson
Two Route 66 side swipes under icy conditions
State police report two minor highway mishaps with no injuries last night on Route 66. Each incident involved a vehicle side swiping another due to icy roads, with both drivers not from Joliet.
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Route 66
Joliet
Scouts Plan Roundtable Discussion For Rainbow Council
The Boy Scouts of America Rainbow council hold a Wednesday roundtable at Ferdinand hall on Clay street to aid leaders and improve programs. John Whyte leads the session with Donald Berg presenting a three year training award and Mike Watts and Forrest Turner guiding scouters and cubs respectively.
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Boy Scouts of America
Rainbow Council
Ferdinand Hall
Clay Street
Will County
Phillip Watts
Plainfield
Forrest Turner
Joliet
Paul Mapes
William Scarcelli Seeks Divorce From Lillian After Desertion
William Scarcelli filed for divorce from his wife Lillian in the circuit clerk's office this morning. The couple married in Joliet on November 17, 1945. No children were born of the union.
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William Scarcelli
Lillian
Circuit Clerk
Joliet
Joliet Christmas Parade Plans May Grow Fairyland Theme
The Retail Merchants division of Joliet’s Association of Commerce reports the Santa Claus display was a success and plans to expand next year. Costs for the 1940s era decorations totaled about 900 for trees plus 1500 for the house and 165 for the costume, with overall spending near 5000.
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Retail Merchants’ Division
The
Association of Commerce
Joliet
Randolph
Santa Claus
St. Nick
Courthouse Square
Chicago Street
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Thomas McHugh
Alexander Peaslee
Tom Gorey
Peaslee
Katherine Gorey
Shanghai
China
American Foreign Service
Spectator
Jaycees Open
the Spectator
the People’s Newspaper
William R. McCabe
the Spectator Publishing Company
Jaagaapinde
Op Street
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