Joliet Honors Roosevelt With Banquet and Dances
Joliet citizens celebrated President Roosevelt on his 52nd birthday with multiple events across Will County. Funds raised at a birthday banquet and card party for the Warm Springs Foundation are expected to total several hundred dollars, joining a nationwide $2,000,000 goal.
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Foliet
Roosevelt
Will County
Warm Springs Foundation For
Georgia
Elks
Roosevelt Club
J. McCarthy
Oodruff
Women’s Union Laber League
Central Trades and Labor Council
Eagles
Richlin Park
Pulaski
County Candidates File Petitions Tomorrow in April Primary
County offices on the ballot include county judge clerk probate judge treasurer sheriff and superintendent of schools with petitions due by February 19 at the county clerk's offices. Precinct committeemen must file between February 9 and March 1 across 88 districts, 53 in Joliet.
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Court House
Joliet
Golden Slipper Minstrels Set for March 7 and 8
The fifth annual Golden Slipper Minstrels will be presented March 7 and 8 at Grace M. E. church Oakland avenue with last year’s popular entertainers returning. The show features the comedy In the Haunted House with repeat performers Ken Conlish Lester Allen Joseph Clelland and George Allen among others. George Allen Don Goodman Gaylord Ghilain and Ed Goodman will sing solos and George Allen will perform a clog dance. The Y M C A quartet will sing between scenes. Organizers promise a bigger and better production this year.
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Grace M. E. Church
Oakland Avenue
Ken Conlish
Lester Allen
Joseph Clelland
George Allen
Don
Young Entertainers at Knights of Columbus Party
Mary Lavonne Aschenbrenner and Catherine Panepinto, a popular young singing and dancing team, will perform at the combined Marci d Valentine party organized by the Knights of Columbus. The event is set for February 13 at the Garden venues.
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Mary Lavonne Aschenbrenner
Catherine Panepinto
Knights To Columbus
Oe Gardens
Elks Mark 39th Joliet Anniversary Celebration
The Joliet Elks Club plans a 39th anniversary event at month end with entertainment for original members. The founding celebration was once annual, paused for years, and revived in 1934, with committees now arranging a grand get-together.
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The
Elks Club
Joliet
Blind Evangelist Conducts Nightly Services at Salvation Army
Envoy Walter Jeffery, a blind evangelist and musician, conducts services nightly at 8 o'clock at the Salvation Army hall on South Joliet Street. The public is invited to all sessions, with the final Monday night session featuring a sacred musical concert.
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Salvation Army Hall
South Joliet Street
Walter Jeffery
Barber code fair price debate and customer trim gag
In a humorous note about barber pricing, NRA questions a fair haircut price while the customer ends up trimmed regardless. The line plays on the idea that the customer’s fate is fixed despite discussions of value.
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NRA
The Nudists and Their Untidy Fashion Troubles
A quip notes that nudists have no use for clothes and mocks their fashion sense, suggesting humor about social norms and modesty.
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Route 4
Westside
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Agnes Edwards
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Dependable Beauty Service
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Ruby and Cora Sts
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Clover Farm Stores
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