Skating Meet Sets Sunday Exhibition At Highland Park
Chicago area champions travel to Highland Park for the Will County skating exhibition with twenty events including the Lieut. Lawrence Boyle cup two mile servicemen's race. Notables include Ray Blum Buddy Solen and Lowell Miller among male skaters and Rosemary Fehrenbach Loretta DeMetz among the women.
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Chicago
Will County
Highland Park
Lawrence Boyle
Rosemary Fehrenbach
Loretta DeMetz
Servicewomen
Lincoln Birthday Concert By Joliet Junior Choral Club
The Be Square Sunday Evening Club of the First Baptist church presents the Joliet Junior Choral Club in a February 11 program at 7 30 PM. The 30 voice group conducts patriotic and spiritual numbers directed by Chastine Mason with Miss Jacqueline Brown as guest reader. The ensemble is in its 17th season with over 200 performances. Public welcome with free will offering.
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Abraham Lincoln
Be Square
First Baptist Church
Joliet
30 Voices
Chastine ¢. Mason
Jacqueline Brown
Red Cross National Fund Drive Set for March 1 10
Copies of the president proclamation endorsing the Red Cross national fund drive have been issued to Joliet workers who will solicit during March 1 to 10. Contributions received after March 10 will be credited to the drive.
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Red Cross
Joliet
Easter Seal sale drive planned in Joliet by City Club
Plans are underway for Joliet’s Easter Seal sale to raise funds for physically handicapped children. The City Club sponsors the annual drive in collaboration with the national campaign. Date not set but expected in the last two weeks of March, per drive chairman James Norris. Proceeds support a special room at James M. Thompson School on Rowell Avenue.
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Joliet
City Club
James Norris
James M. Thompson
Rowell Avenue
Plan Joliet committee to direct UNRRA
Members of the Will County War council meet Tuesday to organize a Joliet general committee and select a chairman for the city’s participation in UNRRA clothing collection during April. Richard W. Jones presides. Henry J. Kaiser is national chair. UNRRA aims to collect 150 million pounds of clothing.
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Will County War Council
Joliet Public Library
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
United Clothing Collection
Richard W. Jones
Henry J. Kaiser
UNRRA
Robbin couple welcome six pound baby boy at St Josephs
Advertising manager of Goldblatt's Mr Robert Robbin and Mrs Robbin of 523 North Broadway greet a son born this morning at 7 30 in St Josephs hospital. Mother and baby are well. Father will take time to recover.
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Robert Robbin
Broadway Street
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Goldblatt’s
World Day of Prayer Services Planned by County Churches
A World Day of Prayer will be observed by all Presbyterian churches in the county on Friday Feb 16 at the Universalist church with a 10 30 am start and a light luncheon at noon reservations to Mrs William McGladdery 4996. Joliet council officers lead the day with Mrs Ray Barrick president and others assisting in a world wide observance inviting all.
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Universalist
United Council of Church Women
William McGladdery
Joliet Council
Ray G. Barrick
Coast Guard Seeks Women Recruits for SPAR Program
The Coast Guard recruiting station at 53 W. Jackson Boulevard Chicago seeks women specialists for SPAR positions after quota reductions. Candidates with clerical skills such as stenography accounting and bookkeeping are needed. Recruits go to Manhattan Beach New York for six weeks of basic training and may attend further specialist schools.
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Coast Guard
W. Jackson Boulevard
Chicago
Manhattan Beach
N. Y
Veteran of battles home for furlough
S/Sgt. George F. Murnick, son of Mr and Mrs Michael Murnick of 403 Benton street, is due in Joliet soon from Fort Sheridan. He enlisted December 26 1941 and has served 35 months overseas in the Southwest Pacific after working at the Rock Island arsenal.
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George F. Murnick
Michael Murnick
Benton Street
Joliet
Army
Fort Sheridan
Murnick
Southwest Pacific
Rock Island Arsenal
Obituaries: Dempsey, Knezevich, Gurka and Wisniewski
Obituary notices report Susan Dempsey nee Coy Roy age 78 of 813 Caton Avenue died today at St Josephs Hospital survived by four children six grandchildren and four siblings and involved with St Raymonds Altar and Rosary. Funeral from Fred C Dames Saturday at 9 to St Raymonds 9 30 burial Mount Olivet. Daniel Knezevich 70 of 2522 Corn Street died today at Silver Cross Hospital survived by two sons George and Jacob funeral February 10 from Racki Funeral Home at 10 with services at St Marys Croatian Church at 10 30 burial St Marys Croatian Cemetery. Agnes Gurka died after a lingering illness at 451 Herkimer Street wife of the late John Gurka resident of Joliet 50 years retired from grocery and meat business 14 years ago survived by four daughters twelve grandchildren and one brother John Gibes of Chicago member of Altar and Rosary at Holy Cross and Our Lady of Perpetual Help St Thaddeus Church funeral February 12 from home 8 30 with services at St Thaddeus burial Holy Cross Cemetery Leo P Wisniewski undertaker.
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Susan Dempsey
Coyroy
St. Joseph's Hospital
Caton Avenue
Fred C. Dames
St. Raymond's Church
Mount Olivet Cemetery
Daniel Knezevich
Corn Street
Silver Cross Hospital
George
Jacob
Racki
St. Mary's
St. Mary’s
Agnes Gurka
Herkimer Street
Bonin Islands Grow Sugar Cane Pineapples and Bananas
The report notes that the chief crops of the Bonin islands are sugar cane pineapples and bananas highlighting agricultural outputs and local farming.
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Bonin Islands
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James B.mccann
World Day of Prayer
Richard J.coyne
Hartley Cleaners
Hartley
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Aixd-Hto
Che Spectator
the People’s Newspaper
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the Spectator
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