Councilman Proposes Neutral Arbiter for Police Chief Exam
Councilman William H. Wilson asks city council to shift police chief appointment to Civil Service and add a neutral arbiter to administer and grade a sealed examination. The plan would keep city manager and Board of Police and Fire Commissioners involved, with final approval by the council. Applicants would test in February for a March 1 appointment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H. Wilson
City Council
Board of Police and Fire Commissioners
Wilson
Police and Fire Board
Separation and divorce sought in two circuit cases
An emergency complaint filed for Mrs. Lucille E. Chess seeks separate maintenance custody of two children and property protection from her husband Walter, married June 8, 1946. The filing also notes Mr. Guido Bernabei’s divorce action and a $140 arrears case in which Judge Bartley reduced support to $25 weekly after lowered work days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucille E. Chess
Morgan Street
Circuit Clerk’s
Chess
Walter
Theresa Bernabei
Guido
Circuit Court
Bernabei
James V. Bartley
Abner Meyers Dies After Sixty Years In Joliet
Abner T. Meyers aged 90 died yesterday at his daughter’s home 723 Morgan Street after a brief illness. A Joliet resident since 1916 he was a carpenter contractor until 1930 retirement. Survived by four daughters Mrs Swackhamer Mrs Edna Bergen Essex Mrs Stella Raue Lockport Mrs Vida Olson Chicago one son Lee Chicago Heights and six grandchildren. Services Friday at 11 00 am Sonnenburg Funeral Home North Cemetery Essex. Friends may call after 2 pm tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abner T. Meyers
Leroy Swackhamer
Morgan Street
Joliiet
Swackhamer
Edna Bergen
Essex
Stella Raue
Lockport
Vida, Olson
Chicago
Lee
Chicago Heights
Sonntag Funeral Home
Herkimer Street
J. M. McQueen
North Cemetery
Mobile X rays Planned for Will County School Employees
The State Department of Public Health will send a mobile X ray unit to Will county next week Monday through Friday to screen all school employees under a new Illinois law. Results labeled essentially negative must be filed within 90 days, with notices to family physicians if positive. Employment in contact with pupils is restricted for those with active tuberculosis, and certificates of freedom are due by Sept 1 each school year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will County Health Department
Will-Grundy Medical Society
State Department of Public Health
Will County
General Assembly
Illinois
Wilmington High School
Lockport Township
Center Court
Joliet Township High School
Joliet
Crete-Monee High School
District 86 Board to Name Architects for Washington School Plan
The District 86 grade school board tonight will name architects to convert Washington school into a modern junior high after Central schools close. The meeting will also review safety funding, opening costs, boys PE program, revised manuals, retirement planning, resignations, new custodians, gym use by groups, building changes, and fund transfers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District 86
Washington School
Central Schools
Gayle N. Hufford
al Dick
John Moore
Roy C. Doll
Will County Textbook and School Supplies Exhibit Planned
Forty five Illinois bookmen and school supply exhibitors have reserved space for the Will County Textbook and School Supplies exhibit. It will be shown February 15 from 2 to 6 p m in Pershing school gymnasium Joliet. Exhibitors may set up after noon with space allocated on a first come basis. wall space reserved for 15 exhibitors. A dismissal schedule aims to distribute visiting teachers evenly. The exhibit features high school and elementary texts and materials. A dinner meeting follows at 6 30 p m in the Woodruff hotel Terrace room with three Will county delegates from the White House education conference in Washington DC giving ten minute reports. Reservations due by Friday 4 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois Bookmen and
Will County
Will County Principals and Superintendents Association
Pershing School
Midland Avenue
Campbell Street
PTA
Woodruff Hotel
White House
Washington, D. C
Dean Elmer Rowley
Joliet Junior College
Maude Martin
Business and Professional Women’s Club
Carl Peterson
Board of Education
Beecher Community Unit
City plant costs cut by 132000 in revised estimate
Wayne Reed resident engineer for Consoer Townsend and associates will present a four page progress report to Joliet city council showing the new treatment plant, intercepting sewers and water mains cost 132000 less than the original 2000000 estimate. The report notes a 6.6 percent reduction with no expected cost rise and outlines costs by division.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne Reed
Consoer, Townsend and Associates
Reed
East Wall
United States Steel Corporation
State of Illinois
East Sewer
Ed Daniel
American Steel and Wire Company
Daniel
Steel Company
American Steel
Missing $200 Reported From Room At Belleview Hotel
Gus Pappas reports $200 missing from a cigar box in his Belleview hotel room dresser drawer. He left the money there about three weeks ago and noticed $10 missing last week. yesterday the entire amount was gone. Access to the room required a key as building locks recently changed. Pappas has resided at the hotel for six weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gus Pappas
Belleview Hotel
Pappas
Small stone shard breaks front door on Youngs Avenue
Mrs. Albert Battavio of 303 Youngs Avenue heard a crack in her front door glass and found a hole and damaged inner door. Police report a small stone was recovered, possibly from a slingshot, after an apparent nighttime incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Battavio
Youngs Avenue
Illicit Parking Violator Vehicle Owner Ledwa Cited
Joseph Russell Ledwa 37 of 903 Ludwig Avenue was booked and released by city police after ignoring five warnings about parking illegally on sidewalks at the southeast Columbia and Herkimer streets corner. The leased property owner repeatedly blocked drivers’ view.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Russell Ledwa
Ludwig Avenue
Ledwa
Columbia and
Herkimer Streets
Two Men Charged With Driving While Intoxicated
Charles O Hern 43 of 124 Davis street and Virgil L Blair 38 of Yorkville were charged with driving while intoxicated after separate accidents. O Hern’s crash occurred at Fourth and Mississippi on Feb 1 and Blair’s in front of St Josephs hospital Sunday. Troy Jackson of the O K hotel was charged with vagrancy after multiple disorderly conduct arrests since December.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles O’hern
Davis Street
Virgil L. Blair
Yorkville
O’hern
Fourth
Mississippi Avenues
Blair
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Troy Jackson
O. K
Worker injured by heavy steel flats at Phoenix Manufacturing
Earl Morrow Jr. 19 of 1635 East Street Lockport was struck on the left leg when 8 000 pounds of steel flats fell at Phoenix Manufacturing late last night. He was taken to St Joseph's Hospital and admitted for x rays to be taken this morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Morrow Jr
East Street
Lockport
Phoenix Manufacturing Company
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Milk association warns of surplus
A. L. McWilliams told attendees at the District 13 Pure Milk Association annual meeting at Sportsmanhall Manhattan that higher fluid milk sales in Chicago last year increased farmers' income by one million dollars but warned that rising production in the last quarter could create a 1956 surplus and lower prices without cooperative action. Julius Lewing of Elwood presided as district president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
District 13
Pure Milk Association
A. L. McWilliams
Sportsmanhall
Manhattan
Julius Lewing
Elwood
McWilliams
Mrs Laura Morgan Taken by Death
Mrs Laura Morgan 63 died yesterday at 410 Sherman Joliet where she had lived since 1934 born in Mokena she is survived by her daughter Mrs Raymond Glade and three sons Lloyd Harvey and Donald four brothers a sister and four grandchildren Funeral services at Sonntag Funeral home Friday at 2 with Revs Erdman and Martin Frenk officiating Interment St John Cemetery Mokena Friends may call after 7 tonight
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laura Morgan
Sherman Street
Mokena
Joliet
James
Raymond Glade
Manhattan
Lloyd
Hinsdale
Harvey
Donald
Gilbert Voss
Walter Voss
Peotone
Henry Voss
Blue Island
Milton Voss
Chicago
Joseph Scott
Frankfort
Morgan
Cantigny Post
VFW
Sonntag Funeral Home
Herkimer Street
Erdman Frenk
Martin Frenk
St. John’s Cemetery
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Abner Meyers
East Wall Sewe
Engineering Department
Detroit Steel Products Company
Gardner Street
Fourth Avenue
Milk Association
Che Spectator
the People’s Newspaper
William R. McCabe
The
Spectator Publishing
the Spectator
W. Cass Street
Joliet Ilinois
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