Banquet in Joliet Celebrates A of C 1954 Progress
A full house of 650 attended the Joliet Association of Commerce annual banquet at the Harwood American Legion hall. Edgar Ansel Mowrer spoke with Adele Parker and ventriloquist Danny Egan presenting Dr. Z. Callahan. James W. Barr outlined 1954 gains and thanked 600 committee members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joliet Association of Commerce
Harwood
Roger Wolff
Civic
Joliet
Morris M. Hershman
al Baskin
Baskin
A. of C
Paul Frederich
Dutch Davidson
Dan Albrecht
James W. Barr
Barr
Mowrer urges decisive action against Reds at Commerce banquet
Edgar Ansel Mowrer, Pulitzer winner and foreign correspondent, calls for strong U S measures in the Far East to deter Red China and warns of an inevitable major war if policies do not change He blames past Korea compromise and urges Formosa support to defend free Asia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Association of Commerce
Edgar Ansel Mowrer
Mowrer
United States
Far East
James Michener
Maine
California
Lenin
Stalin
Khrushchev
Russia
China
India
Will County
Wilmington
Germany
Mother and son share Loyola honors in Chicago graduation
Mrs Nellie O Mara and her son Patrick 23 received degrees from Loyola University at Chicago graduation February 3. Ellen O Mara daughter of Patrick Linskey and Susie Connor of Braidwood, a East school and Austin High School graduate, earned a master's in education while Pat earned a bachelor of science degree in a wheelchair after polio in 1953.
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Loyola University
Chicago
Nellie O'Mara
Patrick Linskey
Susie Connor
Braidwood
East School
M. J. Donna
Austin High School
Pat
Patrick
Teacher sues Joliet district for back wages over pregnancy
Mrs. Mary Whiteman filed in circuit court against Joliet School District 86 claiming breach of contract and $4,100 in back pay. She says her Sept 9 1953 contract for $3,500 was terminated May 21 1954 due to pregnancy, though no law or contract allows dismissal for that reason. She also says a 1954 55 contract for $3,800 was signed but never assigned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Whiteman
Joliet School District 86
Clarence Olin
James M. Blood
J. C. Brady
Don E. Harper
Stuart C. Kroesch
Walter B. Huey
Floyd E. Olson
Whiteman
Cunningham School
Theu Supt
G. N. Hufford
Boles and Mutz
Michael H. Lyons
Cut by Saw Injures Man at Sterling Avenue
Andrew Smith aged 60 of 1212 Sterling Avenue was treated at Silver Cross Hospital last evening after a circular saw buckled while he cut a board, injuring his right index finger.
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Andrew Smith
Sterling Avenue
Silver Cross Hospital
Smith
Boy Cut By Pencil At School Injury At Silver Cross
Charles Vance 16 of 518 N Hibbard Street received a cut on his left wrist when he fell on a pencil at A. O. Marshall school yesterday. He was taken to Silver Cross hospital for emergency treatment.
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Charles Vance
N. Hibbard Street
A. O. Marshall School
Silver Cross Hospital
Brazilian star Bidu Sayao leads CMA concert at Pershing School
Bidu Sayao, noted Brazilian soprano, wowed a Pershing School audience in a Civic Music Association program. She performed two arias from The Marriage of Figaro, plus Puccini and Debussy selections, with a March 4 concert by Isaac Stern announced as finale.
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Peggy Powell Spectator
Bidu Sayao
Pershing School
Civic Music Association
Madame Sayao
Mozapht
Tey
Debussy
Poulenc
Bernard
Edna Mortimer
CMA
Mortimer
Black Road
Mme. Sayne
Isaac Stern
Liberty for all by Melanie Palochi
A student essay arguing Lincoln rights and the nation born in liberty. It emphasizes equality for all races creeds and the call to treat others with respect. It quotes the creed all men are created equal and key moral maxims to guide behavior.
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Liberty For All
Melanie Palochi
St. Mary’s School
Lincoln
Ours
Joliet Driver Hits Cook Deputy in Fatal Auto Crash
A Joliet man, Jessie H. Hamilton, 21, struck and killed Deputy Edward Nied, 44, of the Bedford Park station while deputies investigated an abandoned vehicle at 102nd and Archer Aves near Willow Springs. Hamilton, ticketed for speeding moments earlier, stopped at the scene then was jailed on reckless homicide charges. He works at Fisher Body in Willow Springs and resides in Joliet with his wife and two children born that Sunday.
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Joliet
Cook County
Willow Springs
Jessie H. Hamilton
Mound Street
Archer Avenues
Hamilton
Edward Nied
Bedford Park County
Bedford Park
Fisher Body
Kankakee
Brown boy fractures wrist in schoolyard fall
Late yesterday Lynn Brown of Braidwood fractured his left wrist in a fall while playing in the schoolyard. He was taken to Silver Cross hospital for a cast and released after treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynn Brown
Jesse Brown
Braidwood
Silver Cross Hospital
Brown
Car Windows And Mirror Damaged In City Lot Incident
John K. Gardner reports his car parked at Clinton and Desplaines streets Monday evening was damaged by vandals. Two rear vent windows were broken and the outside mirror was removed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John K. Gardner
Willow Avenue
Clinton and
Desplaines Streets
Stolen License Plate Reported From City Street Car
Mrs. Michael Adler of 402 Western Avenue reported to police that a license plate and hub cap were stolen from her parked car. The 1954 plate number 2 178 962 is missing from in front of her residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael Adler
Western Avenue
Files claim to Plainfield land in probate petition
A probate petition was filed in Chicago for the estate of George M. Brownson after his sister Mabel Whitson of Plainfield died. Crosby L. Brownson, the son, seeks letters of administration to establish title to a share of the Plainfield real estate valued around 5250.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George M. Brownson
Chicago
Mabel Whitson
Plainfield
Crosby L. Brownson
Mr. Brownson
Brownson
Legion essay winners head to Springfield trip
Six Joliet grade school students win county Legion essay contest and will visit Springfield tomorrow for Lincoln landmarks and government buildings. They meet Governor Stratton at the Abraham Lincoln hotel, lay a wreath at Lincoln tomb, tour New Salem, and are chaperoned by Harwood post members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joliet
Springfield
Lincoln
Harwood Post
American Legion
the Legion
Melanie Polochi
St. Mary’s School
Karen Galle
St. John’s
Jeannette Hieronymus
Farragut
Richard Maszak
St. Thaddeus
Patricia Smith
Holy Cross
Lynn Hills
Washington
State House
Stratton
National
State Legion
Abraham Lincoln
New Salem
Lincoln Village
Edward Brennan
Americanism
George Heckenkamp
Heckenkamp
American Legion Auxiliary
Quincy
Spectator Volume XXVIII February 10 1955 No 46
The Toliet Illinois edition of The Spectator lists notices and community items. Includes ads and brief society notes with local addresses and prices. The issue highlights telephone rates and business notices from Toliet and surrounding areas along W Cass Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ertfings
Cass Street
Toliet
Illinois
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Francis P. Old
USN
State of Illinois Toll Highway Commission
Will County Transportation Club
Admiral Old
Navy
Ninth Naval District
Indiana
Pacific
Loyal Order of Moose
Plainfield Land
Legion
St. Mary’s
Michael Polochi
Collins Street
Loretta Clare
Melanie
Che Spectator
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WILLIAM R. _McCABE
Fred P. Lollar
The
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