West Side Joliet to Seek Nine Sidewalks vote
The West Side Business Council will ask Joliet City Council at the March 16 meeting to approve sidewalks on nine major West Side streets. The plan includes Midland Ave Ingalls Ave to Larkin Ave, Reed St Black Rd to West Park Front, and other segments. The George Werden Buck Boys' Club adds clay modeling classes with no cost for materials or equipment.
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West Side Business Council
Joliet
George Werden Buck Boys’ Club
Reed St
Black Rd
West Park Front
Sidewalk petitions circulated by church and school groups
T William Fitzgerald reports petitions circulating in areas served by new sidewalks. He cites pedestrian safety gains and a plan to force installation by special assessment if owners do not build their own. The aim is to have sidewalks ready before next fall school start and includes Western Side business men proposing sidewalks for all new homes.
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T. William Fitzgerald
West Side
Honey to Make Debut at Lewis College
A Honeywell 200 computer will debut at Lewis College at 4:30 p.m. on Monday February 15. The device is described as well shaped and quick witted with a capacity for figures. It will serve educational purposes for faculty and students and will also be available to local business and industrial men for extra income.
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Lewis College
Honey
Family Service Agency Dinner Reservations for Will County
The Family Service Agency of Will County invites reservations for its annual dinner meeting at D Amico's ballroom on February 17. Dinner costs 3.50 and reservations are due by February 15. The program includes a play The Long View directed by Helen Rothlisberger, a Joliet West string ensemble, and remarks by William Jellema and Peter Labella outlining agency objectives.
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Family Service Agency of
Will County
D’amico
Helen Rothlisberger
Stella Kouchoukas
Leonard Bewersdorf
Don Morse
Jack Sergeant
Joliet West
Kirma Pearce
Maureen Baillies
Betsy Lenz
Hettie Sue Manning
Randy Pollock
Peter Labella
William Jellema
Family Service Agency
Four Will County residents nominated to national water group
U S Rep John N Erlenborn nominates Joliet Township Supervisor Richard Tezak Joliet City Councilman William H Wilson Tone Page Potone and Edward Rossetto Lockport to represent Will County in the National Rivers and Harbors Congress founded in 1900 a nonprofit non partisan group aimed at promoting water development public concern and interagency cooperation
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Will County
National Rivers and Harbors Congress
U. S
John N. Erlenborn
Joliet
Richard Tezak
William H. Wilson
John Tomberlin
Peotone
Edward Rossetto
Lockport
Young GOP to screen Red movie at Homer Town Hall
The Tri Township Young Republicans Club will show a film titled Operation Abolition depicting tactics by Communist agitators at the 1960 Un American Activities hearings. The event is set for 8 p.m. Monday February 15 at Homer Town Hall Cedar Rd Rt 7 and invites public attendance.
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Un-American Activities Committee
San Francisco
Tri- Township
Young Republicans Club
Homer Town Hall
Cedar Rd
Rt. 7
West Readies Spring Play Life With Father at Joliet West
Joliet West to stage Life With Father a three act comedy in the auditorium on April 9 and 10 directed by B F Johnston with Wilma Dryden and W W Johnson as assistants Tryouts began February 2 in the Little Theater drawing over 110 hopefuls and a difficult cast selection Tickets will go on sale in mid March.
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Joliet West
B. F. Johnston
Wilma Dryden
W. W. Johnson
Pennymon To Speak To Joliet Lions on Feb 18
Joliet Central teacher Henry Pennymon will address the Joliet Lions Club at the noon meeting on The Negro in American History. The Lions plan a Feb 25 talk by Sow Princes of Caterpillar Tractor Co about his trip to Japan.
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Henry Pennymon
Joliet Central
Joliet Lions Club
Sow Princes of Caterpillar Tractor Co
Japan
Photographs by Joliet East Students on Display at Library
Photos by Vern Enis and Lual Louth III from Joliet East are on display at Joliet Public Library this month. Both students have won prizes in competitions and plan college study in photography, illustration or advertising. Each maintains a home darkroom and provides developing and enlarging services.
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Vern Enis
Fourth Ave
Lual Louth III
Wildwood la
Joliet Public Library
Joliet East
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Will - Grundy County Medical Society
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