Welcome to Will County farm youth in Joliet program
Joliet hosts 1000 to 2000 farm youths ages 10 to 20 from Will County districts. Groups tour local businesses, utilities, newspapers and manufacturers while The Spectator staff greet them. The Ag Industry banquet at VFW post begins festivities with speeches by Charles Shuman and Edward McDermott.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Formea
Therayways
Spectator
VFW
Horseshoe Drive
Charles B. Shuman
Illinois Agricultural Association
Edward H. McDermott
Illinois State Chamber of Commerce
Arthur Brayton
Hit runners nick two autos while parked
Two victims report late yesterday that hit and run crashes damaged parked cars. Bernard Henke on Nicholson street and Walter Weishaar on Cass street near Collins identified a truck with G Georgantas markings and a tractor trailer type truck as the likely hit and run vehicle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernard Henke
Nicholson Street
Walter Weishaar
Hickory Street
Henke
Lloyd Marston
G. Georgantas
Weishaar
Cass Street
Collins
Divorce Decree Granted to Mrs Carmen Lewis
Mrs Carmen Lewis of 427 North Chicago Street was granted a divorce in circuit court yesterday by Judge James V Bartley. She charged her husband Everett with extreme cruelty. The couple wed March 18 1947.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carmen Lewis
Chicago Street
James V. Bartley
Everett
March of Dimes drive nears $25,000 county total
Wallace says county campaign for the 1949 March of Dimes is near the goal with $23,640.14 raised by yesterday noon and two towns still to report. He cites anticipated sums from Lockport and Crete and notes ten towns exceeded prior quotas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Wallace
Wallace
Lockport
Crete
Wills County
Channahon
Custer Park
Elwood
Frankfort
Manhattan
Mokena
Monee
New Lenox
Plainfield
Symerton
Rockdale
al Smiles
First National Bank
Local foundry receives corporation papers in Chicago
The secretary of state issues corporation papers for McDonough Street Foundry, Inc. with offices at 315 W McDonough Street. Dated February 14, petitioners Mildred Talman O F McGuire and H G Ross of 77 Washington Street Chicago. The corporation will run a general foundry and machine shop business.
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Corporation
Secretary of State
McDonough Street Foundry, Inc
Ww. McDonough Street
Mildred Talman
O. F. McGuire
H. G. Ross
W. Washington Street
Chicago
Three Arrested After Fire Escape Smuggling Attempt
Officer Breen arrested Dallas TP. Brothers of Tennessee C. L. Gilleland and a mother of four in a 1941 Ford near Hotel Louis Joliet. The woman was intoxicated and unable to talk. Police found bruises on her arms as they believed the men planned to get her into a second floor room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Breen
Louis Joliet
Dallas TP. Brothers
Tennessee
C. L. Gilleland
Breen
Joseph Trizna
Rockdale
Local man Hulgar Larsen dies at 58
Hulgar Larsen 58 died yesterday morning at his home 512 Emmett Street. Funeral services at Carlson Funeral Home 300 Youngs Avenue Saturday at 2 pm with Past Noble Grand Powhan Lodge I O O F conduct. Burial in Elmhurst Cemetery. Survived by wife Mary three daughters four sisters a brother and four grandchildren. Larsen belonged to Matteson Lodge A F and A M the Maccabee and the Operating Engineers union.
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Hulgar Larsen
Emmett Street
Carlson Funeral Home
Youngs Avenue
Noble Grand Powhan Lodge I. O. O. F
Elmhurst Cemetery
Larsen
Mary
Donald Pennington
Plainfield
Farr Robinson
New Lenox
Eugene Erickson
Chicago
Selma Lindberg
Hattie Larsen
Paul Shimek
Nick Pawlowski
Morris
Harry
Matteson Lodge A. F
A. M
The
Maccabee and the Operating Engineers Union
R W Thomas elected to head Joliet Will County Chest
R W Thomas was elected president of Joliet Will County Community Chest Inc at the annual meeting in Woodruff hotel. He succeeds Willard B Curtis. officers include C H Peterson vice president William F Meyer treasurer and R W Jones secretary. Seven new directors chosen. Curtis praised the 1948 fundraising and noted the exchange had 3387 registrations and 226 information clearings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert W. Thomas
Joliet-Will
Fred DeToffel
Peterson
Helen Falkenberg
Wendell Klemm
Charles R. Reardon
Raymond E. Shea
Thomas
Curtis
Social Service Exchange
Community Chest
Fred Sehring
Jones
Two Car Collision on Riley Hill Near Oak Avenue
Sheriff deputies reported a two car crash on Riley's hill near Oak Avenue. Carl Smith of Richards Street said J C Gibbons of Route 1 Oak Avenue crossed the center line, forcing him off the road to avoid a head on collision. Smith's left front was damaged. Gibbons was not found at scene and later no hospital record could confirm his treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riley’s Hill
Oak Avenue
Sheriff's
Carl Smith
Richards Street
Smith
Lockport Road
J. C Gibbons
Man's persistent effort clears dead dog from street
Leslie Fowler of 309 North Hickory Street fought delays from police and city crews after a dog was struck by a car Monday. Despite frozen ground and unreturned calls, the animal was finally removed at noon Tuesday by workers from F B Streepy's garage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leslie Fowler
Hickory Street
Fowler
F. B
County Health Department
Streepy
Old Joliet prison to add cell house chapel and school
Warden Joseph E. Ragen announced plans for a new cell house, chapel, and school building at the old Joliet prison on Collins Street to increase capacity by about 800 and remodel existing structures. Construction expected to start by July 1 with the state division of architecture and engineering handling the project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joliet
Collins Street
Joseph E. Ragen
Stateville
Illinois Penal Institution
Ragen
State Division of Architecture and Engineering
Ilinois
Mrs Nellie Alsbig Dies in Morris
Mrs Nellie Alsbig of Morris died yesterday afternoon at her home 524 E Chapin Street She is survived by her husband Benjamin a daughter Mrs Silas Johnson and several grandchildren and great grandchildren Services will be held at Hoganson funeral home Morris Saturday at 2 pm with Rev Norris Stoa officiating Burial will be in Saratoga cemetery Morris She was a member of Morris Bethlehem Lutheran church
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nellie Alsbig
E. Chapin Street
Morris
Benjamin
Silas Johnson
Hoganson Funeral Home
Norris Stoa
Saratoga Cemetery
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Des Moines
Dry Goods Journal
Marshall Field
Convention Bureau
Nick
R. W. Thomas
Campaig
Riley's Hill
Alsbig
Morris Bethlehem Lutheran Church
the Spectator
the People’s Newspaper
William R. McCabe
Joacamende
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