Heart Fund Volunteers Rally for Heart Sunday Drive
The Heart Fund kicks off a one day house to house collection in Joliet and nearby towns led by 500 volunteers starting at 2 p m. and finishing by 4 p m. The effort supports research education and community heart programs in a month long drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heart Army
Joliet
Heart Fund
Heart Sunday Army
Ray Leimbacher
Heart Sunday
Heart
Leimbacher
Donald Wise
Will County
Manhattan
Mildred Mundt
Wilmington
Maurice McCasland
Pope Pius XII Birthday Prayer Days Set in Joliet
Bishop Martin D. McNamara of the Joliet diocese proclaims March 2 to 4 as days of prayer honoring Pope Pius XII. He urges families to attend Holy Communion together on Sunday March 4 to celebrate the pontiff’s birthday and reflect on the family’s role in faith and vocation.
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Pius XII
Martin D. McNamara
Joliet
McNamara
Will County Records 61,933 Motor Vehicles Now
The Will county secretary of state reports 61,933 motor vehicles registered in the past year. Statewide licenses brought in 70,974,068.61 dollars in fees, with Will county contributing 1,448,590.02 and Grundy county 222,157.07 from 9,331 registrations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will County
Secretary of State
Grundy County
Juvenile Protection Chief to Address Rehn PTA Meeting
Mrs. John P. Walsh, juvenile protection chairman of Joliet Area Council PTA, will speak at Rehn school Morris and Allen streets on Tuesday February 28 at 8 p.m. Her talk is titled Responsibility of the Home Church School and Community to the Child.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rehn Pta
John P. Walsh
Joliet
Students donate 105 for polio drive at Laraway
Four hundred ten Laraway school students raised 105.76 dollars for the March of Dimes. The total surpassed last year's collection. Teachers organized the drive and announced the results yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laraway School
Lockport man promoted by Illinois Bell
Norman E. Johnson of Lockport has been named district installation superintendent for Illinois Bell with offices in Aurora. He started as an installer repairman in 1941 at Aurora and later served as communications serviceman and maintenanceman before guiding plant service and exchange repair operations. Johnson, a World War II U S Army Signal Corps first sergeant, is married to Marjorie with two daughters.
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Norman E. Johnson
LeJeune
Lockport
Illinois Bell Telephone Company
Aurora
Johnson
Joliet
U. S. Army Signal Corps
Marjorie
Pamela
Patricia
Illinois Bell Recreation Club
State auditor approves S C M E Credit Union in Joliet
State Auditor Orville E. Hodge grants a certificate of approval to the S. C. M. E. Credit Union at 532 Meeker Avenue Joliet. Membership opens to Joliet Prison Employees Local Union 526 and listed Joliet Lockport Chicago incorporators. Illinois has 1294 credit unions with over 500000 members and assets above 5 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orville E. Hodge
S. C. M. E. Credit Union
Meeker Avenue
Joliet State Prison
Harold Wayne Edwards
J. B. Nesbit
Johnny J. Pruett
Jessie C. Brickelman
James O. Trail
John T. Lowe
Raymond Burgess
Kenneth B. Albright
Joliet
Marvin G. Evans
H I A annual meeting moved to February 29
The Will County Health Improvement Association postpones its annual meeting to Wednesday February 29 at 8 p m in the Farm Bureau conference room 59 W Clinton St Earl Keniston president invites all members and solicitors who worked in the Blue Cross and Blue Shield drive Eleven solicitors receive special gifts Directors and officers will be elected Rev David Butler pastor of the Federated Church of Wilton Center will speak and show slides from his North Africa missionary work Refreshments will follow
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Will County Health Improvement __ association
Farm Bureau Conference Room
W. Clinton Street
Earl Keniston
Blue Cross
Blue Shield
David Butler
Federated Church of Wilton Center
North Africa
Hospitalized after beating Mrs. Gertrude Schneiter
Mrs. Gertrude Schneiter 1200 Glenwood avenue was beaten early this morning and may have a fracture. The alleged assailant Louis Ave 1322 N Prairie avenue was arrested and later released to railroad detective Joseph McGovern who requested Awe be allowed to return to work as a conductor to avoid delaying the train.
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Gertrude Schneiter
Glenwood Avenue
Louis Ave
N. Prairie Avenue
Ane
E. J. & E. Railroad
Joseph McGovern
Awe
McGovern
Freedom Agenda debate on liberty and investigations
The Freedom Agenda group meets at 8 pm in the Walnut room of the YMCA to discuss constitutional liberty and congressional investigative committees. Glenn A. Evans of Joliet Junior College and Joliet Township High School leads with Mrs. Earle C. Huntington of the League of WomenVoters.
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Freedom Agenda Group
Walnut Room
YMCA
Constitutional Liberty
Congressional Investigating Committees
Glenn A. Evans
Joliet
Joliet Township
Earle C. Huntington
League of Women Voters
Petition Filed For Admin Of $8,200 Estate
Mrs. Alice Vickery of Minooka seeks letters of administration in the estate of Harry C. Austin of Plainfield who died February 13. The estate is valued at 8200 in personal property. The sole survivor named is Richard Austin a nephew of Englewood California.
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Alice Vickery
Minooka
Harry C. Austin
Plainfield
Austin
Richard Austin
Englewood
Calif
National Guard Hosts Joliet Inspection and Open House
The Illinois National Guard conducts its yearly major inspection in Joliet with Company F open at 103 E. Jefferson St for visitors all day. Company G will host visitors tomorrow as the open house. A February recruitment drive continues through the month.
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Illinois National Guard
Joliet
E. Jefferson Street
National Guard
Girls choruses of Joliet Township to present winter concert
The Joliet Township High School girls choruses present their annual winter concert on March 4 at 3 p m in the high school auditorium. The sophomore chorus performs O Salutaris Hostias in Latin and the freshmen chorus sings Chichirinella in Italian. A medley from Walt Disney's Lady and the Tramp is offered, followed by The Voice of Freedom finale with Alma Makeever at the organ.
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Joliet Township High School
Voice of Freedom
Alma Makeever
Lost Wallet Found After Loop Area Search
Dr. Thomas R. Chamberlin of New Lenox reported a brown leather billfold lost on the loop area containing personal papers about $20 in cash and $80 in checks. He later called to report the wallet was found.
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Thomas R. Chamberlin
Inner Court Street
New Lenox
Loop
Chamberlin
YMCA appoints 1956 committees for coming year
Hugh 8 Bonar YMCA president announces committee chairmen for 1956 across nine areas including boys work camp Christian emphasis dormitory finance endowment general program house industrial membership personnel physical education public relations women and girls membership women and girls physical education women and girls program world service Invitations issued for member service. about 250 to serve on committees and subcommittees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugh 8. Bonar
Ymca Board of Directors
Stuart LaFontaine
John B. Anderson Jr
Donald Palmer
Eugene Reynolds
Bonar
George P. Lloyd
Dan Albrecht
Lester DeGeus
Ralph Scherer
Levon Seron
George H. Woodruff
Howard Geissler
Charles McKeown
J. E. Morrison
E. E. Noll
Erma Agazzi
Jim Toy
World Service
YMCA
Boy Scout officers to be elected at council meeting tonight
Rainbow council will elect officers at the Joliet arsenal cafeteria as Forrest White and Clifton Peterson review four year program goals. The council governs Will Kankakee Grundy counties with 87 institutional reps and members at large.
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Rainbow Council
Boy Scouts of America
Joliet Arsenal
Forrest White
Clifford Peterson
Region Seven
Chicago
God
Will
Kankakee
Grundy
Elmer Carpenter
Bradley
William Ashbaugh
Frank Condos
Morris
Alden Gilpin
Plainfield
William Keir
Lockport
Russell Dagon
Joliet
Robert Leckrone
Robert Nichols
Everett Mitchell
Wayne Gross
Henry Dean
Edward Murphy
William Hess Jr
Kanka
Association of Commerce warns on directory solicitations
The solicitations committee of the Retail Division issues a flash warning to members about the Directory Publishing company of Chicago soliciting listings in the area. It says the directory should not be confused with the Donnelley telephone book or the R L Polk city directory and urges that any other listing is unnecessary duplication.
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The
Association of Commerce
Directory Publishing Company of
Chicago
Flash
R. R. Donnelley
R. L. Polk
Two Women Tie Girl and Rifle Home for Money
Edna Loveland an 18 year old girl from Beecher was tied by two unidentified women with silk stockings last night in her home while they ransacked rooms seeking money. They claimed Pralle who lives there keeps large sums home. deputies traced possible links to a Kankakee police inquiry with an unidentified girl.
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Edna Loveland
C. Goodenow
Miss Loveland
Pralle
George A. McCollum Dies at 84 in Batavia
George Albert McCollum 84 of Batavia former regional director of the Social Security Board Joliet died Tuesday in St Joseph Mercy Hospital Aurora Services for McCollum will be held tomorrow at 2 p m in the chapel at 332 Downer Place Aurora He was governor emeritus of the Illinois Society of the Order of Founders and Patriots He leaves his widow Louise a daughter Marjorie and three sons Gordon Donald and Giles
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George Albert McCollum
Batavia
Social Security Board
Joliet
Downer Place
Aurora
George McCollum
St. Joseph’s Mercy Hospital
McCollum
West Aurora
Illinois Society of the Order of Founders and Patriots
Louise
Marjorie
Gordon
Nicholson Street
Donald
Giles
Construction permit filed for Lockport barge moorings
A federal permit application by Glidden company chemurgy division proposes three mooring cells along the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal right bank at Lockport. The plan places cells 150 feet apart starting 270 feet upstream from the Ninth street swing bridge, 51 feet shoreward of the channel, with diameters of 16 feet, 16 feet, and 21 feet 6 inches. Steel sheet piling with gravel and concrete, plus a combined foot and conveyor bridge from the center cell to shore, are planned.
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Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal
Lockport
Chemurgy Division
Glidden Company
Chicago
Ninth Street
Weather Outlook Mostly Cloudy and Warmer Today
Mostly cloudy and warmer today and tonight with a high near 33 degrees and a low around the upper 20s. Tomorrow remains cloudy with a chance of rain or snow and a high in the upper 30s. Light variable winds shift to easterly eight to 15 mph this afternoon and tonight. Joliet’s low last night ranged from 14 to 18 degrees.
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Joliet
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Illinois Bell
State Auditor
Ok’s New Credit Union
Freedom Group
Boy Scout
A. of C
Penny
Weather Report
the People’s Newspaper
William R. McCabe
the Spectator Pulishing Company
Ilinois
Spectator
Cass Street
Linois
Monty
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