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Newspaper
The Spectator
Location
Joliet, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1942
Page
4
Advertises household loans with total costs for amounts 25 50 and 100 dollars, repayment plans in monthly installments, no guarantors, private and easy application. Describes three loan methods: personal note car and furniture, rates 214 percent monthly under 150 balance and 2 percent above, encourages visiting or calling.
New enrollment for the Civilian Conservation Corps on the March quota begins immediately. Young men ages 17 to 23 may obtain application blanks from J. Stanley Simpson, county selecting agent, 35 W. Van Buren street. Corps members will aid in war work construction protect war resources and develop new resources and must accept assignments to any camp in the United States. This program offers younger boys not yet of registration age a chance to support the war effort.
With the outbreak of war the government imposes protective measures along the Illinois waterway. Company K of the Aurora rifle unit and state police guard movable bridges from Willow Springs to Grafton near the Illinois Mississippi confluence. Bridge crews are being rechecked and fingerprinted while the coast guard organizes a marine patrol.
Joliet Catholic High School band mothers sponsor a ham and roast beef dinner in the patroness room on Sunday March 8 from 12 to 3. Tickets on sale at the school where Brother Alfred oversees sales. Public invited.
Campbell urges Joliet and Will County to join the seventh annual Community Chest campaign to support social agencies and keep democracy alive. He frames the drive as a duty of citizens, with volunteers and contributors sustaining welfare, shelter, and morale for the coming year.
Rev. A. A. Bauman starts a Sunday morning lent series with the sermon Where Art Thou? at Richard Street Methodist Church. The season's theme is Getting Our Bearings as part of Personal Questions in the Bible.
The piece argues voters should think about local politics ahead of the primary and calls for a more democratic Community Chest budget, asserting the public deserves a voice in its management and warning against self serving leadership. It references Chicago and Will County as context for political reform.
Anna Jachimczak died after a brief illness at St Josephs hospital. She was active in the Red Cross and sewing drives to raise funds, bringing in new volunteers. Born in Poland she lived here 18 years. Survived by husband Joseph and parents Felix and wife, and brother Walter of Chicago. Funeral 8:30 from 1615 Cora St to Holy Cross church 9 burial at Holy Cross cemetery Wisniewski service.
The Heap Memorial Spiritualist church sponsors a card and dance party tomorrow night starting at 8 o clock. Some men seek justice and some have it forced upon them.
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