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Newspaper
The Spectator
Location
Joliet, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1942
Page
5
Roy Hendricksen of 953 Campbell Street removed screens last fall and brought in a branch with a cocoon. Last Saturday a large moth emerged and flew about while Mrs. Hendricksen watched the insect feeding on a plant, the cocoon visible in her hand.
Churches in the Chicago area set sermons around Christian Faith and Human Problems in Time of War. Rev Everett LeCompte will speak on How to Make Jesus Real Sunday. A Lenten Family supper is planned for Wednesday served by the March committee. The short service will feature The Giver.
An early 1942 government reference set is announced for sale. The volume, described as a comprehensive encyclopedia of federal defense activities, lists ten executive departments and numerous bureaus, with Roosevelt’s war message and a detailed index of officials and publications.
A yearly inscription of three editions sells for 2.75 dollars. Manuals available from the Superintendent of Documents and the U S Information Service in Washington DC or from field offices of the Office of Government Reports. Talk is so cheap that much of it is disposed of at a big discount.
The Chemical Society presents "300 Years of American Chemistry," a radio sketch by student members tonight at 7:45 in Lockport High School. A brief program builds to a five minute resolution seen as consolation.
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