Merry Christmas and New Year greet Joliet high school staff
The Joliet High School column notes greeting by Roy Farg o as chief executive interim while Captain Jordan takes Marine duties. It details the G A A Pirate Dance on January 14 1942 with Annette Lennon as general chair and Beverly Frank on decorations. It also mentions Christmas dances, ROTC events, and student notes with several named students and teachers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy N. Fargo
J. T
C. L. Jordan
United States Marines
Mr. Fargo
Treasure Island
Annette Lennon
Beverly Frank
Beverly
Jean Kwarta
Rosalind Krause
Norma Sprague
Phyllis Metz
Rachel Johnson
Rachel Benson
Margaret Hemphrey
Betty Braham
Bettie Jynes Fahrner
Patsy Engholm
Alita Waldman
C. Hoffer
G. A. A.co
Santa Claus
Jimmy Peck
Preston Hyatt
Shirley Frisbie
JTS
Herm Walser
Champaign
Eage
Joliet
Jolietans
New York
Radio City Music Hall
W. W. Haggard
Washington College
Kentucky
al Benson
Alex Zimmerman
JTHS
Normandy
Dickie
Esther Schwerman
J High Journal
Alphonse
So This Is College So This Is College Dear Egbert
A reflective piece opens the year, recalling memories in family albums and scrapbooks. The narrator notes aging and the mixed emotions college students experience as they begin another academic period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Egbert
Aed
St Francis Notes Recap of Holiday Activities and Alumnae Meetings
After Christmas festivities St Francis students depart for holidays with family trips planned to Florida Iowa Ohio and Chicago. Joliet and academy alumnae met December 18 21 to elect officers plan future events and host Christmas programs. Fur company tour and Madrigal Singers concert closed the gatherings with readings music and refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marie Wallace
St. Francis
Martha Alexander
Ann Whalen
Shirley Shoemaker
Iowa
Mary Zimmerman
Ohio
Vivian Drexler
Knickerbocker Hotel
Chicago
Joliet
College of St. Francis
Mary Dailey
Gerald Henrici
O. Carm
St. Francis Academy
Warrenville
Immaculate Conception Chapel
Academy
Rosmary Seahill
Rita Hatting
Mary Colette McCarthy
Rita Momper
Madrigal Singers
Lee Houston
Stephen Foster
Barbara Keenan
Sally Chmelik
Rosemary Scahill
Catholic High Between Periods
Catholic High students held an assembly before vacation and sent the basketball team to Evanston for the St. George pre season tournament. Don Zier led scoring in the win over St Phillip with Bill Zaletel earning All Tournament honors and Jim O Halloran named MVP for Leo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. T. Steelmen
Aurora
East Aurora
Bill McAllister
Willie Roth
Michael Orenic
Evanston
St. George
Bob Dunn
Catholic High School
Howard Strom
St. Phillip High School
Catholic Heavies
Phillip
Don Zier
Catholic High
Crusaders
Leo High School
Joliet
Leo
Bill Zalétel
Zaletel
Bill
Baronowski
Dick Evans
DePaul
John Kempfer
Carmel
John Kevis
de la Salle
Jim O’halloran
Hirsch
Chicago
St. Michael's
Christmas Tradition Dates Back to Early Church Period
The record notes Christmas celebrated in A D 98 and ordered as a solemn feast by Pope Telesphorus in A D 137 with no life of Christ commemoration. It also mentions St Cyril around A D 340 making male ghee, a historical reference lacking clear context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Telesphorus
Christ
Cyril
Christmas Date and Papal Adoption Traced
A careful investigation traces the actual date of Christ’s birth and reports December 25 as the nearest correct date. Pope Julius I accepted this and established the Rome festival on that date, a choice adopted by nations across Christendom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julius
Rome
Christendom
Jealousy as a Bitter Fruit in a Tree of Envy
A reflective aphorism notes jealousy as a tree bearing the bitter fruit of envy and strife. It uses metaphor to critique human emotion rather than report a factual event. The line emphasizes inner conflict and social consequences.
Sportsmen's Club To Elect Officers At Cantigny
John R. Marshall announces the Will County Sportsmen's Club will hold its annual officer election at Chateau Cantigny on January 5 at 8 p m. The county group includes chapters from Lockport Plainfield Lenox Beecher Elwood Peotone Channahon Green Garden Joliet and surrounding towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John R. Marshall
Will County Sportsmen’s Club
Chateau ‘Cantigny
Lockport
Plainfield
New
Lenox
Beecher
Elwood
Peotone
Channahon
Green Garden
Andstoliet
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Peri
Martin Lewis
Clare
Gary
Ind
First Presbyterian Taxis Society
Church House
Roy Gordon
Red Cross
Young Fellowship of the Universalist Church
Chet West
Bette Lyons
Ham Lyons
Waterloo
Judy Bloomfield
Sue Braun
Mary Virginia McHugh
Alan Young
Helen Marie Scahill
Pat Farrell
Pat
Jimmy Wheeler
Annette Burr
Janet Rademacher
Indianapolis
First Presbyterian
Vernon Traver
Jerry Farkner
Jerry
Margie Gosselin
Lewis & Clark Journal
Spokane
Wash
College Y Club
Oak Park
Edgepeat Water Beach
Gordon McLe
Charlotte Shreeve
Don Wilhelmi
Marion Matteson
Guardian Angel
Carmelite Fathers
Sportsmen’s Club
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