Card Party Planned by Sunflower Club
The Sunflower club will host a public card and danco party tomorrow night at 361 Union Street. Games start at 8 o clock.
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Sunflower Club
Union Street
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Newspaper
The Spectator
Location
Joliet, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1941
Page
2
Students Get New Regulations at Joliet High School
Joliet Township High School adopts self government rules under C L Jordan. Detention rooms are abolished and lunch hour regulations allow students to leave the building before lunch ends if they return to class on time and maintain order. Crowded cafeteria conditions cited as a factor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joliet Township High School
C L. Jordan
School abandons after school detention in favor of parent conferences
The district ends the practice of detaining students after school for minor infractions. Instead, it will hold conferences with parents to address problems. Supt. Jordan says democratic schools require student responsibility and believe students can handle issues without policing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jordan
Will County President's Ball Plans Under Way
Final preparations for the Will County version of the national President's Ball set for January 30 in the Bil s ballroom. Mrs. Robert J. Breen chairs the event to raise funds for infantile paralysis treatment and research with programing at the Elks building and card games at St. Marys hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will County
Bils
Robert J. Breen
Ing
Elks
St. Mary’s Hall
Breen
D. Hickey
Harry Harrigan
Mabel Clark
Leo Mostyn
Lockport Hall
Leroy Taylor
Plainfield
Jacqueline Binzen
Joliet Girl Lectures At Yale On Primitive Dancing
Katherine Dunham of Joliet, famed for Cabin in the Sky, lectured Yale graduate Anthropology Club on primitive dance learned in the West Indies during Rosenwald study. New Haven papers praised her distinct success with curtain calls as her troupe demonstrated points.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Katherine Durham
Joliet
Yale University
Graduate School
New Haven
University of Chicago
Dunham
West Indies
Follies Tonight Again At Joliet High School Auditorium
The Kiwanis club presented All American Follies to a capacity audience opening last night. It will be repeated tonight at Joliet Township High School auditorium with a cast of 100 young performers and Dr. George W. Young as master of ceremonies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kiwanis Club
Joliet Township High School
George W. Young
Farm Bureau To Hold Institute In Will County
The fifty ninth annual county institute of Will County Farm Bureau will be held tomorrow and Saturday at the Ottawa Street M E church. The two day program opens with Mrs William Palmer Sherman of Aurora speaking on What the World Is Doing Today. Saturday features a soils discussion by A L Lang from the University of Illinois and a Saturday afternoon women's session with Mrs Julia Beck Harwood of Decatur presenting Globe Trotting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will County Farm Bureau
Ottawa Street
M. E
William Palmer Sherman
Aurora
A. L. Lang
University of Illinois
Julia Beck Harwood
Decatur
Water Dept Warns Joliet Homeowners on Freezing Pipes
Commissioner Joseph E. Whalen warns Joliet residents to guard against burst pipes in sub zero weather. He notes the city water department cannot thaw pipes and urges homeowners to insulate and let faucets drip during extreme cold to prevent freezing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joliet
Joseph E. Whalen
City Water Department
Whalen
Funeral for Mrs Vivian G Holcombe at Palos Heights
Mrs Vivian G Holcombe 39 former office manager at Deaton Kennedy died this morning at her Palos Heights home. She headed the Joliet office staff for 10 years, joined Deaton Kennedy in 1927 and left about a year ago. Survived by husband Lee B Holcombe and sister Mrs EH Ridell of Elmhurst. Funeral from Cartown funeral home 900 Youngs Avenue with arrangements pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vivian G. Holcombe
Deaton-Kennedy Company
Palos Heights
Holcombe
Deaton Company
Joliet
Lee FB. Holcombe
EH. H. Ridell
Elmhurst
Cartwon
Youngs Avenue
GOP Takes Job Survey Says Schupp
A. F. Schupp, Republican county chairman, says Gov. Green will delay state job appointments until an accurate employment survey is completed. He reports about 1,500 applications on his desk and expects some maintenance department hires, with broader actions after the survey to root out patronage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dwight H. Green
A. F. Schupp
Republican
Springfield
Schupp
Marriage Licenses Listed for Joliet Residents
Walter H. Wide age 24 and Velma R. Komar age 30 both of Joliet. Emmett C. Cassiday 29 and Helen M. Meagher 25 both of Foliet. Robert J. Kaffer 28 and Kathryn Mary Koehl 21 both of Joliet. Albert T. Schutten 48 Wilmington and Anna M. Kangley 43 of Joliet.
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Walter H. Wide
Velma R. Komar
Joliet
Emmett C. Cassiday
Helen M. Meagher
Foliet
Robert J. Kaffer
Kathryn Mary Koehl
Albert T. Schutten
Wilmington
Anna M. Kangley
People who trade brass for others gold
A compact note states that some individuals specialize in swapping inferior brass for others richer gold, implying a market of low-quality trades.
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