Joliet Debates Street Lighting Plan and Jokers
City officials debate a $168,000 Joliet street lighting proposal. Commissioner Edward J. Daniel urges removing questionable items and considers state fuel tax funds for street improvements as other officials back the plan. The board approved the project but Daniel seeks removal of certain “jokers” from the specification list.
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Edward J. Daniel
Department of Accounts and Finances
Joliet
Court House
John C. Cowing
Daniel
Red
Blue Island
Loop
Association of Commerce
Board of Local Improvements
Polio March Near Goal With Evening Ball Planned
Will county polio fund rises to 16019.45 with two laps left in a race to 40000. Tonight and tomorrow mark the March of Dimes close as two nurse queens vie at the Legion hall.
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Will County
American Legion Hall
St. Joseph’s
Silver Cross
Bill Murdock Jr
Tom Minzing
Mary Frances Melinden
Geraldine Jordan
St. Joseph's
Betty John
Norma Ehrharadt
March of
Bill Carnegie
Monnine McNichols
Kiwanis
Clare Chalstrom
Joliet
Chalstrom
Treloar Trucking Named Defendant In $66,000 Suit
The Treloar Trucking Company sued in Will County Circuit Court over a Dec 12 1950 Indianapolis area auto crash. Plaintiffs from Booneville Mississippi seek 66 000 plus injuries. Names include Martha McVey Melvina Lignon Robert McVey Willie Lignon and G L Lignon.
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Treloar Trucking Company
Will County
Indianapolis
Ind
Barr and
Barr
Booneville
Miss
Martha McVey
Melvina Lignon
Robert McVey
Willie Lignon
G. L. Lignon
Mayme Cronin
Francis
Kelly Avenue
Henry J. Hiller
Homer Township
Prairie Avenue
Taylor Street
Teachers Visit Joliet Grade Schools From Pelos Orland Lemont
About a dozen teachers from Pelos township Orland township and Lemont township visited Joliet grade schools yesterday. Dr. Gayle Hufford reported the visit was linked to the in service training program now underway.
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Pelos Township
Orland Township
Lemont Township
Joliet
Gayle Hufford
New Lenox Poet Leila Baers Publishes The White Tree
Leila Baers of New Lenox publishes The White Tree a 156 page volume of short poems to be issued tomorrow by Exposition Press New York. It is her first book apart from one poem in a high school anthology. Baers a Chicago native lived in New Lenox much of her married life. Her husband Walter is acting mayor of New Lenox. Baers attended Joliet Township High School and Junior College then the University of Chicago and Chicago Art Institute. She was advertising production manager for Buchen in Chicago and Philadelphia. The Baers have two children Annis Lee 16 and Silas 17. The poems describe an inner life with universal themes and love expressed in a modern language with strong rhythm. The volume derives its title from the closing lines of the poem Vigil which serves as a preface.
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Leila Baers
New Lenox
Exposition Press
New York
Manhattan
University of Chicago
Chicago Art Institute
Buchen Company
Chicago
Philadelphia
Baerses
Annis Lee
Silas
Million dollar blaze hits Lincoln Fields track in Will County
A 1 million dollar fire yesterday afternoon destroyed the 400 foot three story grandstand and damaged other buildings at Lincoln Fields race track near Crete Will County. Crete and nearby town fire units fought the blaze starting at 2 00 pm aided by several departments. Officials consider a grass fire infield as the cause. The pressbox photo finish gear and ticket offices were lost. Track opening plans may shift from May 12 due to damage and prior transportation issues.
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Lincoln Fields
Crete
Will County
Finak
LCS
Wilickil Slatieu
Steger
Chicago Heights
Monee
Beecher
Peter J. O’donnell
Kingsbury urges unit system vote for Junior College
John Kingsbury spoke at a Provisional League of Women Voters meeting in Buchanan hall saying a Feb 16 special election on the unit system poses little danger to reestablishing the Junior College. He noted 2000 night students and thousands of graduates would not face drastic increases, with per student costs below the legal maximum and district growth projected to add about 700,000 in revenue and 600 students.
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John Kingsbury
Kingsbury
League of Women Voters
Buchanan Hall
Mir
The Spectator brief publication note
Publication details for The Spectator Joliet Illinois dated January 31 1952 describe publisher William R McCabe weekly issues Thursdays and office address 107 118 West Cass Street Joliet. Subscriptions listed at 20 cents per month and carriage delivered rates at 2 50.
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the Spectator
Cass Street
Joliet
Diinota
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Walter O. Herschbach
L. L. Fatherree
Health Department
Treloar Company
New Lenox Woman
Albert Powell
E. Washington Street
Wayne County
Flora
Powell
Kentucky
Matt Winn
Stuyvesant
Jack) Peabody
Winn
Peabody
Hawthorne
Edward J. Fleming
Fleming
O’donnell
Washington Park
Homewood
Henry Blomquist
United Nations
WBBM
Allan Fiser
the People’s Newspaper
William R. McCabe
Illinois
Bingle
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