Joliet housing board picks Downey and Jackson. Holmes questioned
The Joliet housing board names Downey and Jackson to its roster while questioning John Holmes as a representative of the Negro race. The editorial lauds Downey and Jackson, urges strong leadership from Rev. Coleman, and criticizes outside influence on appointments. It also commends Frank Grein for dog rabies control and public safety efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Holmes
Janke
Holmes
William Downey
al Jackson
Downey
Joliet
Jackson
Cro
Rev
Coleman
Rolmes
Dr C Howard Spangler Weds Sadie Keltz in Geneva
Married at Geneva by Rev George Marker Dr C Howard Spangler and Sadie Keltz former wife of Alfred Oram tied the knot. The couple now reside at 208 North Prairie Avenue following the ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Howard Spangler
Ilinois Street
Sadie Keltz
Alfred Oram
E. Washington’ Street
Geneva
George Marker
Spanglers
N. Prairie Avenue
Divorce Petition Filed by Anna Bondarecuk Against Efin Bondarcuk
Mrs Anna Bondarecuk seeks a divorce from Efin Bondarcuk asserting desertion on June 15 1932. They married January 17 1912 in Sevastopol Russia and have five children two of whom are living.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Bondarecuk
Efin Bondarcuk
Sevastopol
Russia
Plan renews tin salvage drive in Will County
The Will County War council salvage committee will restart weekly house to house tin can pickups Monday under H. H. Brunings as chairman and F. B. Streepy directing garbage disposal. Cans must be washed and flattened, labeled removed, and placed in special boxes beside regular pickups for shipment to Metal & Thermit in Chicago, Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will County War Council
H. H. Brunings
F. B. Streepy
Joliet
Metal & Thermit Corporation
Chicago
Ind
Fireman Injured When Car Overturns Near Joliet
Leon Griggs mechanic for Joliet Fire Department suffered deep lacerations and bruises when his car overturned on Route 30 about one mile east of Route 45. He was moved to Silver Cross Hospital by a passing motorist with stitches for a 10 inch scalp wound and cuts on his left eye and right leg. He was alone in the vehicle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leon Griggs
S. Center Street
Joliet
Reckless teen drivers threaten camp near New Lenox
Reverend Hughes B. Morris of Plainfield reported to the sheriff that high school aged boys have been entering the Methdist health camp near New Lenox each evening, driving an old car and endangering campers. One camper was nearly hit. deputies searched the site but found no one.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Lenox
Hughes B. Morris
Plainfield
Soldier recalls fires and bombs with 28th Infantry Division
Pfc. Stanley C. Knutson of 551 Clay Street recalls vivid memories in Germany and France. He describes fires set to his tent by incendiaries and thunderous 500 pound bombs that lifted a GI from a slit trench. His unit, company A 109th Infantry, fought from France to Nazi surrender.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanley C. Knutson
Clay Street
Germany
France
Wermacht
109Th Infantry
Promoted Set Not Granted for Local Soldier
Frank Mirenic son of Mrs Anna Mirenic of 1521 Highland Avenue has not been promoted to sergeant in the 151st Infantry. A member of the 38th Division on Luzon he has been overseas 18 months and has participated in three campaigns.
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Frank Mirenic
Anna Mirenic
Highland Avenue
151St Infantry
Luzon
Paying Lockport taxes a pleasure
Mary Ryan Lockport township tax collector reports 95 percent tax collection this year with total receipts of $435614.61 after salaries and expenses. She handed supervisor Sylvester Wierschem a commission of $7737. The piece notes support for township collectors and lists large taxpayers like Sanitary District of Chicago and Western United Gas & Electric.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Ryan
Lockport Township
Wierschem
Lockport
Ryan
Union bank procures 702 safe boxes
Union National Bank and Trust plans 702 new safe deposit boxes this week as demand grows during the war for storing Series E bonds. Vice-president Andrew Barber notes the boxes were ordered over a year ago and the first shipment should arrive late in the week. A neon sign on the Chalstrom building marks the brightened Jefferson and Ottawa street corner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union National Bank and Trust Company
Andrew Barber
WPB
Barber
Chalstrom
Jefferson and
Ottawa Streets
Pony Attack Injures Boy In City Lot Incident
Ten year old Robert Ronchetti of 1222 Clara Avenue was bitten in the ear by a pony at a vacant lot on 883 Cora Street while feeding an apple. He was taken to St. Joseph's Hospital for treatment. The pony belongs to Frank Fisher of 910 Corn Street who said local boys have teased his ponies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Ronchetti
Clara Avenue
Cora Street
St. Joseph's Hospital
Frank Fisher
Corn Street
Henry Mattes Detained After Conflicting Rail Street Tales
Henry Mattes of 2500 Maple Road gave police conflicting accounts of being near the railroad tracks on Railroad Street. With stories not matching, he was arrested and held on intoxication charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Mattes
Maple Road
Railroad Street
Joliet Man Sues for Divorce After Five Months of Marriage
Charles Lyons of Joliet filed for divorce from Gladys Lyons in circuit court claiming desertion within five months of their June 24 1941 Joliet wedding. The petition states the couple married in Joliet and cites the desertion as the grounds for divorce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Lyons
Joliet
Gladys Lyons
Second test well indicates plan may work Joliet area
J P Miller Well Drilling completed the second test well at 98 feet on Cherry Hill road near the Michigan Central right of way in Joliet as part of a nine well program to secure a domestic water supply. State engineers expect substantial water from large gravel beds with a pump to test yield. work cost is about $10,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. P. Miller
Joliet
Cherry Hill Road
Michigan Central Railroad
Lenox
Lockport
Barges Idle as Miners Extend Fourth of July Holiday
Miners in southern Illinois extended the Fourth of July holiday delaying work. Coal shipments by barge through the canal to Chicago halted for two to three days. Local coal barges stayed tied to docks over the weekend until workers returned.
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Chicago
Havana
Springfield
Will of Joliet widow leaves bulk to kin with library bequest
Probate hearing set for September 4 on the will of Mrs. Elva J. Anderson of 509 Western avenue who died Saturday. The $87,000 estate comprises $17,000 personal property and $70,000 real estate with $70,000 to be distributed among numerous Anderson relatives. the Joliet Public Library receives the home library and Silver Cross Hospital gets a memorial fund for her son Raymond A. Anderson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elva J. Anderson
Western Avenue
David R. Anderson
Anderson
George W. Anderson
Whitley Avenue
Bertha A. Larson
Linden Avenue
Joliet Public Library
Raymond A. Anderson
Silver Cross Hospital
Grace Duncan
Tacoma
Wash
Emily Anderson
Streator
Thomas H. Anderson
Aurora
Andrew H. Anderson
George Steinberger
Coal City
Fred R. Steinberger
204 FE
Benton Street
Gaylord Beach
U. S. Army
Elsie Beach
Chicago
Sugar applications backlog grows at Joliet wartime board
Joliet War Price and Rationing board reports 536 595 pounds of sugar issued to 50 521 people this year by July 10, with 5 500 applications for about 16 500 people still unprocessed. The board is operating on a quota system and seeks volunteers, as industrial users face a further 50 percent cut.
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Joliet
J. Stanley Simpson
Simpson
Soldier helps break German counterattacks at Mortain and Aachen
Corp Joseph Senica of the 30th division 9th Army aided in repelling a strong German counterattack at Mortain and broke into the Siegfried line north of Aachen to help encircle the city. After Aachen he and others rushed back from the Bulge to the Roer and crossed toward the Rhine in a dawn assault across plains and forests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
9Th Army
Joseph Senica
N. Broadway
Mortain
Siegfried Line
Aachen
Roer
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William RK. McCabe
Frank Grein
Health Department
Grein
Reckess
Union Bank
Pony Hites Boy
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