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Newspaper
The Spectator
Location
Joliet, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1941
Page
2
The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company will place all store employees on a five day week at once. The move follows a two month Eastern test and 48 hour weeks in Joliet and Chicago area stores. It marks the first nationwide shift by a major retailer.
The Pilcher Park Arboretum gardens are in full bloom with peak begonia displays inside the green houses. Joliet residents and nearby areas visit annually to view the thriving blooms and the arboretum’s beauty.
Tonight at 7 Joliet time the drawing selects 21 year old July 1 registrants for military training. Secretary Knox will draw the first number. Robert P. Patterson and Secretary Stimson will represent the War Department for the second. Eight hundred capsules will be opened and numbers logged for the master file used by board members. The process uses ratios from last induction and includes designations like S-1500 A for those discharged or reclassified since October. Key Joliet and Will County board numbers and ratios are listed.
Buddy Brocker son of Mr and Mrs August A Brocker was bitten on the leg by a dog yesterday police reported the incident noting the dog and owner involved and the location not specified in the record
The notice records periodical data including origin as second class matter since October 1 1940, Joliet Illinois address and offices at 107-113 W Lees Street, July 17 1941 volume XV issue 14 with advertising manager John Hancock and subscription rates Ten cents monthly delivered and two dollars sixty cents yearly by mail, single copy five cents.
The Illinois Fruit Growers Exchange urges promotion of Illinois grown peaches for the coming season. Will County reportedly has 2,263 bearing peach trees. A large chain store will back the Illinois peach to boost local grower sales.
Marriage licenses listed include John James Tessitore 28 and Ruth Arlene Myers 29 both of Joliet. Stanley Alexander Wawczak 26 and Angela Babic 24 of Joliet. Clarence J. Polson 26 and Margaret Louise Simpson 22 of Francis. Brandolino 24 and Pasqualena Chellino 19 of Joliet. Edgar Marvin Norman 40 of Joliet and Ella Marie Rode 42 of Chicago.
The Jackson Civic club of El wood will sponsor a one day homecoming this year with further details to be announced after the club’s next meeting on July 28.
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