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Newspaper
The Spectator
Location
Joliet, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1950
Page
2
The town reports a July invasion of May flies swarming light sources on doors and lamp globes. Locals note this outbreak is less severe than a 1948 event, which showed knee deep dead flies at a store doorway and near a farm post.
Joliet Township High School band received 700 dollars at a noon luncheon. The International Lions Club contributed 500 dollars after a convention in Chicago. The state Lions Organization added 100 dollars and the Joliet Lions Club 100 dollars. Funds support traveling to Washington, D. C. in August for band members.
Wendell Dirst cashier of Farmers First National Bank of Minooka shot himself around 8 AM in the bank directors room. An employee found him slumped in a chair with a 12 gauge shotgun nearby. Coroner granted permission for funeral home transfer. inquest to be held later. Dirst, 25 years with the bank, was longtime Grundy County figure and war veteran. He left wife Jane, son Arthur, and two sisters.
Harold Downey acts as patrol judge for night harness horse racing at Sportsman Park near Chicago. He watches for rough tactics in race conduct. Salary set at $25 per night.
An unusual Shanghai group, including Mr. and Mrs. Z. Y. Wu and Mrs. Y. Soong with their children, halted at Hotel Louis Joliet before a Northwest and West Coast voyage. Stanley Wu attends Babson. Lawrence Wu studies at MIT. Lucille Wu near graduate study. Soong children to enroll in eastern colleges.
Worman W Flynn a Public Service Company of Northern Illinois foreman at 310 S Hebbard street Oak Park completed 30 years with the utility since starting as a meter reader in 1920. A Chicago native and Illinois Tech alumnus he served in World War I and later worked in Joliet after transfers to Oak Park Waukegan and Joliet. His son Norman attends Joliet Junior College.
Township officials Will County Health department and veterinarians conducted 18 clinics from June 15 to July 21. They vaccinated 1191 dogs and three cats, mainly in Joliet and Lockport, noting fewer mad dog cases than last year when 1339 dogs were treated.
The Association of Commerce has prepared about 300 Joliet industrial prospectuses to attract new industries. The 51 page booklet offers a loose leaf appendix for detailed site information and regional data. Approximately 100 copies have been distributed to publications and officials.
Merger Aleman an inmate at Stateville died this morning after an operation on his hip. Warden Youseph E. Ragen said death was due to shock. Aleman arrived at Stateville last October to serve a 14 year murder sentence from Cook County. An inquest will be held tomorrow by Coroner Willard Blood at O'Neil Funeral home 508 E Cass Street at 1 30 p m.
Sam Riscile, the landlord of 429 Chase avenue, complained that tenant Jenny John Majeski at 855 Lloyd avenue damaged property. Majeski was arrested last night following the report.
W A Johnson Jr reported two Chicago credit company men tried to take his Dodge truck from 144th Street and Hillcrest Road. Deputies denied papers or authority, arresting Henry Toppel and Harold Halzer, who were fined $100 and Costs and jailed pending payment. The men may have stalked repossession by stealth and used a mistaken phone call to pinpoint Johnson’s home.
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