Social notes mix in lively local column
A jumble of names and snippets covers Mike Cassidy Walter Steffan Fred Sipple Tom Henneberry and others. Tales include restaurant openings, auto sales, bridge skill, theater cashiers, swimmers, dance flings, and a Michigan Beach team lineup with coach Pete Chamberlin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan Beach
Lake Renwick
Fred Culmer
Jack Erickson
William and Ben Lear
Henry Morton
Pete Chamberlin
Michigan
Joliet Boat Club Picnic Features Sunday Races
Joliet Boat Club held a dockside picnic on Route 7 two miles below Brandon Lock with Commodore George C. Beutel in charge. Sixty five members and friends attended four races in Classes A B C and F won by George Beutel Clarence Meyers Al Hoffman and Ed Tierney piloting service boats. Married men defeated single men in a ball game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joliet Boat Club
Brandon Lock
George C. Beutel
George Beutel
Clarence Meyers
al. Hoffman
Ed. Tierney
Counterfeit Five Dollar Bill Ring Tackled Downtown
A Woolworths clerk detected a counterfeit five dollar bill offered by Mrs. Lillian Reinhart. Police traced the note to her husband John Reinhart at 606 S. Chicago street and sought the man who allegedly passed it, a 27 year old, 5 foot 8 inch suspect in dirty clothes, last seen near groceries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillian Reinhart
John Reinhart
Chicago Street
Eva Miller
Joliet Wallpaper Fame Reaches Texas Store Van Saga
A Joliet wallpaper brand gains notice in Texas as Harge and Company of Austin, a 6c 10c and $1 store, drives a van to a mill requesting a truckload of wallpaper. The occupants were at a tourist camp in Pilcher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joliet
Texas
Harge and Company
Austin
Pilcher A
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Rialto Theatre
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Helen Thompson
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Claude Kimber
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Frank Gospodaric
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Joseph Peyla
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Leo Feehan
Larry Furlong
Nowell Pool
Clare Chalstrom
Margaret McCormick
Paris
Carl Cassidy
Joe Stanton
Electric Park
Juanita Melin of
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Mrs
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Bert Stahley
Jimmy Ward
Chicago Heights
Fran” Curry
Joliet Club
Crosley Radio
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Jean Harlow
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