Spota to headline wind-up at St Anthony's boxing show
Eight fast bouts feature local C Y O youths against Chicago scouting boxing champions. Tony Spota meets Phil Kinnealy in 140 pounds in the championship windup with several other matchups in 112 to 155 pound classes. The program is set for Catholic High next Tuesday June 5 with 8 30 p.m. start and tickets at 40 and 25 cents.
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St. Philip’s
Chicago
Catholic High
St. Anthony’s Church
Tony Spota
Phil Kinnealy
Val Penlo
Tommy O’brien
Mike Blahut
Arthur Evans
Babe Cormier
Angelo de Benedetto
Steve Horvat
Bill Baas
Charles Percisit
Bob Tinsley
Bruno Gianetti
Ed Keane
Jimmy Catarello
Ed Garvey
Polo season opens Sunday at Oakbrook
Joliet polo fans can see the season opened next Sunday afternoon at Oakbrook when the Chicago Black Horse troop meets the Oak Brook Polo club at 3 30. A better brand of outdoor polo is guaranteed this year as players have purchased new ponies including some of the Guest International string. Oakbrook is at 22nd street and York road between Hinsdale and Elmhurst. Box seats cost 50 and 75 cents with free parking on the north side of the road.
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Joliet
Oakbrook
Chicago Black Horse
22Nd Street
York Road
Hinsdale
Elmhurst
Summer Schedule Announced at Local Y Club
C R Makeever announced next week’s summer schedules for adult members at the local Y. Business men classes shift times with noon volleyball sessions Mon Wed Fri, volleyball club at 12 15 Tue Thu Sat, 5 15 class Mon Wed Fri, and 8 15 evening class Mon Thu. Warm weather classes begin next Wednesday with 2 15 on Wednesday and 5 15 and 8 00 on Friday.
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C. R. Makeever
Baseball Leagues In Y Limelight At Local YMCA
The YMCA schedules next week feature both baseball and softball. All baseball games begin at 5 45 with church league matchups daily including Ottawa Street M E versus Tabernacle and Trinity Evangelical versus First Presbyterian. A Boys division meeting is slated for Saturday at 9 30 for members under sixteen.
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Ottawa Street M. E
Tabernacle
Trinity Evangelical
First Presbyterian
Whiffers
Washerworks
Richards Street
M. E
100 Years With Joliet
Ed note on Joliet's growth from 1870 to 1890 highlighting steady progress, key figures, and landmark places. It recalls notable leaders of the era, historic residences, the Belt Line rail access, and famed local sites like Oakwood Cemetery, the opera house, and Hotel Royal.
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Joliet
George H. Munroe
G. L. Vance
Business Men’s Association
John D. Paige
Royal E. Barber
Thomas J. Kelly
William E. Henry
John W. Downey
William H. Nevins
William M. Roberts
Charles C. Wilcox
I. F. Gleason
John McFadden
J. R. Casey
Romaine J. Curtiss
C. B. Garnsey
Dorrance Dibell
Benjamin Olin
John T. Donahoe
P. C. Haley
George S. House
George A. Ducker
A. R. Shreffler
Marshall Trubie
Oakwood Cemetery
East Side
Opera House
J. M. Thompson
Julius Barnes
Doctor Curtiss
Hotel Royal
Court House
Sokol Blue Ribbon Faces Gerlach Basball Sunday
Joliet fans will see a strong matchup as the Sokol Blue Ribbon baseball team plays Gerlach-Barklow at the Richards Street diamond Sunday at 8 p.m. Skeracki Ballak Vance and P Valek will handle pitching with Steve as catcher.
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Joliet
Sokol Blue Ribbon
Gerlach-Barklow
Richards Street
Sokols
Sieracki
Ballak
Vance
P. Valek
Steve
Big Boy” Ryba
Bill King
Valendar
Fred Bosco
St. Joseph's Nurses Begin Annual Retreat
The nurses of St. Joseph's hospital school of nursing opened their annual retreat on Wednesday evening May 30 and will close Sunday morning June 3 with high Mass and benediction in the hospital chapel. Exercises are led by the Hon. Father Herman Joseph O. F.
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St. Joseph’s Hospital School of Nursing
Father Herman Joseph
O. F
Milk industry trouble blamed on middleman taking cream
A colorful opinion argues that the persistent trouble in the milk industry stems from the middleman taking most of the benefits. The remark suggests farmers lose leverage as intermediaries skim profits.
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Spota
St. Anthony’s
Mae West
Mae
Tammany
Desplaines River
McKinley Park
Jefferson St
Jefferson Street Bridge
John Ward Studebaker
Des Moines
United States Commissioner of Education
George F. Zook
Anamiairanan
Shaw’s Joliet Tent &Nd Awning CO
Lincoln
Renwick
Lonnie
Lamore’s
Clarinne Manning
Gents
Route
Gerlachs
Geo. R
Gustafson
Clinton ST
ST. Joseph’s
J.C. Adler Co
RINSO
Hill’s Bros. Coffee
Eagle Brand
del Monte
En Gy
NATCO
Wheaties Package
Adler’s Quality Meats
Jim Dandy Ham
Adler Co
Jefferson
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