Around the Town notes and personal items mix in light gossip
A rambling column shares local happenings from Leona Burrill and her Doberman Dolph hoping for WPA work to Gordon Berggren and pony Pal aiming for more prizes, wedding anniversaries, Mayo Clinic visits, and neighbors Oswald Scheuber and Barbara Videtich in small town chatter with many unnamed names and casual humor throughout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Han
Dolph
Gordon Berggren
Pat
Gordon
Invention Aims To Halt Cars At Rail Crossings
Two Pennsylvania inventors have built a mechanism to automatically stop a car approaching a crossing when a train is near. The device uses electrical impulses between a track rail attachment and a component in the auto to trigger ignition halt as trains approach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Motor Club
Pennsylvania
Northwestern Grad Richard Benson earns DDS degree
Richard C. Benson son of Mr and Mrs John S Benson of Joliet graduated Saturday from Northwestern University School of Dentistry with a Doctor of Dental Surgery degree. He attended Joliet Township High and Junior College and is a member of Delta Sigma Delta. He has been admitted to Northwestern graduate school of orthodontia for specialized training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard C. Benson
John S. Benson
Joliet
Northwestern University School of Dentistry
Township High and Junior College
Delta Sigma Delta
Graduate School of
Orthodontia
Northwestern
Train-like Brake Incident Cited by Motor Club Chief
George Barton, chief engineer of the motor club, described a cut off in the car and the brakes applying as the approach of a train. He explained the sequence of events surrounding the near collision.
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George Barton
The
Motor Club
Record Pike hatchery output sets state history mark
Last week at Spring Grove State fish hatchery a Pike hatchery operation produced the largest number in the Department of Conservation history. About 20 million pike were hatched from Michigan eggs, with the rest supplied by Ohio through the U S Bureau of Fisheries cooperation.
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Spring Grove
Illinois
Department of Conservation
Michigan Department of Conservation
Ohio
U. S. Bureau of Fish Hatcheries
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I. William Cherry
Delores Mark
M. T
J. B
Wit
John Chia
Yester Gzy
Mayo Clinic
West Side
Olive Scheuber
Garnsey Park
Barbera Videtich
Moore
Bob Foster
Robert Taylor
England
Johnnny
Barto
Washington, D.C
Johnny
Sally Rand
California
Rita Rosier
Frances Sineni
Dorothy Ann Peterson
de Kalb
Feather
W. Jefferson St
Cass St
Flyer
Coart
Arrow Finance Co
Rialto Square
J. E. Martin Seize
Young Bldg
D. Co
Lake Michigan Fish CO
N. Desplaines St
Jefferson St
Collins
World Auto Supply
J & L Garage
N. Biufi St
Walgreens
Walgreen Co
Uz Se
Mack Sit
Coun
John J
Jeeves
Baskin
Esquire
AL Baskin
Chicago St
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