Local notes and jokes from Joliet readers
A letter from Two-quart Bill discusses a Paris beer record and Joliet bragging rights. Other items recall President Hoover’s tactful hosting, a trio of Joliet merchants, hermit humor about Buicks and Fords, a furniture store twin beds plea, and a divorce tale sparked by a Pilcher park robbery mislocation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Cochran
Williamsport
Harry
New York
Paris
Joliet
Gene Dinet
Franklin Barrett
Joe Beach
Michigan St
Jefferson
Guy
Pilcher Park
Providence Alumnae Banquet for Class of 1932 Planned
Providence High School Alumnae to hold a banquet at six thirty at the Country Club a week from tomorrow. Miss Annamae Morrissey is general chairman, assisted by Misses Helen Reagan Monica Cooney Violet MacDonald and Catherine Dillon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Providence High School
Annamae Morrisey
Helen Reagan
Monica Cooney
Violet MacDonald
Catherine Dillon
Sacred Heart School Names Grade Spelling Champions
Spelling champions were decided in the Sacred Heart contest. Final winners include Ruth Scheidt in eighth grade, Jean Minzing in seventh, Rita Hebert in sixth, Helen Norine Hauser in fifth, Louis Montovani in fourth, and Richard Bluth in third, with several preliminary honorees listed for each grade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacred Heart School
Walter Keigher
Robert Cleary
Marcella Kunke
Ruth Scheidt
Mary Roemer
Richard Bertolotti
Robert Graham
Leonard St. Germain
Florence Kunke
Jean Minzing
William McGowan
Walter Fang
Rose Mary Garvalia
Theodora Vismara
Virginia Faletti
Sylvia
Also Mentioned on This Page
Adam
Court House
Henry
Rapidan Camp
Providence Alumnae
Irene Motta
Frank Motta
Hunter Ave
Rose Mary Scahill
Janet McCarthy
Mary Louise Weber
Mary Catherine Urke
Lois and Louise Kavanaugh
Christine Saratori
Leona Marron
Margaret Bannon
Irene Glade
Mary Lou Peyla
Frances Himes
Marilyn Ochs
Mary Catherine Feehan
Leonore
Til Oy
Chicago
St. Joliet, Ill
Mrs. Ebner
THE
ANDAN
Jefferson St
Kaffer
E. Jefferson St
P. W. Karr
Joliet National Bank Bldg
Dad
John J.mccarthy
Chicago St
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