Six year old Joe Pettinato killed when struck by car
Six year old Joe Pettinato, son of Policeman Frank Pettinato, died at St Josephs Hospital after being hit by a car on 108 Akin Avenue Friday afternoon. The driver Kenneth Prewat, 27, of 400 Winston Avenue, remained at the scene and was questioned. Joe, born August 5, 1947, was a first grade student at St Johns Catholic School. Funeral services set for Saturday at St Johns Church with burial in Mt Olivet Cemetery. An inquest will be held as required by law, but the incident is considered an unavoidable accident.
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Joseph Pettinato
Frank B&b. Pettinato
St. Jospeh’s Hospital
Akin Avenue
Kenneth Prewat
Winston Avenue
Brandt
Joe
Pettinnites
St. John’s Catholic School
Mary Gigiliette
Angela Marie Pettinato
Joliet
Gerald Paines
St. John’s Church
Sek Pee
Mt. Olivet
Nicholas Fornangzo
Fathers Day Telegrams Signal Pop Popularity Lag
Western Union reports about 150000 Father’s Day telegrams versus nearly 500000 for Mother’s Day. The 40th official Father’s Day marks progress since 1928 when it was one seventh as popular, originated by Mrs. John Bruce Dodd of Spokane in 1910 and endorsed by Congress for the third Sunday in June.
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R. C. Schnellbacher
Western Union
Pop
Althe
John Bruce Dodd
Spokane
Wash
Congress
Braidwood Area Man Stefan Caglic Dies at 73
Stefan Caglic age 73 died Tuesday at his Reed Township home near Braidwood after a long illness. He is survived by wife Genevieve daughter Marie Jones of Chicago son Stefan of California and five grandchildren. Funeral services will be held tomorrow at 1 p m at Patternson Funeral Home in Braidwood with interment at Oakwood Cemetery. Born in Yugoslavia he worked as a Chicago butcher for 21 years and had recently returned to the Braidwood area.
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Stefan Caglic
Reed Township
Braidwood
Genevieve
Marie Jones
Chicago
Stefan
California
Patternson
Inter- Tiett
Oakwood
Cemete
Yupgoslavia
Caglic
Suit recalls icy days of last winter
A damage suit filed in circuit court seeks 8000 dollars from Joseph Plepel over a Christmas Eve auto collision on North Broadway and Hutchins. Nicholas Cernick, driver, and passengers Peter Piat and Martin Govednik ask 1000 for auto damage and 7000 for personal injuries due to Plepel failing to slow on icy pavement.
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Joseph Plepel
North Broadway
Hutchins Streets
Nicholas Cernick
Peter Piat
Martin Govednik
Cernick
Plut
Govednik
S Raynor deal runs into snags
Joliet city officials push a $5,000 purchase and $5,800 assessments to widen South Raynor avenue with state funding. Commissioner Whalen blasts the deal as wasteful and delays bids after property owner balks over zoning. The plan aims to widen over 2,000 feet of Raynor and improve traffic.
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Raynor Avenue
Joseph . Whalen
Whalen
Sarah C. Barden
John E. Staley
Martha H. Hils
Raynor
McDonough
H. R. Goodspeed
Better Joliet Workers Named in Campaign Committee List
James Co. Bell announced the Better Joliet campaign group with a steering committee including Bell Mrs Kingsbury Wallace McKeown Cummins Naumann Reynolds Noffiz Harper Whitney Steed Baskin Lauer Denis Hershman Bill Oedewaldt Kay Bamber Robson Barr Toy Anderson and Robert K Anderson The public information legal mailing car pool and membership committees also named with numerous members and assistants across roles.
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Better Joliet
James Co. Bell
John Kingsbury
Paul O. McKeown
Robert N. Wallace
Bell
Mrs. Kingsbury
Wallace, McKeown
Vance Cummins
William L. Naumann
L.R. Reynolds
al Noffiz
Jane Harper
Helen Whitney
al Steed
al Baskin
Tom Lauer
Peter Denis
Rabbi M. MI. Hershman
Bill Oedewaldt
Kay
Louis Princis
K H. Kbosecker
George O'Brien
George Armstrong
L. B. King
Gerald Plank
John B. Anderson
Glenn Ressler
Bob Matthews
al Manzer
Denis
Perry McComas
Reynolds
Wallace
Notfiz
Harper
Whitney
Kingsbury
Steed
Baskin
Lauer
Sam Dorsey
Joliet Considers Council Manager Plan With Mayor Role
Citizens would keep a mayor if they approve the council manager form. The Better Joliet Committee explains the mayor leads meetings and civic functions while the city manager handles recommendations and operations, with voters electing officials and a future election schedule described.
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Nianmaser
Aosta
AY Crites
Tey
Gilierence
Rovernment
Joliet Barber Michael Ditello Dies After 51 Years Practice
Michael Ditello 73 a Joliet barber who ran a Collins street shop for 51 years died yesterday at St. Josephs Hospital after a brief illness. He lived at 421 Irving street and is survived by his wife Regina two daughters Mrs Nick Bucciarelli and Mrs Peter Raine four sons Nicholas Joseph Arthur and Richard a sister Mrs Mary Romano of Vancouver and four grandchildren. He was preceded in death by two sons Michael and Danny and a daughter Rose. Services will be held from Gerald Dames Funeral Home Saturday at 8 am for St Anthonys Church with interment to follow.
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Michael Ditello
Collins Street
St. Joseph's Hospital
Irving Street
Regina
Nick Bucciarelli
Peter Raine
Nicholas
Joseph
Arthur
Richard
Joliet
Mary Romano
Vancouver
Canada
Michael
Danny
Rose
Gerald Dames
St. Anthony’s Church
Mt. Olivet
Schweizer Elected Attendance Chief of Area Accountants
Robert Schweizer of Frankfort was elected director of member attendance in the Chicago chapter of the National Association of Cost Accountants. The body is the world’s largest with over 35 000 members and 119 chapters across the United States plus Hawaii and Cuba.
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Robert Schweizer
Frankfort
Chicago
National Association of Cost Accountants
U. S
Hawaii
Cuba
Stratton Visits Stateville for Annual Tour
Gov. William G. Stratton plans his annual Stateville visit today. Warden Joseph E. Ragen says the tour will highlight the enlarged vocational school building with a new section opened in January.
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William G. Stratton
Stateville
Joseph E. Ragen
Stratton
Area students to receive U of Illinois degrees Sunday
Nearly 2 300 candidates at Urbana Champaign campus commencement include 11 Julietans led by Fred A Collins Jr and Nick Sperelakis. Ceremonies at 2 30 p m in Memorial Stadium with weather contingency at George Huff Gymnasium. Reserve Officers Training Corps seniors to receive commissions in army navy air force at noon in the university auditorium.
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Urbana- Champaign
University of Illinois
Fred A. Collins Jr
N. May Street
Richard J. Dragovan
Clement Street
Richard K. Eyman
Richmond Street
Raymond F. Kramer Jr
Plainfield Avenue
Richard E. Lambakis
Western Avenue
Judith R
Sherrill W. Weichbrodt
Frankfort
Donald A. Holt
Minooka
Thomas J. Gunhouse
Walter M. Lacky
James W. Penn
Kenneth E. Wood
Morris
Gordon M. Patrick
Harry G. Rogers
Roe E E. Walker
New Lenox
Memorial Stadium
George Huff Gymnasium
Reserve Officers’ Training Corps
Army
Navy
Air Force
Marine Corps
James F. Bell
Richards’ Street
Meyer and Mechling
Joliet
Penn
James MM. Mitchell
Walker
University
The Spectator Published in Joliet June 17 1954
The Spectator volume twenty seven number eleven issued June 17 1954 is published by The Spectator Publishing Company Joliet Illinois. It was entered as second class matter October 1 1940 and is mailed at Joliet under the 1897 act. Office address listed 105 113 W Cass St Joliet Illinois with telephone 5237. Subscription rates are two dollars per year by mail and two cents per copy delivered by carrier.
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Joliet
Illinois
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R. L. Shoopman
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Glen Moore
Ed Grzetich
Norman Grund
George Bertino
Jim Landaiche
Ben Smith
Merrill Palmer
H. A. Cornelius
Bill Long
W. Ladd Anderson
Everett Davis
William R. Watson
Leroy Batuzich
W. J. Bender
Ronald Cook
Ctartos Robson
Jezn Commilttee
Annswer
Better Joliet Committee
Schweizer
U. of
Che Spectator
the People’s Newspaper
William R. McCabe
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