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Newspaper
The Spectator
Location
Joliet, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1929
Page
11
Joliet residents anticipate the diary of John T. Clyne, a prominent local banker, noting that his diary for the first six months of 1929 appears on another page in this issue.
Fred Becker age 44 of 102 Belleview Avenue collapsed from a heart attack ten minutes after returning home from a local funeral parlor where he had viewed his brother-in-law’s body on Wednesday night.
Manager Leon Sandiford predicts a record turnout at Woodruff this week after 516 players joined Sunday and over 200 more registered on Monday and Tuesday. The previous weekly high was 1593 set last summer, with 1582 not far shy last week. Twilight players average about 30 each evening, while 60 to 75 percent of the discount early morning players are women.
A. T. McCue of the National Red Cross will hold life saving demonstrations and exams Monday and Tuesday in Joliet. He will present at the Y M C A pool at 10 AM and 8 30 PM Monday and at the Boy Scout Camp Rainbow and Nowell park. Eleven examiners and 155 Will county Red Cross life saving corps members will be tested for new certificates.
The formal opening tomorrow and Sunday offers a carnation for every woman visitor and a free quart of oil to all customers buying five gallons of gas or more at the Wunderlich Texaco service station located at Raynor Avenue and West Jefferson Street.
A new station described as one of the state’s most beautiful is built in white concrete and half timbers. It features a green tiled roof, green doors and trim, a high clock, flower pots, and a decorative fountain. Don Sproat, long in oil, has leased and will operate it with Allan Sproat as assistant. The facility includes enclosed greasing pits and a hydraulic lift and is modern throughout.
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