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Newspaper
The Spectator
Location
Joliet, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1934
Page
1
Editorial urges residents to claim dividend checks and small estate funds held in Will UKs County Bank and Joliet Trust and Savings Bank. Author notes hundreds of accounts and small estates neglected, delaying bank adjustments and increasing costs. calls for timely action to free funds.
Arthur McCowan was elected president of the N E side Republican club at a meeting this week. Bud Gregg is vice president, Arthur Nelson secretary, Emma Meder treasurer and Mrs Luch Clark financial secretary. Trustees are Roy, Herbert, Al Barnes and Desmond McLean.
The Fourth of July will be celebrated next Wednesday with fireworks picnics and travel as Joliet residents plan excursions to mark the Declaration of Independence. Police Chief Fornango urges careful driving to curb holiday accidents while local groups including the Country Club and Shorewood Beach cottages prepare large gatherings.
Ed ward G Powers of the state's attorney's office will detail the Wednesday afternoon affair to State's Attorney William R McCabe. The warden denies a convicts run by a Chicago murderer and cites overcrowding and lack of work as unrest factors while noting planned transfers for betterment of conditions within a day or two.
Thieves forced a basement window at 104 West Acre Road, stealing an automatic gun, $28, a purse and a watch. Sergt. Michael Cassidy leads the investigation. fingerprints found may help identify the intruder.
Monthly collections by Spectator route boys start tomorrow and continue Monday and Tuesday. More than 100 boys deliver The Spectator to homes citywide each Friday afternoon. Delivery costs five cents a month, and boys keep all the money they collect, working their own routes. If in doubt, ask a boy to produce his route credentials.
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