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Newspaper
The Spectator
Location
Joliet, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1935
Page
5
The Western United Gas and Electric Company reports 1934 gross earnings of 7,223,290.93 dollars, up 5.2 percent from 1933. Operating expenses rose 17.5 percent to 3,426,079.87 dollars, with higher material and labor costs tied to National Industrial Recovery Act and rate-case work.
Prizes in the highway beautification contest by the Chicago Motor Club include flowering shrubs trees and flowers valued at hundreds of dollars. Nurseries across Illinois and Indiana offer American elms mountain ash petunias Lombardy poplars evergreens roses Spiraea and other shrubs as contest prizes.
A group of young women organize a ladies auxiliary of SS. Peter and Paul society No. 66, to be known as Ladies of S. S. C. A. Tonight they are hosted at 1812 North Center Street. The new members will help at a card and dance party sponsored by the lodge at the A. S. C. club rooms 1312 Highland Avenue on Sunday afternoon and evening, with the public invited.
Joliet firefighters back the Illinois Firemen's Association as it seeks legislature approval. The bills include a $2000 annual association aid, a $175 minimum salary for city firefighters in 25 000 to 150 000 population towns, and a pension boost for cities with 5 000 to 200 000 residents. Captain Andrew Pesavento serves on the association's legislative committee.
One hundred wrestlers from 12 to 16 Y M C A teams across Illinois are expected for the state tournament in this city on Saturday March 23. Entries likely from Streator Decatur Peoria Aurora Moline Naperville Freeport Bloomington and Chicago Y s. Joliet may field fifteen to twenty boys as noted by coach Harry Hohisel. All matches on one night across three main gym mats. Masked robbers in the southwest yielded 16000 in cash in a bank heist.
Goldblatt Brothers department store hosted its winter ball in the Chamber of Commerce ballroom drawing about five hundred couples. The event ran from 8 30 to midnight with dancing and refreshments. Entertainment included the Kelly sisters, Junior Carghini, Betty Jean Warnick, Hanna Levine, and Irene McMasters and John Kelly as ball committee chairs assisted by several volunteers. Maurice Weitzen acted as store manager.
Kindergarten teacher Miss Nellie Smith at Rockdale School struggles to identify 38 children as three sets of four year old twins appear in class. Dorothea Mae and Delores Jean Bortkewicz, Dorothea and Delores Prouty, plus Monica and Robert Klein draw attention as duplicate youngsters in the group.
A class of fifteen candidates will be initiated into the Loyal Order of Moose tonight at 8 o'clock in the lodge rooms on North Chicago street. Edward Goltz, past dictator of Joliet lodge, will represent the city on the district degree staff. A pinochle tournament opens Friday night at the Oddfellows temple, 634 Cass street, with a door prize each night and arrangements to ensure attendees have a good time.
The annual Mission at St. Mary's Catholic church opens Sunday March 10 and runs two weeks to March 24 under the Redemptorist Fathers led by Rev. P J Hennessy pastor.
A news item describes a patient whose stomach is inverted with others advising rest and awaiting medical care. It notes common first steps and cautions against self treatment.
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