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Newspaper

The Spectator

Location

Joliet, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Mar 20, 1941

Page

4

New Unit Arrangements for Brotherhood Relief Fund in Joliet

A Joliet committee led by Frank Houser Elgin Joliet and Eastern Charles Egdorf Clarence Rose and C F Smilie forms to establish a Joliet unit of the Brotherhoods Relief and Compensation fund for railroad workers. Charles Liebaum Chicago field representative assists the initiative. Love keeps the cold out better than a cloak. It serves for food and raiment.

The Brotherhood Relief and Compensation Fund Joliet Frank Houser Elgin Eastern Charles Egdorf Clarence Rose C. F. Smilie Rock Island Charles Liebaum Chicago

Dogs Bite Two Persons in Separate Incidents

Two residents were bitten by dogs. G E Ruthenbeck reported his son bitten on the lip at 602 Ruby street home of Mrs Julia Lineburger. Pearl Nick was bitten at 11 S Eastern avenue by a dog owned by Ervin J McCarthy. Owners were ordered to keep their dogs tied for ten days for observation.

G. E. Ruthenbeck Wilcox Street Julia Lineburger Ruby Street Pearl Nick S. Eastern Avenue Ervin J. McCarthy Hickory Street

Thoughtful letter on Joliet high school board departures

The piece regrets the retirement of Mr. Fifer and Mr. Mason from the school board and urges successors of equal caliber. It calls for nonpolitical service, warns against factional aims, and emphasizes the need for capable, dedicated governance of the township high school.

Joliet Township High School Fifer Mason

Mechanical Sleuth Watches Speeds on City Streets

A city police test of a roadside speed detector on Collins street and Raynor avenue shows 40 speeders warned after 634 cars on Raynor and 328 on Collins passed over the device. The device has not yet been accepted as admissible evidence by courts.

Paul Metzger Collins Street Raynor Avenue Metzger State Supreme Court

Funeral Services For Thomas Heggie Saturday Afternoon

Funeral services for Thomas Heggie 59 who died yesterday at Tulsa Oklahoma will be held Saturday at 1 pm at Sonntag funeral home Joliet. Burial will be in Heggie mausoleum Elmhurst cemetery. He was born in Joliet and worked at James G Heggie & Sons boiler works then led Tulsa Boiler and Machinery as general manager. He is survived by his widow Catherine a daughter Mrs Ralph Douglas of Nevada his father James G Heggie Joliet and brothers John Gordon William Robert of Joliet and Fred of Waterloo Iowa.

Thomas Heggie Lulsa Okla Sonntag Funeral Home Herkimer Street Heggie Elmhurst Cemetery Joliet James G. Heggie & Sons East Chicago Ind Tulsa Boiler and Machinery Company Tulsa Oklo Catherine Heggie Ralph Douglas Nevada James G. Heggie John Gordon William Robert Fred Waterloo Towa

Seek Stage Talent For Theater Group In Rockdale

The Consolidated Players announce their inaugural double feature at the Rockdale School Auditorium next Wednesday and Thursday under the Rockdale Band Parents Association. You’ll Like The Place and Dixie form the bill with Bert Bacon writing and directing. Tryouts for cast spots are set for next Sunday afternoon at Rockdale School.

Consolidated Players Rockdale Rockdale Band Parent’s Association Dixie Bert Bacon Rockdale School

Lenten Program At Christ Episcopal Church

The Christ Episcopal Church school presents a Sunday afternoon Lenten program at 2 30 in the parish house 73 West Van Buren street. The event features recitations songs readings and dramatic sketches by the church school choir with tickets available at the parish house.

Christ Episcopal Church School W. van Buren Street Church School

Charles Jasurda Granted Probation After Truck Theft

Charles Jasurda 25 of 1215 Fairchild Avenue was placed on probation for one year by County Judge Glen L. Cowing after being charged with taking a truck belonging to the Chicago Newspaper Agency on March 10 while under the influence. He reportedly abandoned the vehicle and faced a tampering with a motor vehicle charge.

Charles Jasurda Fairchild Avenue Chicago Glen L. Cowing Jasurda

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