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Newspaper

The Spectator

Location

Joliet, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Mar 23, 1934

Page

3

Straw Vote Signals Republican Swing in Local Primaries

The Spectator reports a GOP swing in the upcoming April 10 primary based on a straw vote from downtown offices and stores. Sheriff results show Rosenberg 121, Barrowman 94, Thompson 67. Democratic leaders Breen 86, Maloney 643, McKeon, Erickson lead GOP contenders for county offices. other races include clerk, treasurer, probate judge, and superintendent of schools with varied first-week tallies. Next week’s straw vote will extend to residential districts.

The Spectator Loop James Senberg William B. Barrowm Christ Thompson Eriff Rosenberg Arrowman Thompson Enry M. Bauer John D. Waller Ernest W. Balgeman Ed D. Brown Demoi Michael J. Breen John J. Maloneyee James L. McKeon Albion F. Delander Arthur E. Kelly Rpublican Charles Fisher Charles Lauth Jay Smith Fred R. Adams Adams Franté G Brummond James G. Holbrook Paul Collins Edward R. Naelhoffer Frank W. Wheeler Milton T. Sonntag Wheeler Sonntag George H. McCracken Andrew Graham Richard M. Hill Millard F. Stone August Maue George N. Blatt, Sr Daniel Harrington Matt J. Hartford John J. Farrell Henry Koerner August F. Schwiesow Conrad J. Wirth Arthur W. Dun William E. Austin Cornelius D. Sullivan Myron Myron §S. Tomastick Frank Tushek Robert J. McKeand William Tighe Joseph C. Jaeger Raymond Morris J. Albert Folk

Lions Club Easter Basket Drive Aids Orphanages

The Lions Club conducts an Easter drive delivering baskets to Guardian Angel and Swedish Lutheran homes. The project includes booklets with colored eggs and candy eggs for each child. Committee chair is Lion Frank G. Brumund assisted by Rev. P. G. Van Zandt and Dr. J. C. Kauffman with Lions J. W. Lewis and others.

Lions Club Guardian Angel’s Lion Frank G. Brumund P. G. van Zandt J. C. Kauffman Lions Tingler J. W. Lewis Baker Orr Blatt Spurgo Bischman Scholl Thomson Joe Lewis Weese Hyatt, Mey, Brewster Day Fairfield Hapsman

Graham Campaign For Probate Clerk Candidate Profile

World War veteran Andrew W. Graham seeks the Republican nomination for Probate Clerk in the April 10 primaries. A Joliet native, Graham is active in the American Legion Veterans of Foreign Wars and Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Engineers Local 355.

Andrew W. Graham Mr. Graham Joliet American Legion Veterans of Foreign Wars Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Engineers

Captain Henry Smith Dies in California at 90

Word reached Robert Smith of 610 Linden avenue about the death of his father Captain Henry Smith Civil War veteran at Berkley California. Born in Joliet in 1848 he was 90. He founded the Smith and Nape monument company here and left for Colorado in 1907.

Robert Smith Linden Avenue Captain Henry Smith Berkley California Captain Smith Joliet Smith and Nape Colorado

Sickness Drives Down County School Attendance in February

February attendance in county schools averaged 92.51 percent due to illness. Hazel Cowell, assistant superintendent, cited that eight schools reached 100 percent attendance. The report lists standout figures Blanche Kubalek district 5 Geneva White Ruth Clark Teresa etc with several schools at 99 or 98 percent.

Hazel Cowell Ight Blanche Kubalek Geneva White Ruth Clark Teresa James Hammond Grace Gressing Elizabeth Parker Inez C. Smith

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Gustaf B. Erickson Pence B. Orr Robert W. Martin D. R. Anderson William M. Garvey Ralph C. Austin Graham Henry Smith Rehn Northwestern University Law School Will County Illinois State Penitentiary Board of Supervisors County Superintendent of Schools Rehy Hialmar Reba Chicago St Dinet CASS Ottawa
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