Village gossip and schoolyard flings loom in Ridgewood
Wes Reid visits a West Marion address calling often and praising a "wonderful kid" while Grace Gergely ends friendship with a handsome suitor. Wick Kuhar visits Ridgewood weekly as youths gossip about a brunette starred in a St Bernard’s revue. Kate Padely shows interest in a St Cyril club member. The third annual political boxing show heads to Catholic high gym on March 30 with eight bouts announced. Billie Fay flirts with a lad hobbling in the Walkathon.
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Catholic High Gym
Hub” Leaman
Earl Emrick
Curly” Moore
Night Life figures in local race talk
Leo Night Life Sohmers campaigns on a roller skating night district platform and bids for night mayor. Robert Bob Curry is favored for neighborhood committeeman per west side veterans, signaling contest in local governance.
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Leo
Sohmers
Robert
Bob” Curry
West Side
Insurance agent McGinnis backs Barr for April nomination
Leo McGinnis, an insurance agent, campaigns to persuade voters that Senator Richard Barr should be nominated in April.
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Leo McGinnis
Richard Barr
No Stripes for Felons' Suits at Prison Teams
Warden George Sehring said two teams will be organized at the old prison and games with semi pro nines from the area will be arranged this coming summer. Uniforms, but not ones with stripes, are to be ordered next week for the squads.
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George Sehring
Seaver Backs Thompson For Sheriff's Post
Seaver endorses Christ Thompson in a tight Republican sheriff race as primary nears. Rumor ties Clare Seaver to the nomination if Thompson wins, with James Rosenberg and William Barrowman also contesting county judge and sheriff slots.
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Ballyhoo
James Rosenberg
William Barrowman
Clare Seaver
Oliver Flint
Christ Thompson
Jane Seaver
Thompson
County Meetings Prepare Pupils for Tests
County Superintendent August Maue leads seventh grade rural pupil sessions across Will County to ready them for final exams. Teachers observe while Maue works with students to ease them into large-group testing, focusing reviews and precise study methods.
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Will County
August Maue
Maue
Convicts Produce Old Rose Scented Soap At Joliet
Warden Frank D. Whipp at Joliet prison runs a soap factory where fifty inmates now churn a bubbly old rose scented soap. The new product increased demand and forced workers to boost production to meet orders.
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Star Penitentiary
Frank D. Whipp
Joliet Prison
Whipp
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Tet Een
Meee Tiie
Wes Reid
West Marion Street
Wes
Grace Gergely
East Side
Kuhar
Ridgewood
St. Bernard’s Church
Kate Padely
St. Cyril Club
Billie” Fay
Therese Janisco
Black, & Kuhl
Hartney
Chicago Street
Seaver
Sheriff’s Post
Rip
Richman
NAHAS
Clinton Street
Shoppere Reet Seemn
Louis Joliet Hotel Bldg
Theresa L. Drifus
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