Around the Towns and Tales of Joliet Residents
Morton Hollingsworth plans to invest in a movie camera with scenes featuring Art Kelly and large fish. The column recounts recent fishing trips, mayoral gossip, readers’ notes on local trivia, and brief vignettes about residents like Quinto Poli, Willow Springs visitors, and Joliet youngsters, with humor and light social snippets throughout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morton Hollingsworth
Art Kelly
Art
Detroit
New York
Quinto
Joliet
Cass Street
Pipe crowd and car mishaps stir small town chatter
A reader notes cars left at an oil station for two hours on two Sundays. Chuck Hoffer failed to buy groceries on each visit. The letter questions Charles’s benevolence. Town buzz also centers on a large pipe at Bob Martin's shop, rumored to be in use for two hours per fill.
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Chuck Hoffer
Charles
Bob Martin
Bob
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Ernie Meader
Harry Thomas
Kankakee
Harry
Ernie
Ruby and
Summit Street
Moose Musick
Chicago
Joliet Rams
Kirincich
Ken Cargle
Josin
Jim
Janaure
Willow Springs
Fritz Barhbie
Welte Cureko
Ambrose
Jimmy Long
Deanna Durbin
Biri
Joe Pire and
Harry Kaluzny
Township High
Oregon, Ill
Joe
Quinto Poli
Highland Park
Peru
Tommy Morrissey
Tommy
Ina
Wilmington
Ed Tierney
Pug
Pug and Max
John B. Andersons
Heinz
Rainbow
Dresden Heights
Wayne Abell
Leonard Nerkins
Franklin Reeds
LeRoy Abell
Ray Barr
Robert Blickinstuff
Mary Bebar
Dora Boette
George Carpenter
O— Deno Fabbre
Chaney Progressive Club
Chaney Avenue
Judie
Sonny de Laney
Vavrek
E. Clinton St
W. Jefferson St
Cass St
Flyer
Taurus
National Table Pad CO
D'Arcy Bldg
M & W Garage
Weldon
AL Baskin
Ternoons
Young Men’s
Nels If de
John J
McCarthy
Chicago St
N. Bluff St
Fitzgerald
Fitzgerald's
Herkimer
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