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Newspaper
The Spectator
Location
Joliet, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1955
Page
3
Edits Needed in City Council Rules On Special Meetings
Opinion column charts chaos within the new city council. The piece argues for a formal agenda and an up to date rules of order to define powers and prevent unilateral special meetings by individual members.
Lions Club Brings Real Rodeo to Joliet Memorial Stadium
Joliet Memorial stadium hosts a three day western rodeo May 28 to 30 sponsored by the Lions Club Rodger’s rodeo and a traveling circus. Tickets are 1.25 adults and 50 cents for children. Proceeds support Lions charity programs and an orphanage picnic set for June 8 at St. Joseph’s park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joliet’s Memorial Stadium
Lion’s Club
Rodger’s Rodeo
Bill Connors
West Indies
Connors
Lion’s
Joliet
St. Joseph’s Park
William, Coleman
Michael Scarpitto
Jack Hardebeck
Harold Neutzman
Charles Sonntag
Lester Wylie
Harry Giens
Russell Day
Bud Scahill
John Fitzer
William Blackburn
Ed Koehl
J. B. Friedrich
Louis Moroni
Charles Peters
Joliet Band Heads to Enid for National Music Festival
Ninety Joliet Grade school concert band members travel by chartered train to Enid Oklahoma for the National Music Festival competition in the junior high division. Director is Charles J. Peters. They stop in Hutchinson Kansas and Oklahoma City before the festival and return Sunday. About 75 to 80 parents accompany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joliet
Enid
Okla
Charles J. Peters
Hutchinson
Kans
Oklahoma City
Santa Fe
Union Station
Trouble over long dead Davy Crockett trademark
Joliet merchants face a potential exclusive trademark on the name Davy Crockett. Bill Smith, chair of the Joliet Association of Commerce Retail Division, advised retailers to add a liability clause to orders, warning that use of the name could invite legal action if the trademark holds. The piece notes the Alamo reference and frames the issue as a local business dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davy Crockett
Joliet
Joliet Association of Commerce
Bill Smith
Smith
Alamo
Kane county police recover stolen 1955 Lincoln
Kane county sheriff’s police recovered a 1955 Lincoln stolen from Clinton and Joliet streets. The car owned by James Demetralis of Oswego had only 160 miles driven when found in the Robinson parking lot in Aurora. The driver, a man in his early 30s, about 5'9" with dark complexion and hair, slim build, remains unidentified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clinton
Joliet
Kane County
James Demetralis
Oswego
Robinson
Aurora
Will County forum weighs fair employment practice law
A public Town Hall forum in Will County will host four speakers to debate if a state fair employment practice law benefits the county. The event, May 22 at 8 p m in Washington school auditorium, will present all sides for independent public judgment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will County
Town Hall Forum
Auditorum of Washington
Richards Street
Fourth Avenue
Robert N. Wallace
Joliet
Wallace
Illinois Equality of Employment Opportunity Commission
Doctor re elected county TB head
Dr Gordon L Richards of Wilmington was reelected president of the Will County Tuberculosis association at the Ottawa Street Methodist church annual meeting. Raymond J Harvey was reelected treasurer and new officers include E B Workman and Willard B Curtis as vice presidents, Warren North as secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heads TB Association
Gordon L. Richards
Harold Schmitz
Will County Tuberculosis Association
Ottawa Street Methodist Church
Will County
Kelso Sharp
Kenneth Spangler
Barney Welter
Edward F. White
Earl Bell
Robert Matthews
Alice Kay Ingram
Dan Albrecht
Milford Guritz
Will Township
Charles Hoffman
Theodore Richards
Walter C. Craig
Wilmington
Marie Kohan
M. J. Donna
Braidwood
Arthur Anderson
Bert Parks
Groucho Marx
Russ Meyer
Don McNeil
National Tuberculosis Association
Kenneth Yeoman
First Methodist Church of
Lockport
Richards
Not Guilty Verdict in Chiappetti Pekarovich Case
A circuit court jury found Edith Chiappetti not guilty after about an hour of deliberation in the case against Edward J. Pekarovich Jr and Agnes Pekarovich. Chiappetti had accused them of causing her fall on October 31 1953 at the Goodings Grove hall on 148th Street and Bell Road alleging a dark hallway and missing hand rail led to extensive injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edith Chiappetti
Edward J. Pekarovich Jr
Agnes Pekarovich
Inscriptions Sought for Dellwood Park Plaque
Wally Merrick Lockport parks chief requests photos showing the missing plaque inscription at Dellwood park. The memorial honoring the Dandy First Army unit from World War I was donated years ago and district hopes to read the plaque from such images to recreate it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wally Merrick
Lockport
Dellwood Park
Merrick
Merrick Would Appreciate the Person Contacting Him. the Park District
Park Commissioners
Dellwood
May 27 Armed Forces Day flyover and parade in Joliet
Capt. Jacob H. Duran announced a 62nd Fighter Interceptor flyover over Chicago street at 1 20 p m along with the Armed Forces Day parade at 2 p m featuring seven bands seven floats and many marching units Open house at veteran and training centers and Brandon Road locks invites Joliet residents to view sites tied to national defense Power for Peace theme.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob H. Duran
62Nd
Chicago Street
62D
O’hare Field
Naval, Marine Reserve Training Center
Brandon Road Locks
Duran
Joliet
Gas service to Coal City Wilmington Mazon and Braidwood approved
Northern Illinois Gas will supply natural gas to Coal City Wilmington Mazon and Braidwood after the Illinois Commerce Commission approved the application. A 16 mile pipeline from the Texas Illinois Natural Gas Pipeline Company will connect the communities and allow faster construction of distribution mains. The company will seek federal approval for connections and will record space heating applications under ICC allocation rules, with more than 100 000 on the waiting list.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northern Illinois Gas Company
Illinois Commerce Commission
Coal City
Wilmington
Mazon
Braidwood
R. O. Stauss
Texas Ilinois Natural Gas Pipeline Company
Federal Power Commission
Stauss
Northern Illinois Gas
Texas Illinois Company
Park District Announces Free Archery Instruction Schedule
Joliet Park District recreation department lists free archery classes for all ages starting May 14 with sessions on Saturdays and Wednesdays through June at Joliet Memorial Stadium. Age minimum is 9, instructor is Sam LoCascio, with potential weekday options if interest grows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Recreation Department
Joliet Park District
Joliet Memorial Stadium
Route 52
Sam LoCascio
Also Mentioned on This Page
William R. McCabe
Lion's Club
Park District
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