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Newspaper
The Spectator
Location
Joliet, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1952
Page
6
Joliet May 8 opening Michigan beach favored by local students who recall Nowell park pool as unsafe. They cite Naperville and Romeo Beach as spacious options and argue for broader access for younger swimmers despite rougher crowds.
May 8 editorial laments Joliet's school facilities as inadequate and underfunded. It notes public tolerance for liquor spending far exceeding education and urges tax-supported improvements to the education system amid widespread apathy.
Mike Sanfilippo argues taxes are high due to waste and corruption in public spending. He urges efficient government to lower taxes by about 25 percent and warns against harming educational opportunities for youth.
A chemist describes years of daily swims at Michigan quarry near Joliet in summer, noting long access while rumors of bacteria persist. he asserts no ill effects from the water and aims to debunk concerns about contamination.
A witness argues that Michigan quarry water is clear and odorless and that swallowing it during surface dives caused no ill effects. He notes companions share the same experiences and challenges claims of dangerous bacteria. The edict closing the quarry is blamed for the closure rather than water safety.
Residents, led by mothers, urge Joliet park commissioners to reopen and add beach access at Michigan beach. They ask whether the issue will be delayed until winter and emphasize a safe place for youngsters to swim on the West Side tubers.
A Joliet reader, signing as A Swimming Mother, calls May 11 for free bathing facilities due to steep pool costs. She urges the park board to reopen Michigan Beach, recalling fond memories of past summers and urging action by authorities.
The Carmelite Fathers announced weekly fish dinners at Mt Carmel chapel hall 405 Irving Street every Friday from 5 to 8 p m Carry-out will be available in convenient packages The dinners were resumed this year due to popular demand following last year's success.
Elmer W. Block earns a promotion to machinist’s mate 2/c aboard USS Goodrich in the Mediterranean training with the 6th Fleet. Seaman recruit Donald A. Prodehl trains on Lake Michigan with Surface Battalion 9-22. Pvt. John W. Henke graduates from Camp Gifu Japan after Camp Chaffee time. parents listed in Coal City. Hank Clark reports a hopeful potato crop ready to market. JT and CH clubs seek where Port girls spend leisure hours. Freddie’s Sweet Shop suggested. Frank Rowley buys swimwear for spring and owns Camp Grant underwater-tactics record. Joliet Sanfords beat Milwaukee Steiners 3–1. Minarich wins with odd left/right-handed pitching. game not league. Marine Cpl Jim Milk, back from Korea, fears catching a cold after beard and bare face exposure. A Plainfield lass coins a new phrase describing a dull party: pretty straight chair-ish.
In a 2500 member St. Peter's Evangelical Lutheran congregation a survey of 40 participants reveals carpenters painters electricians lawyers and doctors among the vocations and talents of parishioners. Rev Erdmann W Frenk notes the study is one third complete and copies will be sent to members.
Former marines reservists and unattached men are invited to a 8 p m meeting at the Naval Marine Corps Reserve Training Center in Rockdale. First Lieut Hermann Heinemann will discuss draft laws reservist classes and the organized reserve program. Two combat films of Pacific marine action will follow his 30 minute talk.
Five Will county communities Beecher Manhattan Peotone Wilmington and Plainfield join the Salvation Army Doughnut Day campaign. Workers will stage the event in Chicago and nearby areas with chairwomen Mrs Alvin Morel Plainfield Mrs John French Beecher Florence Lynk Manhattan Mrs W P Dubbert Peotone Mrs James Waidenbach Wilmington.
Ascension day service will be held at St Peter's Evangelical Lutheran Church next Thursday at 7 45 PM Rev Erdmann Frenk to deliver sermon on When Christians Look Up Rev Martin Frenk to officiate at Lord's Supper announcements for communion to be made tomorrow in church office from 1 to 5 PM and 7 to 8 PM.
Rev Erdmann Frenk senior pastor of St Peter s Lutheran church will speak Sunday night in St Joseph s Mich at a rally of Lutheran laymen The Joliet minister is a member of the board of lecturers for the Lutheran Laymen s league and addresses such meetings throughout the country
By end of 1951 the total weight of air express shipments handled in the United States was estimated to exceed 116,000,600 pounds or about 159 tons each day of the year.
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