Voters urged to oppose high school bond proposal in Lockport area
The notice argues against issuing bonds to fund a two million dollar high school expansion. It claims Professor Reavis lacks public planning authority and warns the plan would burden taxpayers while not solving cramped facilities in Lockport and nearby districts. It also criticizes Mayor Janke’s liquor license policy.
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Lockport
Homer
William Are
Chicago
Lockport Township
Chaney
Ats
T Gaylord
Sunnyland A
Reavis
Will County Health X-ray survey plates 3000 teeth
More than 3000 high school students had their teeth X-rayed in a two week campaign by the Will County Health Department. The photos will be read by family dentists and kept until fall for return to schools to complete the survey. Some images may require repeat X-rays for accurate diagnosis.
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Will County Health Department
Mary Carmack
Springfield
Father Aloysius Dies at Joliet Catholic High School Instructor
The Rev. Aloysius Bondola O Carm a Joliet Catholic High School instructor for two years died about 7:00 this morning at St Josephs hospital after a two month illness from heart disease He was born in 1910 in Chicago entered the Carmelite order in 1929 ordained in 1935 and served in the east before returning to Chicago and teaching at Mt Carmel High school He joined Catholic High school Joliet as an instructor in September 1948 Funeral arrangements are incomplete with the body to lie in state Sunday at St Marys Carmelite church and the office of the dead to be recited The funeral will be Monday.
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Aloysius
Bondola
Joliet
St. Joseph's Hospital
Father Aloysius
Chicago
Niagara Falls
Ontario
Mt. Carmel High School
Catholic High School
St. Joseph's Church
Leavenworth
Kan
St. Mary’s Carmelite Church
Utility wireman marks 40th year in service
John G. Woodward of 615 McDonough Street received congratulations on his 40th anniversary with the Public Service Company of Northern Illinois. He began as a wireman in Evanston, rose to foreman, moved to Chicago in 1926 as an electric draftsman, then transferred in 1932 to the maintenance department and has held multiple roles, becoming construction supervisor in 1948.
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John G. Woodward
McDonough Street
Public Service Company of
Northern Illinois
Woodward
Evanston
John C. Woodward
Chicago
Referee Injured As Dog Fight Breaks Up
John R. Trubich of 309 Margaret street served as a referee at a dog fight and was bitten by one of the dogs when he tried to separate two canines fighting over a bone. The incident was reported to the sheriff's office yesterday.
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John R. Trubich
Margaret Street
Trubich
Ingalls Park Pastor to Move to Minnesota Next Month
Rev. Arthur G. Hubbard, after seven years leading Ingalls Park Methodist Church, plans to return to Minnesota with his wife and two children. The Minnesota annual conference will decide his new assignment at its June 18 meeting, while Joliet area listings for his successor are expected June 25.
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Ingalls Park Methodist Church
Arthur G. Hubbard
Minnesota
Hubbard
Garrett Biblical Institute
Evanston
Ingalls Park
Davison Street
Rock River
Joliet
Motion to Quash Indictment Denied in DeWitt Taylor Case
The circuit court denied Taylor's motion to quash the burglary indict ment of former sheriff's deputy DeWitt Taylor. The case remains on the court calendar for next Monday with other criminal matters for jury trial.
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DeWitt Taylor
James V. Bartley
Morning Star Mission Aids Three Men in Transit
Three men received assistance at the Morning Star mission this morning per a sheriff's office report. Hipolito Gonzales a 23 year old band leader from Springfield was given fare home. Charles Brown 44 and Steve Martin 37 both of Bilgin were sent to Chicago.
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Peter McCarthy
Morning Star
Sheriff's Office
Hipolito Gonzales
Springfield
Charles Brown
Steve Martin
Bilgin
Chicago
Bishop to speak at Cantigny post dinner for Cathedral Fund
Five hundred laymen and priests from 28 parishes and six missions in Joliet diocese attend a 7 30 p m dinner at Cantigny post VFW to hear Bishop Martin D McNamara speak for the Cathedral Fund campaign.
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Diocese of Joliet
Cantigny Post
Martin D. McNamara
Cathedral Fund
Frankfort Attorney Sails for Extended European Tour
Frankfort attorney Herbert Folkers leaves Chicago Municipal airport for a long European trip. He will sail on the S S America to Southampton and tour Britain Ireland Paris Amsterdam and Basel with his son George. They plan to visit Oberammergau Italy Austria and Naples before returning to the United States.
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Herbert Folkers
Barber Building
Chicago
Frankfort
S. S. America
New York
Southampton
England
Folkers
British Isles
Basle
Switzerland
George
University of Basle
London
Edinburg
Glasgow
Dublin
Paris
Amsterdam
Europe
Germany
France
Austria
Oberammergau
Vienna
United States
Italy
Naples
Rome
Isle of Capri
Bay of
Knox College
Galesburg
Knox
Phote
Ford expands to two shifts at Chicago plant
Ford Motor Company's Chicago division plant in Hegewisch will run two shifts starting next Monday, adding about 1,300 workers and boosting payroll by 5 million dollars per year. Day shift returns to 40 hours, with production rising to 810 units a day by July 15, about 60 percent above current overtime. Total Chicago area employment will reach around 3,700.
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Ford Motor Company
Ford Division
Chicago
S. L. Simmons
Hegewisch
Joliet
Ford
Simmons
Japanese guest to visit Joliet YMCA from Kobe
Chizuo Imai, membership and program secretary of the Kobe YMCA in Japan, will visit Joliet from next Monday to June 10. One of 50 Japanese youth leaders brought to the United States by the state department, he will study democratic practices, industrial programs, and YMCA operations. Sponsored by the World Service committee chaired by Dr. Gayle Hufford.
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Joliet
Curious Toddler Severely Damaged Finger While Watching Paint Sprayer
Deborah Hamilton two years old daughter of Mr and Mrs A Hamilton of 429 Oakview Avenue was curious about a home spraying compressor. She pressed her finger to the air pump and it was crushed. Police assisted and she was taken to St Josephs hospital for treatment with doctors hoping to save the finger.
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Deborah Hamilton
A. Hamilton
Oakview Avenue
St. Joseph’s Hospital
No-alarm fire burns merrily along waterway
Residents along North Broadway accuse an industrial firm of burning waste tar paper in the lowlands between homes and the waterway. Spectator witnesses describe a large, smoky blaze like a $20,000 fire, with strong fumes and paint grime drifting over nearby houses during Clean-up Week.
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North Broadway
Spectator
Rural boys to learn swimming at Joliet Y pool
Joliet YMCA announces six free lessons for rural Will county boys in grades four through eight at the Y pool from June 1 to 9 with no prior swimming experience. If successful, the program may expand to rural girls in 1951. last month City pupils showed 78 percent male and 66 percent female learning to swim.
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Joliet
Will County
Champe J. Stoakes
Stoakes
Deans Attend Joliet Township High School Conference
Miss Helen Mahany dean of girls and Ellery Frost dean of boys of Joliet Township High School attended a youth conference at the Palmer House in Chicago today.
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Helen Mahany
Ellery Frost
Joliet Township High School
Palmer House
Chicago
Bitten by dog on bicycle near Ohio and State streets
Irene Lojeski of 214 Irving street was bitten by a dog while riding her bicycle near the intersection of Ohio and State streets yesterday afternoon and suffered leg lacerations.
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Irene Lojeski
Irving Street
Ohio
State Streets
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Shepley
Barney
Janke
William R. McCabe
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