Will County Bar seeks judge fill for late Roscoe South
The Will County Bar Association moved to obtain a Will County lawyer to fill the late Circuit Judge Roscoe C. South's seat. A noon meeting at the Woodruff Hotel approved sending resolutions to GOP and Democratic central committees for action.
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Will County Bar Association
Will County
Roscoe C. South
12Th Circuit
South
Watseka
Iroquois County
Will
Kankakee
Iroquois
Michael Orenik
Association
Woodruff Hotel
Melville A. Gray
Francis P. Kelly
Bar Association
Walter O. Herschbach
A. H. Krusemark
Dale G. Nicholson
GOP
F.donald Delaney
Anton B. Mutz
Democratic Central Committee
Kelly
Judge South
Family Service agency aids 34 in April counseling
Thirty four families received counseling through the new Family Service agency in April, per executive secretary Gerald Fraser. Most used services on their own initiative, others referred by ministers, doctors, schools, Will County guidance clinic, and social agencies.
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New Family Service Agency
Gerald Fraser
Fraser
Board of Directors
Will County
Family Service Agency
Woodruff Hotel
Morris Building
Morals charge arrest for Deffenbaugh at East Jefferson
Max DeWayne Deffenbaugh age 36 of 917 Plaza Drive was arrested early today and jailed on a indecent exposure charge at an East Jefferson Street restaurant. His car was found on Scott Street near Jefferson and officers issued a ticket for leaving the key in the ignition.
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Max DeWayne Deffenbaugh
Plaza Drive
Deffenbaugh
Jefferson Street
Scott Street
Jefferson
Morris bank robber gets probation
Maynard Davis of Morris was placed on five years probation by LaSalle county Circuit Judge Walter Dixon after pleading guilty to federal and state charges for robbing the state bank of Seneca of 964 dollars. Davis, a former Ottawa school board member, said he acted under pressure from debts and surrendered 24 hours later after returning the money.
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Maynard Davis
Morris
Seneca
LaSalle County
Walter Dixon
Dixon
Davis
Ottawa School Board
Hollingsworth Named to GOP Executive Committee
Morton H. Hollingsworth of Joliet state director of finance is appointed to the new executive committee of the Republican state central committee. The group will meet in Chicago GOP headquarters tomorrow. Hollingsworth is a GOP national committeeman from Illinois and former state party chairman.
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Morton H. Hollingsworth
Joliet
Republican State Central Committee
Chicago
GOP
Stanley H. Guyer
Hollingsworth
Illinois
Youth Curtis Caldwell Observes June 5 Birthday
Curtis Ben Caldwell, a 15 year old, marks a birthday anniversary on June 5 each year as his birth date nears. The note highlights how he observes the day beyond a simple birthday.
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Curtis Ben Caldwell
Birth Date Tied to 1942 Elwood Ordnance Plant Blast
The anniversary marks Curtis’s birth on a date that also aligns with the 1942 Elwood Ordnance plant explosion which claimed 48 lives.
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Elwood Ordnance Plant
Curtis
End CP drive campaign gains in Will County
House campaign to end CP drive, led by Verne Crackel and A. M. Christianson, funds collected by Stuart Kroesch. Volunteers visited Joliet homes as campaigns planned in multiple towns. Cerebral palsy affects children. local CP group provides taxi services braces equipment speech therapy camps and hospital school care support.
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Larson
Stuart Kroesch
Verne E. Crackel
A. M. Christenson
Joliet
Frankfort
Beecher
Peotone
Manhattan
Wilmington
Mokena
Lockport
Plainfield
Will County CP
No Open House for Prison Anniversary in Joliet
Joliet's state penitentiary marks its 100th anniversary with no open house or class reunion, per Warden Joseph E. Ragen. The Old Prison on Collins Street, built like a medieval fortress, opened May 22 1858 and saw modernization begin in 1916 amid changes through 1947 to make it fit for human habitation.
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Joliet
State Penitentiary
Joseph E. Ragen
Collins Street
Ragen
Menard
Dwight Prison
Bids Rejected for Creek Repairs and Reservoir Covers
The Joliet city council rejected bids for Spring and Hickory creek wall repairs and Spring creek cleaning as too high. John Kubinski & Sons bid 27149.50 for Spring creek cleaning and Ugland Construction 25244 for Hickory creek wall repairs were deemed excessive.
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Hickory Creek
Spring Creek
Bernard D. Prola
John Kubinski & Sons
Ugland Construction Company
Baby's birth saves father's life in Elwood plant blast
Sam Caldwell on duty elsewhere at Silver Cross hospital when the explosion hit Group 2 loading line at the Elwood plant killing 48 workers. Curtis, a Joliet Township High School ROTC student, survived. his mother recalls doors and windows rattling as rescue efforts began.
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Sam Caldwell
Silver Criss Hospital
Curtis
David Tunstall
Taylor Street
Army
Elwood Plant
Tunstall
Morales
the Spectator
Commonwealth Edison Company
Elwood
Middle East
Joliet Township High School
Spectator Joliet Office Notice May 22 1958
Second class matter from October 1940 at Joliet Illinois Post Office under March 8 1897 act. Offices of The Spectator located 105 115 West Cass Joliet Illinois. Telephone 7 9237.
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Joliet Ilinois
The
Spectator
Cass Free
Joliet
Fillinois
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Samuel J. Sherman
Louis Ancel Law Firm
Sherman
Total Bar Association
Robert R. Buchar
John C. Cowing
Raymond J. Harvey
Stewart C. Hutchison
Morris Bank
House
Hickory, Spring Creeks
Washington Street
State Sanitary Water Board
Johnston Roadbuilders, Inc
U. S. 52
Illinois Armory Board
Jean M. Lordan
Lincoln Stone Company
National Stone Company
Material Service Corporation
Prola
Ben Caldwell
the People’s Newspaper
William R. McCabe
the Spectator Pulishing Company
Coosa
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