Reading Program Fosters Independent Thought in Joliet Juniors
Fifth to eighth grade students from Joliet public and parochial schools meet bi monthly Saturday afternoons in the Joliet Public Library under Mrs. Josephine Calkins and Mr. Joseph Herbst. Volunteers guide discussions on Aesop Fables Browning The Pied Piper of Hamelin Dickens A Christmas Carol and Stevensons Treasure Island. The last meeting for spring is this Saturday with sessions possibly continuing next October for interested children.
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Joliet
Josephine Calkins
Joseph Herbst
Browning
Hamelin
Dickens
Stevenson
Dirksen to Head PowWow At DAmico's 214 Tomorrow
U S Senate Minority leader Everett M Dirksen Illinois will deliver the principal address at the Third Annual Will County Republican Awards Banquet honoring grass roots workers at 7 p m Friday May 28 at D Amico's 214 in Joliet The event singles out four awardees the Outstanding Republican Precinct Committeeman of the Year the Outstanding Republican Man of the Year the Outstanding Republican Woman of the Year and the Outstanding Young Republican of the Year.
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U. S. Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Will County
D’amico
Joliet
GOP
Midwest Music Festival to Open in Plainfield 1965
Plainfield hosts the first annual Midwest Music Festival on Saturday June 12 1965 under Plainfield Band Boosters. The event features high school bands drum and bugle corps and twirling squads with a National Open Twirling Contest in the high school gym beginning 9 a.m. Finalists perform on the evening show with a downtown parade at 3 p.m. and six top bands compete at 6 p.m. The YMCA Kitties from Racine Wis and other corps participate.
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Plainfield
Wayne Sebby
Wayde Sebby
Joliet
Vets To Parade In 1965 Joliet Memorial Day Observance
Memorial Day events will feature the Golden Hawks Rifle Squad Armed Forces groups and veterans from the Spanish American War to the Korean War. Joliet officials will join ar arsenal officers and civic leaders in ceremonies with drum and twirling corps. Tickets for the Midwest Music Festival and the 1965 GOP awards banquet are on sale in Joliet and Plainfield.
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Golden Hawks
Armed Forces Recruiting Services
American Legion Band
U.S. Naval Reserve
U. S. Marines
U. S. Armed Forces
U. S. Army
National Guard
Salvation Army
Red Cross
Joliet
Fowler Piano and Organ Co
Keck’s Music Center
Mattei Music Shop
Plainfield
Alexander’s Variety Store
Enterprize
Taylor’s
Reid named manager of Joliet Chamber Industrial Development
William J. Reid of Walla Walla Washington is chosen to head the Joliet Region Chamber of Commerce Industrial Development Department. He will take duties June 21 succeeding Paul W Scott, with prior posts at Port District Walla Walla and New Mexico Development.
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William J. Reid
Walla Walla
Washington
Joliet Region
Reid
Port District
New Mexico Department of Development
Chamber
Greenberg
Bill Reid
Paul Scott
Flood Control Debate Over Ditches versus Impoundments
The piece argues against ditching as a costly, ineffective flood solution. It champions impoundments for water supply, stable flows, and recreation while criticizing the Illinois Legislature and Division of Waterways for favoring funded ditch projects and private pork. Jack Schaeffer of the NE Illinois Planning Commission supports impoundments as a better public value.
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Jack Schaeffer
Illinois Planning Commission
Illinois
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Weiser
Elizabeth Lannon
Timothy Buck
Dirksen
Plainfield Music Festival
Ymca Kitties
Racine
Wis
VFW Post
Burlington
Post
Royal Airs
Joliet Arsenal
Elwood
Kankakee
Maurice Berlinsky
Aaron Marsh
Sam Chuk
Richard Curran
Norman Keck
William, Meade
William Wilson
The
Cicero American Legion Post 96
Cavaliers
Chicago
Norridge, Ill
William Scott
John Erlenborn
Harris Fowell
Robert Blair
Thomas Feehan
Robert Schirmer
Cochairmen
Will County Republican Organization
James Hall
Woodruff Hotel
ACF Industries, Inc
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Eugene G. Silvers
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