Arrest All Speeders: Joliet Police Plan Traffic Crackdown
Police Chief Nicholas Fornango orders motorcycle officers to arrest motorists driving over 25 mph in city business and residential districts. Commissioner David Lentz says engineers will survey the city to adjust regulations and place hourly parking and new signs in the loop and downtown.
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Nicholas Fornango
David Lentz
Department of Public Health and Safety
Chicago Motor Club
Lentz
Joliet
Fornango
Joliet Township High School Graduates Commencement Speakers
More than five hundred graduates will receive diplomas at Joliet township high school and junior college commencement exercises. Diantha Warfel and Donald Peppard will speak for the junior college while Helen Kelly and George Sadler represent the high school. They will discuss the history of secondary education in the United States in honor of the tercentenary.
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Joliet Township
Diantha Warfel
Donald Peppard
Helen Kelly
George Sadler
United States
The Spectator Reaches Joliet Readers Weekly Ad Coverage
The Spectator delivers to 20 214 Joliet families weekly. With at least three readers per family, about 60 642 persons read the paper each week. Its compact page size ensures ads are seen by thousands of readers.
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Joliet
Spectaton
Spectator Carrier Boys Begin Routes This Week
Boys start collecting starting tomorrow on city and nearby routes. Each carrier holds an ID card from The Spectator circulation department. If unknown, ask to see the card. Early delivery this week due to Decoration Day and weekend bargains offered by city merchants.
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Spectator
Parks Open for Holiday Crowds in Joliet District
Joliet residents will fill parks and playgrounds today as district recreation facilities open for the annual holiday crowd. Beachgoers may swim at Michigan Beach with Park Commissioner George F. Mahoney Jr. announcing the first season dips. The Nowell Park pool is expected to open June 8 and picnickers will frequent the grounds daily, officials say.
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Joliet
Michigan Beach
George F. Mahoney, Jr
Nowell Park
Girl Receives Many Letters
Helen Simone Wilhelmi a young Joliet girl who impressed educators at De Paul University last week with her demonstration of practical tasks without using her Tass and has since become widely known. The mail brings letters from across the country.
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Helen Simone Wilhelmi
Joliet
de Paul University
Joliet Memorial Day Parade Set With Citywide Events
Joliet plans a large Memorial Day program with services at St Johns in North Hickory St and St Peters Lutheran at East Cass St. The Spanish American War Veterans will dedicate a flagpole at Elmhurst Cemetery and a noon mass replaces the Mount Olivet ritual. The 1 30 parade begins at Chicago and Webster, with school groups and Boy Scouts marching then wreaths cast at the river and Shell monument before general services at 2 o clock guided by Daughters of the G A R and Daughters of Union Veterans.
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St. John’s Church
North Hickory Street
St. Peter’s
Elmhurst Cemetery
St. Mary’s Catholic
Mount Olivet
Chicago and
Webster Streets
Chicago Street
Jefferson
Bluff
Bridge
Ottawa Street
Courthouse Square
Shell Monument
Daughters of the
G. A. R. S King
Clara Solley
Daughters of Union Veterans
G. Herman Cooper
St. John’s English Lutheran Church
William Kirk
The
Sons of Union Veterans
John A. Logan
Wallace Wyss
Go Slow Signs Urged Amid Spring School Crossing Goals
Chief N. J. Fornango urges motorists to watch for children as spring weather brings more outdoor activity. Drivers should stop fully when a ball or child crosses into the street to ensure safety for city school children departing for playgrounds and parks.
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N. J. Fornango
Extend Personal Property Tax Deadline to June 4
County Treasurer Conrad J. Wirth has extended the personal property tax deadline from June 1 to June 4 due to the holiday and a half day office. Penalties of one percent per month apply for each delinquent month, and enforcement will be strict. Many taxes have already been paid with more expected by 5 p.m. Tuesday. The real estate tax first installment also becomes delinquent the same day, with a similar penalty, while the second installment is due September 1.
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Conrad J. Wirth
Wirth
Mr. Wirth
Catholic High Play to Be Presented Friday at School
Joliet Catholic High drama club presents its annual play You're the Doctor a three act farce Friday evening. Boys in disguise again play female roles with Robert Maher as the man who becomes a doctor for his health and cures a sanitarium. Ted Bannon portrays the leading lady with a cast including William Cannon Barnard Theobald Basil Egan John Donahue and William.
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Joliet
William Cannon
Barnard Theobald
Basil Egan
John Donahue
William
Joliet to Host Three Conventions This Year
Joliet plans for three conventions this summer earning the title convention city. The Railway Mail Clerks of Indiana and Illinois meet July 23 with a Joliet lodge assembly likely. Dr William R Fletcher Joliet Moose state dictator will run the event. Illinois Oddfellows converge September 21 and 22 with hundreds likely in attendance.
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Joliet
Hlinda
Indiana
William R. Fletcher
The
Moose
Ilinois
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