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Newspaper
The Spectator
Location
Joliet, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1952
Page
5
Ben Marke of 125 S Park Road has been named inspection general foreman on the second shift at Caterpillar's Joliet plant. Ernie Sborne, quality control manager, announced the promotion. Marke began work at the Joliet plant in 1950 after moving from Decatur.
Al Pohlers Memory Hour on WTAQ LaGrange will feature Kay Raymond Booth a ballad and blues singer known for performances with Gene Victor's orchestra and other bands during a 1 55 to 3 p m Sunday broadcast.
THAD BEGGS speaks for Joliet Life Underwriters association highlighting pride in Illinois State and National Life Underwriters memberships. He touts life insurance as a stronghold of free enterprise, promising courteous, no obligation consultations through Guarantee Mutual Life Company of Omaha.
The Nevada Daily Mail questions whether rapid automobile growth brings happiness, arguing progress is tied to more cars and gadgets. It notes shifting wheel designs since 1930 and ponders a trend toward streamlined, bulletlike car bodies and the clash with conventional progress views.
In Joliet and Chicago the show features Ed Sealy, guitarist and vocalist, with his regular ensemble. She will be accompanied by Helen Baudek, staff pianist, and Ranch Boss Chick will present the performance.
The piece notes cars with era specific design like running boards and protruding headlights, complaints about city traffic in Vernon County residents who park near destinations and walk the rest of the way, comparing to rural ancestors, and mentions the first international airline between Seattle and Victoria established in 1920.
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