Thanksgiving message from Republic Steel and Joliet line plan
The Spectator endorses gratitude for American freedoms while criticizing Joliet line company proposals. It urges public study of a plan to transfer the Joliet bus system with city takeover, bonds, and commissions, condemning secrecy and calling for transparent debate before Tuesday voting. It attributes Joliet fire and police funding woes to leadership failures and urges higher salaries to maintain services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republic Steel
Cleveland
Ohio
Spectator
Time Magazine
The
America
Fitzgerald Boys
Joliet
Janke
Altho
Tuesay
Trae TSO Loyalty Service at Lar’s 1 Ser
Unclear OCR fragment notes Trae TSO loyalty service at Lar’s with references to 1 ser vice eral ploy itiig and Cat t 20 bid Aud aver Ac lary Tin. Details remain unreadable, but hints at an agency or employment context and a bid or audit. Names and specifics are uncertain.
Three Divorce Actions Filed In Circuit Court
Multiple divorce filings appear in the circuit court. Cath erine E. Kelz of Wilmington township seeks divorce from William Jr. for a third time since their 1940 marriage, citing habitual drinking. Sadie Good seeks divorce from Delbert Good on cruelty grounds. Beverly Voss seeks divorce from Robert Voss for cruelty and to restore her maiden name Beverly Shifflet. Bernice Malloy accuses Bernard Malloy of habitual drunkenness. Shirley T. Gleason seeks separate maintenance and custody, claiming desertion by Thomas L. Gleason since last April. they married in 1946 and have three children.
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Catherine E. Kelz
Wilmington Township
William Jr
Thomas Vinson
Beverly Voss
E. Washington Street
Robert Voss
N. Joliet Street
R. C. Schoenstedt
Beverly Shifflet
Bernice Malloy
Lockport
Bernard
Shirley T. Gleason
Channahon
Thomas L. Gleason
Ottawa
Lavina Moss Dies Former Plainfield Resident at 78
Lavina M. Moss 78 a former Plainfield resident died yesterday in Peoria where she had lived the past several years. She is survived by her husband George R two sisters Ella Stenger and Myra Birkett and two brothers Daniel and Henry Birkett. The body will arrive at Luce funeral home Plainfield tomorrow morning with services at 3:30 p m Rev Harold M Kelley officiating Interment will be in Plainfield cemetery.
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Lavina M. Moss
Plainfield
Peoria
George R
Ella Stenger
Myra Birkett
Daniel
Henry Birkett
Luce Funeral Home
Harold M. Kelley
Plainfield Cemetery
Coed Crusaders Club Plans Tuesday Services and Monthly Singspiration
The Coed Crusaders, a fellowship from various church groups founded in 1948, holds weekly Tuesday services at host churches. President John B. Vautrin announced a new project a monthly community service featuring a singspiration and a Christian motion picture held on the first Saturday of each month.
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Coed Crusaders Club
John B. Vautrin
Joliet Christmas Parade Expected to Draw 100000
Joliet will host a mile long Christmas parade next Tuesday at 7 pm in the downtown district. The event features storybook characters, five local bands, 47 units and hundreds of participants led by chairman Robert O Leary with organizers from the Joliet Association of Commerce and Jean Gros Inc.
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Joliet
Ana ” Maat
Mars
Santa Claus
Robert O'Leary
Lea Borkon
Ed Daniel
Omar Calzaretta
Orville Belfield
Joseph Garvey
Sam Rubenstein
A. M. Schreider
Leo McGinnis
Burke R. Mead
City to Sell Auto Tags December 1 at Discount
City Collector E. D. Wilcox announced a 50 cent discount on city vehicle tags during December. The 1952 tag sale starts Saturday December 1 with prices: cars 3.50, trucks up to one ton 5, one to two tons 7, over two tons 10. A 25 cent fee buys a new sticker for a new car.
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E. D. Wilcox
Wilcox
Weather outlook dampens long holiday weekend plans
Forecasters warn rain may spoil the four day holiday weekend with light showers today and tomorrow. The expected high today is 52 and the low 39.
USO Reactivated in Joliet to Aid Armed Forces
A Joliet USO revival at the YMCA selected a new board for the coming year to reestablish support for more than 1,000 Will County service members and transient personnel. No USO quarters rental plans were set. The board includes Lou Fish as president and Charles McKeown as vice president, with Lt. Robert Thompson among members from Catholic Community Service, Jewish Welfare Board, Salvation Army, and YMCA.
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USO
Joliet
Will County
YMCA
Joliet Union Depot
Arthur Smith
Armed Services Committee
Lou Fish
Charles McKeown
Gene Koehl
Champe J. Stoakes
Catholic Community Service
Jewish Welfare Board
Salvation Army
Fish
Maurice Berlinsky
Philip Horwitz
Martin P. Gleason
Koehl
Smith
George Sprague
Stuart LaFontaine
McKeown
Stoakes
Robert Thompson
Jail inmates to eat turkey at Will County jail
About 15 inmates at the Will County jail will enjoy a turkey dinner prepared by Mrs. Ernest Overbey, wife of the sheriff, including 27 pound turkey, sides, pie and coffee. Extra portions will be served at the morning meal for a later snack. City lockup may lack a turkey dinner without donations.
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Will County
Ernest Overbey
Overbey
Burglary Attempt at Smythe Oil Station
Police investigated an attempted burglary at the Smythe oil station on North Broadway late Tuesday night. The intruder did not obtain anything of value.
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Smythe Oil
North Broadway
Car Stolen From Southtown Motor Lot
A Plymouth automobile was stolen yesterday from the Southtown Motor company parking area adjoining another business lot. Authorities are investigating the theft and reviewing nearby surveillance footage.
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Southtown Motor Company
Diabetic Driver Rescued After Route 30 Crash
Robert Saure 47 of 208 Oakview Avenue fainted at the wheel while driving two miles east of New Lenox on Route 30. State police received reports of a drunken driver as Saure’s car zigzagged, overturned in a ditch, and he was revived with diabetic candy before police released him to his home.
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Robert Saure
Oakview Avenue
New Lenox
Saure
Four Day Thanksgiving Vacation for Will County Students
All students in Will county schools will have a four day Thanksgiving break. Classes resume Monday morning. Joliet superintendent Dr. Gayle N. Hufford and Joliet Township High School superintendent Dr. Hugh Bonar will attend a Joliet administrators meeting at the Sherman hotel in Chicago tomorrow afternoon. Administrators across Illinois will gather for the convention.
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Will County
Gayle N. Hufford
Joliet
Hugh Bonar
Joliet Township High School
Sherman Hotel
Chicago
Tllinois
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William R. McCabe
Tso, Trae
Lar
Eral
Tom Turkey
Jeanne Zola
Elizabeth Street
Beverly Ashway
Center Street
John Anderson
Manhattan Road
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