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Church Minstrels Benefit Show For St Marys Youth
Joliet church minstrels present a Sunday program and an Monday night show at De La Salle High School to raise funds for St Marys Catholic Youth. Rehearsals led by Robert Cronin assisted by C D Romano and John Ochs feature blackface acts and southern melodies by Joliet soloists. John McCarthy acts as interlocutor with a pseudo cabaret scene concluding the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joliet Shoe
St. Mary’s Catholic Youth Organization
de la Salle High School
Robert Cronin
C.D. Romano
John Ochs
Alex Garbine
Jack Meade
Harry Shaw
Richard Kohlenbach
Harry Murphy
Bee List Ebner
Joliet
Roheridan
William Knox
Orville Sipple
Ed McGuire
William Sheridan
Harold Graham
Mr. Ochs
John McCarthy