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Newspaper

The Spectator

Location

Joliet, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Oct 17, 1935

Page

3

Winners Named in Joliet Who's Who Contest

From nearly a thousand entrants Miss Gladys Shea of 220 Kra kar avenue won first prize of 25 dollars in The Spectator's Who's Who contest. Willis E. Bishop earned second prize. Evelyn Pfaff, third. Irene Lis, fourth. and Pauline Bevan, fifth. Judges praised the difficult, neat solutions and noted entries poured in from Joliet and nearby towns.

Gladys Shea Krakar Avenue Spectator Joliet Willis E. Bishop North Raynor Avenue Evelyn Pfaff Frankfort Irene Lis Hickory Street Pauline Bevan Summit Street M. H. Hollingsworth Illinois Securities Company Harry R. Seamans

Joliet High School Band Plans Fall Concert

Joliet high school national championship band presents fall concert tomorrow night in the school auditorium under A R Mc Allister. Guests Henry Fillmore and Clifford Lilya conduct short selections arranged like a radio program. Proceeds help fund next year’s national contest. Tickets 50 cents reserved, 25 cents general. reservations available today and Friday 8am–4pm.

Joliet Englewood Lilya Fillmore

Heart Patient Returns to Shake Doctor’s Hand

Charles Jenkins, who was stabbed in the heart a year ago, visited Dr. George Faulkner to thank him for saving his life. The doctor required five stitches to close the wound, and noted surgeons called the operation uniquely remarkable in medical history.

George Faulkner Charles Jenkins

Walgreens Superb Value Days Weekend Sale Opens

Walgreen Drug Company launches a weekend sale dubbed Super Value Days with hundreds of bargains. Manager Edward Klocke says the event is among the store’s greatest Joliet promotions and that extra stock has been ordered to prevent shortages.

Walgreen Drug Company Edward Klocke Joliet Klocke

St Marys Church Society Sponsoring Card Party Friday

The Holy Name society of St Marys church invites the public to a card party Friday at 8 pm in St Marys parish hall Clinton and Ottawa streets. Admission is twenty five cents. Games include bridge pinochle euchre forty five banco and five hundred with committees listed for each game and event.

Aecord Banco St. Mary’s Clinton Ottawa Holy Name Society St. Mary’s Church Arthur Melcher William Murphy Arthur B. Kelly M. J. Bauer Roland Berscheid William Erwin Adolph Ochs J. Campbell Carey Patrick Kinney Roy McCarthy Frank Lichtenauer Daniel Dillon John Aschenbrenner S. F. Wilhelmi John H. Berscheid William Over Eugene Gallagher Roland Chamberlain Thomas Reedy John Cleary W. A. Meyers

Veterans Reemployment Committee Meeting Scheduled Friday

The regular weekly session of the Veterans Reemployment Committee will convene Friday night at 7 30 in the Veterans of Foreign Wars club rooms. Unemployed veterans seeking preference on P VA benefits are urged to attend and register, per the committee.

Ang Veterans Reemployment Committee Veterans of Foreign Wars Club

Post Offices Observe Air Navigation Week Urge Mail Increase

In observance of National Air Navigation Week from October 14 to 21 postal authorities urge use of air mail for rapid communication. Air express weight rose 54 percent in the first half of the year over 1934, notes Postmaster J Walter Lowrey. The Post Office Department supervises 29 000 route miles of air mail with about 1 000 000 pounds carried monthly. The Bureau of Commerce provides light every 12 miles for pilots radio beams are used and emergency landing fields are set every 50 miles.

Air Express J. Walter Lowrey Post Office Department Bureau of Commerce

Fresh man seeks football but worries studies would suffer

A novice expresses interest in playing football then fears participation would interfere with his studies.

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