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The Spectator

Location

Joliet, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Oct 26, 1944

Page

2

Joliet youths named aboard Princeton disaster ship

Reports on the Princeton disaster grow hopeful as Joliet youths aboard the carrier are identified. James Doyle aged 17 and William Sagan aged 18, both Seaman 2/c and former Joliet Township High students, went to sea in June to the South Pacific. Their parents are Maurice Doyle of 604 Benton and Nicholas J. Fagan of 1615 Sterling.

Princeton Joliet James Arthur Doyle Seaman William John Sagan Joliet Township High School South Pacific Illiam Maurice Doyle Benton Street Nicholas J. Fagan Sterling Avenue

YMCA New Members Dinner Set for Thursday Evening

The YMCA invites new members to a dinner on Thursday evening November 2 at 6 15 in the main dining room.

YMCA

Annual follow up on fall membership drive plans

This message invites all new members to attend an upcoming meeting to set November activity plans. Reservations can be placed at the Y throughout the coming week.

Funeral rites held for Mrs. Charles I. Crawford

Funeral services conducted by Rev. A. W. Hoffman at 2 PM at Olson Funeral Home for Mrs. Charles I. Crawford wife of Barrett's Hardware general manager. Interment to follow tomorrow at Local Cemetery New Hampton Ia. Died in Chicago Tuesday after a long illness.

A. W. Hoffman Olson Charles I. Crawford Barrett's Hardware Store New Hampton Crawford Chicago

Funeral services for Mrs Dunne Saturday in Lockport

Funeral services for Mrs. Matilda Mary Dunne are set for 9 o'clock Saturday at the Goodale Funeral Home in Lockport with a 9 30 arrival at St Denis Church. Burial follows at Calvary Cemetery. Dunne, a lifelong Lockport resident, died Tuesday. Her son Robert serves as a justice of the peace in Lockport.

Matilda Mary Dunne Goodale Funeral Home Lockport St. Denis Calvary Cemetery

Call of the Wild club meeting at YMCA

The Call of the Wild club will meet tomorrow at 7:30 p m in the YMCA main dining room. An evening of hunting and fishing pictures will be shown with a 15 minute duck calling demonstration by Harl Son of Plainfield. Coffee and doughnuts will be served.

Call of the Wild Club YMCA Harl Son Plainfield

Spectator Joliet Issue Notes Local News

The Spectator in Joliet Illinois reports community items for October 26 1944. Local notes cover public notices and civic affairs as recorded from offices at 1074 Cass Street.

The Spectator Cass Street Joliet Llinois. 1

Mrs Mary Lee Lile Obituary Cites Family and Service

Mrs Mary Lee Lile of 328 South Het Street died Tuesday at Joseph's Hospital. Survived by husband Eldridge one son and one daughter. Funeral at Second Baptist Church on a Saturday morning at 11 o'clock led by Rev T Moore King. Burial in Elm cemetery.

Mary Lee Lile Shet Street Joseph's Hospital Eldridge Second Baptist Church T. Moore King Elnih

Community gathering invites hunters and fishermen

A local notice invites all interested men to attend an evening gathering at the clos and to bring their gear for hunting and fishing discussion and planning.

Promotion of Roger S. Rush to captain after training completion

Roger S. Rush of Manhattan was promoted to captain after completing an intensive training course at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor on Oct. 14. He is currently stationed in Columbus, Ohio, with the fifth transport zone, while his wife and two children Sharon and Michael reside in Frankfort, Kentucky.

Roger S. Rush Manhattan Univy of Michigan Ann Arbor Columbus Sharon Michael Frankfort

Stolen Box Recovered Tied to Local Burglaries

Edward Dainko found a metal box yesterday morning on 602 West McDonough Street and turned it to police. Investigators say the box held papers from the Prince Castle ice cream stand on Plainfield Road and Wilcox Street, and tie the burglary to three Chicago Heights youths who hit Natic Cleaners the same night.

Edward Dainko F Dainko W. McDonough Prince Castle Plainfield Road Wilcox Chicago Heig Natic Cleaners

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