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Newspaper
The Spectator
Location
Joliet, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1941
Page
4
County Clerk Joseph H. Hartley announced this morning that the Blind, Needy, and Dependent Children program checks are now ready for distribution. They can be obtained by calling at the county clerk's office.
A call to organized labor leaders to resist coercion by Sanderson & Porter and a critique of Mayor Jones and commissioners over water department staffing. The piece applauds Odenthal and Sehring for limiting mayoral interference and preserving the meter readers under the accounts and finances department amid ongoing public works and water billing issues.
Civic groups organize a toy drive to repair discarded toys at the old prison. About 50 inmates will renovate the toys in a special workshop under Warden E M Stubblefield. The event at the Rialto on Saturday Nov 8 will grant admission with a toy to benefit Christmas distribution to needy children.
Samuel Schor, Joliet superintendent of Goldblatt Brothers, spoke at the city club luncheon about the chain’s origins from two brothers selling papers to a Chicago store in 1914. He highlighted early displays driving sales, growth to ten stores, employee loyalty, and community contributions in Joliet.
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