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Newspaper
The Spectator
Location
Joliet, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1932
Page
1
Veteran mentor known for Joliet coaching, Baldy Car, returns to guide DeLaSalle football and basketball squads toward championship calibre. Only a few better men remain as Carroll mentors several athletes of promising ability.
Hundreds sign petitions in Joliet and across Will County supporting a commission form of government. The drive aims for about 10 000 signatures to place the proposal on the November ballot and cut the current 55 member county board to three commissioners earning five dollars daily. The plan promises savings by ending township assessors and many town offices, despite rural opposition fearing Joliet control.
W. Irwin a 56 year old trustee who tended the lawn at the old prison fled after dusk prompting more than fifty guards to search for him. He was regarded as trustworthy by Assistant Warden E M Stubblefield.
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