Dr Scarpitto Resigns to Head Eastern School System
Dr Michael Scarpitto, Joliet grade schools assistant superintendent for four years, submitted his resignation effective Oct 7 at a regular meeting. He thanked staff and citizens for cooperation as board members praised his administrative ability. The board approved the resignation and set new transfer boundary policies to handle growing requests.
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Michael Starpitto
Joliet
Scarpittio
Hab Pentiaa Been
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Stoneham
Mass
Boston
Stonehar Rs
Junor
Men Tehier
Jeet
English
Oseagl I
Eugenia Davis
Helene Meyers
Carrie Crowder
Eliza Kelly
James D. Pate
Gompers
Mary
B. Wilhelmi
McKinley
Allen Wisecour
Culbertson
Jeannette Lowman
Genevieve L. Carlin
Old Fashioned Bargain Days Bring Local Merchants Offers
Joliet kicks off Old Fashioned Days today through Sept 14 with free bus rides from 9 40 to 10 30 each day. Prizes include a mink store, a Zenith TV set, bicycles, a GE clock radio, and daily $50 savings bonds for best dressed shopper or clerk. An old fashioned movie starts at Rialto theater Saturday. banners announce participating stores.
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Joliet Association of Commerce
Retail Merchants Association
Tuckers Use Bypass Routes to Bypass Downtown Loop
City Manager Chester B Lewis reports trucks are routed to avoid downtown using the Henderson avenue and Chicago street bypasses. Route 6A remains unchanged. Trucks on routes 52 to 66 use Larkin Avenue with a new speed zone near the school on Larkin between Glenwood and Ingalls avenues. Signs warning truckers and motorists will be placed this week.
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Chester B. Lewis
Henderson Avenue
Chicago Street
Washington Street
Larkin Avenue
Lewis
Larkin
Glenwood
Postal workers lash Ike veto over pay raise dispute
Joliet postal clerks denounce President Eisenhower after he vetoed a 546 dollar yearly pay raise. Henry P. Kapsch of local No. 324 National Federation of Post Office Clerks says inflation claims ignore real costs of living and that clerks bear inflation, not causes. Congress had approved the raise, but the president vetoed it, prompting sharp criticism.
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Liberia
Henry P. Kapsch
National Federation of Post Office
Kapsch
Joliet
Congress
Kapsch Saigy
House
Favur
Lican
Senate
White House
Will County lawyers study plan to create city court
A Will County Bar association committee led by C George Dimas studies creating a city court with the same powers as the circuit within city limits. If approved a petition would trigger an election and a possible city judge and clerk, with the court handling law and chancery and even summoning a grand jury.
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Will County Bar Association
Atty. C. George Dimas
Bar Association
Atty
Robert E. Higgins
Charles McKeown
Charles Robson
Walter Herschbach
Francis Dunn
Ralph’ Murphy
Robert Thomas
J. W.faulkner
Albert Krusemark
F. Donald Delaney
Circuit Court
Hingis
Aurora
Geneva
Chicago Heights
Calumet City
Elgin
DeKalb
Zion
Bloodstained clothing found in Joliet railroad car
Police investigate a bundle of women’s bloodstained clothing found in a gondola car on the Elgin Joliet and Eastern railway near Meeker Avenue. The items include a blouse stained with blood, a white sheet, slippers, two cigarette lighters, medicine bottles, keys and Chicago telephone numbers. Detectives link the find to the slaying of 15 year-old Judith Anderson in Chicago last month.
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Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway Company
Meeker Avenue
John Dillon
John Malloy
Jolietlice
Joseph McGovern
Thomas Wise
Verle Jones
Judith Anderson
Chicago
Bob Terzich
Route 3
Plainfield
Dillon
West Madison Street
Joliet
American Steel and Wire Company
Chalstrom Estate In Joliet Valued At 554000
Probate Judge Stewart Hutchi son sets October 5 for hearing on the estate of Mrs Amanda Chalstrom who died July 9 leaving 500000 in personal property and 54000 in realty. Co executors are son Gilbert and daughter Florence C. Trustees include Gilbert Phyllis C and stepdaughters Florence Alice Wilson and Myrtle Nord Joliet, Geneva Chalstrom also named. Other charitable bequests and distribution provisions noted.
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Stewart Hutchison
Amanda“ Chalstrom
Chalstrom
Gilbert
Taylor Street
Florence C
Western Avenue
John C. Chalstrom
Phyllis C. Gilbert
Royal Oaks
Mich
Florence
Alice Wilson
Myrtle Nord
Joliet
Geneva Chalstrom
Belief Bundle Ties to Chicago Slaying Inconclusive
Authorities doubted the bundle linked to the Chicago slaying while Dillon awaited a Chicago police call. He suspected a transient left the bundle in the car.
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Chicago
Dillon
Joliet Will County Community Chest Drives 1957 Campaign
About 1,600 volunteers prepare for the Joliet Will County community chest campaign running October 10 through 21 to support 17 youth health and welfare agencies. Five divisions operate, with initial gifts the first to meet, chaired by Al Smiles. A new 15 minute film Dont Sell Them Short is offered for meetings, with arrangements via the chest office Joliet 3 0666.
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al Smiles
Cest
Joliet
Joliet Man Stabbed In Chicago Incident
Eleutetic Villareal of 712 Feet Avenue reported to police he was stabbed by two men during a visit in Chicago after one asked for a match. He drove to Joliet for treatment at St. Joseph hospital and could not describe the stabbing location.
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St. Joseph Hospital
Eleutétic
Villareal
Feet Avenue
Chicago
Villare
Joliet
Fragmentary notice of second class mail entry October 1 1940
The record mentions second class mail entry dated October 1 1940 at the Post Joliet and a note about Tikole under March 8 1897.
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Joliet. Tikole
Flood funds aid education and farm projects in state plan
A fragmented OCR passage notes state funds supporting education and agriculture programs. It mentions new measures and wall construction related to flood recovery and regional planning, with reference to funding sources and faith-based units.
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