Pat McManus to Manage Orpheum Opens Saturday
The renovated Orpheum theatre reopens Saturday at 1 PM with Pat McManus as manager. The policy includes fifteen cent adults and ten cent children admissions, second run films plus occasional first runs, and a gala opening of Little Big Shot starring Sybil Jason from South Africa.
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Orpheum Theatre
Patrick Meanus
Pat
Joliet
Rialto Theatre
Maurice
Louis Rubens
Roy Rogan
Mortimer E. Berman
Orpheum
Sybil Jason
South Africa
Lamps of
China
Caliente
Will Rogers
Shirley Temple
Guards Seek Reinstatement After Prison Escape
Robert Shaw and Frank Friend, guards on duty during a prison escape, were given a Civil Service Commission hearing in Springfield. Both seek reinstatement after their discharge following the escape and a meeting of prison wardens led by A L Bowen, head of the public welfare department.
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Robert Shaw
Frank Friend
Ferneckes
Civil Service Commission
Springfield
Shaw
Friend
O A. L. Bowen
Dixie Belles All-Girl Minstrel Staged at St John’s Church
St John’s Catholic church sodality presents Dixie Belles an all girl minstrel this weekend with performances Sunday at 3 pm and 8 15 pm and Monday at 8 15 pm in the parish hall 508 North Hickory street. Admission twenty five cents features many dances directed by Miss Virginia Wachendorfer with dancers including Vivian Rigoni Rosemary Wilhelms Margaret Mueller Anna Jane Wilhelms Christine McGuckin Rose Skroko Ruth Ebner Agnes Schottes and Dorothy Schauer.
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Young Ladies Sodality
St. John’s Catholic Church
St. John’s Parish Hall
North
Hickory Street
Darkey
Virginia Wachendorfer
Miss Wachendorfer
Vivian Rigoni
Rosemary Wilhelms
Margaret Mueller
Anna Jane Wilhelms
Christine MceGuckin
Rose Skroko
Ruth Ebner
Agnes Schottes
Dorothy Schauer
Board Reinstates Hazel Cowell as Assistant Supt
Miss Hazel Cowell will be retained as assistant superintendent of county schools in Superintendent E F Booths office after the Board of Supervisors created the position. A Tuesday vote of 28 to 7 approved the resolution following Cowells outlining of duties for the supervisors. Three automobiles, including the county nurse vehicle, will be used by the superintendent’s office for rural school visits.
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Hazel Cowell
E. F. Booth
Board of Supervisors
Miss Cowell
Booth
Homecoming Dinner Tonight at Willow Ave Church
Willow Avenue Presbyterian hosts a homecoming week with a 6 o’clock dinner by the Matron's circle featuring chicken. Children are cared for, a bakery sale is held, and a musical program caps the week with communion service and baptism Sunday.
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Willow Avenue Presbyterian Church
Will County F Men Target Cattle Rustlers
In Will County 1800 farm vigilantes dubbed the F Men vow to end cattle rustling. The name, proposed by Farm Bureau leader Leonard Braham, signals a new local effort to curb stolen cattle activity.
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Will County
Leonard Braham
Farm Bureau
Sheri Sets Gun Carry Permits and Star Doles
Sheri Michael Breen will issue permits to carry guns and distribute officer stars at a community event. Readiness and security roles are highlighted as part of the ceremony.
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Sheri Michael Breen
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Pat McManus
St. John’s
Ine
Chicago St
Charles Gabel
Rialto
Rialto Square
Kinney
Goodyear
Chicago
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