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By Arline Adamsick The Peotone Vedette: June 8, 1973 I certainly was not prepared for the headline that struck me as I opened the 1973 books for this week’s news – “Latest I-57 Murder Victim Is Former Peotone Resident.” Actually, I felt much the same way I did 50 years ago when my Mom told…
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By Arline Adamsick The Peotone Vedette: June 1, 1973 “High School Seniors to Graduate Sunday” “Graduation ceremonies for 91 seniors in the Peotone High School Class of 1973 will be held in the school gym at 3 p.m., on Sunday. Miss Cheryl Lynn Carstens has been named valedictorian and Miss Alice Elaine Warning, salutatorian. “Miss…
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By Arline Adamsick The Peotone Vedette: May 25, 1973 “File Petition to Form Peotone Library District” “At a recent board meeting the trustees of the Peotone Township Library voted to increase the area now served by the library by forming a district library. “A petition asking the court to set an election date to form…
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By Arline Adamsick The Peotone Vedette: May 18, 1973 It was May and that meant much activity was scheduled every week at the schools, including the 1973 prom. “Windmills of Your Mind,” theme for the 1973 prom, was held at the Will County Atrium. Rae Ann Murray was crowned Queen and Randy Wischover – King.…
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By Arline Adamsick The Crete Record: May 10, 1973 To continue with issues of concern in School District 201-U, here were the predictions… “Nine New Schools Seen By 1978; Only Six with 45-15” “Enrollment projections for the next five years in District 201-U show planning must be implemented for nine new schools if the district…
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By Arline Adamsick The Beecher Herald: May 3, 1973 Who says “life is simple”… “Deny Participation on KCC Annexation Committee” “By Roger Schoenwald” “New and dramatic developments have taken place during the past week concerning the Committee for Annexation to Kankakee Community College. “In last week’s Beecher Herald, an article stated that both Mr. and…
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By Arline Adamsick The Beecher Herald: April 26, 1973 “Form Committee to Push for Annexation to KCC” “By Roger Schoenwald” “Two members have split with the Junior College Advisory Committee and formed the Committee for Annexation to Kankakee Community College. Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Waldvogel are members of the new committee, whose existence was made…
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By Arline Adamsick The Manteno News: April 19, 1973 Well, I made a comment about election consolidation last week, but apparently, Manteno residents were not deterred in voting twice in just a few days… In the school board contest…“William McMurtry, of Rockville Township, and Richard Brandt, of Manteno Township, tallied up an almost two-to-one margin…
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By Arline Adamsick The Manteno News: April 12, 1973 Apparently, residents had not considered the worth of election consolidation back in 1973, as the Manteno School Board election was on Saturday, April 14, and was followed by the Manteno Village Board election on Tuesday, April 17. Add to this, Palm Sunday was April 15 and…
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By Arline Adamsick The Crete Record: April 5, 1973 It seems like the school district always was making news, one way or another… “Approve Split Shift Schedule for CMHS” “A hopefully temporary split shift schedule for 1973 – ’74 at Crete-Monee High School was approved by the 201-U Board of Education Monday night after considerable…
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By Arline Adamsick The Crete Record: March 29, 1973 “Village Board Approves New Business in Old Barn” “An old barn in downtown Crete, which was to have been the site of a Crete Youth Center, will house a new business instead. Crete Village Board Monday night granted a business license to Andrew Belford, of Bonanza…
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By Arline Adamsick The Crete Record: March 22, 1973 “Board Hears Attitudes on Year-Round School” “Considerably more parents were in favor of the 45-15 plan for year-round school following a presentation on the subject than had been in favor before they learned more about it. That was one of the attitude changes to come from…
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By Arline Adamsick The Crete Record: March 15, 1973 “Township Postpones Paying of Bills” “The day of reckoning for the payment of all bills was postponed until the last possible moment in hopes that 1971 tax monies would soon be received, the Crete Township Board of Auditors decided Monday night. J. Merlon West, Crete Township…
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By Arline Adamsick The Crete Record: March 9, 1973 Remember in last week’s paper that it was reported the school board voted on the issue of married teachers being employed in the same department? Apparently, the idea turned out to be rather controversial… “Ban on Married Teachers in Same Department Lifted” “A controversial resolution passed…
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By Arline Adamsick The Crete Record: March 1, 1973 Seems there were three top stories on the front page that week, including “Board Moves to Revise Village Building Code,” “Seek to Designate Band Shell as Historical Monument,” and “School Board Adopts New Hiring Policy. “School Board Adopts…” “The 201-U School Board, in a split four-three…
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By Arline Adamsick The Crete Record: February 22, 1973 “Name Bunt Principal of Monee Township Jr. High” “Robert Bunt, principal of Hubbard Trail, was named principal of the new Monee Township Junior High, which is still in the planning stages. The action came at the regular meeting of the 201-U School Board on Monday…
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By Arline Adamsick The Crete Record: February 15, 1973 Remember a request for rezoning a few weeks ago… “Deny Liquor Rezoning for Service Station” “A rezoning request by Cities Service to allow packaged liquor sales in their gas station, at the southwest corner of Steger and Kings Roads in Crete Township, was denied by a…
