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The comic notably featured Maurice Berlinsky, then the real-life mayor of Joliet, and Bob Anderson, then the real-life director of First National Bank of Joliet. [3] The Archie's Restaurant storyline was also featured in issues #26-30 of Everything's Archie, and Pep Comics #280 and #295. The next restaurant opened in Merrillville, Indiana.
Illinois' first African American newspaper was the Cairo Weekly Gazette, established in 1862. [1] The first in Chicago was The Chicago Conservator, established in 1878. An estimated 190 Black newspapers had been founded in Illinois by 1975, [2] and more have continued to be established in the decades since.
Since 1954, the restaurant has been owned and operated by the Hastert family. Robert Hastert Sr. was the first family owner-manager. Hastert had begun as a wholesale poultry dealer at the Aurora Poultry Market during World War II and later owned the Harmony House restaurant in Aurora, Illinois, which he had opened four years before he bought White Fence Farm. [2]
Edward C. Akin (1852–1936), Illinois Attorney General and Mayor of Joliet [2] Meade Baltz (1912–1994), businessman and Illinois state legislator [3] Richard J. Barr (1865–1951), Illinois State Senator and Mayor of Joliet [4] William G. Barr (1920–1987), Illinois state representative and businessman [5]
Bob O'Dekirk (/ ˈ oʊ d ə k ɜːr k / OH-də-kurk; [1] born 1969/70) [2] is the former mayor of Joliet, Illinois from 2015 to 2023. He was sworn in on May 4, 2015. He was sworn in on May 4, 2015. O'Dekirk is a former Joliet police officer and is a practicing attorney in Joliet.
D'Arcy is the president of D'Arcy Automobiles, an automotive dealership that serves Joliet and Morris, Illinois. [2] In 2012, D'Arcy was appointed to serve on the Illinois Tollway Board, which he served on until 2016. [3]
Joliet flourished in the early 20th century, further attracting residents to the region. The main commercial district was along Bluff Street, on the west side of the Des Plaines River. Upper Bluff's proximity to the commercial district likely influenced a period of growth of neighborhoods similar to the Joliet East Side Historic District .
The paper was founded in 1904 as the Joliet Herald. In 1913, its founder, Ira Clifton Copley , purchased the Joliet News , a paper that had been founded in 1877. In 1915, the two papers were merged producing the Herald-News .