Tuesday, December 19, 2017 || By Community Editor || @maywoodnews
Funeral arrangements for J.W. Scott, the founder and owner of People Cab Co., who died last week at the age of 86, have been finalized.
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Friday, December 15, 2017 || By Michael Romain || @maywoodnews
Featured image: J.W. Scott, center, with Bellwood Mayor Andre Harvey during a street renaming ceremony in November. | Courtesy Mayor Andre Harvey
J.W. Scott, a decorated Korean War veteran who went from driving cabs part-time while working at Campbell Soup Company to founding People Cab Co., based in Bellwood, has died.
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Tuesday, December 12, 2017 || By Community Editor || @maywoodnews
Featured image: J.W. Scott, center, is presented with an honorary street sign bearing his name by Bellwood Mayor Andre Harvey on Nov. 18. | Courtesy Mayor Andre Harvey
J.W. Scott, the 86-year-old founder of People Cab Co. in Bellwood, was recently featured in a John Fountain column in the Chicago Sun-Times — the article the result of a Nov. 18 street naming ceremony. Henceforth and forevermore, a portion of St. Charles Rd. (near 30th Ave.) will be “Honorary J.W. Scott Ave.”
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