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1925 – 100 Years Ago
Following a visit on the part of the DeKalb Elks to Sycamore on Monday night it has been announced that the Sycamore Elks will return the call on Tuesday night of next week. The visit will be for the purpose of engaging in a card tournament at the club rooms in this city. On Monday night the DeKalb Elks played cribbage with the Sycamore team. A DeKalb bowling team also bowled with the Sycamore Elks. It is understood that the same bowling team will come over Tuesday night while a group of cribbage and “500” players will also come over. Every DeKalb Elk wishing to play in the games is urged to be at the club Tuesday evening.
R. F. McCormick, B. C. Knoodle, D. C. Thorton, H. G. Wright, Claus Collin, and S. W. Boardman, on the building committee for the DeKalb Trust & Savings bank, left early this morning for Streator, where they will inspect various bricks that will be used in rebuilding the bank building this spring. The men left early this morning and also expect to stop at Joliet to inspect a bank that has just been erected in that city. The work of rebuilding the Fourth street bank will be started in the very near future and the trip to Streator today was for the purpose of selecting the style and color of brick that will be used in the new building.
Tickets for the concert that will be given on the evening of February 23 at the First Lutheran Church by the Scandinavian Bell Ringers are being placed on sale by members of the First Lutheran Church and at the Powell and the Lenz drug stores. The ringers have appeared in many cities where they have made a great impression on the audiences. Critics on the staffs of several musical publication and daily papers have given them the highest praise, one critic stating that the concert given by the Bell Ringers was the greatest musical event of the year.
Taxpayers on the county will receive sometime this week, the notice from the treasurer’s office as to what their taxes are for this year with a blank attached, which will be used for receipting purposes. Everyone will be privileged to go to a bank in the town or city in which he lives and pay his taxes, rather than sending the money to the county office, or going there in person. The task of getting these tax bills ready for the mails has been a strenuous one.
1950– 75 Years Ago
Waterman again has bus service after an interval of several weeks during which the service was discontinued. The Exemplar Stages now have the following schedule for Waterman. Going west one leaves at 9:25 a.m. and 5:50 p.m. Eastbound 11:38 a.m. and 7:38 p.m. The buses operate between Aurora and Rochelle daily except Friday, Saturday and Sunday when they go to and from Rockford and Aurora.
Announcement was made at Springfield by Secretary of State Edward J. Barrett that a charter had been issued to the Wagenseller Motors, Inc. Sycamore Road, DeKalb. The charter was issued to the corporation to buy, sell, deal in and with vehicles of every kind.
Military officials believe that “Hopping John” someday may be as well known in army circles as spuds and java. Hopping John is a southern dish consisting of black-eyed peas and ham hock. Quartermaster officials in the Third Army’s food service section announced the dish to soldiers as the combination “we’d most like you to try.” That’s what soldiers stationed at Fort Bragg and Fort Benning will do on February 3, 11, and 22, when Hopping John will be served at all mess halls. If the troops like it, military officials said black-eyed peas will become a standard part of the army menu.
Mrs. Harriet Heeg on Hinckley has quite an unusual plant blooming at the present time. It is called the “Scared Lily of India” and grows without dirt or water. The plant has grown to nearly three feet tall this year, which is taller than in past years. This is the fourth year she has had the plant. The first year the bloom was black in color, the second year a deep purple, last year red and this year it is a deep red color. When the bloom is first starting to open it has quite a strong odor, but the bloom is very beautiful. With the coming of spring the plant will be planted out of doors, and when fall arrives again the bulb will be placed in a container without dirt or water.
Work has been progressing quite rapidly in the former First National Bank building in Hinckley. Three new entrances have been made and the front stone has been cut down making larger windows and finishing with red bricks.
1975 – 50 Years Ago
An old chum, absent from the area for several weeks, paid a visit last night. His name is ‘old man winter’ and he marked his homecoming with a 3.5-inch snowfall.
The Northern Illinois University Marching Huskie Show band left Tuesday evening for New Orleans, La., to perform in five parades during Mardi Gras festivities in that city. The 75-piece unit is the first in the history of NIU to participate in a Mardi Gras parade. Musicians, baton twirlers, pom-pom squad and color guard members raised the $4,500 required to pay bus fare and other expenses. New uniforms, featuring blazing cardinal tunics with silver buttons, silver sashes and matching gauntlets, black trousers and black Australian style bush hats with white plumes, will be worn by the band members for the first time.
DeKalb school activities – Dana Meadowcraft shares his enthusiasm for railroads with Eugene Griffith at a recent hobby show held at Littlejohn School. Dana’s collection started several years ago and includes many railroad related mementoes and clippings.
Housing construction is not the best line of work to be in these days, but if the situation improves, 14 boys will have the necessary training. The building trades classes of Sycamore, DeKalb and Malta high schools take to the field each school day to build a house. Under a watchful eye, 17 boys learn first-hand the techniques and frustrations of home building.
2000 – 25 Years Ago
For Major David Zahn, moving day means more than packing up a few boxes. Zahn, who operates Salvation Army stores from LaSalle to Janesville, Wis., helped load all the merchandise from the Salvation Army at 1802 Sycamore Road to the former Ace Hardware building, located just a few buildings north. The space difference is just one of the perks of taking over the former Ace Hardware building. The former store had 10,000 square feet available, while the new store will use 17,000 square feet.
A new computer catalog system will greet library users at DeKalb Public Library beginning Tuesday. The new system, installed by Northern Illinois Library System, is a product of Innovative Interfaces Inc. and replaces the current “Index” system that was installed in 1990 when the library converted from the previous computer system, CLSI.
Secretary of State Jesse White, in cooperation with Senior Citizens Center, DeKalb, is offering a Rules of the Road Review Course for all citizens in the DeKalb area. The purpose of the course is to help applicants pass the Illinois driver’s license renewal examination.
Compiled by Sue Breese