The main sponsor on the cover, the American National Bank, changed its name to the First National Bank in April 1934. There is an ad for Bransby Brothers Photographers, who bought the business after Melvin Tripp died in 1932.

There is a complete listing of officers and members as well as recipes and many helpful household hints.]]> Royal Neighbors of America Progressive Camp 5300]]> NO COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE ONLY

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Dave Crawford, who was also principal of Central Junior High, had been at Woodstock High School for five years. He had a bachelor's degree from Minnesota University and a Master's degree from the University of Chicago.

Central Junior High was located in what is now Woodstock City Hall, 121 W. Calhoun.

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The Emerson Typewriter company changed its name to Woodstock Typewriter in April 1914. The clothing on the bystanders seems to be of that era.

Since the postcard was given to the library with many other items from the Sherburne family, it is possible that the man and woman are Sherburnes, owners of the Sherburne Motor Company at 109 Church St.]]> NO COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE ONLY

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Elwood is second from left in the front row with Arthur at the end of that row. Clarence is second from lert in the middle row.

In 1920, the brothers were working with their father Vernon Sherburne at his Sherburne Motor Company Ford dealership located at 109 Church St. ]]> Medlar Studio]]> NO COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE ONLY

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Coach Willis Thomson was also Superintendent. Team members were Elmer Miner, Karl Moritz, Edward Field, John Vieregg, Howard Risvold, Harris Sorenson and Carroll Sherburne to the left of coach Thompson.]]> Medlar Studio]]> NO COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE ONLY

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MCHENRY COUNTY TRACK MEET held at Woodstock, May 17, 1913.

A record crowd turned out from Harvard, Marengo, Richmond, Crystal Lake, Huntley, McHenry, and Woodstock. The meet was managed by Northwestern University coaches, and everything worked out with machine-like precision. First came the sprints in which our men were at a slight disadvangage, though they held their own and bravely contested each inch. Next there were the field events in which Woodstock plainly showed superiority, and which were our chief gainers. But as the meet drew to a close, the weaker teams were sifted out and the championship was not decided until the supreme event of the day--the relay race. The decisive moment had arrived, and a hush fell on the throng of rooters as Woodstock's chosen athletes took their places. From the firing of the shot till the end of the race a big lead was kept by Woodstock, and--we won!]]> Medlar Studio]]> NO COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE ONLY

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Only a few people have been identified. Front left is Zoia, and Arthur Anderson is to the right of Clarence Sherberne. Joe Bergthal is on the right in the top row. ]]> Medlar Studio]]> NO COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE ONLY

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Players left to right
Front row: Frank Wien, James Joslyn
Middle row: Ogle Howell, Homer Mann, Fulton Stussey, Clarence Howard
Top row: Clarence Sherburne, Coach William Evans, Arthur Anderson
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Left to right
Front row: Ray Hamer, Frank Wien
Middle row: Homer Mann, Arthur Anderson, Sy McGee
Top row: Joe Berganthal, Clarence Sherburne, Stafford, Reese, Coach William Evans, Daniels, Moore, Clarence Howard
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This one shows the men in their motor-soiled clothes, a Parts sign on the wall and parts on the shelves. The woman in her Middy blouse and long skirt wears the working woman's attire of the first decades of the 20th century.]]> File Cabinet 6 Photos
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Vernon Sherburne started his Ford dealership in 1912 and continued until 1942 when he changed it to Sherburne's Bowling Alley, which became Wayne's City Lanes in 1966 or 1967.

Note the unusual cover on the overhead light.
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In the early 1940s, they opened Sherburne's Bowling Alley. When they sold it in 1966 or 1967, It became Wayne's City Lanes.

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Front row L-R: Edward W. Austin, Edward C. Higgins, George J. Schneider, Valedictorian.
Back row: Calla J. Field, Lottie A. Friend, Mary F. Murphy, Mary G. Murphy.]]> J. S. Medlar]]> NO COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE ONLY

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Clarence Olson was Supervisor of Instrumental Music Instruction. He is standing on the far right in the third row wearing a black jacket and black hat. He created the music program for both the high school and the grade school in 1929. He was very popular with Woodstock citizens so that when he died suddenly in December 1953, the community lobbied to name the school under construction Clarence Olson School]]> Herbert B. Medlar]]> NO COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE ONLY

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Since Marian Central High School was built in 1959, the building facing Tryon street has been St Mary Junior High School.

Jack Hayes is the only person identified. He is the first person on the left in the back row. Jack married Betty Irene Dietz and their family donated several photos in this collection.

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Betty Dietz Hayes has listed all the names on the back. She is the fifth from the left in the front row (counting the girl to her left who is standing on the second step).

Top Row: Margaret Foss, Audrey Senne, Geraldine Pomeroy, Lois Maare, Gracia Knaack, Geraldine Overly, Betty Hibbard, Frances Johnson, Merry Jayne Redeker
Middle Row: Ada Sommers, Marilyn Aavang, Erma Lange, Thelma Schryver, Muriel Young, Beverly Austin, Grace Sahs, Alice Mae Waidley, Tivoli Wien, Dorothy Hahn, Ivey Russie, Rose Nell
Front row: Anna Katek, Violet French, Kathleen Nemitz, Hazel Wilcox, Betty Dietz, Genevieve Jensen, Irene DeWolf, Alice Bentsen, Joyce Sayler, Vera Collen, Modelle Morris, Marjorie Readel]]> Medlar Studio]]> NO COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE ONLY

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Clarence Olson was the very respected band director for both Central School and Woodstock High School bands from 1929 until his death in 1953. Clarence Olson school is named after him.

The students in the photo:
First row: Gordon Boone, Irvin Tucker, Hazel Shales, Floyd Eckert, Bill Gancar, Loraine Dirrenberger, Grant Rassmusen, Lewis Soenksen, Jim Nevins, Elward Sherwin, Bill Dodge, Ralph Knutsen, Allan Smith, Modelle Morris.
Second row: Henry Smith, John Schuett, Edwin Belcher, Fred Drummond, Evelyn Baymiller, Jack Nevin, Raymond Youngberg, John Coe, Jim Ogle, Betty Dietz, Joyce Sayler, Ellen Paulson, Bib Diggins, Audrey Paulson, Molly Joslyn, Garry Austin.
Third row: Bill Frame, Frances Hansen, Gracia Knaack, Marjorie Thomas, Wilbur Kiefer, Russell Andrew, Dorothy Petit, Irv Walters, Ed Monroe, Oral Eckert, Lyle Huffman, Sam Herdclotz, Dick Howell, George Hesselgrave, Slade Austin.
Fourth row: Gene Judson, Elcon Seagrist, Jim Botts, Carl Smeltzer, Lowell Nienstedt, Melvin Belcher, Grover Wilkerson, Marian Woolf, Carl McBroom, Russell Leverans, ?Woolf, ?McBroom, Ed Gorenfla, Jim Tryon, Jim Phillips

The date is estimated by comparing another band photo dated 1934. The students are wearing the same uniforms and appear to be about the same age.]]> Medlar Studio]]> NO COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE ONLY

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The US census and Woodstock City Directories list Dietz at 456 W. Judd in the 1930s and 1940s. The address is listed in the 1948 directory but not in the 1950 directory so the house was probably demolished at that time. Today a long driveway leads to the back of the property that has new small apartments that are difficult to see from Judd St.

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This postcard is almost identical to the East Side of Square 1907 postcard but has been dated by the Benjamin Franklin One Cent stamp on the back which was issued between 1908 and 1910.

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Woodstock Manufacturing Company of Michigan bought Woodstock Die Casting from the Allied-Signal Corporation in 1985. After years of decline, the factory closed June 29, 1990 resulting in the loss of 757 jobs. The City of Woodstock took ownership of the property in 1991 and all the buildings were demolished in anticipation of redevelopment. The Water Tower was the last structure remaining on the site. Many townspeople watched as the tower, a landmark for more than 100 years, was toppled.]]> Don Peasley]]> IN COPYRIGHT

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Woodstock--Die Casting Timeline
Predecessors:
1893 Woodstock Public Improvement Committee offered a $20,000 bonus to attract industry
1894 Tappan & Wheeler Steam Pump Company moved from Chicago; produced pumps for Procter & Gamble, Colgate and other soap manufacturers.
1896 Oliver Typewriter Company produced typewriters sold all over the world. As the major employer of the area (1,400 employees), the company had a band, fire department, semi-pro baseball team and major social events such as a summer picnic in the Fox River Grove picnic grounds. The Oliver typewriter allowed the user to see the letters as they were typed, rather than raising the bar to read the copy. It went out of business in 1927 when it was deemed too costly to retool the factory. It stayed open a few years offering repair services.
1928 Alemite Die Casting & Manufacturing of Chicago produced aluminum cookware, parts for Hamilton Beach, Speed Queen, Whirlpool; electric trains and toys; and many other items. Their fireproof storage room held over 4, 000 different precision molds.
1935 Electric Auto-Lite made automobile parts and accessories, including door handles, grilles and hood ornaments for Ford Motor Company and Packard and others. It had over 2,000 employees in 1949.
1963 Woodstock Die Casting, (the name was bought from its parent company, Eltra Corporation) manufactured automotive, appliance and industrial fittings
1964 A five-year building and renovation project added 100,000 square feet to the complex
1979 Allied Chemical Corporation acquired Eltra.
1980 Allied merged with Signal Corporation and became Allied-Signal Corporation.
1985 Woodstock Manufacturing Corporation purchased the plant and named the company Woodstock Die Cast Corporation. Despite the name, the company was located in Southfield, Michigan.
1988 United Auto Workers Local 922 went on strike. The dispute over pay, pensions and safety issues lasted over two years.
1990 Woodstock Die Cast plant closed on June 29 with a loss of 757 jobs.
1992 Mary Ann Talbert and Pauline Gray convince officials to let them remove historical documents from the company vault the day before the building was closed-down and locked for good. Mary Ann donated the items to the McHenry County Historical Society.
1997 The 400,000 square -foot plant was demolished; the 204-foot smokestack was the last to go in May 7.]]> Don Peasley]]> IN COPYRIGHT]]> File Cabinet 6 Photos
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The original Tappan Steam Pump then Oliver Typewriter factory is located to the right of the right-hand smokestack. The old McHenry County Courthouse dome is in the center bottom. Buildings on Cass St., Throop St., Washington St., Main St., Benton St., Church St., Clay St., and along the railroad tracks can be seen. The smokestack on the left is part of the Woocstock city power plant on Wheeler St. Clay Street School is in the top center.

Woodstock--Die Casting Timeline
Predecessors:
1893 Woodstock Public Improvement Committee offered a $20,000 bonus to attract industry
1894 Tappan & Wheeler Steam Pump Company moved from Chicago; produced pumps for Procter & Gamble, Colgate and other soap manufacturers.
1896 Oliver Typewriter Company produced typewriters sold all over the world. As the major employer of the area (1,400 employees), the company had a band, fire department, semi-pro baseball team and major social events such as a summer picnic in the Fox River Grove picnic grounds. The Oliver typewriter allowed the user to see the letters as they were typed, rather than raising the bar to read the copy. It went out of business in 1927 when it was deemed too costly to retool the factory. It stayed open a few years offering repair services.
1928 Alemite Die Casting & Manufacturing of Chicago produced aluminum cookware, parts for Hamilton Beach, Speed Queen, Whirlpool; electric trains and toys; and many other items. Their fireproof storage room held over 4, 000 different precision molds.
1935 Electric Auto-Lite made automobile parts and accessories, including door handles, grilles and hood ornaments for Ford Motor Company and Packard and others. It had over 2,000 employees in 1949.
1963 Woodstock Die Casting, (the name was bought from its parent company, Eltra Corporation) manufactured automotive, appliance and industrial fittings
1964 A five-year building and renovation project added 100,000 square feet to the complex
1979 Allied Chemical Corporation acquired Eltra.
1980 Allied merged with Signal Corporation and became Allied-Signal Corporation.
1985 Woodstock Manufacturing Corporation purchased the plant and named the company Woodstock Die Cast Corporation. Despite the name, the company was located in Southfield, Michigan.
1988 United Auto Workers Local 922 went on strike. The dispute over pay, pensions and safety issues lasted over two years.
1990 Woodstock Die Cast plant closed on June 29 with a loss of 757 jobs.
1992 Mary Ann Talbert and Pauline Gray convince officials to let them remove historical documents from the company vault the day before the building was closed-down and locked for good. Mary Ann donated the items to the McHenry County Historical Society.
1997 The 400,000 square -foot plant was demolished; the 204-foot smokestack was the last to go in May 7.]]> Don Peasley]]> IN COPYRIGHT]]> File Cabinet 6 Photos
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Chester Nelson came to Oliver in 1908 and began working at the age of 17. He was still working in 1926, when the Woodstock factory was sold, and was asked to stay until the liquidation was complete.
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Front row (left to right): Ed Mead, Ben Kronk or Cronk, Claude or Roy Aldrich, Ed Senger, Lew or Louis Allen, Ole Simonsen or Simonson, Ed Rogers, John Carroll director, Lester Moreland, Bruce Lawrie, Burr Robins, Earl Ward, Fred Wynkoop, Cal Curtis

Second row: Cliff Sherman, Ken Aldrich, Harry Brubecker or Brubaker, Lynn Sherman, Charles Dahl or Doll, Ben Edmonds, Herman Bosshard, Clint Jones, Win Leidig, Al Haywood, Willard Sherman, Fred Leurring or Luring, Howard Brubecker or Brubaker, Charles Collins or "Mercy" Collen, Bart Young, and John Whitworth, Superintendent of the Oliver factory.
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1. Sidney Greenleaf--Office Manager
2. Louis B. Hammond--Purchasing
3. Don't know
4. George Hammond--Cashier
The door to the vault is open. The telegraph machine, lighting, ceiling fans and telephones are noteworthy. One man is even using an Oliver Typewriter.

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The article "Decade and one half at Oliver" in the Woodstock Sentinel on July 24, 1918 identifies the people in the photo:
Top row left to right: John Brewer, Foreman George J. Griffiths, John Shannon, Ed Wienke, Willard Sherman, Ralph Milton, Amos Stephenson, Fred Wynkoop, A. Classen, William Downing, Louis Lohnson, C. E. Jones.
Middle row: C. M. Curtis, Charles Roderick, E. E. Greenley, Louis Boone, Fannie Stephenson, John Whitworth Superintendent and Second Vice-President, Harriet Young, Secretary to the Superintendent, Foreman C. C. Harting, Amanda Chappel, S. A. Greenleaf Local Cashier, Foreman E. A. Young
Lower row: Foreman Harry Cross, Foreman L. H. Dibler, Vet. Rowley, Will Snyder, Foreman L. E. Copeland, Foreman E. A. Senger, B. C. Young, Assistant to the Superintendent, Charles Franson, Matt Riley, E. A. Boyce

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The November 2, 1911 Woodstock Sentinel article states, "The Oliver assembly bench girls celebrated Halloween…the second of a series of parties given by the bench girls."

Later, in the May 3, 1917 Sentinel, an ad read "Wanted: Assemblers, Aligners, Typewriter men and machine hands of all kinds, steady work and good wages. Good positions for girls over 16."

In the November 22, 1917 Sentinel article "Factory Girls Knit for Red Cross, 211 women employees are giving up one evening a week."

Oliver Typewriter Vice President and Superintendent John Whitworth stands at the far left just behind a young man in white sleeves in the front row. ]]> NO COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE ONLY

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