Notes for Sesquicentennial History of Woodstock, 1962-1971
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Notes for Sesquicentennial History of Woodstock, 1962-1971
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1962-1971
COMPILED BY PAUL THUMA 2002.
RESEARCHER'S COMPUTER HARD COPY COMPUTER FILE: HNOTES 1970 5 PAGES
WOODSTOCK DAILY SENTINEL
1/2/62 Utility plant sold to Commonwealth Edison for $2,130,000. Paid $200,000 down.
2/20/62 John Glenn first American in space.
6/6/62 Gordon Thurow named general manager of Electric Autolite.
6/11/62 Woodstock swiinming pool dedicated.
6/14/62 Harold Beth named First National Bank president.
7/3/62 Water treatment plant opens.
8/30/62 Chicago and Northwestern Railway strike.
9/5/62 Land bought for city park.
9/7/62 Groundbreaking for St. John's Luthern Church.
9/25/62 Ernie Banks speaker at Little League dinner in Woodstock
12/3/62 John Carrol named chief deputy sheriff.
4/1/63 Three priests, Huntly youth die in plane crash near Rose Farm.
4/16/63 Melvin Stuessy named president of Woodstock High School Board.
8/1/63 Lester Edinger to quit Circuit Clerk post.
8/12/63 Fire destroys old mill.
8/23/63 Ground broken for Bordon Milk Processing Plant.
10/25/63 County Historical Group organizes.
11/22/63 President John Kennedy assassinated.
12/30/63 Specials at Ted's Supermarket. Folger's Coffee, 2 lb. can, $.99 Blatz Beer, 24-12 oz. Bottles, $ 2.99 plus deposit
1/14/64 McHenry County Historical Society has incorporation papers and is operating in the Woodstock City HalL
1/16/64 Dr. John Tambone elected hospital chief of staff.
2/3/64 Babysitter, Mary Lee David saves three children from burning house.
3/5/64 Snowstorm cripples area.
3/16/64 1,000 people attend open house of new Woodstock Residence.
3/26/64 WOODSTOCK NAMED ALL-AMERICAN CITY
Award by National Municipal League and LOOK Magazine.
11/4/64 Lyndon B Johnson wins by landslide.
11/5/64 Election results delayed by "bedsheet ballot". At large election of representatives due to no redistricting plan.
4/5/65 Nelson N Stork announced his retirement as superintendent of Schools in
District 72.
7/27/65 30,000 watch V-J Day parade.
10/6/65 Sheriff deputies John Carroll and Donald Madsen injured by shotgun blasts. Both lose a leg.
12/14/65 Bigelow property approved as site for new courthouse.
1/6/66 Dick Butkus featured at Elks Sport Night.
1/13/66 13 inch snowfall recorded.
3/1/66 George Hubert sells pharmacy to Harold Schroeder.
3/31/66 Local commuters stranded by railroad strike.
4/14/66 Woodstock man killed in Viet Nam. SP/4 Donald Dermont Jr.
5/27/66 Robert Wilcox of Woodstock killed when trench caves in while working for Illinois Bell.
6/4/66 Theodore C. Schoreberg retires as superintendent of Woodstock High
School.
7/11/66 Severe thunderstorms rip through county. 8/10/66 District 10 plans tour of buildings.
9/26/66 Larry Dale, Woodstock teacher and coach, killed when struck by car. He was walking on roadway following a previous accident. He was 64 years old.
12/21/66 Woodstock's population increases to 9,910.
4/3/67 Junior College is approved.
11/1 /67 Woodstock landfill is in compliance with law.
4/28/68 Rescue Squad is organized.
7/1/68 City Square damaged by high winds.
10/30/68 Ron Santo, Glenn Beckert guests at Elk's Sports Night.
4/16/69 Melvin Stuessy elected mayor of Woodstock.
6/12/69 Bob Bradshaw named head football coach at WCHS.
7/21/69 Apollo 11 lands on moon.
8/4/69 Rev. A. Stanley Beck critical after motorcycle accident.
3/9/71 Bids awarded for McHenry County Courthouse.
4/7/71 McHenry County votes to establish a conservation district. Proposal passes
byvoteofll,661to5019.
Compiled by Paul Thuma - April 2002
EDITOR'S ADDENDUM Compiled by Jane Dahm
LIBRARY- MICROFILM 1970
January
Deep freeze-bitter cold. Montgomery Ward building empty in Square. Porterhouse steak $1.29
per lb. Can an uX-rate" movie be chosen for Academy Award? Midnight Cowboy.
Trees removed from Square because of Dutch Elm disease- trees were 100 years old.
July - VFW will sponsor 16th annual V-J Day parade and Pageant of Drums Sun. July 12, 35,000
people.
February
Grand Opening of Woodstock Youth Center at corner of Dean & Calhoun Street. Matt Zachari house on Washington Street burned down. Memorial Hospital growth shown at annual meeting; Kenneth Schuh elected president again. Feb. 4: City council favors annexation of Flood property on Dean St. Armed robbery at Chekker service station on Route 47 at 9:05 p.m. District 200 bus and car collided at 4.:25 p.m. on Hartland Rd. and Route 14. March
A&P standing beef rib roast 89 cents per lbs.; Delicious apples 19 cents per lb. Illinois Bell purchased 5 acres on west side fir 150 foot microwave tower and radio equipment building; will be linked by underground coaxial cable to central office on Jackson St. McNeil's Drive-In system. R.F. Huber, vice-president of Joslyn Manufacturing & Supply Co. construct a high voltage lab on Rt. 14 east of Morton Salt. Construction on addition at Memorial Hospital. March 23: May's Drug burglarized early Sunday morning; $1,234.94 of merchandise stolen. Mail strike; local carriers returned to work. Easter lily at Woolworth's $1.87. March 26: Snowstorm 6-8", schools closed, 1-3" more to fall. April
WCHS to present "Bye, Bye, Birdie" in April. April 1: Census day. April 28: Truckers strike create a problme with Woodstock businesses- Eagle not receiving food from warehouse; Woolworth & Schultz Bros. Patrick Cooney, son of Bea & Don Cooney selected for appointment to West Point. May
May 21: Gibson Discount Center to open at 319 Clay St. Chamber members discuss the future of downtown Woodstock. Tech. Sgt. Gordon Gaylord was a member of the crew of an airplane shot down over Vietnam; son of Mrs. Charles (Mildred) Cory April 6. House: 2 bedroom, large living room, kitchen with dining space, hardwood floors, breezeway and 2-car garage $18,000. Reichert's: 1970 Chevrolet Impala $2,888.00. Memorial Hospital bonds offered to residents. Annual Junior High Art Show sponsored by Kiwanis Club held April in St. Mary's cafeteria; art from Olson, St. Mary's, and Westwood. May 3: Appreciation Tea for Marian and Ruth Krockow at Dean Street School. (Long time teachers.) May 7: City council purchases 40 acres of Bigelow to expand City Park. WCHS May Tribute queen Judy O'Donnell. Retired sheriff Henry A. Nulle died May 10. School held first combined music program. June
Kiwanis annual bicycle safety project Sat. June 6 at City Park. June 4; Knuth's planning to move
to Main St. Delay opening of city pool as needs repair parts. Charie Burgess is Miss Woodstock.
July
Mary E. Parker critically injured on Pleasant Street. V-J Day July 12 & 13. 3-bedroom home, large kitchen, den, 1 lA baths, carpeted living room, full basement $32,500. Two sets of twin born at hospital. Livestock pavilion at McHenry County fair grounds dedicated in honor of Don Hansen Aug. 5. July 20; plans for new court house approved. First National Bank breaks ground for new building located at corner of Jackson & Throop St. August
August 8; livestock auction at fair- $43,541 for 162 animals. Windows broken at high school.
Ford Philpot Crusade in September. August 19; ne Schultz Bros, store opened.
October
District 200 educators hold drug seminar at Northwood Junior High School. Oct. 7; Holiday Hospitality Day to exceed $10,600. Oct. 14, 16, 17, 18 4-day grand opeing of Limbaugh automatic car wash. Ryder's Woods is. saved - Nature Conservancy assists city in acquiring property. Woodstock Die Casting give $10,000 to local hospital furnishings fund. R.C. Allen closing plant in Woodstock. To terminate Nov. 15; foreign competition in the typewriter field the reason. November
Bandstand remodeling discussed. (Former football....?) Mrs. Howard West presented an autographed copy of Chester Gould's latest book "The Celebrated Cases of Dick Tracy 1931-1951". Northwood Junior High School dedicated; John Babcock, first president of student council, spoke. Fantasyland planned for Square decoration for holidays; 19 buildings out of candy, frosting done by Kay Walters. City council hires youth director. December
Dec. 7 $4 million college referendum defeated. Snowmobile ordinance approved by council regulates uses within city. 38% of registered voters turn out. Dec. 21: Supreme Court sets the voting age at 18 for national elections.
Transcribed by jhmansfield June 2002
COMPILED BY PAUL THUMA 2002.
RESEARCHER'S COMPUTER HARD COPY COMPUTER FILE: HNOTES 1970 5 PAGES
WOODSTOCK DAILY SENTINEL
1/2/62 Utility plant sold to Commonwealth Edison for $2,130,000. Paid $200,000 down.
2/20/62 John Glenn first American in space.
6/6/62 Gordon Thurow named general manager of Electric Autolite.
6/11/62 Woodstock swiinming pool dedicated.
6/14/62 Harold Beth named First National Bank president.
7/3/62 Water treatment plant opens.
8/30/62 Chicago and Northwestern Railway strike.
9/5/62 Land bought for city park.
9/7/62 Groundbreaking for St. John's Luthern Church.
9/25/62 Ernie Banks speaker at Little League dinner in Woodstock
12/3/62 John Carrol named chief deputy sheriff.
4/1/63 Three priests, Huntly youth die in plane crash near Rose Farm.
4/16/63 Melvin Stuessy named president of Woodstock High School Board.
8/1/63 Lester Edinger to quit Circuit Clerk post.
8/12/63 Fire destroys old mill.
8/23/63 Ground broken for Bordon Milk Processing Plant.
10/25/63 County Historical Group organizes.
11/22/63 President John Kennedy assassinated.
12/30/63 Specials at Ted's Supermarket. Folger's Coffee, 2 lb. can, $.99 Blatz Beer, 24-12 oz. Bottles, $ 2.99 plus deposit
1/14/64 McHenry County Historical Society has incorporation papers and is operating in the Woodstock City HalL
1/16/64 Dr. John Tambone elected hospital chief of staff.
2/3/64 Babysitter, Mary Lee David saves three children from burning house.
3/5/64 Snowstorm cripples area.
3/16/64 1,000 people attend open house of new Woodstock Residence.
3/26/64 WOODSTOCK NAMED ALL-AMERICAN CITY
Award by National Municipal League and LOOK Magazine.
11/4/64 Lyndon B Johnson wins by landslide.
11/5/64 Election results delayed by "bedsheet ballot". At large election of representatives due to no redistricting plan.
4/5/65 Nelson N Stork announced his retirement as superintendent of Schools in
District 72.
7/27/65 30,000 watch V-J Day parade.
10/6/65 Sheriff deputies John Carroll and Donald Madsen injured by shotgun blasts. Both lose a leg.
12/14/65 Bigelow property approved as site for new courthouse.
1/6/66 Dick Butkus featured at Elks Sport Night.
1/13/66 13 inch snowfall recorded.
3/1/66 George Hubert sells pharmacy to Harold Schroeder.
3/31/66 Local commuters stranded by railroad strike.
4/14/66 Woodstock man killed in Viet Nam. SP/4 Donald Dermont Jr.
5/27/66 Robert Wilcox of Woodstock killed when trench caves in while working for Illinois Bell.
6/4/66 Theodore C. Schoreberg retires as superintendent of Woodstock High
School.
7/11/66 Severe thunderstorms rip through county. 8/10/66 District 10 plans tour of buildings.
9/26/66 Larry Dale, Woodstock teacher and coach, killed when struck by car. He was walking on roadway following a previous accident. He was 64 years old.
12/21/66 Woodstock's population increases to 9,910.
4/3/67 Junior College is approved.
11/1 /67 Woodstock landfill is in compliance with law.
4/28/68 Rescue Squad is organized.
7/1/68 City Square damaged by high winds.
10/30/68 Ron Santo, Glenn Beckert guests at Elk's Sports Night.
4/16/69 Melvin Stuessy elected mayor of Woodstock.
6/12/69 Bob Bradshaw named head football coach at WCHS.
7/21/69 Apollo 11 lands on moon.
8/4/69 Rev. A. Stanley Beck critical after motorcycle accident.
3/9/71 Bids awarded for McHenry County Courthouse.
4/7/71 McHenry County votes to establish a conservation district. Proposal passes
byvoteofll,661to5019.
Compiled by Paul Thuma - April 2002
EDITOR'S ADDENDUM Compiled by Jane Dahm
LIBRARY- MICROFILM 1970
January
Deep freeze-bitter cold. Montgomery Ward building empty in Square. Porterhouse steak $1.29
per lb. Can an uX-rate" movie be chosen for Academy Award? Midnight Cowboy.
Trees removed from Square because of Dutch Elm disease- trees were 100 years old.
July - VFW will sponsor 16th annual V-J Day parade and Pageant of Drums Sun. July 12, 35,000
people.
February
Grand Opening of Woodstock Youth Center at corner of Dean & Calhoun Street. Matt Zachari house on Washington Street burned down. Memorial Hospital growth shown at annual meeting; Kenneth Schuh elected president again. Feb. 4: City council favors annexation of Flood property on Dean St. Armed robbery at Chekker service station on Route 47 at 9:05 p.m. District 200 bus and car collided at 4.:25 p.m. on Hartland Rd. and Route 14. March
A&P standing beef rib roast 89 cents per lbs.; Delicious apples 19 cents per lb. Illinois Bell purchased 5 acres on west side fir 150 foot microwave tower and radio equipment building; will be linked by underground coaxial cable to central office on Jackson St. McNeil's Drive-In system. R.F. Huber, vice-president of Joslyn Manufacturing & Supply Co. construct a high voltage lab on Rt. 14 east of Morton Salt. Construction on addition at Memorial Hospital. March 23: May's Drug burglarized early Sunday morning; $1,234.94 of merchandise stolen. Mail strike; local carriers returned to work. Easter lily at Woolworth's $1.87. March 26: Snowstorm 6-8", schools closed, 1-3" more to fall. April
WCHS to present "Bye, Bye, Birdie" in April. April 1: Census day. April 28: Truckers strike create a problme with Woodstock businesses- Eagle not receiving food from warehouse; Woolworth & Schultz Bros. Patrick Cooney, son of Bea & Don Cooney selected for appointment to West Point. May
May 21: Gibson Discount Center to open at 319 Clay St. Chamber members discuss the future of downtown Woodstock. Tech. Sgt. Gordon Gaylord was a member of the crew of an airplane shot down over Vietnam; son of Mrs. Charles (Mildred) Cory April 6. House: 2 bedroom, large living room, kitchen with dining space, hardwood floors, breezeway and 2-car garage $18,000. Reichert's: 1970 Chevrolet Impala $2,888.00. Memorial Hospital bonds offered to residents. Annual Junior High Art Show sponsored by Kiwanis Club held April in St. Mary's cafeteria; art from Olson, St. Mary's, and Westwood. May 3: Appreciation Tea for Marian and Ruth Krockow at Dean Street School. (Long time teachers.) May 7: City council purchases 40 acres of Bigelow to expand City Park. WCHS May Tribute queen Judy O'Donnell. Retired sheriff Henry A. Nulle died May 10. School held first combined music program. June
Kiwanis annual bicycle safety project Sat. June 6 at City Park. June 4; Knuth's planning to move
to Main St. Delay opening of city pool as needs repair parts. Charie Burgess is Miss Woodstock.
July
Mary E. Parker critically injured on Pleasant Street. V-J Day July 12 & 13. 3-bedroom home, large kitchen, den, 1 lA baths, carpeted living room, full basement $32,500. Two sets of twin born at hospital. Livestock pavilion at McHenry County fair grounds dedicated in honor of Don Hansen Aug. 5. July 20; plans for new court house approved. First National Bank breaks ground for new building located at corner of Jackson & Throop St. August
August 8; livestock auction at fair- $43,541 for 162 animals. Windows broken at high school.
Ford Philpot Crusade in September. August 19; ne Schultz Bros, store opened.
October
District 200 educators hold drug seminar at Northwood Junior High School. Oct. 7; Holiday Hospitality Day to exceed $10,600. Oct. 14, 16, 17, 18 4-day grand opeing of Limbaugh automatic car wash. Ryder's Woods is. saved - Nature Conservancy assists city in acquiring property. Woodstock Die Casting give $10,000 to local hospital furnishings fund. R.C. Allen closing plant in Woodstock. To terminate Nov. 15; foreign competition in the typewriter field the reason. November
Bandstand remodeling discussed. (Former football....?) Mrs. Howard West presented an autographed copy of Chester Gould's latest book "The Celebrated Cases of Dick Tracy 1931-1951". Northwood Junior High School dedicated; John Babcock, first president of student council, spoke. Fantasyland planned for Square decoration for holidays; 19 buildings out of candy, frosting done by Kay Walters. City council hires youth director. December
Dec. 7 $4 million college referendum defeated. Snowmobile ordinance approved by council regulates uses within city. 38% of registered voters turn out. Dec. 21: Supreme Court sets the voting age at 18 for national elections.
Transcribed by jhmansfield June 2002
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