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1920 – 100 YEARS AGO
The collection of pictures and war relics which have been in display in the window of the Lincoln Inn, have drawn the attention and admiration of a great many as some of the pictures are fine ones and hard to get hold of. Along with the pictures is the guarantor’s cards which have been sent in showing that people are backing the Legion in the ball being given this evening.
Tomorrow is the second anniversary of the ending of the World War and will be recognized here by the closing of the schools, closing of the stores and the local post of the American Legion taking charge of the ceremonies for the day.
Kids are apt to be out of luck for a place to skate this year unless a good heavy rainstorm comes along and fills the normal pond up to the mark it generally holds. At the present time there is but very little water in the pond and it begins to look as if there would not be much skating here. At its best the pond is a small place to skate on but with the water as about all gone it would cheat the kids out entirely as the creek is never much good for skating.
Sheriff Decker had an accident this morning on the Sycamore road while on his way to DeKalb to get the Peterson boy. The Sycamore road is blocked at Electric Park because of the fixing of the road which is not going on at the present time. As he had come over the road the night before he did not think that it was blocked at the corner and ran into the barriers. These were smashed into several pieces, the lights on the car broken and the fenders bent. No one was injured and the car was able to go on again.
Delay in the arrival of water piping for the new addition to the DeKalb County Tuberculosis Sanitarium is keeping the new place from being used at the present time. The piping has been on the way for some time and it is thought that it has become lost somewhere along the route. The rest of the work on the building will be completed and as soon as the needed supplies arrive the place will be occupied.
1945 – 75 YEARS AGO
The Sycamore area will undergo an invasion over the next few days. But it will be peaceful to people. Pheasants won’t believe this however. It is an open season for the birds in the next few days. Before the war Chicago hunters always thronged this area at hunting time. With the war ended and many young men returned home, and a holiday declared by many business firms and offices in Chicago, hundreds of hunters are expected before dawn this Sunday morning.
The streets in Fairdale are being repaired, which is excellent news to the many in this community.
A very enthusiastic meeting of the DeKalb Cloud Dusters was held Wednesday evening. The club has been very active during the past summer in building and testing gas model airplanes and sponsored two model airplane contests. While the club was organized in the spring of 1945 it has already won recognition as being one of the most active clubs in the state.
Albert Herrick of Rollo burned two fingers on his right hand when trying to start his car. Gasoline caught fire inflicting the burns.
At the meeting of the Genoa City Council, Fire Chief Wilbur Skinner was authorized to start the preliminary work for the erection of a new fire station for Genoa.
A veteran of World War II who wants to learn a trade and earn while he learns will be given help by the state and federal governments.
The Sycamore police department is having dog trouble again. Sounds like spring doesn’t it? Well, what else can you expect with the weather like yesterday? Seriously speaking, real trouble was avoided in this community in the past ten days only by applying extreme diplomacy. A dog was killed by a Sycamore resident and the owner for a time was considerably angered.
The recently purchased photostat machine is about ready to begin its major duty of preparing copies of discharges issued to returning veterans of the late war. It is set up in the basement of the courthouse and is a heavy contrivance. An expert operator is making adjustments and instructing the clerk’s staff in the operation of the machine at this time.
Two deputy sheriffs and Fred Taylor of rural Kingston left in Taylor’s car from the county jail shortly after 8 o’clock this morning bound for Chicago. Deputies had John Doe warrants for three men who threatened Taylor and his hired man with a pistol on Taylor’s farm last Saturday morning.
1970 – 50 YEARS AGO
Children seem to be entering high school at younger and younger ages. This year, DeKalb High School has several 3- to 5-year-olds in attendance. They actually attend school in the child development lab which was started last year. This nursery school is one of two such schools in Illinois, the other one being in Champaign.
A gala grand opening celebration will be held at the new Frank Shoes of DeKalb this weekend. The store, which first opened its doors six week ago in the Northland Shopping Plaza, is only one of 23 stores in the Frank chain throughout northern Illinois.
City Manager Don Crawford said this morning that the city police will arrest residents who burn leaves or trash if another citizen will sign a complaint.
In an age when much teaching in higher education is being criticized because of its impersonal approach and lack of relevance, Kishwaukee College is starting a new program to make good teaching better. The word is accountability – accountability to the student – something that may be new to higher education but isn’t new to the field of business.
1995 – 25 YEARS AGO
Seven local majorettes took home trophies from the annual Pumpkin Patch baton contest during Sycamore’s 34th annual Pumpkin Fest weekend.
Wild turkeys, nearly extinct in Illinois in the early 1900s, are making a comeback. Thanks to an extensive catch-and-release program, the wild turkey population is steadily growing in the state.
The DeKalb City Council approved the purchase of additional office space to ease overcrowding in several departments during a special meeting last night. The city will buy the former Bragg Fitness Center building, 213 S. Fourth St., for $250,000. The building is across the street from city hall and adjacent to the city annex building.
Members of the Genoa Park Board are asking residents to tell them what they would like to see at the proposed Kiernan Park. The park district is preparing plans for the park’s development on 40 acres of land north of the existing Chamberlain Park. The land, the site of the city’s former water treatment plant, was bought from the city of Genoa about 20 years ago.
– Compiled by Sue Breese