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1920 – 100 YEARS AGO
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Jensen of Ohio Grove were spending a quiet evening at home when all of a sudden a line of automobiles stopped outside of their house and tooted their horns arousing Mr. and Mrs. Jensen and telling them they had come to help them celebrate their 32nd wedding anniversary. All enjoyed the good supper which was brought along and a pleasant evening was spent together.
Hot water connections is all that is keeping the addition to the county tuberculosis sanitarium from being used at the present time and this work is to be done very soon. The new place is a fine one and will help the work the sanitarium is doing a great deal when it is ready to be occupied. The old place is very crowded and the need for the new building has been felt for many months.
With the damp rainy weather of the last few days, a large number of the mushroom hunters of this city have been out and most of them report fine luck in finding the tasty vegetable. There are a number of place in this vicinity where the mushrooms are very plentiful after a heavy rain and for the last two days, local men report these patches filled. Some of the people, while they like mushrooms, are afraid to go out after them for fear of getting the dreaded toadstool instead.
Work of protecting motorists against running their cars into the hole dug alongside of the west cement road was started today and from now on the place will be plainly visible to all motorists at all times. Sunday night three cars ran into the hole because some drivers had knocked the red lantern into the hole. The work on the road is going ahead in fine shape and it is expected that it will not be very long before it will be finished.
Because of the car tracks being so slippery from leaves and water, the street car has been running about half an hour late all day. This made it rather bad for some of the traveling salesmen who go to Sycamore and return to catch a train for Chicago from here as in most cases the connections are short and a number missed their train. This is not the fault of the car crew as the car could not be made to make any better time than it has.
1945 – 75 YEARS AGO
Although only meager details have been learned concerning the accident, a small plane piloted by a Chicago woman crashed into a field at the Carl Lothson farm about six miles south of DeKalb on Thursday.
Workmen on the railroad near Kirkland are clearing up the wreckage caused by the derailment of the 22 cars Sunday.
Chilly winds from the north the past 48 hours have brought thoughts of winter and they in turn dusted off the ancient but rather vague idea of a toboggan slide for Sycamore youngsters. It may be that this idea will become a fact this year but so far no action has been taken.
The first new automobile to appear in a Sycamore sales room since February 1942, went on display this morning at the garage of Drayton and Fredericks. At the early house of 7:30 o’clock this morning people had already begun streaming in to view the car.
The Chicago Great Western depot is a bright spot today. For a great many years it was a somber red in color. Today it is a brilliant gray. Likewise the freight office and road master’s office building east of the station is a gray color. Recently, changes have been made on the interior. The ticket window, which had been facing south in the short hall for many years, has been shifted to the east wall facing the waiting room. The historical stove has been removed. Heat comes from modern radiators now.
A black shepherd dog, which has been in service with the Coast Guard for over two and one-half years, will be returned sometime today to his former home. Two years ago in May the family pet of the C.B. Watson family joined the Coast Guard being sent to Nebraska to be trained. A few week after the dog was sent to Nebraska, the Watsons were notified that the dog was satisfactory and that he would be kept by the Coast Guard.
People downtown in Sycamore Tuesday morning displayed much interest in a large deer on the front of Game Warden Harley Renwick’s car. The warden revealed that Lyle Lawson of Genoa had encountered the deer in a head-on collision near the forest preserve gate on Route 72 west of Genoa about 7:30 o’clock Monday night.
1970 – 50 YEARS AGO
A single copier has recently been installed in the Sandwich Township Public Library. The librarian will duplicate a page of reference material for a small charge. This service will make reference material that cannot be checked out more available to library patrons and of course, will be a time saver for those who are doing research on special projects.
While the weather has been holding up well, construction has been progressing fine on Kishwaukee College’s permanent campus.
Donald Ludwig, son of Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Ludwig, Kirkland, a student at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, will be traveling with the S.I.U. theatre group in the fall tour. The Southern Players will perform 42 times between now and Dec. 12.
The residents of the DeKalb area are reminded to join the Goodwill Industries program of restoring people when the truck makes a visit in the area.
The DeKalb Eagles Club dedicated its new flagpole on Saturday afternoon in front of its building on North Fourth Street. The club also raised a flag which was flown over the United States Capital for presentation to the DeKalb Eagles Club.
Original art is on display in various buildings and businesses in DeKalb for the enjoyment of “art hunters.” A tour of those exhibits would interest townspeople as well as guests.
1995 – 25 YEARS AGO
Local landlords will be given the opportunity to attend a class teaching them how to better deal with crime in their buildings, including criminal-background checks of everyone applying for an apartment.
The DeKalb Plan Commission approved an annexation agreement last night with Tinley Park based Panduit Corp. Panduit, an international manufacturer in the wiring and communications industry, has planned to build an office with 360,000 square feet. The complex also will house a warehouse and manufacturing facility at the southwest corner of Peace Road and Fairview Drive.
“1945: Victory At Last,” the fifth and final installment in the U.S. Postal Service series commemorating the 50th anniversary of World War II, is now available in its jumbo-size format. There are 10 stamps of 32-cent denomination around the edge of the sheet. At the center is a map of the world highlighting the locations of important events.
– Compiled by Sue Breese