What events arrived with April showers in Elgin years ago?
April 1882
The west side cotton factory was running at full capacity.
In all seven Elgin public schools this month there were only 12 cases of corporal punishment. The superintendent observed that in the good old days one teacher could have surpassed this total in a week.
A proposal to incorporate South Elgin as a village was defeated in a referendum.
"Elgin is the only live, energetic, go-ahead booming city in northern Illinois," proclaimed the Advocate, a local weekly newspaper. "Let her continue to boom, and to all who wish to join in this boom with us, we may say come, for we have room for all."
The old woolen mill was being remodeled for the Cook Publishing Co., which was moving out from Chicago.
April 1932
A carload of flour for the unemployed and-their families was received from the federal government. The Red Cross and other welfare agencies distributed it.
The Elgin High School band won the northern Illinois district championship for the third consecutive year.
Claudette Colbert, Edmund Lowe. and Stu Erwin starred in "Kidnapped" at the Crocker movie theater.
April 1957
The will of Hattie P. Hemmens contained a bequest of funds to establish a not-for-profit community building in Elgin. Today, Hemmens Auditorium attracts acts from all over the Midwest and is home to the Elgin Symphony Orchestra.
The annual school board election attracted only a few hundred votes.
A 200-bed emergency hospital was placed under the control of the Elgin civil defense director for use in a natural or atomic disaster.
Construction of the new Northwest Tollway was under way in the Trout Park area.
Both sides of Wellington Avenue between Prairie and Lake streets were widened to permit additional parking.
A four-story addition to Ackemann's department store was started.
April 1972
The state approved District U46 plans to open an innovative model school for sixth through eighth graders in September.
A lease was obtained permitting extension of the Illinois Prairie Path into Kane County.
Ground was broken for a 175-room resort at the Chateau Louise in West Dundee.
The Joseph Spiess Co. proposed leasing air rights over the city's Riverside Drive parking deck in order to construct an additional parking level. The remnants of that failed deck will soon be removed.
What events arrived with April showers in Elgin years ago?
April 1882
The west side cotton factory was running at full capacity.
In all seven Elgin public schools this month there were only 12 cases of corporal punishment. The superintendent observed that in the good old days one teacher could have surpassed this total in a week.
A proposal to incorporate South Elgin as a village was defeated in a referendum.
"Elgin is the only live, energetic, go-ahead booming city in northern Illinois," proclaimed the Advocate, a local weekly newspaper. "Let her continue to boom, and to all who wish to join in this boom with us, we may say come, for we have room for all."
The old woolen mill was being remodeled for the Cook Publishing Co., which was moving out from Chicago.
April 1932
A carload of flour for the unemployed and-their families was received from the federal government. The Red Cross and other welfare agencies distributed it.
The Elgin High School band won the northern Illinois district championship for the third consecutive year.
Claudette Colbert, Edmund Lowe. and Stu Erwin starred in "Kidnapped" at the Crocker movie theater.
April 1957
The will of Hattie P. Hemmens contained a bequest of funds to establish a not-for-profit community building in Elgin. Today, Hemmens Auditorium attracts acts from all over the Midwest and is home to the Elgin Symphony Orchestra.
The annual school board election attracted only a few hundred votes.
A 200-bed emergency hospital was placed under the control of the Elgin civil defense director for use in a natural or atomic disaster.
Construction of the new Northwest Tollway was under way in the Trout Park area.
Both sides of Wellington Avenue between Prairie and Lake streets were widened to permit additional parking.
A four-story addition to Ackemann's department store was started.
April 1972
The state approved District U46 plans to open an innovative model school for sixth through eighth graders in September.
A lease was obtained permitting extension of the Illinois Prairie Path into Kane County.
Ground was broken for a 175-room resort at the Chateau Louise in West Dundee.
The Joseph Spiess Co. proposed leasing air rights over the city's Riverside Drive parking deck in order to construct an additional parking level. The remnants of that failed deck will soon be removed.
