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The Music Club. There have been several music groups in the village over the past sixty years, the Musical Union and the Amphion Society being the most clearly recalled among those that existed before 1900.
In January, 1937, Mrs. Andrew E. Fenn, an accomplished pianist, invited a group of ladies, who were interested in music, to her home. At this gathering the Music Club of Hinsdale was formed, with Mrs. John Roberts as its first President, and Miss Jean Hall its Secretary and
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Treasurer. The Club now has forty members. It engages in the study and performance of various instrumental and vocal works, and has made contributions in the form of records and entertainment to Vaughn Hospital, and to Hinsdale institutions and assemblies. Mrs. Fenn's interest and participation has continued from the beginning.
The P.E.O. Sisterhood was founded in 1869 at Iowa Wesleyan Col- lege, Mt. Pleasant, Iowa. In the 80 years since that time, the organiza- tion has become international, with chapters in 47 states, Canada, Alaska, and Hawaii. The Hinsdale chapter was organized in 1928 un- der the leadership of Mrs. Nettie Newman. It now has 64 members.
Nationally, P.E.O. assists young women toward obtaining higher education, and has improved the facilities at Cottey Junior College, in Missouri, an institution which was donated to the organization by one of its members. Locally, the chapter has made gifts to the Public Library, to the schools, and has assisted students financially.
Scouting. In the year 1912 the Reverend Messrs. Brown, Merriman, and Wallace appointed a committee of local residents to investigate the possibility of organizing a Boy Scout Council in Hinsdale. At a meeting of the committee, in May of that year, Mr. Teeter, a Scout Commis- sioner, gave a talk at the Hinsdale Club concerning the Boy Scout movement. Eventually, a constitution and by-laws for the Hinsdale Council were drawn, and Mr. E. P. McKenna was elected President, with C. T. Lamb and R. S. Pierce as members of the executive board. Other men who served the movement were Frank Bebb, H. T. Cart- ledge, Guy Dart, William Regnery, and W. W. Williamson.
Several Scouting units were formed, and in 1916 Hinsdale, with other communities along the Burlington, organized the West Sub- urban District of the Chicago Council. Hinsdale, in the year 1949, is in the Indian Trails District of the West Suburban Council.
Before the advent of Boy Scouts in Hinsdale a troop of Boys Brigade had been formed, under Alfred Walker, in 1910. Boys Brigade was a similar, but less comprehensive establishment.
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Girl Scouting had its beginning here in April, 1920, with a troop of 13 girls under the leadership of Isabelle Jackson. A charter for the group was issued in November of the same year, signed by Bertha T. Beatty, Commissioner; Olive Hicks, Mary A. Leary, and Frances Regnery. A trainer was employed in 1936, in the person of Mrs. I. L. Milton, who now is known as the Executive Director.
At the present time, there are 264 girls, 14 troops having 30 leaders, and 13 girl scout board members. In June, 1948, 126 girls attended Day Camp, with 45 adults assisting.
The Woman's Club. Early in the 1890's a number of ladies were talk- ing of "united and systematic action toward intellectual improvement, social enjoyment, and the welfare of the community." These resolved purposes grew out of a class for mothers, that was meeting during those years, and the movement soon developed into a club, simultaneously with the federation of all women's clubs throughout the state. Its charter members numbered one hundred, and the new club immedi- ately joined the federation.
A constitution and by-laws were drafted by Mrs. John Burton, Mrs. Robert Childs, Mrs. S. Hough, Mrs. J. V. Ridgeway, and Mrs. W. J. Pollock. Mrs. John Burton was elected president.
Classes were formed in History and Literature, Travel, Current Topics, the Bible, and the problems of mothers. During its first twenty years the club extended its activities to groups and causes outside, as well as within, the village, but eventually the outside work was dis- continued. The early meetings were held at various places: the hall over Evernden's drug store, Unity Church, the Presbyterian Church, and finally at the Hinsdale Club, in which building the members still gather. At one time, the Club's funds were kept in the safe at Ditzler & Linsley's grocery. This was before the village had a bank.
The club has sponsored many local projects such as better garbage disposal, sprinkling of the streets, compulsory education, certain needed equipment in the schools, and many pleasant social functions. The club has participated in a long list of philanthropies. Today some of the activities are conducted under different names, and the program includes outside speakers and entertainers, but generally the club's purposes and objectives remain the same as they were in the beginning.
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The Community House
HERE is the center of many activities. When the Hinsdale Club found it necessary to discontinue, its commodious building at First and Gar- field was put to a new use that has brought many conveniences and benefits to the village at large. Through foresight, generosity, and good work on the part of its original board of governors, and with the assistance of an efficient corps of fund raisers, the building was ac- quired. It has since been fitted out as a varied and constructive recrea- tional center, under a full-time manager.
It houses these principal activities: indoor athletics and games, dramatics, social functions, music, public speaking, arts and crafts, and educational classes. Community House serves as a central meeting place for civic organizations and their committees, and for activities that are conducted outside, such as the camera, archery, and riding clubs.
First Board of Governors Chairman, WILLIAM R. JORDAN
MRS. F. J. BILGER
FRED J. KELLER
MRS. CARROL BROOKS
E. W. KETTERING
F. H. CLIFTON
MRS. J. B. MITCHELL
P. A. CRANE
ABNER SOMMERS
MRS. RUTH DICKINSON
COURTLAND SYMONDS
OSCAR DREUSICKE
Hinsdale's Newspaper
O. O. MCINTYRE, of the Chicago Herald & Examiner, said one day in his column:
"Much of the very best stuff written in American newspapers reaches only a limited audience. This is because it is turned out for country weeklies and small town dailies."
Daniel H. Merrill displayed an interest in newspaper publishing at an early age. Before he was out of school, he started a little paper, in Frank Merrill's barn on Woodside Drive, for the benefit of the town's "small fry". Then came The Columbian Era, "a monthly jour-
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nal devoted to the interests of youth", edited by D. H. Merrill and W. H. Linsley, at 20 cents a year to its subscribers. Although this jour- nal was motivated in much the same spirit that led other boys to set up back yard stores or wild west shows, there was this difference: Dan Merrill had found his forte at this early age, and his production gave evidence of a genuine flair for journalism.
On Saturday, October 5, 1895, the first issue of the Hinsdale Doings was distributed through the village by Dan and his helper, Tom Page. Said Mr. Page, in writing about this event many years later: "I shall never forget the first issue of the Doings which I, with Dan Merrill, took about and delivered personally to each house; and I saw Dan take the first paid subscription from, I think it was Mr. Crossett, near Con- gressman Child's corner". For this work, Tom Page received a silver dollar. Editorially, this first issue remarked: "With this number Hins- dale Doings begins its existence. How long and how successful that existence will be, the publishers do not know". But time, that inexor- able judge, has told. In 1944 The Doings observed its fiftieth anniver- sary, and its future appears very bright indeed.
The Merrill Printing Company, publishers of The Doings, had its shop on Chicago Avenue, east of Washington in the 1890's. Later, the company moved to the N.E. corner of Chicago Avenue and Lincoln, where it remained until 1938 when its new quarters next door were occupied.
THE civic group is a traditional American institution, of noble ances- try. It has descended from our Colonial custom of holding town meet- ings. If, therefore, a town displays a certain lofty self-respect, or a sense of delight in its own civic groups, it is a time for recognition and ad- miration. Their efforts and their achievements are to be applauded.
From about 1870 onward, Hinsdale has had many such groups, and always there has been close cooperation between the civic organ- izations and the newspaper. In the 80's and go's the groups were a little more on the social side than they are now, but always they have served toward construction, collaboration, neighborliness, and well-attuned community progress.
ADDENDA
ADDENDA
Presidents of the Village
JOEL TIFFANY 1873
WILLIAM ROBBINS 1874
JAMES A. BLOOD.
. 1899-01
M. A. DONOHUE 1875-77
J. C. F. MERRILL. 1902-04
JOHN C. HESS · 1905-08
C. H. HUDSON
1879
JOHN C. WOOD
1909-14
A. PUGH 1880
E. F. HASBROOK 1915-18
C. C. WARREN 1881
R. W. BURNS . 1919-24
D. L. PERRY . . . 1882
W. T. BRUCKNER. 1925-30
J. C. MERRICK 1883
E. P. HINDS.
1884-86
WM. DUNCAN
.1887
E. P. HINDS .
1888-89
D. H. PRESTON . 1890-91
DALE COX
1949-
Signers of the Petition for Village Incorporation
ANSON AYRES
T. E. LONERGAN
F. BASCOMB
JOHN BOHLANDER
A. A. MANN
L. BUSH
M. H. MIDDLETON
C. P. CLARK
JOHN PARKER
T. B. CLARK
D. L. PERRY
B. F. DEMING
WILLIAM ROBBINS
M. A. DONOHUE
DAVID ROTH E. SAWYER
F. A. DOOLITTLE
H. L. ESTABROOK
ROBT. S. SLOCUM
B. E. FERRILL
JOHN F. STUART
CAROLINE P. FISK
H. R. THOMPSON JOEL TIFFANY
L. E. GIFFORD
N. H. WARREN
E. P. HINDS
GEO. H. WELLS
ISAAC L. HINDS
WILLIAM WHITING
C. H. HUDSON
WINDSOR LELAND
J. W. WILCOX W. W. WOOD
A. A. LINCOLN
S. F. BEATTY . 1931-34
WM. H. REGNERY 1935-39
F. H. MCELHONE
1939-45
H. A. BRINKMAN . · 1945-49
E. P. HINDS 1892-93
J. C. F. MERRILL 1894-98
C. P. FRYE
W. MCCREDIE
189
E. P. HINDS. 1878
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Presidents of the School Board
R. A. CHILDS 1879-94
W. H. ECKERT . 1924-25
W. H. HOLCOMB
1894-03
E. W. CHILDS .
. 1925-29
W. G. GORDON.
1903-08
P. R. CLARKE 1929-32
H. W. HOLCOMB
1908-13
D. W. PRATT
. 1932-33
ROBERT CHILDS
. 1913-17
C. L. COBB.
· 1933-40
DANA SLADE JR.
. 1917-20
E. B. JOHNSON
1941-44
S. F. BEATTY
. 1920-21
J. O. HEPPES
1944-
S. W. BANNING.
. 1921-24
A search of the records, here, and in the County Seat, reveals no names of Presidents of the School Board from 1867, when the first Hinsdale School District was set apart, until 1879. Messrs. B. Plummer, E. P. Hinds, and W. R. Banker are known to have constituted the School's "Board of Directors" when it was a branch of the Fullersburg School District, in 1866.
Presidents of the Hinsdale Club
1889
WILLIAM DUNCAN
1913-15 DANA SLADE JR. 1915-18 WADE FETZER
1891 *
1918 FLETCHER W. ROCKWELL
1893 *
1919
E. H. HICKS
1894 E. P. HINDS
1920-23 PHILIP R. CLARKE
1895
C. A. ALLEN
1923-25 WALTER H. ECKERT
1896
W. H. CROCKER
1925
T. R. WEDDELL
1897
1927-29 GEORGE H. BELL
1898 * 1899
J. A. BLOOD
1931 GEORGE A. KNAPP
1900 *
1932
J. FRANK PEASLEE
1901-03 W. H. KNIGHT
1933-35 GEORGE M. JACKSON
1903-05 C. H. CROSSETTE
1935
F. H. MCELHONE
1905 J. N. REDFERN
1936 G. P. SNOW
1906 J. J. DANFORTH
1937 FRANK VAN INWAGEN
1907-09 L. P. CONOVER
1938-40 M. SAMUEL
1909-11 GEORGE E. SMITH
1940-43 B. W. HINES
1911-13 H. H. HOLCOMB
The Club discontinued July 26, 1943.
* The minute books for these years are not available and the names of the Presidents have not been determined.
1890 *
1892 *
1929-31 J. B. VAN VLECK
ADDENDA
191
Presidents of the Woman's Club Hinsdale's oldest existing club.
MRS. JOHN BURTON 1895-97
MRS. W. H. KNIGHT 1897-01
MRS. C. E. RAYMOND . 1901-03
MRS. H. G. HETZLER . 1903-05
MISS LOUISE L. WASHBURN. 1905-07
MRS. A. E. WALKER. 1907-09
MRS. W. H. EDWARDS.
. 1909-11
MRS. HENRY HOLVERSCHEID. . 1911-13
MRS. OTIS CUSHING . . 1913-15
MISS HARRIETTE C. MERRILL. . 1915-17
MRS. FRANK H. BELDEN . 1917-19
MRS. HOUSTON I. HIATT.
1919-21
MRS. HOWARD G. HETZLER . 1921-22
MRS. RALPH PEIRCE.
. 1922-24
MRS. PHILIP A. CRANE 1946-48
MRS. W. T. DAWSON
. 1948-
Postmasters
L. E. MORELEY . 1867-69
I. S. BUSH. 1869-70
I. S. HINDS. 1870-72
R. S. SLOCUM . 1872-74
J. G. BOHLANDER JR 1915-22
L. E. GIFFORD 1874-76
NORMAN JEFFERSON 1922-27
SYRENA B. ROTH
1927-35
F. M. RAWLINGS . 1935-43
J. L. ZIMMERMAN
1943-
FROM 1864 to 1867 Hinsdale people used the Fullersburg post office. In Hinsdale the post office has had these seven locations:
1. At the southeast corner of Washington and Hinsdale Ave., in the old Roth building.
2. On the west side of Washington in the Fox Bros. store building, opposite the first location.
3. In a frame building a little south of the second location.
4. Three doors south of the third location, on the west side of Washington.
5. In the Heineman building, northeast corner of First and Washington.
6. South side of Hinsdale Ave., west of Washington.
7. The present location.
MRS. LESTER B. CONVERSE. 1931-33
MRS. DUNCAN J. HALL. 1933-35
MRS. EARL VICTOR JOHNSON : 1935
MRS. COURTNEY D. FREEMAN .. 1935-37
MRS. MARTIN B. TRAVIS. . 1937-39
MRS. MARSHALL KEIG. 1939-41
MRS. JOEL W. GREENE. 1941
MRS. DAVIS McMAKIN. 1941-42
MRS. CHARLES L. COBB . 1942-44
MRS. WILLIAM W. WELSH 1944-46
A. L. DORATHY . 1888-94
FRANK IRVINE 1894-98
D. A. COURTER 1898-06
W. B. CARLTON 1906-07
JAMES MCCLINTOCK 1907-15
A. L. PEARSALL. 1876-84
J. G. BOHLANDER. 1884-88
MRS. WILLIAM T. BRUCKNER . . 1924-26
MISS FLORENCE BECKETT . 1926-28
MRS. DAVIS McMAKIN . 1928-30
MRS. HAROLD G. TOWNSEND. . 1930-31
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Hinsdale's Population
1873
. 300 to 500
1910
3,451
1875
.600
1920
. 4,042
1880
.819
1923 (50 yrs.)
5,000
1885
1,100
1930
6,972
1890
1,584
1940
8,200
1900
2,500
1949 (est.)
8,600
INDEX
INDEX
Accidents Vehicle, 103 Railroad, 99, 119 A, F. & A. M. Lodge, 177 Agricultural Society Du Page County, 30 Aldrich, Horace, 35 Aldrich, Levi, 55
Allen, Chas. A., 123, 189
American Association of University Women, 180
American Legion, 177 American Legion Auxiliary, 178
Artesian Water, 5
Ashe, William, 59
Athletics, 97, 101, 118, 148, 149 Atwater, Jesse, 46 Automobiles
Early Owners, 144
Ayres, Anson, 66, 123, 188
Bacon, Asa, 147
Bahlman, F. W., 147
Ballou, Ralph N., 155
Banker, E., 82
Banker, W. S., 82, 123
Banning, S. W., 155
Baptist Church, 84, 85, 171 Barnes, C. M., 123
Barr, W. T., 123
Barton, Enos M., 123
Barton, Jesse, 125
Bascomb, F., 188
Bassett, O. P., 125, 146
Bassett & Washburn, 146
Bayer, Philip, 111 Beatty, Samuel F., 155, 162, 188, 189 Bebb, Frank, 182 Beckett, Florence, 190
Beckwith, C. G., 111, 125
Bedford, Cora, 101
Beidler, A. F., 129 Belden, Frank H., Mrs., 190
Belknap, A. A., 90 Bell, Geo. H., 155, 189 Bergman, H., 66 Berry, Geo. A., Jr., 155
Bicycle Races, Tours, 114, 115 Bilger, F. J., Mrs., 184
Black Hawk, Chief, 17, 19 Blackman, W. L., 119, 125 Blanchard, J., 82
Blodgett, A. H., 125
Blodgett, Georgia, 110, 125
Blood, James A., 125, 188, 189
Boerger, H., 125
Bohlander, Henry, 59
Bohlander, John G., 67, 111, 125, 188, 190
Bohlander, J. G., Jr., 190
Boles, F. T., 155
Bowles, Edwin, 125
Bowles, Jenny, 101
Boy Scouts, 182
Boyd, D. W., 68
Bradley, John H., 107, 125
Brent, Fanny, 181
Briggs, Lafayette, 126
Brinkman, H. A., 155, 188
Brookins, Harvey, Mrs., 49
Brooks, E. P., Mrs., 164, 184
Brown, Charles A., 122, 144, 155
Brown, C. A., Mrs., 163
Brown, Malcolm, 153
Bruckner, Wm. T., 155, 188
Bruckner, W. T., Mrs., 190 Brush Hill,
Name, 46
Brush Hill School, 49
Buffington, Walter, 126, 155 Buildings, First in Vicinity, 11, 12
Bullerman, W., 67
Burns, Randall, 155, 188
Burr, W. B., 162
Burt, Paul, Mrs., 177
Burt, Wilson, 163
Burton, John, Mrs., 183, 190
Bush, Isaac S., 81, 190
Bush, James, 101
Bush, L., 188
Bush, M. P., 90
Business Directories Brush Hill, 1854, 58
Fullersburg, 1886, 67 Hinsdale, 1886, 111
Butler, Burridge D., 155 Butler, F. O., 119
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Butler, Julius W., 119 Butler, Julius W., 120 Butler, Paul, 120 Cable, F. S., 126
Cable, Gladys, 164 Candee, Flora, Mrs., 177
Carey, Judge J. W., 126
Carlton, W. B., 190
Cartledge, H. T., 182
Case, J. I., 83 Castle, Ward C., 155 C. B. & Q. Railroad First Line, 69 Line Through Napersville and
Downers Grove, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73
Early Equipment, 74, 75 Beginning of Suburban Service, 88 Station, No. 1, 81, 82
Couch, Luther, 58
Council of War on Desplaines River, 18
County Seat Moved, 85
Courter, D. A., 127, 190
Craigmile, Deacon James, 127
Crane, P. A., 184
Crane, P. A., Mrs., 190
Crosby, E. C., 127
Crosby, Francis, 115
Crossette, C. H., 127, 189
Crocker, D. J., 127
Crocker W. H., 189
Childs, Mary C., Mrs., 176, 183
Crooke, Wm. D., 127
Childs, Robert A., 126, 189
Childs, R. W., 155, 163
Church of Christ Scientist, 173
Church Functions, Early, 96, 111
Church Data, 170, 171
Churchill, H. P., 90
Dart, Guy, 182 Dart, Guy, Mrs., 180
Daughters American Revolution, 180
Davies, W. B., 155 Davis, J. C., Mrs., 163, 179
Davis, Mark, 58
Dawson, Alex, 111
Dawson, Thomas, 127
Dawson, W. T., Mrs., 190 Dean, Earl S., 163 Dean, H. S., 128
Dean, R. H., 128
Dean, Samuel E., 155
Delicate, W., 67 Deming, B. F., 188
Dennison, C. G., 177 Derrickson, Geo. P., 128
Desplaines River, 3, 4, 9 Dickinson, Ruth, Mrs., 184
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Station, No. 2, 139 Highlands, 97 Chambers, Geo. T., 111 Chandler, Leslie, 153
Cemeteries, 121
Chamber of Commerce, 180
Chautauqua in Hinsdale, 109
Chicago Portage, 9, 10 Childs, E. W., 155, 189
Childs, L. C., 155
Crouse, Fred C., 111
Cushing, Chas. H., 127
Cushing, Otis, 127
Cushing, Otis, Mrs., 190
Danforth, J. J., 127, 189
Circuses, 143 Claim Protection Societies, 30 Clarendon Hills, 90 Origin of Name, 79 Clark, C. P., 100, 188
Clark, T. B., 188 Clark, T. E., 89 Clarke, Philip R., 111, 122, 151, 152, 154, 160, 189 Clarke, P. R., Mrs., 164
Clarke, Robert W., 115, 116, 121, 126 Clarke, Robert W., Jr., 115, 163 Cleveland, H. W. G., 77 Clifton, F. H., 184 Clubs, Not Listed in Chap. X. Early, 98, 101 Hinsdale, 112, 121, 147 Presidents, 189
Country Tennis, 121 Saddle and Bridle, 153 Polo, Oak Brook, 120 Cobb, Chas. L., 155, 189 Cobb, C. L., Mrs., 190 Cochran, Philip, 178 Coe, C. T., 67 Coe, John S., 48, 54, 62, 68 Coffeen, William, 126
Coffin, George, 143 Coffin, M., 66 Collins, Sydney T., 126, 155 Community House, 184
Conover, L. P., 127, 155, 189
Converse, L. B., Mrs., 190 Cortis, W. P., 127
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Dickinson, Wm. F., 155 Dietz, Henry, 59 Diphtheria Epidemic, 114 Ditzler, E. H., 128 Ditzler & Linsley Fire, 148
Dodson, Josiah B., 58 Donohue, M. A., 89, 128, 188
Doolittle, F. A., 188
Dorathy, A. L., 86, 111, 190 Downers Grove, Name, 80 Dreusicke, Oscar, 184
Duncan, Joseph, 163
Duncan, Wm., 128, 142, 188, 189 Dugan, A. G., 155 Dugan, A. G., Mrs., 164
Dugan, Hugh, Mrs., 164, 177
Du Page, Company of Volunteers, 21 Du Page, Name, 13
Dyas, F. G., 155 Dynes, O. W., 155 Earle, John, 128
Eckert, Walter H., 155, 189
Eckert, W. H., Mrs., 181
Eddy, J. E., Mrs., 164
Edwards, Bert, 121
Edwards, W. H., Mrs., 190
Edwards, W. P., 128
Edwards, S. R., 155 Eidam, J. C., 67 Elmers, Andreaus, 128 Episcopal Church, 96, 172
Essley, E. Porter, 155 Estabrook, D. S., 83 Estabrook, H. L., 188 Evangelical Mission Covenant Church, 172
Everett, Edward W., 155 Evernden, William, 91, 111, 128, 145
External Civic Work, 179 Farr, Frank D., 155 Farr, Frank D., Mrs., 181 Farr, Reuben, 83 Farrel, James, 128 Fayerweather, Rhoades, 115 Fee, Louie T., 101 Fellows, C., 66 Fenn, A. E., Mrs., 181 Ferrill, B. E., 188 Fetzer, J. C., 155 Fetzer, Wade, 154, 164, 189 Field, Walter Taylor, 155 Fish, Elisha, 46
Fisk, Caroline P., 188 Flagg Creek, 3, 4, 5 Flagg Creek Convention, 32 Attempted Ambush, 22 Flechtner, H., 67
Foot, D. K., 66
Ford, Almeron, 67
Fort Beggs, 22
Fort Paine, 22
Foster, Thomas, 111
Fourth of July Celebration Pioneer, 35 First Known in Hinsdale, 97 Where Held, 98 "Sane" Fourth Movement, 150, 152
Fox, Charles, 128
Fox & Davis, 116
Fox, Heman, 128
Fox, Jarvis, 66, 76 Fox, Marvin, 48
Frank, A., 66 Freeman, C. D., Mrs., 190
Freeman, H. W., 155
Freeman, W. H., 129
Freer, Lemuel H., 129
Freer, L. H., Mrs., 163
French, Geo. H., 112
Frey, C. P., 92, 188
Friends of the Library, 177
Frosher, Adolph, 70, 129
Frost, A. G., 155 Frost, J. M., 175
Fuller, Benjamin, 47, 48, 59, 129
Fuller, Jacob and Family, 47 Fuller, John, 59
Fuller, Loie, 63 Fuller, Morell, 62, 67, 129
Fuller, William, 55 Fullersburg Annexed, 154 Fullersburg, Incorporated, 62
Fulton, H. A., 129 Fur Traders, 12, 13
Gager, Chas. M., 162 Gardner, Henry A., 118, 129
Garden Club, 181
Garden Study Club, 181
Gates, Wm. P., 129
Geology Cook and Du Page Counties, 3, 4, 5 Germann, P. O., Mrs., 180 Giffert, Wm., 153 Gifford, J. A., 112 Gifford, L. E., 188, 190
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Girl Scouts, 183 Gordon, W. G., 189 Government, 167 Grabo, Carl, 115 Grabo, H. F., 114 Grant, Orente, 46 Gray, E. E., 123
Graue, Frederick, 59, 61, 72
Graue Grist Mill, 59
Name, 78, 79
Hinsdale Laundry, 112
Hinsdale Relief Society, 159
Hinsdale Sanitarium, 146 Hinsdale Theatre, 152 Homes, Early, 86, 123
Horse Shows, 153
Hix, W., 67 Hoehne, George, 62
Holcomb, H. H., 155, 189
Holcomb, H. W., 189
Holcomb, W. H., 131, 189 Holmes, C. B., 82, 90
Holverscheid, Henry, 131
Holverscheid, H., Mrs., 190
Hoof, Addison C., 155
Hough, S., Mrs., 183 Howard, George, 90
Howard, Thomas T., 112
Hudson, C. H., 188
Hughitt, Marvin, 82
Ignatz, H., 67
Illinois-Mich. Canal, 37 Illinois, Northern Boundary of, 12
Immanuel Church, 172
Indian Creek Massacre, 20
Indians of Chicago Region, 5 to 7, Removed From This Area, 31
Infant Welfare, 179
Irish, Mary, 131
Irvine, Frank, 190
Jackson, Geo. M., 189
Jackson, Horace, 131
Jackson, Isabelle, 183 Jefferson, Norman, 190
Johnson, E. B., 189
Johnson, E. V., Mrs., 190
Johnston, William, 112 Jones, Benjamin, 131 Jones, Robert, 76 Jordan, Wm. R., 184
Jordan, W. R., Mrs., 180
Joselyn, M. L., 156 Karlson, E. & Son, 112
Hinckley, Wm. B., 130 Hinckley, Wm. S., 130 Hinds, E. P., 83, 93, 188, 189 Hinds, I. L., 188 Hinds, I. S., 190 Hinds, J. P., 89 Hines, A. G., 91 Hines, B. W., 189 Hines, E. F., Mrs., 56 Hinsdale Beacon, Newspaper, 116 Hinsdale Community Service, 179 Hinsdale Doings, 184 Hinsdale Fresh Air Assn., 150
Hinsdale 50th Anniversary Celebration, 153 Hinsdale Golf Club, 132 (L. C. Newell), 91, 147, 151, 152 Hinsdale Good Fellows, 159
Hinsdale, Incorporated, 93 Hinsdale, Index, Newspaper, 116 Hinsdale
Graue, Wm., Mrs., 61
Greene, J. W., Mrs., 190 Haake, Godefrey, 112 Hahn, Henry, 62 Hall, A. T., 83, 90
Hall, D. J., Mrs., 190
Hammond, John, 112 Handke, M. E., 155 Hawley, Pierce, 16, 20 Hannah, F. H., 82, 129
Harris, Robert, 83, 90 Hasbrook, E. F., 188 Haskell, Dr. L. P., 109, 130 Heineman, W. S., 67, 130 Heinke, Henry, 67 Hemshell, John, 48, 76, 112
Hench, Horace B., 162
Hench, Dr. J. B., 130, 148
Hench, Jay L., 155, 162 Henrick, Christian, 62 Heppes, J. O., 189 Hess, John C., 188 Hetzler, H. G., 155
Hetzler, H. G., Mrs., 190 Hiatt, H. Mrs., 190 Hiatt, Houston, I., 155 Hicks, E. H., 189 Hicks, Olive, 183 Higley, Chas. A., 155 Hildebrand, L. K., 130
Hinckley, Geo. W., 130
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Karnatz, C., 67 Keane, H. Victor, 156 Keig, Marshall, 110, 156 Keig, Marshall, Mrs., 190 Keith, A. E., 144, 152 Keller, Fred J., 184 Ketcham, Gertrude, Mrs., 178
Kettering, E. W., 184
Kettering, E. W., Mrs., 164 Keyes, George, 112 Kimball, W. W., Mrs., 164 Kimbell, C. B., 131
Kimbell, C. R., 162
King, Sherman, 27, 49, 55, 59, 162
Knapp, Geo. A., 189 Knight, Wm. H., 131, 187
Knight, W. H., Mrs., 190 Knisley, H. C., 131, 156
Knowlson, J. S., 156
Krohn, W. F., 131, 156 Kurth, Frederick, 162 Kurth, Julius, 162 LaGrange, name, 79 Lamb, Chauncey T., 132, 182
Lamson, John B., 156 Laughton Brothers, 11, 15 Laundry, Hinsdale, 112
Lawrence, Grove, 56 Lawton, Dr. Thomas, 132 Leary, Mary A., 183 Legge, Alexander, 134, 152, 154 Leland, W., 83, 93, 188 Lemmon, T. A., 91 Leonard, F., 59 Leslie, Walter, 112 Lincoln, A. A., 132, 188
Linsley, T. H., 132 Locksmith, T. F., 112 Lonergan, T. E., 116, 188 Lord, John S., 156
Lundberg, H. B., Mrs., 180 Lyons, 10, 11 MacLeish, Archibald, 156 Mail, Delivery, 41, 78 Mammoth Spring, 5 Mann, A. A., 188
Manufactories in Village, 145 Masquerade Ball, 96 Mayer, D., 66 Mayer, H., 66 McAllister, A., 66 McAllister, Harry, 153 McClintock, James, 190
McCredie, William, 83, 132, 188 McDonald, Alva, 58 McElhone, F. H., 188, 189 McKeand, W. B., Mrs., 163 McKenna, E. P., 156, 182
Mckinstry, A. E., 154 McLeran, G. R., 156
McMakin, Davis, Mrs., 190 Mecartney, H. S., 156 Mecartney, Malcolm, 168
Memorial Building Campaign for, 160
Merrick, Dr. J. C., 132, 188
Merrill, C. D. F., 165
Merrill, D. H., 184
Merrill, J. C. F., 118, 132, 188
Merriman, Rev. Earl, 151
Middaugh, H. C., 91 Middleton, Eva, 101
Middleton, M. H., 188
Millions, Eben, 84
Mitchell, Geo. H., 132
Mitchell, J. B., Mrs., 184
Mohr, J. P., 132
Monell, John J., 90
Moore, Harold, Mrs., 177
Moore, Frederick W., 156
Moreley, L. E., 84, 190
Morris Flower Shop, 112
Murray, Tom, 111, 163
Music Club, 181 Myers, M. A., 156
Naper's Settlement, 14 Naumann, Louis J., 156
Newell, L. C., 132
Niagara Lime Stone, 3
Noble, Geo. W., 133
Nottingham, Jerry, 83 O'Brien, Frederick, 156 Ogden Avenue-Southwest Highway, 7, 43, 45, 46 Ordinances, Early, 168 Osborn, C. R., Mrs., 164 Ostrum, William, 67, 133 Ostrander, Elias, 58 Packard, Franklin, 58 Page, Tom, 184 Pape, William, 163
Papenhausen, J. H., 70, 112 Parent-Teachers Assn., 176 Parker, John, 188 Parker, John C. B., 156 Parker, John, Mrs., 179
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Pascall, P. P., 133 Payne, Alfred, 133
Robinson, A. R., 114, 135 Rockwell, F. W., 189
Peabody, Francis S., 134, 151
Rogers, J. W., 66 Rogers, T. S., 66
Peabody, Stuyvesant, 152, 156 Pearsall, A. L., 133, 190
Pearsons, D. K., 141, 147, 176 Peaslee, J. Frank, 189
P. E. O. Sisterhood, 182
Roth Building, 139
Perry, D. L., 134, 188
Pfeifer, Charles, 112
Roth, Syrena B., 190
Phelps, H. Perry, 156
Rowell, Wilfred A., 156
Pierce, R. S., 182
Ruchty, John F., 67, 135
Pierce, Ralph, Mrs., 190
Rudolph, Paul, 67
Pioneer Life, Brush Hill, 51, 52
Police, First, 100 Politics, Early,
Russell, J. W., 104 Ruth Lake Golf Club, 153 Ruth, Linus, 153 Ruth, Linus C., 135, 167
Du Page County, 31, 32, 33 Pollock, W. J., Mrs., 183
Population, 191 Postmasters, 190
Saint Isaac Jogues Church, 173
Salt Creek, 4, 7, 61, 142, 143
Post Office Locations, 190 Powell, Samuel, 83
Saunders, C. M., 80
Pratt, D. W., 189
Sawyer, E., 188
Preemption, 52, 53
Schmidt, Charles, 67
Presidents of Village Board, 188
Schmidt, John, 143
Presidents of the School Board, 189
Preston, D. H., 134, 188
Prouty, George, 176
Public Library, 176
Pugh, A., 134, 188
Schultz, John, 162
Scotford, Howard, 121
Scott, General Winfield, 25, 26
Rawlings, F. M., 190
Raymond, C. E., 134, 152
Settlers, Places from Where They Came, 29 First in Downers Grove Twp., 29 First in York Twp., 48
Raymond, C. E., Mrs., 190 Red Cross, 163 Redeemer Lutheran Church, 173 Redfern, J. N., 189
Seventh Day Adventists Church, 173 Shabbonna, Chief, 18, 21, 27 Shannon, Edith, 101
Reed, Alanson, 97, 134
Shannon, James S., 135
Sheldon, Walter M., 133, 162
Sherer, S. B., 90
Shewell, F. W., 99, 116 Signers of Petition for
Incorporation of Village, 188
Richie, Bruce E., 134, 156
Ridgeway, J. V., Mrs., 183 Rieder, John, 46 Roads, Early, 39, 41, 42 Plank, 43, 44 Hinsdale Vicinity, 54, 88, 89, 90 Robbins, Geo. B., 134 Robbins, William, 76, 77, 78, 93, 188 Roberts, John, Mrs., 181
Slade, Dana Jr., 156, 189 Slocum, Robert S., 135, 188, 190 Smith, A. M., 90 Smith, Geo. E., 189
Smith, Jesse E., 156 Smith, Robert F., Mrs., 164 Snitjer, Dirkus, 90 Snow, C. D., Mrs., 176 Snow, G. P., 189
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First, 49, 80 Subsequent History, 107, 174
Raftree, M. L., 134 Ransom, Lake, Shooting of, 103
Ruth, L. C., Mrs., 177
Samuel, M., 189
Schmidt, Wm. E., 163 Schools,
Reed, John W., 97, 134 Regnery, Francis, 183 Regnery, Wm. H., 123, 156, 165, 182, 188 Reineke's Grocery, 112 Richardson, J. D., 134
Ross, Agard, 115, 135 Ross, Joachim, 67
Ross, John C., 118, 135
Roth, David, 66, 82, 135, 188
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Soil, Du Page County, 5 Sommers, Abner, 184 Spears, Thomas, 178 Stage Coaches, 39, 40 Story, H. L., 97 Stough, Oliver J., 81, 83, 95, 135, 171 Stough's Hall (Gardner's Hall), 95 Straus, Michael, 91
Streets and Sidewalks, 86, 87, 89, 143 Strong, Caroline, Mrs., Letter, 23
Stuart, Frances, 163 Stuart, James F., 135 Stuart, John F., 188
Swartout, James, 77, 135 Symonds, Courtland, 184 Symonds, Nathaniel G., 156 Talmadge, John, 46
Taverns, Early, 40 Taylor, F. T., 114 Templeton, Walter B., 156 Thayer, Carl, 135
Thayer, Ralph M., 156
Thompson, H. R., 83, 188 Thurston, David, 48, 66
Tiffany, Frances, 101
Tiffany, Joel, 93, 135, 188
Timke, Frederick, 67
Towns, Early, Cook County, 12
Towns, Early, Du Page County, 29 Tramps, 102 Travis, M. B., Mrs., 190 Torode, Nicholas, 54 Torode, Phillip, 112
Towne, A. N., 82
Townsend, H. G., 156
Townsend, H. G., Mrs., 179 Townsend, Perry, 112 Tunk, Fred, 67 Underground Railroad, Fullersburg, A Station of, 62, 63 Union Church, 90, 171 Unitarian Church, 91, 171 Using, Tom, 84 Utilities, 100, 116, 118, 144
Utley and Frisbie, 147 Vanderblue, Homer B., 137
Van Inwagen, Frank, 156, 162, 189 Van Inwagen, James, 137 Van Inwagen, Lucia, 101 Van Liew, Dr. F. H., 112, 137 Van Velzer, Barto, 48, 137 Van Vleck, James B., 156, 189 Veeck, William L., 156
Veterans Civic Association, 178 Veterans of Foreign Wars, 178 Village Government First Election, 93 Troubles of the Board, 100, 106
Early Ordinances, 167 Organization, 169 Village League, 150
Village Manager, Experiment, 154
Wade, Mary L., 156
Wakeman, Emily, 112 Walker, Alfred, 163, 182
Walker, Alfred L., 56, 57 Walker, A. E., 137
Walker, A. E., Mrs., 190
Walker, F. H., Dr., 83
Walker, J. M., 83, 90
Walker, James, Mrs., 164
Warren, Alice, 62, 137, 177
Warren, C. C., 137
Warren, C. T., 137
Warren, N. H., 87, 93, 137, 188
Warren, Sarah, Mrs., 176
Washburn, C. L., 137, 146
Washburn, L. L., Miss, 190
Webster, Frank B., 156
Webster, John, 137
Webster, Nelson H., 115
Weddel, Mac, 153
Weddell, Thomas R., 156, 189
Weddell, T. R., Mrs., 163
Wegner, F., 66
Wegner, William, 67
Weidig, Adolph, 138
Weir, A. M., 104
Welch, W. W., 91
Welch, W. W., Mrs., 190
Wells, Geo. H., 93, 188
Werden, Fred, 62
Western Springs, Name, 79 Spring Water, 98
Westmont, Name, 79
Wheeler, Marcia, 177
Whiting, William, 188
Whiteside. N. H., Mrs., 153
Wilcox, J. W., 188 Williams, Albert, 115
Williamson, J. G., Dr., 112
Williamson, W. W., 156 Willis, Thomas H., 156 Wilson, George, 138
Wilson, George, Rev., 138
202
VILLAGE ON THE COUNTY LINE
Wilson, William L., 156 Winship, E., 58 Wire, Geo. L., 156 Wohlgemuth, John F., 156 Wolf Hunt, Du Page County, 33, 34 Wood, J. C., 156, 188 Wood, W. W., 95, 188
Woodcock, T. J., 198
Woman's Club, 183 Presidents, 190 Wrede, Richard, 67 Wright, G. K., 122 Yorrick, J. G., 55 Young, Arthur, 59 Zimmerman, J. L., 190
Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church, 172 Zschack, E., 67
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