Cairo High School - Egypti Yearbook (Cairo, IL)

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This dark and dismal swamp which you saw in 1842, Mr. Dickens, is now a prosperous and attractive community. Wide streets flanked by trees, red and purple flowered in spring, golden and amber in the fall . . . traffic lights chang- ing from yellow to green . . . modern federal building and schools . . . historic old library, churches, and court house . . . trim frame houses and Civil War mansions . . . barges and tugboats plying the rivers . . . all these make our Htale of two riversn pleasant and prosperous. THE GIRL TALK? of Kay Stone and Kay Nance fails to disturb Bob Bland. They are attracted to the Rcndleman gardens on their way home from school.

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:XT THE BIRTHDAY PARTY of the Calm Public llltldly NI lT1lNl1 Reed Phyllis Wltlllllll ton and Zada Laffler enjoy talking with Dr. Robert Fanei the sp4 lkcr of the CVCIIIII There is much history recorded in the fac- ades and interiors of many old buildings in Cairo. Magnolia Manor, a lovely Civil War mansion, maintained by the Cairo Historical Society, is open to the public throughout the year. The manor has had many famous visi- tors, among them President Theodore Roose- velt and General U. S. Grant, who made his headquarters in Cairo while planning the Battle of Belmont. The Cairo Public Library built in 1883, is another institution steeped in history. The oldest library in Southern Illi- nois, it contains over 30,000 books, many of them treasured volumes. In addition to these, the library has a valuable newspaper file, microfilmed, dating back to 1848. Among other landmarks is the First Bank and Trust Company, which celebrated its centennial in May, 1959. We believe it is satisfying to have deep roots.