Industry High School - Eagle Yearbook (Industry, IL)

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Rosybell Benton Roszel1's F. C. Jones Sam Levin Sweeney's R. M. Godow Lunch Box Cafe Reynolds Furniture Store Illinois 81 Lamoine Theaters Baymiller Dunsworth Book Store Dr. B. J. Morrow, Dentist Penneys S. 8: J. Cafe Macomb Journal Brenner Furniture Co. Park 8: Shop Rainbow Cleaners 81 Laundry Weems'Laundry DeRosa Shoe Repair Floyd Keough, Justice of the Peace Eddie's Sales Gr Service Terrill Abstract Co. Nelson's Grocery Wilson's Grocery Larry Daniels Paint Shop Dr. H.i M. Fry Dr. C. J. Erickson Fredric P. Scheckler Builders Lebold 8: Veogele Jewelers Bon Ton Hat Shop Woolworth Co. Lamoine Hotel Modern Beauty Shop Loyal Order Moose Macomb 521 Owl Trucking Co. ABC Kiddy Shop Dr. F. M. Goldburg, Optometrist Dean's Hobby Shop Scotts Pharmacy Bill Zoumbous Nelson's Clothing A. L. Ring Me1ton's Robbins 81 Doolin Dudman Printery Culligan Soft Water Service Jolly Hotel Marine Room

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In accordance with a program embarked upon by the Chamber of Commerce of Macomb, Illinois, merchants give donations instead of advertising to organizations making solicitations. The following business to 'Ilhe Industry Highlights. R. E. Stuart A. E. Rush Dr. C. .T. Meyer, Chiropodist Dr. I. G. Ashenhurst H. A. Slavens Tiernan Engineering Co. Citizens National Bank Dr. K. G. Worrell Bottorff-Allen Agency Rost 8: Parson's A. B. Clugston Macomb Tire 8: Battery Brown, Lynch Scott Hillyer Cleaners .Tessye Yates Barber Shop Richard H. Smith, D.D.S. W. B. Tatham C. N. Von Fossen Macomb Motor Co. S. 8: B. Oil Service E. L. Falder Radcliff Motor Co. Spiller Super Market organizations donated money Tatham's L. P. Gas 8: Appliances Kelly's Service Station Erwin Grocery Fouts Plumbing 81 Heating Co. McDonough Service Co. Ogle Motors Co. Harley Graves East Side Auto Sales Dale 8: McDonald Welding Shop Lawyer Buick Co. Kimler Service Brown Motor Co. Herman Chenoweth, M-M Dealer Burrell Florists Wiseman's Gardens Galloway Bakery Faye's Eat Shop Ralph Ashcraft Music Service, 114 W1 Jackson St. Farmer's Grain 8: Fuel Supply Co Corner Market B. at L. Ice 8: Coal Co.

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STORY OF MACOMB As the true beauty of an object becomes apparent only when viewed from a dis- tance so can the real romance of a city's growth be seen only from a detached view- point, Progress can be noted as the contrast between what was and what is, The history of Macomb, located on the old Burlington Trai1 to Burlington, lowa, is inextricably interwoven with that of McDonough County, whose majestic courthouse dominates Macomb's Square. Both the city and the county were named for heroes of the War of 1812, General Alexander Macomb and Commodore McDonough, who together defeated the British at Lake Champlain. The whole area was part of what was termed the Military Tract, grants of land set aside for those who volunteered for service in the War of 1812. For a while McDonough County, as it is now known, was first part of Madison and then a Part of Pike County until its present boundaries were set up in 1826. Even then, though the county had its name and its boundaries, its administration and tax collection were left in the hands of Schulyer County Of- ficials until the new county should gain a population of 350. ln the same year the county gathered its first white settlers, William Carter and Riggs Permington, who set- tled southeast of lndustry, In the spring of 1829 Reverend John Baker, a Baptist minister, built the first log cabin on the site of the present city of Macomb, This building stood about where the high school stands today. The cabin was not far from the exact center of McDonough County, which is at the corner of West Piper and South Johnson Streets. In 1830 a court order issued at Rushville recognized that the county had the necessary population fof county government and an election for county commissioners was ordered held. These commissioners located the seat of justice at the hut of John Baker, then the only house standing on the site of what is now Macomb, In December of 1830 James Clarke was sent to Springfield to get title to the quarter section on which the Baker house was located. He did this, getting caught in a terrible snowstorm on his way back, and receiving the sum of three dollars for his trouble, The Baker house was built of logs plastered with ordinary mud and served as tav- ern, grocery, courthouse and clerk's office until a new courthouse was built, The site had been given the tentative name of Washington, but the state legislature, meeting in Vandalia in December, 1830, passed an act locating the county seat for McDonough and giving this county seat the name of Macomb. There has never been any attempt to have its name changed, It has remained the county seat in spite of a spirited attempt just after the Civil War to establish the county seat at Bushnell, For a few months official records of the county show a McComb spelling, thought to be due to lrish influence in the county before the proper spelling was learned.