Industry High School - Eagle Yearbook (Industry, IL)

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05? COAST TO COAST HAROLD TEEL CARPENTER ORVALL BRIGGS .T TRUE DODGE STEPHEN S CLEANERS LANG INSURANCE AGENCY BOTTORFF INSURANCE ROY TSCHANNEN L C RED RANSOM INDUSTRY POST OFFICE H A OLDFIELD ADAIR DR L C SUTHERLAND DR HAMILTON VERMONT MR CHENOWETH SHELL SERVICE JACK HUGHES SHELL SERVICE CRAFTON S SHOE STORE KNAPP'S JEWELRY STORE CARRECK'S DRY GOODS, RUSHVILLE

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therr employers Some 1250 persons are employed rn Macomb rndustnes at an annual payroll of about 735 000 Thts ftgure does not rnclude Western State College s annual payroll of 000 000 Besrdes the lucratrve clay deposrts McDonough County possesses a rrch potenttal supply of coal whrch at one trme was actrvely mrned but except for local mmes ts now neglected Petroleum depostts too are to be found underlyxng the area and at one txme a number of orl wells were tn productton Wealthy as McDonough County rs rn raw materral resources rts greatest asset ts un doubtedly rts rrch sorl The adaptabrlrty of the county to the rarsrng of good feed crops corn often averages 65 bu to the acre grves rrse to hog rarsmg cattle feedxng and the allred dauytng rndustrres Many spactous farms surroundtng Macomb are dotted wrth Aberdeen Angus cattle or Hampshtre or Poland Chrna ptgs Thrrvxng poultry farms, stock exchanges a large aucuon barn, a strong Farm Bureau and several companres engaged rn the manufacture of cheese rce cream and other daxry products are further evrdence of the Communrty s extensrve agncultural program A large Fau Grounds on the edge of the crty houses the annual County Farr wrth rts many ltvestock and other farm exhtbrts The frrst newspaper rn Macomb was the Enterprtse started rn 1855 on the second floor of a burldmg on the south srde of the square The Macomb Journal has had the longest contmuous publrcatton from 1865 to the present Other edtts of the commumty mclude the Western Courrer publrshed by Western durrng the college year and the McDonough County Trmes Radro Statron WKAI of 250 watts was establrshed rn Macomb on July 4 1947 Today products made rn Macomb and those grown tn thrs area ftnd thexr way all over the Untted States and rn some tnstances around the globe Macomb may well be proud of her strategtc rmportance to her state and to her natton she rs one of the spokes rn a mrghty wheel The tale of her growth and her expansion can be many trmes paral leled across these Umted States for such proneer fortttude enterprrse and downrrght hard work rs what has ratsed our natron to tts great herghts today Credrt rs due Mrss Ethel Mae Norton for her ard rn helprng comprle htstortcal data S21 l Q . ' I ' 58. . .

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ZVZW SEIQVICE Industry I111no1s Plumbmg Heatmg andE1ectr1c O11 Gas or Coal Furnaces fp-:F i f-I5 Westlnghouse App11ances The Fr1end1y Store O Hugh W Burnham R Klng Burnham Phone 67R5 Phone 176R3 a u Thy ,. W. ,iz L-EP: Y-P--7 1- L : F9-ll ..-FQ.