Industry High School - Eagle Yearbook (Industry, IL)

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CHPXN 1 Good Luck and Best W1shes To the Class of 53 00 CHEVY-QQDLET I NC. Your Chevrolet Dealer Macomb I111no1s Telephone 676 677 CC 5 0

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theu employers Some 1250 persons are employed ln Macomb mdusmes at an annual payroll of about S2 735 000 Thts figure does not mclude Western State College s annual payroll of 58 000 000 Bestdes the lucrattve clay deposits McDonough County possesses a rtch potenttal supply of coal whnch at one trme was acttvely mmed but except for local mmes is now neglected Petroleum depostts too are to be found underlylng the area and at one t1me a number of 011 wells were rn productton Wealthy as McDonough County xs 1n raw materlal resources us greatest asset is un doubtedly tts rrch soil The adaptabrlxty of the county to the ratstng of good feed crops corn often averages 65 bu to the acre glves rrse to hog ratsrng cattle feedtng and the allred dauymg rndustnes Many spacrous farms surroundlng Macomb are dotted wtth- Aberdeen Angus cattle or Hampshtre or Poland Chma prgs Thrtvxng poultry farms stock exchanges a large auctron barn a strong Farm Bureau and several compames engaged 1n the manufacture of cheese 1ce cream and other datry products are further the edge of the crty houses the annual County Farr wrth 115 many llvestock and other farm CXhlblLS The frrst newspaper 1n Macomb was the Enterpnse started tn 1855 on the second floor of a butldtng on the south srde of the square The Macomb Journal has had the longest contmuous pubhcatton from 1865 to the present Other edtts of the communtty rnclude the Western Couner publrshed by Western dunng the college year and tl1e McDonough County Times Radto Statron WKAI of 250 watts was establtshed rn Macomb on July 4 1947 Today products made rn Macomb and those grown rn d'llS area fmd thetr way all over the Umted States and rn some mstances around the globe Macomb may well be proud of her strategrc nmportance to her state and to her natton she rs one of the spokes rn a mtghty wheel The tale of her growth and her expanslon can be many ttmes paral leled across these ' nlted States for such proneer fortitude enterprtse and downrrght hard work ts what has rarsed our natton to tts great herghts today Credrt rs due Mtss Ethel Mae Norton for her ard tn helprng comptle hlstortcal data I I 0 . I ' . . . . . . D I D O I ' evidence of :he Community's extensive agricultural program. A large Fair Grounds on . . .. - D .. .

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ZQZMZW Z? SE-l2V'CIE Industry I111no1s Plumbmg Heatmg and E1ectr1c O11 Gas or Coal Furnaces Westmghouse Apphances The Fr1end1y Store O Hugh W Burnham R Kmg Burnham Phone 67R5 Phone 176R3 Zia? I n- e 4' L :ii U n