Olney Area High School - Olnean Yearbook (Olney, IL)

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The Litz Hotel, at one time called Tie Metropole, has made a name tor itself under the ownership and man' aaerient ot Mr. and Mrs. Yank Litzel- rnan. On April l4, the hotel was taken over by Mr. and Mrs. Phil Heyde, Their successful handlino of other busirtess proiects assures the town that the Litz Hotel will continue to be Olney's Finest Hotel. These buildings show improvements made-fShermanse and in the makina e new Vtfoolworth building. The Hedman Btiildina at the Corner Cf Lfain and Fair Streets ltoxises our leading gui: rt tnfttirri theatre, miie AYJ1CliLI,l' arid in lrf,:,t .ire ml1IiE' Lit H1111 Stayff lf.i'Sf'Y'1l'Y W :nerr t::.a to 'he right gt tins Clsztxdb-'s Drug Store 'Niti- Izeett Style.

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Well you can see from the map on the Jacket how our to Nn hes bu to 'nake sure We d better tell you Should you c me mto town o he B and O Pallroad you would soon ttnd ,ourselt on Nh l Ate ue lomtr t yor h e we shall go north on thts street W' lrrst pas t1 lrtt r tat o a Snoe tr J y cne source of our town s present prospertty Farther on we s e the l-laz l Llotel at the co ner of Whlttle Avenue and Elm Str et One street oJer to th l tt we ee the Elks Home whrch IS just north of Centrcl School Glan mu to th rlght from th1s corner we tmd the Methodt t Chur h A ve cross tne tr w Van Matre IS postmaster On up the street 1 the Olney Trust and Bankmg Company and one block tarther on we reach the Fvrst Nattonal B xrl tn Olney dlstlngulshed by tts whlte columns and tts Venetran blmds Her Nhrttle Av enue ends and we come to Maln Street The Court House IS west ot the bank and Just beyond are the I C tracks Turnmg to the rtght and golng east on Warn we pass through the heart ot the bustness sectton We see a name tamtlrar to the buslness dlstrlct almost from 1ts very beg1nn1ng Bower s There s been a lot of bulldtng along thls street lately Many old landmarks have been havrng the1r laces lttted Vtfe have a lot ot .tp to date shov V'l1I'1dOWS w1th th se new neon lrghts The o1l boom IS responsrble for thts Some of these names are well known ln lll1no1s and 1n the Umted States ot Amerrca Vtfoolw orth s Walgreen s Penneys Conttnumg we arrrve at the Lrtz Hotel where the gemal host Yank Lltzelman made h1s place popular by servmg excellent mood and g1v1ng a good n1ghts rest to strangers rn towr We always Ytena a welcommg hand to out ottowners you know Tnere across the st ee' trorv the hotel IS the Olney Carnegle Publrc lrbrary ln Act ll ,lou wtll t1 d the tnterestlng story about 1t At a Jay s walk across the street IS the hrgh school They re pretty crowded up there now especrally s1nce the o1l boons Drd t mentton that most everybody manages to drop rnto Schmalhausen s Drug Store down the street some t1me durmg the day? THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK IN OLNEY Karl A Gatfner, Presldent Luther Hurn, V1cePres1dent Allen Hyde, Cashler W B Crow, Assrstant Cashler t Se :en ,, I A an i 4. I 1 . I . 1 'C lr YL 1..- . 1 ' , ' 1' Q ,r ' ' itt e 1 rt c-. . ' tg fc 1 nero, ' J ' . ' e ' T s le ref i n I Q . gcifri J I I . 9 9 , , I ' , , e . - ' e e s ' , ' ' '- . f . C' . e ' ' , . 's ct . is 'V 1. S eet e come to a building that we are very proud cf, the Olney Post Office. Ralph ' . - 's . . 1 AlA 1 ' ' . 1 - Y ' , ' e r - - - I ' A D 4 ' v I - - , , r r, , .1 ' ' ' .Q . A 1 ' 'n , l I I . I I . A n. I V A. . I I A. I T

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The Olney Sorngtcriurii, EDU552 East y if i .loin Street, was esf3b11s?.e:1 in .ffff 4892 by Dr. George T. Weber. Present Officers if tie Okiey Sznitortgfr. Dr. Frank 1. Vtfener ....., .............,.... P resident George W'elCer, Ir... ....,..,..... Vice-Preeiden' Dr. Toi 'Weber ............ Seoretorry-Treasure The Stott of the Olney Scxriitoriurn O1if.io' O. T. '.'.'e:1er, 11.2. l44J'Eern:ri .lu -flu 5. j. '.f.'g1.ef, 2.1.2. MW Pwr... 3. rig! The O1ney Mosoni: Lodqfe No. 140, A. F. ond A. M., hos the iurqest niernbersnip of C111 Morsonic Lodqes in the 88111 District, it being P30 rnembers. The present otiicers ore: Dr. P. E. Qut- ton, Master: Loren VJ. Conirnon, Senior Worden, Fronk VJ. Scott, Iunior 'Nordeng ond C. M. Von Cleve, Secretory. Trie 1n:ernoiiono1 Shoe Foro tory os seen from B. and O. Rqiilrood. The new oddition wus Ciorrirvietefl in Iiine 1940.