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

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1nst1tut1on now employlng nearlw, a thousand workers They were a great bunch and they certatmly revtved my drooplng Splfll and created rn me a new llfe Now I am Oettlng nearly up to date Most of the group mentroned above are gone or gettmg along ln years but new ones are comlng IH to take thelr places and I am feelmg fme In the past few years I have grown faster than 1n any DIGVIOUS perlod of my htstory VVnere a century ago I was only a name today there are approxrmately elght thousand people under my benlgn superv1s1on The comlng of the o1l boom 1n thls part of the state has been a great tomc to me and an o1l transfus1on may be Just a effectlfe as a blood transfuslon A number of the o1l compan1es have made me therr headquarters and the Pure O11 Company tn partlcular has had a lot to do w1th my present good health and prospenty Now a l1ttle rem1n1scmg as a hundred year older has a r1ght to do and I am done I have had my glad moments -and my sad moments I have had my good cltlzens and my bad ones although the latter have been so much m the I'I'1l1'1OI1lY that I am not gomg to delgn to mentron any of them 1n thts hlstory I have been klnd to many and many have been klnd to' me I have gone through four wars and have gr len up many of my best young men I hope I w1ll not have to do rt agarn soon but I do not feel very opt1m1st1c about lt I have had my share of men who have been promment 1n Natxonal and State affalrs Iudge Aaron Shaw who gave me my name was a member of the House of Ptepresentatlves at Washlngton for many years Iudge I C Allen was also a 'nember of the House and was 1lS Secretary for a number of years He was the Democrat1c cand1date for Governor agamst Rrchard Yates durmg the ClV1l War Ed S W1lson was State Treasurer IH the e1ght1es and was mstru rrvental 1n br1ng1ng me the State Falr 1n 1887 and agaln 1n l888 the last t1me 1t was held out of Sprmgfreld Mr W1lson also burlt the Olney Ice Plant now the Ebner Ice Company which was rry largest lndustry for many years Dr Martm B Foster was my Mayor for two terms and was a member of the Federal House of Bepresentattves for a number of terms Dr Robert Bldgway the natxon s foremost author1ty on blrds and the founder of Blrd Halen was one of my honored cltlzens Wllllam Bower the founder of Bower s Drug Store was born here 1n 1842 only a year after my own arrlval He served me long and falthfully rn about every capaclty and could always be relled upon m any movement for my welfare In closmg I w1sh to repeat that 1t IS the men and worren of a communlty who make 1t what tt 1S I am not compla1n1ng of the past and can look back on my century of experrence w1th a good deal of pardonable prrde I am proud of most of my c1t1zens and I bel1eve that most of them are proud of me I have a fme group of CIVIC organlzatlons today such as the Chamber of Commerce, the K1wan1s and Rotary Clubs the womens organtzatlons such as the Cho Club Busmness and Profess1onal Women s Club Delta Theta Tau and others I understand that these organ1zat1ons have banded together and are plannlng to g1ve me a rous1ng b1rthday party on tlfns my hundredth annl versary I h1ghly apprecrate that honor and I wrsh to thank them and to xnvlte all you readers to come out and help to make 1t a grand and glorrous event 1n tnbute to my f1rst hundred years I thank you Twenty mne . . . I 1 . . . . 1 , ... . 1 . A . . Q I . I - - I .. u . . , A 'v - 1 1 1 . u v I - - 1 1 . . , , A . . . . , . 1 . . 1 1 1 .. . . 1 1 - 1 1 , 1 1 . , 1 . . 1 . . . 1 1 1 - . ' '

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The C1v1l War was a b1g event rn my l1fe I d1d my part and many of my c1t1zens played the1r part 1n that sad affalr I fumlshed two Generals a number of Colonels and many MaJors and m1nors General EI1 Bowyer my most promxnent phys1c1an enllsted as a surgeon but went 1nto the actlve serv1ce and rose to the rank of Brlgadter General by the end of the war The Olney Post of the G A R long one of the strongest organlzatlons I had and comparable to my Amerlcan Leglon of today named the1r post E11 Bowyer Post 1n honor of thls d1st1ngu1shed c1t1zen General Edward Kltchell the son of the Iudge Kltchell after whom K1tchell Avenue and Kltchell s addttxon was named also rose to the rank of Brlgadler General Of Colonels there were a number Colonel lohn Lynch father of Attorney Iohn Lynch took the second company to enllst IH the state out of Olney as Captaln He went through the whole war w1th a br1ll1ant record and came out as Colonel Colonel Aden Knoph for many years Presldent of the FIFSI Natlonal Bank Colonel Ingersoll Colonel Francts Moro and Colonel D D Marqurs were others who rose to th1s hrgh rank The years tollow1ng the C1v1l War up to the end of the century were the most uneventful of my l1fe up to date From tlme to tlme someone would suggest that I needed a l1ttle face l1ft1ng and I would be perked up rn proper style Eventually the l1ght of my countenance was changed from the old coal o1l lamps l1t each evenlng by a c1ty lampllghter to the new fangled electrtc burners Marn Street and Whtttle Avenue were paved w1th brlck ln the early n1net1es Whlttle Avenue wh1ch had ended at Chestnut Street was opened up to reach Maln Street Seventy acres of land 1n my northwest sectlon was pur 1n the State All 1n all I led a half century of a very peaceful and monotonous GXISIGHCG A l1ttle after the turn of the century I agam became aware of rumbltngs and grumbllngs such as I had heard about me needmg a rallway a half century before I heard m fself accused of belng slow and sleepy and perhaps there was some 1ust1f1cat1on for 1t What I needed was some new blood and I began to get 1t Mayor Iames E Wharf pulled me out of the mud llterally and frguratrvely by gettmg my pr1nc1pal streets paved I got a water works and sewer system Dr George Weber establlshed h1s Sarntarlum wh1ch has developed 1nto my most honored 1nst1tut1on The new blood was begmnlng to clrculate I took on new l1fe A group of fme young leaders took over my affalrs In add1t1on to Dr George Weber there were Dan Vemor George McGahey L V Chesrown Ben S Murray A L Redman H I Norse I S Freeman Henry Gassmann Dr H T Watklns Harry Sprlng Iohn Porter Loz1er Yount Ernest Z Bower and many others If you wlll look back over the flrst auarter of the present century you w1ll fmd the men mentloned above 1n the very thrck of thlngs They got me a new hxgh school and two new grade schools They were mstrumental m havxng Route 50 completed 1n thls county before any other but thelr crownlng achteve ment was the securmg of the Internat1onal Shoe factory my b1ggest mdustnal Tmen , et let . x.1 , chased from Matthew St. Iohn and gave me one of the most bautiful City Parks X ' . ,V znv- A

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Olney Under the Charter of 1867 Mayors D S1 K' G 1 1 P Rob Q PCP 11 Rus VV T 13r11111y Dru 1d Scott Dr1x1o Scott Q 1 W 1 Frank Powers Iomcb L W 1 1C1II19S 17 Whorf M D Foster 1o11'1 11 SGHSGHICIIW Som C 1'V11sor1 1v1 D Foster 1 F O Y P 1x V1l118OI'1 1 B Por or 101111 1x1ort111 Ioe E rry Henry Godeke 'V F111sc111e W E Fntschle 161 5 L W 1orf CD1 d Cot 24 To11 T1Pp11 7 r 1 1 V C XI 1 'ar 160 18 9 1 873 878 877 875 8c8 888 887 889 O 893 1893 7 899 903 900 907 909 9 93 QE 97 99 '71 1 1929 Q7 71 7Q Cnty Clerks Q Am ' o XJC11 Fr 11 Fr me A C 136111116119 A C Po11111ert 1 161111 T HGM1111 101111 T HCHQ1111 Io 111 T HGTC1111 Ld C VV11so1 101111 WI1119 101111 W1111 1o11r1 WL111 Iomes T Cum11 ITIS 1o111 S T Cummme Iome-S T Cu'11m111s 1o11r1 L C1ork M L Ne1 o11 M L N915 VVI1 Yousef W11 Yous y 1201111151 II Edmlston Edrmstor I1 11 17 1 L 1 13131 Ti, 11.'v111SCff ........,................,............ ,N7-89 ..................,.............,....... . 115115113 G. . cmker .....,...,.,.............................. 8- ' ................,......,.................... NV. H. VJo1f C11 Hes D. ,ofmsori ,............................... 187.- 9 ............................................ VV, H. Vlolf 12112 fuf. 1.'J11so11 ...................................... 1 ............................................' N. H. X! 11 1C-1 . , ,e11- ...................................... 1 9 .....,......................................' J 17. H. ' . 101111 H. 1 Herts ...................................... 1, ........................................ T. A. 116' 1C If f tor .............................................. 1 J ......,................................. T. A. 11C1 3' . . ............................................ 1881 ..........,......................... . . 1 r ' ' ......,....................................... 1 9. ,................................... . . e f ' ' .............................................. 1 'X .................................... . ' H 1fI1Il0. Q. 1c1r1 ......................,............... 1 .................................... . ' - .......................................... 1 .................................... 1 . ' o A' '. 1or1 ...................................... 1801 ........................................ ' . 1 1 1. ...................................... 1 . .......................................... .. ' . 1 . ................................. 189 ............................................ 1 'Q . ' ........................................ 1 ..........,................... . 1' 'Wi111o111 Bower ...................................... 1901 .............................. Iomes T. Cummins '. . ........................,................... 1 .............................. fs . ' - . .1 11 .............,.................................... 1 ' .............................. . . ' . '. '. ...........................,................ 1 .........................,............. . ' . ,. . 1- .,............................................ 1 .......................................... . . . 5 .1 ' ...,........................................ 1 11 ................,......................,.. . . on e .................................................. 1 1 .......................................... 1 . 1 1. . E. 1 ........................................ 1 1 ...................................... C. N. ' o . . , ........................................ 1 1 ...................................,.. C. N. ' 111e '. 1 ...................................... 19, ..............,....................... C. N. ' 1 e . , 19-11 1 Q .............................................. ...................................... C . N.EC1!11S1C!1 1A..fiC1!1Qd Feb. 1 '922I YV. L. 17121551119 ............,........................... 1-,25 ..........,........................... C. N. H5111 Stow 11 t.r',' C1f1SSI1.f II ................................... . o .....,................................ C, N. Ld: :1s1f:1 .17. ff. 1711151111 .-.,.... ....,........,..................., 1 933 .................,.....,.............. C. N. '9dr:,S1'I. LV. 11.1TY1fS'.'fQ1' .....,..........................,....... 1,3 ............................,......... ff. N. LC11r.1-1ff 1: YI .................................,....,.,..... 1941 ................,........,...........,,.... T. C Ci.'.'1z.