West High School - EOS Yearbook (Aurora, IL)

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CDNTENTS I SCHOUI. ATHLETICS OIQGANIZATIUNS EVENTS

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yan- ---+------ -. i In 1870 four girls and one boy were gradu- ated from the west side school. They were Ella Stolp, Emma Stolp, Mary Judd, Frank Bradley 5 4 ' A fx , ,N and Naveda Hines. Also ranked in the list of 5 ,-2?-Q gk 1 ,X 'X .X Aurora's Firsts were Burr Winton, the lirst 5 ghd ,,-J- , .1 Z '- .U . to conduct a subscription library, and B. F. I fy X Hall, the first mayor of the combined villages l I, -K g , to be known as Aurora. l' ' ' X' Even in transportation as well as industry 235- xwaq xx Aurora has progressed. Browsing through - -1: 'jf ' some old laws we End that the people had 'f . jf traffic troubles in those days as we do today. -. 'I 1 if . ,' No horses, mules, or cattle shall be offered Q T i? if , for sale at auction on the streets, violators ft-.iv Qi! N shall be guilty-of nuisance. No person shall , 'f?g-Q i W drive over any bridge faster than a walk or - ...am . .gig X 3 Ci: .-- . 1-X 1 , -.,,, - X 1 uf-fs sexi-tw time drive more than ten head of cattle at a time. It seems ages and ages ago, almost legend- ary, since the little old one lunged Brush machine, Uhorseless carriages, used to spit and jerk along the streetg objects of interest and curiosity, targets of abuse, ridicule and derision 3 but it isn't so long ago as time i measured. The automobile passed through those three famous stages Cas did the moviesj, per- Sewtion, ridicule, and adoption. In Aurora our pioneer motorists carried on bravely through the first two stages. The first auto ever on Aurora Streets was a steam-powered locomobile owned by Hi Henry, the famous minstrel man, driven during the parade before his show. It attracted more attention than a herd of elephants, about 1897. O C. Miller drove an electric car about Aurora for a few days, presumably on trial, but Charles Phillips was the first Aurora man to own a machine. In the pioneer days of auto interest, a newspaper carried a column headed Buzz Buggies and Bugs that Drive Them. The first newspaper, the Aurora Democrat, was published by the Ingraham Bros., in 1846. It lasted but three weeks and was followed in 1847 by the Beacon, the lirst suc- cessful newspaper. It was published by M. V. and B. F. Hall over P. A. Hall's drug store on the west side of River Street. Moving pictures made their debut in Aurora at the Lyric, the first theater having been opened in a store building on the south side of Main Street in 1908. Since teddy- lgear dolls were then all the rage, the iirst show was just some scenes of animated teddy ears. Auwra has made many improvements, but one factor remains the same through the passing years-the great, natural beauty of the Fox River Valley, noteworthy for the love- liness of its scenery, beauteous woodlands, rippling WMCYWBYS-

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