AM BOY

CENTENNIAL
6-8,
1

AUGUST

954

'l.C.R.R.BUTLDO OS
eTnl)raciii^

Round House, Machine

&iBiacksiniths

Shops
?

& Water

House

AMBOY, LEE

CO.

ILL

1656

OFFICIAL
F

SOUVENIR PROGRAM
PRICE

547 .L5 A17

S(^

CENTS

AMBOY SINCE

1854

BRADY BEFORE THAT

BRADY'S QUALITY MARKEI

The "Old Reliable" served

Amboy

all his life."

WM.

J.

BRADY

The "Young Reliable", new In dad'i old stand, is here to serve you.

PHONE

13

AMBOY

From Amboy's newest

business,

eongrafulations on your 100th birthday.

LA WTON'S
DAIRY ISLAND
On
U.S. 52

Comer

of

Mason and Hawley

SAVE
Mn.K

on The Finest Grade

Dairy Products

COTTAGE CHEESE

ICE

CREAM

HOBBY AND HANDICRAFT

Congrafulafions

LEO

J.

DEMPSEY

SPORT iN;G good;

Insurance Agency
PHONE
60

AMBOY

PHONE

3-8681

DKON

SAUK VALLEY CC LIBBARY

1516 00016 2774

/;

For 100 Years

Amboys

Leading Barbers

THE FLACHS
PHILLIP
I

1855-1896
PHILLIP
II

FRANK ("Dad")
-

1873-1943

1901

SPITZ SHEET

METAL SHOP
ILL.

AMBOY,

Sheet Metal Work, Furnace and Boiler Repairs

of All Kinds

T/MKEN OIL AND GAS FURNACES

It

Your Burner's on the

Friiz

Call SPITZ

OSCAR BERGA
GRAIN. FEEDS. SEED

First Class

Hardware from
7877

the

Same Stand Since

MIXED FERTILIZER & SUPERPHOSPHATE

Bulk Delivery

& Spreading

NOWE'S HARDWARE

Distributor of

COMPANY
AMBOY,
ILL.

ARCADY FEEDS
For All Live Stock

&

Poultry

PHONE
CUSTOM GRINDING

28

Telephone 26

Amboy,

Illinois

MAYTAG

HOT POINT
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SAUK VALLEY COLLEGE

To our many Amboy

friends

we extend

good wishes on your 100th Birthday

THE

DEAD END INN

SOUTH OF GRAND DETOUR BRIDGE ROUTE PHONE GRAND DETOUR 2481
2

SPECl
OPEN
SEA FOODS
5-12 P.M.

AIMING
STEAKS

CHICKEN
CLOSED SUNDAYS

A\R CONDITIONED

COCKTAIL LOUNGE

FREDERICK

J.

GLESSNER

L.

HAROLD GLESSNER

GLESSNK HARDWARE & LUMBER

PHONE DIAL DIXON
43741

CO.

ELDENA, ILLINOIS

We

extend a heartfelt welcome to our

Friends on your citys Centennial

Amboy

SAM'S STEAK HOUSE

MENDOTA
We'll progress together during the next 100 years

LEE

COUNIY FARM BUREAU

19161954

Welcome

to

Amhoy
. .

Don't forget fo visit us and see our centennial display

JOHN

T.

BURNS & SON

Men's, Young Men's and Boys' Clothing

Serving this community for the past 100 years

Tomlinson Funeral
ESTABLISHED
See Our

Home

1854

Window Display during

the Centennial

Bill

Welcomes Amboy's Centennial

Chicken on Saturday

Fish on Friday

BILL'S

TAVERN
SUBLETTE

The place to come fo have some fun.

THE AMBOY NEWS

"Lee County's Lorgesf and Liveliest
100

Weekly"

YEARS OLD

IN 1954

Watch

for our Centennial Edition

in

October

Congratulations

Amhoy

Compliments Of

BOB'S

Wm,

A. Keho

SUPER SERVICE

PHONE

144

AMBOY

Welcome O/d Timers and

Visitors

MARCHESI BROS.

To Amboy's Centennial
For your Favorite mixed drink
stop
in

AMBOY THEATRE
We/come You To
T/ie

at

O'BRIEN'S
For
fine foods

TAP
cuisine,

Cenfennial 7854-7954
come
in

and try Hazel Kuhn's

including Chicken, Fish, Turtle, French Fried Shrimp,

It

too has

made progress from

Steak, Sandwiches and Ravioli.

the nickelodeon days

of the silent screen ... to the talkies

and sound

with modern air-conditioning.

And now

to presentation of life-size movies ... on

Air Conditioned

the big Panoramic Screen.

For Your Comfort

Day
attend a movie
.

After a hard Centennial

for rest and relaxation.

Budweiser on Tap

Your

genial grocer extends congratulations on your Centennial

REYNOLDS' ROYAL BLUE STORE

Aufhorhed News Agency
Amboy's Complete Grocery

Phone 50

AMBOY

Congrafulafions To Amboy On Ifs Centennial From Lee County's Only Oliver Farm Equipment Dealer

V. 0.
New
Idea

BONNELL FARM EQUIPMENT

PHONE
32

Farm Equipment

SUBLETTE,

ILL.

Distributor,

McKee Vacuum Blowers

THE FIRST NATIONAL

successor to Jos/a
Little's

BANK
in

in
1868.

AMBOY

AMBOY, ILLINOIS
Bank established

We

invite j'ou to call

and start Amboy's

to serve you.
it.

new century by allowing us

We

will

appreciate

Members

of

Federal Reserve

System and
Deposit
Insurance

Federal

Corporation

Salutations to

Amboy-may

the next century he

still

hetter

Livestock Hauling

--

Home

Insurance

YERN WASSON
PHONE
16

LEE CENTER ILL

Congratulations on your 100th Birthday

DEMPSEY'S TAP
Sc/i/ffz

& Old

Sfyle Beer

Wine

Liquor

FRANK &

VI

DEMPSEY

AMBOY

Welcome

to

Amhoy^s 100th Anniversary Celebration

YOUR

INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER DEALERS

W. G. LEFFELMAN and SONS
PHONE
54

AMBOY,

ELL.

Congratulations
TO

Amboy Community and

Citizens on your

100th
We
have enjoyed doing business

- BIRTHDAY - 100th
in

this

Community

for the past twenty six years.

7928

Handling the below

lines

7954
WASHERS
ZENITH

HARDWARE

PHILGAS APPLIANCES

FRIGIDAIRE APPLIANCES SPEED QUEEN ECLIPSE LAWN MOWERS

PHILGAS AND RADIOS AND TV

1928

MARTIN
18

A.

SCHUETTE
AMBOY,

1954

HARDWARE
PHONE
ILLINOIS

With the Memorable 100 Years of the Past Come Our

Wishes for Great Things for the Future of

Amboy

Harold W. Carroll
I

Carl S.
CHEVROLET ^PSMOBILE v SALES

Knudten

wttlCE

Compliments Of

Forman Nursing Home

3Iorris

and Marian Forman

AMBOY

Compliments Of

THE MENDOTA REPORTER

One of the
Nation's Largest Weeklies

ELLIOTT'S
AMBOY

CAFE

McGRATH'S

PACKAGE STORE
35

Headquarters For

JONES

ST.

AMBOY

Fishermen, Hunters

and
All other Liars

BEER
Betty

'

WINE

LIQUOR

Bertha

Doris

Rita

"A

Thrifty Place to Buy"

WHITE ELECTRIC
Contracting

Repairing Fixtures

Congratulations

Amhoy

Refrigerators Ranges Deep Freezers

DEEP-FREEZE APPLIANCES

On Your

100th Birthday

MOTOR REPAIRING
Gish Jewelry
Amboy,
El.

Phone 34R3

&

Gift Shop
MENDOTA

"FOR WIRING RIGHT CALL WHITE"

AMBOY

Our Sincere Congratulations

to

Amboy

on your 100th Anniversary

Happy

100th Anniversary

We

Telegraph Flowers

PHONE

30

Bruce Wilson's Billiards and

Sporting Goods
AMBOY

AMBOY FLOWER & GIFT SHOP

Compliments Of

Amboy

Master Barbers

Lee Co. Unit

No.

14. U.M.B.

McNINCH GROCERY
Genera/ Merchandise LEE CENTER, ILL.

CENTENNIAL GREETINGS FROM

STERLING SALE BARN

SALE EVERY THURSDAY

WE APPRECIATE YOUR CONSIGNMENTS SPENCER & SHOFNER, Auctioneers

-

WHERE GOOD FRIENDS MEET

SIL'S

TAVERN
ILL.

WEST BROOKLYN,

CONGRATU LATIONS

SAM'S FURNITURE
S.

W. SAM, Proprietor

AMBOY,

ILL.

HILL MOTORS HUDSON SERVICE AND REPAIRS

A. G.

HILL, Proprietor

LEE CENTER,

ILL.

Groceries,
ARCfflE

ELDENA GROCERY Meafs and Ice Cream Conoco

Gasoline
Illinois

SEVERSON

Phone 4-3761, Eldena,

COMPLIMENTS

DR. W.

J.

McNEE

117 S.

Chiropractor

AMBOY, ILLINOIS

We'll see you during your Centennial

WHEN
JOE, ETHEL,

IN DIXON,

DROP

IN

JOE'S PLACE
ANN
and

JANET DEMPSEY

GALENA, DIXON

AUTOGRAPHS & MEMOS

Names
not listed on pictures are available upon request.

7854

AMBOY, ILLINOIS
TIME GOES YOU SAY -AH NO TIME STAYS
-. .
.

1954

WE

GO.

It

is

not proposed to

make

this
in

booklet a history of

Amboy

such hos been adequately

east, and,

done

in

previous historical texts and

Father Anthony Becker's centennial book entitled "THE

BIOGRAPHY OF A COUNTRY TOWN,

is

U.S.A." Suffice

it

to

say that the parent areas of what

now Amboy were Shelburn on

was
laid out roughly

the west

and Binghompton on the

the two, the further

when

the

Illinois

Central

midway between

development of

Amboy was

assured.

The

first

white

men

settled in the
to

area of

Amboy

in

about 1834 and within two decades

than
it

the population

had grown

approximately 2000, only

just

slightly less

is

today.
I.C.

The peak

of population, 3200,
flourishing.

was reached

before the turn of the century when

the

Shops were

With the closing of the

ice,

I.C.

Shops, and later the discontinuance of passenger train serv-

many

railroad

men and

their families
is

made

their

exodus and the population steadily deit

clined for several years but

again on the upswing

may

continue ever upward.

This booklet
in

is

designed primarily

to revive

memories of persons, places, and events

her
centennial

Amboy's

past,

upon the occasion of

it

the celebration of

on Aug. 6-8, 1954.

in

The authors hope

will
life

give our readers great

did not
roll

pleasure and take you back

memory

to those

good

old days

when

at such a rapid pace.

The Souvenir Booklet Committee composed of John

P.

Walsh, M.D., chairman, John

McGowan, William McMahon,

Richard

P.

Lenihan, William Clark, Joseph

Mead, Ralph

Fanelli,

G. Berne Winans, David McGraw, Ray

in
all

Hillison

and Byron Treadwell have spent many hours

gathering and organizing

this

material for your entertainment and wish to collectively thank

who helped

us

in

compiling the voluminous data obtained. As you see, these are mere "broths
of their comparative
out.

of lads"

whose memories do not go back more than a few years because

in

youth, but the "old-heads" helped us out

getting

names and dates straightened

in

Our thanks go

to

John
in

P.

Walsh,

Jr.,

for his aid

typing material and to Mrs.

booklet.

James

Jones for her invaluable aid

typing and proofreading

this

of Amboy's leading citizens in the cast, as indithe handbills below, furnished entertainment at intervals throughout each year. One can almost hear the soft weeping as the villain perpetrated his dastardly deeds and the cheers as righteouness prevailed at last.

The Amateur Dramatic Association, with many

cated from

lie|;)iiat5ur

jjjji jyfiijj*

.issociation

Friday Evg

Mar 30

VfoFmiD

OAEMJALL
THE TEST OF GRATITUDE
TtatJrfufVpf^'/S^V nmnr MlaraoHt,
|(il.N,pb.)
i

i.n Ol't

Print

<! Il.i1rnri>i

w''L'il'i'li3i Pblllp 41arli

Mr. f-Hptaa Hlmrtirf

<aik7I'*>

r. R.

DM)

Diiij^G^ iJLDslSOiWS

Admission 25c.

ChUdren

15o.

Charlotte's Maid!

races, Derby Day and later on the annual Lee County Fair in Green River Park were not to be Do you remember the races through the trees before the race track back by the present ball diamond was built? Maybe the pictures on the next page will refresh your memory.

The

missed.

Some say the track ran the other way. This could be the result of an error in original photographic printing of the negative, but it is left this way to provoke discussion.

Do you recognize

anybody? We know
Molly
first

Mead
row
in

is

in the the lower

picture and wonder what horse she picked

that day.

Celebrities were also part of the picture when Derby Day rolled

around.

They say his system was based upon shouting to get his own steed
high gear and then keeping up the chatter to the dismay of the other horses in the
in

?!Jl^i^V^ m
:
V.

'

In the third row we recognize Carl Flessner, Fred W. Leake, Sr., and
his

mother.

Can

you

spot others?

Baseball m Amboy has always been actively supported. What has happened to the teams of yesteryear? In the past decade, interest has flagged to where you almost have to scout the county to scrape up a full team. We need and must reawaken the competitive spirit which always kept Amboy represented by two or more teams. Remember those we picture here?

AMBOY
ST.

Front

PATRICK'S row 1.
row

1909
to
,

r.

John Joe K e 1 1 e h e r Boyce, Leroy Bates,

Back Harry McCoy,

burger,

1.

to

r.

Poths,

Henry
Strass-

John

Tom

Rooney,

Leo Lynch, Jim Lester. Dr. Henry McCoy has changed a bit over the
years but the gleam
still

in

retains his eye

shown

here.

Amboy Shamrocks - 1909 Front row: Dave

McGraw, John Buckley,
'

R.

P.

(Dick)

Lenihan,

Frank McGowan.

Back row:

Wm.

Remsburg (Mgr.) John

Lenihan, Billy (Mull) Kline, Geo. Kiefer, Bob

McCarthy (Mgr.), Lovell

Tom

Porter Hehir,

Ed

(bat boy), Kelleher

Baptist

Maroons - 1910 Front row 1. to r. Batboys WalSeated ter Scott, Robert JohnHarry Doty, Bob son,
: :

Scott.

Middle row: 1. to r.: Broderick, Lloyd Plume,

Rex Flach, "Speck" Aue. Back row to r.:

1.

Ralph Heath Byron Tread well, Ray Fortney, Charles Scott, Leroy
,

Bates,

Harry
James.

Chas. Poths,

Koesler,

Edward

They even gave the

teams a parade in the old days wouldn't those cars look swell in our centennial parade down Jefferson St. in
ball

54.

Frank McGowan
the
left

in

foreground is nonchalant but "Pug" Ullrich and "Dad" Flach

seem

perturbed.

Can
in

you recognize anyone

the stands?

GEORGE GIPSON'S TEAM 1923

Front row Joe McGrath,

1.

to

r.,

Harry

Buckley, Gipson Geo. (Mgr.), Frank Cole, Carl Sisler, (Bat Boy), a relative of Carl Sisler, name not known.

Back

row

1.

to

r.,

"Brick" Brecunier, Abe Gilbert, Ned Buckley,

"Stump" Shoemaker, Nate Loan.

Not knowing whether

these kegs were used as markers for the race course or as bases, we place this picture here. The boy on the left and the man at the reins were not known to us, but George Mercer, J. E. O'Rourke, L. P. Bates, L. E. Plume, and C. E. Scott were.

We

believe this

is

Amfirst

boy High School's

football

team. In those

days there was a shortage of players, so the principal, Mr. Dunlap, and the assistant principal, Mr. Williams played on the team. From 1.
to
r.

front

row

Douglas BlochMiddle er. row Earl Badger, Warren Mynard, Harold Mellon, Arthur Badger, Geo. McConley, ProfesDunlap, Edward Hogan, Professor Williams, Harry Patterson, Preston Wolcott.
Gee. Back sor F. W.

Geo.

row

Do you remember when Fred ("Scrapper") Chandler ran a cleaning shop where the

bandstand is today between the pool room and

the
I.

C. tracks?

That

this

area was always musically inclined

is

evidenced by the brass bands which represented

it.

Amboy YMCA Band

Binghampton Band

Walfon Silver Coronet Band

WORLD'S TINIEST BAND

in several surrounding towns about 1920 From L to R Harry Blum, Arhtur Walker, Junior Nicholson, Helen Blum, Mildred Wiser, Russell Anderson Wayne Hike Lois Smith, Naomi North, Greta Meyer, Robert Leake, Kermit Vaupel, Joyce Menzmier, Riith Bachofen Leah Dyar, Evelyn Russell, Richard Tuttle, Samilee Bethard, Mabel Manning, Helen Garett Dorothy Broglev Jack Bates, John Griffith, Jay Smith, Edward Mickey, Director Russell Proctor; Conductress Mary Rooney
little
'

This

band made appearances

AMBOY

FIRE

DEPARTMENT

DRUM AND BUGLE CORP

Bob

Stallion

A PROMISE KEPT and Frank Merlo always enjoyed a session with the spotted sugar cubes down at the

Kelly and Cawley establishment in La Salle. One night enroute home after a not so fortunate evening, they stopped on the Henkel Bridge, and Bob made Frank enter into a bilateral pact that if either died the other would see to it that a pair of dice was dropped into the grave. At Bob's fimeral, Frank, who was a pallbearer, waited until the mourners had begun to leave, and then slowly walked over to the grave to pay his last respects and keep his part of the bargain. Reaching into his pocket he palmed a pair of dice, dropped them atop the coffin and exclaimed in his own inimitable way: "Gosh darn, did you see that? It

was Craps

Two

Sixes."

TAKE ALL
During one of the Winter holiday seasons "Shack" decided to put out a turkey dinner on his free buffet lunch and had put it in the back room to cool when one of his patrons went back and sat down long enough to just about finish the bird. When "Shack" came back to carve the turkey and found what had happened he about blew his top and amid cursing and shouting picked up the bird and with many imprecations deposited the turkey over the head of the poor drunk with the you "Here you admonition: might as well have the keel too."
,

JOHN {"SHACK") MeCOY

This farmer, grocer, saloon keeper, etc., left many tales behind. If one remembers his proclivity for profanity one can imagine the unprintable nouns and adjectives which would have to be interspersed in any tales about him. One of the stories of saloon days is that of the inebriate who became nauseated in the used beer department and didn't quite make the bowl, badly soiling the floor before making his departure. Mac was just about finished cleaning up the mess when the drunk came back in for reinforcements and Old Shack in his rage "politely" ordered him out and to make his point more forceful made a wild roundhouse swing with the mop he had been using. Unfortunately (for Mac) the drunk ducked and Mac wrapped the mop completely around the head, neck and shoulders of dapper Ed Antoine, his bartender, who had to go home and change clothes before resuming his duties and the drunk calmly sauntered out of the place leaving Shack fuming.

AND HE ONLY PAID $2.00 Walsh tells the tale of being called to see old Shack and on arrival about 8:00 P.M. was advised "I'm in bed, you'll have to come back tomorrow." Upon returning the next day and asking Shack what was wrong he was greeted with: you that's what I'm paying you to find
Dr.
out.

Further questioning only

elicited

"I'm just too

long."

old, I've lived to

After prescribing medication and advising Shack that the fee was three dollars, he was told: "I've never paid any doctor more than two dollars in my life and I'll be if I intend to start with you."

GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN

SPENCER'S IJVERY STABLE which was located just north of Jones-Berry's present site. PICKLE FACTORY along the "Q" tracks west of the depot, now used as storage point for state equipment. LENIHAN & VELTHUYSEN'S TAVERN w here Gamble's parking lot is today, which burned down

about 9 years ago.

THE KIEFER HOUSEwhich

down
several years ago.

was

located where Carroll and

Knudten now park used

cars,

which burned

The building which stood where the band stand is today, originally the Hussey Coal and Lumber Office, later Chandler's Dry Cleaning Shop and then Chandle r's Restaurant. It was moved to the northwest corner of Strobel and Main and was the nucleus of the present Hageman residence.

THE THE THE THE

STOCK YARDSlocated where the Lee Co. Service buildings are OLD WATER TOWER along the "Q OLD ELEVATOR along the "Q" which burned down several years
".

today.

ago.

HAWK

HOUSE,
is

later the

Emery Mansion, whi ch was

it

Service Station

now.

In

its

day

was

situated at the north end of town where Hoyle's an aristocratic showplace, but was torn down a short time ago.

CHANGING FACES IN THE BUSINESS DISTRICT

The general structure of the business district from past pictures, stabihzed about 30 years ago as far as construction is concerned. There have been many facial uplifts over the years before and since, with new fronts, repaintings, etc., but we wonder how far back you can go in remembering the change in type of business conducted on the various premises. We have tried as far as possible to be accurate but may have made a few errors due to our relative youth if we have, no harm is meant but you can send any corrections to the Centennial Booklet Committee in 2054.

MAIN STREETnorth

side

and going west:

GAMBLE STORE
PAGAN'S CLOTHING Boynton
ing

Richards Cloth-

L.

(now managed by Carl Shearer and formerly managed by Bert Howe) Bellows

B. Searles Clothing.

Variety

Anderson's
W.

Variety

o re

Gridley's

Clothiers.

ROSEMARY- STORE (now managed by

Fisher with "Big Butch" as a model)

Mrs. Leon

managed by Mr. and Mrs. Jack

Hammond
Jewelry

Ladies
F.

Wear

Farm
F.

formerly Matie Bureau Jenkins

Elliott.

NEIS REXALL DRUG STOREAschenbrenner

Drug Store
F.

Green Druggist.

J.

Long Grocery.
Doty Grocery Leakes

NUGENT'S RESTAURANTHarts HikesWagners

BELLOWS STORERoy
Dry Goods
Store.

Robert

Confectionery

Cream
Bros. Leakes Dry

Stallion's Restaurant Tim Curtin's Hayes Ice CreamLeo Lynch's Ice ParlorJoe Spangler Ice Cream Parlor-

AMBOY THEATRE Eichler

Goods

Oscar Spangler's Ice Cream Parlor.

Gunning's Variety

Store.

MAIN STREETsouth
Office.

side

and going west:

W.

E.

POWERS GROCERY Post

ROBERT

G.

NOWEBill

Graves Hardware Store.

HALLS SUGAR BOWLBill

Hull's Confectionery

and News Stand A. D. Neis Drug Store Drug Store Kaufmann's Drug Store

Drug Store Dr. Wilcox Drug Store. A. & P. Epperson's Furniture Frank
Furniture and Undertaking Parlor.

Ourandts Whonke's
Vaughan

SAM'S FURNITURE

STORECarr's Bowling Alley

Tea Com-

Lee County Farm BureauNational pany White Implement Co.

SCHUETTE HARDWAREAnderson's Hardware

Epperson's Furniture StoreWhite Implement Co. Originally The White Implement Company occupied

JOHN T. BURNS AND SONColson Clothing

Store

the entire area

Spangler's
Shop.

Variety

Store

Spafford's

Harness

now housing Sam's and Schuette's and the basement at one time and the loft at another
housed a
roller skating rink.

FIRST NATIONAL

BANK (There
West

were formerly

HAYES VARIETY STOREJohn

Shop.

Roat's Harness

two buildings where the present bank now stands.) East side housed the Josiah Little Bank, the predecessor of the present bank.
side

was

J.

P.

Canavan Dry Goods Store

Jane McGraws Store.

Market.

RALPH RUCKMAN'S BUILDINGJewetts

ber

Barb-

Shop

Billy Robertson's

Shoe Shop.

FANELLI'S CONFECTIONERY STORET o n y

Gallo's Fruit Store

Brady's

CITY

HALLHousing
city
jail.

the volunteer fire depart-

ment and

KROGER STOREAndersons
Husseys

Hardware Store
several

Hardware

term occupants

Gridley's GroceryBrady's Mkt.

(There

were

short

PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANYDaniels Grocery U 4^4 99 Jewett's Barber ShopEntorf.

SAUK VALLEY COLLEGE

EICHLER BROS.Amboy TheatreThe Shadows

Theatre (with Helen Hegert at the piano furnishing

O'BRIEN'SSam's
Loan Saloon

Furniture

Lynch and Lenihan's SaloonGeorge

Farm Implement.

StoreHayes and

sound effects).

Kiefer Hardware and

THE

AAffiOY

NEWS.

LYNCH POOL ROOMO'Brien's

GISH'S JEWELRYHull's ConfectioneryF r e d Bybee Confectionery Store and Restaurant with a news stand John Haas Bakery and News Stand

Pool Room and Lunch Ole Dickinson Pool Room Dale's Cigar Shop and Pool Room Billy Remsburg's Pool Room George Keeling Buggy Shop.

Klein Bakery.

HALSEY'S

TAVERNJim

Kelly's

Tavern Lyon's

and Kelly's Tavern

Lyon's Grocery.

BELL FENTEN'S

MARKETLeffelmanFenten
RUSSELL'S
Cafe

Brady's
Florists,

Market.

AMBOY CAFEArend's CafeEUiott

AMBOY FLOWER AND

Lyman Rambo

GIFT

SHOPJohn

Miller

Gertrude TaitP earl Dishong Dishong and Vaupel Clara Emery Ben Lewis Tire and Battery Post
Office.

Hempel RestaurantLoan and Hayes Tavern Armstrong and Krehl's GrocersTaylor Confectionery Norgates Ice Cream Parlor.
DICK'S

TAPClark's
Pirie's

Carson
back

Store

Grocery L. Bourne Grocery (We know the vigilantes

MICHEL'S BARBER SHOPHegert's Tailor Shop Sam Goode and Ray Leake Plumbing and ElecShop.

ran a saloon keeper out of town to

in 1854.)

let

Carson's in

trical

BRADY'S
Brady's

MARKETMurphy's

Market Frank

POST OFFICETurnquist and MattiviRay Leake and Sam Goode Plumbing and Electric Sh^ baloon

Market
(there

Power's

Restaurant

John's

Hotel.

Whonke

hat shop owned by Louise was a short term ownership of

various businesses)

Kiefer

CONIBEAR ELECTRICLepperd's RestaurantBerry's Restaurant

and McCoy Saloon.

former
es-

Pohl's

Restaurant.

TOMLEVSON STOREROOMBrady's
tablishment as a meat market.

TONY'S ARLINGTON
ern

TAPMelvin

Damm's Tav(the hotel

Smith's
.

Tavern

Arlington

Hotel

TOMLEVSON'S FUNERAL HOMEVaughn Funeral Home Brigg's Grocery (one of our original
bankers).

occupied the upper two floors, Bushman's Saloon

was

at street level and Rice's Saloon

was down-

stairs)

BRUCE WILSON'S BILLIARDS HALI^-Ole Dickinson Pool Room Hinkle Pool RoomA m b o y
Youth Center
Pool

LEFFELMAN'S INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER

COMPANY
business

(operated as an International Harvester

Room

barber

Dale's

Sam's

Furniture

Store

Bill

Power's Pool

Room

Cotter's the
Pool

Mershon
Room

by a

party

named Cleveland)

Loan's

Tavern.

Cigar Factory and

(downstairs) Elsesser Hatchery

DEMPSEY'S TAPHalsey's TapKermit Reinboth

Tap

Bill

Lyon's Laun-

Stevenson's
Garage-

dry (upstairs) V.F.W.

Hall.

Reinboth's Saloon

EAST AVENUEgoing

north:

FARM
ler's

Bruno Company, well Lee County Farm Bureau. BUREAU^Branigan's Ford SalesSpangOil
drillers

REYNOLDS ROYAL BLUE STORENattress

and Murray Royal Blue Turnquist and Mattivi Royal Blue Plowman's Grocery Ed. Blum's Grocery Daehler Bros. Grocery Arnold's Grocery Reinbolt's Grocery Badger's Grocery.

ANTOINE'S

GARAGE Nicholson's
Livery Stable.

Taxi Service

Nicholson's
Hillison's

AMBOY COLD STORAGE. FRIENDLY MOTORS Longman's

ice

GRIFFITH & ORTGIESEN Amboy

State Bank.

Garage Reinie Garage Glassburn Ford Sales and ServMack's Ford Sales and Service.

JONES AVENUE,

East Side Going North: Barber

DR.
tric

OHLENDORFER,
Shop.

VeterinarianP

&

Elec-

McFADDEN'S BARBER SHOPBlum's

Shop.

DR.

PAUL CABLEHey

Brothers Ice Cream.

Jewelry.

ELLIOTT'S
Shoe Shop.

CAFEMyrt

Bates

Cafe Sam Rose

HAYES JEWELRYSimcox

McGRATH'S PACKAGE STORE Cox Shoe

Store

HUPACH PLUMBING.
ROBINSON WELDING SHOPTuttles

O. N.

Eckburg Cleaners.
Radio Repair

TURNQUIST APPAREL Barnhart's

Ray

Fortney Garage

Power's
Berry
Store

Grocery

Powers

and Loan.

Delivery

Amboy

Antoine

Plumbing Garage and Milk

Creamery.

CARR'S RECREATION Lally's Alleys Anthony

General
Store

MASON AVENUE,
and Going South:

East Side from North Limits

^Bakery.

McCoy's

Garage

General

BYBEE'S DRIVE-IN.
Side Going North:

JONES AVENUE, West

Shop

CARTER APARTMENTSGlenn's
MURPHY'S MARKETO'Brien's TavernBarnhart's Electric

Grocery

and

Chandler's Tobacco and Shoe

Res-

Drive-In
Station.

Letha

Paulos

Grocery

Spencer's

i 1

ShineT.

B. Feillis.

AMBOY CREAMERY & POULTRY Boken's

taurant

Clark's Flour

BILL BRANIGAN MOWER AND FURNACE REPAIRS Roy Seloover Coal YardMyrt Bates Tic

House.

Toe Restaurant

John

Harvey Gas

Station.

LIGGETTS BUICK SALES & SERVICEEdwards Buick Sales & Service Edwards Dodge Sales &
Service

SHAFER FORD SALESBranigan

BRUCE'S ONE HOUR LAUNDRY.

Ford

Sales.

Fenstermaker's

Blacksmith Shop.
Side Going West:

DIVISION STREET, South

AUNT MARY'S RESTAURANT Dorothy

May's

EARTH HATCHERY.
EDWARD'S ICE HOUSE.
DIVISION STREET, North
Side Going West:

Thomas Arch CafeToppingsEastman's, Armstrong's, Holly's Myrt Bates (always a restaurant).

HOLT'S REPAIR

SHOPJoe Hammond

Tire Shop.

EDWARD'S GARAGE ON NORTH SIDE OF STREET WAS EDWARD'S LIVERY STABLE.

FRIENDLY MOTORS PARKING LOT K
House.
i

HOLT CONOCOHolliston's Service

Worsley Service.

Station Doug

e f e r

SCHOFIELD'S STANDARD SERVICE

owned by
and Bates Lum-

(previously

Hoyle's, Grennan's, Stouffer's, Joe Mead's,

JONES-BERRY LUMBERShaw
ber

Vinnings

Lumber

Butler

Lumber

Fogarty

"Pick"

Treadwell's,

and

others,

but

always

Standard Station)

Darwin

Zeke Residence.
Residence.

Lumber.

BERT HINRICH'S IMPLEMENT

Avenue and Division Street) and Implements.

MIHM FUNERAL HOMEKeefer

SMITH'S SUPER

(comer of East Ed Branigan Coal

SERVICEBaU

lot.

MASON AVENUE,
and Going South:

SHORT STREET Delmar

West
Side from North Limits

CleanerEntorf

Tin

Shop.

SPITZ

SHEET METAL.
and Boehle Im-

HOYLE'S SERVICE STATIONVan Heuss

Station

George Gilhan's Oil Gas and Groceries Henry Smith's Oil Station and Drive In.

Shell

BOEHLE IMPLEMENTBobbins
plement

Schuette

Implement.

Building of the Leak* Building which

now

houses the

Amboy

Theatre.

Governor Dunn* addressing group in Main St. in

front of the Josiah Little Bank.

Mrs. Haas, Reuben Vir-

and John ("Dad") Haas in front of the Bakery which was located
gil,

on premises now occupied by Gish Jewelry

Store.

CENTENNIAL ENTERTAINMENT
FRIDAY

AUGUST 6TH
4:00- 5:00

Wolf's Accordion Band (Park)

7:00- 8:00

Band Concert

High School Band (Downtown)

Crowning of King and Queen (Downtown Bandstand)

8:30

Centurama

(High School Auditorium)

will

German Band

be on

streets

downtown during evening.

SATURDAY

AUGUST

7th

2:00- 4:00

Donkey

Ball

Game

(Park)

4:00- 6:00

Water Fight-Firemen (Uptown)

Westgor's Accordion

4:30-5:30
7:00
7:00- 9:00

Band Concert

Centennial Parade (Route

marked and closed

to traffic during Parade.

Roving
Street

German

Band (Uptown)

9:00-12:00

Dance (Uptown)

Ikens

Group

Theldon

Square Dancing Myers Ballroom Dancing

Saxie Dowell (on stage for introduction.)

SUNDAY AUGUST
-

8th

AM
1

Attend the Church of your choice

2:30
:001

Barbeque
:30

City Park

Beard Judging and Costume Judging

2:00- 4:00

Band Concert

State School
-

Band

Games
-

for Children

Introduction of Celebrities

King

& Queen

Beard & Costume Winners

Illinois

ADDRESS: Hon. William G.

2:00- 6:00

Stratton,

Governor, State of

Horse Show

3:00- 3:45 3:45- 4:15

Community Sing
Closing

Numbers by Band
-

8:30

Centurama

High School Auditorium

AMBOY FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT The organization now having this name has had a long developmental history. The first department was created in Sept. 1857 but apparently was never well organized and equipped. It was only after several disastrous fires that the Vigilant Fire Company was organized. Pictured below is the cover page from the Constitution and By-laws and a page from within showing the membership of this organization.

CONSTITUTION

BY-Li^WS
Vigilant Fire Co.
^0.
1,

AMBOT, ILLINOIS.

Organized Nov.

1871.

In the early 1870's a fire in the mills in Dixon

was raging out of control and Amboy was called upon for help, with the result that the hose cart and firemen were loaded on a flat car and hustled north on the I.C. John Crossen immortalized this event in a song which some of you oldsters undoubtedly remember. Maybe you can get Bill Clark to sing it for you during the centennial celebration.

Vigilants went to Dixon the Vigilants went to Dixon, They made a grand display; The breweries and liquor shops Were plundered all that day; The flax mills and cotton factories

When The

When

Were burned down

also.

Joe Carr he got drunk upon Hard cider you do know.

Refrain

Hard Hard

you do know. you do know. Joe Carr he got drunk upon Hard cider you do know.
cider cider

Amboy's

first and fir* trucics.

second

Amboy's

third and newest trucit. 1953.

It

to

would be amiss not acknowledge the fine

cooperation

always

and help given by the

brother firemen to the south which has always been sincerely appreciated. Here they are in their new outfit in about
1934.

From

left to right:

Lloyd

Plume, E r v i n Haws, Dick Donaldson, Elmo Litts, Burt Hewitt,

and

George

Miss-

man

(at wheel).

An Amboy Crew
In

The 30's

L. to R.: K. S. MacKinnon, Burt Hewitt, Ervin

Haws, Arlyn Ullrich, J. C. MacKinnon, James Kelleher, George Missman, William Hubbard, Fred Merrow, Robert
Snooks.

1954 CREW AMBOY FIRE

PROTECTION

DIST.

Ist row: A. D. Seloover,

John Hinkle, Wayne Hike, Gene Koehler, Ray White, Chas. Mead,, Dr. John P.
Walsh, Kirby -MacKinnon. 2nd row: Mel Koppien, John Liggett, Blair Eckburg,

Roy

Forman,

Ray

Hillison, Les Kellen, Ken Spitz, Roy Powers, Clyde Veith, James Thompson,
Bill

Xnuth.
Liggett
astride

Lyman
truck.

the
est

In closing this series on department we fire wish to extend our hearti-

and

congratulations to all nineteen of its members to the board for the fine job you're doing. We know your job is tough

and often thankless, and that your reimbursement doesn't even pay the cleanor repay for ing bills clothes ruined. Any time a department can roll out a crew in 45 seconds, as you
usually do, we you're on the ball we're proud of you.

know
and

Outstanding service always merits recognition and we wish at this time to extend our com-

mendation

a job Josephine McGee who spent 47 years in the teaching profession before her retirement a few years back. We show her here with one of her classes in about 1900. She is still with us and we're
for
well done to
justly proud of her.

George Hewitt, Burt Hewitt, and Tim Smith in one of the first business trucks in Amboy in 1916.

Taken about 1919 and shows the water tower the memorial park across from Jones and Berry Lumber Yard. Note the narrow dividin

ed pavement.

An
in

important

name

the early history of our town, this shows a Whonke family picnic.

IMPORTANT EVENTS OF YESTERYEAR

Do you remember when the street car

came down Main St. to the present junction
with U.S. 52?

We could not spot the passengers in the trolley, but the gentlemen standing in front of it
are,

from

L. to R.

Abe

Jeanblanc,

Sherman

Shaw, Wm. J. Edwards, Peoples, Barnes, Andrew Aschenbrenner, Philip

Clark, W. E. Jones, Harry Badger, Hill.

THE KIEFER HOUSE

FIRE

This was a bitter cold night as can be seen in the picture. Fire Chief attack and died while hurrying to connect a hose to a hydrant.

J.

C.

MacKinnon had a heart

This 'Could, have been a tragedy fortunately it involved only property damage. The passenger train was about due when these

cars

jumped the
is

track.

John Mc-

the lad with the iron hat atop the rear gondola. About 1914.

Gowan

Choir

in

Top

Old Catholic Church About 1880 Georgia row, L. to R.

:

Callahan, Mary Morris, Elizabeth Kate Doyle. 2nd row, Lester, L. to R.: Mary Boland, Pat Lyman, Mrs. Franzen (organist), Mr. Franzen, Mrs. Bob Carson. Bottom, L. to R. Kate Walters,
:

Thomas Dowd. Mary Morris became Mrs. Mike Egan and was
the

mother-in-law

of

the

late

famed Damon Runyan.

Frank Jewett, Harry Poths and Harry Blum, with Guy McElheney in chair, in Jewett's barber shop under the bank, now occupied by office of Dr. John P.
Walsh. The old tile floors and bath plumbing may still be seen
there. After a bath, haircut

and

shave

those

smelled and purty" for their dates.

boys must have "mighty looked

Song composed by John Crossen

ADVICE TO THE TEMPERANCE MEN OF

it in the month of June, the cherry trees and blackberries Were flourished in their bloom. Old John Reed, the blacksmith.

AMBOY
building?

UNFORGETTABLE CHARACTERS
Do you remember when 'Snowball" McNinch did the tight rope walking act on a wire stretched across Main Street from the Opera House to Vaughan's Funeral Home
Levi Searls, the "mayor of Binghampton" came to town almost daily until a few months before he passed on and asked everyone if they had a cure for The Tizzies
or for the Tic Douloureux.

In 1876, be

When

He always was inclined To put Billy Egan drunk upon

Refrain:

his

blackberry

Upon his blackberry wine Upon his blackberry wine To put Billy Egan drunk Upon his blackberry wine.

Henry Antoine made his morning cleaning rounds in the First .National Bank, constantly singing, but never singing more than one line of any song, carrying the tune of each perfectly. He was so meticulous in his pattern that you could almost set your clock daily by his location in the bank
It is

said that

For ye temperence men of Amboy Whoever you may be I hope you will take warning And be advised by me O, look into your bylaws
there you'll surely find That you can't drink hard cider Or touch blackberry wine.

number of steps home which he

l)recision into

Harry Batlger used to have an exact walk from the bank to his and carried that same most of his activities.
for his daily

rarely varied,

Harry Gridley, Amboy Township High School's oldest graduate returned to school to complete courses
he needed when he was well past
60.

And

This 'Could have been a tragedy involved only it property damage. The passenger train was about due when these cars jumped the track. John McGowan is the lad with the iron hat atop the rear gondola. About 1914.

fortunately

John Crossen attended every wake in the area, and his spooky stories were .so good that he even scared himself. The night of John McGraw's wake, he sent Mrs. McMahon for Mrs. McGraw and requested that she allow "Johnny" (Dave) to take a lantern and accompany him to his home in The Patch. Dave tells of the walk with
Crossen hearing and seeing imaginary things and asking him if he heard or saw them so often that Dave was beginning to wonder if he did. In any event, when he started the return trip, he was so wrought up that when he saw the eerie shadows from the lantern he was carrying, he took off on the double and says that those boys who just cracked the 4 minute mile had lead in their feet by comparison to his time getting back home.
Catherine

Hammond

tells

the origin of the Sanitary

Song composed by John Crossen when it was fhoughf that John Bull was "getting religion" with the Salvation Army:

story. When she was just a little girl, her mother told her to go out and get some buttermilk, which was being sold door to door by two purveyors named Mr. Harrison & Fred Lewis. She passed up the pail, and the salesman took the lid off the milk can, reached up and took the buggy whip from its mounting, and vigorously stirred the can of milk which was setting on the

Buggy Whip

floor of the wagon with the butt of the whip, restored it to its mounting, and proceeded to ladle off the pail of milk. When she brought the milk in and stated that she did not feel that she wanted any, the Sanitarj'

At the cross, at the cross. Where John Bull saw the light

Buggy Whip yarn was on

its

way.

And
'Tis

the burden of his heart rolled away, rolled away by his good faith That the chicken is all right And the roosters are crowing every day

Dapper Charlie Kelly was always good for a lot of laughs when he came to town. His story of Billy Darling stubbing his toe on the "Sunny Porch" and dropping the "Niggerhead" (log) he was carrying on his foot was tops. He was always worried that he had the Polly-0
(polio)
too.

He's the lily of the valley My bright morning star He's the fairest of ten thousand to me soul. Hallelujah he's the lily of the valley My bright and shiny light He's the fairest of ten thousand to me soul.

GO?iE
1923 when
it

BUT

ISOT

FORGOTTEN
in

THE ORIGINAL AND SECOND CATHOLIC CHURCHES

THE ORIGINAL BAPTIST CHURCH
burned to the ground.
on North Mason at

Amboy which were

corner of the block south of Bob Smith's Service Station on South Mason Avenue.
its

located on the southwest

present location which lasted from 1857 until

ARMANDO FANELLI
pulsion,

The building where Frank Blocher had a Poultry and CreameryPriebe Poultry, operated there later. and his ice cream cart with the kids helping themselves at the risk of f posterior prof

OLD TIME CLASSES

^^w^m
s^

AMBOY HIGH SCHOOL

about 1897

WEST SIDE SCHOOL Amboy 1901

GRANT SCHOOL
Amboy, about 1905

EAST SIDE SCHOOL Amboy, about 1905 Now Leo Dempsey

residence

AMBOY HIGH SCHOOL

t906

AMBOY HOTEL
Now
St.

Anne's Convent

Predecessors of Milk Products Ofd West Side Creamery Jusf North Traeki At Western City Limits

Amboy

OfCB&Q

SANITARY CREAMERY

Now

Robinson's Welding
S.

Shop on

Mason

SANITARY CREAMERY On S. Mason

RAY LEAKE'S PLUMBING SHOP

In

What

Is

Now

Miche/s Barber Shop

about 191 S.

Dave McGrow and Fern

Sheffler Employees

Successors to Carson-Pirie

BOURNE'S STORE
In

Picture: Frank Estey, clerk: John

Edwards,

Grocery
Bourne,

Salesman; L. Charles Rabbitf, Deliveryman; F.

Prop.;

Bourne.

PHILIP CLARK' & SON Succesor to Bourne Wm. Clark greeting descendants of Carson, Pirie

& Scott during celebration of their 80th yr. in business Aug. 4, 1934.

AMBOY CEmEf^MAL COMMITTEES

SOlVKMR.BaOKKKT
Dr.
.1.

ITBLUITV
Gene
Mrs.
Strouss, Chr.

PARADE
Art, Seeds, Chr.

John P. Walsh. Chr. M. McGovvan

Wm. Knuth

Wm. Clark Wm. McMahon

.Joe

Miss Beverly Strouss

Earl Gascoigne, Co-Chr, D. A. Seloover

Mead
Lenihan Treadwell

R. P.
B. A.

WINDOW DISPLAYS
Dr. D. C. Shapiro, Chr.

John Burke Gene Gascoigne Ken Spitz

Clarence Sulli\an Harold Hike

G.

Berne Winan.s Dave McGraw

Hilli.son

Mrs. Robt. Shafer

.Mrs.

LeRoy June

Ray

FINANCE
KACILITIKS
Dale Dickisnn. Chr. C. F. Schuette Earl Ga.scoigne Stacy Flahert.v
C.

PAGEANT
Mrs. Chas. Welty Mrs. D. C. Shapiro Mrs. B. F. Hinrichs

W. Robbins, Chr.

Ted Beister Gene Gascoigne

.lames Listen Albert Gascoigne Chas. Mead

Mrs. Courtney Schafcr Milbert Larson Mrs. Roy Long Mrs. Carl Knudten Art Seeds

Miss Marie Ross Miss Rose Murtaugh

CONCESSIONS
CHILDREN'S GAMES
Stan Gibson Bob Koehler Jim Harris

LIONS CLUB TO FURNISH

Dr.

J.

P.

Walsh

WELCOMING
Everett F. Barnes, Chr. Oscar Berga

(o.MMrxiTV six;
Dr. O. C.

Jones

Mrs. C. F. Edwards Mrs. Neita \'aughn Mrs. E. J. Rosado Milbert Larson

DECORATIONS
Robt. Smith, Chr. Fred Nicholson. Jr,

Wayne

J,

Fagan

Fred R. Bvbee
Catherine

Ruckman

Alice Hillison

POKE BONNET^
Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Mrs.
B. A.

PURCHASING
O. P. Dickinson, Co-Chr.

HORSE SHOW
Milo Hibbets
.

Treadwell. Chr.

James Jones
Allison Blake Carl Shearer Geo. Carr

Chas. Welty, Co-Chr

John Miles James Somers

Robt.

FOD-SERVIN(;
Mrs. Ro.y Long, Chr. Miss June Pilgrim Mrs. Gene Sullivan Miss Irene Branigan

Shafer

Wm. Bridgman

BUSH lf:a<;uers
Cecil Nattre.ss. Chr. John Scott

SOUVENIR DISTRIBUTION
COM.MITTEE
Robt. Reynolds, Chr.
Cecil Nattress

Doug Smith
Earl Gascoigne

ENTERTAINMENT
A. D. Ortgiesen

Dale Dickison

DISASTROUS FIRES IN AMBOY

December 1863 loss $35,000

5 business houses destroyed with 7 business houses destroyed 1867 16 business houses destroyed
1864 1865 1868

loss of $45,000

4 business houses destroyed

25, 1871,

August

most destructive

of all fires, loss $175,000

There have been several major fires since this date but none as destructive as those prior thereto, mainly involving one or at the most two buildings with total destruction thereof. The standing joke that "they saved the foundation" applies no longer.

We're
PHONE

All

Working Together
AMBOY,
ILL.

HOLrS ARCH SERVICE STATION

146

CONOCO QUALITY PRODUCTS

Amboys
18541954

Centennial
H. C. BARTH yE7ER\HAR\AN
A
Golden Anniversary Serving

My
Amboy

Semi-Cent ermial

19041954

W/iy do

it

the hard

way
if

Congrafufatrons

Amboy

on your

100th Birthday

Bring

to
P.

BRUCE'S

Hr.

LAUNDRY

& W. ELECTRIC SERVICE Admiral Sales & Service

'Tour home deserves the best,
that's

AMBOY

always Admiral"

Maybe

the next TOO years will

Centennial Greetings

be better

Gord
And

'n'

Bob's

Tap

HOYLES' SHELL SERVICE

SHELL OIL PRODUCTS
MAIN & WASSON AMBOY. ILLINOIS

GORDY DEMPSEY
BOB GALLAGHER
Dixon

LLOYD & WAYNE HOYLE,

Props.

When

In Mendota Visit

Congratulations

Amboy

BRADY VILLAGE
SHEET'S

TAVERN

Population 6
Sandwic/ies

Groceries

French fries

Beer
For your Wining and Dining Pleasure

Pop

Phone 2-3381

DIXON

Compliments Of

Keenan Council 740

Knights of Columbus

AMBOY

B.

F.

Hinrichs Implement Co.

Dealers
in

High Grade
~-

COALS

COKE

FARM IMPLEMENTS

NEW HOLLAND FARM EQUIPMENT

PHONE
291

AMBOY,

ILL.

Amboy

Since 1854
D. L.

Phone 35
BERRY
& Manager
President

NG MATERIAL AND COAL

Amboy,
Illinois

Since 7900

Welcome

to

Amboy on

its

Centennial and to our Visitors

HERB HALSEY'S TAVERN

AMBOY

Featuring

H anurias

Beer

OOP FOO D
Illinois

^
Compliments
of

HOSPITALITY MEMBER

SERVICE

THE AMBOY
CAFE
For Yours and You,

State
Restaurant^

On

the

Avenue

SAss'N.
1954

GOOD FOOD

AT REASONABLE

PRICES
Carleton "RED" Russell
(your host)

ACROSS FROM THE

/.C.

DEPOT

AMBOY.

ILLINOIS-lOOth

BIRTHDAY

FARMERS STATE BANK

SUBLETTE ILLINOIS

34TH BIRTHDAY
A neat well kept building, adequately equipped, checking and savings departments, bank-by-mail for your convenience, safe keeping department, a favorable reputation in handling of loans. We offer you complete banking facilities as a result of our 34 consecutive years of banking.

good schools, reprehub of the county's farm bureau and farm service, a good hospital and library not bad for a century of work and may the next century be much better.
fine progressive city with

sentative churches, two good industries,

GRADE "A" DAIRY PRODUCTS

Have
the best delivered to

your door

Johnson Standard Dairy

1114

S.

Galena Ave.

DIXON, ILL.

Compliments Of

AMBOY'S OLDEST INDUSTRY

AMBOY
MILK PRODUCTS CO.

WHIP.

We

^reet our

many Amhoy

friends

on your Centennial

THE
Private Dining
Finest in

LANDMARK
Cocktail Lounge
Air Conditioned

Rooms

Food

Wayne

Williams,

Owner

GRAND DETOUR,

ILL.

Your Ford Dealer Wishes

To our many

brothers and friends in Amboy we send greetings on the occasion of Amboy' s Centennial

75th Birthday of Electric Light

1879-LIGHT'S

diamond JUBILEE-1954

^^S^^^^

With his invention of the first practical incandescent lamp, Thomas A. Edison set off an "electrical chain reaction" that has
over the past 75 years reached into virtually every home, every industry into science and education and the arts into every walk of life -to help give this country the greatest productivity and highest standard of living the world has ever known. Light's Diamond Jubilee celebrates the 75th anniversary of the electric light--75 years of electrical progress. Our ability to do things better, faster and more economically by electricity stems from Edi. . . . . .

son's

work

in 1879.

LIGHT For Freedom

POWER

For Progress

PUBLIC SERVICE

COMPANY

TONY'S ARL N6T0N TAP