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 THROUGH THE YEARS 
 
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 IMPORTANT PART IN THE GROWTH AND 
 
 PROGRESS OF SPRINGFIELD. 
 
 AS WE CELEBRATE THE CAPITENNIAL 
 MAY WE CONTINUE TO SERVE WITH WARM 
 AND GRACIOUS HOSPITALITY ALL WHO 
 ENTER OUR DOORS. 
 
 SPRINGFIELD 
 HOTEL ASSOCIATION 
 
 Hotel Abraham Lincoln Hotel St. Nicholas Hotel Leland 
 
 Capitol Hotel Elks Club Grand Hotel 
 
 Illinois Hotel Library Hotel Palmer Hotel
 
 LAND OF LINCOLN 
 CAPITENNIAL 
 
 OF 
 
 SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS 
 JUNE 30-JULY 6, 1957 
 
 "We can succeed only by concert. It is not 4 can any 
 of us imagine better?' but 4 can we all do better?' ' 
 
 from Lincoln's "Annual Message to Congress," 
 Dec. 1, 1862. 
 
 LAND of LINCOLN CAPITENNIAL ASSOCIATION 
 
 404 East Adams St. 
 SPRINGFIELD. ILLINOIS
 
 SEARS' HISTORICAL HIGHLIGHTS 
 
 
 
 Back in I88fc, sears, roebuck and Co. 
 
 HAD A HUMBLE BEGINNING IN THE LITTLE 
 TOWN OF NORTH ftEDWOOO. MlMHCSOTA. 
 FOR IT WAS THERE THAT YOUTHFUL 
 STATION AGENT ttlCHARD SEARS. FIRST 
 STARTED SELLING WATCHES BY MAIL. 
 
 A CLASSIFIED AD FOR A WATCHMAKER 
 WHICH PtCK $CAW RAN IN THE CHICAGO 
 DAILY NEWS IN 1887 ATTRACTED THE 
 ATTENTION OF ALVAH ROEBUCK . 
 
 THEIR SUBSEQUENT MEETING LED 
 ULTIMATELY TO THE ESTABLISHMENT 
 OF THEIR FAMOUS PARTNERSHIP. 
 
 ^EARS. ROEBUCK ANO CO- ENTERED THE 
 RETAIL FIELD IN 1925. ITS EVANSVILLE, 
 INDIANA STORE - OPENED IN OCTOBER OF 
 THAT YEAR • WAS THE FIRST STORE TO 
 BE ESTABLISHED OUTSIDE OF A 
 MAIL ORDER. PLANT. 
 
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 City of Springfield, Illinois 
 
 NELSON O. HOWARTH May 28 , 1957 
 
 MAYOR 
 
 Mr. William Wingerter 
 
 Chairman 
 
 Springfield Capitennial 
 
 Springfield, Illinois 
 
 Dear Bill: 
 
 I congratulate your committee for its long hours of service 
 in staging Springfield's first Capitennial Celebration. I Join 
 with your hope that hereafter It be an annual affair. 
 
 Springfield is the heart of Lincoln Land. With little or no 
 Invitation at least one million people presently visit Springfield 
 each year to relive the traditions of Lincoln. A well publicized 
 annual Capitennial can multiply that number. 
 
 In recent years Lincoln has become known not only as a great 
 American President, but also as a representative of an ideal burning 
 in the hearts of people in every land. 
 
 The phrase "of the people, by the people and for the people" 
 is more than a phrase. It Is a symbol to the entire world that 
 the United States is dedicated to the proposition that humanity 
 will be free only when governments can guarantee equal opportunities 
 for all citizens to seek success limited only by their own 
 capabilities without discrimination based on religion, race 
 or national origin. 
 
 truly yours, 
 
 Nelson 0. Howarth 
 Mayor 
 
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 Governof 
 
 ipficb o*" The Govhrnor 
 
 Springfield 
 
 May 24, 1957 
 
 Mr. W, F. Winger ter, President 
 Land of Lincoln Capitennial 
 Springfield, Illinois 
 
 Dear Mr. Winger ter: 
 
 On behalf of the State of Illinois, and personally, I want 
 to extend best wishes and congratulations to you and the people of 
 Springfield on the occasion of the Capitennial. 
 
 Those of us in state government who make Springfield our 
 second home, am appreciative of your gracious hospitality, and of the 
 beauty of this pleasant city. All of us too, with the rest of the 
 world, are deeply avrare of the historical significance of Springfield. 
 
 It is commendable that the Capitennial group has arranged 
 this observance xo recall Springfield's heritage. 2ach year thousands 
 of visitors from all parts of the world make a pilKri pi age to this 
 city to honor its greatest citizen, Abraham Lincoln. It is good 
 that all of us, through this celebration, are reminded again of the 
 tremendous role Springfield has played in the history of the world. 
 
 It is ~y hope that ycur days of celebration am successful 
 and onjoynble to all. 
 
 Sincerely, 
 
 Afa^jrJCZ^ 
 
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 II \ PPY BIRTHDAY TO A GREAT CITY! 
 
 DcWITT S. CROW CLEM SMITH CREEL DOUGLASS SAMUEL O. SMITH. JR. 
 
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 you understand its background, its business, its cul- 
 ture, its graciousness and its hopes fur the future. 
 
 THE SPRINGFIELD STORY 
 
 125 YEARS AGO. APRIL 2. 1832 
 
 Springfield was incorporated as a TOWN under "An acl to 
 Incorporate the inhabitants of such towns as may wish to be 
 incorporated.'' approved by the General Assembly of Illinois. 
 February 12. 1831. A CITY CHARTER was granted to Spring- 
 Held by act ol the General Assembly. February 3. 1840. 
 
 THE FIRST in Springfield . . . 
 
 — Cabin was built by John Kelly in 1819 near First and Jeffer- 
 
 son streets. 
 — Supreme Court came to Springfield in 1838. Judge Samuel D. 
 
 Lockwood and Judge William Wilson sitting. 
 — House built on North Third Street for C. A. Gehrmann on the 
 
 site of cabin built by William Kelly, John's brother. Ground 
 
 is now location of Gehrmann Park. 
 — licensed tavern was on northeast corner of Second and Jeffer- 
 son streets. It was a double log house, run by Elijah Slater 
 
 in 1822. 
 
 Illinois State Journal appeared November 10, 1831, as the 
 
 "Sangamon Journal". 
 — Airplane to reach Springfield was in 1901 when Walter Brook- 
 ing raced an Illinois Central train from Chicago to the Fair 
 
 Grounds winning $10,000. The airplane traveled 40 miles an 
 
 hour. 
 — Elevator in Springfield was installed in the present State Capi- 
 tol building. 
 — School of Music was established at the Ursuline Academy 
 
 in 1858. 
 — U. S. Post Office was maintained in a small frame building 
 
 about 200 yards west of the present G. M. & O. depot in 1823. 
 — Postmaster was Major Elijah lies. 
 — Money order was issued in 1864. 
 — Tavern-hotel was the "Indian Queen Hotel", located at Second 
 
 and Jefferson, and operated by Archer G. Herndon. 
 — Memorial Day was observed in 1868. 
 — Train ran from Alton to Springfield in 1852. 
 — Doctor was Gershom Jayne. 
 
 —Newspaper was the "SANGAMO SPECTATOR" in 1826. 
 — Term of Sangamon County Circuit Court was held in 1821. 
 
 John Kelly was commissioned to build a log Courthouse which 
 
 cost $42.50. An additional $20.50 was spent to make it usable 
 
 in winter — this included a fireplace. 
 — Negro physician was Dr. James E. Henderson. 
 — First primary election was held under commission form of 
 
 government, February 28, 1911, with 105 candidates on the 
 
 ballot. 
 — "Moulage" was developed in Springfield by Hettie Bunker 
 
 Smith in 1936. 
 — Pumping station located on the Sangamon River north of town, 
 
 was put into operation in 1868. 
 — Water went over the main dam at Lake Springfield in 1935 
 
 and Springfield's water problem was solved. 
 — Park in the city system was Washington for which George N. 
 
 Black gave the land in 1901. 
 — Golf course — four holes — was set up inside the race track at 
 
 the State Fair Grounds. 
 — Public course — 18 holes — was laid out in Bunn Park in 1912. 
 — "Horse Railway" (street cars) was opened in 1866, running 
 
 "nth Street west on Monroe to Lincoln Avenue. 
 — Religious organization to convene regularly was the Methodist 
 
 Society which began meeting in 1821 in the home of Charles 
 
 R. Matheny. 
 — Building erected definitely for a church was "a little brick 
 
 shanty", located on Third Street between Washington and 
 
 Adams Streets. It was built in 1830 by the Presbyterians for 
 
 which $1200 had been subscribed. 
 — Teacher was Andrew Orr who taught in a log building which 
 
 was in use until 1829. 
 — S. M. Gutcheon was appointed Superintendent of Schools in 
 
 1855. 
 — Negro desk sergeant in the Police Department is the present 
 
 one, Virgil Harvell. 
 — Fire Company — The Pioneers — was organized in 1857. 
 — Fire plugs appeared in 1866. 
 — Welfare organization was the Dorcas Society. 
 — Opera house was built in 1879 by George W. Chatterton. a 
 
 local jeweler. It was located on the southeast corner of Sixth 
 
 and Jefferson Streets, and was modeled on the Union Sguare 
 Theatre in New York. 
 
 — Vein of coal was passed through almost unnoticed when drill- 
 ing for an artesian well in 1857. 
 
 — Automobile dealer in the city was Guy Mathis, who shared 
 quarters with Coe Brothers, stationers. 
 
 — Woman automobile driver was Mrs. Edward Sturtevant, daugh- 
 ter of John H. Green, who in 1901 drove her father's one cylin- 
 der Oldsmobile 3 blocks at 15 m.p.h. 
 
 — Building and Loan Association was the German-Savings and 
 Loan Association — now American Savings and Loan Associa- 
 tion — and it financed the building of the present City Hall. 
 
 — 114 South Sixth Street is still the one and only location of the 
 Springfield Marine Bank, the oldest bank in Illinois. It has 
 "outgrown" and worn well four other buildings at this address. 
 Lincoln was a depositor here. 
 
 — Square piano — now made into a desk — was owned by "Sweet 
 Sue Cook" — the grandmother of Mrs. Henry B. House. 
 
 — Both tub with running water was installed in 1865 in the home 
 of Mrs. C. M. Smith, Mary Todd Lincoln's sister. 
 
 — A professional theatre was recorded here in 1838 when Isher- 
 wood and Mackenzie brought their company to perform in the 
 American House, the leading hotel located on southeast corner 
 of Sixth and Adams Streets. 
 
 — Circus and menagerie was billed here in the summer of 1833. 
 
 — Industry recorded was a horse mill and distillery operated by 
 Thomas Cox. 
 
 — Book bindery was established in 1837. 
 
 — Merchant and first "modern" mill owner was Elijah lies. 
 
 — Automobile bought here was a one cylinder "Northern Run- 
 about" purchased in 1901 by Harry T. Loper. 
 
 — School building for which funds from a tax were used for its 
 cost was Palmer School. 
 
 — Council (364) of the Knights of Columbus was organized here 
 March 19, 1899, with Joseph H. Sheehan named Grand Knight. 
 
 — Dial telephone service went into operation at midnight on Au- 
 gust 19, 1939, with former Mayor John Kapp dialing the first 
 call. Springfield was one of the first cities to receive dial 
 service. 
 
 — Telephone office was opened for business on September 18, 
 1879, in a third floor room in a building at Sixth and Monroe 
 Streets. 
 
 — Telephone call was made by Governor Shelby M. Cullom. 
 
 — City marshal was George Keefner, elected in 1867. 
 
 — Telephone exchange with 25 telephones each in a wooden box 
 about 4 feet long and one foot wide. 
 
 — Open-face watch made in the United States was made at the 
 Illinois Watch Factory in 1878. 
 
 — "Mixes" were made at Pillsbury Mills in Springfield in 1945. 
 
 — Nickelodeon opened its doors to the public in 1907. It was 
 located across the street from the Leland Hotel and was called 
 the Orpheum. 
 
 — Gas lights were introduced in 1854. 
 
 — Electric lights came in the late winter of 1878 following in- 
 stallation of temporary equipment in the Ide Foundry. Fifth and 
 Madison Streets, and the City Railway Park (now part of Lin- 
 coln Park). 
 
 — Locomotive arrived by steamboat and was put on the track 
 in Springfield September 6, 1838. 
 
 — Train of the Northern Cross Railroad entered Springfield Feb- 
 ruary 15, 1842. 
 
 — Train ran on the Sangamon and Morgan Road July 23, 1849. 
 
 — Electric street car was run over the line June 12, 1890. 
 
 — First transfers were put to use in 1893. 
 
 — Bus was put into operation in August, 1924. The last street 
 car made its final run in January, 1938. 
 
 — Bicycle displayed in Springfield was owned by Ralph Baker. 
 
 — Air transportation for Springfield started in August, 1926, be- 
 tween St. Louis and Chicago in connection with the air mail 
 service of the Robertson Aircraft Corporation with Charles 
 Lindbergh one of the first three pilots. Speed was 90 miles an 
 hour. 
 
 — Commercial flying was developed in 1925 when Walter Cutter 
 and Leslie Smith brought their own planes and conducted a 
 miniature flying school. 
 
 — Highway radio-telephone system opened between Chicago and 
 St. Louis in 1947 with Springfield a vital point. 
 
 — Telephone — two of them, in fact — was put into operation be- 
 tween the downtown Western Telegraph Office and the branch 
 office in the State House on February 29, 1878. 
 
 — Church services and sermons to bedfast congregation members 
 were sent by telephone in 1900 by the Second Presbyterian 
 Church.
 
 BACK IN 1884 
 
 That was a long time ago — 1884, when the Franklin Life was founded. 
 
 Chester A. Arthur (ever hear of him?) was President. 
 
 There were 38 stars in the American flag. (Ten of the present states were still 
 territories.) 
 
 No one had heard of Theodore Roosevelt — or the second Roosevelt, either. 
 The telephone was a toy, and the Army was fighting Sitting Bull. 
 
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 Franklin Life has done a lot of growing since then, particularly in the years 
 since 1940, when insurance in force was only $177,500,000. 
 
 We reached One Billion in March, 1951 . . . 
 
 Two Billion before the end of 1955. 
 
 Today we are half way along on attainment of our Third Billion. And Frank- 
 lin's goal is Three Billion in force before the end of 1958. 
 
 With a nationwide organization, and over a thousand local people employed 
 in the Home Office — we are proud to be a part of Springfield. 
 
 We hope that Springfield is equally proud of the Franklin Life. 
 
 THE FRANKLIN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY 
 
 SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS 
 
 Distinguished Service Since 1884
 
 Lorraine \. Fleck 
 
 Creator of 
 Lincoln the Lawyer 
 "Official Capitennial 
 
 Souvenir" 
 
 LINCOLN TRAIL SOUVENIRS 
 
 Manufacturer — Jobber — Distributor 
 
 I ( >1() West Jefferson Street 
 
 Springfield, Illinois Phone 3-8751 
 
 Souvenirs - Gifts - Novelties and Small Toys 
 
 tlSest lA/iikei from 
 The Old Corner Drug Store 
 
 BROADWELI/S 
 
 Prescription Pharmacists 
 
 BAUM MONUMENT & STONE CO. 
 
 PIONEER MONUMENT COMPANY OF SPRINGFIELD 
 
 101 YEARS OLD 
 
 MAIN OFFICE AND PLANT, I0TH & JACKSON STS. 
 
 MONUMENTAL DISPLAY, 
 3411 SOUTH SIXTH ST. ROAD 
 
 THE 
 
 CREDIT BUREAU OF SPRINGFIELD, INC. 
 
 IS PROl'D TO BE 
 
 \\ INTEGRAL AND IMPORTANT PART 
 
 OK 
 
 LINCOLNLAND 
 
 We are headquarters for credit, personnel and 
 -|p<ri,il reports and collection service. We were or- 
 ganized l>v the merchants and professional men of 
 Springfield 33 years ago for the mutual protection 
 of the public and themselves against excessive credit 
 
 VINCENT'S BEAUTY SHOP 
 
 305 So. 6th 
 
 Looking for an ideal hairdo? Tliat i* definitel} a tlirill at 
 an) age? Come in and lei mir technicians create an exciting 
 ne« liair fashion for yon. 
 
 fake home n gift from nur large selection of 
 leu elt i and / oilelries. 
 
 BOB'S BOTTLING CO. 
 
 Frostie Root Beer 
 
 V>l)itt>" ( Grange 
 
 SPRINGFIELD PRODUCE, INC. 
 
 Fresh Fruits and \ egetables 
 
 LOtli St. & Capitol \\r. 
 
 Springfield 
 
 Greetings — 
 
 III. Insect Control Company 
 
 J \ m is H. Smith 
 34 1 ( > So. MacArthur Springfield
 
 THE FIRST in Springfield . . . 
 
 — TV station began transmitting its test pattern at 1:24 p.m. 
 September 17, 1953. 
 
 — Time in history, Springfield was seen by a nation-wide tele- 
 vision audience — February 12, 1956, when a section of the 
 NBC's Wide Wide World originated in Lincoln Land. 
 
 — Illinois State Fair was telecast in 1954. 
 
 — Girl Scouting became a part of the growing story of Spring- 
 field in 1921 when the first troop was organized with 19 girls. 
 
 — High school opened in 1855. 
 
 — Parochial academy — Ursuline Academy — opened in 1857. 
 
 — Manager of the Telephone Exchange was Major Robert B. 
 Hoover. 
 
 — Telegraphic message received in 1848. 
 
 — Sale of public lands in Sangamon County took place on No- 
 vember 6, 1823. 
 
 — Mayor was Benjamin S. Clements whose term began in 1840. 
 
 — Two-story frame house was built in 1827 by Charles R. Ma- 
 theny. 
 
 — "Open air street car" made its maiden run in 1900. 
 
 — Soda fountain was located in Dodds Drug Store. 
 
 — Negro policeman was Edwin Lee. 
 
 — Experimental paving was started in 1870 and the first real pav- 
 ing was put down in 1878. 
 
 — Catholic bookstore was opened in 1884 by May Faith at 214 
 South Seventh Street. 
 
 — Librarian of the "free public library", organized in 1885, was 
 Mrs. Hannah L. Kimball. 
 
 — Board of Town Trustees were Cyrus Anderson, John Taylor, 
 Elisha Tabor, Mordecai Mobley and William Carpenter. 
 Charles R. Matheny was president of the town. (Lincoln served 
 as a town trustee 1839-1840.) 
 
 — Governor to reside in Springfield was Thomas Carlin. The 
 Governor's house was located on the northwest corner of Sev- 
 enth and Capitol Avenue from 1839. 
 
 — Occupants of the present executive mansion was the Joel A. 
 Matteson family who moved there on November 30, 1855. 
 
 — Plat of the town was made in 1823 by James C. Stephenson, 
 surveyor. 
 
 — Librarian of the subscription library, organized in 1866, was Dr. 
 Samuel Willard. 
 
 SPRINGFIELD WAS 
 
 — Called Newsomville and Calhoun previous to 1833. 
 
 — One of two cities Richmond, Virginia, was the other) which 
 during the depression of 1907 was reputed to have been the 
 only city of considerable size whose banks, during the short 
 though severe recession, continued to issue currency on . an 
 unrestricted basis. 
 
 — The site of a Lutheran College — Illinois State University — which 
 was a project undertaken in 1851 by a group of citizens headed 
 by John T. Stuart. Abraham Lincoln served as Trustee and 
 Robert Lincoln, his son, was a student. 
 
 — A "regular" stop on the circuit for a circus each year "when 
 either Barnum & Bailey, Ringling Brothers, or Forespaugh & 
 Sells (later Sells, Floto) and, or, Buffalo Bill set up their tents 
 on the Comet Grounds (between Third and Fifth Streets beyond 
 South Grand Avenue, or at the Circus Grounds on North Elev- 
 enth Street, just south of Ridgely Avenue). 
 
 — The home of such companies as Illinois Watch, Coats Watch, 
 William Fetzer, Springfield Bridge and Iron, Ide and Son Engine, 
 United Zinc and Chemical, Lourie Manufacturing, Meikle 
 Watch, Armstrong Brothers' Metal Works, J. L. Owens Manu- 
 facturing, Elevator Milling, Union Mill, Capitol Foundry and 
 Machine, Kinsella Varnish, E. F. Lomelino Manufacturing. U. S. 
 Gypsum, H. R. Ashcraft Manufacturing, Springfield Wire Screen, 
 Springfield Show Case, Illinois Trunk and Manufacturing, 
 Stnffler Ice Manufacturing, Wastemo Chemical, Springfield 
 Harrow, Springfield Canvas Goods, Springfield Vinegar, 
 Springfield Pickle, Maurer Ice, Waterman and Waterbury, 
 Sterling Paper, Franz Brothers' Packing, Hartmann Brothers' 
 Manufacturing Bakers, Connelly Baking. National Refining, H. O. 
 McGrue Planing Mill, C. A. Power Planing Mill, Springfield 
 Planing Mill, E. W. Hocker and Son, Spitznagle Candy Manu- 
 facturing, Springfield Glove Manufacturing, William Foster 
 Manufacturing, Springfield Brush Manufacturing, F. L. Schlier- 
 back Harness Manufacturer, Frank Godley Shoddy Mill, J. W. 
 Cooper Metal Works, H. B. Davidson Carriage Works, August 
 Brand Carriage Manufacturer, Wabash R. R. Shops, Illinois 
 Traction System, Lincoln Park Coal and Brick, Dawson Brick 
 and Tile, Capital City Concrete Construction, J. L. Fortado, 
 Illinois Granite and Stone Works, Springfield Brass Foundry, 
 Zumbrook Screen Factory, Ball Brothers Cigar Manufacturers, 
 
 Henning Pickle, M. Zwicky's Sons Soap Works, Springfield 
 Woolen Mills, William Pierce's Broom Factory, John Cook's 
 Soap and Candle Establishment, Aetna Foundry and Machine 
 Shop, and Farris Furnace Company. 
 
 SPRINGFIELD IS 
 
 — The home office of such companies as Franklin Life Insurance, 
 Illinois National Insurance, Standard Mutual Casualty, Acme 
 Life Insurance. 
 
 — 34 state and national organizations, other than farm groups, 
 have headguarters here including Illinois Congress of Parents 
 and Teachers Association. 
 
 — 610 feet above sea level. 
 
 — Capital of Illinois since 1839. 
 
 — The location of the motherhouses of the Dominican Sisters of 
 the Sacred Heart Convent, and of the Franciscan Sisters — the 
 Hospital Sisters of the Third Order of St. Francis. 
 
 — The Bishopric See for Episcopal and Roman Catholic dioceses. 
 
 — The home of the Sangamo Electric Company. 
 
 — The site of a national cemetery — Camp Butler — dedicated in 
 1949 and known as the "Arlington of the West". 
 
 — The county seat, since 1821. 
 
 — The site of Lincoln's home and his tomb. 
 
 — Headquarters for fen agricultural organizations. 
 
 — Serviced by 25 major trucking firms. 
 
 — Also serviced by 1 1 furniture and special handling concerns 
 with connections all over the country. 
 
 — The headquarters of the downstate division organization, Illi- 
 nois Bell Telephone Company since 1937. 
 
 — Serving as a switching center for the microwave radio relay 
 system. 
 
 — The home of Hiram E. Jackson, Jr., an outstanding Negro artist, 
 whose "Woman in White" and "Emancipator" hang in the re- 
 cently dedicated Art Building at Lincoln University, Jefferson 
 City, Missouri. 
 
 SPRINGFIELD HAS 
 
 — Three motorized post offices operating out of the Springfield 
 post office to provide fast mail delivery to towns not ade- 
 quately served by railroads. 
 
 — Population of 87,500 (including census count of recently an- 
 nexed areas) is the estimated population in 1957. 
 
 — The oldest bank in Illinois — Springfield Marine Bank — organ- 
 ized in 1851. 
 
 — The Commission form of government with a city council consist- 
 ing of Mayor Nelson O. Howarth and four Commissioners: 
 Frank Whitney, George M. Oliver, George W. Doyle, Owen J. 
 Darling. 
 
 — 7 fire stations, 15 motor vehicles and 2 inhalators. 
 
 — 102 firemen, and 98 policemen. 
 
 — 15 autos, 9 motorcycles and 1 ambulance for the Police Dept. 
 
 — 5 newspapers: 2 dailies; 1 Sunday; 2 weeklies. 
 
 — 3 broadcasting stations. 
 
 — 1 television station. 
 
 — 124 churches of all faiths: 99 Protestant; 15 Catholic, and 2 
 Jewish Synagogues. 
 
 — 2 airlines with 25 flights daily. 
 
 — Trains from 6 railroads move in and out of Springfield daily. 
 
 — 47 inter and intra state buses leave the bus terminal daily. 
 
 — 3 manufacturers employing more than 1,000 employees; 7 em- 
 ploying more than 250; 7 employing more than 100 employees, 
 and 71 employing less than 100 employees. 
 
 — 2 seminaries: Concordia College, 1874 (Lutheran, Missouri 
 Synod), Diocesan Latin School. 1948 (Roman Catholic). 
 
 — 2 schools of nursing: Memorial Hospital School of Nursing Edu- 
 cation (First and Miller Streets), St. John's School of Nursing 
 Education (821 East Mason Street). 
 
 — 2 aviation schools: one at Capitol Airport and one at Southwest 
 Airport. 
 
 — 6 high schools (Springfield, Feitshans, Lanphier, Cathedral, 
 Sacred Heart Academy and Ursuline Academy). 
 
 — In addition to the three schools of basic beauty culture, one of- 
 fers advanced courses, George's School of Cosmotology. 
 
 — An area of 10.5 square miles. 
 
 — 960 acres of parks. 
 
 — 6 golf courses — all have grass greens. 
 
 — 1 little theatre — Springfield Theatre Guild. 
 
 — Lake Springfield containing 21.4 billion gallons of water, with 
 a shore line of 57 miles. 
 
 — 45 elementary schools — public and parochial. 
 
 — Summer union Protestant services under the direction of the 
 Springfield Council of Churches, begun during World War I 
 under the leadership of Elmer Kneale, founder of the Mid-Day 
 Luncheon Club.
 
 TIIKCMMTXL 
 
 120 YEARS AGO. FEBRUARY 28. 1837 — 
 
 Springfield was chosen as ihe new capital of Illinois 
 by the General Assembly of Illinois in accordance with 
 "An act permanently to locate the seat of government 
 for the State of Illinois," approved at Vandalia. Febru- 
 ary 25. 1837. 
 The territi i ipital of Illinois was 
 
 ii the Second General 
 i on Deo mbei 4, lK2n it passed 
 an act making Yandaha the seat of government for the 
 
 next twenty years. 
 
 During the Tenth General Assembly (1836-1837) 
 Sangamon County was ably and vigorously represented 
 by the "Long Nine"— Senators Job Fletcher and Archer 
 G Herndon, and seven representatives. John Dawson. 
 Ninian W. Edwards. William F. Elkin. Abraham Lincoln. 
 Andrew McCormick, Dan Stone and Robert L. Wilson — 
 all tall and angular, their combined height exactly fifty- 
 four feet, with Lincoln contributing his four inches to 
 make the average six feet. 
 
 Q 
 
 ROBERT LANG WILSON 
 
 ARCHER G. HERNDON 
 
 JOB FLETCHER 
 
 (No photo available) 
 
 ANDREW McCORMICK 
 
 ABRAHAM LINCOLN 
 
 (No photo available* 
 
 DANIEL STONE 
 
 NINIAN W. EDWARDS 
 
 WILLIAM F. ELKIN 
 
 JOHN DAWSON 
 
 As the tide of emigration moved northward it was 
 conceded that the capital must be nearer the center of 
 populatiun. but Vandalia and southern Illinois fought 
 hard against it. Internal improvements had become 
 in contagious fever, and a vast system 
 
 lis and railroads were projected. The "Long 
 Nine." with a well-planned log rolling" program moved 
 They were willing to trade their 
 ernal improvements for votes to support 
 the removal ol ipital from Vandalia to Spring- 
 
 field Lincoln introduced the removal bill and proved 
 ii :'\ for li tit for the capital. 
 
 was indeed a great personal tri- 
 umph for Lin 
 The Long Nine" staged a celebration at 
 
 ivern to whii ; entire legislature 
 was united A public d held in Springfield 
 
 on Jul-- tural Hotel u here "some 
 
 . upwards of forty 
 zing the judicious management . . . abil- 
 ity . gentlemanly deportment constant and untir- 
 ing labor" of the Sangamon delegation. Lincoln toasted: 
 .! friends They are too numerous to be now- 
 
 named individually, while there is no one of them who 
 is not too dear to be forgotten or neglected." 
 
 The act provided for an appropriation of S50.000 to 
 commence building the statehouse and that at least 
 S50.00C should be contributed by the citizens of the place 
 chosen, and not less than two acres of land were to be 
 conveyed to the state as a site for the capitol. By an 
 act supplemental to the act permanently locating the 
 seat of government at Springfield, approved March 3, 
 1837. the county commissioners were empowered to 
 convej to the State the three-acre property known as the 
 "public square." 
 
 Work on the new state house was begun after the 
 two story brick court house was torn down. From the 
 Hill quarry a few miles south of Springfield, on Spring 
 Creek, sandstone was hauled by ox teams for the erec- 
 i Doric structure designed by Springfield's baker- 
 architect John F. Rague. The cornerstone was dedi- 
 cated on July 4. 1837. Edward D. Baker delivering an 
 eloquent address. 
 
 Governor Thomas Carhn issued a proclamation that 
 all State records be removed (by wagon) to Springfield 
 by July 4. 1839: however, the state government did not
 
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 Marathon Service 
 
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 Congratulations 
 To Our Home Town 
 
 Tain tor A 
 
 Market 
 
 Quality Foods Over 30 Years 
 Spring and Lawrence 
 
 Congratulations Capitennial 
 
 ILLINOIS TRANSIT LINES INC. 
 
 326 North Sixth Street 
 
 Interior Decorators 
 Wishes 
 
 Congratulation 5 to S^prinafieia 
 101 West Monroe Street 
 
 Forward With Springfield 
 
 BRADLEY BUILDING 
 
 Florence N. Bradley, Mgr. 
 Real Estate Management 
 
 "Home of 84 Nationally Advertised 
 Brands" 
 Established 1917 — Our 40th Year 
 
 WOLFSON'S FURNITURE CO. 
 
 Springfield 
 
 Jacksonville 
 
 Best U ishes 
 
 Zorn Drug Store, Inc. 
 
 THE STORE OF PERSONAL SERVICE 
 
 LINCOLN and EDWARDS STREET 
 
 Phone Dial 4-3434 SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS 
 
 Greetings 
 
 WINCHESTERS 
 
 WALLPAPER and PAINT STORE 
 
 UNFINISHED FURNITURE ■ ARTIST SUPPLIES - TOYS 
 
 CUSTOM PICTURE FRAMING 
 
 408-410 EAST MONROE STREET 
 
 PHONE 3-9211 SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS
 
 BUNN 
 
 CAPITOL 
 
 COMPANY 
 
 SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS 
 
 Established 1840 
 
 SERVING CENTRAL ILLINOIS 
 
 Contract Builders Hardware 
 Industrial and Contractor Supplies 
 
 NORSIDE RESTAURANT 
 
 Steaks - Chops - Chicken 
 Short Orders - Plate Lunches 
 
 We Feature "Turkey Dinners" 
 Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Sundays 
 
 Phone 2-0698 Dave Cook 
 
 1144 NORTH NINTH STREET 
 
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 SUPPLY COMPANY 
 
 1010 EAST ADAMS STREET 
 
 19 2 0-42-24 SOUTH THIRTEENTH STREET 
 PHONE 3-3694 - SPRINGFIELD - ILLINOIS
 
 Here Lincoln served in the last session of the Twelfth General Assembly. 
 Here in the Supreme Court chambers Lincoln argued more than two hundred cases. 
 
 Here in the House of Representatives Lincoln took issue with Stephen A. Douglas on the repeal of the Mis- 
 souri Compromise. October 4. 1854. 
 Here in the House of Representatives Lincoln made his famous "House Divided" speech on June 16. 1858. 
 Here in the Governor's Rooms Lincoln made his headquarters as President-Elect. 
 Here in the House of Representatives on May .'} and 4. 1865, Lincoln's remains lay in state. 
 
 actually function in Springfield until December 9, 1839. 
 The legislature was not to convene in the new capitol 
 until December 7, 1840. While construction continued 
 the legislature met in the First Methodist Church (south- 
 east corner, Fifth and Monroe streets) and the Second 
 Presbyterian Church (west side of Fourth street); and 
 the Supreme Court in St. Paul's Episcopal Church (Third 
 and Adams streets). After many delays, Illinois' fifth 
 capitol was completed in 1853 at a total cost of $260,000, 
 double its orginal estimate. 
 
 By the close of the Civil War it was already apparent 
 that the State had outgrown its capitol. Fearful of re- 
 location and removal. Representative James C. Conk- 
 ling of Sangamon County introduced a bill providing 
 for the erection of a new State Capitol. It was approved 
 by Governor Richard J. Oglesby on February 25, 1867. 
 
 The act provided that the public square and State- 
 house be conveyed to Sangamon County and the city of 
 Springfield (deed was executed October 23, 1869) in 
 consideration of $200,000 to be paid to the State of Illi- 
 nois and that the city and county convey to the State 
 the nine-acre tract on which the Capitol now stands. 
 
 The land was secured at a cost to the city of $70,000. 
 The $200,000 paid by the county and $250,000 from the 
 State Treasury was appropriated to commence the work. 
 Construction "costs were limited to $3,000,000 originally, 
 but $4,500,000 was expended before its completion. 
 Ground was broken on March 11. 1868 and the corner- 
 stone laid October 5. Still unfinished the building was 
 first occupied in January, 1876; the legislature met there 
 in 1877 for the first time. By 1888, Illinois' sixth and 
 present Capitol was finally completed. 
 
 By 1957 the capitol group of buildings consists of a renovated 
 statehouse, the Supreme Court Building dedicated in 1908, the 
 Centennial Building completed in 1923, the Archives Building 
 (1938), the Armory and Office Building (1936), and the Illinois State 
 Office Building (1955).
 
 H E II OLD. I \ M \Y IT II V O LI ALL I) \ YS 
 
 In 1857 . . . the Right Rev. Henry Damian Juncker. D. D.. 
 was the bishop of Alton, under whose paternal 
 cart' was the little Catholic flock of Springfield 
 who worshipped at the 60' by 30' frame church 
 of St. John the Baptist on the south side of 
 \dams Street between Eighth and Ninth. 
 
 During the past century the 
 Catholic faithful have advanced 
 the cause of religion and 
 charity in this community 
 by the erection of 11 parish 
 churches, a 735 bed hospital, 
 a home for the aged, a maternity home, a tuberculosis sani- 
 torium, a crippled children's hospital. 10 elementary schools. 
 3 high schools, a trade school, 
 a junior college, a pre- 
 seminarv school for 
 the priesthood and 
 a summer camp 
 for young- 
 sters. 
 
 In 1957 . . . the Most Rev. William 
 A. O'Connor. D.D., 
 is the bishop of 
 Springfield in 
 Illinois, the diocesan 
 See having been transferred to 
 the Capital Cit) in 1923. This month 
 the Catholics of Springfield completed a 
 successful fund-raising campaign of SI .950.000.00 
 for the erection of a new boys' high school and for the expan- 
 -ioii of the two irirls" academies. 
 
 EVEN TO TIIL CONSLIMMATION OF THE WORLD!
 
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 CHURCHES 
 
 The deep rooted strength of Spring- 
 field must be resultant in a great degree 
 to the faith of the law-abiding, God- 
 fearing pioneers who establishd this 
 city. Carrying their religious heritage 
 with them along the oxen trails, these 
 sober-minded folk hastened to erect 
 Houses of Worship befitting their par- 
 ticular faiths. Our churches, from their 
 meager beginnings have grown steadily 
 and harmoniously with Springfield. 
 
 
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 ST. PAULS CATHEDRAL 
 
 I Episcopal I 
 (Second St. at Lawrence) 
 
 LINCOLN'S PEW 
 
 Interior, First Presbyterian Church, 
 then located corner of Washington and 
 Third St., showing "Lincoln Pew" — ^ 
 fifth from front, draped with V. S. flag. ^ 
 W hen church was moved to present edi- W 
 fice, northwest corner Seventh St. at 
 Capitol, this pew was removed and 
 placed in the new church but placed as 
 the first pew. 
 
 CATHEDRAL OF THE 
 IMMACULATE CONCEPTION 
 I Roman Catholic I 
 (800 block S. Sixth St. I 
 
 BR1TH SHOLOM TEMPLE 
 412 E. Scarritt
 
 ADMINISTRATION 
 
 The office of the Council is a clearing 
 house for all types of information; 
 schedules the many Council ac- 
 tivities; works in close relation- 
 ship with the larger Agen- 
 cies of the Protestant 
 movement; and admin- 
 isters all Council 
 business. 
 
 CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY RELATIONS 
 
 Supervises Chaplaincy work at the Me- 
 morial Hospital; cooperates with 
 State Council in matters relating 
 to Comity; makes study of lo- 
 cal community needs, in 
 fields of race relations, so- 
 cial action, and so 
 forth. 
 
 UNITED 
 CHURCH WOMEN 
 
 A self-governing division 
 of the Council, which 
 sponsors World Day of 
 Prayer, May Fellowship, 
 Missions Institutes, 
 UNICEF "Trick or Treat" 
 program, World Commu- 
 nity Day, year-round serv- 
 ice to nursing homes, and 
 many other important 
 functions. 
 
 SPRINGFIELD 
 COUNCIL OF CHURCHES 
 
 Thirty-six churches, from twelve denominations, 
 working together — -"to manifest more fully the 
 essential oneness of the Christian Churches in 
 Jesus Christ as their divine Lord and Saviour, 
 and to promote the spirit of fellowship, service 
 and cooperation among them." The Council 
 engages in those activities which can be done 
 better by churches working together than by 
 working separately. The work of the Council 
 is carried on by its various departments. 
 
 401 ' '2 East Capitol Ave. Springfield, Illinois 
 Telephone 3-5360 
 
 CHRISTIAN 
 
 EDUCATION AND 
 
 LOCAL CHURCH 
 
 ACTIVITIES 
 
 Sponsors annual School of 
 Religion; Sunday School 
 Teacher Recognition; 
 plans children's worship 
 services and youth rallys; 
 supervises other coopera- 
 tive activities in fields of 
 Christian education, evan- 
 gelism, etc. 
 
 RADIO AND 
 
 TELEVISION 
 
 Regular programs include 
 Sunday: 7:30 A.M., WMAY, 
 "Morning Worship;" 9:45 A.M. 
 WCVS, "Christian in Action;" 10:45 
 A.M., WTAX, Church Service; 10:15 
 P.M., WTAX, "The Churchmen's Forum;" 
 WTAX, "Sunday School Quiz;" and spe- 
 cial programs on W1CS-TV. Publicizes re- 
 ligious programs sponsored by National 
 Council and denominational groups. 
 
 INTER-CHURCH SERVICE 
 AND WORSHIP 
 
 Arranges union services in- 
 cluding George Washington's 
 Birthday Breakfast for Men, Lent- 
 en, Good Friday, Summer Union 
 Services, Reformation Day, Thanks- 
 giving, and others as needed. Music 
 committee sponsors Hymn Festivals, 
 Choir Clinics, and provides music for 
 special services. 
 
 Central Baptist 
 
 Elliott Avenue Baptist 
 
 Harvard Park Baptist 
 
 Union Baptist 
 
 Zion Baptist 
 
 First Christian 
 
 Stuart Street Christian 
 
 First Church of the Brethren 
 
 First Church of God 
 
 First Congregational 
 
 Plymouth Congregational 
 
 Christ Episcopal 
 
 COUNCIL MEMBERS 
 
 St. Paul's Episcopal 
 
 First Evangelical United Brethren 
 
 Hope Evangelical United Brethren 
 
 Faith Lutheran 
 
 Grace Lutheran 
 
 Luther Memorial 
 
 St. John's Lutheran 
 
 First Methodist 
 
 Asbury Methodist 
 
 Douglas Avenue Methodist 
 
 Grace Methodist 
 
 Jerome Methodist 
 
 Kumler Methodist 
 Laurel Methodist 
 Wesley Methodist 
 Woodside Methodist 
 St. Paul's A.M.E. 
 St. John's A.M.E. 
 Free Methodist 
 First Presbyterian 
 Westminster Presbyterian 
 Third Presbyterian 
 Fourth Presbyterian 
 Filth Presbyterian
 
 SPRINGFIELD CHURCHES WELCOME YOU TO SUNDAY SERVICES 
 
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 FIRST METHODIST CHURCH rFi/tfi 
 nnd Capitol). The first denomination to 
 hold services was the Methodist in 1821, in 
 the home of Charles Matheny. The Pres- 
 byterians, under leadership of the Rev. 
 John G. Bergen, built the first church 
 building in Springfield in 1830, at Third 
 and Washington; the Methodists soon fol- 
 lowed with their building at Fifth and 
 Monroe. 
 
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 ORGANIZED 1893 
 
 SPRINGFIELD FEDERATION 
 of LABOR, AFL-CIO 
 
 Through it- \«';ir- the Federation has been de- 
 voted to advancing the economic and working 
 conditions in our community and also assisting 
 the recreation, health and welfare agencies as 
 well a> supporting legislation and community 
 program- beneficial to all citizens. 
 
 "// luit is good for the com- 
 munity is good for labor 
 
 Francis Durkhn Charles H. Midden 
 President Secretary 
 
 SPRINGFIELD JEWISH 
 
 COMMUNITY RELATIONS 
 
 COUNCIL AND ITS MEMBER 
 
 ORGANIZATIONS SALUTE 
 
 THE CAPITENNIAL 
 
 Anti-Defamation League 
 Ernes Lodge. Bnai Brith 
 Bnai Brith Chapter 
 Congregation Bnai Abraham 
 Bnai Abraham Sisterhood 
 Bnai Abraham Men's (Unit 
 Hadassah 
 
 Jewish War \ eterans 
 Springfield Jewish Federation 
 Temple Brith Sholom 
 Brilli Sholom Sisterhood 
 Brith Sholom Mens Club 
 
 "OUR HATS OFF" 
 
 To 
 Springfield 
 
 and the 
 CapitenniaJ 
 Celebration 
 
 From 
 
 Joseph P. Km>\ 
 
 Alien T. Lucas 
 
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 CIRCUIT CLERK 
 
 and 
 
 S I \ T E R E P R E S E N T A T I V E
 
 COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY 
 
 Springfield has a diversified background of manufacturing, retail and 
 wholesale business, coal mining, rail and motor transportation. The center of 
 a prosperous agricultural area devoted to general farming and stock raising. 
 Hundreds of businesses, small and large, have grown, in many cases from a 
 humble start, to form important institutions of the Springfield commercial 
 picture. 
 
 SANGAMO ELECTRIC COMPANY 
 
 ( Located on block between Ninth and Eleventh, Converse and 
 
 North Grand Avenues. I 
 
 PILLSBl RY MILLS, INC. 
 1 1525 East Phillips!
 
 WE'VE BEEN AROUND A LONG TIME 
 
 Hauling coal for industry is the heritage of the Midland from its ancestor, the Pawnee Railroad, 
 constructed in 1892 across the south part of Sangamon County. C&IM came into being when the 
 line was extended to Taylorville in 1906. The railroad came to Springfield in 1926 when it acquired 
 trackage from Springfield to Peoria. 
 
 C. & I. M. is proud to be the only railroad serving this area which has its headquarters and prin- 
 cipal facilities in Springfield. We like being a part of this community and foresee a glorious future 
 for it. 
 
 J. E. DARE, President 
 
 CHICAGO & ILLINOIS MIDLAND RAILWAY COMPANY 
 
 Our Bail WiiLi 
 
 SCHERF BOILER CO. 
 
 ROBERTS FISH CO. 
 
 Steel Fabricators & Erectors 
 
 Your Birch Eye Distributor 
 
 Serving Springfield & Central Illinois 
 
 
 continuously since 1905 
 
 Serving Central Illinois since 1900 
 
 Office: 711 So. 11th St. 
 
 Si yi \ i'ii and Washington 
 
 SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS 
 
 A. L. Strong & Son 
 
 Compliments of 
 
 SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS 
 
 Roofs - Siding - Sheet Metal Work 
 
 and Remodeling 
 
 STATE CLEANERS 
 
 since 1914 
 
 SHERWIN-WILLIAMS 
 
 PAINT HEADQUARTERS 
 512 E. MONROE ST. PH. 4-9835 
 
 TRUTTER PLATING CO. 
 
 211 East Jefferson St.
 
 COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY 
 
 ^!§3. ALLIS-CHALMERS 
 
 MANUFACTURING 
 COMPANY 
 
 (3000 South Sixth Street) 
 
 HENRY 
 
 NELCH & SON 
 
 COMPANY 
 
 (800 South 
 Ninth Street) 
 
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 FARM SUPPLY 
 
 COMPANY 
 
 (1500 East Linn I
 
 Suppose you could turn back the calendar... 
 
 If you could put yourself into the Spring- 
 field of the 19th Century, what different 
 sights you would see! 
 
 In the telephone exchange of the early 
 1880's, for instance, you would have 
 walked in on a scene like that above. Yet 
 for all its guaintness, this soon became a 
 nerve center of the state capital. 
 
 Then as you turned the pages of the cal- 
 endar forward again, you would see 
 amazing changes all over town. New 
 business buildings would be going up. 
 Whole neighborhoods would grow before 
 your eyes. The entire life and appear- 
 ance of the city would be transformed. 
 
 One of the vital forces bringing the 
 change was telephone service. It brought 
 people closer together . . . speeded the 
 wheels of industry . . . increased the 
 tempo of business. 
 
 Today, if you were to walk into our tele- 
 
 phone exchange, you would see the new 
 and larger "nerve center" below. But in 
 spite of its new look, its role in the life of 
 Springfield is still the same; for the magic 
 of this modern telephone service is al- 
 ready shaping an even more marvelous 
 future. 
 
 ILLINOIS BELL TELEPHONE
 
 COMMUNICATIONS 
 
 Today Springfield, like any major city 
 in the United States, is only seconds 
 away from any place in the civilized 
 world. 
 
 MAIL. From the lime of the first settlement in 
 Springfield until 1823 when local service was pro- 
 vided there was no post office nearer than Ed- 
 wardsville, 80 miles southwest. The early settlers 
 received their mail from that point as best they 
 could. Home delivery service — with four carriers 
 — was introduced in 1873. Today there are 106 
 city routes, 12 parcel post, 6 special delivery, 
 and 8 rural routes traveled daily by postal em- 
 ployees to deliver approximately 85 million 
 pieces of mail handled annually by the Spring- 
 field post office. 
 
 TELEGRAPH service in Springfield dates back 
 almost 110 years. Western Union's nation-wide 
 network of high-speed carrier circuits and micro- 
 wave system fogether with its modern electronic 
 transmission and recording equipment is a testi- 
 monial of skilled communication engineering in 
 action. 
 
 THE "LATEST" IN POST OFFICE EQUIP- 
 MENT for speedy handling of mail: the (Car- 
 riers' Mail Cart and the Mobile Post Office 
 which provides more adequate service for 
 smaller communities. 
 
 ORIGINAL TELEGRAPH 
 INSTRUMENT invented by 
 Samuel F. B. Morse in 1835. 
 The recorder had a suspend- 
 ed pencil which marked 
 hills and valleys, indicating 
 dots and dashes, on a paper 
 tape as it ivas drawn under 
 the pencil by the works of a 
 clock. Below the recorder is 
 the "portrule" transmitter, 
 u ith a row of metal teeth 
 set up to produce the de- 
 sired dots and dashes. 
 
 HIGHSPEED MESSAGE 
 CENTER where telegrams 
 are on perforated tape form 
 flashed automatically through 
 
 the center and routed to 
 their destination by the elec- 
 tronic "bruin." 
 
 TELEPHONE. Forward-looking citizens of Spring- 
 field were quick to recognize the advantage of 
 the telephone shortly after its invention. Since 
 its introduction here in 1879, the expanding use 
 of the telephone and the growth of Springfield 
 have been closely interwoven. Through April, 
 1957, there were 56,000 telephones in use in 
 Springfield, and customers are using them to the 
 tune of about 300,000 calls daily. 
 
 THE ILLINOIS BELL TELEPHONE 
 COMPANY. The Home of the Dial 
 Central Office. (Sixth and Cook 
 Streets).
 
 (OMMl MCVMONS 
 
 NEWSPAPERS 
 
 The American newspaper is an essential instrument in the lives of the American people. Its freedom to print 
 guaranteed by the Constitution. Springfield's daily newspapers have morning and evening editions. 
 
 ILLINOIS STATE JOURNAL-REGISTER BUILDING. <313 South 
 Sixth Street). The Illinois State Journal (F. S. Haynes, editor and 
 publisher ami J. I'.mil Smith, publisher emeritus) and the Illinois 
 Stati- Register I /■'. S. Haynes, publisher and I . Y. Dallman, editor) 
 published by the Copley Press, Inc. 
 
 RADIO 
 
 WCVS, orginally chartered as WCBS in 1926 (name changed in 1947) is Springfield's oldest radio sta- 
 tion. It was the tirst Springfield station to become part of a network — the NBC (Blue), in 1940. It is now 
 affiliated v/ith the ABC radio network and the Mutual Broadcasting System. WCVS operates on 1450 
 kilocycles. Since 1956 their studio has been located in their building at 3001 South Fourth Street. 
 
 WMAY went on the air for the first time in October, 1950. Operating on 970 kilocycles, it utilizes 1he 
 latest approved type RCA 1000 watt transmitter by day and 500 watt by night. It is affiliated with the 
 NBC radio network. The transmitter site and studio are located eight miles northeast of Springfield. 
 
 WTAX, serving Springfield since 1930, is licensed to operate unlimited hours on 1240 kilocycles with 
 250 watt power. It is affiliated with CBS radio network. It has an FM station and today is Springfield's 
 only high fidelity radio station. The WTAX studio is located on ByPass 66 and Cook. 
 
 TELEVISION 
 
 d's only television station, WICS, began 
 
 telecasting on September 17, 1953, over Channel 20 
 
 wet at 18,000 watts. The antenna for this 
 
 ultra high UHF station is in the 3000 block on South 
 
 Fourth Street.
 
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 LTHOUGH young in the century -and -a -quarter history 
 of Springfield, WICS Channel 20 is proud to serve the com- 
 munity and Central Illinois with the most potent and fastest- 
 growing communications medium in the world today. 
 
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 V^JHANNEL 20 is dedicated to the present and future growth of Lincolnland. 
 Community service is our keynote, and we take pride in making our television fa- 
 cilities available to every public service organization in Springfield and Central 
 Illinois. 
 
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 V_JHANNEL 20 keeps you entertained by the finest programs from NBC — the 
 Nation's No. 1 network . . . and within a short time Channel 20 will increase 
 its scope when it begins telecasting NBC network programs in glorious color. 
 
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 WESTERN WATER 
 
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 PROOFING CO., INC. 
 
 ENGINEERS — CONTRACTORS 
 
 We Congratulate 
 
 Phone 4-3474 — 4-3475 
 
 SPRINGFIELD'S 125th 
 
 2136-40 North Sixteenth Street 
 
 CAPITENNIAL CELEBRATION 
 
 SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS 
 
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 Flynn-Hippard Drug Store 
 
 We Are Proud We Have Been a Part of 
 
 Prescription Druggists 
 
 
 401 EAST ADAMS— COR. 4TH STREET 
 
 This Community For a Large 
 
 SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS 
 
 Part of This Time. 
 
 Frank Alvey & Co. 
 
 FINEST PIPES AND TOBACCOS 
 JOKES - NOVELTIES • LUNCH - BILLIARDS 
 
 KRESGE'S 
 
 Phone 2-0421 
 
 514 E. MONROE ST. SPRINGFIELD, ILL. 

 
 \t Work in Springfield 
 
 for !'..'} ^ cars the 
 
 YMCA 
 
 extends greetings to the 
 
 "Old Home Town" in its big 
 
 ( Iapitennial Celebration 
 
 YOU will find it at the "V 
 
 \ well-rounded program with Christian 
 
 emphasis for Boys, Men and Families 
 
 Special Summer Rates Inquire ;>t 317 So. Seventh St. 
 
 Telephone l-'>816 
 
 Flic ^ M<! \ i- ;i member of 
 I iiitid Coiumimih Services 
 
 congratulations 
 
 to tup: 
 
 capitennial 
 
 KNIGHTS 
 
 of 
 COLUMBUS 
 
 Council No. 364 
 
 GREETINGS 
 From 
 
 THE WOMAN'S CLUB OF 
 SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS 
 
 1500 Seniors 
 450 Juniors 
 
 A Friend offers this space to the 
 
 MARIAMA CLUB 
 
 for expression of thanks to the Advertisers 
 in Capitennial Souvenir Program for their 
 cooperation. 
 
 Best Wishes 
 
 BUTTERNl T BREAD 
 
 Springfield, Illinois 
 
 Serving Springfield for 25 years! 
 
 MEL-O-CREAM DONUTS 
 
 Between 2nd & 3rd on Jefferson 
 
 iMionr ::-22;;i 
 
 W. B. BURKHARDT 
 
 I'll MBING AND HFATING 
 
 127 \\ esl Reynolds Street 
 
 SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS
 
 FELLOWSHIP 
 
 Being a friendly community, Springfield 
 always has boasted of a great variety of 
 clubs, civic groups and organizations. 
 The activities of these various groups 
 have enriched the cultural and social 
 life of the community. 
 The following is a listing of some of the 
 organizations in Springfield which are 
 active today : 
 
 Advertising Club 
 
 Alpha Delta Kappa 
 
 Alpha Gamma Chi 
 
 Alpha Omega 
 
 Alpha Chi Omega 
 
 Alpha Phi 
 
 Alpha Iota 
 
 Altrusa. International 
 
 Amateur Musiral Club 
 
 American Association of University Women 
 
 American P.usiness Club 
 
 American Guild of Organists 
 
 American Legion 
 
 Am vets 
 
 Anchor Boat Club 
 
 Anti-Rust Club 
 
 Benevolent Protective Order of Elks 
 
 Beta Gamma Upsilon 
 
 Beta Sigma Phi 
 
 Beta Phi Delta 
 
 Blue Ridge Club 
 
 Boy Scouts of America 
 
 Business & Professional Women's Club 
 
 Catholic Women's Clubs 
 
 Catholic Youth Organization 
 
 Ceramics and Crafts Club 
 
 Cosmopolitan Club 
 
 Daughters of the American Revolution 
 
 Daughters of the Nile 
 
 Delphi International 
 
 Delta Kappa Gamma 
 
 Delta Theta Tau 
 
 Epsilon Sigma Alpha 
 
 Fraternal Order of Eagles 
 
 Gamma Upsilon 
 
 Girl Scouts 
 
 Harvard Park Dad's Club 
 
 High Twelve Club 
 
 Illini Country Club 
 
 International Order of Odd Fellows 
 
 Iota Phi Lambda 
 
 Island Bay Yacht Club 
 
 Italian-American Social Club 
 
 Jeptha Shrine 
 
 Job's Daughters 
 
 Junior Chamber of Commerce 
 
 Kappa Rho 
 
 King's Daughters 
 
 Kiwania Club 
 
 Knights of Columbu- 
 
 Knights of Pythia- 
 
 Knights Templar 
 
 Lake Press Club 
 
 Lion's Club 
 
 Literary Researchers 
 
 The Masonic Organization 
 
 Mather Gun Club 
 
 Mid-Day Luncheon Club 
 
 National League of American Penwonien 
 
 National Woman's Relief Corps 
 
 Navy Club of Sangamon County 
 
 Naw Mothers' Club of America 
 
 Nu Phi Mu 
 
 Oakcrest Country Club 
 
 Optomissus Club 
 
 Optomist Club 
 
 Order of Amaranth 
 
 Order of Demolay 
 
 Order of the Eastern Star 
 
 Order of Rainbow Girls 
 
 Pan-Hellenic Club 
 
 P.E.O. Chapters 
 
 Phi Beta Psi 
 
 Phi Tau Omega 
 
 Philo Alumnae Society 
 
 Phi Theta Kappa 
 
 Pi Beta Phi 
 
 Pi Mu National Music Sorority 
 
 Pi Rho Zeta 
 
 Quota Club 
 
 Rebekah Lodges 
 
 Rotary International 
 
 Royal Order of Jesters 
 
 Sangamo Club 
 
 Sangamo Surf Club 
 
 Sertoma 
 
 Sigma Alpha Sigma 
 
 Sigma Delta Pi 
 
 Sigma Iota Chi 
 
 Sons of the American Revolution 
 
 Sons of Union Veterans 
 
 Southern View Village & Community Club 
 
 Springfield Art Association 
 
 Springfield Association of Commerce and Industry 
 
 Springfield Association of Insurance Women 
 
 Springfield Chapter of Rose Croix 
 
 Springfield Chord Organ Club 
 
 Springfield Civic Garden Club 
 
 Springfield Colored Woman's Club 
 
 Springfield Consistory of S.P.R.S. 
 
 Springfield Council of Churches 
 
 Springfield Council of the Navy League 
 
 Springfield Council of Women's Clubs 
 
 Springfield Hadassah 
 
 Springfield Junior League 
 
 Springfield Motor Boat Club 
 
 Springfield Municipal Band 
 
 Springfield Municipal Choir 
 
 Springfield Municipal Opera Association 
 
 Springfield Nature League 
 
 Springfield Tagathon Club 
 
 Springfield Theatre Guild 
 
 Springfield Verbewriter's Guild 
 
 Temple Brith Sholom Sisterhood 
 
 Toastmasters International 
 
 Toastmistress Club 
 
 Veterans of Foreign Wars 
 
 Woman's Club of Springfield 
 
 Young Men's Christian Association 
 
 Young Women's Christian Association 
 
 Zonta International 
 
 All of the organizations mentioned deserve more than this 
 
 brief listing, hut space does not permit extended comment.
 
 77'*-!^ LAKE CLUB proudly presents a brilliant Variety Show, 
 produced iiinl staged especially for The Capitennial Celebration 
 
 eif f f f 4f 
 
 "GRANDFATHER'S FOLLIES" 
 
 Floradora Dancing Girls! Singing Waiters! Star Acts! Comedy Blackouts! 
 
 INCLUDE A LAKE CLUB PARTY IN YOUR CELEBRATION PLANS — PHONE 3-3423 
 
 For the past 83 years we have been 
 
 helping to build a 
 
 GREATER SPRINGFIELD 
 
 by providing funds for 
 
 HOME OWNERSHIP 
 
 WORKINGMENS SAVINGS 
 \M) LOAN ASSOCIATION 
 
 II I Sou tli 5th Street 
 
 Greetings 
 to Springfield 
 
 We are proud to have been 
 a part of this wonderful 
 Historic Community for 
 nearly a half century 
 
 LT Jas. D. Sheehan S'g'n C»- 
 
 804 EAST ADAMS STREET
 
 FELLOWSHIP 
 
 SCOUTING IS OUTING. In 1911, a group of boys and 
 a man became the first Boy Seout Troop in Springfield. 
 The Abraham Lincoln Council was formed in 1919 to 
 stabilize and service a rapid grmcth of this volunteer 
 movement. Now 98 Cub Packs, Boy Scout Troops, and 
 Explorer Posts provide programs for nearly 2900 boys in 
 Sangamon County. From over 20,000 former Scouts have 
 come leaders and good citizens of our community. 
 
 THE GIRT SCOUT program has kept pace with the 
 growth of the city and now has 169 troops and 2,733 
 Brownies, Intermediates, and Senior Girl Scouts in the 
 City of Springfield. 
 
 The above picture shows oak trees in the note beautiful 
 Lincoln Memorial Garden. These trees were planted as 
 acorns, an early Girl Scout service project. 
 
 BOYS' CLUB OF SPRINGFIELD (WOT E. JEFFER- 
 SON ST.) — This group of boys interrupted their play 
 at the Boys' Club to have this picture taken. The fa- 
 cilities of the Club include library, game rooms, craft 
 shop, gym. Club rooms are located in the area of 
 greatest need, and are available to all Springfield's 
 boys between the ages of 8 and 16. six days a week, 
 at low cost. 
 
 "Jaycee Saturday Night" was organized more than 
 two years ago by the Springfield Junior Chamber of 
 Commerce and radio station If TAX. Each Saturday 
 night from 8:3(1 until 11:00 p. m., Sangamon County 
 teen-agers enjoy 2 ' * hours of dancing for 5.25 admis- 
 sion. Music is provided by disk-jockey- turn-tables, 
 with the last hour of the dance broadcast over K TAX. 
 After some difficulties, a permanent htcation was ob- 
 tained for the dances by the Junior Chamber of Com- 
 merce. Average attendance is 350 teens. 
 
 
 ■■IK 
 
 11 -"l- 
 
 
 iai 
 
 SPRINGFIELD MUNICIPAL CHOIR, 
 II NDGREN, DIRECTOR.
 
 HEALTH 
 
 and 
 \\ KLFARE 
 
 MEMORIAL HOSl'l I M. 
 OF SPRINGFIELD 
 
 (First and Miller) 
 
 ^MK IJW Ift !,-■ 
 
 ST. JOHNS HOSPITAL 
 (701 East Mason St.J 
 
 Would that those early pioneers of this great city could have experienced the comfort and attention of our 
 present, magnificent institutions of health and welfare. Bolstered only by faith and fortitude these energetic 
 folk suffered undeniably with the lack of adequate medical attention. Humble and inadequate as they must 
 have been in those early days, societies and groups for the aid of fellow men were in existence, and today 
 their successors are still active in community welfare. This spirit of helpfulness inherent in Springfield's early 
 settlers is now expressed by our united community service.
 
 5PRNGFELD 
 
 HOSPITAL SISTERS OF 
 
 THE THIRD ORDER OF 
 
 ST. FRANCIS 
 
 Have Lightened the Pain of Suffering in 
 Sickness and in Need Since 1875 
 
 1875 — Arrival of twenty Sisters from Eu- 
 rope, two to settle in Springfield and 
 establish the Motherhouse. 
 
 Caring for the sick in homes, they 
 knew no English but presented a 
 card that identified them and an- 
 nounced that the works of charity 
 demanded no pay. 
 
 1879 — St. John's Hospital first opened its doors to an unwilling people who knew 
 hospitals only as a last resort, a place where death claimed all who entered, 
 a place for those who had no one to care for them. 
 
 These wrong impressions faded away when Sisters gave themselves com- 
 pletely to sooth the pain, to guiet the suffering, to calm the fears — even more, 
 to study the ways of science that would make the hospital a haven of recov- 
 ery and of rest. 
 
 AND SO THROUGH THE YEARS— 
 
 The Hospital Sisters have continued in their endeavor to keep apace in the 
 march of scientific progress that brings new methods, new treatments and 
 new medications to aid in caring for the sick. 
 
 The Motherhouse of the Hospital Sisters 
 of the Third Order of St. Francis is located 
 at St. Francis Convent, north of Spring- 
 field. 
 
 Sisters from this community conduct St. 
 John's Hospital (700 beds) and School of 
 Nursing, St. John's Sanatorium (200 beds) 
 and Crippled Children's Hospital (50 beds) 
 and School; St. Monica's Hall and Hospi- 
 tals and Mission Centers throughout Illi- 
 nois, Wisconsin, Missouri, Louisiana and 
 Arizona. 
 
 They also staff a hospital and sanatorium 
 in Japan.
 
 HEALTH 
 
 and 
 WELFARE 
 
 
 ST. JOHNS CRIPPLED CHILDREN'S HOME 
 \\[> HOSPITAL (Sangamon Ave. Road). 
 
 \T THE MENTAL HEALTH CENTER (717 S. Grand 
 East). I psychiatrist l>\ studying the play of an emo- 
 tionally disturbed child ran unlock the secret fears that 
 produce behavior problems. 
 
 SOCIAL SERVICE 
 ORGANIZATIONS 
 
 American Cancer Society 
 
 American Red Cross 
 
 Catholic Charities of 
 Springfield 
 
 Child & Family Services 
 
 The Counselor Association 
 
 Goodwill Industries 
 
 Illinois Commission on 
 Children & Youth 
 
 Illinois Heart Association 
 
 Illinois Welfare Association 
 
 Illinois Woman's Christian 
 Temperance Union 
 
 Lutheran Charities 
 
 National Foundation for 
 Infantile Paralysis 
 
 St. Monica Hall 
 
 Salvation Army 
 
 Sangamon County 
 
 Tuberculosis Association 
 
 Service Bureau for Colored 
 Children 
 
 Springfield Jewish Federation 
 
 Springfield Urban League 
 
 Travelers Service 
 
 Visiting Nurses Association 
 
 ST. JOHN'S S \N \ TORDUM 
 Sangamon Ive. Road)
 
 MEMORIAL HOSPITAL 
 
 Like Springfield, Memorial Hospital has made 
 significant growth since 1897 when a small group of 
 religious people purchased a home from the late Dr. 
 Langden at Fifth Street and North Grand Avenue 
 and converted it into a 12 bed hospital. As most 
 hospitals in those days, it contained little more than 
 beds for the care of the sick and injured, and was 
 known as the Springfield Hospital and Training 
 School. In these early days, however, a need to train 
 student nurses was recognized and a class of two 
 young girls was started in 1897 to he graduated in 
 1899. 
 
 So great was the need for service that, within two years, a wing had to be 
 built, increasing capacity to 45 beds. In 1904 enlargement was again neces- 
 sary and construction of a second wing brought the number of beds up to 100. 
 
 In 1941 the present building was constructed after the church control had 
 been relinquished and a non-sectarian Board of Directors was organized. Me- 
 morial Hospital in 1957, excellent as it is, is still lacking certain facilities which 
 the communitv urgentlv needs. Construction is now in progress to add 104 
 more beds and to provide other needed facilities. These include a new and 
 larger x-ray department with equipment for Cobalt 60 — a radio-active isotope 
 with an intensity equal to that of a 3,000,000 volt x-ray machine, facilities for 
 the complete care of nervous and mental patients — including an electroence- 
 phalograph, and facilities for the care of the chronically ill patient — including 
 a new department of physical medicine. The chronically ill patient is one, 
 regardless of age or specific illness, who requires a long period of convalescence 
 from the physical medicine department. 
 
 Upon the completion of 
 these new services in 1958, 
 Memorial Hospital will 
 have grown from a 12 bed 
 institution to one of 384 
 beds having a nursing 
 school enrollment of ap- 
 proximately 120 students 
 as compared to the first 
 class of two students. Me- 
 morial Hospital will then 
 be in a much better posi- 
 tion to give the Springfield 
 area the full benefits of 
 mid-20th century hospital 
 protection. 
 
 This space contributed by friends of MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
 
 lit Ma Grieme, General Manager 
 Herman Grieme, Parts Manager 
 I harles Grieme, Truck Salesman 
 William Grieme, Sales Manager 
 Leslie Grieme, Shop Foreman 
 20 Other Capable Emploj 
 
 In 1924, a small implement company had its be- 
 ginning. Two brothers, Henrj ami William Grieme 
 formed a partnership known as Grieme Brothers, 
 under which name they arc -till operating. 
 
 The first building 10 x 60 was outgrown due to 
 their increasing business. 
 
 In L947, a KM) ft. by 160 ft. two Btorj brick build- 
 ing was erected on North Walnut Road. 
 
 Service is the motto of this organization. It con- 
 tinues to give service not merely of dollar- and cent;. 
 hut friendship, genuine interest and de-ire to serve. 
 
 CONGKATl I. M KINS TO SPRINGFIELD. 
 
 \ WONDERFl I, CUV OK HOMES, 
 
 CHURCHES, 15! SINESSES 
 
 AND THE 
 
 <.<>\ ERNMENT OF ILLINOIS 
 
 Our lirm ha- tin- distinction of being one of the 
 Charter members of the Outdoor Advertising Indus- 
 try in Illinois. We purchased the original husiness of 
 Poster and Painted Displays in Central Illinois from 
 the W .1. Horn System, which -tailed in 1890, and 
 have expanded and modernized over the years to pro- 
 vide our customers the best in service and location-. 
 
 We are proud to he growing with Springfield. 
 
 Greeley and Sons 
 
 I 
 
 1703-05 PEOR] \ ROAD 
 
 Dial S605 
 
 \\ . I. Greeley, Sk. Mrs. Bernice J. Greelei 
 
 William F. Greeley, Jr. Roreri W. Greelei 
 
 Jon \\ . Gri i i m 
 
 Continuous quality 
 year after year 
 
 Congratulations 
 Springfield! 
 
 AMRHEIN 
 BAKERY
 
 ST. JOSEPH'S HOME FOR THE AGED 
 
 (S. Sixth St. Road) 
 
 ILLINOIS PRESBYTERIAN HOME ( West 
 
 Lawrence at Old Chatham Road, former 
 
 location Palmer Sanatorium ). "Fairhills," 
 
 a residence for older people. 
 
 ► 
 
 "^JBM II IK 
 
 BOYS FARM (11 miles east of Springfield) 
 was established 1952 to provide a home for 
 dependent teen-age boys. Prior to its found- 
 ation, many Sangamon County boys were 
 committed to state correctional schools be- 
 cause no other facilities were available to 
 the county court. A non-profit corporation, 
 with a volunteer board of directors. Boys 
 Farm is licensed by the state as a "group 
 care home." It has been "home" to more 
 than 50 teen-agers in its short 4^/ 2 years 
 history. 
 
 CARRIE POST KINGS DAUGHTERS 
 HOME FOR WOMEN (541 Black Ave.) 
 Former Post Home was incorporated in 1893 
 
 to charitably aid and provide a /ionic for de- 
 serving aged women. Forty-eight circles 
 having a membership of 1.557 women for 
 the support and benefit of the home, note 
 caring for thirty-seven aged women. 
 
 HEALTH 
 
 and 
 WELFARE 
 
 MARY BRYANT HOME FOR BLIND 
 WOMEN OF ILLINOIS 1 107 E Lawrence 
 Ave.). Established 194b, non-profit, unde- 
 nominational, no entry fee, no age restric- 
 tion, capacity 20 residents. 
 
 MAR I AM A CLUB (931 A. Rutledge). Resi- 
 dence for teen-age girls from broken homes 
 maintained by the Mariama Club, a local 
 non-profit organization, dedicated, Novem- 
 ber, 1954.
 
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 c a s u a 
 
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 y , c o 
 
 FIFTH AND CAPITOL 
 SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS 
 TELEPHONE 4-3411 
 
 Robert P. Butts, Jr 
 President
 
 LINCOLN LIVED HERE! 
 
 uarch, 1887. 
 
 district, ^. 
 »xe, Schuyler and Pev 
 
 8M 
 
 J. T. STUAKT AND A. L.INCOLN. 
 
 ATTORN E VS and Counsellors at Law, will practice ,| 
 conjointly, in the Courts of this Judicial Circuit. — j 
 Office No. 4 Hoffman's R»w,'u,i stairs. 
 Springfield, aphl 12, 18J7. 4 j 
 
 THE partnership h« f o f — « muurig batweaav 
 derstgned ' * ' **"" 
 
 This advertisement appeared for the first 
 time in the "Sangamo Journal" April 15, 
 1837. 
 
 LINCOLN HOME IN 1860. Lincoln is standing to the 
 right of the doorway. 
 
 "Springfield is many times larger than it was in Lincoln's 
 time, and the passing years have made great changes in its 
 appearance. Nevertheless, some of the buildings in which he 
 lived and worked remain. . . . 
 
 "When Lincoln came to Springfield in the spring of 1837 
 the town was anything but prepossessing. Small store buildings 
 lined the square, in the center of which stood a two-story brick 
 court house. Most of the twelve or thirteen hundred inhabitants 
 lived in small frame houses, with here and there an imposing 
 residence, and just as often the simple cabin of an early pioneer. 
 Remnants of the groves in which the town was founded furn- 
 ished shade, but otherwise the streets were bare of trees. In 
 summer every passing team raised clouds of dust while in 
 winter the mud seemed to have no bottom, for there was not a 
 foot of pavement. Hogs, cows and chickens wandered at will, 
 and disputed the few board walks and footpaths with pedes- 
 trians. 
 
 "In the twenty-four years of Lincoln's residence Springfield 
 grew to a city of ten thousand inhabitants. The brick court 
 house was soon replaced by the stone State House. In time 
 two and three story brick buildings supplanted the smaller 
 stores around the square and lined the adjacent streets. Fine 
 homes appeared, and the log cabins vanished. Railroads came, 
 and with them, many of the conveniences and graces of life. 
 But crudities remained, for except around the square the streets 
 were still unpaved, hogs still wallowed in mud holes, and frogs 
 croaked in undramed swamps. 
 
 "Such, in brief, was the environment in which Lincoln, by 
 the twin paths of law and politics, attained national prominence. 
 
 "At the time of his settlement in Springfield, Lincoln was 
 serving his second term as a member of the Illinois House of 
 Representatives. In 1838 and again in 1840 he was re-elected. 
 
 "After four terms in the General Assembly, Lincoln set elec- 
 tion to the national House of Representatives as his goal. His 
 chance came in 1846, and he was duly elected. . . . When, after 
 Taylor's election in 1848, he was unable to secure appointment 
 to an office which he wanted, he retired in disappointment and 
 resolved to devote himself to the iaw. 
 
 "This resolution he kept until 1854, when the passage 
 of the Kansas-Nebraska Bill thoroughly aroused him. From that 
 time on he threw all his energies into the fight against what he 
 considered to be the growing menace of slavery. By 1856, 
 when the Republican Party was organized in Illinois, he was 
 generally considered its leader; two years later all were agreed 
 that he was the only possible opponent of Douglas. For three 
 months the two rivais traveled over the state, speaking in every 
 sizable town. Douglas won, but Lincoln did not lose, for a 
 national reputation was the reward of his effort. 
 
 "This reputation served him well in 1860, when the Repub- 
 lican Party gathered in national convention at Chicago. The 
 most prominent leaders . . . were either too radical, or too 
 conservative, or too old, or too long in public life, for strong 
 factions of the party, and the prize fell to Lincoln. At the news 
 cannon boomed, bonfires blazed, and Springfield went wild with 
 joy — and not until Lincoln spoke his words of farewell on 
 February 11, 1861, did it relapse into its customary . . . exis- 
 tence." 
 
 From "Lincoln's SpringfieUV' by Hurry E. Prnlt.
 
 •V HKC2T :• 
 
 :\ ,XX\X /: 
 v :;^/s.\g:-' 
 
 PILLSBURY MILLS, Inc 
 
 MAKERS OF: 
 
 PILLSBURYS BEST FLOUR 
 BAKERY FLOURS 
 BAKERY MIXES 
 GROCERY MIXES 
 
 OUR 27th YEAR 
 
 IN SPRINGFIELD 
 
 100 years ago 
 
 The Immortal Abraham Lincoln 
 purchased two pairs of shoes for 
 his son- from the 
 
 B. H. LUERS SHOE STORE 
 
 This item appears in the Ledger 
 on filf at the present 
 
 . II. Iini's Sons Shoe Store 
 
 217 South Sixth Street 
 Springfield, Illinois 
 
 — Now Two Locations — 
 217 SOUTH SIXTH 1328 SOUTH MacARTHUR 
 
 WE SALUTE 
 SPRINGFIELD CAPITENNIAL 
 
 - \\ e're in our 97th year - 
 Same Local ion 
 
 HENSON ROBINSON 
 COMPANY 
 
 114 No. Fifth St. 
 
 VISIT THE 
 
 ABRAHAM LINCOLN MUSEUM 
 
 ( lontractor 
 
 Designer 
 
 Engineers 
 
 DIRECTLY OPPOSITE THE LINCOLN HOME 
 
 GIFT SHOP IN LOBBY 
 REFRESHMENTS 
 CLEAN REST ROOMS 
 AIR CONDITIONED
 
 LINCOLN LIVED HERE! 
 
 Abraham Lincoln's association with these Springfield sites are com- 
 memorated bv bronze markers. 
 
 \ / 
 
 Joshia F. Spee» Store (103 S. Fiflh Si. I. 
 Above this (lore Lincoln shared a sleeping room 
 with Joshua Speed when he came lo Springfield 
 
 Home of Niman W. Edwards (northwest cor- 
 ner. Centennial Building). Here Abraham Lin- 
 coln and Man- Todd were married November 4. 
 1812. Here Mrs. Lincoln died July 16, 1882. 
 Mr,. Lilian W . Edwards was Mary's older sis- 
 
 r. Elizabeth. 
 
 / \ 
 
 \ / 
 
 \ / 
 
 .u v * Herndon Law Office 1105 S. Fifth 
 William H. Herndon was Lincoln's third 
 arlner I1814-I86.il. In 1860 and for sev- 
 ears prior, the firm was located here. 
 
 St.). Here Lincoln served in the Eleventh Gen- 
 eral Assembly (1839-1840) and delivered an ad- 
 dress before the Young Men's Lyceum ..I Spring- 
 field, January 27, 1838. which was published in 
 
 / \ 
 
 Globe Tavern (315 East Adams St. I. Mr. and 
 
 Mrs. Lincoln made their home here following 
 their marriage, and here their son, Koberl Todd 
 Lincoln, was born August 1. 1843. 
 
 / V 
 
 \ / 
 
 
 Jot, 
 
 Hi 
 
 (116-118 N. 
 
 Sixth St.). Here on May 18. 1860, Lincoln re- 
 reived the news of his nomination for the piesi- 
 deney. "The Journal paper was always my 
 friend: and. of course, its editors the same." 
 
 ole Lincoln in 1864. 
 
 / \ 
 
 \ / 
 
 Oak Kidce Cemetery. An inscription on 111 
 public receiving vault -tales that: the hodv 
 Abraham Lincoln lav in this vault from the da 
 of III- funeral, .May 4, 1865, until December 21 
 
 \ / 
 
 ClLF. Mobile & Ohio Station, Altos I 
 IThird and Washington Sis. I. Abraham 
 coin's body was brought to Springfield by 
 
 / \ 
 
 (.mvr WeCTEXN Station (Tenth and Monn 
 SIS.). Here Lincoln spoke lo his friends fro 
 the rear platform of the Great Western trai 
 near Ihe present Wabash freight office, as I 
 left Springfield lor v\ a-liinglon, February 1 
 1861. 
 
 / \ 
 
 The Abraham Lincoln Memorial Garden was planned and 
 planted by the Garden Club of Illinois on land set aside for 
 this purpose by the City of Springfield. This sixty-acre tract 
 along the eastern shore of Lake Springfield dramatizes the 
 natural beauty of the trees, shrubs and flowers which were 
 a part of the early Illinois landscape. 
 
 The idea of this living memorial to Lincoln took shape 
 when Lake Springfield was being built, 1931-1935 Jens Jensen, 
 internationally famous for the great beauty of his naturalistic 
 plantings, was the designer. The first plantings were made 
 November 14. 1936 and have continued as conditions were 
 favorable for renewal and new beauty. 
 
 On the higher elevations one may seek solitude among 
 the forest trees and carpets of woodland flowers. Nearby one 
 may gain inspiration from the blooming crab apples, redbud, 
 dogwood, and a host of others. In the open spaces are prairie 
 flowers, and along the blue waters of the Lake are the plants 
 of the open meadow in festive array. There are also plantings 
 designed for the feeding, shelter and protection of birds. 
 Friendly gathering places— "council rings" (great circular 
 stone seats around a paved area with a firepit in the center) — 
 are to be found throughout. 
 
 The Garden is maintained jointly by the City of Spring- 
 field and the Abraham Lincoln Memorial Garden Foundation, 
 under the capable direction of Mrs. Harriet Knudson. Perma- 
 nent as stone or bronze, it is flexible beyond either, capable 
 of endless change — thus unique as a living memorial. 
 
 LINCOLN MEMORIAL GARDEN, 
 Lake Springfield.
 
 We Ait Happy To Cooperate . . . 
 
 With the 
 
 LINCOLN LAND ASSOCIATION 
 
 In Producing 
 
 "CABIN TO CAPITOL" 
 
 \\ 1. INVITE YOU ... to return to Springfield and bring your friends and family to 
 
 see the 12th annual production of Robert Sherwood's 
 
 famous Broadway play 
 
 "ABE LINCOLN IN ILLINOIS" 
 
 At New Salem State Park 
 
 August 21 through August 25th and also August 29th through September 1st 
 
 More than 300,000 people have witnessed this famous production. 
 ADMISSION— Adults, $1.00 Children, 25c 
 
 For Further Information, write: 
 
 ABE LINCOLN PLAYERS, Inc. 
 
 816 Myers Building 
 
 Springfield, Illinois 
 
 ii souvenir \ ii 
 
 I 107 Monument Avenue 
 
 (Just Outside Entrance to Lincoln's Tomb) 
 Stop at our Bhop after your visit to Lincoln's 
 Tomb and look over one of the largest and 
 most complete lines of souvenirs and gifts 
 in the country . 
 
 ORR INSURANCE AGENCY 
 
 INC. 
 
 INSURANCE 
 AUTO FINANCING 
 
 519 EAST CAPITOL AVENUE 
 
 SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS 
 
 Phone 8-7373 
 
 COAL COMPANY 
 
 NINTH & ASH STS. 
 SPRINGFIELD. ILLINOIS 
 
 PUNCH FOR PARTIES 
 FRESH PURE ORANGE JUICE 
 DELICATESSEN ICECREAM 
 ^FRUIT JUICE HUT 
 
 I TOO W. LAWRENCE 
 
 PHO/HC v JU/.I 
 
 GGAGESHOP 
 
 Gills of Leather 
 
 Everything lor the 
 
 Traveler 
 
 Phone 2-8913 
 
 309 South Filth St. 
 
 SPRINGFIELD. ILL.
 
 LINCOLN LIVED HERE! 
 
 Abraham Lincoln's association with these Springfield sites are com- 
 memorated bv bronze markers. 
 
 C. M. 
 
 \ 
 Smith Store ( .".28 E. Adam* Si.)- tl 
 
 i room 
 
 ■n the ihird floor of this building, Lin 
 
 oln. in 
 
 January. 1861. wrote his first inaugura 
 
 ddress. 
 
 Mr. Smilh was the husband of Mrs 
 
 Lincoln' 
 
 sister. Ann. The desk Lincoln used 
 
 villi its 
 
 many pigeon holes and sloping front 
 
 al Libr 
 
 I the foyer of the Illinois Slate Hislor, 
 
 Locan & Lincoln Law Of 
 it.). Stephen Trigg Logan w 
 aw partner 11811-18441. 
 
 :e 1203 S. Siyth 
 Lincoln's ..-.,..,.1 
 
 Stiabt S Lincoln Law Ofi 
 St.). John Todd Stuart was I 
 partner 11837-1841). Their < 
 serond floor, front, and wi 
 Sangamon County Circuit Cou 
 11837-18401. 
 
 1100 N. Fifth 
 coin's first law 
 -e was on the 
 rented to the 
 as a jury room 
 
 ABRAHAM LINCOLN 
 
 from ambrotvpe made in 
 
 April, 1858. 
 
 STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS 
 
 from daguerreotype made 
 in July, 1855
 
 We Salute 
 The Greatest City in the World 
 
 SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS 
 
 MATTHEWS TRANSFER CO. 
 
 "Common Freight Service Via Ten Line 
 
 Haul Carriers to or from Anywhere, U.S.A." 
 
 * 
 
 Dial 7538 
 
 DANNE'S 
 
 Famous for 
 Hot lieef Sandwiches 
 
 & 
 
 300 E. WASHINGTON ST. 
 
 Across from G.M.&O. Depot 
 
 SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS 
 
 2-0371 — PHONE — 8-9629 
 
 OWNER— JOHN LYNN 
 
 SERVING SPRINGFIELD AND 
 
 VICINITY for over 42 YEARS 
 
 Kodaks - Fast Film Service 
 
 Greeting Cards 
 
 "Everything Photographic Since 1975" 
 
 THE CAMERA %UOP 
 
 NCORPORATED 
 
 320-322 South Fifth Street 
 
 Telephone 2-241 3 
 
 Enjoy the Finest 
 
 Old Fitzgerald 
 
 and 
 
 Cabin Still 
 
 Distributed by 
 
 VAN PICKERILL 
 
 &SONS 
 
 Springfield 
 
 
 A. J. CARGNINO 
 
 BUILDING CONTRACTOR 
 
 SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS 
 433 West Lawrence Telephone 3-9343 
 
 ORPHEUM BOWLING & BILLIARDS 
 
 126 North Sixth Street 
 FRED METZ— Proprietor 
 
 Compliments 
 KNAAP & SMITH 
 
 REISCH SHOE SHOP 
 
 119 South Fifth Street 
 
 Springfield, Illinois 
 
 ART GIBSON GEO. L HOCKENYOS 
 
 Dial 6312 
 
 SENTINEL INSECT CONTROL 
 LABORATORY 
 
 "PROTECTION FROM INSECT LOSSES" 
 Exterminating Contractors 213 E. Jefferson St.
 
 MILITARY - CIVIL DEFENSE 
 
 Springfield has been honored by having the oldest continuous National Guard unit in the history of the Na- 
 tional Guard of Illinois. National Guard units of Springfield have participated in the Winnebago War, 1827; 
 Black Hawk War, 1832; Mexican War, 1846-1848; Civil War, 1861-1865; Spanish-American War, 1898; Mexi- 
 can Border Service, 1916; World War I, 1917-1918; World War II, 1941-1946, and Korea, 1950-1953. 
 
 Abraham Lincoln was a Company Commander in 1832 for thirty days, then re-enlisted as a private in Cap- 
 tain Elijah lies company for twenty days, and then served for thirty days in Captain Jacob M. Early's Inde- 
 pendent Sky Corps. 
 
 Since World War II, Springfield has new units, 
 talion added to its list of fine units. 
 
 ,70th Fighter Interceptor Squadron and 32nd Ordnance Bat- 
 
 O&Mr- 
 
 ILLINOIS NATIONAL GUARD JET FIGHTER PLANES. 
 
 MASS-FEEDING DEMONSTRATION being conducted 
 with improvised ovens and equipment, supervised by 
 Gen. Clay M. Donner. director, Springfield and Sanga- 
 mon Civil Defense Corps, with John E. Ogletree, Chief 
 of Emergency Feeding, " elfare Section. 
 
 CAMP LINCOLN is the oldest training cnmp in Illinois 
 still in continuous use b\ the National Guard.
 
 Serving the Springfield Area 
 
 1930-1957 
 
 WTAX 
 
 1240 K.C. 
 
 CBS Radio Network 
 
 News - Sports - Music - Drama - Comedy 
 
 & AMERICAN 
 AIRLINES 
 
 Serving SPRINGFIELD 
 
 to VACATION \KI. \S OF EAST COAST. 
 
 \\ EST COAST, SOI THWEST 
 
 AND MEXICO 
 
 PIm, no 8-3161 
 
 VACATION or BUSINESS 
 
 TRAVEL 
 
 Agent Representing ALL AIRLINES 
 RAILROADS, STEAMSHIP COMPANIES 
 CRUISES— ALL-EXPENSE TOURS 
 
 Serving the Springfield Areo Ten Teors 
 
 CIRCLE TOUR & TRAVEL BUREAU 
 
 HOTEL LELAND LOBBY . . . LILLIAN S. OLIVER. Owner-Monoger 
 
 DIAL 2-2919 . . . SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS 
 
 For Tour Convenience, Heservotions Mode ond Tickets Issued 
 
 With No Additional Chorge 
 
 SIEBERT'S 
 
 SHOE STORE 
 
 324 S. SIXTH STREET 
 
 ESTABLISHED 1902 
 
 SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS 
 
 S \ N ( ; A M O N 
 
 SAVINGS and LOAN 
 
 ASSOCIATION 
 
 312 South Fourth Street 
 Established 1886 
 
 TRUMAN L PLATT & SONS CO., Inc. 
 
 BITUMINOUS 
 
 CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS 
 
 2300 NORTH HTH ST. SPRINGFIELD. ILLINOIS 
 
 MURPHY RUG and 
 FURNITURE CLEANERS 
 
 2056 S.Mac Arthur Blvd.
 
 MILITARY -CIVIL DEFENSE 
 
 CIVIL 1)1.1 EV-E-HOME PROTECTION TKMMNC 
 GRADUATION CEREMONIES for volunteer* who have 
 completed n tewweehs course, Held at the Sangamon 
 County Farm Bureau '111 V Sinth St.). Sixteen such 
 classes sponsored by the Springfield and Sangamon 
 County Civil Defense Office have been completed since 
 January 1957, iiitli a total enrollment of 1,000 persons 
 from the Springfield area. 
 
 A/. 
 
 A GRANDMA'S PANTRY EXHIBIT thoum in conjunc- 
 tion with National Civil Defense Week, Sept. 9-15, V)',f,. 
 
 I S. \ W \l. \M) M\RINE CORPS RESERVE TR UN- 
 [NGCENTEB 2001 Lake Shore Drive), teas completed 
 Jan. /5, 1949 at a i o\t of t350ft00, and houset equipment 
 valued at tSOOfiOO. tctive duty personnel con 
 natal officer and 8 enlisted personnel, I marine corpi 
 officer and 7 enlisted. 250 naval reserve personnel use 
 
 the Center fur training on Monday, Tueulus anil Irtda-* 
 evenings', the marine cor pi reserve unit of 100 drill on 
 7 hursday ex en
 
 ARKS. RFCREATION AND SPORTS 
 
 Organization and conducting a 
 general recreation program for 
 Springfield's citizens of all ages 
 is the purpose of the Play- 
 ground and Recreation Com- 
 mission. The credo of the Com- 
 mission may well be summar- 
 ized by saying that it behooves 
 every community to provide 
 adequate recreational facilities 
 for a healthful community. 
 Springfield's many parks with 
 their varied recreational activi- 
 ties have made also a more 
 friendly community. 
 
 IK \l\l\<; IOR BASEBALL. 
 
 S\\ [MMING \T SPRING- 
 FIELD'S MEMOR] VL POOL 
 
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 PLAYGROl ND NITE, 1956.
 
 ALLIS-CHALMERS 
 
 MANUFACTURING CO 
 
 SPRINGFIELD WORKS 
 
 The Farm Families of Sangamon County 
 Are Proud to Have Had a Significant 
 Part in the Early History of Sangamon 
 County and Are Glad to Participate in 
 The CAPITENNIAL CELEBRATION. 
 
 O&pwftUu 
 
 For Typing 
 Perfection 
 
 Phone 4-4861 
 
 Henry's Typewriter Service 
 
 Repairs for All Makes of 
 
 TYPEWRITERS AND ADDING MACHINES 
 
 1062 East Ash Street 
 
 Springfield, Illinois 
 
 Call 5515 Air Conditioned 
 
 HARPER METHOD BEAUTY 
 SHOP 
 
 Alpha E. Jones 
 
 Permanent Waving 
 
 Hair Shaping - Styling - Coloring 
 
 Manicures 
 
 Figurama Reducing 
 
 50] West Allen Street 
 
 Springfield, Illinois
 
 l'VRKS. KKCKEATION AND SPORTS 
 
 LAKE SPRINGFIELD 
 (southeast edge of Springfield) i>rovid>>s facilities for 
 hooting, swimming, fishing and other aquatic sports, 
 t municipal opera season has been scheduled here in 
 the summer. 
 
 LINCOLN ACRES
 
 A. G. EDWARDS 
 and 
 
 SONS 
 
 719 MYERS BUILDING 
 SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS 
 
 BEAUTY SHOP EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES 
 
 // it's the finest in cosmetics, 
 It's by Revlon. 
 
 Hair Dryers, Neiv and Rebuilt 
 
 JAEGER SUPPLY CO. 
 
 421 EAST WASHINGTON ST. 
 SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS 
 
 210 SOUTH FIFTH ST. 
 
 My Friends: 
 
 Here I am, in historical 
 detail, fashioned by hand, 
 in my suit of rusty black 
 and old plaid shawl. 
 
 I will make a fine addi- 
 tion to a collection. I am 
 11 inches tall. 
 
 My good wife, Mary, is 
 made ivith the same de- 
 tail. She is 8 inches tall. 
 Purchase us separately or 
 as a pair. 
 
 Sincerely, 
 Your Abe Lincoln Doll 
 
 Kenbeth Workshop 
 
 Single Doll: $3.95 
 
 Pair: $7.50, both postpaid 
 
 No C.O.D.'s 
 
 1547 Williams Blvd. 
 Springfield, Illinois 
 
 Compliments of 
 
 ALVTN S. KEYS & CO. 
 
 40 Years of Insurance Service to 
 Our Community 
 
 615 East Monroe St. 
 
 Phone 7543 
 
 Compliments On 
 A CENTURY OF PROGRESS 
 
 BLACK & CO. 
 
 HARDWARE 
 
 314 East Adams 422 East Adams 
 
 1614 South Mac Arthur
 
 qA Salute to 
 
 The Land of Lincoln 
 
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 £.0^"^™^ (i^^ 
 
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 Today's n 
 
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 lodern Combine is a far cry from the cradle of Lincoln's day — From hack hreaking hand 
 power and plenty — The unfolding drama of agricultural mechanization and a free people. 
 
 MASSEY-HARRIS-FERGUSON INC. 
 
 SPRINGFIELD BRANCH 
 
 IN THE HEART OF LINCOLNLAND 
 
 Weao&t Jnc. 
 
 Est. 1923 
 
 Wholesalers of Plumbing, Heating and Sheet Metal Supplies 
 
 215-229 NORTH EIGHTH STREET • TELEPHONE 4-4834 
 
 SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS 
 
 In Peoria 
 1827 South Washington St. 
 
 Greetings Springfield 
 
 MORRISON SAUSAGE 
 
 3443 East Cook 
 
 Compliments Of 
 
 DRIVE-IN CAR WASH 
 
 'THE BEST IN TOWN" 
 
 A CLEAN CAR 
 
 DRIVES BETTER LASTS LONGER 
 
 1814 South Sixth Street Just South of Laurel 
 
 SCHRYVER-SPROUSE & CO. 
 
 "All Forms of Insurance" 
 
 Dial 4-4866 
 
 410 South Fifth Street 
 
 SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS 
 
 COMPLIMENTS 
 
 CAPITOL ENGRAVING & 
 ELECTROTYPE COMPANY 
 
 SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS
 
 W. F. Wingerter, President 
 Francis W. Wenzel, Vice-President 
 
 Mrs. Sara J. Becker 
 
 James E. Dare 
 
 Dr. Thome Deuel 
 
 Comm. George W. Doyle, 
 
 Francis M. Durkin 
 
 Frank England 
 
 G. William Horsley 
 
 LINCOLN LAND ASSOCIATION 
 
 OFFICERS: 
 
 Walter E. Wagner, Secretary 
 Wiliard Bunn, Jr., Treasurer 
 
 DIRECTORS: 
 
 Joseph F. Jannesse 
 E. Carl Lundgren 
 John W. McKee 
 Homer Mendenhall 
 Mrs. Harold T. Merritt 
 Ward Montgomery 
 Albert M. Myers 
 
 H. Francis Shuster 
 Mrs. Raymond Taintor 
 Dr. Ruth Walker 
 Dr. D. E. Webster 
 Bruce E. Wheeler 
 Miss Dorothy Wolfson 
 Roy E. Yung 
 
 LAND OF LINCOLN CAPITENNIAL 
 
 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE: 
 
 W. F. Wingerter, General Chairman Walter E. Wagner, Secretary 
 
 Francis W. Wenzel, Headquarters Chairman Wiliard Bunn, Jr., Treasurer 
 
 UNDERWRITING DIVISION: Allen M. Smith, Chairman 
 
 REVENUE DIVISION: Joseph F. Jannesse, Chairman 
 
 Historical Souvenir Booklet: Mrs. Raymond Taintor, Chairman 
 
 Historical Data Committee: 
 
 Mrs. Maude Nation Lanham, Chairman 
 Mrs. Helene H. Rogers Marquardt, Editor 
 Mrs. C. Russell Johnston, Mrs. Marion D. Pratt 
 
 Mrs. John G. Nevens, Chairman 
 
 Miss Nina Adams 
 
 Mrs. Harold Albrecht 
 
 Mrs. Norman L. Baker 
 
 Mrs. A. C. Cochran 
 
 Mrs. Donald Blager 
 
 Mrs. George Cashman 
 
 Mrs. Herman Davis 
 
 Mrs. Clinton Dawson, Jr. 
 
 Mrs. Gerald Dillman 
 
 Novelties Committee: 
 
 Felix Maero. Chairman 
 
 Advertising Committee (Mariama Club): 
 
 Mrs. Frank Fee Mrs. E. D. dinger 
 
 Mrs. John Galasse Mrs. James A. Parker 
 
 Mrs. Henry C. Groesch Mrs. Earle Paulsel 
 
 Mrs. Mervin E. Gustaveson Miss Ruth Saylor 
 
 Mrs. Banks Haigood Mrs. Herman Schoening 
 
 Miss Elsie Heustead Miss Marguerite Smith 
 
 Mrs. Harry Johnson Mrs. LaRue Taintor 
 
 Mrs. John Lloyd Mrs. L. T. Thornton 
 
 Mrs. Evelyn Moore Mrs. Elizabeth Wheeler 
 
 Mrs. Pearl Nelson Mrs. Harold E. Yager 
 
 Concessions Committee: 
 
 Paul Terrill, Chairman 
 Silver Suarez 
 
 Miss Lorraine Fleck, Chairman 
 
 Mrs. A. C. Balestri 
 
 Mrs. Marion Brown 
 
 Mrs. Jacob Bunn, Jr. 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. George Cashman 
 
 CELEBRATION BALL COMMITTEE 
 
 Mrs. Nelson O. Howarth 
 
 Mrs. Clascenna Hinton Harvey 
 
 Mrs. Hester I. Kerr 
 
 Mrs. Terry J. Livingstone 
 
 Mrs. Albert Myers 
 
 Mr. Lee J. Muller 
 Miss June Parsons 
 Mr. Robert Steffan 
 Mrs. A. A. Touch 
 Mrs. Walter E. Wagner 
 
 PROMOTIONAL DIVISION: 
 
 Mrs. Gertrude Zeunges, Ladies Chairwoman John L. Satterlee, Men's Chairman 
 
 Mrs. Robert Saner, Chairman 
 Mrs. Henry C. Groesch 
 
 Tennial Belles Committee: 
 
 Mrs. Nelson Howarth 
 Mrs. Robert Carter 
 
 Mrs. James Walsh 
 
 Mrs. J. Waldo Ackerman, Chairman 
 Mrs. Arthur Gottschalk 
 
 Sunbonnet Committee: 
 
 Miss Elsie Pavletich 
 Miss Linda Ennis 
 
 Miss Bonnie Bonjean 
 Mrs. Don Schnepp
 
 George W. Doyle, Chu 
 John Winch 
 
 Ivan Falconer, Chairman 
 lames Wilkins, Co-Chairman 
 Henry Bogardus 
 
 Men's Hat Committee: 
 
 !I-?sch. Cha;' 
 
 Queen Contest Committee: 
 
 Richard Roberts, Chairman 
 
 Gary Phillips 
 Linda Pearson 
 
 Mary Gerald 
 C. W. Neeld 
 
 Promenade and Caravan Committee: 
 
 WiIIk mi Giachetto 
 Mrs. Walter Bubnis 
 
 Bearded Brothers Committee: 
 Earl Gasaway 
 Edward Glenwright 
 Russell Wilson 
 
 George Dillon 
 Don Zahn 
 George Jefferson 
 
 Kangaroo Court Committee: 
 
 C. Leo Shaughnessy, Chairman 
 Joey Mack 
 
 SPECTACLE TICKET DIVISION: 
 
 Robert F. McDonald, Chairman 
 
 Finance: 
 
 Eugene Redfern 
 
 Tickets & Tabulation: 
 
 Paul Davidsmeyer 
 Clascenna Harvey 
 
 Publicity: 
 
 John W. Midgely 
 W. F. Miller 
 
 Sylvia Walter 
 Mary Miller 
 
 Ray Swartout 
 
 Herbert Wiley 
 
 Bud Dickason 
 Arthur Abney 
 
 Telephone: 
 
 Edna Tebrugge 
 
 G. William Horsley, Co-Chaiimun 
 Thome Deuel, Chairman 
 
 Adelaide O'Brien, Chu 
 Betty Farrington 
 
 Freda TerVeen, Co-Chairman 
 Charles Weishaupp 
 
 Helen Randolph, Co-Chairman 
 James McComas, Co-Chairman 
 George Flynn 
 Charles Wade 
 Mary Agnes Buscher 
 Margaret Grandone 
 Ellen Walker 
 
 Rules & Eligibility: 
 
 Eugene Segin 
 
 Arrangements: 
 
 Margaret Bruns 
 
 Awards: 
 
 Marybell Altman 
 Jim Bohnger 
 
 Correspondence: 
 
 Barbara Steward 
 
 Hube Collins 
 Arabelle Flatley 
 
 G. B. Gordon 
 
 Thelma Daily 
 
 Arthur Squires 
 Norma Paine 
 Cashiers and Gates Committee: 
 
 Patrons Ticket Committee: 
 
 Melba McKenzie, Co-Chairwoman Deems Maupin, Chairman 
 James Bolinger, Co-Chairman 
 
 SPECTACLE DIVISION: 
 
 Glenn Farrington, Co-Chairman 
 
 Scenario and Title Committee: 
 
 Margaret A. Flint 
 
 Cast Committee: 
 
 Jay Slaven 
 Tom Shrewsbury 
 
 Properties Committee: 
 
 Charles Dennis, Co-Chairman 
 
 Stage Managers Committee: 
 
 Mary Ellen Kennedy 
 
 Make-Up Committee: 
 
 Grayce Vinegori 
 Ruth Payson 
 Reta McComas 
 Ruth Gehner 
 Dolores Leinweber 
 Maxine Rawhngs 
 Margie Trower 
 
 Clyde Walton 
 
 Gordon Casper 
 Carl I. Richardson 
 
 Judy Horsley 
 Loe Burk 
 
 Peggy Runkel 
 Gordon Matthews 
 Virginia Koontz 
 Carol Laughlin 
 Edward Wedeking 
 Bernice Van Meter 
 Florence Calvert
 
 Roberta Richardson, Chairman 
 Bill Lockhart 
 Charlotte Lockhart 
 Mrs. Mariann Stearman 
 
 Costume Committee: 
 
 Mrs. Isabel Smurr Arabelle Flatley Pearl Danley 
 
 Mrs. Bonnie Stevens Mary Jean Luce Cynthia McKenzie 
 
 Roger Johnson Joan O'Neill Myrtle McKenzie 
 
 Jean Johnson 
 
 Mel Kampe 
 
 Paul Konen, Chairman 
 
 James Armstrong 
 Mary Meyer 
 
 C. W. Neeld 
 
 Ralph Zeunges 
 A. R. Schoenrock 
 
 Billie Cox 
 
 Henry Kloppenburg 
 
 John W. Chapman, Co-Chairman 
 
 PUBLICITY DIVISION: 
 Press: 
 
 Dick O'Neil 
 Beulah Gordon 
 
 Radio and TV: 
 
 Bill Miller 
 
 Distributive: 
 
 William Greeley 
 William Richards 
 
 Speakers: 
 
 Clifton Thornton 
 Jack Fisherkeller 
 
 Sarah Feuer 
 Wayne Allen 
 
 G. B. Gordon 
 
 Anthony Jirik 
 
 Ted Grippo 
 Richard Hobson 
 
 HOSPITALITY DIVISION 
 
 William E. McElroy, Co-Chairman 
 
 Housing and Official Entertaining Committee: 
 
 James Bolinger, Chairman 
 
 Forrest D. Norris, Co-Chairman 
 Alec E. MacPherson, Co-Chairman 
 
 William E. McElroy, Chairman 
 Joel D. Eastham 
 R. L. Thompson 
 Elmer R. Knight 
 P. C. Yocum 
 
 Pioneer Recognition Committee: 
 
 William Schnirring, Jr. 
 William Stout 
 
 Boy Scout Pilgrimage Committee: 
 
 S. R. Ryerson 
 A. R. Booth 
 Carl Carter 
 Owen R. Marsh 
 Bruce Wheeler 
 
 George Kennedy 
 Frank Darneille 
 
 Howard H. Peck 
 John Satterlee 
 Dr. Richard Graebel 
 W. R. C. White 
 
 SPECIAL EVENTS DIVISION 
 
 John W. McKee, Chairman 
 
 Merchants Promotion Committee: 
 
 Albert Myers, Chairman 
 
 Phil Bisch, Chairman 
 W. R. C. White 
 Ramona McGlennon 
 
 Robert Mountz, Chairman 
 
 Historical Windows Committee: 
 
 Allen M. Smith, Chairman 
 
 Parades Committee: 
 
 H. Francis Schuster 
 Charles King 
 Roger Meredith 
 
 Music Committee: 
 
 Don Pope 
 Earl Gasaway 
 Meredith Rhule 
 
 Religious Heritage Day: 
 G. B. Gordon, Chairman 
 Robert E. Cook, Co-Chairman 
 Rev. Joseph A. Murray 
 Rev. Harry Kriebel 
 Rabbi Lewis Satlow 
 E. Carl Lundgren 
 Beulah Gordon 
 
 SPECIAL DAY 
 
 W. Guthrie Piersel 
 Sara Feuer 
 Thomas McDermand 
 Charles McElroy 
 Alice Helmle 
 Jack Edgecomb 
 John W. McKee 
 Gerald Hogan 
 
 COMMITTEES: 
 
 Ralph DiSanto 
 Franklin Perkins 
 James Cummins 
 Donald Jones 
 Raymond F. May 
 Rev. E. E. Laughlin 
 Rev. Raymond B. Knudsen 
 Clifton Norell 
 
 Rev. W. W. Roth 
 K. Y. Plank 
 Rev. Chester Carlson 
 Carl Richardson 
 Rev. Richard Hewitt 
 Rev. D. K. Montgomery 
 Rev. Beryl Kinser 
 Prof. Otto F. Stahlke
 
 Mayor Nelson Howarth, Chi i 
 
 Neighbors Day: 
 
 Maero 
 
 Queen's Day: 
 
 ■ e Fleck, Chairman Mrs. James Tebrugge Mrs. Mary Miller 
 
 Mrs. Mark Brown Miss Norma Paine Miss Arabelle Flatley 
 
 Youth Day: 
 H. Francis Shusler, Chairman Charles King Lee Carey 
 
 Maurine Evans Mrs. Maude Lanham Mrs. Robert Furry 
 
 Mrs. Stanley Thomas Woodrow Russell Richard Waughop 
 
 Merle Perry 
 
 Mrs. Jack F. Minnis 
 Mrs. Marie Kahn 
 
 Chick McRoberts 
 
 Norma Trede 
 
 Mrs. Esther Schmidt 
 
 Phil Bisch, Co-Chairman 
 
 Gertrude Zeunges, Chairman 
 Mrs. Louis Noll 
 Grace Murphy 
 Velma Spitler 
 Emma Mae Hale 
 <Mrs. Alice Ford 
 Miss Janet Irwin 
 Elizabeth Charlton 
 Peggy McKenzie 
 Mrs. Helen Merritt 
 Mrs. James M. Batterton 
 Joan Coady 
 
 Independence Day: 
 
 W. R. C. White, Co-Chairman 
 
 Ladies' 
 
 Mary Alice Smith 
 Sally Holliday 
 Helen Kimball 
 Pauline Denison 
 Mrs. Lester Park 
 Mrs. Oliver A. Johnston 
 Mrs. Richard Roberts 
 Mrs. Walter Bubnis 
 Mrs. Jane McDonald 
 Jean Bolt 
 
 Frances Shidiauski 
 Betty Senters 
 
 Day: 
 
 Pat Sheley 
 Mrs. Jo JvIcLain 
 Mrs. Richard Quay 
 Ethel Stewart 
 Florence Vidor 
 Nora Stuches 
 Denysia Bastas 
 Yuanita Evans 
 Eleanor Keefner 
 Ruby Robinson 
 Bonnie Pillischafske 
 Frances Jarvis 
 
 Mary Theobald 
 Sherilyn Puschel 
 Nancy Gaffigan 
 Marlene Morris 
 Barbara Marlow 
 Delores Earl 
 Yuanita Lanham 
 Mabel Brees 
 Nellie Rice 
 Mrs. Lucille Lindley 
 Mrs. Edith Phillips 
 Mrs. Alta Pierson 
 
 Forrest D. Norris, Co-Chairman 
 Alec E. MacPherson, Co-Chairman 
 
 Homecoming Day: 
 
 William Schnirring, Jr. 
 William Stout 
 
 George Kennedy 
 Frank Darneille 
 
 The Lincoln Land Association gratefully acknowledges the unselfish help and contributions of the following 
 
 persons, groups and business firms: 
 
 Furnishings For Capitennial 
 Headquarters: 
 
 Board of Education 
 
 Capital Cily Paper Company 
 
 Central Office Equipment Company 
 
 Jefferson Stationers, Inc. 
 
 Machine's Tavern 
 
 Modern Business Machines Company 
 
 Pepsi-Cola Company 
 
 Sprinqfield Rural Urban Clinic 
 
 Wiley Office Equipment Company 
 
 Historical Souvenir Booklet: 
 
 Miss Hellie Bunker Smith 
 J. Walter Marquardt 
 
 State Historical Library 
 Illinois State Journal 
 Illinois State Reqister 
 Mrs. Marqaret Loud 
 Miss Anne Curfman 
 Miss Edna Allen 
 Manama Club 
 
 Queen Contest Prizes: 
 
 Sasco United Television Company 
 Maytaq Corp i 
 
 Sikking Company 
 
 iry Studios 
 Tim McAllister — Utah Woolen Mills 
 Packinq Company 
 Hotel 
 
 Lincoln Museum: 
 
 Michael O. Garvey 
 
 Lincoln National Life Insurance Co. 
 
 James T. Hickey 
 
 Lincoln Colleqe 
 
 Norman Broadwell 
 
 Judqe Creel Douqlas 
 
 Sanqamon County Officials 
 
 Volunteer Help in Capitennial 
 Office: 
 
 Girl Scouts: Terry Phillips, Sandra Wilson, 
 
 Susan Stackman. Janet Way. Lucy Cole. 
 
 Nancy Moon, Mary Ann Baum. Susan 
 
 Marsha Bishop, Marian Schultz. 
 
 Queen Contest Flowers: 
 
 Bud & Helen's Flowc- 
 Flowers By Mary Lou 
 Truman Cole Flower Shop 
 Winch Floral Shop 
 
 Pageant Spectacle: 
 
 State of Illinois Officials— use of facilities 
 
 Sunley- conf: 
 Scherf Boiler Co.— Metal workers 
 Vredenburqh Lumber Co. — lumber for 
 
 slaqes 
 Claren> ■ ng stock 
 
 Boy Scouts 
 
 Cotillion Ball: 
 
 Miss Marqarel E. Baker 
 
 Mrs. Norman Jones 
 
 Mrs. William D. McCarty 
 
 Mrs. Charles R. Hooqland 
 • eld Arl Association 
 [field Cralts & Ceramics Club 
 (field Civic Garden Club 
 
 4lh Deqree Kniqhts ol Columbus 
 
 William H. Kewley. Potentate 
 
 Ansar Shrine Band 
 
 A Mid Bunn, Jr. 
 .: Life Insurance Co. 
 
 Illini Counliy Club 
 
 Sprinqfield Marine Bank 
 
 S. J. Can, 
 
 Arqyle Stables, Ml. Carroll. 111. 
 
 Janet Pape 
 S. Phil Hutrh 
 Mrs. Don Blanchard 
 Georqe Pike 
 Bernard Neuman 
 Paul Anderson 
 Georqe Kichinko 
 Tom Mi 
 
 Bearded Brothers Stockades: 
 
 • : mery Ward & Co. 
 Sears, Roel ■ • 5
 
 CABIN TO CAPITOL — SYNOPSIS OF SCENES 
 
 THE LINCOLN LAND ASSOCIATION 
 
 Proudly Presents 
 "CABIN TO CAPITOL — THE SPRINGFIELD STORY" 
 
 Illinois Stale Fairgrounds 
 July 2nd through July 6th, 1957 
 
 A John B. Rodgers Production 
 Mrs. Rea Warg, Producer-Director 
 Max R. Scudder, Associate Director 
 
 THE QUEEN'S INTRODUCTION 
 
 Horsemen ride in formation as a tribute to her Royal Highness. Through an avenue of flags proudly borne 
 by our Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts, 4-H, pass the representatives from all the states, cadets, sailorettes. The Royal 
 Princesses of Her Majesty's Court will arrive to complete the colorful scene. A blare of trumpets heralds 
 the arrival of her Most Royal Highness, Queen of Springfield Capitennial. 
 
 Queen of Celebration 
 Pages for Queen 
 Attendants for Queen 
 
 Karen Camp 
 Barbara Valent 
 Kathy Gedney 
 Jean Nicol 
 Harriet King 
 Susan Heimlich 
 Penny Heimlich 
 Terry Johnson 
 Kathy Ryan 
 Sharon Crouse 
 Jane Cully 
 Carol Egizi 
 Mary Louise Hasara 
 Judy Buckholdt 
 Violet Seebach 
 Susan Hodde 
 Jinny Saries 
 
 48 States Sailorettes 
 
 Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts Trumpeteers 
 
 Trail Riders 
 
 Jinny Bachmann 
 Betsy Clark 
 Sally Carson 
 Sandra Carson 
 Nancy Hawkins 
 Joyce Mulcahy 
 Sharon K. Redding 
 Pam Nance 
 Joan Hiler 
 Margie Besling 
 Joan McElhanon 
 Sharon Eggleston 
 Connie Thoman 
 Sandra Capella 
 Jo Elaine Sager 
 Dorothea Edson 
 Judith Sager 
 
 Jeanne Bogardus 
 Georgia Estock 
 Sue McMullen 
 Hazel Ingraham 
 Dinah Sangster 
 Sara Cohn 
 Sue Browne 
 Kathy Lenz 
 Barbara Knox 
 Koran Churchman 
 Peggy Madden 
 Roberta Sager 
 Judy Reinning 
 Linda Williamson 
 Nancy Stowers 
 Kathy Stoeckel 
 Julaine Bonansinga 
 Janette Davis 
 
 Trail Riders: 
 
 George Bryant 
 Charles Bryant 
 Sam Albright 
 Alice Albright 
 Gene Albright 
 O. P. Davis 
 Gary Spence 
 Jack Carter 
 Al Burris 
 Joe DeRosa 
 Charles Waters 
 Fred Painter 
 Paul Grosball 
 Audrey Brashear 
 Melvin Theobald 
 Ben Spence 
 
 SCENE 1— IN THE BEGINNING 
 
 Our civilization didn't all begin a century nor two centuries ago. The roots hark back into many nations and 
 many peoples. The old Indian Legends tell of the creation of America. 
 
 Auoka — Marcia Pehlman 
 
 Manitou —Julian Baggerly 
 
 Hiawatha — John Risse 
 
 Dancers: 
 Bettie Dillon 
 R. J. Marshall 
 Mike Beier 
 Janette Davis 
 
 Sharon Crouse Rusty Evans Maurine Downey 
 
 Tom Hayes Gary Nix Mary Jo Releford 
 
 M. M. Keafer Paul Passerini Margie Belwig 
 
 Fred Rice Ceil Yoggerst Diane Grizzell 
 
 /3>'ll Coons 
 
 SCENE 2— UNDER TWO FLAGS 
 
 The lands of the Indian tribes of the Illinois Confederacy lay first under the banner of the Fleur De Lis, second 
 under the flag of the British, and third under the Stars and Stripes. 
 
 Father Marquette — Floyd Bollinger French Soldiers Priests 
 
 Joliet — Jerry Joe Clark American Soldiers Indiana 
 
 Soldiers (British) 
 
 Larry Barrett Don Barrett Margie Besling Joan Hiler 
 
 SCENE 3— TREATY OF EDWARDSVILLE 
 
 The Preemption Act of 1813 gave the settler first right to buy the land upon which he had made improve- 
 ment, but fhe red men were reluctant to give up their lands. Finally, the Kickapoos agreed to meet in Ed- 
 wardsville, and here they signed an agreement to leave their land and go to the new lands on the Osage 
 River. 
 
 August£Ch#teau — Jerry Joe Clark Benjamin Stevenson — Jim Bollinger 
 
 Indian braves and children from Boy Scout and Explorer Troops, Girl Scouts, Order of Arrow, and Gary Nix 
 Group.
 
 SCENE 4— FIRST SETTLEMENT 
 
 The coming of the Kelley's and their founding of homes in Springfield. . . . The meeting of the County Com- 
 missioners to name Springfield as Temporary County Seat. . . . and the kindness of the settlers to other 
 wagon trains making their weary way to new homes and new lands. 
 
 Elisha Kelly — Charles Bryant 
 Charles R. Matheny — Sam Albright 
 Zachariah Peter - Ellis Albright 
 William Drennan — Charles Dunmire 
 James Latham — James Williams 
 Rivers Cormack — George May 
 John Spillers — Delbert Phares 
 John Linsey — Duane Theobald 
 Stephen Stillman — 
 John Robinson — 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Coffinbargar 
 Mr. and Mrs. Frank P. Dixon 
 Mr. and Mrs. Guy L. Shuman 
 Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Jabusch 
 Charles and Helen Botterbusch 
 John and Betty Devocelle 
 Wayne and Betty Leinicke 
 Frank and Onie Koehne 
 Mrs. Bernice Spence 
 Wayne Crawford 
 Barbara Painter 
 
 Elijah lies — 
 
 John Taylor — 
 
 James Simms — 
 
 Gersham Jayne 
 
 Wagon Master- Gary Spence 
 
 Riders- -Charles Waters, Al Burris, Sam Albright, Ellis Albright 
 
 Team Drivers 
 
 Little Boy 
 
 Father and Mother — Virgil and Kathryn Cutright 
 
 Children in Wagon — Sandra Robbins, Judy Lanterman 
 
 Gene Klemme 
 Bea and Albert Burris 
 Elizabeth Klemme 
 Mulvey and Vera Hankins 
 Charles and Lucy Waters 
 Bob and Dorothy Eggleston 
 Ron and Maxine Flesher 
 Margaret Goodall 
 Philip Hank 
 Norma Dunmire 
 
 Georgann Albright 
 
 Joyce Bryant 
 
 Verna Albright 
 
 Mrs. James Williams 
 
 Mrs. Duane Theobald 
 
 Mrs. George May 
 
 Mrs. Delbert Phares 
 
 Russell and Gertrude Meyers 
 
 Lee and Eula Muller 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Russell Smith 
 
 SCENE 5— CORNERSTONE OF LEARNING 
 
 Our early settlers realized that in order to build a foundation for a new life for the future generations to come, 
 their children must learn to read and write. To fully appreciate the great strides education has made, we look 
 in on one of the early schools. It seems, however, that the teacher had some of the same troubles then as now. 
 
 School Teacher — 
 
 Arlene Waters 
 Karen Metzroth 
 
 Nancy Holzaepfel 
 Sharon Rutledge 
 
 School Children: 
 
 Paula Canum 
 Beverly Smith 
 
 Joyce Smith 
 Linda Schmidt 
 
 Diane Schmidt 
 Joyce Veseling 
 
 SCENE 6— CALL TO WORSHIP 
 
 History of the circuit riders and the building of our churches. 
 
 Minister — Floyd Ballinger Men Women 
 
 Helen M. Chambers 
 Estella Watts 
 Ruth Constant 
 
 Doris Dasher 
 Katherine Loughmiller 
 Janice Bottersch 
 
 Nola Wilmarth 
 Anna Mae Summers 
 Ann Oehler 
 
 Children 
 
 Margie McCammon 
 Betty Robson 
 James Leinicke 
 
 SCENE 7— CAPITOL CITY 
 
 In April, 1832, Springfield was incorporated as a town. Settlers crowded into the Sangamo country. The 
 mails came by stagecoach, and each letter cost 25 cents, which was paid by the recipient. If you were a 
 wise Scotsman, you might think up a system in order not to pay the fee. The Capitol in 1837 was moved to 
 Springfield and the people celebrate. Lincoln comes to live here as a permanent resident. 
 
 John Williams — William McElroy 
 Stage Coach Driver — George Bryant 
 Mr. McNab— Mr. Wilbur Gibbs 
 
 Lincoln — G. W. Horsley 
 Josh Speed — Norman Bullard 
 
 E. P. Baker — Harry Clayton 
 Elijah lies — D. L. Deere 
 
 Towns people 
 
 Hayes M. Lauterbach 
 Walter Gross 
 Harold Higgins 
 Forrest D. Norris 
 Rose Marie Moser 
 Mrs. Eugene Thompson 
 Sadie Miller 
 P. J. Adams 
 
 Military Men 
 
 Judy Gallant 
 
 Mrs. Robert Waring 
 
 Mrs. John Painter 
 
 Mrs. Ralph Ward 
 
 Mrs. Lawrence Camp 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Miller 
 
 Richard Miller 
 
 William Miller 
 
 Dignitaries 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Louis Pike 
 Earl Paulsel 
 Keith Richards 
 James Sorensen 
 Allen Thomas 
 Mrs. Lawrence Camp 
 Margie McCammon 
 Doris Dasher 
 
 Carol Redding 
 
 Bernadine Grady 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Robert DeWan 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton 
 
 Mr. Bolinger 
 
 Ron Jackson 
 
 Mrs. Jane Horton
 
 SCENE 8— PRICE OF POLITICS 
 
 While battles were won and lost on the Legislative Floor, much of the groundwork was laid in strange ses- 
 sions held in meetings in the lobby of the State House. Groups met here to discuss and plan. They came 
 to be known as "The Lobby". However, the political pot began to boil bitterly and fiercely. . . . Hot political 
 feelings of the era led not only to beatings but to murder. 
 
 A. W. Calvary 
 Pope — Wilbur Gibbs 
 
 Hayes M. Lauterbach 
 Harry Clayton 
 D. L. Deere 
 
 Green 
 
 Rev. J. N. Early- 
 
 Walter Gross 
 Harold Higgins 
 
 -Horace W. Bivin 
 
 Forrest D. Norris 
 Earl Paulsel 
 
 Truett — James Sorenson 
 
 Keith Richards 
 Allen Thomas 
 
 SCENE 9— CAPITOL WHIRL 
 
 When Springfield captured the seat of the government, sessions of the court and of the Legislature drew po- 
 litical leaders from all over the state. The wives of the lawmakers declined to be left to the boredom of 
 routine in their own communities, so they joined their husbands in the Capitol. The beginning of a gala so- 
 cial period set in mad cotillions became the fashion. Lincoln, Douglas, and Mary Todd attended one of these. 
 
 Mrs. Ninan Edwards 
 
 Mary Todd — Betty Farrington 
 
 Mr. Lincoln — G. W. Horsley 
 
 S. A. Douglas — S. Phil Hutchison 
 
 Dancers 
 
 Dignitaries 
 
 Waiters 
 
 SCENE 10— THE IRON HORSE 
 
 The auction of the Old Northern Cross railroad, 
 arrival of the new railroad. 
 
 The start of the Donner and Reed party to California and the 
 
 Auctioneer 
 
 Col. P. C. Johnson — Carl Richardson 
 
 Reed 
 
 Dancers: Bill Klingler (Caller) 
 
 Norma Dunmire 
 
 Josephine Klingler 
 
 Verna Albright 
 
 LeRoy and Pauline Coffinbarger 
 
 Guy and Bea Shuman 
 
 Charles and Helen Botterbusch 
 
 Frank and Onie Koehne 
 
 Gary Spence 
 
 Russell and Cecelia DeCastongrene 
 
 Barbara Painter 
 
 Albert and Bea Burris 
 
 Barber 
 
 Nicholas Ridgely 
 
 George and Mary May 
 
 Jim and Marie Williams 
 
 Robert and Dorothy Eggleston 
 
 Margaret Goodall 
 
 Russell and Gertrude Meyers 
 
 Lee and Eula Muller 
 
 Sam Albright 
 
 Georganne and Ellis Albright 
 
 Charles Dunmire 
 
 Charles and Joyce Bryant 
 
 Frank and Florence Dixon 
 
 Ralph and Dorothy Jabusch 
 
 Farmer on Wagon 
 Donner — Gary Spence 
 
 John and Betty Devocelle 
 
 Wayne and Betty Leinicke 
 
 Mrs. Bernice Spence 
 
 Wayne Crawford 
 
 Gene and Elizabeth Klemme 
 
 Duane and Mary Theobald 
 
 Delbert and Margaret Phares 
 
 Charles and Lucy Waters 
 
 Ronald and Maxine Flesher 
 
 Phillip Hauck 
 
 Mulvey and Vera Hankins 
 
 Donner Party: 
 Helen M. Chambers 
 Estella Watts 
 Ruth Constant 
 
 Doris Dasher 
 Katherine Loughmiller 
 Janice Bottersch 
 
 Nola Willmarth 
 Anna Mae Summers 
 Ann Oehler 
 
 Margie McCammon 
 Betty Robson 
 James Leinicke 
 
 SCENE 11— ELECTION OF A PRESIDENT 
 
 Lincoln becomes President of the United States 
 
 Lincoln, the boy — Charles Mertz 
 
 Lincoln, the surveyor 
 
 Lincoln, the lawyer — Nicholas V. Baltusevich 
 
 Dignitaries 
 
 Townspeople: 
 
 Mrs. Lawrence Camp 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Miller 
 
 Richard Miller 
 
 William Miller 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Louis Pike 
 
 P. J. Adams 
 
 Judy Gallant 
 Rita A. Ralph 
 Pat Lavin 
 Mary Ann Foster 
 Shirley Davidson 
 Ann Sutton 
 Wilma Mellinger 
 Allen Mellinger 
 
 Lincoln, the debater — G W. Horsely 
 Messenger Boy — Robert Carl Richardson 
 Mary Todd — Betty Farrington 
 
 Janet Mellinger 
 
 Robert F. Midden 
 
 Shirley Vetter 
 
 Mrs. Robert Waring 
 
 Mrs. John Painter 
 
 Mrs. Ralph Ward 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Robert DeWan 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton 
 
 Mr. Bolinger 
 Glenanne Farrington 
 Robert Carl Richardson 
 Veta Donner Coomer 
 Mary Frances Lavin
 
 SCENE 12— AFFECTIONATE FAREWELL 
 
 Mr. Lincoln G. W. Horsely 
 
 Townspeople: 
 
 Mrs. Lawrence Camp 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Miller 
 
 Richard Miller 
 
 William Miller 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Louis Pike 
 
 P. I. Adams 
 
 ludy Gallant 
 
 Robert Carl Richardson 
 
 Mrs. Lincoln — Betty Farrington 
 
 Rita A. Ralph 
 Mary Ann Foster 
 Mary Frances Lavin 
 Robert F. Midden 
 Shirley Vetter 
 Mrs. Robert Waring 
 Mrs. John Painter 
 
 Mrs. Ralph Ward 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Robert DeWan 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton 
 
 Mr. Bolinger 
 
 Glenanne Farrington 
 
 Veta Donner Coomer 
 
 Pat Lavin 
 
 SCENE 13— TO PRESERVE THE UNION 
 
 Illinois' answer to Lincoln's call for troops. The opening of Camp Butler. Douglas' speech before the Spring- 
 field Legislature. The war and the end of war. 
 
 Lincoln — G. W. Horsely 
 
 Stephen Douglas — S. Phil Hutchison 
 
 Trail Riders: 
 
 George Bryant Al Burris 
 
 Charles Bryant Charles Waters 
 
 Gene Albright Paul Grosball 
 
 Gary Spence Melvin Theobald 
 
 Grant — Jerry Pollack 
 Cook — Carl Richardson 
 
 Sam Albright 
 Alice Albright 
 O. P. Davis 
 Jack Carter 
 
 Joe DeRosa 
 Fred Painter 
 Audrey Brashear 
 Ben Spence 
 
 SCENE 14— MR. LINCOLN RETURNS HOME 
 
 SCENE 15— STATE FAIR 
 
 There you were with your hair slicked down, all ready to take your best girl to the State Fair. There you 
 would see the bathing beauties, the CanCan girls, see the races — Ah, the Gay Nineties. What a wonderful 
 
 Photographer 
 Judge 
 
 Dr. Stephen G. Gard 
 Bernice Gard 
 
 Barker 
 Strong man 
 
 Lee J. Muller 
 Henry F. Boyle 
 
 Little boy 
 Medicine man 
 
 Balloon man 
 Policeman 
 
 Jerry Boyle 
 Ann Pope 
 
 Race Horses from Mr. V. Stoven, Stoven Stables 
 
 Bathing Beauties: 
 Suffragettes 
 Bike Riders 
 CanCan Dancers 
 Dorothy Dietrich 
 
 Susan Sponsler 
 Erika Rehm 
 Sharon Stillwell 
 Sharon Gibson 
 Jane Harrison 
 
 Kathleen Burke 
 Bathing Beauties: 
 Margie Besling 
 Mary Jo Releford 
 Jo Ann Gobel 
 
 LaRue Pope 
 Bernice Koch 
 
 Ceil Yoggerst 
 Marilyn DeGraff 
 Donna Schoknecht 
 Margaret Forth 
 Judy Perrine 
 
 Eula Muller 
 
 Duane Grezzell 
 Jane Grebler 
 Judy Lanterman 
 Sandra Robins 
 Bernie Koch 
 
 SCENE 16— WORLD WAR I 
 
 In 1917, once again America answered the call. 
 
 Bugler 
 
 Drill Team 
 
 SCENE 17— THE ROARING 20's 
 
 The old time movies — the short hair — the Charleston. 
 
 Theda Bara — Carol Miller 
 
 Rudolph Valentino Julian Baggerly 
 
 Lieutenant Dabney — Comley Evans 
 
 Dancers: Betty Dillon 
 
 Buddy Roberts 
 
 SCENE 18 — LFVING MEMORIAL -Once again the darkness of war clouds swept our nation and from that 
 turmoil came a symbol that shall long represent the valor of our men. Marines 
 
 SCENE 19— THE BURNING QUESTION 
 
 With each of us rests the decision . . . What shall we do with this new giant? 
 
 General Groves Scientists 
 
 Bill Henry 
 
 John Cameron Swaze
 
 Greetings to 
 4 Wonderful 
 City 
 
 AUTO RECONDITIONERS 
 918 E. Capitol 
 
 QUALITY work by 
 Expert craftsman for 
 
 *jp " years 
 
 Auto Wreck Work — Simonizine 
 
 From The Land of Lincoln 
 
 Doll Portraits in Bisque 18" and 23" 
 
 Authentic Originals by Maggie Head Collectors Items 
 
 DORIS GRANT, Distributor in Springfield 
 
 105' 2 East So. Grand Phone 8-1264 
 
 On display at R. F. Herndon Co. 
 
 HARDWARE MUTUALS 
 AUTO INSURANCE 
 
 PAYMENT PLANS AVAILABLE 
 
 "Photography is Fun" Phone 3-8181 
 
 p/tctc -Craft £kcp 
 
 Fifth at Laurel — Springfield, Illinois 
 
 CAMERAS • SUPPLIES • PHOTO FINISHING 
 
 Plenty of Parking Space 
 
 (Don) D. E. SUESEN (Andy) O. W. ANDERSON 
 
 ENJOY 
 
 HARDWARE 
 
 MUTUALS 
 
 DIVIDEND 
 
 SAVINGS 
 
 • Fast, friendly, coast-to-coast 
 service. 
 
 • Cpuality protection at low net 
 
 cosl. 
 
 Hardware Mutuals have returned 
 more than $150,000,000 in divi- 
 dends to policyholders since 
 organization. 
 
 Sally 
 
 Ward 
 
 "Where the Lowest 
 
 Budget Can Afford 
 
 the Best" 
 
 Telephone 8-4313 
 Launderers ' ' 6 East Jefferson Street 
 Dry Cleaners 327 North Sixth Street 
 
 J. HUTCHINSON R. MORGAN 
 
 Branch Office 
 630 EAST ADAMS 8-2543 
 
 insurance for your AUTO . . HOME . . BUSINESS 
 
 B & Z PASTRY SHOP 
 
 420 E. Adams St. 
 
 Springfield, Illinois 
 
 R. E. Tietze — Owners — Irene R. Tietze 
 
 JACK II ARM AN 
 
 So. Grand & MacArthur 
 SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS
 
 Jl* 
 
 PW r 
 
 BALESTRFS GRILL 
 
 Laurel and MacArthur — Routes 36-54-4 
 
 Our presenl restauranl started in 1948 with a counter and 21 stools. All 
 cooking was done behind this counter with Leitner Stainless Steel Equipment 
 This made a nice counter establishment, but soon was inadequate to take care 
 { our manj customers. 5 tables added soon did not Bll our need for space. 
 
 In 1950 the grocen store adjoining was bought and the space added to the 
 resuurant. Our capacity was now sufficienl for 122 patrons. The kitchen m 
 
 pieces of necessary equipment 
 A complete dinner menu was 
 
 the rear took on a new broiler and main oth 
 to take care of the steadilj increasing busines 
 introduced. 
 
 In 1955 another remodeling project was necessary to enable us to better 
 serve the public. Ml cooking equipment was taken to the kitchen, the counter 
 cut down, more tables added extending the dining room into the grill. 
 
 WE ARE INDEED GRATEFUL FOR THE PATRONAGE WHICH HAS 
 MADE FOR CONTINUED PROGRESS. TO SHOW 01 R APPRECIATION 
 \\l HAVE MADE BALESTRI'S ONE OF THE FINEST RESTAURANTS 
 IN I ill SPRINGFIELD VREA.
 
 II A W MOTOR SALES. Inc. 
 
 NINTH and CARPENTER 
 SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS 
 
 Robert V. Hanson 
 
 Lewis A. Wood 
 
 HOLLAND 
 
 Dial 5933 
 
 218 S. Sixth Street 
 SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS 
 
 ILLINI RADIO & TV. Inc. 
 
 RCA Television 
 318 SO. 4TH ST. SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS 
 
 Phone 2-3211 
 SALES & SERVICE 
 
 WM. MILNER EVAN RICHIE 
 
 FORMERLY HOBBS ELECTRIC SHOP, INC. 
 
 LEE WERNER OIL CO. 
 
 305 WEST JEFFERSON 
 
 SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS 
 
 PHONE 3-3823 
 
 J£atitia-> Hoffman^ 
 
 Director of 
 
 SPRINGFrELD COLLEGE 
 
 Springfield College of Music & Allied Arts invites 
 you to visit the college during the Capitennial Cele- 
 bration. A leader in the field of Music and Dance 
 since its inception in 1916, the Springfield College of 
 Music & Allied Arts is an institution with which are 
 associated the finest of standards and cultural attain- 
 ments. 
 
 Beginning and Advanced Courses in Dance, Piano, 
 
 Voice, Violin, Drama, Baton, Band and 
 
 Ballroom Dancing 
 
 308 y 2 South Fourth Street Dial 2-8611 
 
 Fall Season Starting September 3rd 
 
 LUCKY BOY 
 GOOD BREAD 
 
 Greetings - - - 
 
 MATHEIS HARDWARE CO. 
 
 Hardware - Paints 
 
 Sheet Metal Work 
 
 Phone 3-3533 601 So. 11th St. 
 
 MODERNISTIC SCHOOL OF 
 BEAUTY CULTURE 
 
 300-302 East Monroe Street 
 SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS 
 
 The New 
 
 zMOR TON'S 
 
 216-218 South Fifth Street 
 
 SRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS 
 
 Springfield's Smartest Styles 
 
 UNSBEE NURSING 
 HI 
 
 Phone 3-5955 
 
 NURSE ON DUTY 24 HOURS 
 
 HOSPITAL BEDS FOR BED PATIENTS 
 
 1417 SOUTH SIXTH STREET 
 
 SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS 
 
 Owned and Operated By 
 Mr. and Mrs. Charles Unsbee
 
 PKRSONAUTIKS 
 
 "Let us hope, rather, thai l>y the besl cultivation of tlie physical world, beneath 
 .mil around us; and tin- intellectual ami moral world within us, we shall secure 
 
 an imli\ iilual. social, ami political prosperity ami happiness, whose course shall 
 be iiiim ard and upv\ ard, and v, hich. « hile the earth endures, shall not pass away." 
 
 The backbone of every great city and every important civilization has been the leaders, 
 the pioneers and the average people who strive for ideals commensurate with their tal- 
 ents and ambitions. Springfield has been fortunate throughout the years in being 
 favored with pioneer stock of great courage and vision — with contemporary individ- 
 uals of aggressive, optimistic faith in the future of this city. 
 
 in,,,, 
 
 now State Historical Library; execu 
 live secretary, tbraham Lincoln Isso 
 ciation, author of many authoritativi 
 ttndies on I no oln <md Illinois history 
 
 0?»i- /f&J 
 
 M Mil TODD LINCOLN. 
 wife »/ Abraham Lincoln, mother of 
 Holo-rt Todd (1843-1926), Edward 
 linker (1846-1850), William Wallace 
 (1850-1862) and Thomas "Tad" (1853- 
 IHTI). Mrs. Lincoln dud in Spring- 
 field in /K«:'. 
 
 JOHN TODD STUART, 
 prominent lender in cultural and 
 business enterprises. He had encour- 
 aged Lincoln to studs law, having 
 known him in the Muck Hawk War 
 and in the state legislature. He was 
 Lincoln's first law partner (Stuart <£ 
 Lincoln). HU7-1H41).
 
 For 42 years Stout's Jewelers has met 
 the demands of Springfield and Central 
 Illinois residents who have demanded out- 
 standing quality in jewelry, silver, china and 
 true precision timepieces. 
 
 It is little wonder that we number among 
 our customers second and third generations 
 who have come to us for both purchase and re- 
 pair — for the finest and most unusual 
 in custom-made jewelry. 
 
 Because through the years we have refused to 
 
 compromise in quality or service, Stout's 
 
 has joined the ranks of Springfield's 
 
 most respected home-owned business firms. 
 
 c5tou*i' 
 
 JEWELERS 
 
 315 SOUTH FIFTH STREET 
 
 
 GEORGE OTTO 
 
 Forty five years of Service 
 
 BOILER COMPANY 
 
 
 Commercial and Residential 
 
 ^ 
 
 Heating 
 
 "Everything in Paper" 
 
 Call ns for free Estimate on 
 Any Heating Problem 
 
 * 
 
 Phone 4-2777 - Springfield, Illinois 
 
 CAPITAL CITY 
 PAPER CO., INC. 
 
 Congratulations Springfield 
 
 7he Slack rfhauJ 
 £teak HwAt 
 
 
 2242 South Sixth Springfield, Illinois 
 
 Phone 2-5511 
 
 Phone 5622 
 
 
 Bo Keeley Gene Petrella
 
 18S7- 195*3 
 
 1933 - 1957 
 
 \\ t are proud i" -ay thai THE MILL has been a part 
 nl Springfield for almosl twenty-five years, and that 
 Louis and Herman Cohen have been in business al 
 the -.mic location for the past fortv years, 
 
 \\ e salute the Springfield Capitennial anil the finest 
 city in the world — 
 
 SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS 
 
 and hope that we may have the privilege of serving 
 you in the future as we have in the past. 
 
 Herman, Louis, and Richard S. Cohen 
 
 for your dining pleasure . . . 
 
 mill 
 
 906 North Fifteenth Street 
 
 Illinois it I ■ «|iii|»iii«*ni € <>. 
 
 ILLINOIS NATIONAL 
 INSURANCE COMPANY 
 
 133 South Fourth Street 
 SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS 
 
 Automobile, Casualty, Workman's 
 Compensation, Burglary and Fire 
 
 See One of Our Many Local Agents 
 
 RSONAL CARE OUR SPECIALTY" 
 
 MS-Ka Kennel 
 
 DIAL 4-1025 
 
 Compliments Of 
 
 GENERAL TELEPHONE 
 COMPANY 
 
 OF ILLINOIS 
 
 1130 South Sixth Street 
 SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS
 
 PERSONALITIES 
 
 JAMES M. GRAHAM, 
 
 lawyer, congressman, and Knight of 
 
 St. Gregory. 
 
 DR. GERSHOM JAYNE, 
 prominent early physician. 
 
 GEN. JOHN A. LOGAN, 
 
 G.A.R. commander, founder of 
 
 Memorial Day, U.S. representative 
 
 and senator. 
 
 MOTHER MARY JOSEPH 
 
 WOULFE, 
 
 foundress of Springfield Ursuline 
 
 Convent, 1857. 
 
 WILLIAM H. HERNDON, 
 
 Lincoln's law partner 1 1 84 1-1865). 
 
 He was elected mayor of Springfield 
 
 in 1854. 
 
 WILLIAM DODD CHENERY 
 FAMILY. 
 
 Mr. C.henery was proprietor of the 
 Chenery House where the Lincoln! 
 
 stayed before their departure for 
 Washington, D.C. in February, 1861. 
 
 GEORGE W. HELMLE. 
 architect.
 
 PERSONALITIES 
 
 SHE! Bl M CI I l.OM. 
 governor {1877-1885), US. representa- 
 tive "'ii/ senator. 
 
 ROBERT C. LANPHIER, SR.. 
 founder aj Sangamo Electric 
 
 Company. 
 
 SUSAN B. WILCOX. 
 head of English Department, Spring- 
 field High School, whose ft/e was 
 dedicated '" tfce i 'JU ouragement of all 
 her students. The High School Room 
 hi I incoln Library is named for her. 
 
 RICH \RI> YATES, 
 
 Civil " or governor and 
 
 I S senator. 
 
 ELIJAH ILES. 
 
 one of the founding fathers »/ 
 
 Springfield. 
 
 Q 
 
 JACOB BUNN, 
 wholesale grocer, banker and manu- 
 facturer. He and his lirother John 
 were intimate friends of the I incoUU 
 who were welcome guests at the Buna 
 home (Sixth at Jackson). Public- 
 spirited and philanthropic, they 
 served their community uell. 
 
 THE RE\ . CH \RI ES DRESSER, 
 
 Episcopalian clergyman who married 
 
 Vary Todd and Abraham Lincoln, 
 
 and built the home purchased 
 
 fn Lincoln. 
 
 JESSE K. DUBOIS, 
 
 first Republican Slate Auditor 
 
 18S7-1864). 
 
 OZIAS M. HATCH. 
 first Republican Secretary of State 
 (1857-1865). Lincoln attended his wed- 
 ding to Julia Enos.
 
 Best Wishes 
 from 
 
 TRI-COUNTY 
 BEER DISTRIBUTORS 
 
 Greetings 
 
 Dine in the New and Distinctive 
 Atmosphere of 
 
 THE CLIFFS GOURMET 
 1577 Wabash Ave. 
 
 In Springfield 
 
 Enjoy the Friendly 
 
 Congenial Atmosphere 
 
 of 
 
 I 
 
 J J 
 
 Enroute to New Salem 
 
 State Park 
 
 1 Mile West of 
 
 Springfield on the 
 
 Historical 
 
 Lincoln's Trail 
 
 Routes 97 - 125 
 SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS 
 
 BUILDING MATERIALS 
 
 AND 
 
 READY MIXED CONCRETE 
 
 HENRY NELCH & SON CO 
 
 ESTABLISHED IN 1896 
 
 SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS
 
 TITLE 
 
 HISTORIANS 
 
 Doing Business in Springfield 
 
 from 1997 to 1957 
 
 flu 1 sum COUNTY MI 
 
 [ 
 
 409 EAST ADAMS STREET 
 
 Springfield, Illinois 
 
 Nationally Known Brands 
 
 Furniture, Rugs and Appliances 
 
 At Discount Prices 
 
 TISCKOS FURNITURE & 
 APPLIANCES 
 
 522 North Fourth St. 
 
 j;vewley'S 
 
 <J.WillJlH. f JSpJ-idMfcB» 
 
 lSt?««>COOK \U»/ / PHONE 2-8915 
 
 »' ~ SPR INGFIELD.ILL. 
 
 DELLERT'S 
 
 624 East Adams Street 
 
 Wallpaper Paints 
 
 Pictures Picture Framing 
 
 In the Land of Lincoln 
 It's 
 
 SPRINGFIELD MOTORS Inc. 
 
 Your Lincoln and Mercury Dealer 
 West Jeeferson at Rutledge 
 
 MIDWAY LIQUOR'S 
 
 Largest Liquor Store in the State 
 
 724 South Grand Ave., East 
 
 Phone 8-1014 — 8-2281 
 
 Hammond Organs — Pianos 
 TV — Appliances 
 
 The Bruce Company 
 
 Serving the Public Since 1899 
 
 BOB REED'S 
 
 TELEVISION SERVICE COMPANY 
 
 2-7211 or 2-5568 
 2948 South MacArthur Blvd. 
 
 Phone 8-2557 
 
 DAVIS FINANCE CO. 
 
 B. B. DAVIS, President 
 Loans $50.00 to $500.00 
 
 101 East Monroe Streel 
 
 Springfield, Qlinoi 
 
 "Springfield's Only Health Food Store" 
 
 THE HOUSE OF NATURAL LIVING 
 FOODS FOR SPECIAL DIETS 
 
 613 South Fifth Street Phone 3-2882 
 
 Mrs. Marie Riecks Elledce, Proprietor 
 
 K^olonlal III! I ol vl 
 
 2900 SOUTH MAC ARTHUR BLVD. 
 SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS . DIAL 4-1704 
 
 LESTER PLUMBING & 
 HEATING 
 
 217 EAST JEFFERSON STREET 
 Office Number 2-9832
 
 PERSONALITIES 
 
 J. OTIS HUMPHREY. 
 lawyer and judge, first president of 
 Lincoln Centennial Association (since 
 1929, Abraham Lincoln Association). 
 
 THE RIGHT REV. 
 TIMOTHY HICKEY, 
 
 Chancellor of Alton Diocese, pastor 
 of Immaculate Conception Church. 
 
 CLARK M. SMITH, 
 
 merchant and brother-in-law of the 
 Lincolns. 
 
 NINIAN W. EDWARDS. 
 son of Gov. Ninian Edwards and Lin- 
 coln's brother-in-law. He ivas first 
 Superintendent of Public Instruction. 
 
 BENJAMIN P. THOMAS. 
 author, executive secretary, Abraham 
 Lincoln Association. His "Abraham 
 Lincoln" is one of the best one-vol- 
 ume biographies of Springfield's 
 
 MRS. ALICE W. BROOKS, 
 
 principal of the Bettie Stuart Institute. 
 
 EDWARD L. BAKER. 
 
 ditor, "Illinois State Journal" and 
 
 L .S. consul to Buenos Aires. 
 
 MRS. JESSIE PALMER WEBER, 
 
 daughter of Gov. John M. Palmer, 
 
 and first permanent librarian, Illinois 
 
 State Historical Library. 
 
 CHRISTOPHER C. BROWN, 
 
 lawyer and son-in-law of John Todd 
 
 Stuart. His second wife was Mrs. 
 
 Caroline Owsley Farnsworth.
 
 EXCELLO 
 
 REEL MOWERS ROTARY MOWERS 
 
 RIDER MOWERS 
 Manufactured By 
 
 HEINEKE & COMPANY 
 
 Springfield, Illinois 
 
 ijw: 
 
 y) th YEAR 
 
 SERVING SPRINGFIELD AND VICINITY WITH 
 
 QUALITS MATERIALS AND WORKMANSHIP 
 
 FOB YOUR HOME VND BUSINESS 
 
 ROOFING: Barrett Bonded Tar and Gravel As- 
 phalt built-up roofs, Vsphall shingles ami slate. 
 
 SHEET METAL \\nl!k: \ complete shop to serve 
 Mini entire needs for gutters, downspouts, duct- 
 \\ ink. skylights, etc 
 
 II RNACES: Vmerican Standard, Conco ami York 
 gas furnaces. \. < •. Smith arid Conco gas conver- 
 sion burners. 
 
 \IK CONDITIONING: York, Conco ami American 
 Standard. I \ size and model for every borne or 
 business, i 
 
 SCHMIDT BROS. inc. 
 
 12K) E. LAI REL ST. Phone 2-7719 
 
 Greetings Springfield 
 
 SOUTHERN VIEW MOTEL 
 and DINING ROOM 
 
 TJ. S. 66 — South of Springfield 
 Air Conditioning and TV 
 
 advertising ^Art at its 'BesL 
 
 advertising 
 
 PHONES 7554 
 
 Congratulations and Best W ishes 
 
 FR1SINA AMUSEMENT CO. 
 
 Row State 
 
 Esquire Springfield Drive-In 
 
 design house 
 
 exclusive interiors 
 
 815 w. Washington street Springfield, Illinois 
 
 dial 8-9693
 
 PERSONALITIES 
 
 JOHN M. PALMER, 
 
 Civil War general, governor (18b n - 
 
 1873), grandfather of Dr. (George 
 
 Palmer, founder of the Palmer 
 
 Sanatorium. 
 
 SIMEON FRANCIS, 
 
 editor and publisher of the "Sangamo 
 
 Journal" (now the "Illinois State 
 
 Journal"). 
 
 GEORGE N. BLACK, 
 merchant and one of the founders of 
 the Illinois Stale Historical Society. 
 He gave the ground for Washington 
 
 Park, the first city park. 
 
 lav 
 
 JAMES C. CONKLING, 
 r, civic leader, of whom Lincoln 
 
 wrote: "He has ample business quali- 
 fications, is entirely trustworthy: and 
 withal is my personal friend of long 
 standing" 
 
 EDWARD D. BAKER. 
 lawyer and congressman, who deliv- 
 ered the oration at the laying of the 
 cornerstone of the Illinois State Capi- 
 tol, July 4, 1837. Intimate friend of the 
 Lincolns, their third son was named 
 after him. 
 
 LOGAN HAY. 
 lawyer, state senator, and president, 
 Abraham Lincoln Association 1 1°20- 
 1942). He was the son of Milton Hay 
 lib,: had studied law in Lincoln's low 
 office, and grandson of Stephen T. 
 Logan. Lincoln's second law partner. 
 
 JOHN WILLIAMS, 
 
 early merchant and founder of the 
 
 First JSational Bank organized in 
 
 1863. 
 
 HELEN VAN CLEAVE 
 BLANKMEYER. 
 
 author and civic leader, long-time 
 
 member Library Board, receiving 
 
 Trustees' Award from the Illinois 
 
 Library Association. 
 
 MRS. ALICE EDWARDS FERGU- 
 SON. MR. B. H. FERGUSON, AND 
 MRS. BENJAMIN S. EDWARDS. 
 Mr. Ferguson tens the owner of the 
 China Store located on the southwest 
 corner of Sixth and Monroe. After 
 her mother's death, Mrs. Ferguson 
 gave the Edwards home to the Spring- 
 field Art Association (700 N. Fourth 
 St.).
 
 fim: 
 photography 
 
 SINCE 
 11571 
 
 Bearded Brother 
 
 Tennial Bell 
 
 ANDERSON 
 STUDIO 
 
 42 l l / 2 South Fifth St. 
 
 ROXY THEATRE BLDG. 
 SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS 
 
 PHONE 2-6215 
 
 Compliments of 
 
 WINCH FLORAL SHOP 
 
 323 East Monroe Street 
 SPRINGFIELD. ILLINOIS 
 
 Phone 2-3375 
 
 BEST WISHES SPRINGFIELD 
 
 Central Heating S flir Conditioning Co. 
 
 EXCLUSIVE WILLIAMSON HEATING 
 AND AIR CONDITIONING DEALER 
 
 Congratulations Springfield 
 
 SAPUTO TWINS 
 
 FAMOUS PIZZA HOUSE 
 FINE ITALIAN FOODS 
 
 Rain or Shine, We Deliver to Your Door 
 Phones 2-0105 or 4-2523 
 
 Eighth and Monroe Street 
 
 tf<CHJ< 
 
 &un 
 
 CI STOM-FITTED COSMETICS 
 
 Mrs. Arthur Kmcaid 
 
 1431 South College ffWaattjd by- 
 
 Telephone 3-7738 
 
 PHONE 21403 
 
 RUG and CARPET CLEANERS 
 Oriental and Domestic 
 
 THE ELITE CLEANERS 
 
 RUGS AND FURNITURE 
 
 2804 SO. TWELFTH ST. SPRINGFIELD. fLL. 
 
 _yv Statute to S^prinafietd 
 
 World's Most Complete Line of Trucks 
 
 INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER CO 
 
 101 West Washington Street 
 SPRINGFIELD. ILLINOIS
 
 CONGRATULATIONS AND BEST WISHES 
 
 GEORGE P. COUTRAKON 
 
 Your State Representative 
 
 of 48th District 
 
 GEORGE E. DRACH 
 
 Your State Senator 
 45th Senatorial District 
 
 * 
 
 G. WILLIAM HORSLEY 
 
 Your State Representative 
 of 48th District 
 
 With pride in the (City's history 
 
 And confidence in a bright future . . . 
 
 ILLINOIS FARM SUPPLY 
 
 CONGRATULATES SPRINGFIELD ON HER 125th BIRTHDAY
 
 A. H. Harris & Associates 
 
 1119 South Sixth Street 
 
 SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS 
 
 "A Fine Neiv Home for a Fine Old Service" 
 
 Visit us soon and inquire 
 about our nationally adver- 
 tised "Circle Security" plan to 
 help you pay loss of time, hos- 
 pital and surgical expense. It 
 will pay you to investigate 
 this famous plan. 
 
 MUTUAL OF OMAHA 
 Mutual Benefit Health & Accident Association 
 
 Th^ 
 
 Frye Printing Company 
 
 SUPPER CLUB 
 
 * 
 
 2641 South Sixth Street 
 
 723 EAST ADAMS STREET 
 
 For Private Parties or 
 
 Telephone 2-9616 
 
 Reservations . . . 
 
 ti 
 
 ^r 
 
 
 Telephone 2-0867 
 
 W. C. Reddick R. E. Miller, Jr.
 
 "Surrey with the fringe on top" 
 Seeing the sights on a Sunday afternoon 
 
 Mrs. Myrtle Unsbee, descendant of the 
 
 Hunks family, wearing her Grandmother's 
 
 dress (1834). 
 
 Linda Ennis, descendant of Todd Family, wearing gown 
 owned by Mary Todd Lincoln. 
 
 FRANK UiNETTES 
 
 Enjoying the American way of tiling
 
 BARKER -LUBIN COMPANY 
 
 300 No. 9th STREET 
 SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS 
 
 The Builders Department Store 
 Devoted to building and creating a greater Springfield. 
 
 PHONE 2-8881 
 
 The Light Refreshment 
 
 GEORGIAN RESTAURANT 
 
 FAMOUS FOR STEAKS & GOOD FOOD 
 9th and South Grand Phone 2-0561 
 
 TRY OUR FAMOUS 
 TENDERLOIN STEAK PLATE 
 
 $1.25 
 
 Pies and Food Prepared To Take Out 
 Open 24 Hours Daily . . . Except Tuesday 
 
 Succc:<:or<; 
 
 DAVIS & ROSE 
 
 Owners
 
 PUBLIC BUILDINGS 
 
 SPRINGFIELD'S CITY HALL 
 
 since 1893 (Capitol at Seventh). 
 
 SANGAMON COUNTY COURT- 
 HOUSE since 1876 when partially com- 
 pleted new State Capitol uas first occu- 
 pied. W hen more space ivas needed the 
 building was enlarged in 1899 by raising 
 it with jacks and adding another floor 
 at the ground level, a new roof and 
 dome. John F. Rague ivas the architect 
 of the original building, and S. J. Hanes 
 the architect who conceived the manner 
 of providing more space without chang- 
 ing the lines of the building. 
 
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 FEDERAL BUILDING 
 (Monroe between Sixth and Seventh >. 
 
 
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 gag 
 
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 EXECUTIVE MANSION, official home of Illi- 
 nois governors since November, 1855 is located 
 three blocks <'Ost of the Capitol group on a 
 beautifully landscaped knoll on Jackson be- 
 tween Fourth anil Fifth streets.
 
 The original privately owned Illi- 
 nois State University, popularly called 
 "The Coffee Mill' taken dnu>.i in 1933, 
 replaced by Wessel Hall. 
 
 CONCORDIA THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY 
 
 mfflflfl' 
 
 muni! mm I 
 
 Founded in Fort Wayne, Ind., 
 
 1846 
 
 On Springfield Campus 
 
 Since 1875 
 
 Maintained by 
 
 The Lutheran Church-Missouri 
 
 Synod 
 
 For the Training of Its 
 
 Ministry 
 
 
 
 • 
 
 
 
 - - - 
 
 
 
 
 ■ 
 
 ff'essel Hall — class room building, 
 dedicated 1955. 
 
 Van Horn Hall — dormitory, 
 dedicated 1954. 
 
 In 1875 Concordia Seminary was moved to Springfield and established 
 on its present campus which had been occupied by the privately owned Illinois 
 State University. 
 
 The university had been erected in 1854 on land donated by the Enos 
 family of Springfield. Abraham Lincoln was one of its trustees and his son, 
 Robert, one of its graduates. 
 
 Since the founding of Concordia Seminary, 2500 men have been graduated 
 for the Lutheran ministry, of whom more than 1200 are active today as pastors 
 and missionaries in all parts of the world. 
 
 Martin Luther Statue 
 unveiled May 26, 1957.
 
 SCHOOLS, COLLEGES, LIBRARIES 
 
 The first school built of logs is a contrast with schools built of brick, stone and metals. The little log school 
 was built in Springfield in a clearing on the north side of what is now Washington Street between Pasfield and 
 Lewis, in 1821 soon after the first settlers came. It was heated bv a fireplace and pupils sat on backless 
 benches made of log slabs with sticks for legs. The teacher had no desk, a pail of water with a gourd for a 
 cup was used by all. One reader, owned by the teacher, was used by the pupils. 
 
 Today's pictures of the Springfield system of schools and colleges carry an increased tempo which with over 
 30,000 students is a far cry from the little group which gathered in the log cabin 130 years ago. 
 
 Specialized classes are held daily in Stuart and Douglas schools, and the Cerebral Palsy Development School. 
 Although the Springfield schools have made steady progress, they are still insufficient for our needs. 
 
 . -Wh. 
 
 ^^ta^silPCSSSaaL-*^ 
 
 PALMER SCHOOL (Thirteenth and Mason), 
 
 first Springfield school built with public jutuls 
 
 opened April 14, 1856, and was then called 
 
 First W ard School.
 
 In the Years of our Lord 
 
 1857-1957 
 
 For one hundred \ ears-proudly a part of Springfield 
 
 1857— Marked the founding of the Ursuline Order in this city by Mother 
 Mary Joseph Woulfe who had come to this area with other re- 
 ligious led by Right Rev. Henry Damian Juneker, Bishop of 
 Alton (now Springfield). Illinois. 
 
 From this memorable date the Ursulines have loved Springfield 
 and have ever been deeply interested in any civic or educational 
 movement that enhanced our City's progress. 
 
 The years from poor beginnings in a humble school to today's 
 Academy for girls, their Monastery. Chapel, Conservatory of 
 Music and Junior College are wonderful testimony to a dedica- 
 tion to high standards of education, calls to the religious voca- 
 tion, and championing of higher education facilities for the 
 community. 
 
 Not only high school for girls in their academy but the complete 
 ro>tcr of Junior College subjects such as Pre-Medical, Pre-Legal. 
 Liberal Arts cv Sciences, Teacher Training. Commerce. Engi- 
 neering and Music are offered on a co-educational basis as well 
 as a fidl adult education program. 
 
 1957 — At present the Ursulines of Springfield have well over 3,700 
 enrollees in their parochial schools, their Academy and their 
 Junior College of Springfield, Illinois. 
 
 Truly a hundred years with God's grace are but the threshold to 
 
 greater things in the future for both 
 
 Springfield and the Ursulines.
 
 SCHOOLS, COLLEGES, LIBRARIES 
 
 1. SPRINGFIELD HIGH SCHOOL 
 (101 S. Lewis) 
 
 2. FEITSHANS HIGH SCHOOL 
 (1121 S. Fifteenth St.) 
 
 3. LANPHIER HIGH SCHOOL 
 (1300 N. Eleventh St.) 
 
 4. URSULLNE ACADEMY 
 
 (1400 N. Fifth St.) 
 
 5. CARVER TRADE SCHOOL— 
 FOR BOYS (1117 E. Washing- 
 ton St.) 
 
 6. ST. JAMES TRADE SCHOOL— 
 FOR BOYS (Sangamon Ave. 
 Road)
 
 THE FINE HARNESS CLASS — A popular event at any horse show for over 
 one hundred years, is a feature at the annual MIDWEST CHARITY HORSE 
 SHOW held each year at the State Fairgrounds. 
 
 Serving Springfield Since 1932 
 
 THE SO-HO 
 
 STEAK HOUSE 
 
 139 N. 4th St. 
 
 Walking Distance from all Hotel 
 
 MS 
 
 Laura & Felix 
 
 ICY ROOT BEER STANDS, INC 
 
 You are never far from the 
 Icy Root Beer Stands. Your 
 favorite Drive-In, famous for 
 Hamburgers, Sandwiches and 
 Fountain Drinks. 
 
 We wish to thank Springfield 
 and Surrounding Communi- 
 ties for their wonderful pa- 
 tronage for the past twenty 
 years. Customers like you 
 have contributed much to our 
 growth. 
 
 TWO (2) CONVENIENT LOCATIONS: 
 
 Soi'TH SlDE 
 
 5th & So. Grand 
 Tel. 4-1831 
 
 North Side 
 
 Rvtledc.e & No. Grand 
 
 Tei.. 4-1832 
 
 Have You Tried Our King-Burgers, or Our 
 Carry-Out Service?
 
 
 i 
 
 L I f." ^"~^r JT— 
 
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 ::iv.A_ 5a\ \:$ .^: _:av a>5; _ 
 
 Serving Springfield in the fields of 
 
 Thrift and Home Ownership 
 
 for over Fifty Years 
 
 SECURITY FEDERAL 
 
 SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION 
 
 518 East Monroe Street 
 Savings up to $10,000 insured f>y the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation
 
 Sacred Heart tcademy extendi congratulations 
 to Capitennial 
 
 Sacred Heart Academy is a fully accredited high 
 school for resident and day students con- 
 ducted by Dominican Sisters 
 
 H.inlh I, .i.l ih.- Dominican Sisters, now of Sacred Heart 
 Convent, Springfield, Illinois, then a small community of six, 
 ■el fool mi Dlinoia toil in the year 1H73 when thai Land o' 
 Lincoln beckoned them to Springfield. At the invitation of 
 President I lyases S. Gram in October, in;t. thej were to have 
 the honor of unveiling the recentl) completed Lincoln nioiui- 
 ni.nl. \^.iin twentj yean later, the year 1893. when th. v estab- 
 lished their permanent residence, it h- on tht- DuRois prop- 
 
 ertj in weal Springfield redolent with memories of Lincoln. 
 The close friendship between Jesse K. DnBois and Abraham 
 Lincoln, began when they were both members of the State 
 Legislature, bronghl Lincoln a> a frequent guest to the inter- 
 esting old man-ion of the Civil War period, which was the 
 original building on the property and -till serves a- the music 
 conservatory of the Academy. To this building were added 
 others as the community and the school grew: the Sacred 
 Heart Convent building, 1893; the Sacred Heart Chapel, 1901; 
 the Academic building, 1909; Siena Hall and the Chaplain's 
 residence, 1949; and the Regina Coeli Infirmary, 1957. 
 
 The small community of six has grown to a community of 
 o\er five hundred members, who. in addition to Sacred Heart 
 Academy, staff many other schools and hospitals. The Acade- 
 my, now enrolling four hundred students, grants diplomas 
 yearly to a class of eighty in contrast to a class of eight, the 
 number comprising its first graduating class, 1897. The Acade- 
 my is a fully accredited high school whose course of study has 
 been expanded to meet the needs of the changing times, but 
 the purpose of the school as stated in an early prospectus, "to 
 provide young ladies with a solid education to train them to 
 the refinements of good society, and to leach them their duty 
 as promoters of peace and order ill the Christian home." 1 has 
 never been lost sight of. 
 
 W e are proud of our City's past. We have faith 
 
 BACHMANN-KUMLE 
 
 in our City's future. 
 
 Prescriptions 
 
 ILLINOIS 
 
 Across from the Leland Hotel 
 
 PLUMBING AND HEATING 
 
 
 SUPPLY COMPANY 
 
 S. W. Cor. 6th & Capitol 
 
 W. G. Davis, \ i< roR Hribal, 
 
 
 President Treasurer 
 
 II. <). Kllis, J. \Y. Grkknwood, 
 / ii<- President Secretary 
 
 INSTITUTE OF 
 BUSINESS TECHNIQUES 
 
 825 EAST M UMSON ST. SPRINGFIELD, ILL. 
 
 522 East Monroe Street — Eighth Floor 
 
 Telephone 8-7345 
 
 SPECIALISTS IN BUSINESS TRAINING 
 
 Wholesale Plumbing and Heating 
 
 Day and Evening Classes 
 
 
 Telephone 8-3311
 
 SCHOOLS, COLLEGES. LIBRARIES 
 
 CENTENNIAL BUILDING, location of 
 the Illinois State Library, Illinois State 
 Historical Library and Illinois State Mu- 
 seum. The Homer-Lincoln Room in the 
 Historical Library has one of the best and 
 largest collections of books and pamphlets 
 on Lincoln; the Library also has the larg- 
 est number of Lincoln original documents, 
 other than the National Archives and the 
 Library of Congress; and perpetuates the 
 story of Illinois in its holdings. 
 
 DIOCESAN LATIN SCHOOL 
 (Lake Springfield) 
 
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 ■• "Tr. 3BE39BT'- 
 
 t; 
 
 LINCOLN LIBRARY— Doorway to the 
 
 Wonderful World of Books (326 S. Sev- 
 enth St.). It has the largest public library 
 circulation in Illinois outside Chicago and 
 the third largest in the United States for 
 cities of comparable population size. Or- 
 ganized in 1866 as the Springfield Library- 
 Association, a joint stock company, the li- 
 brary ivas transferred to the city in 1886 
 on condition it be maintained as a free 
 public library. The present building, com- 
 pleted in 1904, was made possible by funds 
 contributed by Andrew Carnegie. 
 
 SACRED HEART ACADEMY 
 
 (1200 W. Washington St.) 
 
 TRINITY LUTHERAN SCHOOL 
 
 (515 S. MacArthur Blvd.) 
 
 SPRINGFIELD JUNIOR COLLEGE 
 (1500 N. Fifth St.)
 
 TR \\SIM>RT\TI<>\ 
 
 Capitol Airport (Walnut St. 
 
 Road) 
 
 The huge caravans of modern, 
 high-speed trucks that leave 
 and enter Springfield today- 
 would certainly be an unbeliev- 
 able apparition to the pioneers 
 and early travelers in Illinois 
 and of this city who struggled 
 to this area through forests, al- 
 most impassable muddy roads 
 and streets. The tortures of our 
 first citizens in moving in the 
 simplest manner and the short- 
 est distances seem improbable 
 when we view the great trans- 
 portation systems that sustain 
 Springfield today. 
 
 One of Springfield's long-dis- 
 
 tarit<> motor truck freight line 
 
 terminals. 
 
 i TYPICAL II 1C 11 If IV IN- 
 TERSECTION designed to fa- 
 cilitate movement of automo- 
 tive traffic, i I . S. 66 at signal- 
 ized interchange of ('it\ I . S. 
 tui anil Bypass 66, south edge of 
 Springfield.) 
 
 Abraham Lincoln Streamliner 
 arriving in Springfield.
 
 We/come to Springfield — and the Capitennial celebration! Whether you're in the 
 market for a new or used car, you'll get a BETTER deal from a member of the 
 Springfield Auto Dealers Association. 
 
 BATES CHEVROLET COMPANY 
 CAPITOL PONTIAC COMPANY 
 GIUFFRE BUICK COMPANY 
 ILLINI MOTOR COMPANY 
 KERST AUTO SALES 
 LANGENFELD MOTOR SALES 
 SPRINGFIELD MOTORS 
 
 Springfield Auto Dealers Association 
 
 "Organized for 37 years to promote and improve the 
 automotive industry in Springfield" 
 
 RENTAL & SALES 
 
 • HOSPITAL BEDS • WALKERS 
 
 • WHEEL CHAIRS • CRUTCHES 
 
 • PATIENT LIFTERS • MEDICAL OXYGEN 
 
 American Ambulance 
 
 CALL . CALL 
 
 7563 Service 7563 
 
 1316 SO. 15th at SO. GRAND 
 
 Compliments 
 
 Banks Haigood 
 
 Plumbing and Heating 
 
 P P 
 
 Comp//menfs of 
 
 PRODUCERS DAIRY CO. 
 
 Ninth & Jefferson St. 
 
 Nichol's Drive-In Laundry 
 
 1936 So. MacArthur 
 
 JACK W. CARNCROSS, Operator 
 
 CHARLES B. SEAY 
 
 Personalized Shoe Fitting 
 
 212 South Fourth Street 
 
 SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS 
 
 Phone 8-6922 
 
 Phone 3-7411 
 
 Rcifs furniture^ oJlCtirLj 
 
 THE STORE OF 
 LOVELY THINGS FOR THE HOME 
 
 MacArthur Blvd. at Outer Drive 
 
 SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS
 
 CITY WATER LIGHT & POWER 
 
 "The bounties of nature and the bless- 
 ings of science are brought to the people 
 at lowest cost." 
 
 "Health requires pure water, civic 
 health requires faithful public service." 
 
 Willis J. Spaulding, 
 Commissioner, 1911-1943 
 
 "A monument to the ability of the peo- 
 ple to serve themselves and build for pos- 
 terity." 
 
 George F. Johnson 
 
 LOWEST DOMESTIC ELECTRIC RATES IN SPRINGFIELD AND ILLINOIS 
 
 Happy Birthday to a Great City 
 
 MONTGOMERY 
 
 ROOFING AND INSULATING 
 COMPANY 
 
 700 SOUTH TWELFTH STREET 
 
 Phone 2-6816 
 
 SPRINGFIELD. ILLINOIS 
 
 1 
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 J 
 
 John F. Jacobs 
 
 Phone 8-1796 Phone 2-0795 
 
 1567 WABASH AVENUE 
 SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS 
 
 MINIATURE GOLF 
 The Family Game Fun For All 
 
 BATTING RANGE 
 
 Practice Your Batting on Automatic Pitching 
 
 Machines 
 
 ARCHERY 
 
 Moving Targets — Exclusive In Central Illinois 
 
 Free Instruction 
 
 ALSO DART BOARDS 
 Open 9:00 A.M. to 12:00 P.M.
 
 UTILITIES 
 
 FIRST ELECTRIC ARC 
 LIGHTS /artist's conception ) 
 as demonstrated in City Rail- 
 way Park, summer 1879. The 
 generator was driven by trac- 
 tion engine. 
 
 A GAS BILL 
 dated June 2, 1858 
 
 GAS 
 
 The first listed public utility in Springfield (except for the town pump 
 and the watering trough in 1839) was the Springfield Gaslight Company, 
 formed by John Todd Stuart, Stephen T. Logan. Ninian W. Edwards and 
 other prominent citizens. The company started service in 1855 by fur- 
 nishing the street lights for the City of Springfield. Soon after service 
 was extended to stores, offices and homes al the rate of $3.25 per thou- 
 sand cubic feet of gas. 
 
 LOCAL TRANSPORTATION 
 
 John Todd Stuart was also the first president of Springfield's initial 
 local transportation system, the Springfield City Railway Company which 
 was incorporated February 1, 1361. Due to the Civil War it was not con- 
 structed until five years later.
 
 Serving Springfield 
 
 • with dependable natural gas since 18 5 4 
 
 • with low cost electricity since 1882 
 
 Q 
 
 • 
 
 Growing With Springfield 
 
 DAVIS 
 
 \ \ \Mi; TO TRl ST FOR 
 
 Dry Cleaning & Laundry 
 
 2222 Small Sixth Street 
 
 Phone 2-4488 
 
 Stores All Over Central Illinois 
 
 The Spikre Shoppe 
 
 CORSETS : LINGERIE 
 HOSIERY 
 
 511 East Monroe Street 
 Phone 3-4052 
 
 Compliments of 
 
 JANES BEAUTY SHOP 
 
 629 South Fifth Street 
 Prop., Jane Cochran Phone 3-0423 
 
 Compliments and Best Wishes 
 
 BISCH & SON 
 
 Memorial Home 
 
 Since 1896 
 
 Springfield, Illinois 
 
 "Boivl W here the Stars Bowl'' 
 
 THE BOWL 
 
 Second and Adams 
 
 Air Conditioned Parking Lot 
 
 Complete Food and Bar Service
 
 UTILITIES 
 
 CITY LIGHT AND POWER 
 PLANT AND ITS WATER 
 FILTRATION PLANT, Lake 
 Springfield. It is the largest 
 municipally owned power plant 
 in Illinois. 
 
 WATER 
 
 The cily entered the utility field with the election of Water Com- 
 missioners who on April 15, 1861, issued bonds for $3,000 for the con- 
 struction of a water system. In 1866, bonds were issued for $197,000, and 
 in 1867. bonds for $250,000. The original water works was completed 
 July 1, 1868, and was planned to serve a city of 50,000 inhabitants. The 
 waterworks consisted of a leservoir at Reservoir Park (now known as Lan- 
 phier Park) and an engine at the river plant. At this time the city had 
 approximately 15 miles of water main and 51 fire pumps. The largest 
 water main was the 15" line from the water works. 
 
 ELECTRICITY 
 
 Springfield's first view of electric lights came in the late winter of 
 1878-79, after A. L. Ide, President, Ide Engine Works, had visited Thomas 
 A. Edison in New Jersey and had two arc lights shipped from the East. 
 The electric generator was connected to a traction engine and the new 
 system of illumination was displayed at Fifth and Madison Streets where 
 the Ide Engine works was located. 
 
 On March 7, 1881. Mi. Ide and others formed the Springlield Steam 
 Supply and Electric Company. They purchased the Baptist Church at the 
 southwest corner of Adams and Seventh streets and converted it into a 
 generating station. Service from this station was started on a limited 
 scale in 1382. Even as late as 1884 doubt as to the efficiency of electric 
 service for street lighting was indicated when the city extended its con- 
 tract for gas street lights for another ten years. 
 
 In 1894. Frank W. Tracy and others formed the Capitol Electric Com- 
 pany with the provision that the company, under certain circumstances, 
 was later to be turned ovsr lo the City of Springlield. In 1906, the city 
 took possession of the plant at Tenth and Reynolds Streets and started 
 lighting the streets and city buildings. 
 
 WILLIS .1. SPAULDING, City 
 
 Commissioner. Department of 
 Public I'roperty. who first con- 
 ceived the idea of Lake Spring- 
 field.
 
 MeadowGold Dairy Products 
 
 "7 'he Finest Sold Is Meadow Gold" 
 
 it 
 DOING BUSINESS SINCE 1895 
 
 OLDEST DAIRY IN 
 SPRINGFIELD 
 
 330 North Fourth Dial 2-4417 
 
 CONGRATULATIONS 
 SPRINGFIELD! 
 
 WE ARE PROUD TO HAVE 
 SERVED OUR COMMUNITY 
 FOR TEN YEARS! 
 
 it 
 
 WE, TOO, ARE GROWING! 
 
 it 
 
 McDERMAND WOODWORKS 
 
 L839 South Eleventh Street 
 
 Excellent Charter Service . . Reasonarle 
 
 Rates for Group Trips To All 
 
 Parts of the State 
 
 For Information, Call 2-5531 or 2-5532 
 
 Enjoy Shopping ... Go By Bus 
 
 Springfield Transportation Co. 
 
 610 EAST ASH STREET 
 SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS 
 
 TELEPHONE 2-5531 and 2-5532 
 
 NATIONAL WINDOW 
 
 CLEANING COMPANY 
 
 Inc. 
 
 Established 1910 
 
 Walls Cleaned Floors Waxed 
 
 Complete Janitor Service 
 
 MYTAR 
 
 Rug and Furniture Cleaners 
 
 Specialists in Wall-to-Wall 
 Carpet Cleaning 
 
 Phone 3-6311 
 
 206 S. Eleventh St.
 
 II IDE YESTERYEARS 
 
 If EST ON MO\RUE ST. Intersection it at Fifth St. Dodds Drug Store is on opposite corner 
 from Brown's Drug Store with statue of lion hanging above aiming. Telephone service office 
 teas located on second floor of present Senate Theater Building. 
 
 In passing, may we suggest the pleasure that must be experienced by those among us who have seen, felt and lived 
 the experience we cherish as history — history of a wonderful city for a lot of nice people since 1832 — in fact, from the 
 beginning in 1819. Today we are aware of the great gift given us by the toils of our predecessors. The growth we 
 see — the happiness we feel — the prosperity we enjoy — are enhanced by reminders oi yesteryears. 
 
 ill 
 
 HENSON ROBINSON COMPANY 
 
 1112-114 N. Fifth St.). 
 
 Tilt HOME KOK THE FRIENOLES 
 
 (northeast corner. Seienth nnd 
 South Grand) founded in 1863.
 
 Compliments Of 
 
 S. DRENDEL 
 
 
 6k 
 
 R. B. EVANS 
 
 COMPANY 
 
 CONSTRUCTION CO. 
 
 1016 WEST LAWRENCE AVE. 
 
 ft 
 
 Plumbing - Heating - Air Conditioning 
 
 Sales - Service - Installations 
 
 Since 1921 
 
 Serving the Springfield Area 
 Over 40 Years 
 
 441 North Walnut Street 
 
 Phone Phone 
 3-4715 2-5495 
 
 
 
 SMITH FUNERAL CHAPEL 
 
 Established 1848 
 
 Julian S. Boardman 
 
 Robert L. Boardman 
 
 620 East Edwards Street 
 
 DRACHS 
 
 PIOnftR RESTflURflni 
 
 42S-427 E WASHINGTON 
 SPRINGFIELD . ILL. 
 
 M UESTIC SHOPPE 
 
 121 South Fifth St. Phone 3-2341 
 
 "H here society's best dressed men rent 
 their formal near." 
 
 Elizabeth Polk. Mgr. 
 Established L91] 
 
 GALVA CREAMERY 
 
 OticeybuW 
 
 youll/UuwsW 
 
 GALVA, ILLINOIS
 
 CITY HAY MARKET 
 
 l Seventh and Jefferson I about 1875. 
 
 TELEPHONE CABLE 
 INSTALLERS, 1880 
 
 STREET CAR BARNS 
 
 (Fourth anil Monroe I about 1875. 
 
 The horses were housed in the 
 
 basement. 
 
 OPEN AIR STREET CAR 
 at Fifth and Capitol. 
 
 
 CHICAGO & ILLINOIS MIDLAND 
 
 RAILROAD 
 
 which ran between Springfield and 
 
 Chatham. 
 
 LELAND HOTEL IN THE 
 NINETIES 
 
 (northwest corner. Sixth and Capitol). 
 
 The main entrance ivas on Sixth 
 
 Street; tlie door on Capitol was called 
 
 "The Ladies Entrance." 
 
 
 ST. NICHOLAS HOTEL 
 (southeast corner. Fourth and Jeffer- 
 son) in the nineties. Note the station 
 wagon at the main entrance and sev- 
 eral carriages waiting in line. They 
 had traffic problems!
 
 Baldwin I'iwos and Organs 
 ( i iNN BAND INS'l'Kl MENTS 
 SHEET Ml SIC - RECORDS - HI II 
 I I-:. MONROE ST. SPRINGFIELD. 
 
 COLLINS & C( )MPANY, Jewelers 
 
 Dl LMOND Ml l(< ll INTS S (il'TH I\\s 
 
 OFFICIAL RAILROAD TIME INSPECTORS 
 
 Elmer I. Collins 
 
 Established in 1891 210 South Sixth Street 
 
 Sixty-six ) fears <»/ Faithful Service to Springfield 
 
 HR5T Federal savings and loan association 
 
 i/m 3P/tc/<iata/t/iu 
 
 M. PHOTOG ^ m ^ t€l€Cc&- 
 
 CONVENTIONS • BANQUETS • PUBLICITY 
 
 Phone 4-9615 
 
 224 ',7 South Fifth 
 SPRINGFIELD 
 
 COMMERCIAL CONVENTION GROUPS - MEETINGS 
 SUES ROOM SET-UPS ■■ OISPUTS ■■ WEDDINGS 
 STEREO ■■ COLOR - PHOTO MURALS - COPSES 
 
 MOTION PICTURES - SOUND • 16-35 MM 
 SOUND PROJECTOR RENTALS 
 
 SWINNEY'S STANDARD SERVICE 
 
 8th & So. Grand Ave. Phone 2-9113 
 
 "Leave your car worries with us." 
 
 One-Dav Cleaners & Hatters 
 
 816 North Ninth Street (Rear) 
 
 Deluxe Dry Cleaning 
 
 EXTRA SPECIAL SERVICE TO VISITORS 
 
 \KC1T WILSON INC. 
 
 Menswear 
 408 South Fifth Strekt 
 
 ILL.-MO. WELDING PRODUCTS CO. 
 
 (Serving Central Illinois Since 1913) 
 
 Decatur - Springfield • Quincy 
 
 (Home Office) Jacksonville 
 
 American Republic Ins. ( !<>. 
 
 Compliments Of 
 
 PIXIE PANTRY 
 
 
 Sprints field's Biggest Little Restaurant 
 
 530 South Sixth Street 
 
 Serving Home-like Food 
 
 
 300 West Edwards Street Dial 3-8121 
 
 ( )ld Fashion Bargain Days! 
 
 
 The BOOTERY 
 
 AFRIEND 
 
 Home of Hard-to-Find Sizes 
 
 
 Fifth .mil Monroe Springfield. Illinois 
 
 .
 
 THE PIONEER WOMAN 
 Maude Nation Lunham ("Marian"), de- 
 scendant of Ann Rutledge, proudly wears 
 a dress of the Rutledge family. 
 
 "That's a mighty fine beard, boys" 
 
 1909 car, mined fry Robert Little Smith, Springfield, passes safety check.
 
 ( !ompliments of the 
 
 ROY A. BOOKER 
 
 ClectHc £e?i)ice 
 
 2028 South MacArthur Blvd. 
 
 SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS 
 
 Greetings to 
 
 
 THE GARDEN CENTER 
 
 Springfield 
 
 
 OF SPRINGFIELD 
 
 Featuring: 
 
 Garden Products of Proven Quality 
 
 
 
 ASGROW Seed & Garden Supplies 
 
 
 NIAGARA Garden Chemicals 
 
 v ; 
 
 
 YIGORO & VERTAGREEN Fertilizer* 
 VAUGHAN'S & ORTHO Products 
 GARDEX Garden Tools 
 Quality Farm Products 
 
 V V 
 
 
 PURINA Chows & Sanitation Products 
 
 WILLIS MEYERS CORP. 
 
 CANTERBURY Hybrid Seed Corn 
 SWIFT'S Fertilizers 
 
 909-11 E. U)A\1S 
 
 
 RUHM'S Roek Phosphate 
 
 SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS 
 
 I'iium 7">2K 
 
 
 £u>eet Lr Canterbury 
 
 Furniture Manufacturing 1 pholstering 
 
 Goods, 
 
 406 N. Fifth St. Phone 2-8814 
 
 <..!>•• Goods and Institutional Furnishin 
 
 gs 
 
 Seed and Fertilizer for Farm Garden and Lawn 
 
 Complete Decorating Service 
 
 
 SEED COMPANY SPRINGFIELD, ILL.
 
 v'A FOUhlDRY^MAC[M 
 
 ^r^ 
 
 .m ti • i -• ■■■■> m "JJlILtt niitn'i li II m 
 
 ■•■\'iu-S--.iJl r i CTE lull' 
 
 
 AETNA FOl NDRY \NT) 
 
 MACHINE COMPANY 
 
 (Second and Adams) 
 
 in the early nineties. 
 
 ILLINOIS WATCH FACTORY 
 Main entrance, facing Ninth St. (block 
 bounded by Ninth, Converse, Elev- 
 enth and N. Grand). Established in 
 1870 it was one of the largest tvatch 
 manufacturers in the world. John T. 
 Stuart urns the first president ; Jacob 
 Bunn served until 1897 and his son 
 Jacob succeeded him. 
 
 TELEPHONE SWITCHBOARD. 1880. 
 
 CLAUS JEWELRY STORE 
 
 (210 S. Sixth St.) 
 
 CIRCUS PARADE. 1903. 
 
 CARNIVAL SHOW 
 during State Fair Week, Publit 
 
 S(,uare (south side), 1901. 
 
 DOME It I ILDING, 
 
 STATE FAIR GROUNDS, 1900. 
 
 The dome itself was 2110 feet by 
 
 200 feet.
 
 GEHRM \N\ (. \RI)EN 
 
 1021 V. Third StJ. 
 
 The trees and shrubs were imported 
 
 from all parts oj the world. 
 
 FIRST SPRINGFIELD BIGH 
 SCHOOL (Fourth ;ii Madison). 
 
 
 W> 
 
 PROF. LOUS LEHMANN 
 
 AND HIS ORCHESTRA 
 
 in the 1880's. He also directed the 
 
 Illinois W (itch factory Band ivhose 
 
 members wore on their caps the open 
 
 face natch manufactured hy the 
 
 torn party. 
 
 ILLINOIS NATIONAL GUARD 
 
 ENCAMPMENT 
 
 State Fair Grounds, 1898. 
 
 C \MI" Bl TI.ER 
 (east <>/ Springfield), 1862, was n train- 
 ing camp for Illinois troops and 
 served as a prison camp for 
 Confederate troops. 
 
 SI Mi U I'M Mi 
 in nearby grove, lames II. Mathenj 
 
 }r.,Jan\er. right of tree./ 
 
 IN RESERVOIR PARK 
 (now Lanphier Park), 1900.
 
 It's Springfield's Capitennial year — Our 74th year . . . We are proud 
 
 to have had a small part in the Growth and 
 
 Progress of Our Fabulous City 
 
 Buy a 
 
 It's not only beautiful, but RUGGED . . . Comfortable, too! 
 
 Manufactured by 
 
 THE SPRINGFIELD MATTRESS CO. 
 
 74 Years Making Quality Bedding 
 
 EDWARD'S 
 
 PLUMBING & HEATING COMPANY 
 
 1006 West Edwards St. - Telephone 3-3211 
 
 SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS 
 
 The 
 
 "MANSION VIEW LODGE" 
 
 Springfield's New Downtown Motor Hotel 
 
 CONGRATULATES The 
 CAPITENNIAL COMMITTEES! 
 WELL DONE, SPRINGFIELD! 
 
 P. S.: We'll be open in the early fall. 
 
 SIMMONS 
 OFFICE SUPPLY & EQUIPMENT CO. 
 
 224 SOUTH FIFTH STREET 
 SPRINGFIELD. ILLINOIS 
 
 ESTABLISHED 1873 
 
 Table Queen 
 
 BAKERY COMPANY 
 
 2200 SOUTH SIXTH STREET 
 
 "Fresh to your door" 
 
 £trcH#J Cafeteria* JJhc. 
 
 513 EAST MONROE STREET 
 
 SPRINGFIELD. ILLINOIS 
 
 Serving Good Food Since 1897 
 
 Phone 
 5474 
 
 SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS
 
 FANCi TURN OUT CLASS— A young felloiv and his favorite girl of the Gay 
 Nineties on their way to a social event. This class is one of the outstanding 
 events of the MIDWEST CHARITY HORSE SHOW held each spring at the 
 
 State Fairgrounds. 
 
 Best Wishes to all of Springfield 
 in the Capital Year 
 
 B. CONSTANTINO 
 
 & 
 
 SONS CO. 
 
 Springfield's largest inspected 
 
 heel" slaughters 
 
 Here's to You Springfield on Your Capitennial 
 Celebration 
 
 A. J. BARTLETT, 
 General Contractor 
 
 903 Princeton 
 
 Dial 3-6330 — 8-6488 
 
 Homo Building 
 Commercial Building 
 Remodeling of any tvpe 
 Roofing — Insulating — Garages 
 
 Free estimates on any j<>l> in home or com- 
 mercial, however large or small. 
 
 Full) Insured — All Work Guaranteed 
 
 Financing Vrranged F.H.A. or otherwise
 
 WALK-INN 
 
 508 East Monroe St. 
 
 DRIVE-INN 
 
 Seventh and South Grand Ave. 
 
 Welcome Capitennial Visitors 
 
 Serving Springfield Its Finest Ice Cream 
 For Over 50 Years 
 
 MIAD>®W GOLD 
 OCi CREAM DIVISION, 
 
 BEATRICE F©©PS CO. 
 
 312 S. Third St. 
 
 Springfield, 111. 
 
 Automotive Electric Service — Ignition — Carburetors 
 Tune Up 
 
 CHAPIN SERVICE CO. 
 
 Dial 2-9634 
 712-714 East Adams St. Springfield, Illinois 
 
 Listed By Duncan HlNES in "Adventures in Good Eating" 
 
 MALDANER'S 
 
 Good Things To Eat Established 1884 
 
 222 SOUTH SIXTH STREET 
 
 SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS 
 
 Walter J. Tabor, Proprietor 
 
 Montgomery Realty Company 
 
 Real Estate 
 
 524 1^ East Capitol Ave. Springfield, Illinois 
 
 Res.: 5355 Off.: 3-3649 
 
 Compliments 
 A Friend
 
 1933 ; wi 
 
 i B LINCOLN CAB 
 
 24 YEARS OF PROGRESS 
 with SPRINGFIELD 
 
 1957 TAXI 3 B 4 J 4 J 
 
 617 East Vdams Street 
 
 * 
 
 Compliments Of 
 
 CAPITOL PLUMBING 
 
 AND HEATING 
 
 SUPPLY CO. 
 
 315 North First Street Dial 8-3493
 
 THE LINDSAY HOME 
 (603 S. Fifth St.). 
 
 THE SANGAMO CLUB 
 < located at ea.st end of race track at 
 Fair Grounds), 1896. The club was 
 chartered in 1890 by prominent busi- 
 ness and professional men. The club 
 building in town was originally lo- 
 cated at 523 S. Sixth St. 
 
 THE PARLORS AT THE 
 
 GOVERNOR'S MANSION, 1890. 
 
 (Do you like to dust?) 
 
 ST. AGATHA'S SCHOOL 
 
 A boarding school under the direction 
 
 of the Episcopalian Church. It ivas 
 
 the former Ninian W . Edwards home 
 
 i HI S. Second St.). 
 
 KB 
 
 CHARLES R. MATHENY HOME 
 
 (First and W ashington) urns the first 
 two-story house built in Springfield. 
 
 GEORGE M. BRINKERHOKF 
 
 RESIDENCE 
 leys Ave., between Fifth and Sixth). 
 
 CHATTERTON OPERA HOUSE 
 IS.E. Corner, Sixth and Jefferson i
 
 MID-STATE 
 
 WHOLESALE GROCERY CO. 
 
 DISTRIBUTORS OF 
 
 XMif j 
 
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 FAMOUS 
 FOODS 
 
 "( )ur beautiful chapel is one of 
 
 Sj> lino field's newest" 
 
 M U RICK O'DONNELL COY E. LYNCH 
 
 1227 South Seventh Street 
 
 Compliments 
 of 
 
 THE NICCOLLS STONE & 
 CONTRACTING CO. 
 
 ROSCOE A. NICCOLLS 
 and Employees 
 
 Harry Niccolls Albert Drury 
 
 Edward Niccolls 
 George Errett 
 Bishop Billups 
 
 Gerald Errett 
 Emile Vil 
 Lawrence Bosaw 
 
 32 Years of Business in Springfield. 
 
 Compliments of 
 
 FRANCIS W. WENZEL, 
 Vice-President 
 
 Lincoln Land Association 
 
 LUKE J. GAULE 
 
 Auctioneer — Over 1/3 Century 
 Phone: Res. 3-1033 Sale Rain 3-4011 
 
 Compliments Of 
 
 W. R. CURTIS 
 
 Jeweler 
 515 East Capitol Ave. Springfield, 111. 
 
 FARNEY TIRE CO. 
 
 TRACTION • TREADING 
 REPAIRING • VULCANIZING 
 
 1512 East Jefferson St. Springfield, Illinois 
 
 Dial 8-2312 
 
 Compliments of 
 
 FLOY I) S 
 
 212-14 South Fifth Street 
 Springfield, Illinois 
 
 Compliments Of 
 
 MO COFFEE SHOP 
 
 312 South Fifth Street 
 Specialty — Steaks — Chops 
 Rreakfast — Lunch — Dinner 
 
 rfitdy Jjf 
 
 CANDIES 
 
 FRESH ROASTED NUT MEATS 
 
 403 East Monroe Springfield, Illinois 
 
 Dwight O'Keefe & Co. 
 
 INSURANCE 
 
 815 Ridgelv Rid-. Phone 2-8877 
 
 Congratulations Springfield Capitennial 
 
 JOHN B. CROSBY & SON 
 
 Realtor Builder 
 
 First National Bank Building
 
 THINGS TO COME 
 
 
 YMCA BUILDING (southwest 
 corner, Fourth and Cook). M. D. 
 Turley, architect. 
 
 ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, Blessed Sacrament 
 
 Parish (Old Chatham Road, south of 
 
 Fox Meadows). Hadley & 
 
 Worthington, architect. 
 
 THOMAS JEFFERSON JUNIOR 
 
 HIGH SCHOOL (3001 Allis Ave.). 
 
 L. Philip Trutter, architect. The 
 
 George Washington Junior High 
 
 School (2300 E. Jackson St.) 
 
 will be the same design. 
 
 THE TOWN HOUSE (700 block 
 
 S. Seventh St.) will be one of 
 
 the finest apartment buildings 
 
 in the Middle West. Erected 
 
 by the Franklin Life Insurance, this 
 
 ultra-modern 14-story building 
 
 will contain 98 apartment units. 
 
 BUILDINGS UNDER CONTRACT OR 
 CONSTRUCTION 
 
 Matching the progress characterizing Springfield's 
 125 years of official existence, here are some of the 
 plans for the future which promise to add addi- 
 tional assets to a community whose record of civic 
 accomplishment has long been established.
 
 THINGS TO COME 
 
 GRIFFIN UK. II SCHOOL (north- 
 west corner, Washington and 
 imos i. I.. Philip Trutter, 
 architect. 
 
 ► 
 
 FIRST CONGREGATIONAL 
 CHl'RCH (southeast corner, 
 Cherry Road and Hales Ave.), 
 Hadley & Worthington archi- 
 tect. 
 
 FELLOWSHIP RUILDING. 
 Fifth Presbyterian Church 
 (Twenty- first at East Capitol). 
 (Uias. Macklin, architect. 
 
 MANSION VIEW LODGE 
 
 (Fourth St., across from Gover- 
 nor's Mansion ). Hadley & 
 Worthington, architect. 
 
 SALV \Tlo\ \H\IY CITADEL 
 
 (southeast corner, Sixth and 
 
 Carpenter). Hadley & If orthington, 
 
 architect. 
 
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 PROGRESS PROSPERITY 
 
 THESE ARE OUR ETERNAL GOALS 
 
 PEACE 
 
 SPRINGFIELD BUILDING AND 
 CONSTRUCTION TRADES COUNCIL 
 
 AFL-CIO 
 AND AFFILIATED LOCAL UNIONS 
 
 Inevitably linked with the past and any future gruwth and expansion of Springfield, the various 
 local unions affiliated with the Building and Construction Trades stand ready to participate in 
 plans f<»r the betterment of this area. 
 
 Asbestos Workers Local No. 1 
 
 Boilermakers Local No. 8f 
 
 Boilermakers Local No. 363 
 
 Bricklayers Local No. 1 
 
 Carpenters Local No. 16 
 
 Cement Finishers Local No. 539 
 
 Electrical Workers Local No. 193 
 
 Elevator Constructors Local No. 92 
 
 Hod Carriers. Building and Common 
 Lahorers Local No. 177 
 
 Hod Carriers, Building and Common 
 Laborers Local No. 11 1.1 (Girard) 
 
 Glaziers Local No. 1168 
 
 Terrazzo. Tile & Marble 
 
 Hoisting Engineers Local No. 965 
 
 Bridge. Structural & Ornamental 
 Iron Workers Local No. 46 
 
 Wood, Wire & Metal Lathers 
 Local No. 20 
 
 Painters, Decorators & Paperhangers 
 Local No. 90 
 
 Plasterers Local No. 59 
 
 Plumbers & Steamfitters, Refrigeration 
 
 Employees Local No. 137 
 
 Roofers Local No. 112 
 
 Sheet Metal Workers Local No. 84 
 
 Sign Painters Local No. 730 
 
 Teamsters & Chauffeurs Local No. 916 
 
 Workers Helpers Local No. 109 
 
 \\ m. E. Stuemke, President 
 
 Boss LOUCHMILLER, Vice-President 
 
 Kit »\k .1. SCADUTO, Secretary- Treasurer
 
 BEST WISHES FOR A SUCCESSFUL CAPITENNIAL 
 SANGAMON COUNTY REPUBLICAN CENTRAL COMMITTEE 
 
 ROBERT A. EMMINGS R. GARRETT PHILLIPS WARREN PAGE 
 Chairman Vice-Chairman Secretary 
 
 FRANKLIN W. WASHBURN 
 
 Treasurer 
 
 SANGAMON COUNTY REPUBLICAN OFFICIALS 
 
 L. W. HLNTON 
 Supt. of Schools 
 
 CREEL DOUGLASS 
 
 Probate Judge 
 
 STANLEY THOMAS 
 County Judge 
 
 JAMES W. DUNBAR 
 Probate Clerk 
 
 M. B. OVERAKER 
 
 County Clerk 
 
 ARTHUR A. GROSS 
 Sheriff 
 
 RONALD GIBBS 
 
 Recorder of Deeds 
 
 J. WALDO ACKERMAN 
 
 State's Attorney 
 
 EARL 0. RAMEY 
 Treasurer 
 
 WILLIAM TELFORD 
 
 Coroner 
 
 SARA J. BECKER 
 Auditor 
 
 HOMER MENDENHALL 
 
 Chairman, 
 
 Board of Supervisors
 
 HERE'S SHOWERS OF FLOWERS TO A WONDERFUL CITY 
 
 51 
 
 
 
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 SPRINGFIELD 
 The home of the 
 
 PflCKinG CO. 
 
 912 STRAIGHT STREET • SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS 
 
 PHONE 3-8271 
 
 REMEMBER PEGWILL'S THE LABEL 
 THAT SETS A FINER TABLE
 
 BIBLIOGRAPHY 
 
 Day-by-day Activities of Abraham Lincoln: (Abraham Lincoln 
 Association) 
 
 1809-1839 by Harry E. Pratt 1941 
 
 1840- 1846 by Harry E. Pratt 1939 
 
 1847-1853 by Benjamin P. Thomas 1936 
 
 1854-1861 by Paul M. Angle 1933 
 
 A Look at Springfield, Illinois, issued by Association of 
 
 Commerce and Industry 1955 
 
 Here I Have Lived: a history of Lincoln's Springfield. 
 
 Paul M. Angle 1935 
 
 Historical Encyclopedia oi Illinois . . and History of Sanga- 
 mon County. Newton Bateman and Paul Selby. 
 3 vol 1912 
 
 The Sangamon Country. Helen Van Cleave Blankmeyer 1935 
 
 Capitol Guide, issued by Secretary of State 1956 
 
 Portrait and Biographical Album of Sangamon County. 
 
 Chapman Brothers 1891 
 
 The Illinois Capitol. Illinois State Register 1898 
 
 History of Sangamon County, Illinois. Interstate Pub. Co 1881 
 
 History of the Early Settlers of Sangamon County. 
 
 John Carroll Power 1876 
 
 Lincoln's Springfield. Harry E. Pratt 1955 
 
 History of Illinois and Her People. George W. Smith. 
 
 2 vol 1927 
 
 Past and Present of the City of Springfield and Sangamon 
 
 County. Joseph Wallace. 2 vol 1904 
 
 and other souvenir booklets issued on anniversaries of churches, 
 schools and other institutions and special editions of newspapers. 
 
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 and other lines of insurance coverage. 
 
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 DENCE WHERE THIS SYMBOL IS DISPLAYED. 
 
 SPRINGFIELD ASSOCIATION OF INSURANCE AGENTS 
 
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 Appleyard Insurance Vgency 
 Frank \\ . Vurelius 
 Bernard Investment Company 
 I ril Bieneman Insurance Vgenc) 
 Booth X ( '< >n 1 1 >a n \ 
 Brown. Collins & Brow n 
 Alex R. Connoll) 
 l)i\on Insurance ^genc) 
 Fa) arl & Son 
 
 Don Forsyth Insurance Vgenc) 
 Chas. C. Hatfield 
 Head Insurance Vgenc) 
 Heffernan Insurance Agency, Inc. 
 Hi llli.ikc Insurance Vgenc) 
 Jones-Mclntire < lompany 
 \ l\ in S. Kej > & ( lompan) 
 I ..i ii | >li i.-r X ( lompan) 
 Kenneth \\ . Lee 
 Dwighl II. O'Keefe & Company 
 < hi- Insurance Vgenc) . Inc. 
 Joseph I'. I'.ol., & Co. 
 Ki I ■ ly-Farmers Safe Deposit Co. 
 Boliiii-.in-W anless, I nc. 
 John G. Ruckel 
 Schryver-Sprouse X Conipanj 
 Stover Insurance ^genc) 
 R. \\ . Troxell & < lompan) 
 Weller & Campbell 
 \\ il-oii Bros. 
 \\ ilson & Eck Vgenc) 
 Clarke \\ . Woodruff. 
 
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 613 East Adams Streel .2-4723 
 
 306 East Monroe Streel 5775 
 
 .318% South 6th Street 3-1517 
 
 Reisch Building 2-4814 
 
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 .104% North 6th Street 3-1547 
 
 .217% South 6th Streel ...2-9753 
 
 406 East Adams Street 8-9669 
 
 425% Easl Washington Street 8-8481 
 
 Reisch Building .4-9233 
 
 Reisch Building 2-6121 
 
 101 North 6th Street ...3-1700 
 
 .312 South 4th Streel 7914 
 
 Securit) Building 4-4635 
 
 .615 East Monroe Street .....7543 
 
 Ferguson Building 2-5516 
 
 United Mine Workers Building 8-5679 
 
 Ridgely Building 
 
 519 East Capitol Wenue 
 
 Myers Building 
 
 Ridgely Building 
 
 First National Bank Building 
 
 Myers Building 
 
 H0% South 5th Street 
 
 Ferguson Building 
 
 til South 5th Streel 
 
 First National Bank Building 
 
 221 East Capitol \ venue 
 
 Myers Building 
 
 601 East Capitol Avenue 
 
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 TODAY 
 
 It's a far cry from John Kelly's cabin — first 
 white man's habitation in what became Springfield 
 — to the mushrooming city of today, a city rapidly 
 approaching the 100,000 population mark: far- 
 flung, prosperous, progressive. It's a far cry, too, 
 from the single room in a small building — on the 
 grounds of the Illinois Watch Company — which 
 was Sangamo in 1899, to the Sangamo of today. 
 
 With its home plant in Springfield grown from 
 hat single room and its few people to a factory 
 nth close to 510,000 feet of floor space and more 
 ban three thousand employees, Sangamo now in- 
 ludes plants in Pickens, South Carolina, and Ma- 
 ion, Illinois, and associated manufacturing units 
 ri Canada, England and Scotland. Its products 
 re internationally accepted for their high quality 
 nd dependability. 
 
 Since 1899, Springfield and Sangamo have 
 ;rown and progressed together. And in their rec- 
 >rds of the past, one reads the promise of the fu- 
 ure: even greater progress! 
 
 Sangamo Electric Company
 
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 \\ e must have main Lincoln-hearted men. 
 
 A cit) i> not builded in a day. 
 
 And the) must <!<> their work and conic and go 
 
 \\ hile countless generations 
 
 pa>> away. 
 
 'On The Building Of Springfield" 
 VACHELLINDS IV
 
 UNIVERSITY Of ILLINOIS URBANA 
 
 817 7356L229L C001 
 
 LAND OF LINCOLN CAPITENNIAL OF SPRINGFIE 
 
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