Second high school, overnight parking were talk of the town October 18th, 2009
E.C. “Mike” Alft :
• A shoe store advertised “high top” shoes. “They do away with wet feet, wet stockings and legs, colds and sick boys.”
• Two spies were ordered off Elgin’s practice field the day before the big football game with East Aurora.
• Elgin was host to the conventions of the Northern Illinois Dental Society and the Illinois Mayors’ Association. The dentists’ banquet opened with an oyster cocktail and ended with cigars.
• Mae West, “the gal with the hourglass figure that makes every second count,” was starring in “Belle of the Nineties” at the Rialto.
• The Elgin National Watch Co. installed spring water in its coolers and residents boiled water for drinking purposes until the city’s water supply was deemed safe from contamination.
• A fish fry at the Fox Hotel was 20 cents a plate and ice cream at the Prince Castle was 10 cents a pint.
• Construction began on St. Thomas More parish’s buildings.
• By a 5-2 margin, voters approved a bond issue of $2,987,000 to acquire land and build a second high school on the west side.
• The new west-side schools were named Kimball Junior High and Highland Elementary.
• The Regional Transportation Authority purchased Morgan’s Flowers, south of the city along Route 31, for $316.000. The site was slated for use as a bus maintenance garage.
• Concerned Citizens for Education, a group organized to promote a tax increase for Elgin School District U46, opened campaign headquarters in the Fountain Square Plaza Mall.
• A townhome project was under construction on the former site of the Starview outdoor theater. The Starview opened in 1948 and closed in 1986.
• The Highland Avenue Church of the Brethren observed its 100th anniversary.
• Elgin School District U46 enrollment passed 36,000.
• Burren Transfer Co. closed its doors.
• The city was considering an overnight street parking ban
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