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    • Beardsley, Adelaide

    • Beardsley, Adelaide
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    • Adelaide Beardsley (Mrs. Wallace B. Beardsley) was the 12th president of the Arlington Heights Women's Club. She was born in 1875 and died in California in 1964. She was the great-granddaughter of Asa Dunton, whose son, William, founded Arlington...
    • Arlington Heights People and Places
    • Beardsley, Vice Admiral George F.

    • Beardsley, Vice Admiral George F.

    • Naval education; Navies-Officers;Ordinance-Naval

    • This photo of Vice Admiral George F. Beardsley was taken in 1960 at a Naval Presentation when he was Chief of Naval Material. George F. Beardsley was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Wallace B. Beardsley. He was born in 1907, grew up at Euclid Avenue and...
    • Arlington Heights People and Places
    • Bolte, Henry H.

    • Bolte, Henry H.

    • United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865; Shoemakers; Shoe stores

    • Henry H. (Hans Heinrich) Bolte was the son of Otto Bolte and his wife, Engel Marie Russell Bolte, who brought their family of five children from Schaumburg, Germany to America in 1857. After a short stay in Syracuse, New York, they came to Cook...
    • Arlington Heights People and Places
    • Muellars, Reverend Charles S.

    • Muellars, Reverend Charles S.

    • Older people; Rest homes; Old age homes

    • Reverend Charles S. Muellars in the foreground leads a walk at the annual Lutheran Home and Service for the Aged festival in September 1980. The cornerstone was blessed and the histories of the home, village and U. S. Constitution were place...
    • Arlington Heights People and Places
    • Crane, Lincoln and Laura

    • Crane, Lincoln and Laura

    • Iron & Steel Workers; Railroads

    • This photo shows the family of Lincoln and Laura Crane, father of of Elmer Crane one of the founders of the Arlington Heights Park District. Lincoln was born September 27, 1860, in Maquoketa, Iowa. Laura was the daughter of John Whiting who moved...
    • Arlington Heights People and Places
    • Crane, Elmer

    • Crane, Elmer

    • Iron & Steel Workers; Railroads

    • In this 1975 photo, Elmer Crane, one of the Arlington Heights Park District's first commissioners who was appointed in 1932, talked about the planning of Recreation Park, the district's original community center and swimming pool. When the park...
    • Arlington Heights People and Places
    • Heller, Lewis L. and Lois

    • Heller, Lewis L. and Lois

    • Farmers; Farm corporations; Lumber trade; Lumbering

    • This photo of Lewis and Lois Heller was taken in the 1920s. Lewis was born in Maretta, Ohio on March 27, 1888, and attended Ohio State University. When he graduated, he worked for the U.S. Department of Agriculture in Ohio. When he came to...
    • Arlington Heights People and Places
    • Crane, Elmer

    • Crane, Elmer

    • Iron & Steel Workers; Railroads

    • In this 1978 photo, Elmer Crane is putting up a flag in front of his house. After two flags were stolen from a pole in front of his 626 North Belmont Avenue house, he dug out a third in time for the Fourth of July. Elmer Crane was born in Iowa...
    • Arlington Heights People and Places
    • Crane, Elmer and Della

    • Crane, Elmer and Della

    • Iron & Steel Workers; Railroads

    • Elmer Crane was born in Iowa about 1894 to Lincoln and Laura Crane. His father was born in Iowa and his mother was born in Illinois. He had three sisters, Clara, Doris and Jesse, and one brother, Clifford. He came to Arlington Heights in 1903. He...
    • Arlington Heights People and Places
    • Daniels, Daisy

    • Daniels, Daisy

    • Families

    • Pictured is Daisy Paddock Daniels, daughter of the founder of Paddock Publications, Hosea Christian Paddock. She wrote the book, "Prairieville, U.S.A.", a history of Arlington Heights published in 1971. Daisy attended Northern Illinois State...
    • Arlington Heights People and Places
    • Daniels, Daisy

    • Daniels, Daisy

    • Families

    • On the left is pictured Daisy Paddock Daniels, daughter of the founder of Paddock Publications, Hosea Christian Paddock. She wrote the book, "Prairieville, U.S.A.", a history of the village of Arlington Heights published in 1971. Daisy attended...
    • Arlington Heights People and Places
    • Lattof, Nicholas M.

    • Lattof, Nicholas M.

    • Families

    • Nicholas Lattof and his wife, Olga, came to Arlington Heights in 1936 and began a Chevrolet dealership. Nicholas was born May 9, 1900, in Asia Minor and signed papers for naturalization in Mobile, Alabama, in January 1922, having been in this...
    • Arlington Heights People and Places
    • McElhose, James Andrew

    • McElhose, James Andrew

    • Civil War, U.S. 1861-1865; Harness making and trade; Battlefield; Battles; Civil War; United States--History--Civil War; Army, Infantry

    • James McElhose was born on October 3, 1838, in Patterson, New Jersey, to James and Rachael McElhose. Here they lived until James was seven years old. Then, in the company of several other pioneer families, they journeyed westward and settled in Elk...
    • Arlington Heights People and Places
    • Mulder, Arlene

    • Mulder, Arlene

    • Families

    • Arlene Mulder grew up in Tulare, California, and received her B.A. from San Francisco State University in physical education and biology. She met her husband, Al, at college and they settled in Arlington Heights in 1970. She taught at Niles West...
    • Arlington Heights People and Places
    • Paddock, David A.

    • Paddock, David A.
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    • David A. Paddock was born in Libertyville, Illinois, on January 11, 1893, to H. C. and Janette (Styles) Paddock. He was a member of the second class to graduate from Arlington Heights High School in June 1911. He volunteered for military service in...
    • Arlington Heights People and Places
    • Meyer, William F. III

    • Meyer, William F. III

    • Families: World War, 1939-1945 - United States

    • This picture is of William F. Meyer III, taken in uniform when in served in the U. S. Army during World War II. William’s parents were William F. Meyer Jr. and Leonora Lechleiter. William graduated from Arlington Heights High School in 1941 and...
    • Arlington Heights People and Places
    • Stippick, Ralph Irwin Jr.

    • Stippick, Ralph Irwin Jr.

    • Families; World War, 1939-1945 - United States; Postal service

    • This photo of Ralph was taken in 1910. Ralph was born on September 9, 1901 to Charles and Anna (Kuhlman) Stippick. Charles died August 7, 1930, and Anna died in January of 1951. Charles was born about 1850 in Maryland. He married Anna in October...
    • Arlington Heights People and Places

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