Articles filed under Frisbie, Margery

• New Arlington teen center a far cry from living room library May 14, 2013 12:00 AM
  The living room of the little white frame house at 202 N. Dunton in Arlington Heights is where teens in 1894 went to find something interesting to read. The two Shepard sisters who lived there welcomed townspeople to scan the bookshelves in their living room for books to take home and read before the fire on cold winter nights.
  

   

• Vacant Arlington Hts. lots were kids’ playgrounds Apr 23, 2013 12:00 AM
  My impression of early Arlington Heights lots is that they were never empty. They were a vast playground for kids with great surges of energy.
  

   

• Chickens, now banned, once common in Arlington Hts. Mar 13, 2013 12:00 AM
  There is some speculation that Arlington Heights rejects the idea of chickens now because residents are afraid they will slip back onto the list of hick towns surrounding the metropolis. Others contend that owning a few chickens to keep breakfasts as nutritious as they used to be is not hick. It's "hip."
  

   

• Wintertime truth and fiction in old Arlington Hts.Dec 20, 2012 12:00 AM
  John Annen's stories were a microcosm of Arlington. He started earning his own money when he was 10. When he was 11, he was the family driver. His mother did not drive so, like many kids in town, he ferried mom around on all her errands and visits. When he was 15, he was allowed to take a date and three other couples to the Aragon Ballroom in Chicago.
  

   

• The story of those who tell tales of Arlington Hts. Nov 27, 2012 12:00 AM
  Over the years that Margery Frisbie based her column on taped oral history interviews. "I’ve observed that there are two kinds of interviewees. Some people ... were natural born story-tellers. Then there were those others who had one story to tell — and wouldn’t tell it."
  

   

• Circuit riders part of Arlington Hts. DNA Sep 25, 2012 12:00 AM
  Circuit riders were part of the character of the early days of Arlington Heights, history columnist Margery Frisbie writes. The rode in on their horses with a potent weapon, the Bible. They pretty much devoted their lives to their cause, which was preaching Methodism. They preached up such a storm that Abraham Lincoln said of the results of their work that Methodism was the religion most truly American.
  

   

• Why do kids no longer play in Arlington Hts. streets? Jul 18, 2012 12:00 AM
  Margery Frisbie remembers the days when children used to play in the streets during both the days and evenings. Now, she misses those sounds, which is just one of the many changes to Arlington Heights over the years.
  

   

• Building your own home was the way to go in 1900s Jun 26, 2012 12:00 AM
  Young, newly married, working at Benjamin Electric part time, Henry Leark didn't seem to have much chance of building his own home. But this was a town of homebuilders. Someone down the street from his father had just built a garage he meant to live in until he could convert it into a house.
  

   
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  Roots of Arlington Hts. go back almost 200 years May 23, 2012 12:00 AM
  Arlington Heights is celebrating its Quasquicentennial this year, the 125 years since it was incorporated. But the figure pales in Margery Frisbie's mind compared to the coming 200th anniversary of the day in 1836 when Asa Dunton and his family found their new home.
  

   

• Arlington Hts. economized on law enforcement Apr 26, 2012 12:00 AM
  Arlington Heights writer Margery Frisbie reflects that village's the police department, like the 130-year-old Dieball house, grew by stages and never had enough money.
  

   

• Arlington Heights’ utopian neighborhood recalled Mar 29, 2012 12:00 AM
  The builder of the Virginia Terrace neighborhood in Arlington Heights was something of a visionary, creating an earthly paradise for kids. And people who grew up there in the '50s still have fond memories of it.
  

   
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  German farmers overcame hardships to settle Arlington HeightsFeb 29, 2012 12:00 AM
  In 1848, Friederich Hogreve ran away from his home in Germany and found his way to the Arlington Heights area.He got himself a job on the Kirchoff farm that paid $25 a year. Nevertheless, in 1862, Hogreve bought a farm at what would become the intersection of Windsor and Palatine Roads. His great-grandson still lives on the spot.
  

   

• Circuit riders part of early Arlington Heights history Dec 14, 2011 12:00 AM
  Life of the circuit-riding preacher was rough, not to mention short. They rode from settlement to settlement to preach conversion, often just sleeping outdoors with their coat over them for protection from the elements. What is today the First United Methodist Church of Arlington Heights got its start in the culture of circuit riders.
  

   
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  Albert Volz played major role in history of Arlington Heights Oct 12, 2011 12:00 AM
  Albert F. Volz not only was mayor, legislator and owner of one of the town's largest businesses, Peter and Volz Co., manufacturer of school desks and opera chairs, he also was Arlington Heights' greatest advocates. He served on the volunteer fire department and was the first to have the vision to create Northwest Highway.
  

   

• Flooding an ancient problem in Arlington Heights Sep 21, 2011 12:00 AM
  Arlington Heights residents think that they have water problems now. Imagine was it was like in the 19th century when a network of waterways was part of the landscape.
  

   

• Arlington Hts.’ 125th a reason to recall earlier times Aug 9, 2011 12:00 AM
  Arlington Heights will celebrate the 125th anniversary of its incorporation as a village next year. And that stimulates much then-and-now discussion, such as when the streets were unpaved.
  

   

• Peoples homes of the past shares stories of history Jul 26, 2011 12:00 AM
  When Matilda Weilinski sold us her house in 1961 because she was moving out West, she was said to have sold 28 other pieces of property in town. She was a well-to-do woman.In her last grandiose gesture of generosity to the new owners, she waved her hands at the sailcloth curtains on the back porch and told us, “I’m leaving the curtains for you.” There were no curtain rods. We found a certain charm in the experience. We liked it that something of the old life of the house was leaning into the new life we were bringing to it, caressing it in a way.
  

   

• Vision, work built Arlington Heights library Apr 12, 2011 12:00 AM
  The Arlington Heights Memorial Library had its genesis in a meeting on a cold day in 1887 at the home of Elizabeth Walker, the wife of a new school principal in town. The women called themselves “The Reading Circle.”
  

   

• Moving earth, buildings a big part of Arlington Hts. history Feb 17, 2011 12:00 AM
  In early days in Arlington Heights, moving buildings around like pieces on a checkerboard was routine. The examples are legion. The ever-capable Billy Guild would come with his rollers and team. Voila! New life for old buildings.
  

   

• A quiet look at Arlington Heights’ past Jan 12, 2011 12:00 AM
  Bill Bryson, writing in his new book “At Home” about his residence, a former Church of England rectory, and its Norfolk environs, has given me new eyes to see the rich history of our block in Arlington Heights.