Margery Frisbie
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Peoples homes of the past shares stories of historyJul 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 wom...
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Frisbie: Arlington Heights bankers exhibited a personal touchJun 01, 2011 12:00 am - When the Daily Herald recently ran an Associated Press story about nuns asking Goldman Sachs executives how they could, in conscience, make 300 times as much money as th...
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Vision, work built Arlington Heights libraryApr 12, 2011 2:00 am - When I heard that the Arlington Heights Memorial Library was the second busiest single-location library in the whole country, I wanted to go back in time and tell the si...
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Arlington Heights minister encouraged understanding between faithsMar 16, 2011 12:00 am - The Rev. Rowland Koch, who died recently, was a lovely man. When I knew him, he was pastor of the Congregational United Church of Christ on Kirchoff Road. I remember hi...
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Moving earth, buildings a big part of Arlington Hts. historyFeb 17, 2011 12:00 am - During the early days in Arlington Heights, moving buildings around like pieces on a checkerboard was routine. The original Presbyterian Church was resurrected as a gym...
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A quiet look at Arlington Heights' pastJan 11, 2011 10:00 pm - 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 h...
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History has a funny way of repeating itselfDec 14, 2010 10:00 pm - It was like a memory out of Arlington Heights' past, but it was happening right now in Sandwich, Ill. I saw the newspaper picture of a small frame church tipping off on...
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Another side to truck farming in Arlington HeightsOct 12, 2010 11:00 pm - I've always thought that it is important to say what you really mean because when you hear yourself saying something out loud, you can make corrections. You can examine...
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When gasoline lighting came to Arlington HeightsJun 06, 2010 11:00 pm - When Arlington Heights Road was an old Potawatomi trail, the moon was the night light. By the end of the 19th century, when the Indian trail was a state road called, ev...
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Recalling those fun, lazy summer days of oldAug 23, 2009 11:00 pm - Where are the long lazy days of summer? And where are the children? I sat out one night last week after supper, and I could hear no children's voices, no "hidden laughte...