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Ellis School in Elgin celebrates its 70th anniversary with games, tours, tree planting

By Jerry Turnquist
May 12, 2022 6:00 AM - Ellis Middle school in Elgin is 70 years old. To commemorate that milestone -- and the many changes through the years -- the staff of the Near East Side school planned an event dubbed "Celebrating Through the Decades."
Elgin Golferettes celebrate 70 years of golf, laughter and friendship

By Jerry Turnquist
Oct 21, 2021 1:30 PM - The Elgin Golferettes, begun for women employees at the Elgin National Watch Co., recently celebrated its 70th anniversary.
Skating in the park, downtown shopping and more: Memories of Christmases past

By Jerry Turnquist
Dec 15, 2020 6:00 AM - The sights, sounds, and smells of the holidays are some of our most special memories. This is certainly the case for some longtime Elgin area residents when it comes to remembering the holiday seasons of the 1950s and 1960s.
A look back at Elgin headlines 50, 75 and 100 years ago

By Jerry Turnquist
Nov 11, 2020 6:00 AM - Polio, race cars and tuberculosis: A look back at Elgin's top news stories 50, 75 and 100 years ago.
Photo provides glimpse of woman Elgin park is named after

By Jerry Turnquist
Feb 27, 2020 6:00 AM - For more than four decades, Clara Howard Park in Elgin has had the distinction of being the only park in the city named after an African American woman. A photo offers a rare glimpse at what Howard looked like.
World War I veteran's memoirs recall hardships, gas attacks

By Jerry Turnquist
Nov 11, 2018 6:00 AM - It's hard to imagine what it must have been like to fight in World War I, but an Elgin veteran's account, "Hardtack and Bullets," tells of the struggles he and others in Company E of the Illinois National Guard faced.
Memorial Day marks its 150th: How Elgin observed the first tribute to those who served

By Jerry Turnquist
May 24, 2018 6:37 AM - May 30, 2018, marks the 150th anniversary of the first Memorial Day. Begun in the aftermath of the Civil War, this day of remembrance was started by Gen. John A. Logan, commander of the Grand Army of the Republic, a Northern veterans organization, when he issued his "General Order No. 11" in May 1868.
How an Elgin group has planned Memorial Day for 125 years

By Jerry Turnquist
May 24, 2017 1:41 PM - The Elgin Patriotic Memorial Association, which plans the city's Memorial Day observances, marks its 125th anniversary this year.
Remembering the blizzard of '67 in Elgin

By Jerry Turnquist
Jan 24, 2017 2:34 PM - Remembering the blizzard of '67 in Elgin - and other news from 50, 75 and 100 years ago
Elgin remembers Pearl Harbor

By Jerry Turnquist
Dec 7, 2016 6:00 AM - Elgin residents share their memories of where they were and what they were doing when they learned of the attack on Pearl Harbor.

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