Speedy Service

In May of 1963 the Glimpses reported on a new ambulance service for the Winfield area…the H & J Ambulance Service…

and today’s post is brought to you by my shameless plug. If you’d like to learn about home coffee roasting…I’ll be holding a “class” on the topic at the Winfield Public Library this Thursday June 19th at 7 pm. If you’d like to sign up…check out the library event calendar for more information… http://www.winfield.lib.il.us/evanced/lib/eventcalendar.asp

Abbey’s Beginning & End

In May of 1963, the Glimpses ran a rendering of the forthcoming Abbey nursing home in Winfield…

It was built, closed down many years later…became the Marklund Deicke Home for awhile…and now the building is gone and the property for sale…

(photo taken 6/12/14)

This post is brought to you by the LeKander Woodward Funeral Home…

Ronald Mcdonald Site Yesterday & Today

Here’s a quick little piece from the May 7, 1969 issue of the Glimpses, showing the property along Winfield Road that will soon be a Ronald Mcdonald house….

and here’s what it looks like today (June 8, 2014)…

New Teachers

I’m going to end the week with an article about new teachers coming to Winfield School in 1965…

also from the same issue…an update on the new rectory at St. John the Baptist Church…

Graduating Time

Since this is the season for graduating and/or promotion…i thought i would post some school stuff this week. Today let’s take a look at the Winfield School class of 1969…

and here’s an ad for a place you might have gone to celebrate a graduation…the viking…

Memorial Day with Steve Billman

It’s Memorial Day 2014…but today I’m going back to March 1st 1966 when the Glimpses ran a piece about local resident Steve Billman who was getting close to being shipped out to Vietnam. Steve had a poem published along with the article and I thought I would share it with you…

and this Memorial Day special is brought to you by the Winfield Restaurant…

Loss of a Leader & Meet the Staff

Couple of items from the August 16, 1966 edition of the Glimpses. One is the obituary for George Higgins…the other showcasing some of the employees of the Glimpses…

and here’s a bonus star-light terrace restaurant ad…note the dress code

Wyncliff Revisited

I’ve had a few posts about the Wyncliff swim club, but i couldn’t resist one more…check out these article/pictures from the Glimpses August 4, 1964…

Believe It Or Don’t

I was intrigued by this “Believe It or Not” article in the Glimpses October 1966 issue…

It was sent to the Glimpses by a reader…

I thought it would be fun to find this tombstone and post a picture of what it looks like today…unfortunately I’ll have to go to Winfield, Alabama to accomplish that…and it doesn’t look like I’m going to be down that way any time soon.
I did go to the two cemeteries that the reader thought the stone might be in, but after coming up empty, I did a little research online and that’s when I found out the story is from Winfield, Alabama and not Winfield, Illinois. Here’s a link to a site that talks about the legend…

Bottom line…don’t believe everything you read in newspapers.

Police Force Doubled

Big addition to the Winfield police force back in the 1965…

and check out this Winfield Cab Company ad…