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…
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In what I like to call a “yesterday and today” post….let’s take a look at a Winfield gas station…first as featured in the Glimpses back in the 70’s and then as it looks today (4/06/14)…
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Back when Winfield still had its own grocery store, the Glimpses did a feature on the Frank’s Finer Foods meat department. From May 7th of 1975…
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Check it out…Industry came to Winfield!…
The May 1967 Glimpses had this in depth look at the Thermo Couple Products Company…
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Back in the Summer of 1973 Winfield had its own place to go for needlecrafting supplies…the Highlake Needlecraft Shop…
and if needlpoint supplies wasn’t your thing….you might have wanted some catering from Frank’s
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Fifty years ago as you were deciding what Christmas cards to send, one of your choices was from a Winfield resident, Jody Waller…
and today’s post is brought to you by Sunnyside Beauty Salon…
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Back in May of 1975, the Glimpses took us for a behind the scenes look at Franks Finer Foods meat department…
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Here’s a little tale of self policing that ended well back in March of 1963…
and now for a bonus ad from the same issue featuring Tom’s Sinclair Service”…
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In honor of the season, I’ve rounded up a boatload of Glimpses Halloween stuff from over the years…
This one features the Winfield Middle School “spook spree” from October of 1974…
Here’s the Abbey celebration of Halloween ’74…
and now for a look at the annual “Hard Times Dance”…First from 1969 and then from 1970…
and finally even Mcdonald’s workers got dressed up and made the cover of the Glimpses in November of 1974…
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Glimpses of Winfield 
Sensible Christmas
December 16, 2013The December 7th, 1960 issue of the Glimpses was chock full of Christmas items…one being a bit of a sermon from the editor…
a couple of ads on the front page too….anyone ever go to Kim’s Variety store?