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Family History

Most residents of Jacksonville either

know someone in the Ware family, or at least

have been customers of the Wares at some

point in their life. The Wares have been a pil-

lar in the community for nearly 50 years. Their

contributions to the life and culture of the town

go well beyond what most of their neighbors

will ever know.

Members of the Ware family first

made Jacksonville their home in 1960, but

their story started long before. In 1930, Claude

Ware opened his first gas station in

Springfield, at the intersection of 9th and

Laurel. Despite the merciless economy of the

Great Depression, Claude was able to success-

fully grow his company, Wareco gas stations,

and soon convenience stores spread across the

Midwest and Florida to 124 different locations.

Running a large company wasn’t

Claude’s first claim to fame. It is said he was

a wonderful athlete, playing basketball for

Atwood High School. In 1923, his team

placed second in the state tournament, and

Claude was chosen as captain of the all-state

team. He later earned four letters during his

freshmen year of college. In 1928, Claude

married Dorothy Smith and they had three sons

together, who all inherited Claude’s athletic

genes and profession. Following his wife’s

passing in 1964, Claude went on to marry

Dorothy Bartelheim in 1965.

The eldest of their three sons,

Richard (Dick), was the first to move to

Jacksonville, followed shortly thereafter by his

younger brothers, Jon and William (Bill). Jon

says when they moved to Jacksonville he did-

n’t know anything about the town and had only

been there once. By 1961, the Ware family

was officially established in town, and Wareco

had moved its offices from Springfield to

Jacksonville. Richard had instigated the

change in search of a place to raise his family,

and, 50 years later, still says it was a wonder-

ful move.

All three brothers worked for

Wareco; Richard eventually became CEO and

Chairman of the Board, Jon became the com-

pany’s President, and William was the

Secretary and Treasurer, as long as President of

Ware Farms. Their father, Claude, remained

involved with the company until his death in

1983, at 79 years of age.

Basing their enterprise in

Jacksonville isn’t the only reason the Wares

have had a large influence on the community.

The family has always been involved with var-

ious political, social, cultural, and humanitari-

an organizations. Their involvement goes

beyond giving monetary contributions; they

have also dedicated their time and energy to

improving the community they live in and the

lives of those around them.

Serving the Community

Richard has served on the Board of

Directors for MacMurray College for 35 years,

in addition to serving on the Elliot State Bank

(now First Bank) board for four years, and the

hospital board for one term. Richard and Jon

have served together on the Illinois Petroleum

Marketers Association Board. Jon has also

served on the Illinois College Board of

Trustees, the Board of Agricultural Advisors,

as Chairman of the Airport Authority, and

President of the Petroleum Marketers of

America. William, who passed away in 2001,

served as President of Ducks Unlimited, a

national organization aimed at conservation of

wetlands. Members of the family have been

avid supporters of the Jacksonville Symphony

Society, the Jacksonville Theatre Guild, the

United Way, and have made contributions to

political campaigns. As Beverly Ware, widow

of William Ware, describes it, they “have sup-

ported all kinds of charitable organizations and

participated in all aspects of the community.”

The Mia Ware Foundation

Perhaps their most personal charita-

ble influence in the community was the estab-

lishment of the Mia Ware Foundation for

Cancer Research and Education (www.remem-

bermia.org). The charity was founded in 2004,

after the death of Mia Ware, who married Jon’s

son Brad in 1995. Mia displayed the same pas-

sion for community involvement and giving.

She was a member of the Arcadia Women's

Club, the Pilot Club, the Passavant Hospital

Auxiliary, and the Salvation Army Women's

Auxiliary Board. She was very active with the

American Cancer Society Relay for Life, and

was a member of the American Cancer Society

Western Division Regional Board.

The Family to Date

During their 50 years in

Jacksonville, the Ware family has grown.

Richard, with his first wife Maysel, had three

children; James, Robert, and Vicki (Brooks).

Now having been married to his second wife,

Ann, for 22 years, together they claim six chil-

dren, eleven grandchildren, and 16 great-

grandchildren. Jon and his wife June have two

sons; Brad and Todd. They also have one

grandchild. William and his wife Beverly have

three children; Scott, Teri, and Tom. Tom is

known for owning Party House Liquors, The

Smoke House tobacco shop, and the Wareco

Car Wash. Teri is a realtor with Grojean Real

Estate. William and Beverly also have seven

grandchildren.

One of William and Beverly’s grand-

children has made a name for herself as

“America’s Yodeling Sweetheart.” Taylor

Ware, soon to be 15, jumped into the spotlight

with yodeling appearances on television shows

such as America’s Got Talent, The Wayne

Brady Show, Laguna Beach, Oprah, and

Rachel Ray. She has also performed around

the world and opened for artists including Billy

Ray Cyrus and LeAnn Rimes. Taylor has

released two albums of her yodeling melodies.

Her official website is www.taylorware.com.

The Wares sold Wareco in 2002; 72

years after their father opened his first gas sta-

tion. The family still remains active in the

(continued on pg. 7, see Wares)

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overlook my out-right “stupid, stupid, stu-

pid,” slap-the-forehead repeatedly

moments.

I write today because I am proud

of her. And she has a good idea.

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mayor, the Pekin City Council, and fellow

citizens during the regular Monday night

meeting.

And she said her piece.

She’d read in the newspaper that

the city council was going to appoint new

members to the human rights committee,

which was replacing the existing human

rights commission.

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was the familiarity of many of the nomi-

nees. Most of them served on at least one

other board, commission, or ad hoc task

force. Few of the nominees had any experi-

ence in the field of addressing human

rights.

It got her thinking about who gets

picked to serve.

In our town, and perhaps others,

there is a perception that the same people

serve on all the various civic committees.

It does seem that most of those

citizens were white-collar professionals or

upper management types, with advanced

degrees and higher than average income.

True or not, it’s what some people

believe. So they don’t bother to step for-

ward. Or at least it gives them an alibi for

never going to a city council meeting.

Why aren’t more regular citizens

tapped to serve?

I understand that in a time when a

lot of average people have a hard time just

making ends meet, committing to a cause or

government service isn’t high on the priori-

ty list. Maybe it should be, though.

With all these community groups

out there looking for volunteers, sometimes

the same people are asked again and again,

because they always say yes.

But as volunteer burn out creeps

higher, it might be difficult to recruit a

“mover and shaker” to be part of yet anoth-

er board, busy as most of them likely are.

So why not, especially in this

instance, suggest names of citizens who

might have some knowledge or experience

of human rights issues?

Such as school teachers and guid-

ance counselors; a registered nurse or social

worker; folks from the Salvation Army,

Union Mission, or local clergy; disabled

people; and members of the various minori-

ties who live in Pekin?

We’ve had some spirited discus-

sions the past few days here at our house

about whether or not Karen should volun-

teer for the human rights committee, since

she spoke up about it and all.

Talking it out helped her figure

out what exactly she was protesting, which

turns out to be the way all such committees

and boards are chosen, especially at the

local level.

People ought to be given the

chance to serve. Some people need to be

asked. They don’t always know how to step

forward.

So that is why she isn’t applying

for this particular committee, because she

feels there are folks out there who would be

better suited.

She is, however, making phone

calls to different people around town she

thinks might make a good human rights

committee member.

Here is what I find rewarding in

this whole episode, best described in

Karen’s words: “Participating in the demo-

cratic process gave me a great feeling that

my voice was heard.

“If more people participated, they

would feel they are part of the decision-

making process, too.”

In the end, the council tabled the

vote and then opened the application

process for the human rights committee to

the general public.

As corny as it sounds, one person

can make a difference.

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adventure with you.

I’ve been taking groups

overseas since 1979, and although I

tend to “profile” my fellow travelers a

bit, a few eccentricities often slip

through my security check.

The lady who took two cases

of Diet Coke on our trip to Alaska…

she knew she couldn’t do without it

and was afraid that it wouldn’t be

available “outside the United States.”

Think about it.

The young girl who after two

weeks touring France, England,

Spain, and Italy made a desperate call

from Parisian airport, instructing her

mother to bring two bags of Oreo

cookies to the St. Louis airport imme-

diately. She’d gone two entire weeks

searching for her chocolate and goo

fix, and at that time Europe was Oreo-

less.

The well-organized

Jacksonville wife who took three

umbrellas to New Zealand . . . she

realized it was the rainy season, and

also knew that she tended to leave

umbrellas wherever she went. The

third was for any forgetful fellow trav-

eler who might also lose track of his

bumbershoot. (She used all three

before the trip was over and some-

where there’s a Maori tribesman with

a bright yellow J.C. Penney umbrella.)

I never cease to be amazed at

the otherwise intelligent American

travelers who will take bottled water

on their journeys. I mean, if there’s

anything that’s more wide-spread than

Nike and McDonalds, it’s bottled

water. This has happened a dozen

times. We’re in the middle of London

and one of my fellow travelers will

offer me a sip of his high-priced,

stream-fed, pasteurized, and highly

pampered designer water saying,

“You know, you really shouldn’t drink

the water in foreign places.” There we

stand in the middle of eight million

Londoners who drink the water every

day, and this fellow thinks he’s about

to be poisoned.

I once signed up an older

couple for a trip to Australia, and only

after they’d paid their fee did I learn

that the man owned one of the foulest

mouths in Morgan County. His lan-

guage could peel the paint off the

gazebo in Community Park. They’d

be traveling with one other couple of

their age, both quiet, church-going,

mild-tongued folks, and it was obvi-

ous that these four would be spending

a great deal of time together. I crossed

my fingers, said my prayers, and

introduced them at the St. Louis air-

port. After about a week’s traveling in

the bush and on the beach, I went to

the hotel room of the quiet couple and

gingerly asked how things were

going. “Oh fine! We’re having a great

time!” I asked about the other fellow’s

language. The quiet lady replied,

“Ken, I’d heard about him before we

left Illinois. Every time we sit down to

dinner I pray, ‘Lord, shut his mouth!’

and you know what? It’s worked!”

Sometimes our oddities turn

out to be assets. One young lady on a

trip to the British Isles was terrified of

flying. Frankly, I admire anyone who

fights such a phobia and gets on the

plane anyway. Her therapy? Coloring

books! Lots and lots of coloring

books, and a flight bag crammed with

crayons. I kidded her about it a great

deal until the plane took off and saw

that she’d passed out all her coloring

books and Crayolas to the other equal-

ly nervous passengers on the plane. (I

now take the same equipment with me

to quell any flight-fraught nerves.)

Sometimes I hope that The

Source newspaper doesn’t reach much

out of the county, for this lady is still

a bit humiliated about the call she

made to me two weeks before our

departure to Ireland.

“Ken,” she said, “I’ve looked

everywhere and I can’t find an Irish

dictionary!”

“Uh..they speak English. I

mean, yes, there is technically an

older dialect, but everyone will be

speaking English.”

“Oh. That’s really dumb. I’m

sorry.”

I assured her that it would all

be okay. Then she called back later

that night asking, “What about a

Scottish dictionary?”

Then there was the

Wandering Widow. She’d inquired

about our trip to Germany, Austria,

and Switzerland, told me she’d spent

her life traveling, and would be no

trouble. She was right about that…she

was no trouble. In fact, she was

nowhere to be found. We landed in

Frankfurt, found our hotel, and that

was the last I saw of her until our train

left for Munich. Every day had been

tightly scheduled with sightseeing,

meals, museums, and cathedrals, but

although she’d make an occasional

appearance at breakfast, she was a

ghost for most of the trip. To this day

I have no idea where she went. You

might wonder why I didn’t ask her.

The gal came onto our tour with one

of those I-know-what-I’m-doing-so-

don’t-mess-with-me-Bubba looks in

her eyes so believe me, I didn’t.

Next summer? Back to

Alaska! I’m stocking up on Diet

Coke.

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While stock prices

were going through

their dizzying descent,

some people gave up on investing and

decided that, from now on, they would

put all their money in savings accounts,

piggy banks, under their pillows — any-

where but in the market. Another group

took a “wait-and-see” approach and told

themselves they’d start investing again

when they were sure that things had

turned around. But a third group quietly

decided to “stay the course” and contin-

ued investing.

In fact, from March until early

August, the stock market, as measured by

the S & P 500, rose about 45 percent. But

the fortunate investors who kept their

money in the market weren’t just playing

a hunch — they also had history on their

side. Why? Because the stock market has

followed recessions by rising in nine out

of ten cases, both six months and 12

months after the recession ends, accord-

ing to Ned Davis Research. (Keep in

mind, though, that what’s happened in the

past can’t necessarily predict future

results.) Furthermore, the U.S. economy

is now expected to grow at an average 1.5

percent pace from July through

December, according to a recent

Bloomberg News survey of economists.

Of course, no one is suggesting

that boom times are right around the cor-

ner, either. A 1.5 percent growth rate,

while obviously better than the negative

rates found in a recession, is still not par-

ticularly robust, and a market correction

can happen at any time for any reason.

However, even a slow move

into positive territory is a good sign for

investors. If you were one of those who

had confidence in the long-term

prospects of the American economy and

our financial markets, your faith likely

has been rewarded in recent months.

And a stay-the-course approach

remains a better way to invest than, say,

attempting to “time” the market or chas-

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Yet, investing always involves

taking some risks. But you can help con-

trol the risk level by following these sug-

gestions:

Think long-term.When you invest for the long term,

you’re less likely to be bothered by short-

term price movements — and you’ll find

it easier to stay the course.

diversify. By spreading your dollars among an

array of investments — stocks, bonds,

mutual funds, Treasury bills, certificates

of deposit, and so on — you can help

reduce the effects of a downturn that may

hit one asset class particularly hard.

Diversification, by itself, cannot guaran-

tee a profit or protect against a loss, but

it’s generally considered to be an effec-

tive weapon against market volatility.

Focus on quality investments. If you take a close look at those of your

investments that have made the biggest

gains in the recent rally, you’ll probably

find that these investments were charac-

terized by their quality. That’s because

quality investments — such as stocks of

companies with competitive products,

solid management, and strong business

plans — are typically the first ones to

emerge strongly after bear markets. And

over the long term, these same invest-

ments are likely to bring you the best

prospects for success.

As an investor, you’ll probably

always encounter some bumps in the road

— but if you’re ultimately going to reach

your financial objectives, you at least

have to be on that road. So stay invested

— in all types of markets.

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charity work, golfing, playing bridge, and

spending time with friends and family.

However, she still feels “Jacksonville is a

wonderful place to live and raise a family.”

Richard and Ann also take pleas-

ure in escaping to their home near Naples,

Florida in the winter. They spend their time

in Florida volunteering at a local aquarium.

Richard majored in Zoology in college, and

now enjoys giving guided tours to guests

while Ann volunteers in the gift shop.

Jon and June also have their own

Florida retreat in Orlando, close enough to

watch the fireworks at Disney World each

night. Even though Jon didn’t know what he

was getting into when he moved to

Jacksonville 50 years ago, he says, “It is a

fantastic place to live…I’ve enjoyed living

here and being part of the community.”

For 50 years the Ware family has

been making its mark in Jacksonville. Their

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Labor Day was born of the

noble struggle against exploitation, but

in our current era of OSHA and

Employment Law, most of us celebrate

it simply as an extra day off. Labor Day

marks the end of summer, the beginning

of the school year, and the start of the

NFL season. I’ll leave it to the reader to

decide which of those is the most signif-

icant, but if you seek guidance, I sug-

gest you tune in to AM radio. If it is

important, someone is discussing it on

AM radio; I listen to a great deal of AM

radio, but have not heard much about

the end of summer or the beginning of

the school year (go Bears!).

Radio is a convenient compan-

ion, and for those who prefer talk radio,

the AM dial has universal appeal.

Conservatives tune in to fuel their anger

at liberals, liberals tune in to feed their

frustrations with conservatives, and

independents tune in to confirm they are

still justifiably fed up with everybody.

There really is something for everyone,

as long as everyone is not looking for

encouragement. For hope and cheer,

switch to FM, and dial in whatever

qualifies as music to your ears. As an

alternative, wiring your earbuds directly

to your car horn is probably less annoy-

ing than talk radio as well.

Politics is the main topic on

talk radio, which might explain why it is

so disturbing. Whether your political

preference is left, right, or center, from

each angle the view is strikingly similar;

there is clearly a growing chasm

between our government and the gov-

erned. What is dictated in the nation’s

capitol reflects less and less what is

desired on the nation’s Main Streets.

Candidates for office somehow con-

vince us we have much in common, we

optimistically confirm them at the ballot

box, and then it seems their common

sense vanishes into the same black hole

that swallowed our campaign donations.

Something crazy happens on the way to

Washington.

Courtesy of AM radio, I heard

one of our elected officials admit that

Washington is borrowing six billion

dollars a day. What? Yes, he said six

billion dollars a day! Once I recovered

my senses, I realized that explains a lot,

primarily why the United States is

plagued by a national debt fast

approaching the neighborhood of…how

much? Does anyone even know? I

think I heard a gazillion dollars. Or is it

a googalapillion dollars? Who knows?

Once we are into cartoon numbers, it

makes no difference what they are,

because we are truly lost in fantasy

land. I dread the day when I will prop a

future grandson on my seasoned citizen

knee and rasp, “I remember when we

only owed the Chinese 50 trillion dol-

lars. Yep, sonny, those were the good

old days.”

Though our elected officials

ignore this truth, what makes this coun-

try great is not the government, but the

governed. Our founders crafted an

ingenious system of checks, balances,

and laws that acknowledged both our

God-given rights and our God-ordained

responsibility to protect them. Just

because that system is currently popu-

lated by crooks and con artists does not

mean that it must remain so. When

truly noble politicians are an ineffective

minority caught in an infernal machine

eschewing excellence in favor of con-

formity, we need to clean the slate top to

bottom. Management wantonly abdi-

cated its core responsibility to promote

the best interests of the company, so it is

incumbent upon labor to organize and

insist on new management. The analo-

gy fits well; is not the U.S. govern-

ment’s treatment of hard-working

Americans much the same as an

unscrupulous company that squanders

the profits generated by its workers?

We are the most talented, most powerful

union on the planet, and we want our

own Labor Day.

As labor unions are organized

into local chapters, so must our Labor

Day celebration start locally. Look at

the character and ingenuity of those

around you, in your neighborhood, or in

your town. Obviously not everyone is

extraordinary, but enough are. Multiply

the extraordinary examples by the thou-

sands of U.S. towns/cities, and collec-

tively, we make an excellent pool of

potential candidates. With such impres-

sive capability, why can we not have

excellence in Washington? After all,

according to our Contract, we own

Washington. It is ours, we need it to

represent us again, and we are excep-

tional!

Columnist Charley Reese

wrote of the damage that a mere 545

politicians in Washington inflicted on

our nation. Please seek his essay out,

post it on your refrigerators and savor

the empowering knowledge that there

are 300 million of us with skin in this

game. Each election cycle, we hear the

cliché “Throw the bums out!” Why not

give it a try? The sitting politicians will

undoubtedly call this concept naïve and

foolish, and perhaps it is simplistic, but

is it any more foolish than borrowing

six billion dollars a day?

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If you were to meet Georgina

Marks for the first time, your first ques-

tion would most likely be, “Where’s your

accent from?” Begin a conversation with

this delightful woman and you’ll soon be

engaged by her quick smile and the

warmth of her laugh. Open and animated,

this New Zealand native loves good con-

versation, sharing recipes, and spending

time with her family. A stay-at-home

mom of three, Georgina enjoys the peace

and quiet of her Woodson area home and

often fills it with the sights and smells of

Greek cooking.

Georgina didn’t spend much

time cooking with her mother, Sophia, as

a child, but recalls watching her mother

cooking and baking. She remembers see-

ing and tasting Sophia’s delicious Greek

dishes, and not wanting the “normal”

food other kids ate. When Georgina left

New Zealand to settle in the United

States with her husband, Sophia bought

her daughter “The Greek Cookbook” by

Tess Mallos as a gift. All of Sophia’s

cookbooks were in Greek and it was the

most authentic she could find in English.

Sharing this piece of her heritage was

important to Sophia, who also left her

native home to settle in another country

with her husband.

As a young woman from

Chania, Greece, Sophia Daskalakis trav-

eled to New Zealand during World War II

on a work permit. New Zealand needed

workers and offered employment to for-

eigners if they agreed to stay for two

years. Sophia found a job at a boarding

school in Christchurch and met Gregory

Juriss. A local tailor raised in New

Zealand, Juriss’s parents were Greek

immigrants. Gregory and Sophia fell in

love and married. Although Sophia

raised her family in New Zealand, she

ensured that her children had a connec-

tion to their Greek heritage through

cooking, visits to Greece, and family

connections.

Years later, Georgina uninten-

tionally followed in her mother’s foot-

steps. During the mid ‘90s, she left New

Zealand for a 6-week holiday to visit a

friend in Los Angeles and also found

love unexpectedly. Georgina’s friend,

Toni, decided to set Georgina on a blind

date during her stay to help her see the

sites. When Georgina arrived and heard

of this plan, she said in no uncertain

terms, “I’m not doing it.” Toni, not easi-

ly deterred, simply went to a nearby

phone booth with Georgina’s sister,

Deanna. They proceeded to pretend to be

Georgina and arranged a blind date with

the unsuspecting Herman Marks. Upon

their return, they told Georgina she had a

date on Wednesday. She continued to

protest, but eventually gave in.

From their blind date on,

Georgina and Herman spent virtually

every day together. Georgina still resis-

ted romance and “tried to get rid of him”

by making weekends off-limits. At the

end of her vacation, Georgina returned to

New Zealand and Herman finished the

remainder of his service in the Navy.

They stayed in contact for about eight

months until one day Georgina thought

Herman sounded odd on the phone and

she decided to break things off. Toni was

instrumental in getting them together

once again upon her return to New

Zealand. Toni called Herman to explain

the situation and he said, “I’ll be out in a

month” and, to Georgina’s delight, he

came. As Georgina looks back at their

romance, she thinks, “So, it’s fate, isn’t

it? God’s plan.”

Georgina and Herman married

and have spent the past sixteen years

enjoying life together. Where ever

they’ve lived, be it New York, Kansas,

Missouri, or Illinois, Georgina’s brought

“The Greek Cookbook” along. She loves

to make recipes from her childhood, and

often calls her mother for special ingredi-

ents and instructions to make dishes such

as stuffed tomatoes, spinach pies, and

baklava more authentic. Her oldest

daughter, Sophie, shows interest in cook-

ing with her mom and carrying on the

tradition. And, one day, as Georgina’s

daughters head off to build their own

homes, she’ll surely send them with their

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“President Kennedy has been

shot.”

“The Challenger shuttle just

exploded.”

“Terrorists have flown two

planes into the World Trade Center.”

There are seminal moments

in life we each remember, events

which force us to turn aside from our

chaotic schedules and take note. We

remember those times with others

years later as we inquire, “Where were

you when....”

Though it is certainly not on

the devastating scale of the events list-

ed above, I suspect I will always

remember that I was sitting at a table in

the break room at my office one morn-

ing when I cracked open the newest

edition of The Source. As I turned the

pages, my eye was attracted to a notice

which commanded my attention like a

wasp inside the car.

After almost 50 years in busi-

ness CR’s Drive-In is closing its doors.

The part of me that has been expecting

this for some time was submerged by

the feelings of loss at the passing of

this local institution.

Having grown up a block and

a half away, I was intimately familiar

with Burger Chef, as it was known in

those days. Before there was

McDonald’s or Hardee’s (which had

been Sandy’s before that), the burger

joint that kept Jacksonville flipping

ruled the roost at the corner of Clay

and Morton.

Just about every Saturday

morning, I would burn the first four

hours of daylight transfixed by the car-

toon cornucopia playing over the tele-

vision. In the middle of “Sky King,”

my dad would pry me away from the

set and escort me to his faded blue

Studebaker. We would pick up my

maternal grandmother and head for

Burger Chef. We never ate there -

instead we’d get our order to go and

head for Nichols Park, or some other

equally exotic location, and picnic our-

selves into a stupor. The day continued

with some adventure on the road to far

off and enchanting lands such as

Alexander or Loami.

In my high school days I

would often take my lunch there. The

food was always good, but it was the

floor show that usually peaked my

interest. Carl had installed a window

so diners could watch the food being

cooked. I suppose they were inspired

by the arrangement at Steak N’ Shake.

Watching those burgers ride the con-

veyor belt, with the searing flames

attacking it from above and below, I

did not realize I had entered early train-

ing for life as an American voter.

Years later came the name

changed to C.R.’s Drive-In, to repre-

sent the owners: the legendary Carl &

Ruthie Coultas. Their friendly, outgo-

ing management style has been

matched locally only by Denny Hayes

over at Hardee’s. They did not see

strangers coming in the doors, nor even

customers waiting to have the burdens

of carrying money lessened. Every

person in that door was a friend - either

actual or potential.

As an implacable creature of

stubborn habit, I have eaten pretty

much the same meal every time I have

gone to a fast food restaurant since the

Johnson administration (that would be

Lyndon, not Andrew). Though I typi-

cally came by only once a week or so,

Carl was right there to greet me and

was always able to spit out my order

before I could get the hello out of my

mouth. In dealing with Carl, I never

felt like a wallet waiting to be

unloaded. That’s a rather significant

achievement since that is pretty much

what he did!

Since the Coultas family

entered into a well-deserved retire-

ment, the establishment has suffered

some hard times through no fault of

their own. With employment reduc-

tions at Pactiv and the closing of the

AC Humko plant, traffic on the roads

east of Main Street has greatly

reduced. When the folks at C.R.’s

decided to close down during the

evenings I was concerned. By the time

they started serving liquor I knew their

days were numbered.

Of all the fast food places that

have come and gone in this town, the

only two I have missed are the old Dog

N’ Suds and the Silverfrost. Many,

many years after their passing, my

mind’s taste buds can still embrace

those cold root beers in frosty mugs

both establishments served up.

I feel as if the closing of CR’s

brings down the curtain on one of the

more pleasurable wings in the mansion

of my childhood. Though the building

may be dark and the lot deserted, the

final chapter is yet to be written. I am

looking forward to the day I step

through the Pearly Gates and am asked

what I desire as my first meal in

Heaven. With a smile on my face and

a tear of recollection, I will ask that

Carl Coultas bring me one of those

magnificent tenderloin sandwiches

which, the truth be known,

were always just a little too

good for Earth food.

I salute

you, Burger

C h e f / C . R . ’ s .

Jacksonville will

miss you and so

will I.

Last Rites for a Tenderloin by Roger Deem

Business FeatureBusiness FeatureP R O D U C T I O N P R E S S B Y C O R I P A T E

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Production Press, Inc. has been

functioning in the Jacksonville area since

1920, and has gone through a number of

ownership changes. Although the company is

in the small town of Jacksonville, they print

for customers nationwide as well as locally.

Very few people in town know the big things

that happen at the Press.

Many things about Production

Press’s early history are fuzzy or unknown.

The company was originally owned by the

Rowe family and was sold to Raoul Soomre

sometime after it’s opening in 1920. In 1989,

Joe Racey bought the business from

Soomre’s widow and ran it for about a

decade.

In 1998, Racey sold the business to

Cenveo Corporation. In the mid 2000s,

Cenveo decided they wanted to either close

or sell the Press, so Joe and his son, Brad,

teamed up to purchase the business back in

January, 2006. About 40 local jobs were

saved in this purchase.

About one year later in December

of 2007, Joe and Brad purchased Wood River

Printing in Wood River, Illinois. It was

founded in 1931, and was up for sale by the

originally founding Wilson family.

Production Press, Inc. now owns and oper-

ates the printing company with about 17

employees.

In Jacksonville, Production Press

has a smaller branch of the business located

on Morton Avenue called Production XPress.

They specialize in high speed black and

white copies, color copies, posters, banners,

blueprints, office supplies, lamination,

graphic design services, faxing, and shipping

through UPS and FedEx. There, they tend to

do local, and smaller scale printing jobs as

opposed to the bigger business generally

handled by the press operation.

The Production Press, Inc. building

at 307 East Morgan Street encompasses

33,600 square feet of space for a broad range

of printing needs, no matter how small or

large the job is.

Although about 45% of their busi-

ness is done nationally for the Federal

Government, Joe Racey stresses that local

businesses are very important to his business.

“We market to all the local companies,” he

stated. “There’s hardly a business in

Jacksonville that we don’t print something

for.”

The 35 highly skilled employees at

the Press specialize in printing high quality

and big quantity jobs with presses that can

use up to four to six colors which are manip-

ulated to make millions of colors. Those col-

ors are usually cyan, magenta, yellow, and

black.

The Press typically makes things

like brochures, catalogs, booklets, maga-

zines, quarterlies, etc. It also has the capabil-

ities to do it’s own mailing, foil stamping, die

cutting, scoring, shrink wrapping, and bind-

ing.

The large building has numerous

machines that are run by skilled staff to make

a perfect product. Many printing jobs are

going on at once in the building with each

press having it’s own operator and job to

print. One of the presses even has the capa-

bility to produce 12,000 pieces per hour.

About a year and a half ago, the

Raceys purchased a high-tech, four color

digital press. Jobs are delivered from the pre-

press area to the digital press through an

Ethernet wire. The finished product comes

out faster and requires less physical work

done by employees.

This digital press is not the only

way that new technology is used at

Production Press, Inc. In the pre-press divi-

sion, employees typically do not design the

jobs, but rather they use desktop publishing

on their computers to manipulate jobs that

are already designed to fit what the customer

is wanting, postal rules, sizes, etc. Then, a

proof of the job is sent to the customer to

ensure satisfaction, and later is prepared for

printing and finishing.

The computers are also used to

track jobs that have been

received, are in the process of

being printed, or are finished.

This, Joe says, sets Production

Press, Inc., apart. “We know

exactly what we’re doing with

each job. We do a nice job of

keeping track of it’s progress

and what needs done,” he said.

Another part of the

business that is using high end

technology is their web-based

advertising and sales. A new

way of ordering, called “web to

print,” is a way that companies

can send in their ideas electron-

ically to be printed. This option

is growing in popularity.

At Production Press,

Inc., Cara Heller is the

Marketing and Sales Manager, Tony Hall is

the Controller, and Brad is the General

Manager. Brad is also the President of Wood

River Printing, and Joe is the President of all

three businesses. The Press is open to cus-

tomers from seven a.m. to five p.m. Monday

through Friday, and Production XPress is

open from eight a.m. to six p.m. Monday

through Friday.

Being a locally owned and operat-

ed business is not easy in today’s world, but

the business is keeping up, despite the 18%

drop nationally in printing sales due to the

economy. The reason for this is no doubt the

expert employees that produce quality prod-

ucts that leave Production Press, Inc.’s doors

each day. For all your printing needs, you can

always count on this Jacksonville business.

Production Press, Inc. is located at 307 E Morgan St in Jacksonville. Photos by

Amy Wilson.

Father and son, Brad and Joe Racey take time out from their busy day to

pose for a quick photograph.Above: Chris Cook shown working at an automated booklet maker.

Below: Mike Moore working at the digital press.


For most of us, July 24th was just

like any other summer day, but for one local

family, that day changed them forever. After

a brutal dog attack that afternoon, Krista

Hall’s family had no idea what challenges

the coming days and weeks would bring.

Now, over a month later, this strong woman

is beginning her long road to recovery.

The day began as a typical one for

Krista and her granddaughters,

Rachel, age nine, and Rebecca,

age seven. The girls had walked

across the street to their grandma’s

house to play, while their mother

and grandpa John were helping to

organize a nearby summer church

retreat and their father was deliv-

ering mail in a rural location.

While in the kitchen,

Krista glanced out her front win-

dow and saw two dogs on her

front porch. She told the girls to

stay inside while she headed out-

side to have a look at the pair and

find out where they belonged.

She exited the house

onto her front porch and saw a

Boxer and a Boston Terrier there.

“They were both very polite and

pleasant,” she stated. She had a

good knowledge of dogs and their

behaviors due to being a dog lover

her entire life. Krista had worked

at a kennel, showed dogs, had

dogs in her home, and was the

Kennel Club President, all at dif-

ferent times in her life.

Although she had never

seen these two dogs before, she

knew they were from the house

diagonally across the street with

the tall wooden fence. This was

the pair that barked at her and her

husband often as they walked

down the block.

She knew their names,

Harley and Davidson, from hear-

ing them called through the fence,

so she began to walk toward their

home. The dogs happily trotted

along with her across and down

the street. The Boxer ran ahead

into the home’s driveway while

the Boston Terrier stayed behind

with Krista.

As she edged her way

closer to their home, the Boxer

rushed out of the driveway, running back

toward her. With no warning barks or

growls, like Jekyll and Hyde, the Boxer

attacked her, tearing into her left arm. The

Boston Terrier soon joined in on the assault,

gnawing at her legs and feet.

Krista was soon knocked to the

ground, crying out to anyone who could hear

her. All the neighbors were gone, including

her husband, daughter, and son-in-law, so the

situation seemed hopeless.

As the attack carried on, Rachel

and Rebecca heard their grandmother’s

screams from the next block, but stayed in

the house as they had been instructed. Rachel

grabbed Krista’s cell phone and called her

grandpa John, saying “get here fast, the dogs

are attacking Nana.” She then called 911,

followed by a phone call to her father.

John was the first to arrive at the

scene of the attack, after speeding into town

from the rural Murrayville retreat center. He

jumped out of his truck and instinctively ran

toward his wife, who was still laying in the

ditch being mauled by the dogs, but then

realized he had nothing to fight with.

“I ran back to my truck to get any-

thing I could beat them off with. The first

thing I found was a trailer hitch,” he said.

“When I got over there, Krista was choking

the Boxer by the collar and she was able to

let go so I could hit it. She knew to choke the

dog, and that’s probably what kept her

alive.”

The Boxer ran toward it’s house

after being hit, followed shortly by the

Boston Terrier. Before it ran off, the Terrier

bit John’s leg as well. At this point, Krista

had a severed artery in her left arm and was

quickly bleeding out.

Soon after John got there, the

Murrayville Emergency Medical Services

(EMS) team arrived on the scene in their

ambulance. Local volunteers Scott

Fitzgerald and David Hall were quick to

reduce the bleeding and get Krista into the

ambulance.

“I felt so relieved when the EMS

arrived. They did everything that needed to

be done,” Krista said. “If it wasn’t for them,

I would have bled to death, and that’s not an

exaggeration. They arrived in seconds. If

Scott wouldn’t have made good choices and

did what he did, I wouldn’t be here today. We

are so fortunate to have the EMS team here

in Murrayville.”

The EMS workers were ready to

get on the road to the hospital, but not with-

out Krista taking care of some business first.

She made sure that arrangements were made

for her granddaughters, still alone in the

house, and that John could ride along in the

ambulance with her; she thought he had no

business driving in that state of mind. “She

was her typical self,” laughed John, “worried

about everyone else.”

Upon arriving at the hospital, no

one could have guessed the whirlwind of

events to come. Her family is a large one, all

of which are nearby and full of support.

Randy and Gina Edwards, son-in-law and

daughter, and granddaughters, Rachel and

Rebecca, live right across the street. In near-

by Franklin, Jason and Aleece Ford, son-in-

law and daughter, live with their three chil-

dren, Kaylee, Alaina, and Carson. Their son

and daughter-in-law, Brexton and Christine,

have two boys, Connor and Owen, and live

in Jacksonville.

Krista persevered through many

obstacles in the past weeks, such as nerve

damage, five surgeries, numerous reactions

to medications, physical therapy, occupa-

tional therapy, rehabilitation, about 150

stitches throughout her entire body, and the

ultimate amputation of her left arm above the

elbow. She made it through all of this with

the support of her friends, family, communi-

ty, and help from above. “I knew God was

there with me,” she stated.

She and her family were grateful

through their entire stay for the outstanding

care she received in the hospital. Two of the

nurses were her former students at

Murrayville-Woodson Elementary. She was

never limited on the number of visitors she

could have and had at least one guest every-

day she was in the hospital.

She spent most of her stay at St.

John’s Hospital in Springfield. Krista moved

to the rehabilitation area at Memorial

Medical Center on Thursday, August 6th and

began walking again, but was hindered by

vertigo, the loss of her glasses, and a chunk

gone from her heel. Despite all of this, Krista

promised herself she would be home by the

following Friday for her granddaughter

Alaina’s birthday.

“I was not going to have my grand-

daughter celebrate her fourth birthday in a

hospital,” Krista said, smiling. “I also need-

ed to get home so that the kids could go back

to school with their lives being normal

again.”

Krista’s stay lasted from the 24th of

July until the 11th of August. She was happy

to finally be able to go home, and she feels

fortunate that her husband is able to stay at

home to care for her.

Without John, she would not have

been able to be at home for her recovery. He

aides her in any way he can around the house

and “will probably have his CNA license

when this is all over,” laughed Krista.

The dog owners were constantly

calling, sending cards, and praying for Krista

through her stay. They even mowed her yard.

Friends and family are still aiding her and

her family now that they are home by bring-

ing enough food that they have not yet had to

cook. Local people are helping her by com-

ing to her home to do her hair and nails as

well.

Other friends from many nearby

communities and churches contributed to the

huge box of cards she has collected through

this time and the twenty-something bouquets

of flowers she received in the hospital.

Doctors even joked that she needed to open

the door to her room because the plants were

sucking up all the oxygen. John has been

keeping other more distant friends and fami-

ly aware of updates via email.

Krista worked for 23 years as the

head lunch lady and cook at Murrayville-

Woodson Elementary School, so being home

during the school day is taking some getting

used to. Although she can dress herself,

shower, go to the dinner table, walk around

her house with a cane, and write (with con-

centration), Krista still has a long road to

recovery.

Healthcare nurses, occupational

therapists, and physical therapists are still

visiting her at home for the time being, but

her recuperation has already begun. Doctors

estimate that the nerve damage in her right

arm and feet should be healed in six months,

but the damage in what is left of her left arm

could take up to a year to repair.

Although these dogs were normally

locked in the fence and had somehow

escaped on their own, Krista stresses that all

dog owners should think before letting their

dogs outside unleashed. “There is a leash

law. Even though we are in a small town,

dogs should be on a leash,” she stated.

“Maybe the dogs won’t hurt someone physi-

cally, but it could be a fearful situation for

some. My granddaughters are now scared to

go outside because they think a dog might be

loose.”

After the biggest time of trial Krista

and her family have ever faced, they are still

keeping their heads high and looking to the

future as a new beginning. John spoke about

his wife, saying, “She has a really good atti-

tude about it all; she’s the toughest woman

we know.”

In Krista’s eyes, the attack was just

another turn in the road, something that will

move her on to a new chapter of life. “I look

at it as God closing a door, but opening a

window,” she said. “He has a new path for

me. I don’t know what it is yet, but I’m ready

to follow.”

A note from Krista, John, and fam-

ily: We would like to thank our community,

faithful family, and friends for their loving

support and prayers. The road to recovery

will take about a year, but with them by our

side, and us in their prayers, we are sure to

make it.

A New Lease on Life by Cori Pate

In 2008, Krista visited the Tallest Man in History’s Home. She is posed with granddaughter Rebecca in a monumental chair. Photos

courtesy of the Hall family.

Krista Hall on the day of the Turtle Races at Murrayville-Woodson

Gradeschool

Christmas of 2008 was spent cooking with granddaughters, Rebecca and Rachel. In the Fall of 2008, Krista toured the St. Louis Zoo with grandson

Owen.

September - 9 September 2009

For most of us, July 24th was just

like any other summer day, but for one local

family, that day changed them forever. After

a brutal dog attack that afternoon, Krista

Hall’s family had no idea what challenges

the coming days and weeks would bring.

Now, over a month later, this strong woman

is beginning her long road to recovery.

The day began as a typical one for

Krista and her granddaughters,

Rachel, age nine, and Rebecca,

age seven. The girls had walked

across the street to their grandma’s

house to play, while their mother

and grandpa John were helping to

organize a nearby summer church

retreat and their father was deliv-

ering mail in a rural location.

While in the kitchen,

Krista glanced out her front win-

dow and saw two dogs on her

front porch. She told the girls to

stay inside while she headed out-

side to have a look at the pair and

find out where they belonged.

She exited the house

onto her front porch and saw a

Boxer and a Boston Terrier there.

“They were both very polite and

pleasant,” she stated. She had a

good knowledge of dogs and their

behaviors due to being a dog lover

her entire life. Krista had worked

at a kennel, showed dogs, had

dogs in her home, and was the

Kennel Club President, all at dif-

ferent times in her life.

Although she had never

seen these two dogs before, she

knew they were from the house

diagonally across the street with

the tall wooden fence. This was

the pair that barked at her and her

husband often as they walked

down the block.

She knew their names,

Harley and Davidson, from hear-

ing them called through the fence,

so she began to walk toward their

home. The dogs happily trotted

along with her across and down

the street. The Boxer ran ahead

into the home’s driveway while

the Boston Terrier stayed behind

with Krista.

As she edged her way

closer to their home, the Boxer

rushed out of the driveway, running back

toward her. With no warning barks or

growls, like Jekyll and Hyde, the Boxer

attacked her, tearing into her left arm. The

Boston Terrier soon joined in on the assault,

gnawing at her legs and feet.

Krista was soon knocked to the

ground, crying out to anyone who could hear

her. All the neighbors were gone, including

her husband, daughter, and son-in-law, so the

situation seemed hopeless.

As the attack carried on, Rachel

and Rebecca heard their grandmother’s

screams from the next block, but stayed in

the house as they had been instructed. Rachel

grabbed Krista’s cell phone and called her

grandpa John, saying “get here fast, the dogs

are attacking Nana.” She then called 911,

followed by a phone call to her father.

John was the first to arrive at the

scene of the attack, after speeding into town

from the rural Murrayville retreat center. He

jumped out of his truck and instinctively ran

toward his wife, who was still laying in the

ditch being mauled by the dogs, but then

realized he had nothing to fight with.

“I ran back to my truck to get any-

thing I could beat them off with. The first

thing I found was a trailer hitch,” he said.

“When I got over there, Krista was choking

the Boxer by the collar and she was able to

let go so I could hit it. She knew to choke the

dog, and that’s probably what kept her

alive.”

The Boxer ran toward it’s house

after being hit, followed shortly by the

Boston Terrier. Before it ran off, the Terrier

bit John’s leg as well. At this point, Krista

had a severed artery in her left arm and was

quickly bleeding out.

Soon after John got there, the

Murrayville Emergency Medical Services

(EMS) team arrived on the scene in their

ambulance. Local volunteers Scott

Fitzgerald and David Hall were quick to

reduce the bleeding and get Krista into the

ambulance.

“I felt so relieved when the EMS

arrived. They did everything that needed to

be done,” Krista said. “If it wasn’t for them,

I would have bled to death, and that’s not an

exaggeration. They arrived in seconds. If

Scott wouldn’t have made good choices and

did what he did, I wouldn’t be here today. We

are so fortunate to have the EMS team here

in Murrayville.”

The EMS workers were ready to

get on the road to the hospital, but not with-

out Krista taking care of some business first.

She made sure that arrangements were made

for her granddaughters, still alone in the

house, and that John could ride along in the

ambulance with her; she thought he had no

business driving in that state of mind. “She

was her typical self,” laughed John, “worried

about everyone else.”

Upon arriving at the hospital, no

one could have guessed the whirlwind of

events to come. Her family is a large one, all

of which are nearby and full of support.

Randy and Gina Edwards, son-in-law and

daughter, and granddaughters, Rachel and

Rebecca, live right across the street. In near-

by Franklin, Jason and Aleece Ford, son-in-

law and daughter, live with their three chil-

dren, Kaylee, Alaina, and Carson. Their son

and daughter-in-law, Brexton and Christine,

have two boys, Connor and Owen, and live

in Jacksonville.

Krista persevered through many

obstacles in the past weeks, such as nerve

damage, five surgeries, numerous reactions

to medications, physical therapy, occupa-

tional therapy, rehabilitation, about 150

stitches throughout her entire body, and the

ultimate amputation of her left arm above the

elbow. She made it through all of this with

the support of her friends, family, communi-

ty, and help from above. “I knew God was

there with me,” she stated.

She and her family were grateful

through their entire stay for the outstanding

care she received in the hospital. Two of the

nurses were her former students at

Murrayville-Woodson Elementary. She was

never limited on the number of visitors she

could have and had at least one guest every-

day she was in the hospital.

She spent most of her stay at St.

John’s Hospital in Springfield. Krista moved

to the rehabilitation area at Memorial

Medical Center on Thursday, August 6th and

began walking again, but was hindered by

vertigo, the loss of her glasses, and a chunk

gone from her heel. Despite all of this, Krista

promised herself she would be home by the

following Friday for her granddaughter

Alaina’s birthday.

“I was not going to have my grand-

daughter celebrate her fourth birthday in a

hospital,” Krista said, smiling. “I also need-

ed to get home so that the kids could go back

to school with their lives being normal

again.”

Krista’s stay lasted from the 24th of

July until the 11th of August. She was happy

to finally be able to go home, and she feels

fortunate that her husband is able to stay at

home to care for her.

Without John, she would not have

been able to be at home for her recovery. He

aides her in any way he can around the house

and “will probably have his CNA license

when this is all over,” laughed Krista.

The dog owners were constantly

calling, sending cards, and praying for Krista

through her stay. They even mowed her yard.

Friends and family are still aiding her and

her family now that they are home by bring-

ing enough food that they have not yet had to

cook. Local people are helping her by com-

ing to her home to do her hair and nails as

well.

Other friends from many nearby

communities and churches contributed to the

huge box of cards she has collected through

this time and the twenty-something bouquets

of flowers she received in the hospital.

Doctors even joked that she needed to open

the door to her room because the plants were

sucking up all the oxygen. John has been

keeping other more distant friends and fami-

ly aware of updates via email.

Krista worked for 23 years as the

head lunch lady and cook at Murrayville-

Woodson Elementary School, so being home

during the school day is taking some getting

used to. Although she can dress herself,

shower, go to the dinner table, walk around

her house with a cane, and write (with con-

centration), Krista still has a long road to

recovery.

Healthcare nurses, occupational

therapists, and physical therapists are still

visiting her at home for the time being, but

her recuperation has already begun. Doctors

estimate that the nerve damage in her right

arm and feet should be healed in six months,

but the damage in what is left of her left arm

could take up to a year to repair.

Although these dogs were normally

locked in the fence and had somehow

escaped on their own, Krista stresses that all

dog owners should think before letting their

dogs outside unleashed. “There is a leash

law. Even though we are in a small town,

dogs should be on a leash,” she stated.

“Maybe the dogs won’t hurt someone physi-

cally, but it could be a fearful situation for

some. My granddaughters are now scared to

go outside because they think a dog might be

loose.”

After the biggest time of trial Krista

and her family have ever faced, they are still

keeping their heads high and looking to the

future as a new beginning. John spoke about

his wife, saying, “She has a really good atti-

tude about it all; she’s the toughest woman

we know.”

In Krista’s eyes, the attack was just

another turn in the road, something that will

move her on to a new chapter of life. “I look

at it as God closing a door, but opening a

window,” she said. “He has a new path for

me. I don’t know what it is yet, but I’m ready

to follow.”

A note from Krista, John, and fam-

ily: We would like to thank our community,

faithful family, and friends for their loving

support and prayers. The road to recovery

will take about a year, but with them by our

side, and us in their prayers, we are sure to

make it.

Krista Hall on the day of the Turtle Races at Murrayville-Woodson

Gradeschool

Krista received many visits from friends and family offering support including grandchildren, (from L to R) Rebecca, Connor, and

Rachel.

In the Fall of 2008, Krista toured the St. Louis Zoo with grandson

Owen.On her road to recovery, Krista spends time with grandchildren, Rachel, Owen, Connor and Rebecca

Krista posed with grandchildren from (L to R) Alaina,

Carson, and Kaylee shortly after her release from

the hospital.

Krista enjoys her garden with husband John Hall.

Kaylee, Krista, and Alaina play together on the

swings at her grandchildren’s home.


On September 1, 1939, at six

a.m. I was starting my daily paper route

delivering Chicago and St. Louis newspa-

pers to a route in the west end of

Jacksonville. The papers were rolled for

delivering at the Engleman News Agency

on West Morgan, just down the street

from the main office of the Jacksonville

Journal Courier. (It then had its main

offices at the northeast corner of Morgan

and Northwest Street.)

As I started my route, I noticed

Walt DeShara, a veteran reporter pasting a

story from the Associated Press ticker

onto the window of the newspaper office.

Now that didn’t happen very often. I

mean, if it did happen, one stopped what-

ever one was doing and read the story,

usually consisting of bulletins from the

AP headquarters in New York. When it

did happen (like when the Lindberg baby

was kidnapped or when the stock market

crashed) you could be sure a large crowd

would gather to read the bulletins.

Remember, this was 1939; no television;

no internet; nothing but radio, and it had-

n’t been around too long.

The stop was indeed warranted.

The lead article started with something

like this. “At five a.m. this morning

German troops crossed the border into

Poland. France has declared war on

Germany and England has followed.

More will follow as information becomes

available.”

The war between Germany and

Poland was totally one sided, with the

German “Blitzkrieg” as it was called,

Stuka dive bombers; tanks; weapons car-

riers, and modern technology fighting

against men on horseback. It only lasted

several weeks, with another earth shaking

story coming up. If the devastation com-

ing from the west wasn’t horrible enough,

Russia deserted France and England and

entered into a pact with the Germans, and

attacked Poland from the east.

Germany proceeded to inflict

unspeakable crimes upon the citizens of

Poland and began the systematic

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