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When truck farming was ascendant in Arlington Hts.

By Margery Frisbie
Aug 13, 2015 6:00 AM - History columnist Margery Frisbie recalls when there were large swaths of fruit trees all over town, and what was basically a small town -- it ended at Oakton Street -- was surrounded by truck farms.
Meyer's Pond drew excursion trains to Arlington Hts.

By Margery Frisbie
Jul 16, 2015 8:00 AM - Margery Frisbie says when she sees Recreation Park transformed into the frenzy of Frontier Days every July, she thinks of how lucky the sponsors are that Arlington Heights has got its water problem under control.
Houses are bigger, people are the same

By Margery Frisbie
Jun 16, 2015 12:58 PM - In 1954, we were house-hunting. When we saw Virginia Terrace in Arlington Heights, I announced, "I am going no farther."
Klehm family leaves tree legacy in Arlington Hts.

By Margery Frisbie
May 26, 2015 2:40 PM - In spring, Arlington Heights is hung with blossoms on its cherry and apple and crabapple trees, thanks in some part to the legendary Klehms, who over their long years of service to the village, donated thousands of the trees that have lined our streets.
Schooling ended young 100 years ago in Arlington Hts.

By Margery Frisbie
May 1, 2015 8:46 AM - Here would have been a possible scenario for your day if you were married 100 years ago in 1915, as Ella Kastning was. You woke at 5 a.m., washed and dressed yourself, washed and fed your baby. "Then you put your baby in the baby carriage and pushed him to the barn where you milked the cows." You put the milk in cans and cooled it in the running stream in the "milk house."
Local rabbi participated in Selma march

By Margery Frisbie
Feb 19, 2015 1:00 AM - With all the interest in the current movie about the 1965 voting rights march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, I've been thinking about what was going on in Arlington Heights during the 1960s. But I can think of only one local participant in the actual Selma march, only one person who risked his life, Rabbi Hillel Gamoran of Beth Tikvah Congregation.
Frisbie: Sleigh rides a highlight of winter in early Arlington Hts.

By Margery Frisbie
Dec 16, 2014 3:31 PM - A local farmer called Billy Guild brought enchantment to schoolchildren. When snowy crystals began to dance in December skies, the kids at North School would look for Billy and his sleigh. Billy was, as Daisy Daniels wrote in "Prairieville, U.S.A.," "of small stature, with merry blue eyes." He "magically appeared on snowy, blowy days with his trusty team of horses and a bobsleigh."
Reminiscing about when Harry's of Arlington was a general store

By Marjorie Frisbie
Nov 18, 2014 2:53 PM - Arlington Heights history columnist Marjorie Frisbie reminisces about when Harry's of Arlington was a general store. The Redeker family built the brick building at Vail and Campbell in 1893.
Red light pause leads to thoughts of pioneer William Dunton

By Margery Frisbie
Oct 21, 2014 4:01 PM - Arlington Heights history columnist Margery Frisbie reminisces about town founder William Dunton while stopped at a red light on Arlington Heigts Road, an old Indian trail that ran through his property.
Dimes once went a long way in Arlington Heights

By Margery Frisbie
Sep 16, 2014 1:38 PM - Arlington Heights history columnist Margery Frisbie recalls the time when you could do lot with a dime.

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