Text size: 
Marseilles history book debuts this weekend
11/24/2009, 10:49 pm
Comment on this story |
Print this story | Email this story
Charles Stanley, charless@mywebtimes.com, 815-431-4063
|
"Marseilles and More," the long-anticipated 372-page history of Marseilles created for the city's 175th anniversary next year, will be available this weekend for viewing and purchase.
Print this storyThe books will be available Saturday and Sunday from 1 to 4 p.m. and 6 to 8 p.m. both days, at the Marseilles fire station at 205 Lincoln St. Entry is through the west door. The price is $20 per copy, but will increase to $25 after Christmas to help cover extra printing costs for the book, which is much larger than initially planned. The book also will be available for viewing and sale in Ottawa on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Book Mouse, 820 La Salle St. Prepaid books may be picked up only at the Marseilles fire station. For additional information, call Marianne Dahl at 815-795-2707. |
|
|
Photo: photo provided This previously unpublished photo that appears in "Marseilles and More" was taken on Commercial Street in Marseilles about 1950 during a strike at the Nabisco factory in the background. Posing on Barb (Olson) Mark's Ford Model T are, on the fender from left, Mark, Virjean Jones and Virgene (Outman) Lockas. Behind the wheel is June (Morello) Pitsenbarger. On the running board is Velma (Eiben) Downey. In the back seat, from left, are Lorraine (Joanis) Cox and June (Halterman) Caputo. "We thought we were cutesy-wootsie," Mark told The Times. She said the strike concerned insurance benefits, also that she later sold the Model T "for about $15 to one of the Gage boys." |
| Today's Most Read Stories |
|
|
| Additional Stories |
|
|
Newspaper Ads |
