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1908
Griffith
Dec. 13, 1908: Clark Griffith of Normal has signed a two year contract to manage the Cincinnati Reds of the National League. He’ll be given absolute control, but he follows a long parade of managers who tried to make winners out of the Reds. They failed.
[The Pantagraph - How Time Flies - By Jack Keefe]
1909
Jan. 3, 1909: Normal has gone 15 years without actually paving a street. North and Beaufort Streets in the business district were the last. But more paving projects are expected “in the near future,” which is exactly what was said after the last job back in 1893. [The Pantagraph - How Time Flies by: Jack Keefe]
1910
Courtright
To the Senate of the United States:
I nominate the following-named persons to be postmasters:
...James S. Courtright, at Normal, Illinois, in place of James S. Courtright. Incumbent's commission expires December 13, 1910...
[1910-12-05; Journal of the executive proceedings of the Senate of the United States of America. Volume XLII, Sixty-first Congress, third session, from December 5, 1910, to March 3, 1911, with index]
1919
Rankin
George Rankin to be postmaster at Normal, Illinois, in place of G. Rankin. Incumbent's commission expired October 22, 1918.
[1919-05-29; Journal of the executive proceedings of the Senate of the United States of America volume LIV, sixty-sixth Congress, first session, from May 19, 1919, to November 19, 1919]
1933
Dec. 5, 1933: Normal city council went into closed session to hear complaints about the police. Businessmen representing 211 petitioners said officers are making indiscreet speeding arrests and are running a racket. There’s no resolution to this complaint yet.
[The Pantagraph - How Time Flies - By Jack Keefe]
Moore
Dec. 10, 1933: Mrs. Caroline Moore of Normal admitted to giving cash to help her brother, Walter Moore, escape from Joliet prison. Brown, who killed a local deputy, had cohorts on the inside. Mrs. Moore also named some cohorts on the outside, but they deny everything.
[The Pantagraph - How Time Flies - By Jack Keefe]
Dec. 12, 1933: Voters in Normal approved construction of a new school by a 359-279 margin. The site is bordered by Poplar, Cypress, Walnut and Maple Streets. (It was named Eugene Field School, and became Eugene Field Special Services Center after it was closed.)
[The Pantagraph - How Time Flies - By Jack Keefe]
Ambrose, Ditchen, Roeske
Dec. 18, 1933: When four hunters went for rabbits and quail about five miles north of Normal they bagged a 50-pound prairie wolf. These days, that’s a rarity. The hunters were Frank and Tony Ditchen, Russell Ambrose and Clarence Roeske.
[The Pantagraph - How Time Flies - By Jack Keefe]
1934
Bright
Jan. 2, 1934: Prominent Normal horseman Reuben Bright has died at age 81. He was a leader in importing Percheron horses when McLean County was the center of trade for these animals. Mr. Bright was also a popular judge of horses at county and state fairs. [The Pantagraph - How Time Flies by: Jack Keefe]
1958
Peasley
Dec. 15, 1958: Three explosions rocked the Bloomington-Normal Sanitary District plant on West Oakland Avenue. They could be heard all over town. Authorities blame gasoline in the sanitary sewer system for the blast. Worker David Peasley of Heyworth was injured.
[The Pantagraph - How Time Flies - By Jack Keefe]
Wright
Dec. 29, 1958: The Harold Wright Family of 1211 West Hovey, Normal, returned from church to find their home and most of their belongings destroyed by fire. Firemen say a circulating oil heater in the living room was the cause. Loss was set at $6000. [The Pantagraph - How Time Flies by: Jack Keefe]
1983
Dec. 8, 1983: Requests for holiday food baskets are on the upswing in Bloomington-Normal. High food prices and unemployment seem to be pushing more people to ask for food, according to officials of community agencies.
[The Pantagraph - How Time Flies - By Jack Keefe]
Dec. 14, 1983: You can get almost anything you want at the Welcome Inn, 106 North Street, Normal. But two notable exceptions are spaghetti and potato salad. Welcome Inn is an unpretentious place, sharing a building with The Cellar and Micheleo’s Pizza.
[The Pantagraph - How Time Flies - By Jack Keefe]
Smith
Dec. 15, 1983: Steve Smith of Normal has begun producing a computer game called Basilisk. It’s available on mini-floppy disks for exclusive use on Commodore 64 computers. Smith is a 1976 graduate of Bloomington High School.
[The Pantagraph - How Time Flies - By Jack Keefe]
Sylvester
Dec. 16, 1983: Former Normal Police Chief Harold Sylvester, 72, died while visiting his son in Alabama. He had a 35-year career in law enforcement. At various times he served in the Normal Police Department, McLean County Sheriff’s Department, and at ISU.
[The Pantagraph - How Time Flies - By Jack Keefe]
1984
Jan. 3, 1984: There is a new state law allowing college faculty members to unionize. To qualify and force an election, a union must show it has 30 percent of the faculty signed up. At ISU the University Professionals of Illinois says it has enough. [The Pantagraph - How Time Flies by: Jack Keefe]
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