A P P R E C I A T I N G H I S T O R Y A N D I T S R E L E V A N C E

Board of Directors2014–2015 President: David R. Henkel

Vice President: Thomas Hunter IV

Treasurer: Susan Wright

Secretary: David Sweet

Lori G. Baker Robert N. Banks Jane Brenton-KnauerJulie CarterMike ConklinRobert D. Douglass, AIAMadeleine B. Dugan N. Maxwell GregoryKatherine HaleAnne HuntingKevin W. IsselArthur H. MillerJohn OrmsbyHeather E. SannesBob ShawRon TaylorMark WestcottKate Wolf

StaffExecutive Director: Janice C. Hack

Curator: Laurie E. Stein

Director of Development: Lisa M. Frey

Sunday Manager: Jillian Chapman

Development Assistant:Linda Liang

A Home forOur History!

After many years ofthoughtful planning, the Historical Society has found a permanent home. We willsoon have a dynamic newspace that protects our pastand inspires us to see the possibilities of the future. Ournew state of the art museumwill build on the powerfullegacy of this formative community and reimagine it for 21st century audiences. Plans are underway. 509 East Deerpath will be transformed into a civic treasure.

Donna La Pietra interviews veteran broadcast journalist Bill Kur-tis at the 2014 Local Legends event.

2015 ANNUAL REPORT

2014 Local Legends: Bill Kurtis andDonna La Pietra

e Historical Societyhonored Bill Kurtis andDonna La Pietra. We turnedthe tables on veteran broadcastjournalist Bill Kurtis when hewas the one interviewed by hispartner in business and life,Donna La Pietra. e power-house couple transported usbehind the scenes of KurtisProductions, television newsbroadcasting and their conser-vation efforts. e audiencewas delighted when a surpriseguest, co-anchor Walter Jacobson, jumped up on stageand posed a question to Bill.

Inside:Centennial Family Awards • Traveling Exhibits

Donations to the Collection • Donors and Members

Events & Programs • And More…

e 2015 Centennial Family Award honorees were the Farwell-Winston Family, nominated by Lucia Winston Heyworth, and the Foster-Stirling Family, nominated by Leslie Foster Stirling Basedow.

e Centennial Family Awards highlights the contributionsof families that have lived 100 continuous years or more in Lake Forest and Lake Bluff and weaves their personal storieswith the history of the community. To date, 31 families have received this prestigious honor.

e Stirling Family in front of Stirling Hall

Lucia Winston Heyworth and Curator Laurie Stein

Celebration of Wenban 125th AnniversaryWe were honored to help celebrate Wenban Funeral Home’s 125thanniversary. In June, Civil War Reenactor Jon Austin portrayed afield doctor at the Battle of Gettysburg in the program, A Mother’sWish: Bring our Fallen Home. As Dr. Benjamin Lyford, Mr. Austindemonstrated Civil War field embalming on a “corpse” and discussedVictorian mourning practices. Historical Society members were invited to a reception to experience a Victorian wake at the DevilloHolt house in September. A tour of the Lake Forest Cemetery occurredon a bright fall day in October. The celebration of Wenban’s anniversary came to a close in November with a lecture on whatlife was like in Chicago and Lake Forest in the Gilded Age.

Traveling exhibitsThe West Side Stories exhibitmade history by travelingthroughout the community. Theexhibit continued its run at thewest Lake Forest train stationand at Lake Forest Hospital. Additionally, The Private Bankand Lake Forest Place hosted the display. To complement the

exhibit, curator Laurie Stein further explored the history of thispart of town with an informative and captivating lecture given at Lake Forest Place and also for the senior staff of the City. The exhibit closed with a final party as part of the Chamber ofCommerce After Hours program.

Local businesses continued to contact us to help them beautifyempty storefront windows. The Historical Society exhibit, A Senseof Place, had an encore showing on Western Avenue during thesummer of 2014.

e staff of Wenban Funeral Home including Jim Iacubino(right), with family members, and hosts Bert and Judy Krueger(front left).

The GemOur annual mock newspaper highlightedthe local news of 1933including the Century of Progress World’s Fair,the new post office, the end of Prohibitionand the Garden Club of America’s AnnualMeeting.

CentennialFamilyAwards

• T-shirt, Cherokee School 25th Anniversary, donated by Bob Banks

• Scrapbook kept by Albert Blake Dick Jr., 1930, while mayor ofLake Forest, donated by John H. Dick

• Deed and three photographs for home and property at 741McKinley Road, formerly belonging to Elliott Moore family, donated by Ann and Tom Grant

• Maquette, “Friends,” by Sylvia Shaw Judson (sculpture at Market Square fountain), donated by Jean McBride Greene

• Four glass plate negatives showing Lake Forest residents andscenes, donated by Kathleen Henry

• Framed poster with photograph and signature of SergeantWilliam Fletcher, who served in World War I, donated by Jim Iacubino

• Book, Careers in a Police Department, by Margaret Reuter of LakeBluff, with some images of the Lake Forest police department,donated by Kevin Issel

• Lake Forest High School Class of 1958 50th Reunion Binder and digital photos, donated by the Lake Forest High SchoolClass of 1958

• Photograph of Lake Forest Woman’s Club in 1932 at the Deerpath Inn, donated by the Lake Forest Library

• Photograph album, donated by Bill Maines

• Four boxes of League of Women Voters organizational records,donated by Mary Mathews, League of Women Voters, Lake Forest-Lake Bluff Area

• Four boxes of archival records from the Lake Forest-Lake BluffAmerican Association of University Women (AAUW), donated by Eleanor McMurrin

• Family papers, archives and photographs related to theSchreiber and Moore families of Lake Forest, donated byAlbert Moore

• Papers related to arrival of cable television in Lake Forest; plats, meeting notes, and memoranda related to annexation of Conway Farms, from donor’s service as LF alderman, donatedby Harold Morrison

• Archives of the Ferry-Farwell family, donated by William Montague Ferry

• Newspaper clippings and photographs related to the O’Neill family and O’Neill’s Hardware, donated by Jane O’Neill

• Framed photographs of cousins Farwell Winston and AdelaideChatfield-Taylor; framed letter about Captain Henry Farwell’sservice in the Revolutionary War, donated by Lucia Winston Heyworth

• Framed drawing of the John F. Jelke Jr. residence, donated by Martha and Jim Richter

• Poster, Lake Forest High School 1985 Talent Show, donated byPatricia Riess

• Three photograph prints: Police department 1966; fire departmentupstairs with pole; undated aerial of Market Square (after 1916,before demolition of Halsey), donated by Larry Ross

• Postcard of Market Square, c. 1950s, donated by Peter Shuttleworth

• Ten photographs of Barat College Old Main demolition, donatedby Nancy Smith

• Periodical, The American Home...Second Line of Defense,dated February 1942, with a feature article about Lake Forest’sDefense Recreation Cottage, donated by unknown party

• Two volume scrapbook and DVD of Sunshine Musical group, donated by Kay Wawrzyn

• Brick from exterior of Barat College Old Main Building, donatedby Woodlands Academy of the Sacred Heart

• Eight tickets to the Century of Progress World’s Fair in Chicago,1933, donated by Anna J. Woroch

Donations to the Museum collectionJune 2014-May 2015

Collection CameosOur popular website feature, CollectionsCameos, allows the Historical Society tofurther explore the stories representedby artifacts in the collection. Written by the Historical Society curator, orvolunteers working under the curator,it is amazing what these objects revealand how they shed light on our com-munity. Shown here: 1933 Polo ticket

Featured this past year were:

• e Highball, a monthly newsletter published by and for employees of the Chicago, North Shore and Milwaukee Railroad Company. ere are 29 issues in our archives, donatedin 2004 by Ruth Nitsche, ranging from 1926 to 1932.

• e Almanack, a monthly Ferry Hall student journal published from 1907 to at least 1916. It was directed atalumnae, as well as fellow students and faculty.

• A polo ticket from the famous 1933 East-West Polo matchwhich took place at the Onwentsia Club.

• e Winter Club Annual Report from December 1938.

DonationsThe following donors made a gift to the Historical Society between June 1, 2014 and May 31, 2015.

Local Legends

$5,000 SponsorsDavid GraingerHunter Family FoundationMr. and Mrs. John H. Krehbiel, Jr.

$2,500 SponsorsAnonymousJoan DePree

$1,000 SponsorsRobert N. BanksBaytree National Bank & Trust

CompanyPrue and Frank BeidlerJoan Boughton and Henry KleemanNeville and John BryanJane Brenton-Knauer

and Mark KnauerWyn and David CainConi and James CarfagnoMatt and Amy DavidsonSandy and Roger DeromediSue DixonMarsha and Michael GoldsteinKatie and Tim HalePamela and David HenkelLori and Bill HunterTsch and Tom HunterMariani LandscapeHarold and Addie MorrisonMary and John OrmsbyNancy and Kent NovitMarian and Albert PawlickMary and Bob ShawMr. and Mrs. Philip W. K. SweetPam and David WaudCarla and Mark Westcott

$500 SponsorsPatricia and Laurence BoothSue and Rob DouglassChris and Jack EdwardsPamela and Roger Hull

Local Legends SupportersJane and Tom O’NeilMr. and Mrs. Donald Schoenheider

Local Legends Media SponsorsForest and Bluff Magazine North Shore Weekend Sheridan Road Magazine

The Gem Newspaper

Buchanan Family FoundationHill & Stone Insurance Agency, Inc.Knauz Auto GroupLesser, Lutrey, McGlynn & Howe, LLPMarket SquareNorth Shore GasThe Private BankCarolyn Wells and Joe Koss

Lake Forest Country Day School Oral HistoryProject

Katherine Lewis HaleTeresa JaneckJoan ShannahanAlexander StuartFred Wacker III

In-Kind Donations

City of Lake ForestMrs. Katherine HaleMr. Thomas Hunter IVJohnson & Quin, Inc.Rocco Fiore & SonsLaurie SteinWoodlands Garden Club

Centennial Family Award Sponsor

Lake Forest Bank and Trust Company

Gifts of $10,000 or moreAnonymousBuchanan Family FoundationEstate of John GearyHunter Family Foundation

Gifts of $2,500-$9,999Mr. and Mrs. Barry J. CarrollMs. Anne Hunting

Gifts of $1,000-$2,499Mr. Fred BerghornMr. Richard J. ChapmanMr. and Mrs. Roger K. DeromediMr. and Mrs. Miles MarshMr. and Mrs. Albert PawlickMr. and Mrs. Alexander J. PollockMr. and Mrs. Andrew SannesMr. and Mrs. Adrian Smith Mr. and Mrs. Philip W. K. SweetMr. and Mrs. William VanceWenban Funeral HomeMr. and Mrs. Henry West

Gifts of $500-$999Mr. and Mrs. Stephen BrewsterMr. and Mrs. James J. CarfagnoMr. and Mrs. Henry T. ChandlerMr. and Mrs. David DezelanMr. and Mrs. John DickMrs. Madeleine B. DuganMr. and Mrs. Timothy HaleMrs. Augustin S. Hart, Jr.Mr. and Mrs. David HenkelMs. Gail Chandler GastonMr. and Mrs. John GreeneMr. Frederic Klein

and Ms. Frieda JacobsMs. Mary LaneMr. and Mrs. John LillardCaptain and Mrs. James LovellMr. and Mrs. Karl NagelMs. Jean RoysterMr. and Mrs. Robert G. ShawMr. and Mrs. James P. StirlingMr. and Mrs. Ron Taylor

Gifts of $250-$499Mr. Robert F. BeineMr. and Mrs. Edward Bennett IIIMr. and Mrs. Scott CarterMrs. Laurence CartonMr. and Mrs. Robert D. DouglassMs. Janice EngleMr. Philippe A. HansMr. and Mrs. Philip M. HartungMr. Roger B. Hull and Ms. Pamela

Kelley HullMr. Mark Knauer

and Mrs. Jane Brenton-KnauerMr. and Mrs. Walter Paul KraussMr. Joseph Koss

and Ms. Carolyn WellsMr. Justin Lee and

Ms. Jessica MacDonaldMr. and Mrs. Geoffrey W. LuceMacFundMr. and Mrs. David MathisMr. David W. MattoonMr. Paul MelicharKathryn Quinn, AIAMs. Stephena RomanoffMrs. William L. SearleMr. and Mrs. Mark TaylorMr. and Mrs. Frederick G. Wacker IIIMs. Kate Wolf

Gifts of $100-$249Mr. and Mrs. Michael AdelmanMr. James Ahr and Ms. Mary DwyerMr. and Mrs. Joseph D. AustinMr. and Mrs. Kent BakerDr. and Mrs. Steve BallisMr. Robert N. BanksMr. and Mrs. Robert BinkleyMrs. Elizabeth BrownMr. and Mrs. William D. BruceMr. and Mrs. Kenneth BuchananMrs. Edward BukerMr. and Mrs. Robert G. BullardMr. and Mrs. Willard Bunn IIIMr. and Mrs. David CainMr. J. Melfort CampbellMr. and Mrs. Norman CarlsonMr. and Mrs. Peter Carney

Gifts under $100Mr. Richard BanzMr. and Mrs. David BarkhausenMr. and Mrs. Basil BordersMr. and Mrs. Jack BrownMr. and Mrs. Craig E. CarpenterMs. Nancy Volino CastagnetMs. Margaret DavidsonMrs. Anne Morgan DeAcetisMs. Patricia Rafferty FinnMrs. John S. GatesMr. and Mrs. Jim GregoryMr. and Mrs. William J. HartDr. and Mrs. Daniel KellyMrs. Donna KisselMs. Jill KochMrs. Eleanor B. McMurrinDr. and Mrs. Arthur MillerMs. Diana MillerMs. Benita MylesMr. Barry Nudel

and Ms. Sharon JorgensenMr. Michael O’ConnellMs. Jolene PortegysMs. Kathleen Ann RombergMrs. Marcia RowleyMr. and Mrs. William R. SampleMr. and Mrs. Thomas C. Sheffield, Jr.Mr. and Mrs. Joseph W. SteeleMrs. Carole S. StrohMr. and Mrs. David SweetMr. and Mrs. Richard F. TriptowMr. and Mrs. Dominic TurchiMrs. Jerome Van GorkomMrs. Hempstead WashburneMs. Gale Strenger WayneMr. Jay N. Whipple, Jr.Dr. and Mrs. Richard WilburMr. and Mrs. Lloyd YakesMs. Gina Zisook

*Denotes deceased.

Every effort was made to list thenames of all donors.

If we have inadvertently omitted yourname, please contact Lisa Frey at847-234-5253 or lfrey@lflbhistory.org

Mr. and Mrs. Charles F. ClarkeMr. and Mrs. William CraneMr. and Mrs. Robert W. CrawfordMs. Patricia J. CurrenMr. Chris Dalton and Ms. Lisa FreyMrs. Mary N. DaltonMrs. Richard DeSchutterMr. and Mrs. Donald DieballMr. and Mrs. Bruce ErtellMrs. Cameron W. FarwellMr. and Mrs. John GardMr. Geoffrey GeorgasMs. Gwen Gregory-ConzelmanMs. Janice C. HackMrs. James HerberMr. and Mrs. Robert N. HermesMr. and Mrs. Dean HolmMr. Eugene Hotchkiss IIIMr. and Mrs. Kevin IsselMr. Jerrold JacksMr. and Mrs. Frederick E. JacksonMr. and Mrs. Tom KearneyMr. Thomas E. KeimMr. and Mrs. John W. KozakMr. Scott S. LackieMs. Rommy Lopat

and Mr. John DrummondMr. David M. LutreyMr. and Mrs. Roger MohrMr. and Mrs. Scott J. MooreMr. and Mrs. Harold M. MorrisonMr. and Mrs. John F. OrmsbyMs. Shirley PaddockMrs. Paula Berghorn PolitoMrs. William J. RobertsMr. and Mrs. William D. RussellMs. Eileen SerafineMrs. Joan ShannahanMr. and Mrs. John G. SmithMr. and Mrs. Lawrence R. StackMr. and Mrs. Ronald F. TesarikMrs. Herbert A. VanceMr. Frank WaldeckMr. and Mrs. Barry WawrzynMs. Miriam WestinMr. and Mrs. Brian WestonMr.* and Mrs. Eugene WorochMr. and Mrs. Stephen Wright

New internship program withLake Forest CollegeThe Leslie T. Chapman Museum Internship was established by both the Historical Society and Lake Forest College in honor of LeslieChapman. Leslie provided immeasurable leadership and dedicatedservice to both the Historical Society, as Treasurer for 12 years, and to Lake Forest College, as the Vice President of Business Affairsand Treasurer for 22 years. Leslie was also an alumna of Lake Forest College.

The inaugural Leslie Chapman Internship took place in the spring of2015. Amber Craghead, a senior at Lake Forest College, used herstrong investigative skills to research items in the museum collec-tion related to World War I. She gave an outstanding and engagingpublic lecture about the community during this period. Amber alsowrote three Collections Cameo blog entries. One of these was aboutWWI-era items belonging to Helen Farwell Stevenson which were donated to the museum by her son John “Archie” Stevenson. The collection is composed of loose photographs, letters, newspaperclippings, and scrapbook pages circa 1918-1919 detailing Helen’sexperience as a WWI nurse in France.

Amber Craghead with members of the Chapman family from left:Robin omas Larsson, Carl Larsson, Amber, Jill Chapman andRich Chapman

Member Roll Call The following members joined or renewed their membership to the Historical Society between June 1, 2014 and May 31, 2015.

Corporate ($100)Benjamin Historic Certifications Edward Jacks & Co.Dr. Hugh M. Gogins, Optometrist Hill and Stone InsuranceJames Anderson Company Johnson Lasky Kindelin ArchitectsKathryn Quinn Architects, Ltd.Knauz Automotive Group Koch Creative Services Inc.Lake Forest Garden ClubLake Forest Library Lake Forest Place Lake Forest Woman’s ClubMolly Maid North ShorePasquesi Home and Gardens Paul Klug Inc. and Craig Bergmann

Landscape Design, Inc.Poulton Group, Ltd.Price InsuranceRocco Fiore & SonsThe Grille on Laurel Therese Crowe Design, Ltd.

Museum Circle ($1,000)Mrs. Sue Dixon Mr. and Mrs. David HenkelMr. and Mrs. Thomas B. Hunter IIIG

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas B. Hunter IVMr. and Mrs. Willard M. Hunter Mr. and Mrs. Douglas M. Kinney Mr. and Mrs. Miles MarshMr. and Mrs. James P. Stirling Mr. and Mrs. William Vance

Platinum Circle ($500)Mr. and Mrs. Ralph BehrensMr. and Mrs. Nicholas ChabrajaMrs. Madeleine B. DuganG

Mr. and Mrs. John GreeneCaptain and Mrs. James LovellMr. and Mrs. Andrew SannesMr. and Mrs. Alexander D. StuartMs. Nikki Weeden

Gold Circle ($250)Mr. and Mrs. James BertramMr. and Mrs. Charles C. BowenMr. and Mrs. Stephen BrewsterMr. and Mrs. David DezelanMr. Brian GladdenMr. and Mrs. Timothy Hale Mr. Philippe A. HansMs. Janice EngleMr. and Mrs. Jere Fluno

Korogluyan Family Trust Mr. and Mrs. Walter Paul KraussMr. and Mrs. Alan J. LacyMs. Mary Lane Mrs. Jean LoweMr. Brett Paschke Mr. and Mrs. Albert PawlickMr. and Mrs. Richard R. Price Mr. and Mrs. Thomas ReuscheMr. and Mrs. Mark F. SaranMr. and Mrs. Adrian SmithMr. and Mrs. Jerome Tabern

Silver Circle ($100)Mrs. Susanne Schweppe Abbott Mr. James Ahr and Ms. Mary DwyerMr. Stanley D. Anderson, Jr.Mr. and Mrs. James ArmstrongMr. and Mrs. Joseph D. AustinMr. Robert N. Banks Mrs. Carol Blomquist Ms. Dawn Bolles Ms. Anna Marie Brucker Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. Bullard Mr. and Mrs. Willard Bunn IIIMr. and Mrs. Rhett W. Butler Mr. and Mrs. David Cain Mr. and Mrs. Norman CarlsonMr. Richard J. Chapman Mr. Richard E. Cornwell Mr. and Mrs. William CraneG

Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Crawford. Jr. Ms. Phyllis R. CretorsMr. and Mrs. Jay Tobin Davis Mrs. Anne Morgan DeAcetisG

Dr. and Mrs. Ronald DeBruinG

Daniel D. Dolan, Jr. Family FoundationMr. Stephen Fletcher Mrs. Kathryn P. GovasMr. and Mrs. Jim GregoryG

Mr. and Mrs. David Grinnell Mr. and Mrs. Ken HazlettMr. and Mrs. Samuel J. Henry Mr. and Mrs. James Iacubino Mr. and Mrs. James R. JacobsonMr. Henry Kleeman and

Ms. Joan Boughton Mrs. Mary Kneibler Mr. Joseph Koss and

Ms. Carolyn Wells Mr. and Mrs. John H. Krehbiel, Jr.Mr. and Mrs. Bradley R. Krey Mr. and Mrs. Herbert KruegerMr. and Mrs. Alvin Kruse Mr. James Kuhlman

Dr. and Mrs. John J. Kyncl Mr. and Mrs. David LinvilleMr. and Mrs. William F. Lloyd Ms. Rommy Lopat and

Mr. John DrummondMr. and Mrs. Geoffrey W. LuceMr. and Mrs. Mike S. MacDougal Mr. and Mrs. David Mathis Mr. Paul MelicharG

Mr. and Mrs. John MesserveyMr. David W. MattoonG

Mr. and Mrs. Roger Mohr Mr. and Mrs. David MooreMs. Deborah Waud MooreMr. and Mrs. Jim Morris Ms. Catherine B. Murphy Mr. and Mrs. Kent Elliott NovitMr. Barry Nudel and

Ms. Sharon JorgensenMr. and Mrs. John F. Ormsby Mr. L. Robert Pasquesi Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Prochnow Mr. and Mrs. David RadcliffeMs. Sandra L. Riggs Mr. Theodore H. Roberts Ms. Sylvia P. RobinsonMr. and Mrs. Stephen RussoMr. and Mrs. William Schumann Mr. and Mrs. Thomas G. Scopelliti Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. ShawMr. and Mrs. Lawrence R. Stack Mrs. Lillian Stuart Mr. and Mrs. Thomas TabernMr. and Mrs. Tom Thomson Mrs. Dorothy VanceG

Mrs. Carla WestcottMrs. Florence WheelerG

Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Wright

Family ($65)Mrs. Jan Awad Mr. and Mrs. William B. AvelloneMr. and Mrs. Phillip L. Banks III Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. BanksMs. Jodi Barke and

Mr. Vincent Flannery Mr. and Mrs. Michael Basofin Mr. and Mrs. James Bauerly Mrs. Anna Lee Bayly Dr. and Mrs. Bruce C. Bennett Mr. and Mrs. Stephen P. Bent Mr. and Mrs. David Bibbs Ms. Carol J. Bien Mr. and Mrs. John Biggs

Mr. and Mrs. William BlodgettMr. and Mrs. Basil Borders Ms. Sharon Borg Mr. and Mrs. David Borosh Mr. and Mrs. Richard Brandel Mr. and Mrs. William D. BruceMrs. Marguerite Burke Mr. and Mrs. James Bush Ms. Elizabeth Cappola Mr. and Mrs. Peter Carney Mr. and Mrs. Craig E. CarpenterMr. and Mrs. Barry J. CarrollMr. and Mrs. Francis CasperMs. Christine Chakoian and

Mr. John Shustitzky Mrs. Carol Champ Mr. and Mrs. Peter Clemens Mr. and Mrs. Michael L. Conklin Mr. and Mrs. James CostelloMr. and Mrs. Thomas W. CoyleMr. and Mrs. Robert Crawford Mr. Chris Dalton and Ms. Lisa Frey Mr. and Mrs. Michael Dau Mr. and Mrs. Tom DavisMr. and Mrs. Donald DeublerMr. and Mrs. Thomas Digan Mr. and Mrs. G. Lowell Dixon Mr. and Mrs. Robert D. Douglass Mr. and Mrs. Jim Duggan Mr. and Mrs. William H. Emerson Mr. and Mrs. James Ferguson IIIMr. and Mrs. Scott FlemingMr. and Mrs. David Forlow Mr. and Mrs. Tim Funk Mr. and Mrs. Christopher GannonMr. and Mrs. Ambrose M. GlombowskiMr. and Mrs. Elmer Gottschalk Ms. Rebecca Graff Mr. and Mrs. Marcus GranadoMr. and Mrs. James Hayes Mr. and Mrs. Philip HendersonMr. and Mrs. Robert N. Hermes Mr. and Mrs. Bob Hoaglund Mr. and Mrs. Emery J. Homor Mr. and Mrs. William J. Hughes Mr. Roger B. Hull and

Ms. Pamela Kelley HullG

Mr. and Mrs. Spencer IsolaMr. and Mrs. Frederick E. Jackson Mr. and Mrs. Dennis JohnstonMr. and Mrs. Gregory K. Jones Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Juedes Ms. Kay KearneyMr. and Mrs. Tom Kearney

Mr. Frank Klepitsch andMs. Heather Pflanz

Mr. Robert Kolar and Ms. Sue Nordstrom

Mr. and Mrs. John W. Kozak Ms. Kathryn Kniffen Mr. and Mrs. Robert KucharMr. and Mrs. Charles LamphereMr. and Mrs. Robert J. Lange Mr. and Mrs. Tim Lawler Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Lind Mr. and Mrs. Stelios Logarakis Mr. and Mrs. Donald LynchMr. Robert J. Marshall Mr. and Mrs. John McDonoughMr. and Mrs. Samuel E. McTier Mr. and Mrs. Jack J. Meierhoff Mr. and Mrs. Terence M. Mieling Dr. and Mrs. Arthur Miller Mr. and Mrs. David Morgans Mr. and Mrs. Harold M. MorrisonMr. Fred Moyer Mr. and Mrs. George MurrayMr. and Mrs. James Murray Mr. and Mrs. Karl Nagel Dr. and Mrs. Mark Neerhof Dr. and Mrs. Tomas Nemickas Mr. and Mrs. C. Lydon Neumann Ms. Leslie H. NewmanMr. John K. Notz, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas C. O’Neil Mr. and Mrs. Nabih Ramadan Mrs. Beverly Raudabaugh Ms. Judith Reid-AndersonMr. and Mrs. Daniel M. RiessDr. and Mrs. Lawrence E. Roebel Mr. and Mrs. John RothMs. Jean Royster Mr. and Mrs. William D. Russell Mr. and Mrs. Robert SalzwedelMr. and Mrs. William R. Sample Ms. Katherine M. Saville Mr. and Mrs. William SchallerMr. and Mrs. Brian Schmucker Mr. and Mrs. Rick SchmudeMr. and Mrs. William L. Scogland Mr. and Mrs. Mark Senter III Mr. and Mrs. David ShawMr. and Mrs. Edward P. Showtis Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Skinner Mr. and Mrs. Larry Smith Mr. Donald Spooner Mr. and Mrs. Harrison SteansMs. Kathy Stevenson and Mr. Joe Cox Dr. and Mrs. Ralph Stoll Mr. and Mrs. Jon StrombergMs. Kathleen Sullivan

Mr. and Mrs. Donald Swanton Mr. and Mrs. Frank H. Swanton Mr. and Mrs. David SweetMr. and Mrs. Ron Taylor Mr. and Mrs. John Travers Mr. and Mrs. Robert Troxel Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Troyer Mr. and Mrs. Dominic Turchi Mr. and Mrs. Jon Twichell Mr. and Mrs. Christopher VolkertMr. and Mrs. Frederick G. Wacker III Mr. and Mrs. Barry Wawrzyn Mr. Jay N. Whipple, Jr.Mrs. Roycealee J. WoodMr. and Mrs. Alain Wood-PrinceMr.* and Mrs. Eugene Woroch Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Yakes

Individual ($40)Ms. Gretchen K. Allen Ms. Irene N. Ayres Mr. Kurt Bachman Mrs. Katie Belcher Mr. Thomas Benandi Mr. Paul Bergmann, Esq. Ms. Ann M. Bjorklund Ms. Judith N. Boggess Mrs. June Bourne Ms. Kate Buckardt Ms. Monica BurmeisterMrs. Dale Pirie Cabot Ms. Patricia Carter Mr. Jerome CarusoMs. Kay CasserlyMrs. Kathleen S. CassidyMrs. Nancy Coolley Mrs. Amyanne Cope Ms. Sherry Cotter Mr. Lawrence F. CroneMrs. Diane Czerwinski Ms. Margaret Davidson Mrs. Carol DeSchutter Mrs. Ann W. Dixon Mrs. Amy J. Dryfoos Mrs. Leona Elfering Ms. Barrett Erker Mrs. Betsy FarwellMs. Mary Fasel Mrs. Karla S. Finley Ms. Patricia Rafferty FinnMrs. Mary Ann Forness Mr. Steve Frisk Mrs. Mary Ann Fuller Ms. Carol Gayle Ms. Janet M. Gibson Mr. Harry F. GilesMs. Catherine Gray

Mr. Edward Gray Ms. Karen Z. Gray Mrs. Katharina Grossi Mrs. Blanche Hall Ms. Susan HalleMrs. Gertrude Hart Mr. William J. HartMs. Donna Hartigan Ms. Mary Janice Hartigan Mr. Michael J. HaveyMs. Eva Heilman Ms. Sandra Herrick Ms. Lisa Hilgenberg Ms. Joyce HolsonMs. Sheri HoneMs. Susanne S. HooeMrs. Judy IngleseMs. Susan Ipsen Ms. Bobette Janus Ms. Lisa Johnson Ms. Patricia O. Johnson Ms. Kimberly KacynMrs. Elizabeth KeepperMrs. Donna Kissel Ms. Katrina Kline Ms. Betty Klingenberg Ms. Patricia KosmerlMr. Richard Kosmerl Dr. Judith Koukol Mrs. Mary Kneibler Mrs. Linda Krusmark Mrs. Suzanne M. Laundry Mr. Mike Ley Dr. Linda A. Liang Ms. Suzanne Kennedy Lohenry Ms. Marianne E. Lombard-Koy Mrs. Helen Loving Mr. Shau-Zou Lu Ms. Jeannette Magill Ms. Sara Mahler Mrs. Carol Porath Marwede Ms. Anne Maxfield Mrs. Susan Mayhall Ms. Mary Ellen McGoeyMrs. Eleanor B. McMurrin Mrs. Donna A. Mercier Ms. Antoinette Minuzzo Mrs. Barb Moore Mr. German Moreno Mr. Michael O’Connell Ms. Helen O’NeillMs. Jane S. Partridge Mrs. Ellen Peter Ms. Mary Ann Phillips Ms. Elizabeth Pierret Ms. Lois Polakoff Ms. Janet Larsen Polep

Mrs. Juliet PriebeMr. William Redfield Mrs. Barbara ReidyMs. Kathleen M. Reidy Mr. Patrick Requa Mrs. Joan S. Reynolds Mr. Timm ReynoldsMr. Ted Rine Mrs. Ann Roberts Ms. Peggie RobertsMr. Gerald J. RobertsonMs. Eleanor A. Robien Mrs. Jeanie Rogalski Ms. Kathleen Ann RombergMs. Sheryl Fiester Ross Ms. Carlotta Rotman Mrs. Marcia Rowley Ms. Kathryn Karsten Rushing Mr. Franz Schulze Mrs. Sally Searle Ms. Julia S. ShacklefordMr. Frank SibleyMs. Patricia Creed Smith Mr. Oscar Soergel Ms. Mildred Sorensen Ms. Cobi Stein Ms. Juliet Stein-DaviesMr. George S. Stone Ms. Carole S. Stroh Mrs. Carol Swift Mr. Jeffrey SwinsonMrs. Nancy Sylvester Mrs. Elizabeth B. TaylorMs. Elizabeth Teich Ms. Marsha Temple Mr. Ronald Thomas Ms. Anne Thomason Mr. Thomas Tincher Ms. Barbara D. Vallaly Mrs. Betty Jean Van GorkomMrs. Karen VratimosMrs. Allison Walker Mr. James A. Walsh Mrs. Cynthia WashburneMrs. Dottie WatsonMs. Emily Watts Ms. Miriam Westin Ms. Louise Wilson Mrs. Sarah Wimmer Ms. Kate Wolf Ms. Carla Neuschel WyckoffMs. Gwen Sommers Yant Ms. Patricia J. YoungMs. Gina Zisook

G Designates Life Member * Denotes deceased

Every effort was made to list the names of all donors. If we have inadvertently omitted your name, please contact Lisa Frey at 847-234-5253 or lfrey@lflbhistory.org

Mission Statement: The Lake Forest-Lake Bluff Historical Society inspires an awareness of the community’s history and an appreciationof its relevance through delivering engaging exhibitions, publications and public programs; collecting and preserving local heritage andculture; and supporting historical research.

361 East WestminsterLake Forest, IL 60045

Bagpiper’s greeting at the moviepremiere with the Illinois St. Andrew Society

Poster for the1933 Century ofProgress Fair

Lake Bluffwalking tour

Keck and Keck Lecture

Historical Society ProgramsOur programs for the year covered a wide range of topics.

Several tied in with the theme of our award-winning mocknewspaper, e Gem, which covered the years 1926 and 1933 in 2014 and 2015, respectively.Highlights:

• A tour of Mundelein Seminary which included a special visitto the Cardinal’s villa and a lecture about the largest event in Lake County history – the closing ceremony of the 1926Eucharistic Congress.

• Lecture on Lake Forest during the Great Gatsby Era.

• An excursion on Car 553, the only existing private commuter car in the country.

• A walking tour of Lake Bluff.

• A lecture on the 1933 Century of Progress Fair.

• A tour of “e House of the Day After Tomorrow” whichaccompanied a lecture about mid-century architects Keck & Keck.

• A fresh look at early Lake Forest with a program citing new information about the 1857 plan.We continued our practice of collaborating with other

organizations to bring one-of-a-kind experiences to HistoricalSociety members and guests.

Among our joint programs were the movie premiere of e Scots of Lake Forest with the Illinois St. Andrew Society, a joint walking tour of the Armour Preserve with Lake ForestOpen Lands, and a lecture and booksigning about 999 NorthLake Shore Drive with the Lake Forest Bookstore.