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Growing up in Naperville – Keller connections
When you’re young, like maybe 7 or 8 years old, you don’t think much about relatives or where they come from. As I was...
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Growing up in Naperville – Class of ’57 Reunion
As many of us born in 1939 approach the 65th Naperville High School reunion, I found this recollection in my files that was written...
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Growing up in Naperville – Trip down memory lane features treasured teachers
I entered kindergarten at Ellsworth School right after Labor Day in 1944. My teacher was Miss Reynolds. However, after three weeks of school, we...
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Growing up in Naperville – Memories of Municipal Band, movies and malts
I know I’ve mentioned it in the past, but my mom and dad both played in the Naperville Municipal Band. Mom loved the classic...
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Growing up in Naperville – Music in my life
I read an interesting article recently about how music played an important role in helping two elders in a nursing home find each other....
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Growing up in Naperville – Never forget!
Where were you? That question was asked of me several times during the Sept. 11 Observance on Saturday morning, Sept. 11, 2021.
Well, I got...
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Growing up in Naperville – The band shell
It is a matter of Naperville history that dating back to the early 1900s, there have been four band stands in our town.
The first...
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Growing up in Naperville – A funny thing happened on the way to band practice!
Over the years of hearing stories from my dad about all the crazy things that happened to the Naperville Municipal Band (NMB), I began...
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Growing up in Naperville – June is bustin’ out all over!
As a very young boy, about age 5, I remember walking with my Aunt Pearl from our house on Ellsworth Street south to the...
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Growing up in Naperville – Summertime post WWII
On April 25 a small group of “old timers” gathered at the Naperville Train Station, just east of Fourth Avenue, to commemorate the 75th...
