Upcoming Society Events
Keep an eye out for the latest issue of the Quarterly, with "Shirley Veigel Clements: Nurse and Hospital Fire Heroine," on the cover! "The hospital in Effingham, Illinois, burned completely to the ground on the night of April 4, 1949. Effingham is the Effingham County seat, and at that time, it had a population of about 6,000 residents. At least 145 people were in the building when the fire was detected. Seventy-six of them died, making it, at that time, the worst hospital fire in the history of the United States." - Linda Ruholl.
In the current issue of the Quarterly, and in honor of V-E Day, John D. Cameron tells a fascinating story about his wife's grandfather, Ben Ruff, WWII veteran. 3.
If you have the name St. John in your family tree, you will want to read Part I of this amazing family saga in the Spring Quarterly, "The Genealogy of Alvah R. St. John of Sharon, Litchfield County, Connecticut, and His Descendants," by Madonna Davis.
In the Spring issue of the Quarterly, Angelyn Christy Voss shares her memories of Illinois in the 1950s. In this article, she describes the "Fields of Chicago," beginning with Wrigley Field.What do you remember about places in Chicago that have the word "field" in their names?
There is still time to register for the SIU Regional Workshop, In person or Zoom:
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