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1H::~-JSI~;~TTLH m' illlEELING HISTORICAL SOCIc;TY

Dear Members and Friends:

Time certainly does pass by in ahurry. We just had our wonderfulLollipop Lane and now its time toplan for our annual Pot-luck andAuction get together.

This will be held at our regularmeeting February 23rd, 6:30 p.m.Good fOod and lots of laughs! SykeHorcher.will again be our auctioneer.~emember Claire's rhubarb-strawberryJam, and the fun with a PillsburyDoughboy plus all the at-her fun items.

Since thi.s i.s our only fund raiserfor the year, please bring goodinterest ing items for the sale.

Wa-pa-getti's will cater the dinner.Invite your friends bul reservalionsare a must. Dinner price will bereasonable. A let"er is being sentout giVing you all the details.

Please note, we will need items forour Time Capsule. If you have anypictures or i'ems you would like 10

see included, please gjve them toLinda or myself.

There are several of the historicalcalendars available. Anyone wishing topurchase one They will be available atour next r~gular meeting.

Hope to see you on February 23, 6:30p.m. at Ihe Chamber Park Church.

Sincerely,

Lorraine HabenPresident

,/~-".()T~ER~~ILBOXI~The followi.ng letter was sent inand we are asked to pass it on toyou.

Jan. 2000Dear Members:

It is truly a pleasure to do thecookie calling for Lollipop Laneeach year. Your cordial response ismost apprecia~ed.

The cookies, I am sure, are bakedwi Lh "butter and love" and in oJbun­dance! Our selling staff and thosewho sent donations share too in thesuccess of this joyous time.

You are all so very generous, mysincere thanks to everyone.

Shirley Koeppen

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Originally a Catholic chapel, it isnow ecumenical. It holds a congre­gation of about 35 and is still usedtoday for small weddings and otherappropriate ceremonies.

In 1977, the Calvert Club decided Losell the property and the 13 acreswere purchased by the Wheeling ParkDistrict_ thr.ough a referendum.

The brick chapel was in need ofrest.oration which became a projectof the Wheeling Historical Society.When the work was completed in 1981,the chapel was rededicated as theLorraine E. Lark Chapel in theOrchard in honor of the former ParkCommissioner who spearheaded ~he

drive to save ChiJderJey fromdevelopment and possible destruction.

Although the buildings and orchardare gone the Park District hasconverted this area into a beautifulpark for both the young and old.I l.h1nk Mrs. Ljllie would be proud.

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]n 1939, when Mrs. Lillie couldno longer manage the Crane Fundand the estate, she pensioned thewidOWS and children and sold 32acres of the property to the Orderof the Servants of Mary for theAddolorata Villa, a convalescenthome for the eld0rly. All of theoriginal cottages have been razed.Later that year, ten acres of theproperry were donated to theCalvert Club, a Catholic affailiat-eof t:he University of Chicago. TheClub used the area as a retreat forCatholic students. There were twohomes loca f-ed on the property, St.Joan's House, formerly known asthe Port House and St.Jerome'shouse which was used for vacationsby the Lillie family. One house wasused by the girls and the other bythe boys when lhey were on retreal.This was when it was owned by theCalvert Club. Those buildings havealso been demolished.

The library was added in 1940 and namedfor the English theological writer, BaronFriedrich Von Hugel, who had convertedfrances to Catholicism in 1920.

We are in t he midst- of C"tlclnqing themi 1 i t:ary di splay ..... ; +-h most ~Y picturesand ii-ems from Wv!~ ~. We wIll becleaning and trYlng to get: r~ady.for

the opening of rhe museum whJCh.~S

coming soon. There will be a 51g0

up sheet- at our ~eeting5~ pleasevolunteer your time to SIt on aSunday from 2-4 p.m.

Both were biochemists with Doctoratedegrees. Mrs. Lillie was the daughterof the millionaire founder of theCrane Plumbing Co. and an aactivist insocial causes. She was a friend of EllenStarr who, along wilh Jane Addams, whofounded Hu 11 House. Li 11 ie and Starrpicketed together during the garmentworkers strike in 1915 and almost to­gether they converted to ~atholicism.

Mrs. Li.llie soon began usJng the northfarm as a home for widows and orphans ofrhe Crane Plumbing Co. employees. Thereshe build cottages and a school for thechildren.

The original chapel on Childerley Farmwas a log cabin buill around 1825 whichMrs. Li llie had moved from the> southfarm in 1910. ]n 1927, a small brickchapel was built and the wooden alLarpiece WdS moved into il from the logcabin. The nature-loving Lillies de­di.cated the new bui.lding as the "Chapelof St. Frances of l!le Orchard.'t TheI-WO bui Idings were connected by and oldf~~hinnpn w~llpd aardcn.

Linda ReadingCuralor

A thank you to Shirley McCo~nell ~or

more information on Belpulsl StudlOwhich did reside in wheeling in.~he

1950's and to Wedge for assemblInganother storage shelf for.,the ba5~-

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-j;,R~~~':W'l<""';:- .Childerley (meaning Chfidien;s~Mea ow)is a portion of wha~ was a 600 acrefarm on the banks of Buffalo Creek,bought by frances Crane Lillie and herhusband Dr. frank R. Lillie, in 1907wilh the intention of using the site asa vacation retreat for their family.·

We would also like to add:

'l'o Eleanor Buerger:

A hugh thank you for putting to­gether most of the raindeer food.The children really look forward tofeeding the animals. With everyone'sbusy schedules during the holidays,we appreciate your taking the timeto do this task.

Q!nnk'g

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CHICKEN & BROC:COLI ALFREDO

Patti and I are still working at t.hemuseum on Thursdays from 9-12. Anyonewishing to help out, there is enoughwork for everyone.

Dale Kimmery from the Village News­lett.er came by for more pict.ures andinformation for his column "The Way WeWere." Be sure to watch for. t.hemwhen you get the next newsletter.The last one had a picture ofPalwaukee Airport.

1 can (10 314 0:1:,) Campbell'S·Condensed Cream 01 MushroomSoup or 98% Fat Free Craam 01Mushroom Soup

1/2 cup milk112 cup grated Parmesan cheese114 Isp. rreshly ground pepper

1. Prepare feltuccine according to package directions. Add broccoli lor lasl4 min. of cooking lime. Drain.

2. In skillet over medium-hIgh heal. heat bUller. Add chicken and cook untilbrowned, stirring often.

3. Add soup, milk, cheese. pepper and leltuccine mixture andcook lhrough, slirring ollen. Serves 4.

·Substitute a oz. spaghe1tllor tenucCine.

PREf'TlME:10MlN, COOKTIME:15M1N.

60:1:. uncooked fettuccine'1 cup fresh or froun broccoli

flowerets2 tbsp. butter or margarine1 lb. skinless, bonaless chIcken

breasls, cubad

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We have received numerous telephonecalls seeking historical informationon var.i.ous subjects such as how wasSchoenbeck Road named? If anyone hasany answers, please let me know.

2 Inter-joT pictures of HagerstrumShowroom and research correspon­dance received from CharlotteDolgopol, Secretary for ErnstHagerstrum for 20 years.

The members

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~" UPCOMING MEETINGS ;;;.)

{Feb. 16th .. Board Meetingtreb. 23rd .. Pot Luck & Auc tiO]~

,(Mar. 15th Board Meet.ing~Mar. 22nd Regular Meetin

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Pictures of Crane's homestead anddairy farm which WE're used in avi.deo t.:.ape received from LorraineHaben.

1 Black Brownie Box Camera andI Black Case w/loCk receivedfrom Nancy Jansen.

We would like to thank thefollowing for artifacts wereceived this month.

Please check your closets anddrawers for old pictures, clothing,jewelry and items which are of in­terest and could be used in exhibitsat the museum.

"The object of thisSocj.ety shall bethe discovery,preservation andd~ss~mination ofknowledge about thecommunit.y ofWheeling,ll

To Willie Frant.a .. Wishing yousunny smiles to warm your heartand happy thoughts to warm yourday!

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To all our Members who bave beenfeeling under the weathEr lately.Hope you return to your old self,and put your worrj.es on the shelf.

To Shirley McConnell who isrecouperatil19 at home, we miss youand hope to see you in the verynear fut.:.ure.

If you personally know of anymember who j.5 i.l1, PLEASE callPatti. 537-1450 and let me know sowe may try to cheer them up .

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PORTRAlTSFROM THE PAST

"Wheeling Through the Years" wasthe result of their efforts andlong hours of interviews andresearch.

In August of 1985 Bob and BarbMcIntyre, members of the WheelingHistorical Society, took on thechallengeing job of compilingan oral history of Wheeling.

Although Bob is no longer with us,Barb still resides i.n Wheelingand at ~his time, we would liketo again say "Thank you" for pre­serving some of our early history.The work you and Bob have done hasnot bee" forgotten and giverl us newmembers who work at the museum,background to work from.

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