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Pana . Ci ty of Rose s . agricu l t ural commun i ty and indust r ialce nte r . l ie s ne ar t h e geograph ica lc en te r o f t h e st a te of I l l i no is . inChri s t ian county

,l at i tude de

gre e s nor th and longi tude de

gree s west , at an e levat ion of 696fe e t above sea le ve l , having a1950 c ensus ofPana's o rigin i s a tt ribu ted to t h e

coming of t h e “ Iron Monste r" tot h e prai rie s of t h e st ate in 1853 .

In t ha t ye ar t h e const ruc t ion oft h e I l l i noi s Cent ral Rai l road wascommenced .

A cabin used by t h e ra i l road wase re c te d somewhe re along t h e r ightof-way of th e I l l i n oi s Cen t ral . Alocal h i s tor ian of som e years backstate s t ha t th i s “ shack ! was oc

cu p ied by Jame s Ke enan . a nat iveof From . Galway , Ire land , a ra i lroad ing cont rac to r . Ke e nan supposedly he ld th e grading cont rac tfo r t h e l ast 6 mi le s of roadbed cont ru c t ion of th e Il l i noi s Cen tra l int oPana . Kee nan 's wi fe , Diana , conduc ted an e at ing house in t h e shackfor grade rs and othe r workmen en

gage d in const ru ct ion of t h e ra i lroad .

Th is s truct u re sa t opposi te t h e

pre se n t Un ion Stat ion (New YorkCe nt ral ) at th e in te rsect ion of t h eN ew York Cent ra l and I l l i no i s Cent ral Rai l road t racks . T h e Keenansoccupie d t h e shack fo r 3 ye ars andwe re pre se n t whe n t h e f i rs t Il l i noi sCen tral t rain came ove r t h e st e e lrai ls to Pana on Mar . 24 , 1855 .

This was t h e humble beginn ingof t h e c i ty known today as one oft h e le ading smal le r commun i t ie s int h e s ta te .

Be fore t h e coming of t h e rai l roadt h is te rr i tory was surveyed in 182 1

and for a pe riod of ye ars was u m

i nh ab i ted save fo r hun te rs and t h eInd ian . T h e count ry was knownas t h e

“Black Hawk Hunt ingground . Game of al l k inds wasin abundance . At th is t ime too ,t h e immedi ate coun tryside was apart of She lby coun ty and remained so un t i l th e year 1839 whenChri st ian coun ty was organ ized .

As me n t ioned b e fore t h e Indianalone was t h e f i rs t re s ide n t of t h isv ic in i ty e xce pt fo r se t t le rs scat te red he re and t he re abou t t h e coun ty .

Tribe s o f Ind ians who roamed t h e

grounds whe re t h e c i ty of Panastands we re t h e Sac , Pawne e ,

Fox ,

Po t tawatomie s (most in te l l igen t ,f ie rce s t and brave st of t h e t rib es )and t h e Kickapoos .

In t h e ye ar 1853 Pana was surveyed and plat te d . along wi th t h eIl l ino is Ce nt ra l Rai l road . T h e

exac t locat ion o f t h e c i ty wasdet e rm ined by t h e poin t of in te rse c tion of t h e Ind ianapol i s S t .Lou is Rai l road (NYC . wh ich was

Wi l li am Glascow,p ionee r and

me rchan t in th is ci ty , is pic tu re das re produced from a. char coalske tc h owned by h i s grea t -grandson, Logan G ri ffi th o i th i s c i ty.

Som e say tha t Pana was name dfor G lascow

’

s wi fe , whose g ive nname was A nna, b u t cal led “Pana"

by G lascow.

comple ted short ly afte r t h e Il l in oi s Cent ral in and t h e I l l inoi s Cen tral t racks . T h e plat wasrecorded in January of 1855 andwas exe cute d by C . A . Manne rs .su rveyor , for David Ne al , the npre siden t of t h e I l l inoi s Cen tral .One year late r in 1856 , addit ional

p lat s we re made by P . C . Higginswork ing in th e in te re st of t h e

Alton Te rre Haut e Rai l road(NYC ) and John S . Hayward , own

e r of large l and i n te re st s in th e

townshi p .

Also in t h e ye ar 1854 t he re wase rec te d along Stone Coal Cre eknear t h e I l l i no is Cent ral t racks apos t offi c e , wit h Mi lan S . Be ckwit h as postmas te r . Pana and t h esurrounding townsh ip we re knownas Stone Coal Pre c inc t dur i ng t h ispe r iod .

S tone Coal Prec inc t was formedJune 5 . 1845 , by th e coun ty commissione rs ’ cou rt and was boundedas fo l lows : Beginn ing at t h e sou the ast corne r of t h e county

,thenc e

we st 9 mi le s t o th e middle ofRange 1 cast ; the nce north 6 mi le s .t hence east 9 mi le s to t h e place ofbeginn ing. I t inc luded 54 se c t ion s .

Th e name Stone Coal was de rivedf rom a smal l s tream flowingt hrough t h e t ownship , ca l le d CoalCre ek . Along i t s banks cou ld b e

found stone coal ou tcropping inl im i ted quan t i t ie s .

T h e f i rs t se t t le rs of S tone CoalPrec inc t we re Jared Mal in . Abram

Mil l igan and Thomas Be l l . wh o

came in 1839 ; He nry H . Bond . A n

drew Hanson , Levi Hopson andAl fred Hopson in 1840 ; BenjaminGordon and John Abbot t in 1841 ;

Joseph Bu t le r' and John Hanson are

said t o have come a t an early date .

not exac tly de te rmin ed .

T h e fi rst e le ct ion of t h e prec inc twas he ld in t h e home of AndrewHanson , Aug . 2 . 1845 . And rewHanson . Thomas Be l l , and Ab ramMil l igan se rved as j udge s . Duringt hat p e ri od the re we re 5 vote rs inDe l l 's Grove att ached to t h e pre

c inc t. to tal ing in a l l 19 vo t es castat t h e f i rs t e le c t ion . Be fore t h e

organ izat ion of t h e prec inct . t h e

inhab i tant s voted at Taylorv i l le .

Wil l i am Pryce act ed as depu tytax col le c to r in th i s pre cinc t in1845. t h e taxe s pa id - ln amoun t ingto Pryce was also t h e f i rs tbridegroom . marry ing Mary JaneE d w a r d s on F eb . 14 . 1844 .

Wi l l iam Buzan married Jane Gordon, Sept . 1 . 1845 . The se ce remonie s we re p erformed by t h e

Rev. Mile s H . Abbot t .In t h e ye ar 1848 . He nry H

.

Bond , Jacob Hanson and Ignat iusBut le r we re e le c ted i ts fi rs t schoolt rustee s . At t h e f irs t enum e rat ion of chi ld re n unde r t h e schooll aw , the re we re only 18 ; bu t wi thth e adven t of t h e rai l road in 1854

popu lat ion incre ased rapid ly anda furt he r census of ch i ldren in

1856 shows t h e format ion of 3schoo l d is t ric t s . No . 1 had 18 . No .

2,1 18 , and No . 3

,1 16 ,

making atota l of 256 .

T h e name of t h e township waschanged to Pana on Se pt . 2 . 1856 .

on t h e pe t i t ion of Mason French .

and 30 othe r legal vote rs . T h e

pe t it ion was pre sen ted to t h e

coun ty cou rt by Postmaste r Be ckwit h .

One t ime in t h e h isto ry of t h e

townsh ip an e ffort was made tosecede from Christ ian coun ty andre - att ach t h e townsh ip to She lb ycounty . This movemen t was madeprior to t h e days o f t h e rai l roadsa t a t im e whe n mi le s of unse t t ledt e rr i to ry lay be twe en t h e townsh ip and t h e county seat . Fol lowing passing of an ac t in Februa ryof 185 1 t o a id in t h e t ransfe r 0 1

Township 1 1 , 1 east . from Christian to She lby county . an e lec t ionwas di rec ted to b e h e ld on t h e

fi rs t Monday of Ju ly , of t h e sam e

year, to vo te on t h e measu re .

T h e re su l ts we re : In Chri st iancounty

,fo r se ce ssion . 17 vote s

we re cast ; agains t t h e movemen t220 vote s we re ta l l ied . a majorityof 203 vote rs wi sh ing to s tay as apart o f Christ ian coun ty . She lbycounty was wi l l ing to re ce ive h e r

lost s is te r back to t h e fold,

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vote rs bal lot ing yes to 3 d i sse n t ingvote s .

A notable eve n t in t h e days ofStone Coal Prec inc t was t h e loc at ing o f a coun ty road to Taylorvi l le . Joseph Edwards

,Andrew

Hanson and Wm . Hamme r we reappoin ted commissione rs a t t h eSeptembe r te rm of t h e coun tycou rt in 1846 .

They viewed and locate d th e roadin Novembe r of t h e same year .

I t was su rveyed by Coun ty Surveye r W i l l i a m A . Goodrich .

Wil l i am Pryce and He nry H . Bondac te d as chai rmen . T h e su rveyb egan near t h e sout heas t corne rof t h e county and was run in adi re c t l i ne to Taylorv i l le ,

makingth e he ad of Locus t Cre ek timbera poin t in rou te . Afte r t h e roadwas e stab l i shed a furrow was runto mark more de f in i te ly t h e su rvey and to gu ide t h e t rave le r ove rt h e wide , un inhab i ted prai r ie .

There i s some doub t as to t h e

f i rs t c i t izen o f Pana . T h e honori s given t o e i t he r M i lan Be ckwi tho r D . Kinca id . Early h ist ories oft h e county d iffe r , one report ing D .

Kincai d as having move d th e f i rs thouse t o Pana from near StoneCoal and e n te r ing busin e ss wit hMason French to be com e t h e f i rs tm e rchants .

Th e second h i st ory says , There‘seems to b e a diffe re nce ofopin ion as to who moved th e f i rs tbui ld ing to Pana fo l lowing th e

cons t ru ct ion of a c ab in by t h e

Il l ino i s Cen tra l Rai l road . BothBe ckwi th and Ki nca i d had shant ie s moved to t h i s po in t and we ret h e f i rst me rchants . Howeve r , weare in cl ined to th ink Be ckwit hwas fi rst to move h i s sh anty he rein 1854 from Be ck ’s Creek orStone Coal pos t o ffice . Kincai dand French had a smal l house onwhe e ls which stood at t h e foot oft h e knol l in f ron t of th e fre igh thouse i n wh ich they sold groce r ie s .whiskey , _

e tc .

Fol lowi ng Be ckwi t h and Kincaid came t h e usual f low of immigran ts nece ssary fo r th e growthof a c i ty .

T h e o riginal pla t of Pana c ontained 22 b locks . Twe lve of thesewe re whole b locks and 10 we rehalv es . In 1880 an add it i onal 27addi t i ons we re

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at tached to t h e

original p l a t . Th e c i ty was laidou t wit h t h e rai l s of t h e I l l i noi sCe ntral as a. base . Giv ing proofis t h e fac t th e c i ty of Pana doe sno t l ie in a d i re c t north to sou thposi t ion bu t nort heas t t o sou thwe st .In t h e win te r of 1856 - 57 . wi th

th e popu la t ion of t h e se t t lemen tas take n from a ce nsus of t h e I l l ino i s Cent ral at 850, t h e Il l i noislegislature grante d t h e charte r incorporat ing t h e vi l lage of Pana .

Th e f i rs t e le c t ion was he ld Mar .10, 1857 , for v i l l age off ice rs and

re su l ted as fol lows : A . Monroe ,

pre side nt ; Jame s Mart in , W . H .

Glascow , L. F . She phe rd and \V . B.

Li t t le ,t ruste es .

T h e gove rnmen t unde r th e

charte r o f 1856 cont inued un ti lF eb . 13 , 1867 , when anothe rcharte r supe rsedi ng t h e old one

was gran ted . On Mar . 8 , 1867 , a n

e le ct ion was he ld for c ity off i ce rs .

W . J . Jordan was e le ct ed mayorand John DeLane , E . A . Humphrey . W . W . Watk in s , and W . A .

Newcomb alde rmen . Wil l iam T .

Dobbs was e le c ted c i ty j udge ,

Amos A . Rhode s c ity c le rk,J . W .

Ki tche l l c i ty at torney and F . M .

Malone c i ty marshal .Pana was chart e red for th e

t h i rd and l as t t ime in May of 1877unde r t h e ge ne ral c i t ie s and vi ll age s act .

T h e c i ty 's growth had b een onth e i nc rease with 1000 populat ionby 1860, 2390 i n 1870 and in 1876

ove rDuring t h e chart e r year of

Pana , t h e I l l i n oi s Cen tral alsonoted th e fo l lowing facts : A totalof 68 houses s tood in th e v i l l age ,

wit h one chu rch , t h e Pre sbyte rian .

T h e fi rs t se rmon de l ive red inPana was by a Presbyter ian mini ste r , t h e Rev . E . B . Olmstead .

t rave l ing through th e area byrai l . I t was given in a box cars tand ing on t h e I l l i noi s Cen tra lt racks . Th i s was on a “ brightau tumnal Sabbath , i n Oc tob e r ,

accord i ng to C . Gowdy , MD ,

au thor of a h istory of Pana'sPre sby te r i an church .

T h e s tre e t s of t h e c i ty l ay in asomewhat d i ffe ren t manne r in t h e

e arly days of Pana re la t ive tothe i r posi t ion t oday as ev idencedby a pl at of t h e c i ty in 1876 .

Fami l iar stre e t name s in bygonedays such as Rosamond , Chri st ian ,Alton . Macon , Cleve l and ,

Davison ,

and Kent ucky are non- exi ste n tnow , having b ee n renamed . Rosamond stre e t was t h e t horoughfarec i t izens of Pana know today asSe cond s tree t . I t ran from t h e

we s t l im i ts o f th e c i ty to t h e

corne r of She ridan whe re i t b ec am e North Th i rd . Chri st ians tree t i s now Washi ngton ; MaconOrange ; Al ton - Ol ive ; Cleve l andLake ; Ful ton -Magnol ia ave nue :Dav ison - Nort h Locust ; t h e pre sent North Poplar was Wash ington s tre e t ; Park -North Elm , andKe n tucky - East Th i rd .

In t h e we s t sec t ion of t h e c i ty .

st ree ts beginn ing to t h e sou thwith Sevent h s tre e t we re numbe red toward t h e north beginn ingwit h Sou th Thi rd , now Seve n th ;Sou th Second , pre sen tly S ixth ;and ending wi th South First , nowFi fth . Al l st ree ts from Fift h on

we re pre fixed North . The reby ,

ou r prese n t Fourth st re e t wasNorth Fi rst

,Thi rd st re e t was

Nort h Se cond , and Se cond st re e twas Nort h Th ird .

This arrangement he ld t rue i nth e eas t se c t ion of t h e c i ty exc eptfor th e fac t th e c ity ext endedfart he r south and in c luded Sout hFourth and South Fi fth which are

today East Eigh th and Nint h, re

spect ive ly . T h e port ion of Eas tS ix th st re e t today exte nding eastward from U. S . Rou te 5 1 was int h e i nfancy of ou r c i ty known asOh io st re e t . O ne block to t h e

sout h . th e port ion now EastSevent h was Ind iana st re e t .Our pre sen t Main st re e t now

l aid ou t borde ring th e sou th s id eof t h e Frances Hote l ran eastwardto Harr i son which i s now Hickory

.

se rv ing t h e same purpose asWashington st re e t doe s for t h e

pre sen t popula t ion . As sta tedHick ory on t h e north side of t h eNew York Cent ra l t racks wasthen Harri son

,bu t sout h of t h e

rai l road became Poplar st re e t .Third s tree t to t h e eas t of Hickorywas Kentucky st ree t .

Go ing to th e northe rn se c tion oftown bounded today on t h e we stby t h e I l l i n oi s Cen tral and on t h e

e as t by t h e C&EI , s tre e t s runn ingfrom e ast. to we s t we re numbe redfrom th e nort h beginn ing wi thSeve n th to t h e pre sen t Wash ingt on s tree t in th i s sec t i on , whichwas Thi rd st ree t , and on one b locksou th to t h e Balt imore Ohiot racks , t h e rai l road then b e i ng t h eSpringfie ld D iv isi on of t h e OhioMissi ss ippi , t o a s tre e t runn ingparal le l to t h e t racks markedSe cond . Nort h Pine was Che stnu t s tre e t running to t h e sou thof t h e New York Cent ral , beyondto t h e. nort h i t be came Adamsstre e t . Kit che l l Avenue ‘at one

t ime was Elm s tree t .Princ ipal thoroughfare s of t h e

c i ty today are : Poplar,Maple ,

Vine , Spruce , Hi ckory , Pine . Walnut , Ki tche l l Avenue ,

Clark , S tate .

She r idan , We l ls . She rman , Gran t ,Wash ington , Dew i t t , Fi rs t , S e c

ond, Third , Fourth , Fi fth , S ixth ,

Seve nth,Orange and Ol ive .

W i t h t h e growth of th e c i ty i nrecen t years new addi t ion s wi ththoroughfare s we re const ruc ted .

The se are t h e Kennedy Count ryClub add it ion in t h e sou theas t po rt ion of t h e c i ty wi th MacA rth u r

Boulevard and Pat ton Avenue , onSept . 27 . 1948 ; P resne l l

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s addi t ionin t h e we s t part o f t own , We stand Short st ree ts

,Oct . 14 , 1949 ;

t h e Beye rs add i t ion , Beye rs A ve

nu e , Sept . 2 , 1950; and Progre ssst ree t in th e H . B . Mine r Div is ion .

Sep t . 13 , 1954 .

Busine ss boomed in t h e e arlydays of t h e c i ty . Th e fi rs t hote lwas e rec te d by W . H . Glascowto t h e north of t h e rai l road t rackand was in l ate r years known asth e Rit te r House . One o f t h e

more e laborat e store bui ld ings of

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t h e se t t lemen t was e re c ted in1856 by A . G . Nee l who journeye dto De catu r , qu i te a di stance i nthose days , to procu re lumbe r forth e s t ruc ture . Mr . Ne e l openedh i s store on Apri l 3. 1856 .

Disast e r st ruck t h e communi tyof Pana in 1857 . A tornado passed t h rough on June 13 , de stroyinghal f t h e c i ty and c rops . Workwas s tarted immed iat e ly and t h e

t own rebui l t .Milan Be ckwi th

,Stone Coal

postmaste r , ven tu red in to t h e fie ldof j ou rnal ism and pub l i shed t h e

town 's f i rs t pape r . t h e We eklyHe rald . T h e fi rst e di t ion of th i spub l icat ion was placed on saleD ec . 23. 1857 . T h e We ekly He r

a ld a lso he ld t h e hono r of be ingt h e f i rst pape r eve r pr in te d i nChris t ian county . T h e pape r wase stab l ished to promote in te res tand encourage se t t lemen t in

Chri st ian county . whe re Edi to rBeckwi th was large ly in te re stedin real e state . Th e He rald wh ichbegan as an i ndepe nden t pape rbe came Democrat i c in 1858 bu td id no t surv ive long e nough to

bene f i t t h e party ,passing ou t w i t h

t h e 4 l st i ssue of Vol . II .Fol lowing Beckw i t h we re Slack

and Mccoy , const ruc t ing t h e f i rs tsteam mil l , which open ed for

busine ss on F eb . 3 , 1858 .

J . C . He lm ick be came t h e c i ty 'sfi rs t f inanc ie r , open ing t h e doorsof h is bank in 1866 . T en ye arslate r t h e banking house of H . N .

Schuyle r ( l a te r to go de func t , i n1930) was started . Anothe r b ankwas ope ned on July 1 , 1867 by W .

E . Hayward , bu t was c lose d in

Novembe r of 1878 , Mr . Haywardengag ing in re al e s tate . Thisbank was locate d across t h e

stre e t sou th of t h e H . N . Schuy le rbu i ld ing wh ich was s i tu ated ont h e northeas t co rne r o f Secondand Locust s tree t s .

For a pe riod of 3 years , 1860- 63 ,

money was hard to come by inPana , bu t t h e si tuat ion e asedwhen man y new c it izens migratedto t h e c i ty and adj o in ing count ryside . Real e s tate price s are

said to have i nc reased seve ralhundred per cen t .Pana around t h e ye ar 1865 was

somewhat an unde rworld paradisewit h gambl ing and th ieve ry pre

vai l ing throughou t th e c i ty . T h e

organ izat ion i s said to have bee nso comple te tha t few st range rshaving t h e good fortune to en te rt h e c i ty w i th a fu l l purse le ft int h e same condi t ion . Thi s bandwas fina l ly b roke n by i rate c i t izens of t h e communi ty t akingne cessary me ans to ob tain lawand ord e r.Early in t h e h istory of Pana , i n

1863 , El i Jacobs e re c ted a mi l lw i th th e capac i ty of 60 barre l sand a run of 3 burrs . In 1868 , t h e

Overho l t Bros , who then ope rated

th e Jacobs mi l l , pu t up an e le

yato r i n conne ct ion wi th t h e mi l l .T h e new st ructu re had a capac it yof 25 thousand bushe ls o f cornand 40 thousand bushe l s of wheat .During t h e sp ring of 1867 , S . M .

Haywood , fathe r o f t h e la te HarryHaywood . const ructed a gra ine levato r in Pana . In ope rat ion .

t h i s conce rn hand led approx i

mate ly 2 t housand bushe ls a dayand employed 10 t o 12 m en.

In t h e ye ar 1870 th e c i t ize n ryof Pana e re cte d a Ci ty Hal l

,a

bri ck s t ruc tu re , 2 s to rie s h igh .

This bu i ld ing was razed in 194 1

and t h e pre sen t c i ty admin i st rat ion bui ld ing const ructed . T h e

bui ld ing house s t h e volun te e r fi redepartme n t as we l l as various c ityoffi ce s , pol i ce departme nt , e tc .

S inc e t h e se cond organ iza t ion oft h e c i ty Mar . 5 . 1867 , whe n wit hincre ase of popu lat ion i t wasdeeme d necesary to change t h e

form of gove rnment , Pana hascome unde r an alde rman ic adm inist rat ion. T h e c i ty fo l lowing t h ischange was composed of 2 wards .

Ward I at th is t ime conta ined150 regis te red vote rs

,Ward II

,

220. Previously Pana had bee nunde r t h e v i l lage board type ofgove rnm en t wi th a pre s ide n t and4 assoc iat e s e le c te d . T h e c i ty .

growing t h rough t h e years , i spre sent ly made up of 5 wardse ach supplying 2 alde rme n t o t h e

Cit y Counc i l .Anothe r e levat or was bui l t in

1874‘ by Jacob Krem e r wi th a

capac i ty of 20 thou sand bushe l sof grain . This organ izat ion waslate r purchase d by Ti l ton HemsleyCompany .

A fru i t canne ry was e stab l i shedhe re i n 1872 , known as t h e PanaBranch of t h e Alden Prese rv ingCompany . T h e bu i ld ing was de

st royed by fi re 4 years late r inJu ly of 1876 and t h e remain ingmach ine ry was sold to part ie s inSpringfie ld a t a pric e of $350.

In 1876 , th e Pana City Mi l ls , a

bri ck story bu i ld ing. was bu i l tby Ge orge and Minn is Mi l le r .

Pana 's indust ria l h ist ory a lsoboasts in bygone days a Door

.

Sash Plan ing Mil l ope ra ted byWood and Laton . T wo ot he rplan ing mi ll s we re in e xist ence at

t h e same t ime and we re ope ratedby A . W . Parke r and D . T . Davis .

In 1876 the re was locat ed in t h e

vic in i ty of t h e pre sen t wate rworkst h e Progre ssive M e rcant i leManufac tu ring C o .

,spe c ial iz ing in

con fe ct ione ry equ ipm ent , f o o twarme rs , e tc .

Pana has a lways been known asa ra i lway cen te r . T h e Il l ino is:Ce nt ra l bu i l t to Pana in 1854 . t h e

New York Cent ral in 1855 . Balt imore Ohio in 1869 , and t h e Ch icago Easte rn I l l i noi s i n 1904 .

T h e c i ty housed t h e shops o f t h eI l l inoi s and Sout h Easte rn Rai lroad , wh ich was taken ove r by t h eOhio Mi ss issipp i Co . in 1876 .

T h e shops employed 150 m en whospec ia l ized i n ge ne ra l repai r ingand rebu i ld ing of ra i lway equ ipme n t . T h e road la te r became th e.

Balt imore Ohio and t h e shopswe re removed in 1900.

Supplying t h e eve ryday ne edsof t h e popu lace of Pana in i te arly grow th we re variou s m e r

chan ts and bus ine ss conce rns .

Some of the se fo l low : Dry Goods ,Cloth ing, Boo ts and Shoe s—S . C .

VVagene r , George V . Penwe l l ,Beck enh e im e r , Goldst ine and CoJ . R . Race Co . ; Groce r ie sJame s Babcock . Jacob

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Born ,

Jewe l l Mose ly , Jageman McElroy , W . L . Dowl ing. J . B . Shaffe r , M . J . Jone s , Newcomb Bros

Thi s , t h e Eur opean Hote l , or Mi l lot 's bu i ld i ng, a landm a rk of t h ea rea , now se rve s t h e c i t izens of Pana and wayfa re rs, as t h e Pana Hote l ,located on Sou th Locust st ree t . T h e s tru ct ure was e rec ted in 1890.

—Pho tofrom Home r Mi ll o t .

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NICK ’S PACKAGELIQUOR STORE

Phone 180 We De l iver

It was m inst re l tim e in t h e t h en e li te Hayward

Ope ra Hou se a round 1901 when thi s pi ctu re wasLoca te d on t h e co rne r of Ma in and Poplar

stree ts. th e ope ra h ouse was t h e ce n te r of Pana'sm ade .

e nte rtainm ent world.

Part i c i pating in th e producti on we re ( 9 m en in

fu l l d re ss su i ts ) le f t to r igh t : Frank S tam m , E lm e rWh i te , Fred Webe r, John Robb , D r . John D . Re id

J . C . Wil l i s , Casey Cox , Wm .

H o w a r d , and Gri ff i t h Evans ;Hardware , S tove s and T i nwareLewis Je h le , Wm . S t u h lm an , A . B .

Corman,H . Bue l l ; Fu rn i t ure

Je sse Bros A . B . Corman ;Drugs— R . C . Coyne r, P . M .

Nichol s , O . Gossmann Bros ,L“

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D . Higgins ; Harness LewisSch l ie rbach , Charle s J . Hi l l , J . C .

W oolside and i n late r ye ars Ot toand Lou is Pau l ; Photograph Galle ry— J . V . Hove r ; Agricu l tu ra lImpleme nt s—O . H . Paddock , Cox

Swim , F . W . S tockbridge ;Unde rt ake rs—J . E . Ne e ly , H .

Ki rkpat rick ; Mil l i ne ry and Dre ssmaking Mrs . S . P . Mooney ,

Misse s B . and E . Mil l ard , Mrs .

George Be lnap ; Hay De ale rs—D .

E . McGarrah , D . M . Keys ; Wholesale Gunpowde r

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De ale rs—E . C .

Re e se Bros .

Pana c i t izens in t h e past we reen te r tained in an ope ra house ,

known as one of t h e be s t in t h e

vic in i ty , owned by J . S . Hayward .

T h e ope ra house had a se at ingcapac i ty of 813 people with as tage 24x30 fee t . Ligh t wasfurn ished by gas and heat wassuppl ied by 2 wood furnace s .

Sce ne ry for t h e produc t ions wasfu rn i shed by Noxon of t h e Olympic The atre of St . Lou is . T h e

ope ra house was loca ted eas t of

( int e rlocu tor )

( standing )

t h e France s hote l on t h e corne r ofPoplar and Main stre e t s .

Hot e l s we re i n abundanc e i nearly Pana . In 1867 J . S . Hayward e re c ted t h e S i . Jame s Hote lknown today as t h e France s .

Th is ho te l was fi rs t opene d by D .

T u rnbol t as t h e T u rnbo lt House .

I t can b e sa id th at th i s hoste lrywas th e most impos ing in t h e c i tyat t h e t ime , be i ng 3 s torie s highof b rick wit h marble floors . T h e

hot e l con taine d 80 rooms wit h ac

com m odat ions for 160 gue st s .

Also provided for t h e en te r ta inme n t of t h e gue s ts we re a di n ingroom , sa loon . and bi l l iard hal l .Othe r ho te l s in c lude d t h e Har

ri son House , Mrs . Mat i lda Harri son

,proprie tor ; Ce nt ral House ,

Jam e s Dal ton ; Ken tucky House ,

J . C . Stou t ; and Hal l House , G .

Evans .

Ear ly physic ians in t h e c i tywe re G eo . W . Pat ton , JacobHube r , J . H . Dodge , H . H . Deming ,

Salem Dickey . A . E . Eve rso le . L .

D . Higgins,H . H . Hal l and T . H .

Mcc oy , de nt i st .T h e year 1884 brough t to Pana

t h e indu st ry wh ich was to rocke tt h e c i ty to prospe r i ty and re cogni t ion . Coal was ho isted from th e

Pana Coal Company ’s Mine No . 1 ,

known as t h e Old Mi ne . f irs t of 4mine s to b e sunk in t h e c i ty du r

F re em an B u t ts ,

A rthu r Ma rt in, Cha r le s Sch ernpf ;B l ac k face end m en, onl y 2 ide nt i fied : Claude

McM u l Ien ( le ft ) and Benton Bu t ts ( righ t ) ;In t h e orchest ra : T u t t P enwe l l

sui t ) ; Elizab e th Pirnas ( piani s t ) ; Em m a Sc hw ie tzka

J im Cor-m an

O the rs are unident i fie d.

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(ce nte r, da rk

(stan ding by p iano ) .

ing t h i s pe r iod . Min ing has carried on unt i l t h e pre se n t day asone of Pana 's le ad ing indust r ie s .

As we l l as one of t h e c i ty'sgrea te st b ene factors , t h e min ingindust ry b rough t to Pana , duringa pe riod in 1898 , in te rna l st ri fesu ch as has n eve r bee n wit nessedin t h e c i ty s ince . A mine rs' s trikefor . b e t te r wage s and l abor condit ions plus t h e importat ion o fcheap Negr o labo r from B irm ingham , Ala . , to work t h e mine sk ind led a spark which i gn i ted in

whole sale violence with shoot ingin t h e st re e t s t h roughou t t h e c i tyon Apr . 10, 1899 . This date wasknown as t h e mine riot bu t th ec i ty had bee n t h e scene of spasmodic pe r iods of v io le nce s inceSept . 1 , 1898 . Th e mine st rikecont inue d un ti l Oc t . 10, 1899 ,

whent h e ope rators re cognize d t h e un ionand t h e m en we nt back to t h e pi ts .

During the se pe r iods of v io lencet h e c i ty of Pana was unde rmart ia l law , th e sta te mi l i t i a pa

t ro ll ing t h e st re e ts . T h e Panamine war accord ing to s ta te un ionoffic ia l s was no t only a v ic to rylocal ly bu t was a s tep forward fort h e mine rs of t h e coun t ry . Witht h e end of r iot ing and t h e departu re of Negro labor t h e c i ty se t t le dback to i ts fo rme r pe ace fu lexistence .

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211 Sou th Locu st St .

Phone 420 Pana

B . C . KING MOTOR SALES

0 DODGE 0 PLYMOUTH8 N . Locu st , Pana,

Il l . Phone 540

By th e year 1892 , Pana was aprospe rou s communi ty of 7000. In

a hand busi ne ss d i re c tory of thatyear t h e c i ty ’s busine ss house st o tale d approximate ly 379 .

Wi th t h e progre ss of t h e c i tycame t h e luxu ry of pub l i c works .

Pana 's fi rs t wate r supply wastaken from we l l s and pumped bya wate rworks e stab l i shed ne it hwe s t of town in 1893 by Euge neHayward .

Fol lowing u se of t h e we l ls , i n191 1 a re se rvo i r was const ruc te dpproxim at e ly 2 mi le s e as t of t h ec i ty and wate r piped to Pana . Att h i s same t im e a wa te rworks wasconst ructed in t h e eas t sec t i on oft h e c i ty on Main st re e t at a cos tof In 1928 th e re se rvoi rwas e nlarged wi th t h e bu i ld ing ofa new dam sou th of t h e s i te of t h eorigina l re se rvoi r dam .

Agai n in 1949 , resu l t ing from aninsu ffic ien t wate r supply to fi tth e needs of t h e commun i ty andloca l indust rie s , on to th e sou thof t h e second dam a th i rd damwas bu i l t , bringing Lake Pana tocove r 250 ac re s and a wate r capac i ty of one b i l l ion , one hundre dmi l l ion gal lons . Water i s pumpedfrom t h e re se rvoi r t o t h e c ity byth e u se of two 100 hp . motors .

A 100- h p . motor , backed by 60

and 50 hp . motors then pumps t h ewate r afte r f i l t rat ion a t th e

wate rworks to consume rs t h roughou t th e c i ty . Wate r is pre sent lypumped th rough 14 cast i ronmain laid in 1947 t o t h e f i l te rp lant . Ele vated s torage of wate rin t h e c i ty totals gal lon swh i le g round s to rage at th e f i l t rat i on p lan t i s A n al l t imehigh for t h e c ity in wate r consumpt ion was h i t in Ju ly of 1952whe n gal lons we re consumed . Seasons' pumping ave rage s for t h e c i ty of Pana are :

Summe r togal lons pe r day ; wint e rgal lons pe r day .

In t h e la te 1890’

s W . Alexande rand J . W . Paddock of th is c i typu rchased an ice making mach ineand ope ra te d for a pe riod of approx imate ly 2 ye ars . The i r p lan twas located ih t h e S t . Jame s b lock( vic in i ty of S t . France s Hote l today ) . Du e to mach ine fai lu re t h e

manufac tu ring of ice was give n upbu t t h e m en con t inued to harve s tice in t h e winte r for sale duringth e warme r mon ths .

In 1907 a mode rn plan t wasbu i l t by a group of 4 m en

,P . M .

Davidson , D . W . Tate , Max Pre l land J . Langenfe ld . I t was locatedin th e eas t se c t ion of town on t h e

s i te of t h e l a te D . P . Bogle ice

plant , Bogle having purchased t h ein te re sts in t h e conce rn exce pt fo rDav idson 's in 1909 . One ye arlate r t h e plan t burned bu t wasimmed ia te ly rebu i l t . Bogle bough tDav idson 's i nte re st in 1913 and

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ope rated t h e plan t unt i l th e t imeof h i s dea th in 1935 . T h e plan twas t he n ope rat ed by his mothe run t i l h e r death one ye a r la t e r . H .

P . Bogle t he n t ook t h e plan t ove ras manage r and owne r . In morere cent ye ars t h e plan t was purchased and operated by EnnisSpeedy Pfau . Afte r a fi re i n1948 ope ra t ions at t h e plan t we recu rtai l ed and pre sen t ly ice for t h e

c i ty is b rough t in by t ruck .

T h e c i ty ’s e le c t ri c l ight s andpowe r we re f i rs t fu rn i shed byRobert Johns , loca l promote r , whowas manage r o f t h e Pana Mode rnLi gh t S t ree t Rai lway Company .

This organ izat ion was formed forth e purpose of extending ane le c t ric rai lway l ine f rom East S t .Lou is th rough Li tchfie ld and on toPana . For reason unknown t h e

proje c t neve r mate r ial ized . A c

cord ing to Wi l l F . Jo rdan , loca l ret i red newspape rman . t h e road wasbu i l t as far as Li tchfie ld . T h e

l i ne was owned by U . S . SenatorMcKinl ey of Champai gn . From acentral heat ing plan t l oca ted att h e powe r company, heat for t h euptown busine ss d i stri c t of Panawas furn ished at t ha t t ime .

I t has been acknowledged by th ePau l Bros , proprie to rs of t h e

local harne ss shop , t ha t Mr . Johns'plant was no t as mode rn as t h e

nam e imp l ied . T h e h a r n e s smakers found i t nece ssary to in

st al l gas l igh t a long wi th e lect r i

c i t y . On rush n ight s , Saturdays ,powe r wou ld fai l , th rowing t h e

bu i ldi ng into darkne ss for l ongperi ods of t im e . With gas l igh tavai lab le busine ss wen t on asusua l . Fol lowing th e Johns or

gan izat ion was t h e Pana GasLigh t Co . which cate red to th e

c i ty unt i l 19 12 whe n t h e Cen tralI l l ino is Pub l i c Se rv ice Co . t ookcon t ro l of th e l ight s and late r in1917 th e cont rol of gas .

While me n t ion i ng 2 of Pana ’smost i l lu st rious c i t ize ns as are fe rence , th e Paul Bro the rs . ag e

84,some background should b e

given on these famous twins . B e

l ieved t o be th e ope rators of t h eo lde s t or igina l and con t inu ingbus ine ss in Pana , and among t h e

o lde s t tw i ns in Il l in oi s , t h e Pau lsop ened t he i r pre sen t harne ss shopon East Se cond s tree t Jan. 1 .

1 897 . Lou is and Ot to have be enmaking harne ss for cus tome rst h roughou t th e coun try e ve r sin ce .

spe c ial iz ing in custom work .

They we re bo rn in Pana on Se pt .13, 1871 , and s t i l l l ive in t h e

ne ighborhood whe re they we rereared . Lou i s l ives in t h e fam i lyhome at 105 Sou th She rmanstree t and sle eps in t h e room in

which h e was born . Otto l ive snext doo r. Both brothe rs weremarr ied and have fam i l ie s . Ot toh as a son, Samue l , l i v ing in Evansv i l le ,

Ind and a daughte r . Char

l ene . who teaches at Wash ingtonschool . Lou is has a daughte r .Ruth El izabe t h . who is a nu rse .

Ott o was married in 1903 andLou is in 192 1 .

With t h e tu rn of t h e ce nt u ry th ewhe e l s of progre ss began t o movemore rap id ly in t h e c i t y of Pana .

On Ju ly 9 , 1900,th e Ci t y Coun

c i l passed an ordi nance prov id ingfor th e bu i ld ing of sidewalks .which up to t h is t ime in t h e bus ine ss d i st ri c t had been const ruc tedof wood and sl ight ly e le vated .

Paving of c i ty st ree t s began priorto 1907 . T h e f irs t thoroughfar epaved was a 2 - block s trip runn ingf ro m Big Four t racks of t h e present c it y sou th to t h e corn e r o fTh i rd s tree t .This was qu ite an ach ie veme n t

as s torie s have be en told of olde rc i t izens see i ng a 4 - horse team fai lto d is lodge a wagon m ired to t h ehubs in mud at t h e corne r o f S ec.

end and Locus t st ree ts .

A volu n te e r f ire departme n t wasaut horized in Pana by t h e Ci tyCounc i l on May 12 , 1902 . by Ci tyOrd inance No . 62 .

Adde d to t h e l is t of improveme n ts to th e c i ty du ring th i s pe riodi s Kit che l l Park , a 40 acre plo t .donated to t h e c i ty by Capt . and

Mrs . John W . Ki tche l l on July 15 ,

1908 . T h e presen t pos t offi ce wase re c ted during t h e years 1910- 12

a t a cos t of I t was se

cu red th rough t h e e ffort s o f Cong re ssman Ben F . Caldwe l l and

Ex - Congre ssman Jame s M . Graham along wi th a group of inte re sted c i t ize ns . T h e bu i ldi ngwas occupied on Sept . 14, 1912 .

Th e f i rs t post mas te r to serve t h e

pe ople in th i s new bu i ldi ng was W .

H . Alexande r .Be twe en t h e yea rs 19 1 1 and 19 14

importan t edi f i ce s we re e rec ted int h e ci ty . Th e comb ined de po t ofth e ' I l l in ois Cent ra l and th e New

York Ce n tral rai l roads was e re cted duri ng thi s t ime at a cos t of

Carnegie - Schuyle r Lib rary was comple te d late in 19 12

and t h e bu i ld ing occupied in January of 1913 . T h e l ib rary's to talcos t wasPana ’s mode rn Hube r Memoria l

Hospit al was bui l t in 19 13 and

ope ned one y ear l ate r . Thi s in

st it u t ion was preceded b y t h e

Deacone ss hospit al on W e s tOrange stree t .In th i s same ye ar Pana was

de scr ibed in a publ i cat ion of th et ime s as, one of t h e mos t beaut ifu l and e n te rp r i s ing c i t ie s in C ent ral I l l i nois . I t i s locate d uponone of t h e swe e ping pra i r ie s of t h eEmpi re S tate of th e Cen tra l We st .I t i s acce ssib le to t h e ou tside worldby 4 of t h e grea te st t runk rai lwayl ine s of th e State s—Cleve land ,

Cinc innat i . Chicago and St . Lou is(New York Cen tral ) ; Ch icagoEaste rn I l l i noi s (Fri sco system

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Erecte d in 1873 as t h e m ac h ine sh op wh ich w i tha powe r p lan t , 16 - st all roundh ou se , transfe r tab le , 2

sto ry ca r sh op, tu rntab le , b la ck sm i t h sho p and officebu i lding com posed t h e B&O SW Pania di vis ion po intmainte nan ce h e adquar te rs—al ong t h e present

t racks ju st nort h of t h e Nat ional G ree nh ouse Co .

t h i s bu i ld ing at th e tim e of t h e p ic ture in 1904 housedth e I l li no i s A xle Ske in Nu t Look 00 . A numbe rof t h e employe e s are sh own h ere , inc lu d ing Ed F o lk s,W i lbur Car rol l , Are t us Burt t , Josh Ma the ne y , ( unknown ) Su te r, Ch ar le s Manl ey , W i ll i am Stam m , Ha l

A lexande r and Orvi ll e M e t cal f e . M os t fam ous product of th i s com pany was a c igar vend ing m ach ine .

C& EI ) ; I ll i no i s Cen tral and t h e

Bal t imore Ohi o—making i t one

of t h e be st rai l road ce nte rs in t h e

Stat e of I l l i no is , and conse que n tlyone of t h e choi ce s t loc at ions forindust r ies , for th e re ason tha t itsfac i l i t ie s from a shipp ing po in t ,wit h i t s low rat e s for transport at ion of i ts ou tpu t of produ ctsfrom agri cu l ture , min ing, andmanufac tu re s , are unexce l led byany othe r c i ty of l ike popu lat ion int h e Unite d Stat e s .

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During t hi s pe riod a total of38 passenge r trai ns serv i ced t h e

c i ty of Pana . I t was s tated thatat t h is t ime t he re had no t b e ena busine ss fai lu re in t h e c i ty for ape riod of 25 years, an admirab lere cord .

Two banks in t h e c i ty duringthe se ye ars of prospe ri ty we re t h eprevi ously m e n t i o n e d H . N .

Schuyle r S ta te Bank and t h e PanaNational , t h e comb ined re sou rce son t h e 2 t o tal ing wit hcomb ined deposi t s of n e a r l y

Busine ss house s totaled 200 during 1913 , i nc lud ing one

flour m i l l , 3 grain e levators , 4

coal m ine s,a manufac tu rer of

wood and me tal , an e l ec tr i c p lan t ,3 concre te manufacture rs , . a

T h e I ll ino is A xl e Ske in Nu t Lock Com panywas succe eded in th i s loca tion by th e Pana Metal Bed

W orks, and th e n by a company whi ch p rodu ced soda

fou ntains.

T h e B&O sh ops we re b u i l t, ac cording to EdFol ks, wh ose ph otograph th i s is, by th e townsh i pupon t h e cond it i on of employm ent of m ore than 100

pe rsons for 20 ye ars . A ye ar afte r th e 1873 e rec t ion,h e re la tes, th e sh ops we re lai d was te by to rnado , re

bu i lt and oc cu pied at ne ar capac i ty intended em pl oyme n t unt il 1894, when th e force was cu t to abou t 40.

Th e di v ision po i n t was m o ved to F lora in 1899 , and.

the reaft e r th e bu i ldi ngs u sed othe rwi se . T h ey h ave

disi n tegrated, and be en razed.

manufact u re r of concre te fence s ,one mach ine bu i lde r, 2 ice cre ammanufac tu re rs, one opera house , 2

motion pi c tu re the at re s , 2 wholesale groce ry compani e s , 2 lumb e rcompan ie s , 2 b ri ck manufac ture rs ,2 bot t l i ng p lan t s , 2 agri cu l tu r alimplemen t house s , 2 depar tme nts tore s , a marb le and gran i teyard , 2 c ream e rie s

,5 drug store s ,

hardware e st ab l i shm en ts and alarge plumb ing and he at ing supplyhouse .

Prom inen t name s in Pana busine ss in 1913 we re Paddock Lumb er ; G . F . Barne t t , gra in e levator ;Edward Picque t , Ci ty F lou rFe ed Store ; L . P . Trumpe r , groc ery ; W . E . Hess , mortuary ; JohnLongsdorf, groce ry ; F . J . Fle sch ,

groce r ies and flour ; T okoly Buffe t ; G . V . Pe nwe l l Sons drygoods ; F . E . Neu , groce rie s ; W . F .

Se l l , owne r of t h e Oak stre e tl ive ry ; A . W . Vince nt , manage r ,Pana Ice Cream Co . ; E . R . Dariing ton Lumbe r Co. ; S . Sve , watchmake r and j ewe le r ; Roley Bros ,

transfe r ; Jas . U m p l eby , e levator ;Mil l ine ry Parlors ' of Le ach 8:

Le ach ; O . H . Me tc al f , monumen tworks ; Sch l ie rbach Harne ss Co .

and M . R . Corb e t t , gra in , hay . t i l e ,

fence and fe r t i l ize rs .T h e se cond of Pana's “b ig 2 in

du st ri es has be e n h i the rt o uhme n t ioned . Vi tal to th e basice conomy of t h e c i t y i s th e f lo rali ndu st ry which o rigin ated in Panabe twe en t h e y e ars 1875 and 1880.

A Mr . Coope r i s c redi te d wit h th ef irs t dabb l ings in gre e nhousehort i cu lt ure in Pana . Coope rgrew vege t ab le s t h e year around .

in h is glass hou se , se l l i ng them tolocal marke t . In l ate r years ,Frank Shaffe r bough t Coope r ’shouse , en larged i t and grew bothvege t ab le s and f l o w e r s . T h e

floral industry has grown unt i l atpre sen t i t i s a l e ade r of Pana indu st ry , rank ing wi th m in ing andagri cu l t ure . Pana’s t i t le , City ofRose s, was give n to t h e c i ty by th eJordan brot he rs , e d i tors and publ ish ers of Pana’s newspape r in t h ee arly 1900

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s, at a t ime when theyfore saw th e fu ture value of t h e

f loral indus try . The re now exis tin Pana 6 major f loral compan ie s .World War I cast i t s shadow

ove r t h e c i ty in 1914 and 426

young m en of Pana townsh ipanswe re d . th e cal l . A group of 10neve r re t urned and in t he i r honorand of those who se rved , a monu

ment , funds supp l ied by popularsubsc ri p t ion , was e re cted in Ki t

eh e l l Park . Th is drive was sponsore d by t h e Ladies of t h e GrandArmy of th e Repub l ic . Mrs . J . W .

Kit che l l and Mrs . Lindsay Re e seco l le c ted t h e funds .

A n i ndust ria l boom begi nn ingin 19 16 has cont in ued on to t h e

pre sen t day . In 19 16 th e SugarCree k Creame ry ope ned a plan t inPana , l ocated on Main st re e t , wi thJ . L. Benj am i n as manage r . N o

people we re employed. Cre amrece i ved was sh ippe d to Watse ka ,in no rthe rn I l l i noi s

,which was

t h e home off ice of t h e organ izat ion . From t h e f i rs t locat ionSugar Cre ek moved to th e EastSe cond st ree t bu i ld ing now oc

cu pied by Gebhart 's Au to Supply .

Th e cre am e ry was expanding and

now employed 15 to 20 people .

In 1924 a new plan t , t h e pre sent locat ion , was bu i l t . I t ope nedon Mar . 5 , of t h e same year. T h e

buy ing of m i l k and che e se mak ingbegan in 1941 employ ing an add it ional 5 pe ople and rai s ing pe r

sonne i t o 25 . Pre se nt ly m an

aging th e pl an t i s Cl are nce Norm an. Sugar Cre ek now produce s3% mi l li on pounds of fi n i sheddai ry produc ts pe r year . Fiftype r ce n t of th is to tal i s bu tte r , andt h e remai ni ng 50% chee se .

Wadley ’s Pou l try Co . was e st abl ish ed in t h e c i ty in 1923 . Th i sp l an t de al s en t i re ly in t h e purchas e of pou l t ry, eggs and fee ds .T h e company once employe d50 to 60 m en. Pre se n t employme nt i s 37 . T h e Wadley Co . marke t s local ly and t h roughou t t h e

st ate , alt hough i t s tu rkey crop i smarke ted t o t h e e aste rn st ate s .

Th e loc al plant is unde r t h e m an

agem ent of Sh u be l Burne t t , whosucce ede d Cloyd Vicke ry in 1933 .

Charle s Krouse was t h e plan t ’sfi rs t manage r .T h e Equ i ty Cre am e ry Pro

duce Co. , a co- ope ra tive organizat ion , was organ ized by t h e farme rsof th is local i t y in 1927 and plan tope rat ions began June 5 of t h e

fo l lowing year . T h e cre ame ryoriginal ly deal t in th e sole purchase of cre am bu t expande d tobuy ing mi lk and making che esein 1940. T h e pl an t began ope rat ions on t h e corn e r of Se cond and

Poplar stre e t s bu t w i th t h e growthof bus ine ss needed more space .

A new plan t was e re c ted in 1948

and t h e cream e ry moved to i t spre sen t si te on East Wash ing tons tre e t . T h e c reame ry now produce s mi l l ion pounds of chee sepe r ye ar and h as a mi lk ou tpu t of

gal l ons pe r ye ar . Nine typer cen t of th e c reame ry's che e sei s marke ted in t h e e as te rn s tate s .

T h e cre ame ry was f i rs t managedby a Shanley. T h e l a teGe orge Southwe l l b e came m an

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age r in 1931 and con t inued in thatposi t ion un t i l h i s death in Juneof 195 1 . His son, Le onard , succeeded h im as manage r . P e r

sonne i employe d at t h e plan t tota l17 . Approximate ly 400 s tockholde rs make u p t h e organ izat ion .

Jan. 1 , 1925 , t h e Puri ty BakingCo . pu rchased from t h e PanaBak ing Co . , i ts pre sent s i te loc ate dno rth of t h e New York Ce nt ralrai l road . B . W . McMah an se rvedas t h e f i rs t manage r of th i s e nte rp rise . Thre e t ruck rou tes we re inope rat ion , a c i ty rou te , t h e se c

ond to Taylorvi l le , and t h e t h i rdsupplyi ng Li tchfie ld . Bre ad wasal so sh ippe d as far as Bunke r Hi l l .T h e i n it i a l b ake ry employed agroup of 12 pe rsonne l , employme nt growing in l a te r ye ars to t h epre sen t roste r of 65 . Purity wast he n a one - ove n bake ry , w i t h produc t ion rea chi ng loave s awe ek . A new oven was added in1926 , addi t ional wrapping fac i l it ie s in 1927, more f lou r s to rageand a shi ppi ng room in 1934 and in1936 th e e n t i re plan t was re

mode led and doub led in s ize at anove ral l cos t o f Th e t radenam e Pu r i ty was changed in 195 1

to M iss Sunbeam . Thi s sameyear t h e company purchase d aplan t in Salem . P roduc t ion todayi s many t ime s t h e original peakand 17 t ruc k rou te s to su rrounding communi t ie s cove r a rad ius of50 mile s . Manage r of th e bake ryi s J . R . Long .

T h e Nat iona l Gre enh ouse Co . ,

located'

at t h e foo t of Vine st ree t ,i s one of t h e l arge s t produce rs ofgreenhouse s and part s in t h e

Un i te d Sta tes .

Th is fi rm was organ ize d in 1931

by P . L . McKee wi th a crew of 3employee s . By 1936 t h e plan t hadoutgrown i ts origi nal workingspace , and cons truc t ion took place .

By 1948 th e company occupie dsq . fe e t of floor space . At

t hat t ime McKe e so ld t h e bus ine ssto i t s pre se n t owne rs who con

tinu ed as an Il l i noi s corpo rat i onunde r th e manageme n t of F rankJ . Im pey .

At pre sen t,t h e company u ti l ize s

ove r fe e t of fac to ry bu i ldings and lumber yard in i t s operat ions and employs 30 pe ople .

Thousands of gre e nhouse s of al ls ize s and de sign of bot h glass andf ibe r have be en suppl ie d in to eve ryone of t h e 48 State s be s ide s ex

ports t o Sout h Ame ri c a , Alaska .

Indi a , Can ada , e tc .

In addi t ion to gre enhouse s , t h efi rm p roduce s c i rcu lat ing pumpsand e lec t ri cal ly con tro l le d ven t il at i ng systems and i s t h e so le d ist ribu to r of 2 paten ted ext rude dpu tt ie s u s e d for gree nhouseglaz ing .

Adding to t h e Ci ty of Rose s’ve rsat i l i ty i s an o i l re fine ry e stab

l ish ed i n t h e spring of 1939 .

T h e m en respons ib le for th is ven

t u re we re Ray Hose , S . D . Jarv i sof De catu r , Hayde n Davis andGe orge Day of Springfie ld . T h e

re f ine ry at fi rst employed 65 m en,

011 be ing p iped in from t h e Loudon townsh i p fie ld in Faye t tecounty . In 1948 t h e re fine ry waspurchased by t h e Il l inoi s FarmSupply Company . T h e pre sen tcapac i ty of t h e re fine ry is approximate ly 6000 barre ls of c rudeo i l pe r day , which i s abou t twiceth e amoun t produce d in t h e plant ’sbeg inn ing. Pre se n t manage r ofth e re fine ry i s Russe l l Carro l l .T h e Pana plan t of t h e Il l i no is

C love Company opened in Novemb er of 1943 in th e Townsh i pbu i ld ing at Fourth and Oak st re e ts .

T h e fac tory occup ied t h e e nt i resecond floor and part of t h e f i rst .In i t s beginn ing th e p lan t em

ployed 25 to 30 pe rsons bu t by1951 had ou tgrown t h e t ownsh ipbu i ld ing and moved to i t s new

mode rn plan t a t Main and Poplars tre e t s in February of 1951 . Att ha t date t h e fac tory employe d300 pe rsons , work ing day and

n igh t sh i ft s . T h e fac tory wasc losed in 1954 .

Also in t h e ye ar 1943 t h e Le casCandy Company was organ ized int h e c i ty . Th i s e nte rpri se marke t swhole sale hard candie s a t th e rateof pounds a ye ar . T h e

f in ished produc t is sh ipped as farwe st as Kansas Ci ty and i s d i st ribu ted t h roughou t t h e e as te rnst ate s . Ge orge Le cas i s owne rand manage r of t h e company .

T h e plan t i s locate d at t h e end ofWe st Th i rd stre e t .Anothe r bu lwark in th e Pana

e conomy had i t s or igin when CoEd Frocks ope ned a d re ss fac to ryin th e c i ty in 1943 . In 1946 Co - Ed

Frocks was changed to Assoc i a te dGarmen t Company and in 1955 th e

pre se n t S tyle-Ri te Manu fac tu r ingCompany was forme d . Th e plantnow employs approximate ly 1 15

people , wi th an annual payrol l inexcess ofT h e Pana plan t manufac ture s

d re sse s and sportswe ar and house sth e main offi ce , con tro l l i ng plan tsin She lbyv i l le and Assumption .

Harry Red le r he ads t h e S ty leRi te Manufac tu ring Com pany , andac t ive ly manage s t h e bus iness .

This has be en a brie f re sumeof Pana ’s growth of indust rialm igh t and h er majo r i ndust rie s .

Thre e l arge hatche ri e s and fe edstore s of th e c i ty also marke tt he i r p roduc ts on a nationwidescale .

T h e mos t re cen t. of Pana's in

du st rial deve lopmen ts took p lacein Fe bruary of th is year whenthrough t h e e fforts of t h e Chamb e r of Comme rce , t h e Swi tch Div is ion of t h e P . R . Mal lory Com

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dust ry , occupied t h e forme r glovefac tory bu i lding. Appl ica t ionswe re re ce ived for employme n tdu ring t h e l as t week of Febru aryand t h e fac tory began l im i tedope rat ion s t h e f i rs t wee k inMarch . Pe ak employmen t is ex

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plan t i s th e company's d ivi s ionproduc ing au tomat i c w a s h e rswi tch es and othe r componen ts toth e appl iance f ie ld . T h e companyadd i t i onal ly pu rchase d

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“Boo ts Vaughn , known asth e Roley Transfe r Co. , Vaughnmov ing t o th e fo rme r Rose Ci tyGarage bu i ldi ng on We st Se conds tre e t . Othe r p lan t si te s of t h e

Mal lory company are loc ated i nIndi anapoli s and Frankfor t , Ind . ;

Ch icago , De t roi t , Nort h Tar rytown and Warsaw , N . Y . , andPh i l ade lph ia , b e sides a plast i csp lan t re cent ly pu rchased i n D u

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Pana TodayPan a , wi th i ndu st ry thus m en

t ioned and agri cu l tu ral weal thabounding, s t il l re tai ns i ts posi t ionas one of t h e more progre ss ivecommun it ie s in ce nt ra l Il l i noi s .

Four te en house s of worshi p and7 schools ( one paroch ial ) in th e

c i ty prov ide adeq uate l y for th e

sp i ri tual and educat ional ne eds ofth e area .

Min ing. th e flora l i ndust ry,and

agricu l ture le ad as th e vic in i ty’sprime i ndust r ie s .

Improveme nt s rem embe red byt h e younge r gene rat ion in re centye ars have bee n t h e re su rfac ingof Pana ’s mai n st ree ts , and t h e

add it ion in Apri l of 1953 of a new

down town l ight ing system .

Pana's sewe r sys tem which b e

gan in 1906 wi th t h e l ay ing of t h eLocust st re e t p ipe

,cont inued to

be bu i l t a t in te rva ls beginn ingfrom one year late r

,1907 ,

whe nt h e sou thwe s t port ion was laid ;to 1912 , th e Ki tche l l add it ion ;1913, Ki tche l l ave nu e ,

and 1925 - 26 .

th e l aying of t h e nort h and e as tand th e sou theast , se c t i ons re

spe ct ive l y .

This sys tem and t h e c i ty 's d isposal plan t , located sou th of Pana .

was used un t i l 1953 , t h e comp l e t ion date of a new disposa lplan t and laying of sewe r pipe s .

Thi s new sys tem was bu il t a t acos t o fDrainage of t h e c i ty of Pana is

e ffec ted geograph ical ly by th e“Big Four Ridge ,

! al l wate r to t h enorth of t h e t racks supposed lyrush ing north . This wou ld ho ldtrue i f t h e job we re done bynature , bu t m an has d ive rted it scourse , and drain age in t h e c i ty ,

exce pt for t h e nor thwe st se c t ionand l and to t h e north of Wes tTh i rd st re e t , runs to t h e sou th tot h e Kaskask ia rive r .

Th es e m en la id t h e f i rs t sewe r sys tem for t h e c ity of Pana in Novembe r, 1906 .

T im e kee pe r on t h e const ru c tion job was Logan Gri ffi th , re t i red Panaatt orne y, wh o can be se e n in t h e sec ond row from bo t tom , se cond pe rsonfrom t h e le ft .

Th e old C ity Ha l li may be se en in t h e background. T h e photo wasm ad e f rom wh at is now th e co r ne r of Thi rd and Popla r st ree ts.

Rec reat ional fac i l i t ie s are provided by t h e donat ion of Capt

.and

Mrs . J . W . Kitche l l , i n 1908 ,Kit

e h e l l Park . T h e 40- ac re area int h e sou the rn port ion of Pana in

c ludes a basebal l and softba l ld iamond , tenn is cou rt s , an equipped playground area , t h e chautau qu a aud itorium , picn i c pavi l ionand a < w im m ing poo l .Th e Pana Count ry Club located

e as t and adjacent to th e parkoffe rs a gol f course to those int e rest ed in t h e sport .T wo t heatre s , t h e Rose land and

Tanne r ’s Drive - In, bring t h e la te s tin mot ion pictu re s to t h e c i ty .

Two bowl ing al leys and a skating rink comprise t h e rema inde rof t h e re c reat iona l areas .

To give t h e reade r in years tocom e an ove ral l view of t h e busine ss in t h e Ci ty of Pana in t h isou r cen tenn ia l year t h e fol lowingl is t has bee n compi led . The sestati s t ic s do not inc lude eve rybusine ss house in th e c ity bu t arethose ut i l ized most fo r t h e eve ryday needs of th e populat i on .

Making up t h e major port ion ofPana's busin ess world are 8 at

torneys, 3 auc t ione e rs , 6 automobi le deale rs , 17 au to se rvi cesta tions , 2 bake rie s, 2 banks

,24 »bi l l iard ha l l s , 2 bowl ing al leys , 0

bu i ld ing mate rial suppl ie rs , 3

ch i ck hatche rie s , 3 chi l dren and in.

fan t wear shops , 4 c leane rs and

dye rs , 7 coal and coke re tai le rs , 4concre te con trac tors , 5 confect ione ries, 7 dai ry produc t suppl ie rs , 4 den t ists , 5 departmen ts tore s, 3 drug store s , 5 e lec t ricalappl iance st ores

,2 e lect rica l con

t rac tors. 3 excavators , one photoe ngrave r, 3 far m impleme nt companie s, 3 fe ed s tore s , 3 re tai lf lorist s . 6 whole sale flori s ts . 3 t u

ne ra l home s, 3 furni t u re store s , 5aut omobi le garages , 3 whole salegasol ine deale rs , one glass company , one grain e levator , 16 re t ai lgroce rs. 4 hardware sto re s . one

whole sale hardware deale r,4 heat

ing con trac tors , 2 hote l s, one ice

deale r, 9 i n surance agen ts . 2 in

t e rior d ecorators , 3 re tai l j ewe le rs ,2 laundry agenc ie s , one se lfse rv ic e l aundry ,

one packagel iquor store ,

2 l umbe r yards , one

mai l orde r house , 10 mea t marke ts . 6 men 's c loth ing store s . 3

mo te l s , one move r, one musica lme rchandi se store

,2 news de ale rs ,

one n ewspape r , one offi ce supplys tore , 10 fue l o i l de al e rs , 3 op

tom e t rists. 8 pai n t and pain t suppl ie rs , 6 pain te rs , 2 photographe rs .7 physi c ians . 5 plumbe rs , 4

pou-i t ry house s, 2 prin te rs , 6 reale state agen ts , 1 1 re stau ran ts , 2

rubbish remove rs , one sav ings andloan assoc iat ion , 3 re t ai l shoestore s

,one skat ing rink , 3 re tai l

sport ing goods store s . one stockyard . 23 tave rns , one t axicab

P robably t ak en from th e sou thwe st co rne r of

Se cond a nd Locu st s tre et s , this stre e t scene p ictu re sm any of t h e bus ine ss h ouse s famil ia r to c iti zens of ayoung, grow ing Pana.

O ne of Pana’s first te le graph offices m ay be see n

to th e le ft of th e ph oto ( se cond doo r sh own ) . In t h e

se rv i ce , one te lephone company, 6t e levi s ion de ale rs , 2 the at re s , 3

t ruck ing f i rms , one upho lste r ingshop , one ve te rinarian , 3 watchand c lock repai r ing shops , 4 we lding and b raz ing “ shops and 5

women ’s appare l es tab l i shme n ts .Th e uptown busine ss d ist ri c t p re sent ly cove rs th e b e t te r part of 6square b locks .

Pana f inance s are h a n d l e dt hrough 2 banks now se rv ing th e

c it y , t h e Fi rs t Nat ion al , e stab l i shed in June of 1930 and t h e People sBank, o rgan ized more re cen t ly byc i t ize ns of Pana i n Apr i l of 1954 .

T h e same rai l roads that b rough tprospe ri ty to Pana in e arl ie r ye arsserve t h e c it y . Th e New YorkCen tral , a main l ine from St . Lou ist o New York

,furni she s both pas

senge r and fre igh t se rv ice . T h e

remaining 3 rai l roads , th e Il l i no i sCen tral , Chicago East e rn Il l inoi s , and Bal t imore Oh io supplyon ly fre igh t se rvi ce , impor t ingth e needs and expor t ing t h e f in

ish ed product s o f Pana's industr iesto d i stan t marke t s of th e count ry .

Tran sportat ion is avai l ab le bybus to any poi n t in t h e count ry .

Se rv i c ing Pana are th e Nat iona l

background is t h e old YMCA bu il ding be fore t h e

se cond s tory was su pposedl y razed by w ind. NO

i den t i f ica tion of t h e pict u re is availab le , b u t m arch e rscou l d be f ire departm ents from various c it ie s wh i ch

gat h e re d h e re on t h e F ou rt h of Ju ly for h ose cart

rac e s, e tc .

To fore se e th e futu re i s im

possib le , bu t conc lus ions may b e

drawn from study ing t h e pas t . I ti s not imprac t ic al the n to s tate ,

wi th raw mate r ial s avai l ab le and

l abo r in abundance t h e fu tu re ofth e Ci ty of Rose s in t h e next100 ye ars m ay b e proje cted in

these 2 words , PROGRESS UN

LIMITED .

Trai lways and Greyhound busl ine s . Trave le rs j o u r n e y i n gthrough t h e c i ty may find ac

com m odat ions in 2 old hote l s and3 new mote ls .

Then and s t i l l add ing im

me asurab ly to th e c i ty ’s growthare 3 h ighways wh ich disse c t t h ec i ty of Pana . T h e roads we rebu i l t in t h e e arly 1920'

s. Rou te 51runni ng nort h and sou th j o insRoute 16 one mile e ast of th e c i ty .

They ente r Pana toge the r , the nseparate at t h e corne r o f Secondand Poplar st ree t s , Rout e 16 b earing we s t and 51 cont inu ing sou th .

T h e th ird h ighway is Rou te 29

which conne c ts Pana wi th S pringf ie ld by way of Taylorv i l le .

Ci ty off i c i al s are : Mayor—JohnM . Jone s ; A lde rmen—Fi rs t Ward ,Max Fine f rock (R HaroldSnooks (D Se cond Ward ,Pau l Schmitz (D V ictOr Dunn(D Thi rd Ward , Henr y Wol f(D Cy Zahradka (DFourt h Ward , John Le sko (RWilb e r t Hal l (D Fift h Ward ,Roy Hende rso n (D Joe

Ch ladny (DAppoin t ive office rs are : Ci ty

At torney , John W . Frib le y.

F i re Chie f , Arthu r U l l rick .

Ch ie f of Pol i ce , Fe rd in and Legru ; Patro lme n , C . E . Kr am e r,Kirk Weddle , Vaughn Le s te r,Chas . Budds , Harry McGavic .

S tre e t Supe ri n tenden t,George

Be rt in .

Supt . of Wate r , Sidney Foi l ;Wate rworks Engi ne e rs , Loran W .

Pe te rs , Arch ie Cast le , GeorgeGu de h u s. Wm . Eggerm an .

Park Custodi an , Mart i n Robson .

Wate r Commiss ione r, WaldoMe achum .

Supt . of Sewage Disposal,Roy

Randle .

Supt . of Dump Grounds , IvyRom age r .

Board of He al th , Mrs . Joe

Stocker , Mrs . Haze l Mcc lung ,

Frank Be rt in .

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Loans Made on Real Estate10 East Second Pana,

I l l inoisRes. Phone 3533 Office Phone 1050

Around th e world from Pana ,I l l i no i s , USA , s i tua ted in FrenchEquator ia l Afri c a, i s ano th er set

t l em ent cal led Pana . T h e peopleof th i s regi on are a s trong look ingrace , though b lack , l iv ing i ndependen tly by rai sing large gardensand f locks of sheep and goats .

Pe acefu l now , t h e c i t izens of th isd i stan t Pana we re once known asf igh te rs th roughou t the i r l and .

Although cann ibal i sm was prevele n t in the i r loca l i ty t h e Afri canPanas de ny t h e prac t i ce .

T h e Panas l ive in mud hu ts w i thgrass roofs and make by hand al lt h e implemen ts neede d for su rviv

al , such as axe s , e ar the n p o ts ,hoe s and woode n stoo ls , baske ts .and s ieve s .

For food the se peop le ra i seguine a corn , b eans , pe anu ts , corn ,

Oconee

A shor t t ime pr ior to t h e Civi lWar, th e v i l l age of Oconee wasi nco rporated .

Th e f i rst pe rson to en te r land inth i s townsh ip was Me rida Hende rson, who came in Feb ruary of1836 . Widow Matney was t h e

f i rs t se t t le r to ac tual ly make ahome i n t h e v ic in i ty . S h e was t h e

mothe r o f 4 boys and 4 gi rl s . Th e

Matney fami ly came from Sangam on cou n ty .

Othe r early se t t le rs we re : Thomas Holbrook

,who cam e in 1840 and

l i ve d in Oconee un t i l h i s de ath in1910 ; Wil l i am Pryce ( also of P ana ) who located in t h e are a abou t1834 ; and Joh n Moun t , who late rmoved to Pana .

Othe r prominen t c i t ize ns inc luded Joh n Hin ton , whose fathe r set

t ied in t h e e as t part of t h e townsh ip in 1836 ; James Fre eman ,owne r o f t h e house in whi ch t h e

f irs t pre aching was done ,and t h e

Rev. Jame s Be ck , t h e fi rs t preache r of th e Bap tis t fai th .

T h e f i rs t se t t leme n t la id ou t int h e townsh ip was cal led Lu ro .

When th e I l l i no i s Ce n t ral con

s truc ted i t s ra i l road th rough thi spar t of t h e coun t ry , i t re fuse d are que s t by t h e c i t izens of Lu ro fora swi tch a t the i r town si te . As aresu l t th e se t t lemen t and bus ine sse n te rprise die d ou t .Ocone e was su rveyed in 1855 by

E . G . Sh al lenbarge r , Cou n ty Surveyor , on Se c t ion 29 , and FreemanRobe r ts and Hin ton , having movedthe i r s tore bui ld ing the re fromLur o , b egan se l l i ng goods inOcone e du ring th e mon th of August

,1855 . Th is was th e fi rst

s tock of goods take n to th e new

town si te .

T h e f i rs t house in Ocone e wase re c ted by Jam e s A . Copl in , aphysi c i an and carpen te r, who al sokept a boarding house . T h e sec

ond bu i lding was owned b y C u lb erson Co . and used for a saloon ,th e f i rm la te r changing i t s busine ss to dry

- goods .Wil l i am Gunne l l s se rve d as t h e

f i rs t pos tmas te r o f Ocone e andagen t for th e I l l i noi s Ce n tra l rai lroad , th e pos t offi ce be ing loca te din t h e depot . John McBride wasOcone e ’s fi rs t b lacksmi th .

Timbe r i s grown in t h e townsh ip

,par ti cu larly adj acen t to wa

t e r course s , t h e we ste rn , nor the rnand ce nt ra l p arts be i ng goo dprai rie l and. Soi l i s fai rly produ ct ive and for agri cu l tu re purpose s Ocone e may b e c l a ssedamong th e good townsh ips of Sh e lby coun ty .

T h e v i l lage of Oconee , loca ted 7mi le s to th e sou th of Pana onRou te 51 , de r ived i ts n ame fromth e Ind ian word oconee ,

" wh ichsuppose dly was t h e prope r nam e

of a b eau t i fu l papoose ! or Indianmaide n .

He nry Ho l thaus s e rv e s as mayorof Oconee . T h e Vil lage Counc i l i smade up of T . A . Hebe n stre i t , Ome r McBr ide ,

Otis Dooley , W . 0 . D e

Vore ,Howard Woolard , and Earl

Ki nney . Harry Wal la r se rve s asc le rk and H . G . Rake rs as t reasu re r .

At presen t Ocone e i s a v i l lage of300 popu lat ion gove rne d by Vi l lageBoard . Busine ss hou se s inc ludeRakers Lunch Room , Wal lar Gro

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ce ry , Hol thaus Groce ry , Kinney'sSe rv ic e S ta t ion , Bass Garage , G .

H . Rake rs ' Barbe r Shop, D ie fentha le r Plumb ing. Roy Sat te rthwai te Ke nne l s , Rake rs Bro the rsFe ed Coal , and Andrew F le schFe r t i l i ze r Truck ing .

Th e Ocone e te le phon e sys tem is

owned and ope rated b y J im F ry .

The re are now 2 school s in

Ocone e , th e Pana Uni t gradeschool and t h e Sacred He ar t parochial schoo l u nde r t h e charge oft h e Rev. Fr . M . J . McGove rn, whoin June , 1956 , ce lebra ted h is Si lve rJub i le e as a prie s t . Enrol led in

th e uni t grade schoo l are 110

pupi l s . Sacred He art e nrol lmenti s

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35 .

Major organ izat ions in t h e vi ll age of Oconee are th e Ame ri canLeg i on , Masons , and t h e EasternStar .

Churche s min is te ri ng to t h e

sp ir i tual needs of t h e popu lat ionare th e Sac red Hear t Cathol i cChurch wi th Fr. McGovern aspastor ; t h e Me thod is t chu rch , t h eRev . We s ley Ke rsh , pas tor , and

t h e Bapti s t church ,se rved b y t h e

Rev. Cl i fford Spi res of S ton ington .

Rosam ondRosamond , ne ighboring Pana 4

m i le s to t h e we st , was give n i t sname f rom t h e fac t t hat duringt h e spring and early summ e r, t h epra i r ie s in th e early days oft h e

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cou nty , w e re cove red with aluxu rian t growth o f wi ld rose s .

T h e t ownship i s locate d in t h e

sou th east part of t h e county .

b e i ng t ownship 1 1 north range 1

we st,and i s bounded on th e nort h

by Locust townsh ip , on th e east by

ground nuts, pumpkins and othe rvege t ab le s . Th ey have som e

c hi cke ns and ducks .

During dry seasons to prov idefood t h e hunt ing is d ivided b e

twe en t h e m en and women wi tht h e mal e s tracking th e animal sand f i sh ing in st reams wh i le t h e

l ad ie s hun t locusts and grasshoppe rs .Clo th ing for m en i s made from

t h e bark of a ce rtain tre e whichc an b e made f lexib le , or t h e skinof a goa t to se rve as a lo in c lo th .

Wome n ’s fash ion s are somewhatd iffe ren t , be i ng made of le ave s .

They wear an apron of le ave s ,wi th a bouque t o f leave s in backt ie d on wi th a s tr ing around t h e

wai s t and deco rated wi th she l l s o rbeads . In some vi l l age s c lothe sare now worn as th e gove rnmen t

has taken ove r th e tribe and paysfor cot t on ra ised by t h e Panas .

At one t ime th e Panas de fiedt h e gove rnmen t , re su l t ing in war .

Afte r loss of many l ive s in t h e

t ribe t hey surrende re d and

we re brough t down from the i ri nacce ss ib le moun tai n v i l lage s and

se t t led in vi l lage s along roads ,whe re they now re s ide .

Th e above in fo rmat ion on th e

Panas was gathe red as t h e re su l to f News - Pal lad i um con tact ingMissionary Este l l a Mye rs of t h ePanas

,upon be i ng re fe rred to an

art ic le by M i ss Mye rs in a nat ionai re l igi ou s magaz ine . Duri ngcorrespondence wi th Miss Mye rs ,who re s ide s in Nzoro par Bozumpar Bangui , French Equatoria lAfrica

,t h e Missionary k indly vol

t mtee red t h e i nformat ion .

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Pana townsh ip , on t h e sout h byMon tgome ry county , and on th e

we s t by Gree nwood townsh ip .

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Th e fo l lowing is a h istori calske t ch t ake n from

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a pam phle tpubl i shed by t h e Rosamond Ceme

t e ry Assn : T h e v i l lage of Rosamond

,Chris t ian County , I l i .

,on

th e l ine of t h e Cleve l and , Cinc inn ati , Chicago St . Lou is Rai lroad

, 4 mi le s we s t of t h e c i ty ofPana

,was se t t le d in 1856 by a

colony of Massachuse t t s peoplewho immed iate ly e stab l i shed achurch and schoo l .

“On th e out sk i rts of t h e v i l lage

i s b e aut ifu l Rosamond GroveCeme te ry , i n wh ich s tands t h e

monume n t of Abraham Lincoln , agift in 1903 of t h e l a te Capt . andMrs . J . W . Ki tche l l , in honor ofthose who se rve d during th e warbe twe en th e st ate s .

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In t h e same ye ar , Capt . andMrs . Ki tche l l deeded to t h e ceme

t ery assoc i at ion approximate ly 50

acre s of l and lying immed iate lywe s t and sou th of t h e 10 originalacre s of t h e ceme te ry .

Also located in t h e ceme te ry i sMary Linco ln ," a gu n cast inTerre Haute , Ind . ,

on orde r of th eRe pub l i can Club of Rosamond . Att h e t ime of i ts u se , a gu n squadconsi st ing of Wal lace P . Warne r,John Hir t , Ben E . Sche rme rhornand Frank Adam s was t raine dand dr i l led by Capt . Edward Hi l l ,forme r ly of t h e New York Mi l i t i a .

It s ' f i rst impor tan t se rv ice wasduring the

‘occasion of a massmeet ing at S pringf ie ld . I t wastaken the re by Cap t . B . R . Hanleyaccompan ied by ne arly eve ry m an

in Rosamond , i t s e scort stoppingat

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Taylorvi l l e th e f i rs t n igh t ou tand at trac t ing much at tent ion .

A rriv ing in Springfie ld , t h e com

T h e Chri s t i an Coun ty Te lephoneCo. was organ ized in Taylorv i l leand short ly afte rward ,

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in 1905 ,

ope ra tions in Pana and seve ralothe r t owns we re acqu i re d by th e

organ izat ion .

P ana's exch ange began ope rat ion a bou t 1900, wit h WarrenPenwel l as one of th e original ihcorporators .

T h e above i nformat ion was ob

tai ned from th e re cords of th e Il l ino is Consol idate d Te lephone Co .

pre sent ly se rv ing Pana . Howeve r ,in an unoffic ia l h i st ory of t h e c itywri tt en by a re t i red local j ou rnal is t t h e fol lowing was repor ted :

“T h e f i rs t t e lephone exchange

i ns tal led in Pana was abou t 1895 ,

whe n Dr . J . H . Mil le r and Robe r t'Johns form ed a company , obt aineda c i ty franch i se and e st ab l ished asystem for th e c i ty . Prev iously a

Tower Hi l l

A h is tory of She lby coun tys tate s tha t Towe r H il l Townsh ip i smostly a high rol l i ng prai rie ,

s l igh t ly t imbe red in t h e nor theas tand sou theast corners . This township has a more dive rsi f ied and

beau t ifu l l andscape than prob ab lyany o the r se c t ion of th e coun ty ,made so by th e cha in of mounds( or as th e old se t t l e rs te rm themknobs ) wh ich e xtends to th e gre at

private phon e l i ne was maintainedfrom t h e office of t h e Pana CoalCompany to t h e Union Stat ionand to t h e Nort h Mine of th e company .

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In t h e year 1915 Pana se rvedle ss t han 900 phone s . Phone ihstal lat ions began to gradual ly ihc re ase , howeve r, except du ring t h edepre ss ion ye ars . Fol lowing are

s tat is t ics of phone s se rv iced inPana , taken at 10- ye ar in tervalsfrom 1925 to 1955 : 1925— 1200;

1935—872 ; 1945—1325 ; 1955

2647 . In th e pas t 10 years the ses tat ist i cs show a 100% i nc re ase .

Local cal l s handled a day in t h ePana office ave rage wh i letol l c al l s ave rage 700.

Pana ’s f irst te le phone was located on Locus t stre e t n orth ofth e pre sen t J . C . Penney Co .

store in a drug store ope rate d by

R . C . Coyne r . Late r te le phoneand te legraph comb ined offi ce s ,and we re si tuated eas t of th e

Schuyle r Bank si te , now occup iedby th e Mccandl i sh Drug Co . Fora pe r iod of t ime i t i s said th e of

f ice was locate d above Ge orge ’sConfe c t ione ry . I t t he n moved tot h e bu i ld ing e as t of t h e pre sen tsi te , now Rock's Confe c t ione ry ,and from th i s locat ion to t h e

pre sen t bu i ld ing.

In 1924 , Chri st i an Coun ty Te lephone Co . be came a part of t h eIl l i no is Consol idate d Te lephoneCo .

,now Ope rat ing in 33 c i t ie s in

ce nt ral I l l i nois . It is an ihdependen t company , t h e 32nd

l arge s t in th e Uni te d S ta te s .

Th e loca l exchange has a staffof 33 personne l , cons is t ing of 25ope rators , 3 supe rvi sors , and one

ch ief Opera to r, p lu s an offi ce staff.

pany hal te d in fron t of t h e nowfamous re s idence of Abraham Lin

coln and f ired a salu te . Mr . Linco ln made h i s appearance amidenthus i ast ic chee ring and whenqu ie t was rest ored , was asked toname t h e gu n. Re f le ct i ng amome n t , t hen l ay ing h i s hand on

th e gun , h e said “Le t i t b e name d

afte r my wife . And so t h e gunwas chri s tene d Mary Lincoln and

e ve r afte r was known as su ch .

T h e town of Rosamond was f i rs tsurveyed and plat ted Oct . 25 , 1860,

by C . A . Manne rs for B . R . Hawl ey and P h ordice Bou twe l l , t h e

o rigina l proprie tors .

T h e fol lowing we re p rominen tm en in Rosamond during 1880 ; C .

D . Haywood , owne r of t h e Haywood e leva tor wh i ch h e e re ct ed in1875 , wi th a capac i ty ofbushe ls ; W . W . Powe l l , owne r oft h e Powe l l e le vator wi th a capac i ty of bushe l s , wh ich wase re c ted in 1879 ; Lou is Gut h ,

ge ne ral me rchan t ; Drs . G . M .

Walke r , F . Fishe r , and R . S .

Simpson ; Mat t Hi lge r , b lacksmi th ; Will i am Chri st ne r , wagonmake r ; and John B . Frost , boo tand shoemake r .Rosamond i s p re se n t ly a ne igh

borh ood of 200 popu la t ion .

er par t of th e northe rn and cen tralport ions of th e townsh ip .

Th e vi l l age o f Towe r H i l l is on

t h e sou th s ide at t h e base of one oft h e l arge s t knobs in t h e townsh ip .

Original ly known as“Pi lo t Knob !

i t commands a be au t ifu l v iew oft h e coun try.

Th e se t t lemen t of Towe r H i l ls tems from th e v i l l ag e of W estm in

s te r wh i ch was located one mile o rmore sou theas t of th e Ei le r Cemet e ry o r in nor thwes t corne r o f Sect ion 33 , i n 1848 .

Th e constru c t ion of th e Indi anab ol i s S t . Lou is Ra i l road . now

t h e New York Cen tral , proved tobe a death b low to t h e prosp e r i tyof th e v i l l ag e . as Towe r Hi l l wasl aid ou t on th e l ine of th i s rai l road ,wi th i n 3 m i le s of Wes tmins te r .E ventu al lv t h e p l ace was di sb anded and al l bu i ldin g s and bus ine sse smoved to Towe r Hi l l .Towe r Hi l l was su rveyed by

El ias Smi th , Coun ty Surveyor, inJune , 1857 . I t is said t h e v i l l agewas named fo r t h e

“Towe r H i l lPri son of London .

! During th e

t ime t h e ra i l road was const ruc ted ,a t rack was l aid from th e mainl i ne to t h e s ide of t h e h i l l to ob

tai n grave l . Al l of th i s was m an

and mu le l abo r, and mos t of th el abore rs we re Engl ishme n . Thismay have reminde d them of the i rEngl i sh Towe r Hi l l Pr i son , and

hence th e nam e Towe r Hi l l .Towe r H il l i s pre se n t ly a v i l l age

of 750 popul at ion , gove rned by avi l l age board adm in is trat ion . Vill age off ice rs are : H . A . Woodri ng,pres iden t , and D . E . Thompson , H .

M . Ne rsth e im er , Me l l F inks , Halden McE l rcy , Harold Halb rook and

Bruce Dil le y . Leon Hu t te s se rve sas v i l lage c le rk .

At one t ime or ano the r in Chris tian coun ty da t ing back to i ts or

ganizat ion i n 1839 , th e ch i ld re n oft h e early p ion ee rs and res iden tshave at tended schoo l o f some.natu re .

Formal e ducat ion in t h e Panaare a began around th e middle 4o

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with records showing th at in 1848

Henry H . Bond , Jacob Hanson andIgnat i us But le r we re e lec te d t h e

f i rs t schoo l t ruste e s of S tone Coalpre c inc t . In 1854 t h e ch i ld re n int h e pre c inc t we re enume rate dunde r t h e schoo l law

,a total coun t

of 94 be i ng re turned . In 1856

t hree schoo l di st r i c ts we re formedand again th e chi ld re n coun ted .

Dist ric t 1 had 18 memb e rs . Dist ric t2— 118 , and Dist ri c t 3—1 16 .

Pana's fi rs t pub l ic ly f inance dschoo l came i n to b e i ng in t h e year1857 . A n e le c t ion was he l d tose le c t c i t izens to form a groupcomparab le to t h e pre se n t schoo lboards . Elec te d we re W . C . Fleming

,pre s ide n t ; Thomas Finley ,

c lerk ; and Maj or Li tt le , di re c tor .

T h e i n i t i a l t ask of the se m en wasto find a locat ion for Pana ’s f i rs thou se of learn ing.

Fol lowing a search du ring wh ichrooms abou t t own we re i n spe c tedand bargained for , i t was proposedby a Mr. Hobson , proprie t or o f as tore t he n located on t h e north sideof Second s t ree t , sl igh t ly eas t oft h e corne r of Se cond and Locus ts tre e t s , now t h e he art of t h e downtown shopping sec t i on , th at h e

part i t i on hal f of h i s bu i lding foru se as a schoo l room , t h e re n t fort h e space to b e $20 a mon th . Hisproposa l was acc epted .

T h e Pana Academy , as th i s f i rstpubl i c school was named , had asprinc ipal a Mr . Hart sho rn ,

who wash i red by t h e d i re c tors a t a sa laryof $40 a mont h and a Miss Grassyto teach th e grade s fo r th e sum of$30 pe r mont h .

Fu r ni t u re for t h e Academy con

si s te d of 40 walnu t de sks con

st ruc ted by a local carpen te r .

He at for t h e room was suppl iedby 2 wood s tove s pu rchased f romJudge J . H . Dawdy , a Pol iceMagist rat e of Pana duri ng t ha tpe riod .

Finance s we re also t aken int ocons ide rat ion in t hose days . Are solu t ion was passed by t h e direc tors th at wood for t h e schoolwould b e purchased at a price noh ighe r than a cord and t h e

princ ipa l,Mr . Hartsho rn , would

b e h i red to chop t h e fue l a t a wagenot t o e xcee d a cord .

At t h e c losing of t h e ye ar 1857 .

Pana’s educa t ion system consistedof one - half o f one s tore room , 2

teache rs and 6 1 pupi l s .

The re i s men t ion of schoo l be inghe ld during th is pe riod in t h e

Short house purchased by t h e d ist rie t a t a pric e of $2000, bu t noinformat ion cou ld b e found on t h islocat ion . Howeve r , in a h istorywri t ten by C . Goudy , M .D . , t i t led“A St ray Chapte r from t h e U ni .

pub l i shed History of Chris t ianCoun ty , de ta i l ing t h e origin andgrowth of t h e Pre sby te r ian churchin Pana , a Miss Ophe l ia Putnam .

note d late r in th i s art ic le forteach ing th e f i rs t schoo l in Rosamond , i s sai d to have t augh t t h efi rs t school in Pana .

Mr . Goudy says , This house( lo cat ion of t h e f i rs t Pre sbyte rianse rv ice s by t h e Rev. Joseph Gordan of Vandal ia ) was bu i l t original ly fo r a

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school house and in i twas taugh t t h e f i rs t schoo l inPa na by Miss Ophe l ia Putnam ofRosamond . I t then fron ted on t h eop en pra i r ie , stand ing on th e rearend of t h e Beckwi th -Walsh lo t ,wit h no fence s , stre e t s , or bu i ldings n ear .

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This cou ld ve ry we l l b e t rue , asMiss Pu tnam was not employedun t i l 1856 as a teacher for t h eRosamond grade s , whi le accord ingt o Goudy t h e bu i ld ing was “ orig inal ly bu i l t as a school , prior t oi t s u se as a house of worsh ip in1856 . T h e Il l i no i s C ent ral in i ts

c ensus for 1856 l i s ted one schoo lbu i ld ing in Pana .

On Aug . 1 1 of t h e year 1858 .

Pre s iden t Fleming and Cle rkFin ley cont racted for Pana's fi rs tperman en t school bu i ld ing. Thiss truc tu re was a 2 - story , we at he rboard bu i ld ing me asuring 37x5 1

fee t and was e re c te d on t h e sout he as t corn e r of Second and Poplar s tree ts .

It was used un ti l 1866 whent h e fron t port ion of t h e fi rs t e as tschoo l ( Linco ln ) was bui l t . Int h i s sa me ye ar t h e s tude n t popul a t ion of t h e v i l lage i nc re ased andmore space was ne eded . To supplemen t th e e as t bu i ld ing , anothe rs truc tu re was e re cte d in t h e we s tpar t o f t h e vi l l age , t h e pre sen tW ash ington schoo l si te .

This n ewe s t addi t ion was razedby f i re on F eb . 13, 1872 , bu t construc t ion was start ed immed iately and b e fore t h e end of t h e schoo lye ar c lasse s we re again be i ng he ldin t h e we s t school . Du ring const ruc t ion of t h e new bu i ld ing stude n ts a tte nded c lasse s in t h e CityHal l .Agai n came t h e n eed for more

space ,and shortly afte r t h e com

p le t ion of th e we s t bu i ld ing t h e

rear port ion of t h e east schoolwas added .

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No ment ion has be en made upto t hi s poi n t of t h e Sac red HeartParochia l schoo l o f S t . Patrick 'sparish wh ich stands beh ind t h e

pre sen t church and pa rish hou se .

ts h i sto ry date s back to t h e

years 1865 - 1873 du ring t h e in

c u m b ency of t h e Rev . Fr . Ju l ianTurme l . T h e pre sen t bu i ld ing of24 rooms was not e re ct ed unt i l1916 .

Prior t o th i s , c l asse s we re conduct ed in a frame bu i ld ing neart h e si te of t h e pre sen t school ont h e corner o f Fourt h and Oakst ree t s . Classe s we re he ld he reunt i l 1887 when t h e olde r part o ft h e bri ck e di fice was const ruc ted .

This bu i ldi ng con tained on ly 4

rooms and housed 8 grad e s . T h e

ground for t h e pre sen t s truc tureas i t can b e se en today was brokenon Ju ly 19 . 1916 , and t h e schoo lwas ready fo r occupancy on Nov .

1 of t hat year . Pre sent e nrol lmen t of t h e Sacred Heart Schoo li s 228 pupi l s . wi th 5 Siste rs of th eDomin ican ord e r at te nding them .

Wit h t h e early 1890‘

s the recame a wave of prospe rity to th e

c ity , no doubt st emming from t h e

p rogre ss of t h e coal min ing i h

du st ry . T h e growth of t h e c i tywas ou td is tanc ing it s growth inschoo l ing fac i l i t ie s . To e l im inat eove rc rowded schoo l rooms

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. ch oo ls we re bu i l t i n 1893 , t he sebe ing t h e Lowe l l and Longfe l l ow .

known respec t ive ly as t h e Sout hand North school s .

During t h e year 1897 t h e Il l ino isS tate compulsory schoo l at te ndance law was passed . This le gi sl at ion aga in placed an ove rload ofstudent s in Pana schoo ls . Be

cause of th is s i t uat ion t h e YoungMe n ’s Ch ris t ian Assoc ia t ion bu i lding was re nted to house a highschool . Up to th is t ime t h e eas tand we st bu i ld ings had inc ludedt he i r own h igh schools , bu t he ldjo in t graduat ion exe rc ise s in t h ‘

Hayward Ope ra House,which sa t

on t h e northwe s t corne r o f Poplarand Main st ree t s .

T h e fi rs t annua l comme ncemen tof th e Pana High School was h e ldin 1886 on June 4 . T h e Rev . E . W .

Clark , t h e c ity 's Pre sbyte rianmin iste r , pre se n te d d ip lomas to ac lass of 1 1 girls . Those g radu at

i ng we re : Ju l ia Smit h , Ne l l ie Vandeve e r , Be ssie Re id , Love Race .

Mary Pe l le t . Minn ie Johnson .

Anna Ne e ly , Fann ie Wigh t . Ne l l ieSheean , Susie McDe rm ot t (mot he rof t h e note d journal i s t Vincen tS h eean l and Hen rie t ta Schl ie rbach .

In 1908 , t h e c i t izens of t h e c i tyde emed i t ne ce ssary to e re c t an

ot he r schoo l . Ah e le ct ion was

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he ld , vo ting on s it e and bonds forth e Fie ld schoo l . This movemen tcarrie d and t h e s i te se le cted i s t h epre sen t Fie ld schoo l loca t ion .

Fol lowing const ruc t ion of th e

Fie ld bu i ld ing in t h e no rt hwe s tse ct i on of th e c i ty , t h e pre se n thigh schoo l bu i lding

, excep t forth e gymnasium and adjo in ingc lassrooms , was bui l t i n 1909 .

This s tru cture was rai sed a t acost o f to t h e c it izens ofPana . S ince comple t ion , th e h ighschoo l has had one addi t ion . In1924 t h e pre sen t gymnas ium andc lassrooms forming t h e nort h end

of t h e schoo l we re annexed to t h eold bu i ld ing .

T wo years prior t o t h e h ighschoo l add it ion , 1922 , t h e pre sen tbu i lding hous ing t h e Washingtonschoo l was bu i l t . A ye ar late r ,in 1923 , t h e Linco ln schoo l wasconst ruc ted . Both bu i ld ings are

of t h e same arch i tec tu ral de signexcept for th e we s t wing at Lincoln be i ng sl ight ly l arge r than a tWash ington .

Vot ing for estab l ish ing wha t i snow t h e pre sen t sys tem ,

PanaCommuni ty Uni t D ist r ic t No . 8 ,

was he ld on Satu rday , F eb . 28 .

1948 , conso l ida t ion be coming e f

fect ive in June of t h e same year .

As st ated in t h e offic ia l desc rip t ion of t h e di st ri c t t h e boundaries of t h e un i t in 1948 extended 16 1,é mi le s north and south ofth e c i ty of Pana and mi le st o t h e e as t and we s t , i nc lud ingRosamond and Ocone e .

In re c ent years t h e boundarie shave changed , wit h addi t ion s , to

mi le s to t h e north and southand mi le s , eas t and we st .At t h e t ime of vot ing

,taxable

prope rty in th e un i t was e valua tedat bu t has r isen in

1956 t oA to tal of 8 studen t ce n te rs

make up Pana Commun i ty Uni tNo . 8 , i nc lud ing one schoo l s it uatedin Rosamond , one in Ocone e ,

andt h e remain ing 6 i n t h e c ity ofPana . Student s in t h e un i t numbe ring 1926 , 979 boys and 947

gi rl s , are s erved by 124 employe e sof t h e un i t . Th is figu re inc lude s88 t eache rs , 12 j an i tors , 1 1 cooks ,10 bus drive rs , and 3 se c re tar ie s .

T h e origin of t h e deve lopmen tof t h e Pana Townsh ip schoo l syst em i n to a uni t d i st ri c t goe s backto 1941 when schoo l di st r ic ts made up t h e state of Il l in ois .

In e ach of t he se d ist r ic t s we remany out ly ing ru ral schoo ls forwh ich te ache rs cou ld not b e ob

tained. As a re su l t o f th i s s i tuat ion , t h e sta te legi sla tu re was constant ly prevai led upon to passlaws on e nrol lme n t re qu i reme n tsfor school s whi ch wished to obta ins ta te aid . Many ru ral schoolswhose e nro llmen t d id no t make upt h e state re qu i reme n t we re forcedto c lose be cause of lack of funds .

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Back a few yea rs ago t h e Pana school s un i ted in May F e st iva ls . Int his ga la affai r on May 20, 19 16 , l one Pe nwe l l (Mrs. G . G . McCandl ish )had j us t b e en crowned Quee n by Lucy Johnso n (M rs. Re ge r DeHart ) .Pho to from t h e souve ni rs of M rs. F. A . Cu t le r, who in 19 16 was supe rvisor of musi c in t h e schoo ls.

County su rve y commit te e s we ret hen drawn up to map consol idat ion ‘me asu res for th e i r re spec t ivecoun t ie s , t h e un it s to b e as nearlyas prac t i cab le equa l bo th in sizeand financ ial re source s .

Wi t h Rosamond and Ocone e inc luded

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i n Pana Communi ty Un i tD ist ric t No . 8 and Towe r Hil lc lo se by t o t h e east , i t i s f i t t ing topre sen t a brie f re sum e of earlye duca tion in t he se 3 ou t ly ingare aRosam ond ’s f i r s t e ducat ion

fac i l i ty was a house which st oodon t h e pre se n t loca t ion of th e

Mcc l ain home . I t was he re MissOphe l i a Pu tnam in 1856 appl iedt h e prin c i ple of t h e golden ru le to

t h e younge r ge ne ra t ion of t h e

vi l lage .

T h e f i rs t permane n t sch oo lbu i ld ing was e re ct ed in 1858 . Itwas a one - room structu re i n backof t h e pre sen t s i te . Both h ighand gr ade schools we re he ld he re .

For some t ime t h e h igh schoo lof Rosamond was a 3 - ye ar school ,bu t in t h e fal l of 1932 became anacc redi ted 4 - year h igh school .Pre se n ted to t h e pub l i c in 1922 .

a bond i ssue of was passedfo r t h e purpose of construct ingt h e pre sen t Rosamond bu i ld ing.

le ss t h e gymnasium . GeorgeScott , Charle s Kimbal l and A . B .

Cowgi l l we re on t h e Board of Dire ctors at t h i s t ime . Th e bu i ldi ngwas com p le ted in 1924 .

Seven years e lapsed and anoth e rbond i ssue in t h e amoun t ofwas passed . This amoun t was tob e used i n t h e bu i ld ing of a gym

nasiu m . T h e i ssue was

and t h e gymnasiumt h e o ld bu i ld ing .

With t h e conso l idat ion of Rosamond int o th e Pana Un i t , stude n ts from Rosamond h igh schoo lnow at te nd classe s in Pana wi tht h e old Rosamond sch oo l u sed asa gr ade bu i ld ing for t h e chi ld renof t h e Rosamond ne ighborhood .

c en mi le s to t h e sou t h ofPana , t h e vi l lage of Ocon ee boasted

passedannexed to

a schoo l e re c ted in 1838 . I t wasre placed b y a large r bu i ldingwhich was st i l l i n u se in 1860.

This bu i ld ing was sold and movedto a ne arby farm and a t p re sen t i sbe i ng used as a barn .

Ocone e 's se cond school was

e re cte d in 1846 . T h e fol lowingApri l of 1847 , Will iam Pryceopen ed a “ subscript ion " schoolwh ich h e taught 2 years consecu t ive ly . This bu i lding was o flogs , wi th o i l pape r for windows .

Late r i t was organ ized as Mt .Pleasan t school d i s t ric t and la te rye t b ccam e Moun t schoo l . Thisbu i ld ing was st ruck by l ightn ingand damaged . I t was used un ti l1895 whe n i t was replaced by a

large r frame bui ld ing .

Fe l lowing t h e inc orporat ion oft h e v i l lage of Ocone e a frame

bu i ld ing was e rec ted in 1856 andse rved t h e community for schoolpu rpose s un t i l 1860. This schoolbu i ld ing was locat ed i n what i snow t h e forme r Oconee bankbui ld ing . In t h e l ate ’

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SERVING I LL INOI S S INCE 1849Township Governm ent

Th e Governm ent Nearestto th e People

St . John’

s E . cfi R. Chu rchPanaA wave of Ge rman immigran ts

t o th e Un i te d Sta te s shortly afte rt h e t u rn of th e n ine te en th cen

tu ry l ed miss ionary soc ie t ies ofGe rmany and Swit ze rland to sendrepre sentat ive s to t h e mid -we st .One of these , t h e Rev . Mat thi asGals te r, i s c redi ted wi th organiz

ing t h e fi rs t Evange l i ca l congregat ion in t h i s v ic in i ty . I twas located 10 mi le s northeast ofth e c i ty in Dollvi l le and was or

gan ized in 1865 . Late r a con !

g regat ion was founde d in t hi s c i tyunde r t h e nam e Ge rman Evange l ical Luthe ran .

In De cembe r of 1865 t h e con

g regat ion dec id ed t o bu i ld achu rch a t t h e cost of $3000. Thiss tru c tu re was a frame bu i ldi ng40x25 . By 1893 t h e bu i ld ingprove d too smal l and negot i at ionswe re begun which final ly bough tth e bu i ldi ng of t h e Re formedPre sby te r ian c h u r c h . Short lyafte r th i s property was purchased ,a schoo l room was added . This i sth e pre sen t si te of t h e chu rch .

In 1915 th e chu rch was re novated and on Nov . 14 of t hat yeart h e organ izat ion 's 5oth anniver

sary was ce lebrate d . Ground wasb roke n on Oct . 13 , 1952 , for t h eaddi t ion of an e ducat ional annexto t h e church . This projec t wascomple ted and ded icate d on D ec .

6 , 1953 .

Se rv ing as pastor of St . John ’sEvange l i cal Re forme d Church i sth e Rev . Robe r t A . Nol te .

T h e congregat ion numbe rs 333 .

F irst Presbyter ian Chu rchPanaOn t h e l t day of May

,1856 ,

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a

re l ig ious soc ie ty known as t h e

Fi rs t Pre sbyte ri an Chu rch wasfo rm ed in Pana by t h e Rev. JosephGordon . At t h e same t ime 5

t rus tee s , John M . Pat ton , Quen t i nB . Stride r , C . H . T u nnison,

MasonFre nch and Frankl in Saunde rs ,were e le cted for a te rm of 5 years .

A bu i ld ing commit tee was fo rmed and a cont rac t was made wi thThomas B . Hickman of Vandal i ato cons truc t a frame house 34x50

fee t in s ize ,t o

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b e comple ted byJan. 1 , 1857 . Thi s bu i ld ing wasno t comple ted on schedu le bu tsoon afte rward . Be fore i t wasdedicated , howeve r. a tornadopassed th rough on June 13 , 1857 ,

carry ing away a port ion of t h eroof . Rain the n damaged plaste ri ng and rende red t h e bu i ld ingun fi t for u se . Through donat ionsby townsfolk t h e bu i ld ing wasagai n made re ady fo r u se and onSept . 19 , 1857 , th e Rev . JosephGordon pre ached t h e fi rs t sermonin t h e church .

In th e ye ar 1876 a brick bu i lding was e re ct ed and t h e congrega

Sacred Heart Chu rchOconee

Catho l i c se tt le rs in Ocone e we remost ly immigrant s from t h e v ic ini ty of Hannove r, Ge rmany , andfrom Dutch se t t lem en ts on t h e

border of Hol l and .

At t h e t im e of t h e se t t l i ng ofOconee t h e c lose s t prie st waslocated i n Pana bu t cou ld n otunde rstand t h e nat ive language ofth e people .

In 1869 , Ge rhard t He rmanRake rs s r . , came t o Oconee . Mr .Rake rs was t h e p i l l ar support ingt h e move to obtain a priest for h i snew home communi ty .

As a re su l t o f h i s e ffort s , t h e

Rev . Michae l We i ss , who at t ha tt ime was t h e pasto r of t h e Vandal ia chu rch and also m ini ste ringto t h e v i l lage of Ramsey , consen ted to v is i t t h e Ocone e congregat ion occasional ly .

T h e f i rs t church was bu i l t i n1872. a bu i ld ing of 18x36 f t . d im ensions. T h e f i rs t Mass wassung in th is st ructu re on May 9 .

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t ion mov ed to t h e new mee t ingquarte rs . Th is ed if ice was de

stroye d by f i re e arly on t h e morning of Dec . 23 . 19 16 . Plans we reunde r way at th i s t ime for t h econst ruc t ion of a new bu i ld ing andt h e fi re haste ned i t s comple t ion .

T h e resu l t of th is e ffort i s t h epre se n t Pre sbyte rian Church .

T h e pre sen t pas tor i s t h e Rev .

Bruce 0 . Larson . Pre sen t m em

he rsh ip in t h e congregat ion s tandsa t 300.

F irst Baptist Chu rchPanaAnothe r Pana church ce le

b rat ing i t s centenn i al t h i s year i st h e Fi rs t Bapt is t Chu rch . Bapt is tc i t ize ns of t h e c ity m e t as early ast h is d ate 100 ye ars ago . al thought h e chu rch was no t organ ized un t i l1858 . A counc i l was he ld in Ju lyof tha t year

,composed of seve ra l

m en to cons ide r t h e expediency oforgan iz ing a Bapt i s t Chu rch inPana . A congregat ion of 8 m em

be rs composed t h e f i rs t Bap tis tChu rch in Pana .

Membe rsh ip i n t h e congregat ionp resen t ly i s approximate ly 4 19 .

Chu rch off ices are he ld by Dayton Prate r. t reasure r ; Marion A h

de rson, c le rk ; Ve spe r Cu lberson ,

Sunday School supe r in tenden t .Deacons of t h e chu rch inc ludeCl in t De an , Ve spe r Cu lbe rson ,Dayton Prate r , Lloyd Halbrook

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Cl i ffo rd Cu lbe rson , Erne s t Si ckle s .Doyle Compt on , Marion Ande rsonand Jame s Ake rs .

T h e pre se n t bu i ld ing i s t h e se c

ond , t h e fi rst hav ing bee n e re c tedin 1860 and th e pre se n t st ruc turein 1925 .

T h e R ev . Albe r t Rust se rve s aspastor .

of t ha t ye ar . During t h e se rvic ewagon se at s we re used as pewsand som e of t h e fa i thfu l b roughtchai rs . T h e se cond chu rch bu i lding was start ed in 189 1

,th e con

g regat ion having grown too largeto b e housed in t h e o ld chu rch .

T h e con trac t was le t for a frame

st ru c l u re , 60x36 ft . , wit h a towe r05 ft . h igh and le t to Skinne rBrothe rs of Ocone e . Th e corne rstone of t hi s hou se of worsh ip wasla id in Oc tobe r of 189 1 .

T h e th i rd and pre sen t ed if ic e ,of

b rick constru c t ion , was bu i l t in19 12 . T h e corne rstone was laidon Sept . 9 of t ha t year . JosephMcc art hy of Pana was th e cont ract or . T h e new chu rch wasd edica te d Sep t . 2 1 , 19 13 . On t h e

same date . t h e new parsonage .

ne arly comple ted , was b le ssed .

T h e Oconee parochia l schoo lwas opene d in Se ptembe r of 1922and st affed by t h e Siste rs o f S t .The re sa Acad emy of De catu r .

T h e pre sen t congregat ion of t h eOcone e church i s 260.

Thi rty - five ch i ldren at tend t h e

Sac red Heart school .T h e Rev . Fr . Michae l

Gove rn is pasto rchu rch .

J . M e

of t h e Ocone e

Me thodist Chu rchOconee

Th e Rev . Wil l i am Wi lme r wassaid to be t h e organ ize r o f th e

Me thodi s t chu rch in Ocone e somet ime pri o r to t h e year 1864,

whent h e f i rs t church was bu i l t . Be forecons truc t ion of th e chu rch , se rv iees were he ld in a schoo l house .

In 1907 th e f i rs t chu rch wasdeemed too smal l for th e growingcongregat ion and a bric k edi ficewas e rec te d on t h e same locat ionand was ded ica ted in 1908 . Thisbu i lding was re j uvena ted in 1951

and scarce ly a year late r , Jan. 28.

1952 , was comple te ly de stroyed byfi re . A new church i s now nearing comple t ion on th e same si teand wi l l probably b e dedicatedthi s Ye ar .T h e p rese n t bu i ld ing occupied by

th e Ocon ee Me thod i s t Chu rch wasstarte d in t h e fal l o f 1952 fo l lowing t h e f i re , unde r t h e di re c ti on ofth e Rev. J i le s E . Ki rkland . T h e

corne rs tone was l aid on Apr . 26 ,

1953 , and fi rst se rv ices we re he ldon Oc tobe r 3 , 1954 , with th e oh

se rvance of World -Wide Communion Sunday . In De cembe r, 1955 ,

t h e deb t of agains t th e

church was paid and pre sen t ly i ts tands deb t - free wi th on ly a few

mino r remain i ng j ob s to b e complate d be fore dedicat ion .

Min iste ring to t h e ne eds of t h eMe thod is t congregat ion in Oconeei s t h e Rev. We sley I . Ke rsh whoalso se rve s th e Oh lman and Fai rv iew Met hod i st congregat ions .

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Church of th e NazarenePana

“Th e Pana Church of t h e Nazarene was organized on Ju ly 6 ,

1924,wi th 5 charte r memb ers .

Th e Rev . E . O . Chalfan t , di s tri c tsupe rinte nde n t of t h e ChicagoCe nt ral D ist ric t , pre s ided .

T h e h istbry of t h e mothe rchu rch goe s back to t h e year1895 with a few congregat ionsforming th e assoc ia ti on of Pentecostal Churche s of t h e Nazarene .

In t h e s ame year on t h e we s tcoas t t h e f i rst Church of t h e

Nazarene was formed in Los A nge le s , Cal . The se groups from t h e

east and we s t un i ted in 1907 ast h e Pe n te costal Church of t h e

Nazarene . In 1919 t h e nam e waschanged to Church of t h e Nazarene .

T h e Nazare ne Church of Panawas f i rs t locate d on Sout h Pines tre e t . In 1941 th e congregat ionwas - m ove d to a bas emen t on

South Cedar s tre e t and in 1945

moved t o t h e prese n t locat ion ont h e

_corne r of Th ird and SpruceSt re e ts . T h e pre sen t congregat ion

,wi th t h e Rev . H . K . Burton

as“ mini ste r , numbe rs 60. The reare 120 in Church Schoo l .

Chu rch of Chr istPanaTh e Church of Chri st b egan

m e et ings in Pana i n Septemb e r of1951 in th e Clin t Mi l le r home . InNovembe r of th e sam e year, mee ti ngs we re he ld in quar te rs a t 125East

,Se cond . From t hat locat ion

t h e church was move d to 600 We s tSe cond st ree t in May of 1952 .

During th e summe r of 1952 a lotat 14 Frankl in st ree t was purchased' and construc t ion on a new

chu rch “s tarted T h e chu rch i spre se nt lynear i ng comple t ionThe re . are now 25 membe rs in

th e l ocal congregati on .

T h e princ ip le s of t h e Church ofChris t we re brough t . to th i s count ry ia co lon ial t ime s by a groupof re forme rs inc lud ing Thomasand Alexande r Campbe l l , Walte rSco t t and Sam ue l R oge rs .

First Assem bly of GodPanaA basemen t bu i ldi ng located at

105 Cedar was bu i l t by t h e Nazarene denominat ion in 1935 and

l ate r so ld to t h e Ame ri can Legion .

This bu i ld ing ' was purchased inAugust of 1948 by th e Home Mission of th e Il l inoi s D ist ri c t Counc i lof t h e Assembly of God . At t h et ime t he re we re no known m em

b e rs of th is denominat ion in th e

c i ty of Pana .

In Novembe r , 1948 ,t h e church ’s

fi rs t pas tor , t h e Rev - W . C . Russe l l , moved to Pana wi th t h e

de sire' to bu i ld a chu rch . On Jan .

6 , 1949 , t he f i rs t Shriday School

convened wit h a tot al of 6 in atte ndance .

On Mar . 26 ,1951 , work was

begun on t h e baseme n t room use dfor worsh ip and on Mar . 21 , 1952 ,

th e pre sen t bu i ld ing was compl e ted. T h e church was ded ica tedon th e sam e date . Mr . Russe l lre signed h i s pas torat e in March ,

1954 , and was succeeded by t h e

Rev . E . E . Aust in , who was re

c ent ly su cceeded by t h e Rev . D e l

b er t W . Arnold .

Presen t m embe rsh ip in t h e

chu rch i s 60.

Fu l l Gospe l Chu rchPanaT h e Ful l Gospe l Chu rch was or

ganized i n Pana i n 1941 by t h e

Rev . Eva Hun t . Th e cong regat i on of t h e church was made upof 8 charte r membe rs , i nc lud ingHoward Sims , Genine S ims , Mae

Brown,Clin t Brown , and t he i r

fam i l ie s .

T h e Ful l Gosp e l denomina tionwas founded in 1900 and pre se nt lyi s made up of 3600 min iste rs and

missionarie s in fore ign fie lds .

Fi rs t se rv ice s of t h e Pana Fu l lGospe l Church we re h e ld on t h e

fron t po rch of a re s idence at 1000East Je ffe rson st re e t . In 1942 abasemen t church was bu i l t and in

1948 ove r t h i s p lace of worsh ip ,

th e pre sen t church was cons truc ted .

Mrs . Hun t st i l l se rv e s as pastorof th e chu rch . Church office rsare : Chas . Cox , sec re tary ; S . H .

San de rs,t reasure r ; an d Howard

W . S ims , Sunday Schoo l su pe rin

tenden t . Th e church board ih

e l ude s Chas . Cox , Clarence Be ard ,

Howard W . S ims , Mae Brown ,and S . H . Sande rs .

T h e Ful l Gospe l Chu rch has amembe rsh i p of approximate ly 300.

In Jun e of th i s year , con

struc t ion was commence d on anew 3ox45 ft . e ducat ion annex forth e church . Ground was b roke nSunday , June 10.

Latter Day Saints Chu rchPanaT h e Church of t h e Lat te r DaySaint s was organ i zed in Pana in

1904 . E . E . S tange r was de aconof th e congr egat ion , Fred Nowack ,

prie st , and F . M . She rrock , pre siden t .Th e church bui ld ing wh ich pre s

e nt ly s tands on South She ridanst ree t i s th e f i rs t e re cte d . I t wasbu i l t du ring t h e summe r of 1904

and has se rved t h e congregat ionsin ce .

Pre sen t off ice rs of t h e churchare : Pau l Rudow , e lde r ; EdwardNowack , prie st ; Jam e s Munson ,

te ache r ; and Reuben Edwards,

de acon .

T h e congregat ion numbe rs 41 .

First Methodist Chu rchPanaT h e Fi rs t Me thodi s t Church of

Pana was o r g a n i z e d in th e

ye ar 1856 and ce lebrate s i t s cen

te nm ia l wi th t hat o f th e c i ty . Firs tmee t ings of t h e congregat ionwe re in home s un t i l a bu i ld ingn ear whe re t h e Un ion Depot nowst ands was secu red . Th is bu i lding was l ate r moved and repai re d ,

occupying t h e pre sen t s i te on t h e

nort heas t corne r of Th i rd andPopl ar st re e ts .

In 1892 t h e pre sen t churchbui ld ing was bu i l t . T h e Morri sonfam i ly made a donat ion to th e

chu rch in 1922 wh ich he lped makeposs ib le t h e e ducat iona l bu i ld ingand baseme n t annexe d to th e eas to f t h e church sanc tuary . In re ;

cen t ye ars a new e ducat ionalbu i ld ing was cons t ruc te d and

n amed Trin i ty Hal l ; i t was annexed to t h e north of th e chu rchbu i l d ing .

T h e nam e of th e denominat ionunt i l 1939 was Me thod i st Epi scopal Church . Then t h e Me t hod is t Prote s tan t Church and t h e

Me thod is t Ep iscopal Church Sou thcomb ined wi th t h e Me t hod i s tEpiscopal .Membe rsh i p in t h e church now

numbe rs 984 . T h e pastor i s t h e

Rev . Lawre nce R . Tagg .

Free Methodist Chu rchPana

Organ izat ion of t h e Fre e Me thod i s t Chu rch ih Pana took pl aceb e twee n th e ye ars 1889 and 1891 .

T h e chu rch was formed fo l lowinga rev iva l h e ld he re by 3 gi rlevange l i s ts . A lot was purchasedfrom Miss Lucy Borg e t t and achu rch was e re c ted at 205 We stFou rth s tre e t , across t h e s tre e tand sou the ast o f t h e pre se n t locat ion . In l ate r ye ars th e bu i lding was mov ed to t h e no rt he astco rne r of C lark and Fourthstre e t s .

T h e Free Me t hod i s t denominat ion was founded in Pek in , N . Y

on Aug . 23 , 1860, by a group oflay m e m b e r s and min i ste rs .

Around t h e y ear 1858 , in th e

Ge ne se e Confe rence of th e Me t hod is t Episcopal chu rch in N ew

York state,a group of pre ache rs

and many membe rs of t h e churchwe re exc lude d from t h e chu rch fore ccle s iast ica l reasons and in tu rnformed th is new organ izat ion .

Holding chu rch offi c e s he re th i sye ar are Fre d John son , Charle sAshcraft , Cl i fford Prue t t , John J .

Cast le ,Lloyd Ge i s le r, Elva Stone

burne r , Barbara V i lcot , Pau l in eJayn e , Be ss ie Ge i s le r, Wil l i amShuman and Lou ve l la Presne l l .Th e Rev . Tony R . Jayne i s pastor .Pre sen t memb e rsh ip of t h e churchi s 44 .

Methodist Chu rchMi l lersvi l leT h e Mil le rsburg ( now Mil le rs

v i l le ) Me thod i s t Epi scopa l chu rchwas organ ized as a soc ie ty in

187 1 . whe n a group of re siden tsm e t on Aug. 12 , and e lec te d t h e

fo l lowing 9 t ruste e s : ThomasMi l le r, chai rman ; Je remiah Maxwe l l , John Brain , Joseph Shaw ,

Andrew Barre t t . Samue l Dusenbe rry , Ge orge Mi l le r , Fred S e c

re s t , and M . G . Okey .

T h e f i rs t church bu i ldi ng was tohave be en comple ted Sept . 1 , 1872 ,

bu t no records are ava i lab le as tot h e dedic at ion date o r t h e f i rs tpastor ‘s name .

In 1916 , a new parsonage wasbui l t to t h e nort h of t h e chu rchbu i ld ing . E . E . Mcv i cke r was t h echai rman of t h e Bui ld ing Comm i t te e .

On Oc t . 19 , 1921 ,f i re de stroye d

2 grai n e levators , t h e chu rch andhome of O . E . Clark in Mi l le rsv i l le .

Se rvi ce s we re then he ld in t h e

commun i ty schoo l house .

Fol lowing th i s t ragedy th e I l l ino i s Con fe re nce offe red Mi l le rsv i l le t h e Wil low Dale chu rchbui ldi ng wh ich stood 6 mi le s sou thof Ston ington and whose con

g regat ion had di sbanded . T h e of

fer was accepted and t h e chu rchmoved to i t s pre sen t s i te andwas ded i c ated on Sunday , Nov . 8 ,

1925 .

In 1931 , Mil le rsvi l le was j oinedto t h e Oh lman c i rcu i t and t h e

pas to r l ived in Ohlman , conse

que n t ly th e parsonage was sold .

Presen t offi ce rs of t h e chu rchare as fo l lows :Mrs . Eugene Funk , Chu rch

School supe rin tenden t ; Ge raldS tat tne r , t reasu re r ; Mrs . Ge raldStat tne r , W SCS pre s iden t ; Mrs .Pau l Ewing, t reasure r for t h e

bu i lding fund .

T h e presen t congregat ion of t h eMil le rsv i l le Me thod i s t Chu rch i s81 . T h e

“

Rev . Kenne t h Voas i spas tor, also se rv ing Buckeye andOwan eco Me thod i st congregat ions .

St . Patr ick’s Chu rchPanaS t . Patri ck 's parish in Pana was

organized unde r t h e di rec t ion ofFr. Thomas Cusack in 1858. Priorto th i s t ime Cathol i cs in t h e v icini ty had b ee n se rved by prie stspassing through t h e se t t lemen t o rthose whose t ime was d iv ide dbe twe e n Pana and ot he r se t t lements in c ent ra l I l l inoi s .

Th e f irs t Catho l i c house of worship was e re c te d in 1860. Wi thth e growing of t h e Cathol i c cong regat ion, i t was ne ce ssary in

1883 to cons truc t a l arge r church .

This bu i ld ing was comple ted during t h e i ncumbency of th e Rev .

Fr . Fe rd in and St ick .

Chu rch property remained t h e

same un t i l March of 1926 whent h e pre sen t St . Pa tr ick 's edi ficewas bu i l t , unde r t h e d i re c t ion ofMonsignor J . P . Moroney . pe rhapsth e bes t known prie st eve r tose rve in t h e c i ty of Pana .

Unde r h i s guidance th e parishof S t . Patrick 's grew both fi

nanc ial ly and in s tatu re . DuringMonsigno r Moroney

’

s se rv ice atS t . Patrick 's many add it ions we remade to th e pari sh . Through h isin te re s t and work t h e paroch ia lschoo l was improved . t h e Communi ty House located on th e

corne r of Lo cus t and Fourt hs tree ts bu i l t

,and Hube r Memorial

Hospi tal comple ted .

T h e congregat i on of St . Patr ick ’s , t h e l arge s t i n t h e c i ty , i smade up of 500 fam i l ie s . T h e

Rev . Fr . Thomas J . O'

Ne i l l i s t h epre sen t pastor , assi st ed by Fr .

John F . Barre t t .

Com m u nity Presbyter ianRosam ondRosamond Communi ty Pre sby

te rian Church among othe r or

ganizat ions in th i s local i ty wi l lce lebrate i ts cen tenn ia l t h i s year .

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T h e fi rs t an te ced en t of t h e chu rchi n Rosamond was a Congregat ionai chu rch

,during t h e yea r 1856 .

T h e Me t hod is t Church was or

ganized in 1864 and th e 2 chu rche sfede ra ted i n 1933 . T h e congregat ion of t h is chu rch , on May 6 , 1953 .

j oined t h e Mat toon Pre sbyte ry .

Fi rst me e t ings of t h e congregat ion we re he ld in home s un t i l t h eyear 1867 when t h e pre sen t chu rchbu i ld ing was e re c ted .

Min ist e r of th e Rosamond con

g regat ion i s t h e Rev . Roy Brumbaugh . Office rs of t h e churchare : John Scot t , t reasu re r ; Chas .

Bowe rsock , financ ial sec re tary ;and Geo . H . Scot t , cle rk of S ession . T h e congregat ion numbers140.

St . Pau l Lu theran Chu rchPanaT h e f i rs t se rv i ce s of t h e S t .

Pau l Lu the ran Church in Panawe re he ld in t h e home of Mr . and

Mrs . Mart i n C . Aml ing, 500 EastFi rs t s t ree t . on Mar . 26 ,

1922 .

Next a hal l above Oyle r cafe .

32 Sou th Locu st , was ren ted , and

se rv i ce s conduc ted the re beginn ing Apr . 15 , 1922 .

Th e fi rs t chu rch bu i ld ing,a

portab le f rame chape l , was ded icated on Sept . 2 , 1923. at t h ecorne r of Wes t Th i rd and Sou thState 's tre e ts .

Fi rs t chu rch off ice rs we re : H er

be r t A . Aml ing , pre side nt , Albe r tBe rl in , se c re tary - t re asure r ; Mart in C . Aml ing, de acon .

T h e charte r congregat ion of t h ePana Lu the ran chu rch t otale d 15 .

I t has now grown t o 256 .

In 1944 th e congregat ion pu rchase d prope r ty at t h e corne r ofFourth and Ki tche l l and dedicatedth e next house of worsh ip on Apr .24, 1949 . A 2 - s tory re s idence ,

eas t of t h e chu rch was purchasedon F eb . 1

, 1955 , and i s u sed as aneduca tiona l bu i l ding.

T h e fi rst chu rch - owned parsonage was purchased Aug . 29 , 1941 ,

at 201 Sout h She ridan . A new

parsonage , e as t of t h e educa t ionalbu i ld ing, is in proce ss of cons truc t ion .

Pre sen t church office rs are :

Richard Rol lo , pre si den t ; Mart inC . Aml ing, t reasu re r ; Pe rcy Turner , f in anc ial secre t ary ; De lbe r tS tortzu m , re cordi ng se c re tary .

Se rvi ng t h e congregat ion as pastoris Rev . Arthur T . Kue hne rt .

Methodist Chu rchTower H i l lT h e Towe r Hi l l Me thodi s t

Church was charte re d May 13 ,

1864 . T h e Rev . W . J . Boone se rved as pastor at that t ime .

As ear ly as 1857 Levi Munson .

a local pre ache r, conducted se rvi ce s at Towe r Hi l l . Towe r Hi l lwas t hen one of a 15 - poin t She lbyv i l le c i rcu i t .Offi ce rs of th e Towe r Hi l l

Me thod i s t Church are : Re ue l Good .

chai rman of t h e board ; RolandM cNee ly , l ay leade r ; Le ste r Cannon, supe rin tenden t .Pastor of th e 135 - membe r con

g regat ion is th e Rev . James E .

Ulme r, who also se rve s t h e Robinson Cre ek Church .

Ch r-istian Chu rchTower H i l lT h e Towe r Hi l l Chris t ian chu rch

was founded in t h e spring of 1893 .

Seve ra l fami l ie s of that fai thmove d i n to t h e Towe r Hi l l commun i ty and proceede d to invi te aChrist ian denominat ion evange l i s tl i v ing in sou the rn Il l i no is to com e

t o t h e vi l lage and hold a revival .Brot he r W . H . Bole s accepted t h e

i nv i t at ion and t h e re su l t was t h eorganiz ing of th e Towe r Hi l lChu rch of Chris t , known local lyas t h e Ch rist ian Church .

T h e congr egat ion used t h e

bu i ld ing of t h e Me t hod i st chu rchin th e beginn ing, t h e Me t hod i st sa t t h i s t ime having cons t ruc t i onunde r way on a new edi f i ce . T h e

Church of Chri s t pu rchased t h e

old church from t h e Me t hod i stson comple t ion of t h e new bu i l di ng .

In 1900 t h e o ld chu rch wasrazed and th e pre se n t bu i ld inge re c ted .

Membe rsh ip in t h e Chris tianchurch now tot al s 75 . Offi ce rspre sen t ly are Bly the Hoste t le r,supe rin tenden t of Bib le schoo l ,who also se rve s as an e lde r , andAugust Le e and John W irey , e ld

e rs. Pas tor of t h e chu rch i s t h e

Rev . Rob e rt Clemens .

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P . E . 0 . S isterhoodT h e B BC . Siste rhood was or

ganized i n th is c i ty on May 22 ,

1949 , wi th 15 charte r memb e rs .T h e organ izat ion was founded

in Pana through t h e e fforts o fS te l l a Vaughn . Fi rst p re siden tof th e P .E .O . was Gladys P re ih s .

T h e group func t ions b o t hsoc ial ly and educat ional ly .

Pres iding are : Mrs . Ne l le Sou thwe l l

,pre siden t ; He le n Brumm e t t ,

vice - p re s iden t ; Ge rt rude De rks ,re cord ing se cre t ary ; Elo i se Kre s in ,

corre sponding se cre tary ; BarbaraAml ing, t re asure r ; Be l le Sou thwe l l , chap l a in ; Marian Frib ley.guard .

Bayview Reading CircleBayview Reading Ci rc le was

once known as th e Ol io Club . T h e

c i rc le was organ ize d on June 1 1 ,

1885 . T h e organ izat ion ce ased tob e known as Ol io in 1908 wh en t h ename was change d to Bayview .

T h e c i rc le was organ ized formutua l improveme n t t h r o u g hread ing and un t i l l ate r years wasfu rn i shed mate r ial by t h e n at ional organ izat ion . Membe rsh ipin t h e c i rc le i s l im i te d to 20 m em

be rs .

Charte r membe rs of t h e Ol iowere Mrs . Brown , Miss Custe r ,Mrs . Hoope s , Mrs . Lee Hayward ,Mrs . A . I rwin

,Mrs . B . H . Irwin ,

Mrs . C . H . Moore , Mrs . A . B . McCoy

,Mrs . J . H . Mil le r, Mrs . J . K .

Shaffe r , Mrs . Shaw , Mrs . W . J .

Smith , and Miss Anna S tove r .

Presen t offi ce rs are : Mrs . N . R .

Meye r, pre siden t ; Mrs . Wil l i amBenn inge r, vice - pre s iden t ; Mrs .

Barbara Hende rson , se cre t ary ;Fann ie Vidle r, t reasu re r .

Am er ican Leg ionT h e char te r for Ame r i can Le

gion Post No . 168 was gran tedSep t . 26 , 1919 . At that t imeBruce Pe nwe l l was e le c ted Commande r, with Pau l Endri s se rv ingas adj u tan t .Th e post was named in hono r of

t h e f i rs t 2 Pana m en to give the i rl i ve s du ring World War I

,Me r l

Ke rr and Home r Mize . Ke rr wast h e f i rs t Pana fatal i ty in th e

con t ine n ta l l im its of th e UnitedStates , and Mize t h e f i rs t Panade at h ove rse as .

Le ad ing t h e organ iza t ion forth e ye ar 1956 are : Robe r t Whi te ,

commande r ; Charle s D o y e l l e ,

s e n i o r vi ce - commande r ; JohnKuhn , j un ior v i ce- commande r ;Sydney D eW ee rd

,f inance office r

Erne s t Hi ldebrand , chaplain ; and

Arthu r Lac rosse , adju tan t . Pre sent membe rsh i p of t h e organ izat ion i s 260.

Rebekah LodgeT h e f i rs t Rebekah Lodge or

ganized in Pana was t h e Purit yLodge ,

abou t 1874 . On Mar . 30,

1910, F ae Rebekah Lodge 295 wasins ti tu ted . On Oc t . 15 , 1924 .

Pu ri ty Lodge and F ae Lodge consol idate d unde r t h e name andnumbe r of Pana Rebekah Lodge81 .

T h e nat ional b ranch of t h e Re

be kahs was organ ize d in 1851 bySchuyle r Col fax .

Pre sid ing ove r t h e o rgan izat iona t th i s t ime are Mrs . Ve rn Ande rson , Nob le Grand , and Mrs . FrankKinsey , Vice Grand . Pre sen t en

rol lm ent of t h e lodge i s 437 .

L ions Clu bT h e Pana Lions Club was char

t e red in th e c i ty du ri ng t h e ye ar1944 wi th Joe P . Longwe l l e le c te dpre s iden t and Dr. W . L . Doe l l i ngsec re tary- t re asure r. The re were12 charte r membe rs . In recen tye ars membe rsh i p has grown un t i lt h e ros te r o f t h e organizat ion now

con tai ns 44 name s . T h e in te rnat iona l organ izat ion of Lionswas in s t i tu ted in 1917 at a convent ion in Dal las , Texas . D . P .

Woods of Evansv i l le , Ind , wase lec ted preside n t .From June 30, 1917, t h e organ i

zat ion has grown from 25 c lubsin one coun try , membe rsh ip to tal !ing 800, to t h e pre sen t figu re of

c lubs in 69 coun trie s wi tha membe rsh ip of T h e

Lions are primari ly a se rvice or

ganizat ion.

Offi ce rs of th e Pana Lions are :

Stanle y Summe r, pre si den t ; Charles Downs , vi ce—pre siden t ; Don

Fogle r, se cre tary ; Dorw in Richardson, t reasu rer .

Rotary Clu bT h e Pana Rotary Club was or

ganized on June 9 , 1921 . Elec te doffi ce rs at that t ime we re Gle nnA . Shafe r, pre siden t ; D . P . Bogle ,

vice - pre siden t ; L . E . Jordan , sec

re tary ; Walte r E . Downs , t re asu re r .

T h e organ izat ion was foundedwi th t h e aim to be t te r unde rstanding be twee n loca l busine ss andprofe ss ional m en.

Rotary In ternat ional , of wh icht h e Pana Rotary Club i s a part ,was organized F eb . 23 . 1905 , byPau l Harri s of Ch icago and 4 ofh i s busine ss assoc ia te s .

Pre se n t membe rsh i p in t h e Panac lub to tals 37 .

Office rs are : Glenn Thompson ,

pre side nt ; He rbe r t Siege r t , v icepre s iden t ; Bi l l Hami l ton , sec

re tary ; G e r a l d Se rme rshe im ,

t re asu re r .

P .

- T .A . Cou nc i lT h e Pana Paren t - Teache r As

soc iat ion Counc i l was founded inSeptembe r o f 1950 with t h e a imof e stab l i sh ing a c lose r re l a t ionshi p be tween P -TA

'

s in th e c i tyand to prov ide a central forumwhe re mutual problems of parentsand teache rs migh t b e discussedand solved .

Upon organ izat ion of t h e Counc i l i n 1950 Mrs . Reginald Gu lb e r

son was e lec ted p re s iden t , Mrs .

Warre n Ch ris tne r , sec re t a ry ,and

Mrs . Ralph Woote rs , t reasure r.T h e Counc i l i s made up o f th e

pres id en t and 2 de legate s fromeach schoo l , plus 2 de legate princ ipals.

Pre se n t offi ce rs are : Mrs . HarryMcDona ld, pres iden t ; Mrs . Roge rLebon , vice - presiden t ; Mrs . EarlPe t ty , t re asure r ; Mrs . WayneE k iss, se c re t ary .

Pana E du cation Assn.

Pana Educat ion Assoc i atio n ismade up of membe rs of Pana '.teach ing profe ss ion and was or

ganized F eb . 27 , 1947 . T h e chart e r of t h e organ iza t ion was adoptedon Apr . 10 of t h e same ye ar .Fi rs t o ffi ce rs of t h e assoc iat ionwe re Miss Rena O ’

connor , president ; Miss Eloise Aust in , l st vicepre siden t ; John Howe l l , 2md v icepre s ide n t ; Miss Charlene Pau l .se cre tary , and Hube r t Brown

,

t re asu re r .Th e organi zat ion in 1956 has a

100% m embe rsh i p of al l te ache rsand admini st rators in Pana Community Unit .

Office rs se rv ing th is ye ar are :

Luc ie n Cornwe l l . pre side n t ; Eile e nA n d e r s o n, l st vice - pre siden t ;Alta Me ie r , 2nd v ice - presiden t ;Ne oma. Cadwe l l , se c re tary ; DonnaHubbard , t reasure r .

Hosp ital A uxi liaryOne of t h e newer organ izat ions

in Pana i s t h e Hospi tal Auxi l i ary ,

organ ized by a group of c iv icm inded lad ie s on May 18 , 1952 , andfounded upon t h e reque s t of Mothe r Supe rio r of Hube r MemorialHospi ta l .T h e Auxil iary was organized

wit h t h e purpose of re nde ring anyse rv ice to t h e hospi ta l possible orn e c e s s a r y . T h e organ izat ionple dged and paid $5000 toward t h ecompl e t ion of t h e recen t ly bu i l tHube r Memoria l Hospi t al annex .

Charte r membe rsh ip was 103 .

Pre se n t membe rsh i p is 105 . Off lee rs are : Mrs . Ge rald Ke nnedy .

pre side n t ; Mrs . C . D . Kemp , v icepre side nt ; Mrs . A . C . McDonald.

sec re ta ry ; and Miss Marie Fle sch ,

t reasu re r.

Sportsm en’s Clu b

Pana Sportsme n 's Club was or

ganized in 1937 by A . C . McDonald , Guy Fraz ie r , and GusSiege rt , th e fi rs t offi ce rs , alongwi th a group of in te re sted sportsm en.

T h e local chap te r was organ izedfor t h e conse rvat ion , propagat ion ,and re st orat ion of al l forms ofwi ld l i fe in t h i s v i c in i ty .

Memb e rsh ip in th e c lub in 1939

tot aled 369 . Pre se n t membe rsh ipin th e organ izat ion i s 200.

In 1948 t h e organ izat ion in

corporated. Capi tal was rai sedby se l l i ng share s of pre fe rredst ock to membe rs . A t rac t oflan d e as t of Pana was purchasedand a c lubhouse e re c ted in 1949 .

A lake was bui l t on t h is prope rtyin 1954 and s tocked .

Le ad ing t h e c lub now are : RalphKoon tz , pre sid en t ; Larry Pe arson ,vice - pre s iden t ; Frank L . Kinsey ,sec re t ary ; and Gle nn Mcc lung,

t re asu re r . Direc tors are Robe rtVits,

Pau l Tu e t k en, Ray Rochard .

Max Sahr , Frank J . S iege rt , and

Charle s Kame r .

B . cfi P . W . Clu bT h e Busine ss ProfessionalWomen ’s Club was organ ized in

S t . Lou is in 1919 to e l evate th e

s tandard. for w omen in busi ne ssand profe ssions . Th e l ocal chapte r was founded at a mee t i ng he ldin th e c lub room '

of th e l ib rary on

May 17, 1928 . Agne s Wrigh t wase le c ted p re side n t and Ne i l S e l l e rv ice - pre s iden t .Membersh ip in t h e organ izat ion

has grown from 20 to 90 memb e rssin ce 1928 .

Pre sen t offi ce rs are : Lo i s Jost es, pre si den t ; Pearle Baldwi n ,l st v ic e - pre siden t ; Ione Coleman ,2u d v ice - pres iden t ; Audra Chri stne r , re cord ing sec re tary ; Ru th McTaggar t

,se cre tary ; Ade l aide Fo i l ,

treas ure r .

Hom e cfi Garden Clu bT h e Pana Home Garde n Club

was organ ize d in Sep temb e r , 1930.

Th e organizat ion was founded wi tht h e goal of promot ing gre ate r iht e rest in c i ty home s and garde ns .

For seve ral years af te r be i ng or

ganized th e c lub was a membe r oft h e I l l ino i s Fede rat ion of Women ’sClubs and also a m embe r of th eGarde n Club of Il l i no is . At pre sent th e c lub ope rate s independen tly . Programs are planned by th e

membe rs to gi ve in format ion on

top i cs of i nte re st to gard en andf lowe r love rs .

The re are pre sen tly 79 membe rs .

Off i ce rs for th e 1956 - 57 te rmare : Mrs . Wil l i am Aml ing, pre siden t ; Mrs . Gai lyn Ande rson , v icepre sident ; Mrs . Ve rnon Ande rson ,

secre tary ; - and Mrs . Jeane t teBaldwin , t reasure r .

Hom e Bu reau U n itPana's Town Coun try Home

Bu r e au un i t i s compose d of agroup of mo the rs organ ized w i thth e aim of deve lop ing be t te r and

h appie r home s. Th e uni t . wasfounde d in Pana in 1952 .

Presid ing at that t ime we re Mrs .Me rv in Hain l ine , p re side n t ; Mrs .Forre s t Den ton , v ice - pre s ide n t ;Mrs . Glenn Thompson , se cre tary ;and Mrs. We ldon C lawson , t reasu re r .

T h e loc al b ran ch was organ ize din t h e home o f Mrs . J . F . De n ton .

Charte r membe rs we re Mrs . Hainl ine ,

Mrs . D en ton , Mrs . Clawson ,

Mrs . Ed Rochk e s , Mrs . HarryFol tz

, Mrs . Don Pe te rson , Mrs .Thompson

,Mrs . Ne i l S tephenson ,

Mrs . He rsche l Col l in s and Mrs .

Dean Brownback .

Pre sent offi ce rs are : Mrs . Charle s Wilcox , cha i rman ; Mrs . Dal eLewis , v ic e - ch ai rman ; Mrs . DaleRe'atherford , se cre tary ; and Mrs .

Wayne Swiney , t reasu re r .

Order of th e E astern StarArcana Chapte r No . 493 , Orde r

of th e Easte rn S tar , was or

ganized in Pana dur ing t h e ye ar1902 t hrough t h e e ffo rt s of S . C .

VVagene r . T h e orde r had a chart e rmembe rsh ip of 19 and has s incegrown unt i l a t pre sen t m emb e rsh ip tot als 400.

Se rving t h e chapte r as off ice rsdu ring 1956 are : Elva Cook ,

worthy matron ; Harry L . Cook ,

wort hy patron ; Loraine Bold ing ,

assoc i ate matron ; Rob e r t Boldi ng ,

assoc iate pat ron ; Zul a Ethe r idge ,

secre tary ; Huldah Schape r , t reasu rer ; Eve lyn Pray , conduct re ss ;Esthe r Abre l l

,as soc i ate conduc t

ress ; Wilma Wrigh t,chaplain ;

Mildred Abre l l , marshal ; RubyJ u n e Mu nzenm aier , organ ist ;Ne t t ie Homage r

,Adah ; Esth er

Porte r , Rut h ; Dorot hy Parkinson ,Esthe r ; Mary Hende rson , Mart ha ;Be ssie Moshe r , Ele ct a ; Myrt leJone s,

.warden ; Je sse Jone s , sen t ine l ; and Mi l lard Hende rson , co lorbeare r .

Modern Woodm en

T h e Pana Camp of Mode rnWoodm en of Ame r ica No . 244

was charte red in t hi s c i ty Sept .2 1 , 1886 , wi th 40 memb e rs .

T h e organ izat ion i s a frate rna lbene fi t soc ie ty ope rat ing on alodge o r camp system to prov idel ife i n su rance and prac t ical frat e rn al se rv i ce to i ts m embe rs .

Firs t offi ce rs of t h e Pana lodgewe re : Ju l ius Broeh l , consu l ; R . S .

Johnson , c le rk ; and Wi l l i amPie rce

,banke r .

Pre sen t memb e rsh ip in t h e locallodge i s 80. Offi ce rs are : Kenne thDean , consu l ; Carl S impson , ad

v ise r ; F . J . Maisch , banke r ; andWi l l i am J . Gunde l , secre tary .

Knights of Colu m bu sT h e Pana Kn ight s of Columbus ,

Counc i l 896 ,was founded on Ju ly

10, 1904 , and has had a con t inuousand consi s ten t growth since thatt ime .

Firs t office rs of th i s organ izat ion we re : Dr . Charle s R . Molz

,

Grand Kn ight ; Frank D . Shie lds ,Deputy Grand Knight ; A . C . Se i t z ,re cord ing s e c r e t a r y ; J . E .

Schne i de r , f inanc i a l secre t ary ; O .

P . Galv in , t re asu re r ; t h e Reve rendFath e r H ensey , chaplai n ; Wil l i amDaly , i n side guard ; G . Haml in ,

out side guard ; John McCarth y ,

warden ; Thomas D . Ke l l igar ,

chance l lor ; Joseph Mcc art hy andLou is Wate rson , truste e s .

T h e fol l owing se rve as off ice rsfor t h e 1 956 - 57 te rm : X avie r D u ez ,

Grand Kn ight ; Joe Kuhn , DeputyGrand Kn igh t ; Pau l Harr i s , chance l lor ; Raymond Ke nnedy . t re asu re r ; C l est ine Schm i tz , advocatePau l Lehn , warden ; A . J . Dec le rk ,

i n side guard ; Al Pastor, out s ideguard ; le ct u re r , Ge rald Kenne dy ;t h e R ev . Fr . T . J . O

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Ne i l l , chapl ain ; Gene Endri s , f in anc i al sec

re tary . T r u s t e e s are FlorianSche rze r, Ar t U l l rick . and Wi lburKuhn . Memb e rshi p in t h e Kc

’s

tot als 200.

Tu esday Clu bT h e Tue sday C lub was organ ized

i n Pana duri ng th e ye ar 1869 wi thth e goal of se l f- improvemen tth rough readi ng and study . 0 r

ganized b y Mrs . O . M . Baldwin,

th e c lub had 8 ch arte r membe rs.

Since June 6 , 1899 , membe rsh i ph as b een l im i ted to 25.

Fi rs t cal led t h e Friendly Ci rcl e ,

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t h e organ iza t ion 's namewas c hange d to th e Tue sday c lubin 1877 .

Pre siding are Mrs . Lou ise McCracke n , presi de n t ; Mrs . G . G . McCandl ish , vice - pres iden t ; Mrs . D .

M . Li t t le j ohn , sec re tary - t reasure r .

Odd Fe llows Lodge No . 334Adar Lodge No . 334, In te rnat ion

a l Orde r of Odd Fe l lows , was charte red in Pana , Oc t . 9, 1866 ,

wi th amembe rship of 6 . Fi rs t office rs oft h e organ iz a tion we re : N . B . Ja

coby, grand depu ty ; J. W . St ark ,nob le grand ; W . T . Dobbs, v icegrand ; J . F . Harne r, secre tary ;and J . C . He lm ick

,t re asure r.

Du ring th e ye ars th e mem be rsh ip of t h e Odd Fe l l ows has grownto a roste r of 70 membe rs .On Apr . 26 of thi s ye ar th e or

de r ce lebra ted i t s 137th anniver

sary .

Presen t o ffice rs of t h e lodgeare : Eve re t te Spinde l , noble grand ;Wil l i am Maisch, v ice grand ; VernAnde rson , w arde n ; Haro ld Hi l l ,se cre t ary ; Frank J . Maisch , t reasu rer ; and Floyd Simm ons , chap

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Masonic Lodge No . 226Pana Mason ic Lodge No . 226

ce lebrate s i t s Ce ntenn i a l wi th th e

c ity of Pana . Ins ti tu ted in Octob e r, 1856 ,

t h e l odge consis ted ofmembe rs . During th e pas t

100 ye ars membe rsh i p h as grownto 275 .

On t h e f i rst ros te r of membe rsare name s connec ted wi th t h e organizing of th e v i l lage i tse l f . M .

S . Be ckw i th , who he ld t h e offi ce ofse cre tary of t h e l odge , was Pana'sfirs t p os tmaste r . Wm . H . Glascow

,t reasure r of th e lodge for

its se cond ye ar, was among t h e

c i ty's fi rs t me rchan ts .

Tradi t ional ly , Masonry or ig inat

ed in th e craftsm en'

s gu i lds duringth e bui ld ing of t h e gre at edi fice sof Europe c en tu rie s ago .

Th e Pana Mason ic Temple , bu i l tin 1926 and dedic ate d: in 1927 , i sone of t h e more imposi ng s truc tu re s in th e c i ty . T h e bu i ldi ngme asu res 80 x 112 f t . and i s 2

s torie s in he igh t . I t was bu il t a ta cost of b u t i nc reas ed valu at ion of prope r ty in l a te r yearshas b rough t t h e value of t h e bui lding

,i ns’ urance wi se , to

Off ices of t h e Pana l odge th isyear are he ld b y M . R . Brewste r,Worsh ipfu l Maste r ; P . C . Pray ,Senior Warde n ; J . A . Cas t le , Jun

ior Warde n ; W . D . Bai ley, t reasu rer ;

’ L . P . Magi l l , se c re tary ; S . V .

Davi s,Se nior De acon ; D . N . S tew

art , Jun io r Deac on ; H . F . Cal l ,Sen ior S teward ; H . L. Cook , Jun iorS teward ; L . D . Wright , chapla in ;R .

‘ S . Pi lge r, marshal , and R . L .

Bold ing, tyle r .

Carpenters Jo iners U nionT h e Pana local of th e Carpen te rsJo ine rs union c e lebrates i ts d ia

mond j ub i lee year along w i th P ana ’s Ce ntenn i al , t h e national or

gan izat ion be ing fo rm ed Aug.

12,

. 1881 . T h e un ion was or

gan izedin Pana on Ju ly 17

,1900.

Mem be rshi p in th e loc al un ionhi t an al l - t ime high during th e

yea rs 1923 - 24 wi th th e bu i ld ing ofnew publ i c schools in Pana . Present membersh ip in th e un ion i s 78 .

Off ice rs are : Charle s Bryson ,pre si den t ; Minor Bowman , v icepre siden t ; J . L. Tur ne r, f inanci alsec re tary ; Ray S te ch , re co rdingse cre tary ; J . Ray Morton , b usine ssage n t . Trustee s are J . Ray Morton

,T . V . Broom and Frank Kin

sey . John Garb e r ho lds th e offi ceof warden .

Bakers U nionUn ion bake rs of th e c i ty of Pana

be long to t h e De ca tu r - Pana are aBake ry Confec t ione ry Local 316 .

The re are no re cords to show wh enth e uni on f i rs t had membe rs in

th e c i ty of Pana . Howeve r, 2

ch ar te rs we re i ssue d b e fore th e

pre sent one , both to th e De ca tu rPana are a . T h e f i rs t was i ssued

De lta Theta Tau

Ze ta The t a chapte r of De l taThe ta T au sorori ty was inau gu rated ln Pana June 27, 1937 , by A u

drey Wi lson , nat iona l t re asure r oft h e sorori ty . Charte r membe rsh ipin th e Pana chapte r to tal e d 10.

Mrs . Jus t i n Tappe ro i s th e on lyremain ing char te r m emb e r .Membe rsh ip in th e loc al c hap te r

i s l imi ted to 30, t h e ros te r now

numbe ri ng 24.

Offi cers are : Esthe r El l io t t ,presiden t ; Pau l ine Tappe ro , vicepre s iden t ; Norma Ru th Richardson , record ing se cre tary ; Ru thKolb , corre sponding se cre ta ry ;Rotha D ickey, t reasure r ; JoAnn

McLain, se rge an t - at arm s ; CleoKap i l la ,

histor ian .

F eb . 1 1 , 1902 , and t h e se cond June18 , 1913 . T h e p re sen t char te r o fth e un ion da te s to Aug. 12 , 1919 .

Pana m en se rv ing as offi ce rs inth e Decatu r- Pana local are : Arl ing ton Abre l l , pre s iden t ; Kenne thHobb ie ,

re cordi ng se cre tary ; D e

neen Whe at , t rus tee ; and Roy Cottre l l , ex - board membe r .Se rvi ng as b u sine ss represe n ta

t ive for th e un ion i s a forme r Panaresiden t , Ge orge Ze l lmann , whomove d to De ca tur in 1944 .

Ve terans of Fore ign Wars

T h e Pana Post of Ve t e rans ofFore i gn Wars was charte re d Se p t .1 1 , 1945 . Dr . W . L . Doe l l ing wase le c te d comman de r . John D u dra

sen ior v i ce - commande r, Fe rd Kolesar j un ior v ic e - commande r , Ray

W em p en quarte rmaste r , Joe Mooreadj ut an t , and Oscar Maisch se rvice offi ce r.Firs t me e t ings of th i s o rgan i

zat ion we re he l d ove r t h e E&Z

tavern on Locust st ree t , fromwhence t h e c lub m cved t o t h e Elksc lub rooms , and t he n to qu ar te rson t h e second f loor in th e bu i lding across from France s Hote l .From th e l at te r me e t ing place t h e

Ve te rans move d to the i r pre se n tlocat ion

,the i r own home at 107

Nort h Popl ar s tre e t . T h e hom e

was purchase d wit hou t any di re c tsol i c i t at i on of funds from businessm en or pe rsons not memb e rsof t h e o rgan izat ion .

T h e ch arte r m emb e rshi p of t h eorgan izat ion was 17 bu t s inc e hasgr own to 140.

Of fi ce rs of t h e Ve te rans ofFore ign Wars are : Paul D .

Cothe rn , commande r ; Wil l i amHe nde rson , 3 e n i o r v i ce - commander ; J im S i l l ars , j un ior v i c ecommande r ; Basi l Bou l ie r , quar te rm ast er , and Je rry Thomas

,ad

j u tan t .

U . M. W. of'

A .

Th e Uni ted Mine Worke rs ofAme r i ca was founde d in 1890. T h e

f i rs t charte r in Il l ino is was i ssue don Nov . 5

,1900. T h e o rgan iz at ion

was formed to pro te c t t h e i n te re st s of m iners and m ine l abore rs .

Frank Davi s , medi a tor in th i sc i ty at t h e t ime of m ine s tr ike s inth e late 1890

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s and a Pana re s ide n t , rose from th e ranks to b e

com e an In te rnat ional Repre s en tat ive of t h e Uni ted Mine Worke rs ofAme r i ca .

Offi ce rs of t h e PanaLoca l 9087 are : Wil l i am R . Goodwin , pres iden t ; John Cast le , v icepresiden t ; Wil l i am Ch ladnv,

r e

cording se cre tary ; Rober t Pe rry ,

f inanc i al se cre tary ; Jame s GO i Gon,

t re asurer ; Roy He nde rson , Lou i sCoe t , Je sse Ve rnon , trus te es .

Membe rs of th e Mine Commi t teeare Wil l iam “ Sai lor Goodwin ,Charle s Maton and John Be rt i ne t t i .

VFW A u x i liaryT h e Ve te rans of Fore i gn Wars

Auxi l i ary was organ ized one yearfo l lowing t h e organi zat ion of t h eme n's post , in 1946 . Charte rmembe rsh ip in t h e auxi l iary was26 and i s now 55 .

First o ffi ce rs of t h e auxi l i arywe re : Chri s t ina Tu rvey , pre s ident ;Gold ie Ande rson , sen ior v i cepre side nt ; Freda Thomas , j un io rv i ce - pre s iden t ; Mildred Medl ey ,

se cre tary , and Meda Garve r .t reasure r .

Pre se n t office rs are : Pearl Py le ,

pre siden t ; Pe ar l Chri sty , se n iorvi ce - pre side nt ; E i l e e n Be e son ,

j un i or v ic e - pre s iden t ; Marge Pushn ik , t re asu re r , and Gold ie Ande rson , se c re t ary .

Team sters’ U nionCharte red in 1903 , Pana Loca l

76 of th e In te rn at ion al Bro the rhood of Te amste rs , Chauffeu rs ,Ware houseme n and He lpe rs ofAm e ri ca se rve d th e communi tyand i ts membe rsh ip un t i l 1945 ,

the n amalgamat ing wi th Local279 , which is h e adquarte red in

De ca tu r and c ove rs 7 count ie s .

Approximate l y 165 m en in Ch r ist ian and She lby coun t ie s are im

med ia te ly represented by th e Panasub - lo ca l , w hose off ice rs are : Robe rt Koon tz , pre siden t ; S he ridanHicks , se cre tary ; Harry C lucas ,

t re asu re r and busi ne ss agen t . Th esub - loca l mee ts t h e second Sundayof each mon th a t a m . in

Mi ners ’ Hal l .Among th e c harte r membe rs of

th e o rigin al Pana local we re Wi ll i am Ke tch um sr . , Lewis Koon tz,

Lou Ro ley , Richard Koogle , CharlesPe rry , Charles Roach , pre s iden t ;Barney P ine , Fred Pryce , FrankCox , se c re tary ; and John H inden.

Of these on ly Pe rry and Pryce are

l i vi ng.

Princ ipal offi ce rs of De ca tu rLocal 279 , whic h now repre se ntsabou t 1500 m en, are Guy Clapper ,pre siden t

,and Mack Ray , se cre

tary and bus i ne ss agen t .

Pana,i ts or igi n stemming from

bui ld ing of t h e I l l i no i s Cen tral ,h as th rough t h e ye ars bee n a le ading rai l road cen te r in cen tra l I l l inoi s and today re t ain s thi s promincnoc .

S e rv ing t h e c i ty are 4 l ine s , t h eIl l ino i s Ce n t ral , New York Ce ntral ,Bal t imore Ohio , and th e Chicago Eas tern Il l i no i s Rai l roads .

In bygone days when t ranspo rtat i on for long d i s tance s by au toand bus was unheard of, t h e rai lroads of Pana accoun ted for a t rem endou s passenge r se rvi ce . Att h e he igh t o f th is passe nge r tradein 1913 , a to ta l o f 38 passenge rt ra ins a day se rve d th e c i t izens ofPana . Since tha t t ime passenge rse rvi ce in t h e c i ty has dwindled to4 t rai n s a day , 2 eastbound and 2we stbound , al l of th e New YorkCen tra l sys tem . T h e remaini ng 3roads p lu s th e New York Ce n t ra lhand le fre igh t .Wh i le passe nge r se rvice has h i t

i ts lowe s t mark in t h e h is to ry oft h e c i ty , fre igh t tonnage has skyrocke ted th rough th e years , th i sbe i ng t h e re su l t of th e deve l opme n tof local indust r ie s , of wh i ch m in

i ng i s th e le ade r in fre ight tonnage .

Th e 4 roads se rv ing Pana ru n ato tal of 28 fre igh t t rains throughth e communi ty a d ay . Th e New

York Cen t ral leads wi th 18, th e

C&EI se cond wi th 5 , t h e Il l i no i sCen tra l th i rd wi th 4 , and th e Bal t imore Ohio al terna t ing dire c

t ions e ach day of t h e we e k wi thone f re igh t .Coal i s th e le ading fre igh t com

m odity in t h e c i ty and i s handledalmos t so le ly by th e I l l i noi s C ent ral .Bas e d on t h e 5 day work week

a t Pe abody Mine No . 17, t h e fo llow ing sta t i s t ics are pre sen ted :Th e Il l i noi s Cen tral Rai l roadhandle s inbound in to Pana e achday an average of 160 empty rai lroad cars , many of wh ich are 70

ton capac i ty cars, an ave rage of

3200 empty cars handled pe r

mon th . Outbound to tals matchi nbound , wi th 160 carloads shi ppednorthward pe r day, for a to tal o fapproximate l y 3200 c a r l o a d smon thly .

These f igu re s b ring t h e to talamoun t of cars handle d by th e

road a day to 320 cars , 6400 carsmont hly , and cars annual ly .

Tonnage moved a day by t h e

road to tal s tons , or approx imate l y tons per year .This figure does no t inc l ude emptytonnage ,

whi ch wou ld raise th e

to tal cons ide rab ly . Th e abovef ig ure s also inc lude a smal l numb e r of cars of conne c t ing road swhich are handled by t h e Il l i noi sCen t ral .

Following are short h is to rie s oft h e

' ra i l roads wh ic h have con tribu ted to Pana 's growth :

Th e Il l ino is Central

To t h e I l l ino is Ce n tra l Ra i l roadth e c i ty of Pana owe s i ts existe nce .

Around th i s l i ne t h e se t t lemen t ofPana was lai d ou t and th rough th eye ars along wi th th e rai l road sgrowth has expande d l ikewise .

Th e Main Line of Mid-Ame ri ca "

was charte re d on F eb . 10, 185 1 ,

and was t h e f i rs t l and gran t ra i lroad ln th e Un i te d Sta te s .

During th e Civ i l War northe rnpor tion s of t h e road se rve d t h e

Un ion and t h e sou the rn sec t i onsprovide d t ransportat ion for t h e

Confede racy .

Th e I l l i noi s Cen tra l was f i rs t incorporat ed by a b i l l in troduced inDecemb e r of 1835 , a t a mee t ing ofth e I l l i noi s Ge ne ra l Assembly inVandal ia , the n t h e state capi tal .This movemen t was sponsored byJohn S . Hacke r o f Jone sboro and

supporte d by Abraham Lincolnand h i s partne r, John T . S tewart .S tock was au thorized to t h e ex

ten t of wi th th e st ipu

l a t ion tha t no one buye r cou ld ho ldmore t han 5 sh are s .

T h e s tate of I l l ino is then gavet h e road approxim ate lyacres

,

of l and along i ts righ t - of-waywhi ch cou ld b e so ld to farme r swhen th e s tate so ld al te rna te sec

t ion s wi th i n l and gran t zone s .

On Mar . 25, 1855 , t h e f i rs t Il l ino i s Cen tral t rain en te red Panaand by 1856 th e origina l c harte rl ines ran from Cairo to Galena .

Since tha t t ime th e companyhas acqu i red extens ive l i nes toS ioux Ci ty

,Ia . , to Kankakee , La

Sal le,Fre epo rt , Urbana, and se r

vic e from Ch icago to S t . Lou i s,New Orle ans , and Miami , Fla .

Whe n th e origi nal 705 - mi le chart e r l ine was unde rtake n I l l i no iswas st i l l a w i lde rne ss . Townswe re smal l

,few and far b e tween .

Vandal i a had a popul ation of 360,De catu r 600, and Bloomington1 594 .

Transporta t io n was by rive rboats and stage coache s ove r mudroads .

At t h e t ime of i t s comp le t iont h e I l l ino i s Cen tral was t h e longest rai l road in th e world .

T h e Cen t ral se rve s 14 s ta te s ,2200 communi t ie s and ha s 6500

mi le s of t rack . In Pana t h e roadem ploys 20 pe ople wi th an annualpayro l l o fPana l ie s on th e Springf ie ld

D iv ision wi th he adquarte rs in Cl inton .

Local agen t for t h e I l l i nois C ent ra l i s Robe r t Pi lge r .

Th e New York CentralFol lowing c lose be h i nd t h e I l l i

noi s Ce n tral t hrough t h e c i t y ofPana in 1855 came th e cons t ruet ion of t h e New York Cen t ral ( thent h e S t . Lou is

,Al ton Te rre

Hau te ) . T h e pre sen t New YorkCen t ra l sys tem i s t h e ou tgrowthof a t iny pionee r l ine , th e MohawkHudson Rai l road , only 17 mile s

long , be twe e n Sche ne c tady andAlbany , N . Y .

This expe rimen ta l road waschar te re d by an ac t o f t h e New

Yo l k Legislatu re Apr . 17 , 1826 ,

and afte r se ve ra l te s t runs wasopened formal ly fo r passenge rt raffic . Se pt . 24 , 1831 . T h e syst em today has be e n bui l t up fromabou t 560 p redece ssor compan ie s .

I t se rve s 1 1 S ta te s and 2 Province sof Canada and has mi le s ofl ine and mi le s o f trackage .

T h e prope r ty inve stmen t of t h eNew York Cen tra l i s approx ima tely 12 and $4 b i l l i on do l l ars .

Seven ty per cen t o f revenues co ll e c ted by t h e system come s fromfre igh t . I ts fre igh t volume

, 9 92; oft h e t otal in th e U . S . ,

i s g reaterthan that of t h e rai lways of Franceand England comb ined .

Whi le th e Cen tral i s no t c lassif ied as a “ coal road " i t move s 78%o f al l coa l m in ed in th e nat ion byre ach ing b i tum inou s coal f ie lds ofPennsylvan i a, We s t Virgin ia

,Oh io

,

Ind iana , and t h e sta te of Il l i no is .

Be side s coal t ransported fromthese areas on t h e road , the re goe sa large and steady volume of grai nand othe r foods tu ffs .

T h e const i tuen t l ines of th e

New York Cen tra l Sys tem are

Th e New York Ce n tral Rail roadCompany and i ts leased l ine s , t h eMich igan Cen tral Rail road , t h e

Big Four Rai l road. t h e BostonA lbany Rai l road ; and i ts affi l i a te s ,t h e Pi t tsburgh Lake Erie Ra i lroad Company and t h e ChicagoRive r Ind iana Ra il road Company , i nc luding i ts le ased l ine , t h e

Chicago Junc t ion Ra i l road .

In. Pana t h e Cen tra l employs 15m en wi th an annua l payrol l of approx imate l yLocal age n t for t h e New York

Cen tra l is Wal te r O . Brinkman .

Th e C. (EE . I .

T h e f i rs t o f t h e ra i l roads comprisi ng t h e Chicago Easte rnI l l i noi s system was chartere d Jan .

2 , 1849 , to ope rate be twe en V in

cennes and Evansv i l le .

As othe r roads , through t h e purchase of smal le r rai l roads and t h ebu i ld ing of branch l ines , t h e C&EIe xpande d to i ts presen t s ize un t i ltoday t h e road exte nds sou thwardf rom Chi cago wi th 3 sou th e rn t e r

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PAUL BROS

OTTO LOU I E

MERLYN E . LOWERGENERAL INSURANCE

and

REAL ESTATE AGENCY307 S . Clark St .

Phone 1321 Pana

BUS INESS 8. PROFESS IONALWOMEN ’S CLUBOrganized 1928Federated 1949

Com pl im ents

AL’S

BOWLI NG ALLEY“Bowl F or Health

A s a Native of t he PanaCom m u n

ity , I Offer Congratu lations to

Pana and Its Citizenry on its

Centennial .

EDWARD C . EBERSPACHERSTATE REPRE SENTATIVE

III

min i : Evansv i l le , Ind. ( 287 mi le s ) ;Chaffe e , Mo . ( 394 mi le s ) ; and S t .Lou is , Mo . ( 290 miles ) .

Through trackage r ight s ob

tained from various sou the rn roadsth e Chicago Eas te rn I l l ino issys tem affords passe nge r se rvicefrom Chicago to th e Gul f. I tsfeatu red tra i ns are th e Georgi an "making connec t ions from Chi cagoto At lan ta ; th e

“Hummingb i rd,

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ope rat ing be twee n Ch icago andNew Orle ans, and t h e DixieFlagle r ! from Ch icago to M iami .In t h e sta te of I ll i no i s t h e Mea

dowlark " runs from Chi cago tosou the rn I l l i no i s .Cons t ruc t ion of t h e l i ne runn ing

through Pana was begun in 1903

as a resu l t o f t h e company 's dec is ion to en te r t h e S t . Lou i s fie ld .

Cons truc t ion began a t WoodlandJunc t ion runn ing to Vi l l a Groveand from Find lay to Pana . Howe ve r, be fo re cons truc t ion had b e ens tar ted beyond Pana an agre eme n twas en te re d in to by th e C& EI andt h e Cleve l and , Cinc i nnat i , ChicagoS t . Lou is Rai l road (NYC ) for

j oin t u se of th e fac i l i t ie s of th el i ne from Pana to Gran i te Ci ty .

At th e same t ime t rackage r igh t sfrom Grani te Ci ty to S t . Lou isove r t h e prope r ty of t h e Te rminalRa i l road Assoc ia t ion of S t . Lou iswe re se cured .

Th e Baltim ore OhioT h e Bal t imore Ohio Rai l road

was bu i l t through Pana in t h e ye ar1869 unde r th e name Springfie ldI l l ino is Sou theas te rn Rai l road .

T h e road was original ly charte red in February of 1827 ,

and wasAme ri ca 's fi rs t common carrie rl ine .

Or iginal ly bu i l t from Bal t imoreto t h e Ohio Rive r th e ra i l road ex

panded its sys tem by acqu i r ingrai l roads al ready bui l t o r in t h e

proce ss of bu i ld ing. This is t rueof th e l ine whi ch runs from Shawnee town to Beandstown,

crossingt h e main l ine at Flora

,III.

T h e l ine f rom Pana to Beardstown was o riginal l y charte red ast h e Pana , S pringfie ld Northwe ste rn Rai l road Company on F eb .

16, 1865 . T h e l i ne sou th of Panawas known as t h e I l l i noi s Sou th

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F i fty - t wo ye ars ago C. J. Res le r of DaytonaBeac h , F la t hen local ph ot ographe r, roam e d t h e

cou nt rys ide in se arch of subjec ts . On t h e Le o Ebe r tp lac e mi le we st of Bu ckeye Chu rch , h e re cordedth is t h en fami l ia r bu t now st range hay -ba l i ng ope ra .

t ion.

C h ar le s “'

L-Ih ou r is atop t h e s tac k , le ft ; T. E .

Cook is p i tch ing h ay in to th e pre ss, Hom e r Coo k is

fe ed i ng to h im , and Edward Schul e r is at lowe r righ twi th t h e ti e w i re s.

T h e Cooks owned t h e ou tfi t,hi red t h e he lpe rs,

and w e re gone t r ?m home from early Monday to la teSatu rday in season . They cou ld bal e 12 to 14 tons( 90 to 100 l bs. pe r bal e ) in a. l O- hou r day , go tpe r ton for ba l ing and pa i d t h e

“hands" ea ch

pe r day . Ho rse te ams we re al te rna ted abou t e ve ry30 ha ir s—Photo from T. E . Co ok ’s souve ni rs .

T h e l ine i s la rge ly a prai r i e roadand coun try t rave rsed is main lyfla t wi th except ion a long ce rtai nst reams and in th e ext reme sou the rn part o f I l l ino is whe re an ou tcro 'pping of t h e Ozarks i s c rossed .

Agen t fo r t h e Chicago and Easte rn I l l i no is Ra i l road in Pana is C .

W . Grade n . T h e road in Panaemploys 5 m en fo r an annual payroll of

eas te rn Rai lway . Though t h e

S&NW was neve r (bu i l t i t was consol ida ted wi th th e I l l i no i s Sou theas te rn Ra i l road on F e b . 7 , 1869 ,

to form t h e Springfie ld I l l inoi sSou th easte rn Rai lway Company .

T h e new co rporat ion com p ie ted

t h e trackage be twee n Beardstownand Shawne e town by March

, 187 1 .

I t was ope rated by th is companyfrom March 27 , 187 1 , unt i l a re

ce ive r was appoin ted in S eptembe r , 1878 . T h e l ine was ope ratedby t h e i ece iver un t i l Jan . 30,

1875 ,

whe n acqu i red by th e OhioMiss issi ppi Rai l road

,runni ng from

Cinc innat i to S t . Lou is .

In 1893 , t h e Oh io Mississippiwas consol idated wi th t h e Cinc i nnat i Marie t ta Rai l road to formth e Sou thwe s te rn , whi ch is

today a whol ly - owne d subs id iary o f

t h e Bal t imore Ohio Ra il road .

During th e 1890’

s th e Bal t imo reOh io had gene ral re pai r shops

locate d in Pana bu t removed themin 1900. T h e shops we re loca tedin t h e nor th e as te rn port ion of th eci ty a long t h e B& O t racks .

Se rv ing as local agen t for t h e

rai l road i s D . A . Burris .

A n annual payrol l o f approx i

mate ly i s paid to a groupof 6 employee s of th e road s tat ioned i n Pana .

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KUPFER ’S JEWELERS0 Watches 0 D iam onds 0

0 S i lver 0 Repairs 0

105 E . Second Pana, Il l . Phone 3421

PURI TY BAKING CO .

ART’S CLOTH ES SHOPMEN ’

S WEAR148 S . Locu st Pana, Il l .

Com pl im ents From

PANA CHAMBER

OF COMMER E

OFFICERS :Jam es Stum pf , PresidentReynold Aide , V ice - Pres.

Clara E . Frankenfe ld, Sec.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

MccANDLISHDRUG CO .

WALGREEN AGENCYG. G. Mccandl ish , R . P h .

D . R . Metzger , R . P h .

Phone 4500 Pana, Il l .

Pana Effingham

CONGRATULATIONS

TO PANA ON ITS

100th ANN IVERSARY

Com pl im ents of

HOOD JEWELERSPana, Il l inois

Com pl im ents

PANA LODGE NO . 1261

BENEVOLENT PROTECTIVEORDER OF ELKS

CHARTERED JULY 11,1912

Clu b Room s S . Locu st

Exalted Ru ler J . W. He efnerEsteem ed Leading Knight Bi l l J . SlaterEsteem ed Loyal Knight Frank P u shnikEsteem ed Lectu ring Knight

Phil Stepp ingEsqu ire Joe P . Longwe l l

Chaplain J . Wesley BrooksTyler Edward FolksInner Gu ard H. L. BoldingTreasu rer Everette PowersSecretary Jam es C . Neal

Tru stees : H. R . Reg Tu rney ,

Dr . F . R . Ham i lton,Don B . P au sch ert

Th e second mos t importan t ihdu st ry in Chris t ian coun ty, min ing,began a t Pana in 1884 whe n th e

f irs t coal was hoi s ted from PanaCoal Co .

’s Mine No . 1 . Coal m ining on a smal l scale h ad be e ncarried on e arl ie r at seve ra l po in tssou th of t h e c i ty .

Th e be s t of t h e se ams in th i ssou the rn are a was Whi te 's Bankalong Coal Cre ek , on Sec t ion 34

of Pana townsh ip,whe re a 22

lnch se am of good qual i ty coalwas b e ing worke d . A 10- inch seamof poo r qual i ty coal was alsofound a t Gree nwood 's Mi l l , abou t$4 o f a m ile f rom t h e 22 - i nchseam . Howeve r, t h e amoun t ofcoal take n along Coal Cree k was

smal l , and th i s typ e of mine wou ldmos t accu ra te ly b e de sc ribed as

str i p m in ing, as th e se am was approximate l y 30 fee t above t h e leve lo f th e cree k . The re fore , th e ln

du st ry was not b egun on a l argescale un t i l t h e Ope n ing of th e

mine s a t Pana.

Al though an e arly geograph ic alsurvey showed no coa l in th e

s ta te of I l l inoi s from Bloom ingtonsou th to Ce nt ral i a , t h e people ofPana in 1880 ra ised funds bypopu l ar su bscrip t ion fo r t h e bori ngof a te s t hole . Thi s test wasmade by John Dugan abou t 1883,

and a se am of coal was found at adep t h of 720 fee t which was “

ai

mos t wi thou t a supe rio r in th e

sta te .

Th e ve i n was ideal for m in ing ;i t was from 6 to 8 fee t th ick .

s tre tche d ove r an are a of approximate ly 700 square miles , and hada heavy cove ring of rock . Th e

l as t advantage e l im ina ted t h e

ne ce ss i ty of ex tens ive t imbe r ing tos t re ngt hen th e roof of th e mineand also pre ve n ted t h e s ink ing oft h e top ground .

Dav i d Hart s , a lawye r , and

Frank F rore r, hardware me rchan t ,of Li nco ln

,Il l . , sank Pana's fi rst

shaf t in to th i s se am in 1884.

These m en we re also financ ingven ture s in to t h e min ing indus tryin o the r pa rts o f t h e s tate at th issame t ime .

With Charle s Wh i te , they formed t h e Pana Coal Co . and in i t i atedt h e proje c t a t Pana . T h e ac tualsinking of t h e shaft was unde rt h e di re c t i on of Ju l ius Broch l , whob ecame one of th e ou tstand ingope rators in th e area . In 1893

Br ochi be came a partne r in t h e

Pana Coal Co . By 1902 ( th e exac tda te i s no t known ) a group ofm en, i nc lud ing Broeh l , purchasedth e i n te res t s o f bo th Harts andF rorer and changed t h e name ofth e fi rm to t h e New Ben t CoalCo . In 1906 o r 1907 , Broeh l so ldh is e n t i re i n te re s t to t h e Be l l

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Zo l le r Coal Co . and l ive d th e re

main ing years of h i s l i fe in re

t i reme n t in Pana .

T h e Pana Coal C0 . opene d 2

mine s in th e Pana area . T h e f ir s twas loca ted be twe e n t h e Cle ve land,

Chicago , Cinc inna t i S t . Lou is(NYC ) and B&O ra i l roads abou t2 b locks we s t of t h e I l l inois C ent ral . This m ine was known asNo . 1 or t h e Old Mine , and was

fe e t de ep, wi th an ou tpu t oftons .

In 1886 t h e Pana Coal Co . sanka se cond shaft as an e scapemen tfor th e firs t m ine . Th i s se condm ine became known as Mine NO .

2 and was loca ted on t h e Il l i no i sCe nt ra l abou t one mile north ofPana . In depth and ou tpu t th ism ine was approximate l y t h e sameas Mine No . 1 . Coal reports of1898 gave th e comb ine d capac i tyof t h e 2 m ine s as tons .

Se e ing th e succe ss of t h e 2

mine s of th e Pana Coal Co . , loca lbusine ss m en be came i n te re s tedand 2 more mine s we re opened .

In 1888 t h e Pe nwe l l - Ki tche l l CoalMin ing Co . was organized by promine n t c i t izens of Pana . George V .

Pe nwe l l and John W . Ki tche l l we ret h e chie f s tockholde rs . A minewas begun by this firm in 1888 ,

bu t const ru c t ion of t h e shaft wascons tan t ly de l aye d by cave - ins .

I t was no t un t i l March of 1889

tha t t h e fi rs t coal was hoi s te dfrom t h e mine . T h e mine , 723

fe e t dee p , was located in t h e

he ar t o f t h e c i ty , j u st 2 blockswes t of Loc us t st re e t a long t h e

Il l i noi s Ce n t ral Ra i l road . I t wast h e se cond large s t indus tri al con

ce rn in Chri st ian coun ty at th et ime and aceonding to a Mr . Rutle dge ,

mine i n spec tor du r ing t h e

same pe riod ,gave employme n t to

257 m en and had a capac i ty oftons .

T h e las t m ine to be opene ddu ri ng th i s era in Pana wasknown as t h e Springs ide Mine .

T h e date gi ve n fo r i t s ope n ingvari e s from 1890 to 1892 . Mostof t h e capi tal for th i s organizat ionwas fu rnishe d by Ki tche l l . I t i squ i te probable that t h e earl ie ropening date i s corre c t fo r in 1889

G . V . Pe nwe l l pu rcha sed Ki tch e l l ’sshare s in t h e Pe nwe l l - Ki tche l l CoalMin ing Co . This purchase wou ldhave f re ed Ki tch e l l

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s capita l foru se in th e new mine .

Th e company known as Springs ide Coal M i n ing Co . loca te d i tsshaft abou t one mile east of Panabu t conne c ted i t by an escapepassageway wi th t h e Pe nwe l lm ine . Th e mine was 723 fe e tdeep and h ad a repu ted capac i tyof ton s . T h e ope rators ofth i s m ine we re th e Ove rh ol ts,

David J . and h is ne phew ,Lewis .

In 1899 t h e O ve rh ol ts so ld the i rm in ing in te res t to t h e Smi th - Loh rCoal Co . and moved to Chi cago

,

wi th Lewis en te ring t h e grainbus i ne ss .

T h e 4 mine s we re ve ry sim i larin gene ral charac te r . Al l we reshaft m ine s of approximate ly t h e

same depth . In 1898 the i r product ion was abou t equal

,as shown by

repor ts .

Th e Pana Coal Co .

’s m ine s p roducea tons of lump coal ;t h e Penwe l l sha ft and t h e

Springside mine ton s.

T h e min ing indust ry of Panaenjoye d a numbe r of advan tage s ,t h e th i ckne ss of t h e ve i n pe rhapst h e mos t ou ts tanding. T h e ve i nwas de sc ribed in an accoun t in t h e

S t . Louis Globe -Democra t as fol !lows : A 6 - ft . mine r can walke re c t and stre tch h is a rms abov eh i s head and i t i s a l l coa l fromt h e sole s of h is fe e t to t h e t ips o fh i s finge rs . "T h e t h i ckne ss of th e ve i n en

abled t h e m en to produce morecoa l pe r day and at le ss e xpensethan was poss ib le i n th i n - ve inedmine s . T h e coa l was of exce l len tqu al i ty , be ing de si red by ra i l roadcompan ie s for u se i n mak ingste am . Qual i ty of coal gave mining compan ie s an oppor tun i ty tose l l a t a h ighe r price pe r ton thanthe i r compe t i tors.

Th e de pth of th e rock cove ringand dryne ss of t h e mine s reduce dmate rial ly th e dange r o f cave - insand t h e expe nse of propping

,and

in c reased t h e safe ty and heal thfuln ess of working condi t ions . One

by one th rough t h e ye ars Pana 'smine s c losed un ti l a pe riod ofye ars during t h e 1940

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s when nocoa l was m ine d from t h e Panafie ld . In 1925 th e Springs ide minec losed down pe rmanent ly and t h e

top works d isman t le d. Four ye arslate r Mine No . 2 of t h e Pana CoalCo . s topped ope ra tion . Th e Penwe l lMine stopped work on Mar . 31 ,

1941 , fol lowed bv t h e Old Mine onJune 28, 1948 .

T h e Vic tory Coa l Min ing Co .

le as e d t h e Pe nwe l l p rope r ty in

1942 , and in 1944 con trac te d topu rchase t h e prope r ty . The reafte r , Vic tory assigned i ts cont rac t to t h e Old royd Coa l Cowh ich ope ra ted th e mine un t i l f i rede s t royed t h e t ipple in Februaryof 1945 .

T h e coa l i ndus try in Pana wasrevi ved in Oc tobe r of 1947 when ont h e th i rd day of that mon th t h e

con t rac t for t h e s ink ing of th enew Peabody Mine No . 17 was l e tto Fi tzs immons - Conne l l Dre dgeDock Co . of Chicago . Th e mineapprox imate ly one mi le sou th of

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Pana cons i sts o f 2 shaft s 300

yards apart , one use d for h o is t ingof coal and t h e se cond for t ransport ing mate ri al and p ersonn e lto and from th e bot tom . By Novem be r of 1950 t h e ski p ho i s t andwashe r had be e n comp le ted andcoa l was be ing p roduce d at t h e

rate of 5500 tons dai ly . T h e dai lyou tpu t of t h e mine pre sen t ly i s

tons .

T h e shaf t of Pe abody No . 17

bringing up coal i s t ipped by a

Supp ly ing flowe rs to -f '

distant

marke ts of th e count ry , t h e f lo ralindust ry in Pan a i s se cond only tom in ing as one of t h e c i ty's le ad inge conomic asse t s . Gre enhouse s inth e are a of Pana supply marke t snorth to Chicago , sou th to New

Orleans and Houston , Texas , e as tto Cl eve l and , and we s t t o Kan sasCity wi th 18 to 19 mi l l ion roses aye ar . The se f lowe rs are grownunde r approximat e ly 31 acre s ofglassed - in s t ruct u re s , ranging ingroups from one to 32 per organ i zat ion . At pre se n t 6 major who lesale gre enhouses are in ope rat ioni n Pana .

T h e fl oral indust ry in Pana i s anoffspring of a ve ge t ab le growingmar ke t inaugu rated in 1870 by aMr . Coop e r who , ope rat ing in asmal l glass e nclose d st ruc tu re ,

grew vege t ab le s t h roughou t t h e

ye ar, se l l ing hi s produc ts on lo calmarke t s .

Som e years l at e r Coope r sold h i sg l ass house to Frank Shaffe r .

Shaffe r expanded from vege t ab legrowing to th e cu l t ivat ion of f lowcrs .

R . 0 . He nde rson bough t Shaffe r ’sbusi ne ss in 1908 and grew onlyf lowe rs

,se l l ing at re tai l . T h e

whole sale produc t ion of flowe rsunder glass began im '

P ana in 1918wh en A . N . Ne l son e re c ted one

l arge gre enhouse . To th i s househ e added 3 half house s in 1919 and4 half house s inIn 1921 t h e Aml ing bro the rs ,

Walt e r , He rbe rt and Mart in , cameto Pana from Maywood , I l l . , whe rethey had rec e ived train ing inf lowe r growing in greenhouse soperated by t h e i r '

fat h e r .

Th e Amlings e re ct ed 4 l argehouse s and a powe r p l an t . House swe re added t hrough t h e years un t i lthe re are 28 i n al l , growing on lyroses .

Busine ss grew in volume and in1927 t h e Aml ings so ld t he i r int e re sts to t h e Maton brothe rs andwen t t o Cal i forn ia .

' Upon re tu rni ng to Pana in 1928 t hey e re cted anew se rie s

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4o g re e nhouse s w i tha mode rn he at ing plant . T h e

concrete smoke stack conne c tedwi th t h e h eat ing plan t i s 285 fe e t

138 foo t he ad frame for 2 sk ips .we i gh ing 8 tons apie ce . The sesk ips are e le ct r ic al ly loaded 40

fe e t be low t h e coal seam , wh ich i s720 fee t unde rground .

At ground leve l th e coal is

rai se d an addi t ional 66 fee t b e foredumpi ng, making a hois t of ove r820 fe e t for e ach skip . Sk ips at

Peabody No . 17 al ternate un lo ading at in te rva ls of 38 se conds .

To date , 40% of th e unde rly ingcoal i s be i ng mine d w i th 60% le ft

h igh, t h e t al le st s truc tu re in Pan a .

Th is newe st greenhouse was located west of t h e c i ty . In 1945

t h e Aml ings sold to a group ofm en who organ ized I l l inoi s Rose sLt d .

One ye ar fol lowing th e Aml ingbro th e rs' f i rs t ve n tu re i n t o t h e

flora l industry , t h e Matons , Pau l ,Art hu r, and Amol , al l fo rm e rm ine rs

,e re c ted 2 gre e nhouses and

grew flowe rs and vege tab le s . In

1923 a house was added ; 2 we readde d in 1925 ; and in 1927 a groupof 9 more was cons truct e d , makinga t otal ' of 14 house s and a powe rp lan t .Spanbauer Webb e re cted a

range o f 5 greenhouse s wi th as team

.

h eat ing _ p lant for growingrose s in 1925 - 26 .

T h e Asa brot he rs,Clare nce , E d

ward and John , e re cted a range of7 gree nhouse s in 1923 . In 1929 arange of

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7 house s was added toth e origina l st ruc tu re .

T h e f i rs t Pan a Lib rary Boardwas organ ized in th e YoungMen ’s C h r i s t i a n Assoc ia t ionBu i ld ing , on t h e corne r of Se condand Poplar stree t s on May 20,

1901 . John W . Ki tche l l was named pres iden t .A mon th prior to tha t date ,

Apr . 8 , t h e Ci ty Coun c i l passe dOrdinance No . 58 wh ich e s tab l ishe da l ib rary and re ad ing room for th ec i ty , to b e '

si tu at ed in t h e YMCA .

T h e Mayor had be e n di re c te d toappoin t a board of d i rec tors wi thnot more than one membe r of t h eCi ty Counc i l to se rve on th e boardat one t imeMiss Ne l le -Re e se was name d

fi rs t l ib rari an , on Mar . 5, 1902 . InAugus t of 1904 Mrs . Ne l l ie C .

Russe l l was named assi s tan tl ib rar ian . Mrs .

'Russe l l sub se qu en tl y b e came ‘ l ib rarian and se rvedun t i l Sep t . 1 , 1925, whe n sh e re

t i red . having he l d t h e pos i t ion fora pe r iod of 17 ye ars . S h e wassucce ede d by Miss Jenn ie Long.

Afte r a pe r iod of 10 years, a

for safe ty reasons . Wi th th e ou tpu t of th e men t ioned tonsdai ly , t h e mine has an annual payro l l amoun ting to more t han

More re cen tly th e

Pe abody Co . acqu ired coa l rightsto ‘

4600 ac re s to t h e sou th of t h eprese n t m ine .

Work ing in 3 shi fts th e mineemploys 660 m en and an addi ti onal35 foremen .

T h e produc t ive l i fe of Mi ne No .

17 i s e s timated at 25 ye ars .

Thus t h e founda t ion for t h e

name Ci ty of Rose s ! given toPana by th e Jo rdan bro the rs , forye ars ed i tor of t h e Pal ladi um .

T h e 6 maj or ! oral whole sale rsope rat ing in t h e c i ty of Panapre se nt ly are

! Il l i no i s Rose s Ltd . ,

Rose s Limit ed , Aml ing Flowe rs,Webb Gree nhouse s , Pana Rose , andAsa Bros . Al l hou se s bu t AsaBros ,

which spec ial izes in po ttedplant s , are produce rs of rose s fort h e whole sale marke t .I l l i no i s Rose s Ltd . , re ce n t ly in

st al led an ai r - cond i t ion ing syst emin 3 of i ts 6 range s . Th is movewas made t o ke ep Pana on th e

sam e comp et i t ive basi s wi th Cal ifornia rose growe rs du ring t h e

summe r mont hs . High summe rtempe ratu re s in local gre enhouse sare

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re sponsib l e fo r smal le r buddedf lowe rs than those grown in Cal ifornia.

Al toge the r 171 people are em

ployed by th e gre enhouse s of Pana .

s i te fo r t h e l ib rary was donatedby Mayor H . N . Schuyle r, and t h eAnd rew Carnegie Library Boarde re c ted t h e bu i ld ing. Carnegiegave toward th e s truc tu re .

T h e l ib rary was comple ted l at e in

19 12 at a to tal cos t of andin early January of 1913 t h e

l ibrary moved from th e YMCA in

to th e new bu i ldi ng .

By 1926 th e l ib rary con tai nedvol ume s wi th c ards in

c i rcu la t ion . T h e presen t to ta l ofvolume s in th e l ib rary numbe rs

wi th cards in c i rcu lat ion . Miss Fann ie Vidle r is nowLib rari an , fol lowing Mrs . Stamm ,

_who be came l ib rarian upon th e re

t i remen t of Jenn ie Long. Assi stan t l ib rari an i s Miss Grace Mou ts.

Th e pre se nt Carnegie - Schuyle rLibrary Board cons is ts o f Mrs .

Carl P re ih s. Mrs . Edward Hav e

ri lka, Mrs . C . D . Kemp , M rs. H .

R . Suchard,Mrs . Pau l ine Russe l l ,

Mrs . Ber t De e re , Mrs . J . F . Kiost e rman , Ve rnon Ande rson and

G ai lyn Ande rson .

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Wil l Be Greatly Appreciate dTu esday , Nov.6 ,

S ince th e c i ty Pana was one yearo ld , membe rs of t h e “ four th es

tate have bee n a drivi ng in fi nence in i t s organ izat ion andgrowth . A to ta l o f 10 newspape rshave be en pr in ted fo r t h e en l igh tenm ent of t h e populat ion du ringth i s pe riod .

Th e f i rs t pape r prin ted in Panawas t h e Weekly He rald . Publ i shed by M . S . Be ckwi th , th e f i rs te di t ion came off pre ss on Dec . 23,1 857 . A n inde penden t pub l i cat ionin t h e b eginn ing, th e Weekly H e r

ald tu rned D emocra t in 1858 tosuppor t S tephen A . Douglas .

T h e succe sso r of t h e We eklyHe rald was t h e Pana P laindeal e r ,whi ch was i ssue d fi rs t on Oc t . 7 ,

1859 . In th e edi tor ’s s lo t was El iF . Chi t tenden . Thi s pub l i ca t ioncon t inued in Pana un t i l Nov. 1

,

1860, when th e offi ce was movedto She lbyv i l le .

In January of t h e same ye ar E .

P . Sanders , wi th mate r i al andpre sse s fo rme r ly use d by th e Taylorvi l l e Jou rnal , pub l i she d th e fi rs ti ssue of th e Cen tral Il l ino i s D emoe ra t . J . B . But le r se rved as e di torof t h e Democra t , pu t t ing th e f i rs tcop ies on t h e s tre e t Jan . 7 . On

Nov . 9, 1860, G . W . Harpe r and F .

J . Black pu rchased th e paper , b ecoming edi tors and pub l ishers .Th e new proprie tors of th e D em

ocrat , Harpe r Black , immedi ately changed th e name of t h e organto th e Pana Weekly En te rpr i se .

T h e Chau ta uqua of 1912

One i ssue of th is pape r was publ ish ed unde r th i s n ame and on Nov .

24, 1860, th e offi ce and equipmen twe re sold to 0 . F . Morri son andM . M . D eLevis, who again changedt h e name .

Thus came i n to e xis tence t h e

Pana Pub l i c , an indepe nde n t shee t ,wi th DeLevis in t h e edi toria l c hai r .

Th e Pub l i c was an at t rac t ive ,we l l

p rin ted , and we l l ed i ted newspape r and f lou rished un t i l June 1 ,

1862, whe n t h e owne rs move d t h e

pub l icat ion to Cl in ton .

Th e Pana Gaze t te the n came tot h e v i l l age of Pana . RichardCouch and R . M . Carr pu rchasednew mate ria l and i ssue d t h e f i rs tpaper July 27, 1865 . On Apr . 17,1866 , Carr purchase d t h e e n t i rein te res t in t h e pub l icat ion . OnD ec . 1 1 , 1868 , h e sold hal f in terest to R . W . Coon , t h e l a t te r re

t i ri ng in February, 1871 . Carrth e n con t i nued alone wi th th e pa

per un t i l 1889 whe n J . C . Essi ck ,

an ab le l awye r wi th j ou rnal is t i casp i ra t ions , purchased t h e ou tfi tand gre at ly improved th e plan t .A ye ar o r 2 se rved Essick ’s de

s i re for newspape r exper ie nce and

h e so ld to Ke l l igar Son, who inturn we re succe eded by BurchMe rry . In a few we eks Me rry re

t i red . Burch sold ou t to E . Gore l lseve ra l ye ars late r . Gore l l ke ptt h e pape r a shor t t ime and soldto W . S . Chi ldress . In 1895 Mrs .

Lizzie Weaver became t h e owne r

fe atur ed t h e famous Opie Readwho is shown pose d he re wi th townspeo ple of t h e t im e .

Le f t to r igh t : ( fron t row ) unide n ti fied, Mrs. Ju l i u s Bree h l , Read ,

uni denti fied, D r. R . C. Danf ord ;Back row : Jessie Vogh t, M rs. Am y Me te e r Me t ca lf , Ni rs. Ceci l ia

Reese Mohi e r , H. C. M oh le r, Ju li u s Broc h l , D r . John Re i d, Ida M u l l ,Florence Robb , Mrs. Be rt h a A u gh lnbau gh Hayw ood , M rs. Wil l Se l le r.

by purc hase bu t when sh e d id no tme e t t h e succe ss an tic i pated , disposed of th e pape r to C . N . Wal ls ,who move d i t to Assumption .

T h e Cent ral Orien t appeared inPana wi th t h e fi rs t issu e on June20, 1866 , with J . F . Harne r as publ ish e r and C . S . Hi lburn as ed i to r .Th is pub l i ca t ion gave i ts suppor tto Democrat i c pol ic ie s and candidates . Afte r a short and qu ie tcaree r, marked wi th lack of suppor t, th e pape r was d iscon t inuedin May of 1868 .

The re had bee n no Democra t icnewspape r in Pana un t i l t h e bi rthof t h e Pal lad ium in t h e l at te r parto f 1869 , wi th S . B . Rich as t h e direc t ing hand . On Apri l 23 , 1870.

th e Pal ladium was transfe rred into th e care of Messrs . P . A . andJ . J . Farley, t h e forme r re t i ringafte r seve ra l ye ars . J . J . Farleyturned t h e pape r ove r to A . W .

Chab in on Mar . 15 , 1877, who solda hal f i n te res t 3 months la te r toJac ob Swal low . Th re e mon thslate r Chab in became sole owne rand con t inued un t i l Mar. 10, 1879 .

when th e offi ce reve rted to t h e

Far ley b ro the rs , who , in tu rn,

so ld to Mr . Swal low .

In 1906 Swal low sold t h e publ icat ion to t h e Jordan b rothe rs, whoed i ted t h e pape r .In t h e l a te 30

’

s th e Jordans re

l ingu i she d con tro l of t h e Dai lyP al ladi tun to a new corporat ioncompose d of Springfie ld m en,

whot e - equ ipped th e shop

,splashed

brie fly in t h e busine ss commun ity ,

and fai led . Much of t h e new equ ipmen t was reposse ssed by suppl iers,t h e Dai ly Pal l ad ium be came t h e

We ekly P al ladi tun , and James“T ex

" Trave l s tead picked up t h e

goodwi l l , subscrip t ion l is t and re

main ing asse ts o f t h e once proudand d isti nguished Dai ly Pal l adi um .

Trave l s tead and h is son , Le e

Cav i t t Trave l s te ad, l a te r to givehero i c se rv ice in World War 11.

ed i ted th e We ekly Pal lad ium,

farming ou t t h e prin ting j ob toPana News Inc . , pub l ishe r of th es te adi ly growing Pana News .

In 1941 Pana News Inc . pu rchased and moved to t h e bu i ldinga t 129 Eas t Se cond s t re e t ocenpied for sco re s of ye ars by t h e

Pa l lad ium . Th e corporat ion hassi n ce purchase d and parti al ly oc

cu pies th e adj acen t bu i ld ing at127 East Se cond , as we l l as ac

qui ring t h e smal l ca fe bu ilding andlo ts lyi ng be twe e n Popla r and

Comme rc ia l Al ley, and be tween t h eDowns Garage and t h e rea r of th enewspape r bu i ldi ng.

T h e We ekly Argus was f irs tpubl i sh ed by A . W . Chab in , Mar .

15 , 1879 , 5 m unbe rs at She lbyvi l le , and then brough t to Pana .

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Chabin so ld hal f i n tere s t to Col . J .A . Hayward , who purchase d mat er ial and pre sse s . Hayw ard b e

came so le owne r on June 1 ,1880,

and con t inue d to pub l i sh as a Democrat organ . T h e plan t was thenmoved to ano the r c i ty .

Soon after Mrs . We ave r hadacqui re d t h e Gaze t te , Chi ldre ss ,through t h e assi stance of Col . Hayward , bough t new pre sse s andtype and i ssued a pape r, bothdai ly and we ekly , known as t h e

Beacon Ligh t . H e l ate r sold th e

pape r to E . O . Gi lme r, who con

t inu ed i ts pub l icat i on wi th varying success . Arth ur Paine Co .

even tual ly pu rchased and changedi ts name to th e Pana News . I twas a Repub l ican supporte r, promo te r of pub l ic sp i ri te d and be neficial moveme n ts , bu t f inal ly ceased existence .

Abou t 1930 a Presbyte ri an m in

i s te r named Hartwich se t up al i t t le prin ting shop in what i s nowt h e Frib ley bu i ld ing at 107 EastTh i rd

, and indu lged h i s hobbyprin t ing.

Ke eping u p wi th t h e ai r age , t h e

c i ty of Pana h as an ai rport , l ocat ed approximate ly 2 mi le s e astof t h e c i ty in t h e v ic i n i ty of t h eo ld basin of t h e re se rvoi r .

Primari ly for smal l p l anes , t h i sst r ip i s capab le , i f nee d b e , of ac

com m odat ing med ium - s ized ai-rc raft .T h e f irs t of Pana’s ai rports waslo cated south of t h e c it y approxi

mate ly 3 mile s . From mat e r i alnow avai l ab le not too much fly ingtook place the re bu t t h e l oc at ionwas qu i te a soc ial cen te r in i tsday . On or abou t th e premise s i ssaid to have be en a n igh t spo tcal led T h e Wings . "

This ai rport,howeve r , did p lay

an impor tan t role at one poin t int h e c i ty ’s e conomic deve l opme nt .At t h e t ime of th e bank ing cr is i sin Pana , during t h e e arly ’

3o’

s, asum of was se nt fromChicago vi a ai rp lane t o th e Panaairport for th e Pana Nat ionalBank just in case of a ru n afte rth e c losing of t h e Schuyle r b anking house . In t h is instance , BankPre siden t C . B . Parri sh cal led Ch icago on a Fr iday morn ing , t h e

plane le ft t hat c i ty at a m .

and arr ive d in Pana at p m .

Elevat ion at t h e pre sen t ai rpor t i s 665 fee t above sea leve l .Traffi c at t h e ai rport i s som e

what s lowe r now , with a few localprivate pl ane s and fre quen t busine ss and transien t sh i ps usi ng it sfac i l i t ie s . Earl Hal le t t , form e rlyof Pana, now l ivi ng in East Al ton ,

In t im e th e busi nes s was purchased by Mr . and Mrs . Wm . J .

He l lman,who had forme rly pub

l ish ed a newspap e r at S t rasbu rg .

They wen t in to t h e re l i gi ous publ icat ion f ie ld , unde r t h e t i t le Lu the ran C o- Ope rat ive Pres s, oncepub l ish ing more than 50 month ly8 to 24 page magaz ine s ; and su pp lyi ng local comme rc ial prin t ingne eds as we l l .In Oc tobe r, 1932 , t h e H e l lm ans

l aunched a fre e c i rcu l ati on she ppe r,

“Th e Weekly News , i n Pana .

In July , 1933, Pana News Incorporated was organ ized by A . E .

Vandeve r and Don B . P au sch e rt ofNokomis , O . P . Mil le r o f Bar t le sv i l le , Okla , and Mr . He l lman ,P au sch e rt com ing to Pana to b ecome edi tor and business manage rof t h e newspape r .

Th e free c i rcu lat ion WeeklyNews expande d in size and scope ,wen t on a pa id basi s , and i n acouple years prog res se d to twicewe ekly pub l ica t ion .

T h e s tatus quo ob ta ine d th roughou t World War II in wh ich Le e

was in st rumen tal in const ru c t ingPana's pre se n t ai rport .Plans we re made for th e pre s

ent Pana ai rport in Septembe r o f1945 . Fl igh t s tr ips and taxi -wayswe re l a id ou t early in 1946 . Th e

f i rs t a irp lane , one o f 3 orde redfrom t h e Pipe r Ai rc raf t Corp . ,

wasre ce i ve d in Ap ri l of th e same year.I t was flown f rom Lockhaven

,P a. ,

to th e Pana ai rport . Thi s was th ef i rs t Cub traine r . Th e secondt raine r was rece ived in Augu st o f1946 and a Pipe r Cru i se r in De cemb er .

T h e 2 l anding s trips of th e ai rport w e re 2100 ft . and 2300 f t .long, re spe c t ive l y, and 300 f t . w ide .

The se we re se eded to g rass earlyin 1946 .

Fi rs t owne rs of p l anes purchasedat t h e Pana a i rpor t we re Ray Os

T h e Pana Young Me n's Chri st ianAssoc i at i on bu i ld ing, st i l l s t and ingin par t , at t h e corne r of Se condand Poplar s tre e ts , whose uppe rstory i s sa id to have be e n torn offby a tornado many ye ars ago , i sb e l ieved to have be e n bu i l t in t h e

l at e 1890’

s ( no re cord avai lab le ) .

Then one of t h e more impos ingst ruc tu re s in t h e c i ty , i t was t h ec en te r of ac t iv i ty of th e younge rge ne rat ion . In 1913 a swimmingpoo l was added in th e bu i l di ng.

Du e t o crowde d condi t ions in

th e schools o f Pana , t h e YMCA

born ( f i rs t pu rchase r of a p lanefrom t h e loca l ai rpor t ) , RaymondGrol l , Raymond Foor, and Dan

Mu rray .

During th e busie s t ye ar, 18

p lane s w e re based a t t h e Panaai rpor t , a t wh i ch t ime the re we reapproximate l y 50 f l igh t s tuden tsin t rain ing.

T h e a irport b u i ldings we re con

s t ruc te d duri ng 1946 and 1947 .

and we re ne ce ssary to m ee t th erequi remen ts of a comme rc ial a i rpor t .Some of t h e in st ru c tors employ

ed a t th e f ie ld a t vari ou s t imeswe re Jack S taff , Bi l l Smi ley, JoeW i ley and

“Hank ! John ston .

Me chan ic s inc luded Omar Richardson and Bob McA fee . Home r Sande rs was employe d in t h e ai rportoffi ce for a t ime .

was conve rte d and used for ape riod as a h igh school . I t wasu sed for t h is purpose unt i l 1909 ,

when th e Pana High school wasbu i l t .This bu i ld ing also hou sed th e

f i rs t “ re ad ing room ! or l ib rary ofPa na . Pre se nt ly occupying t h e

l oc at ion are business hou se s in

c lud ing Alex Rochke s' Barbe rShop , Robe rts ’ Sport Store ,

andt h e H i -Ho (T u e t k en

’

s ) Tave rn .

Th e upper floor of th e bu i ld ingcon tains th e commod ious MooseClub rooms .

Trave ls te ad of th e Weekly Pal ladiu m , and G . W . Mi che lman and

Don B . P au sch e rt ( 2 of t h e t he n 3s tockholde rs in Pana Newsbe si de s 7 fe l l ow -worke rs in t h e

News organ izat ion , we re engaged .

During th e war ye ars t h e busine ss was managed by C . E . Schumache r.Afte r t h e war Trave lste ad wen t

to law schoo l and i s now prac t i cing in Fort Laude rdale , Fla . Hisfa the r d ie d in Novembe r, 1948,

and imm edi ate ly Pana News Inc .

acqu i re d t h e We ekly Pal l ad iumasse ts and consol i date d t h e pape rsi n to PANA NEWS - PALLADIUM

,

whi ch con t inue s alone and growing in t h e se rvi ce of t h e comm uni ty .

Pana News Inc . also own s and

cpe i ates T h e He rr i ck Bu l le t in andth e Towe r H i l l Times , in ne i ghboring She lby coun ty vi l l ages .

T h e corpo rate stock i s now he lde n t i re ly by Miche lman and Pausche rt .

Th e News - Pal ladi um c ircu l at ionruns be twee n 4100 and 4200.

Pana 's fi rst re fuge for th e si ckbe came a real i ty in t h e year 1908when t h e De acone ss Hospi tal

,lo

cat ed on Orange s t re e t , acrossfrom t h e prese n t Fie ld Schoo l s i te ,made i ts fac i l i t ie s avai lab le to t h ec i t izens of t h e commun i ty .

T h e hospi ta l was e stab l i sh ed byt h e chu rche s of Pana and soc ia lc lubs . Seve ra l organ iza tions eachcon tr ibu te d t h e equ ivalen t of one

room for th e hospi tal . Main te nanc efor t h e hosp i ta l , a branch of th eAme ri can Congregat ional Deaconess Assoc ia t i on , came from ind iv idual con tr ibu t ions of c i t ize ns . Kathe rine Docke ry se rved as su pe r in

te nden t of t h e i ns ti tut ion .

Hube r Memoria l Hospi tal,pre s

e n t ly se rving t h e c i t izens of th iscommuni ty, was t h e dre am ofDoc to r Jacob Huber, a physic i anwho prac t i ced in t h e c i ty of Panafor a. pe riod of 50 ye ars , also du ring tha t t im e se rv ing as a su rgeon in t h e Civi l War.Upon h is death h i s wi l l p rov ide dt ha t of h i s e sta te shouldbe used for t h e const ruc t ion of amode rn hosp i ta l fo r t h e c i ty ofPana . Mrs . Amanda Hube r

,h is

wi fe , consul ted wi th t h e Rev. Fr .

John P . Morone y, pastor of S t .Patri ck ’s pari sh on th e poss ib i l it ies of acqu i r ing a heal ing inst it ut ion fo r t h e c i ty . Mrs . Hube r sugges te d tha t Fr . Moroney shouldi nduce some Catho l ic orde r o f nunsto come to Pana to take charge oft h e propose d work of th e hosp i tal .Fr . Moroney then made a jou r

ney abou t t h e coun try consu l t ingth e di ffe ren t orde rs of t h e Cath ol i c fa i t h bu t found shor tage s ofpe rsonne l in most quarte rs . He fin

al ly succe eded in i nduc ing t h e

Sis te rs of Mise r i corde , whose he adquar ters are in Montreal , Quebe c ,Canada , to bu i l d and ope rate th e

hosp i t al .By th is t ime t h e bu i ld ing si te of

th e hosp i ta l a t t h e extreme end ofSou th Locus t s tree t h ad be e n purchased . Ground was b roken fort h e i ns ti tu ti on May 12 , 19 13 .

Th e f i rs t spade of earth makingway fo r t h e const ruc t ion of Hube rMemoria l was turne d by Mrs .

Hub e r , assi ste d by Fr . Moroney .

Wil l F . Jordan e l abora te s in h i s1926 h i s tory of th e h OSpi tal : The rewas a grea t parade in which eve rymin is te r, e ve ry physic ian , eve ryothe r p rofe ss iona l m an, e ve ry c i tyoffic i a l and hundreds of c iv i l ian stook par t . I t was h eaded by t h ePana Band , wh ich gave a conce r ton t h e bu il ding s i te . Everyonej oine d hear t i ly in t h e fes t iv i t ie s .

The re we re 34 cars in t h e ce lebrat ion .

Th e task of cons truc t ion of t h ehospi ta l was awarded to Joseph

Horse - dr awn ambulance shown in fron t of Hube r Memorial Hospi talan unde te rm i ned numbe r o f ye ars ago ( th e hospi ta l ope ned in andw i th u nide n ti f ie d a tte ndan ts, be longed to t h e form e r K i rkpa tri c k F u ne ra lSe rvi ce ( now McC rack en

’s ) wh ich da te s back to 1864 .

—Photo from M r

Cracke n fi le s.

Mccarthy , Pana con trac tor, and

work b egan immediate ly afte r t h eground - bre ak ing . T h e bu i ld ingwas comple ted and re ady for occupancy on May 10, 1914 . I t wasdedi cate d exac t ly one year fromt h e date of t h e ground - breakingce remonie s on May 12 , 1914 .

More than people tookpart i n t h e de di cat ion ce remonie swh ich we re he ld on t h e hosp i ta ll awn . Among spe ake rs for t h e

day we re Capt . and Mrs . J . W.

Ki tche l l , ex -Mayor Warre n P en

we l l , Dr . L . C . Taylor of Springfie ld , Dr . Wil l i am Scot t of Ch icagoand t h e Rev . Fr . J . P . Moroney .

Th e f i rs t pat ien t , according torecords , to en te r t h e Hube r M em

orial Hospi ta l was Ru th BrinkDorman , wi th t h e l a te Dr . Ebe rspach er as h e r physic ian . Thi s wason t h e l ot h day of June , 1914 .

On Sep t . 2 , 19 14 , doc tors and int ere sted pe rsons m e t and forme da s taff for th e new hosp i tal , t h efol lowing be ing se le c ted to ho ldoffi ce : Dr . Joh n Mil le r, presiden t ;Dr. R . C . Danford , v ice - pre s iden t ;Dr . Fre d J . Ebe rspach e r . t reasu re r .

Prior to Apr . 30, 1914 , t h e S iste rs of t h e hospi tal had b ee nhoused in t h e Mcc arthy home inPana and la te r in a cot tage on

Poplar and N in th s tree t s, bu t on

th is date occupied rooms on th e

fi rs t f loor of t h e hospi tal .In early h i s torie s of t h e hospi ta l

Mrs . F . Crooke r i s l i st ed as be i ng

t h e fi rs t to u se t h e hosp i tal ’s e le ctri c e levator .Th e h ospi tal 's school of nurse s

was regis te re d in t h e Se cre tary ofS tate 's office i n Springfie ld onNov . 26 , 19 19 .

In t h e 1920'

s, th e hospi tal hadou tgrown i tse l f . and wasrai sed fo r addi t iona l fac i l i t ie s .

Movemen t for th e e re c t ion ofVi l la S t . John Nu rse s ’ Home be

gan t h e same yea r at a mee t ingof th e Knigh ts of Colombus onMar . 26 , whe n Fr . Moroney ex

plained t h e ne ed for a nu rse s 'home and u rged al l who we re ableto con t ribu te .

T h e most gene rous con tribu tionfo r th i s cause was made by Mrs .

J . W . Kitche l l wi th th e donat ion o f38 l o ts in t h e Ki tche l l Park add iti on as a s i te for t h e nurse s' home .

T h e value of t h e Kitch e l l lo ts wass tate d a t $6000.

By Apri l of 1920 a report wasmade tha t the re was in t h e fundfor th e home a tota l o fBu t , i t was not un t i l 2 ye ars la te r ,Apr . 22 , 1922 , tha t bi ds we re opened, wi th Jose ph Mcc arthy ,

bu i lde ro f th e hospi tal , re ce iv ing t h e con

trac t . A month la te r in obse rv

ance of Nat iona l Hospi ta l Day,

May 22 , t h e laying of t h e corne rs tone o f th e Vil la S t . John tookplace . This ce remony , as t h e hosp i ta l

'

s, was pre ceded by a parad ewi th th e local popula tion tu rningout in hund reds " for t h e affa i r .

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GREETIN

FROM DECATUR LOCAL 279

INTER NAL BROTHERHO D

TEAMSTE CHAUFFEURS, WAREHOUSEMEN

AND HELPER OF AMER! A

PANA LOCAL 73 , CHARTERED IN 1903 ,

AMALGAMATED IN 1945 WITH LOCAL 279

We are » Pro u d to Have Had a Part in

Pana ’

s Grow th and Progre ss! !

Com pl im ents of

CITY OF PANA

OFFICIAL

JOHN M. JONESCHARLES L. JOLEY

ROBERT L. BOLDING Treasu rer

JOE DeMEYER Pol ice Mag istrate

BILL J . SLATER City Ju dge

PAULINE SILKNITTER Cou r t Clerk

ALDERMEN

COMPL IMENTS

CONGRATU LATIONS !

ARL H. PREIH

ATTORNEY-AT- LAW PANA

State Representative 5 T erm s

Dem ocratic Nom inee for State Senate

Placed in t h e corne rs tone of t h evi l la we re th e name s of a l l whocon t ribu te d to t h e fund . Th e home

was comple te d and opened on May12 , 1923, only one ye ar afte r laying t h e corne rs tone .

T h e bu i ld ing of t h e vi l l a was th e

las t add i t ion to t h e Hube r Me

morial hospi ta l un t i l ground wasb roke n in De cembe r o f 1953 for t h ee re c t ion of a new 42 - bed annex ,

comple te d and opene d on Oct . 2 ,

1955 .

Plans for th e new annex grewou t of a m ee t ing he ld Jan. 30, 1952 ,

a t V i l la S t . John,at tended by Sis

te rs , p hysi c ian s , surgeon s, and representat ives of th e commun i ty a tla rge . At th i s ga th er ing t h e Si ste rs of M ise r icorde proposed tobu i l d and equ ip an annex at th ee st imate d cos t o f wi th th es t ipu la t ion tha t th e people of th ePana communi ty wou ld pay ofth i s sum . Thi s e st ima te l a te r grewto A commi t tee of 12 doctors , with Dr . R . B . Siege r t aschai rman , was se le c te d to assi stt h e proje c t . Mayor John M . Joneswas e le c ted ge ne ra l cha i rman .

In argumen t for th e new annexi t was stated tha t in t h e pas t yearsth e hosp i ta l h ad b ee n cons tan t lyove rloade d and in a t im e of eme rgency or d isas te r i ts fac i l i t ie swou ld be se ve re ly lacking . T h e

new annex wou ld no t on ly add an

o th e r 42 beds to t h e hosp i tal bu twou ld make t h e e n t i re se cond f loorof t h e nurse s ’ home ava i lab le foran addi t ional 22 beds for t h e age dand chron i cal ly i l l .Th e drive for funds was s tarted

by t h e“Pana Hospi tal Bu i ld ing

Commi t te e . Membe rs of th iscommi t tee , the i r names now in

sc ribed on a bronze p l aque moun ted in t h e ve s t ibu le , we re 0 . J . A us

t in, John M . Jone s , Geo . J . LaChar i te , Don B . P au sch e rt , Geo. V .

Penwe l l , A . C . Robe r tson and Dr .R . B . S iege rt .Fi rs t b ids for t h e cons truc t ion

of th e annex we re re ce ived and re

tu rn ed, th e am oun t be i ng somewhat more than expe c ted . A rchitee ts Hadley Worthing ton ofSpringfie ld revi sed t h e plans and

spe c i f i cat ion s , shor te n ing t h e propose d annex by

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l 5 fe e t , changingcons truc t ion from stee l to re i nforc ed conc re te , and al te ring plansfor e le vator and floo r const ruc t ion .

New b ids we re rece ived on t h e

rev i sed spec i fi ca t ions i n Novemb e ro f 1953 . In th e mean t ime ,

j u ri sd ic t ion al approvals we re secu re dby t h e Pana hospi tal adm in is trat ion , and a long te rm loan in t h e

sum of arranged wi th t h eNorth wes te rn Mu tual Li fe of Mi lwaukee , th e company whi ch s imilarly unde rwro te a part of t h e cos to f th e origina l hospi tal bu i ld ing 42years ago .

Thre e ceme te rie s are locate d onth e ou tski rts of Pana . To th e we s tone mi le i s t h e fi rst burial plo t o ft h e c i ty , Mound ( or We st ) Cemet ery , al though i ts pre se n t locat ionis no t th e original one .

Prior to th e coming of th e New

York Cen tral Rai l road , then th e

Cleve land , Cinc inna t i , ChicagoS t . Loui s , remains we re pl aced in

t h e approximate l oc at ion of th et racks to t h e no rth of t h e presen tceme tery . With th e construc t ionof t h e ra i l road approximate ly 12

bodie s were exhumed and reburie din a lo t locate d in th e pre se n tMound Ceme te ry . Mound Cemete ry was plo t ted in 1857 by th e

owne r, John Coon of Chicago , amin is te r . A descendan t of Mr .Coon , said to b e h is grandson , i sp re sen t ly se rv ing as a min i ste r inDe ca tur . Fi rs t in te rmen t inMound Ceme te ry is sa id to haveb een Joseph Madkins . Mound C eme te ry cons i sts of 15 acre s .Adjacen t to Mound Ceme te ry on

t h e we s t i s Calvary Ceme te ry, burial p lace of Pana ’s Catho l i c dead .

This p lo t cove rs 5 acre s . Th e

ceme te ry was fi rs t known as S t .Patrick ’s Ceme te ry bu t in l a te ryears ( exac t da te no t known )changed to Calvary . T h e ceme

tery i s owned and supe rv ise d bySt . Patrick ’s Roman Cathol i cChurch . El len Burke , wi fe ofJame s DeLane , who d ie d Oc t . 15 ,

1865 , was t h e f i rs t i n te rred the re .

During these early days S t .Patr ick ’s was used by Catho l icre siden ts of both Nokomis andSh e lbyv i l le .

In th e pionee r days of Pana t h eburial rou te from t h e ci ty took

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afte rnoon and even ing . It was

b le ssed th e same day fol lowingMas s a t a.m . by BishopO '

c onno r of Springfie ld .

T h e anne x has raised t h e bed

capac i ty of Hube r Memorial from40 to 94 , many pa t ie n t rooms be inglarge enough to accommodate 2

beds whe n nece ssary .

A be au t i fu l add i t ion to t h e tre ecove re d lawn of Hube r Memorialhospi tal i s t h e shrine of t h e

Immacu late Conce pt ion,loc ated on

th e sou theas t corne r of t h e

grounds .

This shrine was in i t ia ted throught h e e fforts of S is te r Bonaven tu re .

and comple t ed on Apr . 26 . 1938 ,by

fri ends on t h e hospi tal s taff in

ce lebra t ion of t h e Siste r ‘s si lve rann ive rsary .

T h e sh rine is pat te rned in agro t to fash ion . A port ion o f t h erocks used , amoun t ing to one ton ,

we re transpo rted from t h e Ozarksby th e fa the r of a nu rse then on

th e hospi tal staff .

t h e proce ss ion we s t on Seven ths tre e t to t h e road borde ring t h e

we s t side of Calvary whenc e i ttu rned to righ t and proceded to anen trance to Mound Ceme te ry runn ing eas t along th e sou the rn borde r of th e Calvary Ceme te ry .

T h e bu ri a l rou te has change d.

bu t t h e s t rip of land used as aroad in to Mound i s s t i l l owned byt h e ceme te ry assoc ia t ion . Fol lowing t h e paving of t h e h ighwa ywe s t of t h e c i ty, fune ral d i rec torsused t h e new pavemen t to re acht h e buri a l grounds .

Al l was no t we l l a long th isrou te at t ime s , as t rains , be lchi ngsmoke and c inde rs , frigh tened th ehorses of t h e proce ssion , some

t ime s th rowing matte rs in to as tate of con fus ion . Th e age of t h egasol i ne engine e l im ina ted th isd isadvan tage .

T h e th i rd ceme te ry of Pana ,

Linwood , l ie s one mi le to t h e easto f Pana and was organ ize d in1867 . T h e p lo t cove rs 20 ac re s .

Stand ing in t h e ceme te ry are th e

impre ssive mausoleum of t h e P en

we l l fami ly and t h e Civ i l Wa rVe te rans bronze and gran i te monumen t e re c te d th rough popular subscri pt ion and supplemen ted bydonations of J . W . Ki tche l l andW . E . Hayward .

Among pionee r ceme te rie s inth i s v ic in ity i s t h e plo t of t h eCombe s t fami ly , loca ted 4 mil e ssouth of Pana along t h e right - ofway of t h e I l l ino is Cen tra l Rai lroad . It i s said that many of t h ebui lde rs o f th is road are bu ried inth is fami ly ceme te ry .

In t h e l i t t le plot , unt i l ve ry re

cent ly cared fo r by membe rs of

Final b ids for t h e proposed an

h ex we re re ce i ved and awarded tot h e W . H . Frank l in Co . ,

Springfie ld , gene ra l con trac t ,Indus trial El ec t ri c Shop

,Deca tu r,

e le c tr ica l , he at ing and

plumb ing, Pana Plumb ing Supply ,

T h e 3 con trac ts to ta ledwi th a 350-

'day comple t ion c lause .

T h e new s truc tu re was to be

44x125 fe e t , baseme n t and 3 floorst o j o in th e o ld hospi tal wi th Vi l laS t . John .

T h e baseme n t of t h e annexhouse s t h e k i tche n and din ingrooms ; l st floor , pat ien t ro mn s

2nd i s de vo te d to ch ron i cs andpedia tri c s ( chi ldren ’s d i sease s ,

and t h e 3rd i s a comple te lymode rn mate rn i ty departmen t .a lso con tain ing r ooms for surge rypat ie n ts .

Afte r 21 months of work t h e

annex was offi c ia l ly ope ne d Sunday , Oc t . 2 , 1955, approximate ly1500 people vi si t ing du ring t h e

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t h e rai l road ’s main tenance c rew ,

are a total -of 6 marked graves,and

5 unm ark ed .

Readab le s tone s con ta in t h e

name s of Nancy Combes t , whodie d Oct . 20, 1851 , - at t h e age of39 years , 6 months , and 16 days ,Jame s Comb est , who die d F eb . 15 ,

1866 , age 62 - ye ars , one month , 9days and Mat h ias Combest , ag e

unk nown , who died Nov . 26 , 1866 .

Mrs . Tom Woods , now l iv ing 4

mi le s sou thwe st of Pan a , i s a de scendan t of th e Combe s t fam i ly .

Th e Civ il War

T h e f i rs t of t h ese , th e Civ i l W ar ,

known be t te r as t h e “war amongt h e State s ," b egan in 1861 andlasted 4 ye ars . Thre e mi l l i ontroops we re engaged in th i s war .Of t h is tota l , we re m em

b ers of t h e Confede ra te army , t h e

remainde r be ing Union t r00 ps .

Chri st ian coun ty was repre sen tcd i n t h e fol lowing Army companie s: 14th I l l i no i s Volun tee r Infant ry , Company H ; 33rd Il l inoi sVolun te e r Infan t ry , Company D ;4 l st Il l i no is Volunt ee r Infant ry ,

Compan ie s G and I ; 59t h I l l ino i sVolun tee r Infan t ry , Compan ie s F ,

H and K ; 62nd I l l ino i s Volun te e rInfant ry , Compan ie s G ( one so ldie r ) and H ; 634t h I l l i no is Vol u nte e r Infant ry , Compan ie s C and

D ; 1 l 5th I l l i no i s Volun tee r Infantry (whi ch was part of th eIron Brigade ) Compan ie s A andE ; . 124 th I l l ino i s Volunte e r In

fant ry , Companie s C ( one sold ie r'

)and K ; l 3oth Il l i no i s Volun tee r Infant ry , Compan ie s A and D ; 3rdI l l ino i s Cavalry , Company M ; 5t hI l l ino i s Caval ry

,Compan ie s A , B ,

and M ; 6 th Il l i no i s Caval ry , u m

ass igned re cru i t s ; 7t h I l l in oi sCaval ry , Company H ; 8t h I l l i noisCavalry , Company M ; l ot h I l l ino i sCaval ry , Compan ie s A ,

G , L , and

M ; 11t h I l l i n oi s Caval ry , CompanyE ; 14t h Il l in oi s Cavalry , CompanyE ; . l st I l l i no i s Ar ti l le ry, Bat te ryD ; 2md Il l i no is Art i l le ry , Bat ter ie sB , C , F , K , and M .

Among Pana c i t izens se rv ing atthat t im e we re Dr . Jacob Hube r ,J . C . McQu igg, Napole on B . Chalfant , Gab rie l C . But ts , Samue l F .

Winte rs , Charle s Wal te r Sib ley ,

Cyrus Rayh i l l , Capt . John W .

Kit che l l , August Trumpe r, T . W .

Marl ing, Newton Porte r, Danie lLyt le , G . M . Ludwort h , Wm . M .

Baldwin , Wm . M . Warre n , DavidE . Thomas

,P . G . Galv in , and A .

P . S tove r .

Th e Spanish -Am er ican War

T h e Span ish - Ame ri can war b e

gan Apr . 21 , 1898 , and con t inue dto Aug . 12 of t h e same ye ar whe nhost i l i t ie s we re st opped . Taken

T h e Combest fam i ly farme deas t of t h e I l l i no i s Cen tral t racks;T h e

' re ason , supposedly , forburying m embe rs of t h e con

s truc t ion gang in t h e fam i ly plo ti s that at t h e t ime of cons tru c t iont h i s v ic in i ty was swampy and we t ,

d ise as e was prevalen t and manyworke rs d ied . T h e Combe s t p lo twas probab ly t h e on ly markedburial spo t for m i le s .

Also loca ted approx imat e ly 4

mi le s sou the ast of Pana be h ind t h eJoe Denton farm is th e Connor

Wor ld War I

World War I broke ou t Apr . 17 ,

1917 , and th e l as t shot s we re f iredNov . 1 1 , 1918 . To t h is conf l ic t

,

probably th e f irs t war in t h e worldb ased on th e sc ient if ic exterm inat ion of man wit h th e u se of t h etank and dre aded gase s , t h e c i tyof Pana con tr ibu ted 426 youngm en , 10 of t h i s t o tal dy ing in t h e

se rv i ce o f the i r coun t ry .

In honor of those who gavemuch and in memory of those who

'ceme te ry ,

‘ a ne ighborhood plo t ,si tu ated on ground fo rm e r ly owrr

ed by Wi l l i am Pryce , pionee r ,Jus t ice of th e Pe ace , f i rst t axco l le ct o r, e tc . , in th i s area .

I t i s primar i ly a fami ly p lo t bu twas repu te dly use d by n e ighbors .

I t de rived i ts name from t h e fac tthat afte r an epidemic of cho le ra ,t h e f i rs t t o b e burie d in t h i s p lo twe re memb e rs o f t h e Connorfam ily . The re are more than 100

grave s in t h e ceme te ry . I t i s notpossib le to reach t h e plo t by road .

Wor ld War II

Wit h t h e sneak at t ack on Pe arlHarbor , D ec . 7 , 1941 , by t h e

Japane se , t h e coun try was againinvo lve d in war . No actu al record of personne l se rv i ng duringth is t ime i s avai l ab le ; howeve r , acoun t take n from a pub l ic at ionsponsored by t h e Amer i c an LegionAuxi l i ary Un i t 168 fo l lowing WWII , cont ai ni ng pic ture s and dat aon m en and wome n of t h e are awho se rve d

,tota ls 529 . Of t hi s

numbe r , 487 we re m en, 19 women .

and 19 we re “gold s tar boys .

Th e Korean IncidentAgain in 1951 t h e Kore anpol i c ing ac t ion sen t Pan a boysto war, som e re tu rn ing home ,

o the rs le ss fo rt una te now int e rredin fore ign so i l .

m-

m-erce

from t h e Rol l o f Honored D e

ce ase d Ex - Se rv ice M en and W 0

m en ih I l l ino i s " are 3 name s ofve te rans now inte rred in Panacem e te r ie s . In Linwood ceme te ryl ie Chas . C . Brown and a Mr .

Johnson , who se rved wit h t h e U .

S . S igna l Se rv ice . Buried inMound cem e te ry is P vt . Calv in A .

Ne ff , a membe r o f th e 13t h CoastArt i l lery , who die d in June of1926 . Sam Wi lhe lm

,pre se n t ly

l iv ing on We s t S ixt h st re e t , i s aNaval v e te ran of th is c ampaign .

having trave led via convoy wi tht h e f i rs t t orpedo flee t to mak e at rans - At l ant ic c rossing . Othe rswho se rve d we re A . S . Fogle r,Cass Canaan , Roy Smit h , Rob t .

Hat ton , Owen Crosby and Wal tRob e rt s .

T h e pre sen t Pana Chambe r ofComme rce was organized Oct . 7 .

1943 , with a charte r membe rsh ipof 15 . In corporators we re NoraMolz . Bruce Pe nwe l l and J . A .

Clark .

Mr . Clark was th e f i rs t pre siden t of th e Chamb er of Comme rceand Nora

.

Molz se rved as se c ret ary . Direc tors we re : J . A . Clark ,

Br-u ce Pe nwe l l , O . H . Brown ,- Rex

H . S e i le r , Ewald Siege rt , NickTongate .

T h e purpose of t h e o rgani zat ioni s promot ing c ivi c we l fare . Atpre sent 1 12 membe rs make up t h eorgan izat ion 's roste r .

gave al l in th e Great World Warconfl ict , re ads t h e i n sc ript ion ont h e monumen t e re c ted in Ki t che l lPark for t h e m en who se rved during World War I . Those ki l ledwe re : Forre s t Goffi ne t , Home rMize ( fi rs t Pana ov e rseas fat ali ty ) , He rman Bruns , Michae lS e rock ey , John McDonald,

Be rnard T . Beye rs , Arthu r 0 . T u rne r,Joseph Kow lowsky , John Mer lKerr ( f i rst Pan a m an k i l led St ates id e ) , and Edward Vi rden .

Pre se n t office rs are : Jam e sStumpf , pre siden t ; Reynold Alde ,

vice - pre s iden t ; Clara E . Frankenfe ld , sec re tary .

Wilbu r Kuhn , Leonard Sou thwe l l , John Ruh l , Frank D u ch aney ,

Russe l l Carrol l , Ge rald S e rm er

sh e im and Be rt W'

. De e re se rve ont h e board .

T h e Cham b e r “ of Commerce waspre cede d in e arl ie r ye ars by nobody- rememb e rs - how -many uni ncorporated bus ine ss and profes

sional people ’s assoc i at ions . Th e

l ast to sprou t , b loom , fade and diebe fore t h e Cham be r entered

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t h e

s cene was t h e Pana Boost e rs Club .

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From t h e days of t h e c oal o i ll amps

,o i l for wh ich was furn ishe d

by A ce Cheney , who made h isrounds abou t t h e c i ty fi l l i ng oi lcans

,Pan a has be come comple te ly

mod e rn ize d e le c t ric al ly throught h e Ce ntral I l l i noi s P ub l i c Se rv ic eCompany .

T h e f i rst office of th e CIP S ,

which took ove r th e task offurni sh ing e le c tri c l ight and powe rfor t h e c i ty in 1912 , and la te r , in1917 , th e con trol of gas, was located on th e s i te of t h e pre sen tsub - s tat ion on Oak st ree t .At t hat t ime 3 worke rs took

c are of mai nte nance . Today t h e

tot al o f mainte nance pe rsonne ls tands at 21 , wit h add i t ional he lpadde d during t h e summe r .Rob ert Rol lo , d iv i s ion su perin

te nden t and gene ra l manage r oft h e loc al plant , who las t monthcomple ted 44 ye ars of se rv i ce wit ht h e company

,remembers that

whe n t h e C IP S took ove r , 90% ofth e c i ty st ood wi thou t e le ct ri c i ty .

Rollo says t h e o ld p lan t d id notgene rate dur ing th e day , on ly a tn igh t . This seems st range ,

h e

said, e xce pt whe n you t h ink back

and remembe r the re we re noe le c tri cal appl i ance s t o u se e l e ctr i

c i ty in t hose days .St re e t l igh t s in t h e good old

days" we re placed at approxi

mate ly 5 - b lock in te rvals . T h e

e aste rn port ion of t h e c i ty, t henth e more e l i te , was t h e f irs t tore ce ive e le c t ric i t y .

In compari son , du ring t h e earlys tage s of e le ct r i c i ty in Pana t h e

t ask of reading m e te rs took ap

proximate l y 2 days . This taskhas grown to cove r a pe riod of 30days pre se nt ly .

Th e pre se n t C IP S bu i ld ing onLocus t stre e t was bu i l t in 1930.

Powe r for Pana i s furn i she dfrom st at ion s at Me redosi a , Hutonvi l le ,

Grand Towe r and Joppa .

Prior to t h e GIPS , Pana’s f irste le ct r ic powe r and gas we re furnish ed as fo l lows :T h e Pana Mode rn Ele ct ri c

Light,Powe r S t re e t Rai lway

Company was inco rporated in1885 . Th e t ot al cos t of t h e plan tat t hat t ime was In

1896 , a new company was or

ganized unde r t h e t i t le Consume rsEle c tr i c Light Company . Thiscompany cons truc ted a smal l al

t e rnat ing curren t p lant whi ch waslocate d in t h e o ld Pana Coal Co .

mine .

Afte r 2 ye ars of ope rat ion , SamJohns , own e r of t h e o rigi nal plan tacqu i re d th e propert y of t h e Con

sume rs p lan t and consol idatedthem .

T h e fol lowing ye ar t h e e le c t ric

Th e s taff of th e Pana Pos t O ff i ce cons i s ts of 23 m en.

Also offe red by th e postal serv i ce i s th e Postal Sav ings sys tem .

At pre sen t th e l oca l pos t offi ce h as885 de pos i tors whose Postal Savi ngs to tal a mi l l ion and one -

qdar

t e r dol l ars .

u ti l i t y in Pana was so ld to th e

St andard Boi le r Company of Ch ic ago , bu t fai lu re to carry ou t t h ete rms of th e sale caused th e

prope r ty to reve r t to Johns in1901 , at wh ich t im e Robe r t Johnsbe came local manage r . Abou t1904 , t h e Nat iona l Ligh t , HeatPowe r Company acqu i red t h e

Pan a prope rty and ope rated i tunde r t h e nam e of t h e Pan a GasEle c tric Company al though gasse rv i ce had not ye t bee n e stabl ish ed.

T h e GIPS purchase d t h e PanaGas and Elec tr i c Company property i n 1912 and cont inued toope rate th e Pana gene ra ting plan tunt i l 1916 , at which t ime a t ransm issi on l ine was bu i l t t o ot he rpowe r sou rce s and ope rat ion oft h e loc al p lan t was di sc on t inued .

Gas was suppl ied by t h e Pe ople sGas Company of Pana , which wasorgan ized in 1911 and i ncorporate dMay 22 , 1912 . T h e organ ize rs , a

A far cry today from t h e f i rs tc rude ly e re c ted post o ffi ce in t h isvi c in i ty on Stone Coal Cre e k is th egove rnmen t mai l house now se rving t h e c i ty of Pana.

Pana's pos t office on t h e corne rof Fourth and Locust stree t s wase re ct e d during t h e ye ars 1910- 12

at a cos t of I t was se

cure d th rough t h e e ffo rt s of Congre ssman B en Caldwe l l and ex

Congr e ssman Jame s M . Grahamalong wi th a gr oup of int e re s tedc i t izens .

T h e pre sen t bu i ld ing was cc

cu p ied on Se pt . 14 , 1912 . W . H .

Alexande r was pos tmaste r .Milan S . Be ckw it h , one of t h efath ers of t h e c i ty of Pana , wasth e f i rs t pos tmaste r in th i s are a .

His post offi ce was se t up on CoalCre ek to th e sou th of Pana, i n1854 . With t h e c oming of t h e

rai l roads Be ckwit h move d to Panawhe re h e engaged in bus in e ss tobecome not only fi rs t postmaste r oft h e c i ty bu t one of t h e f i rs t m er

ch ant s .

In l ate r ye ars , pr ior to occupying th e new bu i ldi ng , t h e pos t off i ce was locat ed a few doors we stof t h e corne r of Se cond and Locustst ree t s on t h e north s ide .

In a Ce ntenn ial addre ss c e lebrat ing Independence Day in 1876 ,

J . E . Sout hwick s tated , “T h e post

office busine ss i s truly as ton ish ing .

T h e numb e r of le t te rs forwardedannual ly from t h e office i s ove r

According to pre sen t Postmaste rCharle s “Chick " Turvey in h is annual report

,t h e loca l post o ffi ce ,

group of local c i t ize ns,we re : T . J .

Vidle r, pres iden t and man age r ; T .

A . Cut le r, Dr . F . J . Ebe rspache r.and G . A . VV i t tm ann, membe rs oft h e board .T h e p lan t was locate d on t h e

B& O rai lway tracks b e twe en Al lenand Hicko ry , Wash ington and

Fron t st re e ts . T h e equ ipmen tcons i ste d of Tinney Wate r Gamach ine s i nstal led bv Mr . Tinneyh imse l f . T h e sys tem was pu t inope rat ion in July , 1912 , and se rvedapproximate ly 150 cu stome rs .

This sys tem con t inued t o prospe rand e xpand un t i l 1917 . be ing ao

qui red by t h e GIPS in Ju ly of thatye ar . In Ju ly 1932 , n atural gaswas in t roduced to t h e c i t iz enry ofPana .

In 1929 t h e original plan t b ecam e i n ade quate t o supply th e ihc re asing demand and a t ransm ission mai n was laid to Taylorv i l le , t h e supply thereaf te r com ingfrom t h e Taylorv i l le plan t .

dur ing 1955, hand ledp ie c e s of ou tgo ing mai l .Mai l for t h e c it izens wi th in t h e

c i ty of Pana is de l i vered on 4

regu lar rou te s and one auxi l i arywh ich was adde d in re ce n t year sdu e t o t h e bu i ld ing of new add it ion s t o t h e c i ty . Accord ing topost offi ce off i c i al s a 100% mai lcove rage of th e c i ty of Pana me ansa di st an ce of 95 to 98 mile s wal kedby carrie rs . A parce l pos t rou tei s t rucked through t h e c i ty .

Rural Fre e De l ive ry se rv i ce tofami l ie s of Pana's out lyi ng areas i smade up of 4 routes t otal ing 186

mile s . Mai l i s de l i ve re d to 235

patrons comp ris ing 669 fami l ie s .

Rural mai l f rom t h e Pana postof fice i s de l ive red approx imate ly 8m ile s t o th e nort h , 7 mi le s to th esou th , 3 miles east , and we s t t o t h eend of th e Be ar Creek Road . Aspec ial se rv ice furn i she d patrons ofPana's ru ral rou te s i s t h e hand l ing,

by carr ie rs,of s tamps and money

orde rs , e l im inat ing unne ce ssarytrips t o th e c i ty .

Spec i al de l i ve ry se rv ice t h rou ghou t th e c i ty guaran tee s tha t any

package arri vi ng at th e p os t of

fi ce b e twee n t h e hours of e .m .

and p m . wi l l b e de l ive red tot h e addressee wi th i n a p eri od of

Jam es Vincent SheeanPe rhaps , t h e mos t famous na t ive

son of Pana i s James Vincen tSheean , noted jou rna l i s t and ao

thor . Sheean was born in Pana ,t h e son of Wi l l i am and Susan(MaeDe rm ot t ) Sheean on Dec . 5 .

1899 .

He at tended t h e Un ive rsi ty o fChicago whe n h e was 17 and wasde scribed as fol lows :He was

‘Jimmy' Shee an in thosedays , red hai red , freck led , and

rumor says ‘

t h e darl ing of th e

campus .

’ His f i rs t newspape r ex

perience was on th e col lege dai lyMaroon .

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Afte r 3 14 years of c ol lege Sheean ’s mothe r d ied and Vincen thad ne i the r t h e funds nor th e wil lto con t inue h i s e duca t ion . He thentook a job on t h e Chicago Dai lyNews and was fi red 2 o r 3 weekslate r . From th e edi tor's offi ceShee an wen t di re c tly to t h e rai lroad s tat ion and departed fo r New

York wi th “ no baggage and no tmuch more money . For a t imeh e worked on th e New York Dai lyNews . In New York h e

“ learnedth e formul as of th e t rade sa ta t th e fee t of various rad ic al si n Gree nw ich v i l l age go td run k in smal l b ars and l aboredto b ecome soph i st ic ated .

!

In t h e spring of 1922 h e wen tto Paris and in th e au tumn on anexcu rsion to Italy became fore i gnco rre sponde n t for th e Chi cagoTribune . Afte r much trave l on

t h e con t ine n t She ean landed in

1924 in Morocco , whe re h e re porte dt h e Ri f rebe l l i on . He was t h e onlyfore ign corresponden t to ob ta in an

i n te rvi ew wi th Abd e l - Krim , Ri fleade r . Thi s adven tu re h e cove redin h i s book An Ame ri canA mongt h e Riffi .She ean was married in 1935 to

Di ana Forb e s Rob e rtson,daugh te r

o f gre a t Engl i sh ac tor S i r Johns ton . Mrs . Shee an sh ared manyadven tu re s w i th h er husband . S h e

i s al so an au thor, co- edi to r wi thRoge r W . S t raus of “War Le t te rsfrom Bri tai n , “

T h e Bat t le ofWate rloo Road .

Shee an i s st i l l cal le d J immyby h is friends , i s a sol id 6 ft ., 2 i h . ,

and l ike s no thing be t te r th an di scu ssion excep t an argume n t .A mong Sh e ean

’

s works are t h e

Anatomy of Vir tue , h i s f irs tnove l , wri t te n in 1927,

“Gog andMagog, a story of Communis tRuss i a—1930, and de scr ibed as“ havi ng Sheean ve rve and r ic hne ssof po l i t i cal background bu t de f ic ien t in charac te r bu i ld ing and

story i n te rest . !H e wrote “Th e Tide in 1933

and th is e ffort was re ce i ve d wi th

cordi a l ca lm as a though t - provoking sa t i re on me thods of mode rnj ou rnal i sm .

"

She e an was de sc ribe d by a no tedcolumnist friend Doro thy T h om pson as a man who in anothe r age

wou ld have be en a great poe t,and

be s t of t h e fo re ign corresponde n t s .Sheean i s be s t known for h is

wri t ing of Pe rsonal His tory ,

" in1935 .

A . J . Bu tch NowackOne of t h e mos t famous Pana

names in th e sportsworld i s tha to f Albe r t J .

“Butch " Nowack,fo r

m e r we s t - s ide boy, s tar h igh schoo la th le te and Al l - Ame ri can foo tbal lp laye r .Nowack graduated from Was h

ington grade schoo l , P THS in 1925,

and th e Unive rs i ty of Il l ino is in

1929.

An Al l - Ame ri can h is sen ior yeara t t h e U of I , “Butch c aptainedt h e I l l ini and was se le c ted as .de

fe nsive cap tai n of t h e All - Eastteam that ye ar, p lay ing in t h e annual Shrin e game at San Franc isco . H e was coached by t h e

famous Bob Zu ppk e .

Fol lowing hi s col lege footba l lcareer , h e coached a t Cle ary College in Ypsi l ant i , Mich , then wasa l ine coach a t Ind iana Uni ve rs i tyunde r He ad Coach “Bo " McMi l len

for a year , and then was e ngagedas head foo tbal l coach a t t h e bigLasal le - Pe ru . I l l . , h igh schoo l ,whe re h e fash ioned a remarkab lere co rd un t i l h is de ath Sept . 28,

1952 .

Nowack was born Aug . 6 , 1904 .

John Zw inakJohn Zw inak , comme rc i al ar t i s t

and forme r Pana re s iden t , wasborn in th i s c i ty Ju ly 8 , 1901 . He

rece ived h i s early e duc at ion in th e

Sac red Heart parochia l schoo l andPana H igh School .I t i s sai d h e did much ar t work

in local school s .During h is caree r Zw inak se rved

one ye ar as art edi to r of Go odHouseke ep ing, working wi th Her

be r t and Maye s . At th e t ime ofh i s de ath at t h e age of 47 on May22 , 1947, h e was wi th Kudne r A dver t ising Agency , New York Ci ty ,N . Y .

During 18 years of h i s care e rh e had b ee n on th e s taffs o f WardWhe e l ock and Young Rub ica mas we l l as Hudne r .Afte r leaving Pana h e at tended

art sc hoo l s in C i nc innat i,Ch icago

,

and New York .

Re l at ive s of Zw inak , i nc lud ingh i s mo ther , Mrs . Anna Zwinak

of 401 Eas t Fi rs t s tree t , s t i l l reside here .

Leonar d Cru ne l leLe ona rd C ru ne l le , forme r Pana

re s id en t , l a te r famous for h isscu lptu re , was born in Le ns Pasde - Ca lai s, Franc e , on July 8 , 1872 ,

t h e son of Albe ri c and Mar ie

( S trady ) Grume l le .

H e was a pupi l o f Lorado Taft,

renowned scu lp to r, and at tended

th e Art Inst i tu te ,Chicago . Dur

ing hi s time in Pana C rune l le

worked in t h e mine s and i s saidto have begun h is profession shaping s tone and coal .In Septembe r o f 1893 h e mar

rie d Augusta Wau gh op of Washing ton He ights , Chicago . T h e

couple had 6 chi ld ren , Margue ri te ,

Jean W . , Lawrence D .,Luci l le

,

Le onard and Al i ce Yvonne .

C ru ne l l e’

s most no ted workswe re a s tatue of Gove rnor RichardOgle sby of I l l inoi s , wh ich i s inLincoln Park , Chicago , and a s tat u e of Gove rnor Joh n M . Palm e r

,

also of Il l inoi s , now s tand ing in

Springfie ld .

C ru ne l le made his home in Chicago .

Flor ian ZabachFlori an Zabach , vio l in is t , whose

copies of “Ho t Canary " have gon eove r th e mi l l ion .mark in sale s , i sPana 's foremost represen ta tive inth e f ie ld of en te rtainmen t .Zabach was born in Pana in

1918, th e son of Florian , a mine r,and Anna Zabach , Austrian immigran ts . T h e Zabach s fi rst c ame

to Ch icago , the n to Pana , th e e lde rZabach find ing employmen t in t h emine s . Whe n Florian was 3

mon ths old th e fam ily moved backto Chi cago .

Zabach began vio l in tra in ing a tt h e age of 8 unde r Eduard Dorazi land was h i s pupi l for 8 years .

He was known as a ch i ld prod igy at t h e ag e o f 12 when h e madehi s musi cal debu t as a conce r tviol in i s t . He con t inu ed in t h e

conce rt f ie ld tou ring t h e US andEurope , un ti l World War II . Atth e age of 15 , h e gue s t - starred atth e Chi cago World 's Fai r in 1933 .

In 1936 h e wen t on a so lo tou r ofEuropean capi tal s . For 2 yearsbe fore j oin ing t h e army , h e wasa v io lin so lo is t wi th t h e orches traso f Roy Shi e l ds and Pe rcy Fa ith ,

on th e NBC ne twork .

Zabach re ce i ve d h i s b reak inshow busine ss whe n in 1950 h e

won an appearanc e on ArthurGodfrey ’s “ Tale n t Scou ts . Hispe rfo rmance s on t hi s program led

to more con trac ts and offe rs .

Zabach v is i ted Pana , whi le play .

ing in th is v ic in i ty a t th e LakeClub in Springfie ld , in Novembe rof 1955 .

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Jesse M . DonaldsonJesse M . Donal dson , be l ieved to

b e t h e on ly post al c are e r man eve rto be come Postmaste r Gene ra l oft h e Unite d St ate s , and who asholde r o f t hat appoin tmen t probab ly rose h ighe r in t h e gove rnme n t se rvi ce than any ot he rn at ive of th i s communit y

,was

born on a farm sout h of OconeeAug . 17, 1885 .

He re ce i ved h i s e arly educat i onin th e Ocone e schoo ls and aNormal schoo l at S he lbyv i l le , tookbookkee ping, banking and stenography cou rses in bus ine ss col lege ,

and grounded h imse l f in l aw .

He taugh t schoo l for 4 ye ars inShe lby , Faye t te and Chri st iancoun t ie s , and during summe r va

cat ions ope rate d a 4th c l ass pos toffi ce at Hanson . Consecu t ive lyh e be cam e a le t te r carrie r inShe lbyv i l l e ,

post al c le rk and supe rv i sor at Muskoge e , Okla . ,

postalinsp ec tor at Kansas Ci ty , ln

spe ct or at Chat tanooga,deputy

2nd ass i st an t postmaste r ge ne ra lin Wash ington , deputy 1st ass i stan t , ch ie f post o ffi ce i nspe c tor ,and on Ju ly 5 , 1945 , l st assis tan tpostmaste r general .In Novemb e r , 1947, upon t h e

re s ignat ion of Postmaste r Gene ralHannegan of St . Lo u i s , Pre side n tTruman move d up Donaldson , whose rve d unt i l afte r t h e po l i t icalchangeove r in 1952 .

Donaldson , now re t i red,

con

t inu es to l ive in Wash ington . He

i s a Democrat , a Me thod ist and aMason . H e s t i l l has n um e rousfrie nds and re l at ive s in t h i s commun i ty , and ofte n re t urns to vi si t .

Employee s of t h e first pos t o ffice in th e ci ty of

Pana are sh own in an inform al pose , abou t 1898.

Pic tu re was taken whe n m ai l de li ve ry was firsti naugu rate d in P ana . Th e post office is th e ol d

Sch li e rbac h bu i lding on th e corne r of Se cond an

Locust stree ts.

Le ft to righ t : 8 ea Bu tts, cle rk ; Char lesMosh e r, le tt e r carrie r ; Lawrence Conne r, le t te r car

r ie r ; Cha rles Mil l e r, le t te r carrier ; Gab rie l Bu tts .

postm as te r ; El la Hu nte r , cle rk ; F reem an Bu tts, as .

sistannt postm aste r ; Ow en Crosby, le tt e r carr ie r.

P h oto from F reem an Bu t ts’ col l ec tion.

Jesse Gu rney V incentColone l Je sse Gurney Vince nt ,

re t i red e xe cu t ive vice - pre sid en t ofth e Packard Moto r Company

,was

t h e -son of'

Joseph M . and Ne l l ie(Gurney ) Vincen t, born in Charl es ton , Ark . , on F eb . 10, 1880,

andbe twe e n th e age s of 5 and 17

years , h e l ive d on a fa rm 7 mi le ssou thwe s t of Pana . His unc le

,J .

O . Gurney , was superi n tenden t ofth e B& O Rai l road shops and J . O .

Gurney’s fathe r, also conne c te dwi th t h e rai l road , surveyed andwas act ive in t h e bu i lding of t h eD&O Sou thwe ste rn Rai l road .

Vincen t was inte re ste d in m e

ch anics and at t h e age of 14 hada b lacksm i th shop , equ ipped byh imse l f , whe re h e repai re d farmmach ine ry .

From 1897 to 1910, when h e

j oine d t h e Packard Motor CarCompany, h e was employed by t h efo l lowing vari ous me chan ical or

ganizat ions : Uni ve rsal AddingMach ine Company , where h e wase ngaged in t h e deve lopmen t oft h e adding mach ine ; BurroughsAdding Mach ine Company

,whe re

h e was t h e supe rin te nden t of invent ions and also deve loped t h e

duplex adding mach ine fo r t ria lbalance s ; th e Hudson Motor CarCompany as ch ie f engine e r .Commissioned as a Major of th e

US Signal Corps when h e e n te redt h e Army in 1917 , h e was soonpromoted in August of t h e sameye ar, to Lieu te nant Colone l . He

had a le ad ing par t in t h e de s ignof t h e Libe rty Motor and bu i l t t h eexpe rime n tal s tation at Mcc ookFie ld , Dayton . On Nov . 16 , 1918 ,

_

h e be cam e a membe r of t h e jo in tArmy and Navy Te chn ical Board .

He re ce ived t h e hi ghe s t honor tobe given in h i s profe ssion

,th at of

be i ng pre siden t of t h e Soc ie ty ofAutomot ive E nginee rs .

Vincen t , a de signe r , Sportsmanand rac ing e n thusi as t , was a se lft augh t man . He s tudied in ni gh tschool s and also took a home

cou rse from t h e corre spondenceschoo ls . He re ce i ved th e degreeof Maste r of Enginee ring in 1929 ,

one of t h e h ighes t honors t o b e

given , at th e Un ive rs i ty of Michigan .

He re t i re d j us t a few years ago .

Gare t GarrettGare t ( chri s tene d Edward P e t

e r ) Garre t t was born in Pana F eb .

19 , 1878, and be cam e an eminen te conomis t and j ournal i s t .Be tween 1903 and 1913, h e was

a financ ial wri te r for seve ral New

York Ci ty newspape rs ; h e wasedi tor of th e New York TimesAnnal is t f rom 1912 to 1914 and

ass i st an t edi to r o f th e New YorkTribune from 1916 to 1919. He

de vo ted himse l f for some years towri t ing essays and books, deal ingch ie fly w i th po l i t i cal and economicsubje c ts .From 1940 to 1942 , h e was chi e f

e di tor i al wri te r for th e S a turdayEven ing Post and in 1944 bec ameedi tor of th e pe riod ic al A mer ic anAffai rs . Among h is wri t ings are :

Whe re t h e Money GrowsHarangu e Th e Bubb le ThatBroke th e Worl d ( 1932 ) and Th eRevolu t ion Was

Thom as Henry CarterThomas Hen ry Carte r was born

Oc t . 30, 1854 , in Ohio , and in h i sfi fth year came with t h e fami ly toPana , whe re h e at tended t h e publ i c schools . He was employed a tfarm ing, rai l road ing and te ach ingstud ied law , was admi t ted to t h e

Bar and moved to He lena , Mon tin 1882 to prac t ice .

A Re pub l i can , h e was th e l as tTe rr i tori al De legate t o Congre ssfrom t h e Idaho Te rr i to ry and t h efi rs t Repre sen ta t ive from th e new

Sta te . He was commissione r o ft h e Gene ra l Land Offi ce 1891 - 2 ,

and in 1895 was e le cted Uni tedS ta te s Se nato r for t h e te rm end ing1901 . He was chai rman of th eRepub l ic an Nat ional Commi ttee1892 - 1896 .

Dr . C . R . Bob WeberDr . Charle s Robe r t Webe r, R e

se arch Assoc iate Profe ssor, IowaAgricu l tu ral Exp e riment S tat ion ,Iowa S tate Col lege

,at A mes , i s a

fo rm e r Pana boy, now w ide lyknown th roughou t t h e Uni tedS tate s and many fo re ign coun tr ie sfo r h i s research and expe rimen tswi th soybe ans . He i s p ro fe ssionally known as a crop breede r . !H e was born July 18 , 1914, t h e

fourth of 5 ch i ld ren of Mr . and Mrs .

Carl Webe r, on a farm locatedabou t 3 15 mi le s sou thwe s t o f Pana .

He re ce i ve d h is early educ at ion a tProgre ss School and i s a graduateo f Pana High School . Webe rl ate r e n te red t h e Un ive rs i ty ofIl l inoi s whe re h e majored in Agricul ture and re ce ived h is Maste r ’sdegree in 1941 . H e rece ived hi sDoc tor’s de gree f rom Iowa Sta tein June of 1948 . Webe r i s knownfor t h e deve lopmen t of th e Hawkeye and Blackhawk soybeans , andalso worke d wi th th e Lincoln varie ty .

Weber was married in t h e Li t tleBrown .Chu rch at Nashua, Iowa,on June 27 , 1951 , to Mi ss Margare tJane Ogi lv ie of Ed inbu rgh , Scotland .

In hi s e arl ie r ye ars afte r le av inghigh schoo l Dr . Webe r worked fo rsome t im e in t h e A -m l ing Gree nhouse s and farmed wi th h i sfathe r, Carl .

John Joseph Du dra.T h e l as t m embe r of Pana ’s base

bal l hal l of f ame known to playmaj o r leagu e bal l i s John JosephD u dra ,

born in Assumpt ion in 1916

and re ared i n Pana .

Du dra broke i n to profe ssiona lbasebal l wi th Owensboro

,Ky . , a

Class “D " Club , in 1938.

T h e next year h e was cal le d toEvansvi l le , Ind. . playing Class “ B !

bal l , a j ump of 2 c l as se s .During t h e 1940 se ason , Du dra

playe d wit h York ,P a . , anothe r

Class “B " c lub , and i n 1941 wen t

t o Hartford , Conn . , in t h e Easte rnLeague . Nea r t h e c lose of 194 1

se ason h e was cal led up to t h e

Boston Brave s and made t h e

team 's final we ste rn tou r of Nat ional Le agu e game s .

T h e fo l lowing spring Duara tooksp ring t rai n ing wi th t h e Brave s a tBraden ton , Fla . During th is sea

son h e was se n t back t o Hartford,

Conn . , awai t ing h is draft ca l l .D u dra saw ac tion in t h e Euro

pe an The at re . be ing awarde d 5

major bat t le stars . Fol lowing h i stou r of du ty in t h e armed force sh e was offe red cont ract s by Boston bu t dec l ined . He i s now em

ploye d as an e lect rica l repai rmana t Peabody Mine No . 17 .

smesses

More Fam ou s Nam es

Othe r no tab le s t han ButchNowack in t h e compe t i t ive fie ld ofsports from t h e

" City of Rose s "i ncl ude Bob D ie fent h ale r . outstand ing h igh j umpe r and capt ainof t h e 1939 Unive rsi ty of I l l i no ist rack team , and Michae l Cveng ros,

major league pit che r who laboredfor t h e Gian ts

,White Sox , Pi t ts

bu rgh , and th e Cubs . Cvengros

was known to t h e at h le t i c worldas Li t t le Mike or “Le f ty .

During h is st ay in t h e majors ,though no t so we l l known as manyplaye rs , Cveng ros shared in 2

Worl d Se rie s pot s .

Anothe r forme r Al l -Am e ricangrid. s tar i s Dr . Warren Amling ,

Shown is Kennedy ’s Live ry on

Oak st ree t . one of 3 stab le s in t h e

c i ty of Pana many years ago .

This l i ve ry and t h e o the r 2 , one

l ocated on t h e pre sen t si te of B . C .

King's au to agency on Locus ts t re e t and t h e ot he r in t h e vic in i tyof th e pre se nt d re ss factory , we reowned by t h e l ate Wm . F . Se l l .In de te rm in ing t h e locat ion of

t h e bu i ld ings in t h e above photo .

not i ce t h e Pau l Brot he rs s ign in

wh o attended Ohio State Unive rsi ty . Aml ing . now a pract i c ingvete rina rian , was chose n Al lAme rican in ’

45 He graciu at ed from Pana High School in1942 and re ce ived h is degre e fromOhio Stat e in 1947 .

He rb Siege rt,insu rance age nt .

fo l lowing a st in t in t h e Marine sdu r ing t h e y ears of Wor ld War II .

add ed anothe r star to Pana 's“port ing crown wh en h e waschosen to capta in t h e Unive rs ityof I l l i no i s grid team in 1948 . Hiscou sin . Rudy Siege rt , PHS athle te ,

shared thi s expe ri ence , lead ing t h e

I l l ini i n 1955 . He rb graduatedfrom PHS in 194 1 and Rudy in

1952 .

Among nam e s o ld t ime rs mayremembe r in sports in and aboutPana during pas t years are :

Frank C h izevsky . Loyale Sco tty "

Hinton , Eve re t t “ Fat Brown,

John Duck , Orv i l le “ Sandy " Nowack , rated by some as be t te rt han h is famous b rothe r . al l infootbal l ; Fre ck " Hughe s , basebal l ; Clyd e Hale and Jack Baldwin , t rack .

Inc luded i n th e roste r of t h e o ldPana Blu e s , one of t h e gre ate rbasebal l t e ams of ye ste ryear we reMil le r Fish " Stewart , Wil l iamand Joe M izeu r , Loran Pe te rs .Blaine , Ro y and T ed Snyde r .Floyd Higgins . Joe and JohnCveng ros, brot he rs of Mike . T ed

Schafe r,

“Bi rd ie ! King (Cowden ) .“Wagon Tongue Joe Adams(He rr ick ) , and “Nig ! Langdon .

t h e uppe r le ft background . Mr .

Se l l , wit h t h e coming of t h e pavedroads , swit ched from t h e l ive ry tocemen t and bu i ld ing mate r ial s .

Seated on t h e wagon to t h e le fti s Se l l 's son , Charle s Randa l l , onth e righ t in th e rig is Se l l . Othe rm en are un iden ti fied . T h e bu i lding to t h e r igh t in t h e photo i sNee ly's unde rtaking e st abl i shme nt . T h e Se l l fam i lv l ived in anapartment upsta i rs .

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PANA, I LL I NOI S

Program

SUNDAY , JULY 1

Freedom of Re l ig ion Day

Morning— Centennial hom ecom ing at th e chu rch of you r choice .

to p .m .—Hou rs for pic

nics,reu nions and to greet old fr iends

and ne ighbors.

p .m .— Organ Recital , Mrs. Jos.

Zahradka.

p .m .—Re l ig iou s Hou r , featu r

ing m assed Pana Chu rch Cho irs and

address by th e Rev . Robert Bodine of

Peor ia .

4 :00 p .m .— Bal l

She lbyvi l le .

Gam e , Pana vs.

p .m .—Band Concert by Taylor

vi l le Mu nicipal Band .

p .m .— John Col in and His A c

cordion Band .

p .m .

— Organ Recital .p .m .—Crowning of Miss Pana

Centennial .

p .m .— Style Show.

p .m .—Band Concert by Taylor

vi l le Municipal Band .

MONDAY , JULY 2Tower Hi l l -Mi l lersvil le - Oconee - Rosam ond Day

p .m .—V isit th e antiqu e

and histor ical displays in th e stores inth e downtown area.

p .m .—Th e Gold Du st Twins on

th e streets in th e bu siness distr ict .

p m . Cham p ionship SoftballGam e at Kitche l l Park .

p .m .—Greased Pole Contest .

p .m .— Str ike It Rich .

p .m .—Th e Gold Du st Tw ins.

p .m .—Orth e ldo and Dorothea.

p .m .—Free act on stage .

p .m .—Larry Coste l lo and Ger

m an Band .

p .m .—Squ are Dancing in th e

Au ditor iu m .

TUESDAY JULY 3Pana Com m unity Centennial Day

p .m .—V isit th e ant iqu e

and histor ical displays in th e stores inth e downtown area.

p .m .—Vau devi lle acts on th e

downtown stree ts.

6 :00 p .m .—Concert by th e Pana Cen

tennial Band at Kitche l l Park .

p .m .—Bal loon Ascension.

p .m .—J im m y Powe l l and h is

Hi l l Bi l ly Ram b lers , inclu ding LittleEddy ,

Mem ory Wizard ; th e Com m o

dores, Tum b l ing A ct , th e SunshineSwee thearts and th e Albertas.

9 :OO p .m .—Ansar Tem ple

Band.

p .m .—Squ are Dancing in th e

Au ditor ium .

Clown

WEDNESDAY , JULY 4Independence Day

Com e and Spend th e Entire Day and Evening With U s !a .m .—G iant Parade .

p .m .—Th e Beard Contests.

p .m .—Free acts on th e plat

form .

p .m .—Band Concert , Pana Cen

t ennial Band .

7200- 8 l 5

p .m .—Th e Start of th e Free

Feed.

p.m .-Bu rial of th e Records

and Histor ical Book for th e next gencration.

p .m .— Free acts.

p .m .—G iant Fireworks D isplay.