Lloyd Frank Hollister (1892-1979) oral history: Wilmette Public Library Local History Collection

Lloyd Frank Hollister (1892-1979) oral history

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LH: Mrs. Adler has asked me to think back a Little and tell her a few stories about my activities during the last fifty years which might be of interest to some of our Wilmette historians at some future date. I can assure you listeners that I tried to get a "No" in but Mrs. Adler told me she only wanted me to tell something about individuals who were active in Wilmette in the olden days, so here goes.
 
My introduction to Wilmette was unexpected. It happened about sixty years ago. I had a job with the Bowman Publishing Company in Evanston. This company published a daily newspaper in Evanston and a weekly newspaper, the Lakeshore News, which was circulated in Wilmette, Kenilworth, Winnetka and Glencoe. My job was to call at homes receiving the Lakeshore News, if for some reason the folks had forgotten to send a check to pay for the subscription. My job was somewhat difficult, but I earned my pay, which was $13.65 a week. One very cold day I got off the "L" train at the Linden Station, and started walking east. My first call was at a deepish red stone home on the east side of Sheridan Road, where the Bahai offices are now located. I rang the bell and an elderly woman opened the door. Before I could say a word the lady said, "My dear boy, you look like you're nearly frozen. Come in and have a cup of tea." I agreed


 
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that I was cold and I accepted the tea. That was my welcome to Wilmette, and I shall never forget it.
 
Now I'll try to limit my remarks to telling something about people I've known in Wilmette. One man that I have a good recollection of is a man by the name of Ed Zipf. Ed Zipf lived up on Lake Avenue. And he was in business in the Zipf Brothers Coal Company down in the Rogers Park area. Ed was an aggressive individual, critical if he thought someone was doing - - not knowing exactly what they were doing. Ed was also a golfer, and he liked to play at Westmoreland Golf Club. At one time he sponsored me for membership, a membership which I still hold in that club. Ed was very familiar with figures, by that I mean, really figures, not ladies. And when he was elected President of the village, which office he held for seven years, 1917-1924, Ed, the first thing he did, was to put in an accounting system, so that we'd have a better idea what we were doing financially as far as running the village. I can assure you that the seven years that Ed Zipf contributed to the village as President was most valuable and that at the end of his length of office, he had very definitely made a change that was felt for many, many years, and even today I should say, in how to run a village.

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Hollister, Lloyd Frank, 1892-1979, Interviewee

Adler, Rhea Saul

, Interviewer

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Interview with Lloyd Frank Hollister by Rhea Adler in Wilmette, Illinois, in the Fall of 1975. ABSTRACT: Introduction to Wilmette Mayor Ed Zipf - Mayor 7 years - established accounting practices for village of Wilmette Earl Orner - Village Clerk, 1905-1924 Mayor, 1925-30 Village Agent for Northwestern Railroad "Judge" Otto Falk - Police Magistrate - Volstead Act - Prohibition - "Home brew" - Backyard burial of cases of liquor Dave Nelson - Nelson Laundry - an early Model T (Ford) Emil Nord - tailor - Schultz & Nord Cleaners Lloyd Hollister - Hollister Press ~ philosophy of local newspaper publishing - Rotary chartered 1924 - Charter members mentioned - Lloyd Hollister only surviving charter member living in 1975 - Rotary International Headquarters to Evanston - Student program here - became world wide - Community Chest started by Rotary- Repartee between Lloyd Hollister and Rhea Adler

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Lloyd Frank Hollister published newspapers in Wilmette, Illinois, from 1912-1969.

Place of Publication:

Wilmette, Illinois

Date of Original:

1975

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Newspaper editors
Oral histories
Hollister, Lloyd Frank, 1892-1979

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R977.31 HO

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English

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1975

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Wilmette Public Library

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Lloyd Frank Hollister (1892-1979) oral history