John J. Schneider (1901-1986) oral history: Wilmette Public Library Local History Collection

John J. Schneider (1901-1986) oral history

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Track 1
 RA: Where do you live today? 
JJS: I live at 1029 Greenleaf in Wilmette. 
RA: And your name? 
JJS: John J. Schneider. 
RA: Tell me about your childhood. 
JJS: Well, I was born out in Gross Point. And those were really nice days. I was just a little boy, naturally. I was born there. I remember them so very well because we had a lot of play room, and we had nothing but fun. It was just an awfully nice place to live. And I remember some of the things that occurred in my life. Oh, we had this grind organ that used to come there every evening once in a while, and then we had this [indistinguishable] that used to come up there occasionally, and you know, it was all dirt roads and it was just a plain old-fashioned good old town. It was really nice.

Creators:

Schneider, John J., 1901-1986, Interviewee

Adler, Rhea Saul, 1906-1990

, Interviewer

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Interview with John Schneider by Rhea Adler in November 1975 in Wilmette, Illinois. ABSTRACT
Family - childhood - school
Early location St. Joseph school and church
Fun games - skating - swimming
Gross Point boundaries
Store, grocer, bakery, blacksmith, saloons
Gross Point Band/Schneider's Band, now Gross Point Marching Band
World War I Peter Huerter; Huerter Post-American Legion
Truck farms South Water St. Market
Old Trier - New Trier Township
50th anniversary of J. J. Schneider Shoe Store
Transportation horses, Northwestern Railroad
Gross Point people worked locally - growth slow until it was annexed to Wilmette
Lacked sewers, water, telephones
Unhappy high school life due to dual language problems

Place of Publication:

Wilmette, Illinois

Date of Original:

November 1975

Subject(s):

Bands (Music)
Oral histories
Schneider, John J., 1901-1986

Local identifier:

R977.31 SC

Language of Item:

English

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