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Dr. Herman O. Weishaar (1889-1984) and Mrs. Gladys Fowler Weishaar (1897-1981) oral history

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Track 4, Transcript p. 7-11: Track 4, Transcript p. 7-11
Transcription: Track 4 BM: Up until now. That's really interesting. Dr. W.: However, I do go to Fort Lauderdale, Florida, for six months in the winter and then here for six months so when I'm here I have been seeing patients. BM: Did you help Dr. Weishaar when you were -- Mrs. W.: No. BM: You retired? Mrs. W.: I retired. BM: I see. And where were you living? Mrs. W.: Oh, we lived in --- when we were first married we lived up at 1410 Sheridan Road. There is a big condominium there now. BM: And that was a house? Mrs. W.: That was Mr. Gage's summer cottage. BM: Oh, was that the Gage house? Cont. p.8 Mrs. W.: Yes, that was where they spent their summers. Of course, at that time there were no apartment buildings in Wilmette. BM: What was the area like then when you moved up there? Mrs. W.: Oh, it was really bare. There was a house across the street an old house that was ---- Dr. W.: And that was the -- she may have confused that --- that was called the Gage house. That was not the house we lived in. We lived in a little cottage that was right on the water's edge. BM: And that was the summer house? Dr. W.: Yes. And the Gage House, later called the Tornado Inn, was across the street. BM: Was that across Sheridan Road? Mrs. W.: Yes. BM: And you were on the lake side? Mrs. W.: That is where those little town houses are now. Across from -- isn't it 1410 Sheridan Road now? That apartment building, I believe, is 1410 --- right across the street. BM: And there was just the summer cottage that you were living in on the shore side there, when you were there? Mrs. W.: Yes. BM: That must have been very pleasant. Mrs. W.: Oh, only we were there for the winter! See, it was their summer home, so they said we could have it for the winter. Cont. p.9 He was making a call there one day, and he asked Mr. Gage what he did with this house, in the winter, because, of course, there were no apartments, and we had to have a place to live. After we were married, and he said, "Oh, we just lock it up." Papa said, "Well, would you rent it?" and he said, "Oh, well," ---- and I guess he thought about it, didn't he dear? And he guessed he could. BM: And then did you stay there? Mrs. W.: Until June. Dr. W.: Just for the winter We had a rather interesting experience while we lived there. It was heated by a tremendous fireplace. Oh, I don't know how long -- three or four feet long and an old fashioned, what we called a pot--bellied stove, outside of the kitchen stove, so we used that fireplace, of course, quite extensively. One night I awakened or Mrs. Weishaar ---- I don't know, maybe both of us ---- and thought we smelled smoke, so I went out into the living room, and there was smoke so I opened the windows to let the smoke blow out, and in the meantime it brought in the air, and the fireplace started burning. And the logs had heated through the brick, and set the fireplace on fire. Of course, we called the Fire Department, and there was not a great deal of damage done. Next morning I called Mr. Gage, Cont. p.10 and I expect Mrs. Gage, if she were living, would not like this comment very much. When I told Mr. Gage what had happened, he said, "Well, that couldn't!" but I said, "But it did! The fire people were in." "Well, no, it couldn't. That fireplace was built up solid. Those were solid brick." And I said, "Well, I'm sorry, but the firemen found wooden planks underneath the fire brick, and they were what had caught on fire. And he was quite sure because his wife had watched them ---- Mrs. W.: Had sat there and watched them build it. And that's the reason why she probably wouldn't like this comment. But he was so very sure that it couldn't happen, but it did happen to the fireplace, BM: Where did you move then, after you moved out of the cottage? Mrs. W.: Well, then we rented a bungalow over on Oakwood Avenue and lived there for five years. Then we bought our only home we ever owned at 1331 Chestnut and lived there for 43 years. Then we came here (Calvin Circle) in 1969. BM: So, you like Wilmette? Mrs. W.: Yes. Dr. W.: It is hard for me to write Evanston. Mrs. W.: That's our home. BM: Well, this is close enough. Mrs.W: When I speak of home, I always speak of Wilmette. Cont. p.11 BM: Mrs. Weishaar mentioned that you were associated with Dr. Stolp when you started practice. Dr. W: Yes. That is quite a long string, too. Dr. Byron Stolp started a practice in Wilmette in 1874, and then he was killed in an automobile accident in 1917, but in the meantime his son had graduated from medical school and was associated with his father. So, actually, his father was killed and that was just about the time I was getting out of the Evanston Hospital. Dr. Stolp invited me to come up and share the office with him. So he did the medical phase side of it, and I did the so called surgical specialty which involved the various areas I spoke about. I continued then until just now, so that office has had a stretch of over 100 years. BM: Yes, I can imagine. Is there someone still there? Dr. W.: No, I am closing it. BM: When you left you closed it?
Creators: Weishaar, Herman O., 1889-1984, Interviewee; Weishaar, Gladys Fowler, 1897-1981
, Interviewee; Maselli, Briggs
, Interviewer
Media Type: Audio; Image; Text
Item Type: Audiocassettes
Description: Interview with Dr. and Mrs. Herman Weishaar by Briggs Maselli in 1976 at 24 Calvin Circle, Evanston, Illinois.

ABSTRACT:

Mrs. Weishaar’s early school days from 5th grade in
Wilmette to 1912
New Trier High School class 1915
Evanston Hospital School of Nursing - Met intern
Weishaar there in 1918
His early life in Hayworth, Illinois, was graduated
from Clinton High School - Hiram College -
University of Chicago, B.S. 1916, M.D. 1918.
To Evanston Hospital last quarter - retained
there until February 1919
Account of “L” being laid between Central Street,
Evanston to 4th/Linden overnight
Baha’i Temple - Community feeling against both - Built over long period
Dr. released from U.S. Army - January 1919
Started Wilmette practice February 1919 at 1159
Wilmette Avenue - Practiced there 55 years
Dr. Weishaar/ Gladys Fowler married October 1, 1920
Lived at 1410 Sheridan - Mr. Gage’s (Henry) summer cottage
Association with the younger Dr. Stolp, Dr. Byron
Stolp opened office 1874
Rotary Club - 1943
Early medical equipment of Dr. Byron Stolp
Collen Kilner — Birch tree called “Mother’s Tree” -Houses individual (not
developments)
Place of Publication: Wilmette, Illinois
Date of Original: 1976
Subject(s): Physicians
Oral histories
Wilmette (Ill.) -- Residents
Personal Name(s): Weishaar, Gladys Fowler ; Weishaar, Herman O.
Local identifier: R977.31 WE
Language of Item: English
Copyright Statement: Protected by copyright: Uses other than research or private study require the permission of the rightsholder(s). Responsibility for obtaining permissions and for any use rests exclusively with the user.
Copyright Date: 1976
Copyright Holder: Wilmette Public Library
Copyright Holder Contact Information: 1242 Wilmette Ave.
Wilmette, IL 60091
U.S.A.
Recommended Citation: Weishaar, Herman O., Gladys Fowler Weishaar, and Briggs Maselli. Dr. and Mrs. Herman O. Weishaar. Wilmette, Ill: Wilmette Public Library District, 1976.
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Dr. Herman O. Weishaar (1889-1984) and Mrs. Gladys Fowler Weishaar (1897-1981) oral history

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Track 1, Transcript p. 1-3

Track 2, Transcript p. 3-5

Track 3, Transcript p. 5-7

Track 4, Transcript p. 7-11

Track 5, Transcript p. 11-13

Track 6, Transcript p. 13-14

Track 7, Transcript p. 14-15

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