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Lloyd Frank Hollister (1892-1979) oral history

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Track 7, Transcript p. 6-8: Track 7, Transcript p. 6-8
Transcription: TRACK 7 There is one man who will always have my respect in spite of the fact that he is not with us anymore, and that's Dave Nelson who ran the Nelson Laundry, on the corner of where our First Federal is located now. Dave worked hard. He was an honest man. He had a fine group of people working for him and they knew that Dave would do anything for them if they needed it. Many things I could tell you about Dave, but one thing I want to tell you because it shows the make-up of Dave Nelson. I was a young kid at that time. Lloyd Hollister, p.7 I'd just taken over some of the newspapers that were published by the local news, in Wilmette, and I didn't have any money. I had to borrow some money at the bank and they wanted to know if I had any collateral, which I didn't have. I told Dave about it. Dave was a director in the bank so he says, "You come back tomorrow and I'll have you some stock that you can use as collateral, as long as you need it." Well, I did need it, and it was a long time, but the stock was returned intact, after I'd built up a little confidence among the bankers that I'd pay my bills. One little story that I want to tell you about Dave. Dave had a Ford automobile. A very old-time Ford with half a dozen pedals and things of that kind and Dave used to use it to go down to the Davis Street office when necessary. Dave was always a fellow who had to go in a hurry. He couldn't slow up at all. But he got in the Ford. He was going into Evanston, and he pressed down on the pedal and started down Green Bay Road. Everybody was passing Dave. And he was getting madder every minute, 'cuz he couldn't get any more speed out of that Ford. The truth of the matter is, he was, I think, he had a foot on both the pedal for speed and also the brake to stop it, so he cussed it out all the way to Davis Street and coming back he got his feet on the right place but he told me the story and laughed like the devil, because it was something that he had never had happen before, Lloyd Hollister, p.8 and he couldn't help but laugh about it.
Creators: Hollister, Lloyd Frank, 1892-1979, Interviewee; Adler, Rhea Saul
, Interviewer
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Description: 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
Notes: Lloyd Frank Hollister published newspapers in Wilmette, Illinois, from 1912-1969.
Place of Publication: Wilmette, Illinois
Date of Original: 1975
Subject(s): Newspaper editors
Oral histories
Wilmette (Ill.) -- Residents
Personal Name(s): Hollister, Lloyd Frank
Local identifier: R977.31 HO
Language of Item: English
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Copyright Date: 1975
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