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"Taking Root in Wilmette" by Elisabeth G. Weedon, 1867-1965

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Transcription: TRACK 10 ...same plastic material; the brown children, tumbling in and out of the water, or paddling an old canoe close to the shore; the growing brilliance of the fire as the dusk came in; the last crimson shreds of the sunset; the moon climbing enormous and orange colored out of the lake, sending an inviting path across the ripples to one's very feet. Then the gathering up of sleepy babies and carrying them home, pick-a-back in the warm, fragrant dark, while the older children, on their bicycles, acted as advance guard. The years slipped by. The little place which was to have been but a stepping stone became a hearth stone. Partitions were taken down, rooms enlarged, and built on, to keep pace with the growing family. Friends moving on, farther north, advised a like removal, the building of a larger house, a new start. And still, as in the beginning, Wilmette seemed to them to hold all that was necessary to the making of a home. The far horizons have vanished. Once again one has to dodge around bricks and mortar to see the sunset. The spangled fields, the restful woods, the long stretches of quiet and almost deserted beach live only in the memory, that memory that destroys all things hard, inconvenient or unpleasant and leaves only things beautiful. Yes, the five times seven years have taken their toll of springtime beauty, of freshness, of simplicity; but they have brought a village of comfort, of convenience, of efficiency, of a mature beauty that fulfills the promise of its youth--a place that holds in memory and in reality the essence of the word "home."
Creators: Weedon, Elisabeth G., 1867-1965, Author; Vivian Weedon, 1903-1995
, Performer; Ardley, Deborah
, Performer
Media Type: Audio; Image; Text
Item Type: Audiocassettes
Description: Undated conversation between Vivian Weedon (1903-1995), and her niece, Deborah Ardley. Weedon read aloud an article written in 1931 by her mother, Elisabeth G. Weedon (1867-1965). The reading is interspersed with questions by Ardley followed by Weedon’s replies and comments. This recording is part of the Wilmette Public Library Oral History Project begun about 1974. A June, 1976 interview with Vivian Weedon’s sister, Sydney Weedon Templeton (1894-1994) is also part of the library’s Oral History Collection.
Notes: "Taking Root in Wilmette" by Elisabeth G. Weedon (1867-1965). This recording is part of the Wilmette Public Library Oral History Project begun about 1974. A June, 1976 interview with Vivian Weedon’s sister, Sydney Weedon Templeton (1894-1994) is also part of the library’s Oral History Collection.
Place of Publication: Wilmette, Illinois
Date of Original: About 1974
Date Of Event: Before 1931
Subject(s): Oral histories
Wilmette (Ill.) -- Residents
Personal Name(s): Weedon, Elisabeth G.
Local identifier: R977.31 WE
Language of Item: English
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Copyright Date: 1974
Copyright Holder: Wilmette Public Library
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