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John J. Schneider (1901-1986) oral history

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Transcription: 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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Description: 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
Gross Point (Ill.) — History
Wilmette (Ill.) -- Residents
Personal Name(s): Schneider, John J.
Local identifier: R977.31 SC
Language of Item: English
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Copyright Date: 1975
Copyright Holder: Wilmette Public Library
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John J. Schneider (1901-1986) oral history

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Track 3, Transcript p. 5-7

Track 4, Transcript p. 7-8

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