The anniversary special is a $5
blue-plate schnitzel with soda and chips. Timeless Presentations of
Bloomington-Normal will give a living history portrayal between 3
and 6 p.m.Brian Huffman, who
owns and operates Hallie's, is the great-grandson of Blossom
Huffman. Blossom once owned and operated The Mill restaurant, a
Route 66 establishment known as "the home of the schnitzel."
Deborah Senger of Timeless
Presentations -- in the persona of Blossom -- will host the
anniversary party. She will share stories and folklore of The Mill,
the Huffman family and Route 66.
The Mill opened on Stringer Avenue
in Lincoln in 1929, under the name of the Blue Mill. Proprietor Paul
Coddington served patrons grilled sandwiches at any hour of the day
or night. A Dutch-themed building with blue trim, The Mill featured
a revolving windmill and waitresses dressed in blue with white
aprons.
In 1945, Albert and Blossom Huffman
purchased the building, added a barroom and dance hall, and then
painted the building barn red.
Over the years, the restaurant
became famous for its fried schnitzel, originally made of veal and
later of pork.
By the mid-1980s, the Mill had lost
most of its Dutch-themed interior. Besides the fame of its schnitzel
sandwiches and sauce, it was championed as a museum of strange
objects, including a mechanical leg that protruded from a hole in
the ceiling.
The Mill, which closed in 1996, is now
under renovation by the Route 66 Heritage Foundation of Logan County
as a Route 66 museum and tourist stop.
The famed schnitzel sandwiches,
still made from Blossom's recipe, can be purchased at Hallie's, 111
S. Sangamon St.
Saturday's celebration is
co-sponsored by Hallie's, Main Street Lincoln, the Route 66 Heritage
Foundation of Logan County and Timeless Presentations.
Timeless Presentations has
entertained Logan County residents over the past two years during
paranormal investigations at The Mill, Ghost Walks along the Route
66 Ghost Bridge and through Coonhound Johnny and Blossom Huffman
portrayals.
Logan
Art Association invites you to join them at their 1st meeting Nov. 6
On Nov. 6, anyone who is interested is invited
to attend the organizational meeting of the Logan Art Association. The
meeting will be at 7 p.m. at the Lincoln Art Institute, 112 N. McLean St. in
Lincoln.
The meeting is free to attend and open
to anyone 18 years of age and older who is interested in any kind of
art.
Organizers are hopeful that local artists will be interested
in becoming a part of this association, but also encourage anyone
who is interested in learning more about art to attend as well.
Areas of interest will be drawing, painting, sculpture,
photography and art history.
This is the first meeting, so the group doesn’t have an agenda
yet. Organizers are open to ideas and suggestions that might help
determine the direction the group will take.
"Please join us," says Georgie Borchardt. "We'd love to see/meet
you and have you begin this new adventure with us!"
Contact Borchardt at 309-244-5708.
St.
John's Germanfest offers family time, German food, polka dancing and crafts
The 13th annual Germanfest will be celebrated
at St. John United Church of Christ in Lincoln on Oct. 20. Authentic German
food will be served from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall of the
church. The Alley Kats Band will furnish music during the serving time,
including polka music for dancing or listening.
Parking for the church is on the
corner of Maple and Eighth streets.
Brats, red cabbage,
sauerkraut, German potato salad, apple strudel, German chocolate
cake or angel food cake will be served with apple cider, tea or
coffee. A hot dog meal with chips, dessert and drink is also
available.
The St. John Youth Group will offer the same menu at a drive-thru
line, available at the alley alongside the former ALMH east parking
lot.
Free delivery in town will be offered with orders of six or more
prepaid tickets. Tickets are available from church members or by
calling Cathy Sanders, 735-5219, or the church office, 732-6957.
Tickets will also be available at Germanfest. Tickets are $7.50 for
the German meal and $350 for the hot dog meal.
Proceeds will benefit mission projects, which have been the recipients from
the beginning. Missions served have been Austin Bahn Fundraiser, Back Bay
Mission, Boy Scout Troup 106, Church World Service Disaster Relief Fund,
Community Action Food Pantry, Habitat for Humanity of Logan County, Hope
From the Rubble (UCC Church World Service project after Sept. 11, 2001),
Illinois Conference Hurricane Relief Fund, CROP, Mom and Me Camp, Reinhold
Niebuhr Memorial Plaque, Salvation Army, SHARE, St. John UCC of Chicago
(sister church), St. John UCC Youth Veterans Celebration and Recognition
Dance, and Teddy Bear Project of ALMH.
Lincoln
Heritage Museum welcomes historian, author Guy Fraker
The Lincoln Heritage Museum is hosting a
presentation and book sale/signing by historian and author Guy Fraker on
Oct. 24 at 7 p.m. at the museum, located on the campus of Lincoln College.
Fraker's presentation accompanies his newly released publication,
"Lincoln's Ladder to the Presidency: The Eighth Judicial Circuit."
Fraker is an attorney from Bloomington. His book follows from his
years of research on Abraham Lincoln's time as a circuit-riding
lawyer and has been greatly anticipated by Lincoln scholars.
Throughout his 23-year legal career, Abraham Lincoln spent nearly as
much time on the road as an attorney for the 8th Judicial Circuit as
he did in his hometown of Springfield. Yet most historians gloss
over the time and instead have Lincoln emerge fully formed as a
skillful politician in 1858.
In this innovative volume, Fraker provides the first-ever study
of Lincoln's professional and personal home away from home and
demonstrates how the 8th Judicial Circuit and its people propelled
Lincoln to the presidency.
Though it fluctuated in size through the years, the 8th Judicial
Circuit, which existed from the late 1830s to the 1860s, comprised
most of the county courthouses in central Illinois. Logan County was
included, and Abraham Lincoln practiced law in courthouses in
Postville, Mount Pulaski and then in Lincoln as the location of the
county seat changed during that time.
Fraker describes the people and counties that the future
president encountered, discusses key cases Lincoln handled and
introduces the important friends he made -- friends who eventually
won him the presidential nomination in 1860.
As Fraker shows, the 8th Judicial Circuit provided the perfect
setting for the growth and ascension of Lincoln. A complete portrait
of the 16th president depends on a full understanding of his
experience on the circuit, and "Lincoln's Ladder to the Presidency"
provides a deeper understanding of the roots of his political
influence and acumen.
Fraker has garnered advance praise for his book. John Hoffman,
curator of the Lincoln collections at the University of Illinois,
remarked about the book: "Drawing together both contemporary and
reminiscent sources, and bringing a sense of place to each locale on
the circuit, Fraker provides a comprehensive view of Lincoln's life
in law and politics on the Illinois prairie."
Fraker served as consultant on the award-winning PBS documentary
"Lincoln, Prelude to the Presidency." A graduate of the University
of Illinois College of Law, he is a past president of the McLean
County Bar Association. He is widely considered the foremost expert
on Lincoln's time on the circuit.
The presentation is free, and books will be available for sale
afterward for $34.95 plus tax.
For more information, contact Ron Keller at the Lincoln Heritage
Museum at 217-732-3155 or
rkeller@lincolncollege.edu.
ALMH
to host blood drive Thursday
To help ensure an adequate
blood supply for the region, Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital, 200 Stahlhut
Drive, is hosting a blood drive Thursday, Oct. 18, on the blood donor bus.
The hours are 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
For your convenience, call Alexis to
sign up toll-free at 1-866-GIVE-BLD (1-866-448-3253), ext. 5158, or
schedule an appointment online at
www.bloodcenterimpact.org using sponsor code 60177. Walk-ins are
also welcome and truly appreciated.
Central Illinois Community Blood
Center, a not-for-profit organization, is the provider of lifesaving
blood for 14 hospitals throughout central Illinois, including
Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital and Springfield's Memorial Medical
Center and St. John's Hospital. CICBC is a division of the
Mississippi Valley Regional Blood Center, which collects more than
180,000 units of blood annually and serves 85 hospitals in Illinois,
Iowa, Missouri and Wisconsin.
Time to sign up for the Atlanta Library's annual book group
ATLANTA -- Worldviews, the Atlanta Public Library's book group, is about to
get under way, with the first meeting scheduled for Oct. 29. This is a great
opportunity to read some fantastic books, share your ideas about them with
friends, socialize and learn about a subject of global significance. This
year's focus is the Holocaust.
Worldviews is free and meets on Mondays
from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at the library.
On Oct. 29, the group will discuss John Boyne's "The Boy in the
Striped Pyjamas," the New York Times best-seller about the
concentration camp friendship between a German boy and a Jewish boy.
Subsequent sessions will feature discussions of "The Diary of a
Young Girl," by Anne Frank, on Nov. 26; "In the Garden of Beasts,"
by Erik Larsen, on Jan. 28; and "Sophie's Choice," by William Styron,
April 29. On Feb. 25, the group will have a potluck supper and watch
and discuss the award-winning movie "Schindler's List." March 25,
Michael Rothberg from the University of Illinois' Holocaust,
Genocide and Memory Initiative will speak to the group about
genocide in the world today, and in May, the group will take a field
trip to the Holocaust Museum in Chicago, where members will have an
opportunity to speak directly with a Holocaust survivor.
To sign up for Worldviews, call the library, 217-648-2112, or email
apldinformation@gmail.com. Be
sure to ask about the multiple ways in which you can obtain books through
the library.
Veterans
of Logan County, make your reservations for Nov. 4 celebration & dance
Over 1,100 invitations have been sent to the
veterans in Logan County for the 11th annual Veteran's Celebration and
Recognition Dance, sponsored by the St. John United Church of Christ Youth
Group. The event is planned for Nov. 4 from 5 to 7:30 p.m. at the American
Legion in Lincoln.
Although invitations and a reply card
have been sent to the veterans the group has addresses for, it is
not too late for any veteran who did not receive an invitation to
call in a reservation request to Tonita Reifsteck, 732-9796; the
youth sponsors, Jonathan and Tami Pagel, 732-4500; or the church,
732-6957. Seating can then be arranged.
The evening will begin
with a light meal served from 5 to 6 p.m. and a tribute to the
various branches of service by the Don Smith Band, which will
provide dance music from 5 to 7:30.
The youth along with their sponsors, the Pagels, plan and host
fundraisers all year for this celebration to honor the veterans of
Logan County or any veteran who was deployed from Logan County.
The St. John Youth Group will also honor the veterans of their
church on Nov. 4 during the 10:30 a.m. worship service with a
"Litany Remembering All Those Who Serve" and will present each
veteran with a special gift.
Those veterans are Loren Birnbaum, Josh Bismark, Adam Bock, Bob
Borowiak, Charles Brainard, Erik Brickman, Kenneth Brickman, John
Cassens, Rod Christensen, Phillip Gehlbach, Gerald Gehrke, Dan Gosda,
Gerald Gosda, David Hansen, Homer Harris Jr., Jack Leich, Robert T.
Lenhardt, Eric Leslie, Don McCann, Scott Mara, Robert Meinershagen,
Anthony Morey, Richard Morgan, Wilbur Paulus, Arthur Rohrer, Ron
Sprague, Ray Turner, Donald Werkman, Eddie White, Lawrence Wilham
Jr., James Wilmert, Wilbur Wilmert and Mark Wilson.
Chestnut-Beason
Park District nominating petition forms now available
BEASON -- Nominating petition forms for the April 9, 2013,
election in Chestnut-Beason Park District are now available. Forms
may be picked up in the office of the board secretary at 1707 2150th
Ave., Beason, on any business day between 5 and 7:30 p.m.
A park district candidate's petition must be filed in the same
office no earlier than 8 a.m. on Dec. 17 and no later than 5 p.m.
Dec. 21.
Candidates' names will appear on the election ballot in the order
in which their nominating papers are received in the secretary's
office.
Two seats on the seven-member park board will be filled at the
April 9 election. Candidates elected will serve six-year terms
expiring in April 2019.
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