Who's Who in Moweaqua and Community of 1976
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CHAPTER 12 A Compilation of Who's Who in Moweaqua and Community of 1976 This volume was compiled with the sole desire to renew and better acquaint you with your neigh- bors in hopes that we, the people of Moweaqua Community, continue the friendly and caring atti- tudes this small mid-American town has always held. Erma Gloria Johnson Mrs. George Dobson Mrs. James McLain We are most grateful for the many hours the following volunteers gave of their time and effort in producing this volume of WHO'S WHO. Thirty-seven people distributed and collected information sheets. Eight Junior and Senior students in Miss Morrisey and Miss Potter's English classes made personal interviews. Mr. George Dobson drove up and down country roads, stopping at each farm home, while his wife, Pat made quick calls delivering and collecting the information. Many, many telephone calls were made. The Moweaqua News gave generously of their space to print the notices of this committee. Mary (Mrs. Dennis Dooley), recovering from a broken arm, loaned her personal typewriter, since she was unable to offer her typing talents. SATTLEY'S OFFICE MACHINES, INC. of 1123 N. Water, Decatur, Illinois (Mr. and Mrs. Don Warnick of Moweaqua) supplied Carole [Mrs. James McLain) typewriters for her volunteer secretaries who typed and retyped the entries. VOLUNTEER TYPISTS INFORMATION SHEETS Lynette Cutler Josephine Adamson Sylvia Jacobs Kay Haynes Pat Adamson Ethel Jordan Maye Lockart Minnie Allison Alice Knecht Norma Schorfheide Judy Bennett Winifred Kreutzkampf Diane Snyder Betty Bohlen Joanne Lower Eva Taylor Marjorie Bradbury Betty Minott Elvira Tafft Christine Bright Pat Oisch Judy Whiteman Robert Campbell Catherine Reatherford Cindy Williams Cliff Cearlock Rita Saddoris Babs Collins Alice Sloan ENGLISH CLASSES Suzanne Collins Evelyn Snyder Cheryl Baker Marcella Dorsey Elvira Tefft Cindy Collins Marjorie Dougan Edith Vollrner John Ditty Madolyn Eckhardt Sherry Wempen Kathy Jordan Agnes Federman Kay Woodard Janice Lehman Eleanor Giles Lela Wooters Mike Potsick Earldine Gregory Cleona Workman Kathy Shelato Gertrude Hemer Pauline Workman Tammy Wakeland Genelle Horn Shirley Workman Billy B. Johnson April 1976 Erma Gloria Johnson Carole McLain PLACES OF BUSINESS EAST MAIN - NORTH SIDE NORTH MAIN - WEST SIDE Ayars Bank Parking Lot ....................100 E. Main American Legion Hall. .....................I01 N. Main Wright's Plumbing and Heating ..............I13 E. Main Curiosity Shop, Harrelsons. .................105 N. Main Claude Voher's Garage ...................I15 E. Main Harrelson's Antique Furniture. ..............109 N. Main Printing by Elsie Snyder ....................117 E. Main Duez Shoe Store ..........................I11 N. Main Moweaqua City Hall .......................119 E. Main Forston's Barber Shop .....................113 N. Main Moweaqua Police. .........................119 E. Main Edward Jokisch, Attorney. ..................115 N. Main Moweaqua Library ........................119 E. Main Billiards. ................................I17 N. Main Moweaqua Fire Protection ..................119 E. Main Long's Plumbing, Inc. ......................119 N. Main Drew Apartments - Old Telephone Building Moweaqua News. .........................I19 N. Main Long's- Apartments ........................119 N. Main EAST MAIN - SOUTH SIDE Empire Gas Inc.. ..........................119 N. Main Hight's Delight. ...........................102 E. Main Haldon Ayars Realtor. .....................I23 N. Main Tom Biggs American Fixture Company Hal Burgener Insurance. ...................I23 N. Main Elene's Country Gift Shop and Ceramics .......108 E. Main Mobil Oil Storage (unused station) Moultrie-Shelby FS Inc., Ralph Wooters .......108 E. Main Windel's Restaurant. ......................201 N. Main Moweaqua Rotary Building Moweaqua Paint and Body, P. J. Cearlock. .....229 N. Main Sherwood Funeral Home. ...................I18 E. Main Imperial Filling Station, Herschel Brooks, Mgr.. 325 N. Main Dr. K. L. Pistorius, M.D. ....................130 E. Main Moweaqua Packing Plant ................N. Main, RFD 2 Bohlen Seed Co. ...........................600 E. Main Moweaqua Water Tower erected 1969 NORTH MAIN - EAST SIDE The Old Fire Bell made of brass with the casting date 1893 was polished and placed on the standard of the Ayars Bank Parking Lot new water tower. This bell originally hung on a Ayars State Bank .........................106 N. Main wooden tower located on the east side of South Main Paul Bresnan, O.D. ......................106?h N. Main near Ethel Waite's Beauty Shop. The Fire Department Steve Tirpak Barber Shop ..................I08 N. Main was located across the street on South Main near the Johnny Ondes Pro Shop. ....................112 N. Main location of the old landmark water tower. Fleetwood Oil Company ....................I14 N. Main Northern Propane. ........................122 N. Main Milo Deibert Photography. ..................I24 N. Main WEST MAIN - NORTH SIDE Betty and Duane Brooks Home. ..............130 N. Main Memorial Bronze Standard on American Legion Building Vanco Filling Station, Leto Voudrie, Mgr. ......200 N. Main presented by Moweaqua Community in 1947 in honor Doc Bennett's Corvette Service ..............430 N. Main of World War I and World War I1 Veterans. Sew and Save. .......................... .I16 W. Main SOUTH MAIN - WEST SIDE Srnka's Thrift Shop ....................... 116 W. Main Sew Easy.. ....................... 118 W. Main (Empty) J and D Bright Standard Station. .............I00 S. Main Adamson Hardware. ...............120 W. Main (Empty) Antique Workshop, Harrelson, Bradbury ...... 110 S. Main Woodcrafters ..................... 122 W. Main (Empty) Old Site of Jail and Landmark Brick Water Tower Old Lyric Theater (built 1904) ................... (Empty) Callison Ford Sales ........................130 S. Main Gail Seifert Insurance ..................... 128 W. Main Moweaqua Bowling, Inc.. ...................200 S. Main Illinois Central Depot. ..................... 132 W. Main Hall's Jewelry and Gifts ....................230 S. Main Illinois Central Railroad Moweaqua Farmers Elevator ...............306 W. Main SOUTH MAIN - EAST SIDE Orville Schmahl Car Repairs. Masonic Lodge Building ....................101 S. Main WEST MAIN - SOUTH SIDE T. J. Gorden Insurance Agency. ..............I13 S. Main Ethel Waite's Beauty Shop ..................115 S. Main Dairy Isle ............................... 107 W. Main Located just under the number 115 on the front of Moweaqua Post Office.. ................... 115 W. Main Ethel's Shop is a brick with the following reading Hayes Hardware ......................... 121 W. Main Illinois Central Railroad OSCAR FRAZEE Moweaqua Farmers Co-op Grain Company MOAWEQUA 16 new bins built 1974. ............... .475,000 bu. Working elevator built 1963 ............250,000 bu. Jacob's Colonial Apartments. ................117 S. Main 4 tanks of 32,000 each built 1959 ........128,000 bu. Gale Stewart's Cleaners .................... 119 S. Main Flat storage built 1959. ................ 200,000 bu. Curl and Swirl Beauty, Linda Anderson, Flat storage built 1961.. ............... 200,000 bu. Operator. ............................. 127 S. Main 36 bins on south road built Vacant lot 1948 of 3,400 each .................122,400 bu. Novota's TV ..............................129 S. Main Storage capacity. ................... 1,375,400 bu Minott Shell Station, Ed Reschke, Mgr. ........210 S. Main Rollie Hardin Carnival Equipment OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE VJLLAGE L & W Star Market ........................ 227 S. Main McLain's Vegetable & Fruit Market. ..........319 S. Main Ralph Bridgman's Repairs .............100 block W. Wall Paul Knight Sign Service. .................. ,415 S. Main Bear Hybrid Grain Division ............ 100 block W. Wall ALLEN DRIVE & RR 2 Sally's great-grandfather on her father's side, Felix Hilvety, came to America from Trapeau, Austria. In 1910, ROYAL S. WISELEY there was still an estate listed on the map in Austria named RR 2 BOX 234 the "Hilvetyhof" after him. He married Francis McKenney Roy says his father, Lewis Buchanon "Buck" Wiseley, from Pleasant Plaines, Illinois. They had three children, was the most dedicated man that he has ever met. He was Ernest, Luther, and Lulu. Sally's grandfather, Luther Hilvety, was born in Moweaqua. Luther and Sally had five children, superintendent of Sunday School. In 1930, when Lewis suf- fered a stroke, he pointedupward, although he was unable to Owen of Moweaqua, William of Herrick, Grace Spalding of Moweaqua, and Victor, Sally's father, of Macon. speak. Roy said he could not mistake the message in his eyes. His father had always described Heaven as a place with Sally's father, Victor, was born on a farm northeast of "many mansions in the sky." Roy will always believe that his Moweaqua. He decided to go west as a young man and met father was permitted a glimpse into the "great beyond" and Sally's mother in Omaha, Nebraska. They moved back to his eyes told Roy that it was even rreaier I Ian he had ever Moweaqua and lived just east of the Hilvety airport, later imagined. Roy's father died about th .:e days L ter. moving to the home that stood west of the airport. Neither home is standing today. They moved to a home on the east Roy's mother had Lewis brough, "- +'- family home for side of Moweaqua park before moving to their home in (he visitation. It was at that time that Roy realized the depth Macon where Sally's grandfather, Luther, lived with them of his father's message.