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Dean Mesnard's Oral History

This is the oral history of Dean Mesnard. He was interviewed by Betty Turnell on April 9, 1986. The interview includes his childhood, career in insurance, and changes to Decatur.

Tags: 1986, accounting, April 1986, Avon Theater, Bazley's Meat Market, Beach House, Betty Turnell, Bijou Theater, Brintlinger Funeral Home, broken home, Bryn Mawr PA, business major, C.L.U., changes to Decatur, Chartered Life Underwriter, childhood, College of Life Underwriters, contractor, Dean Mesnard, debit company, Decatur Club, Decatur High School, Decatur IL, Decatur Memorial Hospital, Dr. Beadles, Empress Theater, Fairview Park, family life, financial planning, G.I. Bill, Great Depression, heating engineer, inflation, insurance office, interview, Lake Decatur, life insurance, Life Underwriter's Training Council, Lincoln Apartments, Lincoln Hotel, Mary W. French School, Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, Millikin University, mow lawns, mutual companies, old gravel pit, oral history, painter, Piggly-Wiggly, Prof. Glen Smith, Pythian Home, rake leaves, recording, Roosevelt Junior High School, salesmanship, Shinner's Meat Market, shovel snow, Steven's Creek, stock companies, swimming, Texaco Light House, Texaco Tower, Transfer House, Williamson Heating Company of Cincinnati, Woodrow Wilson Junior High School, workmen's compensation, World War II

Decatur After a Sleet Storm in 1912

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Photograph of a street in Decatur after a sleet storm on March 20, 1912. There is an automobile on the right of the photo.

Tags: 1912, automobile, Decatur Herald and Review, Decatur IL, Photo File: Automobiles, sleet storm, street

Decatur Archery Club

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Photograph of unknown men and women of the Decatur Archery Club in an office holding bows and arrows on May 5, 1948.

Tags: 1948, arrows, associations, bows, Decatur Archery Club, Decatur IL, Photo File: Associations, unknown men, unknown women

Decatur Board of Directors Special Meeting on May 8, 1967.

Special Meeting of the Board of Directors on May 8, 1967 to discuss 2% cost of living raises for employees.

Tags: 1967, board of directors, Board of Trustees, Decatur IL., Decatur Public Library, employees, May 8 1967, Miss Schwegman, Robert Dumas, Salary Increase, Special Meeting, wages

Photograph of the Decatur Boat Club crew rowing on Lake Decatur in Decatur, IL. From left to right, the crew is: Dorwyn Bennington, Harold Carr, Jack Hathaway, and Thomas Page. The photo was taken by Seitz Studio of Decatur, IL, and ran in the…

Tags: 1924, associations, boat, boat crew, Decatur Boat Club, Decatur Herald and Review, Decatur IL, Dorwyn Bennington, Harold Carr, Jack Hathaway, Lake Decatur, Photo File: Associations, Seitz Studio, Thomas Page