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Tags: 1998, Adult Division, Agenda, annual report, April's minutes, art collection inventory, asbestos abatement method, bills and payroll, board of directors, Board of Trustees, Bookmobiles, by-laws, children's division, circ stats, City Council, City Librarian's Report, Decatur IL, Decatur Public Library, Expenditures, finance and property, friends, GEAC, glass plate negatives, John Moorman, maintenance division, May 1998, Meeting, Minutes, nominating committee, periodical subscription, personnel policy and public relations, reports, Revenue, RPLS, staff inservice, staff recognition committee, Standards for Illinois Public Libraries, State Library, Statistical Report, storyteller's story project, tech division, thank yous, Volunteers, weeding

Tags: 1998, Agenda, bills and payroll, budget, Cardwell Assoc., Children's Book Week, circulation policy, City Librarian's Report, comments and suggestions, contractors payment, Danville Public Library, Decatur IL, Decatur Public Library, Expenditures, Finance and Properties, friends, health insurance, ILA conference, Illlinois State Archives, John Moorman, library writing contest, Meeting, Millikin, Minutes, monthly circ stats, November 1998, November special minutes, October minutes, personnel policy and public relations, PSA, reports, request for space in new building by city, Revenue, RPLS, Sears building renovation, Standards for Illinois Public Libraries, star inservice, Statistical Report, thank you notes, Volunteers

Tags: 1998, Agenda, Baby Talk, bills and payroll, board of directors, Board of Trustees, budget, children's division, circ stats, City Librarian's Report, database search policy, Decatur IL, Decatur Public Library, Expenditures, Extension Division, exterior lights new building, Finance and Properties, furniture design, goals and objectives for city librarian, John Moorman, Kwaniannes, levy payment, library visits, Meeting, Millikin, Minutes, moving committee, October 1998, parking new building, personnel policy and public relations, policy reviews, receiving of Sears Building, reports, reproduction agreement policy, Revenue, review of by laws, RPLS, September minutes, signage, Standards for Illinois Public Libraries, Statistical Report, tech services, Volunteers, workshops and training

Tags: 1998, 3M self check machine, Adult Services, Agenda, art acquisition and display policy, August minutes, bad checks, Baker and Taylor, bills and payroll, board of directors, Board of Trustees, bookmobile schedule, Bright Ideas Grant, budget, children's division, Christmas closings, circ division, circ stats, City Librarian's Report, Decatur IL, Decatur Public Library, Decaturnet, Expenditures, finance and property, Foundation, friends, John Moorman, Law and You, Levy Request, library visits, maintenance division, Meeting, Minutes, Parking Lot, personnel policy and public relations, reports, Revenue, RPLS, Sears renovation, September 1998, SOS volunteers, Standards for Illinois Public Libraries, Statistical Report, Summer Reading Program, Tech service, thank you notes, Wasson collection, YWCA

Tags: 1986, A.G. Edwards Company, accounting firm, Air Force, airplanes, Army, Army Specialized Training program, B-29s, Belleville IL, Betty Turnell, board room, bombs, broker, Carnegie Tech, Chicago IL, childhood, construction company, CPA, Decatur IL, Decatur Public Library, Edward J. Seymour, engineering, family life, gasoline, Globe Balls, Himalayas, home building, housing collapse, India, industrial engineering, interview, investment counselor, link trainer instructor, Loyola University Chicago, North China, Oberweiss Securities of Chicago, October 1986, oleo capsule, oral history, polio, polio vaccine, Quebec Canada, recording, rehabilitation, spinal tap, supplies, Tampa FL, theatre usher, University of Illinois, Webber-Costello Company, world globe, World War II, WWII

Tags: 1984, automobile, Bar Association, bar exam, Betty Turnell, Bloomington IL, childhood, circuit judge, Clara May Morthland Henson, County bridge, County building, county judge, Decatur Daily Review, Decatur High School, Decatur IL, Departmental School, divorce law, Donald W. Morthland, early Decatur, Emanual Rosenberg, Eva Josephine Young, Fairview Shopping Center, family law, family life, Faries Park, Henson Morthland and Bolin, Henson Morthland and Henson, Illinois Wesleyan University, Interurban, interview, Jackson Street School, James Atlas Henson, James E. Henson, James Millikin University, January 1984, Lake Decatur, law practice, Lost Bridge, Macon County Court, Macon County Jail, Macon County Sheriff, Maffitt Street Bridge, Martin E. Morthland, Masonic Temple, oral history, Ray's Bridge, recording, Richard F. Morthland, Riverside School, Sangamon River, Staley Office Building

Tags: 1985, 250 W. Prairie Ave., 4F, Albany Medical College, Bank Moritorium, Baseball, Bedford IN, Betty Turnell, bond salesman, Brigadier General Albert Decatur Kniskern, business courses, changes in banking, Chicago IL, Chief Surgeon, childhood, Cincinnati OH, city planning commission, Decatur IL, draft, estate work, Everett Mueller, family history, February 1985, Football, Great Depression, Halsey-Stuart and Company, Henry W. Waggoner, interview, J.C. Hostetler, John Hancock Life, Joseph C. Hostetler, law school, Liberal Arts College, Mayor, Middle States School of Banking, Millikin National Bank, Millikin University, Minnie I. Waggoner, Miss S.E. Kenney, modern banking, Monaham foreclosures, Mueller Company, National Life of Vermont, neighborhood, Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company, Northwestern University, oral history, Prudential Insurance Company of America, Quartermaser General's Packing House Division, recording, Robert B. Hostetler, suppurating ear, Susan May Newland, Union College, University of Illinois, University of Minnesota, University of Wisconsin, Wabash Railroad, William B. Hostetler, World War I, WWI, Zone 7 Supply Depot Quartermaster Corps

Tags: 1984, air conditioning, automobiles, Baseball, Betty Turnell, Bijoux Theatre, Blue Book, board room, childhood, chimes, Clothing, Coal Mines, cook's stove, Decatur Civic Orchestra, Decatur IL, Decatur Public Library, Downtown, electricity, Empress Theatre, family orchestra, February 1984, Federal Home Loan Act, Feltman and Curm, FHA, First Methodist Church broadcast, Great Depression, Gushard Building, Gushard store, homogenization, Interurban, interview, John Philip Sousa's band, Lincoln Square, Lincoln Theatre, Linn and Scruggs, marimba, Millikin Orchestra, Millikin University, Music, Musician, Newspapers, oboe, oral history, out houses., pasteurization, public transportation, Pugh School, Radio, recording, refrigeration, Richard Rodgers, Roosevelt Junior High School, salt water taffy, shoe repair, Shoe Store, Shoes, shopping, Stephen Decatur High School, Street Cars, Swarthout Brothers, telephones, The Anvil Chorus, Transfer House, triangle, unpaved streets, vaudeville theatre, vitaphone programs, WJBL station, World War I, WWI, xylophone

Tags: 1988, Amusement Park, Betty Turnell, Billy Sunday, carnivals, Circus, clearing tracks, crank, Decatur Club, Decatur IL, December 1988, drainage ditch, Dreamland Park, early 1900s, electric cars, gasoline heater, Home Telephone System, horse-drawn plow, horses, Hotel Orlando, interview, Lincoln Theatre, Linn and Scruggs, Millikin National Bank, oral history, plowing streets, Polar Ice Company, Postal Telegraph, Powers Opera House, Presbyterian Church, recording, Richard Rodgers, Riverside Park, sidewalks, sled, sleigh, Street Cars, Streets, tires, touring car, Western Union, wood block pavement, YMCA

Tags: "live line" truck, 1986, August 1986, Betty Turnell, Bill Cecil, boating, cable television, cameras, Carl Hickerson, Carlinville IL, changes to broadcasting, changes to meteorology, Channel 17, childhood, Decatur Celebration, Decatur IL, Decatur Public Library, Don Foreman, government weather observer, interview, J. Giles, Korean War, Lake Decatur, Lakeview High School, lights, live broadcasts, live commercials, Loren Boatman, MacArthur High School, master's degree, meteorologist, Meteorology, microphones, microwave dishes, Navy Indiana State Teacher's College, Northwestern Midshipman School, Northwestern University, oral history, Pacific Ocean, photography, piano, recording, Southern Illinois University, Teacher, Television, travelling, University of Illinois, WAND