Grace and Ruth... Thank you both for sharing old memories. I love reading about them. And thank you for the book recommendation. I'll put it on my wish-list. Lois Subject: Re: [COOK-CO-IL] Aragon Ballroom >I love the thoughts about the Aragon Ballroom. I grew up in the western >suburbs of Chicago and had never been that "far north". After the war a >soldier I had written to [knew his brother but had never met him--found his >name on a book plate in a textbook in one of my classes] took me dancing >there. I will be 81 next month and I still remember the dress I wore that >evening and going to the Brass Rail in the Loop after wards. What a fond >memory. I didn't marry him, but we both had happy memories of knowing each >other. > There is a new book out "Dream When You're Feeling Blue" by an author > named Beck that I can't wait to read. It is about the war years in Chicago > from a woman's perspective. The reviews sound like it will be a fun book > to read. Grace