I was going to college in Dubuque IA at the time. I had decided to come home for the weekend. While waiting for the train, it started to snow, but it was winter--so what! Many hours into our normal 3 hour trip, the train would stop several times so the crew could get off and clear the track ahead. Twelve hours later we arrived at Chicago's Union Station. After walking through the snow to Michigan Avenue, I found a bus going north. We finally made it to the street that would take me home, after a 2 mile walk down the middle of the street. Fortunately, the weekend was not a waste, as I made a lot of money shoveling snow. Dave Buzzek --- South Suburban Genealogical & Historical Society <ssghs@usa.net> wrote: > Do you remember the Chicago Snow Storm January 26, > 1967? > > When 23 inches of snow fell on Chicago in less than > a day and a half in > the late winter of 1967 it not only paralyzed the > economic life of a > great city, but also stopped grandpa cold in his > tracts in his boats > about the horrible winters he endured as a boy. > Weather Bureau records > showed definitely that there had been no such snow > for more than 80 years. > The preceding extraction was printed in the January > 28, 1968 issue of > The Illinois Intelligencer as part of Illinois' > Sesquicentennial > Celebration. > http://www.illinoishistory.com/deepsnow.htm > > Pictures and related stories about the storm: > http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/wwatch/winter_storms/witnesses.htm > http://www.chipublib.org/004chicago/disasters/snowstorms.html > http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/historic/nws/wea00953.htm > > South Suburban Genealogical & Historical Society is > looking for stories > about the storm of 1967 to include in an upcoming > publication. > > Where were you forty years ago on January 26, 1967? > Write a short > paragraph or two about the Snow Storm that hit the > Midwest and what you > did or what happened to your family on that day. > Include your name > (maiden name), where you lived then and where you > live now. Anyone have > a photo you can share? > It's easy and fun! Have a part of your family > history preserved. > > Start today by answering these basic questions. > Who, what, where, when > and how. Then make it into a short story. Don't > worry about grammar or > spelling, we'll fix that part. > > Please submit your story and pictures by the end of > March 2007 directly to: > SSGHS@USA.NET > > Thank you! > > South Suburban Genealogical & Historical Society > /Serving south Cook and east > Will counties, > Illinois / > / including Chicago's Roseland > and Pullman > neighborhoods/ > South Suburban Genealogical & Historical Society Web > Site > <http://www.rootsweb.com/%7Essghs> > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email > to COOK-CO-IL-request@rootsweb.com with the word > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message > David T Buzzek <www.gensearch.net> You cannot soar with the eagles during the day if you hoot with the owls at night! ____________________________________________________________________________________ Need a quick answer? Get one in minutes from people who know. Ask your question on www.Answers.yahoo.com

My children my children had just turned 3, 5 and 7. I kept the the oldest home from school because we were going into the city from Lake Zurich to visit my aunt on the northwest side and then to 5500 S. Laramie to pick up parts for my husband's business. By 10:30am, my aunt started pestering me to forget going south and return home. Young know-it-all that I was and believing I was a good snow driver having learned in the country, we stayed for lunch and then proceeded south. What a mistake!!! I got to 5500 south ok at about 1:00pm, but coming back was a nightmare, especially with three little ones in the car. Three times, while at a dead standstill for I can't remember how long, we left the car in the middle of the street to go into a 5 & 10 and or restaurant to buy the girls things to occupy them, use the bathroom and eat. At 11:00 we finally arrived home safely........nerves frazzled, but safe. Judie Mason Chicago IL David Buzzek <dbuzzek@yahoo.com> wrote: I was going to college in Dubuque IA at the time. I had decided to come home for the weekend. While waiting for the train, it started to snow, but it was winter--so what! Many hours into our normal 3 hour trip, the train would stop several times so the crew could get off and clear the track ahead. Twelve hours later we arrived at Chicago's Union Station. After walking through the snow to Michigan Avenue, I found a bus going north. We finally made it to the street that would take me home, after a 2 mile walk down the middle of the street. Fortunately, the weekend was not a waste, as I made a lot of money shoveling snow. Dave Buzzek --- South Suburban Genealogical & Historical Society wrote: > Do you remember the Chicago Snow Storm January 26, > 1967? > > When 23 inches of snow fell on Chicago in less than > a day and a half in > the late winter of 1967 it not only paralyzed the > economic life of a > great city, but also stopped grandpa cold in his > tracts in his boats > about the horrible winters he endured as a boy. > Weather Bureau records > showed definitely that there had been no such snow > for more than 80 years. > The preceding extraction was printed in the January > 28, 1968 issue of > The Illinois Intelligencer as part of Illinois' > Sesquicentennial > Celebration. > http://www.illinoishistory.com/deepsnow.htm > > Pictures and related stories about the storm: > http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/wwatch/winter_storms/witnesses.htm > http://www.chipublib.org/004chicago/disasters/snowstorms.html > http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/historic/nws/wea00953.htm > > South Suburban Genealogical & Historical Society is > looking for stories > about the storm of 1967 to include in an upcoming > publication. > > Where were you forty years ago on January 26, 1967? > Write a short > paragraph or two about the Snow Storm that hit the > Midwest and what you > did or what happened to your family on that day. > Include your name > (maiden name), where you lived then and where you > live now. Anyone have > a photo you can share? > It's easy and fun! Have a part of your family > history preserved. > > Start today by answering these basic questions. > Who, what, where, when > and how. Then make it into a short story. Don't > worry about grammar or > spelling, we'll fix that part. > > Please submit your story and pictures by the end of > March 2007 directly to: > SSGHS@USA.NET > > Thank you! > > South Suburban Genealogical & Historical Society > /Serving south Cook and east > Will counties, > Illinois / > / including Chicago's Roseland > and Pullman > neighborhoods/ > South Suburban Genealogical & Historical Society Web > Site > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email > to COOK-CO-IL-request@rootsweb.com with the word > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message > David T Buzzek You cannot soar with the eagles during the day if you hoot with the owls at night! ____________________________________________________________________________________ Need a quick answer? Get one in minutes from people who know. Ask your question on www.Answers.yahoo.com ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to COOK-CO-IL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message