Mildred Mallek wrote: > > I have to chuckle when someone has to read a book to > find out what "life was like then", meaning in the 1920s. > All you have to do is ask me! My parents moved to > Wheaton in 1919 and I was born there in 1924 and grew > up there till I married and moved to Elmhurst in 1952. > Ask me anything about Wheaton! My father even > worked for the railroad! > Hey, Mildred, Why don't you write up some of your recollections and I'll post them to the DuPage Co History site. :-) Maybe you could post them here and I could compile them? For people who have roots in that area, it's very interesting reading. Think about it! BTW, this is the perfect lead in for a site I've been meaning to recommend. Some of you may have found it already. It's interviews with people in the area who were born prior to 1900. I never could get the audio to work properly, but maybe it was my browser. http://www.copleynewspapers.com/photos/threecenturies/ Pat Sabin http://patsabin.com/dupage/ > > On the other hand, Harmon's history of Glen Ellyn was written in > the 1920s when the community was well-established and when the earliest > settlers had died. For this reason, I guess, her book reflects more interest > in what ordinary life was like then < > > Mildred in Lake Geneva, WI