Evanston police officers struggle with a teenager after a fight broke out following a football game between Evanston and Proviso East high schools. A group of students have a sit-in at Northwestern University's Scott Hall. While the notes on the original photo do not specify what this particular protest was about, there were significant racial issues at the school during that time period, with some accusing the administration of unfair treatment of black students.
The white lines on the top and bottom of the photo appear because the photo has rippled due to age. Black Northwestern students hold a hunger strike at Crown Center. Evanston police officers fold Old Glory after protesters pulled it down from a flagpole. A boat and helicopter from the Metropolitan Sanitary District search the water off Lee Street Beach after a oil slick reached Evanston.
Firefighters battle a blaze at Bramson's, a clothing store at Sherman Ave. Bus drivers picket Evanston Bus Co. Jim Tobin, president of the National Tax Payers Union of Illinois, addresses a group of Evanston residents who were protesting property taxes in front of the former Evanston municipal building.
Don Terras, curator of the Grosse Point Lighthouse, tests the lens and watt bulb. Members of Evanston's Council of Elders-POPS, an anti-gang volunteer group, meet to discuss assignments for the patrol of neighborhood areas. Gregg Dell and Carol Larson pose in front of an anti-nuclear sign in Evanston.
The next question is NOT whether we change our name. No, the next question should be "to what do we change our name? I'll have some proposals and reasoning in an article next week. In the meantime, share your own ideas about our new name in the comment section. The views expressed in this post are the author's own. Want to post on Patch? Register for a user account. Is that a legacy we should honor. Eric Lieberman , Neighbor.
Posted Tue, Nov 22, at pm CT. Find out what's happening in Evanston with free, real-time updates from Patch. Let's go! Thank Reply Share. The rules of replying: Be respectful. In Grosse Pointe was renamed Ridgeville, and increased its population to by that year. On February 15, , the town of Evanston was founded, named in honor of John Evans, who went on to a career in politics.
Between and the population of Evanston quadrupled, and a fire department, telephone system, public library and other amenities were added to accomodate the growing population. In Frances Willard founded the Woman's Christian Temperance Union in Evanston, and the city remained "dry" until the 's.
He learned his trade in his native place, serving an apprenticeship of three years. He then took contracts for building in East Hampton for ten years, and in January, , came to Evanston and worked for two years in Chicago, since which time he has been building and contracting in Evanston.
He married Miss Sarah C. Smith, of East Hampton. Andreas, Contributed by Dori Leekley]. He came with his parents in to Vermillion County, Ill. Then for twelve years he was engaged in mercantile business in Danville, after which he kept a hotel in Champaign City for three years.
In he came to Evanston and was proprietor of the Avenue House five years; then kept a tobacco and cigar store in Chicago for two years; then turned his attention to his trade of painting in Evanston, which he is engaged in at the present time. Adams is a member of Evans Lodge, A.
She died in April, , leaving three children--Mary E. Lawrence Abbott, of Chicago , Theodore F. She died in , leaving four children--Morris, Jasper J. His present wife was Miss Martha L. Peck, of Connecticut, whom he married in
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