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The Ins and Outs of Lindenwood’s New Construction By Mark Johnson, Contributing Writer It was only a matter of time before Lindenwood needed to expand past the original Belleville Township West campus and starting building, not just buying. The first ground broke was for the girl’s dorm; the second will be for the boy’s dorm, which should be completed by the end of 2014. More dorms mean more students, and the uni-
versity’s cafeteria is already packed during lunch. To alleviate the traffic the university will also begin a large remodeling project just after their spring semester is out, moving the library from the Alan J. Dixon Center to a new spot in the conference rooms that were in the old District 201 offices. For anyone driving along West Main the male dorm will be the most visible change the campus has seen since the university’s opening. The new dorm will be built directly across from the campus
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on the other side of the street. The future location is currently a parking lot but groundbreaking is waiting only for temperatures to cooperate as construction has long been green lit by the city. Architecturally the new dorm will be a mirror image of the main building across the street. At three stories it will house roughly 200 male students, providing them with traditional-style rooms, communal bathrooms, and recreNew Construction - Cont. on page 8
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ation space, along with wi-fi throughout the building and a visitor meeting area. After the first male dorm is finished the lot will still have room for two more dorms to eventually be built as needs arise. Behind the dorms there will be parking and about 25 percent of the lot will be used for green space in the back with attractive landscaping along the street-facing fronts. Of course, the new dorm will bring more students to the campus. Currently about 750 day students attend Lindenwood, and the fall semester will see about an additional 250 more. About 70 percent of that total commute. Already the university is feeling the pressure of more traffic in the cafeteria, long before the new dorm and new wave of students have arrived. The cafeteria expansion and library move will happen right after classes end this spring semester, with the move and renovation taking place during the summer break. Throughout that time summer
students will dine at Matt’s Café, located in the main building, which was the first cafeteria the university had. Located on the second floor of the Alan J. Dixon Center, the cafeteria currently shares part of the floor with the university’s library. The library will move out of the building into the old District 201 offices in the back section of the main building, a space which is slightly larger than the current location. With the library in its new location and more space open on the second floor of the Dixon center, the cafeteria will expand to take up the entire floor and the food service style will change from a traditional cafeteria line to an island style. By fall students will visit different sections of the cafeteria to get different kinds of food, visiting the grill to get burgers, or the noodle/ pasta area to get spaghetti, and so on. Students enter the dining area with their student cards and each meal is all-youcan-eat, so the change won’t bottleneck food service with a line of cash registers as it happens at some other universities. All of these changes are part of the New Construction - Cont. on page 11
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university’s slow metamorphosis, one which started years ago as the first night classes started session. Even though the student body has grown, the university is still very much a small school where many people know each other. Most of their students take advantage of the school’s work and learn program, earning up to $1200 each semester towards their tuition in exchange for 10 hours of work each week. Commonly you’ll see students changing trash bags or answering phones in the offices. As a result most everyone seems to know each other. It also helps that around 80 percent of the students are involved in athletics, so if they don’t know someone from class or from work and learn, they stand a good chance of knowing them from a team.
In the next year the university will see a lot of changes on campus. Whether you’re driving by or you have occasion to visit the campus on foot – recognize that this year will mark an important transformation not just for Lindenwood but for Belleville, too.
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Stations, Studios, Classrooms By Mark Johnson, Contributing Writer Perhaps there’s no place at LindenwoodBelleville’s that’s changed more drastically than the building which houses the communication department. Walking through the campus you feel the history of the buildings as you look around; the offwhite plaster walls, the weight of the doors and the
radiators stationed around the halls and rooms. Before Lindenwood the communication department’s building was the wood and metal shop, and instead of saws the building is now home to classrooms and TV and radio studios. The department is one of the newest additions to Lindenwood’s degree offerings and their program is a shining example of the university’s approach to education. As with other departments, the communication program focuses on letting students do the work they’ll do in their careers. That means having a functional TV studio that broadcasts over cable, and, eventually, an over-the-air radio station subject to FCC rules. The TV station is close to being live, with the final steps of connecting the studio to Charter underway. Once finished, the university will broadcast Belleville’s city council meetings and local sport events on the university’s own local cable channel. The studio is located in the heart of the department and is designed like a professional TV studio some students will see in their future careers. The same goes for the radio station, which broadcasts over Lindenwood’s app under the name The Lynx. The university is still searching for a frequency to broadcast on, a process that’s proved more difficult than was expected. Finding a station is important for the program as it would allow students to experience the procedures and regulations of a professional radio station early on, an important experience to match the knowledge they’ll gain working on the state-of-the-art equipment and programs in the studio. STATIONS - Cont. on page 14
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On staff as the Director of Radio Operations, Tom Calhoun, the voice of the Blues, brings decades of experience that students can pick over during their time in the program. Calhoun has spearheaded the effort to find the university a radio station and he’s helped organize the TV studio’s arrangements as well. “These programs have been developed very much as a partnership with the City of Belleville,” he said. Establishing TV and radio stations is as much about providing students with the opportunity to experience working on them as it is about providing something to the community, an effort that led to the deal to broadcast city council meetings. The department’s focus on providing students
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Lindenwood Theater Department to Put on Collection of Plays, “Loves, Laughs and Loss” By Mark Johnson, Contributing Writer Each semester Lindenwood’s theater department puts on a production, partly for the students to practice the process, partly to share the student’s talents
with the local community. In the past they’ve performed “Little Shop of Horrors” and “A Christmas Carol”, to name a couple. This semester they’re putting together a collection of one-act plays in a show called “Loves, Laughs and Loss” that’ll run on March 21 and 22, both showings at 7:30 pm in the THEATER - Cont. on page 18
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and partly to push her students into new dramatic territories. “These plays are a unique opportunity to try new things with my students,” she said. Many of the actors involved have not yet been in a full-scale production since high school or younger. That’s led many of the first-timers to be surprised at how involved production is and to develop a newfound appreciation for the work that goes into all dramatic productions. “Once you do a play you have an appreciation for the time, commitment, energy and brain power it takes to pull it off,” Parker said. Parker shared some information about three of the plays that she’s particularly excited about seeing
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school’s auditorium. The collection of plays was sourced by department director Marsha Parker. Over the years she kept copies of one-act plays that didn’t quite fit in with what her department was doing at the time; this semester presented an opportunity for Lindenwood to bring the collection to life. As the title suggests they run the dramatic gamut, from comedy to tragedy, with the total balance lying in the favor of comedies 7-3. The plays are contemporary pieces with mature themes, and will offer audiences an entertaining and engaging night out through their dramatic spattering of laughs and heartfelt moments. Parker picked these acts partly out of curiosity
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done live – she had never seen or heard these plays spoken until her advanced acting class read through some recently. “The Field” is a play about two soldiers trying to walk through a minefield. Superstition enters as one of them tells a joke before taking his next step, which they believe gives a bit of good luck to their perilous march. “This play is a particular challenge for actors,” Parker said as the actors will be forced to move at a unique pace. “What would normally be fluid for an actor on stage THEATER - Cont. on page 20
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is very controlled and very contrived, and these actors have to freeze in position. I’m really looking forward seeing to that.” “The Philadelphia” is a play with a Twilight Zone-esque twist. Two friends meet in a restaurant. Through odd experiences before arriving one realizes that something isn’t right with the universe, and his wise friend points out that he’s in a “Philadelphia,” a strange cosmic orientation where you get the exact opposite of everything you ask for. The man who points this out mentions that he’s in a “Los Angeles,” a cosmic happening where nothing bothers you, even losing your job and your wife, and he instead shrugs it off. The comedy of the piece arises from how these two interact and deal with their new awareness of their place in the universe. The last play she mentioned, “The Man Who Cannot Dance,” is a story about a man who never fully committed to a past girlfriend, leading to their breakup and him leaving his hometown. Later in life he returns and visits her after she’s married and has a child. While he visits her they rehash the faults of their relationship, leading her to teach him a lesson about what it means to fully live life. If you’ve never acted in or seen a play, come see this collection. Happy or sad, theater is always thought-provoking and provides a window into the human condition in ways not possible otherwise. Seeing this collection of plays gives you a shotgun effect of variety, something anyone, both seasoned theater-goers and newcomers, can enjoy. Tickets are only $5 for adults, $4 for students and seniors. You can get your ticket by calling the box office at 239-6297 or toll-free at 1-844-8435969.
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Soccer: For All Ages By Mark Johnson, Contributing Writer Inside Coach Dan Hogan’s office there is a ribbonbound book of colored thank-you letters from students at Union Elementary School. He’ll give a slight smile if you reach over to look at it, and inside there is page after page of letters colored by latchkey students from Union to soccer players from Lindenwood. Once every semester Hogan and his soccer team go
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over to Union and run an after-school soccer camp for the latchkey students who stick around after the last bell. The kids learn about the world’s most popular game from soccer players who’ve come from all over, many internationally, to study and play soccer at Lindenwood-Belleville. The clinic isn’t so much about imparting specific skills as it is about creating a relationship in the hours the team, Coach Hogan and the kids spend together. It’s also SOCCER - Cont. on page 24
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about giving the kids some of the confidence and enjoyment that come from playing sports. Hogan started the camp when he came to Lindenwood to coach in 2009: “We wanted to form a relationship with Union School, so we called over, set it up and just had fun for an hour,” Hogan said. After the first clinic kids from Union would come over to the university during the men’s soccer games to cheer them on -- luckily the games are always in the afternoon after classes at both schools are out. Before the kids come by they make posters to wave around, and before
they go the team gives them bits of Lindenwood gear like water bottles and shirts to take with them. For the elementary students the relationship has been a great way to learn a bit more about the sport and, as Lindenwood has brought more international students to town, about the world. The players also get more than you might expect from teaching the kids. “They all love soccer and they remember when they were kids just learning the sport when they’re teaching the kids,” Hogan said. Along with the camp the Hogan has taken the team to other parts of the com-
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munity to share the sport. They’ve done clinics at the Big Brothers Big Sisters annual picnic where they run a soccer station, and they’ve done the same at YMCA events and in East St. Louis at Jones Park. Using sport as a vehicle for bonding has proven to be rewarding for everyone involved, and Hogan only sees the relationship strengthening as time goes on. “It’s about having a relationship with the community, and that will only keep growing as the school does,” Hogan said.
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Lindenwood’s Alumni
By Mark Johnson, Contributing Writer Alumni: a word that evokes the thought of years past and countless other former students who’ve walked through your alma mater’s halls. At Lindenwood the image is different since the university only recently celebrated their first graduating class. A short list of mostly young graduates has allowed Lindenwood’s Alumni Relations Coordinator, Julie Sydow, to reinvent what an alumni group can be and offer to its members. Not only does Sydow get to reinvent things, she and the university managed to inherit a quite unique alumni situation.
Lindenwood-Belleville is part of a university system, so that means each graduate is part of the systemwide Lindenwood Alumni Association. But as graduates of Lindenwood-Belleville they’re also members of the campus’s own organization, the Lindenwood Alumni Club. Furthermore, the university recognizes that their campus has been a part of our community for decades, and thus they also recognize alumni who graduated from the past Belleville Township High School West campus, calling them “affinity alumni.” Members of the Lindenwood Alumni Club are, for the most part, young adults. That fact has made following the proscribed formula of dinners and conferences ineffective at engaging their graduates. So Sydow has followed a difALUMNI - Cont. on page 31
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ferent path, one that focuses on providing alumni with exciting events geared towards their age group along with making it clear that alumni can brainstorm their own ideas for future events and activities. Most of focus so far has been on doing rather than sitting -- going to a Cardinals game, not a night spent in a banquet hall. As a more intimate group than the much larger alumni association, the Alumni Club has also become involved in community service projects. Recently a group from the club helped clean up a local park. But with all of this being fairly new, the club is still establishing their own traditions. And by not having preexisting traditions Lindenwood-Belleville’s alumni get to create them. In the past an alumni suggested having an alumni vs. student game at an upcoming university event. That of course led to the game being organized and, to some surprise, it also brought many alumni travelling to Belleville from across the nation to participate. But perhaps that’s not so surprising after all: Lindenwood-Belleville is still a small, growing campus. As a result the graduates have spent considerable time around the people they’re graduating with. It makes sense that not only would alumni be responsive to suggestions but seek an active part in creating them – they’re effectively planning get-togethers with friends. Aside from custom-made alumni club events there’s a standing welcome for both Lindenwood alumni and affinity alumni to the university’s annual homecoming, theater nights and the alumni lunch that takes place every spring. That gives everyone – alumni, affinity alumni and future alumni, all something to look forward to.
is through naming opportunities, something that exists in spades thanks to Lindenwood’s newness. When a student tells someone to meet them at the Dixon center, you cannot help but think of Senator Alan J. Dixon and his legacy – it’s his name, after all. The chance to give your name to a part of the campus is a great, lasting honor. Similarly, there are numerous ways people can lend their own names to color the campus, from bricks, plaques on walls and by trees, to offices, classrooms, buildings, the football stadium or even endowed scholarships or professorships. Adding your name to a part of the campus does more than establish a legacy at Lindenwood, it builds a legacy in our community, of which Lindenwood continues to become a more integral part. As more graduates look back at their formative years at Lindenwood many will decide to put their name on a part of campus. So will others from the community, Leaving a Legacy those who wish to take part in the university’s story in Reflecting on your graduating class and campus Belleville’s history. life inevitably builds a mental list of names, both of If you’d like to find out more about the people and of parts of campus. Lindenwood University Alumni Club or naming One of the most lasting ways anyopportunities at Lindenwood-Belleville, contact one can shape a university campus Julie Sydow at 239-6033.
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Mind Their Teeth: The Criminal Justice Club By Mark Johnson, Contributing Writer Watching a highly trained canine run after and take down a full-grown man -- just another day at work for some, and part of a twice-a-year outing for members of the Criminal Justice club at Lindenwood. Students in the criminal justice program at Lindenwood will go on to a number of different career fields, but while they’re here the criminal justice club is one nucleus that unites them. Stationed in a dedicated room on the second floor of the university’s main building, the club combines students who will follow the criminal justice program’s varying paths into law enforcement, law practice or corrections. The club also welcomes other students who want to learn about our criminal justice system first-hand, but for students in the program it provides a wonderful variety of opportunities to enrich their education. As a department, Lindenwood’s criminal justice program has an impressive roster of professors who bring a wealth of academic and real-world experience to the classroom, from former judges to academics. Students entering the program will learn the academic underpinnings as well as being well-versed in the practical applications of their studies long before they leave the university. The club provides a similar mixture of exposure to theory and real-world experience to its members in a variety of ways. The department’s Criminal Justice Recruiter, Annette Eckert, J.D., describes most of the students in the degree program as “non-traditional” in that many of them play sports, go to class and work in addition to finding
time for club activities and having a social life. That’s made the events that the club organizes all the more valuable since they can’t mince words or waste time – social hours, guest speakers and various outings focus on providing value to those who come out, giving them something that they can carry with them long after they’ve been handed a diploma. That the club manages to remain active despite the member’s busy schedules is a clear indicator of the dedication of these students. Usually once a month the club welcomes a speaker to discuss various aspects of the criminal justice system from their perspective, be that one of a police officer, a lawyer, judge or someone from numerous other careers in criminal justice. One of the highlights of the club is the relationship they have with Belleville Police Department canine trainer Brian Dowdy. Each semester the group has an outing to see police canines being trained. The strength, speed and discipline of the aniCRIMINAL JUSTICE - Cont. on page 34
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mals are something you only want to experience for demonstrative purposes. The reality of police work is quickly made apparent when students go to see the training, and Eckert sees this field trip as being particularly valuable to every student in the criminal justice program. “It’s good for these students to have a firsthand awareness of the commitment involved in being a canine officer,” Eckert said. The rest of what the club does is designed with that philosophy in mind, as are the various internships that the criminal justice program encourages students to take part in. Students who take advantage of that are required to put in at least 200 hours of work for credit. The club also organizes ride alongs with local law enforcement officers so students can have an even closer experience of what law enforcement work is like in the
field. Not every aspect of law enforcement is bullet and bite, of course, and the club has an annual clothing drive to highlight the softer side of what being involved in criminal justice practice is ultimately all about: helping others. Like so many departments at Lindenwood the criminal justice program, from class to club, gives students a great way to explore their field before the whistle blows.
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Biology From Scratch By Mark Johnson, Contributing Writer Carl Sagan once said “If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe.” Scaling that down, if you wish to teach science, you must first build a science department. So it goes at Lindenwood. Many sciences are mostly the study of different stuff – starstuff, earthstuff, bodystuff, and so on, and studying stuff often requires yet more stuff. That fact makes the process of establishing a new science program a game of acquisition. Beakers, microscopes, gas chromatographs, anatomical models, fish and cabinets were all on the already extensive shopping list Lindenwood has been ticking off since they began offering a Bachelor’s of Science in Biology. Lindenwood’s science department is located in the same place it was during the campus’s high school days, tucked in the northwest side of the main building thanks to the existing infrastructure of water and gas lines needed for building labs. But that’s nearly all that’s remained the same – new steel cabinets, new tools, models, and table tops line the remodeled classrooms. During classes sometimes a research desert tortoise named E.T. wanders through the students – who ever said science wasn’t lively? With new developments come new opportunities, and creating a new department from the ground up means creating the department exactly how it should be. Dr. Paige Mettler-Cherry, Lindenwood’s Biology and Chemistry Department Chair, has
taken that effort on. Giving a tour of the science department MettlerCherry proudly points out everything that they’ve acquired, built and re-fitted, all of which is top-ofthe-line and shiny where it should be. That insistence on quality has meant that some of the developments are slow coming -- the rest of the university is growing too and everyone has a budget -- but she recognizes the important fact that LindenwoodBelleville is in a particularly choice position to offer students not only a great education but great opportunities for their future careers. Illinois has focused on science education in schools, something which Mettler-Cherry has seen the effects of in incoming students. Coupling those BIOLOGY - Cont. on page 38
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students’ deeper understanding of the sciences with the nearness of St. Louis biotech companies like Monsanto and the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, Lindenwood-Belleville’s life sciences students will have a number of opportunities for internships and employment during and after their time on campus in St. Louis and, once finished, perhaps across the street at the new crime lab. The science programs at Lindenwood follow a general trend you’ll see in every discipline on campus: hands-on, experience-based education. Unlike many other universities, Lindenwood-Belleville students get the benefit of being able to quickly participate in extra-curricular activities that provide them with experience that can have an impact on the education now and employment forever after.
Freshmen students in the program have the opportunity to assist professors in their research, something that’s usually out of the question for incoming freshman and sometimes only an option for graduate students. Not only does that give new Lindenwood students a great opportunity to see the reality of what their degree will mean in a job setting it also allows them to explore the beauty of science immediately, something which is often easily recognized by doing science work, not just science classwork. More importantly, Lindenwood’s science professors are hired with both their academic merits and their ability and love for teaching in mind. For students this means that their teachers will not only be passionate about teaching but also about their own BIOLOGY - Cont. on page 40
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research and questions they’re working towards answering. Those students who do help professors with their research will not only get the benefit of experience but the benefit of working with someone who can help guide them and teach them real-world lab and technical skills as they go through their undergraduate degree in addition to the chops they’ll develop through their class and lab work. Lindenwood intends to make the biology program one of their cornerstone, stand-out offerings, and the university will eventually build a greenhouse on campus to offer more hands-on research opportunities to students. With the crime lab being built across the street, opportunities for studies in forensics will soon be available, and Mettler-Cherry also
looks forward to the opportunities opening for business majors to take advantage of biology as a minor, which would give them leverage in the biotech industry where science literacy is both important and potentially hugely profitable. Whatever it is that might stir an interest in science, the science department at Lindenwood offers students the exciting opportunity to join in while everything is as new as can be, and, considering how expensive science equipment is, it likely won’t be that new again for a long time. As their list of stuff to get gets smaller and classes fuller, hopefully those students in the labs now will someday do their part to push the frontiers of knowledge just a bit farther than where they found it.
Do you live in West Belleville? Do you have pictures of friends or family that you’d like to share with BND readers? Starting with our next issue, the West Ender will have a social page and feature pictures of residents here in the West End. If you have pictures from a wedding, party, or other special event, this is a great way to share them with friends and show the Metro-East what a great place West Belleville is to live! • Selected pictures will be run in the West Ender magazine each quarter. • Please include names, dates and events for each picture. • You can submit digital pictures by email to Carole at fredeking@bnd.com. • If you’re mailing your pictures and you’d like them returned, please send them with a self-addressed envelope and stamp to: Carole S. Fredeking at: Belleville News Democrat C/o Carole S. Fredeking PO Box 427 Belleville, IL 62222
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Belleville Before Us: Mount Hope and Mount Carmel By Mark Johnson, Contributing Writer There are many ways to approach telling the history of Belleville, but inevitably our history is a story about people. Whether we consider that through the lens of a particular building or neighborhood’s history we always end up with a tale that interweaves the many hands that came together to create this city. In this issue’s look back BELLEVILLE- Cont. on page 44
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at Belleville’s history we’ll take a more direct path to those people by looking at two historic cemeteries in the West End, Mount Carmel and Mount Hope. If we go back far enough, Belleville’s history is deeply affected by individuals who played on a regional scale, people who had influence not just in Belleville but also East St. Louis and other local communities. Thanks to their nearness, the West Belleville of the 1800’s was closely connected with East St. Louis and as such it’s unsurprising that many people laid to rest in Mount Hope and Mount Carmel had important roles in East St. Louis as well. It’s important to remember that when Mount Carmel and Mount Hope were founded in the late 1890s cemeteries were treated as public spaces that often saw many visitors during fair weather, some even picnicking with family. Culturally cemeteries weren’t seen as places to be avoided but as beautiful spaces where one could spend time with the family, including those who had passed on. That greater public use made the impact of headstones and grave memorials more important, and thus much attention was given to the art and presentation of one’s gravesite. For us today that means that both Mount Carmel and Mount Hope have a wealth of beautifully-crafted headstones
throughout their grounds. The stories they tell become more apparent when you know some of the symbolism often incorporated in their art: a broken flower bud or branch often symbolizes the early loss of someone, usually a child; knots can be used to symbolize unity or marriage. Through knowing some of these basics, visiting these cemeteries becomes not just a journey into our area’s past, but a journey with a mute story that’s voiced through chiseled stone. Mount Carmel Cemetery was incorporated in 1891, and as one of the area’s older cemeteries it is the resting place of a number of people who held considerable influence in Belleville and beyond. One such name is that of Michael Reis (1873-1928). Michael’s father, Michael C. Reis (1831-1908) was a partner in the Reis Lumber Company with his brother Henry. Henry was also a partner with his son in the Reis Drug Company. Not only did the Reis family have those two companies under their name, but Michael C. eventually became Belleville’s mayor in 1885 after serving as an alderman. Alongside business and politics, the family also had a wellknown doctor in their ranks and lived in a notable residence on West Main Street that was eventually BELLEVILLE - Cont. on page 47
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torn down in 1920 for the construction of a gas station. Another notable name you’ll find in Mount Carmel is Maurice Joyce, a former mayor of East St. Louis who served two terms, the first from 18791890 and the second from 1885-1886. Joyce is also particularly noticeable when you’re walking through the cemetery as his gravesite is a stone mausoleum, square with large stone blocks and a cross above the entryway. Further east along West Main you’ll find Mount Hope Cemetery, which was founded in 1897 after being purchased for $25,000 from the Holdner family. The original 80 acres saw a great deal of change after that purchase, and the cemetery was decorated with a historic row of trees lining one of its roads
over a century ago. Mount Hope is the resting place of a political name well-known in his time, Charles Adam Karch (1875-1932). Karch practiced law for a number of years and eventually joined the Illinois state House of Representatives, serving from 1905-1906 and again from 1911-1912. Karch served as the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois in 1914, and then went on to become a U.S. Representative for Illinois’s 22nd District in 1931 where he served until dying shortly after taking office in 1932. Elsewhere you’ll find the resting place of George Flach. George was the son of Joseph Flach, a German immigrant who came and started his life in Belleville as a shoemaker before founding the New BELLEVILLE - Cont. on page 49
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