Glimpses of the Past

GLIMPSES OF THE PAST - FULTON

2011: Fire completely destroys Nick’s Body Shop

60 Years

Nov. 29, 1961

At a special meeting, the city council authorized a request for bids on a new sewage treatment plant, pumping station and intercepting sewers. The new plant will be located between Fourth Street and the river near 18th Avenue on a tract of land purchased from the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad.

Albany Shipping Association will host a grand opening to present its new mill and other new equipment. It will be serving a barbecued chicken dinner and have free gifts. There is a full line of farm chemicals and medication, a huge warehouse provides ample stock o f M a s t e r M i x F e e d s , a n d G e r a l d Kramer and Ken VenHuizen will be working with the new grind and mixing equipment.

50 Years

Dec. 1, 1971

David W. Mitchell was presented a trophy by his sons Tad, Ned, Dave and Jon Mitchell at the Fulton High School football banquet. The trophy was presented to David W. Mitchell for having attended every football game, both home and away, since 1958.

Carl Schoenhard and Herbert Shelly are the new owners of three rock quarries in Whiteside County. A new weight station building recently was erected at the Ustick quarry.

40 Years

Dec. 2, 1981

A l t h o u g h h e m i s se d s o m e p l a y because of injuries, Travis Schnitzler was honored as the most valuable player on the Steamers football squad. He started on both offense and defense and was chosen for the first-team defensive unit in all-conference selections. He won honorable mention in the Chicago Sun-Times selections for All-State honors and was chosen for the All-Western second-team defensive unit.

The Fulton City Council sold about six acres of land to Ron Den Besten, president of Drives Inc. Den Besten’s bid was the only bid submitted for a long strip of land that runs through the Drives property in south Fulton. The tract is about 100 feet wide and 2,600 feet long and was the location for a railroad track in former years.

30 Years

Fulton Steamers are now one of four teams left in the Illinois High School Association playoffs. The Steamers need to win two more games to become the state champion in Class 2A.

T h e R i v e r B e n d S c h o o l B o a r d approved the hiring of several new personnel. Gerry Phillips was hired as head custodian at Fulton Junior High, Mark Wade was hired as a nighttime custodian at Fulton High School, Kathy Montgomery was hired as secretary at Fulton Elementary, Mike Pickney was hired as assistant high school girls basketball coach and Judy Holesinger was hired as math aide at Fulton Junior High.

20 Years

Nov. 28, 2001

Iowa Department of Transportation officials said U.S. 30 expansion projects in some areas of Iowa have been suspended because of a reduction in revenue from road-use tax. Members of the U.S. Highway 30 Coalition in Iowa are struggling for a way to get funding for the project.

Unity Christian School participated in Operation Christmas Child. Shoeboxes were filled with small gifts, candy and hygiene products to send to the less fortunate in the world. Last year, the project collected more than 4.1 million gift boxes that were delivered to more than 80 countries. Unity Christian junior high and senior high sent 116 boxes.

10 Years

Nov. 30, 2011

Another tragic Nov. 23 fire. Nick’s Body Shop, 4990 24th Ave. was completely destroyed by fire and is considered a total loss. The first arriving units found heavy fire conditions on the interior of the building with fire coming out of a 12-foot-wide overhead door. Fire departments that assisted were Albany, Thomson, Erie and Morrison. Prophetstown stood by at the Fulton station. It was exactly one year to the day when the Blecha building on the corner of Fourth Street and 10th Avenue was destroyed.

River Bend Middle School and Fulton Elementary students chose a book tag from the Christmas trees outside the library at FES during the Scholastic Buy One, Get One Free Book Fair. Any family member or student purchasing a book has the option of donating their free book to either the FES or RBMS library in honor of Ms. Buikema, the librarian.

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