Alma, IL - early 1980's - Jim Hester photos

Kinmundy Historical Society

Jim Hester's

Photos of Neighbors

Around Alma, IL - early 1980's

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James D. Hester

Goldie Sullens

William "Bill" Hester standing in the doorway of his old packing shed along Rt. 37 in Alma.

Kathryn (Laswell) Williams

Jim Hester & Velma Shuler

Ruth (Harris) Brimberry

Keith and Janet Smith in front of window

Hershel Maxey

Gloria (Williams) Welker

Oscar Shuler

Logan Saatkamp

Bob & Donna (Caldwell) Kerley

Opal Ruddell

Vernon Killion

Doris Stubblefield and Lela Williams

Winnie Yerian painting the old Dr. Laswell office that was converted into the Alma Library.

Eugene "Red" Winks at Winks Market in Alma

Winks Market along Rt. 37 in Alma

Carroll Michel

Ray Sullivan

Mike Johnson, Robbie Johnson, Robbie coughran, Melanie Ingram with

Bill William Stillwell - workers for Alma village

Kathryn (Laswell) Williams

Carrie Hayes at open house of new apartments in Alma - 1980

Elizabeth Rezba Phillips

Judy (Egelston) Mulvany Tranum

Flossie Altom

Jeff Hawkins & Bill Wells at Alma railroad crossing

Sue (Williams) Swift

_________, John W. Ford, and Charlie DeWeese at the airstrip east of Alma on John W. Ford's farm

Charlie DeWeese

William "Shorty" Stillwell

William "Shorty" Stillwell with his horse and sulkey on 7th Street in Alma - Dec. 1982.

William "Shorty" Stillwell

Paul Albert and Bret Jezek

At Andy Yates' garage.

_________. Mike Landes. Jerry Osborne behind the saw.

Raymond Shuler standing behind buildozer in checkered shirt.

Robbie Johnson on far right.

Jerry Osborne and Mike Landes cutting firewood for Arthur "Grizz" Johnson

unknown

Larry Rezba

Bill Beard holding baby

Virginia Gammon, Tracey Gammon, Rene Wilson Broom, Denzel Gammon, and Stanford Broom

Charlie Atteberry

Robbie Johnson and Dean Osborne

Bob Williams and Kenneth Jones with Ron Swift (auctioneer)

Terry Yates

Alma Methodist Church women: Ethel Barnett, Rada Ford, Wilma Purcell, Velma Jackson, (or her sister Edith Doudera).

Naomi Chance, Goldie Sullens, Kathryn Williams, Mary Hines, and ________ ( maybe Lela Williams)

Raymond Eagan and Oscar Shuler

Eugene "Red" Winks and Leroy Diss

Pearle Garrett (in pink dress) talking with Goldie Sullens.

In back of the photo is Bertha Beard Newman talking to Lu Ann (Jezek) Petri.

Merle Jones sitting in chair. Probably Elma Jones with her back to the camera.

Dan Hanks standing in the back left.

Clyde, Denny and Coleen Osborne

Dale Broom and Milford McWhirter

Bill Hester talking with a family on Main Street

Buddy Brimberry

Lulu Winks

Ira "Ike" Williams at Alma Standard Station

Charlie DeForde?

Joe Polanka

Lela Williams

Nadine (Smith) Johnson at Alma Standard Station

Fred Hart

Elizabeth Rezba Phillips

Tila (Williams) Jones

Pauline (Sill) Diss, Leroy Diss, David Wagstaff, and Ron Swift

Charlotte Mazanek working at the Mazanek Orchard

Richard Mazanek working with his orchard near his home. The old Mazanek home is in the background.

Steve & Cathy (Doolen) Wilkins

Danny and Billie Bryan

Alma Election Board

ron Firebaugh working behind the counter at Don's Meat Processing

?John W. McCulley?, Byron Craig, Floyd Tockstein

Bill Jones

Debbie (Diss) See and David Brimberry

Jack Hall, Laverne (Crutchfield) Hall, and Larry Hall

unknown

Doug Schoreck

Jim Williams

Pauline (Sill) Diss

Elizabeth Rezba Phillips

Leroy Diss

Pauline (Sill) Diss

Alma Post Office - Bill Butts wearing orange cap

Perry Donoho - auctioneer

______ and ?Jim Williams at the Kinmundy Lumberyard

Judy and Jim Diss

__________, Ted Arnold, and Chuck Johnson

Susie Crutchfield

Roy Sullivan

Denny Osborne, Oscar Shuler and Andy Yates

Jane Jezek, Lu Ann (Jezek) Petri, and Ed Jezek

________, Bob Saatkamp, and Jim Diss

Mary Gregory and Kate McWhirter

Mary (Getts) Winks at Alma Christian Church bazaar

Bill Deadmond

Ruth (Harris) Brimberry

___ and Berneice Holler

Robert L. "Bob" Williams

Pam and Richard "Barney" Craig

Paul and Doris Stubblefield inside their hardware store in Alma

Virginia Craig and Richard "Dick" Craig inside the Alma store

Raymond Shuler

Terry (Gigar) Conant and Alan Conant

Harold "Pinch" Wiley

Glen McCarty & Winnie Yerian

Ralph Sullens

John "Hardrock" Smith

Pauline Doudera

Larry Albert and Merle Arnold

Larry Albert and Kris Gammon facing camera. Merle Arnold's back is shown too.

Kate McWhirter & Bob Kerley

Kenneth Smith & _________

Vernon Killion

Pullen home

School in Alma

John Middleton

Bill Soldner - Country Companies agent

Danny Krutsinger

Dale Hulsey

Everett Newman & Denzel Gammon

Betsy Spearman

Oscar Shuler

Mike Malone

Rada (Garrett) Caldwell Ford

Bill Butts & Bob Kerley

Jesse Donoho

___________, Bob Kerley, and Jim Hester

Elizabeth Rezba and Phyllis (Sill) Schoreck

Michelle Schoreck and Effie Schoreck

Claude & Beth Rainey home, and later Lorene & Lottie (Gregory) Williams Home

Ron Swift - auctioneer

Nora Kline

Carlin Lewis and Wilbur Wooden

Terry Yates

Kenny Young

Don Clark (worked at Williams' Allis-Chalmers business)

Kris Gammon

Raymond Eagan

Tony Jackovich in the old bank building (1982)

Rev. Barnett

Tom Swift & Jeff Hawkins

Danny Spearman

Charles DeForde in Alma Post Office

Charlie DeWeese, Oscar Shuler, Paul Stubblefield

Sue (Williams) Swift, Phyllis (Sill) Schoreck, Judy (Egelston) Mulvaney Tranum, Andy Yates,

and Kate McWhirter around table

Alma Christian Church minister - Dennis Young

Richard "Barney" Craig and Pam Craig

Doyle Randolph

Terry Hicks

Howard Downey and Myron Craig

Bob Kerley

Floyd Purcell

Myron Craig

Charlie DeForde

Bill Mulvaney

Bill Beard (Alma's Postmaster) and John D. Purcell (Alma's Rural Mail Carrier) in

Alma Post Office

John D. Purcell

Charlie DeWeese

Howard Downey

Velma Shuler in the Alma Grocery

Jerry Mulvaney in the Alma Grocery

Kathryn (Laswell) Williams

Lillie Shreffler and Paul Williams in her townhouse apt - 1980

Charlie maude wal and Frances Ott at rear of DeForde residence at 5th and Illinois

Hartzel Powell and Mona Shreffler Powell in front of new home south of route 50 - 1981

Patty Sullivan at storage building in railroad right of way following cleanup after purchase from Ed Brown - 1981

Edward Sullivan and Patty Sullivan on right of photo at old Standard Service station

on Rt 37 following cleanup after it was purchased by Ed Brown - 1981

Glen Atkinson in blue coat and Paul Maulding in gray suit at open house of town apts - 1980

Rene Broom, Pearl Garrett, Eleanor Williams Cheatum - 1980 - at open house

of Apartments

Rusty Powless, Elizabeth Rezba and Carolyn Meseke in front of Grocery store on Alma's main street

1982 - Arthur Bob "Grizz" Johnson and son Arthur "Robbie" Johnson

on bench on Alma's Main street in front of old barber shop

June ________ and Mary Inez Gregory

Mary Gregory at coffee table in corner of Alma Grocery store

Shine Wilson

unknown

Day of demolition of Helen Pilkingtons house with Buddy Brimberry,

Bob Williams and Wilbur Wooden 1980

Day of demolition of Helen Pilkingtons house

Charlie DeWeese watching demolition of Helen Pilkington's house

1980 - Charlie Tomlinson's barber chair found in Helen Pilkingtons attic.

It was her father's barber chair.

Final items at Ann Mazanek Arnold's sale - 1980

Ann Arnold and Sherri Hartley who bought the house from her at auction

Ann Mazanek Arnold's sale

Ann Mazanek Arnold's sale - Ann is on porch

Jake McCarty at Ann Mazanek Arnold's sale - 1980

Townhouse apartments during winter around 1981-1982

Mary Gregorys auction - auctioneer Ron Swift with arm raised - 1981

Mary Gregorys auction with Mary Gregory seated - Charles DeWeese house in background.

Sue Wood

Louie Mayer (Lymon Malone's son-in-law)

Candy distributor - Harold Bolinger

_________ and Bill Butts

Alma Lions Club Santa giving buggy rides in December 1983. Art Rowe home in the background.

Frances (Blair) Yates Kirkman and Terry Yates in Alma Grocery - Dec. 1982.

Wilma Egelston and Doris Stubblefield

unknown

Mary Cessna

Ellis Johnson in October 1984. Standing on sidewalk on east side of Citizens Bank holding ancestor's weapon that supposedly went on the Rogers & Clark Expedition in 1802.

Ellis Johnson with ancestors weapon that supposedly went on the Rogers Clark Expedition in 1802.

Joe Brimberry and John W. McCulley

William "Bill" Hester

Judy (Egelston) Mulvaney Tranum

Brad McCarty, Shorty Stillwell, and Roger McCarty

(or Roger is on the left and Brad is on the right)

Leroy Diss and Jeanine Diss in the Alma store

unknown

Roger Park on 7th St. in Alma

Libby and Ellis Johnson outside their apartment on the southeast corner of Maulding Apartments - Oct. 1984

James H. Hester and Marilyn Hester Carter

Marjorie Williams Hester, Marilyn Hester Carter and Jack in town for Gertrude Williams funeral

James D. Hester

Ella Mae (Florey) Hester

Ella Mae (Florey) Hester and William Hester

Jim Wells and Jerry Mulvaney

Hershel Jenkins

Brad Easley

Bob Ford

Mabel Burke

Danny Spearman at Old bank building

Charles Smith and John "Hardrock" Smith. Picture taken in yard of Smith home on Hill Street in Alma, IL in May 1983.

Virgil Powell is in the light colored jacket in the back right side. Tracy Reno & Maude Walsh Reno (in blue outfit) are in the center of the photo

during the Alma Lions' Club Auction on 7th Street in Alma - March 1983.

Bruce Olden, Dale and Kenneth Wright

Pam Hawkins

Sue Swift

Nadine (Smith) Johnson

unknown

Robert "Bob" Marshall and Dwight Alexander. Standing on 7th street during Lion's auction in March 1984.

Gregory packing sheds can be seen in the distance across the ICRR tracks.

Betty and Herschel Jenkins

unknown

William "Shortie" Stillwell, Oscar Shuler, and Charles DeWeese

Valetta Sullivan

Waiting for the school bus

Velma Shuler

Bill Mulvaney

Betty Saatkamp

unknown

Tom Swift

Ella Mae (Florey) Hester and Bill Hester on their 50th anniversary

William and Ella Mae (Florey) Hester family:

Standing: Sue (Hester) Hulsey, Becky (Hester) Jones, Ella Mae (Florey) Hester

Seated: Bill Hester and Jim Hester

Arthur "Grizz" Johnson

Arthur "Grizz" Johnson as seen in the mirror of his Harley Davidson motorcycle on 7th Street in Alma - May 1984.

Bobbi Johnson

State Rep. Dwight P. Freidrich and Jim Hester

Bob Williams, Virginia Craig, John D. Purcell, Velma Shuler, Oscar Shuler, Paul Stubblefield, Pat Williams,

Barney Craig, Ike Gammon, Byron Sill

unknown

Robert "Bob" Eagan with his horses and wagon on 7th street in Alma. Old town garage and new village hall in background. May 1984.

Lottie (Gregory) Williams, Marty Williams, Loren Williams

Mary Cessna and Marty Williams

Lottie Williams and Marty Williams

A little snow on the main street of Alma (7th street) - 1981

Interior view of Citizens Bank Building - 7th street north side in Alma

Alma Standard Station before demolition

Alma Market owned by Arthur "Shine" M Wilson - 1981

Jim Wells in his 1929 Model A, probably talking to postmaster Bill Beard, and Jim's daughter, Michele Wells Gold - March 1983.

William Franklin "Jack" Osborn on property west of Alma.

Loren Williams

Old town house has been removed

Building the new Alma town hall - Mike Landes and Sterling Robb.

Building the new Alma town hall

Gene Reese, Logan Saatkamp, _____- , Donald Craig, Kenneth Jones 1981

Building the new Alma town hall

Jason Owens, Donald Craig, Logan Saatkamp, Kenneth Jones, Bob Williams - 1981

Building the new Alma town hall

David Wagstaff, Norman Rose climbing ladder, Logan Saatkamp - 1981

Building the new Alma town hall

New village hall on 7th street

Lions Club turkey shoot at Bob Saatkamp farm

Lions Club turkey shoot at Bob Saatkamp farm - Dan Hiestand

Lions Club turkey shoot at Bob Saatkamp farm - David Purcell

Lions Club turkey shoot at Bob Saatkamp farm

Lions Club turkey shoot at Bob Saatkamp farm - Gary Williams and Floyd Hiestand

Lions Club turkey shoot at Bob Saatkamp farm

Lions Club turkey shoot at Bob Saatkamp farm - George Brimberry

Lions Club turkey shoot at Bob Saatkamp farm - Larry Albert

Earl Shanafelt auction - Wayne Shanafelt, Henry Hassebrock, Larry Shanafelt, James Neff

Earl Shanafelt auction

Earl Shanafelt acution - David Wagstaff and Loren Albert

David Wagstaff - Earl Shanafelt auction

Mary (Winks) Weeks home

unknown

Marshall & Nellie Williams house corner of Broadway and Illinois streets

Northwest corner of Illinois and Broadway

House on High Street

Residence sw corner 7th and High streets - William P Hester and Ella Mae Hester house

Hattie Greens house Rt 37 and 3rd streets in Alma

Aerial view above Alma, Illinois in the early 1980's during the town's consignment sale