ROOT BEER STAND on S. Milwaukee Ave. offered "All you can drink for a nickel." Joe Adams ran it from the mid '30s into the '40s, with 15-cent hamburgers and ice cream. After WW II it was run as a teen center by Ernie and Dorothy Stavros (behind counter). At this writing in 1986 it is known as Rich's Place and serves, among other drinks, real beer.
IN THE MID-TWENTIES Bluebird Troop Girl Scouts hiked down to Dam No. 2 at Foundry Rd. Standing are Florence Reeb, Leader Lucile Schneider, Jean Rhys and Edna Reeb; seated are Emma Hoffman, Mae Hoffman, Helen Radke and Edna Hoffman.
GIRL SCOUT TROOP 1, started by Lucile Schneider in the '20s.
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