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Planning/Building/Zoning > Historic District
“On September 6, 1919, World War I veterans assembled for this photo at the Cook Avenue School, 9626 South Cook Avenue. Standing from left to right are: Percy Hopkins, Albert Schultz, James Reno, John Benck, unknown, Earl Hiltabiddle, Walter Sahs, John Marr, Henry Larsen, Chris Loheit, unknown, John Hopkins, Enis Auschiwtiz, Edward Krueger, unknown, Walter Hermann, Herbert Hopkins, Walter Krueger, Harry Preston, Fred Roepke, Carl Larsen, Walter Aberman, and August Ziebell. Kneeling are unknown, unknown, Fred Auschwitz, Elbert Hageman, Clarence Krueger, George Hoffman, unknown, harry Fortin, Harry Fletcher, George Schussler, and Charles Haskins, Enish Aushwitz was Oak Lawn’s first woman to serve in the regular armed forces, in her case as a yeoman in the Navy.”
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“In this September 1919 welcome home parade for World War I veterans, Enis Aschwitz (in white), the only Oak Lawn female to march off to the war to end all wars, parades alone. This photo looks east on 95th Street and shows Behrend’s Hardware Store on the northwest corner of Raymond Avenue and 53rd Avenue. James Montgomery, first village president, is shown crossing the street in the foreground. Edward A. Biggs, village attorney, gave the welcoming address from the platform, which can barely be seen on the right.”
Excerpted from The Oak Lawn Story by Archibald McKinlay
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