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This document is minutes from a meeting of the Board of Commissioners on March 4, 1935. Topics discussed were: Treasurer's report; approval of bills for payment; use of Memorial Park; removal of the skating house at Lake Ellyn.

A letter and…

This document is the minutes of the Board of Commissioners meeting on May 6, 1935. Topics discussed were: Treasurer's report; approval of bills for payment; use of the Community House; use of Memorial Park; a request by several organizations that…

This document is minutes from the Board of Commissioners meeting on June 3, 1935. Topics discussed were: Treasurer's report; approval of bills for payment; use of the baseball diamond in Sunset Park; use of Lake Ellyn Park; use of the Community…

This document is minutes of a Board of Commissioners meeting June 1, 1936. Topics discussed were: use of the Community House; use of Lake Ellyn Park; use of Memorial Park; signs placed at Lake Ellyn listing rules for using the lake; Treasurer's…

This document is minutes of the Board of Commissioners meeting on August 14, 1936. Topics discussed were: Treasurer's report; payment of bills; report on a special meeting on Thursday with representatives of the W.P.A. who advised resubmitting the…

This document is minutes of the Board of Commissioners meeting on October 4, 1937. Topics discussed were: use of the Community House; approval of bills for payment; Treasurer's report; placement of a large field gun at the west end of Memorial Park. …

This document is an article published in The Glen Ellyn August 28, 1913. The article describes the efforts to circulate a petition to establish a park district in Glen Ellyn. The article mentions the lake property and a piece of land close to Taylor…

This document is an article published in The Glen Ellyan May 8, 1914. The article complains about loafers in "the park near the tracks" and suggests that the police remove the men. The park is one of the pieces of land that was eventually…

This document is an article published in The Glen Ellyan July 17, 1914. The article reports on a meeting of the Village Council during which complaints were brought to the Village Council about "hobos" and "loafers" around the train station and in a…

This document is an article published in The Glen Ellyn News and The Glen Ellyan on June 22, 1923. The article discusses the opposition to zoning laws that preserve open spaces. The formation of a syndicate to purchase land between Forrest, Duane,…