Photos,
Newspaper Clippings, and links

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Remember the Newspapers?


NEW !! - Remember Tornado Day: April 21, 1967?



Did you have a paper route?

The Cardunal Free Press.   My brother had a paper route...

The Free Press Building 1969
The Cardunal Free Press building in 1969

The Free Press newspaper 1972
The Cardunal Free Press 1972

A news article from 1966, Police Still Fight Threat, talking about gangs in Carpentersville My father's song published in the Courier News 1970, Is That What Dad's Are For by Charles Engels Sr.    One of our Dad's songs was published in the
   Editorial Section, "Is That What Dad's Are For".


(Remember when those youths took over the
Meadowdale Race Track in October of 1965?)
Youth Take Over Meadowdale Race Track in 1965 - Article from local Carpentersville Newspaper

"This was in October of 1965 if I remember right.
  After all these years it was still worth it,
  and I'd do it again if the Monza was still there.
  There is a video on You tube that really shows
  what it was like." -- Kirk Hoffman

 Scott Jones - Class of 82, with Chuck Percy in 1966
 Scott Jones in 1966 news article

The Times and The News 1966

The Times and The News 1966
Crown High Graduate Eric Von Kaenel and
Others, Accepted to Air Force Academy Eric Vonkaenel 1970