Louis Philip Trutter Memoir - University of Illinois Springfield

Springfield. She was a state legislator for years and years and her son is now thp county clerk, I
think
Q. Now, that rings a bell.
A. But Wally and his wife had a farm out N d of Springfield where they raisql black angus
cattle and so Petex Durer would go out there and pick his own or the one he w-d out to the
herd or two, how every many he wanted, and they'd take him in the trade schopl there and they'd
butcher them and stuff and,he'd go and cut what he wanted.
Q. We miss Peter. I think everyone does.
A,. Oh God yes. What else they had out there was wonderful. They taught these kids to do
everything. You name it. A trade. It was their iron work, and oh, there were auto mechanics
too. But all this fancy iron work. They taught these kids to make gates and Wgs like that,
Q. How did they pay them at all? Their roam and board?
A. I think they gave them their room and board They might have given the
money. But what happened was that all there wonderful German brothers
nobody to replace them so the school wanted to put St James Court there
Q. What do you h ow about the Fair Grounds?
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A. I know that the Sangarno Club used to have a club house out there on the race track. They
could all sit and watch the races and sit and drink. Play rum or whatever they wanted to do.
Q. Did you have anything to do with the design and architecture for any of the buildings aut
there?
A. Never did a thing out there.
Q. Who was responsible for those buildings? And why were the Fair Grounds in Springfield?
Do you h ow anything about this at all?
A.. I don't know how it got started. How they got all the land for it or anytbing except I guess
somebody decided that the capitol city shdd have a fair grounds and that it's a rural cornunity
and they could show off their aaimals.
Q, 4H?
A. 4H stuff and so on.