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8 | November 15, 2018 | The glenview lantern news
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Moose and Jax
The Mazzei family
This is our Golden Retriever
Moose, 11. He just celebrated
his 12th birthday on Nov. 2.
His younger brother, Jax, an
8-year-old labradoodle, will be
celebrating his 9th birthday
in December. They are best
friends who still love to run around and play and
chase each other! They are best buddies to each
other and to our family!
Happy birthday to Moose and Jax from The
Lantern!
HELP! The Glenview Lantern is in search of more pets. To
submit your own Pet of the Week, send a photo and info to
jason@glenviewlantern.com or 60 Revere Drive Suite 888.
Northbrook, IL 60062.
Veterans mark WWI’s end 100 years on
Jacqueline Zeisloft
Freelance Reporter
One hundred years ago
from Sunday, Nov. 11, the
Allies and Central Powers
enacted the armistice
that ended World War I.
In honor of the centenary,
members of The Glenview
History Center curated and
presented an exhibit showcasing
the history of Glenview’s
men who served in
The Great War.
On Sunday, the Glenview
History Center hosted
an open house for veterans
and their families to
visit the exhibit and connect
with other members
of Glenview’s veterans
community.
The Glenview History
Center presented the exhibit
in the Farmhouse
Museum, a charming 19th
century house decorated
with classic furniture and
artifacts.
Sharing memories of
their experiences in the
service, members of Glenview’s
veterans community
took time visiting
with each other around the
Farmhouse kitchen table
that was stacked high with
cookies and coffee. Veteran
Don Long, of Glenview,
was one of those veterans.
Long was drafted in
1950 and served at an
army base in California
during the Korean War.
After he finished his service,
he returned to his
native Glenview, and he
enjoys celebrating Veterans
Day at the Glenview
History Center.
William Dawson, of
Glenview, and Warren
Fellingham, of Golf —
two volunteers at the Glenview
History Center — are
Army veterans of the
Vietnam War-era.
Fellingham, who is the
Glenview History Center President Beverly Dawson
shows off a photo of Joseph M. Sesterhenn. Sesterhenn
was the first young man from Glenview to enlist
for WWI and the only Glenview soldier who did not
return. photos by David Kraus/22nd Century Media
Bill Dawson (left), who served the in the U.S. Army from
1963 to 1965, and Warren Fellingham, who served in the
Army from 1957 to 1959, show off the WWI display at
the Glenview History Center Sunday, Nov. 11.
treasurer of the Glenview
History Center, received
his draft notice on his 21st
birthday.
“I knew it was coming,”
Fellingham said. “And I
knew the worst was always
possible.”
Fellingham was inducted
into the U.S. Army in
1957 and served as a member
of the Finance Corps at
Fort Rucker in southern
Alabama, which was quite
the culture shock for the
young man from Arlington
Heights, Illinois.
“My friend and I were
driving down to Fort
Rucker and we saw three
beer trucks go by but none
of them were marked,”
Fellingham said. “My
friend looked at me and
said, ‘We’re in dry country
now!’”
After two years of service
in Alabama, Fellingham
returned to Glenview
to work in banking.
Dawson serves as a librarian
at the Glenview
History Center.
“I spend a lot of time
looking for family history,”
Dawson said.
Dawson was drafted in
1963, when the Vietnam
War was in full throttle.
Having just finished his internship
for medical training,
he received his draft
notice and was promptly
inducted into the U.S.
Army.
“I went straight from
civilian life to army life.
I didn’t do any basic
training,” Dawson said.
Dawson served as an
army medical doctor at a
small post outside of Baltimore.
His service in the
Army was a time of learning
and developing his
skills in the medical field.
“It was a good experience.
I learned a lot about
medicine and working
with patients,” Dawson
said.
Telling their own stories
and serving an organization
that documents
Glenview’s history,
Dawson and Fellingham
acknowledge the importance
of remembering the
community’s history.
“If we don’t remember
our history, a lot of it
gets lost,” Dawson said.
“People have to help
preserve it.”
Fellingham echoed
Dawson’s sentiment.
“It’s important to know
what happened here and
why things are the way
they are,” Fellingham
said.
There was a plethora
of rare items from the
First World War-era in the
house’s parlor — old aviator
goggles, a rusty medal
that was presented to
each of Glenview’s World
War I veterans and a uniform
that once belonged
to Glenview resident and
WWI veteran Geoffrey
Eugene Blackman.
Photos of smiling troops
and men in gas masks
rested on the display case,
and nearby was a large
sign that gave information
about the biographies
Please see veterans, 12