Pictured above is the barber shop that was located in Lovington and operated by Will Hesler. Hesler operated his shop starting in the late 1800s. Please submit photos to the News Progress for future consideration. Originals will be saved for return or forwarded to Moultrie County Historical Society. If you have any other information, please contact the Moultrie County Historical Society at 217-728- 4085.
Pictured above are some Moultrie County WWII veterans in 2004. Front row: Gil Crawford, Bill Daily, Carroll Elliott, Everett Drummond, Cecil Crowe, Bud Cochran. 2nd row: Richard Booker, Shirley Osborne, Paul Hutchcraft, unknown, Hubert Walton, unknown, unknown. The rest of the rows are staggered but some of the names are: Row 3: Dwayne Bragg, Cletus Reed, Bruce Thomsen, “Toad” Kinney, Myron Haney, Bill Kidwell, Don Cochran, Dick Mills Row 4: Tom Jennings, Bob (?), Woody Spaugh, John Ruscin Lloyd Chappel, “Mush” Shirey, Row 5: Gerald Obrecht, Freeman Wildman, Richard Booker, Harry Woolen, Floyd Buckalew, Ed Courtright, Dick Brown, William Brown, Gene Rowe, Lynn Huntsburger. Please submit photos to the News Progress for future consideration. Originals will be saved for return or forwarded to Moultrie County Historical Society. If you have any other information, please contact the Moultrie County Historical Society at 217-728- 4085.
Pictured above is Harrison St. in Sullivan in the very early 1900s. Please submit photos to the News Progress for future consideration. Originals will be saved for return or forwarded to Moultrie County Historical Society. If you have any other information, please contact the Moultrie County Historical Society at 217-728- 4085.
Pictured above is Harry Cheever at his shoe repair shop in Lovington circa 1920s. The shop was located on the south side of E. State St.. Please submit photos to the News Progress for future consideration. Originals will be saved for return or forwarded to Moultrie County Historical Society. If you have any other information, please contact the Moultrie County Historical Society at 217-728- 4085.
Pictured above is a photo post card of the west side of the Sullivan square which dates no later than December 1926 based on the history of the “Fair Store”. It filed bankruptcy in December 1926 and was sold in January 1927 to Levy Dickerson who opened his store there. Starting to the near left which is the corner of Jefferson and Main Streets is 1. Hughes Shoe Store formally Wyman Shoes 2. Citizens Abstracts 3. Fair Store 4. Overstreet Jewelry 5. Geo. Thompson Grocery, 6. Alumbaugh grocery 7. Mammoth Men’s Clothing Store 8. Haley & Carnine Meat Market and upstairs were offices for McClung & Harsh Real Estate & Insurance. 9. Hall’s Drug & Jewelry shared the 1st National Bank Bldg. The bank had the portion on the corner. Behind the bank on Harrison was the lobby and dining room for the Savoy Hotel. Rooms were in the upstairs of the bank building. Please submit photos to the News Progress for future consideration. Originals will be saved for return or forwarded to Moultrie County Historical Society. If you have any other information, please contact the Moultrie County Historical Society at 217-728- 4085.
Pictured above is Lowe’s 5th grade class for 1947-48. Top row: David Hamilton, Robert Bodamer, Ronnie Hengst, Marjorie McCoy, Catherine Brown, Miss Booker. Row 2: Richard Carnes, Myrna Slover, Sharon Smith, Wanda Basham, Marilyn England, Eugene Shain. Row 3: Dick Smith, Marsha Moore, Jane Getz, Bobby Clark, Roger Bullock, Margaret Klein. Row 4: Nancy Montonye, Donald Dennis, Marvene Welch, Julie Albers, Joe Schrodt, Sharon Miller. Row 5: Joel Munch, Roger Roley, Peggy Barnes, Julian Kirk, Patsy Atteberry, Doris Hays. Please submit photos to the News Progress for future consideration. Originals will be saved for return or forwarded to Moultrie County Historical Society. If you have any other information, please contact the Moultrie County Historical Society at 217-728- 4085.
Pictured above is the Mil-Roy Motel around 1957. It was located on West Jackson St. in Sullivan. Please submit photos to the News Progress for future consideration. Originals will be saved for return or forwarded to Moultrie County Historical Society. If you have any other information, please contact the Moultrie County Historical Society at 217-728- 4085.
Pictured above is the Lovington IOOF building. It was destroyed by a rainstorm in August of 1965. It was originally built in 1911 by Hagerman & Harshman and replaced the wood frame IOOF building that burned in 1910. It was on the south side of state street across from the East End. The building was razed in Oct 1965. Please submit photos to the News Progress for future consideration. Originals will be saved for return or forwarded to Moultrie County Historical Society. If you have any other information, please contact the Moultrie County Historical Society at 217-728- 4085.
Pictured above is the Sullivan Sunnyside 4-H group around 1942. Please submit photos to the News Progress for future consideration. Originals will be saved for return or forwarded to Moultrie County Historical Society. If you have any other information, please contact the Moultrie County Historical Society at 217-728- 4085.
Pictured above is the Lovington Methodist Church in 1908. It burned in 1919. The home to the right (north) of it was the parsonage and the home to the left (west) of it was Doc Hoover’s home that was located where the Casey’s General Store is now. Please submit photos to the News Progress for future consideration. Originals will be saved for return or forwarded to Moultrie County Historical Society. If you have any other information, please contact the Moultrie County Historical Society at 217-728- 4085.