Bolingbrook IL 50th
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Bolingbrook is turning 50 this year. It was in 1965 that a few hundred voters went to the polls to officially create the municipality of Bolingbrook. It was just five years earlier that the first modern subdivision was laid out and the first model homes opened to eager young homebuyers just off old Rt. 66. And look what has been accomplished since then. Most towns around us are 100 to 150 years ol
FINAL TRIVIA QUIZ QUESTIONS, 40-50
40. Four movies: “The Fury” shot at Old Chicago, 1978. “Folks!” (Tom Selleck and Don Ameche) 1992 at Clow. , “Battlefield Earth” (John Travolta) 2000, Clow. “Guts & Glory: Rise and Fall of Oliver North” 1989, First Presbyterian Church of DuPage.
41. Ten sites: John Annerino, Bob Bailey, James Boan, Alan Deatherage/Pops Drdak, Mike Drey, Jamie McGee, Bill Plimmer, John Tibbott, B.J. Ward, Bill/Nora Wipfler
42 .6.7 million sf of retail stores
43. 1,200 homes in 1965
44 .Mayor Roger Claar, Clerk Carol Penning, Trustees Leroy Brown, Mike Lawler, Joe Morelli, Rick Morales, Pat Schanks, Maria Zarate,
45. DuPage River, Lily Cache Creek
46. 13 years
47. 75,000
48. Oak View
49. First phone prefixes: 739 east of R. 53, and 759 west.
50. Was Lemont Rural Route originally
BONUS: 1980, first post office built in town
HOW MUCH DO YOU KNOW ABOUT BOLINGBROOK?
Test your knowledge with these trivia questions. Here are the first 20 out of 50. You can post your answers in a Comment to play along. Good luck! More questions and the answers later!
1. What was the first ordinance that was passed in Bolingbrook?
A. Designating the name of the town
B. Declaring the winners of the election
C. Issuing a liquor license for the lone grocery store
D. Setting the first property tax
2. Who was the first Village President/Mayor?
A. Bob Schanks
B. Jack Leonard
C. Bob Bailey
D. Bill Plimmer
E. Neil Armstrong
3. Who was the first female mayor?
A. Joanne Girard
B. Patricia McDowell
C. Pat Schanks
D. Nora Wipfler
4. How many parks are there in Bolingbrook? __________
5. What is the approximate geographic center of Bolingbrook?
A. Taco Bell
B. Bolingbrook High School
C. Town Center
D. Johansen’s Farm
E. Addams Middle School
6. What year did the village get its own fire department?
A. 1962
B. 1965
C. 1971
D. 1972
7. How many Portillo’s has Bolingbrook had, and where?
A. 2 – On W. Boughton same as now and E. Boughton Road where Blockbuster was
B. 3 – Old Chicago and Boughton & 53 near Grove Dental
C. 3 -- Where Los Burritos Tapatios, Coop’s Den, and Portillo’s are now.
D. 4 – at one time or another, at all corners of Rt. 53 and Boughton
8. How many U.S. Presidents or presidents-to-be have visited Bolingbrook? Can you name them?
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
9. Which school could have had its mascot “The Vaccines” or “Super Shots”? How many school mascots can you name? _____________
10. Who was the first mayor to be elected to a second term?
A. Bob Bailey
B. Daryl Schanks
C. Roger Claar
D. Ed Rosenthal
11. Where was Bolingbrook’s first Walgreens?
A. Bolingbrook Commons
B. South Commons Mall
C. Indian Oaks Plaza
D. Quadrangle Shops
12. Where was the first grocery store?
A. Totura’s on Frontage Road
B. Totura’s on E. Briarcliff
C. A & P in the Commons
D. Day ‘n Night on Schmidt
E. 7-Eleven on E. Briarcliff
13. In 1970, when the school board couldn’t build new schools fast enough, what did they do? ___________
14. What year did Bolingbrook get its first movie theater?
A. 1957, Bel-Air Drive-in, open field where WeatherTech is now
B. 1968, Cascadian Theater, where Dominick’s was later
C. 1977, Plitt Theater, across from Old Chicago
D. 1988, Kerasotes, Boughton near Weber
15. What year did Bolingbrook get its first paid police officer under a paid chief?
A. 1962
B. 1965
C. 1966
D. 1968
16. Name all of Bolingbrook’s Zip Codes. _________________
17. What garage held the first village offices?
A. Farmhouse’s
B. Village Clerk’s
C. Village President’s
D. North View School’s
18. What was Old Chicago most famous for?
A. Arena style concert venue
B. Dome modeled after Florence, Italy
C. Mayor Charlie Baffle
D. Stores and rides indoors
19. How many years was Old Chicago open?
A. 5
B. 6
C. 7
D. 8
20. How many tries did it take to incorporate Bolingbrook as a municipality?
A. Just one – 1965
B. Definitely two – 1963 and 1965
C. Possibly three -- 1963, 1964, 1965
D. Four would be too many – 1961, 1964, 1965, 1969
09/01/2015
Bolinbrooks A Look at the Past from the 60s to the 70s Various Pictures of Bolingbrook from the 1960's to the 1970's. Gathered by Peggy Drey from the 50th Anniversary Committee.
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