Elmhurst

In honor and memory of Elmhurst High School, its alumni, teachers and staff, The Waynedale News has prepared a 100 article selection from the past fifteen years covering Elmhurst topics. As this is a special section with selected stories, please feel free to use the search function on our website to find more specific articles from Elmhurst history.

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PRESERVING A KEY ELMHURST FEATURE AHEAD OF DEMOLITION

Over the past 3 weeks, alumni Don and Hope Dressler have been working to preserve key elements of the gym floor at Elmhurst High School. A race for time against the excavator which will be coming to that side of the building within the next few weeks, the couple have been working to preserve the ‘E’ and both Trojan Head graphics which adorn the wooden floor. . . Read More
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HANSON AGGREGATES PURCHASES ELMHURST HIGH SCHOOL PROPERTY

Hanson Aggregates Midwest LLC (“Hanson”) has concluded its purchase of the vacant Elmhurst High School building and associated property. The sale of the property required the acquisition of two parcels totaling almost twenty-eight acres: over fifteen acres on which the vacant school is located, and an adjacent twelve acre farm parcel. . . Read More
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ELMHURST CLASS OF 1953 REUNION

1st Row (L-R) Nila McCartney Fox, Jean Adams Kloer, Nick Werling, Stuart Trainer, Beverly Sampson Gebert, Lucille Jerraid Huyghe. 2nd Row and rear (L-R) Harold Dautz, Gene Lee, Martha Walker Imler, Bob Crider, Phyllis Waldrop Wilkinson, Betty Paxton Koomler, Dick Schmitt, Louise Scott Bridges, Tom Buchan, Myrtle Scott Steiner, Joe Specht, Jerry Working, Kurt Stewart, Ed Sidel, Paul Henry, Virgil Curley, Dave Smithson and Charles Pickard. . . Read More
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HOLDING DEAR OUR MEMORIES OF ELMHURST

From the Editor-These past few weeks, hundreds of local high school graduates were getting the attention they deserved for a job well done-especially Elmhurst High School grads. Now, these students have boosted their lifelong earning potential and opened doors for themselves despite the turmoil they were put through when they couldn’t graduate from the high school they started school in due to budget cuts and the consequential effect of their school closing its doors. . . Read More