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Camp Ellis Remembrances C
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These remembrances are from a book entitled Camp Ellis, Illinois - From Cornfields
to Marching Feet by Marjorie Rich Bordner. (1)
- Veda M Campbell - We ate at the Officer's Mess Hall where much of the cooking
was done by German POWs.
- D.A. Carrison - I farmed in Camp Ellis during the war. 1945 was the worst
I had ever seen. It was a cold, wet spring so that we didn't get our corn
planted until late June ...soybeans in July. Then we had a very early frost
in the fall. I was left with about a thousand acres of wet corn that couldn't
be harvest till it had frozen solid.
- Vera M. Hallam Chaffee - Buses were provided to take the soldiers to Peoria
when they had weekend passes. Needless to say, the buses were full of very
happy soldiers
- Mary Chenoweth - Thank you so much for sending me the picture of the Ruby
tourist boat that once cruised on Spoon River above the dam.
- Helen Clainin - My father had helped put the sewers in and was now hired
to oversee taking them out, as they had been sold to the Far East for their
oil field pipe.
- Jimmy E. Dark - In the fall of 1942, I started working for Moerhofer Brothers,
who were buildinga dam at Bernadotte.
- Nina Dark- I was a student nurse in Macomb when Camp Ellis was going strong.
The POWs at Camp Ellis built the Nursing Home.
- Arthur Dewitt - I was assigned to guard the Prisoners of War. One of the
best work details for me was when I had the POWs over at the Officers' Club
in the morning to clean up the Club. There were all types of slot machines
there.
- Verne W. Dowers - ...asked if I could edit a daily news bulletin. "Medicapers"
was the result. It was a legal size mimeographed one page paper published
Monday through Saturday.
- Gene Edwards - My father was at camp Ellis and still remembers how beautiful
the POWs sant.
- Mary Succio Effland - I was one of the Farmington Group of the Canton USA
that went to the Camp Ellis dances. Once, the Farmington group entertained
the Camp Ellis soldiers at a dance in the Farmington High School Gym. Since
the Prom decorations were still in place, it was very pretty...
- Helen Everitt - During World War II, I lived in Astoria, ILL. and taught
first grade in Pekin, Ill. On a clear night, we could see the lights from
Camp Ellis.