Cornfields to Marching Feet Remberances C-E

Camp Ellis Remembrances C - E

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.