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Eldridge Gilbert (Reverend) – 1991 obituary plus article

January 10, 2017Andrew

Source: Rockford Register Star 2 -1 – 1991

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Addresses, African-Americans, Association, Cemetery, Churches, Clubs, Events, Fraternal Order, General, Societies 1793 S. Central ave., 32nd Degree Mason, attended Kent Elementary School, awarded honorary doctorate of human letters from Rockford College 1986, bachelors degree in humanities from Beloit College, bachelors degree in theology from American Baptist Theological Seminary in Nashville, born 10-27-1912 in New Orleans, call to ministry 1940, Chicago Teachers Junior College, designed Pilgrim Baptist Church 30 years ago, died Jan. 26 1991, Eldrige Gilbert, Eldrige Gilbert Jr., equal rights for Blacks and Rockford's Disadvantaged, first Black president Greater Rockford Clergy Association, first Black to dine in Nelson Hotel 1948, graduate Rockford High School, Greenwood Cemetery, Isador Behr, Lucille M. Roebuck Funeral Home, married Anne Lee Wilson-Allen after widowed, married Irene Penn in Rockford 1939, Martin luther King 1963 March on Washington D.C., Mayor Charles Box, Rev. Dr. Eldridge Gilbert, Rev. Dr. Eldridge Harold Eugene Gilbert Sr., Rev. Eldridge H. E. Gilbert, Rev. Francis P. McNally, Rev. Gilbert, Rev. Steve Bland, Rockford Alderman Victory Bell, Rockford Bishop Arthur J. O'Neil, son of David H. and Corazine Gilbert, That Men Know So Little of Men by Barbara Chapman, traveled to Africa and Middle East 1968, Winnebago County Sheriff Don Gasparini

“Community Trust to Put 3 on Board” – 1957

August 3, 2016Andrew

Source: Rockford Register-Republic June 6, 1957

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Banks, Buildings, Economy, General, Rockford Community Trust 1957, 3 board men=mbers terms expire, 3 member will be elected, Andrew Doyle, Board Member Swan Hillman, booklet for prospective donors, Carroll H Starr, Carroll Starr, charitable civic organization, Ernest Smith, Gedor Aldeen, Isador Behr, Mrs. Maborn P. Roper, nominating committee, preparing booklets for donors, president of the board of administration, Robert C. Gill, Rockford Community Trust, Roy Brown, Salk vaccine inoculation, Swan Hillman, tax exampt status, therapeutic equipment for Freeman School, Third National Bank and Trust, Walter Thorell, Washington Park building

Joseph Behr and Sons – Feb 20 1973

July 16, 2015Andrew

Source: Rockford Register-Republic Feb 20, 1973

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Addresses, Business, General, Manufacturer, People 1101 Seminary St., 501 18th Ave., Abe Rosenbloom, Alfred Herbert Co. machines, Behr machinery and Equipment Corp, Coors cans melted, copper items melted, diesel hydraulis crane, fill 3 railroad cars a day, Isador Behr, Joseph Behr and Sons, Leonard Johnson day shift operator, non-ferrous metals, Philip Behr chm of the board, Richard Behr president

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