John B. Anderson – RPL's Local History

WRRR – Radio 1330 – 1972

June 14, 2018Jan

Source: Rockford Morning Star 10/24/1972

WREX-TV Channel 13 – Oct. 3, 1960

February 5, 2018February 5, 2018Jan

Source: Rockford Register-Republic Oct. 3 1960 columns 1 -4 of 9

Source: Columns 5 – 7 of 9, Rockford Register-Republic 10/3/1960

Rockford Magazine – January 1995

September 15, 2017September 15, 2017Jan

Source: Rockford Magazine, January 1995. Cover, shown above, Pete McMurray and Linda Lampert, WXRX-FM

People to Watch 1995 include: Mayor Charles Box, alderwoman Carol Jambor-Smith, Jayne Byrne, Jesse Dabson, Pecatonica village President Ed Smith. Ron Wait, Barb Giolitto, John B. ANderson, Congressman Don Manzullo, Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton, Dr. John LaTourette, Lynn Martin, George Bush, Paul Simon, Ann Hughes, Marty Flagg, Rory Peterson, Percy Gordon, Doug Scott, E.J. “Zeke” Giorgi, Eugene Eubanks, Dr. Ed Sharp, Geri Nikolai, Stephen J. Wesley, Harvard mayor Bill LaFew, Register Star managing editor C.W. Johnson, Jim Herman, Mike Townsend, Linda Grist Cunningham, Frank Schier, Gary Wilmer, Mary Collins, Larry Manne, Jack White, Jimmy Johnson, J. R. Sullivan, William Gregg, Richard Raether, Stella Maggio-Dobbins, Tom Maloney, Frank Fiorello, John Gile, Brian Reck, Mark Gillette, Mike Holmes, Conrad “Connie” Kowall, more. Some pictures.

John B. Anderson – 1999 article

February 9, 2016Jan

Source: Rockford Register Star Nov. 21, 1999

Swan Hillman

September 29, 2014Lisa

Source: Rockfordiana: Biographies HE – HJ through 1966 Rockford Morning Star 4/8/1958

Source: Rockfordiana: Biographies HE – HJ through 1966 Rockford Register Star 01/17/1960

Board President of Swedish-American. worked as a day-laborer in Pullman Car Works then he worked in a hardware and tin shop the he started a small business of his own electrical repair and locksmith business 50 years in the metal fastener business President of Rockford Screw Products started Rockford Screw Products in 1929. One time strong man in a vaudville show 1911 worked for National Lock for 19 years.

Source: Rockfordiana: Biographies HE-HJ thru 1966. Rockford Morning Star 01/27/1961

Chairman of the Board of Rock River Savings and Loan President of WREX-TV. President of Illinois Hospital Service member of the board of directors of American National Bank and Trust. Was a member of the original board of Greater Rockford Airport Authority and was for a time Chm. Of the Board.