Bill and Betty Reininga interview
2024.41.246
Bill & Betty Reininga were from Oak Park, IL and met at the Oak Park River Forest HS. The 1st Presbyterian Church in Oak Park was a pipeline to Shorewood. Their Shorewood cottage was built in 1924. Bill worked for Bill McVea’s Grocery Store as a delivery person. He delivered kerosene. The cottages had kerosene lamps and stoves. Changes seen – nothing radical – still a safe place. Shorewood road was wood planks and gravel. They recall building rafts and boats and used wagon wheels to support a portable diving board. They controlled beach erosion by putting sand bags in a v formation to hold the sand. College students worked on this. William H. Reininga, son of Henry Reininga
1902 Shorewood Association
Winthers, Sally
2024.41
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Reininga, William H. "Bill"
Rickett, Patti
Jul 28, 1995
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