[CBQ] FW: Upcoming Naperville train memorial

["Dave Lotz" <Dave_Lotz@bellsouth.net>]

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From: Chuck Spinner [mailto:spinlake@yahoo.com]
Sent: Monday, February 17, 2014 3:54 PM
To: undisclosed recipients:
Subject: Upcoming Naperville train memorial


Hi,
   This email is going out to about 50 people.  Some of you are or have been
Naperville residents; others are friends or family of the victims of the
1946 Naperville train wreck; some of you I've had the pleasure of meeting
along my book tour; while others are librarians and/or historians who helped
me in some way during the research for my book, The Tragedy at the Loomis
Street Crossing.
    Thought you'd want to know that a wonderful memorial to the victims and
to those rescue workers at the crash site is being created and will be
dedicated on Saturday, April 26th, at 1pm at the Naperville train station!
There will be a sculpture of three figures - a Kroehler worker, a sailor,
and an injured woman passenger.  The awesome thing is that the figures will
be made out of hundreds of railroad spikes!  There will be two plaques - one
with a list of the victims and the other a brief description of the train
wreck and the purpose of the memorial.  And there will be an eight minute
audio portion of the memorial!
   That same Saturday morning at 10am, at Saint Peter and Paul Parish Hall
(36 North Ellsworth Street, Naperville, Ill. 60540) I will be giving a power
point presentation about the train wreck.  You are all invited and I think
you will enjoy the presentation.  I will have a book signing afterwards.  I
believe that there will be a number of friends and family of the victims
present for the talk.  Hope to see many of you there for both the
presentation at the hall and for, certainly, the dedication of the memorial.
The parish hall is just three blocks south of the train station.
   Please spread the word.
   Take care,
   Chuck