Comments Off Do you have great ideas? Do you have suggestions for improving programs? We would like to invite your volunteerism and your input during our event committee planning. Would you like to partner with a not for profit on another project? Now is your chance to speak up. Join us at our next meeting at Friday South on April 19! Meeting begins at 5:30 – promotionals at 6:00pm.
Comments Off The following was listed in the August, 1939 Collinsville Herald:
A first class mystery was uncovered last week by workmen digging in preparation for completion of a new showroom at J.C.McLanahan Agency. A tombstone, in excellent condition was uncovered but no graveyeard was ever there….
The article ends with…
And to contradict the evidence that there should be no stone there, McLanahans have the stone, which bears the following inscription: Carolina H. Daughter of Wm. and Mina Meyners born July 27, 1858 died Mar 2, 1860 Aged
The stone is broken off at this point. It is about a foot wide and two feet long and about three inches thick.
(Collinsville, 2009) – The location of this tombstone is no longer known.
Comments Off There is a mystery brewing in Collinsville. This year during the Haunted House Tour a rumor began about a possible cemetery under the McLanahan Automotive building. More than one person attending the tour mentioned hearing this rumor. How did this come about? Is there any truth to this? Did this cemetery belong to the Episcopal Church dedicated in 1840? Contact was made with McLanahan Automotive. We spoke with Jeff Voss. Jeff was very much interested in the rumors. To add fuel to the story, Jeff mentioned that they had found a tombstone. Another news story was located in an old Collinsville Herald. The story mentioned that a tombstone was located on the McLanahan lot. This now verifies 2 tombstones located on this lot! Stay tuned! We are currently investigating this story & preparing for the Haunted Tour in 2010.
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Christmas Wagon Rides
The Board of Directors would like to take this time to thank everyone who made the Christmas in Collinsville events so successful. It was wonderful to have the Holiday House Tour return this year with our new event chair, Tami Springer. With the help of Home Federal Savings & Loan for their sponsorship, Boy Scouts Adventure Crew at St. John UCC, and 8 home/business owners, almost 200 people enjoyed the tour.
Thank you to everyone who helped with the candle light tree lighting at the Collinsville Township Building – The merchants for displaying the snowman stroll coloring contest – To Miner’s Theatre and C.A.R.D. for helping with Santa – To McLanahan Automotive for sponsoring the Wagon Rides – To the carolers – the Urban Art Co-op for children’s crafts, and everyone who helped in anyway big or small. It is times like these when the community pulls together that make Collinsville a wonderful place to live. Thank you!
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Holiday House Tour
With the donation of $5,000, Home Federal Savings & Loan is DCI’s newest Silver Benefactor. Partnership like this help improve our community events.
Press release:
HOLIDAY SEASON HOUSE TOUR RETURNS TO DOWNTOWN COLLINSVILLE ON DECEMBER 5, 2009; Home Federal Sponsoring Event to Benefit Downtown Collinsville Inc. and Boy Scout Venture Crew 48
Collinsville Ill., November 2, 2009 – The public is invited to come inside nine distinctive Collinsville homes and cultural sites to experience their lavish holiday decorations and seasonal family traditions during the Collinsville Holiday House Tour on Saturday, December 5, 2009 from 2:00 – 8:00 p.m. The self-guided tour will begin at the historic Blum House in downtown Collinsville, where refreshments, program books and assistance from Downtown Collinsville Inc. volunteers and members of Boy Scout Venture Crew 48 will be available for those taking the tour.
Tickets to the house tour are $10 each, and can be purchased in advance at Ashmann’s Pharmacy, 209 East Main Street in Collinsville, between the hours of 9:00 a.m. – 9:30 p.m. daily, or by calling 558-1372. Tickets will also be available for purchase at Blum House on the day of the event. Groups are welcome and encouraged to attend.
Proceeds from the Collinsville Holiday House Tour will benefit Downtown Collinsville Inc. and Boy Scout Venture Crew 48 from St. Johns UCC, Collinsville. Home Federal Savings & Loan is the corporate sponsor of the event.
“The Holiday Hour Tour was a very popular annual event in Collinsville for many years,” said Tami Springer, a member of the Downtown Collinsville Inc. board of directors and organizer of this year’s event. “We’re very excited to bring this event back after an absence of several years. Thanks to the help of Home Federal Savings & Loan, it should be bigger and better than ever before.”
For more information on the 2009 Collinsville Holiday House tour, call 558-1372.
Downtown Collinsville Inc. is dedicated to improving the quality of life in Collinsville by strengthening the downtown as the center of the community through concentrated efforts of volunteerism in organization, promotion, design, and economic restructuring. Visit www.DowntownCollinsville.com.
Home Federal Savings & Loan offers a full range of savings accounts, checking accounts, home loans, property improvement loans, IRAs and CDs for individuals and families. Founded in 1887, Home Federal has two locations in Collinsville and Maryville. Visit www.HomeFed24.com
Comments Off Title: Tree Lighting
Location: Collinsville Township Building
Description: Join us for caroling on Main Street from 5:15-5:45
Santa will arrive at 5:30.
Caroling by the Collinsville Chorale & the Curtains Up Club
Start Time: 05:15
Date: 2009-12-04
End Time: 05:45
Comments Off Title: Christmas with the Chorale
Location: Holy Cross Lutheran Church, 413 S. Seminary St., Collinsville, IL
Description: The Collinsville Chorale presents:
Christmas with the Chorale
Featuring the Christmas Portion of Handel’s Messiah
Friday, December 4th at 7:00pm
Holy Cross Lutheran Church, 413 South Seminary St., Collinsville
Free Admission – A Free will offering will be taken.
Start Time: 07:00
Date: 2009-12-04
Comments Off Title: Snowman Stroll Coloring Contest
Location: Downtown Collinsville
Description: An annual favorite that your child will not want to miss!
Snowman will be past out the week before Thanksgiving for Pre-school thru 4th Grades. Stroll down Main Street. Enter any building displaying a blue snowman flier in their window. See if you are a winner! Ribbons for 1st – 2nd – & 3rd place.
Prizes must be claimed by December 12th.
Didn’t receive a coloring sheet?- no worries. Pick up a copy at the Collinsville Chamber of Commerce, 221 West Main Street, or the Collinsville Memorial Public Library Center, 408 West Main Street.
Start Date: 2009-12-04
End Date: 2009-12-12
Comments Off Title: Holiday Home Tour
Location: Collinsville, Illinois
Description: Sponsored by Home Federal Savings & Loan
The Christmas in Collinsville Holiday Home Tour begins at the Blum House, 414 West Main, Collinsville.
Tickets Cost $10.00. There are 9 stops on the tour. Shopping opportunities await you along with touring of private homes.
Start Time: 2:00
Date: 2009-12-05
End Time: 7:00
Comments Off Title: Holiday Home Tour Preview Night
Location: Collinsville, IL
Description: Sponsored by Home Federal Savings & Loan.
This is an invitation only event. Event begins at 6:00pm at Home Federal Savings and Loan.
Start Time: 6:00
Date: 2009-12-04
End Time: 7:00
