WPA to Work on Sycamore Sidewalks, New Nash Dealer in DeKalb and Chicken Thieves in 1940

From the Dec. 29, 2015, MidWeek "Looking Back."

1940, 75 years ago.

"Property owners of Sycamore who would like to have new sidewalks laid at their houses or who would like any trees or stumps removed from parkways may enter their application to have this work including in the spring program of the WPA in Sycamore by notifying any city official on or before January 15."

"Arthur Taylor, veteran garage businessman in Sycamore,. opened a Nash sales station in DeKalb on Monday morning at 151 North Fourth Street."

"Two farms a few miles northeast of Sycamore were the scenes of bold chicken raids late last night or early this morning as a band of chicken thieves took nearly 300 most of them White Rocks from the Nels Nelson and Lee Nelson farms."

--Feathers Everywhere.  --Cooter