The Pantagraph from Bloomington, Illinois • Page 8

Ths Paragraph A BlominglrvNorrl, III. Tuetday, Jan. IHl Major Gains, Changes in Retailing i Hi1 ii 1 tt in 5 an- '1 xT'i1tt' ij tmt liiHMIi.fi Smw idi-a of I' much a tutiimuniiy rdo change in fivr cjr oux from a lurk at the rrUtl mdiivln' In lihiomii'i; l.m-Nornxd and 17 Thrrv Im bwa a gain ul nturv titan 31 air tent in cn-plyi a inul of 7.400, In rludinf tht wbo work pari imif Ihrru a tin)ariiblr pc-r kkJ Inul rrMil talc In Ihf Tin Qtw tUmbrd from mirr Hi.in 11 miUktn I in etn ol 115 millnin pnxToill mj mail-U hav trovm hvw W.60,tti to JlJ7iaJ ll(wmintn and Nil f74.7M to in Nortn.i! AMioni, Lottoa Two ITU or arvrhprr jut barrly rfrtiv a pan ol live yvr-the mart cli-vuni Morr, whir openMl In March l-fj. an4 F-a-U-ind Shnppins Vntrf, oprfled In 7 i'iip lrni Ihf nctnr, at rr-nirdrd by the folk city dirc-iirv. rh kindnurk a the Till IIjII Mftlrl.

llw Cm Mill Cad-. MiLriUn'i. Picely W'tRRly. Stvie'i IjiUn VilliaRf. (our nf iai area'a 10 forwr Nlcim and Jiand Uuiidnm and live its mm rnal dlhcr additMM Inrludp wv-prHl nvitor banks (one not yet oprnrd).

three new drug storei. (our addibonal pfera plam and four more dirve-bur, five new prim me ewtabliNbnirnU, half a don-a dtfmat shop and such major landmarks as Howard Johnftnn'g. Holiday Inn. the Ha-; 9 fc- ff r. I'AM i I.

I I i tP pa t'lJ i Pilot Project Eastward Movement upgrading ito'ti in tht 400 block of North Main brought thit now fact lo iho Wonderlin Calltriof. Conctntrolien en wpgroding tht downtown ttoodily incrtoitd during lott fivt yort. Ono tiomplo: pilot program for bo seen et right end th new Towanda lose development et the top of photo. Empire Street here will become four lone In the neor future. Shopping development along Empire Street It continuing story, with the hoadllner being construction of Eastland Shopping Center, et left.

mort porting lot can vm AIR 'CUKiA-iri vwy m.ida and the Tcrrare. store. 40S N. Main. Mr.

Wonder- Manager Marion E. Tate. He ly earlier five can period than IH.319.onO and tM.8M.onO; an- AM new on the landscape lin'i Improvement won plaudila gave employment in Its for employment. The figures In- and are the fled Wheel. Top Boy from the Bloomington City Coun- stores at 80S regular and 131 elude all but a few unclassi- furniture and appliances -If-Drive Inn.

Topper's Steak cil at lis Nov. 27 meeting. extra for the Christmas season, (ted units. 073.000 and automo- ilousc. the Book Bazaar, addl- jn retail outlets the growth A good many of the regular em- Total estimated retail sales 1 0.469.000 and lions lo Tmvanda Plaza and frorn ftov is 19C2.

to Nov. 15, ple are part time. were $13,357,000 for Blooming- IW and Ikiit many listed anUiuc WM fm 330 firms to Since the two major employ- ton-Normal for the year end- 737.000; building as there were five years 373. according to figures from ers at Eastland had fewer than Ing Dec. SI.

1966, compared 8M.000 and the Illinois State Employment 50 employes each In their down- with $82,670,000 five years earli- and $5,515,000. In Modern Drts Service. town locations, this means that er. Bloomington's growth was Bloomington share of the es- A ntimbrr of older stores have Fan.mH renunfrrf fnr less cwater in dollars from $74 timated sales In 1966 was food. 1.U rf3l "i Vi -I More Job Holders haIf thc Rjoomington.

997,000 to $111,745,000. Normal's eating and drinking unoernnne major remixlriinc in employment, again irom 1 1 i. r.i.ii in ir.nioii fMm establishments. ten- during this period figures supplied by ISLS Mana- maM. al pmJ ,0 eral mert handiM.

$26.337 ger E. Short, the gain tij gij (100 at the close of 19U6. apparel. furniture uvnigston's put in air eon diliomng. a new (rent with mar qijee and an cpi "air curtain' has ben from 5.600 auto- fiiF uii.

lio una iink made the en ater a appliam-CS. Mr. Short explained v. motive. gas sta- door.

Roland's finished a 1 1 Kaiii ill wuuj iraiJv.w hi mc building ma- G5.000 wm-'i lor svu.ui 1.1011- Volume Compare frm s. lod tak the latest avaiiaDlc now ana CmnarLsons on dollar vol- ei a- nA terials 56.943.000. and drucs. latest expansion and remodeling proj 600 in 19C1 to 5,700 five years 1 rv 1 I. thai tltM airlinp Mn.

1 $5,081,000. mtu ijni. nc uo nc air- jm WiHH-iir um, rpaKauwns lor in- 1.. Bloomington's gain was conditjomog. resents a peak month in retail dividual categories were availa- fmm'i2 mo tfl 900 Normal's portion of these was Modernization Klemm'i put in a new store Decease ot extra neip em- ble from the Bloomington As- food.

eating and front, remodeled the main floor ployed for holiday business. socialion of Commerce. These How They Fared drinking establishments (Nor- and put in new lighting and mart was already eight statistics were based on state Components of the sales fig- mal has no taverns). months in operation at the time sales tax receipts as compiled ure totaled as (ollows. for the 000.

general merchandise, $477 Ute in a pilot project, of the earlier statistics, al- by the trade journal Sales Man- two communities combined. 000; apparel. of a "new front" program though the Hill Bros, shoe store agement. with the earlier year first: ture and appliances. SDfiO.ooO; encouraged by the Bloomington adjacent to its west end was Since the latest figures avail- 18.353.000 and automotive.

gas sta-Association of Commerce, had not. able here were Dec. 31. 1906. a 000; eating and drinking estab- tions.

building ma- its prae specimen in the new What Eastland represents in near equivalent of Jan. 1. 1961, Iishments $5,975,000 and terials. $916,000. and drus.

face of the Chester Wonderlin work force was supplied by the comparison is with a slight- general merchandise $434,000 Livingston's "air curtain" door illustrates modeling program. Total effect of this moves by downtown stores to modern- has been a $43 million growth in retail ire. Another Roland's $325,000 re- sales in five years. (Pantograph Photos) Seven New Churches Built in Last 5 Years the first to be built in the past five years. Its original structure was started in late 12 A $150,000 addition to the church was approved in late A $20,000 parsonage was built in 1905 Start With School Normal's Epiphany Church congregation a organized shortly after the new S23.1.32K Epiphany School was started in the summer of A S69.00O convent was built in 19W and a parsonage tor church priests was (mill in I7.

Eventually, the Normal Catholic congregation hopes to add a church to its $376,328 plant on East College Avenue. The school is presently being used lor the church. first new church in the live-year period was the $415,000 edifice built by St. John's Lutheran congregation at til7 E. Empire It was stal led in early 1904.

Normal's Crace Baptist Church congregation was granted a permit lor a $45,000 church in late March of that same year. It was built at 1311 W. Hovey. A $17,000 parsonage was added in 191)5 Construction ot Bloomington's Eastview Christian Church at 1705 Towanda was started in July of 1964. It cost $164,000.

according to city building records. Two Years Loter Almost two years went by before Bloomington's new Union Presbyterian Church was built at 2101 E. Washington. It got under way in the summer of 19(ili. By Dick Swobod Seven new churches and a church-related student center, estimated at $1.4 million in construction costs, have been added to the Bloomington-Normal skyline since late 1902.

Remodeling work and ditions to other Tun Cit churches have resulted in more than $700,000 worth of conduction worl. in the same period Blnnmiiifiton-Nnrmal now h.i-."iR different churches with active congregations. Normal's Calvary 15 a i Church at 1017 School Church at Union and Roosevelt. St. Mary's Catholic Church Ix'gan a $99,000 remodeling project in 1962-the first major remodeling of the church since its construction 82 years ago.

More Remodeling Other remodeling in Bloomington included work at Our Redeemer Lutheran Church. 1)122 E. Lincoln, Second Presbyterian Church. 313 N. East.

$60,000: Vale Street Baptist Church. 1804 E. Croxton. $86,000: Second Christian Church. 411 E.

"Mulberry, The seventh new Twin City church is the $21,500 Church ol (Jod building at 714 W. Locust. It was built in 1967. The $133,000 St. Robert Bell-armine student center at 427 Main, Normal, was started in 1967.

It is about completed and is in use now for Catholic students at Illinois State University. Bloomington churches have held the corner on remodeling over the past half decade. A S232.000 educational building was launched in 19li2 at the First Evangelical United Brethern 232; and the West Olive Methodist Church. 1304 Olive $4,000. Normal's biggest church remodeling featured $125,325 worth of work in rectifying fire damage and construction ol an addition in early 1963 at the University Christian Church.

206 North. A smalt $11.0011 addition was added to the First Presbyterian Church. 108 N. Fell, in 1965 Our Saviour Lutheran Church at 1510 N. Main launched a addilion this past year.

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pj'il I I I I I t'l Ass fci v- I 'H 'w 4. I JI. i f' New in Bloomington New in Normal in Normal broke ground last month for $150,000 educational wing, forming with sanctuary (with steeple) in photo St. John's Lutheron Chyrch, completed in 1965, woi poc setter in movement build new sanctuories. Churches hove been among the best customers of contractors and imaginative architects.

Tney make this a good place to live. Those churches not building new buildings often were busy expanding or remodeling the old. Calvary Baptist Church above. Main body of the church is only five years old Typical church loyoul Includes spacious grounds, parking..