1971
That summer Mayor Robert Hult announced he had taken a promotion with his employer and needed to resign his Mayoral position.
Interstate 74 is completed from Danville to the Quad Cities, a 214 mile path. The stretch from Peoria to at least Deer Creek had opened by 1962.
Nine holes of the Highview Hills Country Club opened in 1971. The course would later become Quail Meadows.
A revolving door of basketball coaches at WCHS seems to slow down as Check Westendorf is hired to replace Chuck Buescher, who left the position after one season to become an assistant under Joe Stowell at Bradley University.
In May 1971 it was announced that Washington was joining the Heart of Illinois Conference to begin play during the 1972-73 school year in all sports except football, which would follow in 1973-74.
The Washington Park District was gifted 5.6 acres of land off North Lawndale by Glenn Weaver for a park, which we now know as Weaver Park.
An accidental explosion at the Ksycki home takes the lives of James & Pat Ksycki's three children.
Sandy's Restaurant opens at the corner of Peoria and Wilmor Streets.
The Sunoco Car Wash opened at the corner of Peoria and Muller.
The buildings at 102, 104, and 106 S. Main are demolished and a new structure is constructed. Don's Pharmacy holds its grand opening in May, 1971.
On July 3, 1971, Mary Rachel Antiques opened at 501 Walnut Street, closing in 1989.
A Marathon station opened at the southeast corner of Peoria and Wilmor. We now know this building as Michael's Restaurant.
