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Dear Village Resident,
If you have not purchased your 2022-2023 vehicle stickers, the sticker fee is now double to $40 per vehicle and if not purchased by November 12th, tickets will also be issued. The police will be making subdivision checks to make sure stickers have been purchased for all vehicles and that they are being displayed properly. Drop the envelope in the Municipal Centre drop-box, purchase in person, or make a payment on-line here.
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Halloween Pet Photos
This Saturday, October 8th from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., bring your pet to Nature's Feed for their annual Halloween Pet Photos. Donations requested benefit Young At Heart Animal Shelter and you'll receive a FREE goody bag with donation. Limit 1 offer per household, please.
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Fire Department Pancake Breakfast
Spring Grove Fire Department Explorer Post 1800 will be hosting a Pancake Breakfast and Open House at the Spring Grove Fire Department this Sunday, October 9th from 8:00 a.m. to Noon. Meet the Firefighters, slide down the fire pole, spray the fire hose or take a picture with a firefighter!
Cost is $6.00 for adults and $4.00 for children.
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Dodgeball
Come join in on some Friday night dodge-ball fun! Teamwork and strategy are the most valuable skills in this game. They use vinyl-coated foam balls that are heavy enough to travel the distance of the court, but light enough that they do not hurt or mark. This is one of our most popular recreation programs so early registration is recommended! Runs October 28 - December 2. View more details here.
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Vintage Shop Hop at Repurposed Glitter!
Vintage Shop Hop is an amazing vintage shopping road trip experience that you are not going to want to miss! Visit their interactive Google Map with over 400 participating shops across Northern Illinois and Southern Wisconsin. The fall 2022 hop is Friday October 7th and Saturday October 8th.
Come play Queen of Hearts at Repurposed Glitter Vintage Emporium and draw a discount of up to 30% OFF! Free refreshments, coffee, and water will be provided. The shop will be open 10am to 7pm both days. Weather permitting, a number of handcrafting vendors will have popup sidewalk sales outside the shop offering deep discounts of their own, so be sure to stop in! New inventory being added daily to the Facebook event!
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Tree Trimming
The Village of Spring Grove Public Works will be out in neighborhoods and on main roads for the next couple of months, weather permitting, trimming trees in the Village's Right of Way to improve line of sight. Please be cautious when you see them on the roads.
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Yard Cleanup
As we begin to think about fall cleanup, please remember that Flood Brothers will pick up up to 8 cans or bags of landscape waste per week with your regular pickup, for more information visit their website. Burning of landscape waste is only allowed in the Village of Spring Grove on weekends in October and November. See burning regulations here. Raking, blowing or otherwise allowing leaves to be deposited upon or left on the streets or sidewalks of the village is prohibited by Village Ordinance.
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Trunk or Treat
Our annual Trunk or Treat at Horse Fair Park will be Saturday, October 29th from 2:00p.m. - 4:00p.m. Prizes awarded for best adult, child & pet costumes and best decorated car, trunk or table! Admission is free! Register by October 27th here if you would like to be a "trunker". Brought to you by the Community Engagement Committee.
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Garbage Cans
Please help keep your neighborhood and the village looking nice and don't store your trash and recycling containers in front of your house where they can be viewed from the street. Village Ordinance 1106.1, regarding trash and recycling bins states, "It shall be unlawful to allow or permit any refuse and recycling container...to stand or remain on any parkway, drive, front yard, or right-of-way...after 7:00 p.m. on the day the pickup is made."
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Photo of the Week
A Sandhill Crane finds the perfect perch at the Fish Hatchery. If you have a photo of Spring Grove you would like to share, email it here.
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Fall Trout Fishing
Hatchery Park will be closed Friday, October 14th until 7:00 a.m. on Saturday, October 15th, for the opening of Fall Trout Season. All anglers over the age of 16 must have a valid fishing license and an Inland Trout Stamp. The daily catch limit is five trout. View more info here. Parking fees are waived for non-residents during trout fishing season.
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Nippersink District 2 Survey
Nippersink District 2 families, please take a moment to share your feedback as we strive to provide you with the best communication possible. Use this link to respond to our latest communication questionnaire.
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Neighborhood Garage Sale
The Preserve Subdivision Annual Multi-family Garage Sale will be held Thursday, Friday and Saturday, October 13th thru 15th from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. daily.
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Tack Sale
English Prairie Farms is having their first annual Tack Sale and is looking for vendors. Saturday, October 29th from 9:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m., to reserve your spot, please click on the flyer.
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Safety Tips for Pedestrians and Drivers
Walking is a part of many of our trips each day, and for some it’s their primary mode of transportation. October is Pedestrian Safety Month, the goal: to increase awareness around pedestrian safety and remind drivers to watch for pedestrians each and every time they are behind the wheel.
The Spring Grove Police Department and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) recommend to:
- Safety Tip One - Look for pedestrians. Particularly children and teens, who can be less predictable and move more slowly. Be especially careful around schools, residential neighborhoods, and near parks and playgrounds.
- Safety Tip Two - Drive with care. Buckle up, obey speed limits, focus on the driving task, and drive sober. Lives depend on it
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Your Parks are Under Attack
The Village of Spring Grove and our Public Works department needs help! Unfortunately, vandalism in our parks is continuing, the Village spends thousands of dollars per year in vandalism repairs that could be spent improving our parks!
Homes with cameras can be a valuable tool in fighting the vandalism, please notify the Spring Grove Police Department at 815-338-2145 if you have video of any suspicious activity.
If you see damage actively being done in one of our parks, please call the Spring Grove Police Department at 815-338-2145. If you see damage, please report it to the Village Hall at 815-675-2121.
PLEASE HELP US KEEP OUR PARKS BEAUTIFUL!
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Halloween Hours
Halloween Trick or Treating is on Monday, October 31, from 3-7 PM.
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Holiday Light Installation Company
Light Discipline is a Holiday/decorative light installation company who provides and installs professional quality LED, C9 light bulbs on residential and commercial properties.
Early installation discounts available. Click here for their flyer.
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Blast from the Past - Bailey's Corner | |
The most likely location of Bailey's Corners - Wilmot Road and Route173 | |
The Bailey monument was carved on three sides for John, Phebe and Richard | |
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There was a little wooden house at a corner in English Prairie where John Bailey and his wife Phebe Dockin lived with their eleven children. They had come to this country in 1854 from Cambridgeshire, England with their five boys and six girls. This corner soon became known as “Bailey’s Corners”. The 1860 census lists Mr. Bailey’s occupation as farmer and his neighbors are listed as Hutchings, Hamilton and Mead. Although the Bailey name doesn't show up on the 1862 plat map, those names do in the area of Wilmot Road and what is now Route 173. So it may be the Bailey's were renting the house on the NW corner of that intersection.
Their son, Corporal Richard Bailey, was a volunteer in the Civil War. In May of 1963, the printed List of Killed and Wounded in Co. H, 95th Illinois reported him as “wounded in the calf of leg by musket ball, not serious”. But on June 10, 1864, now Sergeant Richard Bailey died in the disastrous Battle of Guntown "while bravely cheering the boys on". The funeral was held to a standing room only crowd at the little red school house on English Prairie Road and he was buried in English Prairie Cemetery.
His family continued to live at Bailey’s Corners until his brothers returned from the war, when, as John Bailey’s health had deteriorated, they moved to Solon Mills, where he died on June 16, 1869 at the home of his daughter, Ruth Sutton (1837-1916) at age 53.
Soon afterwards, Mrs. Bailey moved to Iowa, along with eight of her children and she married a Mr. Coulman of Manchester in 1878, according to her obituary. They were married for three years when she died at the age of 69 and her remains were brought back on the train. After a funeral service at Ruth’s house she was interred by the side of her first husband and son. There is a bit of a mystery, however, as her headstone reads “Phebe Raynor (not Coulman), wife of John Bailey”.
Her obituary speaks highly of the family, and said her son, Richard, was still spoken of in “Reverence” almost 20 years after his death. When the family had moved to Iowa it caused “sorrow in this vicinity”, and the community “…did not realize how great their influence was until after they had really gone. We are pleased to hear that since their removal to Iowa they have prospered in worldly affairs, and that some of them are quite wealthy… Mrs. Coulman was a model wife, a devoted and affectionate mother, and kind and obliging neighbor. We can scarcely believe that they are more deeply respected in their new home, than they were years ago, when they lived in the little wooden house on the four corners, which the people even now, designate “Bailey’s Corners.””
Story by Laura Frumet
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