Year: 2025

Celebrating 30 Years!!

Cemetery Walk – Saturday, October 4^th – 10:00 Meet at the main entrance of St. Boniface Cemetery in Germantown.  Members of the Germantown Historical Society will share stories about some of the notable people from Germantown.

Library Crawl – October 1^st-31^st – Stop by to pick up your passport.  Travel to other libraries in Illinois to see how many stamps you can collect.

Story Night – Thursday, October 16^th – 6:30 – Join us for a Masquerade Ball!!  We will read stories and decorate our masks.  Dress up in your fanciest outfit!!

Block Party Night – Tuesday, October 28th – Drop in anytime between 5:00-7:00.  We will have Lego, building blocks, bristle blocks, and Zoob builders.

Trick or Treat at the Library – Friday, October 31^st – 6:30-8:30

ON DISPLAY – Clinton County 4-H.  Come see the projects created by students all over the county.

Do you have old pairs of eyeglasses that need to be recycled?  The Breese Lions Club has donated a drop box to the library for that purpose.  The box is available during regular library hours.

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The Germantown Historical Society will be having its 4th Cemetery Walk on Saturday, Oct. 4 10:00 am at the St. Boniface Cemetery on Munster Street in Germantown.  This year’s walk will focus on the following people who each played a significant part in Germantown history:

Jack Bergmann: Korean War Veteran and founder of Germantown Library, which is celebrating its 30th anniversary. 

Henry F. Hemann: Custodian/maintenance man for the church, school, rectory, and convent, and a volunteer firefighter.

Dr. Bernard J. Meirink: Local teacher, physician, and a 4-term mayor in Germantown. 

Edward “Eddie” & Ann Heidemann: Owners of Eddie’s Tavern, operated the Starlite restaurant, known for Ann’s fresh baked pies.

Aloys “Ollie” Molitor: WW II Veteran, owner of the Starlite motel and gas station where he also sold and repaired TV’s.

Mark your calendar to hear these interesting stories and more on Saturday, Oct. 4,10:00 am.

The new GHS building on Mill Street will be open for viewing after the Cemetery Walk until 2 pm.  Come see Germantown’s history on display.  There are no public facilities.

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