In the papers of his aunt, Mrs. Jeanette Surber, now in Dirksen House Convalescent Home in Springfield, Ill., pharmacist James Ostle found an intensely personal history of Collinsville written long-hand by the late Mrs. Anna Jester, dated November 13, 1942.

          In it, she tried to stretch her memory back to her childhood and youth and tell what Collinsville was like then:

          THIS IS what I can recall of the city of Collinsville 65 years or more ago.

          I sat down here and studied and planned and figured until I could write this past history for you of this city we all love . . .

          Have you forgotten the Look home that was moved from here where the Rodgers (Will Rogers)Theater now stands, it down by the dress factory. Those big posts were on his house.