Oak Park Arms 90 Years, 2012

It was the Roaring Twenties - a time of change. For the fi rst time, more Americans lived in cities than on farms. World War I was over, and people wanted to have a good time despite prohibition. Women had just won the vote, and Henry Ford and mass production made it possible to buy a Ford for $290. In 1925, hemlines went up, way up. So revolutionary was this change that the Archbishop of Naples believed that short skirts were the cause of an Italian earthquake.

Oak Park was still a young suburb in 1920. The budding community would swell to almost twice its size by the end of the decade. In 1921, city planners gave the go ahead to build an elegant hotel/apartment building in Oak Park at the corner of Washington Blvd. and Oak Park Ave.

The hotel was named the Oak Park Arms, and it became the epitome of style, grace and sophistication.

The grand opening took place on a Thursday evening in late April, 1922. Menus for the formal dinner were written in French on ivory parchment paper with the gold-crusted crest of The Arms.

The local paper said, “The beauty of the luxurious new h o t e l

was only surpassed by the exquisitely colored evening gowns and handsome formal attire of the ladies and gentlemen in attendance. Throughout the evening an orchestra furnished music for dancing and gracious selections by vocalists and dancers were appreciatively applauded.”

Many things impressed the guests that evening from the elegant ballroom to the “smartly appointed” smoking room for men. The fi ve-story building had elevators, 94 spacious apartments and ten community rooms in which guests could entertain. The new structure featured luxury style living with units furnished with full kitchens, dining rooms, private bathrooms and ample closet space.

The accommodations included maid service, dishes, silver-ware and all household linens. It was a perfect place for

a long, relaxing visit, or to live permanently, which many did.

It was only a year later that The Arms became a pioneer in radio. WTAY (Wireless

Tunes Await You) was broadcast from the ballroom from 6:15-

8:15 p.m., fi ve days a week.

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OAK PARK ARMSAT 90 YEARS OLD

You’ve come a long way, baby

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Individual wellness is the order of the day at the Oak Park Arms. With three levels of care under one roof, residents are able to have a well-balanced, active lifestyle. The levels are Independent Living, Supportive Options and Assisted Living.

Independent LivingSupporting residents in an independent

lifestyle takes teamwork, and the rental apartments are designed exclusively for seniors. The Independent Living program utilizes the entire building, and it’s tai-lored for people aged 55 and older.

“Living independently has been really nice,” said John Hefl in. “I get all my meals in the restaurant, the maids take care of my linens and clean my apart-ment and nobody bothers me. If I need a ride somewhere, I ask the driver. If I cannot read fi ne print on something, I ask a friend or a staff member for help. If I want to go to a concert, I just go downstairs and enjoy myself.”

“I like that someone checks on me every day,” said resident Sharon Sugrue. “In my house, I had nice neighbors, but I still felt isolated. Now I come and go when I like. I drive to see my grand-kids all the time, and I get to help my daughter around her house.”

Since the building was once a hotel, there are many different apartment sizes. People have a variety of choices for the best fi t for their lifestyle. As part of the Oak Park Arms social model of care, extra assistance can be put in place for people when they need a little extra help while in an Independent Living apartment.

Supportive OptionsSupportive Options is a program for

independent residents who need private and personal assistance within their in-dividual apartments. These care services could include shower assistance, medi-cation reminders and more. Frequently, with this support, a resident is able to remain independent.

“The Supportive Options program en-ables lots of residents to live securely without having to be a part of a more intensive service program,” said Judy Peterson, Life Enrichment Director.

Assisted LivingAssisted Living at the Oak Park Arms

is licensed and is fully credentialed. There is frequent training for the care atten-dants and administrators to keep abreast of new trends and techniques.

Assisted Living operates on the 2nd fl oor. The program offers residents the comfort of privacy and familiarity of home with the peace of mind that support is nearby. Trained healthcare profession-als are stationed on the premises 24 hours a day for monitoring, assistance, daily tasks and to handle emergency situations.

“Everyone in assisted living has a per-sonal care plan that is created by the individual receiving services and with the help of the support staff,” said Enrichment Coordinator Judy Peterson. “We value the individual spirit and enjoy adapting our offerings to meet each per-son’s needs.”

Residents receive contact at least every two hours. In addition to wake-up and tuck-in assistance, residents can receive up to four medication reminders daily and a personal escort to all meals and activities.

Assistance in bathing, laundry and house-keeping are part of Assisted Living. Customized packages can be added or created to meet individual needs.

If additional assistance is needed, resi-dents can call the caregiver from their house phone. For added security all Assisted Living residents wear a discrete call button as a necklace or as a watch in the event of a more serious problem.

“One of the greatest benefi ts to living in the Oak Park Arms Assisted Living is that residents are able to remain active and social,” Peterson said. “Living with assistance should not change one’s life. People can be escorted to as many activi-ties as they choose, and there is always something going on.”

“Our mission is to enable our residents to age in a healthy and productive way,” said Executive Director Moses Williams.

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Billiards is another way residents are able to remain active and social at the Oak Park Arms.Courtesy of PETER WAGNER

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broadcast, although the number of listen-ers is questionable.

As radio audiences switched to televi-sion, radio stations redefi ned themselves. WOPA offered ethnic programming, be-coming a more demographically specifi c ratio station.

Gene Doretti, the 30-year veteran from WGN Radio, hosted a show on WOPA during the 50’s. It is widely rumored that Pat Sajak , of “Wheel of Fortune,” worked at WOPA an engineer as well as Ed Curran the Channel 2 weather man. Other radio legends, like Pervis Spann “the Blues Man” also started here with his 15 minute segment on “McKeNT’s All Night Round-Up.” Spann would go on to entertain on the radio and promote hundreds of concerts in Chicago and the U.S. Eventually he purchased WON 1450 AM, the city’s oldest urban radio station and the only African American talk radio station in Chicago.

In the mid 60’s times were a’ chang-ing. The FCC decreed that the simul-cast AM and FM stations would have to separate programming at least 50% of the broadcast time. It was a perfect time for WOPA to cater to a younger audi-ence looking for alternative music. Once again the Oak Park Arms station was at the forefront of new trends in rock ’n roll, R&B, jazz and blues music. Almost overnight the station came up with the necessary separate programing.

Some locals may recall the gravelly-voiced Big Bill Hill broadcast his show from his blues club – The Howl’n Wolf - on Roosevelt Road on Chicago’s west side. All the Chicago blues legends of the era were featured on this show including Elmo James and Muddy Waters. Also, Big Bill Hill hosted a dance show on WCIU called “The Red Hot and Blues,” and it’s said this was the inspiration for “Soul Train.”

Two of the disk jockeys were college students, from the University of Chicago and University of Illinois, “Ryan in the

Night” and Ron Collaro. In addition a mysterious host, dressed in a black cape, goatee and plastered hair named, “Scorpio,” would spin albums. His show aired underground psychedelic Rock. For the fi rst time, night time radio waves played the latest from Moby Grape, the Doors, the Yardbirds, Cream and Chicago-style music.

It was in 1969 WOPA FM changed its call letters to WGLD-FM “Solid Gold Oldies” or W-Gold. The more progres-sive programming expanded its playing time until 6 am. During the daytime Luqui would play Pop hits and Top 40 hits. The new popular disc-jockey per-sonalities were rebellious and distinctively targeting a younger urban contemporary market.

Another show during this time was called “The Femme Forum” with Morgan Moore and Pat Cassidy . This shocking radio program featured everything and anything including the forbidden. Fined from the FCC, Sodermeyer was non-plussed and kept the show airing week after week. At the time Station Engineer Len Petrulis said he received more in ad-vertising then from the fi nes and was instructed to continue to air the risky material. Finally the show was tempered by the FCC when it threatened to pull the radio station’s license.

Just four years later, W-Gold became so successful that it began broadcasting its programs on the AM side as WBMX-AM (Black Music Experience). Some ethic programs remained in the rotation, mainly on weekends.

In 1986 the FM band 102.7 WBMX (Black Music experience) was sold and moved out of the Oak Park Arms. It became today’s V103. The AM station’s license was transferred to the Polish National Alliance which received new call letters – WPNA which is the current station.

WPNA –AM 1490 broadcasts mainly in Polish on weekdays. The Oak Park Arms hosts an annual Polka Party with a live broadcast from the ballroom of the retire-ment community. The station still sup-ports international cast including the Irish music hours of the Hagerty Family Irish Program and the Mike O’Conner Show.

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A century ago, radio was the acme of technology. Prior to Pandora, iPods, music videos and television, radio was king. Radio entertained

families, informed people of the news, advertised for large corporations and catapulted the careers of countless mu-sicians and singers.

Oak Park was part of the pioneer-ing legacy of radio. It was 1924 when Oak Park became the fi rst suburb to broadcast radio. It could boast a signal that could be heard “a thousand miles distant.”

This AM radio station - WTAY (“Wireless Tunes Await You”) - was broadcast from the ballroom of the Oak Park Arms Hotel. On the station’s inaugural night, radio celebrities from

KYW and the Edgewater Beach Hotel’s WBEH were featured, and the public was invited to meet these stars in person.

WTAY broadcast from 6:30-8:30 p.m. fi ve nights a week. Directed by Hugh B. Marshall, a well-known studio manager, the station’s programs became wildly popular with listeners who tuned in from as far away as Alabama and Oklahoma.

People felt great excitement when the station made itself ac-cessible to amateurs with dreams of a radio career. Every Friday afternoon a station representative

came to the Oak Park Arms to audition any hopeful

musician or singer who wished to try out for a spot on the program.

“Pretty Miss Helen Rauch” was the mu-sical director and announcer for WTAY, the only female announcer in the entire region.

She often had to step-in and perform

herself, by singing or playing piano, when

artists were paralyzed with “radio fright.”

The Rusty Rudders was one local group that “made it.” The Rudders was com-prised of young men from Austin and Oak Park who danced and entertained accompanied by an orches-tra and Dick Allworth on banjo.

However popular the radio programs were, WTAY was purchased in 1925 and moved to Chicago.

Radio would contin-ue to grow in popu-larity and by 1935, two out of three American homes had radios. All broad-casts were AM only; there was no FM. Popular shows were centerpieces for families and children who adored Amos ‘n Andy, the Shadow, Lux Radio Theater, Dick Tracy and Little Orphan Annie.

In 1947 there were 40 million radios in the U.S. and 44,000 televisions, but by the end of the 1950’s, televisions surpassed radios as the primary source of news and entertainment. Many of the popular radio shows and stars moved to television including Jack Benny, Lucille Ball, Amos ‘n Andy and dozens of other stars. Radio was no longer the leading national entertainment medium.

In 1949 German-born Egmont Sonderling became a partner in William Klein’s Village Broadcasting Company which was granted permits for new AM and FM bands. Radio airwaves returned to Oak Park Arms in 1950, and WOPA-AM and WOPA-FM were born. Sonderling would later purchase the stations from Kline and expand WOPA to a successful radio operation.

Soderling quickly hired Wayne Osborne, a 1936 Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher, who became a radio announcer and interviewer for the Chicago Cubs on WIND in the 40’s.

Osborne’s voice would be recognized on WOPA for the next 30 years in com-mercials, announcements, news pitches and at times, he would alter his voice to give the impression that they were done by different announcers.

Listeners in the 1950’s might recall his nightly show called “The 1490 Club.” Callers, mainly teenagers would dedi-cate songs to their girl friends, boy-friends, or play practical jokes. Molly Hurley King, a student at Trinity in the late 50’s recalled, “You would phone the station and if you got lucky and got through, you could dedicate a song to someone. Sometimes, if you were breaking up with someone, you could call the station and dedicate a “who’s sorry now” type song. You had to listen because when you got to school on Monday, everyone would be talking about the names mentioned. It was lots of innocent fun.”

Osborne experimented on radio and was the fi rst person to broadcast a golf tournament. From his golf cart in Columbus Park, he led the remote

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E.A. Cummings Real Estate offi ce designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1905 located at the northwest

corner of Lake Street and Harlem Avenue.

Photo courtesy of Oak Park River Forest Historical Society

Oak Park’s original Village Hall located at the southeast corner ofLake Street and Euclid Avenue


The original Oak Park Public Library, the Scoville Institute was built in 1888 and was located at the northwest

corner of Lake Street and Grove Avenue


View of Lake Street looking westfrom Marion Street in 1941.


Eisenhower expressway under construction in the late 1950’s when the Oak Park Arms was busy

with guests, receptions and showers.


View of Lake Street looking east from Marion Street in 1941.


Streetcar looking west on Lake Streetat Forest Avenue in 1947.


The original YMCA building was located at Oak Park Avenue just north of Lake Street

on the east side of the street.


The original Oak Park Post Offi ce located at the northeast corner of Lake Street and oak Park Avenue, replaced in 1936 by the current post offi ce on Lake Street a few blocks west.


This “Tot Lot” was a great place for children to play in the 1920’s located at the south west

corner of Randolph and Maple.


View of Marion Street in 1923 looking north, one year after the Oak Park Arms opened.


The World War I Monument, “Peace Triumphant,” located in Scoville Park, was dedicated on Armistice Day in 1925,

just three years after the Oak Park Arms opened.


Gilmore’s Department Store located at the southwest corner of Lake Streetand Oak Park Avenue circa 1930.


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One of the top fears of aging people is becoming isolated and/or disabled. New research points to social activities being one of the preventative ways to age gracefully. Physical activity, proper nutrition, mental stimulation, personal safety and socialization are all necessary for a healthy life.

Reaching out to others and spending time socializing is fundamental to a pro-ductive, healthy life. In fact, the most socially connected older adults are three times as likely to report “very good” or “excellent” health.

“Social activity has long been rec-ognized as an essential component of healthy aging, but now we have strong evidence that it is also related to better everyday functioning and less disability in old age,” said lead researcher Bryan James, Ph.D., postdoctoral fellow in the epidemiology of aging and dementia at the Rush Alzheimer’s Disease Center, in his report.

Experts say that seniors who enjoy an active social life often extend their lives by years. There are an abundance of benefi ts for socializing other than life extension - stress reduction, a feeling of importance, and a feeling of high self esteem. Also an active social life appears to delay memory loss as people age. Strong social ties, through friends, family and community groups, can preserve brain health in older adults.

Having access to social engagements becomes more challenging as people age. They may not be able to drive, walk long distances, hear or see very well or may have lost friends and family to death.

Well, nobody is better at social inter-action that the Oak Park Arms which offers more than 300 monthly activities and events. Almost all events are free and open to all members of the local area as well as to residents of the Arms.

Some Oak Park Arms’ activities are geared to pleasure such as musical pro-grams like the Monday Night Concert Series, plays, movies, recitals or the radio theater productions. Sharing some of these pleasures leads to companionship as well as relaxation.

Building relationships occurs through interactive games such as BINGO, Scrabble, Chess, Pinochle, Bunco, Billiards and Kings in the Corner. In addition, card and game groups meet several times during the week and give the players an opportunity to use mental power and strengthen friendships.

Arts are very important at the Oak Park Arms. The Narrow Gallery features the works of local artists with an art opening and reception every other month. Guest artists also make special presentations during their exhibit to the residents to teach techniques or introduce a new medium. Residents and the public enjoy a myriad of art classes.

Using the Oak Park Arms’ Lifelong Learning Center, residents can stimulate their own creativity through weaving,

dancing, ceramics, jewelry making, painting, singing in the Oak Park Arms Chorus, needlepoint and/or wood working.

So not only does having friends make a person feel good, it makes him or her healthy, too. It may take a little planning and effort to stay engaged, but the rewards are great. Taking steps everyday to maintain, increase or improve one’s social life is healthy, wise and wonderful.

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HISTORYfrom page 1

The station broadcasted “nothing but high class talent.” Name bands would play everything from light classics like “Parade of the Wooden Soldiers” to 20s jazz hits like “Avalon” and “Whispering.”

WTAY was directed by well-known Studio Manager Hugh B. Marshall, and his program became wildly popular with listeners tuning in from as far away as Alabama and Oklahoma.

The hotel quickly became recognized as a key social center in Oak Park. Galas, card parties, luncheons, wedding recep-tions and meetings of all kinds were routinely held at The Arms. Each week various groups such as the Lions Club met in the Georgian Room for lunch.

By the late 1920s, the Oak Park Arms was doing so well that a massive expan-sion project was begun. An annex, which would virtually double the size of the building, was started just as the 1929 stock market crash happened, and the Great Depression began.

The expansion was halted, and the steel structure would stand for nearly two decades before investors returned and building resumed in the late 1940s.

In 1936 First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt stayed at The Arms while in town for speaking engagements at Rosary College and Oak Park River Forest High School.

According to the Chicago Tribune, Mrs. Roosevelt said, “We citizens should familiarize ourselves the needs of our own communities and understand governmen-tal procedures. If we know these needs, we can tell if there are differences in working conditions. We may know those who govern our own jobs but not those of others.”

She then returned to the Oak Park Arms and found a Cicero couple, the Alloways, celebrating their golden wed-ding anniversary. Mr. Alloway kissed the fi rst lady’s hand, and Mrs. Alloway kissed Mrs. Roosevelt on the cheek.

When this addition was completed in 1949, it provided additional banquet rooms, meeting rooms, a medical center, drug store and beauty shop. The hotel had expanded by 60 percent.

In 1952 a transmitting tower was put on top of the Arms, and station WOPA began to broadcast as did WOPA’s sister station - WGLD-FM. Teenagers especially were entertained by the modern radio station and would call in to request songs.

The 1950s and 1960s were the glory days of The Arms. Once again it was the premier place for banquets, meet-ings, proms and wedding receptions. In 1953 the national trade publication “Hotel Monthly” highlighted The Oak Park Arms and in the article, The Arms Manager Tracy Kohl commented on the new artistic décor of the Carolina Room

which was often the setting for social and business gatherings.

“It is not unusual to have as many as 15 functions in the nine available rooms on a single Saturday,” Kohl said in the story.

However, by the 1970s new hotel chains were springing up in nearby sub-urbs, chains that could offer lower rates, perks and entertainment with liquor. Oak Park itself was undergoing personality changes and alterations in its social order. In 1973 the hotel’s future was in doubt when the building changed hands to a group of owners, two of whom had links to the Chicago crime syndicate.

The hotel changed hands once again in the mid-1970s when it was purchased by two friends who wanted to create active retirement living in a community that would be full of life, service and spirit.

The new management recognized the value of The Arms and was on the fore-front of a trend. The building had always featured full apartments with kitchens and dining rooms. It was a natural step to refocus and serve the people who were permanent residents and build a commu-nity around their needs rather than serv-ing visitors.

The partners decided to add services and hire a full time activity director to bring events and activities to the community. By 1977, a “full lifestyle” was offered which included maid service, three meals a day and a busy schedule of social activities.

The vision and experience of the two men created The Arms of today, an ideal combination of exceptional senior care and an ideal setting. For 30 years, the Oak Park Arms has been the leader of senior living and the model in the development of other senior communities.

Today’s activities include day trips, lec-tures, art classes, movie discussions, en-tertainment, dance classes, an array of fi tness opportunities, religious programs and socials.

The Arms shares space with the Oak Park Township Senior Services and the Lifelong Learning Center (the local Senior Center). It provides offi ce space for more than ten other providers of se-nior-centered care.

Winner of multiple awards, the Oak Park Arms has maintained its original charm. It is an affable and affordable home for older adults and a great resource to Oak Park, River Forest, Forest Park, Berwyn, Cicero, Riverside, Elmwood Park, Maywood and Chicago.

The Oak Park Arms’ events and activ-ities draw people of all ages. Frequently the large ballroom is alive with “the sound of music” at monthly ballroom dances for residents and the public.

The original vision continues to this day as the Oak Park Arms is still owned and operated by the same two men who created it. Each remains involved and committed to excellence. Together, they offer strong support to the management and staff, ensuring that The Arms con-tinues as an industry leader with a legacy of eminence and distinction.

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Coinciding with the opening of the Oak Park Arms, advertisements exclaimed that “no expense was spared” in the construction of the hotel, equipped with automatic electric elevators, vacuum cleaning systems and artifi cial refrigeration systems. During construction, ads invited investors to take advantage of “a local security of real merit” with 7%serial gold bonds. Another advertisement emphasized the Oak Park Arm’s cosmopolitan restaurant as an alternative to hosting a dinner party at home, if, for instance, “the maid were out.”

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