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Section 1 (A-E)	Section 2 (F-J)	Section 3 (K-O)	Section 4 (P-T)	Section 5 (U-Z)

Voeke's Resort	Waukegan, The	Weber's Tavern	Weber's Texaco	Weber's Wildlife
Weise's Resort	Welch's Sport Shop	Wessel's Gas Station	West Bay Resort	Wolf Pack Cafe


Voeke's Resort The Voeke family purchased Radue's Resort from William Radue and operated it for several years. More information can be found on Radue's Resort. Top

The Waukegan The person who built and first operated this tavern is unknown According to Janet Jackson, it was here when she and her family moved here in 1951. It has been known as the Waukegan for decades and still is by our local old-timers. It is located on the Jct. of Hwy 70 East and Cty O. It was sold to Kenneth Clark in 1978 and he kept the name the same. He ran it for a few years, then sold it (unknown name). This owner kept the name the same, too. He advertised the place as the "Home of the Five-Pound Hamburger," which he actually did sell. John Ingram and Sparky (last name unknown) purchased it and renamed it the Wholefamdamily. This was then sold to Terry Lindstrom and renamed Fortes. Terry ran it for several years and sold it to Bob and Kathy (Last name unknown). They renamed it Bob Katz. Top

Weber's Tavern This tavern was purchased from John Lester by Ray Weber. Ray operated it for several years and put on a magic show every Saturday for children. He eventually sold the tavern to Bernie Kazda. More information on this building can be found under Qualy's Tavern. Top

Weber's Texaco Gifford Weber built this building and operated a Texaco station here on Hwy 70 for many years. It is not known exactly when he built this or when the station closed and was sold. The building was eventually converted into a private home. Neff's Shoe Repair was located in the house just behind this. After Neff sold in it 2003, the Shoe Repair Shop became a gift shop. What it is now is anyone's guess. Top

Weber's Wildlife Leonard Weber built and operated this tavern and petting zoo in 1945. It is not known if the tavern and zoo were constructed at the same time or the zoo came later. He passed away in 1973 and his wife, Ellen, continued running it for several years. Eventually, she retired and handed over management to her son, Roger. Weber's Wildlife is well-known for its bears. The young ones are usually removed from the mother in February, which draws a large crowd of people. People come from far and wide to see and pet the baby bears. The cubs are eventually sold and go their separate ways. One of the Weber bears ended up in Hollywood. Top

Weise's Resort The Weise family purchased this resort and changed the name from OK Resort to Weise's Resort. They built the stone pillars at the entrance to the resort and placed a Y on one and a Z on the other representing the pronunciation of their name. More information on this resort can be found under OK Resort. Top

Welch's Sport Shop Allen Welch built this bait and tackle shop on the junction of Hwy 70 and J just below where the Thunderbird is today. The Thunderbird did not exist at this time. This building still exists along the side of J. The second photgraph shows the original sport shop as Welch built it on the mall. He continued to exand it through the years and the third photograph shows it pretty much as it is today. It was the first building (Second Photo) in the mall/junction area. Allen sold it to Kenneth Clark, who changed the name to St. Germain Sport and Marine in 1968. It was eventually sold to Jack Mohn. Jack changed the name to Jack's Sport and Marine. Jack operated it a few years and sold it to Jack Koch, who kept the name the same. Jack Koch operated it for twelve years and sold it to Tom Christiansen. Tom changed the name to St. Germain Sport Marine, dropping the "and" between "Sport and Marine." Top

Wessel's Gas Station This building on Hwy 70 by Cedaroma Resort was an early gas station. It was built in the late 1930's by a man who's last name was Wessel and it was then part of the resort. Clarence Rux leased and operated this gas station when he arrived here in 1945. He ran it until 1953 when he built and opened Rux's Standard Station. Wessel then sold it, along with the resort, to a man who's last name was Volpintesta (sic). Early residents still remember him sitting in his rocking chair at the station with his long gray beard, smoking his old pipe. After he sold it the resort, the station was unused and began to fall into disrepair. It no longer exists. Top

West Bay Resort This originally was Sisson's Resort 2. It was eventually purchased by John Armentrout from Walter Perk. More information on this resort can be found under Sisson's Resort 2. The resort has been totally PSL'd. Top

Wolf Pack Cafe More information on this restaurant can be found under Ellie's Restaurant. Top