Williams-Flateland who lived in Oklee and Clearbrook Depots will speak

Jill Williams Flateland, author of Chugs & Hugs, will be speaking at the Clearbrook Depot on Sunday July 22. Her father Lyle Williams was the agent for both the Oklee and Clearbrook Depots. 

Jill S. Williams Flateland, author of Chugs & Hugs: Growing Up In A Train Station Volumes 1, 2, & 3 is honored to attend the upcoming Clearbrook Soo Line picnic at her old home, the Clearbrook depot on Sunday, July 22, 2018 at 4 p.m. Her father, Lyle C. Williams, was the depot agent in Clearbrook from January 1955 to March 1961. After serving in Clearbrook for six years, Lyle Williams became the Soo Line agent in Oklee until 1968. This period of history is also included in Chugs & Hugs Volume 3.

Jill’s youngest sister, Cindy Williams McKinley, from Shawnee, KS also plans to attend the picnic. They’ll share fond memories of being a railroad family living above the depot. Jill has agreed to sell e-book versions of all three volumes for $30, and $25 of that price will be donated to the Clearbrook Soo Line Depot Restoration Fund. Jill and her entire family appreciates all who worked so hard to save the depot.

 They are looking forward to seeing the place. Coming besides Jill will be her husband, Byron, granddaughter Elsa, sister Cindy and her two children.

In case of rain, the picnic will be moved to the American Legion Room at the Clearbrook Community Center.