This Gazette throwback appeared in the Jan. 9, 1975 edition.
“John Brian Foster has taken the honors as the first baby of 1975 born at the Galena Hospital. John and Nancy Foster, rural Apple River, welcomed their nine pound, eight ounce boy at 4:04 a.m. Jan. 2. The Fosters will be receiving gifts from 19 merchants as the newest parents of the year.”