Gail, I have lived here most of my life, and the only major change I know about is Hardeman Avenue and Forsyth street, and it still frustrates me to this day. Very through "cut throughs" and it runs for miles. You most likely have the correct town. Millie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gail Moore" <embracer@strato.net> To: <GAMACON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, January 06, 2001 4:06 PM Subject: Re: [GAMACON] need a look-up for obituary!! > Ok and bless you this is what I most needed to know. > And one more thing, was it not Macon the town that at least at one time had > all of the one way streets in it? > Or am I nuts? > The reason is we went once long ago to visit some kin who lived at Macon. > That was all that Dad ever called the place. > But as I child I do remember him and Mom in the middle of the night using > the road map and flashlight and getting angry because the streets did not > match the map because they had gone through and changed a lot of the streets > to ONE WAY only. > They would find the Street and could not turn down it. He finaly got out of > a the car and stopped a cop and asked him "How the Hell do I get that way > down this Street" , and showing him the map they both laughed and the Cop > had us follow him to the other Street by that name that went the way we > needed to go. Come to find out to get to these folks home, we had to go > down a couple of blocks turn left go down so far to the end of the one way > part and then make a very sharp turn to the left again and go back up the > same Street the other way to get to their home!! > > And I think it was Macon the town. > > Does this sound right? > I mean the part about all the one way Streets? > > See Dad had not been in a very long time and over the years the City had > grown and they changed it a lot and he was in the right spot and knew where > the house was but could not get to it for all the ONE WAY only signs!! Dad > used landmarks to go from place to place you see and this just threw him > bad. > > Gail > > > ==== GAMACON Mailing List ==== > Deo Vindice= God our Vindicator. Appears on The Great Seal of The Confederacy, UDC medals of Honor and UDC iron grave markers, just to > mention a few. American by birth Southern by the Grace of God. > >