well, i guess i've been gone too long. i thought hi way 2 was 1st street, not commercial street. i'm wrong?.....and that hi way 69 was church street.....am i wrong? if i'm correct, then does anyone know what streets lie on either side of commercial street? main street runs on the front (west) side of the court house and idaho runs on the back side (east) of the court house, right?....mac ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Albright" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, December 01, 2009 11:06 AM Subject: Re: [IADECATU] Leon opera house FYI: My 1968 telephone directory for Leon and nearby towns shows the Hotel Leon at 104 South Main and Cartwright's DX Service Station at 101 West Commercial. There also was Robinson's 66 Service Station at 107 West Commercial. I don't know if either filling station is the one mentioned in the postings but in '68 those are the only ones listed on Commercial and none was listed in the first block of Main, but not all stations in the phone book had addresses. Rick On Dec 1, 2009, at 4:34 AM, Jack Scott wrote: > Main and Commercial Streets are still named the same. Of course, > Commercial is also > > Rte 2. The hotel was rebuilt and named the Leon Hotel, owned and run by > Olive Sparks > > And her son, Delmar Sparks. > > > > The “filling” station (I’m glad you called it that because that’s what > they were called in those > > days was built, owned and run by a partnership of my maternal grandfather, > Fred Welling > > and Clint Davis. Since I lived in that block I got to play there > sometimes. … jack www.iagenweb.org/decatur ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Church Street begins where Highway 2 runs east-west & intersects with Highway 69 - at the corner where the library & Loving Chapel is - where Highway 69 turns off to the west. Church Street starts there & runs on down south from Highway 69. Main Street is on the west side of the Courthouse & runs on down to the depot. I think you're right about Idaho St. The old jail was off the n.e. corner of the square along Idaho St. If I remember right, Commercial Street is Highway 2, going through city limits, then becomes Highway 2 again once you leave town. School Street (where I used to live in the 1970's & early 1980's) is one block west of Highway 69 coming into town from the north. School Street ran from the school & north to where the street turned into a cul de sac. If you followed School Street all the way north, you'd end up in my garage when we lived there. The house is still there but doesn't look like it did when we lived in it. Sharon R. Becker Ringgold County IAGenWeb Coordinator [email protected] See What's New at Ringgold County: http://iagenweb.org/ringgold/what'sNew.htm ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ronald M McClure" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, December 01, 2009 11:41 AM Subject: Re: [IADECATU] Leon opera house > well, i guess i've been gone too long. i thought hi way 2 was 1st > street, > not commercial street. i'm wrong?.....and that hi way 69 was church > street.....am i wrong? if i'm correct, then does anyone know what > streets > lie on either side of commercial street? main street runs on the front > (west) side of the court house and idaho runs on the back side (east) of > the > court house, right?....mac > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Richard Albright" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, December 01, 2009 11:06 AM > Subject: Re: [IADECATU] Leon opera house > > > FYI: My 1968 telephone directory for Leon and nearby towns shows the > Hotel Leon at 104 South Main and Cartwright's DX Service Station at 101 > West > Commercial. There also was Robinson's 66 Service Station at 107 West > Commercial. I don't know if either filling station is the one mentioned in > the postings but in '68 those are the only ones listed on Commercial and > none was listed in the first block of Main, but not all stations in the > phone book had addresses. Rick > > On Dec 1, 2009, at 4:34 AM, Jack Scott wrote: > >> Main and Commercial Streets are still named the same. Of course, >> Commercial is also >> >> Rte 2. The hotel was rebuilt and named the Leon Hotel, owned and run by >> Olive Sparks >> >> And her son, Delmar Sparks. >> >> >> >> The “filling” station (I’m glad you called it that because that’s what >> they were called in those >> >> days was built, owned and run by a partnership of my maternal >> grandfather, >> Fred Welling >> >> and Clint Davis. Since I lived in that block I got to play there >> sometimes. … jack > > www.iagenweb.org/decatur > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > www.iagenweb.org/decatur > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected]com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.426 / Virus Database: 270.14.88/2538 - Release Date: 12/01/09 07:59:00 -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter. We are a community of 6 million users fighting spam. SPAMfighter has removed 722 of my spam emails to date. Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len The Professional version does not have this message

> well, i guess i've been gone too long. i thought hi way 2 was 1st > street, > not commercial street. i'm wrong?.....and that hi way 69 was church > street.....am i wrong? if i'm correct, then does anyone know what > streets > lie on either side of commercial street? main street runs on the front > (west) side of the court house and idaho runs on the back side (east) of > the > court house, right?....mac Mac: You are correct. First (1st), as it is now named, was Commercial Street. At some time(after 1942?) the E-W streets in Leon were renamed. An early Sanborn map shows the E-W street on the north side of the Courthouse square as 8th Street and the E-W street on the south side as 9th. The next E-W street south of 9th street was Commercial, now 1st (Hwy 2). The N-S streets have retained their names. Meredith Johnston Spencer >

thanx, meredith, 'ppreciate it.....mac ----- Original Message ----- From: "Meredith Johnston" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, December 01, 2009 12:26 PM Subject: Re: [IADECATU] Leon opera house >> well, i guess i've been gone too long. i thought hi way 2 was 1st >> street, >> not commercial street. i'm wrong?.....and that hi way 69 was church >> street.....am i wrong? if i'm correct, then does anyone know what >> streets >> lie on either side of commercial street? main street runs on the front >> (west) side of the court house and idaho runs on the back side (east) of >> the >> court house, right?....mac > > Mac: > > You are correct. First (1st), as it is now named, was Commercial Street. > At some time(after 1942?) the E-W streets in Leon were renamed. An early > Sanborn map shows the E-W street on the north side of the Courthouse > square as 8th Street and the E-W street on the south side as 9th. The next > E-W street south of 9th street was Commercial, now 1st (Hwy 2). The N-S > streets have retained their names. > > Meredith Johnston > Spencer >> > > > > www.iagenweb.org/decatur > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Speaking of name changes...addresses changed too, back in the late 1980s, very early 1990s (for the 911 system). Not only were RR(Rural Route) Numbers changed, also those in town had number changes. We went from 910 to 906 on our house number. Of course that wasn't too long ago, but thought I'd add that for anyone that wanted to know ;-) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Meredith Johnston" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, December 01, 2009 12:26 PM Subject: Re: [IADECATU] Leon opera house >> well, i guess i've been gone too long. i thought hi way 2 was 1st >> street, >> not commercial street. i'm wrong?.....and that hi way 69 was church >> street.....am i wrong? if i'm correct, then does anyone know what >> streets >> lie on either side of commercial street? main street runs on the front >> (west) side of the court house and idaho runs on the back side (east) of >> the >> court house, right?....mac > > Mac: > > You are correct. First (1st), as it is now named, was Commercial Street. > At some time(after 1942?) the E-W streets in Leon were renamed. An early > Sanborn map shows the E-W street on the north side of the Courthouse > square as 8th Street and the E-W street on the south side as 9th. The next > E-W street south of 9th street was Commercial, now 1st (Hwy 2). The N-S > streets have retained their names. > > Meredith Johnston > Spencer >> > > > > www.iagenweb.org/decatur > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message