thanx, sharon. i've spent several nights in the "old jail", not as a prisoner but as "company". i had 2 uncles who served as sheriff, gale mcclure and kenneth meek..... it sounds like you might've lived up there by the saveleys and schoonovers....schoonover was also an uncle of mine....and "newt" savely prob'ly my best friend.....another uncle, max and gwennie mcclure, also moved into that area when he came back from colorado.....mac ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sharon Becker" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, December 01, 2009 12:04 PM Subject: Re: [IADECATU] Leon opera house 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] 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 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