ok, I just have to ask... when talking of 69.... do you call it hwy 69 or 69 hwy? I am wondering if it's a regional thing, as we moved south and they are always saying it "backwards"... after being down here for 13+ years I have caught myself saying 69 hwy. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ronald M McClure" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, December 01, 2009 3:33 PM Subject: Re: [IADECATU] the filling station and other... > thank you, jack......thought i was losin' it! like you, i always called > hi-way 2, hi-way or route (never root) 2.....always called 69, 69 > too......mac > > -- Original Message ----- > From: "Jack Scott" <[email protected]> > To: "decatur county list" <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, December 01, 2009 2:56 PM > Subject: [IADECATU] the filling station and other... > > >> The filling station I mentioned in my earlier email was at the SW corner >> of Main and Commercial and was adjacent to the Leon Hotel which faced >> Main. The stations that >> came along later are close but at different places. The Diamond DX >> station, built by my granddad's partner Clint Davis and, I guess owned by >> the Carwrights later, >> was at the NE corner of Church and Commercial diagonally across from the >> Methodist Church. The other station -- 107 W Commercial -- the Phillips >> 66 is the one that was located where my home was -- we moved the house >> in >> 1937 -- at the SE corner of Church and Commercial St and directly across >> east from that same church. >> >> Looking at Google maps I see that Commercial St is now called 1st. >> Actually, I never called it either one -- it was rte 2. >> >> Yes, they changed the numbering of E-W streets. When our house was moved >> we were on 11th street south. After the renumbering its new >> mail address was on 4th St South. ... jack >> >> >> ----- 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 >> 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

hi way 69.....or route 69......as in "route 66"......mac kind of makes you wonder why we don't do the streets the same way.......as in "street one" 'stead of "1st Street".....mac ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stacy Smith" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, December 01, 2009 4:39 PM Subject: Re: [IADECATU] the filling station and other... > ok, I just have to ask... when talking of 69.... do you call it hwy 69 > or > 69 hwy? > I am wondering if it's a regional thing, as we moved south and they are > always saying it "backwards"... after being down here for 13+ years I > have > caught myself saying 69 hwy. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ronald M McClure" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, December 01, 2009 3:33 PM > Subject: Re: [IADECATU] the filling station and other... > > >> thank you, jack......thought i was losin' it! like you, i always called >> hi-way 2, hi-way or route (never root) 2.....always called 69, 69 >> too......mac >> >> -- Original Message ----- >> From: "Jack Scott" <[email protected]> >> To: "decatur county list" <[email protected]> >> Sent: Tuesday, December 01, 2009 2:56 PM >> Subject: [IADECATU] the filling station and other... >> >> >>> The filling station I mentioned in my earlier email was at the SW corner >>> of Main and Commercial and was adjacent to the Leon Hotel which faced >>> Main. The stations that >>> came along later are close but at different places. The Diamond DX >>> station, built by my granddad's partner Clint Davis and, I guess owned >>> by >>> the Carwrights later, >>> was at the NE corner of Church and Commercial diagonally across from the >>> Methodist Church. The other station -- 107 W Commercial -- the Phillips >>> 66 is the one that was located where my home was -- we moved the house >>> in >>> 1937 -- at the SE corner of Church and Commercial St and directly across >>> east from that same church. >>> >>> Looking at Google maps I see that Commercial St is now called 1st. >>> Actually, I never called it either one -- it was rte 2. >>> >>> Yes, they changed the numbering of E-W streets. When our house was >>> moved >>> we were on 11th street south. After the renumbering its new >>> mail address was on 4th St South. ... jack >>> >>> >>> ----- 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 >>> 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 > > 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 >