----- Original Message ----- From: "Lloyd Johnson" <lloydl@charter.net> To: <iljackso@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, August 28, 2006 5:10 PM Subject: Re: [ILJACKSO] Pomona General Store > Karima, I can only take you back to 1930. In the '30s there were two > general > stores in Pomona. Both were brick buildings and represented the "downtown" > area of Pomona. One was operated by a gentleman named Rosson, and that > building has long since been torn down. The other store was operated by > Hugh > Crowell and his wife Bessie and later operated by Mabel Gearhart. There > may > have been interim owers and operators. Perhaps someone else can fill you > in on > that. The Crowell store building is still there but no longer used as a > store. I > think perhaps someone is living in that building, although it is in a > state of disrepair. > I have a picture of the front of the building, as it is today, and also a > picture taken > inside the store in the late '30s. If you will send me your e-mail > address, I will be > happy to send you copies of both pictures. Lloyd lloydl@charter.net > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > Karima, List Administrator ILJACKSO-admin@rootsweb.com > List Guidelines: http://www.rootsweb.com/~illinois/JacksonCoWelcome.html > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ILJACKSO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message