Jerry, I had forgotten about that train! Yes, I do remember. I also remember a Blaylock's (five and dime store they called it then) out Grand Ave. in the early 50's. Any relation? Marsha -----Original Message----- From: Jerryblay@aol.com [mailto:Jerryblay@aol.com] Sent: Friday, January 16, 2004 4:50 PM To: ILMACON-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [ILMACON] Durfee School In a message dated 1/16/2004 4:26:26 PM Central Standard Time, marsha.mcw@mchsi.com writes: Does anyone remember when the Steak & Shake opened in Decatur (wasn't it not far from the lake?) Correct. Was open by the early 1950s. Remember the Lionel train that ran at the top of the walls around the dinning room? Jerry Blaylock

Yes, a drive in ... couldn't recall what they called it <memory the first go go they say> I think the drive in stayed open even in the winter time (but I may be wrong there.) I also remember King's Restaurant which was more downtown. Wasn't it very close to the "new" Steak & Shake (of the 1950's?) We use to go there a lot after Church on Sundays. Marsha From: Cheryl Rothwell [mailto:LoganCty@mindspring.com] Sent: Friday, January 16, 2004 5:31 PM To: ILMACON-L@rootsweb.com Subject: RE: RE: [ILMACON] Durfee School Do you mean like a drive in like that root beer stand on Eldorado whose name I can't recall, where the carhops come out and take your order? I know my cousin used to go there when she was in high school but I know she sat inside. I confess I wasn't old enough to be going to Steak & Shake in 1950. Cheryl Rothwell

There was a school across the street from where my grandparents lived (1200 block of East Orchard, Decatur.) They bought this house in 1942 <memory here.> Any ideas what the name of this school was? I believe it was closed by 1950. I, too, well remember when Lakeview High was first built! I also remember when the "new" Oak Grove School was built and remember going to Kindergarten in the original, old Oak Grove School (on the Grand Ave. "curve.") Now, that's REALLY getting old! <g> Anyone remember Decatur High's basketball Coach Kentner? Marsha From: Glenda Deal [mailto:jgdealjim@sbcglobal.net] Sent: Friday, January 16, 2004 5:18 PM To: ILMACON-L@rootsweb.com Subject: RE: RE: [ILMACON] Durfee School There was another roller rink on the east edge of downtown, at least in the first half of the 40's. Having birthday parties at that rink was very popular---easy on parents. Refreshments were pop and those marvelous squishy bread donuts. Included are a couple of pictures of the "New" Lakeview High. Now I really feel old!

In a message dated 1/16/2004 4:26:26 PM Central Standard Time, marsha.mcw@mchsi.com writes: Does anyone remember when the Steak & Shake opened in Decatur (wasn't it not far from the lake?) Correct. Was open by the early 1950s. Remember the Lionel train that ran at the top of the walls around the dinning room? Jerry Blaylock

In a message dated 1/16/2004 3:50:56 PM Central Standard Time, JCOLEMA1@elp.rr.com writes: Yes, I went to the Y Teen dances too! I graduated from Decatur High School in 1947 but am sorry to say that when my parents moved to Decatur from Carlyle, Illinois, I was broken-hearted and homesick for the tiny southern town where I was born. But it's fun to read about all your memories. I too skated at a skating rink but cannot remember where it was. Joann Higgins Coleman, El Paso, Tx I graduated from Decatur High School in 1956. I move there from Carlyle in 1948. Jerry Blaylock Houston, Texas

Elam's Root Beer on Eldorado St. There is a Taco stand there now. 800 Block West -----Original Message----- From: Cheryl Rothwell [mailto:LoganCty@mindspring.com] Sent: Friday, January 16, 2004 5:31 PM To: ILMACON-L@rootsweb.com Subject: RE: RE: [ILMACON] Durfee School Do you mean like a drive in like that root beer stand on Eldorado whose name I can't recall, where the carhops come out and take your order? I know my cousin used to go there when she was in high school but I know she sat inside. I confess I wasn't old enough to be going to Steak & Shake in 1950. Cheryl Rothwell logancty@mindspring.com Logan County, IL, Coordinator, ILGenWeb www.rootsweb.com/~illogan Central IL Regional Coordinator, ILGenWeb Clark, Downing, Harding, Lucas et al ==== ILMACON Mailing List ==== Visit the Macon County ILGenWeb page at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmacon/ --- Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.560 / Virus Database: 352 - Release Date: 1/8/2004 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.560 / Virus Database: 352 - Release Date: 1/8/2004

Before the Steak 'n Shake there was Peck's Wander (or maybe Wonder) Inn, owned by Bud and Ella Peck, friends of my parents. I don't remember how I got up there, but I recall being up in that cupola on the roof. -----Original Message----- From: Marsha McWilliams [mailto:marsha.mcw@mchsi.com] Sent: Friday, January 16, 2004 4:26 PM To: ILMACON-L@rootsweb.com Subject: RE: RE: [ILMACON] Durfee School I, too, sure remember Chap's. Don't believe I ever skated there, but we did go to the amusement park part of it. I liked riding the carousel. Does anyone remember when the Steak & Shake opened in Decatur (wasn't it not far from the lake?) Seems like I remember them having "car service" and we were one of the first customers (which would probably have been about 1950ish.) Marsha Email: marsha.mcw@mchsi.com -----Original Message----- From: heartsweetnana@adelphia.net [mailto:heartsweetnana@adelphia.net] Sent: Friday, January 16, 2004 4:11 PM To: ILMACON-L@rootsweb.com Subject: RE: RE: [ILMACON] Durfee School You are right. It was Chap's. I always went with my cousin Gloria Schenck. I remember the guy who owned the place had been injured on the ferris wheel I believe. Helen in Idaho > > From: "Cheryl Rothwell" <LoganCty@mindspring.com> > Date: 2004/01/16 Fri PM 12:21:20 PST > To: ILMACON-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: RE: RE: [ILMACON] Durfee School > > You probably went skating at Chaps. I think there were some amusement rides ==== ILMACON Mailing List ==== To unsubscribe from the list send a message to: ILMACON-L-request@rootsweb.com with unsubscribe as the subject. To unsubscribe from the digest send a message to: ILMACON-D-request@rootsweb.com with unsubscribe as the subject.

There was another roller rink on the east edge of downtown, at least in the first half of the 40's. Having birthday parties at that rink was very popular---easy on parents. Refreshments were pop and those marvelous squishy bread donuts. I have a book, "Decatur, Illinois Snapshots", published by the Herald & Review" in 2000. Has pictures up to 1950. That really brings back memories! This discussion of schools reminded me of that book, and I found a May 1949 picture of Grant School students lined up to wash their hands in the furnace room because there is no plumbing in the school. (There is a soap dispenser on the wall, and a wash basin and a bucket on. A few other pictures: 1931 picture of a student learning sign language at E. A. Gastman School. 1911 picture of what is probably the whole student body lined up outside the former Jones School that was still standing in 2000 at 2495 N. Water. An undated picture: Students exercising at Sangamon School at Sangamon and Clinton streets. November 1931: Manual training class at Centennial Junior High School---woodworking. 1888: The first public school built on Church Street in 1857. It was called "Big Brick" Another undated: Classes at Decatur High School include blacksmithing. Included are a couple of pictures of the "New" Lakeview High. Now I really feel old! -----Original Message----- From: heartsweetnana@adelphia.net [mailto:heartsweetnana@adelphia.net] Sent: Friday, January 16, 2004 4:11 PM To: ILMACON-L@rootsweb.com Subject: RE: RE: [ILMACON] Durfee School You are right. It was Chap's. I always went with my cousin Gloria Schenck. I remember the guy who owned the place had been injured on the ferris wheel I believe. Helen in Idaho > > From: "Cheryl Rothwell" <LoganCty@mindspring.com> > Date: 2004/01/16 Fri PM 12:21:20 PST > To: ILMACON-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: RE: RE: [ILMACON] Durfee School > > You probably went skating at Chaps. I think there were some amusement rides > there too. IIRC it was out in the general vicinity of St. Teresa but I'm not > sure. It must have been close to Pershing Road. > > I was amused a few years when Steak and Shake expanded to where I now live > and there were pictures of the Decatur Stake and Shakes on the wall. The > Steak and Shakes here are TERRIBLE, very poorly run. Food's the same though. > > Cheryl Rothwell > logancty@mindspring.com > Logan County, IL, Coordinator, ILGenWeb > www.rootsweb.com/~illogan > Central IL Regional Coordinator, ILGenWeb > Clark, Downing, Harding, Lucas et al > > > > > > ==== ILMACON Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from the list send a message to: ILMACON-L-request@rootsweb.com with unsubscribe as the subject. > To unsubscribe from the digest send a message to: ILMACON-D-request@rootsweb.com with unsubscribe as the subject. > > ==== ILMACON Mailing List ==== To unsubscribe from the list send a message to: ILMACON-L-request@rootsweb.com with unsubscribe as the subject. To unsubscribe from the digest send a message to: ILMACON-D-request@rootsweb.com with unsubscribe as the subject.

The Steak n Shake was there by the lake in the 40's because I went there often and I moved from Decatur to Arizona in 1947. All this reminiscing makes me want to go back for a visit. I can almost taste the hamburgers and orange freezes. Gail Dorsey Driggs ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marsha McWilliams" <marsha.mcw@mchsi.com> To: <ILMACON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, January 16, 2004 3:25 PM Subject: RE: RE: [ILMACON] Durfee School > I, too, sure remember Chap's. Don't believe I ever skated there, but we did > go to the amusement park part of it. I liked riding the carousel. Does > anyone remember when the Steak & Shake opened in Decatur (wasn't it not far > from the lake?) Seems like I remember them having "car service" and we were > one of the first customers (which would probably have been about 1950ish.) > > Marsha > Email: marsha.mcw@mchsi.com > > > -----Original Message----- > From: heartsweetnana@adelphia.net [mailto:heartsweetnana@adelphia.net] > Sent: Friday, January 16, 2004 4:11 PM > To: ILMACON-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: RE: RE: [ILMACON] Durfee School > > You are right. It was Chap's. I always went with my cousin Gloria Schenck. I > remember the guy who owned the place had been injured on the ferris wheel I > believe. > Helen in Idaho > > > > From: "Cheryl Rothwell" <LoganCty@mindspring.com> > > Date: 2004/01/16 Fri PM 12:21:20 PST > > To: ILMACON-L@rootsweb.com > > Subject: RE: RE: [ILMACON] Durfee School > > > > You probably went skating at Chaps. I think there were some amusement > rides > > > > > ==== ILMACON Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from the list send a message to: ILMACON-L-request@rootsweb.com with unsubscribe as the subject. > To unsubscribe from the digest send a message to: ILMACON-D-request@rootsweb.com with unsubscribe as the subject. > >

I, too, sure remember Chap's. Don't believe I ever skated there, but we did go to the amusement park part of it. I liked riding the carousel. Does anyone remember when the Steak & Shake opened in Decatur (wasn't it not far from the lake?) Seems like I remember them having "car service" and we were one of the first customers (which would probably have been about 1950ish.) Marsha Email: marsha.mcw@mchsi.com -----Original Message----- From: heartsweetnana@adelphia.net [mailto:heartsweetnana@adelphia.net] Sent: Friday, January 16, 2004 4:11 PM To: ILMACON-L@rootsweb.com Subject: RE: RE: [ILMACON] Durfee School You are right. It was Chap's. I always went with my cousin Gloria Schenck. I remember the guy who owned the place had been injured on the ferris wheel I believe. Helen in Idaho > > From: "Cheryl Rothwell" <LoganCty@mindspring.com> > Date: 2004/01/16 Fri PM 12:21:20 PST > To: ILMACON-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: RE: RE: [ILMACON] Durfee School > > You probably went skating at Chaps. I think there were some amusement rides

My grandparents Charles Herbert MARSH & Janie Mae (STOGSDILL)in Friends Creek Twp lived east of Maroa near AGEE families. My mother Ella Mae (MARSH) b. 1922 Friends Creek Twp. east of Maroa, IL and her younger siblings Pete, Alice, Shirley, Bob and Carol MARSH went to school with AGEE children. The children in the Friendscreek twp area went to Argenta Highschool. I imagine your AGEE did so also. My mother and siblings went to Willow Glenn school east of Maroa when they were children. I have Willow Glenn Gradeschool photos on the Macon Co, IL US GEN WEB site. The school closed sometime in the 1950s. I don't know all many of the children's names in them. Maybe someone can look at them and see if their family has names of some, or perhaps photos like them? Beverly (HIMES) BARGER now in NM

You probably went skating at Chaps. I think there were some amusement rides there too. IIRC it was out in the general vicinity of St. Teresa but I'm not sure. It must have been close to Pershing Road. I was amused a few years when Steak and Shake expanded to where I now live and there were pictures of the Decatur Stake and Shakes on the wall. The Steak and Shakes here are TERRIBLE, very poorly run. Food's the same though. Cheryl Rothwell logancty@mindspring.com Logan County, IL, Coordinator, ILGenWeb www.rootsweb.com/~illogan Central IL Regional Coordinator, ILGenWeb Clark, Downing, Harding, Lucas et al

Yes, I went to the Y Teen dances too! I graduated from Decatur High School in 1947 but am sorry to say that when my parents moved to Decatur from Carlyle, Illinois, I was broken-hearted and homesick for the tiny southern town where I was born. But it's fun to read about all your memories. I too skated at a skating rink but cannot remember where it was. Joann Higgins Coleman, El Paso, Tx > Well, this conversation is bringing back so many memories. I used to go skating somewhere in Decatur. It seems there were some amusement rides there too by the skating rink. I remember going to the park there in town to the little Santa house at Christmas time. Do they still do that? There was a lighthouse cafe by Lake Decatur where we would get the best hamburgers and milk shakes. That was when they made the shakes out of real ice cream, those are hard to find these days. I put a picture of that cafe on the Macon Co. site that some kind soul sent me. I actually grew up in Boody and once a week there was a little store down on Hwy.48 and they would show a movie . Everyone brought their blankets and sat on the ground. I believe the people who owned that store were Jenkins. I spent a lot of time of E. Mueller Ave. where my grandparents lived and lots of good times there. > Helen in Idaho > > > > From: "Marsha McWilliams" <marsha.mcw@mchsi.com> > > Date: 2004/01/16 Fri AM 10:01:56 PST > > To: ILMACON-L@rootsweb.com > > Subject: RE: RE: [ILMACON] Durfee School > > > > All of this sure brings back memories to me also! We lived in Decatur in > > the 40's & 50's ... Does anyone else remember the "Y" Teen Dances (held in > > their building across the street from the Library?) ... Roy Rogers ...yes! > > Only I remember the Alhambra Theatre (I believe) on Saturday mornings. My > > Mom use to cashier once in a while at the Avon Theatre... Did anyone else > > ride/rent horses at "Trail Riders" (other than me?) It was in Mt. Zion and > > I think it's now called mainly Big Creek Park. My Mother (now 81) went to > > her High School Class Reunion (Decatur High) just this past summer. > > Needless to say, there were several graduating years involved in that. > > > > Marsha > > Email: marsha.mcw@mchsi.com > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: heartsweetnana@adelphia.net [mailto:heartsweetnana@adelphia.net] > > Sent: Friday, January 16, 2004 11:27 AM > > To: ILMACON-L@rootsweb.com > > Subject: Re: RE: [ILMACON] Durfee School > > > > That really saddens me to hear about Decatur. When I was a child in the 40's > > and 50's it was a thriving city. I remember how special Monday nights were > > as that was the night the stores stayed open late, so we would make our > > little journey from the village of Boody into the "big" city. Boy, how > > things have changed. Do they still have the city buses? I spent many > > weekends at my grandparents home who lived in Decatur and every Saturday I > > along with the other neighborhood kids would get on the bus and go into > > town, get off at the transfer house and take in a good old movie. Usually > > Gene Autry or Roy Rogers. ha Then back to the transfer house and the ride > > back to the neighborhood. Those were good days for a child to grow up, > > things have changed so much. Thanks for the email and the update on > > Decatur. > > Helen in Idaho > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== ILMACON Mailing List ==== > > Visit the Macon County ILGenWeb page at: > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmacon/ > > > > > > > ==== ILMACON Mailing List ==== > Visit the Macon County ILGenWeb page at: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmacon/ >

Hello, Durfee School is still standing but the building is no longer in use. They moved Durfee to the Garfield School building at 1000 W. Grand. It is now a magnet school. Garfield students were moved to 300 Meadow Terrace. The front of the building has Garfield on it but the side has Durfee Magnet School on it. The old Durfee building at the corner of E. Grand and N. Jasper is in need of a lot of repair. Hope this helps, Roberta (Decatur, IL.)

You are right. It was Chap's. I always went with my cousin Gloria Schenck. I remember the guy who owned the place had been injured on the ferris wheel I believe. Helen in Idaho > > From: "Cheryl Rothwell" <LoganCty@mindspring.com> > Date: 2004/01/16 Fri PM 12:21:20 PST > To: ILMACON-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: RE: RE: [ILMACON] Durfee School > > You probably went skating at Chaps. I think there were some amusement rides > there too. IIRC it was out in the general vicinity of St. Teresa but I'm not > sure. It must have been close to Pershing Road. > > I was amused a few years when Steak and Shake expanded to where I now live > and there were pictures of the Decatur Stake and Shakes on the wall. The > Steak and Shakes here are TERRIBLE, very poorly run. Food's the same though. > > Cheryl Rothwell > logancty@mindspring.com > Logan County, IL, Coordinator, ILGenWeb > www.rootsweb.com/~illogan > Central IL Regional Coordinator, ILGenWeb > Clark, Downing, Harding, Lucas et al > > > > > > ==== ILMACON Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from the list send a message to: ILMACON-L-request@rootsweb.com with unsubscribe as the subject. > To unsubscribe from the digest send a message to: ILMACON-D-request@rootsweb.com with unsubscribe as the subject. > >

I remember Fairview and the park beside Decatur Lake Beach as a child. The parks were beautiful. We to them went often as a child. We swam in Decatur Lake until the polio scare when they closed the Decatur Lake Beach to swiming. The Lake was still beautiful in the 1950s. There was no air-conditioning there in the 1940s when I grew up there on 345 N. 25th St. I went to Roach gradeschool. We rode the buses for transportation then. Deatur was a very nice town in those days. I remember as a child the Staley building with the colored lights shining on the outside of top floors of it during World War II. I remember I loved the big old Sears store with the candy counter. Grandmother would take me there and buy me orange slices, coconut macaroons and that those buterscotch flavored pecan pieces by the pound. tow of my aunts worked there. Aunt Esther TRAYLOR was a seamstress there early and for many years. She died last year. Decatur was a nice place to grow up when I was a child in the 1940s. My MARSH, SHERMAN and FRAZEE and other ancestors came to that area early. Beverly (HIMES) BARGER now in Texas

All of this sure brings back memories to me also! We lived in Decatur in the 40's & 50's ... Does anyone else remember the "Y" Teen Dances (held in their building across the street from the Library?) ... Roy Rogers ...yes! Only I remember the Alhambra Theatre (I believe) on Saturday mornings. My Mom use to cashier once in a while at the Avon Theatre... Did anyone else ride/rent horses at "Trail Riders" (other than me?) It was in Mt. Zion and I think it's now called mainly Big Creek Park. My Mother (now 81) went to her High School Class Reunion (Decatur High) just this past summer. Needless to say, there were several graduating years involved in that. Marsha Email: marsha.mcw@mchsi.com -----Original Message----- From: heartsweetnana@adelphia.net [mailto:heartsweetnana@adelphia.net] Sent: Friday, January 16, 2004 11:27 AM To: ILMACON-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: RE: [ILMACON] Durfee School That really saddens me to hear about Decatur. When I was a child in the 40's and 50's it was a thriving city. I remember how special Monday nights were as that was the night the stores stayed open late, so we would make our little journey from the village of Boody into the "big" city. Boy, how things have changed. Do they still have the city buses? I spent many weekends at my grandparents home who lived in Decatur and every Saturday I along with the other neighborhood kids would get on the bus and go into town, get off at the transfer house and take in a good old movie. Usually Gene Autry or Roy Rogers. ha Then back to the transfer house and the ride back to the neighborhood. Those were good days for a child to grow up, things have changed so much. Thanks for the email and the update on Decatur. Helen in Idaho >

Thank you so much, now I know my memory hasn't gone completely. ha Helen in Idaho > > From: MYPB514@aol.com > Date: 2004/01/16 Fri AM 11:13:33 PST > To: ILMACON-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [ILMACON] Durfee School > > Hello, Durfee School is still standing but the building is no longer in use. > They moved Durfee to the Garfield School building at 1000 W. Grand. It is > now a magnet school. Garfield students were moved to 300 Meadow Terrace. The > front of the building has Garfield on it but the side has Durfee Magnet School > on it. The old Durfee building at the corner of E. Grand and N. Jasper is in > need of a lot of repair. > Hope this helps, > Roberta (Decatur, IL.) > > > ==== ILMACON Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from the list send a message to: ILMACON-L-request@rootsweb.com with unsubscribe as the subject. > To unsubscribe from the digest send a message to: ILMACON-D-request@rootsweb.com with unsubscribe as the subject. > >

Beverly, good to see you on the list and hear of your memories of Decatur. Helen in Idaho > > From: Bcookiegma@cs.com > Date: 2004/01/16 Fri AM 10:59:02 PST > To: ILMACON-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [ILMACON] Decatur parks, Lake and the Sears candy counter! > > I remember Fairview and the park beside Decatur Lake Beach as a child. > The parks were beautiful. We to them went often as a child. > We swam in Decatur Lake until the polio scare when they closed the Decatur > Lake Beach to swiming. > The Lake was still beautiful in the 1950s. > There was no air-conditioning there in the 1940s when I grew up there on 345 > N. 25th St. I went to Roach gradeschool. > We rode the buses for transportation then. Deatur was a very nice town in > those days. I remember as a child the Staley building with the colored lights > shining on the outside of top floors of it during World War II. > I remember I loved the big old Sears store with the candy counter. > Grandmother would take me there and buy me orange slices, coconut macaroons > and that those buterscotch flavored pecan pieces by the pound. > tow of my aunts worked there. Aunt Esther TRAYLOR was a seamstress there > early and for many years. She died last year. > Decatur was a nice place to grow up when I was a child in the 1940s. > My MARSH, SHERMAN and FRAZEE and other ancestors came to that area early. > Beverly (HIMES) BARGER now in Texas > > > ==== ILMACON Mailing List ==== > Visit the Macon County ILGenWeb page at: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmacon/ > >

Well, this conversation is bringing back so many memories. I used to go skating somewhere in Decatur. It seems there were some amusement rides there too by the skating rink. I remember going to the park there in town to the little Santa house at Christmas time. Do they still do that? There was a lighthouse cafe by Lake Decatur where we would get the best hamburgers and milk shakes. That was when they made the shakes out of real ice cream, those are hard to find these days. I put a picture of that cafe on the Macon Co. site that some kind soul sent me. I actually grew up in Boody and once a week there was a little store down on Hwy.48 and they would show a movie . Everyone brought their blankets and sat on the ground. I believe the people who owned that store were Jenkins. I spent a lot of time of E. Mueller Ave. where my grandparents lived and lots of good times there. Helen in Idaho > > From: "Marsha McWilliams" <marsha.mcw@mchsi.com> > Date: 2004/01/16 Fri AM 10:01:56 PST > To: ILMACON-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: RE: RE: [ILMACON] Durfee School > > All of this sure brings back memories to me also! We lived in Decatur in > the 40's & 50's ... Does anyone else remember the "Y" Teen Dances (held in > their building across the street from the Library?) ... Roy Rogers ...yes! > Only I remember the Alhambra Theatre (I believe) on Saturday mornings. My > Mom use to cashier once in a while at the Avon Theatre... Did anyone else > ride/rent horses at "Trail Riders" (other than me?) It was in Mt. Zion and > I think it's now called mainly Big Creek Park. My Mother (now 81) went to > her High School Class Reunion (Decatur High) just this past summer. > Needless to say, there were several graduating years involved in that. > > Marsha > Email: marsha.mcw@mchsi.com > > > -----Original Message----- > From: heartsweetnana@adelphia.net [mailto:heartsweetnana@adelphia.net] > Sent: Friday, January 16, 2004 11:27 AM > To: ILMACON-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: RE: [ILMACON] Durfee School > > That really saddens me to hear about Decatur. When I was a child in the 40's > and 50's it was a thriving city. I remember how special Monday nights were > as that was the night the stores stayed open late, so we would make our > little journey from the village of Boody into the "big" city. Boy, how > things have changed. Do they still have the city buses? I spent many > weekends at my grandparents home who lived in Decatur and every Saturday I > along with the other neighborhood kids would get on the bus and go into > town, get off at the transfer house and take in a good old movie. Usually > Gene Autry or Roy Rogers. ha Then back to the transfer house and the ride > back to the neighborhood. Those were good days for a child to grow up, > things have changed so much. Thanks for the email and the update on > Decatur. > Helen in Idaho > > > > > > > ==== ILMACON Mailing List ==== > Visit the Macon County ILGenWeb page at: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmacon/ > >