Helen, May I ask the names and time period of you BURKEs in that area? Carl ----- Original Message ----- From: <heartsweetnana@adelphia.net> To: <ILMACON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, January 17, 2004 12:37 AM Subject: Re: Re: [ILMACON] Durfee School > While we have so much interest going on with the site maybe we should have a roll call of names we are researching in Macon Co. I have SMITH, BURKE, WEAVER, FULK/FOULK, PASLEY, HILL, MOREY, EDWARDS. AND ANYONE WHO LIVED IN BOODY AS I HAVE FOUND I AM RELATED TO ALL OF THEM WHO LIVED THERE BETWEEN 1880 AND 1950'S. > Helen in Idaho > > > > From: "Marymartha Sterling" <mms274@midwest.net> > > Date: 2004/01/16 Fri PM 10:04:43 PST > > To: ILMACON-L@rootsweb.com > > Subject: Re: [ILMACON] Durfee School > > > > The school that was next to Roosevelt Jr. High was called Gasman. Don't know > > went they torn it down tho. > > Frances > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Gail Driggs" <gddriggs@cox.net> > > To: <ILMACON-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2004 9:51 PM > > Subject: Re: [ILMACON] Durfee School > > > > > > > Call the Durfee school at it's listed number and ask them what the > > situation > > > is. Was the old Durfee next to Roosevelt Jr. High? I went to Garfield and > > > Roosevelt.. If it is that schoold I think it was torn down because it > > > wasn't up to safety codes. I remember the fire escape being a slide in a > > > tube at the side of the building. It looked like fun but not terribly > > safe. > > > > > > Gail Dorsey Driggs > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: <TSQAIR@aol.com> > > > To: <ILMACON-L@rootsweb.com> > > > Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2004 6:34 PM > > > Subject: Re: [ILMACON] Durfee School > > > > > > > > > > Well I'm confused after watching this dialog. H. B. Durfee Grade School > > > was > > > > where I went to K thru 6 in the 50's. It's address was 1222 E. Grand > > Ave. > > > The > > > > school and it's playgrounds occupied an entire city block at the corner > > of > > > E. > > > > Grand Ave. and N. Jasper St. I have a 2000-2001 Decatur telephone book > > > which > > > > gives this address. However, the Decatur Public Schools web-site gives a > > > Durfee > > > > Magnate School at 1000 W. Grand Ave.which is way out west and a long way > > > from > > > > the H. B. Durfee Elementary School that I attended. They don't list any > > > school > > > > on E. Grand. My guess is that they abandoned the old school recently and > > > > moved the name to a newer facility out west. I think the old school is > > > still > > > > standing but maybe not in use. In the 2001 telephone book the school at > > > 1000 W. > > > > Grand was Garfield El. School. I recall Garfield as being a much newer > > > than > > > > Durfee, like maybe the 40's as opposed to Durfee being built in probably > > > the 1900's > > > > or the teens. Interesting conversation. > > > > > > > > Gary Lamb > > > > Plano,TX > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== ILMACON Mailing List ==== > > > > Visit the Macon County ILGenWeb page at: > > > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmacon/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== 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 ==== > > Visit the Macon County ILGenWeb page at: > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmacon/ > > > > > > > ==== 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. >