Thanks for the information. Helen in Idaho > > From: "Gail Driggs" <gddriggs@cox.net> > Date: 2004/01/15 Thu PM 07:51:08 PST > To: ILMACON-L@rootsweb.com > 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. > >