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 > > From: "Cheryl Rothwell" <LoganCty@mindspring.com> > Date: 2004/01/16 Fri AM 06:13:41 PST > To: ILMACON-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: RE: [ILMACON] Durfee School > > A problem in Decatur is a lot of the big industry has left, either left the > state or left the country. Plants ran the town and then they left. The job > situation is not good and people with no money don't pay taxes. It used to > be noted for its beautiful parks. The parks are still there but they aren't > so beautiful. > > I am told the road between Warrensburg and Forsyth is totally built up like > a subdivision. It was farms not that long age. These people don't pay taxes > in Decatur. The Warrensburg school district is huge and I assume > Maroa-Forsyth is also. > > And then there's Decatur's big mistake -- the mall. They refused to let them > build in Decatur so they built in Forsyth and downtown followed. It isn't > that great a mall but since it is all there is for miles it is a big draw. > > 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. > >