In a message dated 9/14/2005 1:41:38 PM Pacific Standard Time, beesea@mohaveaz.com writes: Susan, Are you referring to the IC Restaurant and boarding house adjacent to the Jim Hard General Store that my aunt Ann Stearns operated during the late 30's-early 40's ? Barney, I don't know what the restaurant was called or if it even had a name. Mom never said that it did. She read the Reeseville book and the restaurant mentioned in that was the one that Grandma had. Grandma was not mentioned. She had it during the WWII and fed the troop trains. My mom was in high school and remembers getting up in the middle of the night to make cheeseburgers for the guys. Until the day she died, she hated making cheeseburgers. lol Sometimes the RR conductors stayed over night so they would get booted out of their beds so they guys would have somewhere to sleep. One used to come with his family on Sundays for dinner at the restaurant. The restaurant wasn't really a boarding house, but it might have seemed like it since there were 8 kids. Grandma would find a bed for anyone that needed to stay the night. The kids would sometimes sleep 5 in a bed. My aunt married Harry Nave's son. Susan

We are talking about the same building, it was a two story with the resturant on the first floor and sleeping quarters for the train crews on the second floor, with porches on both floors. It had the distinction of being the first building in Reevesville with electricity, which was provided by diesel driven "Delco" generator. I have a photo of it somewhere with my grandmother sitting on the porch of the first level. Harry Nave was a dear friend of my father's for many, many years. I'm interested in your Clardy connection. Who was your grandmother ? What Reevesville book do you refer ? Barney ----- Original Message ----- From: <jamlsh@aol.com> To: <ILPOPE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2005 3:00 PM Subject: Re: [ILPOPE-L] This oldtimer quest is a great one. Anyone who can go and talk... > In a message dated 9/14/2005 1:41:38 PM Pacific Standard Time, > beesea@mohaveaz.com writes: > Susan, > Are you referring to the IC Restaurant and boarding house adjacent to the > Jim > Hard General Store that my aunt > Ann Stearns operated during the late 30's-early 40's ? > Barney, > > I don't know what the restaurant was called or if it even had a name. Mom > never said that it did. She read the Reeseville book and the restaurant > mentioned > in that was the one that Grandma had. Grandma was not mentioned. She had > it > during the WWII and fed the troop trains. My mom was in high school and > remembers getting up in the middle of the night to make cheeseburgers for > the guys. > Until the day she died, she hated making cheeseburgers. lol Sometimes the > RR > conductors stayed over night so they would get booted out of their beds so > they > guys would have somewhere to sleep. One used to come with his family on > Sundays for dinner at the restaurant. The restaurant wasn't really a > boarding > house, but it might have seemed like it since there were 8 kids. Grandma > would find > a bed for anyone that needed to stay the night. The kids would sometimes > sleep 5 in a bed. My aunt married Harry Nave's son. > > Susan > > >