Dan Shickle

Milan,  I seem to recall you being correct, but for some reason I also thought there was a Piggly-Wiggle grocery store either close by or in the same building.   Memory growing old and computer bank more than full!

Dan Shickle

Sonja, I know we use to ride the inter-urban to Heyworth, at least It had the pole connected to a wire that ran above the tracks.  I think it ran behind the houses on the east side of Bunn Street.  The garage was later became the Capodice Produce company close to the Blooington Power Plant which had a cooling pond next to James Michael Quinns house on Roosevelt.   

Just more trivia.

Milan Jackson

Piggly Wiggly and Eisner were on the corner of Front and Main. I don't think they were involved in the fire.

Milan Jackson

Milan Jackson

Happy Birthday Jerry Vitton !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sonja Jones (Davis)

Thank you Milan!!!

Milan Jackson

Happy Birthday Larry Tallon, Terry Shoup, and Larry Shoup !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Barbara Kincaid (Menken)

Milan:

I've been trying to figure where the picture of the Church was taken.  Was it on Front Street looking over towards East Street?  I guess I don't remember a Hotel bring across the street from the Church.  I thought there was a Hotel down on Grove Street where Joy Luke's and the Law Office are now, am I right?

Barbara Kincaid (Menken)

After having my brain on overload I've decided I'm wrong about the Hotel on Grove Street.  Maybe it was on Front, East of where the Fire Station used to be.  I can see it in my mind but can't picture the street it was on.  Was it the Hamilton Hotel?

Dan Shickle

Barb,  On Olive Street was an estate that latter became apartments.  It was located just East of Beck and West of a car dealer, now part of Clay Dooley.  I do not remember any church on that section of Olive.

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The picture looks like the church on East Jefferson Street and North Gridley.  I know that directly West of the old BHS was an appartment building and possibly this hotel was just West of that.   It very well could have been the Hamilton Hotel.     Time flyes and the rememberer tends to forget more trivia, even important things.

I believe the other white colored building was a gas station.

Dan

Milan Jackson

It was the Hotel Rogers in the 100 block of East Grove. There is no 100 block of E. Grove now. It's part of the Lincoln Parking Lot.

The Hamilton Hotel

Milan Jackson

The front of the Hotel Rogers.

Milan Jackson

The church was the First Presbyterian Church at 108 S. East St.

East St. and Grove St.

Barbara Kincaid (Menken)

Thanks Milan.  I could see the yellow porch and I remember seeing people sitting on it when I was a little kid.  So was it  East of  the Fire Station on Front Street?

Barbara Kincaid (Menken)

Duh, obviously I didn't read what you said but it all makes sense now.  Thanks!

Milan Jackson

Happy Birthday John Huber !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Milan Jackson

Happy Easter to the Class of 1962 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Milan Jackson

Name the theatre that closed in the 1950's

Mary Stoutamoyer (Purkey)

The theater that closed in the 50's was the Esquire.

Milan Jackson

The Esquire is correct.

 At least two downtown drug stores had soda fountains. Name them

Mary Stoutamoyer (Purkey)

The drugstores were Baisis and Walgreens.  Loved Baisis vanilla coke's

Milan Jackson

Biasi's and Walgreens. Right.

What was the name of the restaurant next to the old Prairie Traveler Motel?

Barbara Kincaid (Menken)

Was the Prairie Travler located on what used to be know as the Beltline?

Milan Jackson

Yes. Towanda Ave. turned into Towanda Rd. and curved out to the Belt Line. There was a Shell Station on the corner of Towanda and Rt. 66. (Belt Line)

This restaurant and the Prairie Traveler were the only things out there until they built GE.

Sonja Jones (Davis)

Was it Bob Evans?