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Post by Job on Mar 23, 2008 9:48:01 GMT -6
One of my ancestors was the first postman in town.
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Post by Stephanie on Mar 23, 2008 15:38:47 GMT -6
Speaking of your ancestors, we just got back from a drive and we went past the old house on Penn St. you had posted a picture of on here.
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Post by Job on Mar 23, 2008 18:59:38 GMT -6
Speaking of your ancestors, we just got back from a drive and we went past the old house on Penn St. you had posted a picture of on here. I remember going there when I was a very small child. Two of my great great uncles were living there. One guy had fought in the Spanish-American War and had his rifle hanging over the fire place. The place has changed some in the last hundred years, however.
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Post by Stephanie on Mar 23, 2008 20:02:29 GMT -6
Do you think the fireplace would still be there? It has changed a lot. I showed my mom the picture before we went for a drive and then showed her what it looked like today.
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Post by Job on Mar 23, 2008 20:10:03 GMT -6
Do you think the fireplace would still be there? It has changed a lot. I showed my mom the picture before we went for a drive and then showed her what it looked like today. I don't know about the fireplace. I do remember that my parents considered buying it when my great great uncles died. I still have nightmares thinking about that possible shift in my life's path. I would have ended up going to Sherman rather than Garfield!
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Post by BlueStar7 on Mar 23, 2008 23:10:18 GMT -6
Do you think the fireplace would still be there? It has changed a lot. I showed my mom the picture before we went for a drive and then showed her what it looked like today. I don't know about the fireplace. I do remember that my parents considered buying it when my great great uncles died. I still have nightmares thinking about that possible shift in my life's path. I would have ended up going to Sherman rather than Garfield! So...Job, that's where you got your sense of humor then... Garfield likes lasagna too... John, I drove through the alley Sat. and noticed that the Bldg. that was Hart's R.E. had been recently painted, including the name above, (with the past Savings and loan lettering). I didn't remember it that bright...It's nice looking though.
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Post by Stephanie on Mar 24, 2008 7:02:54 GMT -6
I would have ended up going to Sherman rather than Garfield! Hey! Sherman School taught me and I turned out ok.
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Post by Job on Mar 24, 2008 7:12:35 GMT -6
I would have ended up going to Sherman rather than Garfield! Hey! Sherman School taught me and I turned out ok. That was just the problem with Sherman: people came out of there OK, normal, etc. Garfield, in contrast, had a tendency to warp its students.
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Post by Stephanie on Mar 24, 2008 16:00:42 GMT -6
Ok, you got me there, Job!
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Post by MnM on Mar 26, 2008 22:57:38 GMT -6
One of my ancestors was the first postman in town. Hey now you never told me that one!!! Ya did know that great grandpa Norris being a plumber did have the first INDOOR plumbing in town though...........lol. Kay
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Post by Job on Mar 27, 2008 7:05:58 GMT -6
One of my ancestors was the first postman in town. Hey now you never told me that one!!! Ya did know that great grandpa Norris being a plumber did have the first INDOOR plumbing in town though...........lol. Kay I learned that a few years ago when Joan Johnson sent me a long article about the guy. He and his wife were celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary. The article also told about his service in the Civil War: Chickamauga, Lookout Mountain, and Sherman's March. My grandfather, on my mom's side, never get get around to indoor plumbing. He lived over by the "old" airport near Ottawa.
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Post by DumDave on Mar 29, 2008 11:16:22 GMT -6
Chickamauga was a nightmare, Sherman's March was pretty enjoyable I have heard. -dd
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Post by dlynn on Mar 14, 2009 6:00:01 GMT -6
My Uncle William Hunter Jr. tavern was the old 820 club. It was pretty active in the days he had it. I have old photo's of people that use to go into the bar, if anyone is interested. But now I will show you a photo of the way the tavern use to look.
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Post by galsal on Mar 14, 2009 15:37:08 GMT -6
Keep posting your old photos. They are enjoyable! In many ways, the buildings still look the same.
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Post by user999 on Jun 17, 2012 8:02:26 GMT -6
I will defer to Butch, but the first modern type supermarket I remember (big store and an adjacent parking lot) was the Piggly-Wiggly on East Main Street. Additional modern supermarkets, with their larger selections and cheaper prices, spelled the end of the corner grocery. Does anyone have any pictures of the Piggly Wiggly when it was on Main Street? I had no idea it was there.
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