This is another picture of the townhall
that was first built at a Catholic
Church.  I was always told that the jail
was in the back...maybe that addition
on the back.  

Perhaps, also, the house seen on the
right and to the rear might be the
house that is now beside the Bank.
The sign on the front says "Town
Hall" but what does it say on the roof?

These are few and far between although
this one is still standing, but not used.

The house to the left is no longer standing.  It was on N.Smith St. or
SR 542 and was the vacant lot beside the Dairy Queen.  Another
large house stood on the lot on the corner but it was razed and a
Lumber Yard was there before the Creamy.

A man by the name of Bob Edwards, who was also a teacher, built
the Lumber Yard.  He was electrocuted and Bill Dayhuff bought it.  
He then built the Creamy on the corner.

This filling station stood where the
bank now is.  It was owned by
Simon J. Hoffee and operated by
him for a time.

The gentleman standing between
the pumps is Simon and the man
beside the truck is Olen Hoffee.

This filling station was owned and operated by Irvin Little.  It was located at the corner of S.Main
and S. Liberty or Explorer Road.  The picture on the left shows them taking the Texaco Sign down.

This picture should have been with the mine pictures as it was part of that mine.  I have been told that
they regularly had ballgames at the base of the tipple, which would have been on SR542 going toward
Magnolia, near the first bridge.  The area would now be under water.

This sweet lady was Lena Elder.  
She was the telephone operator
until General Telephone bought
the business and installed our
present system.

I never had a telephone at home
but when we married, of course,
we had to have one.  The cost
was around $3.00 a month.

She dialed and connected each
call and we were on a party line.  
Our call was one long ring and
three shorts.  There were not
many private lines, only party lines.

She had the office in her home on
N.Smith Street, 2nd house from
the corner or intersection.