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This photo appears on Ebay.
Does anyone recognize the intersection?
Waldo, I have an original of that same picture that is in my Hottinger collection. When looking at it you are looking East on the street on the South side of the Courthouse. The house on the Left is the Bud and Ruth Barber house, the house on the right is on the lot where the Goodwin house was built in later years. The 3rd house on the right is the Hanna house which was torn down and Ralph and Zora Perkins built a new home on that lot in the 60s. Will look up the street names and post them.
Waldo. that picture is the corner of Randolph and Cedar
That would be looking east on Randolph with street fore of the houses being Cedar. Picture looks to be taken from the courthouse drive or between it and Pine.
Got the orientation.
That house on the left on Cedar has been torn down in recent years. The house to its immediate east on Randolph needs to be torn down.
To the left of that house on Cedar a business garage of some type has been erected. Never have heard what the purpose is.
The house on the left would be what they call the Helms house now, Debbie Helms was the last Helms owner. The garage built to the east of that on Randolph and alley is not a business but a personal garage!!
Waldo, I mentioned that the house on the left was the Bud and Ruth Barber house, Ruth was a sister to Roy Rogers.
Holy Cow:
It has to be a small world.
Waldo, not the Leonard Slye one though.
Glad you explained that.
I did look up Slye's family before I posted. I think he was from a large family and there did not seem to be his entire family listed.
I wasn't going to say anything as I felt I owed you that one for your April Fools posting about the accident South of Howard. Ruth did have a brother named Roy Rogers, I rented a small horse pasture from him on the West side of Howard, a really nice guy.
;D
In September of 1947 Fred and I rented the two upstairs rooms in the house just east of the Barber residence. That house was owned by Dallas and Audry Roberts.
Speaking of tearing down houses...
When I was in Elk County for Johnnie Miller's funeral, I was driving along K-99 on the segment in Howard and noticed that someone had made a large excavation next to a ramshackle house located on the east side.
My first thought was that someone was going to pour footings for the basement of new home but noted that one edge of that excavation was extremely close to the old house. My thoughts were that would never work.
The next day I drove by and the the house was gone. The excavation was filled to the brim with debris. The hole was so full it did not look like it could be covered with dirt. It was still uncovered when we left. I don't know much about burying science but maybe they intend to let the contents settle or maybe they can allowed to burn the contents as much as possible and then fill in.