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(Continued from Page 1)come to DecaturThe hotel, located at Bankand Walnut streets, was builtin 1912 by the Lyons family whoalso ran a department storei1iinow Lesser’s) on-. Bank Street. ,gIt has 125 rooms although not 11! all of them are in use. cThe hotel restaurant whichonce served primarily the hotel guests, has since become a well-known restaurant in its ownManyzations meet regularly formeals at the Lyons.Major said the Birminghambank has been trying to findsomeone to keep the hotel open but has had no luck. As for himself, he said he plans to fish for a few months but doesn’twant to retire.Mrs. Greene’s husband, thelate J. C. Greene, had manag-ctlt;tinui:ted the hotel with Major whenthe Greene family came to De-catur. Her son J. H. (Bill) Greene has been manager of thehotel for a number of years. Jghty-one1lrshe had thouaht aboutretiring several years ago and almost did but Major talked her out of it.She plans to move into an1 I apartment after having lived in ?!the hotel for the 26 vears sheis been in Decatur. !Mrs. Greene said she can re-member when the hotel wasalways full. During the war.every inch of the space was used, she said. The hotel business is not what it used to be,she noted. The time was whenit was the only thing in town. The chef. Louis Bell (Romeo)Woods, has also been at the restaurant 26 years. He will goto work at the Congress Inn.iOne of the longest employes of the hotel has been AndrewCargle, who has been a bellboy since before Major operat ed the hotel.
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Decatur Daily
Decatur, Alabama, US
Tue, Aug 30, 1966
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Peggy T.
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