MYSTERY: Perhaps this train will give you an indication

Does this train signal anything to you about where this photo may have been taken? If you think you know where this photograph was made, send your answers to elliott@brack.net and be sure to include the town where you live.

Several people recognized the last Mystery Photo, sent in by Bob Foreman of Grayson. First in was Mike Sweigart of Suwanee, who said it was “the downtown harbor area in Vancouver, where a lot of the Alaska cruise ships arrive and depart.” Ruth Lachman Paul was more specific, calling “Canada Place in downtown Vancouver, BC, Canada.”

Howard Williams Jr. of Snellville added: “This is the Vancouver,  BC Convention Center featuring Canada Place and the Pan Pacific Vancouver Hotel.  The wife and I were there for a week in fall of 1995 for the Telephone Pioneers of America International Convention.  Cruise ships dock there for Alaska. With a little before and after time we made day trips to Whistler/Blackcomb, and Butchart Gardens and Victoria on Vancouver Island. With Stanley Park within walking distance and the University of British Columbia a short commute, one could spend a month there and not experience it all!“

Philadelphia Winn Chapter of DAR recognizes new U.S. citizens

FETING NEW CITIZENS: A total of 162 new citizens representing over 50 countries took the Oath of Allegiance and pledged their loyalty to their new country in a ceremony in U.S. District Court for the Northern Area of Georgia recently. Following the speaker, the District Judge Leigh Martin May invited the Philadelphia Winn chapter (in Lawrenceville) of the Daughters of the Americana Revolution chapter to speak. Member Debbie Houston congratulated the new citizens and urged them to uphold American ideals and show others how to live in the same way. Following the ceremony, the chapter had a table filled with cookies for the new Americans to enjoy. In attendance at a recent naturalization ceremony in Atlanta representing the DAR chapter were Elizabeth Jaeger, First Vice Regent Kitty Watters, Cindy Gaskins, Mary Lou Godbey, Jared Ogden, Randi Minor, Debra Houston, Robert D. McCleskey. (Photo by Debra Houston.)