Today’s Mystery Photo may be difficult for the fact that people don’t always look up to see what the ceilings look like. Check out this glass ceiling, which is apparently surrounded by flags, and see if you can determine where it is. Send in your thoughts to elliott@gwinnettforum.com and be sure to include your hometown.
Though we thought the last Mystery Photo perhaps difficult, a few readers quickly honed in to identify it. First in was Lynn Naylor of Atlanta, who identified the C.F. Hays and Son General Store is located in Musella, Ga. (Crawford County).
Others getting the correct identification include Ruthy Lachman Paul of Norcross; Jim Savadelis, Duluth; and Neal Davies of Decatur, who wrote: “As far as the competing companies’ signs is concerned, I don’t think that was all that unusual at the time these signs were put up. I think I’ve also seen Merita Bread and a competing brand at the same store.”
Susan McBrayer, Sugar Hill wrote: “This is what photographer Brian Brown says in his blog, ‘Vanishing South Georgia’: ‘C. F. Hayes and Son has been in business since 1900 and the grandson of the original owner is still operating it today. He has a real passion for the family business and its place in the history of the peach- packing town of Musella . . . . Mr. Hays, who has another job besides this one, painstakingly stocks the store with staples and various sundries and country store memorabilia authentic to the store’s history.”
George Graf, Palmyra, Va., wrote that the “Robert Lee Dickey started the general store at Musella in 1900, and sold it to Cary F. Hays Jr. (1913-2007) in 1934. The store, with 110 years of continuous operation, is the oldest store of its kind in Georgia, and possibly the nation. The father of Cary F. Hays Jr., Cary F. Hays Sr. (1882-1966), also was involved in the general mercantile business. He opened a general store in downtown Byron in 1913 and operated the business for over 50 years.”
LAGNIAPPESuwanee police win state agency of year award
The Georgia Chapter of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s National Academy Associates presented the Suwanee Police Department with the Phyllis Goodwin Agency of the Year Award at the organization’s annual summer conference last week. Suwanee’s Police Department has been recognized by the Georgia chapter of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s National Academy Associates as the agency of the year. Gathered around Suwanee Police Chief Mike Jones (center on front row) are Terry Sosebee of Gwinnett Fire Department; Capt. Grady Sanford of the Georgia State Patrol; J.T. Ricketson, GBI; and Jimmy Stevens, retired, of the Savannah-Chatham Police. On the back row are Keith Zgonc, Sandy Springs; Cass Mooney of Suwanee; and Ron Freeman, sheriff-elect, of Forsyth County.
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