This elegant red brick building has its own stories to tell. It’s past will stun you with some of the escapades. Can you figure out where it is? Send in your thoughts to elliott@brack.net and be sure to include your hometown.
In what we thought would be a difficult mystery photo, several people immediately recognized this one, with Mary Root of Duluth telling us first that it is the Anchorage Marina at Lake Burton, near Clayton, Ga.” The photo was sent to us by Billy Chism of Toccoa. Others recognizing it included Chuck Paul, Norcross; Rob Keith, Peachtree Corners; Susan McBrayer, Sugar Hill; and Lou Camerio, Lilburn.
George Graf, Palmyra, Va. told us that the “Anchorage Boat Dock marina, which is located on the north end of Lake Burton at the head of Timpson Creek in Georgia. Lake Burton is a reservoir that was formed in 1920 and has 62 miles of shoreline and is 2,775 acres large. There is even an old town (the town of Burton) under the lake! Anchorage Boat Dock was built by Ned and Ruth Stockton in 1959. Materials including timbers and rock were gathered at the site and the construction was done by Ned and members of the family. The Poole family purchased it from them in 1967 and it has remained a family owned and operated business ever since.”
LAGNIAPPEBomar wins honor from American Society of Civil Engineers
Marsha Anderson Bomar, center, executive director for the Gwinnett Village Community Improvement District, was among the three recipients of the 2016 William H. Wisely American Civil Engineer Award from the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). She is shown with Mark Woodson, Immediate Past President of ASCE, and Norma Jean Mattei, who is President of ASCE, at a meeting recently in Portland, Org. The recognition is for someone who has made continuing efforts to promote appreciation for the history, tradition, developments, and technical and professional activities of the Society. She served as president of ASCE’s Transportation and Development Institute for the 2009-2010 term. Currently she is chair of the Women’s Issues in Transportation committee, which this year held its fifth research conference in Paris. She is currently serving her third term as council member and has twice been Mayor Pro Tempore for the City of Duluth. Bomar earned a bachelor of science in mathematics and a master’s in transportation planning and engineering from the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn. She also holds a master’s of civil engineering with a concentration in transportation from Princeton University.
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