A river, a city, a castle? Are these enough clues to help you identify this Mystery Photo? Send in your thoughts to elliott@brack.net and be sure to include your hometown.
The most recent Mystery Photo was indeed that to all readers, except George Graf of Palmyra, Va. It was the Roundtop Filling Station, in Sherwood, Arkansas. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, was built in 1936 by the Pierce Oil Company. In 1936, Pierce Oil contracted with the Justin Matthews Company to construct a uniquely shaped gasoline station along U.S. Highway 67. With its mushroom-shaped roof and arched windows and doors, the Roundtop is an example of the Mimetic/Programmatic architecture style common in smaller oil company station designs from the 1920s through the 1960s. Wallace David “Happy” Williford, a senior at Jacksonville High School in Jacksonville (Pulaski County) and employee at another Pierce-owned station in Jacksonville, was asked by the company to operate the new service station. As he was still a student, Williford paid men to operate the station for him during school hours but reported that it was hard to find men who would work for only $3.50 a week. For rent, Pierce charged Williford two cents per gallon of gas sold. At first, the station had no electric gas pumps, and Williford and his employees had to hand-pump the gas.”
GACS Math Team wins second in 32nd Mercer Math competition
The Greater Atlanta Christian School varsity math team placed second out of 19 other schools in the A-AAAAA division in the 32nd Annual Mercer University High School Mathematics Competition. The tournament included individual testing rounds and speed rounds. Congratulations, team! Angelique Allen is the coach of the team. Members include, from left, Bill Ma, Calvin Dong, Alex Li, David Lin, Vivian Zuo, Nina Da and Kay Zhou.
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