GwinnettForum | Number 19.88 | Feb.18, 2020
GETTING A BUILDING named for you can produce a smile, as Beauty Baldwin shows during naming of the Gwinnett County Voter Registrations and Elections Office on Georgia Highway 20 east of Lawrenceville for her. Mrs. Baldwin, of Dacula, has served on the Gwinnett County Elections Board for 23 years. She is a native of Sandersville, a graduate of Savannah State College and a former superintendent of the Buford City Schools. The $1.08 million renovation project includes a registration area, a queue and poll worker area and a voting area. A new processing room doubles as a multi-purpose room that can be closed off by glass partitions. The renovation also includes a designated area for media to stage equipment.
TODAY’S FOCUS: Remembering How People Tried to Avoid Mandatory Military Service
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Herman Wiley, 97, Another Quiet Vet of Naval Action in World War II
ANOTHER VIEW: The Record Shows President Trump Often “Cuts and Runs”
SPOTLIGHT: Mingledorff’s
FEEDBACK: Asks for Debra Houston to “Get Real” and Half “Tired Old Tropes”
UPCOMING: Corps of Engineers Plans four February Meetings on Lake Lanier’s Master Plan
RECOMMENDED: Book review: Becoming Mrs. Lewis: by Patti Callahan.
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Barrier Islands of Georgia Protect Estuaries from Waves, Wind, Storms
MYSTERY PHOTO: Photograph Not from South Georgia Is Today’s Mystery
LAGNIAPPE: A Cardinal Somehow Makes the Snow Even Fresher
CALENDAR: February 24 is the deadline to register to vote in the Presidential Preference Primary
Remembering how people tried to avoid military service
By Ashley Herndon
OCEANSIDE, Cal. | During the Draft Era, when men turned 18, they registered for military service. Most were Classified 1A, and soon went to the service. You got a letter which started off with the word. “Greetings” telling you when to report for service. If you ignored the letter, you were subject to jail.
Herndon
Medical deferments were temporary or permanent 4F or 1Y.
All didn’t go voluntarily. Some paid a physician to declare them unfit due to a medical condition. Sometimes this did not work. Those who had personal or family connections to a member of the local draft board sometimes got ‘questionable’ deferments. But if the local county draft board decided that they wanted you to serve, you went into service.
There were some other ways to avoid the draft. They included:
- Declare as a conscientious objector. Then they investigated your family and friends to verify.
- If you were married you were 1A-(M). Later that was changed to ‘married with child.’
- You were a sole surviving son. This was instituted after World War II.
- College deferments. If you didn’t keep up your grades, you got drafted.
- If you worked in an industry vital to the National Defense. (Oak Ridge, for instance.)
- You were in graduate school in selected fields. …if the military wanted…would help pay and give you a direct commission as lieutenant
- Holding a high lottery number, you might not get drafted. Or you could go to Canada.
- After Kennedy was president, some joined the Peace Corps to avoid Vietnam.
You could not say you didn’t “like the war.” No sane person likes war. Many who died in war did not want to go.
As a World War II Gold Star child, I never knew my father. This compels me to quote James Lee Burke from New Iberia Blues.
“… tired of the world’s iniquity…tired of greed in particular and the ostentatious display of wealth that characterizes our times, and the justifications for despoiling the earth and injuring our fellow man…I made a habit of letting the world go on a daily basis, but unfortunately, it didn’t want to let go of me. The engines of commerce and acquisition operate seven days a week, around the clock, granting no mercy and allowing no tender moment for those who grind away their lives in sweaty service to them.”
Much more has been said about avarice at the heart of most human suffering. And yes, revenge is a player, as well as all the sexual manifestations that warp our vision. But none holds a candle to cupidity, (noun: greed for money or possessions), and the defenses we manufacture to protect it.
Do you want to serve in one of the six Armed Services? Do you like war? The generals and admirals don’t, just ask them. The swabs and infantry don’t, just ask them. Somebody has to do it.
War is hell. Just don’t lie about it. Maybe the avarice and greed will lessen.
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Herman Wiley, 97, another quiet vet of naval action in WWII
By Elliott Brack
Editor and Publisher, GwinnettForum
FEB. 18, 2020 | Talking to veterans of World War II is so enjoyable. Most are laid-back. Few brag. Recently we spent time with Herman Wiley, age 97, who lives on James Burgess Road, just across the Chattahoochee River in Forsyth County.
Mr. Wiley went into the U.S. Navy at age 19, and was serving relatively easy duty at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba for 18 months. But then he and a buddy didn’t think they were doing enough for the war, and volunteered to go to sea. He spent nearly two years on the aircraft carrier USS Ticonderoga, which was in heavy battles. He served in campaigns under Fleet Commander Admiral Bull Halsey in the Philippines, in the South China Sea, and in the force attacking Okinawa. “We were chasing the Japanese,” he says.
Mr. Wiley was a Bosun’s Mate gunnery captain, overseeing several guns on the deck. “I took orders and told the guys where to fire” against incoming kamikazes. His guns fired 40 mm and five inch shells.
Wiley in a recent photo.
Mr. Wiley, originally from Rutledge in Morgan County, went into service in 1942. He trained at Norfolk, spent time on a merchant ship in the Atlantic, had shore duty at Grand Exuma in the Bahamas, then was working on diving rigs at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. “We repaired the mesh nets to keep the German submarines out of the harbor. We did it with an underwater torch. I did some diving in that big bell suit. I volunteered to see more action.” After a short training stint in Rhode Island, it was off to the Pacific area, joining the aircraft carrier, USS Ticonderoga and traveling through the Panama Canal. “We barely had enough room to go through the locks.”
While in action in the Pacific, everyone had four hours on duty, four hours off. “We didn’t get much rest. You were always tired.”
In one lull between battles, the Ticonderoga shifted back to Eniwetok in the Marshall Islands for boiler repair, and “to get some rest.” One day he was called to the quarter deck. “There was my brother, Clyde, who I thought was in Europe in the Army. But I didn’t know that he had been shifted to the Pacific, and we saw each other for a few hours. I was quite surprised.”
Seaman Wiley
While at Eniwetok, a Japanese sub somehow snuck through the small inlet to the harbor. “All of a sudden, two or three ships blew up all around us. Remember, our ship had no steam because of the repairs, and ships were exploding close to us. Somehow we got up the steam and got out of there. They finally sunk that tiny Japanese sub.”
After the war, Mr. Wiley got married to the former Sarah Fambrough of Hoschton. The couple had three girls and one son, eight grandchildren and now two great-grandchildren. Mrs. Wiley died in 2001, after having been married for 51 years. Mr. Wiley worked for 30 years at General Motors, painting cars, and later repaired television sets for Western Auto in Duluth.
Dr. Slade Lail of Duluth, who suggested we meet Mr. Wiley, says: “What struck me the most about Mr. Wiley is that he had a back injury during the war and he now walks hunched over. When I asked him if he was injured during the war he said, ‘I strained my back a little but I never reported it…there were too many others hurt more than I was.’”
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The record shows President Trump often “cuts and runs”
By Jack Bernard, contributing columnist
PEACHTREE CITY, Ga. | President Trump and I were raised very close to one another, with one big difference. I was in a prefab house in a hard hat, blue-collar area. He lived in a mansion. The president was the spoiled, narcissistic schoolyard bully that I saw so often and despised.
He is still that school yard bully, acting as though he personally took out the terrorist Al-Baghdadi. No surprise there. He has a history of taking credit for things he hasn’t done, trying to portray himself as a “tough guy.”
President Trump runs his mouth—constantly. However, when events make things hard for him, he cuts bait and disappears, like any trash talking bully would. Recent examples are him suddenly pulling troops from Syria; relocating to Florida when New York became hostile to him; abandoning his campaign promise to have low cost health insurance for all.
The truth is that President Trump has a long history of cutting and running from unpleasant situations. There are a multitude of instances when the “Great Deal Maker” used his wealth to avoid taking personal and professional responsibility and left others to do the heavy lifting. Here are just a few examples from his personal and business life:
- President Trump found a physician who declared that he had “bone spurs”, exempting him from the Vietnam draft.
- His company was sued by the federal government for violations of the Fair Housing Act. He folded and ended up settling with the government, twice.
- President Trump hired a contractor to build Trump Tower in New York City, and the contractor hired illegal immigrants to build it and then refused to pay them. Of course, President Trump initially denied any responsibility whatsoever.
- Various Trump companies went broke leaving his partners in dire straits, while Trump just walked away. These businesses include three Trump Atlantic City casinos, Trump Plaza Hotel, and two casino holding companies. Plus, he has had other business failures, including Trump University.
- Our president took the easy way out and divorced his first two wives, rather than work out marital issues. His third marriage may well not last beyond 2020.
- Per Michael Cohen, President Trump had him pay-off porn star Stormy Daniels and a former playmate rather than standing up to their accusations, (which Trump denies).
- In a clear show of weakness, President Trump has refused to open up his taxes for public scrutiny (as have all modern era Presidents), instead preferring to make the weak excuse that they are under a never-ending audit. He’s also fighting the State of New York to prevent them from releasing his state tax records.
One can argue as to whether each of these events showed President Trump’s propensity to run under fire. But taken as a whole, they show a shady man with a remarkable lack of courage and honor.
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Asks for Houston to “get real” and halt “tired old tropes”
Editor, the Forum:
Get real Debra Houston; stop using so many tired old tropes, such as that older Democrats hate the president.
President Trump’s past and current behaviors and actions warrant analysis and contemplation about their legality and morality. For instance, his and his associates’ behaviors under consideration in the Mueller Report warranted investigation. While Mueller found that the president and his campaign officials did collude with Russia by taking the information they offered the campaign, he ultimately concluded that there was not clear evidence that the campaign conspired and coordinated with Russia.
So, the Trump campaign colluded with Russia, but did not commit criminal conspiracy. Additionally, the Democrats did not mistreat the president in the Mueller investigation; the Trump administration’s own Justice Department appointed Mueller as a special investigator. I have read the Mueller Report and taken a class about it, and I found it very rational and balanced.
The Republican argument that the Democrat-controlled House of Representatives was trying to overturn (or null) the 2016 election with its impeachment misses the mark. Three years into an administration, the Congress cannot overturn a prior election. Its recourse to presidential abuse of office is impeachment and removal from office which, obviously, would have left in office the Republican Vice President elected in 2016. I thought the impeachment effort was misguided because it dealt with the favors asked of Ukraine rather than the very likely obstruction of justice outlined in the Mueller Report’s ten possible instances of obstruction behavior.
What about Joe Biden, Debra asks? Yes, President Trump’s attorneys noted in the Senate trial that Joe Biden and his son, Hunter Biden, may have been involved in a questionable scheme with a company in Ukraine involving possible abuse-of-office actions by Joe Biden. President Trump should have had the FBI or other US law enforcement agencies investigate the Bidens rather than seek a public announcement by Ukraine’s president of its investigation of them. Frankly, if there is an inappropriate and heavy-handed way to handle a sensitive matter, that is usually Donald Trump’s first choice. His own actions led to the whistle blowing and public concern.
I agree that Donald Trump is a fighter. In fact, many of our politicians make the promise, “I will go to Washington to fight for you.” Rarely do you find a politician wise enough and brave enough to say, “I will go to Washington and compromise for you so that this country can operate effectively and benefit the vast majority of its people.”
— Michael Wood, Peachtree Corners
More focused analysis of voting in state of New Hampshire
Editor, the Forum:
Recently, Joe Briggs questioned the rearrangement of Democratic votes, if Biden and Warren exit the race. He also wondered about the Republican turnout.
According to Jeffry Bartash, writing for Marketwatch in a story published on February 12, there were more than 283,000 votes cast in the Democratic primary, compared to the state record of 287,557 in 2008, when Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama were on the ballot. Bartash said that there are more than 95,000 additional voters registered in New Hampshire now than there were 12 years ago, according to state figures.
Bartash also said that, of the 141,000 votes cast in the Republican primary, 125,000 of those were for Trump. This compares to the almost 53,000 votes for George W. Bush when he ran for a second term in 2004. I’ve read that other Republican nominees over the last 30 years have received fewer than 100,000 votes in New Hampshire, though at the moment, I can’t quote sources.
According to www.270towin.com, New Hampshire has leaned Democratic for the last almost 30 years, having voted for the Democratic nominee in every election since 1992 except 2000.
All this indicated that this should be a completely fascinating year to watch political drama unfold.
— Randy Brunson, Duluth
Maintains traffic light at TP/A installed to test AV technology
Editor, the Forum:
I realize you have to keep the masses stirred up to elicit responses to your publication. However, the new traffic signal was not erected to fix a problem that doesn’t exist. It will be part of the Curiosity Lab track that will be used to gather data by the companies testing their AV technologies, nothing more.
In addition to the functions you listed, government entities also are responsible for economic growth to keep communities viable. The Curiosity Lab test track (and new traffic signal) were installed to attract new technology businesses back into Technology Park. As you are very aware, I am sure, over the past two decades, businesses have left the park, leaving many vacant properties. Technology Park is vital as it provides jobs to thousands both inside and outside of the city. Change is inevitable. We can watch this 500-acre park continue going downhill, or be proactive in returning Paul Duke’s Technology Park back to its days as an epicenter for technology.
— Judy Putnam, Communications Director, Peachtree Corners
Dear Judy: Never thought of writing to elicit responses. We write to present facts and ideas, to inform readers of what’s happening, and tell matters as they are.-eeb
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Corps of Engineers plans 4 meetings on lake’s master plan
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) released a statement recently detailing their plans to hold public informative meetings that go over the results of the Recreation Capacity Study and Master Plan Update for Lake Sidney Lanier.
The Corps of Engineers has four open house meetings scheduled which the public is encouraged to attend. The current Master Plan for Lake Lanier is from 1987 and is anticipated to be updated. The USACE started the process which includes capacity studies, public forums and surveys in October 2017. The Master Plan is expected to be completed at the end of 2020.
According to the USACE, “A Master Plan is the strategic land-use management document that guides the comprehensive management and development of all project recreational, natural, and cultural resources throughout the life of the water resources project.”
The findings, data, analysis, and proposed management actions will be presented to the public at these open houses. The open house locations are:
- Monday, February 24, from 4 – 9 p.m. – Dawson County, Kilough Elementary, 1063 Kilough Church Road, Dawsonville.
- Tuesday, February 25, from 4 – 9 p.m. – Hall County, Hall County Government Center, 2875 Browns Bridge Road, Gainesville.
- Wednesday, February 26, from 4 – 9 p.m. – Forsyth County, Central Park Banquet Room, 2300 Keith Bridge Road, Cumming.
- Thursday, February 27, 4 – 9 p.m. – Gwinnett County, USACE Lake Sidney Lanier Project Management Office, 1050 Buford Dam Road, Buford.
- For more information on the Master Plan process, visit https://go.usa.gov/xdbzm. Or call the Lake Lanier Project Management Office at (770) 945-9531.
Becoming Mrs. Lewis, by Patti Callahan
By Sara Burns, Suwanee | Ever sought answers to questions of faith? Are you familiar with C. S. Lewis’ comfortable bachelor life with his brother Warnie? Have you heard of American poet Joy Davidman? I read a lot. This story was my favorite of 2019. If you watched the 1993 movie, Shadowlands, you already know part of the story. C. S. Lewis is such a huge presence in all of Christendom that it’s hard not to know at least something about this British icon. However, sometimes we forget a brilliant, articulate icon is really human… and sometimes as stubborn as he is brilliant. In the genre of ‘biographical fiction,’ Callahan’s story moved me not only to tears, but to a greater understanding of sacrifices required to pursue an enriched life and love. In no ordinary sense, this book describes what may be one of the greatest and most tragic love stories of the 20th century. The full title is Becoming Mrs. Lewis: The Improbable Love Story of Joy Davidman and C. S. Lewis.
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Barrier islands protect estuaries from waves, wind, storms
(Continued from previous edition)
Although greatly influenced by the tides, many Georgia estuaries are protected from the full force of ocean waves, winds, and storms by the barrier islands. For all of their importance, however, estuaries are not outlined on regular maps and do not have well-defined borders. Unlike sounds, bays, rivers, and creeks, estuaries are not accorded proper names.
No two estuaries are alike. Each is unique in its biology, geology, hydrology, and other characteristics. The circulation patterns and physical characteristics of only a few Georgia estuaries have been well studied. The extent of mixing between freshwater and saltwater dictates an estuary’s most important characteristic—its salinity, or the measure of salt in the water. Seawater is about 35parts salt per thousand parts water, roughly corresponding to a tablespoon of salt in a glass of water. Freshwater is less than one-half part salt per thousand parts water. If the salinity is less than sea strength, but saltier than freshwater, the water is said to be brackish—the hallmark of estuaries.
The mixing of freshwater and saltwater is driven by several factors, the most important of which are twice-a-day tides. Strong high tides, especially spring tides, push saltwater farther upstream, thereby raising an estuary’s overall salinity level. At low tide the rivers flowing into the estuary are no longer pushed back by the tides and thus may deliver more freshwater downstream, thereby decreasing salinity.
Storms at sea can push more seawater high into rivers and render them more saline. In addition, seasonal variations affect salinity levels. Salinity goes up when rivers and streams flow at low levels during summer droughts. During 1999 and 2000 scientists recorded unusually high salinities in many Georgia estuaries as a result of an ongoing dry spell.
On the other hand, salinity declines during the rainy season, when rivers and streams bring more freshwater into the estuary. Researchers have found, for instance, that heavy rains can dramatically increase the Ogeechee River’s freshwater flow into Ossabaw Sound. As a result, the sound can have salinities as low as one part per thousand. In general, salinity levels in southeastern estuaries are at their lowest during March, the time of maximum freshwater runoff. Because saltwater is heavier than freshwater, the water at the bottom of an estuary is usually saltier than that at the top. Nevertheless, Georgia’s estuaries tend to be vertically well mixed in all cases except the Savannah, which is routinely stratified.
(To be continued)
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Photograph not from south Georgia is today’s Mystery
All we’ll tell you about today’s Mystery Photo is that this photograph was not taken in South Georgia, nor even in North Georgia. Figure out where this photo was made and send your answer to elliott@brack.net, including your hometown.
The most recent Mystery Photo was soon identified by Harriet Nichols of Mountain Park: “This is no mystery to anyone who has been there. It has been 60 years since I visited the wonderful Monument Valley, aka Tribal Park. The eroded sandstone buttes and mesas rise out of a sandy desert. The Monuments are in a Navajo Reservation in Utah. The view is from U.S. Highway 163. I expect that many other persons will give a better description.” The photo came from Allan Peel of San Antonio, who visited that area about a year ago.
Among others who recognized the iconic site were George Graf, Palmyra Va.; Hoyt Tuggle, Buford; Robert Foreman, Grayson; Susan McBrayer, Sugar Hill; Lou Camerio, Lilburn; and Rick and Sandy Krause, Lilburn; Lynn Naylor, Norcross, gave a more detailed answer: “Monument Valley provides perhaps the most enduring and definitive images of the American West. The isolated red mesas and buttes surrounded by empty, sandy desert have been filmed and photographed countless times over the years for movies, adverts and holiday brochures. Because of this, the area may seem quite familiar, even on a first visit, but it is soon evident that the natural colors really are as bright and deep as those in all the pictures. The valley is not a valley in the conventional sense, but rather a wide flat, sometimes desolate landscape, interrupted by the crumbling formations rising hundreds of feet into the air, the last remnants of the sandstone layers that once covered the entire region.
“There is only one main road through Monument Valley, U.S. Highway 163, which links Kayenta, Ariz. with U.S. Highway 191 in Utah. The stretch approaching the Arizona-Utah border from the north gives the most famous image of the valley, and possibly of the whole Southwest – a long straight empty road leads across flat desert towards the 1,000 foot high stark red cliffs on the horizon, curving away just in front.
“The highway cuts through the mesas at Monument Pass, near which several dirt tracks leave both east and west and criss-cross the red sandy landscape, offering a more close up appreciation of the rock formations, although these roads lead to Navajo residences so some discretion is necessary when visiting. This is also a good area for hiking, though there are no official trails.”
A cardinal somehow makes snow even fresher
The recent half day snow allowed Raleigh Perry of Buford to capture this virtual black and white image of the snowfall, accented in red by this cold-weather cardinal.
Feb. 24 is deadline to register to vote for presidential primary
Evermore CID is conducting a concept study of U.S. Highway 78 from Ross Road to Hewatt Road. A Public Open House will be held at the Evermore CID office on February 19, 2020 from 3 to 6 p.m. to discuss the findings of the study, and answer any questions you may have. Check out the flyer in the link below for more information: 2020 Concept Study Open House.
Boxing Icon Ezzard Charles, a native of Lawrenceville, is the subject of a talk at the Gwinnett Environmental and Heritage Center on Thursday, February 20 at 6:30 p.m. Speaking will be Dr. Erice Metcalfe, assistant professor of history at Georgia Gwinnett College. Register for this talk at GwinnettEHC.com, using activity code EHC11403.
Experience what it’s like to live with dementia by taking a walk in a dementia patient’s shoes. This life-changing simulation teaches how to provide better care by better understanding their world. Give 15 minutes to make your community more dementia friendly. In partnership with Peachtree Christian Health, join Gwinnett Library on Thursday, February 20 from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. at Peachtree Christian Health, Life Enrichment Center, 3430 Duluth Park Lane, Duluth. Sign-up by email to events@gwinnettpl.org. For more information, please visit www.gwinnettpl.org or call 770-978-5154.
Celebrate the history and accomplishments of the nine African American sororities and fraternities. Special guest speaker is Gwinnett County’s first African American Superior Court Judge, Judge Tadia Whitner. Presented by Gwinnett County Public Library, this program takes place on Friday, February 21 at 7 p.m. at Berean Christian Church Gwinnett, 1465 Highpoint Road, Snellville. For more information, visit www.gwinnettpl.org or call 770-978-5154.
Spectacular Bid: The Last Superhorse of the Twentieth Century chronicles the career of the horse who was sold as a yearling for $37,000 to a family, trained by a rookie trainer, and ridden by a teen who, two years earlier, had never ridden a horse. This amazing horse won 26 of 30 races, was undefeated as a four-year-old, and was ranked #10 on the Top 100 Thoroughbreds of the 20th Century. Join Gwinnett County Public Library and meet the author, Peter Lee, on Sunday, February 23 at 3 p.m. at the Suwanee Branch, 361 Main Street, Suwanee. Books will be available for sale and signing. For more information, visit www.gwinnettpl.org or call 770-978-5154.
February 24 is the deadline to register to vote in the upcoming Presidential Preference Primary set for March 24. Be sure to check that your registration is up to date. Visit GwinnettElections.com for advance and absentee voting information. Visit mvp.sos.ga.gov to check your status, register online, locate your polling place, and view sample ballots.
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