GwinnettForum | Number 20.35 | May 22, 2020
MEMORIAL DAY IN GWINNETT will have three virtual observations of the day. In Peachtree Corners, it will feature the new Veterans Monument Association site (shown here), and can be seen on the city’s web site, on YouTube and Facebook. This video will feature volunteers installing 48 new pavers funded by local individuals and companies. Mayor Mike Mason will speak, while retired Army Col. Bob Ballagh will lay a wreath and raise the flag to full staff at noon. Go to Upcoming below to read of Gwinnett Memorial Day activities at the county seat in Lawrenceville and in Sugar Hill.
TODAY’S FOCUS: The Many St. Vincent DePaul Stores Originated in France in 1833
EEB PERSPECTIVE: There’s a Great Variety among Candidates for the 2020 Primary
ANOTHER VIEW: Have Your Priorities Shifted? Have Your Beliefs Been Hardened?
SPOTLIGHT: Mingledorff’s
FEEDBACK: Reports That Her Family Safeguarded One of Doolittle’s Raiders
UPCOMING: Gwinnett Schools Foundation Seeks $1 Million by June 15
NOTABLE: All PCOM College Campuses Programs Win New 10 Year Accreditation
RECOMMENDED: The Toddler in Chief by Daniel W. Drezner
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Georgia Tech Researchers Work on Better Tractor-Trailer Performance
MYSTERY PHOTO: Few Clues Jump Out at You in This Mystery Photo
CALENDAR: Braselton Comprehensive Plan Ready for Review
St. Vincent DePaul stores originated in France in 1833
St. Vincent’s DePaul store is at 2775 Buford Highway in Duluth
By Nancy Geist
DULUTH, Ga. | There’s a unique thrift store at the Duluth Station Shopping Plaza at 2750 Buford Highway.
It’s the St. Vincent DePaul Retail Store (aka the Thrift Store). It is unlike many other thrift stores, which are for profit, and are staffed by paid persons, This Saint Vincent de Paul (let’s call it SVdP) store as well as all the others in the metro Atlanta area are all non-profit and are staffed by volunteer persons. They sell items donated by generous persons around the area. Leslie Long is the general manager of the store, and I am one of the day managers.
Geist
The St. Vincent de Paul Society was founded in Paris in 1833 by Frederic Ozanam, a 20 year old law student at Sorbonne, the University of Paris. Frederic and other Catholic friends were challenged by fellow students to show that the Catholic Church was still doing “good works.” Frederic and his friends decided to establish the “Conference of Charity” to assist the poor and the needy. In a short time the group was renamed The SVdP in honor of their patron, St. Vincent de Paul, also known as the Father of the Poor.
The organization was exported to the United States 12 years later by Father John Timon, who learned about the Society while in Ireland. He brought the rules of the organization to St. Louis, Mo., where it was accepted and began operations to help the poor there. It has expanded so that there are 593 St. Vincent de Paul thrift stores throughout the United States. Its’ home office remains in St. Louis, Mo. The Society’s nearly 100,000 trained volunteers throughout the United States provided 12.5 million hours of volunteer service, helping more than 5.4 million people.
Merchandise display at Duluth Thrift Store
The Society has volunteer caseworkers in area churches, who are able to offer immediate help to individuals needing assistance. The clients call the Help Line for assistance. The funds needed by the caseworkers are a combination of collections taken up at the local Catholic churches, as well as proceeds (after expenses) from our volunteer-run Thrift Stores. Caseworkers help individuals with their financial, material and spiritual needs. All that matters to SVdP and the caseworkers is that “we are lovingly helping others who need our help.”
The thrift stores welcome donations of gently used clothing, books, household items and furniture. The volunteer staff accept, process and display these items in stores for sale amid pleasant surroundings. The stores attempt to keep an atmosphere which is friendly and welcoming to all ages.
The store is a part of the modern world, highlighting some of its treasures for sale on Instagram. Many of our customers consider the store a Treasure Hunt. Visitors are welcome at the Peachtree Station Shopping Plaza. The stores are always looking for new volunteers who would like to make friends while helping others in need.
If you or someone you know is in need of help, please contact us at the local SVdP Hotline at 678-892-6263. A caseworker in your area will contact you as soon as possible to try to be of assistance.
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The great variety among candidates for the 2020 primary
By Elliott Brack
Editor and Publisher, GwinnettForum
MAY 22, 2020 | Diversity, what is thy name?
Around here, you can spell it G-W-I-N-N-E-T-T.
You need to look no farther than the Gwinnett County primary ballot to see a wide range of people from all over the world living in Gwinnett who are running for election.
They come from many countries, lots of communities throughout our nation, and not so much from around here. Only eight of the candidates we’ve talked to were born in Atlanta, and another five list their birthplaces as Gwinnett.
Compared to just a few years back, that is a major change. Fifty years ago, if you were not local, from a good family, and a Democrat, forget it if you were interested in politics.
And today: look at the candidates: From Bangladesh to Boston, Brooklyn and Beijing. From Cambodia to Nigeria, Jamaica and Manila, from San Francisco to Miami and Phoenix, from Cincinnati, Cleveland and Akron…….here come Gwinnett candidates.
The old crowd must be twirling in their graves.
How did this happen?
It happened overnight, while no one was looking. When I moved here in 1974, Gwinnett was 95 percent white, and five percent black. By 1988, it was 98 percent white, with minorities seldom considering living in the county.
(The year 1984 was a pivotal year, as no one recognized that a majority of the people moving into the county in prior years were Republicans. So, in 1984, everyone, GOP and Democrats alike, were surprised when the Republicans won every contested election. (17 of17). And Gwinnett has been listed in the Republican column ever since.)
What happened after 1988? People different from Gwinnett natives began arriving, many of them coming here for good schools, and affordable housing, plus good jobs. Many Hispanics were employed in the booming housing market. Finally, closer to the year 2000, the Asian community began to arrive, primarily Korean and later Vietnamese. And so the 2020 census will probably tell us that about 30 percent of Gwinnett is now considered white, about 30 percent black, another 25 percent Hispanic 10-12 percent Asian and the balance “other.”
Yep, big changes.
The 2020 primary ballot gives us another look at how Gwinnett is diverse: where the candidates went to college. Their colleges run the gamut: Harvard, Morehouse, Arkansas and Duke. And also Fort Lauderdale City College, Truman State, Barnard, Goshen, Syracuse, Georgia Southern Kennesaw, George Washington, American Intercontinental.
The different names of colleges of the candidates continue: Cooper Union, King, Abilene Christian, Russell Sage, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Penn State, Sweetbriar, Rutgers, CUNY, Morris Brown and Gwinnett Tech.
It was also surprising at how few candidates got their first degree at the University of Georgia (only 11 did). Georgia State had the next highest number of grads, 10. At one time, UGA was a routine choice for many, many Gwinnett candidates.
The youngest in the primaries is a 22 year old; the oldest is 84. Many are young professionals in their late 30s, or early 40s. And their backgrounds will knock your socks off.
Yet still: there are some sorry candidates, who through having a “D” behind their name, could win office. That happened for some with an “R” in 1984, getting a few sorry officeholders. One guy in Peachtree Corners went to prison a few years later. Others should have.
Hopefully, we will eliminate the really bad candidates in the 2020 primary. All in all, it looks like 2020 will eventually send some pretty good people to office.
Now, go out and back the candidates you like. You have many diverse choices.
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Have your priorities shifted? Beliefs been hardened?
(Editor’s Note: Today we introduce a new occasional columnist, Gregg Stopher. He is a Peachtree Corners resident, a native of Louisville, Ky. and a co-owner (along with his wife) of two Peachtree Corners companies, one involving advertising, and the second one a sign manufacturer. Please welcome him. –eeb)
By Gregg Stopher
PEACHTREE CORNERS, Ga. | M. Scott Peck’s first line in his famous book, The Road Less Traveled, states “Life is difficult.” Indeed, it is. And no one promised us otherwise. The one lesson I continually stress with my kids is somewhat of a corollary to this famous line, which is “Life isn’t fair.” I challenge anyone to argue that point. We each have different sets of gifts in our own uniqueness, and we are then challenged by life itself to see what we can make of those gifts.
Stopher
News flash! We are all going to die. From the very moment a child is born, that child is spiraling towards death. Not a pleasant thought, but a true one, nonetheless. Not only is this fact validated by Scripture (see Hebrews 9:27), it is borne out by history. There is only one individual that has conquered death, such a cataclysmic event in human history that we began to measure time as being before His birth (B.C. – Before Christ) and after (A.D., Anno Domini – In the Year of Our Lord).
Which brings me to society’s most recent challenge, this global pandemic – and another three-word truism: “Life involves risk.” Whatever your belief system was as we entered the month of March, I suspect it has been altered – and in a significant way. Look at the words and phrases you have had to absorb in the past ten weeks: coronavirus, COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, social distancing, flatten the curve, shelter-in-place, chloroquine/hydroxychloroquine, remdesivir, herd immunity, NIAID, Wuhan, CCP, horseshoe bats, pangolins, essential businesses, PPP, new normal, stay home/stay safe, we’re all in this together, etc.
Some people were really scared – and remain so. Some people never bought the storyline as presented by the media. Some people “hunkered down” while others never changed their lifestyle one iota. Some wore masks and gloves; others never did. Some people shamed others for their refusal to adapt; others just went about their daily lives. As I write this, roughly one out of five working-age Americans have lost their jobs – at least temporarily. And unfortunately, yet predictably, this entire event has become politicized. (Doesn’t everything head in that direction these days?)
But I suspect we all slowed down, at least a little. Spent some more time with our respective families. Maybe read a book or two. Binged on Netflix. At some point, perhaps we began to re-evaluate what we are doing with our lives. As we begin to emerge from this event, how are you going to be different?
Have your priorities shifted? How so? What did you learn? Have your beliefs been hardened, or have you become more open-minded? Are you more – or less – distrustful of our institutions? Of politicians? Will you be more charitable with your time and resources? More – or less – judgmental?
Good can always come out of these types of situations. Hopefully, we are each taking a little time to reflect about what is most important, and thus alter our future behavior accordingly.
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Reports her family safeguarded one of Doolittle’s raiders
Editor, the Forum:
Thank you for Frank Sharp’s piece on the Doolittle raids. I was told by my family that least one of them stayed briefly in our house in China. My missionary parents moved the family there in 1940, when much of the country was occupied by the Japanese. We managed to stay away from those areas, though we did have to scurry to bomb shelters a few times.
After Dec. 7, 1941 we were pretty much on the run, settling in villages here and there, with my parents still diligently carrying on their missionary work and their language studies. Occasionally an American fighter plane would get lost over the unfamiliar terrain, run out of gas, and belly-flop into a rice paddy. As we were the only Americans for miles around, the villagers would bring the pilots to us, where they would stay until they, and their planes, were retrieved.
At least one of these, my father told me, was a Jimmy Doolittle raid member. The others were Flying Tigers. They were from The First American Volunteer Group of the Chinese Air Force.
I have a very vivid memory of being terrified by the huge eyes and fangs painted on the front of one of these planes (the Curtis P-40B Warhawk), but I was even more impressed by the depiction of a very pink and scantily clad lady on the side. My father, when he came to find me and saw what I was gazing at, hustled me away in a hurry. I was 3 at the time. That’s me with my brother, Dan Overmyer, and two Chinese children in this photo. Dan lives in Vancouver, Canada, where he is a retired professor emeritus in the Department of Asian Studies at the University of British Columbia.
— Mary Beth Twining, Buford
Good point on Michelle Obama, but where are her bona fides?
Editor, the Forum:
GwinnettForum makes an excellent political argument for Michelle Obama being picked for vice president by the Democratic nominee Joe Biden. What the Forum doesn’t offer is any proof, anecdotal or otherwise, as to whether she would make a good president. I don’t think she would. Having been a good mother and First Lady are insufficient qualifications.
As much as I disliked the idea of Hillary Clinton being president, she at least had some bona fides having been elected senator from New York and appointed Secretary of State. Some thought Mr. Clinton might be the puppet master in that arrangement. I doubt it. Say what you want about Hillary, she was her own woman. I’m not so sure we can make the same assumption about Mrs. Obama.
Also, I just want to thank you for Tuesday’s edition. I know it’s a lot of work to reach out to that many candidates and try to ascertain their core beliefs. That was a great service you provided.
— Theirn (TJ) Scott, Lawrenceville
Enjoys visiting Robins AFB to see Globemaster her father flew
Editor, the Forum:
You put out an excellent newsletter. Wanted to mention, in case people were not aware of it, that about 86 miles from here is the town of Warner Robins. There is an excellent free aircraft Museum at Robins Air Force Base to explore.
One plane I especially enjoy is the C-124 GlobeMaster. My father, Major Joseph Capebianco, flew this airplane during his 22 years in the Air Force. He was the first-born American in his family, born in 1922 in Pittsburgh, Penn. His family came over from Italy in 1919. Took my grandfather eight years living in the U.S. and saving money to move his family over here. My father was a proud American and lived his dream job being a pilot; he flew all over the world. Sadly, he passed away in 1971; to honor my dad; I proudly fly a U.S. flag at my residence.
— Helen Roquemore, Auburn
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Gwinnett Schools Foundation seeks $1 million by June 15
Seeking to raise $1 million by June 15, the Gwinnett County Public Schools Foundation is launching a “We Care” program to support families of students facing financial hardships.
Aaron Lupuloff, the senior executive director of the GCPS Foundation, says the time to act is now. “More than ever, many of our families have immediate financial hardship. We need to provide more scholarships, immediate technology needs for our students enrolling in online summer school and quite frankly doing everything possible to decrease the learning gap,” Lupuloff said.
Contributions to this fundraising effort will be used to:
- Support teaching and learning across the district
- Improve student achievement
- Fund scholarships for students
- Provide classroom grants for teachers
- Foster innovation in programs and initiatives
- Develop leaders in our schools
- Care Teams at local schools that assist students and families with verified needs
Lupuloff says the money raised can change lives. He adds, “Providing financial support to all these areas will help reduce the struggles that many of our students are currently facing. It will allow students to earn scholarships to Gwinnett Tech where they can finish their associate degree and pursue a variety of careers. With the help of donors, we can open doors that would normally be closed to students from families facing financial hardships.”
The Gwinnett County Public Schools Foundation Fund, Inc. is a nonprofit 501-c-3 charitable organization dedicated to enhancing and expanding the academic initiatives of Gwinnett students. To learn more contact Kelly Herndon, the Foundation’s executive director, at 678-301-6077, or visit www.gcps-foundation.org.
Gwinnett County, Sugar Hill schedule virtual holiday events
Gwinnett County Government will commemorate America’s fallen military and law enforcement heroes with a virtual Memorial Day ceremony on Memorial Day, May 25. Board of Commissioners Chairman Charlotte Nash, District 4 Commissioner Marlene Fosque, and Ron and Caroline Buice of the Fallen Heroes Committee will deliver video remarks. Retired Marine Col. Parker Miller will be the keynote speaker.
Miller is a Vietnam veteran who was assigned to an attack helicopter squadron that participated in multiple shipboard deployments in the Mediterranean, Caribbean and North seas. He was a leading contributor to the attack helicopter tactics and training methods still in use today. Miller retired as the Branch Head for Navy Programs, Legislative Affairs. Miller now serves as senior vice president of Curtiss-Wright company.
The ceremony can be viewed online beginning at 1 p.m. May 25 at TVgwinnettlive.com, on the County’s Facebook and Twitter pages @GwinnettGov and on the County’s Vimeo page.
The City of Sugar Hill will host a virtual Memorial Day ceremony and Veterans Memorial dedication on Monday, May 25 at 11 a.m. at the city’s new veteran’s monument located in downtown Sugar Hill.
This live-streamed event will feature community members and leaders instrumental in erecting the recently completed Sugar Hill Veteran’s Memorial. The event will mark the dedication of the community monument. Special guests include Mayor Steve Edwards, the Suwanee Creek Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Sugar Hill American Legion Post 127, the Broad Street Concert Band Quintet and volunteers from Boy Scouts of America.
County is accepting applications for federal CARES Act
Gwinnett County is accepting applications from nonprofit and faith-based partners for round one of its federal CARES Act grant funding to serve Gwinnett residents most in need because of COVID-19. All applications must be submitted electronically to the Community Development Program by June 4 for consideration.
The Gwinnett County Community Development Program will be hosting a Gwinnett COVID-19 Funding Webinar Friday, May 22, at 11 a.m. The meeting can be accessed by computer, tablet or smartphone at global.gotomeeting.com/join/994133205 or by phone at 571-317-3112. The access code is 994-133-205.
CARES Act grant funds are reimbursable, so applicants must have the capacity and cash-flow to cover eligible costs. The County encourages collaborative submissions – especially those that use a strategic approach to address critical needs, such as emergency food assistance, housing and emergency shelter, childcare, transportation, and healthcare services.
For more information, call the Community Development Program at 678-518-6008 or email gchcd@gwinnettcounty.com. The county is accepting applications from nonprofit and faith-based partners for round one of its federal CARES Act grant funding to serve Gwinnett residents most in need because of COVID-19. All applications must be submitted by June 4 for consideration.
Billboard to honor Norcross High, Paul Duke STEM students
In a joint partnership with Norcross High School and Paul Duke STEM School, the City of Norcross will be honoring graduating seniors in a distinctive way this year. A billboard will feature a rotating slideshow of graduating seniors from both schools for two weeks, which began May 20.
The billboard is located at the intersection of Jimmy Carter Boulevard and North Norcross Tucker Road. Viewers may pull into the Norcross Triangle Shopping Center parking lot to see the billboard up close. The slideshow will display two students per slide, rotating in alphabetical order by the students’ first names. On average, each student will be on display twice a day over the next two weeks.
All PCOM campus programs win new 10-year accreditation
Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine (PCOM) was recently granted a full, 10- year continuing accreditation by its accrediting institution for its osteopathic medical programs at all campuses and locations.
At its April meeting, the American Osteopathic Association’s (AOA) Commission on Osteopathic College Accreditation (COCA) voted to grant PCOM the status of Accreditation with Exceptional Outcome, the highest level of accreditation granted by COCA for the maximum length possible.
This designation comes after a comprehensive self-study report and visits by a COCA accreditation team to all three campuses in Philadelphia, and in Suwanee and Moultrie, Georgia.
As a newly established location, PCOM South Georgia was reviewed in separate action by the COCA which determined that all standards of accreditation were met.
Cuzzolini
Robert Cuzzolino, EdD, the recently retired vice president for graduate programs and planning who led the accreditation endeavor, noted that the process was “a complex and exhaustive effort that could only have been the success it was thanks to the contributions of a large number of PCOM people – including faculty, staff, students, trustees and clinical partners.”
To achieve accreditation, Dr. Cuzzolino explained that PCOM documented full compliance with eleven different standards of accreditation including mission, leadership, finance, facilities, curriculum, faculty, research, learning environment, student services, GME and learning assessment.
PCOM President and CEO Jay S. Feldstein, DO ’81, said, “We are extremely honored to receive the exceptional outcome designation. This speaks volumes about our institution and the high-quality of education we provide to our students.”
The COCA will not conduct another site visit at PCOM until the spring of 2029. However, monitoring of PCOM’s accreditation status will occur regularly.
Jackson EMC names Sorrow as new vice president
Sorrow
Jackson Electric Membership Corporation (EMC) has named April Sorrow as vice president of communication, effective July 1, succeeding Bonnie Jones, who will be retiring at the end of July. Sorrow joined Jackson EMC in 2014 as Customer Relations/Communications Representative and was promoted to her present position in 2017. Prior to joining Jackson EMC, she worked for five years on the staff of MainStreet Newspapers of Jefferson, Ga. In 2008, she joined the University of Georgia as a Public Relations Coordinator in the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, becoming a Science Writer in Public Affairs in 2011.She has a bachelor and master’s degree from the University of Georgia and a Project Management Certification from the Georgia Institute of Technology, and a Graduate Certificate from Purdue University. She was named 2018 Jackson County Chamber Citizen of the Year 2019.
Norcross ministry is changing its name … slightly
Norcross Cooperative Ministry is changing its name to Neighborhood Cooperative Ministries, to better define who the non-profit serves in Southwest Gwinnett County. The service area is at-risk Gwinnett County residents from specific Zip Codes in Doraville, Norcross, Peachtree Corners, and Tucker. The ministry is located at 500 Pinnacle Court, Norcross, and its telephone is 770-263-8268. NCM receives support from local churches, businesses, civic and social organizations, foundations and individuals. Shirley Cabe is its executive director.
The Toddler in Chief by Daniel W. Drezner
From Raleigh Perry, Buford: Of all of the books I have read on Donald Trump, this one nails him to the wall. Drezner compares him to a young child and has quotes from members of the Administration and well-known journalists. My only complaint about the book is that the author makes little or nothing about what I think is the most inflammatory aspect of his Presidency – namely that every time he goes abroad to a NATO meeting or a G-7 meeting he leads by denigration. It is much better than the books published by former members of the Administration, all of whom had a fire in their bellies. The book is short, easy to read and is formatted well. The book is published by the University of Chicago Press which might make the book difficult to find in regular bookstores. I had to look up one word: agita. The full title is The Toddler in Chief: What Donald Trump Teaches Us About The Modern Presidency
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Georgia Tech researchers work on better truck performance
An innovative technology under development by Georgia researchers could improve the fuel efficiency of tractor-trailer trucks worldwide while making the big rigs safer and easier to drive.
Engineers at the Georgia Institute of Technology are adapting aerodynamic control techniques originally developed for aircraft to help the boxy truck trailers move along the highway as if they were streamlined. The technique, called a circulation control system, involves blowing compressed air from a series of slots on the trailers. Air exiting from the slots improves the way that wind flows over the trailers as they move along the highway.
The system is expected to reduce aerodynamic drag by at least 35 percent, which would cut fuel consumption for tractor-trailers by approximately 12 percent. If used on the entire U.S. heavy truck fleet, the technology could save an estimated 1.2 billion gallons of fuel a year. Beyond the fuel savings, however, circulation control could also improve directional control for the trucks, increase traction, and augment braking. The system could also create lift on the trailers, effectively reducing their weight and cutting rolling resistance on tires, reducing tire wear and further increasing fuel economy.
The system works by blowing compressed air from slots located on different parts of a trailer. Air blown over curved surfaces on the top smooths the wind flow there, decreasing drag and making the entire trailer act like a wing to lift as much as 15 percent of the weight off the tires. Blowing air from slots on the bottom of a trailer would have the opposite effect, multiplying downward force on the tires to improve traction and braking when needed.
Blowing slots on each side of a trailer would counter crosswinds, giving the driver a way to fight the effects of sway. By selecting the right slot combination and blowing rates, the system would increase drag to augment braking, particularly helpful for trucks going down steep hills.
Controlled by internal fast-acting valves, the system would respond quickly to driver actions. Using computerized controls, the driver wouldn’t even have to think about how it works. Pressing the brakes or accelerator, or moving the steering wheel, would cause the proper blowing slots to open and assist the conventional controls. Compressed air for the system could come from the exhaust gases, the turbocharger on the truck engine, storage tanks, or an electric compressor in the trailer.
Circulation control systems were developed and tested on fixed-wing and rotary-wing aircraft in the 1970s and 1980s as a simplified means of greatly increasing lift, improving control, and reducing take-off and landing distances. During the 1990s Georgia Tech engineers applied the technique to automobiles and demonstrated significant savings in drag and energy use.\
The potential value of the system has been demonstrated in wind-tunnel testing on truck models and testing on full-sized truck trailers. If it proves successful, the system could quickly become part of new trailers and could be sold as aftermarket kits for existing trailers. The research is being sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy.
- To view the Georgia Encyclopedia article online, go to http://georgiaencyclopedia.org
Few clues jump out at you in this Mystery Photo
Today’s Mystery Photo may stump some of the regulars. Yes, it’s a fountain and older building, so tell us where it is to be found. Tell us where it’s located by sending to elliott@brack.net, including your hometown.
The last mystery was pretty much of a cream puff, as lots of people got the right answer. Susan McBrayer, Sugar Hill: came in immediately: “This is the Jekyll Island Club Resort on Jekyll Island, Ga. The Jekyll Island Club, an elite club of millionaires from up north, bought the island in 1886 and built this building soon afterwards. These millionaires also built their own mansions on the island, but the houses didn’t have kitchens, so the food was prepared at the club house for consumption delivered to the homes.” The photo came from Ross Lenhart. He and Cathy have moved from South Carolina to Stone Mountain.
Other eagle eyes included David Will, Lawrenceville; Emmett Clower, Snellville; Lynn Naylor, Norcross; Billy Chism, Toccoa; George Graf, Palmyra, Va.; Bo O’Kelley, Peachtree Corners; Virginia Klaer, Duluth; Cindy Hall, Snellville; Lou Camerio, Lilburn; Fran Worrell of Lawrenceville; and Jim Savadelis, Duluth.
Allan Peel of San Antonio, Tex. responded with this: “Today’s mystery photo is of the Jekyll Island Club Resort, a posh resort with amenities that include three restaurants, an outdoor pool, gym, private beach pavilion, putting green, croquet court, as well as a salon and spa.
“Construction of the initial clubhouse, including its signature turret visible in the mystery photo, was started in 1886 and completed in 15 months by November 1, 1887. The club was officially opened when the executive committee arrived for their ‘winter getaway’ on January 21, 1888. The club was closed during World War II, the elite owners never returned.
“In June 1947, the state of Georgia purchased Jekyll Island and turned it into a State Park and Public Resort. The original resort was added to the National Registry of Historic Places in January of 1972, and declared a National Historic Landmark in June 1978. The facility was restored and reopened as the Radisson Jekyll Island Club Hotel in 1985. Radisson ceased managing the hotel some years later, and by August 2016, the Northview Hotel Group, partnered with Leon N. Weiner and Associates, acquired a majority equity interest in the resort facility, and currently operates it as the Jekyll Island Club Resort.”
Ready for Review: The Braselton draft Comprehensive Plan is ready to review by citizens. This plan has been worked on for several months, as officials listened to the people in the community, and assembled the ideas. To review the plan, go to www.BraseltonCompPlan.com. The view above is of the Braselton Town Green.
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