By Elliott Brack | The late Scott Hudgens Jr. of Duluth will be inducted into the Georgia Military Veterans Hall of Fame in Columbus, Ga. on November 6. Nominating him for the award was Mike Camp of Johns Creek, a person who never met Mr. Hudgens, but heard of his war record and many lifetime achievements.
By Elliott Brack | The five-story stately building housing the Georgia Baptist Missions and Ministry Center at 6405 Sugarloaf Parkway may eventually be destroyed, as a developer wants to purchase the 43 acre property. However, for this to happen, the property must be rezoned. The property is now zoned for residential, office and general business use.
By Elliott Brack | A Gwinnett resident and credit union official has been honored by the Polish government. He is Marshall Boutwell of Lawrenceville, president of the Peach State Federal Credit Union, who has been awarded the Knight’s Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland, in a token of Poland’s appreciation and gratitude for his support and friendship. It is one of the highest awards awarded by the Polish government to foreigners.
By Elliott Brack | Songwriter Johnny Mercer was born in Savannah, but probably never rode on the daily passenger train, the “MD&S.” The letters stand for the train’s name, the Macon, Dublin and Savannah. But you see the train, powered by a Baldwin 4-6-2 steam engine, didn’t go on to Savannah. It ended each day’s run in Vidalia, then reversed itself and choo-chooed back to Macon in the afternoon. It was a short train, a mail car and one or two passenger cars. But it was vital to people along its route in South Georgia. The line also hauled freights, of course.
By Elliott Brack | A now deceased attorney was familiar with many of the small towns of South Georgia, and had a theory which applies elsewhere. “You can tell a good deal about a town just by looking at its cemeteries and its courthouse. If they are kept up neat and clean, that’s a pretty good town to live in.”
“Bureaucrats write memoranda both because they appear to be busy when they are writing and because the memos, once written, immediately become proof that they were busy.”
— Editor-in-chief of the Washington Monthly Charles Peters (1926-2023).
Gwinnett Forum publisher Elliott Brack suggests that Gwinnett County needs a long-range list of continuing objectives for improving the county. His list:
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