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- Wednesday, May 22, 2013 Gainesville, Georgia
Archive By Author - Johnny Vardeman
Schools faced overcrowding in early days
Gainesville School Board is rolling up taxes this year, saying teachers are having to do more with less as enrollment continues to climb.
Chase ended in near riot at City Hall
It's been an interesting election season so far, what with the failure of T-SPLOST, the various runoffs upcoming and an intense presidential campaign.
When Gainesville square was a circle for cruisers
What a great idea the former cruisers had recently when they staged a cruise-in along Pearl Nix Parkway, or West Bypass, as it was known at one time.
Pioneer radio man entertained, helped listeners
Bob Schwab was one of those people you call "pioneers" in his profession. WGGA was Gainesville's first radio station, started in 1941 by Charles Smithgall and associates. Schwab didn't join the station until three years later, but became the face and voice of radio in Northeast Georgia for the next couple of decades. Bob, who died July 29 in Blue Ridge, was a folksy radio personality who appealed to listeners of all ages and backgrounds, ...
Olympics stir ’96 memories of Games here
The Summer Olympic Games in London surely must stir some memories for local folks when Lake Lanier was chosen as a venue for rowing and flatwater kayaking and canoeing in 1996.
Similar issues are recycled year to year
What are those old sayings? "What goes around comes around ?" or "There's nothing new under the sun."
Rabun native tries to hang onto heritage
If ever there were a person who best epitomized the culture and character of the North Georgia mountains, it might be Barbara Taylor Woodall, who lives on Kelly's Creek in Rabun County.
How you got over the mountains in early days
We think nothing of a trip to the mountains these days. From Gainesville, one can be in the heights of the hills in less than an hour's drive north.
It was hard to find stills a long time ago
North Georgia mountains long have had the reputation of a hiding place for illegal liquor stills.
Tourists came by rail to see gorgeous gorge
The legend of Nacoochee, whose name is attached to that lovely valley just south of Helen in White County, is well known.
Woman found ‘lost’ family in Gainesville
Gainesville's standing as a health resort in the late 1800s and early 1900s played a part in the reunion of family members who lost touch with one another over 30 years.
Peach pickin’ time continues an annual rite
It is approaching peak peach time in North Georgia. Trips to Jaemor Farms near Lula and other orchards in that area will become more frequent. Peaches will be showing up more often in the backs of trucks parked at local farmers' markets.
'Deliverance' bash marks movie's 40th anniversary
Rabun County's spectacular beauty has lured tourists to the mountains for decades, and when Hollywood discovered it, it became a mecca for movie settings.
Fire didn’t put local newspaper out of business
Fire struck the Gainesville Eagle newspaper right before Christmas 1885. The editors weren't too kind to the fire department at the time, explaining, "Owing to the situation of our office the lateness of the hour when the fire occurred, the rapidity with which the flames spread and the inefficiency of our fire department, we were unable to save anything." Its press, type, furniture, records, papers and other material were destroyed. The weekly newspaper, which had ...
Storms led to floods, later Lake Lanier
In July 1916, the Southeast suffered from a tropical 1-2 punch that resulted in historic flooding and caused dozens of deaths and millions in damage.
Articles By Author - Johnny Vardeman
CD package relates stories of area locations
Johnny Kytle was a native of Clermont in Hall County and a pioneer daredevil pilot who carried the mail between Atlanta and Richmond, Va.
CD package relates stories of area places like Dip
Johnny Kytle was a native of Clermont in Hall County and a pioneer daredevil pilot who carried the mail between Atlanta and Richmond, Va.
Prior Street was named for Hall judge
Prior Street is one of Gainesville's most important streets. It connects the northside of town to the southside. It runs from Hunter Street near St. Paul United Methodist Church on Summit Street, to City Park and the Civic Center.
Hero reticent about his heroics during World War II
Bob Dollar said Jason Nix was an ordinary man, the kind who goes about his work and lives humbly and without much fanfare or attention.
Poodle at large: Owner seeks pet lost for months
If you'd lost a dog six months ago, chances are you would have given up finding it by now and moved on.
Family’s lives rotated around a 5-and-dime
You don't see many 5-and-10-cent stores anymore like McLellan's, which was such an anchor in downtown Gainesville over several decades.
Mill villagers had hard life, yet had fun
With no television, limited transportation and very little money, children growing up in the Gainesville Mill village in the 1940s, '50s and beyond "made do."
Do diamonds remain hidden in Hall’s soils?
A century and a half ago this month, the Civil War began officially with the shelling of Fort Sumter, but as embroiled as the nation was in the turmoil of the times, Hall Countians had diamonds on their minds and in their mines.
Lawyer lost friends fighting for Cherokees
One of the little known, but most controversial figures in Hall County history was a lawyer named William H. Underwood.
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