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- Tuesday, June 18, 2013 Gainesville, Georgia
Archive By Section - Johnny Vardeman's column
Confusing feud fizzled as booze sales approved
In Hall County's pioneer days, alcoholic spirits were pretty much unregulated. Saloons and bars were common in Gainesville as it developed from a back-country crossroads into somewhat of a village.
Family finally learns origins of mysterious foot locker
Jerry Castleberry, Gainesville schools' transportation director, finally knows some history of a military foot locker that has been in his family since he was a youngster.
Christmas in Gainesville had a special glow
Houses on Gainesville's Green Street were populated by families instead of mostly offices and businesses, as they are today. Prominent names such as Hosch, Dewitt, Rudolph, Jackson, Palmour, Browning, Garner, Roper, Hardy, Strong, Smith, Carter, Ham, Estes, Moore, Burns, Redwine, Wheeler, Hulsey, Quinlan and Dean filled the Victorian homes that lined the city's main entrance.
DAR plans to upgrade lot in Alta Vista Cemetery
The Col. William Candler Chapter of Daughters of the American Revolution secured a lot in Gainesville's Alta Vista Cemetery in 1926 to provide a place to memorialize the county's citizens who fought in that war.
Local Methodists started small in a log house
Looking at the sprawling campus of Gainesville's First United Methodist Church, it's hard to imagine it all started in a little log house.
Williams clan served House for 4 decades
Roger Williams this month is concluding his 22nd year in the Georgia legislature. Dalton Mayor David Pennington honored Williams on his retirement at a recent Rotary Club meeting. Williams was the Dalton area's state representative.
Hall draftee’s number was 1st during World War I
A Hall County man was among the first to be drafted for military service during World War I. Thomas Arthur Moore had been assigned the number, 258, in the brand-new Selective Service System. Some others in the 1 million-plus pool of potential draftees had the same number, but it meant that Moore would be among the first of more than 10,000 draftees in the country. Moore and six other Hall County draftees left Sept. 7, ...
Some rebelled against ‘closets’ city required
We take so much for granted, it's hard to believe how far we've come in basic living conditions in less than a century.
First GHS almost built at City Park
The old Gainesville High School building on West Washington Street is long gone, but not so long ago that many students who stalked its halls, dusted its erasers and frustrated its teachers are still around to remember it fondly.
After World War I, city, county got things moving
Immediately after the armistice was signed officially ending World War I on Nov. 11, 1918, Gainesville and Hall County leaders shifted into high gear a number of projects they had been chomping at the bit to begin.
World War I vets saw Germans give up their ships
We no longer have with us eyewitnesses to the signing of the Armistice at the 11th hour on the 11th day of the 11th month in 1918, the end of World War I.
Adair Street was ‘a dare’ for youngsters
Adair Street, which connects Oak Street to Ivey Terrace, is one of Gainesville's shortest streets. It isn't insignificant, though because it provides another access point to Ivey Terrace Park and trails, including Wilshire and Longwood, that lead from the shores of Lake Lanier to downtown Gainesville.
Johnsons won wide acclaim as journalists
William Malone Johnson was a prominent lawyer, educator and church worker in the early 1900s in Hall County.
All was rosy months before market failed
In the months before the Great Depression, there were few hints of the coming economic disaster, at least in the Gainesville area.
Old-time editors drew attention with writings
Northeast Georgia History Center recently celebrated journalism and freedom of the press. The history of community newspapers, such as The Times, was told in a special newspaper section.
Articles by Section - Johnny Vardeman's column
Central Baptist Church prays its miracles will continue
It took several years to build the present Central Baptist Church building on Gainesville's southside because it ran into the Great Recession in the late 1920s and early 1930s.
Church stands strong in face of adversity
"Not Made for Defeat" was the title of a book the Rev. Harold Frederic Green wrote about Gainesville's Central Baptist Church in 1974, a history of the church from its beginnings in 1890.
Soulful sounds make music at Iron Works
Gainesville Iron Works was a fixture on South Main Street for more than a century.
Pioneer home may return to its South Hall roots
Ken Cochran painstakingly helped dismantle log-by-log the historic Roberts-Orr house at Roberts Crossroads in south Hall County.
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.
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.
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