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- Saturday, May 25, 2013 Gainesville, Georgia
Archive By Section - Johnny Vardeman's column
How holiday was before U.S. entered war
Thanksgiving season in North Georgia just before the United States officially entered World War II in 1941
Fire in 1851 destroyed most of Gainesville
Gainesville's history is filled with disasters, including the 1903 and 1936 tornadoes that left heavy tolls of destruction and death.
Newspapers disagreed over liar population
Newspaper competition was furious at times in the old days. At one time Hall County had three weekly newspapers.
Oak Street was a happy place in hard times
Like many streets leading from downtown Gainesville, Oak Street isn't what it used to be. Today the street is mostly commercial, everything from auto repair shops to offices. It used to be a popular residential street so quiet children played in the street. A few businesses mixed in among the homes. Bradley Lawson's grandmother, Jo Lawson, lived in the back of a store on the east end of the street. A block of ice kept ...
Rudolph’s gone, family name not forgotten
The Rudolph name, while still around Gainesville, no longer resides on Green Street, Rudolph's Restaurant having morphed into a pizza place.
Georgia's best burger is Collegiate’s, newspaper says
Best hamburger in Georgia, right here in Gainesville? That's what USA Today says. None other than the venerable Collegiate Grill gets the honors, the national newspaper says. USA Today, in its "Great American Bites" feature earlier this month, chose 51 best hamburgers from among the states and the District of Columbia. "It was a pleasant surprise," said Jeff Worley, who owns the Collegiate with his wife Donna. But nobody contacted him officially about the honor; ...
Track people kept Bulldogs in the zone
Maybe what the University of Georgia Bulldogs ought to do to salvage their football season is tear down the seats in the east end zone.
A little Goat Rock needed in today's campaigns
Whenever election season rolls around, the topic of "Goat Rock" emerges amid the blather of political pollution.
Movie houses were popular here for years
While there is only one movie house in Gainesville today, there are others in nearby counties, and through modern technology you can capture films through the mail, in stores or off your TV and the Internet.
Gov. Talmadge avoided FDR during 1935 visit
Just as Georgia Democratic gubernatorial nominee Roy Barnes avoided President Barack Obama when he recently spoke in Atlanta, so did Gov. Gene Talmadge avoid President Franklin Roosevelt when he addressed a huge crowd in Atlanta in November 1935.
Cornerstone not missing, no mystery after all
Turns out the mystery of the missing 1883 Hall County Courthouse cornerstone is no mystery at all, and it isn't missing.
Where is courthouse cornerstone?
Hall County's first courthouse was a log structure built in 1818; its second burned in 1882. The cornerstone for the third was laid Sept. 19, 1883. The marble slab was engraved with the words, "Erected 1883. J.B.M. Winburn, ordinary; John L. Gaines, sheriff; W.B. Smith, clerk; Bruce and Morgan, architects; Joe B. Patton, contractor; W.L. Room, superintendent." County officials placed within the cornerstone a $1,000 Confederate bond, a $2 bill, Gainesville city scrip, six Confederate ...
How airport got its wings during World War II
Hall County has a tradition of getting behind a project and marshaling all its resources to see it to fruition.
How Atlanta lawyer eluded bandits in mountains in 1878
An Atlanta lawyer's exciting trip on horseback through the Northeast Georgia mountains in 1878 provides a glimpse into perils lurking within the peaceful icturesque countryside during that era.
Senator ran for 2 offices in same year
"I think Congress has been one of the biggest frauds in all American history." That quote didn't come from any candidates in this mega election year, but from one 100 years ago. The speaker was a Hall County candidate for 9th District Congress in 1910, lawyer H.H. Perry of Gainesville. During the official announcement of his candidacy at the noon recess of the Hall County Superior Court in July of that year, Perry continued, "They ...
Articles by Section - Johnny Vardeman's column
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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