Column: The ‘lost’ Georgian who was key to passing FDR’s GI Bill, and other trivia - Gainesville Times

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Column: The ‘lost’ Georgian who was key to passing FDR’s GI Bill, and other trivia

Johnny Vardeman

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For example, he refers to a full-page ad from the Gainesville Eagle hanging in a frame at Johnny’s Barbecue in Gainesville. It advertises the Sept. 25, 1942, season-opening football game between the Red Elephants and West Fulton High School.