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Clark Brown, James Ursury, and Marie Talbot, a local Coffee Club report on current events daily at the Sugarloaf McDonalds.
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Carlene Harris and daughter Linda celebrate a big August birthday.
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Gwinnett Historical Society: Harriett Nicholls and Elaine Roberts, Rick Lux and Society President Scott Holtzclaw.
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Nancy Deal working at the dessert table sponsored by Eastern Star.
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Mike and Kenny McGuire prepared the BBQ.
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Servers Irvin Dougherty, John Dodd, and Dave Rusnak.
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REALLY OLD NEWS
• President McKinley was shot by an assassin on September 6, 1901.
• President James A. Garfield died of an assassin’s shot on September 19, 1881.
• Summer ends and autumn begins at the autumnal equinox sometime between September 21 and September 23.
• The News-Herald, September 19, 1910. “The large brick building being erected by A.A. Mauldin is almost completed and brings forth words of praise from all who see it.” That building is on the south side of the railroad tracks on North Clayton Street in Lawrenceville.
• The News-Herald, September 1, 1904, “Wiley W. Webb of Goodwins has kept a fire burning since Lincoln was elected.”
• The News-Herald, Thursday September 10, 1903, “School opened in Lawrenceville on September 7 and there are 140 pupils enrolled.”
• The Gwinnett Journal, September 28, 1904, “The rock warehouse which has been under construction for some time will be completed this week.”
• The News-Herald, October 21, 1909, “The Bank of Grayson was organized in 1906 and at present W.A. Cooper is president, W.P. Williams vice-president and W.J. Roberts is cashier. “
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Rev. W.C. Corley, Pastor Emeritus of Lawrencevile First Baptist Church and son-on-law Don Peavy at the dedication of the new addition on August 22.
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Melba Wages, Michael Rump and Hank Wages enjoyed the BBQ at the Lawrenceville Masonic Lodge on August 21st.
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Jackie McClendon and Deloris Mullins work in the Archives and History Room at the Georgia Retired Educators Association.
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CURRENT NEWS
• At this writing on August 23 Judy Johnson and Rex Millsaps are candidates for Mayor of Lawrenceville; Leon Smith is running for a Lawrenceville City Council seat. Qualification dates for the 2010 elections are August 30 through September 3 from 8:30 until 4:30 at Lawrenceville City Hall on South Clayton Street.
• Congratulations to Cody Belcher who spent much of his childhood in Snellville visiting with his grandfather, Maurice Frazier. Cody has been awarded a full baseball scholarship to Jefferson State College in Alabama.
• A veteran’s clinic is under construction in Blairsville and it is scheduled to open this month, September 2010. The Blairsville facility will serve veterans in Fannin, Union, Lumpkin, White and Towns counties. The clinic will be located at 1294 Highway 515, suite 100.
• A group of friends gathered in Lawrenceville to celebrate rejoice with Carlene Harris as she celebrated a milestone birthday on August 22, 2010. Some who attended the party were Grace Cain, Mary Holmes, Jo and Marvin Brownlee, Shirley Duvall, Mary Holmes, Carol Ann Fulgham, Lamar and Jean Holley, Martha Frances Hutchins, Victor McKelvey, Jaletta Smith, Lynn Long, Brenda Sue Davis, Pat and Billy Kerlin, Margaret Williams, Marlene Sexton, Bill and Melba Jenkins, Bela and Delores Kenessey, Stella McGuire, Gainer and Mary Anna Bryan, Leon and Nancy Smith, Shirley and Charles Whitehead, Charlene Whitehead, Joe and Nell Parks, Linda and Carlene Harris.
• Eatonton, Georgia will be celebrating the 50th anniversary of Harper Lee’s book To Kill a Mockingbird with a production of Scout remembers the book. The performance will be at the Plaza Arts Center in Eatonton on October 9, 7:30 p.m. For information www.theplazaartscenter.com.
• The Lawrenceville Masonic Lodge sponsored a barbeque on Saturday August 21 at the lodge building on South Perry Street in Lawrenceville.
• Lawrenceville High School graduate, Class of 1948 Dr. Vaughn Turner now lives in Orlando, Florida. Vaughn has lots of relatives there and he enjoys being with them and also hearing from Lawrenceville friends.
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Snellville’s John Zeigler competed in the Georgia Masters, 65-69 Men’s Division and established FIVE new Georgia swim records!.
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Buddy Everett visiting downtown Lawrenceville where he gets his haircut and ‘peticure’. It’s surely
a dog’s life!
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2010 CELEBRATIONS
• 2010 has been a celebration year in Gwinnett. In Snellville Kenneth “Peanut” Dalton celebrated 50 years as a popular local barber. Peanut was born in Five Forks and after he lost some of his birth weight he earned the nickname by which most people know him. Peanut is a graduate of Central Gwinnett High and of barber’s school in Atlanta.
• In Dacula the high school celebrated 100 years of existence in the spring of 2010. The Dacula High School burned in 1944, the same year that the Lawrenceville High School was victim to an arsonist.
WINN FAIR
• The annual Winn Fair will be in Dacula on October 2, 3, 2010. Crafts, food and lots of history for participants. Bring the family and plan to see lots of good things on one or both of those days.
SNELLVILLE SPECIALS
• Line Dancing will be held at the Snellville Christian Church from 10 a.m. until 12 noon beginning September 7. The church is located at 2485 Scenic Highway in the city where everybody is somebody.
• On September 29, 2010 the Eastside Medical Center with Health 2 You will sponsor “An Evening at Eastside: Orchestrating Breast Cancer Care.” Doors open at 4:30 p.m. with dinner and panel discussion at 5:30 p.m. Call 770-972-7570 to register.
• The Book Club will meet on Thursday September 23 at 11 a.m. in the Eastside Heritage Center Conference Room. Call 770-921-6941 for more information.
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Special Recognition and Reception
Honoring Brenda Sue Davis
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Brenda Sue Davis 47 years of service.
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Lawrenceville First Baptist Church held a special recognition honoring Brenda Sue Davis for the 47 years that she has given to the church and the community. The event was held on Sunday August 29, 2010. Church members as well as people from all over Georgia came to show their regard for this woman who has spent her life in full time Christian
service.
Brenda Sue began serving at the church on May 20, 1963 when she was employed as church secretary by Reverend W.C. Corley. Her job titles have changed through the years but her dedicated service has remained constant and devoted, no job has been too difficult, too big or too small for her to accomplish with good natured patience. Brenda Sue has rejoiced with parents at births of children, assisted brides as they made the walk down the aisle of the church and given comfort to grieving families. She has visited the sick and offered aid to the lonely. Brenda Sue has epitomized the love of Christ in her service to others as she assisted four full time pastors and two interim ministers. First Baptist members Howard and Bobbie Turnage said that Brenda Sue is FBC incarnate; they described her as a kind and faithful, dedicated committed servant to the cause of Christ and willing to do whatever was needed to improve the church.
At the time Brenda Sue began working at Lawrenceville First Baptist she and the Reverend W. C. Corley were the only full time employees of the church.
Lawrenceville First Baptist had about 900 members when Brenda Sue began working there and she has seen the church population grow to over 1400 members and 7 full time staff members.
Brenda Sue is a Baptist from birth; she was born in the Georgia Baptist Hospital in Atlanta. She joined the Lawrenceville First Baptist Church in 1955 and while a youngster she often assisted her mother
as her mother volunteered in the children’s ministry at the church. In addition to working with Reverend W.C. Corley, Brenda Sue has been
the assistant to pastors Dr. R. Page Fulgham, Dr. Lamar Holley and the present pastor Rev. Inman Houston. She also assisted interim pastors Dr. Glen Waldrop and Dr. Ronnie Spillars.
Brenda Sue Davis’ parents, the late Garland and Mary Sue Davis, were Gwinnett County natives and Brenda Sue has spent all her life in this county.
As Brenda Sue goes into retirement she goes with many congratulations and good wishes as her friends look forward to her volunteer work in the church that she will continue to serve.
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