Buford High School Class of 1949, Standing left to right: Carolyn Skelton Pealock, Jane Gloson Wheeler, Eugene Walls, Mildred Thompson Blan, Martha Veal Ray, Charlotte Harrison Sexton, Leon Kimbro, Elsie Bridges Roberts, Mildred Nuckolls Bartlett. Seated Left to right: Jack Herrington, Edward Garrett, Hazel Deaton Williams, Vernilla Poss Day, Peggy Brogdeen Terry, Victor Puckett.

Cadet John Robert Todd with family members who attended the ceremony at the completion of Cadet Todd’s CBT, left to right Janet Todd, Lottie Todd, Robert Norton, Cadet Todd, John Todd, Nancy Norton.
Five Generations of the Kilgore Family: Standing left to right, Tim Kilgore, Patsy Kilgore, Eric Kilgore. Seated Violet Ewing holding Jubilee Noel Kilgore. Tim is the grandfather, Patsy the Great Grandmother and Eric is Jubilee’s father. Violet is Jubilee’s Great, Great, Grandmother. Jubilee and her family visited her great, great grandmother Violet in the Rosebud Community, Loganville on May 25, 2009 when this photo was made.
LOOKING BACK
Robert Edward Lee entered the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1825 and graduated with high honors in 1829 and was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Corps of Engineers. He served for 17 months at Fort Pulaski on Cockspur Island, Georgia. Lee commanded the Army of Northern Virginia during the War between the States and is one of the most beloved figures in American history. He once said that “Duty” is the sublimest work in the English language.
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The October 13, 1904 issue of the Gwinnett Journal reported that the Grayson Band was awarded $50 first place prize at the Athens Fair. Members of the band: Dr. P. McDonald, C.A. Tribble, Charlie Smith, John Ford, L.W. Johnson, Marion Williams, Grover Nix, Byron Lanford, H.J. Tribble, Tom Butler and J. Brooks.
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The August 3, 1905 issue of the News Herald reported that Lawrenceville City School teacher’s salaries were raised from $32.50 per month to $35 per month.
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Happy Haunting in Braselton in 2008.
Wild geese on the grounds of Gwinnett Medical Center waiting for Medicare papers.
Steve and Nancy Narrie at the Northeast Georgia Civil War Roundtable meeting. The Roundtable meets at the Gwinnett Museum each month on the first Sunday at 3 p.m. In October the meeting will be on the second Sunday. Call 770-962-6345 for meeting times and information.
The October 10, 1907 edition of the News Herald reported that the new school commissioner would be paid a salary of $900 per annum and required him to devote his entire time to the schools of the county. Prof. C.R. Ware had been selected to serve as school commissioner.
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The October 15, 1959 edition of the News Herald reported that, “Claud Hinton, Gwinnett County’s Farmer of the Week, owns 1300 acres near Dacula, and he says he plans to put it all in pines. Up until recently Hinton had engaged in tenant farming, row cropping and raising some cattle, plus keeping a grape vineyard but he said he plans to retire and grow pines on the whole farm for profit and for the future generations.”
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Marie Britt Duncan with the building which once housed the Button Gwinnett Hotel in the background. Marie is a 1949 graduate of Lawrenceville High School; now retired Marie is a Master Gardner and lives in the Historic area of Marietta where she has a beautiful garden which has been featured on the Marietta Tour of Homes. Marie’s family once managed the Button Gwinnett Hotel. The building now houses Dominick’s Restaurant.
Country, Gospel and Bluegrass music makers at Grayson City Park. The musicians will perform on the last Saturday night in October at the park beginning about 6:30; all are invited to the event. Bring your chair and enjoy an evening of good listening as locals perform some requests from the audience.
Lawrenceville Masonic Lodge Annual Barbeque, September 12, 2009. Working at the event were Alan Bannister and Dave Rusnak along with many other men who volunteered their day to earn funds to support local charitable endeavors such as scholarships and aid to children with special medical needs. The local lodge also assists the Masonic Home in Macon.
The Holland-Corley Chapel at Annandale Village. The Corley name honors Reverend W.C. Corley of Lawrenceville who served Gwinnett as pastor, counselor and friend for over sixty years. Reverend Corley was chaplain at Annandale
A ground breaking ceremony was held in October 1986 for Hi-Hope School then located at the corner of Hi-Hope Road and Hi-Hope Lane. Imogene Roebuck was director at that time.
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Members of the Lawrenceville High School basketball team of 1928: Henry Jackson, D.C. Kelley, Willie Posey, Horace Breesling, H.B. “Buck” Jackson, Mercer Harris, Alfred “Bud” Wilson, Sam Garner, James Slappey. That team was the northeast Georgia Championship Team, Coach Stancil trained the men and school principal was Theron White.
CURRENT EVENTS
Cadet John Robert Todd Completes West Point Training: Todd is the grandson of WWII veteran Robert Norton of Lawrenceville. John Robert Todd entered West Point on June 29, 2009 and successfully completed six weeks of CBT, also referred to as “Beast Barracks.” CBT is one of the most challenging events a cadet will encounter over the course of their four years at the academy. The initial military training provides cadets with basic skills to instill discipline, pride, cohesion, confidence and a high sense of duty to prepare them for entry into the Corps of Cadets. Areas of summer instruction included first aid, mountaineering, hand grenades, rifle marksmanship and nuclear, biological and chemical training. Todd began classes on August 17. The West Point curriculum offers 45 majors balancing physical sciences and engineering with humanities and social sciences leading to a Bachelor of Science degree and was recently named the top college in the country by Forbes Magazine.
Todd is a graduate of Highland Park High School in Dallas, Texas, and he plans to graduate from West Point in 2013 and be commissioned as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army.
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The wedding of Sheri Ann Anderson and Clifford Eugene Black will be on Saturday the twenty fourth of October at two o’clock in the afternoon at the Snellville United Methodist Church.
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The Gwinnett County Democratic Women met at O’Charley’s in Lawrenceville on September 15. The speaker for the evening was Stacey Chavez, Southern Regional Director of “The White House Project.”

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November 3 is the date to vote for local candidates. In Dacula Mayor Jimmy Wilbanks faces challenger Betty Hale and Councilman Wendell Holcombe is unopposed, Councilman Gregory Reeves is challenged by Gene Gresson.
In Grayson Mayor Jim Hinkle faces challenger Damon Ladd-Thomas and Council members Allison Rooks and Marcus Hinton are unopposed.
Running for Lawrenceville City Council Post 3: John Merrill, Doug Nash, and Katie Hart Smith. For Lawrenceville City Council Post 4 Rodney Camren challenges incumbent P. K. Martin.


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