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Friends, family commemorate local woman’s 100th birthday By LUKE GARDNER newsroom@appenmedia.com
DUNWOODY, Ga. — July 20 was a big day for Dunwoody resident Doris Minor Martin. More than two dozen friends and family gathered at the home of her son and daughter-in-law, Jim and Helen Martin, to celebrate her 100th birthday on Wednesday, July 20. During the party, which ran most of the late afternoon, Doris blew out her candles at around 4 p.m. while surrounded by smiling guests. Throughout the party she opened gifts, most of them books and photographs. “I am really proud of her for making it to 100,” said Doris’ daughter Jan Hamil-
ton. Doris has lived in Dunwoody for almost five years after moving in with Jim and Helen, who have lived in the area for decades. She was born in 1922 in Frayser, Tennessee, which is now part of Memphis. Upon graduating high school, she took a job at a local bank. It was there that she saw the name James Martin on a list of deceased and missing soldiers. After 9 to 10 months as a German war prisoner,
See CELEBRATES, Page 5 Doris Minor Martin sits between her daughter Jan Hamilton, at left, and her daughter-in-law Helen Martin.
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Dunwoody residents up in arms about multiuse paths By JAKE DRUKMAN jake@appenmedia.com DUNWOODY, Ga. — Some Dunwoody residents are up in arms about the city’s planned construction of multiuse paths along its major corridors, though City Council members say the concerns are being addressed. The city has four major path projects in the pipeline. The first, a 12-foot multiuse trail
along Winters Chapel Road, is under construction and set for completion in the spring. The other proposed projects include similar paths along Peeler Road and the northern section of Tilly Mill Road, and either a trail or sidewalk along the southern portion of Tilly Mill. Residents say the 12-foot paths would be a liability, rather than an asset, to the community. Some worry hundreds of trees may be cut down to
make way for the paths, while others say putting cyclists and pedestrians together on the path could create safety hazards. Frank O’Neill, a resident of the Briers North neighborhood just off Tilly Mill Road, said he and neighbors conducted a tree survey on the north end of Tilly Mill and found 330 were in the right of way needed to construct a multiuse trail. At the same time, the City Council has been discussing an
ordinance to protect the city’s trees, though the matter was tabled in June. “It doesn’t make a lot of sense to be
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Atlanta man arrested for stealing clothing DUNWOODY, Ga. — Dunwoody police arrested an Atlanta man July 14 after he allegedly attempted to steal more than $500 in children’s clothing from Macy’s in Perimeter Mall. An employee told police the man entered the store, began picking up items from the children’s section and attempted to walk out the door with the clothing in his hands. Loss prevention employees stopped the man and took him into the back office until police arrived. The responding officer reviewed security camera footage that displayed the incident, according to the report. Due to issues with the store’s software, employees could not immediately burn the footage to a DVD for evidence. Police transported Justin Ferrell, 36, of Atlanta, to the DeKalb County Jail on a
DUNWOODY, Ga. — A Dunwoody man was arrested July 15 after he allegedly took his roommate’s car without permission and drove it while he didn’t have a driver’s license. The reporting officer noticed the man driving erratically near the intersection of Tilly Mill Road and Peachtree Industrial Boulevard. The officer attempted a traffic stop but the man began to drive faster. Eventually, the man turned into the Lacota Apartments complex on Peachtree Industrial Boulevard and drove through “at a high rate of speed” before parking in front of one of the buildings, according to the report. The man then exited the car and began walking toward the officer, who drew his Taser. The officer was able to handcuff the man without incident. The man told police he had just gotten off work and did not see the officer’s lights. He also told police the car didn’t belong to him and that he had taken his roommate’s keys without permission, according to the report. The man’s roommate said he had no
idea his keys had been taken, and that he never gave the man permission to drive his car. Sammy Leon, 23, of Dunwoody, was arrested and charged with motor vehicle theft, driving while unlicensed, attempting to elude police and improper lane usage.
Two women arrested for creating ruckus DUNWOODY, Ga. — Dunwoody police arrested an Atlanta woman and an Ellenwood woman July 16 after they were reported for pounding on an apartment door at the Drift Dunwoody apartment building. Police arrived and saw four women knocking on the door, shouting and attempting to enter the apartment. While police spoke with the women, the apartment’s female resident opened the door and immediately began arguing with one of the women, according to the report. Police separated them and spoke with the resident. The resident said the women “just showed up,” began banging on the door and asking for one of their belongings. The resident said none of the women
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Roswell murder suspect killed by Colorado police By CHAMIAN CRUZ chamian@appenmedia.com ROSWELL, Ga. — Roswell police say murder suspect Fabien Perry was killed in the early morning hours of July 19 following an armed confrontation with law enforcement in Colorado. The 27-year-old man had been wanted for nearly two weeks. Roswell police said it is likely Perry fled the state soon after he shot and killed his girlfriend, Johana Cabrales-Hernandez, 23, inside their Roswell home on July 6. Roswell police spokesman Tim Lupo said their search for Perry led to Aurora, Colorado, where information was gath-
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ered that he was at a home in the area of North Oswego Street. That’s when they requested help from the Aurora Police Department, which immediately sent resources to apprehend Perry. According to Aurora police, officers located Perry at the home around 12:45 p.m. on July 18, and SWAT responded to the scene. Other occupants of the home, thought to be acquaintances of Perry’s, exited the house, but Perry remained inside, refusing orders to come PERRY out. The Aurora Police Department Crisis Negotiations Team also responded to the scene and team members were able to initiate communications with Perry. Over the next several hours, negotiators continued to try and convince Perry to exit the home, unharmed, police said. Aurora police then requested help from the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office, and deputies responded to the scene. They also received assistance from the Littleton and Englewood police departments. At 9:45 p.m., officers reported hearing multiple gunshots from inside the home, but they did not return fire. Instead, they allegedly continued to try and communicate with Perry using the public address
system on the Armored Response and Rescue Vehicles at the scene. Aurora police stated Perry remained uncooperative and fired several more rounds throughout the night. Then, at about 2:18 a.m., Perry allegedly exited the home, armed with a rifle. “Shots were fired by one Aurora police officer and one Arapahoe County Sheriff’s deputy,” the Aurora Police Department stated. “Medical care was provided by Aurora Fire Rescue, and the suspect was transported to the hospital. He did not survive his wounds.” The police officer and sheriff’s deputy who fired their weapons are said to have been equipped with department-issued body cameras, which will be now used in the investigation. They have been placed on paid administrative leave, per each department’s policy. The Critical Incident Response Team for the 18th Judicial District responded and will be investigating the officer-involved shooting incident. The CIRT Team conducts independent, multi-agency investigations into officer-involved shootings in Arapahoe, Douglas and Elbert counties. Cabrales-Hernandez’s family has started an online fundraising campaign to cover the costs of her funeral and help support her two children. To donate, visit gofundme.com/f/help-for-samys-funeralexpenses.
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Dunwoody slates groundbreaking for new Perimeter Center park DUNWOODY, Ga. – Groundbreaking on a new 5-acre park in Dunwoody’s Perimeter Center is set for this week. The Dunwoody City Council and the Parks and Recreation Department was scheduled to host the ceremony and celebration for the new park at 50 Perimeter Center East, on July 25 at 10 a.m. The park will include the city’s first splash pad, a playground, pavilions and other amenities. “We’ve had a need for a park in Perimeter Center since the city was incorporated,” Dunwoody Mayor Lynn Deutsch said. “Thousands of Dunwoody residents will finally have easy access to green space and park amenities.” Perimeter Center Park was originally scheduled to be built in 2020 using city hotel/motel taxes but was put on hold due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In March 2022, Dunwoody City Council
members approved using funding from the American Rescue Plan to restart the project. Construction on the $3 million project is scheduled to be completed by the end of 2022, with time for the park’s splash pad to open in time for summer 2023. “In addition to providing great new amenities, this park will also support our goal of connectivity since it will tie into the Dunwoody Trailway and pedestrian bridge over the North Fork of Nancy Creek,” Dunwoody Parks and Recreation Director Brent Walker said. “We’re happy to get started.” The Dunwoody Parks and Recreation Department is soliciting names for the new park and two other future parks in the city. To submit a name idea for the parks, email parks@dunwoodyga.gov by July 31. – Alex Popp
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Kemp extends Georgia gas tax break By REBECCA GRAPEVINE Capitol Beat ATLANTA — Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp has extended the state’s gas tax holiday through Aug. 13. The General Assembly suspended the fuel tax in March as pump prices began rising above $4 a gallon. Kemp extended that break in May and again on July 1. The state gas tax is around 29 cents per gallon. Kemp also suspended the state sales tax on locomotive fuel, which he said would help fight rising consumer costs. “I am committed to fighting to ease the economic burden hardworking Georgians are facing due to disastrous policies from Washington politicians,” Kemp said. Kemp said President Joe Biden’s administration had not done enough to combat inflation and rising fuel prices. In June, Biden called on Congress to suspend the federal gas tax (18 cents per gallon) until the end of September. Biden has also ordered releases of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, the nation’s emergency oil stockpile. Georgia’s gas prices are about 50 cents below the national average, according to AAA. On Friday, Kemp also extended an April executive order declaring a state of emergency in Georgia related to
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supply chain disruptions. The order prohibits price gouging by gas station operators and relaxes some rules on commercial trucking in Georgia. Kemp extended that executive order until August 13. This story is available through a news partnership with Capitol Beat News Service, a project of the Georgia Press Educational Foundation.
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Planning Commission Meeting City Hall 6 p.m.
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“Josh Gilbert Band” Brook Run Park Amphitheater 6 - 9 p.m. Open house, art demos, live music Spruill Center for the Arts 5 p.m.
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Georgia Power plans 12% hike in rates over next three years By JAKE DRUKMAN jake@appenmedia.com ATLANTA — As Georgia consumers reel from rising grocery and gas prices, another aspect of everyday life may soon become more expensive: electricity. Georgia Power announced in late June that it plans to increase its prices on electricity by about 12% over the next three years, with the biggest jump in costs planned for 2023. The company filed a request for the increase June 24 with the Georgia Public Service Commission, which must give its approval before the price jump can go into effect. Georgia Power’s request, which consists of hundreds of documents and spreadsheets, contains a written testimony from Larry Legg, the company’s director of pricing and rates. The testimony states that if the rate hike is approved as written, a typical residential customer would pay an extra $14.32 per month — or about $172 for the year — in 2023. Average monthly residential rates would then rise another $1.35 in 2024 and about 62 cents in 2025. The total three-year increase would add up to $16.29 per month, or $195.48 per year. The company defines a “typical” residential customer as one using 1,000 kilowatt-hours per month. Georgia Power says it will use the money it gains from the rate increase to invest in “strengthening and further securing the electric grid” and expand-
ing its use of clean and renewable energy. “As our state continues to grow and the energy landscape rapidly evolves, we recognize and respect our customers’ focus on the reliability and resiliency of Georgia’s electric system, the expansion of our clean energy resources and Georgia Power’s continued ability to safely and reliably meet their energy needs,” Georgia Power CEO Chris Womack said in a statement. “This request reinforces our commitment to meeting those needs while continuing to provide clean, safe, reliable and affordable energy for generations of Georgians.” The company also said it plans to improve customer service and energy resource management systems, as well as increase its investments in electric vehicle charging infrastructure. In total, the company says it plans to invest nearly $700 million in these initiatives. The Public Service Commission will begin hearings on the proposed rate increase in September and is scheduled to make a final decision on Dec. 20. The commission live streams its hearings on its YouTube channel. Fulton and DeKalb counties are represented in the Public Service Commission by Commissioner Fitz Johnson, while Forsyth County is represented by Commissioner Lauren McDonald. Contact info for your Public Service Commissioner can be found on the commission’s website, psc.ga.gov/.
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James returned home, and the love story began. The two were married in 1947, and by 1954 had their children, Jan and Jim. James worked at a bank while Doris stayed home to care for the children. “I’m sure I was plenty of work,” Jan said. Jan has plenty of fond childhood memories, chuckling as she recounted a time when the family went to Disneyland and got lost in traffic. On another occasion, the family had to turn around completely after not being able to maneuver their tent trailer up the road at Pike’s Peak in Colorado. “We went out to Philmont Boy Scout Ranch twice,” Jan said. “We saw my brother hiking with his group; he was about 14. He knew he had to acknowledge us or he’d be in trouble, but he didn’t want to let his group see it. He kept his hands down and wiggled his fingers, and mom and I broke out laughing. It’s one of the funniest things I’ve seen him do.” Today, it’s not Doris’ son that’s 14, it’s her great-granddaughter. Both Jim and Jan had families of their own, a daughter each. Now, Jan’s daughter has two daughters of her own. “It was beautiful to see multiple
wrangling over preserving trees and then go in and clear cut hundreds of trees for these sidewalks that nobody really wants,” O’Neill said. Residents say the city’s numerous trees provide much-needed shade and privacy to their homes and existing sidewalks. They worry that a lack of canopies over the proposed paths make them uncomfortable to walk or bike on in the summer. Beyond their opposition to the trails themselves, residents say the city hasn’t provided a clear picture on their construction plans. Jason Shwartz, who lives off Peeler Road, said he attended a City Council meeting regarding one of the path projects, and he couldn’t get the city to share specific plans. Other residents had the same complaints, stating the city’s outreach about the projects hasn’t been adequate. “I enjoy the idea of more municipal paths and more pedestrian-friendly infrastructure in the city,” said Aaron Hawkins, who also lives in the Briers North neighborhood. “It’s the way the City Council and the mayor seem to be putting these plans in place that’s so
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Dunwoody resident Doris Minor Martin blows out candles on a chocolate cake – an old family recipe – while a raspberry cake sits nearby at the ready with more candles.
generations come together to celebrate a wonderful life,” said Susie Stern, a family friend of over two decades. “Seeing so many of our friends, neighbors and family members come out to celebrate made our hearts so full. It’s not often you get to attend a 100th birthday party.”
The confusion surrounding the plans likely stems from the fact that they remain unfinished. While the Winters Chapel trail is funded and under construction, the connecting Peeler Road trail construction remains unfunded, and both Tilly Mill projects remain in the conceptual phase, according to Public Works Director Michael Smith. City Councilman John Heneghan said a recent meeting on the Tilly Mill trail was just for the council to instruct staff on which side of the street they should look at installing the trail on. The council opted to look at the east side. Heneghan said city staff still has to make engineering plans to begin to reach out to residents who would be most affected. Councilman Joe Seconder said the city is pausing on its existing trail plans and is bringing in Metro Atlanta nonprofit PATH Foundation to “build a holistic city plan” to connect its major corridors with trails and paths. He said the city would work with all stakeholders to create the plan. Seconder also said multiuse paths have always been a part of the city’s vision, dating back to its decade-old master transportation plans.
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Deadline approaches for elderly to vacate building Roswell residents seek city’s help
By CHAMIAN CRUZ chamian@appenmedia.com ROSWELL, Ga. — Sheila Richards is living among carboard boxes stacked across her living room. At 75, she says she’s ready to move out of her apartment at 199 Grove Way if only she could find a landlord willing to take her government-subsidized Section 8 voucher. Richards is one of 33 residents at the complex who has until Sept. 1 to relocate after the City of Roswell deemed their building structurally unsound four months ago. The property, owned by the Housing Authority of Roswell, is managed by the Gainesville Housing Authority through a mutual agreement. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, or HUD, hired the Leumas Group to provide administrative support. A staff member is supposed to be on-site every weekday to answer residents’ questions, help them find housing and explain to potential landlords how the governmentsubsidized Section 8 voucher program works. Richards moved into her apartment in 2002, a couple years after her husband died. Before that, she was a university professor with a PhD and costume designer, a calling she says she answered when she was in high school. Richards said she’s open to moving outside the area, but it isn’t feasible because she has friends nearby who help her get to her doctor’s appointments in Atlanta. She said she gets so “violently sick” afterward, her doctors won’t let her take an Uber or taxi home. “In 2000, I was given two years to live by Emory University Hospital,” Richards said. “They had a guinea pig program that they were asking those of us that were waiting for a transplant to take. I signed
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Sheila Richards has carboard boxes stacked across her living room at 199 Grove Way so that she’s ready to move out at any given moment. The City of Roswell has deemed the property structurally unsound and given the residents until the end of August to relocate. the contract that I would do all eight [procedures], and that’s how my liver started regenerating. I’m the lucky 1 in 10,000. All the rest of them are gone and dead.”
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Richards said she’s already spent hundreds of dollars on rental application fees, only to discover that management won’t take a Section 8 voucher.
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While she and many of the other residents at 199 Grove Way are eligible for up to $1,300 for moving expenses, only $100 of that money can be used for application fees. She thought she found an available unit at the 1660 Peachtree Midtown Apartments, but Richards said it differed from the ones advertised online and so dirty and small she would have had to rent a stor-
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Continued from Page 6 age unit to cache the rest of her belongings. Richards said she is No. 161 on the waiting list at the Renaissance affordable housing community and three months out on another. Her neighbor, 74-year-old Michael Dowda, has had his own troubles finding housing. Richards said she used to cook him dinner, but she’s had to stop because all her things are packed away. These days, she eats off paper plates. They admit their apartments are in bad shape. Richards said her screen door doesn’t close unless she forces it, and she can no longer place an egg on the countertop without it rolling onto the floor. The brick wall outside Dowda’s apartment is cracked, filled only with a small piece of cardboard. Richards and Dowda say they’re running out of time, but that Leumas isn’t being very helpful. “They won’t even tell us how much our vouchers are worth,” Richards said. “And to be truthful, [Leumas] is only here about three hours a day.” Dowda said there’s a list of phone numbers outside the complex’s office door, but nobody ever returns his phone calls. At the July 11 Roswell City Council meeting, Dowda asked for help, saying he had experienced homelessness before, for almost four years. “I’m not going to be homeless again,” Dowda told council members. “I’ll soon get my home in heaven, but we’ve got to solve this problem.” Dowda said no one from the city has reached out to him since. He said he’d like to see the mayor and City Council tell him and the other residents, “This is how we’re going to get you from point A to point B.” “We’re running against a brick wall, and the brick wall just doesn’t want to collapse,” Dowda said.
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Areas around the 199 Grove Way apartments are held up by metal supports after being deemed structurally unsound by the City of Roswell in March.
Mayor shares frustration
Mayor Kurt Wilson said at the July 11 City Council meeting he’s been working with the Housing Authority of Roswell since he was sworn into office in January, because he quickly realized he had “inherited dozens of years of issues” with the agency. “The first thing that was very apparent to us – to myself and the city administrator – was that we had [approximately] 40 residents that we considered to be in immediate peril from a potential collapse of a building,” Wilson said. “To your point, why wasn’t that addressed in the years past is part of the story that should be written.” Wilson said because the Housing Authority of Roswell is a HUD program, the city does not have purview, except to deem the building unsafe. He said the pleas for help are not falling on deaf ears. “I’m responsible for the fact that your building got condemned,” Wilson said. “That was a matter of safety. It was a matter of I was concerned that building would collapse, and I would lose 40 Roswell residents.”
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Meanwhile, another resident, Wanda Wilbanks, 86, said she’s been given a unit at one of the duplexes across the street, where she previously lived for 37 years with her kids, but that she’s not eligible for the funds to hire movers. “They said I wasn’t eligible for it, but I still have to move,” Wilbanks said. “I don’t know what I’m going
The office at 199 Grove Way closed for the day at around 4 p.m. on July 14. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development hired the Leumas Group to provide administrative support. A staff member is supposed to be on-site every weekday to help the residents relocate. to do.” Wilbanks retired in 1999 after driving a school bus for 45 years. She moved to 199 Grove Way in 2011 but said her apartment was never painted, and when the carpet was replaced, it was installed on top of the old one, making it difficult to clean. In 2017, her ceiling fell, breaking her dining room table and ruining her furniture. Wilbanks said she never got reimbursed and the ceiling has started to crack again. The Housing Authority of Roswell and Leumas have told residents that once the property is redeveloped in a couple of years, they will have first dibs on
The first thing that was very apparent to us – to myself and the city administrator – was that we had [approximately] 40 residents that we considered to be in immediate peril from a potential collapse of a building.” KURT WILSON Mayor of Roswell
the new apartments. Wilbanks said she doesn’t think she’ll still be alive when that happens. Karen Parrish, chairwoman of the Housing Authority of Roswell, said the goal is to have everyone placed by Sept. 1. Anyone who has not secured housing by that date will be addressed on a case-by-case basis. “We have residents with specific special needs that we know will be difficult to place and are hopeful to find suitable housing for each resident as soon as possible,” Parrish said. “This timeframe has been established through working jointly with HUD and the City of Roswell as well as the Marietta Housing Authority who is issuing the vouchers.”
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Sinclair gas station with Dino stood at Dunwoody crossroads A Sinclair gas station, often referred to as a filling station, once sat on the northwest corner of Chamblee Dunwoody and Mount Vernon roads, where Dunkin Donuts is today. The iconic Sinclair sign VALERIE featuring Dino the BIGGERSTAFF dinosaur was placed facing Mount Vernon Road. Jane Autry grew up in Dunwoody and remembered that Travis Eidson managed the Sinclair station, following his service in the Army from 1951 to 1953. Harry Ford Sinclair founded Sinclair Oil in 1916. He was working as a pharmacist, the career his father wanted for him, but wanted to explore other ways to make money. He began buying and selling small oil leases and established Sinclair Oil & Refining Corporation. (sinclairoil.com) In 1930, his advertisers developed the idea of a green dinosaur named Dino as a symbol for Sinclair. The company’s reasoning for the mascot was a belief that Pennsylvania grade crudes were formed during the age of dinosaurs. The company started out with several dinosaurs, but landed on the Apatosaurus, a favorite of the public. Originally, they referred to the dinosaur mascot as a Brontosaurus, but after many years of new scientific findings, it is now identified as Apatosaurus.
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Stephen Kirby and other young men at the Sinclair Gas Station.
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Sinclair: Continued from Page 8 Sinclair created a giant life-like papier mache Dino the dinosaur for the Chicago World’s Fair in 1933 and 1934. Dino appeared in the 1963 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade and for several years after. Then, after being absent for many years, Dino made a comeback in 2016 to celebrate 100 years for Sinclair Oil. Ken Anderson shared a photograph with me of the intersection of Chamblee Dunwoody Road and Mount Vernon Road in 2009. He described each corner of the intersection. Thompson’s country store and post office is on one corner, the Cheek mills and later Phillips 66 on another corner, the Cheek-Spruill Farmhouse on another, and Sinclair gas station on the last corner. The Sinclair sign is barely visible in the photograph. The only other photograph of the station known to me was also shared by Ken Anderson and a member of the
Kirby family. It shows a group of young men standing outside the Sinclair station of Dunwoody. You may remember other Sinclair stations and their iconic dinosaur from where you grew up. I recall the Sinclair station on LaVista Road near Northlake Mall and Briarcliff Village in Atlanta. According to sinclairoil.com, the closest Sinclair gas station to Atlanta today is in Culleoka, Tennessee. According to Jim Cowart, it was the Sinclair gasoline station where Cowart spoke to Carey Spruill about his land on Ashford Dunwoody Road. Cowart said, “Mr. Spruill, I’m Jim Cowart,” to which Spruill replied, “Yes, I’ve seen you over at the store.” The store was the Sinclair station. Cowart found out Spruill was considering selling 90 acres on Ashford Dunwoody Road to an apartment developer because the taxes were so high. This conversation led to the development of Perimeter Mall. You can email Valerie at pasttensega@ gmail.com or visit her website at pasttensega.com.
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It seems we can’t get enough of lists PAT FOX
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It seems like only yesterday, but 22 years ago, we celebrated a new millennium. To commemorate the epoch, in December 1999, A&E’s “Biography” aired a two-part special profiling the 100 most influential people of the past
1,000 years. I’m such a history nut, that I drew up my own list in advance to see how my roster compared to the experts. Sadly, the producers also opened the polling to internet users, so some figures got on the list based on their popularity at the time and not on historical merit. For example, Princess Diana, who had died only a couple of years earlier, was ranked at No. 73, ahead of Marconi, Louis Armstrong, Jonas Salk and a host of others whose influence we still feel today. To be sure, the Princess of Wales was a towering influence in her brief
reign. But, did she do more to change the world than, say, Lord Byron or Oliver Cromwell? Neither of them made the list. Thankfully, there were only a few objectionable entries based on internet polling. After the first 30 people or so, things began to get serious, say from No. 70 on down. It might interest readers to know that I guessed the person at No. 1 from the outset. I also completely overlooked some giants who deservedly ranked in the top 10. I got to thinking about this the other night while taking an antihistamine for my allergies. It has forced me to rethink that list. Somewhere on that roster of the most influential people of the last millennium, even one compiled in 1999, had to be the psychopath in Chicago who laced a number of bottles of Tylenol with cyanide back in 1983. The tampering resulted in at least seven deaths and led to major legislation on the packaging of over-the-counter medications. It didn’t stop there. Today, we endure the fallout of that idiot’s madness every day – every time
we reach for the pliers to wrestle a pill from an impregnable bubble-wrapped sheet, every time we open a jar of mayonnaise, a carton of half-and-half. So this guy or this woman deserves to be on that list. Hitler was. Another person overlooked was Willis Carrier, the guy most responsible for inventing air conditioning. Without the ability to cool buildings in scorching weather, do you really think cities like Atlanta, Houston or Phoenix could have risen to the prominence they enjoy today? What about Dubai in the United Arab Emirates? It has an average high in July and August of 106 F. And yet, it has the tallest building in the world and a population of 3.5 million people engaged in one of the fastest growing economies in the Middle East. One person who would not be on the list is the man or woman who invented the parking deck. That’s because no one really knows for sure that is. That leads me to another list – don’t we all love them? I keep an unofficial list of great lead-ins to news stories.
It began 50 years ago when, fresh off his Super Bowl win, Jets quarterback Joe Namath was paid $10,000 to shave his famous Fu Manchu in a commercial for Schick. The New York Times wrote: “Joe Namath shaved his controversial Fu Manchu mustache yesterday with a Schick electric razor for a reported fee of $10,000. That’s about $10 a hair.” I love stuff like that. Reporters work hard to make their first few sentences sing with impact. One of the best story leads on my list was about parking decks. It was on NPR and went something like this: “Henry Ford was the father of automobile assembly lines. President Eisenhower was the father of the interstate highway system. But the paternity of the parking garage is less clear. Like most inventions, its mother, of course, was necessity.” It may interest some to know that the best lead I ever wrote for a story, the one I’m most proud of, was buried on Page 3 of an inside section in a daily newspaper some years back. I won’t name the editor who made that decision. But, he’s on another list of mine.
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This beautiful Moravian star adorns the ceiling of the 19th century Thomas Byrd house in Milton. The City of Milton purchased the historic property in 2011 from foreclosure thus saving it from demolition. It now serves as the Milton Senior Center.
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which used them as classroom craft projects to help teach geometry to boys. The two- or three-dimension stars have anywhere from six to more than 100 points, but traditionally have 26 points. Like the Star of Bethlehem, the Moravian star represents the birth of Jesus. The star is traditionally hung the first Sunday of Advent (the four Sundays before Christmas) and remains up until Epiphany (12 days after Christmas). So, who were the Moravians? Where did they come from, and how did they get to North Fulton? Did they leave any lasting traces of their presence? Moravians began as a Protestant denomination in Bohemia and Moravia in the 15th century in what is now the Czech Republic. From their earliest days, the Moravians emphasized sending missionaries throughout the world. The first small settlement in North America was established along the Savannah River in 1735. According to famed local historian Caroline Dillman, a remnant from the Savannah settlement bought a tract of
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For years I have been intrigued by a Moravian star painted on the ceiling of the historic Thomas Byrd house in Milton built in the early 1800s. The former private home is owned by the City of Milton and serves as a senior BOB MEYERS activity center. The star is quite beautiful and has been a mystery for years. No one knows who put it there, but many people assume Moravian missionaries painted the star. It was painted using candle flecks on milk paint, a technique which creates the impression of marble. Other vestiges of possible Moravian presence appear from time to time. Marjorie Bates recalls a house she lived in 50-plus years ago in Midway that had a Moravian star covering an entire ceiling. The house was already old when she moved there, and it has since been destroyed. Another mystery. Moravian stars originated in Germany in the 1830s in Moravian schools
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Moravians: Continued from Page 12 land for $16 near the Chattahoochee River in the early 1800s and named it Warsaw after the city in Poland where some of the settlers originated. The Warsaw campground was located where Shakerag is today, off Bell Road in Johns Creek. The Warsaw Cemetery is a few miles away on Medlock Bridge Road hidden behind the Ivy Hill Animal Hospital. Early settlers are buried together with more recent additions. The Moravians built the original Warsaw Church on the campground in 1822 and moved it to the cemetery after the Civil War. In 2004 the church was moved to the Autrey Mill Nature Preserve & Heritage Center in Johns Creek. In keeping with the purposely small congregations typical of the Moravians, the church has only 16 pews. The Savannah program was not a great success. After a few years some missionaries returned to Europe. Some remained and ministered to Cherokee Indians and to slaves on plantations. Others traveled to Pennsylvania and North Carolina where large and thriving colonies were being established. Today, Pennsylvania and North Carolina are the largest Moravian centers in the United States. Moravians purchased 100,000 acres in North Carolina near the modern city of Winston-Salem and named it Wachovia after a pasture near the Danube River in Germany. Wherever they settled they established numer-
ous small congregations preferring to move to new places when other groups were capable of continuing their work. In that way they spread their influence and good works. Today, for instance, there are some 20 Moravian churches in Winston-Salem. The single Moravian church in Georgia today is First Moravian Church of Georgia in Stone Mountain, founded by Pastor Jack Vaiden, who established the congregation in 1975. It is a diverse group with members from several countries. The Moravians and Cherokee Indians worked well together for more than 30 years. The most celebrated Cherokee leader was wealthy businessman and plantation owner Chief James Vann (1766 –1809). Between 1802 and 1804, he completed the most elegant home in the Cherokee Nation which even today is a major tourist attraction. It is located on the Moravian Springplace Mission which was active in Georgia from 1804 to 1833 in the northwestern part of the state. The Moravian missionaries even helped build the Vann house. Chief Van invited Moravian missionaries to the area to teach Cherokee children. The result was the first school for young Cherokees. Now getting back to the mysterious Moravian star in the Thomas Byrd house, I had the good fortune to have a discussion with Lew Oliver, urbanist, master planner, and designer of communities and residences. He owned and lived in the Byrd house from 1998 to circa 2002. He undertook much needed renovations and was determined to discover the origins of the star.
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Jean Warren
Jean Warren, formerly of Dunwoody, passed away on June 18, 2022 at the age of 81. She was born to the late EJ and Frances Wenner in Fair Haven, NJ. She married the late Ray Warren in 1961 and they raised their children in Neptune, NJ. In 1978, Jean began a 25-year career with IBM in Administrative Services. She worked in the Cranford, NJ and White Plains, NY offices and in 1983 moved the family to Dunwoody, GA. She held positions in several departments and offices in the Atlanta area. The family attended St. Patrick’s Episcopal Church where she was a member of the choir. Jean and Ray were active in Dekalb Republican clubs. In retirement, she became known as
“The Walking Woman” in her Dunwoody North neighborhood, chatting with fellow walkers, both human and canine. After surviving a stroke and losing her husband in 2018, Jean moved to Brightmoor Senior Living in Griffin, GA. She leaves behind daughter Kitt Holmes with husband Gene of Griffin; son Tony Warren of Juneau, AK; granddaughters Katie Holmes and Mary Holmes of Griffin; brother Jim Wenner of Hot Springs, AR whose wife Doris passed away June 28; sisterin-law Evelyn Warren of Eatontown, NJ; and many nieces and nephews. A private Memorial Service will be held at St. Patrick’s where Jean’s earthly remnants will be interred with Ray’s.
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Lew took paint chips from the Byrd House and compared them to the original paint in the Vann house and found a perfect match. Fireplaces in both houses have late Georgian and Federal designs with characteristically large delicate mantle pieces. The Byrd House foyer had Cherokee names scribbled on the walls which unfortunately someone painted over. The house featured two parson’s rooms for traveling preachers which very well could have included Moravian missionaries going from Savannah to Warsaw or to North Carolina or Pennsylvania.
So, while we may never know for sure who painted the star and when, available information strongly suggests that it was done by Moravian missionaries. Special thanks to Pastor Jack Vaiden, Judy Webb, Ed Malowney, Bill Lusk and Karen Fowler for their assistance with this column. Bob is the Milton Historical Society Director Emeritus. You can email him at bobmey@bellsouth.net.
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Florence Ford Fortenberry
Florence Ford Fortenberry, age 89, passed away peacefully on June 21, 2022. Florence was born in Meridian, Mississippi, on July 23, 1932, moments after her twin sister, Janet, and much to the surprise and joy of her parents, Florence and Burton Ford and her older sister Ann. Florence grew up in the small town of Macon, Mississippi, where she graduated from Macon High School. Everyone in town knew and loved “the twins”! Florence attended Mississippi University for Women (The W) and Bowling Green Business College, and then moved to Greenwood as a secretary for an accounting firm. It was there she first met future husband Bob, who was working as an engineer with the Bell system. They later reconnected in Jackson, Mississippi, and Florence and Bob soon were married at Macon Methodist on September 1, 1956. They moved often with Southern Bell but kept coming back to Atlanta. Strong friendships grew out of phone company relationships that have flourished for decades, and from the bonds formed at Dunwoody United Methodist Church (DUMC), their church home since 1967. Florence found great joy in being a stay-at-home mother to their three sons. She was a devoted wife, baseball team mom, homeroom mother, PEO sister and pianist. When the boys left home, Florence started a 23-year career as the
bookkeeper for Pardue & Company. She served ably as a board member of the United Methodist Children’s Home for 32 years until 2018. Florence also remained active in scholarship activities as a member of the Dunwoody Woman’s Club. Florence poured her heart into her family, her friends, her faith, and into building relationships with women in the church at Dunwoody Methodist, especially through her Sunday School Class and the Hospitality Committee. She loved her “young moms” and supported them with wisdom, Bible studies and unconditional love. Mrs. Fortenberry was preceded in death by her beloved husband of 60 years, Bob, her devoted sisters Janet and Ann, and great-grandson George. She is survived by sons James ( Janet), Scott and Steve (Anne); grandchildren Erin (Mark), Ben ( Julie), Sara, Lucy and Joe; Gran’s great-grandchildren Charlotte, Caroline, Nathan, Will, and Luke; brother-in-law Don (Kaye), and treasured nieces and nephews. In celebration of Florence’s life, a memorial service will be held on Saturday, July 30 at 11 AM at DUMC in Dunwoody, GA, followed by a lunch reception at the church. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that any remembrances be made to the DUMC Youth Ministry or to the George Fortenberry Memorial Fund at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta.
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