George Adolphus, Sandy Springs postmaster
Finally in 1930, Adolphus began his career as a Methodist minister while living on Crew Street. But in 1934, he made the move to the country, bought a five-acre farm in Burdal and became postmaster.
1938, Fulton County school teachers who marry can keep their job
According to an article in the Sunday American Newspaper (the Sunday edition of the Atlanta Georgian), Oct. 3, 1937, titled “Married teacher opinion divided,” in the Fulton County School System, women teachers who married would lose their jobs.
Before Murphey Candler Park
In the early 1950s, the Kiwanis Club of North DeKalb spearheaded a project to provide North DeKalb County with a park. The 165-acre property was donated by M. A. and Cora Quinn Long and Fred B. Wilson for the construction of a park in 1953.
Moonshine stories
When Ralph Glaze was a boy growing up along Winters Chapel and Peeler Road, he remembers the rumor of moonshine production between Happy Hollow and Winters Chapel Road along what is now Dunwoody Club Drive. Adults used to say, “don’t go down there,” sometimes using the story of a monster to keep children away.
I-285 completed 1969, part of GA 400 opens in 1971
7.4 miles of I-285 on the east side of Atlanta opened in 1968. The entire 64 mile circumferential highway was completed October 15, 1969, according to the Georgia Department of Transportation.
Lydia T. Douglas, Civil Rights and the Atlanta Student Movement 1960
Douglas recalls that Lonnie King conceived the Atlanta Student Movement in 1960. King (no relation to Martin Luther King, Jr.) brought students together to form the Committee on the Appeal for Human Rights. His plan was to desegregate all public accommodations in the city of Atlanta.
History of Doraville Library
The land for the first Doraville library was donated by Dr. J. E. Flowers and E. S. Grant. The $18,488 cost was covered by DeKalb County bond funds in 1953. Three thousand books were loaned from the Decatur DeKalb Regional Library. There were plans to raise money for a permanent book collection.
William Black photograph collection at DeKalb History Center
Among the amazing archives of DeKalb History Center are photograph collections, including the William Black photo collection. William Black was the staff photographer and yearbook photographer at Chamblee High School from the late 1940s through the 1960s.