Columbia became Postmaster in December 1906 and kept that position until Dillard Blackwell took over February of 1920. There was no mail delivery yet, but she would have operated the post office, which was in a small building on the Cheek family property.

Redan School and Shady Grove Schools are included in the 1916 book, “Educational Surveys of DeKalb County and Union County, Georgia.” I am slowly working my way through the schools in this book.

The mid-century folded plate roof design of Treasure Island stores made them stand out. It was known as the store under the squiggly roof.

Long noticed a large iron beam projecting from a switch. It was a brake beam that came loose from a freight car as the car passed the switch.

Volpp was first sent to Camp Forrest hospital in Tennessee. He developed rheumatic fever and was moved to Lawson General Hospital in Chamblee, Georgia.

A wonderful collection of photos was shared with me by the family of Morris J. Volpp. He contracted rheumatic fever while serving in the National Guard in 1941. These photos are not large group photos, but pictures of Volpp and a few other patients on the campus of Lawson General Hospital.

The survey book describes Rehoboth School as being a new $2,000 building on one acre, with a few trees and an “ample playground”.