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8A I DAWSON COUNTY NEWS I dawsonnews.com
Wednesday, April 3,2019
Like Roosevelt, Hinckley and other stories a dress may hold
Until the presidential election
of 1988, Daddy, who always
cherished his right to vote, had
never cast a ballot for a non-
Democrat. He was, as was most
mountain kin of ours, what
folks in the South call “a yel
low dog Democrat.” In other
words, they would vote for a
yellow dog as long as he was a
Democrat.
It was Franklin D. Roosevelt
who inspired these backwoods
folks to believe that a powerful
man in Washington, D.C., real
ly cared for farmers in Turner’s
Comer, near where the
Appalachian Trail begins.
Those of Daddy’s generation
have mostly gone to their
graves but with them, they took
long-held admiration and loyal
ty for President Roosevelt. He
had saved them from despair
and starvation after the
Republican presidency of
Herbert Hoover had delivered
the Great Depression.
Roosevelt’s programs like
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WPA paid men a dollar a day to
construct public buildings and
roads while also putting to
work artists, musicians and
writers.
A few years back, Georgia
Gov. Nathan Deal appointed
me to the board of the Little
White House in Warm Springs,
which is where Roosevelt
enjoyed his happiest days as
well as where he took his final
breath while lying on a small,
low-flung cot.
I revere history, especially
that of Roosevelt, Winston
Churchill and all those involved
in World War II. It’s meaning
ful to help preserve the impor
tant legacy of President
Roosevelt. If Daddy were still
alive, he’d proudly feel that he
was doing something for his
hero through his daughter.
For the swearing-in at the
Capitol, I wanted a dress that
represented my people and paid
homage to those humble days
when 50 cents buried in the
back yard was a fortune. On
eBay for the price of seven dol
lars — a week’s work on the
WPA — I found the perfect
dress. A leftover from the
1960s, it was a short-sleeved
shift, cut from off-white
crushed velvet. The inside of
the dress was yellowed from
age and a bit stiff but when I
put it on, I smiled with satisfac
tion. Although it was vintage
and inexpensive, it was defi
nitely the kind of Sunday dress,
paired with heels and earrings,
that showed respect.
I handed Daddy’s worn King
James Bible to the Governor
and, as my voice cracked a bit,
asked him to give me the oath
with my hand on Daddy’s most
precious possession.
At that moment, I felt that I
stood not just for Daddy or
Mama or Uncle Oscar or Aunt
Fairy but for all the
Appalachian people who felt
such pride and gratitude for
President Roosevelt.
As I left the Capitol, stepping
across the tree-shaded street, a
woman glanced as she passed
then stopped and turned around.
“Oh my! That’s the prettiest
dress. So simple and elegant.”
And I, being the Scotch-Irish
person I am, replied, “Thank
you! It only cost seven dollars!”
Last summer, I bought anoth
er old dress from the 1960s
from an online store that spe
cializes in vintage clothes. It is
a sleeveless bright orange, gore
paneled dress with a cowl neck
smothered in pearls and lined in
orange satin. It is elegant and
pretty. I wrote the seller and
asked about the dress’s history.
“I bought it from an estate
sale in upper scale community
in Williamsburg, Va.,” she
replied. “The woman had taken
extraordinary care of the nice
clothes she had from the 1960s
and 1970s. John Hinckley, who
tried to assassinate President
Reagan, now lives with his
mother in that gated community.
They were neighbors with the
woman who owned this dress.”
One Sunday, I put the dress
on for church and stood at the
mirror, wondering what stories
this orange dress knows. My
eye caught the off-white crush
velvet that cost seven dollars.
“That dress had stories before
it was mine,” I thought.
Now, I’ve added a chapter to
its history. In memory of
Daddy, our poor mountain kin
and President Franklin D.
Roosevelt.
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The Dawson County
Senior Center is host
ing a spring bazaar and
rummage sale from 8
a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday,
April 12 and 8 a.m. to 2
p.m. Saturday, April 13.
The sale will be in
Veterans Memorial Park
gym on Hwy. 9 N in
Dawsonville. For booth
information call (706)
344-3700.Tables are $10
each and proceeds go
toward the purchase of a
new piano for the center.
The quarterly meeting
of the Dawson County
Library Board of
Trustees will be at 5
p.m. April 15 at the
Dawson County Library.
All meetings are open to
the public. Members
may be allowed to speak
at the end of the regular
business session, if rec
ognized by the Chairman.
Visitors may not partici
pate in board discussion
of items on the agenda.
The library is at 342 Allen
St. in Dawsonville.
AARP volunteers will
be conducting a driver
safety course at the
Dawson County Library
next month.The course
will be from 9 a.m. to 4
p.m. April 23 at the
library at 342 Allen Street
in Dawsonville.The cost
for AARP members is
$15, and $20 for non
members. Class size is
limited, so call or text
Arthur Sheehan at (706)
227-2689 to sign up or for
more information.
The Dawson County
High School Future
Farmers of America
will be hosting their
annual plant sale April
12-13. Plants available for
purchase include: sweet
potato vine (purple and
green); wave petunia
baskets; Marigolds; Ball
Gown Plant; Lantana;
Dragon Wing Begonias;
Wax Begonias (Green
and Purple); Vinca,
Impatiens; Heart Leaf
Philodendron; Coleus;
Black and Blue Salvia
(AKA: Sage); Geraniums;
Confetti Lantana;
Wandering Jew Baskets;
Impatient Baskets; New
Guinea Impatient
Baskets; Mixed Baskets;
Ferns; multiple varieties
of tomatoes; Beef Stake;
Better Boy; Cherokee
Purple;TommyToe; bell
peppers; hot peppers;
banana peppers; cab
bage; and other items.
Plants will be on sale
from 3 to 6 p.m. April 12
and from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
April 13. All money goes
to support the FFA green
house and the FFA
Chapter for their activi
ties. Prices will be posted
outside the greenhouse
for viewing before you
decide to buy.The plants
are in the Greenhouse
adjacent to the high
school at 1665 Perimeter
Road. For more informa
tion contact Keith Pankey
at kpankey@dawson.k12.
ga.us or at (706) 265-
6555.
Veterans Affairs of
Dawson County is
hosting its annual all-
you-can-eat pancake
breakfast from 8 to 11
a.m. April 13 at the
Professional
Development Center.
Join them for plain or
home-grown blueberry
pancakes served with
coffee, juice, water,
bacon, sausage, butter,
syrup and smiles. Dine
in or carry out.Tickets
are $6 and can be
bought at the door or in
advance from a board
member. The
Professional
Development Center is
at 30 Main Street in
Dawsonville, next to the
Food Lion shopping cen
ter. Look for the Veterans
Affairs Jeep.
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Thurmond said.
SPLOST VI projects
for FY19 discussed
The commission heard
from Public Works Director
David McKee about upcom
ing SPLOST VI projects
approved for FY19.
As of March 28, the
county has collected
$23,474,408.35 for
SPLOST projects.
Collections for SPLOST
VI began in July 2015 with
85 percent of collections
going toward county proj
ects and 15 percent allocated
to the city of Dawsonville.
County projects approved
for FY19 amount to $7.5
million.
Approved projects
include: $800,000 for the
rehabilitation of the multiuse
field and pavilion at Veterans
Memorial Park; $700,000
for vehicles and equipment
for the Dawson County
Sheriff’s Office; $1,315,000
for the Sweetwater Fire
Station project; $72,000 for
fire truck payment and
$186,881 for partial fire
track payment; $2.5 million
for the construction of the
Public Works Complex;
$700,000 for the Culvert
pipe replacement program;
and $145,000 for computer
replacement.
Alcohol Licensing
Administrator
position requested
Planning & Development
Director Jameson Kinley
also came before the board
requesting approval for an
Alcohol Licensing
Administrator to serve in the
Fire Marshal’s Office.
The Marshal’s Office con
sists of two code compliance
officers, with one officer
handling animal control and
one handling code enforce
ment.
Kinley said the added
position would act as a dis
patcher which allows both
code compliance officers to
be in the field proactively
addressing code violations.
The main responsibilities
of the alcohol license
administrator would be to
handle the alcohol licenses
for the county which
includes licenses for busi
nesses and pouring permits
for the county and the city of
Dawsonville.
Kinley said more than 50
storefronts sell alcohol and
the office’s database consists
of more than 1200 active
alcohol permits for sellers,
distributors, pouring permits
and special purpose business
licenses, all of which must
be evaluated annually.
“The Alcohol Licensing
Administrator would be
solely in charge of alcohol
permitting that currently
takes a large portion of time
by our officers,” the request
reads. “This would also
allow the Marshal’s Office
to have an in-office person
to answer phone calls and
act as a dispatch for better
service to Dawson County
citizens.”
The salary range for the
position is $17.00 to $26.35
per hour. Kinley requested
the board approve
$58,169.48 for salary and
benefits.
Other items to be voted on
at the April 4 voting session
include: a special event busi
ness license application for
MLH Farm/Uncle Shuck’s
to have a com maze, sun
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flower maze and Christmas
tree farm at its new location;
presentation of land use res
olution update; an applica
tion for the 4-H Rabies
Clinic; a request for the cre
ation of general fund contin
gency in the 2019 budget;
board appointment for the
Board of Tax Assessors; pre
sentation of pay schedule for
Constitutional Officers; and
a three-party agreement
between Dawson County,
Dawsonville and the
Dawson County Humane
Society for animal control
enforcement.
The voting session will be
at 6 p.m. April 4 in the sec
ond floor assembly room in
the Dawson County
Government Center at 25
Justice Way in Dawsonville.
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