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The Led County Ledger 7owr Hometown Source Of Local News Hometown Newspaper of Bob and Mary Wilson Volume XLII- Number 5 Leesburg, Georgia - - October 2, 2019 Fifty Cents Lee County High School Homecoming To Honor 2019 LCHS Distinguished Alumni Special to the Ledger As the Lee County High School Trojans prepare to take on Thomson High School Bulldogs for homecom ing, the LCHS Distin guished Alumni com mittee is preparing the final touches to welcome our seven Distinguished Alumni back to LCHS and our community. The purpose of this program is to recognize outstanding alumni who have maintained a high standard of excel lence and distinguished themselves through their work, personal accom plishments, or in the lives of others. These individuals exemplify the ideals of the Lee County School System serves, and serve as role models for current and future Lee County High School students. The 2019 Class of Distinguished Alumni are listed in alphabetical order: Ms. Linda Henderson Coston, Class of 1969 Ret. Lt. Col. Mary McCray DaSilva, Class of 1987 Rev. Lorenzo L. Heard, Class of 1981 Mr. Billy Mathis, Class of 1978 Colonel Timothy Chris Owens, Class of 1989 Ret. Lt. Col. Robert “Bob” E. Usry, Class of 1962 Mr. James Patrick Vann, Class of 1988 Schedule of Events for nnr 901Q T fttS Dictin- guished Alumni Festiv ities: Thursday, October 3, 2019 - Homecoming Parade in downtown Leesburg at 5:30 pm. The Distinguished Alumni will serve as the Grand Marshals of the Parade. Thursday, October 3, 2019 - Distinguished Alumni Banquet Location: The Bind ery at Oakland Library (Leesburg, GA) Time: 7:00 pm Tickets: $10 per person (Available at Lee County Chamber of Commerce, Lee County High School and Lee County Board of Education). Friday, October 4, 2019 - School Presentations Ms. Linda Henderson students at LCHS9 - 1:20 pm Ret. Lt. Col. Mary Mc Cray DaSilva will speak with students at LCHS - 9:00 am Rev. Lorenzo L. Heard will speak at LCMS West - 8:45 am Mr. Billy Mathis will speak at LCHS - 9:00 am Colonel Timothy Chris Owens will speak at Lee County Utilities Authority has imple mented water restriction guidelines for its cus tomers. According to the Utilities Authority press release, their custom- LCMS East - 9:40 am Mr. James Patrick Vann will speak at LCMS East - 9:40 am Friday, October 4, 2019 - Homecoming Foot ball Game The 2019 LCHS Dis tinguished Alumni will be recognized from the Football Field during Pre-Game festivities and then will enjoy the football game with their ers are not to use their water service for outdoor watering between 10:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. This requirement is in effect every day. Due to high water guests. The Lee County High School Distinguished Alumni Program selects 7 recipients every year. For more information on how you can nominate your LCHS Distin guished Alumni, please email ldavis@lee.ga.us or shirleypa@lee.kl2. ga.us. Applications are available year-round. demands, high tempera ture and without rain in the immediate forecast, it was necessary for the Utilities Authority to es tablish these guidelines. Watering Restrictions For Utilities Authority Customers Historical Marker Honors Leesburg Stockade Girls Special to the Ledger The Georgia Historical Society, in conjunction with many individu als and organizations, dedicated a Civil Rights Trail Historical Marker Friday, September 27 to recognize the Leesburg Stockade and the girls held there in 1963. This is the first marker on the Georgia Civil Rights Trail located in Lee County. The marker shows the role of mass media in sharing the struggle for civil and human rights across the country and the world, including pho tographs of the stockade girls showed throughout America. Program participants included Jason Miller Lee County Schools Superintendent, Albany Mayor Dorothy Hub bard, Leesburg Mayor Jim Quinn, Shirley Green-Reese, one of the stockade girls, Danny Lyon and Georgia His torical President CEO W. Todd Groce. The Lee County Middle School Girls Choir performed. .GHS’s Georgia Civil DOHERTY, DUGGAN, HART&TIERNAN INSURORS Home • Auto • Business • Life/Health P.O.Box 71628 (229)888-2040 Albany, GA 31708-1628 800-628-2040 2301 Dawson Road (31707) Fax (229) 435-3036 www.ddhtins.com Lee County Homecoming Parade - 5:30 PM October 3, 2019 For information email Donna Jones jonesdo@lee. k12. ga.us Rights Trail initiative focuses broadly on the economic, social, political and cultural history of the civil rights movement. Specifical ly, roadside historical markers tell the story of the movement in Georgia by guiding audiences to the sites where history happened, inviting them to stand on the ground where struggles and events took place. The Leesburg Stockade marker states “In July 1963, a group of adoles cent African-American girls were incarcerated in the Lee County Stockade following arrest during the Civil Rights Move ment. The girls were held in a single cell lacking proper plumbing, run ning water, bedding, and sanitary supplies. Be cause their families were not initially told their lo cation and the girls never faced formal charges, they became known as the Leesburg Stockade Stolen Girls. Their plight was captured and shared through the photogra phy of Danny Lyon of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Commit tee (SNCC). SNCC’s distribution of the photos in Jet magazine and the SNCC newslet ter, Student Voice, led to the girls’ release in mid-September 1963. The use of photojournal ism and mass media in the Movement allowed Americans on a broad scale to witness and empathize with the struggle for human and civil rights.” The marker was applied for by Colby Pines, of California who grew up in the local area. He learned about the stockade and its history two years ago from a Georgia Public Broadcasting story on the stockade and wanted to help preserve a civil rights landmark. In the summer of 1963, 15 girls, ranging from 12-15 years old, were held in the stockade as a result of a peaceful protest in Americus. In the stockade, they lived in poor conditions with roaches, no toilet tissue and without running wa ter. They were held with out their parents know ing where they were. They were transported by a truck to Dawson before being brought to Leesburg because the jail in Americus was full. Eight of the 1963 Lees burg Stockade Girls are still living. Photo by Lee County Chamber of Commerce On Tuesday, September 24,2019 the Lee County Chamber of Commerce hosted a Ribbon Cutting for Benchmark Physical Therapy located at 1204 U.S. Hwy 19 S. Ste. B, Leesburg, (229) 496-2342, www.benchmark.urpt.com/locations/leesburg/. Their hours of operation are Monday and Wednesday: 7:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m., Tuesdays and Thursday 8:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m., and Friday 7:00 a.m. -1:00 p.m. Their therapist is certified in Dry Needling. He specializes in vestibular and post concussion therapy. He has traveled all over the country teaching other therapists and certifying them in treating these conditions. He is thankful and blessed to be back in SOWEGA and excited to get plugged into the community. He hopes to be someone who can provide a service that makes a difference. To Subscribe Call 229-759-2413 BHilHiilllii BANK OF LEE COUNTY & BANK OF TERRELL ARE EXCITED TO DO BUSINESS UNDER OUR NEW NAME Georgia Community Bank New Name. Same Faces. Same Commitment. 3000 N. SLAPPEY BLVD. ALBANY, GA 250 E. LEE ST. DAWSON, GA GCB.BANK pDic
