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A blessed
arrival
F amily and friends
gathered at the
hospital recently to
await the arrival of a very
special
addition to
the Hogan
and Seiple
families.
Lillian
Elaine
Seiple was
welcomed
to the fami
ly by grand-
p arents,
great-grandparents, aunts,
uncles and cousins on Aug.
29, 2009.
Grandmother Sharon
Hogan’s tears of joy at the
birth of her granddaughter
marked the arrival of the
newest member of the fami
ly. I couldn’t help but cry too
at this blessed event. Sharon
Hogan has been my friend
for almost 25 years and I
have watched her daughter,
Kelli, grow up. She is like
a little sister to me and I am
so glad to be a part of this
happy time in her life.
Lily actually arrived about
two weeks before our due
date so she caught all of us
a little by surprise. I headed
to Gainesville that Saturday
morning around lunch time
hoping that I hadn’t missed
the arrival. I arrived with
plenty of time to spare as
Baby Lily didn’t arrive until
almost 4:30 p.m.
I hadn’t planned on being
in the delivery room but I
ended up in there. I was
going to wait in the hallway
until she was born and then
go in the room to get the
first few photos of the baby.
The hospital didn’t allow
people to wait in the hall
way, so I agreed to go in
the delivery room. I didn’t
however, plan, on watching
the birth.
Luckily, they had a curtain
you could pull around one
corner of the room. I stood
behind the curtain and pre
pared myself for the screams
you always hear about dur
ing deliveries. There was
none of that. Kelli did great
and Baby Lily was born in
just under one hour.
While I didn’t watch the
delivery, I did peep out
from behind the curtain a
few times to look at Kelli’s
husband. The expression of
wide-eyed wonder on his
face as the baby was born
is something I will always
remember.
Lily is a much-anticipat
ed addition to the family.
We are so happy to have a
healthy, happy baby. There
is no greater joy than a baby.
I look forward each step of
her life and watching her as
she grows up. Children are
indeed a blessing and we
feel very blessed to have a
new addition to the family.
It’s hard to believe that
little Kelli is all grown up,
married and starting her
family. When I took my
7-year-old nephew to visit
the new baby at the hos
pital, he walked over to
Kelli and said, “So, you’re
a mother now Kelli.” It’s a
special time when a woman
becomes a mother for the
first time and I’m glad I was
there to share it with Kelli.
Angela Gary is associ
ate editor of The Jackson
Herald and editor of The
Banks Coun ty News. She can
be reached at AngieEditor@
aol.com.
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Jana Adams Mitcham,
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Section C
100-year-old Civil War books found at library
A Mystery in Maysville
Effort under way to raise
funds to restore books
part of a book club that
was offered from 1911 to
1912.
The inside of the books
are in good condition but
the bindings are brittle
and tearing. A fundraiser
is under way to restore the
books so that they can be
on display in the library.
“We are concerned about
the condition of them,”
Lovell said. ‘We want
people to be able to look
at them. It is such an
important piece of his
tory. It’s a shame to have
them locked in a storage
room.”
Raffle tickets are being
sold for $2 each with the
prizes including prizes
donated from local busi
nesses as well as auto
graphed Mary Jane Clark
books. The drawing
will be on Oct. 3 at the
Maysville Autumn Leaf
Festival. Tickets are avail
able at the library and from
members of the Friends of
the Library organization.
Tickets will also be sold
on the morning of Oct. 3
at the festival
Library leaders have
contacted an antique book
dealer in Atlanta to get
quotes on restoring the
books. The cost will be
$900 to $1,700, depend
ing on whether they are
bound with a soft cover or
a leather cover. If a leather
cover is chosen, some of
the original binding will
be able to be incorporat
ed.
Lovell also has a blog
where she keeps those
interested in the books
updated on the project.
For updates on the project,
check out the library blog
at maysvillelibrary.word-
press.com. The library staff
is particularly interested
in learning more about the
origins of the books and
how they became a part of
the Maysville collection.
To become involved with
the restoration project or
other library programs,
call Lovell or Stephens at
706-652-2323.
WANTS TO RESTORE BOOKS
Maysville library manager Delana Lovell wants the Civil War books found at the
library to be restored. She would like to display them in a case at the library and
allow community members to look at them.
“We want people to be able to look at them. It is such
an important piece of history. It’s a shame to have
them locked in a storage room.’
— Delana Lovell, Maysville library manager
BOOK ON
CIVIL WAR
FOUND BOOKS IN STORAGE ROOM
Maysville library assistant Sherri Stephens found a
historic set of books in the storage room this sum
mer. The 10-volume set includes photos of the Civil
War.
BYANGELA GARY
An effort is under way to
raise funds to restore a set
of Civil War books found
in the Maysville Public
Library. Meanwhile, the
staff would love to find out
how the books ended up
on a shelf in the library’s
storage room.
While clearing out the
library storage room ear
lier this summer, library
assistant Sherri Stephens
found a stack of 10
books wrapped individu
ally in plain white paper.
Library manager Delana
Lovell said the discovery
is a valuable collection.
The set, entitled "The
Photographic History
of the Civil War in Ten
Volumes” is nearly 100
years old and no one
seems to know how it
came to rest in the local
library, which was built
in 1993.
The books are inscribed
to “H.C. Wheeler” with
the date “1913” writ
ten in them, as well as
“Connecticut.”
Although reluctant to
open all the packages
for fear of damaging the
books, Lovell has looked
at two of the volumes and
found that they contain
literally thousands of pho
tos documenting battles,
troop movements, loca
tions, events and people
of the Civil War. The
photos, some taken by
famed Civil War photog
rapher Matthew Brady,
are a treasure that pro
vides unique documenta
tion of and perspective on
the war, Lovell said.
Lovell’s research indi
cates that the set was
issued in 1911 in com
memoration of the semi
centennial of the war and
is considered a ‘must
have’ set for any Civil War
historian. The books are
a second edition of the
series and includes a let
ter from President Taft.
The first edition didn’t
include the letter from the
president. The books were
MAYSVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY
A set of books on the Civil War was recently found at the Maysville Public
Library. The books have likely been at the library since it opened in 1993.