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THURSDAY. MAY 13, 2004 PICKENS COUNTY PROGRESS PAGE 15A
From the Progress files.
Turning back the pages: May, 1947
Jasper Flower Show Winners
The Jasper Women’s Club
announces the following prize win
ners at the annual Flower Show:
Sweepstakes - Mrs. Will Poole,
Mrs. J.S. Darnell and Mrs. Duff
Floyd.
Most Outstanding Arrangement -
Mrs. Duff Floyd; Junior Division -
Mary Hefner, Betty Sue Barrett,
Peggy Low.
Specimen: Roses - Mrs. Ancil
Poole, Mrs. E.A. Roper, Mrs. Will
Poole.
Iris - Mrs. Hick Allen, Miss
Addie Simmons, Mrs. John Dilbeck.
White Flowers in White Contain
ers - Mrs. Duff Floyd, Mrs. C.C.
Rogers, Mrs. J.B. Traylor.
Mixed Flowers with Mirror -
Mrs. Howard Dilbeck, Mrs. Hick
Allen, Mrs. J.B. Traylor.
Pitcher - Mrs. Will Poole, Miss
Addie Simmons, Mrs. J.B. Traylor.
Flowers with Fruits or Vegeta
bles - Mrs. H.E. Chastain, Mrs. Paul
Bozeman, Mrs. Duff Floyd.
Pair of Vases - Mrs. J.W. Dyer,
Mrs. A.L. Waldrop, Mrs. Clyde
Brady.
Coffee Tables - Mrs. H.V.
Brinkman, Mrs. Carter Low, Mrs.
Jack Adams.
Church Arrangements - Mrs.
Will Poole, Mrs. Duff Floyd, Mrs.
Edwin Harris.
Kitchen Arrangement - Mrs. J.S.
Darnell, Mrs. Paul Robinette, Mrs.
John Dilbeck.
Luncheon Table - Mrs. Jack
Adams, Mrs. E.A. Roper, Mrs.
Richard Brinkman.
Wild Flowers - Mrs. Clyde
Teague, Mrs. Howard Dilbeck.
Junior Division
Miniature - Mary Hefner, Jean
Holley, Emma Tilley.
Holiday - Betty Sue Barrett,
Edith Johnson, Arminda Poole.
Unique Containers - Peggy Low,
Hazel Stanfield, Frances Brady.
Flower Show Chairman, Mrs.
Glenn Burgess.
Prize Chairman, Mrs. Lyman
Parsons.
Tea Chairman, Mrs. Bill Wheel
er.
The Pickens Frozen Foods Com
pany has purchased a lot on the west
side of Ellijay Highway in Jasper;
property from Mr. Oscar Barrett on
which to erect the new freezer-lock
er plant.
Immediate construction is
planned. About 100 of the 140
required signers for lockers have
been secured and those interested in
having the plant here assured the
corporation the needed remainder
would be secured.
The building will be blocks
veneered with brick, about 40x100
feet and will represent an invest
ment of over $30,000.
At the Ninth District Convention
of the American Legion held last
Saturday and Sunday in Gainesville,
Mr. Lyman Parsons was elected
commander of the Ninth District
and Mr. Hays Pickett, both of
Jasper, was elected adjutant to the
district.
Mr. Parsons is now serving as
commander of the Pickens County
Post and Mr. Pickett is service offi
cer. The local post is on the State
Honor Roll and has 271 members, is
very active and plans are being
drawn for a new club house to be
built on the Legion lot in Jasper.
Fire of unknown origin destroyed
the Bri-Bell Chenille plant located
about a mile north of Jasper Tues
day night about nine o’clock. The
fire had such a headway that every
thing was destroyed.
The Bri-Bell Chenille Corpora
tion is owned by A.L. Brittain of
Jasper, C.S. Brittain and A.W. Bell
of Gainesville. They employed
about 20 people and manufactured
bedspreads, robes, bath mats and
rugs. They had been in operation 18
months. In addition to the machines,
they had a large stock of cloth and
Tate Elementary Yearbook dedicated
The Tate Elementary 2004 Year
book has been dedicated to Wayne
Reece, a Tate native, Atlanta attor
ney and school benefactor. Fifth
grade teacher Destini Lohman pre
sented a copy of the yearbook to
Mr. Reece at a school-wide assem
bly.
After visiting the school last fall
and recognizing the dire need to
upgrade the media center, Mr.
Reece was instrumental in securing
over $60,000 in books and technol
ogy resources to include refur
bished computers for students and
faculty.
“We are honored to recognize
his significant contributions and
continued support of education and
reading,” the dedication states.
Mr. Reece, whose law firm spe
cializes in governmental relations
and public affairs, continues to sup
port the school by serving on the
Tate Elementary School Advisory
Council.
Destini Lohman presents a
copy of the yearbook to Wayne
Reece.
Georgia DNR to hold meeting
to discuss conservation program
The Georgia Denartment of Nat- The Council will renort its findings rnnservarinn Pnrtnpixhin ”
The Georgia Department of Nat
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first of several public meetings to
discuss the development of the land
conservation partnership plan.
Governor Sonny Perdue created the
Advisory Council for Georgia’s
Land Conservation Partnership by
Executive Order on December 30,
2003. The Council is charged with
overseeing the development of the
state’s first comprehensive,
statewide land conservation plan.
The Council will report its findings
and recommendations to the Gover
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“Growing up on a farm in rural
Georgia, I learned early on the most
basic principles of stewardship. I
learned them from my father and
from the land itself,” said Governor
Sonny Perdue. “And the most basic
lesson was simply this: If you take
care of the land, the land will take
care of you. That is the fundamen
tal idea behind the Georgia Land
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The frame building, 50x100 feet,
two stories high, was owned by Mr.
Herman Carver. The total loss runs
over $40,000 and only partially
covered by insurance.
Notice by City Council
It will be necessary to increase
water rates beginning June 1, 1947.
At present and for several years the
income from water users has not
been sufficient to maintain the sys
tem, even without improvements.
Rates will be $2.00 minimum
and 400 per thousand over mini
mum.
Miss Emma Brady moved her
millinery and ladies’ ready-to-wear
stock of merchandise this week
from the Brinkman building on
Depot Street to the new Fincher
building next to Jasper Home Sup
ply on Main Street. She now has
plenty of room to display the latest
styles in ladies’ wearing apparel.
The Jasper Dry Cleaners has
leased the space formerly occupied
by Miss Brady.
Hershel Buchanan, representing
Tate, and Frank Mosley, Jasper, are
attending the Red Cross Swimming
School at White Bluff, Tennessee,
near Nashville. They are receiving
instructions in safety and first aid.
“Covering the Mountains with Care”
Please join us at our
Remembrance Celebration
in honor of tbe lives we have touched
from October 2005-March 2004
May 16, 2004 at 2PM
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Conservation Partnership.'
The plan will consist of State
acquisition of large, strategic parcels
of land, including fee or less than
fee interests; State grants to counties
and cities for greenspace acquisition
and protection; and State support
and incentives to increase land con
servation by private landowners,
land trusts, and philanthropic organ
izations .
The meeting will be held as fol
lows:
DOWNTOWN CANTON THE
ATER on MAY 10, 2004 at 6:00 PM
Directions: The Downtown Can
ton Theater is located at 171 East
Main Street, Canton, Georgia.
From 1-575, take exit #17 (GA Hwy
140). Follow exit to GA Hwy 140
West/Hickory Flat Road. Turn onto
GA Hwy 140 West/Hickory Flat
Road and continue to the intersec
tion of Hickory Flat Road and Mari
etta Street. Turn right onto Marietta
Street and continue to East Main
Street. The Downtown Canton The
ater will be located on the north side
of East Main Street.
The primary purpose for this
meeting is to seek input from the
general public on the planning
process. DNR will describe the gen
eral charge of the Council and the
process that is underway to develop
the plan. Any participant at a meet
ing may present data, make a state
ment or comment, or offer a view
point or argument, either orally or in
writing. Statements should be con
cise to permit everyone an opportu
nity to give a statement. Those
unable to attend a meeting may sub
mit written statements. Such state
ments must be submitted by June 1,
2004 and should be mailed to:
Georgia Land Conservation
Partnership
2 Martin Luther King, Jr.
Drive, SE
Suite 1454 East Tower
Atlanta, GA 30334 or
conservega@gadnr.org
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Partnership at (404) 656-5165.
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