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THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 30. 2021 PICKENS COUNTY PROGRESS PAGE 7A
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From the Progress files
Turning Back
The Pages
From September 26, 1996
4-H’ers win state contest
Thirteen Pickens County 4-
H’ers traveled to Atlanta Aug. 12-14
to compete in the annual State 4-H
Congress. These youth had won al
ready in county and regional project
contests. This premier event deter
mined who was number one in the state of Georgia in each
4-H project area.
Along with a 12-minute oral presentation 4-H’ers were
interviewed by University of Georgia specialists and indus
try experts. They were also scored on portfolios they had
submitted covering all their research, study and community
efforts.
Competition is not the only element of this week-long
stay at the Crowne Plaza Hotel. Elegant formal banquets
provided opportunities for youth to meet state dignitaries,
educational experts and industry executives. The youth also
toured various businesses, Atlanta tourist highlights and
had an evening at Six Flags Over Georgia. Excellent
evening entertainment, dances and making new friends
from around the state made this a trio to remember no mat
ter how you placed in competition. Pickens 4-H’ers once
again upheld the winning tradition of our organization hav
ing the most state winners recognized at the final banquet.
First place winners who will advance on National Con
gress in Memphis, TN, include: Cory DeBord in Conser
vation of Natural Resources; Joe Young in Forestry; and
Matthew Pittman in Wildlife. Each of these three will also
receive a county and state educational scholarship.
Justin Brooks, Cory Debord, Brandy Ferguson and Will
Tate were recognized as the first place Cotton Boll team in
the state. Beth Carlan was awarded a silver Revere bowl at
an earlier banquet for her outstanding Farm Bureau spon
sored Teen Leadership project.
Other awards won by our youth included second places
to Joe Morgan in Poultry, Angie Looney in Consumer Ed
ucation and Sylvia Childers in Food Fare. Julie Byers won
third place in Food Safety. Fourth place recipients were Jill
Roper in Performing Arts - General and Amanda Parker in
Human Development.
YEARS
From September 23, 1971
110 students graduate from
Pickens Tech
Members of the graduating
class from Pickens County and the
courses they have completed were: air
conditioning & refrigerations - Ran
dall Buchanan, Larry Ray; automotive
mechanics - Roy Satterfield; business education - Allen
Hamrick, Sue Roper, Debra Walker, Sue Cochran, Helen
Teague, Madeline Martin, Donna Satterfield, Gudrun
Chadwick; cosmetology - Patsy Carver, Mary Darnell,
Deborah McDaniel, Helen Padgett, Dottie Spence, Jayne
White; drafting & design technology - James Ledford, Ran
dall Bruce, Roy Newton, Johnny Buckner, Loy Hammon-
tree; electrical appliance servicing - David Stewart, Ralph
Atkins; electronic technology - Jon Fowler; machine shop
- James Burleson, William Corbin, William Jones Jr.; prac
tical nursing - Pamela Moore, Bessie Moore, Thelma Ham-
montree, Rosamond Grant, Robert Callahan, James Bryan,
Gene Carlisle, Betty Reeves, Ola Fields, Janice Roper; tool
& die - Larry Poole, Tommy Brant, James Petty; welding -
James Spence, Douglas Watson.
% From September 26, 1946
/ I U.S. allots money to
J plan court house
YEARS Maj. Gen. Philip B. Fleming,
federal works administrator, an
nounced in Washington, D.C., Friday
that $12,040 had been allotted for the
drawing of plans for a new Pickens
County court house at Jasper. The government advances all
the money for making the plans and if the court house is
not built it is not an obligation against the county. If the
building is erected, the funds advanced become part of the
construction cost. The building would be financed on a
joint government-county participation plan.
The plan, which has been discussed locally, calls for a
three-story marble building with a court room on the sec
ond floor, and a jail on the third, and a tentative estimate
places the cost at $351,000.
Congressman Wood informs us that the Federal Works
Adminstration has approved for advance funds $2,890 for
a survey of the proposed extension of Jasper’s sewerage
system. The slope of the ground naturally divides Jasper
into two sections— east and west. Some years ago the town
was able to sewer only the west side, which included the
school property.
Flood gate closed to fill Grand View Lake
The flood gate on the new Grand View Lake has been
closed and the lake is now filling up. It is estimated that the
water will cover between 75 and 100 acres and it will be
one of the prettiest lakes in north Georgia. It will probably
require three months to fill. It is not a commercial proposi
tion, but the land surrounding the lake area is being subdi
vided and a plat made of the lots.
Taylor Farm sells for first time since Indian days
The J.C. Taylor estate, in the northern part of Cherokee
County, last week sold their farm land to Mr. G.T. Cowart
of Ball Ground. The unusual feature of the trade is that it
was the first time part of the property had ever been out of
the hands of some member of the Taylor family since one
of their ancestors settled on it when the Indians were re
moved about a 120 years ago. There are very few tracts still
in the hands of the descendants of the original drawees.
One of such tracts is that owned by the Lindsey and Barrett
families on the northern city limits of Jasper. The original
Mr. Lindsey is listed on the records of the grants from the
state as an indian fighter.
Did You Know?
On June 21, 1951 CBS broadcasted the first color televi
sion program. CBS’s color system only worked with a small
number of TVs across the nation. Only 12 customers across
America could watch the first color broadcast. 12 million
other TVs were blank for this program.
Attorney General
warns of new twist
on grandparent scam
Press Release from
AG Chris Carr
ATLANTA - Attorney
General Chris Carr is warn
ing Georgians about the latest
version of the grandparent
scam. The scam still starts
with a phone call from some
one pretending to be your
grandchild, one of his/her
friends, a lawyer or a law en
forcement officer. The caller
then describes an urgent sce
nario requiring that thou
sands of dollars be sent
immediately, e.g. your grand
child will go to jail if you
don’t send bail money or he
or she became ill while trav
eling in a foreign country and
needs money to come home.
If impersonating the grand
child, the scammer may
speak softly or cry so that the
victim is less likely to ques
tion why the grandchild’s
voice sounds different. The
“grandchild” may beg you
not to tell their parents what’s
going on. They may even tell
you to lie to the bank if ques
tioned about the reason for
the withdrawal. In a new
twist, rather than asking the
victim to wire money, pay
with gift cards or even mail
cash, (all red flags of a scam),
the scammers say they will
send someone to the person’s
house to pick up the money.
Once the victim pays the
money to the courier (often
an unwitting Uber or Lyft
driver), there’s virtually no
way to get it back. What’s
more, the scammers may call
back, claiming they need
more money.
“Scam artists prey on peo
ple’s emotions by trying to
instill fear or create a sense of
urgency in the hopes that
people will act before think
ing things through,” says At
torney General Carr. “We
encourage people to tell their
older relatives about this
scam so they can spot the
warning signs and avoid be
coming victims.”
The Attorney General’s
Consumer Protection Divi
sion offers the following tips
to protect yourself from this
scam:
If you receive a phone call
of this nature, get off the
phone and call your grand
child directly to verily his/her
whereabouts. If you can’t
reach your grandchild, con
tact the parents - even if you
were asked not to do so.
Remember that a scam
mer can discover many per
sonal details about someone
via social media or through
identity theft, so do not trust
a caller at face value, even if
they provide the name or cer
tain details about your grand
child.
Limit what you share on
social media and check your
privacy settings.
Never give your address,
personal information or
money to someone who calls
you out of the blue.
Reprint from an Atlanta Journal article
Jasper man grows
bananas in yard
Pictured are D.B. Carroll
and son.
[Old AJC article, brought by
our office, no dateline
shown. Note: Carroll went
on to be superintendent of
Pickens schools and has a
road named after him.]
D. B. Carroll, principal of
Pickens County High School
the past 12 years, doesn’t
have his hands too full with
the affairs of the thousands of
children on the local school
campus to engage in a hobby.
The past eight years he has
nurtured a banana tree grow
ing in his yard. He got his
start after his brother, Deryl
Carroll of Grayson, Brough
back from a vacation some
shoots from a banana tree
near Daytona Beach, FL.
“It takes three years,” Mr.
Carroll said, “for a shoot to
make a bunch of bananas.”
This year is the second time
he has been rewarded with a
“home-grown” bunch of ba
nanas for his care in giving
the banana tree the best fertil
izer he could get and plenty
of water all summer long.
“I wouldn’t recommend
banana growing on a com
mercial basis this far north,
but it is a lot of fun for Sam
and me and all the school
children can get a look at a
tropical-type plant they might
not have a chance to see
soon,” he said.
With hundreds of children
passing by and taking a “gan
der” at this unusual plant, not
on rock has been thrown
against the bananas nor has
anybody pulled one or other
wise damaged the growing
fruit.
Mr. Carroll thinks that if
the weather stays warm three
more weeks the bananas will
be fully mature and ready for
gathering. Otherwise, he
fears the cool nights may
cause the fruit to drop before
ripening.
Final chance to own original history.
As part of a renovation we are selling our dupli
cate copies of bound volumes of the Progress. We
have three left, Years 1963, 1969 and 1973. Come
by our office
this week.
Special price
of $40 each or
take all three
for $100.
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