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THURSDAY. OCTOBER 28. 2021 PICKENS COUNTY PROGRESS PAGE 5A
Letters totAe, Editor
Letters welcomed - No letter more than 450 words; Send
to news@pickensprogress.com or Pickens Progress 94 N.
Main, Jasper, Ga. 30143; All letters must have a full name
that will be published, and contact info. (Email Address or
Phone Number), which will not be published.
To the Editor:
We were delighted to see
Chris Feldt’s profile of our
grandfather E C Perrow in
the October 20 Progress.
Feldt is an excellent re
searcher and writer. Since
settling in Pickens County, he
has spent many hours uncov
ering and sharing fascinating
aspects of local history. We
look forward to reading more
of his articles.
With his full white beard
and longish hair, Grandpa’s
appearance was a bit uncon
ventional for the 50s and 60s
when we were growing up.
We remember his gifts of
caramels and books from his
collection. Fie made wooden
toys for our younger brother
Charlie. Visiting his home in
the country, we saw what it
was like to live without elec
tricity and plumbing. There
was no need for a well. The
creek flowing beside the
house provided all the
needed water, and the spring
box supplied refrigeration.
On Sundays Grandpa came
to our home. Fie enjoyed con
versations with our father and
especially enjoyed our
mother’s wonderful Sunday
dinners. After the meal, we
settled beside him as he told
us stories. We heard about
Romulus and Remus, Rikki-
Tikki-Tavi, The Merchant of
Venice, the Trojan War, and
the riddle of the Sphinx. Lit
tle did we know we were get
ting a classical education.
Although he abandoned
his career as a university pro
fessor, he never stopped
being a teacher. Most impor
tantly, he never stopped
being a learner. Fie stated that
he had never met anyone he
didn’t learn something from.
Fie meant that quite sin
cerely, even though he didn’t
always agree with everyone.
Reflecting on his life in Pick
ens County at the age of 74,
he wrote, “I have thus come
to know at first hand a won
derfully fine people.” May
we all continue to find joy
and contentment among the
“wonderfully fine people” in
Pickens County.
Janet Vardanian
Margo Austin
To the Editor:
I’ve just read the article on
Professor Perrow [Last
week’s edition] and I loved it.
I’ve lived here all of my life
but I’ve never heard these
stories before. Can you tell
me where I can find the book
“Unto These Hills” the writer
speaks about? Tell the writer
he did a great job and con
grats to The Progress for run
ning it.
Stacey Fields
Editor s Note: Thanks Ms.
Fields, we passed this along
to contributing writer Chris
Feldt, as we knew others are
also interested in Professor
Perrow s books. Here is
Chris’ answer: “Unfortu
nately there is no easy way to
find any of the Perrow books.
They are out there but won’t
be found by simply looking at
Amazon, From my research,
here is what I can say:
Finding old books can be
a real challenge, especially
when they have been pro
duced by small, private pub
lishers. The more limited the
amount of original copies,
the less likely you are to find
them.
Luckily, there are a few
sources to assist you in your
search. Abebooks.com - ad
vanced book exchange and
eBay.com are two of the best.
Another easy suggestion is
checking WorldCat.org They
provide an online catalog of
all books in 15,637 partici
pating public and private li
braries.
Sometimes you can find a
copy of a rare book and call
the library to see if you have
to read in person, if they can
photocopy parts of it, or if it
can be checked out. It should
be noted however that in my
experience, the rarer the
book, the less likely you can
check it out,
Chris Feldt
To the Editor:
Having just read a letter,
no doubt resulting from deep
thought and research profess
ing that all should be made to
get the so called vaccine, I re
spond:
Mandating an experimen
tal medical therapy, vaccine
or whatever you wish to refer
to it, is against medical body
autonomy, the national
founding documents related
to personal freedom, the oath
taken by physicians and other
healthcare providers and the
Nuremberg Code. I pray that
all involved will be placed on
trial for their actions which
are resulting in health dam
age, economic damage and
mental anguish.
If and I seriously doubt
many of you have the time to
spend researching documents
and publications from around
the globe as I fortunately do,
you would likely discover
that the current so called vac
cines are neither safe or ef
fective. The virus quickly
mutated to Delta making the
so called vaccine a joke and
we as a country are continu
ing on our merry way being a
joke by mandating it.
Remember, this disease is
not smallpox with a 30 per
cent fatality rate. This for
most people is nothing.
Getting the so-called vac
cine (and according to the
skewed revised definition, a
vaccine is a medical treat
ment which decreases sever
ity of the disease or vector
kind of like zinc, or Vit C lol)
should be a personal choice,
period. Those who are eld
erly and have not lived a life
of a healthy lifestyle in diet
and exercise should consider
it. Those who have lived such
a life should do a risk benefit
analysis. I have done so.
As an aside, I read a very
unscientific question posed
by a Facebook friend inquir
ing just how many of his
friends in the ultrarunning
and fitness community have
received or are going to re
ceive the so called vaccine,
of the 85 respondents, zero
would consider it and if I re
member correctly less than
five percent have ever re
ceived a flu vaccine. There
are many such individuals, be
they firefighters, law en
forcement, military etc, mil
lions who are inspired by
personal fitness and health.
These folks should not ever
consider an experimental
therapy which has not been
properly tested.
Read the DOD Salus doc
ument documenting from the
CMS data center, the horrific
negative effects on those over
65 and take a gander at
VAERS.
Beware the moment man
Suzanne Hardison and
Danielle Phelps of Hill City
Elementary.
Sixty-three local teachers
were recently rewarded for
their hard work and creative
thinking. Amicalola EMC
awarded $42,000 to winning
teachers across their service
area in the 2021 Bright Ideas
teacher grant program.
Teachers at private and pub
lic schools throughout north
Cherokee, Dawson, Gilmer,
Lumpkin and Pickens coun
ties received grants ranging
from $100 to $1,000.
Pickens County teachers
earn $12,124.20 in Amicalola
EMC’s Bright Ideas teacher
grant program
Amicalola EMC’s Bright
Ideas program rewards teach
ers who go the extra mile to
research and implement cre
ative classroom projects. All
funding for the program
comes from unclaimed prop
erty in compliance with
Georgia’s unclaimed prop
erty laws.
Not shown: Paula Hen
derson of Jasper Middle; Jeff
dates are issued for our
young children. That will be
the ignition point where par
ents and grandparents will
hopefully stand up to those
who risk long term damage
to our children with an exper
imental so called vaccine.
This so-called vaccine
neither protects nor prevents
spread of the virus. It is caus
ing pain and suffering around
the world. It has failed.
Bob Bender
To the Editor:
The Pickens County
Progress is a great place to
get things off of your chest to
let people know how you feel
about things. Some people
may disagree with you and
get hot under the collar and
blast you the next week.
This letter is a little differ
ent. It is about good things
that happened in Jasper and
Pickens.
I went to Walmart and, as
usual, I spent most of my
money. I was going to the
bank and on my way I saw a
gas station with “very” low
prices. I pulled in and went
inside to buy only $ 14 worth.
Everyone else was buying
$40 - $60.1 told the cashier I
was sorry but I only had $14.
She just smiled. At the door
out, a young girl who looked
like she had worked outside
all day said to me, “Miss if
you really need some gas I
will buy you more.” I told her
no I could get more later and
thanked her. She was an
angel from Pickens County.
Another time a lady saw
Maddie riding a man’s horse
in front of Walmart. She
made a picture of the owner,
horse and Maddie. In a few
days, six pictures of it arrived
in the mail. We were thrilled.
The envelope with the
angel’s address was acciden
tally lost and we could not let
her know how much it meant
to us.
Every time someone lets
you out of a side street when
it isn’t your time, lets you in
front of them to get in a line
somewhere, or tells you that
you dropped something, do
you think that would happen
in a big city?
I thank “The Master” al
most weekly for letting me
grow up in Pickens County
and are spending my glory
days still here.
Janell Lindsey Walker
Amicalola EMC awards $42,000 to local teachers
Hilary Tatum, Principal Stephanie Hall, Brittany Gaddis, Whitney Poag and Jody
Williams of Tate Elementary.
Board of Commissioners
Budget Meetings with Dept. Heads
Thursday, November 4, 2021
The Pickens County Board of Commission
ers have scheduled FY 2022. Budget
Meetings with Department Heads at the
Pickens County Administration Building,
Pickens Room, as follows:
Thursday. November 4. 2021
Recreation Center 8:30a.m.
Human Resource 8:45a.m.
Planning & Development .... 9:00a.m.
Finance 9:30a.m.
Building 9:45a.m.
County Clerk 10:00 a.m.
Recycle 10:15 a.m.
Public Works 10:45 a.m.
Water 11:15 a.m.
Break & Overage
Fire/EMS/ E-911/EM A/County Marshal/
Animal Shelter 12:30 p.m.
Whitney Heath, Jennifer Valeriana, Tracy Wert and Kayla Culbreth of Harmony Ele
mentary.
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Hites of Mountain Laurel;
Mary Perdue and Misty Nor
ton of Pickens County Jr
High; and Jason Cantrell,
Jenna Shaw, Christi Hobgood
and Jacqueline Powell of
Pickens High.
Amicalola EMC is a not-
for-profit electric cooperative
that serves more than 52,000
locations in Bartow, Chero
kee, Dawson, Fannin,
Forsyth, Gilmer, Gordon,
Lumpkin, Murray and Pick
ens counties.
Veterans Salute!
Nov. 11 the Progress will have a few special
pages devoted to honoring our Vets.
We welcome your submissions.
Please send us your veteran family member’s name to
be included. articles@Dickensproaress.com
or in person at 94 N. Main St., Jasper
Submission deadline Friday, November 5th
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Notice of Polling Place change
for November 2, 2021 Jasper
Municipal General Election
Notice of polling place change location for City of
Jasper Municipal Elections and being City of
Jasper Precinct #8 effective immediately
and which shall be in effect for the November 2,
2021 Jasper Municipal General Election.
This notice is to notify you that your polling place
location has permanently changed. The new Jasper
polling place location will be located at
55 Dixie Street, Suite C, Jasper, GA 30143
(beside the Jasper Police Department)
On the date of the November 2, 2021
General Election, the polling place will
be open to City voters
from 7:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m.
If you have questions, please contact
Jasper City Hall at (706) 692-9100.