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The True Citizen, Wednesday, November 16, 2022 — Page 5
Ronda Rich
THE LIBRARY AND THE COMEUPPANCE
In my hometown, our old,
red brick library was imploded
a couple of years ago and a
glistening, modern marvel
of gray block and glass was
raised.
Architecturally, I am not at
tracted by the cover of the book
but it is not the brick and mor
tar to which I owe allegiance.
It’s the institution and what it
meant to the little girl from
Rural Route One.
By the time I was four, I
could read. When I ran out of
books at our house and from
the Little Golden Books rack
at the A&P, Mama took me to
the library. In those days, it was
in the dank basement of the old
courthouse but it was majestic
and regal to me. It opened an
endless world and, in a short
time, I was soon winning read
ing awards and getting my
name in the newspaper.
The bookmobile stopped at
our house and I was first on
board even though Mama had
to lift me up to the first step so
I could climb into the space
that smelled heavenly of ink
and paper. That library - that
wonderful library - transported
me to Civil War-era Massachu
setts with the March sisters,
to Brooklyn, New York, with
Francie Nolan, to Alabama
with Scout Finch, and gave me
hundreds of hours of reading
with juvenile biographies and
one entire summer filled with
Scarlett O’Hara.
From the country, I took my
self into town awhile back for
appointments that were spaced
far enough apart that it wasn’t
worth a 45-minute round trip
back to the Rondarosa, so I
decided to spend the time in
the new library, my old friend.
It is laid out much like the
old one, with a similar, wind
ing staircase and the books I
enjoy - primarily history and
biographies - are still situated
in the same rows.
Here’s something I never do:
look for myself.
I don’t look online, in book
stores, or at libraries. That’s
looking for trouble. As I was
perusing Southern nonfiction,
though, it became obvious: my
books weren’t positioned in the
groupings of similar books.
My Life In The Pits was
not with the NASCAR books.
My trilogy of What Southern
Women Know - two of which
were bestsellers and one which,
astoundingly, has remained
a steady seller for Penguin
Putnam for 21 years (and was
celebrated with a 20th anniver
sary edition) - were not with
other Southern women books.
I didn’t even bother to look for
my novel that had been made
into a movie.
“Do you have a section of
regional or cultural authors?”
I asked the nice librarian.
She stood up from her desk,
walked to where I had been
browsing and replied, “Not re
ally. Is there a particular author
you’re looking for?”
“Ronda Rich.”
“Who?”
I repeated the name slower
and, bewildered, she shook
her head. “Let me do some
checking.”
Y’all, it gets worse from
here.
“Thank you.” I walked over
to a cushioned booth in a sunny
area, sat down, and started to
work. The librarian did not
forget me - though she had
no idea who I was - because
she returned in a few minutes
with a list she had downloaded
and printed out. At the bottom
of the page, she had written,
Georgia Center For The Book
and its website.
“Perhaps this will help,” she
said as she handed me several
pages of Georgia authors listed
alphabetically. Unless, I missed
it, I wasn’t listed there, either.
This is a perfect example of
why you should never go look
ing for yourself.
Later, I was telling a good
friend about my comeuppance.
She’s an author, too. In fact, it’s
fair to say that she’s a house
hold name. She threw back her
head and laughed uproariously
— not to shame me but because
she thought it was absurd.
“I wouldn’t laugh if I were
you,” I cautioned with a smile.
Trying to catch her breath,
she asked, “Why?”
“Because you’re not on the
list, either.”
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owner of Burke Manufactur
ing Inc, a sewing plant that
operated during the 1950s and
1960s, located on what is now
Burke Veterans Parkway.
A Sept. 27, 1924 ad in The
True Citizen indicates how
much Jewish influence lined
the city streets. The ad stated
that the following businesses
would be closed for Jewish
religious holidays; Sam Dolin,
Goldberg Brothers and Do-
linsky, The Hub Store (which
became the Daitch Department
Store) M.A. Goldberg and Son,
The Star Store (B. Grablow-
sky) Sigmund Weintraub, N.
Sperling and Steinberg's De
partment Store.
“Just being a small town
with that number of Jewish
merchants is quite impressive,”
Jolles said.
Though there were many
prominent Jewish residents of
the county, only a few were
highlighted during the meeting.
MARTIN DOLIN
One of Waynesboro’s may
ors was of Jewish descent.
Martin Dolin was the son of
Jewish immigrants from East
ern Europe who passed through
Ellis Island and briefly lived in
New York City before settling
in the South shortly after World
War I.
Born at University Hospital in
1925, he grew up in Waynes
boro and graduated from
Waynesboro High School. As
a teenager, he was a starting
player on the first football team
to play under night lights. Mar
tin was also an Eagle Scout.
After graduation, he served
as a Scout leader in Waynes
boro. He attended the Georgia
Institute of Technology, but
interrupted his education after
two years to enlist in the United
States Navy.
After seeing action aboard
the USS Tuscaloosa, he com
pleted his service and resumed
his studies at Georgia
Tech, where he earned an engi
neering degree. He later served
for 20 years as an officer in the
Naval Reserves. After college,
he returned to Waynesboro
where he managed his family’s
business, Dolin’s Department
Store.
He served two terms on the
Waynesboro City Council and
two terms as Mayor. Martin
died at the age of 94. His wife
Harriet now resides in Augusta.
His daughter Lisa lives in New
York City and his son Mitchell
lives in Washington DC.
JOSEPH DAITCH
Joseph died in 2007, pre
ceded in death by his parents
Morris and Belle Steinhardt
Daitch and his brother Marvin
Daitch of Waynesboro. He
was also preceded in death by
his brother Isadore Daitch of
Lousiville.
Joseph attended Waynesboro
High School, Augusta Junior.
College and the Georgia Insti
tute of Technology. He served
in the United States Army
during WWII, on the front
lines in the European Theatre,
earning numerous bronze stars.
In 1952, he was awarded the
Bronze Star for meritorious
achievement during a ground
operation in which he hit and
disabled a tank by throwing a
grenade. After serving in the
war, he owned and operated
Daitch’s Department Store
on Liberty Street, in addition
to being active in the Masons
and the Shriners. In 1970, he
moved to Augusta and opened
Our Shop Menswear on Broad
Street.
DANIEL ANTOPOLSKY
Daniel Antopolsky was
known as part of the “out
law” country music movement
of the 1970s. After WWII,
This 1921 ad in the True Citizen shows a sale at N.
Sperling, a Waynesboro business started by a Jew
ish member of the community.
Homeowners
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his family lived on a farm in
Waynesboro, where Daniel
spent a lot of time fishing and
walking around the woods as a
child. Growing up in the Lower
East Side of Manhattan, the
Bird Dog Capital is the first
place his dad ever laid eyes on
a real tree. The family opened
a hardware store on Augusta’s
Broad Street.
During the 1980s, Daniel
moved to Bordeaux, France.
His album entitled “Old-
Timey, Soulful, Hippy-Dippy,
Flower Child Songs” released
in 2017, includes previously
unrecorded tracks he wrote
during his early 1970s wan
derings in the North Georgia
mountains. A documentary of
his life, “The Sheriff of Mars,”
features his life growing up on
the Waynesboro farm.
The mission of the Augusta
Jewish Museum is to reclaim
and restore the original Con
gregation Children of Israel
Synagogue, the oldest stand
ing synagogue in Georgia,
and repurpose it as a museum
and center for education. The
focus of the project contains
four pillars of interest; Jewish
heritage and traditions, The
Holocaust, Contributions of the
Jewish Community and Israel.
The Phase One renovation of
the AJM Education center is
complete. Phase Two is the
renovation of the synagogue
to create the AJM Cultural
Center. Donations are needed.
More information is available
at info@augustajewishmu-
seum.org.
to put as much into the kitty as
we can.”
Waynesboro will hold two
more property tax increase
hearings, Thursday, November
17 at 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. Vidette
does not charge city taxes. Gi
rard’s public hearing is before
the council meeting on De
cember 1. Sardis held a public
hearing Tuesday, November 15
with a tentative millage rate of
13 mills. Midville will stay at
16 mills. Keysville will stay at
12.05 mills.
Sheriff Alfonzo Williams
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FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT SGT. ANTHONY BENNERMAN OR SGT. DERWIN BUTLER.
PROCEEDS FROM THIS YEAR'S CHARITY RIDE WILL GO TO 0U R HOLIDAY TOY DRIVE AND SHOP WITH
A COP FOR THE CITIZENS OF BURKE COUNTY.
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Burke County Sheriff’s Office (706)554-2133
NOTICE
The Burke County Board of Commissioners does hereby announce that the millage rate will be set at a meeting to be held at the
Historic Courthouse at 602 Liberty St on Nov. 30th at 4:00 PM and pursuant to the requirements of O.C.G.A. § 48-5-32 does hereby publish the
following presentation of the current year's tax digest and levy, along with the history of the tax digest and levy for the past five years.
CURRENT 2022 PROPERTY TAX DIGEST AND 5 YEAR HISTORY OF LEVY
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N
UNINCORPORATED
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
Real & Personal
3,588,889,054
3,749,096,187
4,389,800,453
5,427,926,910
6,378,098,854
7,063,263,675
1
N
C
Motor Vehicles
16,420,780
13,602,490
11,892,910
12,016,640
8,517,050
7,850,910
V
Mobile Homes
8,581,211
8,755,086
9,380,626
9,048,488
9,797,200
11,267,041
o
A
Timber -100%
9,979,270
6,596,470
7,387,220
11,614,256
8,479,865
13,865,913
R
U
Heavy Duty Equipment
11,013
4,440
0
0
4,486
0
O
E
Gross Digest
3,623,881,328
3,778,054,673
4,418,461,209
5,460,606,294
6,404,897,455
7,096,247,539
R
Less Exemptions
117,405,377
118,856,136
117,711,802
112,278,370
113,540,106
112,797,669
A
NET DIGEST VALUE
3,506,475,951
3,659,198,537
4,300,749,407
5,348,327,924
6,291,357,349
6,983,449,870
E
Gross Maintenance &
D
R
Operation Millage
7.272
7.296
6.9810
6.7360
6.5660
5.9780
A
Less Rollbacks
A
T
(Local Option Sales Tax &
R
E
Insurance Premium)
1.298
1.399
1.0840
1.1490
1.0040
0.8410
E
NET M&O MILLAGE RATE
5.9740
5.8970
5.8970
5.5870
5.5620
5.1370
TAX
NET M&O TAXES LEVIED
$20,947,687
$21,578,294
$25,361,519
$29,881,108
$34,992,530
$35,873,982
INCORPORATED
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
1
N
C
Real & Personal
169,985,740
165,486,224
170,527,942
188,925,556
186,262,986
205,513,633
Motor Vehicles
4,070,640
2,967,910
2,813,380
2,582,640
1,748,610
1,582,660
o
V
Mobile Homes
752,579
803,925
835,877
832,367
966,040
1,281,190
R
A
Timber -100%
0
0
7,251
0
0
0
O
U
Heavy Duty Equipment
0
0
0
0
21,521
0
R
E
Gross Digest
174,808,959
169,258,059
174,184,450
192,340,563
188,999,157
208,377,483
A
T
Less Exemptions
17,312,022
19,452,760
20,106,616
21,566,318
21,530,091
22,254,214
E
NET DIGEST VALUE
157,496,937
149,805,299
154,077,834
170,774,245
167,469,066
186,123,269
D
Gross Maintenance &
R
Operation Millage
7.272
7.296
6.9810
6.7360
6.5660
5.9780
A
A
Less Rollback
R
E
T
E
(Local Option Sales Tax)
1.051
1.145
0.8510
0.9480
0.8230
0.6710
A
NET M&O MILLAGE RATE
6.2210
6.1510
6.1300
5.7880
5.7430
5.3070
TAX
NET M&O TAXES LEVIED
$979,788
$921,452
$944,497
$988,441
$961,775
$987,756
TOTAL COUNTY
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
TOTAL DIGEST VALUE
3,663,972,888
3,809,003,836
4,454,827,241
5,519,102,169
6,458,826,415
7,169,573,139
TOTAL M&O TAXES LEVIED
$21,927,476
$22,499,746
$26,306,016
$30,869,549
$35,954,304
$36,861,738
%
Net Tax $ Increase
$572,270
$3,806,270
$4,563,533
$5,084,755
$907,434
Net Tax % Increase
2.61%
16.92%
17.35%
16.47%
2.52%