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MONROE IN COLLEGE
Georgia College
president Cathy Cox has
awarded degrees to the
graduating class of De
cember 2021, including
Clayton Patterson of
Juliette, Gavin Chap
man of Forsyth and
Rebecca Presley of
Forsyth.
The deans of each of
University of North
Georgia's colleges
announced the names
of those students who
made their respective lists
for fall 2021. Dean's List
recognition is achieved by
having at least a 3.5 grade
point average, carrying 12
or more credit hours in
one semester and hav
ing no grade lower than
B. Students who made
the Dean's List included:
Anna Freeman of
Juliette and Natalie
Pippin of Forsyth. UNG
is a University System of
Georgia leadership institu
tion and is The Military
College of Georgia. With
almost 19,000 students, it
is one of the state's largest
public universities.
Valdosta State Uni
versity congratulates
MaeLea Sanders of
Juliette for earning a spot
on the Fall 2021 Dean's
List. Dean's List honors are
reserved for the highest
achieving students at VSU.
Sanders is one of more
than 1,700 distinguished
and accomplished students
recognized for exemplify
ing excellence in the attain
ment of their educational
goals. To quality for Dean's
List at VSU, students must
achieve a semester grade
point average of 3.50 or
higher on nine or more
semester hours with an
institutional grade point
average of 3.00 or higher.
Kennesaw State
University has named
more than 5,100 students
to the Presidents List
in recognition of their
academic excellence for
the Fall 2021 semester. To
achieve this honor, each
undergraduate student
must have completed at
least nine semester hours
with a term grade point
average of 4.0.
The Presidents List hon-
orees include the following
Kennesaw State students
from the Monroe County
area: Landon Fair of
Forsyth, Alexis Ben
nett of Forsyth, Logan
Winget of Juliette,
JohndJ ester of Forsyth.
Kennesaw State Univer
sity offers undergraduate,
graduate and doctoral
degrees to its nearly 43,000
students. With 11 colleges
on two metro Atlanta cam
puses, Kennesaw State is a
member of the University
System of Georgia.
Samford Univer
sity, Birmingham, Ala.
congratulates Caroline
Tane of Forsyth on earn
ing Deans List honors for
the 2021 fall semester. Her
GPA of 4 is a noteworthy
academic achievement.
Samford Univer
sity, Birmingham, Ala.
congratulates Emma-
line Tane of Forsyth
on earning Deans List
honors for the 2021 fall
semester. Her GPA of 3.52
is a noteworthy academic
achievement.
Kennesaw State
University congratu
lates the more than 7,300
Owls named to the Uni
versity’s Dean’s List, which
recognizes students for
their academic achieve
ment during the Fall 2021
semester. Undergraduate
students enrolled in at least
nine credit hours and with
a grade point average of at
least 3.5 were named to the
list. The Dean’s List honor-
ees include the following
Kennesaw State students
from the Monroe County
area: Evan Owens,
Lawson Weldon,
Jake Norwood,
Taniyah Dewberry,
William Spence,
Summer Sandefur,
Alexander Hansen,
Anna Simmons,
Thorn Anderson,
Patrick Ford, all
of Forsyth, and Alan
O’Neal of Juliette.
Barret Kirbo joins Macon law firm
businesses in commercial and construc
tion disputes as well as defendants
in personal injury cases. Kirbo is
admitted to all Georgia Superior
and State Courts, the Georgia
Court of Appeals, Supreme Court
of Georgia and the United States
District Courts for the Northern,
Middle, and Southern Districts of
Georgia. When he’s not working,
Kirbo enjoys hunting and fishing,
watching UGA football and the
Atlanta Braves, and spending time in the
outdoors with his wife and two sons.
The Macon law firm Reynolds, Horne
& Survant announced this week
that Barret W. Kirbo of Monroe
County, the top Celebrity Pigskin
Picker of the Year in the Reporter,
has joined the firm.
Kirbo will be representing plain
tiffs in claims involving injuries
or death caused by the negligence
of others. Kirbo graduated Cum
Laude from the Mercer University
Walter F. George School of Law in
2016 and worked for five years with the law
firm of Jones Cork primarily representing
KIRBO
Did you know?
Snapshots from
Monroe Co. History
D;
id you know
| that a Monroe
' County pulp-
wood operator
once pushed one of his
employees to Macon in
a wheelbarrow? It came
about because of a bet in
1948.
In the Democratic
gubernatorial primary
of that year, Herman
Talmadge challenged
the incumbent gover
nor, M. E. Thompson.
Cullen Grant was con
vinced that Thompson
would win the primary
and hence become
governor again, as Re
publicans in those days
represented no serious
challenge to the Demo
cratic nominee. E. D.
(Red) Abercromie, who ^
worked for Grant, was
equally sure that Talmadge
would win.
Grant said that he had no
money to wager as he had
a house full of children,
but he did have access to
a wheelbarrow, so the two
men made a bet that the
supporter of the loser in the
primary would push the
supporter of the winner to
Macon in a wheelbarrow.
With Talmadge’s vic
tory in the primary, Cullen
Grant lost the bet and so
on Saturday morning,
September 11,
1948 at 5:00 he
began pushing
the wheel
barrow with
Abercrombie in
it the twenty-five miles to
Macon.
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for reckless walking. They
also checked him for weav
ing but found that he was
For the trip, Abercrombie
wore his Talmdge tie and
red suspenders. Grant
wore a sign proclaiming
“Forsyth to Macon. 25
miles. I bet on Thompson.”
Enroute Abercrombie
became uncomfortable and
asked for a pillow. “You
aint getting no pillow)’
replied Grant—and Aber
crombie didn’t.
In Bibb County two dep
uties gave Grant a warning
ticket for operating a ve
hicle without a license and
weaving from the effects of
the journey and not from
any alcohol.
When they arrived at the
Macon city limits, the chief
of police, Ben T. Walkins, a
native of Monroe County,
provided motorcycle escort
for the two.
The feet of the 236-pound
Grant were quite swollen
when they got to Macon,
and Abercrombie had
some raw skin, not having
had the cushioning of a pil
low during his 25-mile trip
in a wheelbarrow.
Mathis chairs state
Farm Bureau Committee
Monroe County Farm Bureau (MCFB)
Treasurer Melissa Mathis is chairing the
2022 Georgia Farm Bureau Women’s
Leadership Commit
tee. Mathis has served
on the committee as
a representative of
the organization’s 5th
District since 2019. As
the committee chair
woman, Mathis is
serving a one-year term
on the Georgia Farm
Bureau Board of Direc
tors representing the
committee.
Mathis will participate
in activities promoting
Georgia agriculture and
Georgia Farm Bureau
initiatives. Committee
members advocate for
Georgia agriculture by
visiting local schools and
conducting Agriculture in
the Classroom activities, organizing ag
educational events in their local com
munities for consumers and meeting with
local, state and national elected officials to
discuss how legislation affects farms.
Mathis is an active member of the
MCFB. She has chaired the MCFB Wom
en’s Committee and served on the MCFB
Young Farmers & Ranchers Committee
since 2012. Mathis served several years as
MCFB vice president and on the MCFB
Legislative Committee.
Melissa Mathis
Mathis and her husband, Bobby, raise
beef cattle. They also operate County
Oaks Farm & Supply in Bolingbroke and
Barnesville. The cou
ple has two children,
Jane and Copelan. She
is a member of Ebene-
zer United Methodist
Church.
In addition to her
Farm Bureau activi
ties, Mathis volunteers
with the Mary Persons
FFA Alumni Associa
tion and the Monroe
County 4-H program.
Mathis is a member
and bookkeeper for
the Monroe County
Cattlemen’s Associa
tion, a member of the
Mid-Georgia Cattle
men’s Association
and a member of the Georgia
Cattlemen’s Association.
Founded in 1937, Georgia Farm Bureau
is the state’s largest general farm orga
nization with 158 county chapters. GFB
serves as the voice of Georgia farmers and
rural Georgia by advocating for them on
legislative issues and promoting Georgia
commodities. Its volunteer members
actively participate in activities that pro
mote agriculture awareness. GFB mem
bership is open to the public and offers a
wide variety of benefits.
Remember when...
1992
Commissioners give county
employees making up to
$20,000 a 5 percent raise
and those making more a 4
percent raise.
Forsyth city council votes
against a motion to pay the
balance of legal fees incurred
by former mayor Richard Truitt.
Forsyth city council holds its
first meeting in the E.W. Banks
Building, with new Mayor
Paul Jossey presiding.
Emergency medical and law
enforcement personnel from
12 agencies handle a bus
accident on 1-75 that involved
a busload of 32 state prison
ers being transferred from a
Savannah facility to the Diag
nostic & Classification Center
in Butts County. It is believed
the bus driver fell asleep.
Residents of Old Zebulon
Road send a giant thank you
card to commissioners for
paving the road with state
funds.
Commissioners give the
Monroe County Recreation
Board authority to handle
concessions at all youth sport
ing events. Paul McPipkin is
Recreation Board chair.
Darlene Metzler, an associ
ate professor of English at
Wesleyan College, presents a
copy of her book, a literature
study, to Monroe County
Library where she began
research for the book.
Mary Persons Academic team,
coached by Blanche Presley
and Leila Bass, appears on
two broadcasts of High Q
Quiz Bowl on Atlanta's WSB.
Team members are Jennifer
Stokes, Paquita Bass, Kristen
Grizzard, Danny Walsh.
Counselor Wanda Buff, as
sistant principals Oreatha
Sewell and Dr. Nancy
Brunson and principal Bill
Querry are pictured looking
over floor plans for the new
Primary School (K-2) to be
built on the Hubbard campus.
Shirley and Dan Daniels’
new store, the Video Junction,
opens in Plantation Hill Shop
ping Center next door to their
Green Parrot Pet Shop.
The family of Edward Eichel-
berger gives $100 to High
Falls State Park ranger Bill
Tanner to buy oak and dog
wood seedlings for the park.
2002
Forsyth city administrator Larry
Clark resigns immediately
after a called meeting; He
worked for the city for nearly
four years. Rumors, which the
city declined to confirm or
deny, are that Clark tested
positive on a drug test.
Work continues on support for
a water tank that will hold 1
million gallons near Rumble
Road and Hwy. 41 S as part
of Monroe County Water
system.
Jimmy & Beverly Atkinson,
owners of Atkinson’s Mid Ga.
Auto Repair & Collision, Inc.,
receive the Small Business
Owner of the Year Award
from Forsyth-Monroe County
Chamber of Commerce.
Local firefighters are meeting
for a group photo to send
along with donations to the
family of Lt. Charles Garbarini
who died trying to rescue
people in the World Trade
Center on Sept. 11.
Gov. Roy Barnes includes
$4.6 million in his 2002
supplemental budget proposal
aimed at the purchase of the
former Tift College campus.
The Juliette River Club, estab-
ished in 1976, elects Robert
Williams president, John Tol
bert vice president and Vicki
Rollins secretary-treasurer.
George White is immediate
past president.
Sam Freeman, Monroe
County Farm Bureau presi
dent, accepts the award as
MCFB is recognized as one
of the top 15 Farm Bureau
programs in the state.
Monroe County Board of Ed
ucation recognizes 1st grader
Katie Rowland for writing and
performing a school spir
ited song to the tune of Lee
Greenwood's “Proud to be an
American.’
At the Forsyth Monroe
County Chamber of Com
merce annual meeting at the
Georgia Public Safety Training
Center Cole Davis passes
the chairman's gavel to Lee
Willingham, featured speaker
is 29th District State Senator
Daniel Lee and Chrissy Ham
receives the Volunteer of the
Year award.
Greyhound Lines Quicklink
express commuter service
serves Macon, Forsyth, Locust
Grove, McDonough, Atlanta
Hartsfield Airport and down
town and midtown Atlanta
Locations Monday-Friday.
Clifford Zellner of Forsyth
catches a 5 lb. bass at Camp
Kaleo.
2012
Forsyth continues an over
25-year tradition with a
march down its main streets
to celebrate the Dr. Martin
Luther King Jr. holiday.
After over a year of planning
and work, the new medical
center at the site of the for
mer Walmart is ready to open
with The Doctor's Office (Drs.
Stephen Taunton, Billy Taunton
& Laurie Beth Cochran) as the
first tenants.
Monroe County’s schoo
board’s called meeting to
decide whether to consoli
date the county's two middle
schools is attracting a lot of
public interest.
Mary Persons engineering &
technology teacher Gordon
Sindersine is reportedly sus
pended pending investigation
that he sent an inappropriate
message to a student.
The city & county are coming
together to buy $8,000 worth
of small fire extinguishers for
state lawmakers to market
Monroe County as the Public
Safety Capital of Georgia.
The Khoyidar Hotel LLC of
Stockbridge buys the Ramada
Inn (former Holiday Inn) in For
syth from the Jack Treadwel
family for $1.3 million. The
same entity bought the Holi
day Inn Express in 2010.
EPD's annual report again
says Plant Scherer in Monroe
County is the No. 1 carbon
dioxide emitter in the country,
releasing nearly 23 million
metric tons of carbon dioxide
in 2010.
Some High Falls residents
oppose rezoning by Butts
County for light manufacturing
development in a 300-acre
industrial park that borders
High Falls Lake and includes
property in Monroe, Lamar
and Butts counties. They peti
tion Monroe County commis
sioners for support.
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