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February 2, 2022
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4-Hers donate warm blankets
By Diane Glidewell
news@mymcr.net
On Jan. 20 Monroe
County 4-H’ers worked to
gether on a service project
to put together no-sew
blankets to donate to the
Salvation Army in Macon.
The work was primarily
done by Cloverleaf 4-H’ers
(4-6th graders) with older
4-H’ers assisting.
Monroe County Exten
sion agent Rachel Frisbie
explained that by taking
two large pieces of blanket
fabric, cutting 1-inch
sections and tying them
together around the whole
border, a double-layer
blanket is created.
Working in three teams
at the Monroe County
4-H office the 4-H’ers
completed three blankets,
one with an alphabet
theme, one with a honey
bee theme and one featur
ing sea creatures. The cold
winter day outside created
a good atmosphere for
working on blankets to
keep others warm.
New trees on W. Johnston St.
By Diane Glidewell
news@mymcr.net
On behalf of the Forsyth
Tree Board, Chair Michael
Glisson planted seven Au
tumn Brilliance Serviceber-
ry trees on West Johnston
Street in the block between
Short St. and Ponder Street.
He said that these trees
replace the larger oak trees
that were recently removed.
The Serviceberry trees will
stay smaller and shouldn’t
reach a height that would
prompt the utility compa
nies to prime them severely.
Arbor Day is coming in
February. It celebrates the
importance of trees and is
set at the best time of the
year to plant trees. Forsyth
is a Tree City USA and
traditionally plants one or
more trees in the city to
mark Arbor Day. Glisson
said he welcomes input on possible sites for an Arbor Day planting.
Forsyth city manager Janice Hall told city council on Jan. 18 that 26 stumps had
been removed from Forsyth right-of-ways as a follow-up to removal of trees. She told
council she would be working with the Tree Board to replace the trees.
Autumn brilliance serviceberry trees grow in full sun to partial shade and mature at
20-25 feet. They are known for fall color, white flowers and berry-sized fruit.
MONROE IN COLLEGE
The following students
have earned the distinc
tion of Dean’s Fist at the
Georgia Institute of
Technology for Fall
2021.This designation is
awarded to undergradu
ate students who have
earned a 3.0 or higher
academic average for the
semester. Focal students
named to the Dean’s Fist
are Jacqueline Gore
of Forsyth and Katie
Thomason of Forsyth.
The Georgia Institute
of Technology (Georgia
Tech) is a top 10 public re
search university develop
ing leaders who advance
technology and improve
the human condition.
Samford Univer
sity recognizes 1,826
students named to the
2021 fall semester Dean’s
Fist. To qualify for the
dean’s list, a student must
have earned a minimum
3.5 grade point average
out of a possible 4.0 while
attempting at least 12
credit hours of course-
work. Dean’s Fist is the
highest academic recogni
tion given by the school at
the end of each semester.
Focal students named
to Samford University’s
Dean’s Fist are Morgan
Hill of Forsyth, Caro
line Tane of Forsyth,
Emmaline Tane
of Forsyth, Caroline
Rutledge of Juliette.
BOLINGBROKE
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community risk reduction and suppres
sion. Unlike smaller FD’s, Macon-Bibb
conducts all its training in house, to in
clude new recruits. As with most organiza
tions (especially during Covid), they have
manpower issues, and are currently 22
percent understrength.
Every new boss has improvement ideas,
and so does Chief Edwards. Already, he’s
implemented a new scheduling system
that allows firefighters to have a more fixed
schedule, and greater upward mobility.
The new shift schedule provides a built-
in pay raise because it requires 30-plus
promotions - i.e. pay increases. Also, he
has modified and changed the uniforms
to give a more professional appearance.
Additionally, Edwards is focused on
improving training with an entirely new
tower complex at the FD’s training facility
in south Bibb.
When asked about his greatest chal
lenges, Edwards immediately responded,
“personnel and retention” - finding and
keeping qualified new recruits. Chief
thinks the new shift schedule will help
solve both those problems. He’s already
had several firefighters, who took positions
elsewhere, call and ask about returning to
Macon-Bibb. And Edwards has worked
with the county commissioners to budget
for annual firefighter incentive pay, upon
completion of 10 years in the department.
At his promotion ceremony, Edwards
gave a great speech. In keeping with who
he is, he made it about everyone but
himself. He recognized past mentors who
inculcated in him wisdom, compassion,
sacrifice, dedication to the FD, and com
mitment to serve the community. He said
that he’s where he is because of others - the
hard work and dedication of his leadership
team, and past fire chiefs. Finally, Edwards
acknowledged the sacrifices made over the
years by his family, - the numerous daugh
ter events he missed because the job called,
and the late night calls endured by his wife.
Chief Edwards, your Bolingbroke com
munity is proud to call you and your fam
ily our neighbor. May God bless you and
your fellow firefighters, keep you safe as
you continue to serve and protect the citi
zens, and visitors of Macon-Bibb County.
Did you know?
Snapshots from
Monroe Co. History
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D id you know
that there is a
Federal sol
dier buried
in Forsyth’s Confederate
cemetery?
He is not identified in
the commonly-used listing
of soldiers buried there,
but two sources vouch
for his interment. One is
a short article in the local
newspaper in 1883 that
says: “It is worthy of note
that the grave of the only
Federal soldier buried
in the Forsyth cemetery
was not only remem
bered in the decoration of
Thursday, but it had more
flowers than any
other grave.”
Many years
later, Frances T.
Dumas Sullivan
recalled the sol
dier incidentally
in a letter. She said that the
soldier arrived in Forsyth
in a critical condition and
her father, the Primitive
Baptist minister and hymn
writer Edmund Dumas,
“whose heart and home
were ever open to the dis
tressed” not only took him
in but also, along with a
neighbor James Clements,
“nursed and cared for him
until he died.”
BICENTENNII1L
* CELEBRATING SOD YEARS *
E5T. 1821
The body, she said, was
“buried among our South
ern boys” in the Confeder
ate cemetery in Forsyth.
Today there appears to be
no marked grave for the
enemy soldier who before
his death received South
ern hospitality in the home
of a Primitive Baptist min
ister in Monroe County.
His name and state are
apparently unknown.
Remember when...
1992
Several hundred people
pay final respects to former
Forsyth Mayor Richard Truitt,
who passed away 17 days
after leaving the office he
had held since 1974.
University of Georgia gradu
ate students are conducting
a Comprehensive Resources
Survey of the City of Forsyth;
the completed report will be
presented to the Chamber in
March.
For January the high tempera
ture in Monroe County was
64 degrees on Jan. 22; the
low was 20 degrees on Jan.
20 & 25.
Another movie, “Marital Privi
lege,” which is for USA cable
television, will be filmed at the
Monroe County Courthouse
and on the sguare; it will also
film at the city's E.W. Banks
building.
Forsyth city council and Mon
roe County commissioners join
together to hire Eric Newsom
as a consultant who will work
to bring business and industry
to the community; the two
governments will each pay
Newsom $ 1,400/month.
Forsyth city council initiates
the renaming of Culloden
Road (Highway 83 from Main
Street south to the city limits)
in honor of Martin Luther King
Jr., with Phil Ham maki ng the
motion.
Commissioners vote 3-2 to
give 4 and 5 percent raises
to 29 Sheriff’s deputies, on
top of salary increases given
in 1991 to correct an error in
the way some deputies' pay
rates were figured.
Master Gardeners John and
Nadine Atkinson of Juliette
are among 32 people hon
ored for completing at least
50 hours of community service
in 1991.
Forsythia Festival president
Tommie Walker says changes
for this year's three-day festi
val include closing the streets
earlier on Friday night for the
street dance.
Forsyth city council hires at
torney Kirby Moore to collect
on 2,400 past due accounts;
he will get 33 percent of
collections.
Mary Persons cheerleaders
receiving Most Dedicated,
Most Improved, Most Spirited
at the Touchdown Club ban
quet are Mollie Exum & Angie
Griffin, Jenny Wall and Nikki
Steeley.
Landscaping of the areas
adjacent to 1-75 and its four
interchanges in Forsyth is con
tinuing; the half-million dollar
DOT project will plant more
than 19,000 trees and shrubs
along Forsyth's interstate
corridor.
Administrative Assistant Julie
Paul and Dawn Hagan keep
the Monroe County Chamber
of Commerce running.
2002
The Georgia Public Education
Report Card shows Monroe
County students went up by
49 points on average SAT
score to 955, just below
the state average of 973.
ACT scores rose from 16.2
to 17.5. Monroe County
students eligible for HOPE
scholarships is 69 percent,
above the state average of
55.4 percent.
Forsyth levies fines of $3,000
and a suspended license for
16 days to W.C.’s Minit Mart
and Ingles for selling beer
to a minor in a sting by the
Department of Revenue.
Monroe County commis
sioners plan to apply for a
Community Development
Block Grant up to $500,000
to build a youth center.
Ga. Rep. Curtis Jenkins an
nounces award of a $20,000
grant to the City of Culloden
from Gov. Barnes' discretion
ary fund to build two-three
sets of men's & women's
restrooms at Ellis Field.
66 new State Troopers, fresh
out of seven months of train
ing, receive their diplomas
and duty assignments during
ceremonies for the 78th
Georgia State Patrol Trooper
School in Forsyth.
Mt. Zion United Method
ist Church holds a service
of dedication of its building
addition, church van and
accomplishment of becoming
a full-time appointment during
2001.
Mary Persons students Mag
gie Wilson, Halley Granitz
and Stefanie Coleman will
attend the Presidential Class
room Scholars Program in
Washington, D.C. in February.
Falls View Restaurant in High
Falls, now owned/operated
by Tommy Wilson and family,
has been serving “the best
catfish this side of the Missis
sippi” since December 1969.
In remembrance of Dr.
Martin Luther King Jr. Monroe
Countians gather on the
Courthouse Square and walk
to Kynette Church on Martin
Luther King Jr. Drive.
Georgia DNR Wildlife Re
sources Division awards Rick
Queen of Juliette a 2001
Angler Award for reeling in a
flathead catfish from the Oc-
mulgee River that weighed 30
lbs., 8 oz. & was 39 inches.
Cub Scout Pack 51 holds
its Annual Pinewood Derby
at Forsyth United Methodist
Church. Overall Design Win
ners are Scott Clinton, Thom
as Haskins, Clayton Carter.
Overall Speed Winners are
Colton Hester, Houston Cases,
Brian Czarnowsky.
2012
Forsyth council approves a
$4.7 million budget, cutting
spending instead of increasing
power rates.
Forsyth Dairy Queen hosts
Katie Sanders Day as
15-year-old Katie comes
home after finishing radiation
treatments.
Monroe County Magistrate
Judge Jeff Davis announces
he won’t seek reelection in
2012.
Allen Golson, 55, who lived
in Monroe County's River
Forest community and was the
CEO of Coliseum Healthcare
Systems in Macon, dies in a
plane crash crash in Ocala,
Fla.
Forsyth Pizza Hut is moving to
N. Lee Street and will offer
only take out and delivery.
Grannie's Country Cook
ing Buffet opens on Indian
Springs Dr. next to Red Dog
Public Safety Outfitters. It is
owned by Laurie & Greg
Hollingsworth and Camellia &
Nelson Hollingsworth.
With the proliferation of
gold stores in Forsyth, city
and county governments are
considering new laws to stem
a surge in jewelry thefts.
Monroe County's jobless rate
rises to 8.4 percent in De
cember but is still better than
neighboring counties.
Monroe Read with Ferst
receives a $3,000 grant
from Central Georgia EMC
Foundation, enough to send
83 books to children.
Teddy Saul and Gerra
Pearce win 2nd place in the
Scurry Outdoors South two-
and-a-half day challenge by
bagging 11 foxes and one
coyote.
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