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March 2, 2022
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Bittick is Kiwanian of the Year
immy Barbee speaks to Rotary
On Feb. 17 the Forsyth-
Monroe County Rotary
Club program featured
Jimmy Barbee with his wife
Brenda. Jimmy is retired
from the Macon Police
Department with more than
45 years of service and is a
veteran of the U.S. Army
who served in Vietnam.
Barbee said he has seen a
lot of crime in his years of
service. He spent six years
working on the streets of
Macon, then spent 35 years
as a homicide detective.
He said the main element
needed to control crime
is for people to love one
another. Controlling crime
starts at home; children
should be raised to be lov
ing, caring and compassion
ate people.
Pictured are Jimmy & Brenda Barbee with Bob Berlin.
The Kiwanis Club of Forsyth -Monroe County named Michael Bittick, left, its Kiwanian of
the Year. Above, Stuart Pippin presents a plaque to Bittick declaring the honor. Kiwanis
meets in the Forsyth UMC fellowhip hall every at noon every Tuesday.
MONROE IN COLLEGE
The following local stu
dents have been named to
the Dean's List at the Uni
versity of the South
for the Fall 2021 term:
Adam Muth of Macon,
son of Benita & Michael
Muth and Sara Bran
denburg of Macon,
daughter of Carol & Scott
D. Brandenburg. To earn a
place on Sewanee's Dean's
List, a student must earn
a minimum grade point
average of 3.625 on a 4.0
scale. The University of the
South, familiarly known as
Sewanee, is an independent
liberal arts college located
on 13,000 acres atop Ten
nessee's Cumberland Pla
teau between Nashville and
Chattanooga. It has been
consistently ranked among
the top tier of national
liberal arts colleges.
Rotary hears about Storytellers Macon
On Feb. 10 Karyn
Young, Executive Direc
tor of Storytellers Macon
spoke to the Forsyth-
Monroe County Rotary
Club
Storytellers Macon is
a non-profit organiza
tion in Macon created to
give people a platform
to tell their stories. A
free event is hosted the
second Tuesday of each
month at Grants Lounge.
Storytellers Macon also
offers free Storyteller 101
workshops.
Pictured, left to right, are Mike Hickman, Karyn Young,
Bob Berlin.
Did you know?
Snapshots from
Monroe County History
BICENTENNIHL
D id you know that a Brazilian
musical organization is plan
ning an opera featuring a
teacher who once worked in
Forsyth?
Kelley Dolphus Stroud taught at For
syth's State Teachers and Agricultural Col
lege (STAC) in the early 1930s. His story
before he came to Forsyth probably got
the attention of the International Brazilian
Opera Company, which is now working
on music and libretto for an opera about
Stroud.
Dolphus Stroud was a runner who
wanted to compete in the 1928 Olympics.
He won a trial 5,000 meter race in Colo
rado, having prepared himself by running
up Pike's Peak before breakfast. The next
qualifying meet was at Harvard in Cam
bridge, Massachusetts. Having no money,
he tried to get there, walking and hitch
hiking from Colorado Springs, Colorado
to Cambrdige, covering 1,765 miles in
12 days. He arrived exhausted six hours
before the race and failed to qualify for the
Olympics.
+ CELEBRATING EDO YEARS *
EST. 1821
He returned to Colorado, finished his
education at Colorado College majoring in
political science. His story evidently came
to the attention of William M. Hubbard,
who got Stroud to join the faculty at STAC
as athletic coach and political science
teacher.
This Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Colora
do State College found living in segregated
Forsyth a challenge. Before the school year
ended, he sent his pregnant wife home
to Colorado and upon leaving here, he
joined her there.
After securing a master's degree on a
Rosenwald Fellowship, Stroud taught in
Texas, but in time made his way to Port
land, Oregon, where he ran a moving and
storage company. There he continued his
interest in sports-basketball, baseball and
golf-until his death in 1975.
Former Monroe Countian
publishes new book
Johnnie Goolsby,
a former resident of
Monroe County, has
just published a new
book about a conva
lescent home outreach
ministry.
Goolsby, who now
lives in California,
heads the outreach,
which has two teams
that minister in song
and Gods Word on the
East and West coast. An Evangelism in
Motion Outreach is a varied ministry that
reaches out to children, seniors, veterans
and the homebound. It also distributes
greeting cards and childrens toys during
the Christmas season.
The book, "A Magnificent Journey:
Gods Seasons in Senior Communities and
Beyond," covers the 7-year journey of the
outreach and is filled with color photos
of the team members and their ministry
travels over the years. It is available in
paperback ($12.99) and
hardcover ($25) and can
be ordered on Amazon,
com. Goolsby has book
specials included on her
website.
She is a minister and the
published author of 17
faith-based books. She as
sists aspiring authors with
transforming manuscripts
into published books and
has just written her first
screenplay.
Goolsby will host a self-publishing book
seminar for aspiring authors on March 5
from 3:30 - 6 p.m. at Fresh Air Barbeque
in Macon. The seminar is $20 and regis
tration is required.
For more information on the new book,
ministry inquiries, or registration, go to
www.jmgfe.com, email johnnie@jmgfe.
com or call 818-221-7551.
Johnnie Goolsby
Remember when...
1992
Nolen Howard is appointed
by the Grand Jury to the
Monroe County Board of
Education to succeed Dohn
Bonner, who served three
terms.
About 200 Monroe Coun-
tians attend Saturday s 2nd
annual Heart Ball, a fund
raiser for the American Heart
Association.
Forsyth approves a budget of
almost $7.1 million, including
$600,000 in cuts to cover an
expected rate increase by the
Municipal Electrical Associa
tion of Georgia.
Forsyth City Council and
Monroe County Commission
have accepted invitations
to pull against each other
in a tug of war during the
Forsythia Festival.
Connie Ham of Forsyth re
ceives the 1991 Million Dollar
Club award from the Macon
Board of Realtors.
Forsyth's Burleigh Single-
ton is elected to the Emory
University Chapter of Phi Beta
Kappa Honor Society.
The portion of Culloden Rd.
from Main St. to the Forsyth
city limits is now officially
Martin Luther King Jr. Dr. For
mer council member Charles
Wilder says of the 59 houses
on the street, 50 are in the
black community and two
of 1 1 businesses are black-
owned.
Winners in a contest spon
sored by Outdoor West
Advertising to design an anti
drug and alcohol billboard
are Elizabeth Raby of Hub
bard Elementary and Charlie
Mosely of Monroe County
Middle School.
Three Mary Persons students
are nominated to participate
in the Governor’s Honors
Program at Valdosta State
College: Austelle Hoyt, Jason
Sterling and Wendy Brunson.
In a dramatic turnaround in
just one year Monroe Acad
emy girls basketball has gone
from worst in the region to
1992 region champs.
2002
Jon McGough is Mary
Persons STAR student, with
a score of 1 480 on his SAT,
and has named his 1st grade
teacher Suzanne Rozar as his
STAR teacher.
Lindsey McMurry of Jackson
is Monroe Academy’s STAR
student and has named Mary
Beth Hargrove, who has been
teaching at Monroe Acad
emy since 1978, as her STAR
teacher.
Forsythia Festival will begin
with the Miss Forsythia
Pageant and the Community
Care Banquet. There will be
golf, horseshoe and fishing
tournaments, a 5K run, a teen
dance, entertainment on the
square and a variety of shows
and performances.
Monroe County Emergency
Services holds a dedication
ceremony for six new fire
trucks.
Forsyth police office George
Foster receives a commenda
tion from his Chief of Staff
in Bosnia where he served a
seven-month tour of duty with
the National Guard.
Billy Myers, a 13-year-old
Monroe County Middle
School student, is named a
merit award winner in the
14th annual Lions Internationa
Peace Poster Contest.
LaTasha Moore and LaRhonda
Barkley of Forsyth commit to
serve one year with Ameri-
Corps VISTA in Forsyth, serv
ing with Save the Children
recruiting volunteer teachers
for the after school project.
Marcus Watkins wins the
Monroe County Schools spell
ing bee.
Larry Pippin of Forsyth is a
world record holder after
reeling in a 91.8 lb. catfish
with a rod & reel while fishing
in the Amazon River basin.
2012
Hubbard Alumni Association s
Black Tie Gala on Feb. 18
at the Public Safety Training
Center is a success as a fund
raiser and as a fun event.
MedPro EMS, owned by
Eric Wilson and Greg Tapley,
opens as Monroe County’s
first privately owned, non
emergency transport service.
The business is starting with
one ambulance.
Forsyth celebrates its 2nd Ar
bor Day as a Tree City USA
by planting an Overlap Oak
at Kynette Park.
Over 100 Monroe Countians
attend a workshop at the Rum
Creek banquet hall to learn
about radon and uranium.
Chester & Jean Campbell of
Monroe County will celebrate
their 65th wedding anniver
sary on Feb. 28.
Greg & Laurie Hollingsworth
and Nelson & Camellis
Hollingsworth hold a grand
opening at Grannie’s Country
Buffet at 1024 Indian Springs
Drive in Forsyth.
Forsyth Cabaniss Chapter
415 UDC donates historica
documents dating back to its
formation in 1 899 to Gordon
College. The documents will
be archived and housed in
the Special Collections sec
tion of the Hightower Library.
Monroe County 4-H S.A.F.E.
Shotgun team has been com
petitive since it was formed in
the late 1990’s thanks to dedi
cated volunteers like Nipper
Bunn, Bill Myers, Brian Walker,
Ed Boyd and Chris Goode.
Heritage Healthcare of
Forsyth continues its decades
long Valentines Day tradition
by crowning Robert & Wil-
helmina Willis king and queen.
The United Methodist Women
of Forsyth UMC host a Valen
tine's Day party for Monroe
County special education
students with the help of the
Mary Persons Beta Club and
Forsyth UMC youth.
Mary Persons girls basketball
team wins the Region 2-AAA
championship matchup with
Rutland, 54-51, the team's first
title in 1 3 years.
Mary Persons senior Hunter
McLendon completes his
volunteer certification with the
Forsyth Fire Department.
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