The Fourth Year - 2001:
Officers:
Elected:
President: Irene Jackson
Vice-President: Roger Smith
Secretary: Linda Waldron
Treasurer: Linda Jolly
Appointed:
Required:
Librarian: Vacant
Parliamentarian: Rhett Wlliamson
Historian: Marcia Atkins
Optional: (and may not always exist)
Publicity: Becky Collins
Chaplain: Willard Tumlin
Newsletter Editor: Marcia Atkins
Web Master: Larry Noles
Membership: Gwen Thigpen
January:
Newsletter: On file.
Program: No Program, reason unknown.
Saturday Computer Classes begin, taught at the Library, by Chuck Jackson.
Newsletter adds calendar listing events of interest. This continued for a few months, until it became obvious it really served no purpose, finally ending with the July 2001 Society newsletter.
February:
Newsletter: On file.
Program: About My Husband's Ancestors by Mrs. Henley Campbell.
9th - Field trip to library in Anniston, Alabama.
15th - Linda Jolly welcomes first grandchild, Mathew Logan Roberts.
March:
Newsletter: On file.
Program: Society 3rd Birthday Party, in lieu of regular meeting, held at Marcia Atkins home.
Contest for Society slogan held. Winning slogan is "Digging Up Your Roots"
24th - Linda Waldron welcomes new grandson, Adrian Dean Waldron.
27th - Heritage Book Committee meets with publishers representative.
April:
Newsletter: On file.
Program: History of Old Campbell County by Nancy J. Cornell, editor of the Old Campbell County Historical Society Newsletter.
Beverly Giles husband, Jim, has quintuple bypass heart surgery.
The Society's new slogan (Digging up your Roots) makes it first appearance in the Newsletter. It is still in use, and also appears on our web site.
20th - Field trip to Georgia Archives.
24th - Heritage Book Committee meets with publishers representative.
28th - Society mans a table at the Olde Towne/Whole Towne Garage Sale on O'Neal Plaza.
May:
Newsletter: On file.
Program: Heritage Book Publications Process by Don Mills, Walsworth Publishing representative.
June:
Newsletter: On file.
Program: Education and Schools Through the Years in Douglas County by Vivian Smith Cranford, retired school teacher.
15th - Ken and Myra Wade welcome a new granddaughter, Eryn Caroline Eaton.
19th - Douglas County Board of Commissioners proclaims June 23rd, 2001 to be Douglas County Heritage Book Day.
23rd - Bob James son, Brent, marries Betsy Harris.
July:
Newsletter: On file.
Program: Publishing the Cherokee County Heritage Book by Phyllis Porter, chairman of the Cherokee County Heritage Book Committee.
4th - Society enters a float, highlighting the Heritage Book, in the Independence Day Parade.
Web Master sez: I towed the Independence Day float with my old F-150 pickup:
Well, maybe it wasn't so old in 2001 (it is a 1994 model).
Some history on the truck:
I continued to drive this vehicle regularly until October of 2017 (by which time it had reached over 341,000 miles), when I purchased a brand new bright red 2017 F-150 XLT Sport.
Alas, by October of 2021 the bright red F-150 went the way of the do-do bird, to be replaced by a 2022 KIA Sorrento. That big F-150 was just too big - to maneuver or to get in/out of. But then, by October of 2023 the Sorrento also went the way of the do-do bird, to be replaced by a 2024 Kia Telluride. The Sorrento was just too small to seat everyone. Hopefully, the Telluride will make veryone happy and stay with us a long, long time!
I still have the old truck and it is in the process of a semi-restore, to get it back in the condition it was at the time of the parade (as it appears above). Thus far, I have replaced the engine, the transmission, the radiator, the exhaust system, the brakes and tires, U-joints, differential, tool box, headlamp buckets, headliner, visor covers, seat upholstery and the leather wrap on the steering wheel. It is now essentially new, mechanically, so it is time to move on to the rest of the interior - door panels, trim, etc.
I suppose you can see that I really love that old truck. After all I have been driving it for more than 24 years. I have grand-children that have never known me to drive anything else, until recently.
August:
Newsletter: On file.
Program: Working Meeting, Heritage Book by the members.
September:
Newsletter: Lost/Missing, likely never published. The editors at the time (the current Web Master and dear departed wife) were moving into their new home in Villa Rica (having closed on the day after 9/11) and probably did not have computers, printers and internet connections set up in time to publish the newsletter.
Program: No Program, reason unknown, but then, many things were heavily impacted by the horrendous events of September 11, 2001.
October:
Newsletter: On file.
Program: My Trip to Ireland and Research There by Rhett Williamson.
November:
Newsletter: On file.
Program: No Program.
Election of Officers for 2002.
Meeting held at the new Jackson homestead, in Villa Rica.
5th - Irene Jackson gives a genealogy presentation to Boy Scout Troop 228 of Douglasville.
6th - Heritage Book Committee meets with Douglas County Board of Commissioners in attempt to have them provide material for the book.
December:
Newsletter: On file.
Conflicting Program Data:
1 - Researching the Giles Family, by Beverly Loffler.
2 - Christmas Dinner, held at unknown location, no documentation.
The separation of the Constitution and By-Laws into two separate documents is presented to the society. Ultimately this was rejected.
Web Master sez: I still think it was a good idea, and would have preferred that set up from the beginning. It would allow changing the rules without amending the Constitution, much as Federal laws are written and revised without Constitutional amendments. By the way, the State of Georgia suffers a similar problem, the State Constitution being so detailed that it requires an amendment to revise many laws. The founders of our great nation now seem to be especially smart.