The Eighteenth Year - 2015:
Officers:
Elected:
President: Paul Trew
Vice-President: Vacant - no takers
Secretary: Marcia Atkins
Treasurer: Gwen Thigpen
Appointed:
Required:
Librarian: Vacant
Parliamentarian: Vacant
Historian: Vacant
Optional: (and may not always exist)
Newsletter Editor: Paul Trew
Web Master: Chuck Jackson
January:
Newsletter: On File.
Program: Ghost Towns and Mills in the Atlanta Area, by Robert Jones, President of the Kennesaw Historical Society and author of a number of books on Civil War and/or RailRoad themes, including Retracing the Route of Sherman's Atlanta Campaign and Great Naval Battles of the Civil War.
February:
Newsletter: On File.
Program: No Program, meeting canceled due to inclement weather.
Elaine Steere publishes The Fouts Mill Story 1830-1978, in the Society newsletter.
Claudia Hutchins publishes Uncle Ben Brown and the Scrapbook, the story of a professional boxer and how his descendants acquired the unexpected and surprising scrapbook.
7th - Anna Horowitz is presented a Centurion Club Certificate.
March:
Newsletter: On File.
Program: Ezekiel Polk, The Georgia Years, by Elaine Steere (carried over from February).
Paul Trew publishes Early Douglas County, the story of the Union Grove Baptist Church, in the Society newsletter.
April:
Newsletter: On File.
Program: Show and Tell Session by the members.
May:
Newsletter: On File.
Triple Program:
1 - How to Get and Use DNA tests, by Roger Smith.
2 - How to add family information to the Find A Grave web site, by Sandra Whittington
3 - How to Find Street Addresses on Google Earth and Virtual Pike, by Paul Trew.
A Glossary of Occupations Found in Census Records published in the Society newsletter. This chart is now on the web site, here.
June:
Newsletter: On File.
Program: Evolution of The Name Game Played in Douglas County, by Elaine Steere.
6th - Chuck Jackson (me, the Web Master) turns 75 years of age!
July:
Newsletter: On File.
Program: History of the Pace Family, by Sandra Whittington.
Elaine Steere publishes The Morris Family of Morristown, in the Society newsletter.
27th - Clara (Walker) Belcher is presented a Centurion Club Certificate.
August:
Newsletter: On File.
Program: How to Find and Correct Information on the Find A Grave website, along with a brief tour of the Virtual Pike web site by Sandra Whittington and Marcia Atkins.
September:
Newsletter: On File.
Program: The Town Of Campbellton, by Sid Brown. The Story of Campbell County is now on our web site.
19th - The Society mans a booth at the September Saturdays Festival at the Douglas County Courthouse.
October:
Newsletter: On File.
Program: The Historical Costumes and with Artifacts presented by the The Villa Rica Re-enactors, in Civil War costumes, with artifacts of the period.
Marcia Atkins publishes Voices From the Past, the Selman family story, in the Society newsletter.
Brenda Joyce Abercrombie Brazel was presented with 10 (yes, ten!) First Families of Douglas County Certificates. That may be a new record - it certainly is a new record for simultaneous presentations.
November:
Newsletter: On File.
Program: What's new at the Family Search free genealogy website, and how to use the new WIKI function, by Norm Brazel.
Election of Officers for 2016/2017.
December:
Newsletter: On File.
Program: Annual Christmas Dinner, held at Marva's Place, a new restaurant in downtown Douglasville (Note: now defunct). Most members were not pleased with either the food (barely adequate) or the service (very poor). It is doubtful we will return. Web Master sez: Not sure what we're doing to these places, but three of them have now gone out of business after being patronized by the Society. Soon they'll be locking the doors when they see us coming!!!
Elaine Steere publishes Part I of Music, a Wiseman Gene, the story of Scott Wiseman and Myrtle Cooper (Skyland Scotty and Lulu Belle - a country music act) in the Society newsletter.