The Twenty Third Year - 2020:
Officers:
Elected:
President: Norm Brazel
Vice-President: Bob James
Secretary: Brenda Brazel
Treasurer: Gwen Thigpen
Appointed:
Required:
Librarian: Elaine Steere
Parliamentarian: Bob James
Historian: Vacant
Optional: (and may not always exist)
Newsletter Editor: Marcia Atkins & Nancy McLendon
Web Master: Chuck Jackson
January:
Newsletter: On File.
Program: How to Get the Most from your Free Public Library Galileo Databases, by Christine Wilt, Adult Services Librarian at the Lithia Springs Library.
Marcia Atkins publishes Part I of the story of The Webb Family and Home in the Society newsletter.
A brief (one paragraph) history of the Alpha Theater (in Douglasville, closed in the 1960's) was published in the Society newsletter.
February:
Newsletter: On File.
Program: Native American and Civil War History at Sweetwater Creek State Park by Don Scarbrough, Interpretive Ranger at Sweetwater Creek State Park. Sadly, this was our last in-person meeting, until April of 2021, resulting in some 13 months of either no meeting or a virtual (Zoom) meeting.
Marcia Atkins publishes Part II of the story of The Webb Family and Home in the Society newsletter.
March:
Newsletter: On File.
Program: No program. Meeting canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic of 2020.
Marcia Atkins publishes Part III of the story of The Webb Family and Home in the Society newsletter.
April:
Newsletter: On File.
Program: No program. Meeting canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic of 2020.
Marcia Atkins publishes Part IV of the story of The Webb Family and Home in the Society newsletter.
May:
Newsletter: On File.
Program: No program. Meeting canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic of 2020.
Marcia Atkins publishes the story of The Douglasville Collegee (1889-1914) in the Society newsletter.
The Web Masters granddaughter, Kathryn Bryant (see May 2018 entry, above), completes the seventh grade and will move on to the eighth grade in September. She is in the accelerated classes program at Bay Springs Middle School in Villa Rica, and finished with all A's. Just as a note to those that may not know, she has never had any grade other than A, in any class, in her entire school career. Makes me proud! She will be taking ninth grade (high school freshman level) classes in Science, Mathematics and Language Arts (and for actual high school credits) during her eighth grade experience.
Note from Dad: Kathryn and her BFF (Madison) have been sweeping all the awards, so this year the school decided to only award them the two highest awards they had earned and reserve all the others to give the rest of the kids a chance to win something. Kathryn's career will be updated again, next year.
I never managed many A's in anything, and ended up being a tenth grade drop-out, although I did, somehow, manage to go on to a rather successful career as an Aviation Fire Control Technician in the U.S. Navy, serving aboard the USS Independence, the USS Forrestal, and the USS Saratoga (all super-carriers) as well as tours with Fighter Squadron 41 (the Black Aces), Fighter Squadron 25 (the Fist of the Fleet) and Attack Squadron 105 (the Gunslingers).
Then, after retiring from the Navy, I had another successful career as a Software Engineer with a local defense contractor. that underwent several name changes along the way. Initially Loral, then Lockheed-Martin, later L3 Communications, then becoming (after I retired) L3 Technologies and, finally, L3-Harris due to a merger. At least the pension checks keep coming.
June:
Newsletter: On File.
Program: No program. Meeting canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic of 2020.
Marcia Atkins publishes an article on The Sanborn Insurance Maps (beginning in 1887) in the Society newsletter.
6th - Chuck Jackson (me, the Web Master) turns 80 years of age!
Newsletter: On File.
Program: No program. Meeting canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic of 2020.
Marcia Atkins publishes an article on The Old Duncan(?) House (at one time occupied by a part of the James family - relatives of our current Vice-President, Bob James) in the Society newsletter.
August:
Newsletter: On File.
Program: No program. Meeting canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic of 2020.
Marcia Atkins publishes an article on the mystery of The Jack Smith Cemetery in the Society newsletter. The cemeteries existence was lost in the mists of time, until a reference found in a 1921 death certificate initiated research.
September:
Newsletter: On File.
Program: No program. Meeting canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic of 2020.
Marcia Atkins publishes an article on Deeds and Other Sources in the Society newsletter.
19th - The September Saturdays Festival at the Douglas County Courthouse is cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
October:
Newsletter: On File.
Program: No program. Meeting canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic of 2020.
Marcia Atkins publishes the story of John Thomas and Martha Phillips Adair in the Society newsletter.
November:
Newsletter: On File.
Program: No program. Meeting canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic of 2020.
Marcia Atkins publishes the story of John Bowden in the Society newsletter.
Chuck Jackson (Web Master) gets kudos from the newsletter editors.
December:
Newsletter: On File.
Program: No program. Our Annual Christmas Dinner was also canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic of 2020.
Elaine Steere publishes Lest We Forget [we have a book for that], a tale of the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month, in the Society newsletter. This article was also published in the Douglas County Sentinel on November 10th, 2020.