The Twenty Fourth year - 2021:
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: No program. Meeting canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic of 2020/2021.
Marcia Atkins publishes the story of The Padgett House in Douglasville (circa 1878), still standing, as of this date) and it's owners over the years in the Society newsletter.
February:
Newsletter: On File.
Program: Where There is a Will, there are Assets and Information by Elaine Steere, presented as part of the Zoom virtual meeting. At Elaine's request, the presentation was NOT recorded with the meeting.
Newsletter editors institute a new column, entitled A Walk Down Memory Lane and request contributions from members to help flesh out the column. The first column was by Myra Wade, recounting memories of her childhood and teenage years.
19th - Began receiving notices, from our Web Hosting Service, of 'outdated' code on the web page. I immediately began the effort to bring the web site up to current HTML 5 standards, from its long standing HTML 4 standards, which is where it stood when I inherited it (already some 13 years behind the ever evolving standards). But as long as it worked and no one complained, I had just left it alone (the "If it ain't broke, don't fix it!" mind-set). Now there were complaints, so I had no choice but to bite the bullet and just "do it!"
March:
Newsletter: On File.
Program: No program. Meeting canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic of 2020/2021.
Marcia Atkins publishes the story of The Hiram Bowen House built by Hiram, in Douglasville (circa 1840) in the Society newsletter. The house was still standing in 2007 (we have photographs). Marcia then went on to describe the history of Hiram's family over the years.
10th - John Fuller is discovered to be bleeding in his brain and goes into the hospital.
22nd - Finally completed the web site upgdate from HTML 4 to HTML 5 (spending some 2 to 4 hours each day). The Hosting service is now happy with it, and should be for the next dozen years, or so.. Progress was impeded for a day or two by a bit of computer orneriness....
Yes, it happens, even to us elder geeks, often self inflicted. The fat finger syndrome will eventually surprise us all. Hopefully, the next time will be my successors problem. Anyway, as it turned out, there were 57 files, each with several problematic areas that had to be modified to meet the new standards. The hardest part was doing so without substantially changing the appearance. In fact, I took the opportunity to actually improve the appearance in a few instances.
April:
Newsletter: On File.
Program: No program. Member discussion of potential future programs and projects.
Marcia Atkins publishes the story of The John R. Hudson Family in the Society newsletter. This family history is supplemented by the recounting of Myra Wade's memories, as a young child, of living in the Hudson house as renters for some 5 years (1942-1947).
22nd - We resumed in-person meetings in our regular meeting place (Heritage Baptist Church) for the first time since the beginning of the Great Covid-19 Scare, back in March of 2020.
May:
Newsletter: On File.
Program: Tour of the DCGS Web Site by Chuck Jackson (the Web Master). Technical difficulties prevented it being recorded. The video camera has now been handed off to someone else, so perhaps we can repeat this program at some point in the future, and record it for posterity.
Bob James publishes the story of The Bluehole on Bear Creek in the Society newsletter.
Kathryn Bryant (the Web Master's grand-daughter) graduates from Middle School and moves on to the 9th grade at Villa Rica High School. She departs middle school with the All A Honor Roll award for all 3 years of middle school, as well as the Presidents Award for Academic Excellence, which is awarded for a 4.0 GPA. Again, 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, thus far (8 straight years).
June:
Newsletter: On File.
Program: Who Are You and What Is Your Lineage? by the membership, each presenting an answer to that question.
Marcia Atkins publishes Tributary Subdivision Land Owners Before 1900 in the Society newsletter.
6th - Chuck Jackson (me, the Web Master) turns 81 years of age!
July:
Newsletter: On File.
Program: A repeat and review of the first half of Q&A on DNA, by Dr. W.J. Freeman (first presented in April 2019).
Marcia Atkins publishes the story of Gladys Adams, Long Time Douglas County School Teacher in the Society newsletter. Gladys taught several of the Society members.
12th - Chuck Jackson (me, the Web Master) suffers a rather mild heart attack during the night, and ends up, a few days later, receiving triple by-pass surgery and a pace-maker, at Piedmont Hospital. Thank God for excellent health insurance (combination of Medicare and Tricare, which is part of my military retirement benefits)! Didn't cost me a dime out of pocket, although the statements eventually wandered somewhere near $500,000! When all is said and done (what with rehabilitation, follow up visits, etc.) I suspect it will easily exceed a half million dollars. If you would like a more detailed description of my travails, click here.
August:
Newsletter: On File.
Program: Highlights of my Journey in Genealogical Research by Robert Blakemore, President of the Carroll County Genealogical Society.
Marcia Atkins and Nancy McLendon publish the story of Dr. Ralph Emerson Hamilton in the Society newsletter.
1st - Chuck Jackson (me, the Web Master) is released from the hospital after his heart surgery and returns home. For the next three weeks he stays at his daughter's home, before returning to his own home, in late August.
20th - Chuck Jackson (me, the Web Master) is cleared by the doctors to operate a vehicle. That final bit of freedom returns!
September:
Newsletter: On File.
Program: A repeat and review of the last half of Q&A on DNA, by Dr. W.J. Freeman (first presented in April 2019).
Marcia Atkins and Nancy McLendon publish the story of Dr. Robert Burns Turk and Family in the Society newsletter.
30th - Chuck Jackson (me, the Web Master) commences a Cardiac Rehabilitation supervised exercise program at Paulding Hospital. 36 total sessions are scheduled on Mondays and Thursdays, each lasting an hour or so.
October:
Newsletter: On File.
Program: When We Open Our Eyes, What Can We See? by Norm Brazel (our current president).
Norm detailed his search for his mother, and some of the surprising things he learned along the way. Norm grew up believing himself to be the oldest child, but discovered that his mother had an unknown previous marriage (at age 15 or so) and a child from that marriage. Thus, it turns out that Norm has an older step-brother he has never met nor even knew about. Emphasizes that you never know what surprising secrets may come to light during your search. Be prepared to be shocked!
Marcia Atkins and Nancy McLendon publish the story of James Cowan and Dr. T.R. Whitley in the Society newsletter.
November:
Newsletter: On File.
Program: Wills and What They Can Tell You by Elaine Steere.
This was a replay of a recorded program created by Elaine for another organization, and used as examples two wills from the 1700s, two from the 1800s and two from the 1900s.
Election of Officers for 2022/2023.
Marcia Atkins and Nancy McLendon publish the story of Frank Parks and John Luther Dorris in the Society newsletter.
December:
Newsletter: On File.
Program: Annual Christmas Dinner, held at Golden Corral This was also the location of our first documented Christmas Dinner, in 2004.
Marcia Atkins and Nancy McLendon publish the story of the Georgia Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) work camps in the Society newsletter.