Volume 22, No. 1 • March 2004MoM VALENTINE GALA ....A SMASHING SUCCESSWinter 2004 has been a busy season for Museum on Main: A History Museum for West Georgia. In early February, President Bit Taylor and the Board of Trustees announced that the museum would be located on the first floor of 136 Main Street. The Troup County Archives will move to the second floor and take over the public meeting rooms.
Then MoM held its first official function on February 14, 2004, with a Valentine’s Day dinner and dance. Betty Fagundes chaired this lovely event. The gala featured a gourmet dinner prepared by guest chef Jamie Keeting, an impressive dessert bar, decorations by After master of ceremonies Stuart Gulley introduced her to the group as our very own poster child (her photo was on posters announcing the event), Sallie Callaway Brabant declared that she had never been a poster child before -- and never expected to become one, especially during her retirement years! Special thanks go to the hardworking Gala Committee. Members were:
Photos from the MoM Gala Master of Ceremonies Stuart Gulley and his wife Kathleen Gulley in “Fabulous Forties attire”
TROUP COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY MEMBERSHIP, 2004SenatorCallaway GardensCallaway Family Association Mr. & Mrs. Robert G. Harris, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Bart Macomber PatriotMrs. Pat AlversonMrs. George S. Cobb, Jr. FounderBank of AmericaCB&T Community Bank Mr. & Mrs. Earl P. Cook Dr. & Mrs. F. Stuart Gulley Mrs. Collier Jordan Mr. & Mrs. Ed Long, Jr. Dr. & Mrs. J. Harvey Saunders Dr. & Mrs. Tom West SustainingMr. & Mrs. Wayne AbbottMr. & Mrs. James Baker Mr. & Mrs. Amos Beason Mrs. J. K. Boatwright , Jr. Mr. Peck Brumby Mr. & Mrs. H. Speer Burdette, III Mr. & Mrs. Hugh Camp Mr. J. Philip Cleaveland Mr. & Mrs. Jerry Cleaveland Dr. & Mrs. Robert B. Copeland Mrs. Jane Crayton Davis Drs. Julian & Sue Duttera Mrs. Julia Dyar Mr. & Mrs. Robert Ellis Mr. & Mrs. Alec Evans Dr. & Mrs. William Fackler Mrs. Curmilla Furgerson Mr. & Mrs. Sidney Gay Dr. and Mrs. Garnett J. Giesler Dr. & Mrs. Stanley Hall Mr. Grover A. Hobbs Mr. & Mrs. Charles D. Hudson Mrs. Frank W. Hutchinson, Jr. Dr. & Mrs. Richard Ingram Mrs. Elizabeth Banks Jarrell Mr. & Mrs. Jerry Johnson Mr. & Mrs. Fred Jones Mr. & Mrs. Jared T. Jones Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Knight Mr. & Mrs. J. Smith Lanier II Dr. & Mrs. Werner Linz Mrs. Sue A. Long Mr. & Mrs. Kendrick W. Mattox, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. John C. McKibben Mr. & Mrs. Greg Minchew Mr. & Mrs. Mike Moncus Mrs. Betty Jo Murphy Mr. & Mrs. Curtis Myhand Mr. H. Pope Richter Mr. & Mrs. Jay Russell Mr. & Mrs. Ellis Smith Mr. & Mrs. Gordon M. Smith, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. James Stogner SunTrust Bank Mr. & Mrs. Robert Walters SponsorDr. Jung H. AhnMr. & Mrs. L. D. Allen, Jr. Mr. Michael Anderson Mr. & Mrs. Michael Angstadt Mr. & Mrs. Wayne Bartley Mrs. Joanna Baxter Dr. & Mrs. Avery P. Beall Mr. & Mrs. Ed Biggs Mr. & Mrs. Thomas A. Bushar Mr. Rusty Callaway Ms. Dorothy Cammon Mr. & Mrs. Bobby Carmichael Cobb Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Zim Cauble Mr. & Mrs. Thomas A. Colgrove Miss Katherine Cook Mr. Earnest Cosby Mr. & Mrs. Jim Crane Mr. & Mrs. Tony Dattilo Mr. & Mrs. Marvin Edelson Mr. & Mrs. Mack Paul Efland, Jr. Capt. & Mrs. Joseph Fagundes Mr. & Mrs. Charles A. Ferguson Mr. & Mrs. Edmund Glover Mr. & Mrs. Oliver Greene Mr. & Mrs. Dwayne Greer Mr. & Mrs. Thelon A. Hamby Mr. & Mrs. Phil Herrington Mr. & Mrs. Pat Holder Mr. & Mrs. Owen C. Holleran Mr. Alex S. Hopkins Mr. & Mrs. Ramsey Jennings Mr. & Mrs. Ralph T. Johnson Judge and Mrs. Allen Keeble Dr. & Mrs. James Killebrew Mr. & Mrs. Kennan Knight Mr. & Mrs. Walton Knight Mrs. Joseph H. Kyle Mr. & Mrs. Don Lee Mr. & Mrs. Louis Lester, Jr. Mr. Frank R. Lewis Mr. & Mrs. Alfred Mansour, Sr. Ms. Betty M. Mattox Revs. Wm. McLemore & Lori Lowe Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth McGreevy Mr. & Mrs. Alfred McNair Mrs. Judith Merrill Ms. Josievet Moss Mrs. Betty J. Oetjen Mr. & Mrs. Gene Page Mr. Ben H. Parham Mrs. Glenna J. Parkins Dr. & Mrs. Thomas N. Pirkle Mr. & Mrs. Leon Pitts Dr. & Mrs. Cliff Rainey Selma and Thomas Gore Mr. & Mrs. W. B. Shedd Mr. Ellis C. Smith, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Ed Smith Mr. & Mrs. Daniel C. Stark Mrs. Jane Strain Mr. & Mrs. Sidney Stubbs Mr. & Mrs. H. Grady Traylor Mrs. C. Frank Traylor, Sr. Dr. John & Kathy Vollenweider Mr. Frost Ward BuilderAllen County Public LibraryMs. Laura Adams Dr. Sybil L. Allen Mrs. Martha Anderson Mrs. Ethyl Ault Mr. Lewis L. Banks Mrs. G. Price Barnwell Dr. & Mrs. J. Edward Bass Mr. & Mrs. Jim Biagi Ms. Ann Blackwell Dr. & Mrs. Patrick C. Bowie Mr. & Mrs. James T. Boyd Dr. & Mrs. Lloyd C. Brewton Mr. & Mrs. Charles Browne Mrs. H. S. Burdette, Jr. Ms. Carolyn Burgess Mrs. J. W. Carr Mrs. Anne A. Cleaveland Mrs. Missy Cochran Ms. Suzanne Cook Mr. & Mrs. Bruce Crawford Mr. Charles T. Creekman Mrs. Sally L. Culpepper Mrs. Clara B. Daniel Mr. & Mrs. Larry Daniel Mr. & Mrs. James W. Davidson Mr. William Davidson Mrs. Marian S. Davis Miss Sara E. Davis Mr. & Mrs. Jone Debnam Jean & Joan DeMarrais Mrs. Margaret Denney Dr. & Mrs. James Doerr Mr. Stephen Edelson Mr. and Mrs. Edward W. Edge Mr. Hilton Estes Ms. Mary Lynn Faress Mr. & Mrs Robert F. Fischer, Sr. Mr. & Mrs. Charles Foster Mr. Jim Franks Dr. Richard A. Freeman Mr. William Freeman Mr. & Mrs. Paul French Mr. Cliff C. Glover Mrs. Jane Gore Mr. & Mrs. Rocky Grace Mr. & Mrs. Jackson Grady Mr. & Mrs. James T. Gresham Mr. & Mrs. William C. Guthrie Mr. & Mrs. George Haley Mr. & Mrs. Frank C. Harrell Mr. & Mrs. Jim Harry Mrs. Willis Hendricks Dr. & Mrs. George Henry Mrs. Charles H. Hess Ms. Mary Ellen Hill Mr. P. Seale Hipp Mr. & Mrs. William F. Holle, Jr. Mrs. John S. Holt Mrs. Addis Hopkins Mr. & Mrs. W. B. Houze, Jr. Ms. Polly Hutchinson Betty and Kenneth Ingram Mrs. Yolanda K. Jabaley Mr. Barry Jackson Dr. and Mrs. John M. Jackson, Jr. Mr. Joseph Jarrell Mr. A. Stephen Johnson Mrs. Ida F. T. Jones Mrs. S. Kelly Jordan Mr. & Mrs. Chris Joseph Mrs. Julia Keller Mrs. Catherine Kesler Ms. Jayne Lewis Mr. and Mrs. Eiland G. Lipham Mr. & Mrs. Keener Lynn Mr. & Mrs. G. Melville Major Dr. & Mrs. Paul Major Mrs. Glenda Major Dr. & Mrs. Grant R. Major Mr. & Mrs. Richard H. Mallory Ms. Gayle Maner Mr. & Mrs. Nasor Mansour, Jr. Mr. Earl Marsh Mr. George Mason Mr. & Mrs. Mickey McCoy Mrs. Gay McDaniel Mrs. Martha McDonald Mr. & Mrs. Dewey R. McKenzie Mrs. Claude McKibben, Sr. Mrs. Mamie Meeker Dr. & Mrs. Fred Mills Mrs. Jack Mitchell Mr. Terry Moon Mr. & Mrs. George R. Moore Mrs. Frances Moore Ms. Dorothy D. Moore Mrs. Betsy Moultrie Mr. & Mrs. Raymond Newman Mr. & Mrs Gardner Newman Mr. & Mrs. Howard Park, Jr. Mrs. Marthanne Parker Mrs. Mary Pauley Mrs. John H. Peacock Ms. Amy Penn Col. & Mrs. Shep Phillips Dr. & Mrs. Chuck Pitts Mr. Gus Pullen, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Donald Rawlins Ms. Claire Ray Ms. Julia Ann Reeves Mr. and Mrs. Donald E. Russell Mr. & Mrs. Bill Rye Col. & Mrs. John J. Schuyler Mr. & Mrs. Tom Slagle Mrs. Avery P. Sledge Mr. V. Hawley Smith Mrs. R. Woodrow Smith Mr. & Mrs. Roger H. Soderberg Mr. & Mrs. Calvin Spinks Mrs. Clara Stewart Ms. Anne H. Stich Mr. & Mrs. James H. Swanson Mr. & Mrs. Horace Thom Mrs. O. E. Thornton Mr. & Mrs. Ferrell T. Towns Mr. & Mrs. Henderson Traylor Mrs. J. Edward Traylor, Jr. Mr. Gus Valeri Mrs. Melissa Van Wey Ms. Lynda Veal Col. M. Reid Wallis Mrs. Gail Walsh Mr. Robert Weeks Mr. E. DeForest Winslow, III Mr. E. Scott Wood Mr. & Mrs. James C. Woodyard Mr. & Mrs. Thomas H. Woosley Mr. Richard H. Worrell Mr. David Yates RECENT ACCESSIONS AT THE ARCHIVESBaxter, Joanna B., LaGrange. Books: Original Sacred Harp, J. S. James, editor, 1911, and The Delineator: A Journal of Fashion, Culture and Fine Arts, 1892.Biagi, James, LaGrange. Roller skates used by Callaway Educational Association at Callaway Auditorium. Britton, Emily Maddox, Anchorage, Alaska. Family photographs and papers. Callahan, Park, Savannah, GA. 1825 Sheraton style dining table belonging to Samuel Reid, surveyor of LaGrange. Cook, Wynette, Hogansville. Copy of the Troup County Herald, April 22, 1970 and information on the Birmingham Dairy Council, 1929. Dunaway, Sarah O., Atlanta. Confederate Reminiscences & Letters, 1861-65, VolumeXX Futrelle, Mike, Five Points, AL. Lead roofing nails, unused, c. 1940s. Harris, Ellen, LaGrange. Coutry Side Visitor’s Register, 1958-2003. (photocopy) Hart, Brenda, LaGrange. Oral history interviews conducted by LaGrange High School students. Holleran, Bobbie, LaGrange. Photograph of dance students of Helen Jackson James, c. 1930s. Howard, Jeff & Deborah, LaGrange. Photographs of Dixie Mill and 10 volumes West Point Pepperell Employee News, 1969-1978. Keller, Julia, LaGrange. Bless the Lord, O My Soul. Hynms recorded by Julia Keller. Minchew, Kaye, LaGrange. African American Architecture. Contains articles on Horace King and John T. King. Murphy, Lillian, LaGrange. Video tapes on West Georgia Walker’s Club. Swanson, James H., LaGrange. Bible presented by Fuller E. Callaway, Jr. to James Swanson. 1937. West Point Historic Preservation Committee, West Point. Design Guidelines, 2003. PASTPERFECT AND PHOTOS AT THE ARCHIVESThe Troup County Archives is using a new database management program for its photograph collection. PastPerfect allows researchers to view an image while reading information about the photo on the same screen. The program displays a thumbnail image with information such as the photographer, image date, caption and subject of the photo beneath the image. PastPerfect is user friendly and conforms to archival standards.
PastPerfect also allows researchers to print a paper copy for their own use. When printing, the researcher has the option of printing a large version of the photo with its basic description or a small thumbnail image with all of the data pertaining to the image. The copy fee is twenty cents per page. Researchers will find many uses for PastPerfect. This is a a quick way to view photos in the Troup County Archives’ collections of people, events, and buildings in LaGrange and Troup County. Property owners interested in restoring their homes and buildings can search for photos from earlier eras. Students will be able to obtain paper copies of photos for research projects such as History Day. PastPerfect is a great addition to the Troup County Archives. Please take some time when you are visiting the Archives to preview this new way to view our photographs. HISTORICAL SOCIETY ELECTS NEW OFFICERSAt its annual meeting on Wednesday, March 10 , 2004, members of the Troup County Historical Society elected new officers and directors for the 2004-2007 term.
President Oliver Greene Trustees:2001-2004
John Taylor Congratulations to our new officers and we appreciate their service to the Troup County Historical Society! MEMBERSHIP INFOMembership in the TROUP COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY is open to all people interested in preserving Troup County’s heritage. Membership entitles you to a free subscription to the newsletter and invitations to Society functions. The Historical Society is a nonprofit agency. All memberships are tax-deductible. Mail checks to the Society at P.O. Box 1051, LaGrange, GA 30241.CATEGORIES OF MEMBERSHIP ARE:
ARTIFACT SPOTLIGHT“Dixie and Dunson Mills: Saluting 203 years of textile manufacturing” is the topic of a new exhibit at the Troup County Archives that will be on display until Fall, 2004. Earlier this year, WestPoint Stevens announced that Dixie and Dunson will close. The closings will mark a very sad time in the history of LaGrange and Troup County. Dixie opened in 1895 and Dunson started production in 1911 and generations of area residents have worked at the mills. The Archives’ exhibit salutes the history of the mills and people who kept the machinery running hour after hour, year after year. The LaGrange Daily News published a special edition, called “The Last Whistle,” on March 30, 2004. Over fifty News readers contributed their remembrances, stories, photos and clippings for this special edition. The Archives was happy to add factual details and photos. Copies of this information will be housed permanently at the Troup County Archives while artifacts and photos are included in the display. This newsletter is a quarterly publication of the Troup County Historical Society and Archives, 136 Main Street, P.O. Box 1051, LaGrange, GA 30241.
Officers:President - Oliver GreeneVice-President - Ann Petry Secretary - Sally Macomber Treasurer - Jim Crane Past-President - Bit Taylor Board of Trustee Representative - Charles D. Hudson Staff of the Archives: Director - Kaye Lanning Minchew Reference Assistant - Clark Johnson Accessions Archivist -- Barry Jackson Archivist - Lance Jones Bookkeeper - Diana Thomas Exhibits -- Charles Kelly Reference Assistant - Shirley Dykes Assistants: Christian Johnson, Gay McDaniel, Jennifer Palmore
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Affairs to Remember and the big band sound of the Cavaliers Band. Spending Valentine’s evening with MoM has never been better!
The evening also introduced Troup County to six figures who are expected to spend their future in Museum on Main serving as needed. The figures are life-size cutouts of dancers from the dance studio of Helen Jackson James in the 1930s and 1940s. Dr. Sallie Callaway Brabant (shown to the left) was our first poster child. The daughter of Dr. Enoch and Jennie Callaway, she danced with Helen Jackson’s group in 1940 and went onto become a Sociology Professor at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. We were thrilled that she was able to join us at the party.
Rev. Jeff Howard of LaGrange recently donated three Dixie coinsto the Archives’ artifact collection. The coins are worth five -- with no indication of five what -- nickels, dollars, units?? The coins could be used at the mill store. Do you remember what these coins were used for or why they were given out? Do you remember anything you bought or sold with such coins? (Note the coin is about the size of a nickel.) If you do, please call the Archives at 884-1828 or e-mail us at