Thursday, December 23, 2010

Keeping Christmas All Year Long

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To faithful readers everywhere, my wish for you is that the joy of Christmas may follow you throughout 2011. What may we do to renew the spi...
Thursday, December 16, 2010

Reece Caught the Essence of Christmas with Certain Poems

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December. We celebrate Christmas. The air is full of Christmas carols coming from every store, television set and radio, from church choirs ...
Thursday, December 9, 2010

The Country Store—A Landmark Entrepreneurial Entity

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Francis Jasper "Bud" Collins (1855-1941) Owner of Collins Country Store The country store was a part of my growing up years, for m...
Thursday, December 2, 2010

Akins Hotel “on the Square” and the People Who Operated It

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Akins Hotel on-the-square, about 1950 Perhaps many remember the days when the Akins Hotel “on the Square” in Blairsville operated in its he...
Thursday, November 25, 2010

Don Byers’ Music Career Leads to Induction into Atlanta Country Music Hall of Fame

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Don Byers of Blairsville will experience a highlight of his country music career on November 27 when he is inducted into the Atlanta Country...
Thursday, November 18, 2010

Country Music Artist Don Byers Tapped for Atlanta Counrty Music Hall of Fame

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“Autumn leaves were falling Down in Adams Park We sat and watched the river ‘Til it was almost dark And there were children playing They nev...
Thursday, November 11, 2010

Thomas Jefferson Hooper and Some of His Descendants (Great Grandson of Absalom Hooper, Sr, Revolutionary War Soldier – Part 4, Hooper Family)

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Just about now I am seeing that to trace all the descendants of Absalom Hooper, Sr. (c 1764-1845), Revolutionary War soldier, and write even...