Thursday, January 26, 2012

Tracing Some of the Jenkins Ancestors of the Late Hon. Edgar L. Jenkins

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A search through the 1834, 1840 and 1850 Union County, Georgia census records did not yield a single family with the last name of Jenkins. W...
Thursday, January 19, 2012

A Tribute to Congressman Edgar Lanier Jenkins

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Union County, Georgia can be justifiably proud of one of her native sons, Congressman Edgar Lanier Jenkins. He grew up in the county, was ...
Thursday, January 12, 2012

Lake Winfield Scott Recreation Area Bears Distinctive Name

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Lake Winfield Scott Recreation Area was a project of the Civilian Conservation Corps finished in 1942 shortly following America’s entry into...
Thursday, January 5, 2012

Goodbye 2011...Hello 2012

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Years are the means of marking time on the calendar. We said “goodbye” to 2011 and “hello” to 2012. Time flows in relentless passage. ...
Thursday, December 22, 2011

Christmas Is... A Trail of Miracles through Unbelievable Circumstances (or the Malac-Bartak Story)

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Since this is my last column for 2011 in this paper, I want to thank my faithful readers for staying with me yet another year. I have writ...
Thursday, December 15, 2011

Christmastime and World War II Recollections

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December 7, 1941 was, as then-president Franklin Delano Roosevelt stated in addressing the nation, “a day of infamy.” Those still living w...
Thursday, December 8, 2011

Patterson Families--Early Settlers in Union (part 2)

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Last week’s column introduced early settler families in Union County with the last name Patterson. In 1834, four families with Patterson s...