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David Zelski and his Georgia Public Broadcasting crew were back in Washington last Fall and taped segments at the Robert Toombs House and Holly Court Inn. Word from Zelski last week is that the segment will air on February 12 at 9 p.m. on GPB. . . . Lee Campbell was dressed as Toombs and was “interviewed” by Zelski, and there are other interesting segments to be included.
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Tim and Connie Zello are moving their Washington Antiques from Downtown Washington to the Antique Mall in Greensboro.
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Mahlory Waller will be opening her beauty salon called Tangles February 1 in the former location of Kermit’s Salon.
ƒ Billed as “Kelly and Coe,” Timothy Kelly of Appling playing the violin and guitar, and Genevieve Coe of Washington, playing the cello, provided a medley of songs to entertain residents and staffers at
Heritage Healthcare of Wilkes last Saturday during the evening meal. Some of the songs were interactive and everybody had a good time. “Music taps into memories we often have forgotten,” says Genevieve. The duo looks forward to returning with other instruments, such as harp, flute, and mandolin, added to their repertoire.
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Dackie Callaway from Rayle was attending a training session in conjunction with the Military Child Education Coalition in Harker Heights, Texas, just outside Fort Hood, last week. During a getacquainted session she met a woman who asked her where in Georgia she was from. Dackie told her, “Oh, just a very small town.” The woman said her husband is from Washington and grew up in Whitehall in Washington, and his mother still lives in Whitehall. Her name is Jackie Davis but we didn’t get the mother’s name.
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Jane Garner called to tell me about Allison Baker, daughter of Alex Anderson Jr., a native of Wilkes County. Allison lives in Gross Park, Michigan, and was shopping at an antique mall. She stopped at an antique jewelry store where she found that David Wickersham, another native Wilkes Countian, was the proprietor. Both David and Alex grew up on East Robert Toombs Avenue. . . . Jane also told me about her oldest son, Jim Garner, attending a wedding Saturday at Anthony’s in Atlanta. This is the house that was moved from Wilkes County to Atlanta and made into a restaurant. Jim couldn’t believe the elegance of both the setting and the food. . . . I didn’t know that the restaurant was still in business. It was moved many, many years ago.
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The Dallas (Texas) Morning News recently ranked the top 50 Cowboys (football team) of all-time in the first 50 years of the franchise. No. 27 was Charlie Waters whose greatgrandfather, grandfather, and father were born in Wilkes County and who himself went to Washington’s public school in 1953-55. Ranked No. 1 was Tom Landry.
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Kathryn Bussey, fiancĂ©e of Reid Filipiak of Washington-Wilkes, is featured in a segment of her magazine, a medical-oriented magazine published in Columbus, Ga. Kathryn is a clinical dietician at St. Francis Hospital in Columbus, covering the ICU, cardiac, and orthopedic floors. She is working towards a master’s degree in community nutrition. The article includes almost a full-page picture of Kathryn at her cooking station and quotes her: “A healthy habit that someone can stick with for life is far more effective than an all-or-nothing diet plan that you can stay on for only a week or two.” Reid and Kathryn plan to live in Washington after their wedding.
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When I looked through the January issue of the Georgia Electric Membership Corporation's Georgia magazine a couple of weeks ago, I didn’t see the letter to the editor from Mabel Johnson of Washington. Among other things, Mabel says, “I look forward to receiving the magazine every month. Thank you. I’ve been on Rayle EMC power since 1946, and I’m 94 years old. I thank God every day for electricity that gives me fresh well water and so many conveniences. With a touch of a button, I have light in the middle of the night.” . . . That says it all. We’re all thankful for electrical power.
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The News-Reporter received a review copy of a book titled Mysteries and Legends Georgia – true stories of the unsolved and unexplained, by Don Rhodes. The book has a chapter titled “The Gold and Silver of the Confederacy,” but most of the information I had never heard before. It also had chapters about
President Jimmy Carter’s seeing a UFO; Savannah’s waving girl, Elberton’s Stonehenge and Dutchy, and others. Don Rhodes is publications editor of Morris Communications Company. His previous books include Down Country Roads with Ramblin’ Rhodes; Ty Cobb; and Safe At Home.
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