We meet the second Thursday of each month at 7 p.m.
The Historical Society museum, including the Ruby Brock Burrell Standard Telephone Museum, is open on meeting nights and the first Saturday of each month.
Announcements
Please read this letter from Historical Society President Ed Brown. Included in the letter is a membership form. Please consider joining or donating to the Historical Society!
The Historical Society building and museum is open for visitors the first Saturday of each month. Hours are 11 a.m-2 p.m. Please come by and say hello!
Information
To the right is our building at 228 N. Main Street. Known as the Ivie Building, it was built in the early part of the 20th century so peach and apple growers would have a place to socialize.
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Tom Okie speaks about Georgia peaches during the April meeting |
50 years ago - May 1962
- Commencement exercises at North Habersham High School were set for May 28. Seventy-five seniors were set to receive diplomas.
- South Habersham also held commencement on May 28. Seventy-three seniors graduated.
- Eighteen students graduated from Tallulah Falls School.
- Mrs. Mary Church released her history book, The Hills of Habersham.
- Senator Herman Talmadge announced he would seek re-election.
- Stewart Motors advertised new Dodge models ranging in price from $1951 for a Lancer to $2964 for a Custom 880.
- The Clarkesville Chamber of Commerce endorsed a proposal on tax equalization recommended by the County PTA Council. The proposal would result in more funding for local schools. Dr. H. Allen Smith, Assistant State School Superintendent, told the Habersham Education Association that the enrichment program for Habersham's schools would depend on local effort. As a comparison, he said that Habersham spends $2 per student in local funds; DeKalb County spends $101 per student.
- Tom Arrendale was named President of Habersham Bank.
- The State Board of Education approved an experimental three-semester, twelve-month operation at Tallulah Falls School.
- Three men robbed Norton's Store on the Clarkesville-Mt. Airy Highway, getting away with $600-$700 in cash.
75 years ago - May 1937
- The Board of Education voted to consolidate Center, Fairfield, Mt. View, and Return schools into a single district. The new school was to be housed in a new building constructed as a WPA project.
- The WPA approved a project to build and repair sidewalks in Clarkesville. The WPA also approved a project to replace fifteen wooden bridges in Habersham County with metal culverts.
- The new Cornelia Community House was formally dedicated.
- Governor E.D. Rivers was the featured speaker at Clarkesville School's commencement. Thirty-six seniors graduated. Governor and Mrs. Rivers also attended a banquet at the Charm House sponsored by the Clarkesville Lions Club.
- Ernest Rogers of the Atlanta Journal spoke at commencement of the Cornelia High School.
- Twenty-one "mountain girls and boys" graduated from Tallulah Falls School.
- It was announced that Habersham College, a new institution to be operated by Columbia University of New York, would open in September in the facilities previously occupied by the Ninth District A&M School.
The Habersham County Historical Society is a 501(c)3 organization that seeks to preserve and promote the history of Habersham County and the entire Northeast Georgia area. We welcome new members and visitors!
Email us at info@habershamhistoricalsociety.org
This portrait is signed "Glascock Reynolds" and was obtained from Joseph Habersham Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution in 2000.
