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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On December 8, we had our annual Christmas dinner. |
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50 years ago - January 1962
- Roy L. Keller was re-elected mayor of Mount Airy.
- Habersham, along with Stephens, Hall, Banks, and Lumpkin Counties, agreed to enter the Georgia Mountains Area Planning and Development Commission. Clarkesville Mayor Amilee Graves was president of the commission.
- Jack S. Reeves, Habersham County March of Dimes chairman, announced that the drive would be January 18 to February 15. The March of Dimes, which had helped develop vaccines against polio, was targeting arthritis and birth defects.
- The importance of a "three-dimensional" reading program was emphasized at a meeting attended by 65 Habersham County teachers.
- Quenton Fagans of North Habersham High School was the county's STAR Student. Fagans chose Principal S.Y. Sosbee as his STAR Teacher.
- The U.S. Bureau of Public Roads appropriated funds for the construction of the Richard B. Russell Scenic Highway across Tesnatee Ga in White and Union Counties.
- Two prisoners in jail for auto larceny escaped from the Habersham County jail.
75 years ago - January 1937
- The state legislature convened in Atlanta on January 11. E.D. Rivers was inaugurated as Governor on January 12. Linton Crawford of Cornelia was appointed as a Lieutenant Colonel on Governor Rivers' staff.
- Mike Kenimer was sworn in as a new Cornelia City Commissioner.
- 59 high school and 33 college students from Habersham County were to receive National Youth Administration finacial aid for work on projects selected by school officials.
- The Southern Railway advertised a special train from Atlanta to Washington and return for the inauguration of Franklin D. Roosevelt's second term as President. Railroad and Pullman rates ranged from $30.05 to $41.55.
- County School Superintendent Claude Purcell purchased a motion picture projector and a film slide lantern in order to integrate visual education in the schools.
- Habersham County citizens donated $382 in a Red Cross drive for relief of flood victims in the Ohio River Valley.
- A special dance was held in the Cornelia Community House, proceeds to go to the Warm Springs Foundation.
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.
