THE ET CETERA CHRONICLES - VOL. 85
THE PRINCESS OF PEANUTS - Sheila Murkerson, of Cadwell, Georgia, reigned as Georgia Peanut Princess from August 1977 to February 1978. Dublin Courier Herald, Aug. 20, 1977.
TED’S LAST HURRAH! - In the span of two years, Dublin Orioles pitcher streaked from the Class D minor league Orioles. On a cool day on September 28, 1960, Barber got the starting nod against the Red Sox at Fenway Park. An aging veteran playing in his game managed a walk in his first at-bat and flew out to deep center twice for an 0-2 record. Barber was pulled in favor of Jack Fisher who gave the old man a fat pitch which he blasted into the stands for a home run in his last at-bat. That man, of course, was Ted Williams. Box Score, September 28, 1960.
INTERSTATE HERE WE COME! - The last portion of Georgia’s Interstate Highway System was completed when Interstate Highway 16 opened all the way from Savannah to Macon on September 1, 1978. Courier Herald, August 4, 1978.
GATOR’S GRAVES SPEAKS - Legendary Florida football coach Ray Graves spoke at the Dublin High School Touchdown Club Banquet on January 30, 1964. The festivities were held in the social hall of the First United Methodist Church to honor the 1963 Class A State football champions. Dublin Courier Herald, Jan. 31, 1964.
OLDEST SPANISH AMERICAN VET - William C. Owen, a patient at the VA Hospital in Dublin, was Georgia’s oldest surviving veteran of the Spanish-American War. He turned 100 years old on September 4, 1978. Dublin Courier Herald, August 30, 1978.
WONDERFUL WOODY WOOD - Wendell “Woody” Wood was the first player in Laurens County to receive an athletic scholarship in golf. Wood, the second-best golfer in Region 2AA and Dublin High’s No. 1 player, was given a scholarship to East Tennessee University in 1967. Dublin Courier Herald, July 3, 1967.
A LASTING TRAGEDY - Rhonda White Donaldson, a former employee of Oconee E.M.C. in Dudley and 1980 graduate of West Laurens High School, was killed along with 228 others in the crash of Swiss Air Flight 111 off the coast of Nova Scotia, Canada on September 2, 1998. Dublin Courier Herald, September 4, 1998.
OUT OF THE STREET KID! - We all did it and kids still do it. Did you know that it has been and is still a crime for any person to play ball by throwing, catching, pitching, or batting a ball on any public street, alley, or sidewalk in the city. The city also frowns on the throwing of stones, rocks, arrows, and other missiles either maliciously or with disregard for safety, even in your own backyard. Sec. 14-3, prohibits the wearing of masks, and hoods in public places. It shall be unlawful for any person to be and appear on any of the public streets of the city or in any of the public places of the city wearing a mask, hood, or other apparel or regalia in such manner as to conceal his identity, or in such manner that his face is not fully visible, or in such manner that he may not be recognized; provided, that the provisions of this section shall not be applicable to or enforced against children sixteen (16) years of age and under who may participate in traditional Halloween activities on the evening of the last day in October of each year, and who may be garbed in the usual or customary children's Halloween costumes. Official Code of the City of Dublin. Sec. 14-6, 21. Macon Telegraph, September 30, 1919.
TIRED OF HIGH GAS PRICES - The mail carriers of Laurens County were mad - so mad that they contacted their U.S. Senator, William J. Harris, who took their case to the floor of the United States. The senator brought up the fact that in 1914 the carriers were buying gas at 14.5 cents per gallon and in the spring of 1922, the price had exactly doubled to 29 cents per gallon. Harris promised to strongly support the efforts to expose illegalities in the petroleum industry. Macon Telegraph, May 27, 1922.
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