THE ET CETERA CHRONICLES - THE GREEN HAND - A MOVIE ABOUT 4H CLUBS, WHICH HAD ITS ORIGIN IN CEDAR GROVE, GEORGIA
The plot line features a fictional and hopelessly delinquent student, Fred Dale. The inspiration for the bad boy turned good came on a night before Christmas in 1927. Set in the fictional community of Cedar Falls, the story actually took place in Cedar Grove, Georgia, situated in the southern tip of western Laurens County.
Cedar Grove School was one of the first in the county to develop a vocational agricultural program following the adoption of the Hughes-Smith Vocational Act of 1917, which was adopted by the Congress after the sponsorship of Hoke Smith, a United States Senator from Georgia, and Congressman Dudley M. Hughes of Danville in neighboring Twiggs County.
The story goes that in attendance at the banquet were two professors from the University of Georgia. The occasion was a father and son banquet held at the school. In the midst of a traditional, yet unexciting speech, a gang of rowdy youngsters interrupted the Christmas merriment and fellowship. The culprits were apprehended and punished for their malfeasance.
The professors returned to the campus and told the story. One thing led to another and Paul Chapman decided to write a book based on the event. In 1932, Chapman, who was named Director of Vocational Education of the College of Agriculture of the University of Georgia in 1934, completed his work, which began to be read by many a future farmer. Chapman accepted an offer to turn his novel into a movie.
Cedar Grove School was one of the first in the county to develop a vocational agricultural program following the adoption of the Hughes-Smith Vocational Act of 1917, which was adopted by the Congress after the sponsorship of Hoke Smith, a United States Senator from Georgia, and Congressman Dudley M. Hughes of Danville in neighboring Twiggs County.
The story goes that in attendance at the banquet were two professors from the University of Georgia. The occasion was a father and son banquet held at the school. In the midst of a traditional, yet unexciting speech, a gang of rowdy youngsters interrupted the Christmas merriment and fellowship. The culprits were apprehended and punished for their malfeasance.
The professors returned to the campus and told the story. One thing led to another and Paul Chapman decided to write a book based on the event. In 1932, Chapman, who was named Director of Vocational Education of the College of Agriculture of the University of Georgia in 1934, completed his work, which began to be read by many a future farmer. Chapman accepted an offer to turn his novel into a movie.
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