THE ET CETERA CHRONICLES - VOL. 59
BUICKS ON PARADE - To celebrate the grand opening of his Buick car dealership in 1949, “Bob” Hightower, Jr., featured a parade of Pontiacs from ever year from 1942 to 1949 through downtown Dublin. Atlanta Consitution, January 14, 1949.
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THE TOWN TOWER - The tower of the Laurens County Courthouse (1895-1963) was designed by the architectural firm of Bruce & Morgan of Atlanta, which also designed the Carnegie Library in 1904. The Laurens County courthouse featured a tall, brick clock tower on its right side. Bruce & Morgan also designed one of the more famous brick towers in the state of Georgia. Known as the “Tech Tower,” the brick tower has been a landmark and symbol of the University of Georgia Tech since 1887.
HEAD LION - Thomas A. Curry, Sr. was the first Laurens Countian to be elected as District Governor of a major Georgia fraternal organization when he was chose the lead the Georgia District of the Georgia Lions Club in 1929. Macon Telegraph, May 3, 1929.
THIS IS NO TRICK - Some of Laurens County’s peach trees were blooming on Halloween Day in 1927. Atlanta Constitution, October 30, 1927.
THE LORD WAS LOOKING DOWN - Hal Dominy had to be grateful. When he was sucked into the spinning blades of a mill saw, his body was thrown away into a pile of sawdust. Upon an examination by physicians, it was discovered that the tiny waste products thrown away as useless, acted as a coagulant, which saved his life. Atlanta Constitution, May 18, 1923.
CRACKING DOWN ON CRIME - In the winter of 1928, the Dublin City Board of Alderman passed the city’s most comprehensive traffic ordinance. License tags were required to be displayed. There was a one hour parking limit on business streets. U-turns were banned - the usual rules. For the first time ever, “jay -walking” was banned. Macon Telegraph, March 22, 1928.
YOU DON’T MESS WITH MA HAWKINS - Lowe Braddy, Hubert Wynn, and Clyde Dominey were out to make a quick score, by stealing things from the temporarily closed store of Mr. and Mrs. G.C. Hawkins. Mrs. Hawkins forgot that she had left something as the were out riding, so Mr. Hawkins drove back to the store. As they drove up to the store, they noticed a man running and getting into another car. Mr. Hawkins found the lock to the door had been cut. Mrs. Hawkins took off and followed the crook like a duck on a June bug. For nearly a half hour, Mrs. Hawkins chased the man, who attempted to knock her car off the road. Finally, the lady hemmed up the criminal in an alley just in time for the police to take over. Macon Telegraph October 12, 1928.
YOU ALL LOOK ALIKE - During the early days of school at Dublin’s Johnson Street School in the late summer of 1972, Catherine Lawrence, a first grade teacher, was calling the roll. She noticed several repetitive last names, there was Terry and Gary Jones - nothing unusual there. Then came Tracey and Stacy, the Stuckeys, then Letha and Teretha Powell, and last there was Keith and Kevin Tillman. Okay, so she had four sets of students with the same last name. Still nothing of any real note. What was something beyond usual about these eight students, who made up nearly thirty percent of the class. That’s right. Each of the four duos were sets of identical twins. Atlanta Constitution, October 6, 1972.
FRIENDLY FOWL - M.B. Graham had pet chicken who was his best friend. The rooster was known to have danced on command. One time when Graham was confined to his sick bed, the congenial chicken flew into the Graham house and alighted on the foot of the bed. As if the rooster was inquiring as to Graham’s condition, it would lean toward its master to see how the ailing Graham was doing. St. Joseph Gazzette-Herald, St. Joseph, MO, March 10, 1887.
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