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THE WEDDINGS OF THE CENTURY by scottbthompsonsr
Mar 23, 2012 | 0 
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They weren't exactly the weddings of the century, no one or two weddings are except to the couples themselves. But, when Dena Baum married Emanuel Dreyer and her sister, Blanche Alexandria Baum, took the hand of Junius Schiff in marriage, they were the largest weddings ever held in Laurens C... | 16 |
ALEXANDER STEPHENS by scottbthompsonsr
Mar 23, 2012 | 0 | 14 |
The Littlest Giant For forty years in the middle of the 19th Century in Georgia, Alexander Hamilton Stephens towered over most of his political colleagues in the Empire State of the South. Weighing between ninety and a hundred pounds, the frequently frail, regularly sickly, five-foot, ... | 14 |
GEN. DAVID BLACKSHEAR by scottbthompsonsr
Mar 23, 2012 | 0 | 8 |
The War Years On this day in 1764 in the British colony of North Carolina was born a general. Although he was widely heralded as an Indian fighter and brigade commander of the War of 1812, General David Blackshear of Laurens County rarely led his men into battle. Blackshear had seen war... | 8 | 
HAL M. STANLEY by scottbthompsonsrJan 25, 2012 | 0 | 8 |
A Champion of Journalism, A Leader of Men Hal Stanley was born with newsprint on his hands, serving people in his heart, and printer's ink flowing through his veins. From a little boy to a fully grown man, Stanley lived and breathed the business of publishing newspapers. After reaching the... | 8 |
RANDOM MISCELLANEA by scottbthompsonsr
Jan 25, 2012 | 0 | 7 |
MAN'S BEST FRIEND? On the night of June 5, 1900, one of the legendary and more amusing events in the history of Dublin City Government occurred. Just as Alderman J.D. Smith took his seat in the old wooden city council building during the reading of the minutes, the agenda suddenly shifted. A do... | 7 |
COLLEGE IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA by scottbthompsonsr
Jan 25, 2012 | 0 | 12 |
The Beginning of a Tradition People began going to college in East Central Georgia one hundred and twenty years ago today. And, they are still going to colleges in places like Dublin, Swainsboro, Eastman, Sandersville, Mt. Vernon/Ailey, and Cochran, where the first college in th... | 12 | 
BUD BARRON by scottbthompsonsrJan 08, 2012 | 0 | 6 |
The Pilot's Pilot Bud Barron loved to fly in the skies. He flew toward the heavens for more than fifty years. When he saw his first plane at a Macon fair when he was a child, Bud knew that someday he wanted to fly. The Dublin pilot flew his plane for nearly forty thousand hours ove... | 6 | 
JOHNNY PAYNE by scottbthompsonsrJan 03, 2012 | 0 | 8 |
JOHNNY PAYNE Walking Point in Vietnam Many of you know John L. "Johnny" Payne. He has been a fixture in the religious, military, civic, scouting, business, and athletic activities of Laurens County for most of his life. Those years he wasn't living here and contributing to o... | 8 |
IT HAPPENED IN ELEVEN by scottbthompsonsr
Jan 03, 2012 | 0 | 7 |
IT HAPPENED IN ELEVEN Not all news stories make the headlines of long-lasting importance. On the other hand, some seemingly inconsequential stories do have an impact on the way will live, a century later. Others had no long term significance, but at the time, they were interesting, c... | 7 |
EYEWITNESS TO INFAMY by scottbthompsonsr
Dec 14, 2011 | 0 | 6 |
EYEWITNESS TO INFAMY Pancakes were all that Marjorie Wilson could think about as she drifted in and out of her Sunday morning dreams. It was just another normal sunny day, or so Marjorie thought. When she could practically smell pancakes, Marjorie rubbed the sleep out of her eyes, got o... | 6 |
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