These are just two of the many “horseless carriages” that visited Monticello Saturday morning on their way from Madison to Jackson and back. It was part of the “Social Security Run,” which is in its 16th year. Several people enjoyed looking at the cars and visiting with the owners. It was the second antique car…
I’m fixing to get right with the Lord.And according to Harold Camping of Family Radio, based in Oakland, CA, I don’t have much time. In fact, I only have two days. Mr. Camping has predicted this Saturday, May 21, 2011 as doomsday, based on his reading of the Bible, and has declared that beyond a…
Herman F. “Rex” Reheis was born July 30, 1916 in Douglass, Ks. to Harry Reheis and Beulah Olmstead.He died on April 29, 2011 in Atlanta. A proud member of the “Greatest Generation,” he lived a long life with many adventures and experiences. In 1935, he enlisted in the U.S. Army as a horse-riding cavalry trooper…
Roy Bryan Jones, 38, of Eatonton, died May 4, 2011 at the Medical Center of Central Georgia in Macon, the result of a motorcycle accident.Mr. Jones was an Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) for Putnam County and was also a firefighter in Henry County. He was an avid outdoorsman who loved to hunt and fish. He…
The Monticello City Council, at its regular meeting Tuesday with two council members absent, overturned a recent decision by the Historic Preservation Commission.Nancy Baeder of Persons Street filed an application in April to replace several windows and doors of her home in the historical district. The Historical Preservation Commission (HPC) approved the replacement of the…
Emergency officials responded when a SUV and compact car collided at the intersection of Hwy. 11 south and Perimeter Road Monday, damaging both vehicles and causing some injury, none believed to be serious. The Georgia State Patrol was called in to do the accident report, and that information was not available at press time. It…
The Monticello Community Band and Choir presented Great Hymns and Church History at a concert held last Friday at Monticello Baptist Church. Jehan El-Jourbagy directs the band, and she read the history of several Jasper County churches between each musical piece. The band opened with Fantasy on an African American Spiritual, which was followed by…
Scotie Johnson, 38, and Elizabeth Johnson, 29, were arrested this week and charged with manufacture of marijuana and possession of marijuana. On May 10, deputies from the Jasper County Sheriff’s Office went to 340 Bob Cat Trail on a tip of alleged drug activity at this residence.Following a search of the residence, an unspecified amount…
Nathan Jordan reviewed a brief history of Jordan soldiers back to the Revolutionary War, and told the crowd gathered for the Jasper County Historical Foundation meeting Saturday how they could research their ancestors.After hitting the highlights of service in the Revolutionary War, Creek War, Civil War, World War I, World War II, and his service…
I’m fixing to buy myself a book.According to some sources, I better do it quick, because the advent of electronic books will soon make printed books obsolete, or possibly even extinct.Someone even went so far as to say that when they do the autopsy on the last book the coroner will report it was murdered…