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The countryside lights up
Wed, 08/17/2022 - 5:00am
By 1902 the city of Atlanta had electricity furnished by Southwestern Gas and Electric Company, with a power plant on West Street. However, it was more than 37 years later that homes outside the city limits were wired with electricity through the newly-formed Bowie Cass Electric Cooperative.
Parker Echols and Mason Whatley are the muscle at Echols’ farm
Wed, 08/17/2022 - 5:00am
In a secret location around the Kildare area George Echols farms watermelons. The Echols’ have been watermelon farming for five generations.
A lifetime of following God’s lead and loving kids
Wed, 08/17/2022 - 5:00am
Even as a child, little Dianne Harrist knew exactly what she was born to do – teach. On weekends she held class in the shed behind her Momma’s store on Main Street and all the neighborhood kids – including her little brother Sidney – had to finish their studies before they could ride her Shetland pony.