Memory Lane: February 23, 1961

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From the February 23, 1961 edition of The Forest-Blade:

2nd Grade Play
Second graders presented a play Feb. 23 at the Chapel program in the Swainsboro Primary School Auditorium entitled “George Washington Mystery”. Play casts were Earnestine Smith, Randy Tapley, Ronnie Conley, Tommie Lee Oglesby, Nancy Smith, Chucky Moye, Rebecca Bailey, Randy Jones, Jerry Waller, Phillip Pritchard, Donna Thigpen, Marsha Derriso, Charles Sewell, Brenda Lawson, Jimmy Raley, Patricia Morris, Ruby Lee Headricks, Talmadge Hooks, Jerry Scarboro, Sharlene Stapleton, Edith McNure, Patricia Latham, Mike Fields, Ricky Tapley, Jeanette Wiggins, and Charlie Willis.

Swainsboro gets check from Georgia Power Co.
A check for $8,477.22 was delivered to the City of Swainsboro by L.W. Pruitt, manager of the Georgia Power Co. This payment represents three percent of the gross receipts in 1960 from sale of electric power to commercial and residential customers of the Company under the municipal partnership plan.