Memory Lane: March 15, 1972

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From the March 15, 1972 edition of The Forest-Blade:

Peanuts, Senator?

Senator David H. Gambrell recently greeted Georgia’s reigning Peanut Princess, Miss Paulette Brown, who was accompanied by her mother, Mrs. Parker Brown, to Washington. Miss Brown, a native of Swainsboro, the home of the Senator’s wife, visited the nation’s capital during a promotional tour for Georgia’s peanut industry. 

Scouts Celebrate 60th Anniversary

Members of five local Girl Scout Troops and their leaders joined in celebration of the 60th anniversary of Girl Scouts in Georgia over the weekend. The troops joined thousands of Girl Scouts in a half-mile walk in honor of the movement’s founding in downtown Savannah Saturday.