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Pictured, left to right, around Mrs. Belle Howard, celebrating her 9Oth birthday are her
children, Auze Dover, Leigh Dover, Nolen Howard, Penny Howard, Alisa Howard and
Neal Howard. She has seven grandchildren and six great grandchildren plus one on the
way.
Belle Howard of Monroe County will
celebrate her 90th birthday on Monday,
Oct. 1. Her family is planning to enjoy the
milestone with her throughout the week.
Belle McCrary grew up in Macon,
where she met Edgar Howard, who grew
up in Forsyth. They married and built a
house in Forsyth which became home
to Belle for 64 years. Edgar passed away
in 2001. They raised three children in
Forsyth: Nolen Howard (and Penny),
who works with Bennett Trucking and is
currently chairman of Monroe County
Board of Education; Neal Howard (and
Alisa), who retired last year and lives
in Monroe, Ga.; and Leigh Dover (and
Auze) who retired in July but continues
to work for the Butts County Health
Department at least a couple of days each
week. Mrs. Howard has seven grandchil-
dren and six great grandchildren, plus
one on the way.
Mrs. Howard began her medical career
in Forsyth working for Dr. George
Alexander. She came to fill in for his lab
technician who was going to be out for
two weeks, and stayed for the next 46
years. She also worked for Dr. Coffee in
Forsyth and retired from the office of Dr.
Patton Smith and Dr. J. Ray Grant.
For many years the family enjoyed get-
ring together to celebrate special occa-
sions, like Belle and Edgar's 25th and 50th
anniversaries, at Mexico Beach, Fla but
the celebrations for this birthday will be
local. Be sure to wish her a happy 90th!
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How progressive was
F0rsyth in the 1950's?
Jacque Banks brought this clipping of
an ad for a movie showing at the Midway
Drive-In of Forsyth in the 1950's to share
with Reporter readers. She found the ad
in a home she was cleaning and framed
it. She said Midway Drive-In was midway
between Forsyth and Barnesville.
An Intemet search on "Garden of
Eden" billed as an adults only film "pho-
tographed in COLOR at a REAL Nudist
Park under the supervision and with the
approval of AMERICAN SUNBATH-
ING ASSOCIATION," found that it was
the subject of a late 1950's court case that
opened the door to more open depictions
of nudity in film. The New York State
Court of Appeals ruled that onscreen
nudity in the film was not obscene in the
story about a grandfather trying to take
his six-year-old granddaughter from her
widowed mother after her car breaks
down near a nudist resort and the two
stay there while the car is being repaired.
(It has a happy ending.)
Robins Financial Credit
Union contributed $1,500
to the Monroe County
Adult and Community
Education Dictionary and
Thesaurus Program. This
sponsorship will help
support early literacy for
children across Monroe
County.
Monroe County ACE
is a non-profit organiza-
tion whose mission is to
increase the literacy level of
citizens in Monroe County,
in hopes of ensuring the
best possible quality of life
for the community. This
program distributes dic-
tionaries and thesauruses
to children in the Monroe
India Crumpton, center, with Robins Financial Credit Union
presents a check to Lisa Lee, left, and Sandy Colwell of
Monroe County ACE.
County School System toGeorgia. It currently
encourage reading and provides financial services
learning, to over 200,000 members,
RFCU is a local non- with assets exceeding $2.6
profit financial cooperative billion.
with 21 branches in central
Monroe County holds event for
SOS Candidate John Barrow
The Monroe County Fundraiser for
Secretary of State candidate John
Barrow on Sept. 11 drew a crowd
of at least 55 people. The event
was held at Forsyth's Ebbyz Bar
and Grill on Georgia Highway 83
and reportedly, "A good time was
had by all!" The event was spon-
sored by members of Blue Bridge
Society and Indivisible Monroe.
Above, John Barrow, candidate
for Georgia Secretary of State,
addresses the crowd at a Monroe
County fundraiser for him. Right,
Barrow greets Billy Powell of Mon-
roe County.
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