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September/October 2011CONTENTS

FEATURES

10 Down HomeCooking

16 A Century ofFamily Care

20 A WalkThrough Time

30 A HealingFaith

36 GeorgiaCollege Special

Collections

ON THE COVERKate Pope, archivalassociate in GeorgiaCollege’s SpecialCollections.

From the Editor 6A little bit about what’s inside from our very own Natalie Davis

Scene and Heard 8Arts and Culture and news of note

Worship Directory 28Find a place to worship

Dining Directory 42Where to find exactly what you’re craving

Arts & Entertainment 44Current events and things to do around town

Sightings 46Scenes from events throughout town

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For many years,the Central StateHospital campus wasa lifeblood of the localcommunity, a hub ofactivity in the area’seconomic engine, avital component inthe evolution of men-tal health care in this

country, and a facilitator of activity on Baldwin County’s southside.Nearly everyone I’ve met during my tenure here knows someone insome capacity or another who at one time worked at CSH.

In recent years, the workings of the CSH have been transformed,but still today, the roots and history of the facility are tied to those ofBaldwin County at-large.

In this, our annual Historical Issue of Milledgeville Scene, we takea closer look at CSH and those ties, as writer Sarah Beth Ariemmaexamines the Chapel of All Faiths and the CSH museum.

As we look back in this issue, we’re also helping one of the commu-

nity’s longest established businesses, Slater’s Funeral Home, the oldestlocally African-American owned business, celebrate a milestone — its100th anniversary. Find out more about its history inside this issueand be sure to also take a look at our dining feature, The CountryBuffet, a gem of down-home cuisine you may not be aware of, but ifyou’ve ever visited, you won’t soon forget.

As we inch closer to winding down this year, we should rememberwhat poet and author Robert Penn Warren scribed about the past andthe future, “history … can give us a fuller understanding of our-selves.” As Central State Hospital faces its future with new aspirationsand expectations in a different form, let us all keep that in mind.

Thanks again for reading. Don’t forget to e-mail and give us yourfeedback and let us know what stories you’d like to see in upcomingeditions. E-mail me at [email protected] and let us knowwhat you think of this issue.

NATALIE DAVIS/MANAGING EDITOR


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a look at the arts & culture of Milledgeville and Baldwin CountyTHE GEORGIA COLLEGE

SPECIAL COLLECTIONSLIBRARY recently opened a new dis-play highlighting women’s literature.

The display features materialsincluding a 1940s Dictaphone (popu-lar brand of sound recording devices)and typewriter, rare books, scrapbooksand documents and photographs from

students, teachers and alumni of Georgia College.The display is located in front of Special Collections on the

second floor of the Library & Instructional Technology Center.

GEORGIA COLLEGE recently partnered with the HighMuseum of Art in Atlanta to enhancethe educational experiences of localstudents.

The College and UniversityAffiliate Program has partnered with the High Museum of Art inAtlanta to enhance students’ educational experiences and theuniversity and museum to share resources that integrate the artsinto students’ curricula.

“The partnership offers our students many benefits includingthe possibility of field experiences and internships,” said Dr.Sandra Jordan, provost and vice president of academic affairs.“Through this program students have expanded access to anexciting array of speakers and exhibits.”

Georgia College’s one-year academic affiliation is the secondfor the High Museum with the University System of Georgia.

“We are delighted to collaborate with Georgia College toestablish our second academic affiliate agreement with a publiceducational institution,” says Patricia Rodewald, EleanorMcDonald Storza, director of education. “Building on ourmutual commitment to the integration of the arts into educa-tion, this affiliation will deepen our relationship with GeorgiaCollege and engage their communities with great art and pro-gramming.”

Georgia College students, faculty and staff will receive freeadmission to the museum’s special exhibitions and permanentcollection. They also can attend lectures and experience behind-the-scenes programs at the High.

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“This partnership is one of several that will help GeorgiaCollege offer a distinctive educational experience,” Jordan said.“Georgia College is interested in providing rich and broad expe-riences and opportunities to our students.”

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This year's event will once again feature the ever-popular“adults only” tour, with “stories and characters that might not besuitable for the faint of heart.” The ghosts of times past will onceagain come to life as visitors come aboard the trolley. Tickets goon sale to the public Monday, Oct. 3 and will be available at theCVB office located at 200 West Hancock St. For more informa-tion, call (478) 452-4687.

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ear after year, customers have satisfied their “down-home” coun-try cravings at 1465 S. Jefferson St.

With anything from fried chicken to fresh vegetables, theMilledgeville community has indulged itself in the southern fresh cook-ing of The Country Buffet for 20 years.

“I’ve been coming here for about two years,” Wayne Hammock, ofMilledgeville, said. “I heard about it, so I tried it and now I’m downhere about three days a week.”

Charlie and Havalyn Adams, owners, started the restaurant withhopes of settling down after years of traveling on the road for work.“My husband was working in Atlanta, and he wanted to get off theroad,” Havalyn said. “We decided to go into the restaurant business,which we used to have a grocery store, the old Allen’s Market, so wejust decided to start a restaurant.”

The Adamses had owned their own business prior to starting theCountry Buffet, but things never really took off.

“We took over the Allen’s Market for a while, but decided that busi-ness wasn’t going good up there so he (Charlie) went up to Atlanta andstarted working,” Havalyn said. “After a while we decided to go intobusiness for ourselves.”

Over the years Havalyn and her husband have gotten the most satis-faction from “the people, meeting the people.”The warm relationship between the staff at The Country Buffet and thecustomers is a mutual one.

“It’s the service that you get here,” Shirley Ford, of WilkinsonCounty, said. “You have a very friendly staff here.”

For some customers, the friendly gestures by the staff are what con-tinue to keep them coming back for more.

“It is a friendly atmosphere,” Hammock said. “Everyone’s like, ‘Hey,how you doing?’ when you walk in, and ‘thank you and come again,’

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when you leave.”One of the most appealing aspects of The Country Buffet is its

southern cooking according to Ford, a customer for the past fouryears.

“I think it is excellent, and I usually love to come on Friday,”she said. “The sweet potato soufflé is what drives me, and I’m dis-appointed when they don’t have it. It’s like a home-cookedSunday meal that your mamma would cook.”

In Central Georgia, the restaurants specializing in “homemadecountry cooking” thrive, especially in a place like Milledgevillewith a rich southern tradition and culture.

“I think we fit in very well. We enjoy the people, and theyenjoy us and the food,” Havalyn said. “All of our cooking is fromscratch and all of our baking is from scratch. Everything is home-style and southern-style cooking.”

Because of the specialization in home-cooked foods, TheCountry Buffet has the ability to bring back memories of goodfood prepared by customers’ parents and grandparents.

“My favorite thing about it is the fried chicken,” Hammocksaid. “It’s just like mamma used to make.”

Due to the struggling economy, The Country Buffet has seen aslight digression in its business, but Havalyn admits that therestaurant is still fairing well with what they have.

“Everything has slowed down quite a bit, because people justdon’t have the money right now,” Havalyn said. “It’s tight rightnow, with everybody, but we’re managing pretty good.”

Customers, such as Ford, believe that The Country Buffetoffers more bang for your buck, especially compared to the localfast food chains.

“I think the prices are good compared to fast food places,”Ford said. “You also get a good, healthy meal.”

Unlike some of the bigger restaurant chains in the community,The Country Buffet prefers word of mouth to bring people to itslocation.

“A lot of people don’t know about it because of the location,”Hammock said, “but once they come, they find out how good itreally is. I don’t think they do much advertising, it’s mostlythrough word of mouth.”

While many times restaurants change over the years, TheCountry Buffet is still the same as when the Adamses started italmost 20 years ago, as customers have enjoyed the same treat-

ment time and time again.Since the restaurant’s opening in 1992, nothing has changed,

according to Havalyn, as the customers still remain the mostimportant part of the business.

“It hasn’t changed at all; it’s been the same every year,” shesaid. “Our customers, we enjoy them very much. We enjoy all ofour customers.”

Approaching its 20th anniversary amid tough economic times,Havalyn admits financially things are tight but The CountryBuffet plans to be around for many years to come.“Everything is kind of on the slow side a little bit,” she said,“but we hope we’re still here in the future.”

The Country Buffet is open Tuesday through Friday from 11a.m. to 5 p.m., and also caters food for special events and gath-erings with special request.

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later’s Funeral Home will mark a century of caring forMilledgeville’s dearly departed in October. The milestone isa major one for any business, and the oldest locallyAfrican-American owned business will celebrate in stylelater this year.

The business’ namesake, Alonzo Slater, became the first black under-taker in Milledgeville and founded the funeral home in 1911.

Slater was the son of Allegra (called fondly by later family members as“Aunt Coot”) and was born in 1855. He had two younger brothers,James Gibson and Charles Gibson, who each also rose to prominenceduring their lifetimes. The brothers attended Hampton Institute inHampton, Va. with funds and gold supplied by their father after theCivil War. Slater married Harriette Parker in 1886, and the two hadeight children together.

Bertha H. Slater, a great-daughter-in-law of Alonzo Slater, never metthe astute businessman, but his legacy has been kept alive by the familythrough familial gatherings and family lore.

“He was a carpenter by trade,” she explained. “And in being a carpen-ter, he made some of his own coffins for customers as well as a horse-drawn hearse to carry his customers to their final resting place. He wasvery talented.”

Local historian Sandra Jones, who relays the story of Slater’s FuneralHome and its founding as one of the guides on the MilledgevilleConvention & Visitors Bureau’s African American Heritage trolley tourconducted each February during Black History Month, knows the histo-ry of Slater’s rise to prominence well.

“His father was a white Georgia legislator and his mother was a slave.He started the only continuously black business in Milledgeville. One ofAlonzo’s brother’s, Charles Gibson, was a chief accountant at Tuskegee

[in Alabama],” Jones said.In addition to establishing a funeral home, Slater also built numerous

homes in the Milledgeville area. These homes were constructed forprominent local African Americans and are now on the historic registry. “He owned a considerable amount of city block at the time of his pass-ing. His business had moved several times, and he played such a hugerole in the black business district,” Jones said.

The funeral parlor was located at one time at the Allen’s Market site,and funerals were held on the first floor, and the second floor was desig-nated for Masonic meetings and dances.

Delbra Griffin-Waller and her brothers, Floyd Griffin and ToneyGriffin never met Alonzo Slater, but their parents, Floyd L. Griffin Sr.and Ruth E. Griffin, decided to become a part of the Slater family lega-cy. The Griffins, along with Joseph Graham, purchased the Slater build-ing and business in 1966.

Delbra was 14, and wary of sticking around the funeral home. YoungFloyd was enjoying higher learning away at college, and planned to havea long and illustrious military career. After his time in military service, hewent on to later represent Baldwin County in the state legislature andserve as Milledgeville’s mayor. Toney was attending Morehouse Collegein Atlanta, and would later go on to a bright career at Delta Airlines andas a successful real estate agent. Essie Slater sold the business to Floyd Sr.and his wife, who were no strangers to the business world.

“When they purchased the funeral home, they owned a dry cleaners.My mother was a beautician and my father had a very successful busi-ness selling firewood throughout the area as well. I went into the Army,and my parents got all of their licenses in order to run a successful andstrong funeral home,” Floyd said.

At the encouragement of her father, Delbra worked on her appren-

ticeship for her funeral director license in 1976. “I moved away and took my license while I was gone. But I returned to

Milledgeville to help my parents with the business. I came back here with awell made up mind. As a young girl, I thought the weekends belonged tome. But I grew up and I knew that I wanted my mother to retire. My fatherwas the consummate businessman. He passed away in 2005,” Delbra said.

When co-owner Joseph Graham passed away, the family purchased hisshare of the business from his niece. Their mother owned the business untilher passing in 2010, when the siblings took equal ownership of the establish-ment.

Being a part of the oldest African-American owned business in town hasalways given the family a sense of pride in being a part of that legacy.

“It says a lot. The funeral home has been here 100 years. Slater’s is one ofthe oldest establishments still running in Milledgeville and the oldestAfrican-American owned business. It has been an honor and a tremendousopportunity that started with the Slater family and has been passed to ourfamily,” Floyd said.

Floyd Sr. and Ruth wanted to keep the Slater name on the funeral homein order to preserve that legacy of longevity.

“When I left Milledgeville and went off to college, I never dreamed Iwould come back here. But when I retired from the military in 1990, cir-cumstances brought me back to this town. Here I am, 21 years later, a partof this legacy. My involvement in politics also gives me a much broader per-spective of reaching out as well,” Floyd said.

For Delbra, working in a family-owned and operated business brings backmemories of early adulthood and spending time with her parents.

“Having the experience of working with my parents and learning thebusiness from them was a blessing. In this profession, it is truly a serviceindustry. We work and give, without expecting anything in return,” she said.

“It is our responsibility to be here for our families. They need us and weneed them.”

Toney, named for a young French boy whom his father cared for duringhis time serving in World War II, never knew a time when his parentsweren’t creating their lives around their customers. The family always puttheir customers first in any line of work.

“The relationship with the community really started with the firewoodbusiness. My parents were both workaholics and strived to create businessesthat would help build the community up. Both had personalities that makeme thank God that they were my parents,” he said. “I was just very lucky.They were very special people and always put their customers first.”

The funeral home is full-service. Once inside Slater’s, customers canchoose all of the merchandise directly from the business. The funeral homeoffers pre-planning, which enables customers to come to the office and planevery detail of a funeral in advance. Pre-planning takes the burden off of thefamily members, who may feel overwhelmed with trying to decide what thedeceased would have liked or wanted at the service.

“It really helps tremendously when people take the time to do this.Planning a funeral can be very frustrating and emotional for the family. Youmust pay for the pre-planning, but then you will know that your final wishesare being carried out,” Delbra explained.

Everything within the funeral budget is itemized, and families can pickand choose from a long list of items necessary for a funeral. Customers deter-mine their florist and can also purchase coffins from the funeral home aswell.

“Our prices are comparable,” Delbra said. “Casket stores do not provideservices. We provide everything a family needs. We have the appropriatemerchandise for all families. We would like to do all that there is for theplanning.”

The funeral home can handle most reasonable budgets and nearly everyrequest. The funeral home has been undergoing renovations for two years inorder to update the interior and provide an even more beautiful location forcustomers and their families.

In March, Toney sold his share of the company, making Delbra and Floydco-owners of Slater’s. The decision was based upon his living in Atlanta, andhe felt that it made more sense for a business to be owned by people wholived locally.

“I hope that the business remains African-American owned. The spiritand the attitude of God-fearing people who gave their blood and sweat tobuild this business up will always be there. I see the funeral home being along-term successful business going into the next century,” Toney said.

Slater’s Funeral Home is a member of the National Funeral Directors andMortician Association, the Georgia Funeral Service Practitioners Associationand the six-district GFSPA on the local level. The funeral home is also amember of the Georgia Academy of Embalmers.

To mark the 100-year anniversary of Slater’s Funeral Home, a special cele-bration will commence Dec. 3 in the Fine Arts Center of Baldwin HighSchool. A replica of Pres. Abraham Lincoln’s coffin will also make its way toMilledgeville and Slater’s Funeral Home for the week of Sept. 26 throughOct. 1.

“This event will be free of charge for the community, and we are so excit-ed about this. To see a casket from that far back will be such a nice display,”Delbra said. “The company only has three that travel the country so this isgoing to be huge.”

The Slater’s Funeral Home business office is open Monday through Fridayfrom 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and on Saturdays from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.Someone at the funeral home is on call 24 hours a day, seven days a weekand appointments can be made outside of those times. The funeral homecan also be visited online at www.slatersfuneralhomeinc.com or in person at244 N. Wayne St.

For more information, call (478) 452-2412 or (478) 452-5668.

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Above: Ruth (left) andhusband Floyd Sr. pur-chased Slater’s FuneralHome, which was origi-nally owned by AlonzoSlater (below), alongwith Joseph Graham, in1966.


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hough many of the buildings on the Central StateHospital campus sit present-day unoccupied, thereis a location on the hospital grounds that houses

the rich and colorful history of the one-time thrivinghospital community.

Central State Hospital has served Milledgeville and beyondsince 1842. The hospital served “lunatics, idiots and epileptics,”as it was advertised in 1842, and clients and their families cameto the facility seeking treatment and often refuge from anunknowing outside world.

The CSH museum connects the hospital’s past to the localcommunity and explores medical advances and the stigma at onetime attached to mental illness.

In 2011, many of the buildings are deserted and stand as atestament to those who sought refuge in their halls. Though noone has found a time machine to return to those times, CentralState has created a museum in order to connect with a time thathas passed and look forward to the future of healing medicaladvances and a deeper break from the stigma that surroundsthose with mental illness.

The current museum building was a storehouse in 1894, and

was also used as a train depot at one time. The depot happenedto be the last stop in Milledgeville, and the train would go to thewarehouse, circle and go back to town. The depot was later con-verted into a personnel building after the train stopped comingthrough Central State’s grounds, and was converted into a muse-um in the early 1990s.

“In the museum you can research the history of the facility,”said Kari Brown, CSH communications director. Brown also handles tours of the campus, which include a stop atthe museum.

“We have old hospital reports and superintendent journalsand papers. We also have nursing and medical books from theearly 1900s. It is absolutely fascinating to see how medicine haschanged over the years. Those old journals and medical text-books prove that people were just starting to recognize mentalillness as an illness,” Brown said. “When Central State Hospitalopened in 1842, we served ‘lunatics, idiots and epileptics.’ Wewere the place for people to come when no one else would takethem. Over the years our terminology has changed dramatically,and it is wonderful to see that played out here in the museum.”

Each room in the museum contains artifacts that were either

Each room of the museum documents a period in Central State’s history.


donated by former employees of the hospital or found withinthe hospital’s walls. The rooms within the museum are all coor-dinated to correspond with the theme of the hospital. Eachboard tells a story of bygone eras for the hospital.

“We were the world’s largest kitchen until 1992. We fed theentire hospital and all of the prisons. We used to prepare 21,000meals a day. We also introduced the cook-chill method,” Brownsaid.

The cook-chill method consists of rapidly cooking food andthen chilling it immediately for shipping to Atlanta or otherareas. For hospitals and prisons that were not fully equipped forsuch a magnitude of meals that needed to be created, CentralState’s kitchen and its cook-chill method gave an easy solution. “We also operated a fully accredited nursing program for over100 years. The program ended in the 1980s, but over a period of100 years, we have so many pictures of the nurses, their text-books and other equipment that they used in order to learn thebest care possible for their patients,” Brown said, looking at apicture of nurses in their crisp white aprons and caps.

The hospital has always functioned as an educational facility.Georgia College’s nursing students often come to the museum to

browse through materials that include a selection of humansbrains cut to show different diseases and conditions. The brainswere recovered from the Kidd Building within the autopsyroom.

“The students can always tell what the patient had from look-ing at their brain. It may seem a little gory, but so much aboutmental illness was learned during Central State’s existence. Wewere the place for the most-cutting edge treatment,” Brownexplained. “Treatments happened here first. When new treat-ments were discovered, we would conduct research in order tohelp the patient reach his or her full potential.”

The hospital officials at the museum have been actively work-ing to catalogue the books and articles in the museum’s backroom. The hospital is working with Georgia College’s historydepartment and has been using interns to help document andcatalogue the hospital’s rich history.

“When you come and visit, you get a great overview of thefacility. It gives me such a great appreciation for mental healthover the last 169 years,” Brown said.

The hospital is deeply tied to Milledgeville history and someof the most notable people in Milledgeville worked at Central

The history of Central State’s nursing program is seen in photographs and artifacts housed atthe museum.


State in some form or fashion. It was because ofthe hospital and its ties to the local economythat not a single bank in Milledgeville failedduring the Great Depression. It was, at onetime, the largest employer in Milledgeville.

“We are still in business. The role of the hos-pital is changing, and we are committed to pro-viding the best possible care for our individuals.I invite and encourage everyone to come outand see what goes on at the facility. It’s a neatplace to seek new opportunities. We are the sec-ond oldest psychiatric hospital still running inthe country, and we still have so much to offer,”Brown said.

The genuine history within the museum givesa more diverse picture of the people who livedand worked within the hospital. Brown said sheloves looking at the old pictures of nursesbrushing their client’s hair, or throwing specialparties for the client’s out on the lawn. Thetreasured images are not allowed to be publicdomain until 70 years after the client’s death,but Brown looks forward to the day that thepictures can be shared with the public.

“The people who worked here loved theirpatients. Too often we hear these horror storiesabout the hospital, but they weren’t true. Thiswasn’t ‘One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest.’Those images prove that there was a very realsense of family here,” Brown said.

The museum highlights notable people with-in the hospital’s history as well. Joseph Ingramwas the first African-American in Milledgevilleto have a building named for him. Old barberand dental chairs remind visitors of medical

The museum includes materials Georgia College nursing students explore and utilize during their studies.

advancements. “Even if you think you know every-

thing there is to know about CentralState Hospital, come and enjoy themuseum. Everyone I’ve ever spoken tolearns something new when they comeand visit. Whether you live inMilledgeville, or go to school here orare a visitor, the museum should be on

your list of places to visit. You won’t seeanything like Central State Hospitalever again, because these places justdon’t exist anymore. It’s a special place.”

Museum visits are by appointmentonly, but Brown and the staff are veryflexible in order to meet tours. Forinformation call (478) 445-4128.

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Central State Hospital, once the largest facilities of itskind in the nation, has been in existence for more than100 years, but during the period of 1842 and 1962, thestate hospital functioned without a foundation of faithon the sprawling campus.

Religious services were not performed for the clientshoused within Central State Hospital’s walls, until the1960s, when the state of Georgia and the governor’soffice stepped in the ensure that the void was filled. In 1959, Pastor Dr. John Hughston of First BaptistChurch in Milledgeville decided that a chapel should bebuilt for clients on the hospital’s grounds. With the helpof Dr. Louie D. Newton, a noted Georgia Baptistpreacher, and Betty Vandiver, wife of then-Gov. Ernest

Vandiver, the plans to create a chapel to host worshipservices for all faiths commenced.

More than $500,000 was raised to build five chapelsthroughout the Central State campus. Only two of thechapels are still in use, but it is the main chapel that ismost regularly frequented on a weekly basis and is ahost site for many community events.

The invitation to work on Central State’s campusdrew the Rev. Milton Snyder and his wife toMilledgeville. With his previous experience in healthand ministry, Snyder and his wife made the big decisionto leave North Carolina and build a new life inMilledgeville helping thousands of people.

Snyder worked as director of the Pastoral Care


Department from 1975 until the department sustainedcuts due to budgetary restraints in 1991. He arrived inMilledgeville in 1966 to minister to the CSH clients asa clinical chaplain.

“The word clinical was used to promote a feeling forspiritual treatment. We would work closely with theother treatment teams in order to give the individualthe highest quality of care. Faith became a vital part ofhealing. At one time, the chapel had 13,000 patients,”Snyder said.

The planning of worship services became of utmostimportance to the chaplains working at Central State.The chaplains worked with the music therapists inorder to plan music within the worship service that

would appeal to the clients. “We worked with the treatment teams. Individuals

would talk with pastors about their thoughts, and wewould then go and speak with the individuals’ othercaregivers about the best way that care should be givenfor each specific person. It was our own sense of call tothe ministry, the individuals’ faith and their treatmentteam that achieved such wonderful results. Everythingwas contingent on those factors,” Snyder said.

The clients needed to form a strong relationship witha pastor, as well as other caregivers. In times of extremefamily crisis — a death in the family or serious illness— clients could call upon a pastor to meet and helpthem through the issue.

“The two wings of the chapel were specificallydesigned for all faiths.”

- Rev. Milton Snyder“The connection we pastors had with the clients and indi-

viduals was important. The pastor’s role is an important role inthe community. They serve wherever they are. The role isbroad — ministry in a special factor is all over the place. Youmust be present, that’s the most important thing, you see.Sometimes all a patient needed was to know that they werenot alone in a crisis or the hospital,” Snyder said.

The images of consumers languishing in a hospital withoutfriends and family are chilling in films and novels, but Snyderquickly dispels those thoughts. If a client was discharged fromthe hospital, the pastors had a moment of celebration with thethen-former consumer. Families often spent a great deal oftime with the chaplains discussing spiritual care.

In the early 1960s, a program was developed for a minimumof three full-time ministers-in-training. The Pastoral EducationProgram became one of the most accredited in the field, andministers from all over the country were educated within theprogram.

“The persons doing ministry were educated on how toreflect on confidential reports and find even more effectiveways of ministry,” Snyder reflected. “We were a general andcrisis ministry and we needed to make sure that we were meet-ing all of the needs on every basis.”

The chaplains discovered that the order of service within theChristian calendar was helpful in planning the clients’ liturgi-cal year. Church services revolved around the holidays andkept clients’ spirits up. By giving the individuals something tolook forward to, the church promoted healing through faith. No matter the patient, everyone was given a funeral. If theindividual did not have family or outside friends, the preacher,mortician and close friends at Central State were all invited tobe active participants in the funeral service.

Lisa Vaughn, the current Activity Therapy coordinator atCentral State Hospital, helps to plan special services thatinvolve client groups.

“We have a lot more music involved in the service. We arecombining music with healing as well. Our latest focus is our9/11 Remembrance Service. We have Rev. Omer Reid as ourfull-time chaplain here now, and we also offer devotional serv-ices that patients can request when they feel they need them,”Vaughn explained. “Rev. Reid has a saying that he repeats toour individuals every Sunday: ‘Everybody is somebody nomatter their background or what they are going through.’” There is no Sunday school, but services start at 9:30 a.m.Clients are active throughout the church services and evenhave a choir. The content and the flow of the church service iskey to ensure that individuals can make the most out of theservice.

The design of the CSH Chapel of All Faiths is unique inthat the main room can be used for numerous types of func-tions, including weddings and funerals for members of the

Milledgeville community. The chapel has also been used forclergy workshops and training for other occasions.

“The two wings of the chapel were specifically designed forall faiths. The Catholic and Jewish sections were on either sideof the main chapel, and we had numerous Catholic chaplainsthroughout my time here. We’d get a rabbi on a contractedbasis to provide ministry for our Jewish patients as well,”Snyder said.

Bob McMillan worked within the engineering departmentat Central State Hospital beginning in 1957. The soft-spokengentleman comes from a long line of construction workers andbrickmakers. Some of Central State Hospital’s most notablebuildings constructed with McMillan brick include the Jonesand Brantley buildings.

“I go back a long ways. My great-grandfather made brick forthe hospital. I went off to Auburn as a young man and when Ifinished, my father asked me to come back to the constructionbusiness here in Milledgeville. I started working for the engi-neering department at Central State in 1957,” McMillan said. He remembers in great detail that the local churches helpedMrs. Vandiver on her crusade to create the chapels. When thefunds had finally been raised, McMillan recalls the governor’swife breaking ground on the main chapel.

“I remember that the chapel by the Freeman Buildingcaught on fire one year after the Christmas program. Theinsurance covered the cost of replacing the items and we wereable to fix everything,” McMillan said. “And during the dedi-cation of the main chapel there was an organ recital by afamous organ player. I also knew a lot of prominent peoplewho had services at the main chapel.”

The chapel buildings took almost three years to complete,and many of Central State Hospital’s clients were given per-mission by their doctors to help construct the chapels.

“I never had any problems with any of the patients whoworked with us. The doctors were very careful in letting thepatients out, so any of them who worked with us were giventhe OK by their doctors. They helped us out with all types ofthings — sewer, water, electrical and maintenance,” McMillansaid.

A time capsule filled with the history of the chapel and thedocumentation of the money raised and who was most instru-mental in the effort was placed inside the Chapel of All Faith’swalls. McMillan counted himself present for the ceremony inthe early 1960s.

“I am proud of the work we did at Central State. We madethose buildings comfortable for the patients with air condi-tioning and it became an accredited hospital during my 31years working there. The architecture is beautiful, and I amhappy to say that I was there, working on everything, yearsago.”



Lisa Vaughn, CSH activity therapy coordinatorand Rev. Snyder stand in the CSH Chapel.




The Georgia College Special Collections Library is not the dark, damp place where olddocuments and files go to die. The images of faded novels should be banished from themind immediately.

Georgia College’s Special Collections materials are available for the public to discover evenmore information about famous Milledgeville natives such as Flannery O’Connor and CarlVinson.

Kate Pope is not a Milledgeville native, but her knowledge of Milledgeville stems from adeep love and appreciation for its history. The well-spoken Gwinnett County native spent timeat Georgia College earning her undergraduate and graduate degrees. Upon completion of hermaster’s, Pope landed the job as archival associate in Special Collections.

“The local history is my favorite,” Pope said, while sitting amongst archival equipment anddocuments. “I’ve gotten to know so many of the older families and their history. I grew up inGwinnett and I just fell in love with the history that is still here today.”

The mission of Special Collections is to preserve and cultivate interest. Materials are protectedfrom people, for people. By ensuring that materials remain acid-free and away from humidity,their legacy can continue to enthrall visitors and curiosity-seekers who desire to learn a little moreabout Milledgeville.

The department also works with other local organizations to coordinate special exhibits, such asthe recent Civil War exhibit at Georgia’s Old Capital Museum. The exhibit was coordinated with


special help from Amy Wright, executive director of the muse-um.

“We have Civil War letters, photographs, rare books andofficial documents from the war. We have mostly local andregional materials, but we do have some materials pertainingto the national level as well. The letters from the wives andchildren are wonderful, and we did what we could to ensurethat African-American history and women’s history wereincluded,” Pope said.

Special Collections just debuted its first online exhibit, thefirst of many that the library hopes to make available online.The library is also working on coordinating special talks with-in the community about archiving, preservation and oral his-tory. The staff at Special Collections has been collecting oral

histories for alumni and retired staff who attended GeorgiaCollege when it was a women’s college. The department hasalso recreated a health and wellness exhibit for upcomingfreshman.

“We do instructions with schools about research and howto use primary sources. In fact, we just had an MAT classcome in and we helped them understand how to teach theirfuture students to use primary sources in their research. Weare all about learning, here,” Pope said.

Special Collections is responsible for the administration ofthe Flannery O’Connor collection, local and regional histori-cal collections, Georgia College archives, rare books and theO’Connor Room. The Flannery O’Connor Collection con-sists of more

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than 7,000 pages of literary manuscripts, O’Connor’s personallibrary of more than 700 books and journals, along with vari-ous editions and foreign language translations of her works.O’Connor’s mother, Regina Cline, donated the collection tothe school after O’Connor’s untimely death at age 39. Theinitial collection was started in 1971. The collection alsoincludes critical writings, photographs, tape recordings, films,letters, memorabilia and newspaper clippings. The O’Connorroom features O’Connor’s christening gown, pictures of her asa child and other special mementos that give visitors a senseof connection with the iconic author.

“Our O’Connor Collection is really something special. Wewanted to make sure that scholars all over the world were ableto find out more about Flannery, and we have so many peo-ple every year come to find out what she was reading andwhat could have potentially influenced her. Flannery definite-ly draws the international crowd,” Pope said. “The collection also received a new Flannery O’Connor letter last fall.”

Another celebrated collection is the WAVES collection,donated by Barbara Chandler. The WAVES were a World

Inside the Special Collections archive room.



War II-era division of the United States Navy that consisted entirely of women. The name is anacronym for "Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service.” The word "emergency"implied that the acceptance of women was due to the unusual circumstances of the war and thatat the end of the war the women would not be allowed to continue in Navy careers. Numerousmembers of Georgia State College for Women (now known as Georgia College & StateUniversity) were involved in the WAVES. The collection features winter and spring uniforms,exclusive pictures and other memorabilia from Barbara Chandler’s personal collection. “We are most successful by other’s generosity. When people call us up and ask if we would beinterested in picking up a certain item and keeping it in our collection, we are beyond thrilled. Itis by that generosity that we can continue to provide materials for resource,” Pope said.

It is by George Carpenter’s generosity that Special Collections now has a desk that belonged toCongressman Carl Vinson. The Vinson Exhibit features memorabilia from Vinson’s early years,presidential letters, national awards and honors, highlights of his political career and his contribu-tions to national defense. Vinson’s 50-year career in the U.S. House of Representatives was filledwith his tireless belief that obsolete materials would be the downfall of the nation. In 1934, Pres.Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed the Vinson-Trammell Act into law, which authorized congres-sional construction of new ships to replace obsolete ones. This law became the genesis of the

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modern U.S. Navy. One of Vinson’s most famous quotesdirectly pertains to his belief in the most modern equipmentand the importance of a strong military:

“The most expensive thing in the world is a cheap Armyand Navy. History has clearly shown that weakness invitesattack.”

Special Collections unofficially began in 1953 with dona-tions from the university's History Club. Since that time,Special Collections has preserved and provided access to morethan 3,000 cubic feet of material.

“The Milledgeville chapter of the Daughters of theAmerican Revolution has a repository agreement with SpecialCollections, and we hope more local organizations choose todonate with us. It is such a wonderful way to preserve history, as well as allow other people to be able to enjoy it,”Pope said. “Archives can be intimidating in their very nature,but we hope that we are making it accessible to everyone inthe community who has an interest in learning a little bitmore about the town they are living in. We are open to thiscommunity and we’re trying to provide new programs toengage the community in what we do here.”

During the academic year, Special Collections is open from9 a.m. until 5 p.m. on the second floor of the Georgia Collegelibrary. During summertime, the collection is open from 9a.m. until noon, and then from 1 p.m. until 5 p.m.

For more information on how to learn more about SpecialCollections, or the history archived there, call (478) 445-0988, or email [email protected].

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Harold’s BBQ411 Pea Ridge Rd. Eatonton706-485-5376

Haynes Snack Bar113 SW Davis Dr.Milledgeville(478) 453-4155

Huddle House300 E. Hancock St. Milledgeville(478) 452-2680206 NW Roberson MillRd., Milledgeville(478) 452-3222

IHOP2598 N Columbia St. Milledgeville(478) 452-0332

Jackson’s at Sinclair3065 N. Columbia St.Milledgeville(478) 453-9744

James Fish and Chicken905 S Wayne St.Milledgeville(478) 453-8696

Judy’s Country kitchen1720 N. Columbia St. Milledgeville(478) 414.1436

Kai Thai2600 N. Columbia St. Milledgeville478-454-1237

Kentucky FriedChicken2337 N Columbia St. Milledgeville(478) 453-2456

Kuroshima Japan140 W. Hancock St., Milledgeville(478) 451-0245

Lieu’s PekingRestaurant2485 N Columbia St., Milledgeville(478) 804-0083

Little Tokyo SteakHouse2601 N Columbia St., Milledgeville(478) 452-8886

Margarita’s MexicanGrill2400 N Columbia St., Milledgeville(478) 453-9547

McDonald’s2490 N Columbia St.,Milledgeville(478) 452-1312611 S Wayne St.,Milledgeville(478) 452-9611

McDonald’sWal-Mart, Milledgeville(478) 453-9499

Mellow Mushroom2588 N. Columbia St., Milledgeville478-457-0144


Metropolis Cafe138 N. Wayne St., Milledgeville478-452-0247

Octagon CafeMilledgeville Mall(478) 452-0588

Old Clinton Barbecue2645 N. ColumbiaSt., Milledgeville(478) 454-0080

Old Tyme Dogs451 W. MontgomerySt. Milledgeville

Original Crockett’sFamily Cafeteriaand Catering1850 N. Columbia St.Suite 10Milledgeville(478)804-0009

Paradise Country BBQ111 Old MontgomeryHwyMilledgeville (corner Hwy 441 N.& Log Cabin Rd)(478) 452-8008

Papa John’s Pizza1306 N ColumbiaStreet, Milledgeville (478) 453-8686

Papa and Nana’sWang House174 Gordon HwySW Milledgeville (478) 414-1630

Pickle Barrel Cafe & Sports Pub1892 N ColumbiaSt., Milledgeville (478) 452-1960

Pizza Hut650 W Wayne St., Milledgeville(478) 453-37032511 N Columbia St.Milledgeville(478) 452-7440

PJ’s Steak House3052 Highway441, Milledgeville(478) 453-0060

Puebla’s MexicanRestaurant112 W HancockSt, Milledgeville(478) 452-1173

Quizno’s Subs1827 N ColumbiaSt, Milledgeville(478) 451-0790

Ruby Tuesday’s2440 N ColumbiaSt., Milledgeville(478) 452-5050

Shrimp Boat911 S Elbert St.Milledgeville

(478) 452-0559

Sonic Drive In1651 N ColumbiaSt., Milledgeville(478) 451-0374

Sonny’s Brew’NQue120 N. Greene St.,Milledgeville(478) 452-0004

Soul Master Barbecue &Lounge451 N Glynn St.Milledgeville (478) 453-2790

Subway 1692 N ColumbiaSt., Milledgeville(478) 453-2604

Subway2600 N ColumbiaSt. Milledgeville(478) 804-9976

Super China Buffet1811 N. Columbia St.,Milledgeville(478) 451-2888

Sylvia’s Grille2600 N Columbia St.Milledgeville(478) 452-4444

Taco Bell2495 N Columbia St.,Milledgeville (478) 452-2405

Velvet Elvis118 W Hancock St.,Milledgeville(478) 453-8226

Vinson Diner2136 SE VinsonHwy, Milledgeville(478) 453-1171

Waffle House1683 N ColumbiaSt Milledgeville(478) 452-95073059 N Columbia St.,Milledgeville(478) 451-2914

Wendy’s2341 N Columbia St.,Milledgeville(478) 453-9216

Zaxby’s1700 N Columbia St.,Milledgeville(478) 452-1027

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October 3Greg Peptone on piano. Georgia College’s Max Noah Recital Hall.7:30 p.m. (478) 445-8289.

October 16Oconee Regional Symphony Orchestra. Russell Auditorium. 3 p.m.(478) 445-8289.

October 21Wind Symphony. Magnolia Ballroom. 7:30 p.m. (478) 445-8289.

October 228th annual Deep Roots Festival. Downtown Milledgeville. Gatesopen at 10 a.m. Call (478) 414-4014 or (478) 414-4015 for infor-mation or visit www.deeprootsfestival.com .

October 22GMC in conjunction with GMC Alumni Weekend 2011 presentsMac Frampton & the Moon River Orchestra featuring Cecil Welch.Goldstein Center for the Performing Arts. 7 p.m. Call (478) 387-4840 for tickets.

October 24Georgia College Orchestra. Magnolia Ballroom. 7:30 p.m. (478)445-8289.

October 25James Ackley on trumpet. Georgia College’s Max Noah Recital Hall.7:30 p.m. (478) 445-8289. October 29Georgia College choral concert. First Baptist Church, 330 SouthLiberty Street. 7:30 p.m. (478) 445-8289.

ONGOING

“Curtis Stewardson: A Solo Show.” Georgia College Museum FocusGallery. Through September 21. (478) 445-4391.

“The Surveyed Extent.” Sandra Trujillo. Georgia College MuseumEntry Gallery. Through September 21. (478) 445-4391.

2010-2011 President’s Hall Student Exhibition. Georgia CollegeDepartment of Art. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday-Friday Parks Hall, 3rdfloor. Call (478) 445-4572 for more information.

“Labor Behind the Veil.” Old Governor’s Mansion. Tours byappointment only. A historically documented tour that provides

mansion visitors a glimpse of the working lives of men and womenwho lived and worked on the mansion grounds. Call (478) 445-4545.

“The Collections Tour.” Old Governor’s Mansion. 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.Tuesday-Friday (by appointment only). $15 for adults; $8 for sen-iors; $10 for groups; $4 for students. Hear an in-depth discussion onthe Mansion’s varied material and textile collections, the process ofbuilding the collection, recent restoration, and culminating in themethodologies employed in locating both original and period appro-priate pieces and materials for display within the museum. Call (478)445-4545.

ATTRACTIONS

AndalusiaFlannery O’Connor’s Farm, North Columbia Street, (478) 454-4029, www.andalusiafarm.org. Open to the public Monday, Tuesday,Friday and Saturday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Bartram ForestIn 1794, Native Americans inhabited the Bartram Forest. Today,educational hiking trails allow visitors to see centuries of abundantwildlife, natural wetlands, and an erosion ravine with soil that is aremnant of the ancient shallow seas that covered Georgia 50 to 100million years ago. Three looping trails cover this natural wonder.2892 Highway 441 South. (478) 445-2119.

Blackbridge Hall Art Gallery111 South Clarke St., (478) 445-4572, www.gcsu.edu/art, 9 a.m. to5 p.m. Monday through Friday. This art gallery exhibits regional,national and internationally recognized contemporary artists. It alsopresents GCSU senior art major exhibitions at the end of eachsemester.

Brown-Stetson-Sanford House601 West Hancock St. (478) 453-1803. Open by appointment andon the Historic Trolley Tour. An architectural gem built by JohnMarlor in the “Milledgeville Federal” style with its characteristiccolumned double porch. It served the state capital as the Beecher-Brown Hotel and then the State’s Rights Hotel for the many visitinglegislators who came to the area.

Central State Hospital MuseumThe Central State Hospital Museum, located on Broad Street in an1891 Victorian train depot, contains memorabilia that spans the his-tory of CSH. From annual reports to medical equipment, to client’spersonal effects, the museum’s contents tell the story of the history ofmental health treatment in the United States and the unique story of

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the hospital once renowned as the largest “insane asylum” in theworld. Central State Hospital Museum tours are available byappointment only. For information call Terea Jacobs at (478) 445-4128. www.centralstatehospital.org.

Flannery O’Connor RoomDillard Russell Library, GCSU campus, University session. On dis-play are manuscripts from O’Connor’s personal collection of morethan 700 books and journals. The room is furnished in the Victorianstyle of the 1870s. Most of these items were brought from Andalusia,the farm where O’Connor lived and wrote the major portion of herfiction. For information (478) 445-0988.

GCSU Natural History MuseumHerty Hall, Room 143, Wilkinson Street (478) 445-0809 for hours;also open by appointment. Visit the Paleozoic, Mesozioc andCenozoic eras and see fossils from Georgia and across the world. Themuseum offers an explanation of the history of life through geologi-cal time.

Georgia’s Old Capital Museum201 East Greene St., Old Capital Building ground floor, (478) 453-1803,www.oldcapitalmuseum.org, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.Monday through Friday, noon to 4 p.m. Saturday. Experience realCivil War history in the building where Georgia legislators voted tosecede from the Union and learn about Native Americans who livedin the area before European settlement. The Old Capital Buildingwas the first public building designed in the Gothic Revival style.

Georgia War Veteran’s Memorial Cemetery2617 Carl Vinson Highway, (478) 445-3363.

Lake SinclairLake Sinclair, U.S. Highway 441 North, encompasses 15,300 acres for fish-ing, skiing and fishing tournaments, swimming, boating, camping and hasseveral marinas for the convenience of visitors. Recently declared the“Cleanest Lake in the State,” Lake Sinclair boasts more than 500 miles ofshoreline. Campgrounds, picnic areas and unsupervised beaches add to theenjoyment of Lake Sinclair.

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��Oak Hill Middle School teachers share in the enthusiasm of the day’sevents.

STAY IN SCHOOL RALLY

��Baldwin County teachers, students and staff,along with local community leaders and educationsupporters, came out to Braves Stadium in earlySeptember for the annual Stay in School rally. Theevent aims to promote education and the value ofgraduating for local students. The evening fea-tured a parade of schools and guest speakers whotouted education as a means of success.

Sightings��Milledgeville Mayor Richard Bentley speaks atthe Stay in School Rally.


��An annual feature of the Stay in School Rally is theparade of schools, where teachers and staff circle the stadium track with the banner representing their school.Pictured, Early Learning Center staff circles the track.

��Eagle Ridge Elementary School teachers and staff take amoment to smile for the camera.

PHOTOS BY VAISHALI PATEL

��The Baldwin High School cheerleaders take part.

SightingsCGTC GROUNDBREAKING

�� CGTC officials break ground during the ceremony.

��Central Georgia Technical College President Dr. Mike Moye, who provided a history of the localcampus, which opened in 1997, during the ground-breaking ceremony, stands at the site of the futureclassroom space.



��CGTC administrators, along with state Sen. Johnny Grant and state Rep. Rusty Kidd, shovel dirt onto the foundation of the new70,000 square-foot facility that will house classroom and lab space for various health care programs, conference space and expand-ed faculty and administrative offices and library.

�� State Rep. Rusty Kidd listens toremarks during the groundbreakingceremony.



SightingsGMC SUPER WEDNESDAY

��GMC incoming cadets learn about life oncampus.

��Georgia Military College incoming cadets,members of the Bulldog football team, registerand provide information during the SuperWednesday orientation events.

��Alex Golubkov, an incoming GMC cadet from Russia, receives information on housing and campus life during the annual SuperWednesday program for new students.


9/11 OBSERVANCE

��GMC Prep seventh-grader Nicholas Trussell, first place AmericanLegion Auxiliary essay contest winner, speaks during the local 9/11program honoring firefighters and emergency personnel.

��Above: Local military personnel, many of whom are members ofthe 48th Brigade, attended the local 9/11 ceremony, which includeda parade from Georgia College’s front campus to the GMC campuswhere a program was held honoring local heroes. Below: Milledgeville Fire Department firefighters listen to remarksduring the 9/11 observance.


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