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HIPP MAGAZINE Historic Image Preservation and Presentation

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HIPP MAGAZINE

Fall 2009

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historical moments and reminisces from the black perspective. Thanks to Larry Hunter and Kent Owings for their many trips to visit some of our stars. Larry is responsible for the information supplied by Clara Belcher, Jeff Champion and Gleda James. Kent has worked on making pictures of many commercial buildings and homes in Douglas County and has conducted extensive interviews with downtown historians and writers. Thanks to 80 year old John Fuller for his strong interest in finding Carnes Cabin. Norma Nichols is responsible for web programming and assisting in the preparation and backup of information systems. Frank Karycinski worked on restoring the picture of Bill Arp College. Natasha Stansel contributed her mother’s reminisces. Butch Alley of Alley Printing has been very helpful in supplying pictures of early Lithia Springs including Lithia Water bottles and the cover photo of downtown Douglasville. His nephew, Billy Holmes submitted photo illustrations of Carnes Cabin as well. Jerry Leath, former owner of The Great Frame-Up has been kind enough to host our HIPP group meetings thus far. Mary Lesh sent along her own versions of Carnes Cabin. Myra and Ken Wade interviewed Joanne Fowler and secured the Christine Greene story along with their precious family photos. Dot Padgett supplied us with many pictures as well as her script concerning the history of downtown Douglasville. Earl Albertson conducted several interviews with us for future publication. Gleda James of Lithia Springs, and actual owner of the springs, has been very helpful in putting together the Lithia Springs story. For HIPPsite.com we appreciate the contribution of the Doc Win Band from Villa Rica for letting us use their southern rock song “Douglasville,” taken from their album “One More Time.” You can listen to this song anytime by going to www.hippsite.com. Our photos of the 15 oldest or most historic buildings in Douglas County were made at the request of Susanne Hudson who put together a display for the Old Courthouse on the “Wall of Fame.” Suzanne is the chairperson of the Douglas County Tourism & History Commission and the director of the Penny McHenry Hydrangea Festival. We would also like to thank Laura Lieberman, the executive director of the Douglasville/Douglas County Cultural Arts Council. She has provided moral support and cheerleading in getting our group launched. We are dedicating the HIPPSite.com to the CAC and to its satellite arts groups including the Douglas County Historical Society. And to any of you in Douglasville and Douglas County who have stories to tell and pictures to share, don’t hesitate to get in touch with us. We will be publishing information of historical interest in both this HIPP Magazine and at the companion websites of HIPPMagazineUSA.com and HIPPsite.com. The Cultural Arts Center is providing a permanent meeting place for the HIPP Group. We will meet the first Thursday of every month at 7 p.m. in the Wynn building adjacent to the CAC on Campbellton Street here in Douglasville. For further information call Richard Nichols at 404-210-5985. I would also like to thank the businesses which advertised in this magazine. Their advertising has made it possible to produce the magazine at no cost to you. If you own a business, you should think about supporting this magazine. The ads start at $99 per issue, and it is a publication that has an extremely long shelf life, is interesting to read, and has 20,000 copies distributed each issue. If you have some pieces of History you would like to share, please contact us - [email protected].

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By Tim Collins - Publisher Thank you for picking up the very first issue of HIPP Magazine. HIPP stands for Historic Image Preservation and Presentation. Each year, four issues will be distributed all over Douglas County. HIPP Magazine is full of historical photographs but what makes it unique and extremely interesting are the personal stories of what life was like in Douglas County in years gone by. This gives the magazine “life” as people who have lived here for many years recount their personal memories. Hopefully reading these stories and viewing the photographs will paint a mental picture in your mind about what it was like here in days gone by. Because this is a publication with so many unique photos and stories, you may want to keep every issue of the publication, starting with this first one. By collecting every issue, you can build your own personal copy of the history of Douglas County! This publication came about as a result of my correspondence with Richard Nichols, the President of the Sweetwater Camera Club. One evening I was emailing him about our other publication, Chapel Hill News & Views. Somehow the topic of historical photographs and local history was brought up, and I happened to mention that I have always thought that a publication full of old photographs would be interesting to do. He added that it would be neat to capture the memories of older residents. At the next meeting of the Sweetwater Camera Club, he mentioned the idea, and by the end of the meeting about 15 members of the club had volunteered to help with the project by interviewing older residents, scanning in pictures, restoring old photos and sharing their memories. Richard has created the website www.hippsite.com where members of the community can upload photos and stories, and can comment on their memories or personal experiences regarding the photos they see. Some of these comments will be included in future issues of HIPP Magazine as well. There are so many people I would like to thank for their help in launching this publication. First, I would like to thank God for blessing this undertaking and sending so many people my way that have volunteered to help. Without His help, and the assistance of so many citizens of Douglas County, this publication would not be possible, at least in its current form. I am also so thankful for the wonderful staff that worked tirelessly on this magazine to put out a publication that is “first class” in every way! I have been blessed with a group of people who are honest, dependable, and take extreme pride in their work and my personal success is directly related to the efforts of Joe and Cynthia Keith, and Jason and Lindsey Robbins. I would also like to especially thank Richard Nichols for his tireless efforts in organizing the information gathering aspect of the publication, for establishing the HIPP Committee and for developing an outstanding website that compliments the magazine. HIPPsite.com contains additional information, actual video and audio interviews. I would like to thank the members of the Historical Image Preservation and Presentation (HIPP) Committee, which consists of at least 20 photographers from the Sweetwater Camera Club here in Douglasville. The HIPP Group is also made up of local historians and history buffs who are providing materials and opening dialogs with some of Douglas County’s most honorable citizens. Thank you to Angelo Omar Muhammad for collecting

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