Summer 2012 Magnolia

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Clinical Breast Exam Because a mammogram isn’t enough!

Mammograms are an important tool in the fight against breast cancer. But, mammography shouldn’t be seen as a stand-alone procedure. A Clinical Breast Exam can detect up to 7% of cancers that appear normal on mammography. Some types of breast cancer aren’t even visible on a mammogram until they become very advanced. When coupled with mammography, a Clinical Breast Exam provides the most comprehensive evaluation and diagnosis. At The Breast Center at Floyd our specially trained professionals take the time to get it right. We use a systematic search pattern to make sure no breast tissue is missed, also taking the time to teach you how to examine your own breasts. If a breast problem is discovered, our physicians and staff work as a team to provide results in 24 hours*.

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Table of Contents From the Porch Swing — Editor’s Message

She Said questions

What is a favorite book you would recommend? What is one item that you really should throw away, but probably never will? What was your favorite musical group in high school? Song? If you were to write your memoirs, what would be the title? What is the most important lesson you have learned on the job? If you could change modern life, what would you do? What is the first thing you notice about someone?

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Editor Charlotte Atkins Design and Layout Heather Koon

Cover Story

Rome’s Janet Cherobon-Bawcom heads to London to compete in the Olympics with Team USA

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For the Health of It

Rollin’ on the River. Paddling local waterways is a recreational way to exercise, get some fresh air and enjoy nature

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Magnolia Portraits Benton Sisters McGill Sisters Blackwell Sisters Briley Sisters Norment Sisters

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Magnolia of the Past Editha Frances Simmons Conner

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Holly Lynch’s attention to detail can make The Season right for any event

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Magnolia Moms

Before school starts, talk to kids about bullying

Home Sweet Home

Porch swings are perfect place to hang out this summer

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Creative Services/ Advertising Design Tona Deaton, manager Lee Field Jamie Metts Allison Morris Circulation and Distribution R.J. Driskill Printing Rob Broadway

Advertising Director Mike Schuttinga

Special thanks for their assistance on this edition: To Berry College and Alan Storey for once again allowing us to use their beautiful campus as a backdrop for some of our portraits; to Dianna Haney for providing us with a photo of Editha Simmons Conner for Magnolia of the Past; and to Ryan Smith and Floyd Medical Center for photos of Mary Maire.

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Cover photo: Janet Cherobon-Bawcom, who lives and trains in Rome, is a distance runner who has won many 10Ks, half-marathons and marathons. She’s now in London as part the United States Olympic Track & Field Team and will compete in the 10,000-meter event on Aug. 3. A native Kenyan, she came to the U.S. on scholarship to get her nursing degree. She became a U.S. citizen in 2010 and is excited to be representing America (and Rome) in the 2012 Olympics. (The cover photo is by Daniel Varnado.) To advertise in the next edition of Magnolia, email advertising@npco.com or call 706-290-5213.

Bon Appetit Y’all LOCAL ORGANIC — ‘I was hooked when I first tasted it’

Brava

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Straight from the harp ... Fay Ellen Steelnack is the soundtrack to special moments in people’s lives Page 28

Cheers! Not your grandma’s lemonade — Sweet Tea with Vodka and Lemonade, Pink Lemonade Cocktail, Strawberry Basil Lemonito ... Page 12

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Contributing Writers Charlotte Atkins, Brittany Hannah, Kim Sloan, Lauren Jones, Doug Walker, Diane Wagner, Severo Avila Contributing Artists Mike Lester

Minding Her Own Business

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Photographers Daniel Varnado, Brittany Hannah, Doug Walker

Advertising Sales Helen Allen Missie Tolbert Mandy Welborn

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Leaving a legacy of caring, Mary Maire eyes future full of travel, tennis and volunteerism

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To contact us about Magnolia features, email magnoliaeditor@gmail.com. News Publishing Co. 305 E. Sixth Ave. Rome, GA 30161 President: Burgett H. Mooney III Vice President of Operations: Otis M. Raybon Vice President of Production: Doug Crow Vice President of Community Relations (and Magnolia head cheerleader): Mary Sib Banks New Media Director: Jim Alred Magnolia is published seasonally by News Publishing Co. and is distributed free at more than 50 locations in the Greater Rome Area. ©2012.

EDITOR’S MESSAGE

From the Porch Swing

Toni Morrison once said, “A sister can be seen as someone who is both ourselves and very much not ourselves — a special kind of double.’’ I just love that. I have a baby brother whom I love dearly, but I must confess that I sometimes have wished that I had a sister too, especially when I have witnessed that incredible connection that comes from being both women and family. I think as women we share an unspoken synchronicity and kinship, which is what makes Magnolia so much fun, yes? Don’t you find yourself relating to women we spotlight in the features and portraits ... or nodding in agreement when you read some of the She Said responses ... even though you don’t know some of the women? So imagine the magnification that occurs when you add to that feminine affinity the depth and love of being family. I imagine there are sometimes not words to describe it. Of course, the flip side is that when something goes awry and there’s pain or anger, that it is equally intense. Over the years, I have known so many special sisters, and so I thought this summer edition would be a good time to celebrate that sisterly bond and perhaps try to capture a few threads of that special connection that weave through so many lives of local women. Of course, since most women drop their family surnames when they marry, it sometimes comes as a surprise to discover what local women are sisters. I recall being surprised when I found out that Gena Agnew and Ansley Saville were sisters. Both are fabulous ladies who make a big

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impact in our community, but they are so different in many ways. And I have known both Lynn Plunkett and Gail Johnson as newsmakers for years and never knew they were sisters. But now that I have spent time with the McGill Girls, which includes little sis Melanie Montanaro, the power of sisterhood is so evident. You’ll find many sisters on these pages. Fourteen of them are

celebrated in our showcase portraits. Many included in our features and She Said Q&As are sisters. And our cover girl Olympian Janet Cherobon-Bawcom is one of seven sisters. While I know that true sisterhood is like Coca-Cola — “It’s the real thing.” I also know that through most of my life I have had friends in my life that are sisters to me. I know y’all understand that. They are those inner circle friends. Those “heart”friends. Those friends who know the good and the bad about us and love us unconditionally just the same.They hold us close when we are in pain and celebrate us when life brings us victories and milestones. Mostly, we just love each other like sisters. And I guess you are doubly blessed if you have friends who are like sisters and then you have real sisters too. And we are creating our own sisterhood through our Magnolia connection. We care about many of the same things, our community and love learning about the things and people we don’t know about. Like real sisters, I hope we can embrace and celebrate our commonalities and our differences. I recall reading somewhere that sisters are “different flowers from the same garden.” Well, I guess we could say of our Magnolia sisterhood that we are similar flowers from different gardens! Charlotte Atkins, editor

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BENTON SISTERS

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Cindy, Audrey, Ellie, Darlene

Ellie Moot, Cindy Weems, Audrey Burch and Darlene Perry have always loved Berry College, whether as a backdrop for life’s milestone photos or for family bike rides on campus.

All four one and one four all, might be the motto of the Benton Girls. The quartet grew up in Coosa, and now they all live in the Model area. They will tell you there’s nothing like a house full of girls. Now lest you envision a pack of princesses, these girls know the value of hard work. Says Audrey Burch, 45, who works for the Georgia State Patrol, “Some of my younger memories are going to cut hay or cut firewood. We learned quickly how to work as a team to get the job done so we could get home for a Saturday night outing. Those were hard work days that I did not look forward to, but when you got there it was more fun being outside than you realized, and it made us the tough girls that we are today.” Their work these days covers a wide spectrum. Cindy Weems, 51 and the oldest, is a field officer with Floyd County Schools. Darlene Perry is an RN at Floyd Medical Center. Ellie Moot was an RN at Redmond’s ER for many years but now runs a bird rescue farm called the Parrot Education Project. They also have seven children among them, all of whom graduated from Model. Cindy says their sisterly bond is so strong because they have made the journey through life together. “My parents got a divorce right after I got out of high school. I know a lot of people had this happen to them, but at that time it felt like no one knew what we were going through. I felt like since I was the oldest that I needed to take care of my younger sisters. Even though we are all grown up, we still look out for each other.” Echoes Darlene, “We have been through our tough times and our good times. We have been through our talking times and our silent treatments, but the sister bonds always bring us back together.” Motherhood is a common thread in the fabric of their lives. “To me it’s like the makeup of a family quilt. There’s so many special individual blocks of time that makes a complete beautiful picture and brings back so many wonderful memories,” says Ellie, 46. “Together, we share a common thread of growing up together and eating around the same supper table, shared clothing, toys, etc. I think when you grow up learning to share, you’re at the same time forming a lifetime bond of loving and caring. We’ve shared becoming mothers and closely raising our children. We’ve supported each other through life’s ups and downs while at the same time being working mothers and contributing to our home, Rome.” Charlotte Atkins, editor

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McGILL SISTERS

Photograph by Daniel Varnado

Melanie, Gail and Lynn

Lynn Plunkett, Gail Johnson and Melanie Montanaro are all Berry College grads who married Berry grads at Frost Chapel. So it is a place they cherish.

When they were growing up in West Rome in the ’60s and ‘70s, most folks knew “the McGill Girls.” They all attended Garden Lakes Elementary School and graduated from Coosa High. They all went on to graduate from Berry College. As adults, though, they have each charted different courses, but with a central core at the center — education. Lynn Plunkett, 59, is Floyd County’s superintendent of schools who will be wrapping up a career as a lifelong educator Nov. 30. The middle sister Gail Johnson, 55, took a different path to her job in higher education as director of continuing education and the Business Expansion Center at Georgia Northwestern Technical College. Her first career was in finance at G.E. That job took her from Rome, to North Carolina to Florence, Italy, where she lived for two years before returning to her hometown. Since being back she has been so involved in community organizations that it earned her the honor of being a Heart of the Community recipient. Lynn was a teen and her parents had been married 17 years when Melanie was born. Years later when Lynn and her husband lived in Florida, Melanie would spend her childhood and teen summers with them. “In so many ways, Melanie is like a daughter to my husband and me.” It’s obvious when the sister trio gets together that Melanie is the baby sister. “We used to love dressing her up. She was like our little doll,” Gail says laughing, fittingly as she ties the scarf of a hat onto a grinning Melanie at the photo shoot. “Lynn and I have always had a tendency to ‘mother’ Melanie, but as we have become adults, she is often the one making sure we stay on the right track.” Though she lives in Calhoun, Melanie, 46, works at Pepperell Primary School, attends St. Mary’s Catholic Church and her kids attend school in Rome. It’s obvious she adores her big sisters. “Since I am the baby of the family, I looked up to my sisters. They have always seemed larger than life to me. Growing up, I turned to them for advice, a listening ear and a solution to my problems.” Lynn describes their bond as “best friends.” “We are all three very different in our personalities, our looks, our likes and dislikes. But we complement each other very well, and together we make a pretty good team.” “We have all taken different paths as adults, but two common threads remain, and that is the love we have for each other and the pride we take in being ‘the McGill Girls,’ ” says Gail. Charlotte Atkins, editor

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We take Chiropractic outside the four walls to educate the public about Chiropractic and its benefits. We are seeing more and more people turn to Chiropractic for help, and some are choosing our Clinic as their Optimum Health Care Provider. Kathi has worked with her husband Dr. David E. Paxton since 1981 and is a mother of three: Dr. Jonathan D. Paxton, Dr. Joshua D. Paxton, and Jasmine Paxton. She is a member of the North Rome Church of God & her passion is watching people get well who have suffered with spinal problems and pain. Just to see those patients who thought they had no hope find a pain p love in my y heart for peop free, normal life ag again. God has put people who are in need.

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Leann is married and has one daughter & three grandchildren. She has over 30 years experience in the restaurant business and has owned Stanley’s on North Broad for 9 years. Stanley’s is family operated by Leann and her dad, Lee Stanley, Mom, Ann Stanley, Sister, Christy Heard and Leann’s daughter, Mekashi Shephard. Stanley’s serves REAL homestyle southern food for lunch and dinner! Open Sunday, Monday & Tuesday 10:30 - 3, Wednesday & Thursday 10:30 - 7 and Friday 10:30 - 6.

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Bridgette is married and has 2 children. She graduated from the Roffler-Moler Hair-Styling College and has been in the hair styling business since 1989. She has owned Inspiration Point since 2003 and attends seminars yearly to keep informed on new products & techniques to keep your hair healthy and beautiful. Inspiration Point is family oriented for men, women & children and specializes in color. Open Tuesday - Saturday. Call today for your appointment!

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Missy Ragland and Amanda Early used to call the Ford Buildings at Berry College “The Castle” when they were little girls.

Like most little girls, when they were children Missy Ragland and her little sister Amanda Early had princess fantasies. Whenever the Summerville pair would come into Rome, they twittered with excitement at the thought of seeing The Castle. “Mama, slow down so we can see The Castle,” they would urge as the Blackwell family traveled Martha Berry Highway into town. The Castle was the Ford Buildings on Berry College’s campus. Those English Gothic-style buildings designed by Harry Carlson of Boston and built with money donated by Henry and Clara Ford of the Ford Motor Co. transported the girls to another time and place in their minds. Even today, “The Castle” thrills the sisters. They recently reflected — appropriately by the Ford reflecting pool — on their sisterly bond. Missy says it’s the “unconditionalness” that makes her connection with her sister so special. Says, Amanda, “There is nothing she does not know about me. Nothing I can’t tell her,” when prompted for any sisterly secrets. The pair professes to an almost twinlike synergy even though they are four years apart, noting that throughout life when one was sick, hurt or in need that the other could often sense it before ever being notified. “It is like a twin thing, but we are not twins. It is like having a best friend that will never ever go away,” explains Missy. They were even in sync on motherhood, both having their first babies within six months of each other. Today Amanda, 38, a stay-at-home mom with a 16-year-old, says her son’s connection to his four cousins is sometimes more like that of siblings. Missy, 42, a professional health care recruiter, calls Amanda her “bus driver” since she helps shuttle Missy’s three girls and boy, ages 4 to 16, to and from activities. While they have no secrets from one another, Missy said others might be surprised to know that she is really shy. “I just fake it well.” She also confesses to a silly streak, especially around her sister. Amanda’s unexpected revelations include bungee jumping and the fact that the duo “went camping on Sapelo Island to go deer hunting.” The two admit that they sometimes still get mad at each other like they did when they were kids. “We fight,” says Missy. “Sometimes we won’t speak for weeks, ... then we get over it. That’s just part of being sisters.” Says Amanda of her big sister, “She is my Batman, and I am her Robin.” They are definitely a dynamic duo. Charlotte Atkins, editor

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Fay Ellen Steelnack is the soundtrack to special moments in people’s lives That education has led to a remarkable life of traveling to and from events, setting the mood with the distinct sounds of the harp. The instrument itself is taller than Fay Ellen. It stands It’s safe to say that Fay Ellen Steelnack has been to more at 6 feet and weighs 110 pounds, has 47 strings and seven Rome weddings than almost anyone else in the community. pedals with three notches each. Being the only harpist in the area, she has been called upon “Thankfully I have a harp dolly and a wonderful husband every time a local couple wants harp music on their special day. who is my ‘harp hauler’,” Fay Ellen said. And although she has given up most of her weekends for So while guests at local weddings are sitting and waiting for the past few years, she says it’s absolutely worth it when she the ceremony to begin, Fay Ellen can be heard setting the mood gets to share in what is usually the happiest day in a couple’s for the event. And when the bride is taking her fateful walk down life. If one attends a wedding in the Rome area and the beautiful the aisle, Fay Ellen will play the music that guides her steps. “I get an up-close view of the couple and the family,” Fay strains of a harp can be heard floating about the guests, Ellen said. “Most of the guests see the couple’s backs, but chances are Fay Ellen is at the instrument. “I’ve been lucky to be the only harpist between Chattanooga usually I see their profile or their faces so I get to watch all these and Atlanta,” she said. “So I have been to more weddings than I brides and grooms at such a special moment. I get to see their can count. I consider it an honor to be part of someone’s special tears and their smiles, and I think about how lucky I am to be able to share that moment.” day.” But it doesn’t always go as smoothly and sweetly as she’d Fay Ellen plays at about 50 weddings in an average year. She like. The harp may be a large instrument, but it is extremely has an engagement every weekend, whether it be weddings, receptions, parties, banquets or symphonic events. And because temperamental to temperature. Fay Ellen, who has lived in she can play secular, sacred, classical and contemporary music, Rome for 21 years, said brides need to consider that if it’s too hot or too cold during an outdoor wedding, or if the humidity is she is always in demand. Originally from St. Petersburg, Fla., she grew up in a musical too high, the harp may not perform like it should. “I’ve been to weddings where the humidity was so high family and learned to play the piano, clarinet and oboe. But at that strings break,” she said. “And that’s a harpist’s worst age 13 she began playing the harp, and she later studied at nightmare. Because then I have to make adjustments to the Samford University, concentrating on harp and vocal music to compensate for broken strings.” performance. By Severo Avila Staff Writer

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But joyous weddings aren’t the only events where Fay Ellen and her harp can be found. She has played at memorial services and grave-side ceremonies as well. She’ll tell you, however, that her most important performances come as part of her Healing Harp program. Taking her harp to hospitals, hospices, retirement homes and assisted living facilities, she uses the healing power of music to bring comfort to the sick and suffering. “Music has so much power to heal,” she says. “It soothes, and it comforts.” Some studies have shown that live music enhances and stimulates the body’s natural healing processes and can help with stress, blood pressure disorders, anxiety, and a variety of other diseases and conditions. “I once played my Celtic harp at a hospital for a little girl who was deaf,” Fay Ellen said. “She put her little face and her hands on the sounding board and just felt the music being played. Then she signed to her mom that she could feel the music I was playing. That was one of the most beautiful moments I’ve ever experienced.” So although she’s given up so much of her time and her weekends to play her harp at hundreds of local weddings over the last few years, and countless other parties, memorial services and even at a birth, Fay Ellen Steelnack is only too happy to do it. “It’s amazing to be a part of the most special moments in people’s lives,” she said. “I have been very fortunate to have been led to the harp at a young age. Look what I’ve been able to experience because of it.”

NORMENT SISTERS

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Ann, Elizabeth and Jane

Elizabeth Barnes (from left), Jane McDonald and Ann Pinson sit on the porch of the East Third Avenue family home where they grew up with their other two sisters Susan and Nan.

Ann Pinson, marketing director for Citizens First Bank and Georgia Bank and Trust, is the second-born of five sisters, three of whom still live in Rome. She credits her mother and father for her strong bond with her sisters. “Our parents raised us in a home that fostered family time/ togetherness and mutual respect for one another. We spent many hours on camping vacations around the campfire playing cards/games and Mother often had all five girls planning a theme dinner (i.e. Mexican) where we not only cooked Mexican, but we dressed and decorated Mexican, too. Second, we worshiped together weekly and always found a church while on vacation to attend even in our shorts and sandals. We all love our Lord! Although we experienced the usual sibling fighting (I once bit my older sister in the stomach so hard that it drew blood) and are very different in many ways, we have grown to love one another deeply and truly enjoy being in each other’s company.” The five span just seven years in age difference from oldest to youngest. “We are very close in age, so we shared everything as we were growing up,” says Jane McDonald, a Rome accountant. “Some sisters even dated the same young man!” No matter what, they have always been each other’s support system, says Elizabeth Barnes, who works with periodontist Dr. Lee Fletcher. “We don’t always agree; goodness knows our personalities are not at all alike, but we truly love each other, embrace our common ground and celebrate our differences. Most of us did not have close girlfriends growing up. We didn’t need them; we had four sisters, and that binds us closely.” The Norment family moved to Rome when General Electric opened, and their father was one of the first to transfer here. These three still live in Rome, while their sisters Susan and Nan live in Carrollton. They agree that celebrating each other’s 50th birthdays as they rolled around the last decade have been special, as are the daily walks along the river and the family beach trips they have been taking together for decades. Some memories harken back to childhood. Ann recalls getting up early “to go to Easter Sunrise service all dressed alike in dresses Mom had made.” Other memories illustrate the sorts of shenanigans that happen between sisters. “My younger sister Jane had curly hair when we were younger. My hair is straight as a board, always has been and always will be,” says Elizabeth. “I decided one day if I could not have curls then neither could Jane. So I took Mother’s sewing shears and cut them all off.” Charlotte Atkins, editor

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50-Plus & Fabulous

Leaving a legacy of caring Mary Maire eyes future full of travel, tennis and volunteerism By Doug Walker Staff Writer

Recently retired Floyd Medical Center vice president Mary Maire is likely to be just as busy in retirement as she was at the end of a 41-year career with the hospital. Mary knew that she wanted to be a nurse way back in the eighth grade when she went to work at the old Rockmart-Aragon Hospital. “That’s when eighth-graders could go to work. You know they didn’t have all the laws and rules and regulations that we have now,” Mary said. “I met a nurse from Grady (Hospital in Atlanta), and she inspired me. I went to Grady School of Nursing, and I really felt like I was called to be a nurse.”

Anyone who has ever spent any time with Mary knows that nursing was without a doubt her calling. “She’s a nurse’s nurse,” said Dan Sweitzer, another vice president at FMC. Despite the fact that she was born to take care of people, Mary quickly worked her way up the corporate ladder at FMC, retiring at the end of June as vice president corporate compliance officer, a post she had held since 1996. For someone whose nature is to nurture, it must have been difficult to leave the patient rooms for the administrative suite. “I miss it to this day, but then there are a lot of opportunities to give advice to families, to other nurses, to mentor other nurses. So even though I was not doing hands-on care, I’m still a nurse. I’ll

always be a nurse,” Mary said at her retirement reception in June. For Mary, retirement does not translate into rest. She and her husband, Urs Maire, an executive with Brugg Cables, are going to be piling up the frequent flier miles and wearing out tires over the course of the next six months. “In August we’re going to the U.S. Open (tennis in New York), in October we’re going to Switzerland, November we’re going to Hilton Head, and then we’ll be going to New York again to see our third grandchild around Christmas time,” Maire said. The schedule is just getting started. “In January, Urs will be retiring, and we’re going to Hong Kong, to the Australian Open (tennis in Melbourne) and then to Japan,” she said with a gleam in her eye.

The kind of travel that would wear a lot of folks out just whets Mary’s appetite for more. When she’s not on the road, or in the air, you’re likely to find Mary on one of the many tennis courts in Rome. She calls it a passion that she shares with her husband. “It’s how we met,” Mary said. When she’s not hitting forehands, Mary may be found in a Pilates studio with Haley Walker, the public relations director at FMC. No matter where Mary lands on her many adventures, her heart will never be far from the hospital. “After 41 years, I was just ready to start a new journey, a new passage, give back to the community and do a lot more volunteer work,” Mary said. “But I’ll be back at FMC as a volunteer in about six months.”

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Cedartown steel magnolias cherish 66-year friendship By Charlotte Atkins Editor

When you know someone your whole life, there’s a connection that runs deep. Sisters certainly know that. But sometimes friendships can be just as strong. For a group of Cedartown steel magnolias, friendship started when they were 5 and is stronger than ever now that they are 71 (or soon approaching). While some met in preschool, the bulk of the 11 met in first grade at College Street Elementary. Six of the ladies gathered recently in Rome on their monthly road trip lunch. This one brought them to 333 on Broad. On hand were Jimmie Washburn Langley, Sandra Whitton GallowayWillis, Nancy Nuttall Gray, Bea Gammon Milonas, Karen Terhune Wilson and Kitty Gibbons Jones. Others in their circle include Suzanne Harpe Byrd, Margaret Benefield Bohn, Connie Duke Wood and Kay Brewster Garden. Their friend Sidney Adamson Cook has passed away. As the six lunched at 333, they reminisced and laughed, finishing each other’s sentences or jumping in on tales of six decades of adventures. “Cedartown was our playground,” recalled Kitty. “We’d roller skate and ride bikes.” “Cedartown was real small then” said Sandra, as Karen added, “It was Mayberry.” Jimmie says it was a blessing to grow up there. “All our mamas knew each other — in fact everyone knew each other — so they could keep tabs on us pretty easy.” They got into plenty of mischief nevertheless. This group of gals seemed to always be in the midst of girlish hijinks to hear some of their tales of growing up in Polk County in the 1940s and ’50s. Jimmie tells the story of a local judge calling her mother to alert her that there was smoke coming out of an upstairs window. He was concerned there was a fire. “Instead, it turned out to be a room full of teenage girls smoking.” “I remember a time when there were 10 of us crammed in Kitty’s VW, and it looked like a smokestack coming out of it as we rode down the street,” shared Sandra. Many of their adventures — and some misadventures — involved cars. Like the time all the girls were at Karen’s house. Some were sunbathing. Others decided to try to start her daddy’s ‘53 Chevy by rolling it down the driveway. Problem was an open door got slammed up against a tree. They rushed it to a local gas station to try to get it fixed but soon learned a crumpled car door can’t be fixed on the spot. Another time they borrowed Jimmie’s brother-in-law’s car, but weren’t experienced enough to back it into the garage like they found

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These six are part of a Cedartown group who have been friends for more than 65 years. Shown during their monthly road trip luncheon at 333 on Broad are Sandra Whitton Galloway-Willis (from left), Karen Terhune Wilson, Bea Gammon Milonas, Nancy Nuttall Gray, Kitty Gibbons Jones and Jimmie Washburn Langley. it and scraped it up ... then used black shoe polish to cover up the damage. “We didn’t make very good choices sometimes,” confessed Nancy. While one of their main pastimes was cruising from one end of town to the other (from Evans Drive on the south end to the A1 Steakhouse on the other), the gals don’t mind recounting their mischievousness of youth. Once, reveals Karen, “we all dressed up like guys and stood around in front of A1 trying to look tough.” Another time, they fooled one of the family maids — but with a good purpose. She was older with not-so-good eyesight and sometimes took a taxi home when she worked late. So knowing that, the girls impersonated the taxi cab. Nancy wore a cap and drove up while the other girls were hiding in the back. As Nancy drove the housekeeper home, she would talk into a flashlight like it was a radio, “Car 1 going to Canal Street.”When they arrived at the destination, in her version of a manly voice, Nancy informed the maid that her fare was free that night. Many a night they were at each other’s for sleepovers, albeit sometimes without parents or chaperones, something the other parents often didn’t know. One of those times was at Karen’s family cabin in Cave Spring. One of the girls’ parents went looking for their daughter and asked the Cave Spring police officer they encountered for help. He told them he’d been directing cars to the Terhune cabin all night. Needless to say, some girls went home early that night. Explained Sandra, “We were not bad. We were just bored.” Jimmie says their friend Margaret, who now

lives in Virginia, offers this explanation. “She says we were frustrated actresses with boredom on our hands.” Other special memories did not involve shenanigans. “Our crowd had a cotillion ball every year on Christmas Eve,” said Sandra. “It was a big to-do with gorgeous dresses and The Rhythmaires performing.” After graduating from Cedartown High in 1959, their adult lives took them in different directions. Jimmie got married first, a month after graduation. “My mother was glad I got married young so she didn’t have to worry about me anymore.” Even as they married, they remained close. Sometimes too close. When Kitty and her new husband were leaving their wedding and heading on their honeymoon, Nancy got in the car and drove away with them. “She wouldn’t get out of the car,” said Kitty. “We finally dropped her off in Rockmart.” Bea left during college to go to New Jersey with her family. She’s lived all over the country from New York City to Los Angeles and points in between, but she always stayed connected to her local girlfriends and came back for visits. She moved back to Cedartown four years ago. “The only period that we didn’t see each other a lot was when our kids were young,” said Kitty. “But we stayed in touch all along,”added Jimmie. Now that all but one are retired from fulltime work, they travel the world and the region on new adventures. Some have included Washington, D.C., and Italy, and last year a trip to Perdido Key, Fla., to celebrate their 70th

birthdays. One trip took them to New York where they visited to the Twin Towers, just nine months before they fell in the 9/11 attacks. Karen, Sandra and Connie visited Bea in California in the mid-1980s. Just a mention of Rodeo Drive and they all burst into giggles. That’s because, as Karen and Sandra described it, they pulled up to Gucci to valet park in Bea’s “VW covered in graffiti with a loose fender and an engine issue.” “Just as we pulled up to the valet attendant, the car backfired. We were like the Clampetts.” As they’ve gotten older they have added some new rituals. Each month they take a “road trip” somewhere for lunch, and an annual tradition is to spend New Year’s Day together. Husbands get to join in that day. When they reflect on what it is that has kept their friendship flourishing some 66 years, they all chimed in with different responses. “We’re fun loving,” said Kitty. “Our history binds us.” Added Karen, “We simply have more fun with each other than we do with anyone else. We can still be silly and do embarrassing things.” Tossing in another perspective, Nancy said to nodding laughs, “Plus we know too much on each other to ever part ways.” And lest you think the mischievousness faded away after high school, think again. Karen tells how when Connie turned 50, they gave her a male blowup doll “that looked just like Wayne Newton” ... well it did after they added the mustache. “We took him with us everywhere,” said Nancy. They say some of their husbands even started to get jealous about Wayne going on their adventures. “We took him to Helen with us and were out in the square during the Braves playoffs doing the tomahawk chop,” said Karen. “We even hitchhiked with him.” “It’s a wonder, they didn’t commit us,” laughs Jimmie. Through it all — whether the playful moments or the serious ones like now as they rally around Nancy who’s battling breast cancer — that bond of friendship that has been built over the course of their lives just keeps getting stronger. “It’s nice to know that no matter what, you can tell them anything. Doesn’t matter which one,” says Sandra. They have no doubt these cherished friendships will continue for the rest of their lives. “We’re just all hoping to end up in the same rest home,” said Kitty, prompting more endearing laughter from these friends who have loved each other from the time they wore little patent leather shoes to today’s bifocal years. Knowing this group, the may just all pile into the same car to get there ...

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