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CONTENTS

September/October 2011

FEATURES

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20

10

Down Home Cooking

16

A Century of Family Care

20

A Walk Through Time

30

A Healing Faith

36

Georgia College Special Collections

36

30

IN EVERY ISSUE From the Editor

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A little bit about what’s inside from our very own Natalie Davis

Scene and Heard

Find a place to worship

42

Where to find exactly what you’re craving

8

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

Arts and Culture and news of note

Worship Directory

Dining Directory

28

Sightings Scenes from events throughout town

46

ON THE COVER Kate Pope, archival associate in Georgia College’s Special Collections.

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from the editor “History cannot give us a program for the future, but it can give us a fuller understanding of ourselves, and of our common humanity, so that we can better face the future.”

— Robert Penn Warren For many years, the Central State Hospital campus was a lifeblood of the local community, a hub of activity in the area’s economic engine, a vital component in the evolution of mental 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 in some 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 of Baldwin County at-large.

In this, our annual Historical Issue of Milledgeville Scene, we take a closer look at CSH and those ties, as writer Sarah Beth Ariemma examines 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 oldest locally African-American owned business, celebrate a milestone — its 100th anniversary. Find out more about its history inside this issue and be sure to also take a look at our dining feature, The Country Buffet, a gem of down-home cuisine you may not be aware of, but if you’ve ever visited, you won’t soon forget.

As we inch closer to winding down this year, we should remember what poet and author Robert Penn Warren scribed about the past and the future, “history … can give us a fuller understanding of ourselves.” As Central State Hospital faces its future with new aspirations and 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 your feedback and let us know what stories you’d like to see in upcoming editions. E-mail me at ndavis@unionrecorder.com and let us know what you think of this issue.

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a look at the arts & culture of Milledgeville and Baldwin County THE GEORGIA COLLEGE SPECIAL COLLECTIONS LIBRARY recently opened a new display highlighting women’s literature.

The display features materials including a 1940s Dictaphone (popular brand of sound recording devices) and typewriter, rare books, scrapbooks and 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 High Museum of Art in Atlanta to enhance the educational experiences of local students.

The College and University Affiliate Program has partnered with the High Museum of Art in Atlanta to enhance students’ educational experiences and the university and museum to share resources that integrate the arts into students’ curricula.

“The partnership offers our students many benefits including the 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 an exciting array of speakers and exhibits.”

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

“We are delighted to collaborate with Georgia College to establish our second academic affiliate agreement with a public educational institution,” says Patricia Rodewald, Eleanor McDonald Storza, director of education. “Building on our mutual commitment to the integration of the arts into education, this affiliation will deepen our relationship with Georgia College and engage their communities with great art and programming.”

Georgia College students, faculty and staff will receive free admission to the museum’s special exhibitions and permanent collection. They also can attend lectures and experience behindthe-scenes programs at the High.

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in areas related to museum studies, curatorial, museum education, public relations and marketing, exhibitions, membership and development.

“This partnership is one of several that will help Georgia College offer a distinctive educational experience,” Jordan said.

“Georgia College is interested in providing rich and broad experiences and opportunities to our students.”

THE ANNUAL HAUNTED TROLLEY TOUR is set to return next month. Sponsored by the Milledgeville Convention & Visitors Bureau, the 11th annual tour will creep its way through the streets of Milledgeville Oct. 24-27. Admission is $15 for adults and $10 for children ages 12 and under. The event will feature tours at 6:30 and 8:30 p.m.

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

THE MILLEDGEVILLE-BALDWIN COUNTY CONVENTION AND VISITORS BUREAU recently earned statewide honors.

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ear after year, customers have satisfied their “down-home” country cravings at 1465 S. Jefferson St. With anything from fried chicken to fresh vegetables, the Milledgeville community has indulged itself in the southern fresh cooking of The Country Buffet for 20 years.

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

Charlie and Havalyn Adams, owners, started the restaurant with hopes of settling down after years of traveling on the road for work.

“My husband was working in Atlanta, and he wanted to get off the road,” Havalyn said. “We decided to go into the restaurant business, which we used to have a grocery store, the old Allen’s Market, so we just decided to start a restaurant.”

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

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

Over the years Havalyn and her husband have gotten the most satisfaction from “the people, meeting the people.”

The warm relationship between the staff at The Country Buffet and the customers is a mutual one.

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

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One of the most appealing aspects of The Country Buffet is its southern cooking according to Ford, a customer for the past four years.

“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 disappointed when they don’t have it. It’s like a home-cooked Sunday meal that your mamma would cook.”

In Central Georgia, the restaurants specializing in “homemade country cooking” thrive, especially in a place like Milledgeville with a rich southern tradition and culture.

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

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

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

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

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

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The Country Buffet has served up heaping helpings to locals for nearly 20 years.

Customers, such as Ford, believe that The Country Buffet offers more bang for your buck, especially compared to the local fast 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 its location.

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

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

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Since the restaurant’s opening in 1992, nothing has changed, according to Havalyn, as the customers still remain the most important part of the business.

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

Approaching its 20th anniversary amid tough economic times, Havalyn admits financially things are tight but The Country Buffet 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 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., and also caters food for special events and gatherings with special request.

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later’s Funeral Home will mark a century of caring for Milledgeville’s dearly departed in October. The milestone is a major one for any business, and the oldest locally African-American owned business will celebrate in style later this year.

The business’ namesake, Alonzo Slater, became the first black undertaker 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 prominence during their lifetimes. The brothers attended Hampton Institute in Hampton, Va. with funds and gold supplied by their father after the Civil War. Slater married Harriette Parker in 1886, and the two had eight children together.

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

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

Local historian Sandra Jones, who relays the story of Slater’s Funeral Home and its founding as one of the guides on the Milledgeville Convention & Visitors Bureau’s African American Heritage trolley tour conducted each February during Black History Month, knows the history 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 of Alonzo’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 for prominent local African Americans and are now on the historic registry.

“He owned a considerable amount of city block at the time of his passing. His business had moved several times, and he played such a huge role 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 designated for Masonic meetings and dances.

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

Delbra was 14, and wary of sticking around the funeral home. Young Floyd was enjoying higher learning away at college, and planned to have a long and illustrious military career. After his time in military service, he went on to later represent Baldwin County in the state legislature and serve as Milledgeville’s mayor. Toney was attending Morehouse College in Atlanta, and would later go on to a bright career at Delta Airlines and as 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 business 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 and strong funeral home,” Floyd said.

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

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Above: Ruth (left) and husband Floyd Sr. purchased Slater’s Funeral Home, which was originally owned by Alonzo Slater (below), along with Joseph Graham, in 1966.

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 a well made up mind. As a young girl, I thought the weekends belonged to me. But I grew up and I knew that I wanted my mother to retire. My father was the consummate businessman. He passed away in 2005,” Delbra said.

When co-owner Joseph Graham passed away, the family purchased his share of the business from his niece. Their mother owned the business until her passing in 2010, when the siblings took equal ownership of the establishment.

Being a part of the oldest African-American owned business in town has always 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 of the oldest establishments still running in Milledgeville and the oldest African-American owned business. It has been an honor and a tremendous opportunity that started with the Slater family and has been passed to our family,” Floyd said.

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

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

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

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

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

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

“The relationship with the community really started with the firewood business. My parents were both workaholics and strived to create businesses that would help build the community up. Both had personalities that make me 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 can choose all of the merchandise directly from the business. The funeral home offers pre-planning, which enables customers to come to the office and plan every detail of a funeral in advance. Pre-planning takes the burden off of the family members, who may feel overwhelmed with trying to decide what the deceased 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. You must pay for the pre-planning, but then you will know that your final wishes are being carried out,” Delbra explained.

Everything within the funeral budget is itemized, and families can pick and choose from a long list of items necessary for a funeral. Customers determine their florist and can also purchase coffins from the funeral home as well.

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

The funeral home can handle most reasonable budgets and nearly every request. The funeral home has been undergoing renovations for two years in order to update the interior and provide an even more beautiful location for customers and their families.

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

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

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

To mark the 100-year anniversary of Slater’s Funeral Home, a special celebration will commence Dec. 3 in the Fine Arts Center of Baldwin High School. A replica of Pres. Abraham Lincoln’s coffin will also make its way to Milledgeville and Slater’s Funeral Home for the week of Sept. 26 through Oct. 1.

“This event will be free of charge for the community, and we are so excited 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 is going to be huge.”

The Slater’s Funeral Home business office is open Monday through Friday from 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 week and appointments can be made outside of those times. The funeral home can also be visited online at www.slatersfuneralhomeinc.com or in person at 244 N. Wayne St. For more information, call (478) 452-2412 or (478) 452-5668.

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

hough many of the buildings on the Central State Hospital campus sit present-day unoccupied, there is a location on the hospital grounds that houses the rich and colorful history of the one-time thriving hospital community.

Central State Hospital has served Milledgeville and beyond since 1842. The hospital served “lunatics, idiots and epileptics,” as it was advertised in 1842, and clients and their families came to the facility seeking treatment and often refuge from an unknowing outside world.

The CSH museum connects the hospital’s past to the local community and explores medical advances and the stigma at one time attached to mental illness.

In 2011, many of the buildings are deserted and stand as a testament to those who sought refuge in their halls. Though no one has found a time machine to return to those times, Central State has created a museum in order to connect with a time that has passed and look forward to the future of healing medical advances and a deeper break from the stigma that surrounds those 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 happened to be the last stop in Milledgeville, and the train would go to the warehouse, circle and go back to town. The depot was later converted into a personnel building after the train stopped coming through Central State’s grounds, and was converted into a museum 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 at the museum.

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

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

donated by former employees of the hospital or found within the hospital’s walls. The rooms within the museum are all coordinated to correspond with the theme of the hospital. Each board tells a story of bygone eras for the hospital.

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

The cook-chill method consists of rapidly cooking food and then chilling it immediately for shipping to Atlanta or other areas. For hospitals and prisons that were not fully equipped for such a magnitude of meals that needed to be created, Central State’s kitchen and its cook-chill method gave an easy solution.

“We also operated a fully accredited nursing program for over 100 years. The program ended in the 1980s, but over a period of 100 years, we have so many pictures of the nurses, their textbooks and other equipment that they used in order to learn the best care possible for their patients,” Brown said, looking at a picture of nurses in their crisp white aprons and caps.

The hospital has always functioned as an educational facility.

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browse through materials that include a selection of humans brains cut to show different diseases and conditions. The brains were recovered from the Kidd Building within the autopsy room.

“The students can always tell what the patient had from looking at their brain. It may seem a little gory, but so much about mental illness was learned during Central State’s existence. We were the place for the most-cutting edge treatment,” Brown explained. “Treatments happened here first. When new treatments were discovered, we would conduct research in order to help the patient reach his or her full potential.”

The hospital officials at the museum have been actively working to catalogue the books and articles in the museum’s back room. The hospital is working with Georgia College’s history department and has been using interns to help document and catalogue the hospital’s rich history.

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

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

State in some form or fashion. It was because of the hospital and its ties to the local economy that not a single bank in Milledgeville failed during the Great Depression. It was, at one time, the largest employer in Milledgeville.

“We are still in business. The role of the hospital is changing, and we are committed to providing the best possible care for our individuals.

I invite and encourage everyone to come out and see what goes on at the facility. It’s a neat place to seek new opportunities. We are the second oldest psychiatric hospital still running in the country, and we still have so much to offer,” Brown said.

The genuine history within the museum gives a more diverse picture of the people who lived and worked within the hospital. Brown said she loves looking at the old pictures of nurses brushing their client’s hair, or throwing special parties for the client’s out on the lawn. The treasured images are not allowed to be public domain until 70 years after the client’s death, but Brown looks forward to the day that the pictures can be shared with the public.

“The people who worked here loved their patients. Too often we hear these horror stories about the hospital, but they weren’t true. This wasn’t ‘One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest.’

Those images prove that there was a very real sense of family here,” Brown said.

The museum highlights notable people within the hospital’s history as well. Joseph Ingram was the first African-American in Milledgeville to have a building named for him. Old barber and 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 everything there is to know about Central State Hospital, come and enjoy the museum. Everyone I’ve ever spoken to learns something new when they come and visit. Whether you live in Milledgeville, or go to school here or are a visitor, the museum should be on

your list of places to visit. You won’t see anything like Central State Hospital ever again, because these places just don’t exist anymore. It’s a special place.”

Museum visits are by appointment only, but Brown and the staff are very flexible in order to meet tours. For information call (478) 445-4128.

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Central State Hospital, once the largest facilities of its kind in the nation, has been in existence for more than 100 years, but during the period of 1842 and 1962, the state hospital functioned without a foundation of faith on the sprawling campus.

Religious services were not performed for the clients housed within Central State Hospital’s walls, until the 1960s, when the state of Georgia and the governor’s office stepped in the ensure that the void was filled.

In 1959, Pastor Dr. John Hughston of First Baptist Church in Milledgeville decided that a chapel should be built for clients on the hospital’s grounds. With the help of Dr. Louie D. Newton, a noted Georgia Baptist preacher, and Betty Vandiver, wife of then-Gov. Ernest

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

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

The invitation to work on Central State’s campus drew the Rev. Milton Snyder and his wife to Milledgeville. With his previous experience in health and ministry, Snyder and his wife made the big decision to leave North Carolina and build a new life in Milledgeville helping thousands of people.

Snyder worked as director of the Pastoral Care

Department from 1975 until the department sustained cuts due to budgetary restraints in 1991. He arrived in Milledgeville in 1966 to minister to the CSH clients as a clinical chaplain.

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

The planning of worship services became of utmost importance to the chaplains working at Central State.

The chaplains worked with the music therapists in order 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 we would then go and speak with the individuals’ other caregivers about the best way that care should be given for each specific person. It was our own sense of call to the ministry, the individuals’ faith and their treatment team that achieved such wonderful results. Everything was contingent on those factors,” Snyder said.

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

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

- Rev. Milton Snyder “The connection we pastors had with the clients and individuals was important. The pastor’s role is an important role in the community. They serve wherever they are. The role is broad — ministry in a special factor is all over the place. You must be present, that’s the most important thing, you see.

Sometimes all a patient needed was to know that they were not alone in a crisis or the hospital,” Snyder said.

The images of consumers languishing in a hospital without friends and family are chilling in films and novels, but Snyder quickly dispels those thoughts. If a client was discharged from the hospital, the pastors had a moment of celebration with the then-former consumer. Families often spent a great deal of time with the chaplains discussing spiritual care.

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

“The persons doing ministry were educated on how to reflect on confidential reports and find even more effective ways of ministry,” Snyder reflected. “We were a general and crisis ministry and we needed to make sure that we were meeting all of the needs on every basis.”

The chaplains discovered that the order of service within the Christian calendar was helpful in planning the clients’ liturgical year. Church services revolved around the holidays and kept clients’ spirits up. By giving the individuals something to look forward to, the church promoted healing through faith.

No matter the patient, everyone was given a funeral. If the individual did not have family or outside friends, the preacher, mortician and close friends at Central State were all invited to be active participants in the funeral service.

Lisa Vaughn, the current Activity Therapy coordinator at Central State Hospital, helps to plan special services that involve client groups.

“We have a lot more music involved in the service. We are combining music with healing as well. Our latest focus is our 9/11 Remembrance Service. We have Rev. Omer Reid as our full-time chaplain here now, and we also offer devotional services that patients can request when they feel they need them,” Vaughn explained. “Rev. Reid has a saying that he repeats to our individuals every Sunday: ‘Everybody is somebody no matter 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 even have a choir. The content and the flow of the church service is key to ensure that individuals can make the most out of the service.

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

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

Bob McMillan worked within the engineering department at Central State Hospital beginning in 1957. The soft-spoken gentleman comes from a long line of construction workers and brickmakers. Some of Central State Hospital’s most notable buildings constructed with McMillan brick include the Jones and Brantley buildings.

“I go back a long ways. My great-grandfather made brick for the hospital. I went off to Auburn as a young man and when I finished, my father asked me to come back to the construction business here in Milledgeville. I started working for the engineering department at Central State in 1957,” McMillan said.

He remembers in great detail that the local churches helped Mrs. Vandiver on her crusade to create the chapels. When the funds had finally been raised, McMillan recalls the governor’s wife breaking ground on the main chapel.

“I remember that the chapel by the Freeman Building caught on fire one year after the Christmas program. The insurance covered the cost of replacing the items and we were able to fix everything,” McMillan said. “And during the dedication of the main chapel there was an organ recital by a famous organ player. I also knew a lot of prominent people who 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 permission by their doctors to help construct the chapels.

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

A time capsule filled with the history of the chapel and the documentation of the money raised and who was most instrumental in the effort was placed inside the Chapel of All Faith’s walls. McMillan counted himself present for the ceremony in the early 1960s.

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

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

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

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

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

“The local history is my favorite,” Pope said, while sitting amongst archival equipment and documents. “I’ve gotten to know so many of the older families and their history. I grew up in Gwinnett 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 protected from 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 more about Milledgeville.

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

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An outside view of the Special Collections Library.

special help from Amy Wright, executive director of the museum.

“We have Civil War letters, photographs, rare books and official documents from the war. We have mostly local and regional materials, but we do have some materials pertaining to the national level as well. The letters from the wives and children are wonderful, and we did what we could to ensure that African-American history and women’s history were included,” Pope said.

Special Collections just debuted its first online exhibit, the first of many that the library hopes to make available online.

The library is also working on coordinating special talks within the community about archiving, preservation and oral history. The staff at Special Collections has been collecting oral

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histories for alumni and retired staff who attended Georgia College when it was a women’s college. The department has also recreated a health and wellness exhibit for upcoming freshman.

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

Special Collections is responsible for the administration of the Flannery O’Connor collection, local and regional historical collections, Georgia College archives, rare books and the O’Connor Room. The Flannery O’Connor Collection consists of more

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O’Connor’s mother, Regina Cline, donated the collection to the school after O’Connor’s untimely death at age 39. The initial collection was started in 1971. The collection also includes critical writings, photographs, tape recordings, films, letters, memorabilia and newspaper clippings. The O’Connor room features O’Connor’s christening gown, pictures of her as a child and other special mementos that give visitors a sense of connection with the iconic author.

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

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War II-era division of the United States Navy that consisted entirely of women. The name is an acronym 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 that at the end of the war the women would not be allowed to continue in Navy careers. Numerous members of Georgia State College for Women (now known as Georgia College & State University) 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 be interested in picking up a certain item and keeping it in our collection, we are beyond thrilled. It is 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 to Congressman 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 contributions to national defense. Vinson’s 50-year career in the U.S. House of Representatives was filled with 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 congressional construction of new ships to replace obsolete ones. This law became the genesis of the 40 • MS • SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2011

modern U.S. Navy. One of Vinson’s most famous quotes directly pertains to his belief in the most modern equipment and the importance of a strong military: “The most expensive thing in the world is a cheap Army and Navy. History has clearly shown that weakness invites attack.”

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

“The Milledgeville chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution has a repository agreement with Special Collections, and we hope more local organizations choose to donate 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 in the community who has an interest in learning a little bit more about the town they are living in. We are open to this community and we’re trying to provide new programs to engage the community in what we do here.”

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

For more information on how to learn more about Special Collections, or the history archived there, call (478) 4450988, or email scinfo@gcsu.edu.

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Mellow Mushroom 2588 N. Columbia St., Milledgeville 478-457-0144

Barberito’s Restaurant 148 W Hancock St Milledgeville (478) 451-4717

The Brick 136 W Hancock St. Milledgeville (478) 452-0089

Country Buffet 1465 SE Jefferson St., Milledgeville (478) 453-0434 42 • MS • SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2011

Jackson’s at Sinclair 3065 N. Columbia St. Milledgeville (478) 453-9744

McDonald’s 2490 N Columbia St., Milledgeville (478) 452-1312 611 S Wayne St., Milledgeville (478) 452-9611

Metropolis Cafe 138 N. Wayne St., Milledgeville 478-452-0247 Octagon Cafe Milledgeville Mall (478) 452-0588 Old Clinton Barbecue 2645 N. Columbia St., Milledgeville (478) 454-0080 Old Tyme Dogs 451 W. Montgomery St. Milledgeville Original Crockett’s Family Cafeteria and Catering 1850 N. Columbia St. Suite 10 Milledgeville (478)804-0009 Paradise Country BBQ 111 Old Montgomery Hwy Milledgeville (corner Hwy 441 N. & Log Cabin Rd) (478) 452-8008 Papa John’s Pizza 1306 N Columbia Street, Milledgeville (478) 453-8686 Papa and Nana’s Wang House 174 Gordon Hwy SW Milledgeville (478) 414-1630 Pickle Barrel Cafe & Sports Pub 1892 N Columbia St., Milledgeville (478) 452-1960

Pizza Hut 650 W Wayne St., Milledgeville (478) 453-3703 2511 N Columbia St. Milledgeville (478) 452-7440 PJ’s Steak House 3052 Highway 441, Milledgeville (478) 453-0060 Puebla’s Mexican Restaurant 112 W Hancock St, Milledgeville (478) 452-1173 Quizno’s Subs 1827 N Columbia St, Milledgeville (478) 451-0790 Ruby Tuesday’s 2440 N Columbia St., Milledgeville (478) 452-5050 Shrimp Boat 911 S Elbert St. Milledgeville (478) 452-0559 Sonic Drive In 1651 N Columbia St., Milledgeville (478) 451-0374 Sonny’s Brew’N Que 120 N. Greene St., Milledgeville (478) 452-0004 Soul Master Barbecue & Lounge 451 N Glynn St. Milledgeville (478) 453-2790

Subway 1692 N Columbia St., Milledgeville (478) 453-2604 Subway 2600 N Columbia St. Milledgeville (478) 804-9976

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Super China Buffet 1811 N. Columbia St., Milledgeville (478) 451-2888 Sylvia’s Grille 2600 N Columbia St. Milledgeville (478) 452-4444

Work Carts

Taco Bell 2495 N Columbia St., Milledgeville (478) 452-2405 Velvet Elvis 118 W Hancock St., Milledgeville (478) 453-8226 Vinson Diner 2136 SE Vinson Hwy, Milledgeville (478) 453-1171

Recreational Carts

Waffle House 1683 N Columbia St Milledgeville (478) 452-9507 3059 N Columbia St., Milledgeville (478) 451-2914 Wendy’s 2341 N Columbia St., Milledgeville (478) 453-9216 Zaxby’s 1700 N Columbia St., Milledgeville (478) 452-1027

Hunting Carts 601 N. Jefferson Street • Milledgeville, Georgia 31061

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arts & entertainment OCTOBER October 3 Greg Peptone on piano. Georgia College’s Max Noah Recital Hall.

7:30 p.m. (478) 445-8289.

October 16 Oconee Regional Symphony Orchestra. Russell Auditorium. 3 p.m.

(478) 445-8289.

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

October 22 8th annual Deep Roots Festival. Downtown Milledgeville. Gates open at 10 a.m. Call (478) 414-4014 or (478) 414-4015 for information or visit www.deeprootsfestival.com .

October 22 GMC in conjunction with GMC Alumni Weekend 2011 presents Mac Frampton & the Moon River Orchestra featuring Cecil Welch.

Goldstein Center for the Performing Arts. 7 p.m. Call (478) 3874840 for tickets.

mansion visitors a glimpse of the working lives of men and women who lived and worked on the mansion grounds. Call (478) 4454545.

“The Collections Tour.” Old Governor’s Mansion. 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Tuesday-Friday (by appointment only). $15 for adults; $8 for seniors; $10 for groups; $4 for students. Hear an in-depth discussion on the Mansion’s varied material and textile collections, the process of building the collection, recent restoration, and culminating in the methodologies employed in locating both original and period appropriate pieces and materials for display within the museum. Call (478) 445-4545.

ATTRACTIONS Andalusia Flannery O’Connor’s Farm, North Columbia Street, (478) 4544029, www.andalusiafarm.org. Open to the public Monday, Tuesday, Friday and Saturday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

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

Bartram Forest In 1794, Native Americans inhabited the Bartram Forest. Today, educational hiking trails allow visitors to see centuries of abundant wildlife, natural wetlands, and an erosion ravine with soil that is a remnant of the ancient shallow seas that covered Georgia 50 to 100 million years ago. Three looping trails cover this natural wonder.

2892 Highway 441 South. (478) 445-2119.

October 25 James Ackley on trumpet. Georgia College’s Max Noah Recital Hall.

7:30 p.m. (478) 445-8289.

October 29 Georgia College choral concert. First Baptist Church, 330 South Liberty Street. 7:30 p.m. (478) 445-8289.

Blackbridge Hall Art Gallery 111 South Clarke St., (478) 445-4572, www.gcsu.edu/art, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. This art gallery exhibits regional, national and internationally recognized contemporary artists. It also presents GCSU senior art major exhibitions at the end of each semester.

ONGOING

Brown-Stetson-Sanford House 601 West Hancock St. (478) 453-1803. Open by appointment and on the Historic Trolley Tour. An architectural gem built by John Marlor in the “Milledgeville Federal” style with its characteristic columned double porch. It served the state capital as the BeecherBrown Hotel and then the State’s Rights Hotel for the many visiting legislators who came to the area.

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

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

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

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Central State Hospital Museum The Central State Hospital Museum, located on Broad Street in an 1891 Victorian train depot, contains memorabilia that spans the history of CSH. From annual reports to medical equipment, to client’s personal effects, the museum’s contents tell the story of the history of mental health treatment in the United States and the unique story of

the hospital once renowned as the largest “insane asylum” in the world. Central State Hospital Museum tours are available by appointment only. For information call Terea Jacobs at (478) 4454128. www.centralstatehospital.org.

Flannery O’Connor Room Dillard Russell Library, GCSU campus, University session. On display are manuscripts from O’Connor’s personal collection of more than 700 books and journals. The room is furnished in the Victorian style of the 1870s. Most of these items were brought from Andalusia, the farm where O’Connor lived and wrote the major portion of her fiction. For information (478) 445-0988.

GCSU Natural History Museum Herty Hall, Room 143, Wilkinson Street (478) 445-0809 for hours; also open by appointment. Visit the Paleozoic, Mesozioc and Cenozoic eras and see fossils from Georgia and across the world. The museum offers an explanation of the history of life through geological time.

Georgia’s Old Capital Museum 201 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 real Civil War history in the building where Georgia legislators voted to secede from the Union and learn about Native Americans who lived in the area before European settlement. The Old Capital Building was the first public building designed in the Gothic Revival style.

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Georgia War Veteran’s Memorial Cemetery 2617 Carl Vinson Highway, (478) 445-3363.

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

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Adult Service & Unity 430 North Jefferson Street Milledgeville • 478-445-4721 478-445-5545 (Unity) Community Support Service 830 West Charlton Street Milledgeville • 478-445-3201

• Peer Support • Case Management • “John’s Terrace” Inpatient Alcohol and Drug Treatment

Child and Adolescents (C&A) Services 1371 Orchard Hill Road Milledgeville • 478-445-5322 SANDERSVILLE LOCATIONS The Point & Family Directions/Adult Clinic/ Day Support/Child & Adolescents Services

522 Washington Ave • Sandersville 478-553-2424 (Adult Clinic) 478-553-2432 (Day Support) 478-240-3050 (C&A) Washington County Service Center 824 School Street • Sandersville 478-553-2342

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Sightings

STAY IN SCHOOL RALLY

Baldwin County teachers, students and staff, along with local community leaders and education supporters, came out to Braves Stadium in early September for the annual Stay in School rally. The event aims to promote education and the value of graduating for local students. The evening featured a parade of schools and guest speakers who touted education as a means of success.

Milledgeville Mayor Richard Bentley speaks at the Stay in School Rally.

Oak Hill Middle School teachers share in the enthusiasm of the day’s events.

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PHOTOS BY VAISHALI PATEL

An annual feature of the Stay in School Rally is the parade 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 a moment to smile for the camera.

The Baldwin High School cheerleaders take part.

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Sightings

CGTC GROUNDBREAKING

CGTC officials break ground during the ceremony.

Central Georgia Technical College President Dr. Mike Moye, who provided a history of the local campus, which opened in 1997, during the groundbreaking ceremony, stands at the site of the future classroom space.

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CGTC administrators, along with state Sen. Johnny Grant and state Rep. Rusty Kidd, shovel dirt onto the foundation of the new 70,000 square-foot facility that will house classroom and lab space for various health care programs, conference space and expanded faculty and administrative offices and library.

State Rep. Rusty Kidd listens to remarks during the groundbreaking ceremony.

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Sightings

GMC SUPER WEDNESDAY

GMC incoming cadets learn about life on campus.

Georgia Military College incoming cadets, members of the Bulldog football team, register and provide information during the Super Wednesday orientation events.

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

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9/11 OBSERVANCE

PHOTOS BY VAISHALI PATEL

Above: Local military personnel, many of whom are members of the 48th Brigade, attended the local 9/11 ceremony, which included a parade from Georgia College’s front campus to the GMC campus where a program was held honoring local heroes.

Below: Milledgeville Fire Department firefighters listen to remarks during the 9/11 observance.

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

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