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July 4th this year, 2022, will be a most special event celebrated in the life of our family. My dad, Charles, had he lived a mere year longer would be 100 years old on the 4th of July. This fact gave me pause to ponder the 100 years of inventions he had witnessed throughout his exceedingly long and healthy life. As many of us do today utilizing the internet, I sought items that actually grew up with dad and were born in the same year as his birth, 1922. Nice surprise that some of the goods we have today are still around and just as old!

John Thomas Goodroe of Marion County, Georgia, left his home in Georgia and moved to Cass County, Texas, sometime before 1894. John Thomas’ grandfather, “Old” Thomas Goodroe was born in North Carolina, 1781. He received land in Walton County, Georgia, in the Third or Fourth Georgia Land Lotteries, and moved from Jones County, Georgia to Walton County and finally Upson County where he died 10 Jun 1855.

If you live in Cass County, you are eligible to submit your photos, along with description, to: kate.stow@casscountynow.com for a chance to have your photo printed in the newspaper! Photos must be at least 1 MB in size and in focus. No nudity or lewd images will be accepted. Winning photo will be judged on content, concept, lighting and clarity.