Front Row: Jackie Yates, Douglas Yates, Sue Easley. Back Row: Jay Yates, Cory Yates. Happy 85th Birthday Nanny!!! We Love You, Jackie and Family and Waylon and Family.
Martin Luther King, Jr., an American Baptist minister, activist and son of early civil rights activist Martin Luther King, Sr., became the most visible spokesperson and leader in the civil rights movement from 1955 until his assassination in 1968.
Atlanta Bass Club members wrapped up the 2020 competition year with awards to the top three anglers overall and the angler with the biggest bass. Members competed in twelve tournaments, accumulating points toward an overall total. The 2020 awards are as follows: David Sorrels - Angler of the Year in first place; John D. Russel - Second Place; Steve Crumpler - Third Place; and Scott Dossey - Big Bass of the Year Award.
For more than 50 years until its closure in 1941, the Jefferson & Northwestern Railroad provided Cass County communities with a link to the goods and services of the world. This railway was the creation of the owners of the Clark & Boice Lumber Company, who had built a large sawmill on the Big Cypress River at Jefferson in 1880. The mill was a very large operation during its time, capable of producing 100,000 boardfeet a day, and employing more than 200 workers.
Queen City Fire Department District 2 responded to a car fire in a parking lot behind Cass County Bank. According to the owner of the vehicle, Brandon Robinson, he recently replaced the transmission and while driving noticed that the truck was smoking. When he got out of the truck and popped the hood he noticed something was leaking. Soon after the truck caught fire and it soon was engulfed in flames. Once the Queen City fire department got to the scene they quickly dispatched the fire. There were no injuries reported on the scene. Journal-Sun Photo
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