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!COOLER INDOORS! With temperatures in the 90s across Hogansville, Vacation Bible Schools offer a comfortable and enjoyable
In the.photogra¢ ,tj, Keily Hannem kkaovet the coloring .s:id4;la,qietkko.ne.r,
Harmers, Jackalin Neese, Karleigh Murphy, Meagan Richardsn and Sydney Smith at Antioch Baptist in Hogansville. The church
Bible School Day recently with some 100 teachers and students participating.
gan Reunion Week
by Council
Geter
and city council
June 15-18 as
Family Reunion Week"
Will be only the second
reunion and the
€ears. The reunion will
at the Ramada Inn in
g to Frances
Moss, 80. Moss is
the event as she did
reunion in 1987.
Wilson St. Clair will
Moss, and the entire
with a proclama-
at 11 a.m. at the
amphitheater on the campus of
Hogansville Elementary School.
THE FAMILY will browse
through the shops in downtown
Hogansville, tour the famil]i con-
nected homes throughout the city
and visit the Hogan Ancestral
Cemetery during the day FFi.'day.
They will return on Sattday
for a barbecue at the home oF Ken
Hammock and Wayne Jones at 1
p.m.
After a "family portrait" at 6
p.m. on Friday, dinner will be
served in the Main Ball room of
the Ramada Inn.
The evening will conclude
with family members giving
short presentations to help reflect
family history.
Moss is excited about the
reunion and says she can hardly
wait to "see everyone."
"Family members are com-
ing all the way from California
and New Hampshire," she said,
SATURDAY EVENING the
family will have their "Farewell
Buffet" at the Inland, located next
door to the Ramada Inn.
On Sunday, all will attend the
morning worship service at the
Hogansville First United
Methodist Church.
See REUNION, Page 2A
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- The Corinth Baptist Church worked hard to have a successful Vacation Bible School this year. They distrib-
the community, held a cookout, and did a lot of praying. All the efforts paid off as the bible school aver-
80 participants each night. Pictured above are Charlotte Irwin (canter) with her children, Haley (left) and James standing
"Big Whale" crafted by Mrs. Irwin to promote Vacation Bible School.
By Bryan Geter
Associate Editor
Three *women were arrested
Sunday after they staged an early
morning "holdup and robbery
scam," according to the
HogansviUe Police Department.
The incident occurred at the
Humming[bird Chevron on East
Main Strut across from Ingles.
Tracie Clark and Patricla Ann
Jones, both of 406 1/2 East Main
St. and Julie Hannah of 202
Greenough St. were all charged
with felony theft and robbery of
a business, according to
Hogansville Assistant Police
Chief Mike Craig.
REPORTS SHOW Ms.
Hannah was working the late shift
the night of the robbery. Ms. Clark
and Ms. Jones, both former
employees, had quit a few days
prior to e incident to reported-
ly move to Chicago, and staged
the ,hotdup nd robbery."
Police reports state the
women were all in their early 40s
and good friends.
It was reported $1,901 was
taken in the robbery.
Craig said the women
removed money from the cash
registers, broke into poker game
machines and took change, and
removed the videotape from the
surveillance camera.
Craig said the trio taped Ms.
Hannah's mouth, feet, and hands
and left her in the office to give
the appearance she was robbed.
Jones and Clark then left the
store.
Craig said he was patrolling
the street about 4:2S a.m. and saw
Ms. Jones and Ms. Clark leave
the store.
CRAIG CONTINUED his
patrol and security checks at
other businesses in the area.
Later, when he returned to the
Chevron, he noticed the vehicle
driven by Jones and Clark was
still at the business.
See FAKE ROBBERY, Page 2A
No TB Here Yet,
But Cases Nearby
By Bryan Geter
Associate Editor
Although tuberculosis cases
have been reported in Troup
County there are no reported
cases in Hogansville, according
to health officials.
A "lYoup County custodian,
whose job requires him to work
in different county office build-
ings has been diagnosed with
tuberculosis.
Another case of "presump-
tive tuberculosis" was reported
in late May at nearby Greenville
High School.
Some 63 people who work or
visit the Troup County buildings
were given skin tests last Monday
to determine if they might be
infected.
"We had five people to test
positive," said John J. Riggs, com-
municable disease coordinator
for Health District 4 of LaGrange.
"We strongly recommend
they have chest :C.rays," he said,
"That is the only way they will
know for sure."
EACH PERSON was also
asked if they were suffering from
any symptoms of the disease.
He said it doesn't mean they
have active tuberculosis, but the
disease could become active
later.
The identity of the county
worker has not been released. He
is now being treated at home after
a brief stay in the hospital.
DR. MICHAEL BRACKETT,
District 4 Health Director, said
TB is relatively common in the
community. "The risk is extreme-
ly low for individuals who were
not in close contact," he said.
"This disease doesn't repre-
sent a threat to society at
large,"he added.
Of the five who tested posi-
tive, none show signs or symp-
toms of active TB, Riggs said.
He said about 85 percent of
the time, TB shows up in the lungs
and it can be found in the urinary
tract, brain, kidney or lymph
nodes.
Brackett said treatment for
tuberculosis is very effective.
