HERE TO HELP LIFE GO RIGHT.TM Kailey Dees, Agent 912.537.AUTO (2886) 205 Rigsbee Drive, Vidalia www.sweetonionagent.com 912.526.3200 Hometown Living At Its Best 79 CEDAR GROVE SCHOOL Rural churches and schools often intertwined in a community. Cedar Grove Church was was also used for school purposes in the Cedarhaw District. In 1927, Mrs. W. B. Hill published this poem in the local paper about the community’s beloved school: Cedarhaw School— I love to sit on my cottage porch, And view the beautiful scene of the dear old Cedarhaw school house, nestled among the green. I love to watch the CEDAR GROVE CHURCH, CIRCA 1916 children come and to, I love to hear their yells, I love to watch them bat the ball And make their long home runs. I love to see them fall in line again, as to work they go. ‘Tis here they start their life’s careers, as down life’s path they trod, Children! Girls and boys, the noblest handiwork of God! The teachers do their faithful part, to train the mind of each and all. They never shirk a single task or leave a part undone, for their labors and their cares, we each should thankful be, and our appreciation to them show, by helping them whenever we can to train the little band. In the 21st century, we pride ourselves on our advancements. But even with all our new technologies – computerized lifts, diamond blades, metal trusses – we often build structures that are unattractive. We’re quick to bulldoze historic gems and erect metal boxes. Banks regularly fund new buildings but are unable to fund renovations to old and awe-inspiring structures built using the gorgeousness of marble and heart pine, stained glass and ornate Victorian woodwork. It’s a crying shame, all the history and architecture we lose. Two Atlanta businessmen agree. A few years ago, Sonny Seals and George Hart, childhood friends who kept noticing decaying church buildings in their travels along the blue highways of Georgia, decided to do something. First, they created a website, Historic Rural Churches of Georgia, and a Facebook page, collecting and publicizing photographs and histories of hundreds of endangered rural churches. That endeavor became wildly popular, with thousands of followers, and evolved into a book by the same name, published in 2016 by University of Georgia Press. Seals and Hart began producing film segments for Georgia Public Broadcasting and are at work on a full-length documentary, “Saving Grace.” Cedar Grove appeared on their website, which is evolving to become an archival “digital drawer,” meaning a repository church by church of memories, history, photographs, and other information. Cedar Grove also showed up in their book, with the question, “Can this church be saved?” ��Medical Equipment ��Hospital Beds ��Medical Supplies ��Home Respiratory Equipment ��Power Mobility Services: Scooters, Power Wheelchairs, Rehab Wheelchairs Free Delivery within our service area! www.allcarehealthcare.net 112 South Oxley Drive, Lyons, GA
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