Winnie the Pooh, obviously, is a wonderful book, but the immortal voice of Cedartown, Ga., native Sterling Holloway (1905-1992) with the intrepid bear as Sterling was the wind beneath Mr. Milne’s words.
It was on the couch, an Atlanta fiefdom, a kingdom was conceptualized, born. The Carse boys, brothers Steve and Nick, would become rulers of a new Atlanta world, “The King of Pops.”
“My office has the largest archive of Macon memorabilia outside the Washington County Library,” said Atlanta Intellectual Property/ Internet attorney Pete Wellborn with a smile, “the 1897 city phone book, the Macon Peaches baseball cards, ancient Coca Cola bottles, and photos of my grandfather’s restaurant, all here.”
Billy Howard has been described as “the go-to photographer for the game-changing idealists of the world.” He has worked with the Carter family for decades, documenting health and education issues around the world.
It’s mind boggling how much of Atlanta’s past is linked by a few blocks, in a blighted, mostly forgotten area of south downtown. These blocks seemingly disappeared 50 years ago, erased from civic relevance, spiraling into crime and hopelessness, as forgotten as a Packard, Hudson and Studebaker.
It is the ultimate signal of a new day dawning for downtown Atlanta. The four Teilhaber brothers, purveyors of Friedman Shoes, a local Mitchell Street staple for a century, will be on the move for the first time since 1929.
In the business of broadcasting, everything has changed everywhere, except in Cornelia, Georgia, where the radio kingdom of the Foster family rule the airwaves with a unique benevolence.
