Re: Quarterman Dates

["Bea Quarterman" <beaq@mindspring.com>]

Hi Amanda,

Those are cute.

Heather and I went to see Harry yesterday, he was in good spirits.  He is
going to need a brace for his left knee.  Walking pretty good but has a long
way to go.

John is still trying to tend to his business.  I may have to whip up on him
before its over.

Bea


----- Original Message -----
From: "John S. Quarterman" <jsq@matrix.net>
To: <quarterman@matrix.net>
Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2000 3:19 AM
Subject: Quarterman Dates


>
>    [1]Quarterman Dates:  May 11.
>    In 1935: REA, [2]President Roosevelt signed Executive Order 7037
>    creating the Rural [3]Electrification Administration, an action
>    prompted by Roosevelt's [4]frequent visits to the Little White House
>    at Warm Springs, Georgia. On [5]his drives through the countryside,
>    Roosevelt saw life in rural Georgia [6]without electricity. Of course,
>    he had electricity at his residence -- [7]but his electric power rate
>    was almost four times what he paid back at [8]Hyde Park, New York. As
>    a result, Roosevelt later noted, "So it can be [9]said that a little
>    cottage at Warm Springs, Georgia, was the birthplace [10]of the Rural
>    Electrification Administration."
>    In 1858: MN, .
>    [11]Tomorrow:  May 12.
>    In 1791: Pres. Washington in Savannah, [12]On this morning President
>    Washigton visited Purrysburg on the Savannah [13]River -- his last
>    visit in South Carolina. There, Georgia officials met [14]Washington
>    to escort him onto a barge-like vessel for the twenty-five [15]mile
>    trip to Savannah. As the river took them past Mulberry Grove
>    [16]plantation, Washington had made plans to stop so he could visit
>    [17]Catharine (Caty) Greene, widow of Revolutionary Gen. Nathanael
>    Greene. [18]Washington spent several hours with his long-time friend
>    and promised [19]to stop by again in four days on his way to Augusta.
>    Arriving in [20]Savannah after sundown, Washington found the city
>    brightly illuminated [21]in celebration of his visit. Thus began four
>    days of ceremonies, [22]receptions, dinners, dances, and other
>    formalities for Savannah's most [23]important visitor in its 58-year
>    history. .
>
> References
>
>    1. http://www.quarterman.org/q/timeline.html
>    2. http://www.cviog.uga.edu/Projects/gainfo/tdgh-may/may11.htm
>    3. http://www.cviog.uga.edu/Projects/gainfo/tdgh-may/may11.htm
>    4. http://www.cviog.uga.edu/Projects/gainfo/tdgh-may/may11.htm
>    5. http://www.cviog.uga.edu/Projects/gainfo/tdgh-may/may11.htm
>    6. http://www.cviog.uga.edu/Projects/gainfo/tdgh-may/may11.htm
>    7. http://www.cviog.uga.edu/Projects/gainfo/tdgh-may/may11.htm
>    8. http://www.cviog.uga.edu/Projects/gainfo/tdgh-may/may11.htm
>    9. http://www.cviog.uga.edu/Projects/gainfo/tdgh-may/may11.htm
>   10. http://www.cviog.uga.edu/Projects/gainfo/tdgh-may/may11.htm
>   11. http://www.quarterman.org/q/timeline.html
>   12. http://www.cviog.uga.edu/Projects/gainfo/tdgh-may/may12.htm
>   13. http://www.cviog.uga.edu/Projects/gainfo/tdgh-may/may12.htm
>   14. http://www.cviog.uga.edu/Projects/gainfo/tdgh-may/may12.htm
>   15. http://www.cviog.uga.edu/Projects/gainfo/tdgh-may/may12.htm
>   16. http://www.cviog.uga.edu/Projects/gainfo/tdgh-may/may12.htm
>   17. http://www.cviog.uga.edu/Projects/gainfo/tdgh-may/may12.htm
>   18. http://www.cviog.uga.edu/Projects/gainfo/tdgh-may/may12.htm
>   19. http://www.cviog.uga.edu/Projects/gainfo/tdgh-may/may12.htm
>   20. http://www.cviog.uga.edu/Projects/gainfo/tdgh-may/may12.htm
>   21. http://www.cviog.uga.edu/Projects/gainfo/tdgh-may/may12.htm
>   22. http://www.cviog.uga.edu/Projects/gainfo/tdgh-may/may12.htm
>   23. http://www.cviog.uga.edu/Projects/gainfo/tdgh-may/may12.htm
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