FIRST ANNUAL MEETING A
HUGE SUCCESS
FOR NEWS RELEASE
Contact: John Kay
jkay@yhc.edu
Young Harris, Georgia --- On Saturday, June 5,
some 115 members and guests of the Byron Herbert Reece Society gathered on the
campus of Young
Harris
College for the first annual meeting and
luncheon. During the business session, Chair John Kay announced that charter
membership had reached the 280 level. He also announced that the Society had
recently been granted 501c(3) non-profit status by the Internal Revenue
Service.
Dr.
Hugh Ruppersburg, Professor of English and Associate Dean of Arts and Sciences
at the University of Georgia,
delivered an informative and pertinent address entitled “Why Georgia Needed (Why
Georgia Needs) Byron Herbert Reece.” Attendees were then treated to a showing
of the DVD entitled “The Bitter Berry with Friends,” in which brief segments of
the nine persons interviewed, plus a radio program from the 1950s featuring
Ralph McGill and Reece, were viewed. Lunch followed in the College dining hall,
at which time a period of musical entertainment by Steven Harvey and Mary Louise
Stark was enjoyed by all.
Some 60 persons were present at the Reece farm
site to witness the official passing of a 50-year renewable lease from Union
County
to the Reece Society for the purpose of developing the Reece property as an
historic site. Architect Garland Reynolds was present to explain his new vision
for this long-range process.
In
the morning business session, the 2004-2005 slate of directors and officers of
the Board of Directors were elected. (These are listed on
www.byronherbertreecesociety.org.)
Persons in attendance displayed a strong spirit
of appreciation for present accomplishments and much enthusiasm for embracing
the challenges that lie ahead. All agreed that we have enjoyed a most
successful first year.
Please visit
www.byronherbertreecesociety.org for the official minutes of the morning
business session and program.
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