MEETINGS

• REECE SOCIETY 3RD ANNUAL MEETING

• 2005 ANNUAL MEETING MINUTES

• FIRST ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING

• 2004 SPRING MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

• 2003 FALL MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

EVENTS

• The Times Newspaper article (Gainesville, GA)

• Union County Receives Major Grant for Reece Project

• The Georgia Historical Society confirms new Historical Marker for Byron Herbert Reece

• House Resolution 295, a joint resolution naming Reece as Georgia's Appalachian Poet/Novelist and the Highway 129 from Neels Gap to the historic Union County Courthouse, as the Byron Herbert Reece Memorial Highway, has passed both the house and senate and is now a signed resolution. Click here for press release...

• DVDS Now On Sale ~ The society has for sale over 200 copies of the recently produced DVD entitled "The Bitter Berry With Friends."  The sale price is $25.00 per DVD. 

  This DVD contains "The Bitter Berry" video produced some years ago as a joint project between Young Harris College and Georgia State University.  It is a beautiful overview of the life and struggles of Byron Herbert Reece and was awarded a Georgia Emmy.  The balance of the almost two hours of material on the DVD consists of selections from nine interviews with persons who knew Reece, plus a radio broadcast featuring Ralph McGill and BHR reading two of his poems.  The interviewees are: Dora Spiva, Dale Elliott, Zell Miller, James Mathis, Mildred Greear, Bettie Sellers, Ethelene Dyer Jones, Fay Clegg Hoag, and Philip Greear.

   

  If you wish to order a copy or copies of the DVD for yourself or a friend, make your check payable to the Byron Herbert Reece Society, and send your order to the society at P. O. Box 811, Young Harris, GA 30582.  We expect these DVDs to sell quickly, so please do not delay in placing your order.

• Review of July 12th Organizational Meeting

• HR 295 - Sponsored by Senator Chip Pearson & Representative Charles Jenkins (2005 Legislative Session)

• The Duckworth Libraries at Young Harris College announces the creation of a Byron Herbert Reece Digital Library.

• Lee Walburn, a member of the Advisory Council of the Reece Society, has written a timely and provocative article about Byron Herbert Reece and the Reece Society which appears in the March issue of Atlanta magazine bearing the title, "The Poet and the Plowman." In his Lee Walburn's Georgia column, Lee, a former editor of Atlanta magazine, reflects meaningfully on Reece's tragic background and suggests in the article's subhead, "The Byron Herbert Reece Society wants others to hear its beloved mountain writer's rhythmic whispers of his tragic past." This article is exceptional in its grasp of the challenge facing our Society as we seek to fulfill our stated mission. The March issue of Atlanta is now available for purchase. We commend Lee's article to our membership and other interested parties.

• First Annual Meeting Press Release