at the Historic Bodiford House
3282 Florence Road Powder Springs, Georgia, 1984 The American Legion Post 294 began in 1984 when a small group of men began meeting in a local restaurant, in a member’s office or on the tailgate of a pickup truck. Soon 12 men pooled enough money to buy an old house as their first post home. […]
The Powder Springs Senior Citizen’s Center was established in 1985 and opened in the old Powder Springs School Primary building on Atlanta Street. By 1990 the Senior’s occupied two of the buildings, the old Primary School building and the old Lunchroom building. The last use of the buildings on campus was as an Elementary School. […]
Some of the ‘Senior Citizens’ of Powder Springs had realized a need for a place geared specifically for the enjoyment and leisure of the mature active adult population 55 years and above. In 1984, the old Powder Springs School Primary building on Atlanta Street became available. They had found their home. In 1985, the Powder […]
Marietta Journal – August 4, 1921 The baseball team of Powder Springs is one of the strongest in this section of the state for amateurs and the city is more than proud of the sturdy youngsters. Something like 25 games have been played up todate and only 4 defeats have been registered against them. Such […]
The History of the Powder Springs Woman’s Club Powder Springs, Georgia 1959 – 2014 The Powder Springs Woman’s Club was a Community Service Organization. The Club was organized in 1959 by Catherine Mellichamp. She served as the first President. (Some records indicate that Wanda Baker and Billie Brooks were the ones who organized the Club). […]
PUSH RODS AUTO CLUB 1956 – 1965 The club was organized in the summer of 1956 after a meeting of about eight local teenagers at the Hunter Tire Company in Austell, Georgia. Charles Furr was the first president of the club. It was active until about 1965. The club had their shop in a garage […]