Busy, but not like Farming Busy

It's pretty bad when 'a lot of work' entails reading. My grandfathers would laugh in my face. Been a bit busy lately w/ work and will be for a while. If nothing else I'll try to post pictures as I can. Here are a couple.


These guys. These guys would laugh at me . . .: Top to bottom is one of my Grandpa Clinton (RH/Bob/Baja/Clint/Doc) (lower left), one of his brothers, and his nephews, who weren't that much younger than he was. One of my Grandpapa Tuten (Vernon, Tute, Buck, Doc) back row, second from right and his bomber crew from WWII. And one of my Grandpa Clinton (L) and my great-grandpa Thompson (Robert Ingram, Bob).



Yep, they'd all laugh at me for calling this 'work'.

AFN
DCC 21 January 2009
Athens, GA UGA

First Evidence of Public Education in the family

I have a copy of one of these for my great-grandmother as well, except hers is for the Georgia State Normal School, through which I guess I could lay claim to being a 4th generation UGA alumus, but it'd be a bit of a stretch. The claim would be through the fact that the Georgia Normal School was eventually absorbed by UGA. Here's my grandfather's high school degree, which by his age (for today's standards) he graduated one year early, but I think it was about the right age for that time period. But, then again, I'm not an historian of public education in Georgia.

Burke County Public Schools

This Certifies that Robert Ingram Thompson_____ has completed the Course of Study prescribed for the High School and by intellectual attainments and correct department is entitled to this

Diploma

In Witness Whereof our signatures are hereunto affixed

this 4^th ___ day of June_____ A.D. 1915

E B Gresham Jan H Whitehead

Superintendent President

Lucy A Wade

Principal Secretary

Vidette High School

I need to find a way to scan/get a picture of the diploma. Unfortunately it was not well kept for many years and while it was rolled, the roll was flattened at some point. The plus is that we still have it. There's that.

AFN
DCC
12 January 2008
Athens, GA Two Story Coffeehouse