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October 17, 2013 | northfulton.com | 73,500 circulation Revue & News, Johns Creek Herald, Milton Herald & Forsyth Herald combined | 50¢ | Volume 28, No. 42
Roswell honors youth, heritage By HALEY HAMBLEN news@northfulton.com ROSWELL, Ga. – Saturday, Oct. 12 was an exciting day for the children of Roswell. Hundreds of families lined Canton Street to watch the 63rd annual Frances McGahee Youth Day Parade. The theme this year was “Hats off to Roswell,” and the floats blew everyone away with their creativity and candy throwing. Children brought bags to fill with their pre-Halloween treats. The event began at 10 a.m. on Magnolia Street and ended an hour later at Roswell Area Park. Schools, performing arts schools, charity organizations, humane societies and political campaigners each made big, colorful floats to wow the attendees. The Youth Day Parade is a must-see event where music, dancing, candy and smiles are
abundant and everyone is having fun. After the parade, the men of the Roswell Masonic Lodge held their traditional BBQ lunch. For decades, the lunch was a who's-who in Roswell as they gather for homemade BBQ, Brunswick Stew and tasty treats. Adding to the day was the annual Smith Fall Farm Days, at the Smith Plantation. Guests were treated to historic interpretations of cooking over a fire, spinning wool and growing crops. A petting zoo also entertained children. Carme Stone, of Roswell, spent the day making yarn from wool on a spinning wheel. "Life was simple," she said. "There was no electricity and batteries."
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From left, Maxine DeLany and Elizabeth Jester make old-timey cookies and chicken at the Smith Plantation Fall Farm Days, Oct. 12.
East Roswell library finally gets a name By JONATHAN COPSEY jonathan@northfulton.com
The new library in Roswell will officially be called the “East Roswell Library.”
ROSWELL, Ga. – It’s finally decided – the official name of the East Roswell library will be the East Roswell Library. “It was easy to do after being overwhelmed by emails from people saying, ‘We’ve always called it that, why do we need to change?’ We said OK, fine,” said Lynn McIntyre, a member of the naming committee.
The committee was tasked with turning what was supposed to be a temporary placeholder of a name into a permanent one. They were instructed by the library commission to pick a name that puts the library on the map so people can easily find and identify it. So East Roswell it is. Another name considered was “Holcombe Glen,” named for A.W. Holcombe, an early settler of the area whose name
adorns Holcomb Bridge Road and Holcomb Bridge Elementary School. The “glen” came from the forested surroundings of the library site. The site was chosen by the library board after Mayor Jere Wood and Eileen Seidman along with the People for the East Roswell Library (PEARLs) lobbied for a Roswell library east of Ga. 400. The cityowned land was donated to the library system to sweeten the deal.
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