A LOOK BACK

This Month in History

Ann Taylor Boutwell

July 1, 1998: Camille Russell Love began a new career as the director of Atlanta’s Bureau of Cultural Affairs. She assumed responsibility over the contracts and programs of the Atlanta Cyclorama & Civil War Museum, Chastain Arts Center and the Atlanta Jazz Festival, to name a few.

July 2, 1964: President Lyndon B. Johnson invited Martin Luther King, Jr. to the White House’s Oval Office for the Civil Rights Act signing of 1964.

July 4, 1925: Gone With the Wind author Margaret Mitchell and John Robert Marsh married in the UnitarianUniversalist Church at 669 West Peachtree and Third streets (demolished in 1970s). Her wedding attire was a sleeveless chiffon purple pansy-colored afternoon dress topped by an orchidcolored picture straw hat. Medora Field Perkerson was the matron of honor and

Frank Lebby Stanton, Jr. was the best man. Author Marianne Walker noted in her book, The Love Story, that later that night friends celebrated at the couple’s Crescent Avenue apartment called “The Dump,” which is now known as the Margaret Mitchell House & Museum.

July 10, 1993: The Atlanta Committee for the 1996 Olympic Games (ACOG) held a groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of the Centennial Olympic Stadium, now known as Turner Field.

July 14, 1846: Atlanta’s first newspaper, a fourpage weekly called The Luminary, rolled off the press in an

Grand Opening

office on the westside of Whitehall Street, today’s Peachtree. Editor Rev. Joseph S. Baker announced he would remain neutral in both politics and religion.

July 16, 1990: The Atlanta City Council proclaimed Kenny Leon Day to honor the theatrical artist who was then artistic director of the Alliance Theatre. In 2002, he teamed up with Jane Bishop to create Atlanta’s True Colors Theatre. Last month, Leon won his first Tony Award for directing the Broadway revival of A Raisin In the Sun.

Historian and Margaret Mitchell House docent Ann Taylor Boutwell can be reached at annboutwell@bellsouth.net.

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Atlanta Hearing Institute is proud to welcome audiologist, Dr. Carrie Dunn. Dr. Dunn received her undergraduate degree in Communication Sciences and Disorders at the University of Georgia and Doctor of Audiology degree at East Tennessee State University. Dr. Dunn has worked in both private ENT practices and university settings specializing in hearing healthcare of adult and geriatrics patients. Atlanta Hearing Institute offers the most comprehensive hearing evaluation and the latest state of the art hearing aid technology. She is now accepting new patients in the Buckhead office of the Atlanta Hearing Institute.

By Tim Sullivan