Dear Fellow Huguenots,
It is time for our regular Spring meeting. Our meeting will be on Saturday, April 26th beginning at Noon. The meeting site is the Highland Country Club of LaGrange. The address is 1001 Country Club Drive. You can find out more information at www.highlandcountryclub.net. You will be the guests of the Society, and I hope that we will have a fine turnout, luncheon and meeting together. I ask that the Board members come at 11:00 A.M. for discussions of important Society matters.
Directions to LaGrange from I-85 North or South:
1. Take exit 18 to GA-109 toward LaGrange
2. Turn right onto LaFayette Pkwy / GA-109
3. Follow directions below to the Highland Country Club
Directions to LaGrange from Savannah:
1. Take I-16 north to Macon
2. Within city limits of Macon take exit 1A to I-75 South
3. Take 2nd exit West (exit 163) to GA#74 (Mercer University Drive)
4. Continue on GA#74 West through Thomaston and Woodbury
5. Change to GA#18 northwest to Greenville
6. Change to GA#109 West into LaGrange
Once on GA#109, follow these directions to the Highland Country Club:
1. Turn right onto North Greenwood Street
2. Turn left onto Broad Street
3. Turn right onto Country Club Road (this road becomes Cameron Mill
Road)
4. Turn right onto Country Club Drive
For information about LaGrange and the surrounding area, go to www.lagrange-ga.org.
Some interesting things to do in and around LaGrange include:
LaGrange College, the oldest private college in Georgia (est. 1831), is a small liberal arts college affiliated with the United Methodist Church. See www.lagrange.edu.
Hills and Dales Estate, the Neel Reid designed home and Sarah Coleman Ferrell designed gardens of the Fuller E. Callaway Sr. family. A ticket for the home and gardens is $10, or just for the gardens is $6. See www.hillsanddalesestate.org.
Explorations in Antiquity Center, a living museum of life in ancient times. Through archaeological replicas, Biblical meal presentations, lectures and other personal experiences, ancient Middle Eastern life becomes real today. See www.explorationsinantiquity.com.
West Point Lake for boating and fishing. See www.westpointlake.info.
Callaway Gardens in Pine Mountain has four distinctive gardens, the famous butterfly center, and a birds-of-prey show. Admission for adults is $13. See www.callawaygardens.com.
Little White House in Warm Springs was Franklin Delano Roosevelt's retreat for many years. Admission is $4-7. See www.gastateparks.org.
Finally, we plan for our next Fall meeting to be in Macon in October, 2008.
Please sign the enclosed postcard indicating who is coming to the meeting and mail to me by April 18th.
Charles B. Upshaw, Jr. M.D.
President
Huguenot Society of Georgia
90 Forrest Lake Drive N.W.
Atlanta, GA 30327-3311
