Carrollton, Georgia

CCHS News

CCHS to Begins meeting monthly in 2011 at

Neva Lomason Memorial Library

Beginning the 2011 calendar year, the Carroll County Historical Society will be charging its bi-monthly meeting schedule, which was confusing for members to remember when meeting were held, to begin holding regular program meeting 8 times a year (4 in Spring and 4 in Fall) on the first thursday of meetings at 6:30 P.M. at the Neva Lomason Memorial Library in Carrollton in the Fall. The 4 Spring monthly meeting will be February, March, April a with May being reserved for the Annual Spring Preservation Awards Dinner. The 4 Fall monthly meeting will begin with an End of the Summer Picnic at an historic location or park around the county and be followed monthly meetings in September, October, and November. The Society will not hold monthly meetings in the cooler two months of December & January and the hottest two months of June and July. The general public is always invited to join the CCHS at any of the regular monthly, the society's annual preservation dinner, and any special fieldtrips, or programs that may be scheduled for its members.  Board meeting at held on the third Thursday in the months preceding the regular monthly meetings. We hope this will new schedule will help our members of the public to better remember when the society holds its monthly program meetings. Hope to see you at one of our upcoming meetings.

Southeastern Home of the

American Quilter Society

In January 2009 Members of the Georgia Quilt Council chose the City of Carrollton for the site of the Southeastern Home of the American Quilter's Society. The Georgia Society is a large organization dedicated to the preservation and education of quilts and quilt making. Members of West Georgia Quilt Guild met with the quilt council a number of times to consider Carrollton  for the museum. Recently, the City of Carrollton became interested in having this group establish the quilt museum in conjunction with a textile museum. Combined with the forthcoming restoration of the Historic Carrollton Depot which was used to ship cotton and the Cotton Producers Association/Gold Kist warehouse, an entire textile museum district is possible. Carrollton and Carroll County were once one of the largest cotton producing counties in the Southeastern United States in the mid-1900's.