Published: July 27, 2009 03:39 pm         

Community Calendar 7-26

The Community Calendar runs in the Living section each Wednesday and Sunday on a space-available basis. To announce your meeting, e-mail the information to [email protected] or send by fax to (706) 275-6641. Please send your item at least two weeks in advance and include a telephone number to contact for more information.



July 28

� The Dalton-Whitfield Senior Center will offer a day trip to the Cartersville Western Booth Museum July 28. Participants will leave the Center at 9 a.m. and return no later than 5 p.m. The cost is $10. Registration and payment are required by July 24. The Center is at 302 Cappes St., in Dalton. For more information, call (706) 278-3700.

� The Concerned Citizens of Dalton will sponsor a reception for Alexavier Tremayne Burse July 28 at 7 p.m. at the Dalton Community Center. Burse, a 2009 graduate of Dalton High, is this year’s recipient of the second annual Andre Johnson Memorial Scholarship. He plans to attend Shorter College this fall and continue his football career. The Center is located on Fredrick Street in Dalton. For more information, call (706) 278-8205 or (706) 673-7095.



July 29

� The Georgia Department of Labor’s Dalton Career Center will offer a veterans workshop July 29 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. There will be one-on-one interviews with corporate employers, educational institutions, veterans service agencies and veterans organizations. Disabled veterans outreach program specialist Dan Malone and local veterans employment representative Vincent Spann will lead the workshop. The center is at (706) 272-2301.



July 30

� The Legionnaires and Auxiliary of American Legion Post 112 in Dalton will meet July 30 at 6 p.m. at the Post for installation of officers. For membership information, call the Post at (706) 226-5120 or Sybil Campbell at (706) 673-2760.

� A reception in honor of Barbara Selby will be held July 30 from 1 to 3 p.m. in the First Baptist Church Atrium. Selby is retiring after 22 years of service at the Children’s Learning Center (formerly Wee Learn Center) at First Baptist Church. The church is at 311 N. Thornton Ave., in Dalton.



July 31

� The first Party Downtown of the year will be held July 31 from 6 to 10 p.m. on King Street in front of the Whitfield County courthouse. There will be booths featuring downtown businesses, a beer garden, activities for children and entertainment by the Casey Adams Band. Admission is free.



Aug. 1

� The Train Collectors Association, Dixie Division, will host a Chattanooga-area toy train show Aug. 1 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Catoosa County Colonnade on Old Mill Road in Ringgold. Those interested in collecting and operating toy trains and joining the club are invited. Admission is $7.



Aug. 2

� The annual Duncan-Fincher reunion will be held Aug. 2 in the activity building at Pine Grove Baptist Church located on Airport Road in Dalton. A covered dish lunch will be served at 12:30 p.m. All friends and relatives are invited.



Oct. 2-3

� The Dalton High School Class of 1959 will have its 50-year reunion Oct. 2-3. The following classmates have not been located: Jerry Cargal, Gordon Lee McClure, Kenneth W. Suggs, Randall Sutton and Alice Faye Williams. Anyone with information is asked to contact Alva Jean Sharp at (706) 278-8525 or [email protected].

� The Dalton High School Class of 1969 is planning a 40-year reunion Oct. 2-3. For more information, call Donna Ivester at (706) 370-7699 or Beth Headrick Beckler at (706) 226-3429.

� The Dalton High School Class of 1989 will have its 20-year reunion Oct. 2-3. Please register at www.dalton89.com or call Heather Martin Holloway at (706) 226-2599.



Oct. 23-24

� The Murray County High School Class of 1959 is planning a 50-year reunion Oct. 23-24. All graduates and any class members who entered as freshmen are invited. If interested, call Joyce Dooley Townsend at (706) 695-2198 or Ruth Roberts Greeson at (706) 695-4170.

     

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