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EELBECK

    Henry J. Eelbeck brought this name from N. C. where his ancestors had
settled. Having married Sarah Cook, whose father, James Cook, Sr., owned this
property after 1850, his name was associated with that of his brother-in-law in
the milling business. Then when a postoffice known as Millville was added, kept
in the Eelbeck home, another postoffice of same name caused confusion and this
was changed quite naturally to Eelbeck.

    It is now in. Fort Benning reservation with the mill operating under lease
to Mr. Cliff MeHaffey.

    This mill is thought to be about a hundred years old and is a picturesque
old structure which has survived the vicisitudes of time. A description of the
mill house written in 1930 in a Columbus paper is worth preserving.

    "The mill is a large wooden structure which age has blackened but not
impaired its sturdy longleaf pine timbers and weather-boarding. The lumber was
cut on the site which once had many beautiful bodies of original timber. Every
beam and every board in it was dressed on both sides by hand. This was done
mostly by slave labor. Every piece of it appears today as sound as it was the
day it was put in place. Inside the mill are parts of the original equipment,
such as the meal bins and elevator. The former are made of solid pieces of long
leaf, pine twenty inches wide, which gives an idea of the size of the timber
once foresting the section."

    Eelbeck was chosen as place for reunion picnic of citizens formerly living
in what is now Fort Benning reservation. Mrs. Eula Gordy Psalmonds first thought
of this agreeable plan of friends meeting each year. On July 31, 1930, to the
surprise of the founders, 250 one-time neighbors greeted each other.

    An association was formed, officers were elected and committees appointed to
direct the various activities.

    When this picnic-association met for ther annual re-union July 30, 1931,
more than 300 people greeted each other again, evincing the same love and
devotion that have always characterized their meetings.

    A constitution and by-laws have been drafted by which this
picnic-association will be governed.

    The purpose of the association is to perpetuate this event so that not only
former residents may have this pleasure of meeting annually, but that their
descendants may develop friendships which will bind them as closely as their
ancestors.

    The officers first elected are serving at present, viz: Mrs. G. W. King
(Mattie Foster) President, Mrs. A. H. Van Horn (Mattie Rheuark) Vice-President,
Miss Bonnie Parkman Sec. and Treas., followed by Mrs. J. B. Layfield (Rena
Psalmonds).

    Committee directing this association are composed of C. N. King, S. P.
Wright, C. R. MeHaffey, L. Y. Tolbert, Mrs. Essie Bowden, Mr. and Mrs. T. A.
Gordy, Sr., with S. P. Kissick master of ceremonies.


Additional Comments:
From:

HISTORY OF CHATTAHOOCHEE COUNTY, GEORGIA
By N. K. Rogers

Dedicated to

KASIHITA CHAPTER U. D. C.

and all worthy descendants of the County's first settlers.

Copyright 1933

by N. K. ROGERS

PRINTED   BY
COLUMBUS  OFFICE  SUPPLY CO. COLUMBUS, GA.

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