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1930s / 1940s / 1950s / Clubs

History of the Daffodil Club

March 15, 2021March 19, 2021

1988 article: The Daffodil Garden Club of Cedartown is in its 54th year of organization. The club was organized on September 27, 1934. The club was organized during […]

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1920s / 1930s / 1940s / 1950s / Clubs

History of the Music Lover’s Club

March 15, 2021March 15, 2021

by Mrs. Louise Houseal Parks In October 1923 several women met and organized a club known as the Music Lover’s Club, the purpose to further musical interest through […]

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1890s / 1900s / 1910s / 1920s / 1930s / People

Music History: Ida Cox

February 6, 2020February 1, 2022

  Ida Cox, nee Prather, was a Cedartown-raised vaudeville performer who, along with Ma Rainey and Bessie Smith, founded the female blues genre. Born in 1888, Ida left […]

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