Women’s History – Polk County Historical Society

Shirley Hamrick, Nurse at the Hall-Chaudron Hospital

March 1, 2023

The following is an excerpt from Attics and Fifth Wheels, an autobiography by Dr. Percy Octave Chaudron, and the perfect description of his beloved colleague and friend, Ms. Shirley Hamrick.“MISS SHIRLEY” Miss Shirley N. Hamrick, R.N., is one about whom I find it difficult to enumerate her admirable qualifications. She is a graduate of The […]

Anne Brumby, Superintendent of Polk County Schools

March 8, 2022

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Miss Anne Brumby, Superintendent of Polk County schools, was educated in the public schools of Cedartown, the Samuel Benedict Memorial School, the Georgia State College for Women, Emory University of Georgia. Miss Brumby taught in the Benedict school for a number of years and in the Cedartown schools for four years before being elected superintendent […]