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Frank D. Smith was born in Fulton County, Atlanta, Georgia in 1913 and moved to Milstead in the year 1924. Received most of his education in Milstead Company school and Monroe A & M where he took courses in electrical engineering and journalism. He was employed by Milstead Plant for thirty-one years until its closing in 1960. Worked in the Card room 2 years before being promoted to chief operator of the plant hydro power generating plant where he worked for 5 years. Promoted to Maintenance department becoming chief electrician for the entire operations of the Milstead Textile Plant. He was a writer for the LaGrange Shuttle, a weekly newspaper published for the employees of Callaway Organization in LaGrange, Manchester and Milstead, Georgia. In 1949, Callaway Mills began a weekly magazine called the Beacon, for and about the employees and families. Frank was a writer from 1949 - 1960. He wrote for the Conyers News weekly and later became staff writer and sports editor for the Conyers and Covington News weeklys. In 1953 Frank joined the Rockdale Citizen that replaced the Conyers News as staff writer and sports editor for the Citizen and Newton Observer weekly. Worked part-time in the Milstead recreation department as swimming instructor, baseball coach, boy scout leader and was an official in the Milstead Baptist Church. He was one of the charter members and organizers of the Milstead Village Home Owner Association and has held several offices. Frank and his wife, Sue, have five children: Gary, Kay, Charles, Joe and Toni, and all live in or around Milstead. ~ contributed by Frank Smith |
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