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Seby Jones Library

Mr. Seby Jones, a member of the Board of Trustees, contributed $25,000 to the building of a larger, more efficient library. The first floor was occupied in 1965 and the second floor in 1966. Before Seby Jones Library was built, the library was temporarily housed (1959) in one of the steel buildings to protect the contents from fire. The need for a new fireproof building was recognized. Before the Seby Jones Library was built, the location served as the collegeâ€™s first tennis courts.

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Sarah Staley

Gaining the Eternal Victory For years, Sarah Staley’s unmarked grave rested on a windy hillside in Westview Cemetery overlooking the very place where the Battle of Atlanta was fought. In October 2001, on what would have been her 157th birthday, college alumni and officials placed a marker on her grave. Sarah A. Staley was one of the founding members of the Toccoa Falls Institute faculty. In 1911 she moved to Georgia at the request of Dr. and Mrs. Forrest. While attending Nyack Institute, Dr. Forrest worked as a houseboy for Miss Staley, who was an elementary school principal in Brooklyn.

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Remembering the Graham Family

We want to take time to pray for the family of Dr. Billy Graham in the loss of his wife Ruth Bell Graham, who also was a beloved mother, grandmother, Sunday School teacher, and author. Many of you may not realize it, but throughout the years this family has been a support and encouragement to Toccoa Falls College. Dr. Billy Graham was on our campus for our 50th year celebration and on several occasions, his son, Franklin Graham recommended Toccoa Falls College to students coming to the United States from overseas. This year, Billy Grahamâ€™s grandson, the Rev. William (Will)

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Ralls Dormitory and the C.C.C.

â€œIn a sense, the depression affected Toccoa Falls Institute for good. Because of it a C. C. C. (Civilian Conservation Corps) Camp was started in north Georgia; it was located on property leased from the school, the flat just to the south of the main campus. The C. C. C. boys built roads, paths, firebreaks, and things like that all through the nearby woods. They laid a walk of native stone from Gate Cottage to Falls Park. In these and other ways they improved the appearance of the campus. The school also benefited insofar as food was concerned, for when

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Post Office

“In November 1923, the United States Government granted Toccoa Falls a post office and named Rev. Forrest the postmaster. He actively participated in this organization, and was always welcome at their conventions, many times being invited as a featured speaker.” (Taken from Achieving The Impossible With God) Mr. Linflod, George Henderson, Lib Meirs, and Kelly and Alice Barnes enjoy a good laugh together in what was the first post office on campus. It was located in the administration building next door to Dr. Forrest’s office.

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Paul Rader

The Story Behind “Only Believe” The General Council of the C&MA convened at Toccoa Falls in May 1919. The delegates were housed in army tents supplied by Fort McPherson in Atlanta, and the guests considered this â€œcamping outâ€ experience to be most meaningful. Rev. Paul Rader, elected president of the C&MA at that Council, was greatly moved by stories of the hardships and difficulties that the Toccoa Falls family had faced since 1913, and others, that the school was still facing. In his room in Staley Cottage, Rader wrote a song that has been widely used in evangelical Christian circles

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Paul and Mary Williams

Their Final Sacrifice (The following was taken from the book A Tree God Planted by Troy Damron) The barren, windswept plains of the Texas panhandle do not readily attract the casual visitor. In fact, those accustomed to the solitude of the mountains or to the bustle of the fertile, well-watered valleys of our country might see in the plains only foreboding and endless desolation. The natives of the area will tell you that there are places in the panhandle where one can look east for two whole days. There is something awesome and majestic about the Texas plains that leaves

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Memories of Haddock Inn and Toccoa Falls

Mrs. Bernice Haddock Thomason is a descendent of Mr. William Haddock, first owner of Haddock Inn. In this photo, she is holding treasured family heirlooms. She said a four-room house first stood on the Inn site. Later the great summer hotel was built. The Haddocks raised cattle. Since in those days there were no stock laws, their cattle covered the hills. —————————————————————————————– Mr. and Mrs. L. O. Lipscomb From the time I was a child, I loved Toccoa Falls and believed it was one of Godâ€™s most beauty spots. My mother, Mrs. George W. Edwards, was a sister of Mrs.

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May Day 1951

The first time the David Ovens Student Center was used was for a May Day Celebration in 1951. They had a Maypole! May Day Celebration 1951 Maypole in the David Ovens Student Center The David Ovens Student Center closer to completion The David Ovens Student Center during construction

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Life Outside the Classroom

“School life at Toccoa Falls furnished many opportunities for practical or vocational training. Along with their usual classes, students were taught farming, caring for livestock, cutting and sawing timber, carpentry, making cement blocks, gardening, laundering, cooking, baking, canning fruits and vegetables, sewing, office work, and much more. . . . (copy from Achieving the Impossible with God by Lorene Moothart) Photo below: Alice Barnes and Mrs. Forrest working Photo below: Garden Photo below: Making applebutter Photo below: Making sorghum Photo below: Making bread Photo below: Picking beans Photo below: Picking cotton Photo below: Cleaning Photo below: Wash crew

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campus, Seby Jones Library

Photos

Seby Jones Library

Sarah Staley

Remembering the Graham Family

Ralls Dormitory and the C.C.C.

Post Office

Paul Rader

Paul and Mary Williams

Memories of Haddock Inn and Toccoa Falls

May Day 1951

Life Outside the Classroom

April 30, 1930

April 29, 1930

April 27 & 28, 1930

April 23 & 24, 1930

April 22, 1930

April 21, 1930