Reflections of Downtown

Reflections of Downtown

Carter wins essay contest Read Beverly Carter’s winning essay, ‘Walking the Courthouse Wall,’ as well as other entries in the Reflections of Downtown essay contest.
August 13, 2008 1 Photo
Saturdays downtown My name is Jackie Godbee Allen.

My favorite memories of Downtown Moultrie are of the wonderful Saturdays my friends and I would go to the “Picture Show” (now the Senior Center).
July 11, 2008
The bet Memories of Downtown Moultrie begin in 1952. I was an Air Force serviceman stationed in French Morocco, Africa. While serving my country, I received new orders to be transferred to Albany, Ga. Where is this? One of my buddies informed me that this was in SOUTH Georgia. Apparently this made a difference. This same guy then proceeded to inform me that If I accepted this transfer that I would be married within six months. “No way!” I was young, single, and had just started living! My buddy then made the bet. “If you aren’t married in six months, I will pay you $50.” Easiest bet I ever made.
July 11, 2008
Double feature at the movies My memories of yesteryear in Moultrie are endless, but a few will always stand out in my mind and my heart: The Colquitt Theatre, Southerland’s Barber Shop, and Watson’s Drug Store.
July 11, 2008
Going UPtown or going TO town Having been born and raised in Moultrie, I have so many fond memories of the town from the days past. The way it used to be, the people who made up the community, a place where if you wanted to socialize, downtown was the place to be.
July 11, 2008
Reliving many memories My first memories of Moultrie were of a friendly, busy, small Southern town. Few of the places in my memories are still here.
July 11, 2008
Walk the courthouse wall As a little country girl raised between the small towns of Funston and Bay, Moultrie seemed like the capital to me! I didn’t get to come to town very often and only if I had completed my chores at the time someone was driving in.
July 11, 2008
Everybody went to town I remember Moultrie, especially in the 1940s and ’50s.

It was a very busy and vibrant town. “Everyone” went to Moultrie on Saturdays. Everywhere we went we would see someone we knew.

July 11, 2008