"Lady" the horse is shown in this photograph taken in Newnan about 1935. The boy holding the horse is Thomas Y. Mattox, Jr., who was later a pilot killed in World War II. Standing behind the horse is T.Y. Mattox, Sr. The Coca-Cola sign was on the…

In the 1980s the "fundmeters" on the Newnan Court Square are for the United Way fund drive, but in the 1940s during World War II the need was for war bonds. This photograph shows citizens gathered in front of the meter showing over-the-top war bond…