Columbus High School 1960 Yearbook (Columbus, GA) - Full Access

( 8 ) The clanking, monotonou grating of the whirling machine re ound throughout the city day and night, but the muddy Chattahooch e, oftened by moonlight, reflect the e indu trie flouri ·hing a a re ult of it force. Too often it is forgotten that we are a river city and how vital the Chattahoochee i to u . It i not ju t a muddy tream who e only claim to recognition lie in poetry, but an abiding and e ential part of our being. Augu ta Evan Wil on, con idered by many to be th greate t woman literary character e er produced by the outh, wa born in "the city on the river." un– nally John ·on, a Columbu -born author and playwright, ha achieved fame in Hollywood. Columbu ite began the Chamber of Commerce or Board of Trade, a. it wa originally known, in 1845. The Columbu Fire Department i older than the city government. Five year before the city government wa begun, a fire department wa organized. Definite achie ement in bu ine were made by many Columbu ite . A Columbu man wa fir t credited with having the idea of a ewing machine, but he failed to patent it. tephen Inger oil of Columbu wa thought reflects an