City of Ellaville to host a special night.
The City of Ellaville will be hosting their annual Christmas Parade and the annual Holiday Hoopla on square on Thursday December 8, at 6:00 P.M.
This event is for children of all ages.
If you would like to enter in the parade, please go by the City Hall and pick up an application and return it as soon as possible. The City needs to have received all submissions by December 8.
The Parade begins at 6:00 p.m.
Immediately following the Christmas Parade join us for the Second Annual Holiday Hoopla on the square.
This will be from 6:45-8:00 p.m. Plan to meet and greet Santa Clause in the Court House.
The event will feature special characters, including Olaf, Elsa, and Anna from Frozen, as well as The Grinch and Cindy Lou Who, Cinderella, Mickey and Minnie Mouse, Frosty the Snowman, Rudolph, Spiderman and much more.
The event will include snow, jumping castles, slides, and all sorts of Christmas hoopla.
Please make plans to come and join us for all the holidays fun and activities.
Don’t forget to pick up your application for the parade. Churches, clubs, organizations, schools, bands, and many more are welcomed to come and enter.

Share your Thanksgiving with us
If you’ve out of town Family or Friends that came home for Thanksgiving, please share this special event with us.
If you and your family went out of town for Thanksgiving, let me know and we’ll share your special occasion.

Community sad to Hear of the death of John
The City of Ellaville and the surrounding community are sad to have heard of the death of John McChargue. John was the husband of our City Manager, Lynne McChargue.
John had been sick for a while. Please remember Lynne in your prayers for the loss of John. Everyone here in Ellaville is very sorry and are praying for you, Lynne.

Special thank you to everyone for the kind donations
The Ellaville /Schley County Historical Society and myself want to thank each lady that recently donated cakes, pies, cookies, wedding cookies, brownies, cheese straws and more.
We also want to thank the public for buying their Thanksgiving desserts from us.
We especially want to Thank Joel and Sharon Veatch for letting us set up inside the Piggly Wiggly.
This is our annual Thanksgiving Bake Sale. All proceeds go to help us preserve our history.
Once again, I want to thank each and every one of you who had a hand in helping us out, either by baking or by buying. Nancy McMath Young

Special notice to all Schley County residents about water
The Schley County Board of Commissioners and the Schley County Manager are asking all citizens  to please not water outside. If you need to water, please do so between the hours of 4:00 P.M. to 10:00 P.M. until the ban is lifted.
This is the State Law from Environmental Protection Division. This is due to the drought here in our County as well as the whole State of Georgia.
The ban has been enacted to reduce the possibility of a fire. Please be careful and follow the Local and State Laws by using your water correctly during the time schedules every day.
You will be notified when the band is lifted by the Americus Times Recorder   and other papers.
For more information on this special watering, please call Mr. Bill Sawyer at 937-2609.
He will be glad to explain and give you more information on this situation.