Showing posts with label "Decatur High". Show all posts
Showing posts with label "Decatur High". Show all posts

Sunday, January 1, 2012

Decatur Boy's High School Student George B. Edmunds discovered "Dixie-Rush" a popular soft drink in it's day.

Decatur Boy's High School Student George B. Edmunds discovered "Dixie-Rush" a popular soft drink in it's day.
George B. Edmunds attended Decatur Boy's High School circa 1930's . It was there he found that chemistry was his favorite course of study because of his interest in the unknown.
George began his venture into the soft drink industry when he started experimenting with his syrup formula, but it was not until 1939 when the first Dixie-Rush was bottled and his company established.
Identified by an attractive six ounce bottle with a 3 color crown denoting the trade mark
" Dixie-Rush" and a music note running through the name and also the bottle.
This new soft drink was so popular that it was sold in Decatur Boy's High School cafeteria.

Like many early soft drinks, some were just a flash in the pan.
Story based on a Dekalb New Era article.


They must have had different style bottle designs, this bottle does not have the 3 color crown as described in the story, but still had the music notes running through it.
photo from: http://www.antique-bottles.net
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"Dixie-Rush" soda truck.

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From: http://northtownpark.com/chronology.html
Chronology of the East Atlanta Graveyard Tavern Building shows Atlanta Dixie-Rush Bottling Co. was once located there.
1944-1947
Atlanta Dixie-Rush Bottling Company Inc. George B. Edmunds, Pres. Listed as a “carbonated beverage bottling company.” Also listed at the address is “House of Beau-Regarde Extract Company,” which apparently made orange and grape extract for soft drinks.

Atlanta Dixie-Rush Bottling Company had a previous address at 340 Courtland Street NE in 1943; this was the home of Barq’s Beverages in Atlanta for several years.

Thursday, October 14, 2010

Beacon Hill Artist Studio Open House to Benefit Decatur High School

Sarah Collman sends this in:

I am a Beacon Hill artist and I am trying to get the word out about our event to benefit Decatur High School arts programming, Nov. 5-6th 2010 This is our annual event complete with open studios, student performances, artist demonstrations, and lots of varieties of artwork to check out. All donations and 20% of all artwork sales will be given directly to the high school for both the performing and visual arts programs.

Please contact me if you have any questions.

Sarah Collman
sarah.collman@gmail.com

Friday, October 8, 2010

Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Who is the Next Decatur Idol ?

Andrea Berry from elife magazine sends this in.


This Friday at The Decatur High School Auditorium
at 7 pm

Monday, April 19, 2010

GRAPHIC Magazine a Publication Created by Students at Decatur High School

This was sent in by:
Ben Lambeth
Business Manager & Webmaster, GRAPHIC. Magazine

"There are a lot of Decatur students putting hard work into this that deserve some kind of recognition and publicity"

GRAPHIC. Magazine is an independent publication created by students from Decatur High School. Featuring student-created comics and artwork, GRAPHIC. has been working to entertain the Decatur student body and community since January 2009.

We invite the community to visit our website, http://graphicmag.net/ where we upload the full content of each issue. Read all four issues, the latest of which was just released last Tuesday, for free!

If you like what you see online, please consider supporting us by purchasing something from our online store or making a donation. Your support ensures we can continue to distribute freely to Decatur High School students.

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Wednesday, March 10, 2010

"HAMLET" To Open City's New Performing Arts Center


From elifemagazine.net
Decatur High School drama students will christen the city's new performing art center with their new production of William Shakespeare's Hamlet
March 18 - 20th 2010
For tickets call 404-370-4420