Mize, Leila Ritchie, 1879-1958.

"Banks County, in northeast Georgia, is the state's 129th county, comprising 233 square miles. The county was created from portions of Franklin and Habersham counties in 1858 and was named for Richard E. Banks (1794-1856), a circuit-riding surgeon who treated white settlers and Indians in the area, developing a good reputation among the Cherokees for treating smallpox. The land that became Banks County was originally held by the Cherokees, forming a border territory between the Cherokee Indian Nation and the newly formed United States of America. The western border of Georgia (from the top of Currahee Mountain to the southernmost branch of the Oconee River) was marked by a strip of felled trees, twenty feet wide, established with the Cherokees by the Treaty of Augusta in 1783. The northern boundary was the Chattahoochee National Forest." -- "Banks County" from the New Georgia Encyclopedia, http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-2291&hl=y (Accessed April 6, 2009)

Leila Ritchie Mize, born in Banks County (Georgia), was the wife of Charles Allen Mize (1873-1940). She attended Georgia Normal and Industrial College, Milledgeville, recieved a BSHE, University of Georgia, 1924, and a Masters in Home Economics in 1930. She was active as a home demonstration agent and belonged to many societies and clubs. Charles A. Mize was a University of Georgia graduate of 1898, Sigma Chi, and a mason and engineer.

Jessie Julia Mize (1910-2001), only child of Leila and Charles Mize, was a teacher and author. She recieved her undergraduate and masters degrees at the University of Georgia, a PhD at Cornell University, and taught in public schools before coming to the University Home Economics Dedepartment where she taught for many years.

"A commemorative stamp honoring Moina B. Michael, a Walton County [Georgia] native and the founder of Poppy Day, was first issued in November 1948. Beginning around 1915, paper poppies were sold and worn on Memorial Day in both the United States and Europe to raise money for the rehabilitation of soldiers wounded in combat." - "Walton County." New Georgia Encyclopedia. http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org (Retrieved September 16, 2008)