On January 11, 1934, the Macon Bar Association held a unique event. Invitations had been sent to scores of former members of the Macon Bar then living throughout the country to attend a "Homecoming Party." This party was the idea of Bar President Felton Hatcher, who was trying to revive the local bar organization, then at low ebb.
The idea was well received. Many of these former Macon lawyers gathered with the local bar at the Dempsey Hotel for a banquet, followed by an evening of music and dancing. Among those attending were General Blanton Winship, retiring Judge Advocate General of the Army; Judge Max Isaac, of New York; Judge E. C. Collins, of Florida; Judge Will Gunn, of Atlanta; and Judge A. L. Miller, of Savannah.
Judge Hatcher presided, and Clem Powers was the principal speaker. Powers reviewed the many new federal programs then pouring out of Washington and warned of the danger that programs meant to cope with the crisis _ the Depression _ would remain after the crisis passed.
The newspaper described this reunion as the most elaborate event sponsored by the bar in memory and a great success.
Frank M. McKenney