Honoring the long legacy of the Echo

Tributes from the community

  • The Maxwell family dedicates the new Oglethorpe Echo building on the 102nd anniversary of the newspaper. (Submitted Photo)
    The Maxwell family dedicates the new Oglethorpe Echo building on the 102nd anniversary of the newspaper. (Submitted Photo)
  • Ralph Maxwell Sr. is seen at the folder in The Oglethorpe Echo newspaper office. (Submitted Photo)
    Ralph Maxwell Sr. is seen at the folder in The Oglethorpe Echo newspaper office. (Submitted Photo)

    "Ralph Maxwell is a disappearing breed of newsman. He understood the importance of striking the balance of what a community needs to know and what was good to know. He helped maintain the charm of Ogl…