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Serving Turner County Since 1902 I llnniji *‘1 Wednesday, December 24, 2014 ASHBURN,GA, 31714 VOL 109 - No. 52 • 500 www.thewiregrassfarmer.com {Around Town\ Subscribe to The Wiregrass Farmer Delivered in your mail every week Call 567-3655 for information. Coat drive The Sycamore Police Department is sponsoring a winter coat drive for needy people. Coats of all sizes may be dropped off at City Hall Closed Friday The Wiregrass Farmer will be closed Friday, Dec. 26. Potrait artist Portrait artist Julian Ter- ron's display has been held over at the Victoria Evans Memorial Library for the month of December. Do not miss this exciting exhibi tion! Test assistance Turner County Special Services is assisting anyone that needs a diploma that has not passed the GHSGT, or if you passed all portions of the test, but lack at least two classes. Please come Mon-Thurs 4-6pm at Spe cial Services School and let us help you. The time is now! Firefighting class Ashburn Fire & Emer gency Services will offer the Basic Firefighter: Mod ule One Course as part of its in-service training program. (See BRIEFS Page 10) Obituaries Dorothy Smith Hurd, 77, Ashburn Emma Jean Stevens, Ash burn Wilbur Lewis Timmons, 59, Sycamore Robert D. Thomas, Re becca Kenneth Jackson Weldon Sr., Cordele Complete obituary information is on Page 5 The best news ever by Luke In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that the whole empire should be registered. This first registration took place while Quirinius was governing Syria. So everyone went to be registered, each to his own town. And Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee, to Judea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, be cause he was of the house and family line of David, to be registered along with Mary, who was engaged to him and was pregnant. While they were there, the time came for her to give birth. Then she gave birth to her firstborn Son, and she wrapped Him snugly in cloth and laid Him in a feeding trough—because there was no room for them at the lodging place. The Shepherds and the Angels In the same region, shepherds were staying out in the fields and keeping watch at night over their flock. Then an angel of the Lord stood before them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. But the angel said to them, “Don’t be afraid, for look, I proclaim to you good news of great joy that will be for all the people: Today a Savior, who is Messiah the Lord, was born for you in the city of David. This will be the sign for you: You will find a baby wrapped snugly in cloth and lying in a feeding trough.” Suddenly there was a multitude of the heavenly host with the angel, praising God and saying: Glory to God in the highest heaven, and peace on earth to people He favors! When the angels had left them and re turned to heaven, the shepherds said to one another, “Let’s go straight to Bethlehem and see what has happened, which the Lord has made known to us.” They hurried off and found both Mary and Joseph, and the baby who was lying in the feeding trough. After seeing them, they reported the message they were told about this child, and all who heard it were amazed at what the shepherds said to them. But Mary was treasuring up all these things in her heart and meditating on them. The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all they had seen and (See JESUS Page 2) MAN IN BLUE Rob Calhoun, far left, shows his Rebel spirit at last week’s wrestling match against Cook County. Cal houn was on the mat to tag the referee when time for the bout ran out out. Maybe he was preparing for a career as a pro wrestler - the Hawpond Horror perhaps? The Rebels faced Cook County. Photo Susan Baker Upward Bound students celebrate anniversary by Millie Puckett Members of the Turner County Up ward Bound Program attended a regu lar Saturday session and were treated to a celebration. 2014 marks the 50th Anniversary of the Upward Bound Pro gram. Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College cele brated their 37th Anniversary of Upward Bound. Nine members of the Turner County Upward Bound Program were part of the celebration, which was held in the Nickelodeon Room of the J. Lamar Branch Student Center at ABAC. The program featured guest pan elist from Upward Bound Alumni and former Adminis trators. Attending from Turner County were: Keshawn Nel son, Breanna Galmer, Kayla Jones, Dekendra Cushion, Ean Mackey, Aarain McGhee, Alana Richter, De- riuna Walker, and Nacora Chatfield. The Upward Bound Program emerged out of the Economic Oppor tunity Act of 1964 in response to John son’s Administration’s War on Poverty. (See UP Page 2) Upward Bound students from Turner County at the ABAC 37th annual cel ebration. Photo Millie Puckett SIT A SPELL Delma King and Rebecca Mayor Don Collins on the reinstalled bench outside City Hall. They invite everyone to come take a break on the bench. Photo Kelly McWhorter Reversed grave letters explained by Ben Baker Editor A few of the weathered of the concrete slabs covering graves in a cemetery in Ash burn have names with the letters backward and the words in reverse order. Jonathan Appell is a cemetery restora tion expert from Connecticut. He conducts cemetery repair workshops around the country. Cast grave slabs are not as common as they used to be, he said. Finding such slabs with the letters backward and the words in reverse order is unusual, but not as rare as some people might think. “It’s a common style for poor people, es pecially black people in the South,” he said. It’s also a simple mistake. When casting the marker, the family would lay out letters in the correct order and the letters facing the correct way. How ever, the poured concrete makes a reverse impression of the letters. Mr. Appell said the correct process is the same as laying out newspapers many years ago. Letters were reversed and when printed, appeared the correct way. “You have to lay the letters backward to make a mirror image,” he said. “They laid out it. It was probably done by someone who was not experienced at all. They may have been partially illiterate and were just copying letters off other pieces of paper. That’s what it sounds like to me. There’s no other reason I know of.” A simple mistake. “I don’t know why anyone would inten tionally do that. It sounds like a mistake,” he said. FILL SANTA’S SLEIGH with a gift from PARKER Chevrolet, Buick, GMC Inc 567-3306 •517 Gorday Drive www.parkerchevrolet.com Shop local Put local people to work and keep your tax dollars at work at home. Wed Thunderstorms Thur Mostly Sunny JvABM Rain 1 i» Sun Showers (&M 64 42 afld 3 3 O w 40% I went to college. I had a double major in biology and physical education, but my major was wrestling. Dan Gable
