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Wednesday, December 24, 2014
ASHBURN,GA, 31714
VOL 109 - No. 52 • 500
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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.
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