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Proceedings of the quarterly Adair Heritage Assn meeting

The Adair Heritage Association met Monday evening, December 17, 2018, at the at the public library.

Present were regular members Mike Watson, Roger Meadows, Lee Ann Jessie, Ed Vincent, Ellen Zornes, Linda Waggener, Ted Caldwell, and guests Sammy Hughes and Rodney and Donna White.


Mike Watson advised the group that he will be working with newly elected officials toward the goal of Adair County having a cemetery commissioner appointed along with a committee to watch over care and movement of all cemeteries and graves. Members agreed to recommend and back him for the position of commissioner.

Retired teachers Rodney and Donna Banks White have moved home to Adair County and are getting involved in projects. They brought news of the Rosenwald schools, particularly the one beside the Santa Fee Church in Sparksville.

They reported having met there with teacher Sammy Hughes back in the summer and were impressed with his vast collection of history around that school and the families who were part of it. They shared preservation needs and the heritage group voted to adopt the school as a project for assistance toward renovation.

The Adair Heritage Association meets quarterly at the Adair County Public Library, Adair County Public Library, 307 Greensburg St., Columbia, KY. More information about the association is available at the library.


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AC Teacher Sammy Hughes shares Rosenwald School history



2018-12-22 - Adair County Public Library - Photo by Linda Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com.
ACMS Teacher Sammy Hughes shared his vast collection of photos from his family's collection at the Adair Heritage Association meeting. He was asked to speak about the Rosenwald School at the quarterly meeting at the Adair County Public Library. Sign restoration specialist Ed Vincent was also in attendance.

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Little boy on the left heading home for holidays



2018-12-22 - Columbia, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, columbiamagazine.com.
This Christmas season there are thanks to offer up for friends and family who are getting better! Greg Thomas, at left in this keepsake photo from Sammy Hughes, has undergone a liver transplant followed by a month of the doctor's monitoring and is happy to be headed home for the holidays. We have yet to get the names of the other two students at right, if you know them and can send their names, we'll be happy to add them. This and other keepsake photos from students of his Aunt were part of the collection shared by Sammy Hughes at the Adair Heritage Meeting.

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Rodney and Donna White at Adair Heritage meeting



2018-12-22 - Adair Public Library - Photo by Linda Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com.
Retired teachers Rodney and Donna Banks White, at left, have moved home to Adair County and are getting involved in projects like this one for the Adair Heritage Association. They brought news of the Rosenwald schools, particularly the one beside the Santa Fee Church in Sparksville. They invited Adair County Middle School teacher Sammy Hughes, at right, who they'd met with back in the summer and were impressed with his vast collection of history around that school and the families who were part of it. The three shared preservation needs and the Heritage group voted to adopt the school as a project for assistance toward renovation. Also in the photo are Ted Caldwell, secretary, and Ellen Zornes, president of the Adair Heritage Association.

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Adair Heritage Association receives donation of ballot box



2018-12-27 - Adair County Public Library, Columbia, KY - Photo by Ellen Zornes.
This piece of Adair County heritage was donated to the Adair Heritage Association by Abe and Emily Cross. They discovered it, with ballots inside, while remodeling Emily’s grandparents, Orville and Shirley Holt’s, house in the Joppa area of Adair County. This interesting piece of history can be seen at the Adair County Public Library, 307 Greensburg Street, Columbia, KY, in the Genealogy Section. 

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