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Deputy Sheriff Eddie Osborn on Horse Leading the Parade
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1st Buggy: Sheriff Rudy Eller on left, with driver Jess Gibson
2nd Buggy: Grand Marshall Howard Cunningham and wife Alice, driven by Bert Rogers with wife Sherry Dian Rogers |
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2nd Buggy Again
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Towns County High School Band
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Ditto, with band director Jenny Stowers 3rd from left w. sunglasses
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Bill Blumreich as a Cherokee Indian
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Towns County Historical Society (TCHS) Float
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TCHS Float with Patsy Mayes Bouvion (Treasurer, green dress), Lynne Marshall (President, Yellow Dress) and members of the Royal Court
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TCHS Float with Sesquicentennial Queen Leann Chastain on Left, and members of the Royal Court
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Sesquicentennial Queen Leann Chastain and King Levi Long on the TCHS Float.
Behind them are 1956 Centennial Queen Betty Brown Bledsoe and Bill Kendall, Towns County Commissioner, with his granddaughter |
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The Entire TCHS Float from the Rear
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Macedonia Baptist Church, founded 1839, oldest church in the county
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Macedonia Baptist Church Float Close-up, with Pastor Harold Ledford & church members
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Pam Kendall Floyd pushing the carriage, followed by a Macedonia student giving out candy
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Macedonia students giving out candy
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More Macedonia Church folks, with Shannon Floyd on the left
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1842: City of Young Harris (& Enotah Garden Club). Mayor Dan Nichols
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1856: City of Hiawassee. Mayor Barbara Mathis. Police Chief Jimmy Wright is driving.
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1800s First White Settlers. Hiawassee Antique Mall Float
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1870: Towns County Public School System Float
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1886: Young Harris College Float
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1887: Hiawassee Academy (1887-1930) and 1946 Truett and McConnell College Float; College named after founders of the Hiawassee Academy
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1909: Bank of Hiawassee float. Oldest business now in county
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1912 Winton. Rotary Club float. Duane & Jean Miller, with Rainer Arnold in the rear seat.
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see next three pictures for detail
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1916: Elizabeth Garner, 90 years old, Ms. Skyhawk Mountain, Sunnyside Community. Driver Red Lambert
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1928 Ford, Emmit Coalson
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1929 Ford, Alan Dorris
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1931 Ford Model A Roadster, Larry & Marilyn Ayers Berrong
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1938: Blue Ridge Mountain Electric Membership Corporation float (formerly called Rural Electric Association)
Former employees on float are Patsy Patton Davenport, Joyce Shook Hamby, Tommy McNabb, Clifford Cearley, Arbena Nicholson Moss, Mary Edith Hemphill Stalcup, Tamar Thompson, Bud Kelly, and Hoyle Bryson, age 93, oldest living retiree |
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1937 Packard Coupe, Richard & Douglas Haigler
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1937: Towns County Lions Club. Ron Day, President
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ditto, with Sesquicentennial Assistant Gerry Gutenstein in center
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1946 Chevy Truck. Hiawassee Garden Club Float. Driver, David & Barbara Pittman. Virginia Dyer Palmer, Shane, Jesse & Jonas Woodruff.
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1947: Hiawassee Hardware. Old & New Kitchens. Rita Burch Hooper, JuJuan Early McCoy, Shea McCoy. Driver Neal Swanson
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1949 Ford Convertible. Richard & Ginger Rettstadt, Bob & June Paine
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1950: Georgia Mountain Fair. Hilda Thomason
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1954 Chevy Truck that carried logs in the 1956 parade, transported by Turpin's on a rollback truck
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1955 Studebaker Truck, Melvin Justice & daughter Dena
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1956: Towns County High School. "High School Seniors of 1956, Senior Citizens of 2006".
Zadie Cunningham McCall, Flora Jean Roach Wood, Ina Allison Kozesky, Boyd & Joan Philyaw Bowers, Jerry & Imogene Holmes Turpin, Janice Stephens Wofford |
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Hmm, this car appeared about 40 pictures back and apparently snuck back in for a second pass. The pictures are all in chronological sequence.
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Towns County Middle School: Student Council
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1967 Olds Cutlass. Rod, Linda & Kathy McClarnon
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1969 Chevy Camaro SS, Cody & Michael Harkins
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1970 Chevy Truck
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Towns County Fire Engines
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Towns County Chamber of Commerce
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United Community Bank Float
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The Roach Family, 4 generations. Sendie, Brenda, Erica, Breanna
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Towns County FFA
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2007 Chevrolet Avalanche from Ware Chevrolet, driven by Andy Ware
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Fun World Jeep, Judy Moss & Shannon Henderson
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Towns County Recreation Department. Midgets, Peewees, Termites. About 60 football players
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Towns County Youth Cheerleaders. About 70 girls
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Sesquicentennial Constable Steve Holmes
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James, Denise (Hardy) & Wade Nicholson
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