Tate is revitalized

Owners of the Marathon gas station on East Church Street in Jasper have a photo of the million dollar winning ticket displayed on their door. 

       Last Saturday was a lucky day for one mystery man, who a Jasper convenience store owner said won $1 million on a Royal Riches scratch-off ticket – top prize for the game. 

Mohammad Sohail, owner of the Marathon gas station on East Church Street, said the customer is a regular who drives a truck. Mohammad’s wife Nazia was working when the man bought the ticket. 

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photo/Maralie Thomas

Ralphie (Grayson Ludington) getting his mouth washed out with soap.

By Nan Nawrocki

Tater Patch Players

The team behind A Christmas Story is indescribably wonderful. There is the added delight in creating the  scenery and costumes for scenes that don't appear in the movie..... a safari, a rootin'-tootin' old timey shootout with the bad guys, and a visitor from Oz, just to name a few. 

The Tater Patch volunteers have built scenery (and changed some of it a couple of times). They hung new curtains and painted, painted, painted. They've built stumps for a certain stagehand/cowboy to sit on.  Costumes

     The home of Dr. Sonny and Karen Proctor at 513 S. Main Street. The home’s rich history will add to its appeal during the upcoming Tour of Homes.

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Tour Committee

The ACES Youth Home will hold its first Holiday Tour of Homes in Jasper.  Presented by Piedmont Mountainside, this year’s walking tour will take place on Sunday, December 2nd from 2 until 7 p.m. and feature five decorated homes on South Main Street in Jasper.  

Our featured home for this week will be the home of Dr. Sonny and Karen Proctor.  The Proctor home at 513 S. Main St. is rich in the history of Jasper and Pickens County. Land deals, romance, shootings, and moonshine all are part of her history. Built in 1921, five years before the Tate House, and designed by Atlanta architectural firm Burge and Stevens for R.L. McClain, a local business man and entrepreneur,  the Colonial Revival home has architectural

Be sure and come the next market on November 24 at Pickens County Chamber building.

By Heather Giambra

Hooray for the holidays. Our first winter market got off with a real chill. An early freeze this year, however, it was a full market of crafts, cakes and coffee. Knitting, sewing, and crochet was well represented, including locally home-grown yarn. Hugs & Kisses by Antonia had plenty of knitted items like placemats, washcloths and even plant pots with sweater covers. A creative idea for indoors or out.

Two Daughters Bakery enticed the customers with slices of Cranberry White Chocolate cake. It was definitely, a holiday season flavor surprise, that had some licking their lips just thinking about it.