Reflections in Reed Bros. Insurance window 2017-10-05 - Reed Bros Insurance, 134 Public Square, Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com. Windows in Downtown Columbia already have a Harvest time, Halloween's-a-coming look in preparation for a month of Square Crows, Downtown Days, and Treats on the Town, three of the most popular festivals of the year. Pretty soon - maybe today, maybe tomorrow, very special Storybook Walk stations will be posted in the windows to the fascination of little kids, parents, and grandparents. The reflection above is in Reed Bros. Insurance agency's window, adding harvest symbols to Columbia's most photographed icon: The historic courthouse clocktower. - EW Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Squarecrow #29. First & Farmers National Bank 2017-10-05 - SW Corner, 200 Quadrant, Public Square, Downtown Columbia, kY - Photo by Ed Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com. First & Farmers National Bank's Squarecrow Entry is located on the inside corner by the main bank at 224 Public Square, Columbia, KY. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Squarecrow #3. National Art Honor Society 2017-10-04 - Greensburg Street Side Lawn, Historic Adair County Courthouse, 500 Public Square, Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com. A little kid, close up, looking up, perspective of the artsy, spooky Halloween Clown created by the Adair County High School National Art Honor Society. Photo Wed 04 Oct 2017. - EW Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

This is the smile you get when all tests are passed 2017-10-04 - Campbellsville University - Photo by Aunt Linda Marcum Waggener, columbiamagazine.com. William Segal White gave his family reason to celebrate today when he passed all his tests at CU. He is ready now to head out into the work world and find just the right job. His question was, "where does a person get experience to put on a resume when he has to get a job first in order to get some experience?" Sending him prayers and good wishes! - Uncle Ed & Aunt Linda. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Silent City 2017: Laura Jane Gupton as Anna Gupton Beard 2017-10-04 - Columbia Cemetery - Photo by Linda Waggener, columbiamagazine.com. Laura Jane Gupton, above, portrayed her second great Aunt Anna Lewis Gupton Beard whose birth and death dates of 1870-1957 are carved on the stone to her left. The event was the 11th Annual Silent City Cemetery Tour Celebration, Monday, October 2, 2017. Laura introduced Anna as the little sister of Laura's grandfather Thomas Virgil Gupton, born in Green County, KY to John Phenton Gupton and Elizabeth Ermine Spillman Gupton. Anna Lewis Gupton became the wife of James Perry Beard who was one of the founders and subsequent director of the First National Bank in Columbia. They wed December 30, 1903 and had one son, John Howard Beard. They made their home on Jamestown hill in the vicinity of the present location of Jeffries Hardware Showroom. The event enjoyed perfect weather for the occasion. - LW Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Squarecrow entry #30 Dollhouse Daycare - tea party 2017-10-04 - Jamestown Street side lawn, Historic Adair County Courthouse, 500 Public Square, Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com. Destiny Greer, left, owner of Dollhouse Daycare, and Melissa Meadors, were setting up the Dollhouse Daycare Squarecrows. The Dollhouse exhibit is located in the same spot as last year. The photo was taken Wednesday morning. Destiny Greer said that the exhibit should be complete by tomorrow, Thursday, October 5, 2017. Lee Ann Jessie and Ellen Zornes of the Adair Heritage Association said that entries are still coming in, and that construction and installation will be taking place through Friday, October 13, 2017, and that, at present, everything is well ahead of last year's staging. - EW Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Squarecrow Entry #4: Adair County Garden Club 2017-10-04 - Historic Adair County Courthouse, 500 Public Square, Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com. All tuckered out, taking a well deserved rest. The Adair County Garden Club Squarecrows are 2017 Entry #4, resting where they work, making Adair County more beautiful, "one garden at a time." - EW Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

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