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This gentleman and young lady are perched in a horse-drawn buggy in downtown Sharpsburg in the early 1900s. Seated in the buggy are W.B North and Polly Bridges. They are in front of the house of Mrs. Mary Bridges on the southeast corner of Terrentine…

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Gayle North was a member of the Sharpsburg Band in 1886, playing cornet. Other member included Ed Pittman, base honr; Bob North, drum; Dub Bridges, J.D. Norris; and M.H. Norris.

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These festive young people are gathered to the street of Sharpsburg during the summer of about 1910. This photograph is from the photo album of Louise Gearreld Wynn, who is pictured at the top of the group and it was provided by Georgia Shapiro.…

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Basketball season will soon be getting underway in Coweta County, and this photo gives a look back at the sport. These young ladies composed the basketball team at Starr High School in the Sharpsburg-Turin area in 1928. The team members are, in…

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This group of young women basketball players is the first girls team at the old Starr High School in the Sharpsburg-Turin area in 1922. In the photo are, left to right, front, Mary Bridge (Asbel), Lila Hardy, Ruth Christopher (Evans), Mildred Bailey…

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The Bethel School of 1917 was located in the far left corner of the Bethel Church yard off Luther Bailey Road near Gordon Road. In 1925 the school was consolidated into Starr High School in Sharpsburg. Starr High, too, was closed many years ago. This…

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This group of students photographed in the spring of 1932 were in the ninth grade class at Starr High School, which was located in the Sharpsburg-Turin area. In the photograph are, from left, top row, Richard Smith, W.E. Maynard, Bernard Hubbard,…

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This photo shows the Starr High Girls Basketball Team from 1934-35, the first team. From left are, front, Joyce Edwards, Virginia Morgan, Louise Burnett, Mary Lou Jones; back, Ruth Brooks, coach Miss Shaw, and Mary Addy.

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These are members of the Kimbrel family in Sharpsburg. In the photo are, from left, Joshua Larkin Kimbrell, born Nov. 26, 1857, and died Oct. 13, 1946; Ida Estelle Feltman Kimbrel, who lived until August of 1936; and their son Jim Ed Kimbrel, born in…

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This group of young people attended Little Bethel School about 1908 or 1909. From left to right are, front row, 1-Clarence Davis, 2-Dewey Winkles, 3-Clark Phillips, 4-Henry Duke (son of Ed Duke), 5-Grady Crews, 6-Joe Lee Crews, 7-Carl Dukes, 8-Paul…

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These fourth grade students attended Starr High School in 1931 and are gathered on the steps of the school, which was located at the intersection of Highways 16 and 54. Their teacher was Mrs. Lena Johnson Shell, seated at right. Among the children in…

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These youngsters in a photo from about 1912 are the children of Effie and Percy Smith. They are shown seated on the front steps of the house which Mr. Smith built on Depot Street in Sharpsburg. The house is still standing and is now the home of Mrs.…

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Shown are three young men of Sharpsburg, probably on their early 20s, about the turn the century. From left are George T. Smith, Charles A. Williams and James Augustus "Gus" Bridges. The photograph was probably made about 1900 by S.F. Jackson, a…

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Decked in their fashion outfits and bonnets are six ladies from Sharpsburg's past. In this photograph are, from left, front, Lizzie Butler, Elsie Butler and an unknown woman; back, Donie Love Bridges, Effie Lillian Bridges and Luille Graves.

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Oneta Smith (Mrs. Joe Hall) is shown standing on the railroad tracks near the Sharpsburg depot. All of the buildings shown no longer exist on Depot Street in Sharpsburg. The station sign always read "Sharpsboro," but the U.S. Post Office sign read…

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This group of gentlemen are members of the Sharpsburg Town Council at a meeting, probably in the late 1940's, at the old Bridges and Cole Store. The store remained the center of activity in Sharpsburg until recent years, when renovation of the…

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This class photograph of the Starr High eighth grade in 1931 is provided by Bernard Hubbard and came from Cliff Hughie. In the class are, from left, front, Ralph Harris, Thelma Beckom, Alma Byrom, Evelyn Collins, Mattie Kate Newly, Bernard Hubbard,…

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Several photos have been provided of the old Starr High School in Sharpsburg, including this one from the Coweta County Board of Education files and one from James McKoon. The school was established in 1919 and was located by the side of the raiload…

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Among Coweta County Schools of the past was Starr High, located in the Sharpsburg-Turin area. This group of students from Starr High attended a Coweta County literary and athletic competition on May 2, 1939, in Newnan and were photographed on the…

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Starr High stands no longer but served youngsters in the Sharpsburg-Turin area for many years. This group is the senior class of 1934-35. From left are, front, Richard Smith, J.C. Jones, Ralph Harris, Moses Breed, Wendell Moore; second row, Lillian…

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The 1934 Senior Class of Starr High School posed for this group picture. They are, from left, front, Margaret Edwards, Jane Osterhout, Mary George Pepper, Mary Will Johnson and Alma Byrom; second row, Thomas Blizzard, Leroy Johnson, W.E. Maynard and…

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This is the first grade class of Starr High School in 1924. Students in the group are, front, left to right, Mary George Moses, Ella Hill Brown, Elinor Lambert, (first name unknown) Nest, Frances Hyde, (first name unknown) Stevens, and (first name…

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These first grade students are from a class at Starr School in Sharpsbug in 1922-23. The only ones known are John Thomas Norton, seventh from the left on the second row; the teacher, Mrs. Moore, who is eighth from the left on the second row; and…

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These are the second and third grades at Starr High School near Turin in 1925. In the photo, from left, front, Lillian Haynes, Frances Green, Lucile Stamps, Margaret West, Pearl Adcock, Helen Hunter, Pollyanna Smith; second row, Martha Sue Johnson,…

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The 1938 graduating class of the old Starr High School in Sharpsburg is shown in this photo. From left are, front, Bertha Hooten (Couch), Beula Johnson (Reese), (unknown), a girl named Caldwell; second row, Edwin Brown, Josephine Summers (Lee),…

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These Sharpsburg ladies are gathered at Pitman's Pond in the 1880s or 1890s. The event was possibly a picnic, although their dress finery may indicate a more auspicious occasion. Left to right are Nora North, Ella North Hardy, Mamie Harrison, Clara…

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These youngsters and their teacher are students from the first through fourth grades at the old Sharpsburg School about 1921. From left are, front, J.W. Cole, Wynn Smith, Gene Johnston, Arrie Henry, (first name unknown) Moore, and (first name…

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This Starr High Tenth Grade class is from the 1933-34 school year. The school, no longer used, was in the Sharpsburg-Turin area. In this photo are, from left, front Ella Hill Brown, Joyce Edwards, Louise Duke, Louise McKoon, Ruby Dial, Sam Hooten;…

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This group of teenagers is from Starr High in 1931. In the photo are, from left, front, Edna Byron, Lucile Banks, teacher Hazel Potts and Eugene Upshaw; second row, Martha Linch, Musa Brooke, Margaret McMichael, Cecil Drake and Joseph Summers; back,…
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