Spring Place Community Festival

Spring Place Community Festival is August 17 ?Spring Place: A Legacy in Education? is the theme for the 16th Annual Spring Place Community Festival set for Saturday, August 17, 2013 at the Old Spring Place Methodist Church. A new and used book sale, food concessions, a bake sale, an indoor and outdoor flea market, a raffle, and other activities will begin at 8 a.m. Highlighting the day is the auction which will include artist prints, paintings, book sets, antiques, rugs, and gift cards donated by area businesses! The auction will begin at 10:00. The day will also feature a display of textbooks, pictures, and other memorabelia from.the many small, rural schools that eventually became part of Spring Place?there will even be a time for alumni of those schools to meet and visit. Proceeds from the festival will go to the Old Spring Place Methodist Church Preservation Fund of the Whitfield-Murray Historical Society. The Festival is co-sponsored by the Spring Place Ruritan Club. For more information contact 706-695-2740 or 706-695-2110.