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Antioch Corn Boil
by Ken Caruthers
Aug 07, 2010 | 3072 views | 1 1 comments | 13 13 recommendations | email to a friend | print
Doyce Vinson (left) and David Fincher carry cooked corn from the boiler to be sold at the Antioch Corn Boil in the Antioch community near Cedartown. The Antioch Corn Boil is a fundraiser that was started in the early 1970s by R. L. Grogan to raise money for the volunteer fire department. The last one in 1997. After 13 years, the fundraiser is back to raise money for Camp Antioch. Organizers said they bought about 7,000 ears of corn, and by around 4 p.m. Saturday they had sold more than 4,000 ears. (Ken Caruthers, RN-T.com)
Doyce Vinson (left) and David Fincher carry cooked corn from the boiler to be sold at the Antioch Corn Boil in the Antioch community near Cedartown. The Antioch Corn Boil is a fundraiser that was started in the early 1970s by R. L. Grogan to raise money for the volunteer fire department. The last one in 1997. After 13 years, the fundraiser is back to raise money for Camp Antioch. Organizers said they bought about 7,000 ears of corn, and by around 4 p.m. Saturday they had sold more than 4,000 ears. (Ken Caruthers, RN-T.com)
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David Fincher said they bought more than 7,000 ears of corn for the event and are keeping them in a refrigerated Mayfield truck. Around 4:30 pm they had sold more than 4,000 ears. Doyce Vinson said the boiler could cook about 100 ears at a time with it taking about 15-20 minutes for a batch. Ryan Grogan said his grandfather R.L. Grogan started the Antioch Corn Boil in the early 1970s as a fundraiser for the volunteer fire department and that the last one was in 1997. They started it again after 13 years as a fundraiser for Camp Antioch.

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August 08, 2010
That was a good fun event yesterday at the Corn Boiling even though it was hot. Saw alot of people having a very good time and eating alot of Corn on the Cob.This area needed that with the way things are now days in this world. The crowd was bigger than I expected and didn't have a problem one considering that many people got together in one spot. They also raised alot of money for Camp Antioch not sure hom much, sure it was more than they expected considering it been since 1997 since they had the Corn Boiling. I'm already looking forward to next year and expect it to even be bigger than this year considering that they didn't have as much time to advertise as they would like to have.
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