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Turner's Country Club hosted gatherings for Little Jewell community

By Steve Edwards

BCJ News

Reporter's note: My interest in the Country Club hall on the Big Flat started when a fellow diner asked Ed Snider, at a Harlem Senior Center dinner, "Do you remember the time you took us to the Turner Country Club?" My ears perked up because I'd never heard about a country club near Turner or anywhere else on the Big Flat. After some more questioning Ed told me, "The Country Club is a place with quite a history. Contact Richard Hickel up in Turner and he'll tell you all about it."

I did call Hickel, a retired farmer who happened to be helping his son, Steve, with harv...