Nestled amid the noise, the lights, the food booths and other attractions of the Statesboro Kiwanis Ogeechee Fair is a quiet log house.It stands on rough-hewn pine log blocks, has an old well casing, and all the other accoutrements of an old family farm house. It is filled with primitive antiques like those used in the house’s heyday — chamber pots, old crockery, cane-seated chairs, and hand-sewn quilts made from clothes that had seen better days.But unseen are the whispers of yesterday; the memories held as treasures by the family who grew up in the old house, and the remnants of their existence, such as initials carved onto an outside wall by two of the Aldrich grandchildren.Known as the “Old Aldrich House,” the exhibit draws visitors nightly during the week of the fair. For the rest of the year, it stands as a testament to time; a symbol of the hard work, the rustic lifestyle, and the strength of character that the Aldrich family built while living in the home.The house came from a short distance away from the fairgrounds many years ago, after Monroe Aldrich struck a deal with the Kiwanis Club to take and preserve the log house, according to Aubrey Aldrich, one of the children of the late Monroe and R. E. Aldrich.The family of eight children – Margaret, Sybil, Talmadge, Aubrey, Joyce, Jerry, Harold and Deborah – grew up in the home.