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THURSDAY, MAY 8, 1941
HAPPY BIRTHDAYS
The Progress-Argus wishes a
HAPPY' BIRTHDAY to the follow
ing:
May s—Elvira Boyd.
May 6—Billy Stodghill, Quincy
Boyd.
May 9—W. D. Jolly, Arthur S.
Maddox, A. H. Coleman, Charlie
Franklin Barnwell, Gail Garr, Miss
Arie Ingram.
May 10 —Miss Viola Slaughter,
Mrs. V. W. Cole, Olin Calvin Sing
ley, Nellie Rae Thaxton, A. E. Kush
Sr., Mrs. Grady Smith, Billy Boyd.
May 11—J. W. Caston, Mrs.
Dempsey Thurston, Jewel Tomlin,
Catherine Boyd, Margaret Lummus,
Mrs. G. W. Wise, Singleton Robi
son, Barbara O’Neal, Mrs. J. W.
Caston.
May 12—Mrs. L. S. Rape, Ermine
Pettigrew, Julia Taylor, Mrs. A. G.
Brown.
May 13—Mrs. Charlie Long, Lee
Byron Maddox, Mrs. W. C. Rush.
May 14—Mrs. James A. Tread
well, J. R. Thurston.
HAWTHORN GARDEN CLUB
The Hawthorn Garden Club met
April 29 at the home of Mrs. C. D.
Thacker, with Mrs. C. B. Lassiter
as joint hostess. The president, Mrs.
Avon Gaston, presided and gave an
interesting talk on the tulip show
at Rich’s and the Atlanta flower
show.
Eleven members were present,
Mesdames J. E. Edwards, Glenn H.
Farley, Lindsey Futral, J. A. Gas
ton, M. C. Johnson, G. H. Mathew
son, Jack Moore, J. H. O’Neal,
C. D. Thacker, S. M. Ridgeway, C
B. Lassiter. Mrs. C. D. Thacker
was elected treasurer of the cook
ing school committee.
In the judging of flowers win
ners were: Mrs. M. C. Johnson,
best arrangement; Mrs. Glenn H.
Farley, best specimens.
The hostesses served strawberry
shortcake and drinks and assisting
was Mrs. C. B. Lassiter.
MISS BROWNING NAMED
TO HONOR SOCIETY
Miss Ruth Browning, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Browning of
Jackson, student at the Georgia
State College for Women, has been
selected to become a member of the
Phoenix Honor Society. The mem
bers of this club are the seniors in
the highest seven percent of the
class scholastically, and there are
now 21 members on the campus.
EASTERN STAR
A regular meeting of Jephthah
chapter Order of the Eastern Star
will be held Friday night at 7:30
in the Masonic hall and all members
are expected to attend.
Flowers" EXPRESS SENTIMENTS
BETTER THAN ANYTHING ELSE!
PLANTS Beautiful Blossoms. CORSAGES to wear on her
Gift Wrapped. Mixed Boxes coat Any I* lowers. Prices
SI.OO up. /ac p '
PF'TUNIAS Geraninums, Aggeratum and Roses.
’ Beautiful Shades.
pace flower shop
Phones Office 2751; Green House 3471
KNITTING CLASS FOR
BEGINNERS STARTS MONDAY
A knitting class for beginners
will start in the courthouse Monday
afternoon at 3 o’clock, with Mrs.
Joel B. Mallet in charge. There
will be classes every Monday and
Thursday afternoon.
All women interested in knitting
for foreign war relief are invited to
join the class. Urgent calls are
being received, Mrs. Mallet said,
and the work will continue during
the present emergency.
Only 9 per cent of Red Cross
goods shipped to Europe has been
lost and this percentage is consid
ered small, Red Cross officials ex
plain.
MARRIAGE OF MISS FRANCES
BELL AND LT. SPENCE
ANNOUNCED
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Tinker, 224
West Grenada Terrace, Macon, Ga.,
announce the marriage of their
niece, Miss Edna Frances Bell of
Macon and Jackson, to Lieutenant
Claude P. Spence of Macon and
Fort Jackson. Mrs. "Spence is a
charming young woman of the bru
nette type of beauty made
many warm friends since coming to
Jackson. Mrs. Spence for some
time, has been employed in the Cen
tral Georgia Electric Membership
Corporation, and will continue in
that connection.
HARMONY BROTHERS TO
BE AT TUSSAHAW
The Harmony Brothers of Macon
will be at Tussahaw school Monday
night, May 12. If you want to be
entei'tained come and watch and
listen to something very rare. The
proceeds will be used for buying
cans for canning vegetables for the
lunch room.
TUSSAHAW PTA
Tussahaw PTA held the last meet
ing of the school year Thursday
night, May 1. Plans were discuss
ed to can vegetables for the lunch
room. Officers were elected as
follows:
Mrs. Elmer Cawthon, president;
Mrs. I. C. Smith, vice president;
Miss Norine Smith, secretary; Miss
Elizabeth McMichael, treasurer.
Tea and cookies were served dur
ing the social hour to about forty
parents and visitors.
WCTU MEETING
The regular May meeting of the
WCTU will be held Friday of this
week with Mrs. J. H. Carmichael
and Mrs. C. R. Gresham at the home
of Mrs. Carmichael at 3 o’clock.
Mrs. J. C. Newton is program
chairman and the topics are Mother’s
Day and Child Welfare. A good at
tendance is urged.
THE JACKSON PROGRESS-ARGUS, JACKSON, GEORGIA
THE JENKINSBURG GARDEN
CLUB SPONSORS IRIS SHOW
The Iris show given by the Jen
kinsburg Garden club was a great
success with many out of town vis
itors attending. Many fine and new
varieties of Iris were shown.
Miss Ruth Middlebrooks was
awarded the sweepstakes prize for
the most blue ribbons. Those win
j ning ribbons in the different class
es were.
Section 1. Specimen Bearded
Iris, (a) light blue, blue ribbon, Mrs.
jF. W. Childs; red ribbon, Mrs. W.
!J. Saunders; white ribbon, Mrs. M.
B. Farrar; (b) Medium blue, blue
ribbon, Miss Ruth Middlebrooks;
red ribbon, Mrs. M. B. Farrar;
white ribbon, Mrs. F. W. Childs;
(c) blue bi-color, blue ribbon, Mrs.
J. H. Jackson; red ribbon, Miss Ruth
Middlebrooks; white ribbon, Mrs. E.
K. Huie.
2. Light pink, blue ribbon, Mrs.
F. W. Childs; red ribbon, Mrs. M.
B. Farrar; white ribbon, Mrs. Car
rie L. Price.
3. Yellow Blends and bi-colors,
blue ribbon, Mrs. E. K. Huie; red
ribbon, Miss Ruth Middlebrooks;
white ribbon, Mrs. M. B. Farrar.
4. Red bi-colors, blue ribbon,
Miss Ruth Middlebrooks; red rib
bon, Mrs. F. W. Childs; white rib
bon, Mrs. M. B. Farrar.
5. Light Purple, blue ribbon,
Mrs. J. L. Whitaker; red ribbon’
Mrs. M. B. Farrar; white ribbon,
Mrs. Carrie L. Price.
6. Purple Bi-Colors, blue ribbon,
Miss Ruth Middlebrooks, red ribbon,
Mrs. W. J. Saunders; white ribbon,
Mrs. F. W. Childs.
7. Copper, blue ribbon, Mrs. F.
W. Childs; red ribbon, Mrs. M. B.
Farrar; white ribbon, Miss Ruth
Middlebrooks.
8. Plicata, blue ribbon, Miss Ruth
Middlebrooks, red ribbon, Mrs. F.
W. Childs; white ribbon, Mrs. J.
H. Jackson.
9. Miscellaneous, blue ribbon,
Mrs. F. W. Childs; red ribbon, Mrs.
M. B. Farrar; white ribbon, Miss
Ruth Middlebrooks.
Section 11. Arrangements, (a)
arrangement of Bearded Iris, one
color, blue ribbon, Mrs. M. B. Far
rar; red ribbon, Miss Ruth Middle
brooks; white ribbon, Mrs. W. J.
Saunders.
(b). Arrangement of Bearded
Iris, more than one color, blue rib
bon, Mrs. M. B. Farrar; red ribbon,
Miss Ruth Middlebrooks; white rib
bon, Mrs. W. J. Saunders.
Section 111. Collection of Beard
ed Iris, any varieties, blue ribbon,
Miss Ruth Middlebrooks; red rib
bon, Mrs. M. B. Farrar; white rib
bon, Mrs. E. K. Huie.
TOWALIGA GARDEN CLUB
On Tuesday, May 6, the Towaliga
Garden Club met at the home of
Mrs. T. T. Patrick with Mrs. Elwyn
Patrick as joint hostess.
In the absence of the president,
Mrs. Clifford Stroud, Mrs. P. J.
Evans, vice-president, presided. She
opened the program by reading a
beautiful poem on lilacs, and quo
tations about flowers.
After a short business session an
interesting talk /on the origin of
the names of flowers was given by
Mrs. G. D. Head of the Jackson
Garden Club.
In the arrangement of flowers,
Mrs. T .M. Ridgeway won first and
second places, Mrs. Lamar Weaver
won second place for the best spe
cimen, Mrs. T. T. Patrick and Miss
Eva Compton tied for first place,
Mrs. H. F. Compton won second
place, and Mrs. S. P. Ridgeway won
third place.
During the social hour the hos
tesses served delicious salad and
P QDch *
MOTHER’S DAY AT THE
FEDERAL PRISON IN ATLANTA
By JOHN T. BOIFFEULLET
I doubt if anywhere in this coun
try were more impressive exercises
held on Mother’s Day last Sunday
than those conducted in the audito
rium of the Federal penitentiary at
Atlanta, under the auspices of the
members of the First Christian
church of that city, and their pas
tor, Dr. L. 0. Bricker. This was the
third year that this custom has been
observed at the prison by this
church.
One of numerous striking fea
tures of the unique and highly in
teresting service was the filing into
the auditorium of two thousand
three hundred (2,300) convicts to
the stirring strains of a march
splendidly played by the prison
band, and as the prisoners passed
through the double doors ladies
from the Chui'ch presented to each
one a white or red flower, the form
er in reverence of the mother who
has gone, and the latter in memory
of the mother who remains. Such
was the profusion of floral offer
ings from sympathetic citizens
that they were banked upon the
stage, decorated various parts of the
auditorium, and supplied the in
mates of the penitentiary hospital
who were unable to attend the cere-
monies.
Dr. Bricker delivered an address
in which he paid an exquisite tri
bute to mother, and spoke beauti
fully of flowers, associating the two
together in a lovely relation.
“The Last Rose of Summer” was
exquisitely sung by Miss Nora Allen
of the Chicago Opera Company, and
she responded in other songs to en
thusiastic encores. The duet, “In
Heavenly Love Abide,” was delight
fully given by Mrs. Webb and Mrs.
McMillan.
There was a wonderous flood of
melody when the old familiar dox
ology “Praise God From Whom All
Blessings Flow,” was rendered in
unison by the 2,300 prisoners and
several hundred visitors. Can it be
doubted that many of these long
imprisoned souls were for the mo
ment swept upon its tide, over peni
tentiary wall, through the gates of
the eternities?
I am sure that numerous harden
ed hearts were softened by the exer
cises of the day, and the remem
brance of a mother’s love.
It is sad to think of the many un
happy human creatures who, like
imprisoned feathered songsters that
fly piningly against the sides of
cages in search of freedom and
their mates, hopelessly beat their
souls against the pitiless iron bars
of cells, in vain quest of liberty,
and loved ones who, perhaps, are
only seen in sorrowful and pensive
retrospection.
The above article was written a
number of years ago, and it con
tains a wealth of deep feeling and
pathos which the author could so
well express. Mr. Boifeuillet was one
of the South’s most versatile wri
ters and has been greatly missed
from the ranks of journalism since
his death a few years ago.
PERSONAL
Mr. A. L. Bickers spent Sunday
in Atlanta with his daughters.
Mrs. C. P. Spence spent the week
end at Fort Jackson with Lt. Spence.
Mrs. T. H. Malcom of Atlanta
spent last week with Mrs. Clyde Col
well and family.
Mrs. H. M. Moore returned Wed
nesday after a two weeks visit to
relatives in Virginia.
Mr. and Mrs. N. F. Land spent the
week-end in Sandersville with Mr.
and Mrs. Cecil Hall
MOTHER O’ MINE
She is a gift.
Oh mother o’ mine,
Not n gift from earth
But a gift Divine.
When skies are dark
And it seems to you
There is nothing else
That you can do.
That sunny smile
That is on her face
Makes this old earth
Seem a different place.
Of all the gifts
So nice and fine
None other is like
Oh mother o’ mine.
—Marquis W. Childs.
PERSONAL
Miss Susannah Foster, who teach
es at Lithonia, will spend Mother’s
Day with homefolks here.
Mrs. C. H. Barfield and Mrs. C.
R. Wilson of Atlanta spent Thurs
day with Mrs. B. F. Moon.
Albert Smith Jr. of Fort Jackson
spent the week-end with his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Smith.
Mrs. G. D. Head and Mrs. Annie
Curry spent Friday in Macon with
Mr. and Mrs. George Head Jr.
Mrs. J. S. Murph has returned to
Marshallville after a brief visit with
her sister, Mrs. W. E. Watkins.
Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Pettigrew
and baby of Wake Forest, N. C.,
are visiting Mrs. J. E. Pettigrew.
Miss Catherine McMichael and
Charles McMichael spent Sunday in
Atlanta with Mr. and Mrs. H. L.
Capps.
Judge Ogden Persons and Solici
tor General Frank B. Willingham of
Forsyth „were visitors in Jackson
Monday.
Miss Irma King, University of
Georgia student, spent the week-end
with her mother, Mrs. Gertrude
Wright.
Mrs. J. H. Hardy of Eastman
spent the week-end with Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Hardy and Mrs. J. C.
Kinard.
%Ir. and Mrs. Fred Hopkins of*
Lakeland, Fla., were recent guests
of Mrs. Hopkins’ father, Mr. J. E.
McMichael.
Mrs. R. D. Ballenger and little
daughter, Alrneda, of Atlanta spent
last week with Mrs. S. J. Smith
and famiy.
Mr. Wright Maddox spent Mon
day in Macon with his sister, Mrs.
Walter Collins, and his brother, Mr.
Reed Maddox.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Stripling and
Mr. and Mrs. Zed Byron of New
nan visited their aunt, Mrs. John W.
Moore Sunday.
Miss Miriam Tucker spent last
week with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
A. W. Tucker, at Towns, Ga., and
is visiting friends in Atlanta this
week.
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PERSONAL
Ralph Carr Jr., Warren Evans
and Harold Barnes were among the
soldiers at home from Fort Jackson
for the week-end.
Among those from here who at
tended the Kentucky Derby were
Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Robison, Mr. and
Mrs. L. M. Spencer.
Quincy Boyd attended the Junior-
Senior Prom at Bessie Tift College
last week-end as the guest of Miss
Lou Demie Segers.
Miss Olga Hammond, student at
GSCW, Milledgeville, will spend the
week-end with her parents, Dr. and
Mrs. R. L. Hammond.
Sergeant John P. Hunt has been
mustered out of the national guard
and has resumed his position with
Spencer-Buchanan, Inc.
Miss Thelma Leverette will come
over from Langdale, Ala., to spend
Mother’s Day with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. J. A. Leverette.
Miss Bessie Barnes is resting
comfortably at the Georgia Baptist
Hospital after a recent operation,
friends are glad to know.
Judge and Mrs. Jule W. Felton
and Jule Jr. will come down from
Atlanta for the week-end with Mr.
and Mrs. It. P. Sasnett.
Mrs. Threatt Moore left Tuesday
for a visit with Mr. and Mrs. M. C.
Plumlee at Daytona Beach, West
Palm Beach and Miami.
Mr. W. R. Sasnett of Atlanta has
been spending several days with the
family of his brother, Mr. R. P.
Sasnett. He leaves next week to
spend the summer with relatives in
Oregon and Washington.
Mr. and Mrs. Van had
with them for the week-end their
children, Miss Neva Fletcher of
Washington city, Miss Amelia Flet
cher of Thomasville, Dr. and Mrs.
Van Fletcher of Chattanooga and
Lovett Fletcher, student at Georgia
Tech.