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HAPPY BIRTHDAYS
The Propress - Argus wishes a
HAPPY BIRTHDAY to the follow
ing:
April 24—Mary Spencer.
April 25 —Mrs. Ed Shropshire,
Mrs. A. H. Opletree, Elliott Vauphn,
Mrs. John Thurston, W. A. Barnes,
Mrs. T. H. Faulkner, Mrs. W. M.
Gallman.
April 26—Mrs. R. M. White, S. L.
Thomas, Jerry Long, H. J. Quinn,
Janice Williamson, Mrs. John But
ler, Roy Hardy, Jane Thurston, Mrs.
J. W. Hilley.
April 27 Tommy McMichael,
Herbert Barnes, Mrs. W. E. Vauphn.
April 28—Mrs. J. C. Maddox, Ir
ven Ross, Mrs. W. G. Barnes, Albert
Willard. Lanier Faulkner, Clyde Wal
ker.
April 29—Paul Tyler, Mrs. Hil
ton Cawthon, Mrs. Herman L. Caw
thon, Lois Ham, Eldee Owen.
April 30—Sara Fletcher, HowarJ
Britt, Miss Fannie Slaughter, Mrs.
C .F. Smith, Eloise Washington, Eu
gene Williams, Charles Clark, Leon
ard Franklin Barnes, Mrs. Minnie
Lee Smith, Mrs. S. W. Maddox, Mrs
W. L. Wells.
MR. THOMPSON COMPLIMENTED
WITH BIRTHDAY DINNER
MONDAY
Mr. W. B. Thompson was compli
mented with a surprise birthday din
ner at noon Monday, Mrs. Thomp
son fixing all the details without Mr.
Thompson even thinking that she
had remembered the date.
The dining room was tastefully
decorated with purple and white iris
and purple lilacs. Centering the
beautifully appointed table was tbo
large birthday cake, iced in whit<s
and embossed in pink and green
flowers in delicate tints. Around
the lower edge of the cake was a
row of pansies, and at the foot of
the crystal stand was a bed of these
same flowers in all their bright col
ors.
Mr. Thompson was showered with
good wishes from the friends who
were present, and received numerous
gifts and messages from friends far
away, which, naturally, would nlease
anyone whether he were celebrating
his twenty-first or forty-second
birthday.
MR. AND MRS. COLEMAN
HOSTS AT BARBECUE
Mr. and Mrs. John L. Coleman
entertained members of their fami
lies with a barbecue dinner Sun
day, April 19, at their home. At
the noon hour delicious barbecue,
bread, pies, pickle, salad, sandwich
es, stuffed eggs, cakes and iced tea
were served.
Present to enjoy the occasion
were: Mr. and Mrs. Aubrey Brit
ton and little daughter of Atlanta;
Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Whitaker of Jen
kinsburg; Mr. and Mrs. Frank Cole
man of Miami, Fla.; Mr. and Mrs.
Letson Britton and children, Mrs.
Claude Britton, Miss Ina Mae Brit
ton. Miss Doris Letson, Mr. L. F.
Coleman. Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Cole
man, Miss Etwoile Coleman, Mr.
Sam Coleman and Elianor, Mr. and
Mrs. Alton Coleman and children,
Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Pope and John
nie, Mr and Mrs. A. G. Spencer and
children, all of Jackson.
INDIAN SPRINGS PTA MEETS
Indian Springs PTA will hold its
regular meeting Thursday afternoon,
April 30. instead of 23rd n account
of teachers meeting in Savannah.
This is one of the most important
meetings of the year so each mem
ber is urged to be present. The
nominating committee will report
the fog- next year.
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MISS DEMPSEY IS MARRIED
TO MR. CRAWFORD
The marriage of Miss Jane Demp
sey, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thom
as Jackson Dempsey Jr., to William
Bogan Crawford Jr., son of Mr. and
Mrs. William Bogan Crawford, was
solemnized Sunday at 4 p. m. at the
home of the bride’s aunt, Miss La-
Verne Garrett, on Inverness Ave
nue, N. E.
Dr. Elam F. Dempsey, uncle of
the bride, officiated at the ceremony
which was performed in front of
the decorated mantel. Spring flow
ers and candles were used as a back
ground and the wedding aisle was
marked off with white satin ribbon.
The candles were lighted by the
junior bridesmaids, Misses Lollie
Dempsey and Dorothy Crawford, sis
ters of the bride and bridegroom,
and they wore pastel pink and tur
quoise organza dresses, respectively.
The gowns featured full skirts, short
boleros over gathered bodices and
square neckline. They carried pink
rosebuds with delphinium.
Miss Frances Dempsey was maid
of honor for her sister and she wore
an organza model of turquoise with
flowing skirt, long full sleeves and
neckline trimmed with tiny flowers,
centered by seed pearls. She wore
a headdress of yellow rosebuds.
The bride was given in marriage
by her father and Lewis Aderholt
was best man. The bride’s white
dress was of silk organza made with
full skirt gathered on to a pointed
waistline, sweetheart neck line edg
ed with seed pearls and long pointed
sleeves. Her veil was of bridal il
lusion held by a headpiece of lace
and seed pearls, made like a coronet.
She carried a bouquet of white lilacs,
sweetpeas and violets.
The bride’s mother wore a black
and white ensemble and the bride
groom’s mother chose navy blue and
white; both wore gardenias. Miss
Garrett, aunt of the bride, wore pow
der blue with touches of coral and
a corsage of delphinium and white
rosebuds.
A reception was held there at the
home of Miss Frances Crawford, sis
ter of the bridegroom, keeping the
bride’s book. Others assisting were
Misses Dorothy Crawford and Sallie
Dempsey.
The couple left for a wedding trip
to Pensacola and New Orleans, af
ter which they will reside at 982
Myrtle St., N. E., Apartment 6. The
bride traveled in a powder blue suit
with navy accessories and corsage of
sweetheart roses.—Monday’s Atlanta
Journal.
AUXILIARY MEETING
The April meeting of the Wo
man’s Auxiliary of the Presbyterian
church was held Monday with the
president, Mrs. C. M. Compton, who
presided. Mrs. Victor Carmichael
gave the devotional on “The Cer
tainties of the Christian Faith”
stressing the possibilities and revela
tions of God’s power.
Mrs. Henry Byron gave a report
of the Presbyterial recently held in
Newnan. Mrs. Byron also gave the
program on Christian Education
quoting a number of passages from
addresses by Dr. William P. Jacobs,
president of Presbyterian College.
Mrs. Compton served delicious
lemon sherbet and cake.
DAR MEETING
The members of the William Mc-
Intosh chapter, DAR. will be guests
of Mrs. T. G. Willis, Miss Mary
Downs and Mrs. J. D. Jones Friday
afternoon. April 24, at 3:30 o’clock
at the Jackson clubhouse.
Officers will be elected at this
meeting.
THE JACKSON PROGRESS ARGUS, JACKSON, GEORGIA
INDIAN SPRINGS SCHOOL
PTA WINS BEAUTIFUL CUP
AT STATE CONVENTION
At the State PTA Convention in
Gainesville April 14-16 the Indian
Springs school PTA was awarded a
beautiful silver E. S. Center Mem
bership cup for having the greatest
increase of men members to enroll
in PTA for 1941-42. This beautiful
cup will be kept by the president,
Mrs. Howard Greer, for one year
and then returned to the next state
Convention in 1943 which this PTA
hopes to win again. Indian Springs
Parent-Teacher Association feels
greatly honored in winning this cup
over all the other PTA groups in
the state of Georgia.
CEDAR ROCK MISSIONARY
SOCIETY
The regular monthly meeting of
the Cedar Rock Missionary Society
was held Thursday afternoon, April
16, at the church with 8 members
present.
The meaning was called to order
by the president, Miss Bertha Wil
liams, who conducted the devotional,
using scripture taken from 103
Psalm. Seven Bibles were brought.
New business matters were dis
cussed. Miss Bertha Williams agreed
to prepare a short program for the
Missionary program which will be
on the fourth Sunday in April at
the regular church service.
The lesson study for the after
noon was led by Mrs. T. E. Williams
with all taking part.
The next meeaing will be held at
the church Thursday afternoon, May
14. The meeting was dismissed by
N. C. Williamson leading in prayer.
CORK HD MEETS
The Cork Home Demonstration
met Thursday, April 16, with Mrs.
W. A. Smith, with 9 members pres
ent. Mrs. C. A. Towles gave the
devotional, using Psalm 91.
The report was given by the sec
retary. The president read an in
teresting paper on Australia.
Miss McGoogan gave demonstra
tions on making different things of
shucks.
During the aocial hour a delicious
salad course with iced lemonade was
served.
Mrs. A. H. Pope called for the
next meeting.
JONES-VAUGHN
The marriage of Miss Margaret
Christine Jones of Covington and
Sergeant Lindsey Lee Vaughn of
Fort Jackson, S. C., took place Sat
urday night, April 11. The cere
mony was performed by Judge G.
D. Head.
The bride is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. H. H. Jones of Covington
and the groom is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Ira L. Vaughn of Jackson.
TOWALIGA WMS MEETS
The Towaliga WMS met at the
home of Mrs. Mattie Weaver April
15 with ten members present. The
scripture was read by Mrs. Mattie
Weaver. Mrs. S. P. Ridgewmy was
in charge of the program which was
taken from Royal Service.
The April collection was sent to
Pearl Harbor.
JENKINSBURG GARDEN CLUB
TO HAVE IRIS SHOW
ON FRIDAY, MAY 1
Mrs. F. W. Childs, president of
the Jenkinsburg Garden Club, has
announced that the Iris show spon
sored by the club will be held on
May 1 in the store adjoining Mr.
J. O. Minter’s store. The show will
open at 2:30 o’clock, eastern war
time.
MACEDONIA WMS
The WMS of Macedonia Baptist
church held its monthly meeting at
the church on April 15 with twelve
members and four visitors present.
The meeting was opened by singing
the WMU hymn, followed with pray
er. The meeting was presided over
by the president, Mrs. Lloyd White,
who also gave the Bible Study, In
Training for the King, Daniel 1:8-20.
The program was in charge of
Mrs. Ray Saunders. Topic, Think
on these things: “Whatsoever
things are pure.” A good program
was rendered by group No. 2.
A business session followed the
program in which the regular order
of business was transacted with
quarterly reports from all commit
tees. Plans were made for a special
program for shut-ins in May. Plans
were also made to entertain a num
ber of soldier boys in our homes
over the weekend.
The Society was glad to get a
message from one of our former
pastors who is now in the Army,
Rev. G. A. Smith, also a message
from one of our soldier boys, Thom
as Jinks, expressing his appreciation
for the testament received from the
WMU.
LIBERTY WMS
Mrs. Willie Brooks and Mrs. James
Tingle were hostesses to Liberty
WMS at the home of Mrs. Brooks
on April 17 at 2:30 o’clock, with 14
members and 2 visitors present.
The meeting was opened by sing
ing “Jesus is Calling.” The presi
dent, Mrs. J. M. Washington, read
a poem, “Comradeship to Christ,”
followed by prayer.
The Bible Study was given by
Mrs. Adel Maddox, a visitor from
Corbin, Ky., who read Daniel 8-20
and in a most interesting way com
mented on Daniel, in training for
the King. Mrs. James Tingle, pro
gram chairman, had arranged the
program from Royal Service on
“Purity,” several members taking
part.
Following the program a short
business session was held. Members
who attended the WMU of Kinlbell
Association at Jenkinsburg gave
brief outline of day’s program.
The hostesses served sandwiches,
potato chips, cookies and tea during
the social hour.
PERSONAL
Mrs. J. M. Leach and Mrs. W. F.
MaLaier spent Tuesday in Atlanta.
Rev. and Mrs. Augustus Ernest of
Monticello were visitors in Jackson
Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Carr spent
Sunday in Atlanta with Mr. and Mrs.
Allen Meagle.
Hampton L. Daughtry Jr. of New
York City, visited friends and rela
tives here last week.
Mr. Frank J. Linch, editor of the
McDonough Advertiser, was a visi
tor in Jackson Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Cook of
Covington were guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Ray Cook Sunday.
Miss Sara Godsey of Atlanta spent
the weekend with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. E. A. Godsey.
Friends of Judge W. M. Andrews
regret to know of his illness at his
home on Indian Springs street.
Mr. and Mrs. B. G. Lloyd and son,
Gibson, of Covington are visiting
Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Andrews.
Mrs. J. H. McKibben and Mrs.
Sam Nichols are visiting Mr. and
Mrs. T. N. McKibben in Macon.
Mrs. Annie Outhouse is spending
sometime with her nephews. Messrs.
Dave, Claude and Marlin Spencer.
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Greer and
family spent Sunday' in East Point
with Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Hampton.
Mrs. Dan Freeman and daughter,
Mrs. Lynval Whidby. and little Lar
ry were visitors in Griffin Wednes
day'.
Mr. and Mrs. R. F. Armstrong an
nounce the birth of a son, Thomas
Lane, April 18, at Strickland Memo
rial Hospital.
PERSONAL
Mrs. W. C. McLnnoy and small
daughter. Ann, of Troy, Ala., are
guests of Mrs. T. G. Willis and Mis.
H. W. Smith.
Misses Eloise and Sara Martha
Redman of Atlanta spent the week
end with their parents, Mr. and Mrs
W. C. Redman.
John Roy Patrick of Rossville
spent the weekend with his mother,
Mrs. Lucile Patrick, and grandmoth
er, Mrs. J. C. Jones.
Mr. and Mrs. Dan Freeman re
cently moved from Flovilla and are
occupying their attractive new home
on McDonough Road.
Miss Dorothy Ann O’Neal, teach
er in the Milner school, will spend
the weekend with her parents. Mr.
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and Mrs. Horace O’Neal.
Mr. and Mrs. Dan Freeman had as
guests Sunday afternoon Mr. and
Mrs. J. T. Wallace, Mr. and Mrs. Ed
gar Wallace of Covington.
Friends of Mr. and Mrs. Z. L. Bur
ford sympathize with them in the
death of their infant son, Billy Don
ald, which occurred April 14.
Mrs. Albert Branch, Mrs. John
Kelly and little daughter, Adelle, of
Atlanta were guests Sunday of Mr.
and Mrs. W. B. Thompson.
Mr. and Mrs. Judson Hearn have
moved from Mrs. J. R. Carmichael’s
and now have an apartment at the
Hearn home on College street.
Messrs. B. H. Hodges, G. W. Town
send and Leon Smith spent Sunday
afternoon with James Smith at the
Scottish Rite Hospital in Decatur.
Mr. Joe Goodroe, manager of
the Rogers Market is on a vacation
for two weeks, and Mr. Herbert Holt
of Covington is supplying for him.
Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Tyler and
children, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Tyler
of Monticello spent Sunday after
noon with Mr. and Mrs. Dan Free
man.
Mrs. Van Fletcher has been in At
lanta for the past ten days w r ith her
sister, Miss Elizabeth Lovett, who
is recovering from a recent opera
tion.
Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Redman and
Mr. Charlie Long of Charleston, have
been spending several days with
their parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. C.
Redman.
Mr. and Mrs. 0. A. Pound and Mr.
and Mrs. W. T. Feely left a few days
ago for their summer home on Lake
Michigan, where they will be until
September.
Mr. and .Mrs. Doyle Bond of Cov
ington and Mr. and Mrs. Johnnie
Bond of McDonough spent the week
end with their parents, Mr. and Mrs.
0. J. Bond.
Mr. and Mrs. Loy Wilson announce
the birth of a son, April 15, who
has been named Charles Loy. Mrs.
Wilson before marriage was Miss
Elizabeth Redman.
Mr. Hugh Coleman of Corbin, Ky.,
is speding several days here with
nomefolks and to be with his son
and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Coleman, of Miami.
Mrs. W. 0. Dorough of Chicago
arrived Monday to spend a few days
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. 0. J.
Bond. Mrs. Dorough is the former
Miss Gladys Bond.
Mr. and Mrs. Elwyn Patrick and
little daughter, Carol Elizabeth, of
Augusta visited Mr. and Mrs. J. H.
Patrick and Mr. and Mrs. J. 0. Min
ter during the week-end.
Asa Burford of Knoxville, Tenn,,
propped in Friday for a brief visit
with his sister, Mrs. Vines Collier.
He also visited Curry Burford in
Atlanta before returning home.
Miss Barbara O’Neal spent the
weekend at home and had as her
guests Misses Louise Davison and
Theresa Powell of Bessie Tift Col
lege and Miss Blanche Neely, John
Pitts of Atlanta and Travis Reeves
of Langdale, Ala., and Miss Marga
ret Ham.
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PERSONAL
Miss Rebecca Minter, youngest
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John 0.
Minter of Jenkinsburg, left Tuesday
to take a course in nursing at the
Georgia Baptist Hospital, Atlanta.
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Thurmond and
daughter, Nancy, are now occupying
the Pound home on West Second
street. Mr. Thurmond is manager
of the A. & P. Food Store in Jack
son.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Coleman of
Miami are spending this week with
their mother, Mrs. Hugh Coleman.
While here they will visit relatives
and friends in the county and At
lanta.
Friends of David Estes, son of
Mr. and Mrs. D. D. Estes of Jack
son and teacher in the Brookhaven
school, will regret to know of his
illness at Crawford Long Hospital
in Atlanta.
Friends of James Smith, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Smith of Fin
eherville, are glad to know he is
somewhat better, following a seri
ous operation at the Scottish Rite
Hospital in Decatur.
Miss Viola Slaughter returned
Sunday from a delightful visit with
Dr. and Mrs. T. K. Slaughter in
Wildwood, Fla. During her stay she
and Mrs. Slaughter visited a number
of points of interest in the state.
Friends of Mrs. W. M. Redman
are glad to know her sister, Mrs.
J. O. Hightower of Atlanta, who has
spent the past three months in an
Atlanta hospital because of injuries
suffered in an automobile wreck in
February, will return this week to
her home on Alberta Drive in Atlan
ta.
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