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Mrs. Lane Elected to Head The
William Mclntosh Chapter, DAR
The William Mclntosh chapter
DAE held its regular meeting Friday
afternoon, April 24, at the club
house with Mrs. Troy G. Willis, Mrs.
J. I). Jones and Miss Mary Downs
hostesses.
The meeting was called to order
by the Regent, Mrs. John E. Lane,
followed by the Lord’s Prayer, led
by Mrs. J. M. Leach, chaplain, and
the singing of “America.” The
Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag and
the American’s Creed were recited
in unison.
The minutes were read by Mrs.
J. T. Warthen, acting recording se
cretary. Mrs. Lane gave a report of
the social and business sides of the
State DAR Conference held in Ma
con March 23, 24 and 25.
The following officers were elec
ted to serve for the next two years:
Regent, Mrs. John E. Lane; vice
regent, Miss Ruth Middlebrooks;
recording secretary, Mrs. Marlin
Spencer, corresponding secretary,
Mrs. E. J. Williams; treasurer, Mrs.
J. T. Warthen; registrar, Mrs. T. B.
Miller; Historian, Miss Mary Downs;
chaplain, Mrs. J. M. Leach.
In well chosen words Mrs. Jones
proposed a toast to the Regent, par
aphrasing the lines by Eugene Field
to Charles Dana, columnist and
long time editor of the New York
Sun:
“Here’s to our Regent,
May she live a thousand years,
And may we live a thousand,too —
(A thousand less a day)
For we shouldn’t like to be here
After you had gone away.”
On behalf of the chapter, Mrs.
Jones also presented the Regent a
lovely corsage of pink rose buds and
ferns, tied with silver ribbon.
At the program period Mrs. War
then read a paper on the history of
Bonaventure, now the beautiful
cemetery in Savannah, but once the
home of Colonel John Mulryne, an
Englishman, whose only daughter,
Mary, married Josiah Tattnall. Their
large house of sturdy English brick,
overlooking the Wilmington River,
was then about three miles from the
city. Later the house was destroyed
by fire while the Tattnalls were en
tertaining at a Christmas dinner.
At the beginning: of the Revo
lution when the patriots arrested
and confined the Colonial Governor
"Wright in his home, they also de
manded the arrest of Colonel Mul
ryne and Josiah Tattnall, both influ
ential Loyalists. Colonel Mulryne
escaped with Governor Wright on
a British vessel lying in the harbor,
and died at Nassau. Josiah Tattnall
with his sons, John and Josiah, fled
to England. The Colony of Georgia
declared both banished forever, and
confiscated Bonaventure. Young
Josiah escaped to America and join
ed General Greene's army on the
eve of the capture of Savannah.
After the Revolution his patriot
ism was rewarded when the State
restored to him a part of his lands
including Bonaventure. Here he
lived for eighteen years. Josiah
Tattnall II had built a house almost
on the exact spot qhosen by his
grandfather Mulryne. This house,
too, was destroyed by fire in 1804.
When Josiah Tattnall II became Gov
ernor of Georgia in 1801 it was his
privilege to sign the bill recalling
his father from banishment, but the
old Loyalist never returned to Geor
gia after leaving his country seat.
He died in England and was buried
there.
the meeting Mrs. Jones
idfejplayed some interesting relics of
| long ago. Among them was a Mer
j cer Cluster, published in 1835, now
107 years old, a collection of hymns,
compiled by the Reverend Jesse
Mercer, founder of Mercer Univer
sity, and one of the great Baptist
ministers of his day.
The book belonged to William
Crawford Dickson, the grandfather
'of Mrs. Jones, when he was a stu
dent in Mercer University in 1840
when it was at Penfield, Georgia.
Another relic was an interesting
piece of handiwork, 109 years old,
a yellowed sampler made by Caro
line Palmer, in her tenth year. In
delicate stitches lovingly wrought
were the words:
“There is beyond the sky,
A heaven of joy an dlove,
And holy children when they die
Go to that world above.”
The teacher’s name, Mrs. Con
yead, was delicately traced. At the
bottom were the designs of the front
and back of a large two-story house,
perhaps her own. Caroline Palmer
was bom in Hancock County in
1823, and married William Crawford
Dickson in 1843.
Other pieces were a daguerreotype
dating back to 1854, and an album
that belonged to Emma W. Dickson
when she was a student at Monroe
Female College, in 1860. The beau
tiful penmanship therein shows the
day when chirography was an envied
art.
The oldest among the relics shown
was the silver baby spoon given by
George Washington to Midred Wash
ignton Sanford whom he named for
his sister, Mildred. These old relics,
like a voice out of the past, have
clinging to them the stories of long
ago that tell of distant days and
deeds of kindness that have survived
time itself. The Washingtons and
Sanfords owned adjoining lands in
Westmoreland and Loudon coun
ties, Virginia. On the tomb of Mil
dred’s father, Jeremiah Sanford, in
Greensboro, Ga., is the following:
“Jeremiah Sanford, An Honest Man
and a Friend of George Washing
ton.” Jeremiah was visiting his son,
Vincent, when he died. He was the
great, great, great grandfather of
Mrs. Jones.
At the close of the meeting mem
bers and guests were served fruit
punch and cookies.
FAY-BARNES
Miss Leone Fay of Washington,
D. C., anl J. Saunders Barnes, for
merly of Jackson, were married
March 23, 1942, at Elkton. Md., by
the Rev. P. K. Lambert. They are
now at home at 2514, Fourteenth
street, N. W., apartment 104, Wash
ington City,
Mrs. Barnes is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Julian A. Fay of High
land Park, 111. For the past two
years she has held a position with
the War Department in the Military
Intelligence Division in Washington.
Mr. Barnes is the son of the late
Mr. and Mrs. William Homer
Barnes, esteemed residents of Butts
county. Formerly employed by the
city of Jackson, for the past two
years he has held a position in Wash
ington. D. C.
4-GARDEN CLUB FLOWER
SHOW ON AT THE CLUBHOUSE
THIS AFTERNOON
The flower show sponsored by the
four Jackson Garden Clubs—the Mi
mosa, Hawthorn, Cherokee and Jack
son, is scheduled for this afternoon
i
j from 4 to 7 o’clock at the Jackson
( clubhouse. All lovers of flowers are
, especially invited to attend the show.
THE JACKSON PROGRESS-ARGUS, JACKSON, GEORGIA
HIGH FLIGHT
Oh, I have slipped the surly bonds
of earth,
And danced the skies on laughter
silvered wings;
Sunward I’ve climbed and joined
the tumbling mirth
Of sun-split clouds—and done a
hundred things
You have not dreamed of—wheeled
and soared and swung
High in the sunlit silence.
there,
I’ve chased the shouting wind along
and flung
My eager craft through footless hall
of air.
Up, up the long delicious, burning
blue
I’ve topped the wind-swept heights
with easy grace,
Where never lark, or even eagle
flew;
And while with silent, lifting mind
I’ve trod
The high untrespassed sanctity of
space,
Put out my hand, and touched the
face of God.
—John Magee.
HAPPY BIRTHDAYS
The Progress-Argus wishes a
HAPPY BIRTHDAY to the follow
ing:
May I—Eugene Minter, David
Frank Price, Mrs. Victor Williams,
Ann Rich, Miss Mary Newton, Kath
erine Cook, Mrs. Bill Milner, Mrs.
Levi Barnes, Thomas Cooped.
May 2—Elme Cawthon, Homer
Spencer.
May 3 —Mrs. T. W. Higgins, Mrs.
Florence Gresham, Evelyn Tingle,
Harold Kelton.
May 4 —L. D. Singley, Lucian
Singley Jr., Mrs. James Curry.
May s—Mary Elizabeth Thomas,
Elizabeth Brooks, Mary Sue Jack
son, Gloria Moss, Elvira Boyd, Gro
ver C. McLendon Sr.
May 6—Mrs. Sessie Collins, Mrs.
J. W. Browning, Bill Stodghill, Quin
cy Boyd.
May 7—L. M. Spencer, Carolyn
White, Paul Maddox, James Maddox,
Miriam Maddox, Mrs. J. R. Pulliam,
Mrs. J. M. Kitchens.
MISS CAROLYN ALLEN
WEDS IN ALABAMA
The interest of a wide circle of
friends is manifest in the announce
ment of the marriage of Miss Caro
lyn Allen and Master Sergeant
George Middleton, of Birmingham,
Ala., and Camp Livingston, La. The
ceremony was quietly solemnized at
a noon ceremony on April 5 in Ash
vine, Alabama.
The couple will make their home
in Alexandria, La.
The bride, who is the daughter
of Mrs. R. L. Allen, of Flovilla, Ga.,
has made her home in Atlanta for
some time. The groom is the son
of Mrs. Ann Thorpe Middleton, of
Birmingham, Ala.—Sunday’s Atlan
ta Journal.
IRQN SPRINGS HD CLUB
The Iron Springs Home Demon
stration Club met Wednesday, April
22, at the home of Mrs. Wilmer
White with Mrs. Forrest Washington
as co-hostess. Eighteen members
were present. The meeting was
opened by singing America. After
the minutes were read and approved
the president, Mrs. Bailey Jones,
gave the devotional and followed it
with prayer. Miss McGoogan dem
onstrated different uses of shucks
which proved of interest to all pres
ent. A social hour was then enjoyed
the hostess serving a delicious cold
plate and a Cola drink.
The May meeting will be at the
home of Mrs. Walter Jones and Mrs,
Lewis Grant. ‘
JACKSON PTA MET APRIL 22
AT SCHOOL AUDITORIUM
The Jackson PTA met Wednes
day afternoon, April 22, in the
school auditorium with a good nUrii
ber attending. The president, Mm
James Buchanan, after calling the
meeting to order, discussed the sum
mer round-up for pre-school age
children. The members voted to
conduct a a round-up here in Jack
son for the pre-school children. A
committee was appointed to select
some plan for making money so that
the project for the year might be
carried out.
The second grade won the atten
dance banner for having the great
est percentage of parents present.
This grade has won it for four con
secutive times.
The program for the afternoon
was a talk by Miss Lucile Akin, giv
ing the highlights of the State PTA
convention recently held in Gaines
ville. The meeting then adjourned.
WORTHVILLE HD CLUB
The Home Demonstration club met
April 24 with Mrs. Luther Washing
ton. After singing several songs a
business discussion was held. Mjss
McGoogan informed the meeting
that because of the war there would
be no Farm an,d Home Week in Ath
ens this year.
The devotional was read by the
president, Mrs. Walter White, fol
lowed by prayer by Mrs. J. A. Caw
thon of Atlanta. Poems and sev
eral wise-cracks were read by mem
bers. Miss McGoogan gave a dem
onstration with shucks and their va
rious uses in the household.
There were 21 members and a wel
come to 3 Mrs. J. A. Caw
thon and Miss Bernice Washington
of Atlanta and Mrs. Posey O’Neal of
Stark. The May meeting will be
at the home of Mrs. Lottie Martin.
The hostess was assisted by Mrs.
Cawthon in serving delicious re
freshments.
JENKINSBURG PTA
The Jenkinsburg PTA held its
monthly meeting on Thursday after
noon, April 23. The president gave
the devotional and the Lord’s Pray
er was repeated in unison. “Amer
ica” was the opening song.
Short sketches from the Georgia
Bulletin were read by different mem
bers.
The next meeting will be at night.
At this time the male members will
have charge of the program and will
serve the refreshments. The new of
ficers will also be installed at this
meeting. At Mr. Daniel’s suggestion
the time was moved up a week.
At the conclusion of the program
the serving committee served chick
en salad and ice tea.
WCTU MEETING POSTPONED
UNTIL MAY 8
Mrs. J. L. Lyons, president of the
Jackson WCTU, announces that the
regular May meeting scheduled for
Friday of this week has been post
poned until Friday of next week
on account of revival services in
progress at the Baptist church here.
The meeting will be at the home of
Mrs. R. C. Mallette in Flovilla with
Mrs. Mallette and Mrs. J. L. Lyons
hostesses. Portions of the program
will relate to Mother’s Day which is
Sunday, May 10.
MISSES WHITAKER AND
MORGAN ENROLL FOR SERVICE
IN EMORY HOSPITAL UNIT
Miss Hazel Whitaker, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Whitaker of Flo
villa, registered nurse on private
duty in Atlanta, and Miss Alberta
Morgan, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
F. H. Morgan of Stark, registered
nurse attached to Piedmont Hospi
tal, have enrolled with the Emory
Unit and are awaiting the call for
foreign service, according to infor
mation received here.
PERSONAL
Miss Sara Coan of Atlanta spent
the weekend as the guest of Mrs. J.
D. Pope.
j Miss Susannah Foster, who teach
!s at Lithonia. spent the weekend
rith Mrs.- S. J. Foster and Miss Sara
'oster.-
PERSONAL
Mrs. G. B. Carreker of Atlanta
was the guest Saturday of Mrs. H.
R. Slaton. ..
Mr. and Mrs. Doyle Jones Jr. of
Athens spent the weekend with
homefolks.
Mrs. C. L. Thaxton was the week
end guest of Mrs. J. L. Whitaker in
Jenkinsburg.
Mrs. J. D. Pope spent Monday in
Locust Grove as the guest of Mrs.
Charles Coan.
Mrs. R. F. Armstrong and young
son returned Sunday from the Grif
fin Hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Thurston an
nounce the birth of a son, Bennie
Akin, April 26.
James Letson and his mother, Mrs.
J. E. Letson, spent the weekend in
Nashville, Tenn.
Mr. and Mrs. Homer Carmichael
of Atlanta spent the weekend with
Mrs. J. R. Carmichael.
Miss Annie Lou McCord spent
Friday and Saturday in Macon with
Mrs. C. R. McCord Sr.
Miss Elizabeth Duke of Griffin
spent the weekend with her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Duke.
Mr. Frank Coleman has returned
to Miami after spending a week with
his mother, Mrs. Hugh Coleman.
*
Mrs. J. C. Jones and Mrs. Lucile
Patrick spent Sunday in Barnesville
with Mr. and Mrs. Kelly Wilson.
Mr. Hugh Y. Coleman has return
ed to Corbin, Ky., after spending
several days with homefolks here.
Mrs. Herman Smith and little
daughters, Annette, spent the week
end with relatives in Chatsworth.
Mrs. Leon Wilson and daughter,
Danielle, of Atlanta spent Thurs
day with Dr. and Mrs. H. R. Slaton.
Miss Annette Tolleson of Atlanta
spent the spring school holidays with
her grandmother, Mrs. S. F. Duffey.
Mrs. Sam Taratoot and little son,
Billy, of Jersey City, N. J., are vis
iting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W.
T. Mote.
Mrs. John Kelley and little daugh
ter, Adelle, of Atlanta were guests
Thursday of Mr. and Mrs. Bryant
Thompson.
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Ashley of Val
dosta visited Mrs. Ashley’s parents,
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Currie, Sunday
and Monday.
Mrs. J. A. Padgett of Atlanta
spent Wednesday with her mother,
Mrs. W. L. Head, and her sister,.
Mrs. D. W. Ham.
Mrs. J. D. Renfroe and Mrs. R.
E. Browder of Macon were guests
of Mrs. R. L. Smith Sunday at the
Carmichael House.
Miss Myrtie Lee McGoogan and
Mrs. Mary Carter Brown spent Sun
day in Dallas with Miss McGoogan’s
sister, Mrs. C. G. Lee,
Mrs. J. M. Duke of McDonough
is spending the week with her son,
Jesse J. Duke, and is attending re
vival meetings at the Baptist church.
Friends of Mr. O. B. Knowles, one
of the county’s oldest and most re
spected citizens, regret to know of
his continued illness at his home at
Fincherville.
Lovett Fletcher, Georgia Tech stu
dent, spent the weekend with Mr.
and Mrs. Van Fletcher and had as
his guest his roommate, John Blake,
of Savannah.
Mrs. Frank Coleman is spending
this week with her mother, Mrs. Bill
Turner. Before returning to her
home in Miami she will visit Mrs.
Hugh Coleman.
Mrs. A. F. White and Miss Vir
ginia White of the Flovilla chapter
UDC, and Mrs. R. L. Smith of the
Sidney Lanier chapter, Macon, at
tended Memorial Day exercises in
Jackson and were guests of the Lar
kin Watson chapter at luncheon at
the clubhouse.
THURSDAY, APRIL 30, 1942
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PERSONAL
Mrs. S. E. Andrews of Atlanta
has returned home after a visit
with her sisters, Mrs. C. W. Buc
hanan, Mrs. John E. Lane and Miss
Beatrice Thornton.
Mrs. Robert Stewart Jr. and Rob
ert Stewart 3rd, of Jacksonville will
arrive on Mother’s Day for a visit
with Mrs. Stewart’s grandmother,
Mrs. T. H. Nolen.
Mr. and Mrs. Thompson Grant
and little daughter, Jennie, of Lake
City, S. C., are spending several
days with Mrs. R. L. Grant while Mr.
Grant is on vacation.
Friends welcomed Linton Grant
during a five days’ vacation at home.
Mr. Grant, who has been at Alto for
several weeks, is steadily improving,
friends are glad to know.
Messrs. J. Watts Maddox of Cor
bin, Ky., and Arthur Maddox of
Detroit, Mich., have returned home
after a visit with the family of
their father, Mr. M. S. Maddox.
Messrs. Ennis Tolleson and Bob
Wilkeining of Chicago visited Mr.
and Mrs. Victor Carmichael Tuesday.
They were en route home after a
visit with Ennis’ mother, Mrs. E. D.
Tolleson, in Orlando,
Pratt Smith, member of the board
of county commissioners, and C. M.
Compton, clerk of the board, attend
ed the annual meeting of the County
Commissioners Association in Sa
vannah from Sunday to Wednesday.
Col. and Mrs. C. L. Redman had
as their guests Sunday Captain and
Mrs. C. L. Redman and Captain
John E. McGonal of ort Jackson,
Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Thaxton, Mr.
and Mrs. Wayne McLean and sons,
Jimmie and Billy, of Griffin.
j
Mr. Vincent S. Jones left Wed
nesday for Harrisburg, Pa., to take
an instructor’s course for three
months preparatory to entering de
fense work at Wellston Air Depot at
Macon. During his absence Mrs.
Jones and Barrett Jones will be with
her father, Mr. E. M. Pope, in Zebu
lon.
Mr. and Mrs. Mallory Henderson
and sons, Mickey and Charles, ar
rived Tuesday from Alexandria, Va.,
to visit their parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Durham Thaxton and Mr. and Mrs.
Sam Henderson. Mr. Henderson re
turned home Saturday afternoon and
Mrs. Henderson and sons remained
for a longer visit.
CIVIL SERVICE TO
HOLD TESTS FOR
COMMERCIAL WORKERS
The local Civil Service board, of
Mrs. J. G. McDonald, J. D. Patrick
and F. C. Rossey, will within the im
mediate future conduct examinations
weekly at the Jackson high school
for stenographer-typists. Those in
terested may obtain complete infor- S
mation at the Jackson. postoffi ce .
here is an active demand for work
ers of this class, it i s explained.