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The Jackson Herald
By John N. Holder.
“SAFE AND WELL”
JEFFERSON SOLDIERS
ON FOREIGN SOIL
Lieutenant Gause
A cablegram to Mrs. Damon
Gause (Miss Ruth Evans) from Mr.
Gause says he is safe. The message
came several days ago and was the
first she had since the cablegram
that came in December soon after
he reached the Philippine Islands.
Lieutenant Gause is in the Aviation
Corp and flies a bomber. He left
here soon after his marriage
and has been in the thick of the
fight over seas. The cablegram did
not state where he is now, but the
news that he is alive and well
brought happiness to his family and
friends.
Lieutenant Gause has been in the
Army Air Corps for several years,
having seen service in several
home bases as well as in the Pana
ma Canal Zone.
Lieutenant Conolel Mielens
Also, Mrs. J. B. Pendergrass in
forms the Herald that a letter from
Lieutenant Colonel Lloyd E. Mie
lenz, written January 31, was re
ceived last week and states, "Well
and working hard.”
Col. Mielenz has been- in the
Philippines for the past three years.
He was with General MacArthur
and this was the first message from
him since December. Neither did
his letter state where he is now.
Mrs. Mielenz and Misses Penny
and Maurine and Lloyd, Jr., return
ed to the states early last summer
and are now making their home in
Macon. Their friends rejoice with
them that Col. Mielenz is safe.
Neither Gause nor Colenel Mie
lenz was permitted to write any
thing of the war or conditions in
that country.
William Benton
Friends in Jackson county will
also be glad to know that William
Benton ,son of Mrs. R. J. H. Ben
ton and the late Mr. Benton of
Commerce, together with his wife
and daughter, Sylvia, has reach
ed United States from Pearl Har
bor. A Denver, Colorado, news
paper says:
Chief Pharmacist’s Mate and Mrs.
William B. Benton, were transfer
red here from Pearl Harbor.
Mr. Benton is now stationed at
the Denver Marine Corps Recruit
ing Station. He and his family
witnessed the Jap attack on the
Pearl Harbor Naval Base, where he
had been stationed for three years.
Mrs. Benton and Sylvia were in
bed in their home in Pearl City, a
peninsula in Pearl Harbor, when
the attack came. With the other
women and children, they were
evacuated by civilian police to the
hills.
They spent the day in a cane
patch, lying on blankets in a ditch,
but were i taken into a home for the
night. They spent four days as
guests in -the suburban home.
When tftey left their home, Mrs.
Benton snatched up a loaf of bread,
a quart of milk, some butter and a
few apples and oranges. The food
was their lunch while they hid in
the cane patch ditch.
Mrs. Benton is the former Miss
Nannie Ree Bolton, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. D. P. Bolton of Commerce,
Route 4.
D. O. Elder
Another home that is rejoicing
because news comes that a soldier
is safe is that of Mrs. D. E. Elder.
Her son has been made a Corporal
and has been transferred from Mid
way Island to Pearl Harbor. Cor
poral El4er has been in a hot spot
on the Island of Midway, out in the
Pacific ocean, and his display of
courage under trying circumstances
won for him promotion. The forces
on Midway were vigorously attack
ed by the Japanese, but the few
American soldiers drove back the
enemy with splendid success. Mr.
Elder’s friends will rejoice with his
family that he is making such a
good soldier.
Pvt. McDonald in Australia
News and more news appears
daily in the press of A. E. F. forces
in various foreign ports and coun
tries.
Every section of the United Sta
tes is being touched by these move
ments.
Among the latest soldiers to be
from in a foreign country is
'vt. Charles McDonald, youngest
son of Mr. and Mrs. H. H. McDonald
of near Winder.
Pvt. McDonald informed his par
ents last week that he is now with
the Army Air Corps in Australia.
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STORY OF ELEVEN
DAYS ON RAFT RE
LATED BY SURVIVORS
New York.—A crew of 23 men
and four officers who spent 11 days
on the ocean in two rickety life
boats after an enemy sub torpedoed
their ship arrived in Brooklyn Sat
urday safe, well fed, and as one
weary seaman said, “happy as hell."
They were survivors of a United
Nations merchant vessel—shelled,
machine gunned, and sent to the
bottom on the night of March 5 off
the Atlantic coast. All crew mem
bers were picked up by a large
general cargo ship 11 days later.
A U. S. Navy ensign authorized
this statement by Tom Brevet, 3rd
officer aboard the ship, the 66th
officially announced victim of en
emy submarines off the Atlantic
coast since January 14:
“At 8:25 p. m. the night of March
5, I was on the bridge when we
were attacked by shell fire. They
sub machine-gunned us; the cap
tain spun tied the alarm bell and we
put on full speed ahead on a zig
zag course for ten minutes. After
the captain sent out an SOS, the
two boats, one of .them leaky, went
over the side. Then the sub fired
a shell from 50 yards away and the
ship rolled over.
“I jumped into the leaky boat;
for 11 days we alternated in bailing
out water. The two boats kept
close together most of the time.
The third day out we signaled a
plane overhead. We got no answer.
For a three-day period there was no
wind. We were fortunate as to food
—six biscuits a day, some milk,
three cups of water, pork and beans.
“On the 11th iay, we saw smoke,
and the ship picked us up. I guess
we could have stood it for another
three days—after that, no food.”
PRESBYTERIANS ATTEND
ATHENS MEETING
J. C. Turner. J. C. Alexander,
W. M. McDonald and Clarence Sil
mon, together witth Dr. J. E. Coker,
the pastor, are attending a Religi
ous Education meeting of Athens
Presbytery, held in the First Pres
bytetrian church, Athens, to-day,
Wednesday, March 25th. Dr. S. J.
Patterson, Jr., Chairman of Com
mittee on Religious Education of
Richmond, Va., is to be the princi
ple speaker. There will be address
es on Sunday Shcool work and a
message to church officers, Elders
and Deacons.
This Program will begin with a
plate lunch served by ladies of
First Church, Athens. Following
supper, devotional and the above
mentioned address.
It is hoped that all the churches
of the Presbytery will have delega
tions present.
Joe Bilderback Goes
To Washington
Valdosta, Ga.—Joe Bilderback, for
several years in charge of the
Lowndes county Triple-A office,
has been transferred to the Wash
ington headquarters of the Triple-
A.
Bilderback came to Valdosta ear
ly in 1941 and opened the Triple-A
office here and has made the ser
vice widely popular throughout this
section. While directing the work
in this section, he made a careful
study of farming conditions through
out the entire section and will take
to the Washington headquarters val
uable information which will bring
beneficial results to the agricultural
interests of this section, it is thought.
Mr. and Mrs. Summie Rankin,
Mr. and Mrs. Weldon Rankin, Billy
and Eleanor Rankin of Anderson,
S. C., visited their parents here for
the week-end.
The private volunteered last year
for army service and was sent to
the the Army Aviation base at West
Palm Beach, Fla., for his initial
training. McDonald is a nephew of
Mrs. J. A. Wills.
Another son of the H. H. Mc-
Donald’s, R. E. McDonald, Lanier
County Farm Agent, was ordered to
report to Camp Lee, Va., on March
19. Mr. McDonald has had four
years of military training at the
University of Georgia and two sum
mers at Camp McClelland, Ala.
He has served as county agent
of Lanier County since March 1938.
JEFFERSON, Jackson County, Georgia.
ROOSEVELT GIVES
GEORGIA ESTATE
TO FOUNDATION
New York.—All President Roose
velt's property in Georgia except
the “Little White House” has been
deeded to the Warm Springs Found
ation for infantile paralysis, Basil
O'Connor announced Monday.
O’Connor, president of the Na
tional Foundation for Infantile
Paralysis, said the gift included
farm lands, building, equipment
and livestock. Mr. Roosevelt has
owned the property for several
years.
At one time, Mr. Roosevelt had
about 3,000 acres under cultivation
and pasturage. Recently there were
several hundred head of livestock.
Resident managers have cared for
the farm, reporting periodically to
Mr. Roosevelt.
One of Mr. Roosevelt’s delights
on his visits to Warm Springs was
to cruise over to his farmland driv
ing his own cai - and chat about the
crops.
The "Little White House” which
Mr. Roosevelt is retaining is a small
house situated. on the side of Pine
Mountain above the foundation
buildings. He. has lived there on
occasions for a score of years be
cause it is handy to the baths and
swimming pool in which Mr. Roose
velt early took treatment in his
battle to regain health.
1035 JACKSON MEN
GET DRAFT NUMBERS
IN LOTTERY MAR. 17
Edward Louis Richardson of
Hoschton held number 441 in Jack
son county in the third Selective
Service drawing. The numbers
were drawn from the bowl in
Washington City on March 17, with
number 441 being the first number
drawn that was held by a Jackson
county resident. This is known as
No. 1, and Paul McJeffery Woodall,
Rt. 2, Jefferson, has the serial num
ber 176 which is the second num
ber drawn.
In all, 1035 Jackson county nen
registered on the third registration
day, February 16. This included
all men from 20 to 44 who had not
previously registered.
Now that these men have been
assigned serial numbers, their
names will be placed with those
already on the Selective Service
rolls. The number of men drafted
from the last group will be in pro
portion to the number sent from
the existing list.
Questionnaires will be mailed to
new registrants sometime in May,
Washington officials believe. No
men from the Third Registration
are expected to be called until ap
proximately June 1.
JACKSON COUNTY
BOY MAKES GOOD
Joseph Johnson of Center has ad
ded the strength of his arm to
America’s effort toward uninter
rupted production.
This week he transferred his en
ergies from the National Youth Ad
ministration’s Habersham project,
near Clarkesville, to the Glenn Mar
tin company, which is substantially
helping to build an invincible air
force for America.
Joseph, 20-year-old son of Mrs.
Anna Sue Johnson, of Center, is
one of the vast civilian army that
is making it possible for America
to let the Axis have it with both
barrels. His work in the sheet metal
shop at Habersham got him his
fighting job with Martin.
While he was at Habersham, Jos
eph earned his living and at the
same time did productive work for
the armed services and other war
agencies. His new job makes it
possible for him now to make a
better living for himself and to
serve his country more effectively.
BROWN—SHERIDAN
Mr. and Mrs. David Brown of De
troit, Mich., announce the marriage
of their daughter, Evelyn, to Tech
nical Corporal Clarence Sheridan,
formerly of this city, now stationed
at Ft. Dix, New Jersey. The mar
riage was solemnized at 7:30 p. m.,
March 12, 1942 at the First Pres
byterian Church at Trenton, N. J.,
by Dr. John McNab.
ENEMY SUBMARINES
SINK THREE SHIPS
OFF ATLANTIC COAST
Norfolk, Va.—Enemy submarines
torpedoed three medium-sized
American merchant ships off the
Atlantic coast last week, the Navy
announced Sunday, and after one
attack planes appeared overhead
and dropped depth charges.
Eleven crewmen were killed on
one ship, five were missing from
another and two died in a third at
tack.
One of the merchantmen was
torpedoed in broad daylight with
two other unmolested vessels in
view. Two torpedoes were fired
into one ship and one torpedo
struck each of the others. One
ship went down soon after the at
tack, the others were settling in
the water but were still afloat when
the survivors were picked up.
James J. Galvani, of Brooklyn,
third mate of one of the blasted
vessels, said that two planes flew
overhead in -the vicinity of the at-
tack and dropped “certainly one
and possibly two depth charges.”
A rescue vessel picked up 20
survivors of one merchantman less
than 30 minutes after they aban
doned ship in tw<r lifeboats in a
heavy see. & The ship, ripped by one
torpedo, was still afloat when sur
vivors last saw heh '
A. S. WILLIAMSON
DIES AT HOME
MONDAY MORNING
On Monday at the old Lum Wil
liamson homestead on the Athens
River road, A. S. (Frost) William
son answered the call of the Death
Angel.
Mr. Williamson was 68 years of
age and was a son of the late Mr.
and Mrs. Lum Williamson, pioneer
and prominent citizens of Clarkes
boro district, Jackson county. The
deceased had never married, and
resided in the home in which he
was reared.
Funeral services were held at
Mizpah Presbyterian church at 2.30
o'clock Tuesday afternoon and in
terment was in the church ceme
tery. Services were conducted by
Dr. J. E. Coker and Rev. O'Brien.
Surviving the deceased are three
brothers, Messrs. J. F., R. O. and
Glenn Williamson.
Mr. Williamson was well known
and popular among a wide circle of
friends and acquaintances, who are
deeply grieved over his death. He
will be greatly missed in his com
munity.
RAYMOND RIGDON
ENLISTS IN ARMY
Raymond Rigdon, only son of
Mrs. R. M. Rigdon of Covington,
and the late Rev. Rigdon, who has
served as field worker in the Bap
tist State Sunday School depart
ment for two years has resigned his
position and enlisted in the United
States Army.
The Christian Index says of him:
“He goes into the Army with the
same devotion to duty and the same
high ideals that have characterized
him in civil life. He says he expects
to give his best to his country. No
finer lad ever offered his service to
his country than Raymond Rigdon.
We wish to register our sincere
appreciation of Mr. Rigdon as a
man, a student, a teacher and as a
consecrated Christian leader. He has
rendered marvelous service to the
Sunday School Department and we
would have protested his leaving
the Department for any other ser
vice than that of his country.”
Center Man Assigned
To Armored Division
Camp Polk, La.—Private Robert
Matthews has arrived here and been
assigned for training purposes to the
33rd Armored Regiment, command
ed by Colonel Robert W. Strong, one
of the units of the 3rd Armored
(Bayou Blitz) Division.
Private Matthews is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. Guy E. Matthews of
Center, Ga.
Happiness can be built only on
virtue, and must of necessity have
truth for its foundation.
Thurgday, March 26, 1942.
SUGAR RATIONING
REGISTRATION
DATES ARE FIXED
All sugar sales in the United Sta
tes will be halted at midnight April
27 for approximately one week, gov
ernment officials announced after
they had set six days in April and
May for the nation-wide sugar ra
tioning registration.
John E. Hamm, acting chief of
.the Office of Price Administration,
reported that sugar would be off
the market on April 28 and would
not be available to buyers until
about May 5.
Frank Banc, field chief of the
OPA, announced that individual
or family consumers would regis
ter May 4,5, 6 and 7 at public
elementary schools, and wholesal
ers, retailers, bakers, confectioners,
and other industrial users would
register April 28 and 29 at high
schools.
Individual consumers will go to
designated public schools in their
neighborhoods at, hours to be fixed
locally on any of the May dates.
Teachers—probably 1,250,000 of
them—will serve as registrars.
One member of a, fapiily can reg
ister the entire household: He or
she will fill out and sign an appli
cation giving the name, age and ad
dress of eacn appliefanf, and* the
amount of sugar on hand. Each per
son will receive a war ration book.
It will contain 28 stamps. Each
stamp represents a two-week sugar
! allotment. (That js, each will per
j mit the holder to buy a pound or
j pound and a half of sugar during
I the period but the exact amount has
not yet been determined.) If the
stamp is not used in the buying per
; iod, it will not be good thereafter.
The registrar will tear out of the
book a sufficient number of stamps
!to cover the amount of sugar in
j excess of two pounds per person on
hand at the time of registration,
i Consumers will give stamps to store
keepers when purchases are made
and the store keepers will use the
accumulated stamps, in turn, when
they buy fresh supplies.
Easter Services
Methodist Church
The Jefferson Methodist church
wishes to present to the public its
schedule of services for Easter Sun
day, April sth.
The day will begin with a sunrise
service at the church, which will be
composed of a short devotional ser
vice and closing with administering
the Holy Communion. This service
will be available for the entire mem
bership who wish to receive the
communion ritual.
The Children’s Division of the
Church school will present an Eas
ter program at 10.30. You will cer
tainly enjoy this program of the
children.
At 11.30, a special Easter mes
sage will be delivered by the pas
tor, and the right of infant bap
tism will be administered for those
parents having children to be chris
tened.
The closing service of the day
will be an Easter Cantata presented
by the Methodist choir, entitled Vic
tory Through Christ, composed by
Noel Benson. The opening number
is rendered by the choir, an exhor
tation to Sing unto the Lord for He
has done marvelous things. This is
followed by a solo, “When Easter
Comes.” Next comes the experience
of “Midnight in the Garden” by en
tire choir. This work of God is
next presented by the choir and a
soprano and alto duet entitled “For
Our Transgressions.” The exper
ience of Golgotha is presented by a
tenor-bass duet under the title of
“A Hill Far Away.” A most beau
tiful part is rendered by a two-part
chorus of women, “As it Began to
Dawn.” The composition is closed
with two parts rendered by the en
tire choir. First, “God has Wrought
This Wonder,” the message urges
us all to come and render grateful
praise to God. The second, being
a forceful climax to the entire com
position, resounds in “Thanks be
unto God” for giving us the Victory
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
The cantata together with con
gregational hymn, prayer and scrip
ture will require approximately
fifty minutes. The service will be
gin promptly at 8.00 o’clock. The
public is cordially invited to at
tend.
A. E .Barton, Pastor.
Vol. 68. No. 40.
ROTARY DINNER
TUESDAY EVENING .
HAPPY EVENT
Last Tuesday evening in the Har
rison Hotel Jefferson Rotary had a
gala meeting. The Rotarians en
tertained the Rotary Anns, which js
always a happy occasion for the
Club. There were 66 people pre's
ent.
Under the direction of Miss
Joyce Storey ,the decorations em
phasized the Easter season and pro
duced a most beautiful effect. Each
table was centered with a small
lawn, covered with green grass and
enclosed with a white picket fence.
On the lawn Easter rabbits frolick
ed with bach other and laid their
eggs. The overhead lights were
shaded in bright colors, casing a
soft hue over the assembled guests.
Little Miss Caroline Storey and
Nat Hancock, Jr., dressed to sir*i
latte Easter bunnies, greeted the
guests as they entered the dinning
room.
The entertainment was provided
exclusively by local tqjent.
Following is the program:
Coll to order, President John. N.
Holder. ,
Song, “America”. Rotary Club
* Invocation, Dr. ’J. E. Coker.
Address of* Welcome, Henry W.
DaWs. >!: ■
Response, Rotary Ann Elizabeth
Burrell.
Song, No. 10, Rotary Club.
Dinner, First Part.
Introduction of Rotary Anns nr.i
Guests, Ge<?. Westmoreland, Sec'y.
Presentation Special Gifts, John
C. Turner. At this time, Rotary
pins were given Dr. J. E. Cokes,
Rev. W. B. Hughes, Rev. J. T. Bpr
rell and Rev. A. E Barton.
Song, “Gpd Bless America”, Ro
tary Club.
Dinner, Second Part.
Xylophone Solo, Miss Valeria Mc-
Donald.
Solo, W. G. Cutts.
Address, Rev. A. E. Barton.
Song, No. 17, Rotary Club.
Our Boys in Service, John N.
Holder.
Presentation Gifts.
Au Revoir, Rotary Ann Nell
Howell.
Prayer, Rev. J. T. Burrell.
Song, Nathional Anthem, Rotary
Club.
Most of the gifts were simple and
inexpensive. The biggest gift was
cloth donated by the Jefferson
Mills, which was made in Jefferson
and is a beautiful corduroy suitable
for pants or skirts.
Birthday cakes were given to Nat
Hancock and Dr. J. T. Stovall.
An adieu was given to J. Storey'
Ellington, a native son of Jefferson
and a faithful Rotarian, who will
soon be a member of the Array of
the United States.
Those present were: Mr. and Mrs.
J. L. Anderson Rev. and Mrs. A. K
Barton, Mr. and Mrs. T. T. Benton,
Mr. and Mrs. M. M. Bryan, Mr. and
Mrs. W. T. Bryan, Rev. and Mrs. J.
T. Burrell, Dr. and Mrs. J. E. Coker,
Mr. and Mrs. C. Y. Daniel, Col. and
Mrs. H. W. Davis, Storey Ellington,
Mr. and Mrs. Nat Hancock, Nat
Hancock, Jr., Mr. and Mts. J.
Holder, Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Holli
day, Dr. and Mrs. H. R. Howell,
Rev. W. B. Hughes, Mr. and Mrs. R.
S. Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. R. J-
Kelly, Stanley Kesler, Mr. and Mrs.
H. J. W. Kizer, Dr. and Mrs. C. B.
Lord, Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Lyle, Mr.
and Mrs. H. I. Mobley, Mr. and
Mrs. M. L. Mobley, W. H. Smith,
Mr. and Mrs. C. T. Storey, Dr. J.
T. Stovall, Col. and Mrs. J. C.
Turner, Col. and Mrs. George W.
Westmoreland, Judge and Mrs. L. B.
Moon, Mrs. Ora Smith, Misses
Frances Jones, Frances Smith, Sal
lie Bryan, Joyce and Maybeth
Storey, Valera McDonald, Virginia
Kesler, Caroline Storey and Pro
fessor Roger McConnell, W. G.
Cutts, Johnnie Mobley.
PROGRAM FOR CRAWFORD W.
LONG DAY MARCH 30. 1942
Invocation—Rev. A. E. Barton.
Song—America the Beautiful
Chorus.
Remarks by Mr. J. C. Turner.
Song, Angel of Mercy—Chorus.
Address—Dr. John A. Hunnicutt.
Star Spangled Banner—Audience.
The program will be rendered in
the auditorium of the Methodist
church, beginning at 3 o’clock, Mon
day afternoon.