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About Jackson herald. (Jefferson, Jackson County, Ga.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 8, 1942)
The Jackson Herald By John N. Holder. DEATH SUMMONS CAPTAIN R.G. GETZEN AT FORT DIX, N. J. Captain Rupert G. Getzen, son of Professor and Mrs. J. H. Getzen of Pendergrass, was brought home from Fort Dix, N. J., Sunday in a casket, draped with a United States flag. He had been in Philadelphia but was sent to Fort Dix, N. J., and when he reached there it was learned he had a high temperature and was sent at once to the hospital. Pneumonia developed. Its progress was arrested, but his heart became involved and soon thereafter death resulted. His remains were sent to his home and on Monday his body was interred in the Pendergrass cemetery with military honors. He was thirty-seven years old and was a Captain in the Army of the United States. Asa soldier he made a most excellent record and rapid ly won military honors. Two brothers are also members of the armed forces of the United States, Major Edwin Getzen and Ensign Robert Getzen, both of whom accompanied the body of their brother to their boyhood home. In civil life Captain Getzen was one of Jackson county’s best young men. His fine character and genial personality won for him many friends, whether at home or in the army. The many friends of Professor and Mrs. Getzen deeply sympathize with them in the death of their noble and patriotic son. CONDITION OF JOHN MARSHALL MELVIN 111 REPORTED BETTER Gratifying news comes this morn ing from the hospital in Athens that the condition of John Marshall Mel vin 111 shows decided improvement and that the crisis has been passed. He was taken ill almost a week ago and when carried to the hospital, an operation disclosed that he had a ruptured appendix and his condi tion was critical. Since then fami ly and friends have awaited with intense anxiety each day news from his bedside. John Marshall is the little son of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Melvin, Jr., of Atlanta and the grandson of Col. and Mrs. John C. Turner of Jeffer son. SKELTON—COOPER Homer LyLe Cooper and the form er Miss Geneva Skelton of Jefferson announced their marriage this week, ceremony having taken place on September 26th. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Skelton of Jackson Trail community, and is a most at tractive and popular young lady. The groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Brit Cooper, and is a splendid young man. They have a host of friends wish ing them much success and happi ness. JACKSON-BARROW MEDICAL ASSOCIATION The Jackson-Barrow Medical As sociation met Monday night at the Harrison Hotel. After being served with dinner, the group entered into discussions of matters pertaining to their profession. Members present were S. T. Ross, E. R. Harris and W. T. Randolph of Winder, A. A. Rogers, O. C. Pitt man and L. Sanders of Commerce and C. B. Lord of Jefferson. WOMAN'S CLUB WILL MEET MONDAY The Woman’s Club will meet at 4 p. m. Monday in the Home Ec building on Martin Institute camp us. The hostesses are Mesdames Y. D. Maddox, R. S. Johnson, E. H. Deaton, W. C. Smith and J. E. Cok er. Rev. J. T. Burrell will be the guest speaker. SINGLE COPY sc. SIXTY-FIVE WHITE, TWELVE COLORED, CALLED BY BOARD The following registrants have been sent notice to report to the of- > fice of the Local Board of Jackson County on October 15th, at which | time they will be sent to the Indue- I tion Station at Fort McPherson, to determine their fitness for service in the Army. Clifton Barber Wehunt. John Dudley Dowdy. Floyd Gale Truelove. Charles Virgil Freeman. William Perry Frost, Jr. Ranzo Dillard Crocker. James Charleston Morgan. Ben Collier Holliday. Hollis Henderson, Jr. Jesse Harrison Cronic, Jr. James Boyce Williamson. Henry Arthur Hinesley. Charles Raymond Daniel. Robert Allen. Lewis Henderson Vandiver. Jackson Perry Speer. Paul Watson Harwell. Charles Cristopher Asbelle. Arthur Hoyt McGinnis. Grank Gerald Griffeth. Calvin Wise Voyles. Bruce Dee Cartchern. Phillip Watson Thompson. Bennie Dunkin Loggins. William Gilbert Wilhite. Edward L. Pirkle. Willie Herman Seabolt. Frank Homer Howard. Bill Purcell. Telford Lee Lord. William Richard Lee Jones. Robert Milton Wright. George Barney Pace. Jesse Harrison Ross. Curtis Odell Snipes. Clommie Gibson Carlton. W. C. Stockton. Cleveland Blalock. Ralph Thomas Whitsal. James Enoch Brown. Guy Melvin Boyd. James Arthur Whitlock. Elmer Harold Boswell. Willie Everett Hester. Dewey Estes Chandler. Durward Randolph Edwards. Willie Edd Stringer. Willie T. Morris. Cline Fowler Fambrough. Robert Lenora Milford. James Berry Seay. William Johnnie Aiken. James Pierce Elliott. Georgia Leachman. Swayne Jolley Prichett. Henry Watson. Joe Wood. William Kimsey. Myron Alvin Hayes. Clarence Foster Barnett. Gordon Hogan. William Thomas White. Amory Loyd Poe. James Relford Underwood. John Elman Farmer. The following colored registrants have been sent notice to report to the Local Board on October 27th, sent to Fort Benning, Columbus, Ga., to determine their fitness for service in the Army: Roy Cockran. Alton Foote. Fyate Moon. Verner Gatheright. C. B. Turner. Howard Thomas Brooks. Felton Davis. Gaddis Stark. James Sharp. Summie Tate. C. W. Gardner. Conway Jackson. JEFFERSON, Jackson County, Georgia. - J f i ,■ I j MISS ELIZABETH WHITFIELD WINS FIRST PLACE IN DRESSMAKING CONTEST Miss Elizabeth Whitfield, Jackson County 4-H Club girl, won the highest award in the annual nation al dressmaking contest held in At lanta Thursday. But we will let Miss Winifred Ware, Atlanta Constitution reporter, tell the story: Fashion shows aplenty I’ve seen. At salons with fashionable address es, rich draperies and “arty” furnishings I have watched the highest paid professional models in New York parade the creations of designers whose names are known internationally. But today I saw a fashion show of an entirely different sort—one of unusual significance and charm. Four-H girls from over the state of Georgia modeled the clothes they had made for participation in the annual dressmaking contest. A fine show it was, too. The girls were as pretty as Georgia peaches are supposed to be. They were young and fresh and had the. wholesome, healthy look that o*ed expects 4-H-ers to have. And —Cut Courtesy of Atlanta Constitution. clothes they had created with their own fingers were as smart as could be. * These girls had started weeks ago on this project that would carry the winner from Georgia to Chicago in December, where she will compete with a girl from each of the other states for the national dressmaking honor. Since they were to wear ; their own creations before county judges, then state and finally na tional, these 4-H girls had chosen colors and types of costumes which they thought most becoming to themselves. The sixteen girls who reached the state finals today wore blue velveteen, red corduroy, • Scotch plaid, green and brown. But the winner, Miss Elizabeth Whitfield, of Jefferson, Ga., Jack- ; son county, wore an entire costume of simple, very youthful, black I velveteen. Her dress was made with a plain fitted bodice Which dropped to just b' the normal waistline, where the skirt by means of at each side front, collarless, and but- Thursday, October 8, 1342. Vol. 68. No. 13. RELIGIOUS LEADERS NEEDED AMONG MILITARY CAMPS ‘ In the United State” said Dr. J. E. Coker at the Rotary luncheon Tuesday, “There are sixty million people who have not been reached by the gospel. Of these, thirty three million are adults, seventeen million are children and ten million are youths.” To reach these, church es are making larger appropriations for Home Missions. Dr. Coker said four of the great j sins of the times are Intemperance, I Gambling, Immorality and Sab bath desecration. On the question of intemperance four and a half billions are spent by this country for intoxicating beverages. It is impossible to tell just how great are the immoral forces, but they are re sponsible for all kinds of immoral conduct. Gambling is carried on in a social and commercial manner and some kind of gambling is done in almost every community. Sabbath descration has been practiced so often that the com mandment ‘‘Remember the Sab bath Day to Keep it Holy” has been almost effaced from people’s mem ories. More Christian leaders and more Christian teachings are need ed among those who are enlisted in the military service of our country, "Will the church meet the situ ation?” asked the speaker. “Senti ment needs to be directed towards this vital and important question 3nd Rotary can play an important part in the matter.” John L. Anderson and R. S. John son made reports of the progress be ing made in gathering scrap metal in this community. Boy Scouts, as well as 4-H Clubs, seem to be very active. President George W. Westmore land being absent, Past-President John N. Holder presided. Nine members were absent. Guest present was Mrs. C. B. Lord of this city, wife of Dr. C. B. Lord. toned down the back with covered buttons. Both buttons and button holes, which looked quite profes sional to me, were made by Miss Whitfield, who is just 18. She has been making her own clothes since she was about 13, she said. The dress has no ornament at all, and around the perfectly plain col larless neck, in simple good taste Miss Whitfield wore a tiny gold chain with small locket on it. She had made her black velveteen beret, too, and a pouchy bag of the vel veteen which completed her cos tume. When the announcement that she was the winner in the state was made by W. S. Brown, of the Geor gia Extension Service, at the fash ion-show luncheon at Rich’s Mag nolia tea room, Miss Whitfield shed a few happy, girlish tears. But she dried them hastily to pose for her picture and to say “I’ll have to let my mother know.” Presiding at the 4-H fashion i luncheon were W. A. Sutton, Jr., I state 4-H Club leader; Miss Emmie Nelson, assistant state 4-H Club leader; L. W. Eberhardt, Jr., assist ant state 4-H Club leader; W. S. Brown, director of Georgia Exten sion Service; Miss Lurline Collier, state/home demonstration agent, an# Miss Leonora##.nderson, cloth ing specialist. ■* ifflm. f, BURIAL SERVICES FOR MRS. LEE GUNNELLS HELD MONDAY Burial services were,held at* -I p. m. Monday at the graveside in Woodbine cemetery for Mrs. May McGarity Gunnells, widow of *.he late C. Lee Gunnells. Rev. A. E. Barton and Dr. J. E. Coker of ficiated in the presence of a group of relatives and close friends of the deceased. Mrs. Gunnells passed away at the home of her daughter in Colum bus, with whom she had made her home for several years, following a heart attack. Mrs. Gunnells was the oldest daughter of the late Rev. and Mrs. R. S. McGarity. She was reared in Jefferson and was a graduate of Martin Institute. Reared in a cul tured, religious home she grew to be a lovely young lady and then one of Georgia’s most popular, cultured matrons. Asa daughter, a wife, a mother, she did not shirk the re sponsibilities of these obligations and always took a full part in the many various activities for pro gress. Endowed with a personality that was most charming in its warmth and friendliness, she made count less friends wherever she went. News of her death brought expres sions of deepest regret from her man Jefferson friends. Surviving the deceased are four children, Mrs. Wright Brown and Mrs. Guy Pekor of Columbus, Mrs. Howard Henry Arnold II of Mc- Kees Point, Pa., and Robert Lee Gunnells, who is a representative of the Coca-Cola Company on foreign soil. Also, surviving are the following sisters and brothers: Mrs. Berta Mc- Garity (Mrs. J. W.) White of Buch anan, Miss Carolyn McGarity of Atlanta, Mrs. Mattie McGarity (Mrs. Thomas) Peacock of Atlanta, Mrs. Annie Ried McGarity (Mrs. Dur wood) Collier of Bartlesville, Fred McGarity of Ft. Pierce, Fla., and Paul McGarity of Charlotte, N. C. COLE—RANKIN WEDDING The interest of many friends of the young couple will be centered in the announcement of .the mar riage of Miss Dorothy Elsie Cole of Commerce to Milo Massey (Mickey) Rankin of Jefferson. The ceremony occurred on last Sunday afternoon at the home of Rev. and Mrs. J. T. Burrell. The attendants were two close friends, Miss Dot Baker and C. W. Vaughn of Commerce. The lovely bride wore a costume of soft blue wool with accessories of brown. Her corsage was gladioli and asters and her only ornament was a cameo locket which her grandfather had presented to her grandmother many years ago. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Luther Cole of Commerce and a granddaughter of D. P. Bolton of Commerce, one of the Commis sioners of Jackson County. She was a member of the graduating class of Commerce High School, 1941, and later completed a business course at Athens Business College. Since that time she has been affiliated with the Jackson County Ration Board, a position which she is capably filling. The groom is the youngest of five sons of Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Rankin of this city. He was born and rear ed here and was graduated from Martin Institute with the class of 1940. Since that time he has occu pied a plac? in the business life of Jefferson, being owner and manager of Rankin Grocery Store. The young couple have an apart ment in the home of Mrs. W. W. Dickson and are beginning their life together with the best wishes of! their many friends. \ A power company (90% of whose researches devoted to war) has tak enoVroup chemists a at its iboratoi^ps.
