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The Jackson Herald
VOLUME 71
DEATH CALLS
AGED CITIZEN HOME
“Death is a sleep, oh, let me try
By sleeping, what it is to die;
And as calmly lay my head
On my grave as now my bed.”
On Monday morning at a very
early hour, in the quiet and stillness
of his home in Jefferson, James
Thomas Oliver closed his eyes in,
efreranal sleep. When this came to
pass, the life of one of Jackson
County’s conscientious,
neighbor loving and God fearing
citizens came to an end. Born and
reared in the Academy community,
he spent his entire life in this coun
ty.
It was in the same locality his
wife, Mrs. Docia Roberts Oliver,
was to the manor born. Fifty-six
years ago they pledged their fidel
ity, devotion and love to each other
and throughout this more than half
a century their home was a citadel
of felicity. Together they made,
gathered and saved, and their pos
sessions were the result of their
earnest, faithful and fruitful efforts.
The hearts of this fine couple were
always gladdened when friends and
loved ones made them a visit. Also,
they delighted to render service
that would bring happiness to
strangers, the distressed and the
needy.
James Thomas Oliver was 80
years and seven months old. He was
the son of the late James and Susan
Pinson Oliver. He is survived by
the following brothers, C. N. Oliver
of Jackson County, William A., J.
Calvin and Cicero of Texas, and a
sister, Mrs. Mattie Brunson of
Texas.
Funeral services were conducted
Tuesday at 3:30 p. m., in the Acade
my Church by Rev. T. C. Hardman
of Commerce, pastor of Oconee
Church of which Mr. Oliver was a
member. He was assisted by Rev. B.
M. Bowen, pastor of the Jefferson
Circuit of the Methodist Church.
Interment was in Academy Ceme
tery. Beautiful flowers attested the
friendship and devotion of many
loyal and admiring friends.
JEFFERSON TO HAVE
NEW SCHOOL B’LDING
GAINESVILLE, Ga. —An an
nouncement has been made by Fed
eral Works Agency that a grant has
been made to the Jefferson Board
of Education, amounting to $142,-
070.00, toward an elementary and
high school building to cost $218,570.
Plans for the new building were
drawn by Francis F. Davis and as
sociates of Atlanta. It will be one
of the most modern units in this sec
tion of Georgia, it is said; will house
over 800 pupils, contains twenty
classrooms, a modern home econom
ics department, health clinic and
auditorium and a kitchen-cafeteria
capable of feeding the entire stu
dent body.
A science labratory, and a public
address system, which will permit
the transmission of radio, addresses
and recordings to all rooms will be
installed. The building will be fully
equipped with modern equipment.
The new building will be located
on anew site of twenty acres on the
northwest side of the city on land
donated to the city by Col. John C.
Turner and daughter, Mrs. Marshall
Melvin.
M. M. Bryan, President of the Jef
ferson Mills, and President of the
City Board of Education donated
$25,000 toward the new building,
the remainder amounting to $51,500,
is being furnished by the City of
Jefferson and County of Jackson.
No bonds will be issued or any
other indebtedness will be incurred
in the new building.
MRS. WLLIAM T. WEST
PASSES IN GREENSBORO
Mrs. Irene Chastain West, wife of
William T. West, died on March 7,
at her home in Greensboro.
Mrs. West’s death came suddenly,
without warning. She was 31 years
of age, was a native of Commerce,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. F.
Chastain. She was a graduate of
Martin Institute.
Timbers installed temporarily to
support weakened masonry walls in
a canal at Bristol, England, are
still in place after 100 years.
SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS
CORP. T. F. BENTON
IS RECUPERATING
WITH THE 517TH PARACHUTE
INFANTRY. —The Jefferson para
trooper, Cpl. Thomas F. Benton, son
of Mr. and Mrs. T. T. Benton, is
now recuperating ftsomewhere in
France,” after a long period of com
bat with the 460th Parachute Field
Artillery Battalion of the 517th
Parachute Combat Team.
Cpl. Benton served eight months
in the Marine Corps before volun
teering as a paratrooper at Camp
Mackal, N. C. He made his five
qualifying jumps at Ft. Benning in
September, 1943.
His initial entry into combat was
with General Mark Clark’s Fifth
Army in Italy. He later parachuted
into Southern France and fought
continuously for 94 days before be
ing relieved.
Cpl. Benton, leader of a heavy ma
chinegun squad, was enjoying a rest
when
breakthrough into Belgium. He
fought the “bulge” from Belgium
into Germany.
His father, Mr. T. T. Benton, is
Jackson County School Superinten
tendent. Benton graduated from
Martin Institute in 1938, attended
University of Georgia until his en
try into the Marine Corps in Oc
tober, 1942.
SAMUEL F. KELLY
GRADUATES
Cpl. Samuel F. Kelly, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Robert J. Kelly of Jeffer
son, was graduated last week from
the Army Air Forces Flexible Gun
nery School, Laredo Army Air
Field, Laredo, Tex., a member of
the AAF Training Command. He is
now qualified to take his place as
a member of a bomber crew.
Along with his diploma, he re
ceived a pair of Aerial Gunner’s
silver wings and a promotion in
grade at brief graduation exercises
held at Laredo Field.
He was .prepared for his place in
America’s stepped-up air offensive
by a comprehensive six weeks’
course in every phase of aerial gun
nery warfare. Besides learning to
fire every type weapon from camera
guns to the deadly caliber .50
Brownings, he studied turret ma
nipulation, aircraft identification,
-stripping and reassembling of ma
chineguns while blindfolded. He
climaxed the course by air firing on
towed targets.
JACKSON COUNTY
SOLDIER BAGS JAPS
WITH THE 32ND INFANTRY IN
THE PHILIPPINES. Two
Southerners fighting with the
famed 32nd “Red Arrow” Division
on Leyte disposed the old maxim
that “curiousity killed the cat”
when they bagged three Japs while
souvenir-hunting.
Pfc. James Eckard of Sugar
Grove, W. Va., decided early one
morning to move ahead of his lines
in search' of souvenirs and trophies.
With pistol swinging at hip, he
ventured toward an area which was
once a Jap quartermaster dump.
Eckard was kicking about in
search of valuables when he noticed
a drain-pipe along side the road.
His curiousity aroused, he peered
into the cylinder. Three Nips were
coiled inside the tube. Thinking
them dead, he was about to leave
when one of the Nips moved. Eck
ard opened fire and killed two of
the Nips.
About this time, Pfc. Cummings
of Braselton, Ga., appeared on the
scene. Apprised of the situation, he
suggested that they try to take the
third Jap prisoner.
The problem of how to entice
their “booty” from the culvert was
solved simply, the Yanks took
places at both ends of the tube and
Eckard began tossing stones in at
the luckless Jap. He soon came
scurring out the other end, right
into thf arms of Cummings, who
immediately took him in charge
and marched him off to headquar
ters for interrogation.
Cummings is the son of Mrs.
Mary Cummings of Braselton, Ga.,
while Eckard is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Eckard of Sugar Grove,
W. Va.
Foresters report that porcupines
eat synthetic rubber tires for the
alcohol they contain. Maybe so, but
try telling it to your ration board.
JEFFERSON, JACKSON COUNTY, GEORGIA
ANOTHER JACKSON
COUNTY GIRL FREED
Information comes to The Her
ald that another Jackson County
young lady, Miss Blanche Apple
by, has been rescued from a Phil
ippine prison camp, Los Banos,
where she was interned after the
Jap attack on Pearl Harbor.
Miss Appleby, a daughter of the
late W. C. and Fannie Harrison Ap J
pleby, was reared in Pendergrass
and is a niece of the late Mrs. R.
D. Moore, Sr., of Jefferson. In early
young ladyhood, she became a mis
sionary to foreign countries and
spent much time in China, Korea
and Japan. On occasions when she
returned to the States for rest, she
interested many audiences with
talks on her work in foreign lands.
No person who ever spoke to a Jef
ferson audience exhibited a greater
degree of faith than did Miss Apple
by.
Since the beginning of the war,
her relatives in Georgia have had no
communicatio nof her whereabouts
and safety, and this has caused
them much concern and anxiety.
News that she is among those re
leased from Los Banos brings them
joy and happiness.
MRS. STRICKLAND
ENTERTAINS CIRCLE I
Circle No. I of the Methodist Mis
sionary Society, Mrs. W. T. Bryan,
chairman, held a delightfully in
formal meeting Monday afternoon
with Mrs. Guy Strickland in her
apartment on Sycamore Street.
Miss Ethel Moore gave the devo
tional, and Mrs. Segars presented
the second chapter of the book,
“The Word of His Grace,” after
which the members entered into a
discussion of the first 14 chapters
of the book of “Mathew.”
At the business meeting, several
items of general interest were dis
cussed and $15.00 was contributed
towards meeting the budget for the
first quarter.
After adjournment, Mrs. Strick
land served an ice course to the
following members: Miss Ethel
Moore, Mesdames C. L. Legg, T.
H. Segars, H. R. Howell, J. A. Wills,
J. B. Pendergrass, L. H. Hill, Stan
ley Kesler, J. N. Holder, Guy
Strickland and W. T. Bryan.
WOMANS’ SOCIETY OF
CHRISTIAN SERVICE
The W. S. C. S. of Holly Springs
met with Mrs. Carl Porter Saturday,
at 2:30 p. m. The following program
was rendered:
Song, Onward Christian Soldiers.
Subject, America. Scripture, Re
sponsvie Reading. Prayer, Mrs.
Grady Langford. Talk, “Which Way
Ahead, America,” Mary Nell Lang
ford. Poem, Jesus Went About, Mrs.
Oren Martin. Duet, Mrs Hoyt Lang
ford, Miss Grace Langford. Closing
prayer. The hostess served delicious
refreshments to the following: Mrs.
Ruby Pittman, Misses Grace and
Mary Nelle Langford, Mrs. Elic De
long, Mrs. Hoyt Langford, Mrs.
Grady Langford, Mrs. Oren Martin,
Mrs. Royce Langford, Mrs. Ruby
Marlow and Mrs. W. R. Langford.
At the same time Miss Grace
Langford met with the Juniors.
There were 10 children present. Af
ter the program refreshments and
a social hour were enjoyed by them.
March Prayer Meetings Of
The Methodist Church
March 21
General Chairman, H. D. Dadis
man.
Music Chairman, Mrs. J. D. Escoe.
Scripture Chairman, Mrs. W. P.
Thompson.
Prayer Chairman, Mrs. E. L.
Kelly.
Telephone Chairman, Miss Ruby
Hancock.
Attendance Chairman, L. A.
Langford.
March 28
General Chairman, H. J. W. Kizer.
Music Chairman, Mrs. J. C. Smith.
Scripture Chairman, Billy Bryan.
Prayer Chairman, Mrs. H. L. Pur
cell.
Telephone Chairman, A. A. Frost.
Attendance Chairman, Mrs. A. E.
Pitman.
PVT. RAFORD WILSON
WOUNDED IN IWO JIMA
Mr. Fenn Wilson received the fol
lowing letter from his son, who was
wounded in the invasion of Iwo
Jima.
“February 23, 1945.
“Dear Dad:
“At the present time I am not per
mitted to write, so I am dictating
to a friend who will take care of it
for me.
“By now you have probably heard
of the recent Marine operation on
the Japanese Island, Iwo Jima.
Well, dad, I was there on D-Day,
until yesterday when I was with
drawn because of a wound. It is
not serious, and I will be alright
in a few weeks.
“I am now aboard a Navy ship
with all possible medical facilities
and very competent doctors and
corpsmen.
“They are making me very com
fortable with every possible conven
ience.
“So don’t worry, I’ll be alright
very soon and when I arrive at the
■next base, I will write you ”
Ralph Wilson is the son of Fenn
Wilson of Dry Pond and the grand
i son of R. R. Wilson and the late
Mai. -i. D. Blackstock. Raford has
i one twin brother, Marion D., who
! was discharged from the Army in
j the fall of 1943. Three sisters, Mrs.
iA. D. Boyd of Atlanta, Miss Frances
I Wilson also of Atlanta, and Miss
Sue Wilson of Dry Pond.
Raford was a member of the Fifth
Division and 28th Regiment, and
was among the first to go into the
Island.
We hope for him a speedy re
covery.
SCHOOL FOR
PREACHERS
Designed to serve especially the
counties of northeast Georgia, but
embracing other sections as well,
the Northeast Georgia, school for
preachers will be held at the First
Baptist Church in Gainesville the
week of April 30-May 4, it is an
nounced by Dr. P. E. Burroughs,
director.
The school will be under auspices
of the Baptist pastors of greater
Gainesville in cooperation with the
Georgia Baptist Convention. The
nine Baptist churches of the city
will offer hospitality to visiting
preachers for the five days, and the
department of evangelism will fur
nish all text books free.
According to Dr. Henry J. Stokes,
pastor of the Gainesville First
Church, a faculty for the proposed
school has been engaged to assist
Dr. Burroughs which will comprise
leading lecturers and preachers of
the denomination, personnel of
which will be announced soon.
FARM BUREAU
MEETING SATURDAY
The Jackson County Farm Bureau
Federation, which will hold its next
meeting in the Court House in Jef
ferson on Saturday afternoon,
March 24th, at 3:00, EWT, will have
as guest speaker Mr. E. C. West
brook, Cotton Specialist with the
Extension Service in Athens.
Jackson County has the largest
number'"of farmers making a bale
of cotton to the acre. Mr. West
brook will speak on cotton produc
tion, varieties and recent tests and
will discuss the 10 steps in higher
production.
Every member is urged to attend
this meeting, and the public is cor
dially invited.
R. L. P. Carter, President.
S. J. Suddath, Sec.-Treas.
THURSDAY, MARCH 22, 1945
FORMER JEFFERSON
HUSBAND KILLED IN
The friends of Mrs. Charles Fred
erick Dunham, Jr., of Abbeville, S.
C., sympathize with her in the death
of her husband, Captain C. F. Dun
ham, Jr. He was killed in action at
Cologne, Germany, on March 3. He
was a member of the graduating
class of Clemson College of 1941,
and immediately entered the serv
ice of. his country.
He had been awarded the Purple
Heart for wounds received while
serving in France. Recently Captain
Dunham had been awarded the
Bronze Star for “distinguishing
himself above and beyond the call
of duty.” His wife received a letter
from the commanding officer, tell
ing her of the award and congratu-
NICHOLSON
Fleeman—Wardlaw
Pfc. Jack P. Wardlaw of the U. S.
Army, Paris Island, S. C., and Nich
olson, and Miss Nezerine Fleeman
of Nicholson and Atlanta were hap
pily married Saturday, March 10, by
Judge McCormick, at Ridgeland, S.
C. Pfc. Wardlaw is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. L. C. Wardlaw, Nicholson,
and has seen several years service
overseas, returning recently for a
rest period. The bride is the fasci
nating young daughter of C. E. Flee
man and the late Mrs. fleeman.
Both parties have a wide circle of
friends throughout this section that
extend hearty congratulations to
the contracting parties for a long,
happy wedded life.
FARMERS URGED
TO APPLY FOR
CROP INSURANCE
Applications for cotton crop in
surance, made possible by the new
Federal Crop Insurance Corporation,
should be filed immediately with
the * local AAA Office or with an
agent authorized by the AAA com
mittee to take applications, Wil
liam G. Cutts, County Administra
tive Officer, declared this week.
The administrative officer pointed
out that applications in this county
must be made by April 10 and that
they also must be made before the
cotton is planted.
“Crop insurance is something a
farmer needs every year,” Mr. Cutts
declared. “Congress has set it up as
a risk-sharing opportunity for farm
ers, Farmers can build a sound pro
tection for themselves through co
operation.”
He pointed out, however, that at
least 50 farms in Jackson County
must apply for crop insurance be
fore the protection will be available
in the county.
PERSONALS
Mrs. George W. Westmoreland has
been called to the home of her par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Fambrough,
of Oconee County on account of
the serious illness of her mother.
* * *
Miss Myra Purcell, the youner
daughter of Mrs. H. L. Purcell, was
as home the past week-end from
North Georgia College and leaves
this week for Crawford W. Long
Hospital, Atlanta where she enter
ed training as a Cadet Nurse. Miss
Purcell is one of Jefferson’s most
popular young college students and
her friends wish for her much suc
cess in her new career.
Rev. A. E. Barton, former pastor
of The First Methodist Church of
Jefferson, but now pastor of the
Barnesville Methodist Church, made
Jefferson a very brief visit Mon
day. His many friends here are al
ways pleased to have him visit his
former charge. He had been to
Gainesville to carry his two sons,
Eugene and Charles, to board a bus
for Young Harris College, where
they are both students and are mak
ing a most excellent record. In the
recent drive for funds for “Crusade
for Christ,” the Barnesville Church
exceeded its quota by several hun
dred dollars. Rev. Barton is very
much pleased with his work at
Barnesville.
The Army saves 250,000 board
feet of lumber per 100 miles by
using square telephone poles. It’s
not true that government efficiency
men are trying to grow square trees.
NUMBER 40
GIRLS’
ACTION
lating her on her husband’s military
achievements. The citation was re
ceived a few days later and stated
that Captain Dunham received the
meda l for “distinguishing himself
by meritorious service as command
ing officer in connection with mili
tary operations in Germany.” It
stated in part: “His outstanding per
formance of duties are in the high
est traditions of the military serv
ice.”
Mrs. Dunham is the former Miss
Ruth Rankin Nunn, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Sady Carter Nunn and a
granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. C.
E. Rankin. Captain Dunham is also
survived by a little two-year-old
son, Charles Frederick Dunham, 111.
BOOK REVIEW
BY MRS. ESCOE
The Rotary Club members at their
Tuesday meeting were entertained
by Mrs. J. D. Escoe with a review
of the book, “Brave Men,” by Ernie
Pyle.
The author of the book is one of
the United States most noted news
paper columnists and war corre
spondents. He was a member of the
forces in World War I and is now
on the battle fields of the present
conflict. His writings are read with
deep interest, and the review of
“Brave Men,” by Mrs. Escoe gave
the Rotary Club an interval of spe
cial pleasure and entertainment.
President C. T. Storey presided
and Secretary R. J. Kelly presented
the visitors, Mrs. W. T. Bryan, Sgt.
Vernon Carter and James Carter.
MAYFIELD BROTHERS
Pvt. Hubert C. Mayfield is home
on a 26-day furlough, visiting his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. T. May
field, of Gillsville. Route 1. He will
leave the 21st to return to Ontario,
Calif., where he has been for 22
months. His brother, Pfc. Grover L.
Mayfield, is somewhere in the Phil
ippines, and another brother, Wil
liam A. Mayfield, will be old enough
this summer for service.
Huntsinger Family
Receive Purple Heart
The family of the late Bill Hunt
singer, who was killed on January
24, in Belgium, are in receipt of a
letter from Brigadier General Ro
land Walsh, enclosing a Purple
Heart in recognition of the great
service he rendered his country in
which he lost his life.
JAMES R. UNDERWOOD
IN ITALY
WITH THE FIFTH ARMY, Italy.—
James R. Underwood, son of Mr.
and Mrs. David T. Underwood, of
Pendergrass is a member of the
316th Engineer Combat Battalion,
which has been running into direct
German resistance as it carves out
a route of advance for Fifth troops
fighting toward Italy’s Po Valley.
Jerry machinegun fire was turned
on the engineers as they filled a
huge crater recently on Highway 65,
leading into Bologna, to enable
tanks to advance. The men of the
316th finished the job and fought
their way out.
They spent a night building a
road in advance of infantry out
posts near Futa Pass to enable
doughboys • to keep supplied with
food and ammunition. The enemy
concentrated artillery and mortar
fire on them in a vain attempt to
discourage this work. The engineers
have often filled in or built by
passes around craters on Highway
65 under German observation. They
poured 75 truckloads of filling into
one depression in the road north of
Pietramala and went on ahead of
the infantry at Monghidoro and
Loiano to remove mines from the
doughboys’ path. They were in the
vanguard again in the bitter fights
for Livergnano and more recently
have been patrolling well in ad
vance of the foremost infantry out
posts.
BUY WAR BONDS AND STAMPSI