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The Jackson Herald
Volume 75.
JEFFERSON CHORAL
CLUB TO PRESENT
CHRISTMAS CONCERT!
The Jefferson Choral Club will 1
present its annual Christmas concert 1
at the First Baptist Church, Wed
nesday evening, December 22, 1948,
at 8:00 o’clock, Edmond Garrison, I
president, announced this week.
i
The program, conducted by Wil
liam Cutts, club director, with Miss',
Mabeth Storey, organist, will in-1
elude a group of familiar Christmas
carols and hymns for the first part,
followed by a cantata, ’’The Manger
of Bethlehem,” written by Charles
Frances Lane.
Soloists for this program will be
Mrs. Lamar Watkins, Miss Bonnie
Carter, and Clarence Silman.
Members of the club singing in
this performance are Mrs. Morris
Bryan, Jr., Miss Bonnie Carter, Miss
Carter, Mrs. Catherine Coker,
Mrs. Imogene Copas, Mr. and Mrs.
William Cutts, Mrs. Ethel Dadis
man, Miss Elizabeth Echols, Britt
Elrod, Edmond Garrison, Joe Grfi
feth, Robert H. Griffeth, Miss Melba
Hanson, Miss Ada Ellen Hardy, Mrs.
Claire Hill, Mrs. Rufus Hooper, Dr.
and Mrs. C. B. Lord, Mrs. Marshall
Melvin, L. B Moon, Guy McGinnis,
Mrs. Noble Patrick, Mays Potts,
Miss Irene Rankin, Mrs. Louise
Roberts, Clarence Silman, Miss
Frances Staton, Miss Jayne Staton,
Miss Mabeth Storey, Mrs. Lamar
Watkins, Mrs. George Wells, Ellis
Whitlock, Ernest Wilkes, and Mrs.
Paul Wilson. <
The public is cordially invited to
attend. y.-
FUNERAL SERVICES
FOR PVT.HAYNIE
Funeral services for Pvt. Joe W.
Haynie, age 29, were held Wednes
day afternoon, December 8, at 2:30
from Nazareth Methodist Church.
Pvt. Haynie was killed March 15,
1945 in France, while serving with
the 101st Rainbow Division. Pvt.
Haynie had served in the Army
about 12 years.
He is survived by his father and
mother, Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Haynie
of Hoschton; four brothers, Messrs.
George, Aubary, Jack Haynie, all of
Hoschton; Ernest Haynie of Gaines
ville and a host of nieces and
nephews. ■;*wm
The Reverend Messrs. J. O. Mc-
Neal and L. G. Marlin, officiated.
The Barrow and Jackson County
Veterans Organizations had charge
of the graveside services.
RED CROSS SENDS
GIFTS TO HOSPITALS
The Jackson County Red Cross
Chapter has sent 80 candy filled
stocking and 6 red candles to Ft.
McPherson hospital, and 100 pack
ages of icycles and 50 packages of
snow to Lawson General Hospital.
Also, cash contributions of $25 to
be used for Christmas supplies at
Hospital No. 48. 250 Thanksgiving
paper napkins were also sent.
Mrs. Wm. White
Mrs. Morris Bryan
Camp and Hospital Com.
JEFFERSON SCHOOL
NEWS
On Friday, December 17, school
will be dismissed for two weeks for
the Christmas holidays. On that
day each grade will have a Christ
mas tree with a party in their re
spective rooms. The High School,
Sixth and Seventh Grades will go
to the Roosevelt to see “Green Grass
of Wyoming” while the other gram
mar grades will enjoy the picture
'Buffalo Bill” in the school audi
torium.
At 1:30 a chapel program will be
presented in the auditorium by Ten
B, with the aid of Wayne Wages and
Joan Whitmire from the grammar
school and Donald Mealor from the
eighth grade. The program will in
clude, a marionette show, ‘The
Night Before Christmas,” a one-act
play ' Ma Makes Merry” and a story
on the record player, "The Small
One” told by Bing Crosby.
The climax of the day will be the
Christmas dinner” which will be
served at noon in the school cafe
teria. The following menu will be
served.
Bake<i Ham,; Crpan>ed Potatoes,
English Peas, Congealed Salad,
Fruit Cake, Rolls and Milk.
Single Copy Five Cents
THE FASHION SHOW
GREAT SUCCESS,
FRIZES AWARDED
Jefferson’s first Fashion Show j
scored a great success at the high
school auditorium last Friday night.
Approximately 500 people were in
the audience to watch 45 contestants j
compete for 18 prizes offered by the
Jefferson Mills, Inc., sponsor of the
1948 Corduroy Fashion show.
Fifty garments were modeled by j
men, women and children from Jef
ferson. Children’s clothes, sports
clothes, suits, evening gowns,
dresses and housecoats made in a
varieyt of colorful corduroy fabrics
were paraded before the judges and
audience. Each finished garment
and accessories were made by Jef
fersonians from material manufac
tured by the Jefferson Mills.
18 Prizes Awarded
It took several inspections of the
wearing apfarel and careful delib
eration by tne impartial judges be
fore they could reach a decision on
the prize winners.. Miss Lila Wil
bands was awarded the Grand Prize
a $25.00 Savings Bond, for her
camel tan Corduroy coat lined with
matching tan plaid. The garment
was made by Mrs. C. E. Toney, a
Jefferso nseamStress. Miss Frances
Staton won second Grand Prize of
SIO.OO cash for her light yellow cor
duroy skirt arid jerkin made by her
mother, Mrs. Frank Staton.
> Prize winners in the Children’s
group were K-ay Garrison, pink Cor
duroy overalls, brown coat and bon
net; -and* Duke, light tan cor
duroy suit.
Sports clothes winners were: Wil
lis WilbaftkS’! medium blue corduroy
shirt; Daniel Gasaway, two-tone
grey and blue plaid jacket and gray
pants; Vivian Simmons, bright
green skirt; Frances Staton; La
nelle Lyle, gray corduroy jumper.
Corduroy dresses: Maxine Hale,
medium blue corduroy dress with
corduroy covered buttons; Margaret
Duke, light pink corduroy dress,
gold buttons and belt and brown
accessories.
Corduroy Suits: Shirley Deaton,
greeri corduroy suit; Melba Hanson,
nrodic plaid corduroy suit; Martha
Wilbanks, red corduroy suit. Cor
duroy Evening Gowns: Lila Wil
banks, light blue corduroy evening
gown and gloves. Betty Roberts,
light pink corduroy evening gown.
Housecoats: Bonnie Beatty, light
yellow corduroy coat stitched with
brown wool thread.
The judges, all non-residents of
Jackson county, were: Miss Quinelle
Mac Rae, Clothing Specialist for the
Georgia State Extension Service;
Miss Odessa Williamson, Home Ec
onomics Teacher, Athens High
School; Miss. Edith Evans, Home
Economics Teacher, University of
Georgia Demonstration School; Mr.
Saul Eisenberg, president of Brook
haven Textiles, Inc.; Fifth Avenue,
New York City—distributors of the
world’s finest Corduroy.
A great amount of credit for the
success of this first public Fashion
Show went to Mrs. B W. McFall,
Jefferson High School Home Eco
namics teacher. Her students pre
sented many of the garments ap
pearing in the show, and she per
sonally made some. Miss Sally
Bryan wrote and presented the
script for the show.
Jefferson women who made many
of the garments appearing in the
show were: Mrs. Margaret Duke,
Mrs. Daisy Duke, Mrs. R. L. Baird,
Mrs. C. E. Toney and Miss Lidy
Bailey
Ushers for the show were Jeffer
son Mills Overseers: H. L. Garrison,
Leon Strickland, Max Silman, Lee
Head, J. G. Cunningham, Earnest
Shumake and R. V. Carlyle. The
attractive stage setting included
Corduroy drapes, Corduroy covered
davenport and chair. Christmas
stocking hanging on the fire place
mantle were of red corduroy.
Following the show refreshments
were served by the Jefferson Village
Club in the High School cafeteria.
CITY AND COUNTY
SCHOOLS CLOSE FOR
HOLIDAYS. DEC. 17
According to information from
the office of T. T. Benton, County
School superintendent, Jefferson
City Schools and the schools
throughout the county will dismiss
for the Christmas holidays on Fri
day, December 17 and reconvene on
Monday, January 3.
Jhi will gi twoiweeksrjrafi
dav season fo*r the school children of
Jackson County.
Jefferson, Jackson County, Georgia
JEFFERSON GETS
HONORABLE
MENTION IN CONTEST
Jefferson is one cf the twelve town
winners in the Home Town contest.
Griffin and Cleveland are the first
prize winners in the Champion
Home Town contest sponsored by
the Georgia Power company and will
receive SI,OOO each in recognition of
their outstanding community pro
gress during the period from March
1 to October 31 of this year.
Camilla won second place and a
SSOO prize among towns with from
1,000 to 20,000 population in the
1940 census. Third prize of $250
in this group went to Washington.
In the group of towns with less
than 1,000 population Leesburg was
second to Cleveland and will re
ceive SSOO. The third prize of $250
was won by Woodbine.
Special honorable mention pla
ques will be awarded to 12 other
towns whose entries were regarded
by the judges as being of exception
al merit. Honorable mention win
ners in the larger population group
include Butler, Carrollton, Cedar
town, Grantville, Jefferson and
Smyrna. Those in the smaller pop
ulation group are Clarkston, Forest
Park, Ludowici, Newborn, Nicholls
and Norcross.
The winners were selected from
entries submitted by 159 Georgia
towns, 88 in the larger classification
and 71 in the smaller. These en
tries described local community de
velopment activities during the con
test period in such fields as busi
ness, industry, agriculture, recre
ation, health, education, religions
life, beautification, municipal serv
ice and building.
JACKSON-BARROW
MEDICAL AUXILIARY
The doctors wives of Jackson-
Barrow Counties met at the Harri
son Hotel, Jefferson, Ga., Oct. 18,
1948, and organized a Jackson-Bar
row Medical Auxiliary, with the
following officers:
President—Mrs. W. T. Randolph,
Winder; First Vice President—Mrs.
A. A. Rogers, Jr., Commerce; Second
Vice President —Mrs. C. B. Almond,
Winder; Third Vice President—
Mrs. S. T. Ross, Winder; Recording
Secretary Mrs. O. C. Pittman,
Commerce; Treasurer Mrs. E. H.
Ethridge, Winder; Historian Mrs.
Ernest R. Harris, Winder; Corres
ponding Secretary—Mrs. E. M. Mc-
Donald, Winder.
The Medical Auxiliary will meet
at the same time and place as the
Jackson-Barrow Medical Society,
and after a business session, will
join the Medical Society for a scien
tific program.
The first regular meeting was
held in Winder, Ga., on November
15. Dr. P. T. Scoggins lead a round
table discussion on “Quarantine
Measures for Communicable Di
seases” for Jackson-Barrow Coun
ties.
Mrs. A .A. Rogers
Chm. Press and Publicity
CAST FOR THE
PAGEANT OF THE
HOLY NATIVITY
The cast for the Pageant of the
Holy Nativity, is:
Mary, Mrs. A. W. Ash; Joseph,
Mr. Boyce Hooper; Angel, Mrs. Har
old JarreK; Shepherds, Storey El
lington, Edmond Garrison, Horace
Singletarry; Wise Men, Horace
Storey, Claudius Thurmond, E. L.
McElhannon; Angels, Betty Roberts,
Jane Staton, Ada Ellen Hardy, Jan
Anderson, Rebecca Garrison, Clara
Maddox, Rachel McEver, Shirley
Deaton, Jackie Marlowe, Joan
Wilkes; Manger Angels, Caroline
Story, Pam Cutts; Reader, Mrs.
Lanis Ethridge; Choir, Mrs. Boyce
Hooper, Mrs. Morris Bryan, Jr.,
Mrs. Lamar Watkins, Mrs. C. B.
Lord, Mrs Rufus Hooper, Dr. C. B.
! Lord, Clarence Silman, W. G. Cutts,
Joseph Griffeth.
Soprano Soloist, Mrs. Kate Wel
born; rganist, Miss Mabeth Storey;
Mttsic Director, W. G. Cutts; Page
ant Director, Mrs. Morris Bryan.
Solos by Miss Welborn, Mrs. Wat
kins and W. G. Cutts.
Pageant at 8 o’clock Dec 19th,
Baptist Church.
CHRISTMAS TREE
AT HARRIS SCHOOL
A-short Christmas- program wHI
t flagqis ;schooU(pus|
aay night, December 17, fonowed
by a Christmas Tree for the schooL
T. H. M c GiBONY
SPOKE TO ROTARY
CLUB TUESDAY
T. H. McGibony of Greensboro
was presented Tuesday by Program
Chairman J. D. Matheson to the
Rotary Club as the speaker of the
hour.
Mr. McGibony’s talk emphasized
the duties we owe to our communi
ty, our fellowman, our country and
Our God. He spoke with earnest
ness and sincerety and had the tact
of illustrating and emphasizing his
thoughts with clean stories. His
was one of the best talks yet heard
by the club.
Mr. McGibony was accompanied
by Mi*;. McGibony. Other visitors
were Mrs. A. S. Mosley, and Mrs.
Y. D. Maddox, former citizens of
Greensboro, and R. S. Johnson, al
so a former citizen of Greene Coun
ty.
President H. E. Aderholt presided
and announced that Rotary will en
tertain their wives and lady friends
at a dinner party on December 28
at 7:30 p. m. at the Andrew Jackson
Hotel in Commerce.
He also urged that all members
be present at the meeting on Tues
day, December 21, as a special me
morial service will be presented.
Church Notes
FIRST METHODIST
REV. LAMAR WATKINS, Pastor
10:00 A. M.—Church School.
11:00 A. M.—Worship Service.
Sermon: “Christmases: Pagan and
Christian.”
6:30 P. M.—Youth Fellowship.
7:30 P. M. Pageant at Baptist
Church.
Sunday morning we shall observe
our annual White Christmas wor
ship Service. In a special worship
program each member of the church
will be given the opportunity to
place his contribution upon the al
tar. The purpose of the offering is
known to us all. We have ordered
and expect delivery shortly of anew
set of church pews costing approxi
mately $3200.00. This is part of a
larger plan to complete and improve
the interior of the church. All mem
bers are urged to attend. We believe
the service will have a real spiritual
meaning to our church through
what you may choose to give and
also a spiritual meaning to you for
having made the gift.
The Young People of the Church
will complete plans for the Christ
mas party at their regular Youth
Fellowship meeting.
First Baptist Church
J. D. MATHESON. Minister.
The annual observance of White
Christmas will feature the service
at the First Baptist Church next
Sunday morning. For many years
it has been the practice of the
Church to have a White Christmas
tree on which offerings were placed
for the benefit of the Church build
ing and property. In recent times the
offering has been used to renovate
and improve the physical proper
ties of the Church. Vast improve
ments have come about through the
generous offerings of the people for
this purpose. Special envelopes will
be on hand, they will be tied to the
tree, and the usual program ob
served. Every member is reminded
of this annual and beautiful cus
tom, and visitors will be cordiaHy
welcome.
At the service next Sunday night
the pageant, “The Holy Nativity,”
will be given under the direction of
Mrs. Morris M. Bryan. The pageant
is impressive not only for its moving
Christmas story but likewise for its
strikingly beautiful music. All the
people of Jefferson and the com
munity are invited.
The Sunday School meets at 10
a. m. and the Training Union at
6:30 p. m.
Christian Church
HEBER R. ALLEGOOD, Minister.
Sunday, December 19, 1948.
Bible School—10:00 A. M.
Morning Worship—ll:oo A. M.
(Communion and Sermon)
- Youth Meeting, 5:30 P. M.
AH wh<t desire, especially those
without a regular church home, are
cordially invited to worship with us.
Thursday, December 16, 1948
AAA COMMITTEE
OFFICERS ELECTED
LAST SATURDAY
R. Victor Richey, Commerce,;
Chairman of the Jackson County
AAA Committee, was reelected j
Saturday at the county convention j
of delegates from the various dis
tricts of the county, to begin his
seventh term on the committee. |
J. Pope Benton, Jefferson, Vice
Chairman, was also reelected and'
he has served on the committee for
the same length of time.
C. Glenn Whitehead, Jefferson,
reelected as the third member of the
committee will serve for a sixth
term.
G. P. Tate, Jefferson, and W. H.
Hardman, Commerce, were reelect
ed first and second alternates, re
spectively.
Following the convention, the
committee met and reelected Wil
liam G. Cutts as Secretary and
Treasurer of the committee. Mr.
Cutts has been AAA Administrative
Officer in Jackson County since
1940, except during the time he was
j in the Army.
Since a majority of the delegates
are also community committeemen,
Mr. Richey urged them to contact
their neighbors and remind them
that January 15, 1949, is the closing
date for filing 1948 soil building re
ports and January 31, 1949, is the
final date for making application
for 1949 soil building assistance.
There will be no extension of these
dates. *
Under the 1949 Agricultural Con
servation Program in this county, a
farmer will not be eligible for soil
building assistance unless he re
quests it in writing before January
31, 1949.
W. T. BRYAN
ELECTED MAYOR
An election for Mayor and Coun
cilmen for the City of Jefferson
was held Monday, December 13. The
result was: Mayor, W. T. Bryan 124;
R. S. Johnson 120. Alderman City
at Large, H. J. Dailey, 142; J. S.
Robinson, 98.
Alderman Second Ward, T. D.
Storey, 53.
Alderman Fourth Ward, H. L.
Garrison, 50.
JACKSON CITIZENS
JOIN ARMED FORCES
Therteen men fr o m Jackson
County were forwarded to Fort Mc-
Pherson, for Armed Forces Pre-In
duction Physical Examinations, on
December 14, 1948. They were as
follows:
Fred Standridge, Commerce; Paul
R. Watson, Talmo; Dreyton L.
Franks, Commerce; Claud H. Whit
lock, Jefferson; Leonard R. Mealor,
Nicholson: Billy J. Cook, Pender
grass; Curtis E. Greenway, Com
merce; George R. Potts, Jefferson;
Edward D. Massey, Jefferson; J. T.
Ware (Col.), Jefferson; Horace
Chambers (Col.), Commerce; Grady
Damison (Col.), Jefferson; Harvey
Ivery (Col.), Commerce.
The following men will be sent
to Fort McPherson for induction in
to the Armed Forces on December
29, 1948:
Clifford Howington, Jefferson;
Leonard J. Irvin, Maysville; W. C.
McNeal, Pendergrass; Aaron H.
Thomas, Pendergrass; Robert L.
Wise (Col.), Commerce.
Lemuel G. Blalock of Commerce,
Georgia was inducted into the
Armed Forces on November 30. He
is the first to go from Jackson
County.
No men will be sent for examina
tion or induction on or during the
dates of Dceember 15 to December
31. ,
After induction into the Armed
Forces, Inductees from this area
will be sent for basic training, to
Fort Jackson, S. C., except for col
ored inductees who will be sent to
Fort Knox, Ky.
OFFICERS NAMED
LODGE 200 1.0.0.F.
Officers elected to serve Jeffer
son Lodge I. O. O. F. No. 200: Noble I
Grand, D. G. Stover; Vice-Grand,!
Curtis Anderson; Secretary, T. J. j
Doster; Treasurer, J. H. Lord; Past
Grand, A. E Yonce; 3-year trustee,
W. H. Duncan.
Presbyterian Church
.. W. Mi Thurman, Pastor. ' ” ’ ’
10:00 A. M.—Bible School, J. M.
Melvin, Superintendent.
H A - .* M.—Morning Worship.
N. £. ARMOUR OF
GAINESVILLE KILLED
IN JACKSON COUNTY'
Summie Gee is in Jackson County
jail charged with the murder of M-
C. Armour of Gainesville.
The body of At morn was found
Sunday morning after midnight, in
a dying condition from a wound in
the head, caused from being pierced!
with a screwdriver. A telephone
message to Sheriff Brooks notilied
him that a body was in the road
near Hurricane Shoals. He rushed
to the location and found it was Ar
mour. He carried him to the resi
dence of Dr. J. T. Stovall where he
lived only a few minutes. The"
body was brought to the Randolph 1
funeral parlor and prepared for
burial.
Coroner R. S. Medlin and a jury
of five men held an inquest Sunday
afternoon and the following evi
dence was given:
On Saturday afternoon, B. L_
Wright, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Summitr
Gee met with Armour near Gaines
ville. He joined them, riding in the
car with Mrs. Gee, while Wright and
Gee occupied the other car. They
wentfrom Gainesville to Lula, to-
to Maysville and to Hurri
cane Shoals bridge where they
stopped. Gee and Armour engaged
in an argument. Gee secured sr
screwdriver from the car and stab
bed Armour in the ear penetrating:'
two inches into the brain.
Mr. and Mrs. Gee and Wright
went to the home of Nunn and asked
him to phone the sheriff that a man
was lying in the road near Hurri
cane Shoals bridge and would he
telephone the Sheriff.
Wright and Mr. and Mrs. Gee*
were arrested and all told a -af
ferent story, but finally Wright
gave the full story and said the
screwdriver was thrown into Cur
ry’s Creek in Jefferson. The death
instrument was found there. At
first Gee denied Wright’s story, but
later he and his wife both acknowl
edge its. verity.
| A purse containing about
was taken from the person of Ar
mour. The accused took the morwy
and burned the wallet. When found
by the Sheriff there was only onr
penny in his pocket. The motor of
Armour’s car was still running wfw*k
the sheriff reached the scene of the
crime.
Gee, aged 25, and Mrs. Gee, aged
24 are both in jail. Armour, aged
29, is married and has one child. He
was emloyed by the Auto Body and.
Fender Cos. of Gainesville.
No warrant was taken for B. L.
Wright, a son of B. L. Wright, Sir-
He lives with his father about * 1-2.
miles north of Jefferson on the old:
Gainesville road. Gee and his wife •
reside on the Jefferson-Athens high
way near Attica.
It is said that all the parties coa
nected with the tragedy were drink
ing.
Gee and his wife are held with
out bond. The case will be inves
tigated by the Grand Jury when
court convenes in February. Zt
bills are found then parties will be*
tried by a jury.
According to the evidence at (he
Coroners inquest neither Wright rvin
Mrs. Gee were implicated in the
murder but they were accused <it
having some part in disposing of
the money and pocket book belong—
ing to Armour.
HARRIS SCHOOL
PUPILS PRESENT
FINE PROGRAMS
The following program was giver*
at Harris School Wednesday after
noon, Nov. 24:
Song, Bringing In the Sheaves,.
by all. Bobbing for Apples, John
ny Dollar. Story Time, Dena Thur
mond and Lillian Robinson. Narcis
sus Bowl, Jane Venable. About My
Dog, Wayne Venable. Failing;
Leaves, Frankie Massey. Thmgs We-
Like, Mays Venable, Jr., Leriorae
Harris, Jane Bolton and Anna Bel
ton. Song, Thanksgiving Day Has
Come The Red Leaves, Junior Me—
Ree. Pumpkins, Brenda Nabors—
Acorn Elves, Lynda Wilkes. Oh'
Sunday, Sandra Frost; Contentment.
Clarice Wilkes, Bertie Mae Loggins.
Gloria Jean Thurmond, and HenJejr'
Wilkes.
Magic by Wires, Dean Stand ridge. -
Play: “T” for Thanksgiving by
Kathrine Standridge, Patricia Vena-r
--ble, Jessie Lou Mcßee, Annette?
Dowdy, Treva Glosson, Carolyn.
Wflk’es, Brenda ‘ Nabors, CTsrire-
Wilkes, Bernice' Loggins, Sandra
Frost, Bertie Mae Loggins, Gloria*
Jean Thurmond.
No. 27.