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The Jackson Herald Volume 75. NEW TELEPHONE OWNER SPOKE TO ROTARIANS The new owner of the Commerce Telephone Company, W. L. New, was the selection by David Hardy, program chairman of Jefferson Ro tary, for guest speaker Tuesday. In introducing him, Mr. Hardy said, “He is a genius. He had us put our hands in our pockets and pay him about twice the amount we had been paying for telephone service and made us like it.” Mr. New assured Rotary that the customers in Jefferson of his tele phone company will get full value for the additional amount paid for telephone services. He will spend about twenty thousand three hun dred dollars in Jefferson for new switchboard and other improve ments. Mr. New is a native Geor gian. When a child, his father own ed a telephone system in Bartow and he learned to operate a switch board when he was only eight years old. His father owned telephone plants at Metter, Washington, Ma con and Thomaston. Besides the Commerce Telephone Company, W. L. New now owns a large telephone system at Thomaston. . Mr. New made a very mtefe&tgng talk on “Helping Young People,” and "How It Can Be Done.” He gave some of his experiences in young people’s work which were very elucidating. H. E. Aderhalt presided. Four members were absent. When President Aderholt called their names the club gave warm greetings and applause to C. E. Har dy who has been in a hospital, and to William H. Booth who has been on his wedding itinerary. FARM BUREAU AT TALMO In Talmo there was recently or ganized by the county president, S. J. Suddath, a chapter of the Farm Bureau of Jackson County. About 125 people were present and a Brunswick stew supper was served. The Chapter has forty members with the following officers: President, Tom Blackstock. Vice President, H. J. Cook. Secretary and Treasurer, J. H. Kinney. Associated Women’s President— Mrs. Joe Elrod. Vice-Pres., Mrs. W. S. Murphy. Secty.-Treas., Mrs. J. W. Kesler. The name of the Chapter is Talmo Community Chapter. BROCKTON FARM BUREAU The Brockton Farm Bureau and Associated Women met at the schoolhouse Monday night, May 9. A large crowd was present and enjoyed a good supper. The F. F. A. and F. F. H. were in charge of the program. Miss Joan Redd introduced Mr. Dan Cochran, vocational agriculture teacher of Jefferson, who introduced the guest speaker, Jack Legg, outstanding F. F. A. of Jefferson. His subject was Soil Conservation, and was well de livered. A quiz'program followed in which all enjoyed the fun. U. D. C’s Meet May 18, 3:30 P. M. The Jefferson Chapter U. D. C. will meet at the home of Mrs. Guy Strickland, Wedneseday, May 18th, 3:30 o’clock. Cohostesses Mrs. Mamie Foster, Mrs. Soney Ramsey and Miss Vennie Farnctt. A full attendance jc c> r irer. Single Copy Five Cents MOTORCYCLISTS DIE FROM CRASH INTO MOVING TRUCK A Hall County man and a woman companion died in the hospital at Commerce early Monday of injur ies received in a motorcycle-truck crash on the Jefferson-Gainesville highway Saturday afternoon. State Patrol officers said the motorcycle on which William W. Martin and Mrs. Edith Wehunt W'hitmire were riding rammed into the back of a truck two miles north of Pendergrass on U. S. Highway 129, as the truck slowed down to make a turn. The motorcycle went under the body of the truck and came out on the right side, the of ficers added. Randolph-Smith Company was telephoned and the ambulance, driv en by E. H. Deaton, went to the scene, found both parties uncon scious, and carried them to the Com merce hospital. The first thing the truck driver, knew about the accident, he said, was that he felt an impact on the truck and almost simultaneously paw a motorcycle pass in high speed, lie stopped his truck and found the two above named parties on the ground, both in serious condition. Mrs. Whitmire was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. R. Wehunt of Gainesville, and is survived by her parents and a son. Mr. Martin was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Martin of Hall County and is survived by his wife and three children. TOO MUCH WHISKEY IN MOVIES SAYS THEATER OWNER J. H. "Tommy” Thompson, Hawk ingsville theater owner and Presi dent of the Motion Picture Theater Owners and Operators of Georgia fired a broadside at Hollywood pro ducers for "advertising whiskey” in movies as the MPTOOG opened a two-day convention at the Henry Grady Hotel. Thompson took the producers to task for what he termed “too much drinking in pictures,” and he then asked: "What are we doing, adver tising whiskey?” He pointed out that the ever-increasing number of films which contain "drinking” scenes had caused church and civic groups to begin organized opposition to such films. DRY POND FARM BUREAU The Dry Pond Farm Bureau met at the regular time ikonday night at 8 o’clock, with the president, Mr. Thurman Griffeth in charge. Some important business was dis cussed, the main topic being .the lunch room and community house which is under way. Mr. Pittman Carter, Jackson County School Superintendent was also present and made a talk. The group welcomed Mr. and Mrs. Stringer and children. W.S.C.S. and W.M.U. At Dry Pond The W. S. C. S. of Dry Pond and the Oconee Woman’s Missionary So ciety will have a special meeting at Dry Pond Church, Thursday after noon, May 12th, at 3:30 o’clock. Mrs. O. N. Langford will have charge of the program. Dr. C. B. Lord is in Savannah this ■ vf ,£> the session of the Ccorgi t Medical Associai.on. •-J Jefferson, Jackson County, Georgia DH. ROBERT W. BURNS, pastor pf the Peachtree Christian Church, Atlanta, will preach the fcommencement sermon for the Jef ferson High School in the school auditorium on Sunday, May 15, at 8:00 P. M. A rule of long standing provides rotation of Methodist, Baptist, Pres byterian, and Christian Churches of Jefferson to select a minister of their respective choices to preach the an nual Commencement sermon. This year the Jefferson Christian Church has selected for this service Dr. Rob ert Burns, pastor of the Peachtree Christian Church, Atlanta. In order to secure Dr. Burns, it was necessary to have the Sunday morning worship changed from 11 o’clock, May 15, to 8 o’clock Sun day evening, May 15. Dr. Burns is an outstanding mem ber of the Christian Church. He has been pastor since July, 1930, of the Atlanta church, whose membership under his leadership has grown from 470 to 1656. Outstanding achieve ments during this ministry have been the organization of the “Men of Peachtree,” the creation of the “Young People’s Church,” the initia tion of the “Call to Worship” broad cast over WSB every Sunday morn ing, the Nursery School for three years during the war, the building of the Youth Center and Chapel in the Woods. Church Notes First Baptist Church J. D. MATHESON. Minister. 10:00 A. M.—Bible School. 1100 A. M.—Morning Worship 6:30 P. M.—Training Union. 8:00 P. M.—Commencement Ser mon at High School. Special attention is called to our Sunbeam Band. They will be recognized in the church service Sunday morning. Mrs. Carl Curtis is leader with Mrs. Walter Carlan, as sistant. The Training Union is hav ing a study course this week. Mrs. Y. D. Maddox is director, and as sisting her are Miss Cully Roberts, Mrs. W. G. Cutts, Mrs. John L. An derson and Miss Irene Rankin. The Church extends a cordial welcome at all its services. Presbyterian Church Sunday School, 10 o’clock. J. M. Melvin Superintendent. Worship service 11 o’clock. Mr. W. R. Thurmond, Student Pastor. Special music. If you do not have a church home, we invite you to worship with us. FIRST METHODIST Lamar H. Watkins, Pastor. 10 A. M.—Church School. 11 A. M.—Morning Worship. 6:30 P. M.—Youth Fellowship. * :?0 P. lif.- —Evening Worship. f RRASELTON MODERN GIN OUTFIT DESTROYED BY FIRE The modern, up-to-date cotton gin plant of Eraselton Brothers, of Braselton, was completely destroy ed by fire last Friday evening about 7 o’clock. The cause of the fire is supposedly from lightning. The gin plant was built in 1942 and was one of the best equipped, with the latest and most modern machinery of any plant in North Georgia. It was a Continental Gin system. A local citizen’s bucket brigade fought the blaze furiously and was successful in preventing the fire from spreading to the nearby ware house and residences. A fire truck from Winder came to Braselton in time to prevent further spreading but too late to save any part of the gin. Gin officials said no insurance was carried on the building and that the $35,000 damage is a total loss. They estimated a rebuilding cost of $45,000 or more, but the Braselton Improvement Association, owners of the gin, hope to have anew gin in operation before next season. JEFFERSON SCHOOL NEWS F. H. A. NEWS Six girls and two chaperones at tended the States F.H.A. Convention held in Atlanta on May 6 and 7. Those attending were Martha Wil banks, Jan Anderson, Clara Maddox, Nelle Tolbert, Winette Smith, Min nie Sue Brooks, Miss Helen Britt, and. Mrs. B. W. McFall. The meetings were held in the University of Georgia Division building in Atlanta. The conven tion began on May 7 at 3:00 with the State president, Joan Kelly, presid ing. The delegates stayed in the Hen ry Grady Hotel which was not too far frorm the University Division. Saturday, at rroon a luncheon was held on the Rainbow Roof at the Ansley Hotel. Davison-Paxon Com pany held a fashion show and a noted authur spoke to the group. The afternoon was “free” and the mem bers and chaperons shopped and spent the time sight seeing. A banque twas held Friday night on the penthouse of the Atlanta Division. The guest speaker was Doris Lockerman, of the Atlanta Constitution. The Inez Murray awards were given to the girls who had proved themselves to be worthy of this honor and who were plan- ning to major in Home Ecnomics in college. The visitors from Jefferson got to bed around 1 o’clock Sunday morning and were interrupted in their sleep by an intruder” whom Miss Britt kept fro/n entering the room. It was later found that the ‘burglar” was a drunk. The Jefferson members came home on the bus Sunday morning. A grand time was enjoyed by all. Reporter F. H. A. The officers of the F. H. A. for the following year, 1949-50, are as follows: President, Minnie Sue Brooks; Vice President, Claudius Thurmond; Second Vice President, Martha Wil banks; Secretary, Mary George Mc- Cain; Treasurer, Joyce Venable; Historian and Parliamentarian, Bar bara Doster; Reporter, Jan Ander son; Assistant Reporter, Rachael Mc- Ever. F F. A. NEWS Harold Shields, Luther Wilkes and 1 Thursday, May 12, 1949 TAX EQUALIZERS in oi'Miin hi COURT HOUSE The Board of Tax Equalizers 'of Jackscn County met Monday in the Grand Jur;’ room in the court house. The board consists of A. A. Frost, chairman, of Jefferson, C. J. Hard man of Commerce and J. M. Daven port of Braselton. The latter is a member who succeeds R. L. Pirkle who resigned. The clerk of the Board is Miss Fredna Brock Harris. The first meeting was opened with prayer by Rev. Lamar Watkins, pastor of First Methodist Church. The business of the Board is to equalize taxes—increase taxable values when property is returned too low and lower values where re turned too high. It will possibly require about for ty days for the Board to complete its labors. FLAMES DESTROY HOUSE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING A house in Hoschton, owned by D. S. Lott, in which A. D. Murphy, and family resided, was struck by! lightning and the house and con tents were destroyed by fire. The family barely escaped and they lost all of their clothes and house fur nishings in the flames. FLOWER SHOW AT BAPTIST CHURCH THURSDAY, MAY 12 The public is invited to a Flower Show to be held in the Baptist Church on Thursday afternoon, May 12, 3:30 to 5:30. W. S. C. S. Circles The Methodist Woman’s Society of Christian Service Circles will meet at 4 p. m. Monday, No. 1 with Mrs. H. I. Mobley, No. 2 with Mrs. C. B. Boggs, No. 3 with Mrs. G. H. Fite. Quillian Garrison of the Jefferson F. F. A. chapter will exhibit their registered spotted Poland China hogs in the area Sears Roebuck pig chain show at Athens, Saturday. Harold and Luther who will show gilts gained the right to represent Jefferson against Future Farmers from 14 other Northeast Georgia chapters by winning the two top places in the. local show held here last Wednesday. Since the chain provides only one boar for each chapter, Quillian didn’t have any competition in the local show. Third place in the gilt class went to Billy Finch, who re ceived a prize of $5. Billy Hays and Charles Dowdy received $3 and $2 respectively for their fourth and fifth place gilts. Approximately S7OO in cash prizes will be awarded to the exhibitors in Athens by the Sears Foundation. For the gilts there will be ten blue ribbon awards of $22, ten reds of sls and ten whites of $lO. Prizes in the bar class are smaller. Five blue ribbon animals will earn $lB, five reds get $lO and five whites receive $5. Other chapters which will send representatives to the Athens event are Bogart, Bowman, Colbert, Com er, Danielsville, Davis Academy, Ila, Madison, Nancy Hart, Royston, Stat ham, University Demonstration School in Athens, Watkinsville and Winterville. Mr. Dan Cochran, teacher of vo cational agriculture at Jefferson, says the hogs which will be shown; by local Future Farmers are seven J months old and will weigh about 250 pounds. ' REGISTERED JERSEYS FURCI3ASED FOR JEFFERSON LtRMS J. L. MacMullun, Jr., of Jeiferr son, Ga., has purchased the regis tered Jersey female, Derrybrock Co lumbine. The animal comes from the herd owned by R. L. O’Kcllcy of Winterville, Ga. The purchase adds to the steadily growing number in this area. Daiiy men buy Jerseys because of the high quality of the milk*they produce. Also, J. C. Cody of Jefferson, Ga., has purchased the registered Jersey female, Bas Pinnacle Gipsy Lass. The animal also comes from the herd owned by R. L. O’Kelley. No man in Georgia is a more pro ficient judge of cattle than J. L. Mc- Mullan, Sr., and that the animal purchased by the above named young men were selected by hinf is assurance they will be valuable as sets to the McMullan and Cody farms. UNIVERSITY OF GA. HONORS TWO LOCAL CITIZENS Five honorary and eleven under graduate members will be initiated by Gridiron, secret honorary so ciety of the University of Georgia, on May 12. Among the honorary members is L. G. Hardman of Com merce and among the active Edwin Aderholt of Jefferson. It is a high honor to be made a member of this society. Woman’s Club Members Enjoy Lovely Program One of the most delightful pro grams of the club year was enjoyed Monday afternoon by the members of the Woman’s Club at the High School auditorium. Mrs. C. B. Boggs, chairman of Fine Arts, presented a program of Speech and Music. I Miss Henrietta Gunter, of Com merce, a well-known teacher of Speech, gave three numbers, Cullud I Lady at the Phone, Have You Met ' Miss Booth, and Betty at the Base ball Game. Mrs. J. M. Melvin and Mrs. R. D. Gasaway, two of Jeffer son’s most outstanding musicians, I rendered several duets, using two pianos. ? Each performance of these three I entertainers was given generous ap- plause. j The business session of the club j followed the usual routine. The members voted to send a girl to j “Girls’ State” at Wesleyan College ; in June. | Mrs. L. H. Isbell presided. Mrs. L. J. Lyle gave the minutes of the previous meeting. Mrs. L. B. Moon spoke for the Library and Mrs. Lanis Ethridge for the Flower Show. The hostesses, Mesdames Morris Bryan, Morris Bryan, Jr., W. T. Bry an, H. L. Garrison, A. S. Johnson, H. T. Hogan, J C. Turner, Guy Strickland, invited the members to the lunch room where an iced course of refreshments was served. Mr. and Mrs. C E. Rankin had the following children and grand children with them on Mother’s Day: Mr and Mrs. S. C. Nunn, Mr. and Mrs. Lester Rankin, Mr. and Mrs. John Geer, Mr. and Mrs. Wel don Rankin, all of Anderson, S. C.; Mr. and Mrs Mickey Rankin, Mr. and Mrs. Summie Rankin, Betty, Eleanor, Bobby, Michael, and Tim othy Rankin, Johnny, and Charlie Geer. No. 48