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The Jackson Herald Volume 75. BURIAL RITES FOR MRS. HANCOCK AT ROCKWELL The death angel came at four o’clock Sunday morning and claim ed the spirit of one of Georgia’s noblest and most prominent wo men. Mrs. Mary O’Shields Hancock passed away at her country home in Barrow County. Her health had been somewhat impaired for a few days but death came almost with out warning, following a heart at tack. I Mrs. Hancock was the widow of the late Claud Hancock and was the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. John B. O’Shields. She was in her sixty-ninth year. She was reared at the O’Shields farm on Jefferson- Winder road. Until a year ago, when she moved to the present home, she spent her married life in and near Jefferson. She was a woman of superior mental attainments and had a host of friends who are grieved over her demise. Funeral services were conducted at Rockwell Universalist Church on Monday afternoon by Rev. W. R. Bennett and interment was in Woodbine Cemetery, Jefferson. Rev. M. H. Massey had charge of the graveside services. The pall beareres were Nat Han cock, Paul Eley, John O’Shields, Richard B. Russell 111, Joe Carring ton, Joe Eley and Ernest Sims. Surviving the deceased are four children, Miss Annie Hugh and John, who resided with their moth er, Brannon Hancock of Clarkes ville and Jack Hancock of Newnan. Also, two> sisters, Mrs. G. W. Mill saps and Mrs. Will Sims, both of Winder. Church Notes Presbyterian Church W. R. Thurman, Pastor. Sunday School, 10 o’clock. J. M. Melvin Superintendent. Worship service 11 o’clock. Mr. W. R. Thurmond, Student Pastor. If you do not have a church home, we invite you to worship with us. Presbyterian Men To Meet The men of the Presbyterian church will meet with Mr. W. M. Champion, Sunday, June 12, at 8 p. m. Mr. D. D. Carithers, our new ly elected president will preside. Mr. Carithers has graciously consented to serve in this office for the re maining church year. Mr. Mays Brock, our former president, was compelled to give up this office on account of the illness of his mother,, Mrs. C. O. Brock. This week we have four of our fine Sunday School girls at the Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School near Clayton. They are attending a Presbyterian summer conference for girls and boys between the ages of 15 and 17. None of these girls are Presbyterians but we feel that it is a priviledge to be able to send such lovely Christian girls to our sum mer conference. They are Lillian Williams, Sarah Doster, Jean Vena ble and Roberta Davis. First Baptist Church J. D. MATHESON. Minister. 10:00 A. M.Sunday School. 11:00 A. M.—Morning Worship. 6:45 p. m.—Training Union. 7:4s—Evening Service. Welcome. Attica Baptist Church Dr. Milo H. Massey will conduct services at 3:30 o’clock Sunday afternoon at Attica Baptist Church. All interested persons are invited. ACADEMY Sunday, June 12, 1949. Sunday School: 10:00 a. m., Fred Smith, Supt. Morning Worship: 11:00 a. m., Rev. Jim Harvey, pastor. B T. U.. 7:00 p. m. Dwight Porter. Single Copy Five Cents JEFFERSON ENTERS CHAMPION HOME TOWN CONTEST Jefferson has entered the 1949 Georgia Champion Home Town Contest. Last year Jefferson won the Honorable eMention award and was presented with a plaque. Again this year the Civic Im provement is sponsoring Jefferson in the state-wide competition. Many improvement projects have already been completed to the credit of Jefferson. Others are underway to make a good chance for a cash prize this year. It will take the same co operative spirit by everyone as dis played last year to make the con test successful. A total of 266 Georgia communi ties have entered the 1949 Contest to stimulate civic improvements, industrial and business progress, it was announced by the Georgia Pow er Company, following the close of entries on May 31. This is 57 more towns than the number entered in the contest last year, when 209 took part and 159 completed competition by submit ting final progress reports. The 1949 entries include 173 towns which participated in 1948 and 93 towns that are in the contest for the first time. The entrants are competing for a total of $4,500 in cash prizes, which are to be used by the winners for further community improvements. The contest will cover all com munity improvements made be tween November 1, 1948, and Oc tober 15, 1949. Final reports of ac complishments are to be submitted by October 15, 1949. WELDON LEE COUCH DIED AT RESIDENCE THURSDAY NIGHT Weldon Lee Couch, aged 61, a well-known citizen of the Jeffer son Mills Village, passed away Thursday night, after a lengthy ill ness. Funeral servicees were conducted by Rev. A. O. Hood, Rev. C. H. Mon crief and Rev. Coile at the Pente costal Holiness Church Saturday afternoon Interment was in Wood bine Cemetery. The deceassed is survived by his wife, Mrs. Adell Crumley Couch; children, Mrs. L. E. Carlyle, Mrs. B. C. Anglin, Mrs M. J. Lynn, J. O. Couch and Donald Couch; a sister, Miss Annie Couch, and nine grand children Miss Virginia Kesler Received B.A. Degree At Brenau College Mrs. Stanley Kesler, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Legg, Mrs. L. P. Legg, Bill Rogers of Commerce, and Mrs. Vir ginia Carter of Atlanta, were in Gainesville on May 31st to attend the graduation exercises of Brenau College, at which time Miss Virginia Kesler received her B.A. Degree in Home Economics. NOTICE TO VETERANS Commerce Veterans Home, Inc. is now open to all qualified men of the American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars between 2:00 p. m. and 11:30 from Mondays through Fridays. director. Evening worship: 8:00 p. m. Everyone welcome. Arcade Presbyterian Services Sunday Sunday School, 10 A. M. Preaching, 11 A. M. Young Peoples’ Meeting—B P. M. '*> r-rdiolly invite cvcrycr.n out, t these servicer. Jefferson, Jackson County, Georgia COMMENCEMENT AT UNIVERSITY BEGAN SUNDAY The Baccalaureate Sermon by Rev. J. Milton Richardson of Atlan ta on last Sunday opened “Com mencement Week’’ at the University of Georgia which will see the larg est graduating class, almost 1500, receive degrees. The graduation exercises will be held on Saturday, June 11, at 5:30 p. m. in Sanford Stadium. Among those who will be award ed degrees are Miss Ann Thurmon, Hewlett Edwin Aderholt, Jr., Polly and Frances Brown, Bernard Wal ter McPhell, Winfred Dean Elder, all of Jefferson; Raymond Hollis Catlett, Henry Beamon Allen, Daniel Chandler, William Edwin Goble, James Mack Crawford, Jr., James Jasper Harber, Jr., Vera E. Fitzpatrick, Clarence Williams Pitt man, all of Commerce; Herbert G. Carithers and Walter North Stone, Jr., of Nicholson, John Raymond Melear of Center. Friday will be Alumni Day and quite a number of classes will hold formal reunions. After class luncheons the alumni will be free to visit friends, fratern ities, sororities, open houses of vari ous departments until 4:30 when a barbecue will be served on the south side of Sanford Stadium. CLYDE ELROD LAID TO REST IN PENDERGRASS Funeral servicees for Clyde El rod were held Tuesday in the church at Pendergrass. Rev. J. R. Meek and a visiting minister con ducted the service. Mr. Elrod’s death occurred Sun day at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Gee, of Pendergrass. He was 41 years of age and was a native of Jackson County, but for some time has made his home in Decatur and more recently at Rt. 1, Tucker. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Saidie Oliver Elrod, and five children, Mrs. W. H. Gee, Miss Mary Helen Elrod. Pete, Herbie and Denver Elrod. M. H. BAILEY SERIOUSLY ILL AT HOME HERE Friends of Marshall M. H. Bailey, who has been seriously ill, will be pleased to learn that his condition is somewhat improved today, Wed nesday. The many inquiries made about him since he became ill shows that his friends are very much con cerned and hope that he will soon be able to resume his dutiese as Marshall for the city. His children, Mrs. Laura Vining of Daytona Beach, Mrs. Christine McLean, Sam and Hoyt Bailey of Jacksonville, Howard Bailey of Tampa, are at his bedside, and Mrs. Dorothy Andrews of Boise City, Idaho, is enroute here. Dr. and Mrs. M. H. Massey Return from Florida Dr. and Mrs. Milo H. Massey who recently spent three weeks in Marianna, Fla., where the former served the First Baptist Church of that city for eleven years, met, while there, many old friends and made some new ones. Dr. Massey addressed the Fellowship Club of the First Methodist Church, preach ed on Sunday at First Baptist and Presbyterian churches, was the guest speaker of the Kiwanis Club of which he was a former active member and made an address to the monthly meeting of the American Legion. Mrs. Massey attended several so cial and religious gatherings. Dr. and Mrs. Massey are both held in high esteem in their own home town as well as in the above named progressive little city in the “Land of Flowers.” 329 JACKSON COUNTIANS FILE INCOME TAXES Only a small percentage of Geor gia’s population, voteds, and auto-! mobile owners fie State income tax returns. This was revealed as the State mves toward increasing the number of income tax agents to seek out tax dodgers and enforce the lawj. State Income Tax Director Fielding Dil lard will recommend the addition ol 12 agents when he testifies before the State Tax Revision Committee Monday. Only six percent of Georgia’s 3,000,000 population file individual State income tax returns,, reports show. However, the total 3,000,000 couldn’t be expected to file returns —since this figure includes men, women and children—nonincome owners as well as income earners. It is likely that more than 500,000 or 600,000 persons would be liable fo rfiling the returns, some officials say. Last year 193,056 filed returns. Statistics show that only 36 per cent of the automobile owners file income tax returns. Only 16 per cent of the registered voters file in come tax returns. A county-by-county comparison of the number of income tax re turns filed with the number of automobiles sold, number of reg istered voters, and population shows that Jackson County wit ha popula tion of 7,073, only 329 made income tax returns with 3,070 automobile tags bought. MRS. TOMMIE TILLER DIED AT RESIDENCE FRIDAY AFTERNOON Mrs. Tommie Lou Tiller, aged 38, died at her residence in the Jeffer son Mills village Friday afternoon, June 3, after an illness of several months. Funeral services were conducted by Rev. Coile and Rev. Moncrief in High View Baptist Church Sunday afternoon. Interment was in Wood bine cemetery. Surviving Mrs. Tiller are her hus band, Floyd Tiller; a daughter, Mrs. Massey Crowe of Canton; brothers, Calvin Branyan of Virginia, Walter Branyan of White Plains, Olis Bran yan of Woodville and Aubry Bran yan of Canton; a sister, Mrs. Jewell Martin. BABY PICTURE CONTEST TO BE HELD AT ROOSEVELT Nat Hancock, woner of the Roose velt Theatre, announce that arrange ments have been completed with Ensley’s Studio to show on the screen photos of Jefferson’s pret tieest and cutest kiddies between 3 months and 5 years of age. Three big prizes will be awarded to the three selected by Judges as the cutest or prettiest. This event will be sponsored by the Woman’s Club. The regular scheduled feature picture “Fighting Mad” with Joe Kirkwoor will be shown. Photos of all kiddies will be absolutely free. Bring them to the Joy Theatre be tween 10 a. m. and 8 p. m., from Monday, June 13th, through Wed nesday, June 15. Misses Polly and Frances Brown Graduate from University of Georgia Misses Polly and Frances Brown will be graduated from the Univers ity of Georgia at Athens on June 11. Both are daughters of Mrs* Marion N. Brown and the late M. N. Brown of Jefferson. Both attended North Georgia College at Dahlone gia for two years before transfer ring to the University. Miss Polly Brown has been a member of the faculty at Tucker, in Dekalb County for the past two months. Thursday, June 9, 1949 PITTMAN CARTER SPOKE TO ROTARY ON TUESDAY In the absence of Program Chair man C. Ed Hardy, President Ader holt introduced the guest speaker of Jefferson Rotary, Tuesday, Pittman Carter, County School Superintend ent of Jackson County. In present ing the speaker to the Club, Presi dent Aderholt paid him high tribute as a public official, educational di rector of the schools of Jackson and a citizen of Georgia. The speaker traced the history of education from our pioneer fathers to this date. Education is for the i purpose, not only of helping the in-, dividual, but that by education he will be beneficial to the country. Education’s purpose is not only to' teach one how to make a living but' how to live. He told of the progress 1 of education in Georgia from a' three months school, to nine and twelve months terms. Also how they had progressed until now the Jef ferson school has twelve grades. The State will have no financial share in the 12th grade until four years hence, but the County and the City of Jefferson are providing funds for the 12th grade un til the State takes over. Mr. Carter not only believes in the cooperation of County School Superintendent, County Board, teachers and people, but practices this plan of education. He said, “No one man is big enough to direct education in the County to the best advantage but needs the advice and cooperation of others.” The County, in round numbers, receives $169,000 regular allotment, $59,000 equalization, and the Coun ty contributes $28,000. This year the County is provided with 106 teachers by the State, but for next year it has the promise of only 100. The others must be pro vided by the County. Four Rotarians were absent and no guests were present. After an unavoidable absence for several meetings, Curtis Alexander and Morris Bryan, Jr., were pres ent. BROCKTON Wilkes Reunion The Wilkes reunion and birthday celebration of Mrs. Mary Wilkes was well attended Sunday and a most enjoyable day was spent. Among other guests attending the Wilkes reunion were Mrs. Thelma Dowdy and son, J. D., of Oakland, Fla., Mr. and Mrs. Mark Cartledge and family of College Park, Mr. and Mrs. Bud Wilkes, Mr. and Mrs. De witt Wilkes, Mrs. Edna Payne and daughters, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wil liams and son, Mr. and Mrs. Pat Wheelis and daughter, and Mr. and Mrs. David Elder and son of Athens. Bray—Dowdy Friends are extending congratula tions to Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Bray who were married June 3, by Rev. Tooke in Commerce. Mrs. Bray is the former Mary Dowdy, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Dowdy. Mr. Bray is the son of Mr. and Mrs- Ralph Bray. May this couple have a long, happy life together. NEW ARRIVALS Sandra Elaine Knight Mr. and Mrs. Wilson Knight an nounce the arrival of a daughter, Sandra Elaine, at St. Mary’s Hos pital, June 6. Mrs. Knight is the former Miss Geneva Thompson of Jefferson. Buddie Steve Stockton Joan Marie Stockton Mr. and Mrs. Buddie Lee Stock ton of Rt. 1, Pendergress, announce the birth on May 19 of twins, a boy and a girl, who have been named Buddie Steve and Joan Marie. The grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Guy Stockton and Mr. and Mrs. Dave Jackson of Pendergrass. I 36 REA FOREMEN ATTEND CONFERENCE IN COMMERti Thirty-six REA foremen from 15 cooperatives in North and Middle Georgia attended the semi-annual conference at the Andrew Jackson Hotel in Commerce on June 2 and 3. W. H. Booth, of Commerce, pres ident of the board of directors of the Jackson Electric Membership Cor poration, opened the conference with a welcome to Commerce. He was introduced by R. J. Kelly, of Jefferson, manager of the Jackson E. M. C. The foremen spent two days in a discussion of REA construction specifications with particular em phasis on the changes in specfiica tions that have been made in re cent months. The discussions were ably led by J. W. Carpenter, of At lanta, area engineer, supervising the construction of REA lines in this area. He was assisted by J. L. Langston and J. B. Slaughter, of Atlanta, REA safety and job train ing instructors for the State of Georgia. These conferences are arranged by the Safety and Job Training Committee, composed of five co-op managers, and the State Depart ment of Education, as a part of a long-range training program to as sist REA foremen in building and maintaining REA lines efficiently. Mr. Kelly is secretary of the state committee and H. O. Carlton repre sents the State Department of Edu cation. The following attended from Jef ferson and Commerce: Lewis Vandiver, foreman; Gus Davis, foreman; Henry Pinion, fore man; Robert Matthews, foreman; Frank Cranford, engineer; R. J. Kelly, manager, all of Jefferson; W. H. Booth, president of board of di rectors; and Albert S. Hardy, Jr., Commerce News, of Commerce. NICHOLSON Mrs. Nora Murray On Friday afternoon, Jur*e 3, about onee-thirty o’clock, the death angel visited the home of Mrs. Nora Walker Murray, age 63, and her spirit was wafted away to worlds unknown. She had been in failing health for quite a while previous to her passing. Mrs. Murray was the widow of the late Robert L. Murray, and en joyed the friendship of a wide cir cle of relatives and friends, who are saddened at her demise. She is survived by one sister, Mrs. Lula Pittman of Rebecca; six broth ers, Mack Walker of Athens; Will, Zack, Lon, J. Z., and D. Walker, all of Nicholson, together with other relatives. Funeral services were conducted from the Nicholson Baptist Church on Sunday afternoon, June 5, at three o’clcok, the Rev. P. B. Cash of Hoschton, and the Rev. John Con well of Lymon, S. C., in charge, and interment followed in the family burial ground. Friends extend to the bereaved family heart-felt sympathy. U. D. C’s Meet June 15 The Jefferson U. D. C. Chapter will meet at the S. W. Dadisman home at 4:00 p. m. Wednesday, June 15. The hostesses are Mrs. Dadis man, Mrs. Noble Patrick, Mrs. Bill Spratlin, Mrs. J. D. Escoe. Miss Mary Glass Crooks, who is a member of the faculty at Rabun Gap, is spending a few days at her home here before matriculating at some summer school where she will study for her Masters Degree. Mr. and Mrs. Hoke Gurley and little son, David, and Mrs. J. A. Wills are spending sveeral days with Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Culberson in Lyons. No. 52.