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The Jackson Herald Volume 76. NORTH GEORGIA METHODISTS MEET IN ATLANTA (By Thomas M. Elliott) Ministers and laymen represent ing the 356 pastoral charges in the North Georgia Methodist Annual Conference assembled in Atlanta Tuesday for a four-day session of that body, with sittings to be held three times daily through Friday. Bishop Arthur J. Moore is pre siding over the sessions. Guest bishops of other areas pres ent are Bishop Roy H. Short, of the Jacksonville area, and Bishop Mar vin Franklin, of the Jackson area. Each of the visiting bishops will speak several times during the week. All conference business ses sions will be at Wesley Memorial Church, with the final Friday night session to be held at Oxford Old Church, following a barbeche din ner and rededication of the reno vated building. ' 1 Although 14 young ministers are to be admitted on trial at this ses sion, clerical membership in the body will be slightly changed, since" six deaths have come during the year, and nine ministers will'be re tired this week. Advance reports from the 10 district superintendents indicate that total church member ship in the 854 r congregations will be increased tb° 188,000, following revivals this year. A year ago the Conference voted that annual sessions thereafter be held between Sundays, so that pas tors might not be absent from their pulpits. To comply with that voted request this year’s annual session had to be moved up 30 days. Asa result, aill statistical reports will show work done in 11 months, it is stated. Minister who died this year are: H. C. Ayers, of West Point. C. A. Reese, of Memphis, Tenn. G. F. Bailey, of Powder Springs. B. N. McHan, J. F. Davis and E. C. Atkins, all of Carrollton. Ministers to retire this week are: H. C. Emory, of Atlanta. C. M. Lipham, of Elberton. Z. V. Hawkes, of Calhoun. W. A. Woodruff, of Canon. H. G. Garrett, of Armuchee. B. C Matteson, of Tignall. J. B. Gresham, of McCaysville. E. P. Eubanks, of Ringgold. V. L. Bray, of Griffin. Men to be admitted on trial are: Fred Earl Stimson, L. B. Jones, 111, Charles William Greene, Alfred Vogt Renfro, James Archibald Budd, David Earl Switzer, William Glenn Dorris, James Carroll Moore, Burch Hugh Fannin, William Don ald Gray, Warren Sawyer Saunders, William A. Wicker, Tasker D. John son, and J. W. Speer. New assignments for pastors will be- finally and officially read next Friday night. For four days the past week Bishop Moore and the Cabinet of 10 District Superintendents were in consultation in arranging the new appointments. Thursday, ac cording to custom, pastors and lay men will have opportunity to con fer with the Bishop and Superin tendents as to contemplated chang es., District Superintendents compos ing the Bishop’s Advisory Cabinet, are as follows: H. S. Smith, of Ath ens; J. W. Veatch, of Atlanta East; Lester Rumble, of Atlanta West; G- L. King, of Augusta; N. P. Man ning, of Dalto’n; C. L. Middle brooks, of Decatur; McLowery El rod. of Gainesville; P. A. Turner, t ‘ Crifiir Y r . M. of La- Orange. end W. M. Jones, of Rome Single Copy Five Cents FIRE DAMAGES NAT HANCOCK HOME ON MARTIN STREET But for the early appearance of Y. D. Maddox, in the back yard of his home on Sunday morning, one of Jefferson’s most attractive resi dences might now be smouldering in ashes. Mr. Maddox discovered smoke is sueing from the Nat Hancock home on Martin street and a call for the fire department brought the flame fighters quickly to the home and they soon had the fire under con trol, but not before a wide space of floor, several pieces of furniture and walls of one room were almost ruined. The fire is supposed to have been' caused from* smouldering saw dust in a sanding machine, which had been in use Saturday and left in the room. The machine was badly damaged and Mr. Hancock’s loss was probably around $500., Mr. Hancock and family were away from home when the fire was dis covered. STATE HOMEMAKERS MEET IN ATHENS ■ Mrs. A. J. Flanigan, Home Dem onstration Agent of Franklin Coun ty, was in Athens last week, at tending the annual meeting of the State Home Demonstration Council. A highlight of the week was the dedication of a $3,500 Bookmobile to serve as a demonstration in rural areas of Georgia that are without library service. The fuqds for the Bookmobile were raised by Home Demonstration Club members in each county. Another outstanding event was the State Style Revue, which was held on Thursday night. Mrs. John Dempsey was crowned champion of this dress revue con test. Her dress was a plaid gingham. Mrs. Ralph Hutchins of Gwinnett County, was another prize winner, wearing a dress made from fertilizer sacks. Also her gloves, black hat and bag were made from the same ma terial. f Miss Lurline Collier directed the sessions of the conference. WELL-KNOWN CITIZEN OF COMMERCE WRITES HISTORY The History of Commerce-Har mony Grove, by T. C. Hardman, has just been published by the author. The book contains 219 pages and is fully illustrated. In the author’s foreword Mr. Hard man states, “The history of Har mony Grove-Commerce has been undertaken for the information and benefit of present and future gen erations, especially for., those who have grown up in this community and those who are descendants of the men and women who have con tributed to make this city and com munity a congenial place to live.” The history deals With the early development of Harmony Grove and the growth of the City of Commerce. One interesting note is to why the name was changed from Harmony Grove to Commerce. Agricultural, industrial, profes sional, religious, civic, educational and patriotic organization develop ments are fully discussed by the author. One chapter deals with items of interest, anecdotes and personalities. AN ANNOUNCEMENT The Dry Pond Home Improve ment Club will meet Thursday, " 23. 3:00 o’clock P. M. A goc^ attendance i* being urged. Jefferson, Jackson County, Georgia GOV. TALMADGE CONSIDERS SEVERAL PLANS FOR HOSPITAL Governor Herman Talmadge an nounced last week that he is consid ering a sweeping re-crganizational plan for Milledgeville State Hospi tal, which will take the big institu tion away from the State Welfare Department. The Governor said that he will present one of three broad plans to the next session of the Georgia Leg islature. (1) Place the Milledgeville men tal hospital with its 9,500 patients under the University of Georgia Medical School and hospital at Au gusta, Ga. (2) Place the institution under the State Department of Health, which also operates Battey Tubercu losis Hospital in Rome. (3) Create a board of trustees to operate the mental hospital as a separate institution. Terms would be staggered to prevent political domination by any single adminis tration. (The hospital operated un der similar administration prior to 1931.) Talmadge is weighing the merits of all of the above plans. Last week at Elberton, he conferred at length with Dr. Lombard Kelley, of Au gusta, Dean of the Georgia Medical School at Augusta and the Board of Regents. The Governor is very desirous of seeing adequate medical care for patients at all State Hospital Insti tutions, which plan might be the most meritorious. At the present itme, the State op erates, in addition to Milledgeville, Battey State Hospital for Tubercu lar patients at Rome, a 'Smaller hos pital at the Georgia State Prison and the University Medical School at Augusta. MRS. C. B. LORD SLIPS ON GRASS BREAKING ANKLE Friends of Mrs. C. B. Lord were greatly distressed Saturday after noon to learn tljat she had slipped on the grass on her lawn and suf fered a broken ankle. After receiv ing treatment at the hospital in Athens, she is now at home and is convalescing as well as can be ex pected. Mrs. Lord is one of Jefferson’s most popular and beloved ladies, and that she will recuperate rapidly and satisfactorily is the sincere wish of a host of friends. FHA FARM FAMILY ACHIEVEMENT DAY SET FOR JULY 14 Some of the state’s most out standing farm families will be rec ognized July 14 when “FHA Farm Family Achievement Day” is held on the campus of the College of Agriculture in Athens, announce state leaders of the Farmers Home Administration. Program for the day will begin at 10 o’clock. Around 200 farmers and their wives are expected to attend the achievement day program and take part in the afternoon tours of the campus. CLARENCE G. REEVES TO VISIT EUROPE Clarence G. Reeves, seaman, USN, son of Mr. and Mrs. Guy Reeves of Route 2, Jefferson, is scheduled to visit Portsmouth, England, and Cherbourg, France, this summer as a member of the crew of the battle ship USS Missouri, which will be a part of a ten-ship Midshipmen Prac tice Cruise Souadrm. COVERED WAGON VISITS JEFFERSON FOR BOND CAMPAIGN A one-hundred-year-old covered wagon, a replica of the famous ve hicles that carried the forty-niners to a place in history, visited Jeffer son last week and was parked for inspection on the public square near the First National Bank. The wagon was transported on the very latest model truck. One hundred years ago covered wagons were drawn by oxen, mules or large horses, while the power that propels trucks today is gasoline engines. . The covered wagon is sent out by managers of Georgia’s Campaign for the sale of bonds. Judge L. B. Moon, Jackson County’s bond sale chair man, was present on arrival of the covered wagon to give greetings and welcome ot those who have it in charge. Many others were present When the outfit arrived. Bond Campaigns in Jackson in re cent years have all been managed successfully by Judge Moon. The Opportunity Loan Campaign began April Ist and will be concluded on July 16. Jackson County’s quota is $65,000. To June 10, $41,174 of these bonds had been prchased, which is 68.6% of the total. In addition be tween June 4th and 10th, $6,500 of F and G Bonds were bought by Jackson County citizens. Church Notes First Baptist Church J. D. MATHESON. Minister. ■.4 ■ ■ At the morning worship next Sunday, 11 o’clock, particular at tention will. be called to the 50th anniversary of Dr. Milo H. Massey’s ministry as pastor. Dr. Massey has zeen requested to bring the mes sage Bible School meets promptly at 10:00 A. M. with classes for every age group. The Training Union convenes at 6:45 o’clock. The evening worship begins at 7:45, and the Pastor’s sermon theme will be: “God’s Volunteers.” • A cordial welcome to all. FIRST METHODIST Lamar H. Watkins, Pastor. 10:00 A. M.—Church School. 11:00 A. M.—Morning Worship. 7:00 P. M.—Youth Fellowship. 8:00 P. M.—Evening Worship. All-Day Study of “Women of Scripture” To Be Held June 28th On Tuesday, June 28th, members of the Methodist W. S. C. S-, will gather at the Church for an all-day service to study the Mission book, “Women of Scripture,” by Arthur B. Moss. The program will begin at 10:30 and lunch will be served at 12:30 P. M. Mrs. J. D. Escoe is chairman of the Department of Mission Study and will have charge of the pro gram. A full attendance of all members is urged and visitors will be wel comed. ' HOME COMING AT MT. CREEK The annual Home Coming of the Mt. Creek Baptist Church will be held Sunday, June 26th, at the church. The Rev. Douglas Eades, pastor of the church, wiU preach the Home Coming sermon. Much special music and singing is being arranged. All are invited to attend. Thursday, June 23, 1949 DR. M. H. MASSEY HONORED AT THOMASTON, GA. THOMASTON. A 73-year-old Baptist pastor received double hon ors here Sunday at special services as a tribute to him on Father's Day and as a commemoration exercise marking his 50-year service as a minister in Georgia and Florida. Dr. Milo Massey, who now lives in Jefferson, is the father of three children. All three attended the celebration which was held at the First Baptist Church here where he delivered his first sermon 50 years ago just after he was graduated from the South ern Baptist Seminary in June, 1899. The pastor of the church now is the Rev. R. C. Moore. Dr. Massey was the guest minister Sunday and delivered the same ser mon he preached on that third Sun day in June, 1899, entitled, “To Me To Live Is Christ.” Members from each of the other churches he has served including Jefferson, Hartwell, Americus, Ce dartown, and Marianna, Fla., at tended the services. \ Dr. Massey was presented a spe cial gift of 50 silver dollars. The pre sentation was made by Mrs. Alfred J. Zorn, of Thomaston. The guest pastor traced the his tory of the First Baptist Church from the days of “an old wooden shack” to the present brick struc ture with a $200,000 addition now under construction. A luncheon was given at the Upson Hotel for Dr. Massey follow ing the church services. Homer Harris was in charge. VETERAN FARM TRAINEE GIVEN STATE RECOGNITION Vester F. Massey, a veteran farm trainee at Benton School, was given statewide recognition last week for outstanding work in the develop ment of year-round pastures on his farm. The Jackson County farmer won sixth place in the Northeast Geor gia vocational district in the year round grazing contest for veteran farm trainees and was awarded a prize of $12.50 by the Georgia Pow er Company, sponsors of the event. Mr. Massey was one of the 32 vet erans from the state who shared in the SI,OOO prize money offered by the power sompany. Winner of first place in this dis trict and also in the state was John Cannon of Greensboro. His prizes totaled SIOO. The contest arouse.d considerable interest among veterans in the de- velopment and utilization of year round pastures. Nearly 10,000 ex-1 Gls established 81,357 acres of per-1 mananent pastures and had in ad- 1 dition 47,500 acres of temporary! winter and 25,608 acres of tempor- j ary summer grazing. The amount of fertilizer used in j developing the pastures is signifi cant. They used 3.803 tons of super- ■ phosphate, 10,482 tons of lime, 4,378 j tons of commercial fertilizers, 370 j tons of nitrate of soda, 7,170 tons! of compost, 1,419 tcyis of basic slag | and lesser amounts of other kinds. Among the seeds planted were 12.813 pounds of white dutch clover; 20,131 of ladino clover, 238,176 of crimson clover, 462,475 of lespedeza, 68,231 of fescue, 1,686,762 of oats, 14,830 of dallis grass, 201,830 of rye grass and nearly two million Coast al Bermuda grass stolons. HIGHWAY FORCES MOVE OPERATIONS TO MURRAYVILLE The hard-surfaced highway from Talmo to Holly Springs Church, is completed, and the road forces have been moved to Murrayville on the Cleveland-Dahlonega road. Claussen & Lawrence, road build ers of Augusta, had the contract on the Talmo road. Mr. J. B. Duncan of South Carolina, was foreman of the working crew and he and Mrs. Duncan made their home while in Jefferson with Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Deaton. They are now at Sharon, where Mr. Duncan is on a job, but they will come back to Jefferson when he begins finishing the slopes on the Talmo road. The W. L. Cobb Construction Cos., of Decatur, has the contract for th& Murrayville road. LEGION AUXILIARY HOLDS MEETING The American Legion Auxiliary met June 14 at City Hall. Mes dames J. Story Ellington, R. D. Gas away and Mrs. G. D. Hardy hos tesses. The treasurer repeorted $173.26 on deposit and that $93.75 had been spent on departments of the works. The following officers were elect ed for 1950: President, Miss Jewell Alexan der; First Vice President, Mrs. H. E. Aderholt; Second Vice President, Mrs. Hubert Martin; Secretary, Mrs. Guy Strickland; Treasurer, Mrs. Storey Ellington: Corresponding Secretary, Mrs. Guy Strickland; Historian, Mrs. Ben Martin; Ser geant-at-Arms, Mrs. J. N. Smith; Chaplain, Mrs. Claire Hill. Mrs. J. N. Smith gave a very in teresting report of the state con | vention. Mrs. Guy Stone, Glen | wood, was elected Department Pres ident, Mrs. Eunis, Ist vice and Mrs. Charlie Morgan 2nd vice. Mrs. S. C. Moon Gainesville, Chaplain. The unit voted not to meet in July and August. During the so j cial hour the hostesses served de . liciou/ refreshments. NINE DOTING GRANDPARENTS (Atlanta Constitution) If blue-eyed, brunette Miss Gwendolyn Johnette Grantham, aged eight and one half months, is a little spoiled blame it on her nine doting grandparents. “We wonder if our baby doesn’t hold some kind of record, with so many living grand- and great grandparents,” Mi;, and Mrs. K. L. Grantham, of 919 Bouldercrest Dr., S. E., declared. Little Gwen’s grandparents live near enough for frequent visits. They are Maternal Grandparents Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Hendrix, of 568 Stokeswood Ave., S. E., and Pater nal Grandparents Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Grantham, of Hapeville. Mr. and Mrs. J.. J. Hendrix, of Rutledge, are the paternal great grandparents, and Mr .and Mrs. G. E. Waddell, Sr., of Jefferson, the maternal great-grandparents. Then there’s Gwen’s maternal great great-grandmother, Mrs. C. F. John son, of Oklahoma City, Okla. “And if Gwen doesn’t get enough, attention from them,” laughs her mother, “she can always fall back on her great-great-great-uncle, W. C. Johnson, of Atlanta, Or her great great-great-aunt, Mrs. Caroline Boone, of Savannah!” No. 2.