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THE JACKSON HERALD
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2008
Dorsey, Anderson
to marry Dec. 6
Edward and Jan Dorsey
of Commerce announce the
engagement and forthcoming
marriage of their daughter,
Megan Brooke Dorsey, to
Aaron Michael Anderson, son
of Doug and Tari Anderson
of Lula.
The bride-elect is the grand
daughter of Belle Murray, the
late James Murray, Jeannette
Dorsey and the late Edward
Dorsey Sr., all of Commerce.
She is a 2007 graduate of
Commerce High School and
is employed at Logo Express,
Commerce.
Mr. Anderson is the
grandson of the late Lewis
Blanchard and the late Janna
Bos, both formerly of St.
Paul Park, Minn; the late
Kenneth Anderson, former
ly of Gillsville; and Betty
MISS DORSEY
AND MR. ANDERSON
Anderson, Commerce.
He is a 2004 home school
graduate and is employed
at Anderson’s Auto Sales,
Homer.
The couple will be married
at 6:30 p.m. on Saturday, Dec.
6, 2008, at The Pendergrass
House, Jefferson. All friends
and family are invited.
birth announcement
Elijah Graham Clark
Chris and Wendy Clark,
Pendergrass, announce the birth of
a son, Elijah Graham Clark, on
June 9, 2008, at Northeast Georgia
Medical Center, Gainesville.
He weighed 8 pounds, 8 ounces,
and was 21.5 inches long.
He joins four brothers and two sis
ters: Cody, Justin, Jonathan, Evan,
Grace and Emmaline.
His grandparents are Leon and
Loretta Pittman, Pendergrass;
Charlie Clark, Gainesville; and
Dugar and Sondra Strickland, Jefferson. His great-grandmoth
er is Cora Peck, Gainesville.
CLARK
‘Food for Fines’ program
offered at Jefferson library
THE JEFFERSON Public library will have its “Food For Fines”
program now through November 26.
“For every can or other non-perishable food item you bring in, we’ll
take off $1 in fines,” explained branch manager Amy Carlan.
Donations will go to the Jefferson Baptist Church Food Pantry.
Call the library at 706-367-8012 for more information.
Friends of the Library seeks
donated books and tapes
THE FRIENDS of the Jefferson Public Library is accept
ing donations for its upcoming annual book sale at the Jefferson
Civic Center on Friday, January 30, and Saturday 31.
All gently used adult and kids’ books, VHS tapes and DVDs
are welcome. Call 706-367-8012 for more information.
Annual Thanksgiving dinner
coming up Sat
THE ANNUAL Thanksgiving
dinner for all seniors and citi
zens of Maysville will be held
at noon on Saturday, Nov. 22, at
the community club building on
North Main Street.
Reservations are required by
in Maysville
Wednesday, Nov. 19.
No take-outs will be allowed.
For more information
on the dinner, call Martha,
706-652-2499; Cindy,
706-708-6409; or the Maysville
Public Library, 706-652-2323.
Benefit planned for Wilkes
A BENEFIT singing
for Ronnie Wilkes will be
held Friday, Dec. 6, at 6:30
p.m. at the Mt. Olive Baptist
Church Family Life Center,
190 Mt. Olive Church Road,
Commerce.
Wilkes, a well-known
Commerce hairdresser, has suf
fered some major health prob
lems and has been out of work.
Special guests will include
Clarke Kesler & Friends, Gerald
Sweatman, The Maxwells,
Stella Parnell and Others and
M.C. Danny O’Day.
Tickets are $5. For
more information, call
Wilkes at 706-335-3029 or
706-540-6936.
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Portraits of a Southern Place available again
THE JACKSON County
Historical Society book
Portraits of a Southern
Place has been reprinted.
A collector’s item for any
one interested in Jackson
County history and early
photography, the book con
tains 257 early Jackson
County photographs and
includes an index, orga
nized by surnames, to ben
efit genealogy researchers.
This is a reprint in paper
back of the 2007 hardback
publication and is individu
ally shrink wrapped. The
price of $25 includes tax.
There will be a quantity
discount of five books or
more for $20 each. Checks
and money orders can be
made to The Jackson County
Historical Society.
The books will be avail
able in Jackson County at
the Commerce, Jefferson,
Talmo and Braselton pub
lic libraries; at Genuine
Jefferson across from
Jefferson High School on
Photographs from the Collection of
the (ackson Count) Historical Society
Edited by Tina Harris
Washington Street; at the Pharmacy in Jefferson; and Call Tina for spe-
Joy Shoppe in Commerce; at the Burns-Telford House cial orders or deliveries,
at Crawford W. Long in Maysville. 706-207-6889.
Toy and food drives
Sanitation company
holding food and toy
drive this week
LAST YEAR, White Oak Sanitation, its
customers, and residents of Jackson County
worked together to collect a portion of 80,000
total cans of food for local women, men and
children in the community. The company
retrieved cans of food left out by its custom
ers’ curbs for donation purposes. The cans
were then delivered to Jefferson First Baptist
Church.
The week of November 17 through 23,
White Oak will again be covering the streets
of Jackson County in moving trucks, only this
year the company is expanding its food drive
efforts to include toy and clothing donations.
White Oak’s customers are again being asked
to leave their donations in their recycling bins
and extra boxes or bags by their curbs for the
company’s drivers and helpers to pick up.
Also like last year, White Oak will be deliv
ering the food donations to Jefferson First
Baptist Church — but this year the company
will also be bringing toys and clothing to other
holiday charity programs in the community.
White Oak is also accepting donations at its
office at 2 Ruby St., Gainesville, GA 30501
during that time.
Call White Oak at 678-455-7819 or visit
the company’s website at www.sanitation-
services.com for more information about the
2008 Food Drive.
EMS toy drive coming up
TOYS WILL be collected for the Jackson
County Emergency Service’s annual toy
drive in front of KB Toys at Tanger II on
several dates this month.
The schedule is as follows: midnight to
6 a.m. on Thanksgiving night; and 9 a.m.
to 6 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 29.
Last year, the toy drive benefited 24
families and 47 children.
Toys for Tots collecting
for foster children
THE 1-85 North Georgia Board of
Realtors, Commerce, is collecting “Toys
for Tots” for the foster children in four
surrounding counties, including Jackson
County.
To donate a few toys for this cause,
look for the “Toys for Tots” signs at any
participating real estate office in Jackson
County. The 1-85 North Georgia Board
of Realtors office will also be a drop-off
point.
RE/MAX Select Commerce at Commerce
Crossing in Banks Crossing is also a col
lection site for the Marine Corps Reserve
Toys for Tots Campaign.
Donations of new unwrapped toys will
be through December 19.
For more information on area collec
tions for Toys for Tots, contact Meranda
Moody at 706-335-3044.
Alzheimer’s support group available
AN ALZHEIMER’S de
mentia support group meets
monthly at Bentley Assisted
Living in Jefferson and is
open to the public.
The sessions are held at 7
p.m. the last Tuesday of the
month at Bentley, Steve Iroff,
executive director at Bentley,
told members of Jefferson
Woman’s Club Nov. 10. He
was speaker at the club’s
luncheon meeting, held at
Mabeth’s.
The November support
group meeting will feature a
registered nurse, it was stat
ed.
Bentley offers care for
victims of Alzheimer’s and
dementia, as well as assisted
living care, said the speaker.
It also offers respite care of
from two days to 30, in addi
tion to its residential services,
added Iroff.
This can give caregivers a
chance to take a vacation or
just a break, he noted. Bentley
does not, however, offer day
care at this time.
Bentley, which is a state-
licensed privately-owned
firm, has 89 apartments and
can serve 102 persons, includ
ing couples, said the speaker.
It currently has 83 residents.
Alison Arnett, Bentley
director of marketing and
admissions, also attended the
Woman’s Club meeting.
Betty Martin, president,
presided during the session
and Carolyn Keasler won the
door prize.
JCCO award
banquet set
for Saturday
Beatty to be
keynote speaker
JACKSON County Com
munity Outreach will
hold its 10th annual
Achievement Award
Banquet Saturday, Nov.
22, at 6:30 p.m. at the
Commerce Civic Center.
Mike Beatty, commis
sioner of the Georgia
Department of Community
Affairs, will be the key
note speaker. Tickets are
$25, which includes din
ner, and tables of eight are
available for $250.
The banquet is JCCO’s
primary fundraiser.
Proceeds will go toward
scholarships to be pre
sented to seniors in local
high schools. In its 10
years, JCCO has awarded
$59,500 in scholarships.
Dr. Howard Ledford III,
director of the Commerce
campus of Lanier
Technical College, is
honorary chairman of the
banquet. Commissioner
Jody Thompson will greet
guests on behalf of the
county government, and
Michael Williams, direc
tor of the Boys and Girls
Club of Jackson County,
will be the master of cere
monies. The theme is “ten
years of encouraging edu
cational excellence.”
For tickets, contact Jim
Scott (706-335-3367),
Betty J. Scott
(706-335-3367), Charlotte
Johnson (706-335-5488)
or Doris Brown
(706-367-8234).
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