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THE JACKSON HERALD
WEDNESDAY, MAY 27, 2009
Maxwell, Fowler
Danny J. and Charlotte R.
Maxwell, Commerce, announce
the engagement and forthcom
ing marriage of their daughter,
Charlotte Suzanne Maxwell,
Commerce, to Devin Wakefield
Fowler, Haines City, Fla., son
of Eddie and Renee T. Stovall,
Haines City, Fla.
The bride-elect is a graduate
of Banks County High School
and earned a bachelor of arts
degree and master of arts degree
in early childhood education at
Piedmont College. Miss Maxwell
is employed as a teacher with the
Hall County School System.
The future groom is the grand
son of Ralph and Carol Talarico,
Haines City, Fla.
Mr. Fowler is a graduate of
Haines City High School and has
a bachelor of science degree in
economics and marketing from
the University of South Florida.
He is employed in property man-
to marry June 6
MR. FOWLER AND
MISS MAXWELL
agement.
The wedding is planned for
3 p.m. June 6, 2009, at the First
Baptist Church of Cornelia. All
family and friends are invited to
attend.
Following the wedding, the
couple will reside in Haines City,
Fla.
Low cost spay, neuter offered
LEFTOVER Pets/The Pet Mechanics will offer spay/neuter surger
ies in Jackson County on June 1, 2, 15, 16, 29 and 30. Call 800-978-
5226 for details.
Clark, Worley
to wed June 13
Nancy Williams, Fort Worth,
Texas, and David Clark,
Owensboro, Ky., announce
the engagement and forthcom
ing marriage of their daugh
ter, Michelle Renee Clark,
Owensboro, Ky„ to Jeremy
Jacob Worley, Nicholson, son
of Jerry and Nancy Worley,
Nicholson.
The bride-elect is the grand
daughter of Alberta McCarty
and the late Norbert McCarty
and DJ Clark and the late Jean
Clark, all of Owensboro, Ky.
Miss Clark is a 1997 gradu
ate of Roswell High School
and earned a bachelor of busi
ness administration in market
ing degree from the University
of Georgia in 2002. She earned
a bachelor of arts in busi
ness administration with an
emphasis in accounting from
Piedmont College in 2008 and
is employed as an accountant
with Thigpen, Jones, Seaton.
The future groom is the grand
son of Frances Massey and the
MISS CLARK
AND MR. WORLEY
late John Wilton Massey and
the late George and Frances
Worley, all of Commerce.
Mr. Worley is a 1997
graduate of Jackson County
Comprehensive High School
and earned a bachelor of
music in music education at
the University of Georgia in
2002. He is employed as direc
tor of bands at Dublin Middle
School.
The wedding is planned for
11:30 a.m. June 13, 2009, at
State Botanical Gardens Day
Chapel, Athens.
Humane Society’s PetFest set Sat. in Braselton
PETFEST 2009, an annual
arts and crafts pet festival and
family fun day, a fundraiser for
the Humane Society of Jackson
County, will be held from 10
a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, May 30,
at The Birdhouse in Braselton,
located at 1866 Hwy. 211.
The pet parade will kick
off the pet contests at 2 p.m.
Entrants in the parade will have
the opportunity to participate in
the pet contest, which includes
prizes for dogs and their own
ers who are the best in “Owner
& Dog Look-a-Like” “Most
School Spirit” “Uga Look-A-
Like” “Best Costume” “Best
Kisser” “Best Talker” and
more. Games for dogs will also
be available, such Bobbing for
Balls.
Vendor booths are still avail
able at $30 each, which will
support the humane society.
Free booths are available to
nonprofits.
Sponsorships are also still
available.
In its fourth year, the event
will include microchipping,
Canine Good Citizen Testing,
demonstrations, a kids' area,
food, live music with two
bands, pet-related vendors, arts
and crafts vendors, a celebrity
dunking booth and more.
There will be items to be
given away with a drawing,
silent auction items and door
prizes, including the chance
to win a one-year's supply of
Natural Balance Dog Food and
two Falcons tickets plus park
ing. The first 300 people will
receive a goody bag.
Photographer Pam Keene
will offer photos or pets and
pets and children for $35, with
a portion of the proceeds going
to the humane society.
Other happenings during
PetFest:
• Adoptables will be there
from area rescue groups includ
ing Leftover Pets, Campus Cats,
Kitty Crusaders and Georgia
Equine Rescue League.
• Chelian Farms will be there
with llamas and information on
the Love of Llamas 4-H pro
gram.
• Demonstrations will include
championship birddogs, obedi
ence, guide dogs and police
dogs.
•Canine Good Citizen Testing
will be available from Carla
Warren of Leave With Ease Pet
Sitting.
•The Jackson County Chapter
of the UGA Alumni Association
is holding its spring get-together
at PetFest.
For more information, e-mail
petfest@bigstickradio.com or
petfest2009@live.com or call
706-658-6974 or 706-768-
2002.
Established in 1998, the
Humane Society of Jackson
County was the vision of native
Marjorie Butler, who worked
with Bob and Sandy Wells to
make her dream a reality. A
low- and no-cost spay neuter
program was started in 2006,
and in February of 2007, the
group got its department of
agriculture license and began
rescuing and placing homeless
animals. In 2008, volunteers
launched a courtesy placement
program to assist with animals
who needed re-homing that the
group could not accommodate,
since it currently has no facil
ity and operates through an all-
foster home network.
The organization is a 501(c)
(3) nonprofit and donations
are tax deductible. Member
meetings are held every sec
ond Tuesday of the month at
the Jackson EMC William H.
Booth community auditorium
in Jefferson.
For more information, visit
the web site at www.hsjc.com
or call 706-367-1111.
DEMONSTRATIONS TO BE HELD
Canine demonstrations will be offered throughout the
day at PetFest, coming up Saturday at The Birdhouse
in Braselton. The event is a fundraiser for the Humane
Society of Jackson County.
ANIMALS FOR ADOPTION
“Adoptables” will be available at PetFest coming up
Saturday as a fundraiser for the humane society.
* Surgical
Services
BANKS
JACKSON
COMMERCE
MEDICAL
CENTER
“ Last week was my first visit to BJC. On the day I
came for my pre-op testing, I was met by smiling
faces. As I was ushered from department to
department for each test, my treatment was the
same. On the day of my surgery, every procedure
was explained in a way that let me know I was in
good hands. My surgery was a success, and I feel
as if I have acquired new family members. Thank
you all for making what could have been a trying
time, a time of peace. ”
- Evelyn Douglas
4/15/2009
“We bleed yea Me family”
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Museum cont’d from 1C
middle and the diorama moved,
we'll have space for movable walls
and more usable space,” said Lesa
Campbell, museum consultant
for the City of Jefferson. “We’ve
cleared the floor and are starting
over. Things are happening.”
According to Campbell, all
structural repairs on the three
buildings in the museum complex,
interior repairs and track lighting
throughout have been complet
ed. A new electrical system has
been completed for the “original
museum” building, the two-stoiy
brick building constructed in 1879
by Dr. J.B. Pendergrass for his
office.
Campbell reports that cur
rent work includes construc
tion for mounting new exhibits,
preparation for new exhibits —
research, writing and illustra
tion selection — and set-up
of new exhibits. Future plans
include exterior paint for the
Pendergrass Store building.
As Campbell worked down
stairs Friday afternoon, Vicki
Starnes, museum research
assistant, led the way upstairs
to where she and Campbell
have been exploring exhibit
designs.
“Here’s Dr. Long's doctor's
bag,” Starnes said, pointing out
an old leather kit under glass.
“He had this with him to deliver
a baby when he died.”
During the cataloguing and
organizing of museum artifacts,
Starnes uncovered a key to a
safety deposit box and was
eager to learn what was within.
“We found the family china
and silver,” she said, also care
fully showing some of the fine
linens handcrafted by Long
family members. Starnes said
she has been playing with how
to set up various exhibits.
“It’s a slow process, but
things are happening,” she said.
“We've got signage in produc
tion and we've got exhibits in
design. Now we need to find
the money to paint the store.”
Campbell and Starnes have
been investigating various
grant funds and have utilized a
Historic Preservation Division
grant to create a walking and
driving tour of historic Jefferson
(see side story on 1C).
A sign on the door at the
museum indicates a reopening
in the fall, but no date has been
set at this time.
Courthouse cont’d from 1C
purpose use would be to restore
the courtroom, balcony and judg
es offices on the second floor
to the 1907-08 period for com
munity use. Built in 1879, the
structure underwent a number of
construction and addition projects
in the early 1900s.
A restored first floor area — with
floors, walls, ceilings and doors
restored back as far as possible
— could be used for a welcome
center and museum, an archives
and research center and an office
of records management, the com
mittee proposed.
Committee members, along
with interested volunteers, have
been delving through old papers,
court documents and other mem
orabilia removed from the historic
courthouse - with some papers
dating back to the county's earliest
days in the 1790s - and temporar
ily housed at the new courthouse.
Eventually, such historic records
could be returned to the restored
courthouse for more accessible
use by genealogists.
TIMELINE
Notes compiled by Mealor
include the following timeline
of the courthouse’s evolution to
date.
The historic Jackson County
courthouse was built in 1879,
but was actually the fourth court
house for the county. The building
was completed in 1880 at a cost
of $11,123, and court began Feb.
1,1880.
Photographs of the early struc
ture show that the 1879 building
had a cupola, rather than the clock
tower and, indeed, the records
show that the clock tower was
added in 1906-07. The early
building had a metal roof.
By November 1906, plans
were made to repair and remodel
the structure at an estimated cost
of $20,000. An annex with 10
rooms and two large vaults, water
works and the large clock tower
was made. Another vault was
added in 1907. The annexes are
the “wings” on either side of the
building.
The grand jury presentments
found for 1912 call for numerous
improvements to the courthouse.
A brick addition was made in
1967 for a clerk's office, and in
1977, the inside was renovated.
It was at that time that the bal
cony in the courtroom was closed.
Because the 1977 renovation
report shows asbestos use, Mealor
said the first thing before renova
tions begin would be to have an
environmental assessment.
In 1980, the courthouse was
named to the National Register of
Historic Places.
MEMORABILIA SOUGHT
The historic courthouse
committee continues to seek
old photographs and memo
rabilia.
Community members have
come forth with photographs
taken in the old courtroom,
including views from the bal
cony, and a 1952 court scene
Contact Mealor at 706-757-
2471.
5
MOVIE IN
THE PARK
Dreamworks Presents:
"Hotel for Dogs"
Friday, May 29
PG-rated Movie Starts at Dusk
BEACH PARTY
Enjoy DJ music, games and more! Concessions
will be available (popcorn, soda, candy, etc.)
Friday, June 6
6:00 p.m. start time
Events take place in Spencer Park
Downtown Commerce
706-335-2954