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Collectors will
love ‘Antiques
Roadshow’
4 4 A NTIQUES Road-
/\ show” is a fasci-
X \.naling television
program for all collectors. It’s
so interesting to see people's
reaction when they find out their
treasured item is worth much
more or much
less than they
had thought.
This is one
show that
my parents
look forward
to watching.
They have
always col
lected “stuff”
and like to see
if anything
they have shows up on the show.
I collect a lot of stuff myself, so
I also enjoy checking out what is
featured on the show.
The new season will kick off on
PBS on Jan. 4 and will feature an
appraisal of four Chinese carved
jade objects estimated to be worth
as much as $1.07 million, the
highest value appraisal ever fea
tured in the 14 years of the series.
The collection was discovered at a
show in Raleigh, North Carolina,
in June.
Antiques Roadshow will air 20
new episodes in January, includ
ing the following:
•Jan. 4, 11 and 18, Raleigh,
N.C.
•Jan. 25, Feb. 1 and Feb. 8,
Atlantic City, N.J.
•Feb. 15, Feb. 22 and March 1,
Madison, Wis.
•March 29, April 5 and April 12,
Denver, Colo.
•April 19, April 26 and May 3,
Phoenix, Ariz.
•May 10, May 17 and May 24,
San Jose, Calif.
•Fall 2010, special edition,
“Simply the Best.”
•Winter 2010, special edition,
“Naughty and Nice.”
BOOK AVAILABLE
“Roadshow” has a new book
available. “Antiques Roadshow
Behind the Scenes” is full of per
sonal anecdotes, interviews with
cast members and guests and pho
tos.
The book is written by the
series executive producer, Marsha
Bemko. She answers some of the
most common questions about the
show, including how to get on the
show and what happens to the
antiques after they are appraised.
The book also includes the his
tory of how the show was created,
what the day is like during a tap
ing and how the decision is made
as to which antiques to feature
on the show. It's a great look into
what goes on behind the scenes in
this popular series.
Readers interested in purchas
ing and selling antiques will also
get lots of information, including
how to protect antiques, how to
chose a dealer or auction house
and how to become an appraiser.
The book is $16.99 and is avail
able from Touchstone/Stonesong
Press. For more information, go to
www.simonandschuster.com.
Angela Gary is an editor with
MainStreet Newspapers. She can
be reached at AngieEditor@ aol.
com.
Recycle your
Christmas tree
KEEP JACKSON County
Beautiful is offering Christmas
tree recycling sites across the
county now through Jan. 10.
Area recycling sites for “Bring
One For the Chipper” include:
•Arcade City Hall
•Lanier Tech/Badcock Center,
Commerce
•Hoschton Towne Center
•Jackson County Transfer
Station, County Farm Road
•Talmo fire station
•Nicholson City Hall.
Old Christmas trees can be
recycled into mulch, fuel or fish
habitats. The public landfdl will
no longer accept trees.
For more information, call
706-708-7198 or visit online at
www.keepj acksoncountybeauti-
ful.com.
angela
gary
Inside: UMC mission feeds 294 on Christmas— page 2B
December 30,
2009
0 The Jackson Herald
F nejoiete
Jana Adams Mitcham,
Features Editor 706-367-8760
jana@mainstreetnews. com
Section B
SUNDAY SCHOOL DINNER
A Sunday School dinner was held in the
church’s new addition around 1950. The
Rev. W. R. Thurman and his daughter,
Sharon, are pictured.
SIGN ALONG ROADSIDE
Around 1950, when a Sunday School annex was added, Thyatira Presbyterian
Church put up a new sign along Hwy. 15. Shown are (L-R) Claude Barnett, Fred
Hammock, Marion Turner and Hubert Wilhite. Hammock donated the sign.
Thyatira Olney Presbyterian Church dates back to county’s earliest days
Church
History
BY JANA A. MITCHAM
J AMES AND JERE Wilson Wilhite remem
ber the days of “tacky parties,” the clearing
of the trees and addition of a Sunday School
annex in the early 1950s and the changes made to
the church sanctuary through the years.
Their family members are buried there, and as
lifelong members of Thyatira Olney Presbyterian
Church, they plan to be buried there themselves.
"James and I were raised in the church, and my
mother (Clara Lou Wilson, at 96. the oldest church
member) was there before that.” Mrs. Wilhite said.
"James' grandparents went there and are buried
there. So, yes, our life has been there.”
The Wilhites are now in their 70s, and the com
munity church is the only church they know and is
a “dear part” of their lives. What they haven’t lived
of the church history, they’ve heard passed down
through the years and seen in records. Mr. Wilhite
is an elder in the church and said he has been going
there “a long time.”
The church, now pastored by Dr. Fred Guthrie,
still maintains longtime members and descendents
of members, such as the Wilhites, and is seeking to
increase its numbers and activities. In March 2009.
the church reorganized and voted to use the name
Thyatira Olney Presbyterian Church in honor of the
church’s long history.
“We’ve kind of reorganized,” Mrs. Wilhite said.
“We hope to continue to grow and pick up people.
We just couldn’t bear to walk out the door and shut
STARTED IN LATE 1700S
One of the oldest churches in Jackson County,
the Thyatira church got its start in the Scotch-hish
Presbyterian religion and traditions, and was formed
at the Hurricane Shoals settlement (its early name
was Yamtrahoochee) in the late 1700s, around 1795.
In February 1996, the church membership received
continued on page 2B
WINDOW REPLACES SLAVE DOOR
This photo, taken in the early 1950s,
shows a window blocked in where a door
used by slaves had previously been at
Thyatira Olney Presbyterian Church.
CHURCH ESTABLISHED BEFORE 1799
Thyatira Olney Presbyterian Church, now located on the Jefferson-Commerce road,
got its start prior to 1799 as The Olney Presbyterian Church at Hurricane Shoals.
Its second location was on Jett Roberts Road and the church was built on the third
site, the Hwy. 15 site, in the early 1830s.
CLEARING
TIMBER
Before the tim
ber was cleared in
the late 1940s or
early 1950s, trees
were thick in the
land stretching
between the church
and the Jefferson-
Commerce road.
Hubert Wilhite is
shown third from
left.
CLEAN UP AT
CHURCH
James Wilhite is
shown on a trac
tor during a clean
up at the Thyatira
Olney Presbyterian
Church in the late
1940s or early
1950s. This photo
shows that the trees
had been cleared
from in front of the
church. An addition
was made to the
church at that time.
‘TACKY PARTY’
A “tacky party” was held in the new Sunday School annex. At the time, the wood
stove was still in use. Jean Kessell, Lou Ann Wilson, Jere Wilson, Mary Ellen Wilhite
and Carl Kessler are among those pictured.