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PAGE 8B -- THE COMMERCE (GA) NEWS, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2007
Tracy A. Bales And
Jonathan Bennett Wed
Tracy Adams Bales and
Jonathan Christopher Bennett
were united in marriage Friday,
Nov. 23, 2007, at the home of the
groom.
The bride is the daughter of
Lucille Land Cowart and the
late Milton K. and Ernestine H.
Adams. The groom is the son of
Randall and Mary Porter and the
late J.C. Bennett.
Following a honeymoon in
Clayton, the couple resides in the
Rogers community.
Lost Art Club To
Mark 30th Birthday
With Brunch Wednesday
In 1977, Everett Milford told
her husband Ernest, “I think
I’ll start a club.”
He laughed, she started the
club and next Wednesday,
the Lost Art Club will have a
brunch to celebrate its 30th
anniversary at the home of
Cindy Fink on Washington
Street.
The club started with 16 mem
bers. It’s never had bylaws,
officers or dues — just women
interested in crafts from bas
ket weaving to quilting, flower
arranging to embroidery.
“We don’t have a president;
everybody’s president,” Mrs.
Milford joked.
Mrs. Milford came up with
the name for the organization.
“It took me awhile,” she said.
“We wanted to do arts and
crafts, so I thought ‘lost art’
would be good because peo
ple don’t do things with their
hands much anymore.”
The club has only one rule.
“You miss three meetings in
a row and we throw you out,”
Mrs. Milford said. “We had to
do that once. We hated it, but
it was our rule.”
The club meets the second
Wednesday of each month at
members’ houses on a sched
ule arranged alphabetically.
Members (not alphabetical
ly) are Mrs. Milford, Laura
Chandler, Imogene Wright,
Joanne Legg, Marie Massey,
Brenda Meadows, Beverly
George, Geneva Nix, Shirley
Parham, Martha Smith, Janet
Hodsdon, Eva Wilson, Beverly
Williams and Beverly Wood.
Sometimes the group takes
a trip in lieu of meeting at a
member’s residence.
“We play games, have refresh
ments and do crafts,” Mrs.
Milford stated. “We’ve about
done all the crafts in 30 years
that we know how to do.”
Asked what craft was the
club’s favorite, and Mrs. Milford
paused. “Flower arranging,”
she answered.
Amy Leigh Day To Marry
Matthew C. King May 17
'Cold Sassy' Opera Tickets
To Go On Sale Next Monday
Births
Tyson Jack Denton
Easton Mitchell Denton
Chris and Tiffany Denton of
Commerce announce the birth
of twin sons, Tyson Jack Denton
and Easton Mitchell Denton,
Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2007, at
Northeast Georgia Medical
Center, Gainesville. They join
a sister, Ivy Leigh Denton, 16
months.
The grandparents are Ricky
and Laverne Martin, Lula; Steve
and Martha Vaughn, Bowman;
and Mitchell and Betty Denton,
Commerce. The great-grandpar
ents are Leonard and Elizabeth
Barnes, Bowersville; Jack and Dot
Vaughn, Lavonia; Louise Cain,
Commerce; and Johnnie Sue Hill,
Commerce.
Commerce area residents can
get a live glimpse of The Atlanta
Opera without leaving their
hometown and for a bargain
basement price.
Four members of the opera
will perform excerpts from the
opera, “Cold Sassy Tree,” from
the novel by the same name that
was set in Commerce.
The 55-minute program will be
held at 7:00 p.m. Tuesday Jan.
8, at the Commerce Cultural
Center on State Street. Tickets
will cost $25 and will be available
at the Downtown Development
Authority (DDA) office on South
Elm Street starting Monday. Call
706-335-2954.
The Commerce visit is the result
of a grant The Atlanta Opera
received to produce the operatic
version of Olive Ann Burns’ novel
to do community outreach.
“How better to do community
outreach with ‘Cold Sassy Tree’
than to go to Cold Sassy itself
and perform in Commerce,”
notes Hasco Craver, executive
director of the DDA, who man
ages the cultural center.
“Cold Sassy Tree” is set in the
town of “Cold Sassy,” which
is based on Commerce, and
there are frequent references to
Commerce and other area com
munities. The book relates the
events surrounding the marriage
of “Grampa Rucker Blakeslee”
in 1906 to the young, attrac
tive milliner Love Simpson just
weeks after the death of his long
time wife as seen through the
eyes of 14-year-old Will Tweedy.
The general store once located
in the original part of what is
now the Commerce Civic Center
provided the basis for Grampa
Blakeslee’s store.
The Atlanta Opera will perform
“Cold Sassy Tree” at the Cobb
Energy Center Feb. 2, 5, 8 and 10.
Ticket prices range from $27.50
to $133.50 via Ticketmaster.
Jodie Day of Commerce and
Stanley Day of Flowery Branch
announce the engagement and
forthcoming marriage of their
daughter, Amy Leigh Day,
Eastanollee, to Matthew Charles
King, Eastanollee, son of the
late Linda and Charles King of
Toccoa.
The wedding will be held at 2
p.m. May 17, 2008, at Southern
Oaks, Lavonia. A reception will
follow. Invitations will be sent.
The bride is the granddaugh
ter of the late Bob and Mary Jo
Crane, the late John Day and
Mary Lee Day.
She is a graduate of Jackson
County Comprehensive High
School and was employed with
Craven Pottery.
The groom is the grandson of
the late Ema Lou Hamilton, for
merly of Fort Smith, Ohio; and
the late Gorden and Gladys King,
formerly of Toccoa.
He graduated from Matt King
Stevens County High School and
attends North Georgia Technical
College.
Rev. Dean Hill Publishes Book
The Rev. Dean Hill, a 1985 graduate of Commerce High School, has
published “Cover to Cover: A Journey through the Scriptures.”
The book is a collection of daily devotions and prayer starters to aid
in a year-long reading of the entire Bible. It is available for purchase for
a limited time at the Commerce Public Library at $15.
Hill is the son of Hilda and Charles Hill of Commerce.
Allan Burns
Joins Army Under
Delay Program
Allan J. Burns has joined the
United States Army under the
Delayed Entry Program. The
program gives young men and
women the opportunity to delay
entering active duty for up to one
year.
He is the son of Martha J. Dean
of Stone Drive, Gadsden, AL, and
Jeffrey A. Burns of Kensington
Court, Commerce.
The enlistment gives Burns the
option to learn a new skill, travel
and become eligible to receive as
much as $50,000 toward a college
education. After completion of
basic military training, soldiers
receive advanced individual train
ing in their career job specialty
prior to being assigned to their
first permanent duty station.
The recruit qualifies for a
$11,000 enlistment bonus.
Burns, a 2007 graduate of
Hokes Bluff High School,
Gadsden, AL, will report to Fort
Sill, Lawton, OK, for basic train
ing in January.
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