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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. CLASSIFIED DEADLINE NOON ON MONDAYS Public Auction "A" "Open Tq The Public" « igc-jUh^, juiiL&ircimr- F(yi»r ■EbHHlo'&Cflttf ^ 1 flp&laufam t, chip? Equunwrfl Mbnti. QLUn Fu niOT hln'injIlLiiical L-ttl-iaMGuD iunr-na-'K bam&^eru qesr.-r I-: fc Em- pvtinrl liriL-in| jnd pictifui jvhIi.iI V ibwn.Ltii i- . 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