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Commerce News
AUGUST 6,2008 • PAGE 7B
Jamie Denise Duncan To
Marry Edward E. Smith
Library Closed Friday For 'Work Day' Births
The Commerce Public Library
will be closed all day this Friday
while library staffers roll up their
sleeves to get the library clean
and ready for the transition from
summer into fall.
They will also sit down to plan
the library’s 2008-2009 calendar,
deal with recent developments
in staff procedures, and cover a
wide range of service issues.
The library will re-open Saturday
morning at 10 a.m„ but all books
turned in Friday will be checked
in promptly.
New Yoga Series
A new five-week session of the
library’s ongoing Tuesday-night
Yoga series will begin Tuesday
evening, Aug. 12, at 6 p.m. All
who are interested are invited
to try a free hour-and-a-half ses
sion. Wear loose, comfortable
clothing, expect to work bare
foot, and bring an exercise mat
and a blanket. Newcomers will
have an opportunity at the end
of the session to enroll for the
remaining four weeks, at a cost
of $40.
Tuesday Night Yoga at the
library is taught by certified Yoga
instructor Shannon Frank, who
is adult program director for the
Athens YMCA
Book Vine to Meet
The library’s book-discussion
group will meet Friday, Aug. 15,
at 1:30 p.m. to discuss “I Married
Wyatt Earp,” a controversial book
purportedly based on the mem
oirs of Josephine Sarah Marcus
Earp, the third wife of one of
America’s most famous frontier
heroes.
Controversy begins with wheth
er these memoirs ever really exist
ed, or whether the book is really
a novel. Either way, it makes for
interesting reading on the way to
the OK Corral.
Newcomers and new members
are invited to order a copy of the
book online and join in the dis
cussion. Dessert and coffee will
be served.
New Titles On
The Library Shelves
School may be starting, but
there’s still plenty of beach weath
er left, and there are plenty of new
beach books still coming into the
library. Mystery fans will want to
stretch out in the sun or shade
with “Moscow Rules’’ by Daniel
Silva, “Swan Peak’’ by James Lee
Burke, or Robert Ludlum’s “The
Bourne Sanction.’’ Lovers of
fiction will reach for Deborah
Crombie’s “Where Memories
Lie,’’ Kathleen McCleary’s “House
& Home,’’ about a woman who
decides to burn her house down
rather than let someone else (the
“other woman’’?) have it, Elin
Hilderbrand’s “A Summer Affair,’’
or “The Guernsey Literary and
Potato Peel Pie Society,’’ by Mary
Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows.
Or Charles Martin’s “Where the
River Ends.’’
Meanwhile, the kids may want
to take a look at one of seven
new books by Henry Winkler
(yes, that Henry Winkler), the lat
est “Artemis Fowl’’ installment,
or one of the new graphic nov
els.
Ongoing & Upcoming
The Art of Christy Green: A
display of landscapes, florals and
portraits by a Hart County native
and longtime art teacher.
Kidsercise: Wednesdays at
10:30 a.m. Children’s librarian
Catherine Harris leads a program
of activities for the 18-month to
4-year-old set (and for their par
ents).
Mommy and Me: Fridays at
10:30 a.m., a lap-sit story time for
infants 6 to 18 months old and
their parent, grandparent or care
giver, offered by early-childhood
educator Carolyn Cook.
Maxwell Cole Brown
Becca and Mike Brown of
Commerce announce the birth
of a son, Maxwell Cole Brown,
Tuesday, July 15, 2008, at St.
Mary’s Hospital, Athens. He
weighed nine pounds and was 20
inches long. He joins a brother,
Sammy Brown, 2.
Grandparents are Penny and
Terry Cole, Johnson City, TN;
Debbie Brown, Commerce,
and the late Sam Brown. Great-
grandparents are Syble Martin,
Homer, and the late Tommy
Martin; and the late Delmas
and Margaret Taylor and Willie
and Burley Cole, all formerly of
Elizabethton, TN; and the late
Jimmie and Fred Brown, formerly
of Commerce.
Reuben Jace Coley
Donnie and Melissa Coley of
Commerce announce the birth
of a son, Reuben Jace Coley,
Wednesday, July 9, 2008, at
Habersham County Medical
Center. He weighed six pounds,
four ounces and was 19 and one-
half inches long.
The grandparents are Darwin
and Gwyn McGee, Commerce;
and Tina Grizzle, Hartwell.
Health Screenings Offered In Nicholson This Thursday
The Rev. and Mrs. Douglas
Duncan of Danielsville announce
the engagement and forthcoming
marriage of their daughter, Jamie
Denise Duncan, to Edward Earl
Smith, son of Earl and Joan Smith
of Bucyrus, Ohio.
They will be united in marriage
at 7:00 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 30, at
Mt. Zion Baptist Church, 1459 Jot-
Em-Down Road, Danielsville. All
friends and family are invited.
The bride is the granddaughter
of Roger McCoy, Inglis, FL, and
the late Sadie McCoy; and the
late Hollis and Edith Duncan.
She is a graduate of the
Associated Christian School
homeschool group.
Mr. Smith is the grandson of
Warren and Martha Smith,
Bucyrus, Ohio; and the late James
and Pearl Stuckman.
He is a graduate of Wayside
Christian School and Tiffin
University, from which he holds
a bachelor’s degree in business
administration.
100th Wilson Family Reunion To Be
Held Aug. 17 At Jefferson Civic Center
The 100th gathering of the
descendants of Reuben Mitchell
Wilson and Emily Caroline
Garrison Wilson, who wed Oct.
7, 1860, will be held Sunday, Aug.
17, 2008, at the Jefferson Civic
Center.
Originally a birthday party for
Grandma Emily Caroline, the
celebration has been held every
year for the past 100 years either
at her home in Dry Pond, her
son “Rafe’’ Raford’s home or her
grandson Frank’s home or at her
home church, Dry Pond United
Methodist Church, where she was
a member for almost 90 years.
The Reuben Mitchell Wilsons
had six children: Raford Reuben
who wed Alica Viola Jackson (12
children); James Parks who wed
Mattie Merk and Clarkie Cobb (14
children); John Samuel who wed
Minnie Wilhite and Mae Pearl
Prickett (four children); Sarah Etta
who wed LaFayette Voyles (two
children); Evaline “Evie’’ who wed
Franklin Alonso Lay (seven chil
dren); and Charles Henry “Tosh’’
who never married, so there was
a total of 39 grandchildren.
The goal is to have between 500
and 1,000 of their descendants
present for the reunion, which
begins at 10 a.m. with a covered
dish luncheon to follow around
noon. Reuben Oscar Wilson of
Canton, a grandson of Rafe and
Alice, is the coordinator.
All Wilson-Garrison kinfolks are
invited to come, bring a covered
dish or two and celebrate this fam
ily’s heritage.
Reuben Mitchell Wilson was the
great-grandson of William Wilson,
a Revolutionary War veteran and
Jackson County pioneer, who is
buried in a yet-to-be-marked grave
in the Wilson-Bennett Cemetery
recently annexed into the city lim
its of Commerce.
For information call Queon
Smith, 706-538-8314, or e-mail at
Queons@windstream.net.
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Residents living in and around
Nicholson can be screened
to reduce their risk of having
a stroke. The complete screen
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heart rhythm screening which
checks for irregular heartbeat, a
major risk factor for stroke.
Life Line Screening will be at
the River of Life Worship Center
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Register for a Wellness Package
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