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PAGE 6A THE BANKS COUNTY NEWS THURSDAY, AUGUST 28, 2008 Church Hurricane Grove Memorial dates back to the late 1700s St. Catherine Sun. event set St. Catherine Laboure Catholic Mission will cel ebrate mass with Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory Sunday, August 31, at 11 a.m. Immediately following mass, the Archbishop will preside at a groundbreaking for the new church location on Elrod Road and Hwy. 15, Jefferson. All parishioners and friends are encouraged to attend. For more information, call 706-335-2622. The mission is currently located at 708 State Street, Commerce. Annual book sale planned Commerce First United Methodist Church will hold its annual book sale Friday through Sunday, September 12-14. All proceeds will go to the church’s Guatemala chil dren’s ministry. Book donations will be ac cepted at the church office. For more information, call Janni Martin at 706-652-2815 or call the church at 706-335-4018 or visit www. commercefumc.org. The church is located at 54 Cherry Street. Upcoming events planned Harvest Hill Worship Cen ter, Commerce, will host the following events: Sunday, August 31, at 10:45 a.m., annual home coming services will be held immediately followed by a covered dish lunch. Monday through Wednes day, September 1 - 3, at 7 p.m. nightly, revival services will be held. The guest evan gelist will be the Rev. Thom as Boozer. The church is located at 805 B-Wilson Road. For more information, call pastor Terry Chambers at 706-367-8372. Event set at Mt. Calvary Mt. Calvary Missionary Baptist Church, Commerce, will host “Block Extravagan za” Saturday, August 30, at 8 a.m., weather permitting. Yard sale items, foods, baked goods and more will be available to purchase. All proceeds will go to wards “Women’s Day 2008.” For more information, call 706-335-6263. The church is located at 96 Martin Futher King Jr. Drive. Day program to be held soon Jones Chapel Baptist Church, Commerce, will hold a men and women’s day pro gram Sunday, Sept. 21, at 3 p.m. The church is located at 5114 Waterworks Road. Jolly Agers to meet Sept. 2 The Jolly Agers will meet at the First Baptist Church of Commerce Tuesday, Septem ber 2, at 12 p.m. in the fel lowship hall. A covered-dish luncheon will be served. The church is located at 1345 South Elm Street. Program set for September 1st Place, a weight loss and Bible study program, will be offered at Maranatha Baptist Church, Jefferson, beginning in September. All interested persons are invited to attend the meeting, leaders state. The first meeting for the program will be at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 8. Child care will be available. The church is located at 65 Ebenezer Church Road, off Hwy. IF For more information about the program, call Su san Fouche at 706-367-4467. Diamond Hill to host events Diamond Hill Baptist Church, Maysville, will hold a singing Sunday, August 31, at 6 p.m. The gospel group “Straight Way” will be featured. For more information, call 770-869-0779. The church is located on Unity Church Road. Revival being held Sundays Pleasant Acres Church, Maysville, is currently hold ing a revival every Sunday, at 11 a.m. and 6 p.m. and will continue to into October. The guest speaker is evan gelist Milton Martin Jr., Gainesville. Church leaders stated, “People are being healed in each service.” For more information, call 706-654-2978. The church is located at 129 Hale Road. Learning center to open Fula Assembly of Praise learning center will open its doors Tuesday, September 2. Pre-registration began Fri day, August 1, for children 6 weeks to four years old. For more information, call 770-869-7632 or visit www. assemblyofpraise.com. The church is located at 6158 Carter Street. Conference to be held Sept. 4 Community Baptist Church, Ila, will host “Fadies Conference 2008” Thursday, September 4, at 7 p.m. Karen Peck will be singing and speaking. Church leaders stated, “She has garnered the ‘Favorite Soprano’ award an unprecedented 11 times by the readers of ‘Singing News Magazine’.” There will be no admission fee, but a love offering will be taken. Refreshments will be served following the confer ence. For more information, call Debbie Holloway at 706-255-6448. The church is located at 2400 Hwy. 174. Sept. AWANA kick-off ahead Community Baptist Church, Ila, will hold “2008 - 2009 AWANA Kick-off’ Wednesday, September 3, from 6:45 to 8:30 p.m. There will be inflatable games, slides and bounces along with free pizza and ice cream. The Rev. Kent Barrett is pastor. For more information, call 706-207-9188. The church is located on Hwy. 174. The church news is due Monday by noon. Fax items to 706-387-5419 or email to churchnews@mainstreetnews.com. For questions, call Suzanne at 706-387-5401. Driving north up Hwy. 82, just past the Oconee River, is a little marker on the left- hand side of the road that reads “Hurricane Grove Me morial.” Behind that sign is a story that needs to be re told. It is the location of the first Presbyterian Settlement in Jackson County, which was then Franklin County, Ga. In 1784, James Montgom ery left South Carolina with his payment from serving in the Revolution. His first stop, now Sparta, Ga., is where he briefly waited for the Shoulderbone treaties to be signed. These trea ties allowed the white man to settle Indian Territory. James’s son, Hugh Fawson Montgomery, had the job to survey the lines according to the treaties. Hugh surveyed all the way to Tennessee, but James Montgomery entered with Jared Cunningham and started a settlement in Hur ricane Shoals. Records show there were 42 people in this initial group of settlers. They brought with them the Scotch-Irish Presbyterian religion and traditions. Shortly after the Olney Presbyterian Church was formed, where the Hur ricane Grove Memorial sign is today. The Olney Presby terian Church was named Olney because this group of Presbyterians sang “Olney Hymns.” Records show that Olney Church met once a month and the church funds were used to finance missionary efforts to convert the Indi ans to the Christian faith. By 1828, the Olney Presbyte rian Church would be spon sored by the Thyatira Pres byterian Church of Rowan County, N.C. This would change the church name to Olney-Thyatira Presbyterian Church. The church moved to a second location and then a third. Today the third location can be seen east of Jefferson on Hwy. 15. After the Olney Church name change and move, the original church site was tak en over by what records call the “Maysville Church.” As time passed the burial grounds were taken over by Hurricane Grove Baptist Church. Visiting Hurricane Grove Memorial graveyard you will see the first row of graves which date back to the late 1700s, on the northern side. There are several DAR markers that were put into place around one hundred years ago. DAR markers tell who is buried in the grave, but all of the ones used have faded and can’t be read. Going past the pio neer graves, you will find graves that date back to the 1800s. Then the fab ricated tombstones begin to show the names clearly. This pioneer graveyard that is still in use has not been forgotten, but neglect ed. Remnants of where two fences were placed around it can be seen. There is a black hole in the middle of it where a lightning bolt hit a grave. A small piggy bank dating from the early 1900s can be found on the comer that was next to the original Olney Presbyterian Church. Fate state archivist, Gina Bell, documented the Ol ney Church/graveyard in the mid 1900s. 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