List, Most of these do not say Ware County, but the surnames are so common with our list members, that it seems to be of possible interest? S -------------------------------------------------------------------------- WAYNESVILLE NEWS: MR & MRS R H THOMAS and children spent Christmas with relatives in Fitzgerald, GA J W PEARSON left Friday for an extended through the west to California. NORMAN SHAW MCVEIGH JR, who has been stationed at the Marine Base in San Diego, California was home for Christmas Holidays, NORMAN left Monday night for Chicago where he will report for duty. JUNIOR ANDERSON of Camp Stewart spent the Christmas Holidays with his brothers, PETE ANDERSON and FRED ANDERSON. MRS FRANK OMICK and little daughter, LERA MAE OMICK of Atkinson spent Monday with her daughter, MRS STEWART WIGGINS. MR & MRS FRED GIBSON were welcoming a little daughter. she was born Monday 27 December 1943, in Brunswick Hospital. She will be called FREDDIE LEE GIBSON. MR & MRS JOE DIXON of Blackshear, visited his sister, MRS J C PROCTOR. MR EUGENE GIBSON of Brunswick spent several days here with his brother, B A GIBSON. RENE BARNARD of The University Of NC is spending the holidays with his parents, MR & MRS R L BERNARD. MRS W O BEACH is visiting her daughter, MRS ROBERT HARTMAN in Macon. BRADDOCK - HANSONHILDA: M BRADDOCK, daughter of H T BRADDOCK of Jacksonville, formerly of Nahunta, and JAMES R HANSON, Aviation Machinist Mate 1-C U S Navy, son of R A HANSON of Albert Lea, Minnesota was united in marriage 21 December 1943. The couple will live in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania where MR HANSON is attached to The Philadelphia Naval Yard. EWELL HERRIN'S UNIT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED: The entire company of EWELL HERRIN in Unity has been highly recommended for heroism and devotion to duty in fighting off German attacks at critical points in the battles.in the company for six days it was impossible for the men to sleep or to leave their tanks except for a few minutes at a time. The commanding officer in his order commending the entire company said among other things "The superior courage and devotion to duty displayed by the officers and enlisted men of the company will always be worthy the emulation".EWELL HERRIN holds the rank of Sargent. He is the son of JIM HERRIN of Brantley County. 13 JANUARY 1944, S F MEMORY TO BE CHIEF COUNSEL IN SMITH CASE: One of the main cases to be tried in the January term of Brantley County Superior Court beginning Monday 17 January 1944 is the W T Smith Case. Smith a former guard at The Hortense Work Camp, is being tried for killing of the white convict PETE THOMAS. Attorney S F MEMORY of Blackshear will be chief counsel for the defense. In the case, it is reported with C WINSTON ADAMS and H F RAWLS as associate counsel. WILL C PARKER will be acting solicitor in place of his brother, DAVE M PARKER, it is understood. NAHUNTA SOCIAL NEWS: CLYDE STRICKLAND U S Navy is home on furlong. he is spending the time with his parents, MR & MRS FRED STRICKLAND. PVT FARLEY M CREWS has returned to camp at McCain, Mississippi after a few days furlong with his parents, MR & MRS IRA CREWS OF Hoboken. While at home he had as guest, PVT HINN DIXON of Fort Benning, PVT CECIL MCCOOL of CAMP GORDON and JOHNSTON, FL. HARRY DIXON of the Merchant Marines, First Class Petty Officer, JAMES THOMAS of Norfolk Virginia, Sargent BILLIE HIGHSMITH of Camp Shelby, Mississippi; also, MR & MRS M O MARTIN and FAMILY, MR & MRS REPPARD JORDAN and children STANLEY JORDAN and PARMITA ALINE JORDAN of Jacksonville. CLYDE DOWLING U S Navy is spending his furlong with his wife and his mother, MRS NANCY DOWLING. MRS FRANK MANSFIELD and daughters BARBER MANSFIELD, BETTY MANSFIELD, and JEAN MANSFIELD of SAN ANTONIO, TX , have joined their husband and father here and will spend sometime with him. SGT FLOYD MORGAN of camp Breckinridge, KY has arrived to spend his furlong with his parents, MR & MRS L A MORGAN. The friends of MRS MICHAEL JONES regret to learn that she is ill, in the hospital. MRS MARY HOWELL from Jacksonville, Florida is visiting relatives and friends in Nahunta. She has recently been to visit her husband, who is in the U S Army In South Carolina. JEWEL MORGAN has recently returned home after spending a few days with relatives at Morrison Field, West Palm Beach, Florida. Word has been received by his parents that Sergeant BROOKER MORGAN has been transferred from Tallahassee, Fl To Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. PRESENTMENTS OF GRAND JURY ARE OF GENERAL INTEREST: General presentments of the Grand Jury at the regular term January 1944, of Brantley County Superior Court, GA, Brantley Co: we, the Grand Jury serving at the regular term of 1944 of the Superior Court of Brantley County, Georgia beg leave to present these general presentments: we commend the honorable WALKER THOMAS for his efficient conduct of the court of our county. We also commend honorable WILL C PARKER who served as substitute for our regular Solicitor General, honorable DAVE M PARKER, who is ill BOOK COMMITTEE: We, the Book Committee appointed to inspect the books of the Tax Commissioner, Ordinary, Sheriff, Clerk of Court, and Supervisor of Schools wish to commend them for their services and co-operation with this committee. W H ROBINSON * D S MOODY * C J BROOME PUBLIC BUILDING AND ROADS COMMITTEE: We, as members of the Grand Jury, appointed as a committee to inspect buildings, grounds, and roads leave the following report to make: we find the roads in fair condition considering the rain and present condition of the county machines. We find the conditions of public buildings as follows: jail -good, courthouse-good, canning plant good, public toilets -bad and we recommend that four broken windows in the courthouse be replaced . J E WILDES * G W HERRIN * A A STRICKLAND WE RECOMMEND THAT THE FOLLOWING NAMES BE PLACED ON THE PAUPER LIST: *LIZZIE JACOBS at $8.00 per month; *ARCHIE JOHNS at $8.00 per month; *the allotment to KATIE STONE be raised to $10.00 per month; *allotment to CALLIE HERRIN be raised to $8.00 per month;* we recommend that the stores of our county be closed all day every Sunday; that no punch boards be allowed in the county since it is a form of gambling. We recommend that these records be published in the Brantley County Enterprise and that $10.00 be paid for same. * J R JAMES, Foreman * E L SEARS, Clerk*

Sharon, These things are all from Brantley County. C J Broome was the father of Dean Broome. Dean wrote The History of Pierce County, and C J owned the Brantley County newspaper. I see several names that I knew. For example S F Memory. Stephen Foster Memory was the father of my friend Ann who now lives in Charlottesville, Va. O J Hickox was Oscar Jonathan Hickox and my mother's brother. Thanks for the memories. Olivia ----- Original Message ----- From: "shadri" <shadri@perry.gulfnet.com> To: <GAWARE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, January 06, 2002 1:34 PM Subject: [GAWARE] Misc. Articles - 2 > List, Most of these do not say Ware County, but the surnames are so common > with our list members, that it seems to be of possible interest? S > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > WAYNESVILLE NEWS: MR & MRS R H THOMAS and children spent Christmas with > relatives in Fitzgerald, GA > > J W PEARSON left Friday for an extended through the west to California. > > NORMAN SHAW MCVEIGH JR, who has been stationed at the Marine Base in San > Diego, California was home for Christmas Holidays, NORMAN left Monday night > for Chicago where he will report for duty. > > JUNIOR ANDERSON of Camp Stewart spent the Christmas Holidays with his > brothers, PETE ANDERSON and FRED ANDERSON. > > MRS FRANK OMICK and little daughter, LERA MAE OMICK of Atkinson spent Monday > with her daughter, MRS STEWART WIGGINS. > > MR & MRS FRED GIBSON were welcoming a little daughter. she was born Monday > 27 December 1943, in Brunswick Hospital. She will be called FREDDIE LEE > GIBSON. > > MR & MRS JOE DIXON of Blackshear, visited his sister, MRS J C PROCTOR. > > MR EUGENE GIBSON of Brunswick spent several days here with his brother, B A > GIBSON. > > RENE BARNARD of The University Of NC is spending the holidays with his > parents, MR & MRS R L BERNARD. > > MRS W O BEACH is visiting her daughter, MRS ROBERT HARTMAN in Macon. > > BRADDOCK - HANSONHILDA: M BRADDOCK, daughter of H T BRADDOCK of > Jacksonville, formerly of Nahunta, and JAMES R HANSON, Aviation Machinist > Mate 1-C U S Navy, son of R A HANSON of Albert Lea, Minnesota was united > in marriage 21 December 1943. The couple will live in Philadelphia, > Pennsylvania where MR HANSON is attached to The Philadelphia Naval Yard. > > EWELL HERRIN'S UNIT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED: The entire company of EWELL > HERRIN in Unity has been highly recommended for heroism and devotion to duty > in fighting off German attacks at critical points in the battles.in the > company for six days it was impossible for the men to sleep or to leave > their tanks except for a few minutes at a time. The commanding officer in > his order commending the entire company said among other things "The > superior courage and devotion to duty displayed by the officers and enlisted > men of the company will always be worthy the emulation".EWELL HERRIN holds > the rank of Sargent. He is the son of JIM HERRIN of Brantley County. > > 13 JANUARY 1944, S F MEMORY TO BE CHIEF COUNSEL IN SMITH CASE: One of the > main cases to be tried in the January term of Brantley County Superior Court > beginning Monday 17 January 1944 is the W T Smith Case. Smith a former > guard at The Hortense Work Camp, is being tried for killing of the white > convict PETE THOMAS. Attorney S F MEMORY of Blackshear will be chief > counsel for the defense. In the case, it is reported with C WINSTON ADAMS > and H F RAWLS as associate counsel. WILL C PARKER will be acting solicitor > in place of his brother, DAVE M PARKER, it is understood. > > NAHUNTA SOCIAL NEWS: CLYDE STRICKLAND U S Navy is home on furlong. he is > spending the time with his parents, MR & MRS FRED STRICKLAND. > > PVT FARLEY M CREWS has returned to camp at McCain, Mississippi after a few > days furlong with his parents, MR & MRS IRA CREWS OF Hoboken. While at home > he had as guest, PVT HINN DIXON of Fort Benning, PVT CECIL MCCOOL of CAMP > GORDON and JOHNSTON, FL. HARRY DIXON of the Merchant Marines, First Class > Petty Officer, JAMES THOMAS of Norfolk Virginia, Sargent BILLIE HIGHSMITH of > Camp Shelby, Mississippi; also, MR & MRS M O MARTIN and FAMILY, MR & MRS > REPPARD JORDAN and children STANLEY JORDAN and PARMITA ALINE JORDAN of > Jacksonville. > > CLYDE DOWLING U S Navy is spending his furlong with his wife and his mother, > MRS NANCY DOWLING. > > MRS FRANK MANSFIELD and daughters BARBER MANSFIELD, BETTY MANSFIELD, and > JEAN MANSFIELD of SAN ANTONIO, TX , have joined their husband and father > here and will spend sometime with him. > > SGT FLOYD MORGAN of camp Breckinridge, KY has arrived to spend his furlong > with his parents, MR & MRS L A MORGAN. > > The friends of MRS MICHAEL JONES regret to learn that she is ill, in the > hospital. > > MRS MARY HOWELL from Jacksonville, Florida is visiting relatives and friends > in Nahunta. She has recently been to visit her husband, who is in the U S > Army In South Carolina. > > JEWEL MORGAN has recently returned home after spending a few days with > relatives at Morrison Field, West Palm Beach, Florida. > > Word has been received by his parents that Sergeant BROOKER MORGAN has been > transferred from Tallahassee, Fl To Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. > > PRESENTMENTS OF GRAND JURY ARE OF GENERAL INTEREST: General presentments of > the Grand Jury at the regular term January 1944, of Brantley County Superior > Court, GA, Brantley Co: we, the Grand Jury serving at the regular term of > 1944 of the Superior Court of Brantley County, Georgia beg leave to present > these general presentments: we commend the honorable WALKER THOMAS for his > efficient conduct of the court of our county. We also commend honorable > WILL C PARKER who served as substitute for our regular Solicitor General, > honorable DAVE M PARKER, who is ill > > BOOK COMMITTEE: We, the Book Committee appointed to inspect the books of the > Tax Commissioner, Ordinary, Sheriff, Clerk of Court, and Supervisor of > Schools wish to commend them for their services and co-operation with this > committee. W H ROBINSON * D S MOODY * C J BROOME > > PUBLIC BUILDING AND ROADS COMMITTEE: We, as members of the Grand Jury, > appointed as a committee to inspect buildings, grounds, and roads leave the > following report to make: we find the roads in fair condition considering > the rain and present condition of the county machines. We find the > conditions of public buildings as follows: jail -good, courthouse-good, > canning plant good, public toilets -bad and we recommend that four broken > windows in the courthouse be replaced . J E WILDES * G W HERRIN * A A > STRICKLAND > > WE RECOMMEND THAT THE FOLLOWING NAMES BE PLACED ON THE PAUPER LIST: *LIZZIE > JACOBS at $8.00 per month; *ARCHIE JOHNS at $8.00 per month; *the allotment > to KATIE STONE be raised to $10.00 per month; *allotment to CALLIE HERRIN > be raised to $8.00 per month;* we recommend that the stores of our county be > closed all day every Sunday; that no punch boards be allowed in the county > since it is a form of gambling. We recommend that these records be > published in the Brantley County Enterprise and that $10.00 be paid for > same. * J R JAMES, Foreman * E L SEARS, Clerk* > > > > ==== GAWARE Mailing List ==== > To Unsubscribe:send mail to > GAWARE-L-request@rootsweb.com ..change the "L" to "D" for Digest > with the single word unsubscribe in the message subject and body. > Judy Roberts- Co-Hostess- j2roberts@sum.net > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.310 / Virus Database: 171 - Release Date: 12/19/01