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In Manning Brothers’ 35,000 square-foot showroom and warehouse with a million-dollar-plus inventory, you’re bound to find exactly what you need. CONTRIBUTED

In Manning Brothers’ 35,000 square-foot showroom and warehouse with a million-dollar-plus inventory, you’re bound to find exactly what you need. CONTRIBUTED

Manning Brothers: Over a half-century of innovative food service

Great people meet challenges with innovative solutions, and we’ve been there.Whatever your food service opportunity, we’ve likely seen it—and solved it— before. At Manning Brothers, you are served by people with real-world, frontline experience.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Sara P. Redding born Sept. 24, 1921, celebrated her 103rd Birthday.

Real Life

–George Sheffield “For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though He was rich, yet for your sakes He became poor, that ye through His poverty might be rich.”(2 Cor 8:9) Jesus is rich in Glory, Joy,Power, Authority, Holiness; rich in total Majesty of the universe.
Lions complete fingerprinting project

Lions complete fingerprinting project

Lions complete fingerprinting project

The Pilot Club completed its September project, fingerprinting kindergarten students (with parental approval) in the four elementary schools.Pilot members registered students by recording their physical characteristics (height, weight, eye color).
Lucy C. Laney Comprehensive High School, Augusta

Lucy C. Laney Comprehensive High School, Augusta

Lucy Craft Laney was born to teach

Lucy Craft Laney was born in Macon April 13, 1854, to Louisa and David Laney. Her father, born a slave, was a Presbyterian minister and skilled carpenter who had purchased his freedom 20 years prior to Lucy’s birth.

Marriage Licenses

Marriage licenses filed with the Jones County Probate Court Sept. 20-26, 2024 SEPT. 20John Donald Radford to Sheri Marie Bates SEPT. 26James Clinton Brown to Bonnie Allison Oliver

CALENDAR OF COMMUNITY EVENTS

JC Farm BureauJones County Farm Bureau will hold their County Annual Meeting Oct. 8, at 6 p.m. at the office located at 180 Eatonton Highway.JCHS School Council MeetingThe Jones County High School council meeting will be held Thursday, Oct. 10, 6 to 7 p.m., in the JCHS Community Room.
A Kentucky native, Debbie Lurie-Smith might be conflicted when the Wildcats play the Bulldogs, but there is no conflict about how she feels about granddaughter Lola, who was born in April 2022. CONTRIBUTED

A Kentucky native, Debbie Lurie-Smith might be conflicted when the Wildcats play the Bulldogs, but there is no conflict about how she feels about granddaughter Lola, who was born in April 2022. CONTRIBUTED

News editor finds calling in community reporting

Whether or not one knows anything about the newspaper business, the journey of Debbie Lurie-Smith is one of the more interesting stories to read.Lurie-Smith is the Editor of The Jones County News and has been since 2006. However, she is not your typical editor, managing a staff from an office desk.
Main Street Fall Festival provides fun downtown

Main Street Fall Festival provides fun downtown

Main Street Fall Festival provides fun downtown

Main Street Gray Director Ashley Roberson celebrated the Sept. 21 Main Street Gray Fall Festival in a weekend Facebook post.Roberson said the First Main Street Gray Fall Festival was incredible, minus the heat.