AUTOBIOGRAPHY ‘This is the third in a series of articles introducing the Madisonian’s county correspondents. Mrs. Jake M. Wilson is the correspondent from Fairview. Probably no column in the Madisonian is so widely read or enjoyed as the Fairview ‘News written each week by Mrs. Jake Wilson, the former Genie Maude Baldwin, She has been writing since 1913 A long time newspaper correspondent, Mrs. Wilson wrote for the Morgan County News before it was combined with the Madisonian. A native of Morgan County and a member of one of the most prominent and best known families in this area, Mrs. Wilson's homespun humor, philosophical comments and wise insight to the ways of nature, children, and community life, make her one of the most quoted persons in Morgan County. ‘Mrs. Wilson was bom in the Shepherd Community, the daughter of the late Sheriff and Mrs, Carter Shepherd Baldwin. Her father was a colorful figure who was a leading political personage in the county. Her brother is former Solicitor Carter Shepherd Baldwin who now resides in Milledgeville and her sister is Miss Bertie Baldwin, Mrs. Wilson attended school in Madison, and then went to the State Normal School located in Athens at the time. She taught school for one year in Nashville and four years in the Fairview Community. She is married to a farmer and landowner, Jake M. Wilson, Sr., and has two children, Jake Wilson, Jr., and Mrs. Lamar Wade. ‘The great interests in her life are her five grandchildren, the two daughters of the Wades and three Wilson children. Mrs. Wilson loves to hold long conversations with her grandchildren, teach them household chores and check on their progress in school. She is continually amazed at the wise ways of children and never ceases to find some marvelous new facets in their personality. Three great loves, however, show up in Mrs. Wilson’s weekly column—her family, +her church and her love of nature. She is an active member of Bethany Baptist Church where she teaches the Adult ‘Women’s Class. A community leader, she is closely tied to the people of Fairview, their problems and their interests. She is a dedicated homemaker and according to her friends and family, is never idle. ‘When the weather is pretty, she can be scen our happily working in her garden. She is an active member of the Fairview Home Demonstration Club, of which she is acharter member. She likes the club projects and thinks the county has been lucky in their leadership. Her special interests are the handwork and painting. She says that she always wanted to know more about painting and loves art. Here at the Madisonian office, we await with eager anticipation each week for the arrival of Mrs. Wilson's “Notes.” We are never disappointed because she always ‘manages to bring us a little closer to the real joy of living in a world that needs more people like her. The Madisonian February 23, 1961