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mes the giant trans-Atlantic
hat of the Pan-American Air
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3S ROADS CLUB HOLD
MEETING.
loss Roads Home Demonstra
|b met with Mrs. Lucile Sut
rsday afternoon, Feb. 23rd, at
fleeting was opened by sing
erica.” The devotional was
[ Mrs. L- J. Harper and then
>-ong was sung. The roll call
ponded to with facts about
Washington,
iness session was then held,
dch an old time spelling bee
Ted by all.
■ the social hour delicious re
tts were served.
were 19 members and 2 vis
:sent.
FAVORITE
Planting Peanuts, r—f *
rn / Peas, Beans ^
| e McCormick-Deering No. 161 -C ilii
e x Planter is dandy machine 'III
a
be farmer who needs a planter fof
uts ’ Leans, peas, corn, and ether $
'• .we call it a duplex planter
Jse R Las two hoppers. You can pvF- S:: “I
• corn from one hopper and Above: McCormick-Deering
s ° r P^s from the other, No - 161 ’ c Duple * Plantcr -
both hoppers, or corn 11
or beans from both hoppers, etc. is easy
i ndle in small fields, on hillsides, or terraced land.
'pf a f e ot her planters in the one-horse, one-row McCor
", eer 'ng 160 Series” with three different types of hoppers
P ates for just about any crop you want to plant.
No Fertilizer Distributor Is More
dependable Than the No. 2
McCormick-Peering Distributor!
See Them On Display In Our Store Now.
• l VAN LANDINGHAM
McCormick-Deering Dealer
d Equipment Makes a GOOD Fanner BETTER!”
First Ave., S. W. Cairo, Ga.
speakers at a Wesleyan College rally
at Camilla Friday, March 10.
Several Cairoites will attend.
Three Cairo Scouts Are
Awarded Life Badges
Three Scouts in Cairo were award
ed life badges, and two, star badges at
the monthly meeting of the Cairo Boy
Scout Court of Honor last Thursday
night.
To receive the life badge, which is
the last rank badge a boy can receive
before getting his eagle Scout badge,
he must have passed ten merit badges
of which five are required and must
have been a Star Scout for three
months . Boys _ receiving . these badges
were: Leslie Powell, of troop 307, Cecil
Davis and Billy Mathews of troop
308.
To receive a star badge a Scout
must have passed five merit badges
and been a first-class Scout for three
months. Scouts receiving the star
badges were: Ralph Roddenbery and
Mack Willis of troop 307.
Other badges awarded were Chas.
Moore, farm home and its planning;
Beverly Forester, carpentry; John
Pelham, carpentry; Franklin Proctor
carpentry; Leslie Powell, bird study
and conservation; John Powell,
chanical drawing; Mack Willis, farm
home and its planning, all of troop
307. Cecil Davis, athletics and first
aid; Carl Harrell, cooking and farm
home and its planning; Billy Ma
thews, athletics and first aid; Bill
Rawls, farm home and its planning
and first aid; Joseph Rawls, first aid;
and J. L. Strickland, firemanship and
handicraft, all of 308.
R. R. Van Landingham, the r.ewly
elected Court of Honor chairman, was
in charge of the meeting with the fol
lowing members of the Court and vis
itors present: B. A. Belcher, M. L.
Mayes, Carl Minter, Lem Jones, Tom
Harlowe, and Charles Safley, Scout
Executive, of Tallahassee.
Accurate information is being
gathered by the U. S. D. A. on the
number and value of fur farms in the
United States.
Most of the alcohol produced in this
country comes of black molasses im
ported at two and a half cents per
gallon.
THE CAIRO MESSENGER, FRIDAY, MARCH 3RD, 1939.
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SECOND BAPTIST CHURCH
ANNOUNCEMENT.
Sunday School on Sunday, 10 a. m.
Regular preaching services begin
ning at 11 a. m., and 6:30 p. m.
Mid-week prayer service Wednes
day 6:30 p. m.
A cordial initation is extended to
all to attend these services.
Rev. E. L. Williamson, Pastor.
j LONG BRANCH SERVICES,
j SUNDAY SCHOOL.
Sunday School at Long Branch Bap
tist Church every Sunday at 2:30
p. m. Everybody invited.
Preaching services every fourth
Sunday and Saturday before, with the
pastor, Rev. Freeman Johnson, in
charge.
—J. A. Reynolds, Reporter.
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
ANNOUNCEMENT.
Sunday, March 5th.
9:45 a. m. Sunday School.
11 a. m. Morning worship. Sermon
“Vision and Service.”
6 p. m. B. T. U’s.
7 p. m. Evening worship. Sermon—
“Prepare To Meet Thy God.”
Wilburn Smith, Pastor.
CAIRO METHODIST CHURCH
ANNOUNCEMENT.
Sunday Services.
10 a. m. Church School.
11 a. m. Morning Worship Service.
6:15 p. m. Senior Epworth League,
7 p . m . Evening Worship Service,
Wednesday, 7 p. m. Church Night
s erv i ce
A cordial invitation is extended to
everyone to attend these services.
—Reporter.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
NOTES.
Rev. John H. McKinnon, Jr., Minister.
Sunday Services:
10 a. m. Church School.
11 a. m. Morning worship. Sermon:
.“The House of the Righteous.”
6:15 p. m. Young People’s Vespers,
Discussion: “Young People and Th(*ir
Dates.”
7 p. m. Evening Service. Sermon:
“Repent Ye.”
Monday: 3 p.m. Woman’s Auxiliary
meets with Mrs. Ben Harrison.
7 p. m. Training School in Thomas
ville.
At the close of the morning service
on Sunday there will be a short con
gregational meeting for the purpose
of adopting the budget for the new
new church yetar.
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Mrs. Bob Dean called on Mrs. Alice
Prevatte and Mrs. Marvin Whigham
a short while last Wednseday morn
ing.
Mrs. Maxie Mobley, and children,
Elizabeth and Alfred spent Saturday
with Mrs. J. M. Mobley.
Miss Montine Owens spent Wednes
day “with Miss Eva Knight.
Messrs. Walter Brock, Kyler Weed,
and R. W. Dean were visitors to Don
alsonville Saturday.
Mrs. J. L. Bell is spending a few
days with Mr. and Mns. Fred Bell.
Mrs. J. M. Mobley spent a short
while as the guest of Mrs. J. L. Bell
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Dewey Harrington,
and children, called on Mr. and Mrs.
Guss Harrington last Sunday after
noon.
Refuse It, Please.
A Chinese truckman in Vancouver
sent the following bill to a grocer for
delivering orders:
10 goes.
10 comes—at 50 cents a went—
$5.00.
FINE BABY CHICKS
LEGHORNS
CORNISH
ROCKS
REDS
REGISTERED
JERSEY CATTLE
BERKSHIRE
AND
0.1. C. HOGS
HARRIS PEDIGREE
FARM
PELHAM, GA.
SCHOOL TRUSTEES
Belo'w is a complete list of the
school trustees elected in the
elections last Friday, along with the
other trustees for the various dis
tricts:
CAIRO: H. T. LeGette and J. B.
Roddenbery were re-elected without
opposition. Other trustees, Dr. J. V.
Rogers, chairman, Dr. A. W. Rehberg
and J. Slater Wight.
CALVARY: E. P. Jones was re
elected without opposition. Other
trustees, J. T. Stephens and E. T. Wil
liams.
CENTRAL: L. P. Johnson was
elected without opposition to succeed
T. E. Miller, who was not offering for
re-election. Other trustees, Eugene
Moore and D. E. Vickers.
ELPINO: Anderson Hester was
elected and J. J. Dollar and C. W.
Prince were re-elected wthout oppo
sition. Other trustees, R. M. Brinson
and Spence Shiver.
LIVE OAK: Tom Oates Was elect
ed, by ll-to-10 vote, over H. J. Horton
to succeed Gordon Horton who was not
offering for re-election. Other trus
tees, W. B. Hester and Walter Whig
ham.
MIDWAY: R. E. Stringer, Jr., was
re-elected without opposition. Other
trustees, Arthur Cassels, L. C. Collins,
N. H. Williams and T. B. Wool
folk.
NEW HOME: Alto Sellers was
re-elected without opposition. Other
trustees, Foy Godwin and George Har
vey.
PAWNEE: Judson Harrell was
re-elected without opposition. Other
trustees, J. S. Godwin and J. M. Stall
ings.
RENO: J. J. Davis was re
elected without opposition, Other
trustees, Carl Bryant and B. M. Lee.
SPENCE: O. B. Wade was
re-elected without opposition. Other
trustees, C. G'. Akridge, W. G. Bull
ock, W. M. Davis and C. H. Mize.
TURKEY CREEK: D. D. Perkins
re-elected without opposition. Other
trustees, Oliver Chester and D. M.
Walden.
UNION: E. A. (Buster) Singletary
and S. H. Sutton \vere re-elected over
J. P. Faulkner and L. H. Peacock.
Other trustees, C. T. Brady, J. T.
Sellers and Edgar Stringer.
WAYSIDE: John Emory Hall
elected over Hugh L. Davis. Other
trustees, Walter Brock and R. C. Hol
lingsworth.
WHIGHAM: W. C. Lane and Ralph
iMcBroiom were ele(cted without op
position. Other trustees, W. M. Crew,
E. B. Stone and G. B. Trulock.
Business moves ahead as business
men begin to advertise.
The farm woodland must receive
attention just as any other crop if it
is expected to yield its best returns.
A good insurance on tobacco beds
is to spray with red copper oxide to
protect plants from blue mold injury.
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THIS NEWS ITEM IS SELF-EXPLANATORY
II You Are Planning To Build, Remodel
Or Repair, Be Sure To See Us Now!
We Carry Stocks Of Pine Finish, Boards, Flooring, Siding, Etc.,
and Band-Sawn Hardwoods, Poplar, Gum, Oak, Ash,
Magnolia, Beech, Cottonwood, Etc.
Play Safe With “T-R” Lumber
FOR “THE BEST IS CHEAPEST IN THE END”
Thomas-Robinson Lumber Co.
PHONE 188 CAIRO, GA.
Surplus Commodities
Here Valued $2,871.73
Announcement made this week by
Walter L. Brophy, district commodity
supervisor whose headquarters are at
Albany, shows that last monht in
Grady county needy families received
surplus commodities having a total
of $2,875.73.
The various surplus foods distrib
uted were bought by the Federal Sur
plus Commodity Corporation for the j
main purpose oft helping farmers by
removing the surplus portions of ex
cessive crops so that farmers could
obtain better markets for the remain
ing, normal portions. After the sur
pluses are purchased, they are given
to the State Department of Public
Welfare at no cost whatsoever to state
or local governments. Clothing dis
tributed Was produced by WPA sewing
projects.
This county provides storage space
for commodities and oo-operates with
state and Federal governments in the
New Eggs, Catsup, Mayonnaise SPECIALS Friday Irish dozen 14 Potatoes, ounce and Sets AT bottle Saturday 1c MIXON’S each 10 lbs. 15c with 29c 10c C8>'oooooooooooc>ooooooo:oo»o<«>o-oo ;
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distribution by making a small mon
thly remittance in cash to o the
cost of supplies needed in distri
bution operation. The State Depart
ment of Public Welfare provides sup
ervisory personnel, and trucks, while
WPA furnishes labor.
The value of commodities received
by poor families in this county ex
ceeds a great many times the nominal
cost to the county.
This program is aimed to bring
surplus crops and hungry people to
gether, resulting in benefits to both
farmers and needy people.
ATTENTION!
The Sign Man is Back in Town
—SIG N S
Modern - Distinctive Highway
Bulletins, Truck and Window
Lettering, Banners, Etc.
“Decorative Window Valances”
NEON SALES & SERVICE
3 Year Guarantee on Tubing
PAUL COMBS
“The Sign Man”
Call City Service Station, Cairo.