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FOUR
WHIGHAM NEWS
LOCAL AND PERSONAL
ITEMS OF INTEREST
Mrs. Collins Honored On
Birthday Anniversary.
The home of Mr. and Mrs. J. J.
Collins was the scene of a delightful
birthday dinner given in honor of Mrs.
J. J. Collins last Sunday, March 26.
Among those present were Mr. and
Mrs. J. R. Bryant, of Cairo; Mr. and
Mrs. J. C. Sasser, and son, Rufus, Mr.
and Mrs. G. T. Sasser, and children,
Laurine and Arthur, all of Havana;
E. M. Sasser, of Eufaula, Ala; Mr.
and Mrs. J. M. Sasser, and children,
Misses Elah, Agnes, Eunice, Helen,
Watson and Lewis, Mr. and Mrs. Ben
Hill Strickland, and children, Charles,
Isabelle and Sarah, Miss Grace Palm
er and Mr. W. D. Harrell, all of Bain
bridge; Mr. and Mrs. Delmer Strick
land, and children, Chen, Arvis, Mau
rice, Mamie, Made and Betty, Mr.
and Mrs. John Bryant, and children,
Mr. Verdrey Bryant, Mr. and Mrs. Bob
Brunson, and children, Luverne, Bob
by, Margaret and Coram, all qf Bain
bridge; Miss Bernice Bates, of Cairo;
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Boyette, and
children, Bobby, Jimmy and Avis Vir
ginia, of Attapulgus; Mack Bryant, of
Plant City, -Fla.; Mr. and Mrs. Vern
on Collins, and son, Jerry, Mr. and
Mrs. Eugene Harrison, Mr. and Mrs.
Louis H. Foster, and daughter, Miss
Virginia Foster, of Whigham; Char
lie Sasser, Lester Sasser, Ansley Sas
ser and Mis Hazel Sasser, of
Meigs; Jones Sasser, of Waycross;
Mrs. Jesse L. Robison, and son, Odell
Robison, and Mrs. Ralph Simpson, of
Ochlocknee; Mr. and Mrs. Jim Kenney,
of Pelham; and Ronell Simpson, of
Cairo.
At noon a delicious dinner was serv
ed, picnic style, on a long table under
the trees.
Mrs. Bill Pritchett, and little son,
of Macon, arrived here the latter part
of last week for a vi^it to Mr. and
Mrs. Lehman Tippett.
Mrs. S. D. Jones returned home
last Week after spending sime time in
Waycross with Mr. and Mrs. Perry
Williams.
Mr. M. G. Shirk has been spending
several days in North Carolina.
Mr. Brannon Stringer, of Gadsden,
Ala., spent the week-end as the guest
of Mr. and Mrs. Byrd Lasseter.
Mrs. G. F. Lodge, Jr., and little
daughter, Lianne" of Thomasville,
were visitors here the latter part of
last week.
(Mrs. Julia Knight had as her guests
Sunday, Mr. and Mns. Skipper, and
daughter, Mrs. Sykes all of Bain
bridge.
Mrs. Perry Williams and children,
of Waycross, spent the week-end here
as the. guests of Mr. and Mrs. S. D.
Jones.
Mrs. J. H. Spence, Miss Elizabeth
Spence, Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Barwick,
and children, Hubert, Bill and Chris
tine, all of Thomasville, spent Sunday
here as the guests of Mr. and Mrs. W.
C. Bell.
Mr. Jack Bell who has been employ
ed in Thomasville for the past seve
ral months, returned here recently.
Mrs. H. N. Clark, and children, had
as their guests last week Mr. and Mrs.
Clay Gilmore Haines and Mr. Kenneth
Thomason, of Gallatin, Tenn., and
Mrs. Joe Frazier, of Bainbridge.
Mrs. Prassie NeSmith, of Cairo,
spent last week here visiting her fa
ther, Mr. Geoi'ge W. Clark.
Mrs. Arch Harrell and Mrs. H. N.
Clark visited relatives and friends at
Faceville last Thursday.
Miss Ruth Belcher spent last week
end witlf ’homefolks near Cairo.
Mr. William Hannah, U. S. Marine
Corps,., j^tioned at Portsmouth, Va.,
arrived here the first of the Week and
will visit relatives in this section for
two or three weeks.
Mrs. T. S. Green, and son, Billie of
Tallahassee, spent Sunday here with
Dr. and Mrs. M. W. Dykes.
Mr. and Mrs. Elbert K. Howard,
and little c.aughter, and Mrs. A. S
Bales, and daughter, June, all of Al
bany, were bhe week-end guests of Mr.
and Mrs. John Howard.
Mr. W. W. Cook of Thomaston, is
spending several days here With his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Cook.
Mrs. Minnie Tyson visited in the
home of Rev. and Mfs. W. C. Jone3,
in Cairo last Saturday.
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METHODIST MISSIONARY
MEETING—
The regulaf meeting of the Wo
man’s Missionary Society of the Cairo
Methodist Chutch Wtl be held at the
church Monday afternoon, April 3rd,
at 3 o’clock.
The program Will be in charge of
the Sammie Stubbs Trulock Circle.
The subject for bhe afternoon Will be
“New Realizations of Democracy in
the Local Community,” with Mrs.
Wayne Walker as leader.
Always Read the Ads!
Vereen Bell Has Lake
Views in Mar. 27 “Life”
A page of pictures of Lake Iamon
ia, near the Georgia- Florida line,
twenty miles south of Cairo, taken by
Vereen Bell, of Cairo, is
in the March 27th issue of Life,
the nation’s leading picture maga
zine, which Was received locally last
Friday.
Two large pictures with almost
an identical viewpoint show the lake’s
basin area before and after the recent
disappearance of a large part of the
lake water through the basin sink
hole. A smaller view shows the large
quantities of fish left on the erst
while lake bed immediately after the
water ran out through the suhterran
ean passage. taken by
One of the other pictures
Hobson Blackman, of Cairo, showing
the sink-hole at close range, appear
ed several 'weeks ago in The Mftssen
ger as a part of this paper’s regular
CF1 world news picture service and
in scores of other papers using the
CFI service throughout the country
with a Cairo date-line.
A hastily-constructed earthen dam,
built near the basin of the normally
thirteen-mile-long body of water, sav
ed approximately one-third of the
lake’s water and tons of live fish were
taken from the basin area before all
of the water disappeared and put back
into the lake proper.
The heavy rains in late February
and early March caused flood waters
from the Ochlocknee river to add
considerably to the volume of water
held by the dajn in the main part of
the lake and Florida officials say the
dam will be strengthened, if and
when necessary, to prevent another
disappearance of the lake through the
sink-hole such as has recurred every
seven to ten years since the memory
of man.
Cairoite Protests Cut In
Wording.
Vereen Bell, of Cairo, who sent the
pictures referred to above to “Life,
this week protested to the picture
magazine because lines which he sub
mitted with the pictures were cut and
changed in such a way that they al
legedly reflected on the food habits
of the people of the lake area.
He has received no response ho his
protest.
CAKE WALK AT CENTRAL
SCHOOL.
The public is cordially invited tlo at
tend a cake walk at Central School
next Friday night, April 7th, at 7:30
o’clock.
Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Bailey, and
young daurghter, Mary Sue, spent
the week-end in Abbeville, Ala.
ZEBULON THEATER
APRIL 3RD AND 4TH—
“Wings Of The
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with George Brent, Olivia De Hav
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Cartoon and Fox News.
APRIL 5TH—BARGAIN DAY 10c
“Nancy Drew, Re
porter”
with Bonita Granville and John Li
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plenty of excitement seeing this ad
venture. Also Musical Comedy
and News.
APR. 6 AND 7 Shown In Colors—
The Greatest and Biggest Is
“KENTUCKY”
with Loretta Young, Richard
Green, Walter Brennan and a cast
of thousands. Too great to miss;
bring your family. Comedy, Jit
terbug Follies and News.
SATURDAY, APRIL 8TH—
“Riders Of Black
Hills”
Bob Livingston, Ray Corrigan and
Max Terhune bring you thrills,
surprises, laughs! Comedy and
serial. TEN GENTS TO ALL!
Syrup City Theater
APRIL 7TH AND 8TH—
“Mr. Moto’s Last
Warning”
with Peter Lorre, Ricardo Cortez,
and Virginia Fields in the greatest
murder mystery picture ever
brought to the screen. You must
see Moto identified as dead. Com
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of neW fine entertainment. Cost
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THE CAIRO MESSENGER, FRIDAY, MARCH 31ST, 1939.
PIANO RECITAL HERE ON
WEDNESDAY—
A group of pupils of the piano de
partment of the Cairo Public Schools
presented a skillful recital at the high
school auditorium Wednesday after
noon.
The following program was render
ed:
Songs My Mother Taught Me
(Dvorak), Martha John Harrell;
Valse Lent (Rudolf Ffiml), Marion
Poller;
Petit Russian Rhapsody (John
Thompson), Lola LeGette;
Dark Eyes (Traditional), Mary
Barwick;
Adventurous Mouse (Searmolin),
Carolyn Goats;
By a Log Fire (Jay Southerland),
Mary Van Landingham;
Valcik (John Mokrejs), Clifto-n
Wight; • ‘
- By a Sylvan Lhke (N. Lopise
Wright), Carolyn Rehberg; 1
Boy Scout March (N. Louise
Wright), Cecelia Bowen;
Castanets and Tamoburinee (John
Thompson), Margaret Higdon; casta
nets by Helen Wight;
Cadets Review (Rebi), Clarence
Henning;
Valse in G Flat (Chopin), Blanche
Woodward;
Harmonies Band (Searmolin), Jean
Painter; and
The Rosary (Nevin-Whilpley), Vir
ginia Thompson.
Following the recital Mrs. Temper
ance Lear, the instructor, told of the
plans for the department for the re
mainder of the school year and asked
the mothers to co-operate with her in
perfecting these plans. In addition to
the ensemble recital by the grammar
school pupils, the solo recital by the
high school pupils and the operetta,
“Hansel and Gretel,” by the grammar
grade students, the pupils are asked
to make scrap-books for ‘which Mrs.
Lear is offering prizes not for the
best book, but for every creditable
one.
At the conclusion of Mrs. Lear’s
talk all those present were invited into
the home economics rooms where de
lightful sherbert, cheese crackers and
canc iy Easter eggs were served. The
p] a tes were quite artistic and attract
j ve Nests were formed on the plates
in the Easter colors, the cups of sher
hert stood in the center and were sur
rounded by the small eggs.
Miss Rosa Brooks and Miss Virginia
Joiner assisted in serving.
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In order to insure the economical performance that
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mechanics inspect the electrical system of your
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3 Check and adjust starter! 10 Check fuel pump pressure and
4 Check battery, cables and all lights; connections.
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North Broad Street Cairo, Ga.
Kiwanians Here Accept
New Charter of Scouts
The new charter for Cairo Boy Scout
troop No. 308 was presented to the
members of the Cairo Kiwanis Club at
their regular luncheon at the American
Legion Home at noon last Tuesday.
The club sponsored this troop and
the charter was delivered by Rev. John
H. McKinnon, Jr., district chairman oi
the Grady county district.
Commending the club for its interest
in scouting and thanking the members
for their support of the wark in this
district, Mr. McKinnon gave a most
inspiring talk on scouting, reciting the
benefits that come to boys who are
brought under its influence.
A “Life Scout” a'ward was made to
Julian Roddenbery, Jr., and he was
congratulated on its attainment by
Edwin Carlisle, a former Cairo Boy
Scout, who had been invited to rpake
the presentation. T r> ;< f <1 I
Other guests of the club were Judge
T. R. Sheppard, a part-time resident
of Cairo, and Gordon Young, of Palm
er, Mass. In the absence of President
John Wight, who was away on a busi
ness trip, Tom Harlowe presided.
Five members of the club accepted
an invitation to attend an inter-club
meeting in Albany on Wednesday
•night.
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2X8 ms,
Garden Planting Time 1
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before buying. Our years of experience and market connections enable us to secure the
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OUR EARLY CORN AND BEANS ARE STRICTLY NORTHERN GROWN
WHICH GIVES YOU A MUCH EARLIER CROP IN THIS CLIMATE!
During the season, we will have several of the best varieties of table peas and many
other seed not in the usual stock. We have all kinds of flower seed in packages and the
most popular ones in BULK.
LET US SHOW YOU HOW YOU CAN SAVE MONEY BY BUYING SEED AT HOME!
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Welfare Director Deen
to Speak Here Tuesday
Miss Mary Louise MaxWell, director
of the Grady County Department of
Public Welfare, was advised this week
that Hon. Braswell Dean, director of
the State Department of Public Wel
fare, will come to Cairo next Tuesday
to discuss welfare problems with the
welfare leaders and citizens of this
county.
Director Deen advised Miss Max
well that he plans to be in Cairo Tues
day, April 4th, at the Courthouse, at
3 p. m., and that ihe cordially invites
everyone interested in the welfare pro
gram and its problems to meet him
there. ' Members of the County Wel
fare Board and Board of County Com
missioners have a special invitation to
be there. A large crowd will likely be
present.
Mr. and Mrs. E. Gordon Young,
who have been the guests of tire for
mer’s sister, Mrs. J. A. Plowell, I, for
the week, expect to go to Tallahassee
Saturday to visit other relatives before
returning to their home in Palmer,
Mass.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Friedlander, of
Valdosta, spent Sunday here as the
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Bill Graham,
and other relatives and friends. Mrs.
•Friedlander is the former Miss Irma
Shadrick, of Cairo.
MRS. J. A. POWELL I
GUESTS.—
Mrs. J. A. Powell, I, was
hostess on Tuesday a d
entertained at dinner- evening
a paitv
pliment Young, to her brother, Mr l 15
and Mrs. Young, of '
Mass., who are her guests f,
week.
Quantities of lovely sp r j 14
in the Easter shades were
out the roioms thrown used)
guests. °Pen t«
Calendulas, wisteria and id
used table in the living-room. The]
was centered with a bJ
vari-colored pansies. SnapJ
and wisteria were used ekewy
the dining-room.
A four-course dinner wag
The mints served were in the.
shades ’ suggestive ‘ ’ of the Easts!
SO*. I
Invited to be with the
honor 'were; Mr. and Mrs. R, *
Landingham, Mr. and Mrs. J, a i
M r. and Mrs. S. A. Pierce, Ufo
Mrs. Wayne Walker, Mr. and Jj
A. Po\vell, II, Mr. and Mrs,
Wight and Miss Anna Prances'
rett.
Mrs. D. F. Oliver, and her m
Mrs. J. B. Johnstone, left Sugj
spend this week in Jacksonville«
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Charles i
sill.