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WMIGHAM NEWS
LOCAL AND PERSONAL
ITEMS OF INTEREST
MR. BERRY A. CONNELL DIES
FRIDAY MORNING.
This community was saddened last
Friday morning, Nov. 14th, when it
was learned that Mr. Berry A. Con¬
nell had passed away at his residence
in north Whigham. He suffered a
heart attack several weeks ago, and
although his death was not unexpect¬
ed, it came as a shock to a wide cir¬
cle of friends and relatives.
Mr. Connell was born in Decatur
county, Nov. 19th, 1857, being a son
of the late Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Con¬
nell, and has spent practically his en
tire life in this immediate section..
He was a successful farmer, and was
unusually active for his age. A mem
her of the Whigham Baptist Church,
he was honest, sober and industrious,
a fine example of a worthwhile citi
zen. conducted
Funeral services were at
the Whigham Baptist Church, Satur¬
day afternoon at two o’clock, conduct¬
ed by Rev. N. G. Christopher, follow¬
ed by interment in the Whigham
cemetery. Connell is
Besides his widow, Mr.
survived by two daughters, Mrs. Ira
Butler, Tampa, Fla., and Mrs. Bessie
Hudson, Waycross; three sons, W. C.,
B, B. and G. C. Connell, all of Whig¬
ham; and a large number of other
relatives.
Forsyth Brothers Funeral Home,
«f Cairo, in charge.
WHIGHAM WELCOMES NEW
PASTOR.
The Methodists and the people of
Whigham welcome this week the Rev.
B. R. W. Knowles, his wife and two
children. Mr. Knowles comes from
Faceville, where he has been serving
as pastor acceptably for two years.
Everyone bespeaks for him a happy
and successful ministry here, All
are delighted to have these good peo¬
ple here. They come highly recom¬
mended.
He will occupy the pulpit here on
Sunday morning at 11:30, and Sunday
evening at 7:30. It is anticipated that
a goodly number will hear him.
SPRING HILL CHURCH
NOTICE.
According to recent arrangements
preaching services will be held at
Spring Hill on Sunday morning at
10:30 o’clock instead of in the after
noon. Rev. B. R: Knowles the new
pastor, will be in charge. Spring Hill
extends him a glad welcome. All look
forward to a good year under his
leadership. The pubfic is cordially in¬
vited to hear him. Sunday School
will follow the preaching service.
Messrs. Paul C. and Stephen H.
Chitwood, of Maxwell Field, Mont¬
gomery, Ala., spent the week-end as
the guests of relatives and friends in
this section.
Mrs. Grady Holman, of Blakely,
was the guest of her mother, Mrs. G.
F. Lodge, last week-end.
Mrs. G. G. Tippett, of Blountstown,
Fla., recently spent several days here
with relatives.
Mrs. I. M. Connell had as her guests
lapt week-end, Messrs. Thomas and:
Winifred Connell, of Atlanta, Mr. and
Mrs. Howard Connell, of Quincy, and
Mrs. Luther Lamb, and children, of
Winona, Miss. Mrs. Lamb, and chil¬
dren, and Mr. Thomas Connell are
spending this week her-e.
Mrs. W. L. Campbell and Miss Clau
dia Chitwood recently returned to
their homes in Miami after a visit to
relatives in this section. 'Mrs. Camp¬
bell is remembered here as Miss Ber¬
nice Chitwood before her recent mar
rlage.
Mr. and Mrs. John Mobley had as
their guests last week-end: Mr. Wey
men Mobley and Miss Frances Wood
ley, of Jacksonville, Fla. Mrs. Mobley
accompanied them on their return to
Jacksonville Sunday afternoon and
will visit there for a few weeks.
Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Brandenburg, of
Griffin, and Mr. and Mrs. G. B. Tru
lock.
Mrs. J. Byron Butler, of near Am¬
sterdam, and her grandson, Mr. Byron
B. Mizell, of Washington, D. C., were
visitors in Whigham on Tuesday of
this week.
Mrs. A. J. Crew, and son, Jackie,
and Mrs. Byrd Lasseter, left Wednes¬
day for a visit of several days to rel¬
atives at Titus, Ala.
Miss lone Thomason left Thursday
for New Orleans where she will
spend the week-end with her brother,
Mr. Homer Thomason, and Mrs. Thom
ason. She will also visit her sister,
Mrs. N. F. Roberts, Jr., and 1 Mr. Rob¬
erts in Hpdge, La., for several days.
The Leonard Weinbergs spent last
Tuesday ,with j^latives and friends in
Jacksonville.
WSB RADIO BROADCAST
PLANNED HERE DEC. 4;
ENTRIES CLOSE NOV. 25
(Continued From Page 1).
and entrants may sign-up with Sec¬
retary IM. L. Mayes, of the Chamber
of Commerce, or Supt. John S. Hern¬
don, of Cairo Schools, by next Tues¬
day, Nov. ‘25th Persons who can sing,
play a musical instrument, tap dance
or furnish any other type of enter¬
tainment are urged to contact either
of those mentioned by not later than
next Tuesday.
Persons making such applications
will be given auditions before a spe¬
cial committee, which will in turn
pick those to appear on the air. Mar
cus Bartlett, production manager of
WSB, will be here to supervise the
talent auditions for the show.
On the night of the show, WSB
will bring its latest radio equipment
to transcribe the entire program. Then
on Saturday night, Dec. 6th, at 6:30
p. m., Eastern Standard Time, the
show will be broadcast over WSB.
Besides the various entertainers,
several prominent citizens of Grady
county will speak on the show. High¬
lights of importance about the history
of the county and its principal towns
will also be recalled.
Citizens throughout the county are
co-operating to make this one of the
biggest shows ever put on here. Hun¬
dreds of persons are expected to at¬
tend, and all will get to participate
in the broadcast, since the program
will be concluded with a mass sin # g
nig. This occasion will allow many
persons who have never seen a radio
program to watch “The Voice of the
South” put on an air show with the
finest and most modern broadcasting
equipment.
All details of the radio program
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will be carried out just as they are
done in the stadios of WSB, and
those taking part in the performance
will be heard by the thousands of
listeners who keep tuned to the south’s
oldest radio station.
More details about this specail ra¬
dio presentation will be given in next
week’s issue of the paper. Meanwhile,
all persons are urged to promote in¬
terest in the approaching event so
that it will be one of the greatest en¬
tertainments ever staged in Grady
county.
UNION THANKSGIVING
SERVICE—
The First Baptist, Methodist and
Presbyterian churches of Cairo will
follow their usual custom in uniting
in a union Thanksgiving Day ser¬
vice next week and the service will
be at the First Baptist Church Wed¬
nesday evening, Nov. 27th, beginning
at 7:30 o’clock, with Rev. Claude G.
Pepper, Jr., pastor of the Presbyter¬
ian Church, delivering the sermon.
Last year, the service was at the
Presbyterian Church and Rev. W. E.
McTier, pastor of the Methodist
Church, delivered the sermon. How¬
ever, there was some confusion as to
the time and place of that service un¬
til the last day or so and the attend¬
ance was not as good as usual as a
result. This year plans are being
made and full announcement is being
published in ample time so that all
may know.
People from throughout the county
are not only invited but urged to at¬
tend this service so as to thus give
some expression of thanks for the
blessings bestowed during the year.
These services consume only an hour.
CAIROITES AT ATLANTA
WEDDING.—
Several Cairoites attended the quiet
wedding at Emoi-y University chapel
at Atlanta a thigh noon Thursday in
which Miss Selma Hahr Wight, of At¬
lanta, became the bride of Lieutenant
Richard Alexander Beard, Jr., of Mi¬
ami, formerly of Atlanta.
A wedding breakfast at the Pied¬
mont Driving Club immediately fol¬
lowed the wedding ceremony.
The bride is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. G. Ward Wight, of Atlanta,
i her father being a native of Cairo.
I The bridegroom is the son of Rich
; ard Alexander Beard, of Atlanta, and
I the late Mrs. Beard. He is in the U.
S. Marine Corps, stationed at Miami,
i where the couple will make their
home.
Among the guests were Mrs. J. B.
I W'ight, Sr., of Cairo, the bride’s pa
iternal grandmother; Mr. and Mrs. J.
Slater Wight, Mr. and Mrs. Alvin
j Wight and Mr. and Mrs. John Wight,
| also of Cairo; Mrs. Warren Wight,
I of Thomasville; and Mrs. Wendell
| Wight, of Albany. *
Rev. and Mrs. Walter C. Jones are
j spending Miami with the their month of Dr. November W. C. Jones, in
! son,
j and the family. They plan to return
home soon after Dec. 1st.
i * lost.—N ew 32x6 Seiberling Truck
Tire and Rim. Reward. W. H. Rob
I inson. ll-14-lt2p.
W. C. T. V. MEETING HELD
LAST MONDAY.—
The regular meeting of the local
Woman's Christian Temperance Un¬
ion was held at the home of Mrs. E.
0. Alligood Monday afternoon with
Mrs. H. G. Cannon as joint hostess.
Mrs. W r . C. Ham, president, presid
ed over the meeting.
The meeting opened with singing
“Lead On, 0 King Eternal” followed
by prayer by Rev. W. E. McTier. The
Bible lesson was then brought by Mr.
McTier. His subject was “Keep Your
Eyes On Your Objective,” based on
the miracle, “Jesus Malking On the
Sea,” from Matthew 14, 22-33.
A vocal duet “Back of the Clouds”
was given by Mrs. H. P. Cook and
Mrs. C. E. Powell. The meeting was
then addressed by Mrs. F. C. Owen,
of Albany, the new district president
of the union. She gave interesting ex¬
tracts from the state convention re¬
cently held in Atlanta and announced
some plans for the work of the en
suing year.
After the program the regular bu¬
siness was held. Mrs. J. M. Strange,
treasurer, reported a balance of $5.25
and stated that all dues would have
to be paid by Tahnksgiving in order
to hold fast. Committees have been
working to get dues in on time, she
said.
The president presented the ribbon
sent from the state convention for
this union for a membership gain last
year.
Mrs. J. E. Forsyth was appointed as
chairman of the program committee
for the remainder of the year to suc¬
ceed Mrs. Robert Mansfield, who is
leaving Cairo to make her home in
Moultrie.
The committee appointed to ar¬
range for a booth at the recent county
to distribute literature reported
that they failed in the attempt on ac
count of lack of space.
The following committee was ap
pointed to receive contributions for
the Christmas project: Mesd'ames E.
O. Alligood, J. Q. Smith and C. G.
Stephens. Another committee will be
appointed to decide on the form of
giving.
The meeting was dismissed with
prayer by Mrs. D. F. Oliver.
The hostesses served a delightful
salad course with hot coffee during
the social hour.
The rooms thrown open to the
guests were adorned with pompon and
daisy chrysanthemums and bachelor
buttons.
GARDEN CLUB MEETING
HELD WEDNESDAY—
The Cairo Garden Club met in reg¬
ular session on Wednesday mopping
at the home of Mrs. W. G. Mizell with
the president, Mrs. F. W. Roddenbery,
presiding.
The program consisted of a talk by
Mrs. R. A. Bell on “The Culture of
Roses.”
During the business session ar¬
rangements were made to make the
final payment on what the club had
pledged for the cemetery beautifica¬
tion project.
The home was adorned with ar¬
rangements of maroon and yellow
chrysanthemums, The dining-table
was set for the traditional Thanks¬
giving dinner with a colorful center
piece of fruits and vegetables.
Eighteen members were present.
MISS WOMACK AND MR. BELL
TO WED DEC. 21ST__
Mrs. Lee Frederick Womack, of
Havana, Fla., announce the en¬
gagement of her daughter, Ruby
Lee, to Mr. James Edwin Bell, of
Havana, son of Mr. and Mrs. J.
€. Bell, of Cairo. The wedding
will be an event of Dec. 21st, in
the Salem Methodist Church of
Havana.
The above announcement, made lo¬
cally this week, will be read with much
interest throughout this section.
Bring US Your
Prescriptions
For Careful Attention!
No Matter Who Your Doc¬
tor Is, We Will Follow
His Directions To
the Letter.
MIZELL DRUG CO.
'‘Prescription Druggists”
Phone 220
THE CAIRO MESSENGER. FRIDAY, NOV. 21ST, 1941.
Baptist Association’s
Training Union Drive
Held Here This Week
Churches of the Grady County As¬
sociation are observing “Training Em¬
phasis Week" at the First Baptist
Church here with a central training
school under the direction of Gainer
E. Bryan, of Atlanta, State Training
Union Secretary.
Assisting Mr. Bryan on the faculty
are Maines Rawls, of Atlanta, Rev. -i,
R. C. Brown, of Pelham, Mrs. W. P.
Henry, of Pelham, Miss Nita Bray, of
Macon and the following local lead
ers : Mrs. Carl Minter, Mrs. C. C.
Stephens, Mrs. Wilburn S. Smith,
Rev. Lee Long and Rev. Robert Bow
en. t t
One hundred and twenty-five have .
been enrolled in the school with the ^
following churches represented: Cal- ?
vary, Reno, Cairo Second, Pine Park, i I
Pine Forest, Mt. Vernon, Providence, *
Midway and Cairo First. i
Courses are being offered for adults, *
people, intermediates, juniors, 1
young conducted
and a story hour is being t
for boys and girls under nine years.
Following the training school new, i
training unions will be organized inij
the various churches, and an effort j |
made to enlist young people and j j
adults in a far-reaching program of j i
training in church membership and||
Christian service. If
The school will close tonight with a
social for the entire group.
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Tuesday At 2:30 P. M.”
PHONE 82
Is Now Under the Management of
DR. F. S. CARR
Local Veterinarian
Your Continued Patronage Of This Market W
Be Greatly Appreciated and We Will En¬
deavor To Get All Growers the
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Monday and Tuesday, November 24th . 25th
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