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New York City.—Pleasure cars on
Times Square were scarcer than
hen’s teeth on the morning after the
OPA’s recent emergency order, ban
ning the sale of gasoline to holders
of “A,” “B,” and “C” ration cards,
went into effect. Once jammed with
honking motor cars, “The Cross
roads of the World” was quiet, with
Wins Double
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San Carlos, Calif.—This is Com¬
mander Arnold True of San Carlos
who was the first person in this war
to be presented both the Navy Cross
and the Distinguished Service Med¬
al. The (presentation, which was
made at Honolulu by Admiral Hal
sey in behalf of Admiral Nimitz and
President Roosevelt, was for hero
ism displayed in the Battle of the
Coral Sea, when his ship, the U. S. S.
Hammann, stood by to rescue sur
vivors of the U. (S. S. Lexington,
and during the Battle of Midway
when his ship stood by the U. S. S.
Yorktown, and was hit ,by a torpedo.
CARD OF THANKS,
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We wish to thank all our friends
and neighbors who assisted iis
any way during the illness
death of our baby. The floral
ings, use of cars, words of
all helped to make our burden
er in this sad hour.
Mr. [and Mrs. Roy Rich,
and Family.
t CARD OF THANKS.
We deeply appreciate the
expressions of sympathy and
many kindnesses tendered
our bereavement, the death of
husband and father.
MRS. O. H. BANKS,
and the children.
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THE CAIRO MESSENGER. FRIDAY, JANUARY 1ST, 1943.
: only a few scattered taxicabs, trucks
and busses in sight. Reluctant to use
the little gas they might have left,
New York's motorists took to the
subways as soon as the order went
through. Seventeen states on the
Eastern seaboard were affected by
the ruling. Sales were resumed two
: days later. ,
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LILLEY LINES
1 By REV. J. W. LILLEY, Pastor
Cairo Methodist Circuit.
| On Sunday, Dec. 27th, we filled
| our regular and last preaching ap¬
pointments at Centennial and Tired
Creek for the year 1942. The morn¬
ing worship at Centennial was led
by Enos Butler. At Tired Creek the
| congregation was unusually large
! and the congregational singing was
i most inspiring. A special was ren
| dered by four young ladies, Misses
j Marilyn Belcher, Mary Dixon, Thel
j ma Ragan and Louise Wimberly, ac
| jiy. companied by Mrs. O. L. Wimber
■ At the evening service at Centen
j nial, a most interesting musical pro
! gram was directed by J. Bob Mor
i ris, Supt. of the school at Hamilton,
Ga. His solo was a Christmas carol
“There’s A Song In The Air” and
was so much enjoyed by all that the
pastor invited him to sing another
carol at the close of the services. He
was accompanied at the piano by his
wife, the former Miss Eunice Cas
sels.
We were the dinner guests of
Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Dixon.
4-H RECORD COLLECTION
UNDERWAY.
Georgia 4-H club members are
now hard at work collecting old
phonograph records because there
j s an acute shortage of the shellac
necessary for the manufacture of
new records,
Money received for salvaged
records will help buy an ambulance
dedicated to 4-H members now ser
v ing in the Army.
IV name
fOR GIRLS
to remember'.
Discover its
2-way help*
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DEATHS AND
FUNERALS.
MR. B. MACK JOHNSON, 58,
OF MIAMI, FORMERLY
OF CAIRO.
Mr. Blaney Mack Johnson, 58, of
Miami, formerly of Cairo, died at a
hospital in Miami when Christmas
Day, last Friday, was only a few
minutes old, after an illness of about
five years. (The end of his earthly
sojourn brought relief to his long
suffering, which he bore with much
fortitude, and completion to a ca¬
reer that vitally affected the de¬
velopment of Cairo over a period
of more than two decades, a career
that vitally touched many people in
a helpful manner. Many friends
here and elsewhere were grieved to
learn of his death.
Mr. Johnson was born Aug. 5th,
1884, in that part of Decatur county
that is now Grady county, the son
of the late Blaney Mack and Kate
Poulk Johnson. As a young [man in
Cairo, during the period after Grady
county "was established, he became
prominently identified with the pro¬
motion of numerous ( civic develop¬
ment movements and held a num¬
ber of different positions of trust,
political and otherwise, including
secretary and chairman of the
County .Democratic Executive Com¬
mittee, secretary and president of
the Fair Association and City Clerk
and Treasurer, among others. Quite
genial of nature, he possessed the
art of making and keeping many
friends and was associated in vir¬
tually all community activities dur¬
ing his adult life here. In the early
’twenties, he entered the automobile
business here but retired to move
to Miami about the height of the
Florida boom in 1925, and lived
there continuously thereafter, being
associated in automobile and allied
lines of business there.
On Feb. 11th, 1910, he married
Miss Winifred (Winks) McCulley, at
Griffin, Ga., who survives, in addi¬
tion to one son, B. M. Johnson, Jr.,
of Miami, and a sister, iMrs. Frank T.
Brown, of Cairo.
The body arrived here by train
Saturday afternoon from Miami and
the funeral service was held at the
Forsyth Bros, chapel at 5:30 p. m..
shortly after the arrival of his sis¬
ter and other relatives from Dallas,
Texas. Burial followed in Cairo
cemetery. Rev. Morris P. Webb, of
the First Methodist Church, and
Forsyth Bros. Funeral Home, were
in charge, with the following as
pallbearers: P. M. Baggett, J. E.
Forsyth, B. W. Mauldin, J. L. Oliver,
T. F. ( Proctor, Roland Wil
liams, William P. Matthews, Jack¬
sonville, and Lamar Paulk, Minne¬
apolis, Minn.
Among the put-of-town relatives
and friends here for the funeral, in
addition to the immediate family,
already mentioned, were Mr. and
Mrs. Dwight Brown, and son, ,Mr.
Billy , Brown, and E. Thurston
Brown, of Dallas, Texas; Mrs. Ver¬
non H. Harris, of Pelham; Sheriff
and (Mrs. McCulley Harris, of Ca¬
milla; Mrs. Hugh Powell, of At
lanta; Mrs. Loula Mobley, of Jeffer¬
son; Mr. and Mrs. Guy McCulley,
of Valdosta; and Justice R. C.
of Thomasville.
MRS. ANNIE FOWLER. 64,
STUART, FLA.
Mrs. Annie Fowler, 64, of
Fla., a native of what is now
county, died at the home of
daughter, Mrs. O. L. White, in
art, on Sunday, Dec. 20th, at 7 p.
and was laid at final rest at
Hill Cemetery at Stuart, it
learned here this week.
Mrs. Fowler had been an
for several years but she
a stroke which brought death
a short time.
She was born in what is
Grady county July 2nd, 1878,
spent a good part of her life
In girlhood she joined the Pine
el Baptist Church of this county
remained steadfast in her faith.
She leaves to mourn her
her husband, N. L. Fowler, who
been in ill health for some time
is a patient at Eason’s
Home at Lake Worth, Fla.;
daughter, Mrs. O. L. White,
two grand-daughters, Maydee
Wylene White, Stuart; a brother,
L. Downs, Safety Harbor, Fla.;
a sister, Mrs. Gordon Davis, of
stal River, Fla.
ESTHER NAOMI RICH.
5*/ 2 MOS.
Esther \Naomi Rich, the
month-old daughter of Mr. and
Roy Rich, died at the home of
parents, 2% miles east of
at five a. .m. Dec. 24th, following
illness of only two days with
monia. Her sudden death came
a sad shock to the family and
large circle of friends.
Funeral and burial were at
Creek cemetery on Dec. 25th, at
p.m. with Rev. W. E. Smith and
Bill Widener, of Second
Church, Cairo, in charge.
Immediate [survivors in
to her parents are three sisters
two brothers, her
Mrs. Ollie Halstead, of
and Mrs. J. T. Carmichael; and
grandfather, J. T. Carmichael,
Graceville, Fla., besides
aunts and uncles.
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Among those, who visited at
home of Mr. and Mrs. Henry
Friday afternoon were Mrs.
White, of Cairo, Mrs. Dewey But¬
ler, and family, of Valdosta, Mr.
Mrs. L. H. Peacock and Mrs. J. R.
Peacock, of this community.
Miss Belle Aldredge left the
of the week for Milledgeville where
she re-enters colleeg after
the holidays at the home of her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry White.
Miss Juanita Cogland, of Cairo,
spent the Christmas holidays at the
home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Tom Cogland.
Mrs. J. R. Atkinson was
those who visited at the home
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Mathis Sunday
in the Woodland community.
Mr. and Mrs. T. L. Barrett, and
family were among those who spent
Christmas Day as the guests of Mr.
and Mrs. Pete Halstead.
Mr. Carlos Cone, of the Woodland
community was among those who
visited at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Emmett Drew Friday night.
Among the Christmas dinner
guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Har
Vin were Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Harvin,
Jr., and young son, of Thomasville,
Mr. and Mrs. L. Ii. Peacock, Mrs.
J. R. Peacock, and Mr. and Mrs. A.
J. Atkinson, of this community.
Miss Sadie White, who is em¬
ployed in Albany, spent the Christ¬
mas holidays at the home of her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry White.
Rev. and Mrs. J. O. Akin, of Met¬
calf, were the Sunday dinner
of Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Peacock,
Mrs. J. R. Peacock.
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\ i Yf NAME_ STREET POSTOFFICE_ OR R.FJD,
Extension Agents
Urges Control Of
Fires,
“Farm with safety and
for freedom” might be a slogan
Grady county farm families,
ing to County Agent S. E. George.
Mr. George pointed out this
that a farmer injured on the
or a farm building burned, like
casualty on the battle front, is
loss to America’s war effort.
Farm accidents and fires in
United States claim a
part of farm income and more
4,200 human lives each year.
than 300,000 farm people were
iously injured by accidents in
Building materials,
items, and labor are scarce.
dents to people and machinery
costly. Equipment and
should be checked to determine
remove dangerous conditions
fire hazards.
The County Agent explained
Nnu fears Greeting
The spirit of Valley Forge, of
Fort McHenry, of the Argonne
and Chateau Thierry—the spirit
of American Liberty—is alive
today, May the New Year find
the enemies of Democracy over¬
thrown; may 1943 crown our
struggle with success and bring
peace to our Nation and happi¬
ness to each one of us.
HENRY GRADY HOTEL
South's Finest Hotel
ATLANTA, GEORGIA
about 70 per cent of fi re 1
0 sses
be attributed to four ma j
or Cau
(1) Defective flues, (2) S pa rks
roofs of dwellings, ( 3 ) Spontanc
combustion, and (4) Lightn
Grass and woods fires set to
of » P ,
weeds and wild grass often h
feed and buildings.
An orderly planning of Work
an ever thought of danger ’
much to reduce fire and accid,
in the home and on the f arm
George concluded.
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