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IICATION WEEK" IS
[G OBSERVED BY
HODISTS.—
jro, Methodists are observing
[cation Webb, Week” this pastor week of and the
|M. P. Church, asks
Methodist every
jaer to make a self-denial offer- of at
one meal and make an
if the approximate cost, or
in a special envelope at the
ar worship service Sunday at
m.
edication Week” is devoted to
jning the spiritual life of the
jh and to thinking more about
,eeds of others, particularly the
ious interests of the nation’s
d forces and the suffering
s the seas. -
the mid-week prayer service
lesday evening the topic was
le with this theme. These ser
are being sponsored through
h by the stewards, with lay
^ers each time. Judge T. R.
herd spoke Wednesday even
in “Why I Go To Church.”
ptor Webb this week announced
tive plans for the annual pre
[r revival at his church. It will
Apr. 12th with Rev. A. W.
p, superintendent of the Colum
district, as evangelist, and Bill
sh, of Nashville, as singer and
leader. Mr. Parrish’s wife is a
re of Cairo, the former Miss
[ Frank Mauldin.
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WORLD DAY OF PRAYER
OBSERVANCE SET
MAR. 12TH.
The World Day of Prayer will be
observed. this year on March 12th,
the first Friday of Lent. The theme
of the observance is chosen from
the words of Christ: “Father, I pray
that they may all be one.” With the
world engaged in a global war,
with our sons and loved ones of
battlefronts in many dinstant lands,
this is a very Vital theme today.
Christians of Cairo will observe
this day of prayer along with Chris
tians the world over. The obser
vance will be climaxed with a un
ion service of all the Cairo churches
held at the First Baptist Church at
4 p. m., March 12th. The churches
that day will remain open all day
that Christians may slip therein,
silently join their prayers with oth
er Christians around the world.
Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Dunn, Sr. are
continuing their visit in Fort
Gaines with their daughter, Mrs.
Idell Loyless, and the family, be
cause of the continued illness of Mr.
Loyless, who remains in a hospital.
Mr. Dunn is still improving follow
ing his recent illness here and Mrs.
Dunn and Mrs. Loyless are conva
lescing from attacks of influenza.
Their many friends express hope
that they will all soon regain good
health.
THE CAIRO MESSENGER FRIDAY. MARCH 5TH. 1943.
Omntbus Column.
Everybody Rides In It. There’s Always Room For One More.
Mrs. Charles Beale left Friday for
Little Rock, Ark., where she
join her husband, who is in the
Army stationed at Camp Robinson.
* *
Mrs. M. M. Paulk, and daughter,
Mrs. Olen Dekle, returned home
Saturday from Atlanta, where they
spent a part of last w*«k.
• • • *
Attorney A. B. Conger, of
bridge, was among those who
acted business in Grady Superior
Court this week.
Mrs. J. H. Crozier left Friday to
return to her home in Cedar
Springs, after a visit here with her
daughter, Mrs. T. A. Powell.
Attorney Jesse Gainey, of Thom
asville, formerly of Cairo, transac
ted professional business in Grady
Superior Court this week.
* * *
Cpl. Charlie Thomas has returned
to Fort Leonard Wood, Mo., after
spending a furlough here with
homefolks.
* * *
Mr. W. J. McHargue, formerly of
Moultrie, has moved to Cairo to
make his home. He is engaged as
manager of the local bus station.
* * *
Mr. John Kelly, of Macon, visited
his father, Mr. H. A. Kelly, and oth
er relatives in this county, last
week-end. *
* * *
Pvt. Fred B. Thompson returned
Sunday to Camp Claiborne, La., af
ter a visit with homefolks and
friends in Grady county.
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Sgt. Bobby Drew, who has been
spending a few days here with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. M. Drew,
has returned to Missouri, where he
is stationed.
* * *
Miss Dorothy Simpson, who has
accepted a position with the War
Dept. Medical Corps, in Thomas
ville, spent last week-end here with
homefolks.
* * *
Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Weathers spent
Sunday in Albany with their son,
Lieut. Arthur K. Weathers, his wife,
and their young son, Arthur K.
Weathers, Jr.
* * *
Rev. C. N. Haisten returned home
last Friday after spending a few
days last week in Macon with rela
tives. He is pastor of the Church
of the Nazarene here.
* # *
Mrs. W. E. Hancock, and son, W.
E., Jr., of Alachua, Fla., spent last
week-end in Cairo and Reno with
Mrs. J. L. Strickland and Mrs. R.
J. Broome.
* * *
Mrs. Juanita Sandy, of Quincy,
formerly of Cairo, returned to her
home last week-end after spending
last week here as the guest of Mr.
and Mrs. J. L. Strickland.
* m •«
Mrs. J. T. Hatten, and son, John,
Chester and Paul, and Mrs. H. H.
Wind, Sr., spent last Friday in
Montgomery. Little Bobby Wind re
turned home with Mrs. Wind for a
visit.
* * *
Mr. H. V. Clark, who travels for
Thomas F. Seitzingers & Sons, of
Atlanta, spent last week-end here
with his mother, Mrs. W. H. Clark,
and his sister, Mrs. J. M. Kennedy,
and family.
Rev. M. P. Webb spent Tuesday
in Bainbridge at a district meeting
of Methodist ministers. He accom
panied Rev. W. M. Haywood, of
Thomasville, the District Superin
tendent.
Pfc. G. W. Ragan, Jr., of Fort
Belvoir, Va., spent last week with
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. W.
Ragan, and friends. He also visited
his sister, Mrs. Pete Ulm, in Sav
annah.
• • *
The regular meeting of the Wo
man’s Society of Christian Service
of the First Methodist Church here
will be held at the church next
Monday afternoon, March 8th, at
4 o’clock.
* <* *
Ensign Anne Mizell, of the
WAVES, stationed at Detroit, Mich.,
has been spending this week here
with homefolks. She arrived last
Saturday and expects to leave this
week-end to return to Detroit. She
continues to convalesce satisfactor
ily from a recent appendectomy.
* * *
Mrs. Esther Stanley returned
Monday to her home in Tampa af
ter having been called here because
of the death of her brother, Mr. C.
Braxton Harrell. Mrs. Johnny Kil
I limette, remembered as Miss Mar
garet Cox, accompanied her to
j Tampa.
* * #
Mr. Hubert Elkins, who is taking
1 government radio training, and his
i wife, have been spending a few
I days here with homefolks. They
I have been at Daytona Beach and
j Mr. Elkins has returned there for
i assignment to advanced training in
i Missouri.
Pvt. Tom Jones, of Fort Sam
Houston, San Antonio, Tex., came
j Thursday night to visit his mother,
Mrs. T. W. Jones, and other home
folks, for several days.
*
1 Supt. John S. Herndon, of Cairo
Schools, has been ill since last Sat
| urday but is now much improved,
i His many friends express hope that
rapidly regain good health,
■ * «
] Petty Officer Carl Sasser, of the
| Seabees division of the U. S. Navy,
' has completed his “boot” training at
Camp Endicott, Davisville, R. I. and,
after spending a furlough here with
relatives and friends, has returned
there for assignment for additional
training. •
Mr. E. Thurston 'Brown, regional
administrator of the War Produc
tion Board in Dallas, Texas, has
been spending a few days here this
week with his mother, Mrs. F. T.
Brown, and other relatives and
friends. He and his wife came by
plane from Dallas to Atlanta and
his wife stopped off in Columbus,
Ga., to visit relatives.
* * *
Miss Nell Reside Kriechbaum, a
popular local kindergarten teacher,
became rather seriously ill at her
apartment here Tuesday and was
taken to Cairo Hospital, where she
is undergoing treatment. A resident
of Cairo most of the time for more
than 25 years, she has many friends
who express hope that she will re
gain normal health in due time.
• * *
Relatives here have been advis
ed that Kenneth Reagan, of the
U. S. Army, stationed at Ellington
Field, Texas, has been promoted to
the rank of Staff Sergeant. Sgt.
Reagan is the son of County Sur
veyor and Mrs. E. L. Reagan and
has been jn the Army a compara
tively short time.
* * *
Mrs. Walter L. Wight is expected
to return home today, Friday, from
Miami, where she has been spend
ing a few days this week to attend
the exercises at which her son-in
law, Harold T. McGahee, received
his commission as a second Lieuten
ant in the Army. Mrs. McGahee
and Mrs. Frank Winthrop, of Talla
hassee, have been spending several
weeks there.
* * *
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Walker re
turned home Sunday after spend
ing a week at Gulfport Field, Miss.,
with their daughter, Mrs. Fred A.
Selke, whose marriage was an event
of Saturday. Mrs. R. L. Forester ac
companied them and visited her
daughter, Mrs. O. B. Bowen, in
Richton, Miss. They were also ac
companied by Miss Virginia Col
lins, who visited her brother, who
is stationed at Camp Polk, La. Mrs.
U. A. Clifford and Mrs. Fred A.
Wallace, and young son, of Atlanta,
went to Gulfport Field for the wed
ding and returned to Cairo with
Mr. and Mrs. Walker Sunday.
* * *
Mrs. Charles E. Mauldin and Mr.
Louis A. Powell, of Cairo, were
among those who attended the fu
neral of Mrs. Claude McCollum
(Crawford) Stegall at the First Bap
tist Church in Thomasville Wednes
day. Mrs. Stegall, who was 74, died
Tuesday at the home of her daugh
ter, Mrs. Frank Powell, Sr., in Val
dosta, after an illness. Burial was
} n Bainbridge. She was a native of
Baker county but lived for a num
ber of years in Bainbridge, where
her husband was killed while he
was Sheriff of Decatur county. She
had made her home at Thomasville
for more than 20 years and was
known and admired by a number
of Cairo people.
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