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FOUR
WHIGHAM NEWS
LOCAL AND PERSONAL
ITEMS OF INTEREST
RED CROSS WORKROOM
ANNOUNCEMENT.
Beginning next Tuesday, March
23rd, the Red Cross workroom at
Whigham will remain open one en
tire day, instead of the former
schedule of being open Tuesday
and Thursday afternoons.
Many of the members have sug
gested they open all day one day
a week would be more convenient
than the other plan; so, until fur
ther notice, the ladies of the com
munity are asked to attend each
Tuesday. Open at nine o’clock,
CWT.
COLLINS-WILLIAMS
MARRIAGE.
Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Collins, of
Whigham, announce the marriage
of their daughter, Doris Inez, to J.
D. Williams, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs.
J. D. Williams, of Thomasville. The
marriage was performed on March
l 15th. and making
The bride groom are
their home in Thomasville where
he is connected with the new Fin
ney General Hospital and she is em
ployed by the Bell Telephone &
Telegraph Co.
Mr. and* Mrs. W. ^C. Lane, and
family, had as their guests Wed
nesday of this week: Misses Eliza
beth King and Dorothy Keel, and
Mrs. Alex Gay, of Milledgeville, and
Capt. Alex Gay, of Bainbridge.
Mr. G. W. Jordan, and little grand
daughter, Joan Bennett, of Tuesday, Talla
hassee, were visitors here
fc Mrs. J. E. Hudson had as visitors
last week-end: Mr. and Mrs. Carlos
Cone, and son, Hudson, of near
Cairo, and Mrs. Charles Hinson, of
Qcilla. Atlanta, vis
Mr. Ed Dykes, of is
iting his parents, Dr. and Mrs. M.
W. Dykes.
Dr. and Mrs. J. E. Harden spent
several days this week at Eclectic
and Titus, Ala.
Pfc. Yoyce E. Halstead returned
to Camp Stewart after spending a
ten-day furlough with his mother,
Mrs. J. B. Halstead, at Whigham.
Cpl. Lavaughn Lodge has return
ed to Fort Leonard, Mo., after
spending several days here with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Lodge,
and family.
Mr. Charles Butler, of West Point,
Ga., spent a few days here last
•week. Mrs. Butler, who had been
visiting here for-several days, re
turned home with him.
Mrs. Norwood, Clark is at home
again after hperijkUng two weeks
with Mr. and IV s. Elton Johnson,
at Norfolk, Va. , er little grandson, Wot
Elton Johnson, J , accompanied
on her return and is spending some
time here.
Pvt. William Salter, U. S. A., Ft.
McPherson, and Miss Lavine Sal
ter, of Macon, arrived here Sunday
for a visit. Miss Salter returned to
her work at Macon Wednesday. Mr.
Salter will be here until the first
of next week.
Pvt. Wendell Harrell, U. S. Army
Air Corps, Mobile, Ala., spent the
past week-end here with his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Turner Harrell.
Mrs. Alex Stephens, and children,
Of Bainbridge, were visitors here
Sunday.
■ Mr. Gordon (Bub) Truloek, a stu
dent at the University of Georgia,
if spending the spring holidays
here with homefolks.
Mrs. T. S. Green, of Tallahassee,
was a recent visitor of her parents,
Dr. and Mrs. M. W. Dykes.
Petty Officer (lc) Rufus Quillian,
of the U. S. Navy, came this week
for a visit with relatives and
friends. He is assigned to a naval
seaplane tender apd has just re
turned from duty in the Southwes
tern Pacific.
Bring US Your
Prescriptions
for Careful Attention!
No Matter Who Your Doctor
Is, We Will Follow His
Directions To the
Letter.
MIZELL DRUG CO.
“Prescription Druggists”
Phone 220
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LEAVES CAIRO
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WALTER R. ESKEW
for a number of years a resident .of
Cairo, and a former County School
Superintendent here, left a few
days ago for Atlanta to accept a
position with the Bell Aircraft
Corp., at its gigantic new plant at
Marietta.
MISS LEWIS, SEAMAN BELK
WED MARCH 6TH IN
WISCONSIN.—
Mr. and Mrs. Leslie M. Lewis, of
Havana, Fla., announce the mar
of their daughter, Dorris* Lu
cretia, to Seaman Henry Jackson
(Billy) Belk, of Cairo, on Saturday,
6th, at 5 p. m., at the Uni
Methodist Church, Madison,
The Rev. Oscar M. Adam per
the ring ceremony.
The bride wore a light-blue wool
suit with luggage tan accessories.
corsage was of pink rosebuds.
only attendants were Mr. and
Mrs. William H. Brock, of De Land,
Fla.
Mrs. Belk is a graduate of Hav
ana High School and Messer Busi
ness College in Tallahassee, She
was before her marriage employed
by Attorney Clyde W. Atkinson, of
that city. I
Seaman Belk is a graduate of
Cairo High School and before en
listing in the Navy was employed
in the office of the Clerk of the Cir
cuit Court in Tallahassee. He is
now attending the U. S. Naval Ra
dio Training School on the Univer
sity of Wisconsin campus at Mad
ison.
He is the son of Mrs. H. J. Belk,
and the late Mr. Belk, of Cairo, for
merly of Fitzgerald, but had lived
in Tallahassee for several years be
fore he volqjiteered for service in
the Navy a few months ago.
Mr. and Mrs. Belk will reside
at 148 W. Gilman
street, in that city.
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* Red Cross Honor *
* Roll *
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Following is the honor roll of
workers in the Grady county local
Red Cross surgical dressings project
for the past week:
CALVARY: Mesdames Wiley Bry
ant, Guy Harrison* H. W. Maxwell
and Ford Maxwell.
CAIRO: Mesdames Ira Higdon,
Sr., B. W. Mauldin, A. C. Rodden
bery, J. B. Warnell, W. Y. Bryan,
Thomas Wight, Eugene Clower, D.
F. Oliver, John Wight, H. T. Le
Gette, Edward Rushin, and M. L.
Clark and Miss Blanche Woolfolk.
CENTRAL: Mesdames Louis H.
Foster, W. K. Foster, Eugene Moore,
Alvin Harrison and E. L. Williams.
RENO: Mesdames W. R. Hopkins,
Anderson Hall, M. M. Hinson, T. J.
Hammett, J. E. Broom, J. C. Booth,
L. M. Barrett, John Maxwell and
C. A. Rehberg.
1ST METHODIST CHURCH
NEWS NOTES.—
—Rev. M. P. Webb, the pastor,
plans to leave Monday for Vidalia
where he will lead a revival cam
paign for eight or 10 days. He an
nounces that Rev. W. M. Haywood,
of Thomasville, the District Super
intendent, will preach here Sunday
morning week, March 28th, and that
Dr. Walter Blasingham, of Moultrie,
the conference lay leader, will
preach here that evening.
—The Wednesday mid-week pray
er services, being sponsored this
month by the stewards, continue to
attract good crowds. The lay talk
this week was by Mrs. D. F. Oliver
on “The Pastor and His People”
and it was said to have been full
of inspiration for those who heard
it.
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Pfc. Walter Bass, of Camp Ruck
er, Ala., has been spending a four
day leave here with homefolks.
THE CAIRO MESSENGER. , MARCH 19TH, 1943.
GOAL OF RED CROSS
IS ALMOST REACHED
(Continued From Page 1).
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i Gette, John Wight, F. W. Rodden
j bery, R. A. Bell, R. S. Jones, Harry
! Brunson, W. B. Roddenbery, Jr., M.
L. Mayes, Ashton Richter, E. H.
Coleman, J. B. Roddenbery, A. W.
Rehberg, J. A. Collins, Bob Ham
mond and Roderick Hester and Miss
Martha* Robinson.
Strong praise was voiced for the
manner in which Cairo Negroes
have worked and contributed. The
Negro workers have been under
Green Johnson and Lottie Jordan
and they have already turned in
$113.25. This sum is a distinct cred
it to them, leaders said.
In line with the announced pur
i pose of asking The Messenger to
j publish the names of all contribu
tors, the following is a partial list,
with other names to be added to
this list in subsequent issues as
space permits:
"Major Gifts."
Cairo Banking Co., $100; Con
cord Corporation, $100; H. T. Le
Gette, $100; J. B. Roddenbery, $100;
A. C. Roddenbery, $75; Wight
Hardware Co., $50; W. H. Robinson,
$50; Jake Poller, $50; W. M. Tyson,
$50; W. B. Roddenbery, Sr., $50;
Henry Hester, Sr., $40; Wight &
Browne, $40; Sam A. Pierce, $40;
Cairo Furniture Co., $37.50; Fred
W. Roddenbery, $35.
H. V. Kell Co., $25; Richter Bros.,
$25; Oliver’s, $25; C. W. Thomas
Lumber Co., $25; Mr. and Mrs. J.
F. Forester, $25; Mr. and Mrs. I.
Kramer, $25; Farmers Peanut Co.,
$25; H. E. McKinnon, $20.
Cairo Telephone Co., $15; W. B.
Roddenbery, Jr., $15; Wight Nurser
ies, $15; Dr. A. B. Reynolds, $15;
Max Gilmore, $15; Harvey’s, $8.
$10 Contributions: Roderick Hes
ter, George G. Thomas, Jr., Miss
Pauline Mimms, Dr. J. V. Rogers,
Dr. and Mrs. H. P. Rankin, J.' E.
Forsyth, Dr. J. B. Warnell, Walter
H. Carroll, J. H. Collins, M. L.
Mayes, John S. Herndon, Ira Hig
don, Sr.* John A. Powell, 2nd, Sher
iff C. H. Strickland, Clerk P. M.
Baggett, Mrs. W. B. Roddenbery,
Sr., C. P. Whidden, H. R. Rushin,
Mrs. D. F. Oliver, E. H. Coleman,
Dr. and Mrs. T. J. Butt, Mrs. Jake
Poller and W. J. McClenny.
$5 Contributions: Elmer Bell, Mrs.
Mamie Matthews, Buddy Poller,
Marian Poller, Aris Mixon, Mrs.
Thomas Wight, Mrs. J. Slater Wight,
R. S. Jones, Mrs. R. S. Jones, Mrs.
A. B. Reynolds, Mrs. Wanda Pow
ell, O. G. Rosser, W. J. McHorgin,
R. C. Ponder, Z. W. Daughtry,
Gandy Bros., H. D. Eskew, Supt.
Wh Muggridge, Tax Com. T. F.
Proctor, S. & L. Furniture Co., R.
A. Bell, W. G. Mizell, Judge G. L.
Worthy, Mrs. Johnsie Mixon, Mrs. B.
W. Connell, Mrs. F. W. Roddenbery,
Dr. H. L. Cheney, R. E. Stringer,
Jr., J. W. Pelham, T. W. White, Sr.,
Harris Jefferson, Miss Sue Garrett,
Mrs. W. L. Wight, Mrs. Harold Mc
Gahee, Mrs. J. H. Brunson, Rev. and
Mrs. W. C. Jones, Louie Hughes,
Grady County Cleaners, Mrs. E. J.
Pharis and J. B. LeatOn.
Whigham Contributors.
Rev. E. B. Sutton, $5; E. B. Stone,
$5; J. S. Shoemaker, $10; D. L. Try
on, $5; Ben Wright, $10; B. W. Las
seter* $5; Whigham School, $24.38;
Frank Jowers, $5; D. P. Truloek, $5;
G. B. Truloek, $5; Smith & Cain,
$5; Dr. M. W. Dykes, $10; Dr. J. E.
Harden, $10; Rev. B. R. W. Knowles,
$4; W. C. Lane, $4; Roy McGee, $4;
Mrs. C. H. Johnson, $3.
$2 Contributions: J. H. Pyles, R.
E. Cox, Mi's. Goldie Swicord, C. O.
Waldrop, Mrs. Dixie Spence, A. J.
Miller, Mrs. W. C. Bell, W. F* Brim,
Mrs. R. H. Robinson, Walter New
berry, Ralph McBroom.
$1 Contributions: J. M. Langston,
Malvin Collins, Mrs. Ruby Prince,
Rev. N. G. Christopher, Cleve Con
nell, Mrs. L. G. Wimberley, Cleon
Cox, Mrs. E. M. Mobley, Mrs. George
Strickland, Mrs. Claude Connell,
Mrs. W. M. Crew, W. C. Rollins, B.
B. Connell, J. R. Hines, C. C. Jones,
Dr. Smith, Mrs. Lucy Keene, J. W.
Crew, R. L. Sellers, J. H. Hullender,
Turner Harrell, T. J. Mills, H. L.
Allen, Mrs. Mary Brinson, Marvin
Ponder, Mrs. R. B. Compton, Miss
Carrie Autry, C. C. Collins, L. H.
Harrison, W. M. Crew, Mrs. D. C.
Jowers, Wiley Duncan, Mrs. Virgil
Nazworth, Martin Harrell, Mrs. G.
F. Lodge, Mrs. B. H. Belcher, Bill
Connell, Arch Curry, Jack Harrell,
Alfonso Harrell, J. D. Sears, T. L.
Tippett, Lester Moore, W. C. Hand,
C. M. Rabon, J. L. Lodge, Mrs. J.
L. Lodge, J. D. Miller, Mrs. Adna
Truloek, Miss Ruth Truloek, Mrs.
Aileen Alexander, Mrs. W. C. Lane,
J. T. Harrison, Aaron Logue, E. M.
Coleman, M. F. Laing, E. E. Hudson,
Mrs. Cleon Cox.
Less Than $1 Contributions: Mrs.
N. F. Jones, Mrs. Delmar Strickland,
Jesse Lowe, Will Long, Tobe Hes
ter, Coy Clements, Miss Mary Dot
Waldrop, Miss Dora Mell Hatcher,
Mrs. L. E. Shoemaker, Morris Wal
den, J. S. Strickland, Mrs. John
Mobley and J. R. Walden.
MISS LOLA ANNE SPOONER
WEDS IN FORT PIERCE
CEREMONY.—
Miss Lola Anne Spooner, of Fort
Pierce, Fla., formerly of Cairo, be
came the bride of Specialist (3c) (G)
Harold Lavier Holerger, of the
Coast Guard, stationed at Fort
Pierce, in a wedding ceremony in
the Florida city on Sunday after
noon, March 7th, and announced lo
cally this week.
The ceremony was solemnized at
the Hendry Memorial Methodist
Church with Rev. J. B. Culpepper
reading the vows. Mrs. John B.
Park and E. D. Roarks, Jr. were the
only attendants. Roses and gerbera
were used effectively around the
altar.
The bride was lovely in a light
blue and white crepe ensemble with
which she wore white accessories
and an orchid corsage. Mrs. Park
wore a beige tailored suit with har
monizing accessories and her cor
sage was of pink carnations.
Following the ceremony an in
formal reception honoring the bridal
party was' held at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Alvin Fresh. The home
was decorated with sweet peas and
gladioli. The serving table was cen
tered with a tiered wedding cake
topped with a miniature bridal
couple.
Mrs. Holerger is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. M. S. Spooner, of
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Cairo. S}e received her education
in Cairo Schools and went to Fort
Pierce aiout three years ago.
Specialist Holerger’s home is in
Barbertofi, Ohio, and he is the son
j 0 f Mr. and Mrs. Ford Holerger, of
that Barbejrton city! He received his
i n Schools and later
listed in the Coast Guard. He has
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been stationed at Fort p
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He and his bride are n M
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Mr. and Mrs. R. T. p 0rte
small son, spent the day
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