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TWELVE PAGES CAIRO. GRADY COUNTY. GA.. FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER
13, 1946 TWELVE PAGES NUMBER 33.
Senior Class Choose
Officers For Year
The Senior Class of Cairo High
School had its class election this
week and the following officers were
elected for the year: Kartheryn Shol
ar, president; Wendell Bowen, vice
president; Dorothy West, secretary;
and Jimmy LeGette, treasurer.
The class voted to have a class
trip next summer, and are busily
making plans to finance the trip.
The seniors will operate the senior
store and the concessions at all home
football games.
Another interesting event at the
High School was Friday’s Fresh¬
man Day. This was the first time
Freshman Day has been held here
and was acclaimed a great success.
It replaces the traditional belt line,
and was a fine exhibition of good
sportsmanship, and freshmen appar¬
ently enjoyed it as much as the up¬
per classmen. Space doesn’t allow
detailed descriptions of the event,
but a few highlights were pig-tailed
and painted girls, boys with clothes
on backward, and deep bows to the
haughty seniors!
Legion And VFW
To Sponsor Fair
Grady County Fair Is
Set For Noy.; Shows
By Regal Expositions
The fair is coming to town! Fall
not only brings school days, foot¬
ball and bonfires, but is also the
heydey of the annual fair season,
with glittering lights, exciting rides,
a shining midway of side shows and
exhibitons of Grady county’s best in
the way of agricultural produce and
livestock.
The Grady county posts of the
American Legion and the Veterans
of Foreign Wars have announced
that they will jointly sponsor a
Grady County Fair from Nov. 25th
to Nov. 30th. Entertainment will
be provided by Regal Expositions,
which will bring to the fair ten
major rides, twelve shows, forty
concessions and a free act every
night. Location of the fair is as yet
undecided and will be announced
later.
David Hester, Commander of the
local Legion post and chairman of
fair arrangements,. said that a large
exposition tent is planned for farm,
school and commercial exhibits.
County Agent S. E. George is co¬
operating with the Legion and the
V. F. W., co-sponsors of the fair, in
arranging this exhibit tent, which
will include livestock, canned goods,
produce, and other exhibits.
Farmers and schools wishing to
enter exhibits in the fair are asked
to list them with Robert Wind at
The Messenger. It is understood
that ribbons will be given this year
for the best exhibits in the various
categories. It is also probable that
some prizes may be given, but such
awards will be announced later.
News of the fair two months hence
will doubtless be enthusiastically
received in Grady county, as it will
be the first fair in this section since
the war and heralds the return to
the annual “week of fun” at the
county fair! Early announcement
of the plans provides ample time for
everyone to prepare his or her ex¬
hibits and plan to attend, and a
good response is anticipated.
Whitfields Leave For
Arizona Monday
Mr. T. J. Whitfield and family ex¬
pect to leave next Monday for
Phoenix City, Arizona, where they
will remain for about three months.
Mr. Whitfield suffers from asthma
and was advised to spend a few
months in a more arid climate which
is most beneficial to this ailment.
Doctors advised Mr. Whitfield to go
to Arizona six months ago but he
felt that he couldn’t leave until con¬
struction was completed on the nev\
Whitfield-Paulk building, which had
its grand opening recently.
The Messenger joins with his
many friends in hoping that Mr.
Whitfield’s journey will prove most
helpful and beneficial to him.
County Agent S. E. George at
tended a feeder cattle sale in Bam
bridge Tuesday afternoon.
The Official Organ of Grady County.
Cairo Opens Grid
Season Tonight
Capacity Crowd Is
Expected For Initial
Tilt With Camilla
The Cairo Syrup Makers will
launch the 1946 football season to¬
night on the local High School Field.
Camilla’s Coach Haugen must be
fielding an unusually strong ball
club this season as his schedule is
one of the toughest in the history of
the school. He has scheduled the
powerful Albany Tear., as a follow
up to the Cairo game. Albany is
rated as one of the strongest elevens
in the S. G. F. A. this season. Ca¬
milla will rely upon the line plung¬
ing ability of Co-Captain Rountree
at full-back to keep them in the ball
game. Co-Captain Crow is a stand¬
out in the line at Tackle and is ex¬
pected to give a good account of
himself along with Hurst, Parker
and Morrell who are the other vet¬
eran linemen. The Camilla starting
line-up will probably read as fol¬
lows:
Morrell, L. E„ Crow, L. T., (Co
Captain), Parker, L. G., Hurst, Cent¬
er, Palmer, R. G., Cullens, R. T.,
Veadle, R. E., Dixon, R. H„ Griner,
L. H., Worsham, Q. B., Rountree, F.
B., (Co-Captain).
The Cairo Syrup Makers have been
working out for the past four weeks
in a boiling sun and will report for
the game in tip top condition. There
are no injuries on the entire squad
despite the fact that they have been
put through numerous heavy scrim¬
mages. Captain Roy Robertson will
manage the field strategy along with
Lewis Carr, veteran quarterback,
who will call the signals. All S. G.
F. A. fullback, L. C. Collins may not
play due to a mouth injury sustain¬
ed in the softball playoff. There
will be plenty of blocking ability
at left halfback with Sonny White
rounding out the backfield. The
power in the line will come from
Tyson and Hopkins at the guards,
Green, King and Mayfield as possi¬
ble starting tacklers, and either
Lyons or Hudson at center. There
are four speedy possibilities to start
the ends in Bowen, Lashley, Drew,
and Brookins. A capacity crowd is
expected to see the Syrup Makers
lock horns with the scrappy Camilla
eleven. The kick-off is scheduled
for 8 p. m.
VFW Meeting Will
Aid Vets In Filling
Terminal Pay Forms
The Veterans of Foreign Wars will
hold a special session at 8:15 Mon¬
day night, Sept. 16th at the Cairo
Woman’s Club for the purpose of
assisting veterans in filing out Ter¬
minal Leave Pay application blanks.
It is requested that all veterans that
are able to come that evening be
there, in order to expedite the fil¬
ing of claims for Grady county vet¬
erans. It is expected that a supply
of forms will be on hand for this
purpose and also blanks for filing
claims for automobiles as authoriz¬
ed by Congress for veterans who
lost one or both legs above the
ankle.
All three local veterans organiza¬
tions— the V. F. W., the American
Legion and the Veterans Action
Committee are co-operating with
the veterans in assisting them in this
as they have in the past on other
matters.
The State Veterans Service offi
cer from Thomasville, Mr. Roth, who
has in the past been of great service
to Grady veterans, is expected to be
on hand once again to help.
Eulie F. Brock, Commander of the
local post of V. F. W., announced
this week that due to pressing busi
ness at this time it would be neces
sary for him to resign as command¬
er. It is probable that he will tend¬
er his resignation at this meeting.
If attendance is large enough at the
meeting, his successor will be named.
David Hester, commander of the
Grady County American Legion
Post, said that all Legion members
had been invited to attend the meet¬
ing and that cards would be mailed
to them this week.
Messrs. R. A. Bell, H. T. LeGette
and J. B. Roddenbery were business
visitors to Atlanta last Friday.
Business, Markets
Items Of interest
Pine Park Defeats
"No-Fence"; 4 More
Districts Will Vote
The “no-fence” parade continues
in full swing this week, with the
Pine Park district election held on
Wednesday, Sept. 11th, and four
other districts, making a total of
nine this year, announcing coming
elections. In the Pine Park election
last Wednesday, the “no-fence” was
defeated by 36 to 32 votes, making
the fifth district in the county to
vote on the issue this year and the
first to defeat it. The no-fence has
passed in each previous district
election, including Higdon, Spence,
Cairo and Duncanville. The last
two passed the issue just last week.
Coming elections, as announced by
four more districts this week, will
be held in Ragan Blowing Cave,
Whigham and Spring Hill, probably
sometime next month. This brings
to a total of nine the number of dis¬
tricts which either have, or have an¬
nounced intention of, voting on the
“no-fence” issue.
If A special meeting of the Grady
County Farm Bureau has been call¬
ed by the president, J. B. McGlam
ery, Tuesday night, September 24,
at eight o’clock in the county court¬
house. Mr. H. L. Wingate, President
of the Georgia State Farm Bureau,
will speak on the present syrup
situation. All members are urged
to attend.
U In an ad this week, Bob Gandy
announces that Bob’s Grocery will
reopen today after complete re¬
modeling necessitated by the de¬
structive fire the building suffered
last June. The new store is com¬
pletely modern with new stock and
fixtures and they deserve a big
hand for remaining undaunted in
the face of ill fortune.
One of this week’s ads announ¬
ces that the Modern Flower Shop
will soon open its new building on
3rd Ave., N. W., and will offer flow¬
ers for all occasions. Until the new
building is completed, the shop will
continue to operate at the home of
Mrs. U. A. Clifford.
jf C. C. Cannon brought to the
Messenger office last week two
stalks of sugar cane measuring eight
feet in the joints, The overall
height is about 12 feet. Cannon,
whose farm is 14 miles from Cairo
on the Hawthorn Trail, says he has
about two acres of cane this size.
Grady Baptist Assn. To
Employ Field Worker
The Grady County Baptist Asso¬
ciation in co-operation with the
State Board has secured the services
of Rev. T. S. Roote, of Jackson,
Tenn., as full time Field Worker
among the 18 churches of the Grady
Association.
Rev. Roote is well trained; he is
a graduate of the Southern Baptist
Seminary in Louisville, Ky., and
served as a pastor while student at
the Seminary. This Association is
fortunate to be one of several Asso¬
ciations in Georgia employing full
time field workers. He will give
his leadership to the studying and
developing churches in evangelism,
training, stewardship and missions.
Rev. Roote will be available to the
18 churches of the Grady County
Association for supply work, adult
revivals, youth revivals, training
schools, vacation Bible schools,
training unions, Sunday schools,
etc.
He was heard here at the First and
Second Baptist Churches on Sunday,
August 24th; his messages were re¬
ceived with sincere interest by both
congregations.
Rev. Roote will arrive in Cairo to¬
day, Friday,- with his wife, 2 small
sons and a baby girl; for the pres¬
ent they will make their home at
Hotel Grady.
BIRTH.—Mr. and Mrs. Howard
Collins announce the arrival of a
son Wednesday, Sept. 11, at the
Cairo Hospital. He has been named
Kenneth Ray.
Miss Mary McClenny left Mon¬
for LaGrange where she went
enter LaGrange College.
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School Vacancies Are
Filled; 1,210 Students
Supt. J. H. House of the Cairo
Schools has announced that the final
totals in enrollment figures are 594
for the High School and 616 for the
Elementary Schools, a total of 1,210
students. This represents an in¬
crease of 36 students over the open¬
ing registration of 1,174.
All vacancies have been filled in
the schools, with Miss Margaret
Cannon filling the general science
vacancy, Mrs. Adron Rosser and Mrs.
Lloyd Thompson in the elementary
school vacancies, and Mrs. Harris
Jefferson occupying the piano va¬
cancy.
The Grady County Unit of the
Georgia Educational Association met
last week and several important
committees were named. Jeff West
was made chairman of the Elemen¬
tary School Basketball Tournament
Committee for the county and
Marion Smith, of Whigham, is
chairman of the May Day Commit¬
tee. Officers of the Grady county
unit are: J. H. House, president;
Robert Bowen, vice president; Mil¬
dred Vickers, secretary and treas¬
urer; and Adolyn Arline, reporter.
Tyson Named Head
Of Kiwanians
Lumberman Is Elected
For 1947; Carlisle,
Wolfer Chosen
W. M. Tyson, well-known Cairo
lumberman and building contractor,
and long active in civic affairs here,
was elected president of the Cairo
Kiwanis Club for 1947 at the week
ly luncheon meeting at the Legion
Home early Tuesday afternoon. He
will succeed Walter J. McClenny.
Mr. Tyson was chosen on the
second ballot, after a deadlock the
week before, the first vote result¬
ing in a tie. Edwin Carlisle, run¬
ner-up for president, was then re¬
elected first vice-president and
Donald P. Wolfer was elected second
vice-president. Directors will be
elected next Tuesday. Mr. Tyson is
a former president of the Chamber
of Commerce.
The guest speaker at the club
Tuesday was Dr. Joseph Durrenber
ger, of the Georgia State Woman’s
College, Valdosta, Kiwanis lieuten¬
ant-governor for the third division,
who paid an official visit for the
year. He presented to President
McClenny, for the club, a plaque
from Kiwanis International for an
outstanding membership increase
during the first four months of this
year, and to the immediate past
president, J. Slater Wight, a certifi¬
cate for outstanding service last
year.
The speaker discussed Kiwanis af¬
fairs, generally, and praised the
local club for its splendid program
but urged a higher club efficiency
score, especially as to achievement
reports for the records. He urged
that at least 20 members attend the
divisional meeting at Radium
Springs, Albany, next Wednesday
night.
Announcement was made that
the club will hold its weekly lunch¬
eon meetings henceforth at the Cairo
Woman’s Club, upon invitation from
that organization, since the Legion
Home has been sold for possession
Sept. 15th and conversion into a
residence.
Announcement was made, also,
that the annual “Fat Calf Day” pro¬
gram will be presented at th£ meet¬
ing next Tuesday with the Fat Calf
Show and Sale committee in charge.
Director George H. King, of the
Coastal Plains Experiment Station,
Tifton, will be the guest and speaker,
and he will be heard with unusual
interest. Other club guests will in¬
clude the show judges and other
visiting leaders, as well as members
of the committee.
Mrs. N. E. Bentley has returned to
her home in Jacksonville after
spending seyeral days here as the
guest of Mrs. Minnie Mills and other
relatives. She was called here on
account of the death of Mrs. Pauline
Norris which occurred at the Arch¬
bold Memorial Hospital following a
fatal injury in an automobile acci¬
dent near Brooksville, Fla.
Methodist Revival
Stirs Interest
Dr. Jordan Is Heard
By Large Crowds;
Ends Sunday
The annual revival of the First
Methodist Church here during this
week is providing a series of rare
religious treats tha tare being shar¬
ed by large congregations.
The guest evangelist, Dr. G. Ray
Jordan, of the faculty of the theolo¬
gical school of Emory University,
Atlanta, a noted clergyman, educat¬
or and author, is stirring unusual
interest with his searching and
challenging messages on timely
topics. His scholarly yet strikingly
simple presentions of his varied
themes are being ranked by many
with those of Dr. Wallace Hamilton,
the noted St. Peterbsurg (Fla.) past¬
or-evangelist here a year ago and
among the ablest and most inspir¬
ing ever heard in a revival at the
local church.
His over-all theme for the series,
as revealed at the opening service
Monday night, is ‘‘Does Christianity
Matter?” In his first message he
emphasized that the eternal issues
in this atomic age are more challeng¬
ing to mankind than at any pre¬
vious time and strongly recommend¬
ed individual righteousness and sal¬
vation as essential if civilian is to
survive the threats of the next de¬
cade or so.
His message Tuesday morning, on
the topic, “Church Preaching,” made
it plain that if Protestantism in Am¬
erica is to continue as a majority in¬
fluence the Protestant churches must
determine soon “whether they are
fields in which a preacher works or
forces with which they work.” The
next several years, he declared, will
prove the most difficult, the most
desperate and the most dangerous
times the world has ever faced. The
churches must become militant
forces greater than individuals or
groups, greater than the ecclesias¬
tical leaders that work with them,
if they are to meet the challenge of
the times, he asserted.
Discussing Tuesday night the
question, “Have We Outgrown
Evangelism?” Dr. Jordan’s answer
was an emphatic “No!” but he made
clear that the trouble is that most
people are not interested enough in
religious matters and that they are
lacking in depth of religious ex¬
perience. People want to be saved
and they realize sooner or later that
they cannot save themselves, he
pointed out, but still they delay—
often too long—doing anything about
it.
William F. (Bill) Parrish, of Nash¬
ville, Ga., formerly of Thomasville
and once a resident of Cairo, arrived
Wednesday morning to be song
leader and soloist for the remainder
of the series. He is outstanding in
his field in South Georgia. Rev.
Frank Gilmore, of Arlington, was
prevented from coming as scheduled
because of illness, and Ralph Carl¬
isle and Rev. Paul Barrett filled in
Monday night and Tuesday. Mrs.
Harris Jefferson is organist and Mrs.
Dwight Brown pianist.
Rev. James W. Hitch, the pastor,
announces that the campaign will
continue through Sunday night. The
Friday services will be at 10 a. m.
and 7 p. m. Saturday services will
be at 10 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. Sunday
services will be at 11 a. m. and 7:30
p. m. Special afternoon services for
children are being held, also. He
invites everyone to attend.
The crowds attending included
many from other communities in
this section and ministers from vari¬
ous churches hereabout. Local
business concerns voluntarily agreed
to close for the morning services
each day this week.
REVIVAL BEGINS AT CALVARY
METHODIST THIS SUNDAY.
The Calvary Methodist Church at
Calvary, will begin their revival this
Sunday, Sept. 15 th. All services
will begin at 11 a. m. and 8 p. m.
Rev. J. Clinton M. Ward, pastor
of Calvary Methodist Church, has
announced that Rev. Weyman Cleve¬
land, pastor of the Faceville Metho¬
Church, will be the guest
and everyone is urged to
and hear him.