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CAIRO, GEORGIA
The Best City of Its i
Size In the Entire
,
United States
A YEAR- IN ADVANCE.
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Receive Diplomas
Whigham High School
The commencement -1
hold exer
rill gymnasium-audi
lises in their
night, June . 1,
. T , m Wednesday Herman
8 . 30 when Governor
Jtoaige and will 30 deliver se" ,ors the wlU man re :
..■re, announced
pive diplomas, it was
wee k by Supt. M. J. Perkins.
his Brim, daughter of
Jacqueline W F. Brim, with ... the .
rt an d Mrs. the
,jghest average, has won
l]ace of class valedictorian, and
jjtty Barfield, daughter of Mrs.
[me Barfield, with the second
lighest average has been chosen
alutatorian. with their
The honor graduates,
respective averages, follow: Jac
Leline Brim 95.5; Betty daughter Barfield
[o 0; GeDelle Ponder,
L; ji r and Mrs. Carl Ponder,
,
( 11 0 ; Betty Ballow, daughter of
.
mrs. |o.O; Pauline Cain Brigladoro,
Bronnie Allen, daughter of
kr. End and Mrs. E. V. Allen, 87.28;
Lillian Hall, daughter of Mr.
Ld Mrs. J. E. Hall, 86.88.
The baccalaureate sermon will
be delivered by Rev. Shannon
Holloway, Pastor of the Pelham
Methodist Church, and formerly a
Whigham boy, Sunday May 29, in
the Gym-Auditorium at 11:00 a.
rc.
Sixth Grade Presents Play
“Raspberry Red” a two-act
play will be presented at the
Whigham .Gym by the sixth grade
tonight, Friday. May 6, at 8:30.
[The public has a cordial invi¬
tation, and the proceeds from
[this entertainment will be used
!for class-room improvements.
The full calendar of activities
st the Whigham School from now
to graduation is given below:
Thursday night, May 12—Jun¬
ior-Senior banquet; Friday night,
May 13,—Mrs. Williams Piano
recital; Tuesday night, May 17,
Tom Thumb Wedding, parts of
first and second grade; Friday
night, May 20, 8th. grade pro
Friday morning. May 27, other
Senior Class night; Sunday morn¬
ing, May 29, Bacculaureate Ser
nion; Wednesday night, June 1,
Commencement exercises, with
address by Governor Talmadge;
Friday moning. May 27, other
Grammar School programs.
Birth—Mr. and Mrs. P. L. Mc¬
Glamery, of Climax, announce the
arrival of a daughter at the Grady
County Hospital on Saturday,
April 30.
Children's Pictures Free;
Be Published In Messenger
To Feature Series Of Photographic
Studies Of Local Soon
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J “ nces the forthcoming publi
f tlon of a series of local child
^Pictures feature yet to be taken for
“Citizens of Tomor
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completed with the Woltz-Allen
audios, a nationally known firm
who specialize in children’s pho
ttle tography for newspapers, to take
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SIXTEEN PAGES CAIRO. GRADY COUNTY. GA.. FRIDAY, MAY 6. 1949.
Clean up Drive
Progressing
Third Ward Work
Set Next Week
The annual Clean-up, Beauti¬
fication and Sanitation Improve- j
ment crusade, proclaimed by |
Mayor Walter Williams, will
move into its third week Mon-j
day when concentration .. will n u be
cn the third ward, the northwest
ern part of the city. Last wees
oustanding progress was made in
the first ward and efforts this
week are centered on the second
ward,’ the southwestern area- The
crusade is scheduled to end May
2nd, after the fourth ward is
covered, but may be extended if
work remains to be done.
City crews still have work to
do in the first and second wards
but the full campaign is expect¬
ed to shift to the third ward on
schedule by early next week.
City officials and civic agencies
co-operating are anxious to make
this the best campaign in Cairo’s
history, in view of general needs
for more beautification—but they
emphasize that success cannot re¬
sult without the full co-operation
of every resident. If you have re
ceived a special notice urging
work on particular spots, .and
have not complied, you are ask
ed to do so without delay so that
further pleas will not be neces
sary.
Radio Station Here
By Fall Expected
News this week from the offi
cials of the Grady-Mitchell Broad¬
casting Co-, Inc., regarding the
proposed 1,000-watt radio station
for Cairo, is reassuring, with
dications that the FFC will re
ceive the permit application for
its action in about six weeks, and
with a forecast by the corporation
officials that the station should
be on the air by fall.
The permit application was fil
ed last December. Such applica¬
tions, however, must be processed
Hirough numerous Federal agen¬
cies before they finally reach the
Federal Communications Commis¬
sion itself. Progress of the appli¬
cation through the various agen¬
cies is steady, it is said, and fav¬
orable action by the FCC itself
is anticipated soon after it re¬
ceives the application, now indi¬
cated by mid-June.
Mr! and Mrs. Emmett Cole have
leturned to their home in Clay¬
ton, N. C. after spending a few
days here with Mrs. Helen Coats
and daughters and attending the
funeral of Mrs. M. Joe Pearce.
additional prints may obtain
them by arrangement with the
studio representative when they
select the pose they want print
ed in the paper. It is entirely up
to them!
You will be .happy, afterwards,
if you let your child or child
ren participate and very sorry if
you don’t. The kiddies will have
fun and Mother and Dad will be
very proud to see their pictures
in print later. Many will , clip
them out and preserve them un
til junior grows up. The Mes
senger wants as many pictures as
possible, so don’t forget the days
and date.
Here is a suggestion on how to
get your child’s picture taken
promptly. If your LAST namej
begins with ANY of the letters
between: A and M. visit the pho
tographer Friday, May 20; names
beginning with letters N. through
Z. Saturday, May 21.
Don’t forget, the hours are from
1 p. m. to 8 p. m. daily . . • an( I
come early. The above sugges¬
tion is not compulsory but your
cooperation will be appreciated.
Goose Winners |
Revealed lues. i
Four People Tie
For First Place;
Two For Third
The goose-guessing contest, j
sponsored by the Volunteer
and: approved by the{
Chamber of Commerce, is . over 1
and four people, Mrs. M. F. Max-j
well, Mrs. D. W. Miller, Jr., Mrs.
J. B. McGlamery, and Carl Brown,
all tied for the first prize of
merchandise valued it $681.30.
25,766 grains of corn was fed to
the goose in the thirty-day per¬
iod, and the four tying for first
place guessed within one num¬
ber of the amount, , or 25,765
grains.
The first prize is to be divided
between these four, giving each
approximately $170 in free mer¬
chandise or credit. A. C. Collins
won second prize, $216 _ m mer
chandise. with his guess of 25,-
768, or only two more than
goose actually ate. Two people,
B. F. Moore and Margaret Hester,
fed for third place with their
guess of 25,763, and will share
the $119 worth of gifts which
was the thiia prize. Fouih prize
winner, who is to get the goose
and cage, was H. M. ey
H was reported that Mr. Billings
loy was not no win ^ alr0 ’ np
,vas not to ieturn Just or
a goose and cage. If he does
not claim his prize within a rea ~
sonable time, it will go to the
next closest guess, which will be
that of Mrs. Glenn Brown.
Norman E. Pipkin, Secretary of
the Volunteer fire department
and manager of the contest, said
there were 146.000 tickets avail
able, and conservatively estimat¬
ed that 130,000 of these were in
the box at the close of the con
test. It took about 40 hours, or
one week for one person, to look
at all the tickets, he said.
The guesses ranged all the
way from “none” and “O” to
999,999,999, which was the guess
of Mrs. C. D. Hinson. Eva Kin
chen guessed “All you’ll give
him” and Bill Harrison said “30
pounds”. Floyd Knight put on
one of his tickets “Out of num¬
bers”, while some forgot to put
any number at all, and others
forgot to put their names down.
A^ert Collins guessed “As 'many
as she wants”, and Bobby O’Neal,
apparently deciding the goose
d : dn’t like corn, guessed “12”.
Ben Methvin wrote on one of his
tickets “Just don’t know”.
Mr. Pipkin, representing the
volunteer firemen, expressed ap¬
preciation and thanks to all the
merchants who participated in the
contest.
Pre-School Clinic i
For Local Children
Tuesday May 17
Pre-school clinics for children
entering the Northside and South
side schools for the first time in
September will be held at the
Grady County Health Office Tues¬
day, May 17, beginning at 9:30
a. m.
Dr. H. M. Reynolds will make
the physical examinations, and
all mothers are especially request¬
ed to accompany their children.
Since the county no longer has
a health officer, the P. T. A. of
both schools are sponsoring this
pre-school clinic, and paying a
physician for his services in mak¬
ing the examinations.
Due to a drastic cut in funds
for the Health Department,
Health Officer Dr. John Stillwell,
along with the Supervising nurse,
resigned May 1., leaving the
county without a health officer,
The nurses remaining with the
department are: Lucile Reynolds,
Ellinor Prince, and Mary Christ
opher.
Mr. and Mrs E. L. Van Land
ingham are spending the week
at Panama City, Fla., as guests of
Mr. and Mrs. H H. Wind.
Kiwanians Hear
Tifton College
President, Trio
Cairo Kiwanians last Tuesday
had an outstanding program that
included an inspiring address by
Geo. P. Donaldson, president of
Abraham Baldwin Agricultural
College, Tifton, and musical se
lections by the College Girls’ Trio.
Smith, chairman of the
c ^ u ^ agricultural committee, was
charge. Norwood Clark, the
president presided . Some
2g guests attendedi including vari
ous county agricultural workers.
President Donaldson’s address
opened with an abundance of
humor for which he is noted but
included a masterful recommen¬
dation of farm life for young and
old with three basic needs to
make and keep farm life prosper¬
ous and attractive. If the people
on the soil are the right kind of
people, life on the farms can and
v,’ill be made desirable, he de¬
clared, emphasizing the import
ance of maintaining ideals. Fun
damenta]lyi he continue d, farm
1Jfe must be made and kept on a
where it wiU be more than
merely a place to make a living.
First, he declared, farm life can
a}id must , be kept econcymically
sound i ncreas i ng cor n yields to
a profita , ble per -acre basis near
the national average of 45 bushels
per acre> rather than the Georgia
average of 15.5 bushels per acre;
marked development of great
possibilities in forestry resources;
and greatly increased production
of better livestock with more good
pastures as a basis, are among
sound and attainable goals to
keep farm life economically
sound, he emphasized. The real
roots of democracy are in the soil
and will always be found there,
he pointed out, and they can be
promoted if every school where
rural youths are students provide
teachers for them who know and
love the soil.
Second, he emphasized, sound
recreational facilities are essen¬
tial i ffarm life is to be maintain¬
ed on a most wholesome basis.
He pointed out several ways to
attain this goal.
Finally, he declared, wholesome
spiritual atmosphere and leader¬
ship in the rural areas must be
maintained. Rural churches must
be improved as wholesome cen¬
ters of rural life, he stated, in
recommending assistance along
this line by leaders in urban cen¬
ters.
Chairman Smith, in presenting
President Donaldson, pointed out
that Grady furnished next to the
largest number of its students
from any county, although Grady
is among the smaller counties.
This was mentioned as a tribute
both to the college and the coun¬
tv.
In addition to the county agri¬
cultural workers, the 28 guests
included Thomasville Kiwanians
Rudolph Bell, Jasper Davis and
Louie Porter; A. R. Dasher, John
W. Parker and Tom Tipton, of the
inter-club relations committee of
the Meigs Kiwanis Club; Key
Clubbers Billy Stringer and
Chalres Ward; H. G. Spencer and
John J. Stoy, of the Civil Aero
nautics Administration,
H. R. Harrison, a newcomer here,
and A. L. Thompson, Cairo; J. T.
Mayfield and Fred Roddenbery
from Cairo Rotary Club; and the
College Girls’ Trio, Grace Hud
son. Helen Smith and Pat Tyner,
with Ernest Edwards as piano ac
companist.
Ken Leddick, who recently lo¬
cated here to enter business, was
welcomed as a new Kiwanian, in
ducted by W. J. McClenny.
Mrs. C. H. Newman has return
ed to her home in East Point
after being the guest of her
daughter, Mrs. W. M. VanLand
ingham, for a few days. Upon her
return she attended the P. T. A.
convention in Brunswick.
Fire Chief Aulden Hawthorn
has been attending the annual
convention of the Southeastern
Fire Chiefs Association in Jack¬
sonville this week.
Livestock Here
Unchanged
No. 1 Hogs 17.40c;
Cattle In Demand
Livestock prices were virtual¬
ly unchanged at the weekly auc¬
tion sale here Tuesday, the market |
management reported. I
No. 1 hogs sold for 17.40c a
pound, just five points under
last week, but well above hoard
quotations. Feeder pigs were al¬
most exactly the same as last
week with continued strong de¬
mand for both stockers and but¬
chers. Top calves were sold by
Grady Maxwell at $22.70 per
cwt. and by Edgar Stringer at
$22.40 per cwt
Dairy Farmers Tour
Chipley Pastures
A group of local dairy farmers
spent the day Wednesday study¬
ing pastures and other dairy prac¬
tices at the Morgan dairy farms
near Chipley, Ga. and at the Cal¬
loway farms at LaGrange. The
trip was sponsored through the
Chamber of Commerce by J. E.
Forsyth and the tour itself was
arranged by his son-in-law, Hop
son Morgan, and his two brothers,
who own and operate a large
dairy and extensive dairy farm
ing activities in Harris county.
Special studies were given vast
acreages in crimson clover now
at a peak but a wide varitey of
other permanent pasture and
other leguminous crops was stud
ied quite interestingly and pro
fitably. The wives of the three
Morgan brothers seved a delight¬
ful lunch to the local party.
RECREATION NOTES
CAIRO
and
Grady County
The outline as to age groups
for softball and baseball play in
<he spring and summer recrea¬
tion program will be as follows:
Peanuts—Eight through eleven
years of age.
Midgets—Twelve and thirteen
years of age.
Juniors—Fourteen and fifteeen
years of age.
American Legion will be open
only to boys who did not attain
their seventeenth birthday be¬
fore January 1st, 1949. (Boys
born prior to January 1st, 1932
are not eligible .
Seniors—Seventeen years of
age and over.
Note—In all other sports other
than American Legion baseball,
boys in the American Legion age
group will be considered as juni¬
ors.
Practice Schedule
Monday, May 9th—American
Legion softball field 4:00 p. m.
Monday, May 9th—Register and
practice Marble Tournament,
Tennis Court, 3:30 p. m.
Tuesday, May 10, 7-8-9-10-11
grades, softball field, 4:00 p. m.
Wednesday, May 11th, Ameri
Legion, softball field,
Wednesday, May 11th, marble: i
practice at tennis court, 3:30.
Thursday, May 12th, 4-5-6
grades, softball field 4:00.
Saturday, May 14th, marble
tournament finals, tennis court,
9:00 a. m.
Baseball schedule for midgets
and juniors will start week of
June 13th for summer league
play.
This is the last week for mid
gets and junior boys to register
for play in sofetball league,
Teams are being formed for<
boys in the 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
grades. Thb Northside school
will play the Southside and
Whigham.
The Whigham school will enter
teams in this league.
Mrs. John Wight returned home
Monday after spending three
weeks with her mother and other
revatives at Van Buren, Ark.
GRADY COUNTY
Greatest Diversified
Farming Section
In America
SINGLE COPIES. 5 CENTi
SIXTEEN PAGES
Catherine Maxwell
Succeeds McNair
As Registrar
A change in State Vital Statis¬
tics Registrar of Militia District
No. 553 in Grady County was an¬
nounced last week by Georgia
Department of Public Health of¬
ficials.
Miss Catherine Maxwell has
been officially commissioned
local registrar to succeed Mr. B.
H. McNair, who recently re¬
signed.
Miss Maxwell’s commission is
effective as of April 27, 1949.
Legionnaires Hear
Pete Donaldson At
Tuesday Meeting
The American Legion, Post No.
122, held its regular monthly
meeting Tuesday night when
members enjoyed a steak sup¬
per, and heard a stimulating and
humorous address by Dr- George
P. Donaldson, President of Ab¬
raham Baldwin College in Tifton.
An added attraction of the pro¬
gram was the appearance of a
girls’ trio, consisting of Helen
Smith, “Pat” Tyner, and Mrs.
Grace Hudson, from the College,
accompanied at the piano by Er¬
nest Edwards.
Agnew Smith, program chair
ma n, introduced the speaker who
w ith many amusing anecdotes
kep t the Legiionnaires laughing
&nd app l au ding his words, which
; n general emphasized the theme;
‘ Humor is Democracy”. Legion
members liked the program well
enough that they asked for a re¬
peat appearance. President Don¬
aldson is considerably in demand
as a public speaker, and while in
Cairo one day received several
calls from various places over
the state asking for speaking A
en
gagements, most of which he had
to turn down.
During the course of the busi¬
ness session, a number of reports
was heard, and it was revealed
that Bob Wight, new Post Com¬
mander-elect, at the second Dis¬
trict Convention in Thomasville
was elected a delegate to the Na
t'onal Convention to be held in
Philadelphia sometime in the
fall.
Marble Tournament
May. 14; Open To
Youth Under 14
The Cairo Recreation Depart¬
ment is sponsoring a marble tour¬
nament Saturday, May 14, at
9:00 a. m. at the tennis courts
next to the softball field- The
winner of the Cairo tournament
will be taken to Albany, with
all expenses paid, to compete in
marble
In the Veteran junior gilt class
Julius Newberry’s gilt placed 1st.,
with entries by Willie Mae Max¬
well placing 2nd. and Juluis Cul¬
ver 3rd, to win prizes donated
by Cairo Livestock Auction Co.
The four prizes in the gilt pig
class by Veterans were taken by
Bronwood Harrell 1st., Bruce
Atkinson 2nd., James Trannis 3rd;
and Waldo White 4rd v Ralph Mc
Broom gave 1st. prize in this
class, Bainbridge Nehi Bottling
Company gave 2nd. prize and the
Candy Company furnishing the
school store 3rd. prize.
St. Elmo Harrison’s boar placed
1st., with entries by Henry Hul
lender coming 2nd., and R. L.
Ulmer 3rd., in the veterans class
of boars. The Town of Whigham
donated prizes for this class.
Winners in the fat hog class
were J. W. Volyes, O. J. Hall and
Julius Culver, all veterans Prizes
in this class were by West Pack¬
ing Co., Cairo Ice Co., and the
Suwannee Store of Whigham.
Total cash prizes given in the
show was $192.00.
The top winners in each of the
12 classes were brought back in¬
to the show ring and a grand
champion and reserve champion
was picked from the group. Em¬
bry McBroom’s registered spot¬
ted Poland China senior gilt was
(Continued on last page)
tournament which is sponsored
by the Albany Herald.
The winner of the Albany
games will represent South west
Georgia in the Southern tourna¬
ment at Greensboro, N. C., June
13, 14, 15, and 16th., and the
trip to Greensboro will be made
by plane with all expenses paid.
Cairo’s champion marble-play¬
er will receive a prize, and all
players in the Albany tourna¬
ment will be highly entertained,
as well as receiving a number of
prizes.
The tournament here is open
to all boys and girls in Grady
county under 14 years of age.
Practice sessions will be held for
any boy or girl who wishes to
enter Monday, May 9, and Wed¬
nesday, May 11, at 3:30 p. m. Mr.
Studebaker will be at the tennis
courts to register all players on
these dates.
Playing marbles shall be round,
made of glass and uniform size.
The standard size is 5-8 inch in
diameter- Shooters shall be round,
made of any substance except
steel or other metals, not less
than 1-2 inch and not more than
6-8 inch in diameter.
The playing ring will be ten
feet in diameter. Each contest¬
ant will supply his own marbles
and must meet the approval of
the tournament officials.
NUMBER 17.
Whigham Holds
Swine Contest
101 Pigs And Hogs
Featured In First
Community Show
The Whigham Department of
Vocational Agriculture, and the
Veteran Farm Training classes
of Whigham held their first com¬
munity Swine Show Thursday,
April 28.
The show was sponosred by
the Whigham Community Club,
and was a project of the Agri¬
culture Committee of the club.
fiTie show was divided into six
different classes with the F. F. A.
members and Veteran members
showing separate in the six clas¬
ses. A total of 101 pigs and hogs
were shown and much keen com¬
petition was witnessed among
owners of purebred Duroc Jer¬
sey and Spotted Poland China
pigs.
In the sow and litter class of
F. F. A. entries Vernon Dixon
won first place, Eugene Ulmer
2 nd. and Howard Faircloth 3 rd.
Flint River mills gave the prizes
in this class.
Embry McBroom’s gilt placed
1 st. in the senior gilt class, with
Billy Brim’s coming 2 nd. and
Clifford Ulmer’s 3 rd. for the
I. F. A. prize money donated by
Whigham Banking Co.
Mixon Milling Company’s cash
awards were taken by Tommy
Faircloth, 1st., Wayne Faircloth
2 ad. and Elzie Hudson 3rd. in
the F. F. A. junior gilt class
entries.
In the gilt pig class, F. F. A.
member Larry Arline took top
prize, with Elliott Hawthorne
placing 2nd. and Eugene Ulmer
3rd. Prizes in this class were
given by Cairo Banking Co.
Wayne Faircloth’s senior boar
placed 1st. in the boar class.
Other F. F. A. members wining
in this class were Eugene Ulmer
2nd. and Dewitt Lodge 3rd. G.
B. Trulock of Whigham gave the
prizes for this group.
In the fat hog class, entries by
Billy Brim placed 1st., Lynwood
Brock 2nd. and Carroll Coker 3rd.
prizes in this class were by
Smith’s Feed and Seed Co.
Entries in the Veteran sow and
litter class placed, St. Elma Har¬
rison 1st. and Fred Collins 2nd.
Jack’s Cash Grocery and Whig¬
ham Motor Company donated
prizes for this class.
St. Elmo Harrison won 1st.
placed in the senior gilt class
with Julius Newberry placing
2nd. and J. E. Autrey 3rd. with
their entries. Elmer and Earl
Crew gave prizes for this Vet¬
eran class.