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FOUR
Group
Meeting Set
Directors Of C. Of
C. In Session
A preliminary meeting will be
held .... at the City „„ a a a.
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Friday to map plans for reacti
vation of the old Cairo Credit
Exchange here. All interestd
merchants are invited to attend,
These plans were revealed at
the June meeting of the board of
directors held Wednesday night
at the City Hall with President
E. Young presiding. Nineteen
of the 24 directors attended. The
previously voted to
the effort to determine
on reactivatoin of the
agency. It maintaiined
records of individuals and
credit information
to members but became
during the war.
The directors considered a mass
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BUTTER 63c
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1 cup Chocolate Pet Milk i Vi Marlow cup water SHORTENING i
3 tablespoons cocoe 1 marshmallows vanilla ;
3 tablespoons sugar 1 Vi teaspoons Wilson's Large Can |
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CURTIS SUPER MKT
of pending Chamber business but
the session feature was the re
port of President Young and
Manager Powell on recent indus
trial development investigations,
which was received with much
interest.
A committee was created to
purchase and supervise use of a
community camera for promo
t j ona j purposes, in co-operation
with the city Recreation Com
mission and other groups.
The Sales Clinic for all sales
people in Cairo and Whigham
was considered further and pro
jected for early fall,
The annual membership supper
meeting is planned for late July,
the exact date and plans to be
announced shortly. Adoption of
a new constitution and by-laws
at the meeting may be the main
item of business,
National Affairs committee ac
tiviies on a broadened scale re
cently under the direction of W.
J. McClenny as committee chair
man won commendation from the
directors, as did plans for mak-
THE CAIRO MESSENGER FRIDAY. JULY 1, 1949.
ing natural gas available to this
general area by 1952. |
Legion Meeting
Tuesday Night; |
Free Supper j 1
Post Number 122, American Le
gion will hold its regular month- (
ly meeting Tuesday night, July ,
5, with a fine supper promised
the membership, Bob Wight, Post
Commander announced this week. |
All members are urged to be
present, not only to enjoy a good j
meal, but to take part in the
business meeting.
Jack S Farm Supply
Has Anniversary '
Jack A. Gandy of Jack’s Farm
Supply store is putting on a ,
special celebration all day Sat -1
urday in observance of his one-,
year anniversary in business here. |
The occasion will include free
refreshments all day Saturday
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furnished with the compliments j
of Cairo Ice and Freezer Locker
Company. Also there will be
many special bargains offered, as
well as free gifts for customers.
In a full-page ad in this is
sue of the Messenger, Mr. Gandy
made the following statement:
“I wish to take this opportunity
to express my sincere apprecia
tion f or the opportunity of ser
ving my many friends and patrons
during the past year. You may
be assured that I will be on the
job to serve you in the future
even better than in the past,
Thank you for your confidence in
us.”
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W. A. Waft Talks
To Rotarians At
Weekly Luncheon
W. A. Watt, of Thomasville,
f ormer district Governor of Ro
t a ry, was the guest speaker at
t ^e weekly luncheon Wednesday
in the Citizens Cafe . Mr _ Watt
gave an interesting report on the
recent international Rotary Con
vention which was held in New
Y °!; k Cit
Arthur „ « Bell „ presided . , and in t , e
course of the program presented
Mrs. A. B. Winters with a silver
covered serving dish in apprecia-;
tion for her service as Club pian- j
ist over the last year. Hubert
Eskew, Max Tyson, Arthur Bell,
and Howell McKinnon were re
cognized as having a perfect at
tendance record for the year.
This meeting saw Mr. Bell re
tire as President, and Fred Rod
denbery takes up the Rotary helm
for the coming year.
Visitors included C. K. Wall,
Harry T. Jones Jr., Earl Garbutt, j
John Roth, Dewey Norwood, and j
C. E. Layton from Thomasville; |
from Pelham, Douglas Welch, W. j
T. Howell, J. L. Andrews, Tom
Townsend, J. P. Sheffied, and
Warren Fleenar; J. C. Lewis and
R. L. Herring from Geneva, Ala;
and Henry Hester Sr. from Cairo.
WOMAN'S SOCIETY
TO MEET TUESDAY.—
The regular meeting of the
Methodist Woman’s Society of
Christian Service will be held
Tuesday, July 5, at 4:00 p. m. at
the Church instead of monday.
This change in dates is made be
cause of the holiday observance
on Monday.
EPISCOPAL SERVICE
SUNDAY EVENING.—
Rev. George Shirley, Rector of,
St. Thomas Episcopal Church,
Thomasville, will preach at the
Presbyterian Church Sunday
evening at 7:30 o’clock.
The many friends of Mrs. Axis
Mixon will be interested to know
that she is in the Foundation Hos
pital in New Orleans, La., under
treatment of Dr. Oschom.
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Deaths And
I Funerals
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MRS. J. R. HOPKINS. 69
(NANCY JONES)
The many friends of Mrs. J. R.,
Hopkins were grieved to know
of the death of Mrs. J. R. Hop
kins which occurred at her home
on Route 3, Cairo, at 12:50 p. m.
Wednesday, June 29, after an ill
ness of only two days.
Funeral services were held at
Bethel Methodist Church at 3:30.
o’clock Thursday afternoon; Revs.!
W. E. McTier and Wilbur Ellen-1
wood officiated. Interment fol
lowed in Bethel cemetery.
Pallbearers were: C. H. Strick
land, Howard Strickland, Alvie ■
Strickland, Jodie Harrison, Hugh
Harrison and Roscoe Harrison.
Mrs. Hopkins was born in De
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catur county, now Grady, on
April 2, 1880, the daughter of the
late Tom and Sally Davis Jones;
she was the former Miss Nancy
Jones.
The entire life of the deceased
was spent in this community.
She was a member of the Bethel
Church and lived a consecrated
Christian life; she was a true wife,
mother, grandmother and friend
and will be greatly missed by lov
ing relatives and close friends.
Surviving are her husband, J.
R. Hopkins; three sons, L. R.
Hopkins, Rt. 3, Cairo, Ira Hopkins,
Quincy Fla., and C. H. Hopkins,
Tallahassee, Fla.; one daughter,
Mrs. G. O. Bryant, Rt. 3, Cairo;
one sister, Mrs. J. H. Strickland,
Cairo; seven grandchildren and
three great grandchildren.
Arrangements by Forsyth
Bearden Funeral Home.
THOMAS JOSEPH CATER,
79.
Friends of Mr. Thomas Joseph
Carter were grieved to hear of
his passing which occurred at his
residence on 3rd. Ave., N. W. at
8a.m. Monday, June 27. He had
keen in declining health for the
past year.
Funeral services were held at
the chapel of Forsyth-Bearden
Funeral Home at 4 o’clock Tues
day afternoon with the Rev. R.
C. Perry, Jr., and Rev. N. G.
Rainey in charge. Interment fol
lowed in the Cairo cemetery.
Six members of the Masonic
Lodge served as pallbearers.
The deceased was born in De
catur county on April 18, 1870,
the son of the late Berry and
Martha Hood Carter. He spent
his entire life in this community.
He was a member of the First
Baptist Church of Cairo and at
tended its services when his
health permitted.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs.
T. J. Carter, and two daughters,
Mrs. J. H. Ethridge and Mrs.
Claude . Griffin, of Cairo; two
grandchildren *and three great
grandchildren
MRS. R. D. CARR, SR.. 81
THOMASVILLE.
away^fl^he Mrs. R. D. Carr, Sr., passed
home of her son, Dr.
F. S. Carr, in Americus, on Tues
day afternoon, June 21, where
she was visiting enroute to her
home in Thomasville.
Funeral services were held at
10:30 o’clock Thursday morning
at the Methodist Church in Don- j
aldsonville. The Rev. Earle J.
Garbutt, of Thomasville, officiat
ed, assisted by the Rev. W. E.
McTier. Interment followed in
the Donalsonville cemetery beside
her husband, who died several
several years ago.
Her six sons served as pall
bearers, they are: T. G. Carr and
Dr. R. H. Carr, of Thomasville,
W. B. Carr, of West Barrington,
R. I., Dr. F. S. Carr, of Americus,
R. W. Carr, of Hawkinsville, and
O. L. Carr, of Macon.
Mrs. Carr, the former Emma
King, was born in October 1867
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she made her home in this sec
tion all of her life moving in lat
er years to Thomasville where
she has lived with her son, Dr. R.
D. Carr, and wife^
The deceased was a member of
the Methodist Church and a wo
man of genuine Christian char
acter; she war, active in church
affairs until in latter years she
was a semi-invalid.
Dr. F. S. Carr and family made
their home here for several years;
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