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CAIRO, GEORGIA
The Best City of Its
Size in the Entire
United States
1.S0-S2 A year. IN advance.
iqLUME XL VI.
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pens Sept. 1
Principal Perkins
Announce Faculty#
Students Graduate
Opening day for the Whigham
hools will be Thursday, Sept,
and teachers’ pre-planning
rogram w i!l begin Monday Aug-
29th Principal M. J. Perkins
-
non need this week. On Thurs
n students should
Sept, 1, come
av the whole day.
spared to spend
'he lunchroom will be open, and
full schedule will be folio-wed.
•phe following faculty mem
■s are announced by Mr. Per
ins
High School
Math and Physical Education:
Irnest Drury, Brunswick. Mr.
Irury has his degree from Ga.
'eachers College, and has been
oing graduate work at the Uni
ersity of Ga. this summer.
Home Economics: Mrs. LaVon
Ihildrers, Cairo. Mrs. Childers
s a graduate of the University
f Ga., and j? just back from a
[ome Economics conference held
t the University this week.
Library and Senior English:
(iss Grace Puckett, Athens.
Business Education: Miss Mil¬
[red jure Pelham of Cairo. Principal: Agricul- Joe
and Assistant
3. Lewis, of Whigham. Mr.
Lewis is doing graduate work at
the University of Ga.
[Social Science: Mrs. Jimmie
Bearden, of Cairo, who taught in
Nashville, Tenn., last term,
science and Principal: M. J.
Perkins, Whigham. Mr. Perkins
js doing graduate work ,at the
University of Ga. this summer,
j Perkins There is still one vacancy, Mr. of
said. Glenn Pelham,
Cairo, who was head of the
Social Science department and
literary activities, has asked for
i year’s leave of absence, to con¬
tinue his studies at Mercer.
Vei Farm Teachers
| Teachers for the veterans farm
paining program are as follows:
pendell Moore, of Whigham,
bohbett Rabon. Whigham, and
Mancis Hester, of Cairo. Mr.
pester graduated at the Univer¬
sity of Ga. in June, and will re
pace Mr. Pipkin in the depart
lent.
Grammar School Teachers
Mrs Martin Harrell, Whigham,
N 10 has been studying at G. S.
?■ W„ Milledgeville, this sum
F ier - Mrs. Nettie Hinson, Cairo,
has been studying at Fla.
state U., Tallahassee, during the
fummer. Mrs. Hazel Lewis,
Whigham, she attended the N. E.
t' Convention in Boston this
immer. Miss Pauline Brigla
)f o. Whigham. Mrs. Mattie Ken
lemur, Whigham, who was a
r.s:tor in Washington State dur
the summer. Mrs. A. B. Rey
l0 *is. Jr., Cairo. Miss Louise
fhomas, Whigham, who studied
1 G S. C. W., Milledgeville this
Simmer. Miss Louise Trulock,
^igham Miss Ethel Black
war. from Edison, Ga. And Mrs.
ph Rivers, Whigham. Mrs.
r ers studied at Truett-MeCon
r 1 c °Uege. p ar t 0 f the summer,
r at Chicago the remainder of
h time.
I lour Whigham Students
Mm former students of Whig
are receiving their degrees
N week, • They are: Miss Mil
, ?
* c kers. who is also a form
F te acher m Whigham, and is
w employed in the schools at
■eksonviUe. Fla.; Miss Frances
es ' er w h° will teach English
n ““ , iCial ’,
rie „ Science in the Moul
hhgh School. Miss Vickers
ad M 555 Chester graduated from
ga rf ' e&c ^ ers College, States
io
Lee Will is getting his de
t T Phar
^ macy at the Univ*r
X a ’ an< f will begin work
r ^ embe
k " at West Palm Beach,
h ° ma? Hawthorne is fin
Shm ^ n Meteorology,
b and plans
graduate work at the Uni
of Texas.
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Th* Official Organ of Grady County.
TWELVE PAGES
n
Successful Swim
Program Here
The summer swimming pro¬
gram was initiated by the Amer¬
ican Red Cross of Cairo by sending
Miss Dorothy Lundy and Wesley
Cassels to the American Red
Cross Aquadic School at Chipley,
and according to Red Cross of¬
ficials the above named persons
made an outstanding record while
qualifying for this course. On
their return to Cairo the "Learn
To Swim” program and the Red
Cross Life Saving program was
initiated at the Municipal pool.
Classes were organized for those
who wished to learn to swim and
those who wished to pass their
Life Saving test. The following
persons passed a required exami¬
nation for the Learn To Swim
program:
Michael Hayward, David Boltze,
Jeannie Posey, Tommy Pyle, Car¬
olyn Dodson, Ronnie Williams,
Sarah Jane, Butler, Harry Fain,
Mark Carr, Juana Hurst, Bobby
Lee Voyles, Dan Carr, Mary Crox
ton, Marie Hopkins, Henrietta
Parks, Pat Ward, Allen Richards,
Ronny Dodson, Dickie Wight,
Louise Wight, John Huie Faulk,
Edna, Lee Thompson, Sara Helen
Lane, Alvin Wight, Jr., Freddy
Grist, Marion Sanders, Mercer
Rickler.
Those passing the Intermediate
Swim Test were:
Ann Allen, Patricia Kink, Tom¬
my Spears, Henrietta Hester,
Sarah Jane Butler, Dick Porter,
Carolyn Gandy, Franklin Brin¬
son, Pat Ward.
The swimming season at the
Cairo Muncipal pool will officially
end Sunday night at 6 00 P M
August will be closed
ming season in 1950.
Cairo Schools
Open Thursday
Teachers Report
Next Monday
The 1949-50 School Term of the
Cairo Public Schools will begin
at 8:30 Thursday morning, Sept¬
ember 1st. High School students
and eighth graders will report to
the High School Auditorium.
After the opening exercises in the
Auditorium, High School Students
will report to their home rooms.
They will be given their regis¬
tration cards which were made
out last spring and any necessary
changes or adjustments in the
schedule will be corrected. 8th.
graders will be assigned to home
Rooms and registered.
All students from Grades one
to seven, living North of the Rail¬
road will report to the Northside
Grammar School. Those living
South of the Railroad will report
to the Southside Gramma School.
School will begin at 8:30 each
morning. The noon Recess will
be from 12:20 to 1:10. School will
be dismissed at 3:15 p. m.
All students who are transfer
ing from other schools are re¬
quested to bring their last years
report cards with them, and new
High School students should bring
a transcript of their High School
Credits earned at other high
schools.
The faculties of all three of the
Cairo Schools will report Monday
morning to the High School
auditorium for the first meeting
of Pre-School Planning.
All first graders, entering
school for the first time must
bring birth certificates.
Those pupils entering the first
grade must be six years old by
November 1st.
Mrs. J. T. Williams, Joy and>
Mary Ann, of Buchanan, and
Mr. Ernest Tonflin and family,
of Lanett, Ala., were quests of
Mr. and Mrs W. F. O'Neal Mon
day and Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Maxwell and
Jones and Mrs. M. G. Jones re¬
turned home Friday after spend¬
ing several days at St. Simon s
and Jekyl Islands.
"The man who wandereth out of the way of advertising shall remain in the congregation of the dead."
CAIRO. GRADY COUNTY. GA.. FRIDAY, AUGUST 26. 1949.
Tent Meeting
Opens Sunday
Shannon Holloway
And Bill Kelly
Bring Messages
A tent meeting sponsored by the
Cairo Methodist Mission, will
open Sunday evening at 8:00 o’¬
clock in a large tent across from
the swimming pool here, Rev.
W. J. Hinson, Mission Pastor, an
nounced this week.
Beginning Monday, morning
services will be held at 10:30 a. m.
each day through Friday, Sept.
2nd., at which time they will be
closed. It has not yet been de
termined when the evening
vice, scheduled for 8:00 o’clock,
will close. The morning services
will last only 45 minutes, and with
the cooperation of business hous
es, it is hoped that as many em
ployees as can be spared will at
tend this brief morning service.
Rev. Shannon Holloway, a na
tive of Whigham and now pastor at
the Pelham Methodist Church,
will be the guest evangelist at
the morning services. Rev. Bill
Kelly, Secretary for the
Georgia Evangelism Conference
at Valdosta, will bring the mess
age in the evenings.
Dan Hooks, of Columbus will
serve as song leader for this tent
revival, where two pianos will be
available and plenty of good old
gospel hymn singing is promised,
Mr. Hooks is a young and able song
leader, and will meet each even
ing at 7:30 with all those
ed for a short period of music
and song rehearsal.
■ Music and hymn singing will
play an important part in this
meeting,” Rev. Hinson emphasiz
ed, and especially invited all those
who like to sing the old gospel
songs.
Special music will be provided
by several quartets and duets
from this area.
* Monday night will be special
youth night, with the Rev. John
Wilson, of the Tifton Methodist
Church as the speaker. The Me
thodist Youth Fellowship of the
Thomasville sub-district will at
tend in a group.
The regular evening services at
the church will be cancelled while
the tent revival is in progress,
Persons of all denominations
from Cairo and surrounding com¬
munities are invited and urged
to attend this tent revival.
Mrs. S. Shell and Mr. Orin
.McCrainie, of Valdosta, were
guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. F.
O’Neal at Hotel Grady Friday
night; Miss Peggy Jo Shell and
Miss Shirley Forest, who had
been the guests of Tommy O’Neal
for several days,
them home
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THE NEW RENO BAPTIST CHURCH, recently completed with many modern accomodations and
valued in excess of $15,000 was made possible through the generous contributions from people all
over Grady County. To commemorate the opening of the new brick structure, Sunday, August 28th.,
has been designated Home-coming day. This Sunday will also mark the opening of the summer re¬
vival.—Photo by Max Sanders.
Livestock Sale
Kiwanis Theme
Ralph O. Williams
Is Guest Speaker
Livestock promotion and the Fat
Calf show and Sale Wednesday
afternoon was the theme of the
Kiwanis program at their weekly
luncheon held in the Cairo Wo¬
man’s Club Wednesday. Guest
speaker for the occasion was
Ralph Williams, Extension Live
stock Specialist from Tifton.
j Norwood Clark, President, pre
, sided, and the speaker was intro
; duced by County Agent S. E.
George.
Mr. Williams commended the
Kiwanians for their leadership in
sponsoring the Fat Calf Show, and
j for promoting more Cbunty and better
1 livestock in Grady gener
\ ally. He pointed out that boys
who got a start raising a few
calves and started a herd, gained
invaluable experience that would
stay with them in the years to
come, and they would grow into
the business of producing good
livestock.
A large group of visitors were
j present, Calf including Show and members Sale of Com- the
Fat
J mittee, County Agent Earl Gandy, S. E. George, Chairman, As
,
‘ sistent County Agent Harold Dan
iels, J. D. Lewis, Co-vocaticmal
( j Agriculture teacher at Whigham,
i Cecil Crew, President of the Civic
| Club at Whigham, Ralph Gainey,
j John B. Hinson, and Byron W.
; West.
[ Other visitors were Dr. F. S.
Carr, formerly a member of the
, Fat Calf Show Committee J. C.
[Richardson, District Agent of Ex
tension Serv.ee, Americus, J. E.
Grimes, Grady County Soil Con
servationist, Carl Ponder, Presi
j E dent of the Ed Grady Childres County and W. Farm J.
rreau,
Boyett, Veterans’ Instructors at
Cairo, Francis Jester, Veteran m
' Ban
structor at Whigham, Hugh
1 nister, buyer for Armour and
Company, Tifton, D. J. Twedell,
[ buyer for Georgia Commission
I Company at Thomasville, and
George Courson, buyer for C. & R.
Commission Company at Tallah
assee.
Visiting Kiwanians from Tho
i masville included City Managef
i Charlie Laton, Charlie Appleby,
land J. C. Scarborough. Harold
Russell from Atlanta was a guest
of Norwood Clark.
Visitors were introduced by
Agnew Smith and M. L. Mays.
Music was provided by Mrs.
W. M. Tyson.
Mrs. O. G. Rosser had as her
guests during the week, Mrs.
Gordon Randall Julian and
Myron, of Atlanta, Mrs. F. M.
Ruark, of Decatur, Mrs. Dorothy
Rosenberger and Miss Lorene
i Rosser, of Jacksonville, Fla.
TWELVE PAGES
City Council «
Mel Monday
Hear Request For
Extending South
Broad Pavement
In regular meeting Monday
night the Mayor and the City
Council approved the applications
and bondsmen for two wine
stores in Cairo. The applicants
for wine license were R. B. Miller
and W. M. Chandler. R. B. Miller
said he expected to open a store
in the building formerly occupied
by “City Beer Parlor,” and Jack
Jones, Sr. will manage Chandler’s
place back of the Ford Motor
Company.
Clayton R. Baker, attorney, ap¬
peared before the Council repre¬
senting W. M. Chandler of Albany,
in his plea for a wine license, and
also to complete legal papers in
the matter of the Moultrie Milk
shed vs. City of Cairo.
The license fee for operating a
wine stor in the city was previous
ly set at $2,000 per year, and since
for taxable purposes the year is
divided in quarters there was
some speculation that the appli
cants might delay opening until
October 1, thereby saving $309
on the license fee.
A delegation c insist 1 ng if Dr.
W. L. Belcher, Mrs. W. L. 3< 'char
James Godwin, Lester Singletary.
Carl Brown, Ed Forsyth, James
Sasser, and Mr. and Mrs. Mar¬
shall Neff, appeared before the
Council to ask that the pavement
on South Broad Street be extend¬
ed to the city limits. They pre¬
sented a petition as follows:
“We, the undersigned, do here
by certify that we attended a
“Bond Rally” meeting held in the
Courthouse approximately three
years ago, when Honorable R. R.
Van Landingham was Mayor, and
heard Mr. Henry Hester, Sr., later
Mayor of the City, explain the
purposes of the proposed Bond
issue, at which time Mr. Hester
stated that one of the purposes of
the proposed bond issue was to
pave all of Cairo’s main streets
out to the City limits.” No action
was taken on this.
The Light and Water committee
was not ready to make a report
on street lighting, but said they
would report at the next meeting.
Complaints about the loudness
of the out-door Record Player at
the Triangle Drive-In was brought
to the attention of the Council
The Council agreed to have the
Police ask the owners to tone the
music-box down so that it would
not disturb people living in the
vicinity. If this was not done, i f
would be necessary to stop the
playing out-side music entirely.
Baby O’Neal and C. G. Fulford
are spending the week at Jack¬
sonville Beach, Fla.
GRADY COUNTY
Greatest Diversified
Farming Section
In America
GRADY COUNTY SCHOOLS
OPEN NEXT THURSDAY.
Grady County schools, both
white and colored, will open
Thursday, Sept. 1st., at 8:30 a.
m., and all student's who ride
buses are expected to meet them
in their respective places.
All pupils entering school for
the first time will be expected to
furnish a birth certificate, and
before they may be accepted,
they must have reached their
sixth birthday on or before Nov¬
ember 1, 1949.
Labor day this year will not be
a school holiday. Supt. Lloyd Con
nell said this week,
Moonshiners Are
Raided Monday
Federal Officers
Arrest Four Men
. Near Pine Park
A large still along with a con
siderable quantity of moonshine
whiskey was seized about day
light Monday morning seven
miles east of Cairo near
pine Park, in Gardy County
by Federal Officers J. O.
Stewart, John F. Stewart and
Charles G. Covington, according
to Commissioner Bansell Watt
of the U. 3. District Court in
Thomasville, who assessed b >nds
in the case Monday morning.
The four alleged operators and
ownei-s of the still, according to
the officers, are Joe Brock and
Melvin Brock, of Route 1, Cairo;
Chester M. Murphy, Route 2,
Cairo; and Jos. B. Willis, of Can o,
a jj w hite.
An automobile in which the
whiskey was being transported by
the men was also seized, it was
stated.
The men were carried to Tho¬
masville before U. S. Commission¬
er Hansell Watt at an early hour
Monday morning, charged with
the illegal possession and opera¬
tion of a still; possesssing and
transporting tax unpaid whiskey.
All four of the defendants waiv¬
ed preliminary hearing and were
released under bonds of $1,000
each for appearance before the
U. S. District Court at Thomas¬
ville.
Softball Now In
Final Games
Top Teams Play
This Week For
First Place
Crews Service Station and
Wight & Browne played tno rub¬
ber game in the play-off Wednes¬
day night, with Wight & Browne
coming out on top. Wignt &
Browne accounted for one big in¬
ning, which was the fifth, for a
total of five runs, and three in the
sixth, to win the game.
Play started Thursday night for
a three out of five series between
Hester & White and Whight &
Browne.
The teams in the first four
places who were competing in the
play off were Wignt & Browne, R.
R Van Landingham, Crews Ser¬
vice Station, and Hester & White.
Monday night the first game,
Wight & Browne vs Crews Ser¬
vice Station. The Crews aggrega¬
tion went on a hitting spree col¬
lecting 18 hits, for 11 runs, and
Wight & Browne 9 hits for seven
runs. Wight & Browne committ¬
ed 9 errors which was quite a help
to Crews plus Thrower walking 7
men.
Second game, Van Landingham
vs Hester & White resulted in 9
runs on 11 hits for Hester & While
and 1 run and 3 hits for Van Land¬
ingham. The runs for Hester &
White were, 3 in the first, 3 in
the fourth, and 3 in the sixth to
sew up the ball game.
Tuesday night, August 23rd,
(Continued on page 6)
SINGLE COPIES. S CENT:
NUMBER 33.
Fat Calf Show
Great Success
Total Livestock
Sales During The
Day Was $12,343
The annual Grady County Fat
Calf Show and Sale Tuesday at
the Cairo Livestock Auction Co.
barn and pens attracted the larg¬
est number ever to attend, in¬
cluding the greatest number of
entrants, 4-H Clubbers, Future
Farmers, and livestock producers
in general, as well as many extra
buyers from the large and small
packing houses throughout this
area and a capacity crowd of
spectators who found the show
well worth their time.
In the largest sale since last
fall, a total of $12,343.43 worth of
livestock was sold during the day.
The twenty-five head of show
cattle brought $2,883.86. The to¬
tal sale of hogs amounted $2,748
.57, while all the cattle together,
including the show calves,
brought $9,594.86.
The Grand Champion, produced
by Ben Harrison, sold for $36.00
per cwt. and the Reserve Champ¬
ion, produced by 4-H member J.
W. Harrison, son of Ben Harris
son, brought $31.75 per cwt. In
addition both of these winners
received a $15.09 prize. The
average price obtained for the
Show Calves was $24.10 per cwt.,
which was considered unusually
good considering the recent gener¬
al decline in cattle prices.
J. C. Richardson, of the State
Extension Service, and other visit-
1 ing livestock men said they noted*
an increase in the quality of the
cattle brought to the sale each
year.
The pens for the show, opening
at 10:00 a. m., were arranged im¬
mediately southwest of the barn
to provide more room. A public
address system gave the proceed¬
ings to the spectators as the judg¬
ing progressed, enabling all lo
understand why the judges chose
one calf over another. Grooming
and showmanship competition
was first, followed by 4-H Club,
FFA light and heavy classes and
the adult class.
Judges were Ralph Williams,
Extension Service Livestock
Specialist at Tifton, and head buy¬
ers for Armour and Co., and Geor¬
gia Packing Company.
An added feature of the show
which brought unusual interest
and much favorable comment was
the cattle feed and pasture grass
display by Agnew Smith. De¬
tailed information was given on
various feeds and pasture crops,
and in connection with this acti¬
vity 15 bags of feed, valued at
more than $100 were given away
free.
Climaxing the days events was
the sale, which began at 2:00 p.
m., and saw spirited bidding
throughout the period.
The prize winners in all clas¬
sifications were as follows:
4-H Club-FFA Light Class
(Calves up to 450 lbs.)
'"First prize, $15.00, Melissa
Maxwell, 4-H Club, given by
Citizens Bank. Second prizes,
$10.00, Armissa Maxwell, 4-H
Club, given by Cairo Motor &
Tractor Co. Third Prize, $7.50,
Virgil Perkins, F. F. A., given by
Whigham Banking Co. Fourth
prize, $5.00, Leland Rawls, 4-H
Club, given by Jake Pollar. And
fifth prize, $4.00, Devayne Howey,
F. F. A., given by Mizell Drug Co.
4-H Club-FFA Heavy Class
(Calves 450 to 800 lbs.)
First prize, $15.00, J. W. Har¬
rison, 4-H, given by Cairo Bank¬
ing Company. Second prize $10
.00, Charles Butler, FFA, given by
Whitfield Paulk Motor Co. Third
prize $7.50, Armissa Maxwell, 4-H,
given Co. Fourth by Faulk prize Chevrolet $5.00, Sales Earl i
Gandy, 4-H, given by Olivers.
And Fifth prize, $4.00, Ronald Lee,
FFA, given by McClenny Furni¬
ture Co.
Added 4-H Club-FFA prizes f
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