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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. * ! \ aa 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. (Eh? fflami 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 Jk# i. f 1 m m j I m in ? V y,. \ Sfex X \ X A: SB? m,. H X % X \ ! p lii .••• * W; „,x ../x ■ ^..... . _, J I I ft! , / X mm-- X; ■' „ ry-'iv -A iff ; III 1 1! -i-ip'-W fits m IS, MBl mmm x > iilili&ss ; m I r I 1 I » I, ... > Mi I Jfefcils ; i i f? m£§ Z: WM y.v.sM * ■ m Mir 5 * *■ -z* , ImI : .x: | V X A.'. 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 (Continued on last page)