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CAIRO, GEORGIA
The Best City of Its
Size In the Entire
United States
A YEAR- IN ADVANCE.
ILUME XLVI.
r. Fred Leach
reaching Here
Labor-Day Topic
Last Week; Will
Be Back Sunday
'Cairo Presbyterians and their
sitors have been having recently
privilege of hearing Dr. Fred
' *Leach preach for minister. them in the Dr.
lach jty 0 f supply
is an assistent professor in
department of philosophy and
c Florida State Uni
■ligion at
rsity, at Tallahassee.
This past Sunday Dr. Leach
reached a thought-provoking and
spiring sermon which concerned
* Christian concept of work, a
Itting pre-Labor day the topic. He
first pointed out various
pstorical jig animal. views Beginning of man as with a w ork- the
Greek view, which looked upon
jork jid the as a necessary life of leisurely evil and upon con
[emplation as the highest good.
To this latter view, Dr. Leach
jontrasted work. the The later Christian, Christian Dr.
ideal of
leach stated, does not work to
ive, but lives to work. Nor does
he Christian work merely to
ferve himself or his society |
Rather the true Christian puts
hod first and whatever he does,
Including work, is done for the
glorification of God. Further, Dr.
Leach voiced the opinion that if
such Lork a Christian approach to
was used, labor problems
buld be solved and revolution
ary changes would take place in
L kingdom of Love rather than
In an earthlv kingdom of strife,
Capital-Labor relations would
e greatly improved if the Christ
in approach were used; for the
employer would never yield to
the temptation to exploit the
employee and the employee
kould joyfully render service to
the betterment of God’s kingdom
on earth. So, Dr. Leach urged,
Let Christians live first for God,
and second, to work gladly in
service, with their fellow-created
human brothers.”
Dr. Leach’s message was one
which his congregation will long
remember. It was one which
pave Labor Day added signifi¬
cance to those who heard his in¬
spiring words.
Visitors are cordially invited
to come and hear and meet Dr.
and Mrs. Leach. He will preach
again Sunday at the regular
rooming service at the Presb'y
tarian Church.
Rev Episcopal Service
- Harcourt E. Waller, the
Rect °r of the Episcopal
Chureh in Bainbrldge and Cairo,
* ho has Just arrived in Bain
hdge, will be j n charge of the
^rvices Sunday here at the Presbyterian
L night at 7:30.
members and visitors are
lnvited and urged to attend, and
the R e v. Waller a cordial
,
e.Oirne. as this will be his first
service in Cairo.
j^onard ol Victim, Richards,
[ '"Grady 'o Hospital Is
inf^. atRl e second ralysis case of Polio, or
P a has been re
j: t'.ards. ^ ' n 23. Grady who County lives Leonard
^uth four miles
of ^ Cairo on the Hadley
wL Road - was carried to Grady
Plta [ in Atlanta last Friday,
Sf;n . Cm er nd with
the " -> symptons of
ais *ase. The doctors there
,
gnosed his case as Polio.
R s ’ ster Mrs.
said ’ Guy Folsom,
to f p ^ ans were to move him
•- ^
aboir arm Springs Hospital in
ten da ys. He would ap
pr ! ate maR from
Q r . County. his friends in
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•Mrs. Emmett White and Em
®et i r “ | ieurn ed to their
F t? gfrrald „ home, In
. Thursday after
0{ .A’* d days here as guests
EnC, and Mra T. W. White;
-
or, V. arda a ccompanied them here
‘ A August 27, and
8 p-,_. the
’ week-end.
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The Official Organ of Grady County.
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Cairo Kiwanians
Hear YMCA Official V •
Elect Directors
Cairo Kiwanians Tuesday heard
an interesting talk by a state
YMCA official and elected seven
club directors for 1950 to com¬
plete the official set-up for next
year. Norwood Clark, the club
president, presided.
Judge G. L. Worthy, program
chairman, presented John Crum,
j of Atlanta, a state director of
YMCA activities, who discussed
the fine work of the state's 548
Hi-Y and Tri-Hi-Y high school
clubs sponsored by that organiza
j tion. Mr. Crum presented John
j Hood Powell, who reviewed more
i than 30 major accomplishments
of the local Hi-Y club last school
term, and Mary Hall, who spoke
similarly foi the local Ti i-Hi-Y
group.
The speaker then revealed that
, the local clubs made the A honor
| j Tri-Hi-Y roll f or their club record here having last terrr», ranked the
twenty-third and the Hi-Y club
here having ranked fiftieth
pmong the 548 clubs in the state,
j The in the local state groups in ranked i i Bible tenth
a spec a
J study project, it was stated. Wal
^ er Lundy also appeared for the
. Hi .y club,
1
Mr. Crum emphasized that the
youth groups formulate their own
activities under YMCA direction
j and said they drafted the rough
I basis fro the new state-pre-mari
j tal health law at a state assem
! bly.
i After balloting by the members,
| the election chairman, committee, announced Edwin
j Carlisle,
I the election of the following
i seven club directors for next
y ear: Carl Brown, Earl Brinson,
; Harns . Jefferson, Carl Winter,
! f,
j Marshall Ne lc ar 01 ei
! and ^°t in A. owe , n ballots,
members received some
it was stated.
Other officers for 1950 elected
, Sam A. Pierce,
; last week include:
| president; R. R. Van Landingham
1 and Agnew Smith, vice-presi
dents; Billy Wells, secretary; and
| Walter Graham, treasurer,
Guests Tuesday also included
j Mike Battle, of the staff of the
i Miami Herald, Miami, guest of his
uncle, J. E. Forsyth; and J. H.
Faulk, Sr., a Thomasville Ki
wanian.
President Clark said Cairo club
participation in the Local con¬
flicts were credited with reduc¬
ing local attendance.
Two Men Accused Of
Robbing Grady
Citizen Thursday
James Hunt, described as a
Grady County farmer, was rob¬
bed on the bbulevard near
Thomasville, Thursday night,
September 1st., according to an
article appearing the Times En¬
terprise in its issue of Tuesday,
Sept. 6 th. The article describing
the hold-up appears below:
“Two men were charged with
the robbery of James Hunt, Grady
County farmer, on a boulevard
stretch near here last Thursday
night, according to Sheriff Kirk
Beckham, who released the in
! formation for publication this
morning. Ralph
Noah Kennedy, 38, and
Brewer, 28, were the two listed by
the sheriff as the ones who alleg
edly took $75 from Hunt after a
taxicab ride to the boulevard with
Wilson Wood, 18, cab driver, and
< an unidentified woman.
The sheriff stated that Hunt,
who he said had been drinking,
reported the robbery to local
police after he was brought back
i | to town in the cab.
Kennedy and Brewer are out on
,$500 bonds, Beckham said. No
i charges were made against the
i driver of the cab, according to the
! sheriff.”
1 ---- ”
Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Wa.g
j goner, of Atlanta, spent a few
days of the week here as guests
of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W.
, and other home
R. Harrison,
i folks.
'The man who w&ndereth out of the way of advertising shall remain in the congregation of the dead.”
CAIRO. GRADY COUNTY. GA.. FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 9, 1949.
Chest Meeting
Set Sept. 14
Full Attendance
i \ Sought; Meet
At 4 P. M.
Officals of the Grady County
Community Chest this week made
final plans for the annual meet¬
ing of the members of the organi¬
zation, which wll be held at the
Courthouse at 4 p. m. next Wed¬
nesday, Sept. 14 th—and called
upon all leaders of causes sup¬
ported by Chest funds to rally
a full attendance.
The Chest ig serving the coun _
, ty splendidlyi its officers agreed
at a j n , g j as f week, but some
Q f the directors have intimated
j the question might be raised at
the annual meeting as to whether
or not continued operations should
be attempted without greater
support of able prospective con
tributors to scatter the load of
financing the seven major causes
included. If the question should
arise officials say the decision
should be made by a good rep
resentation of all interested
sons.
The Chest simply co-ordinates
and makes more efficient the
raising of funds to support the
Emergency Welfare Council,
which handles a multiplicity of
emergency welfare assistance ap¬
peals; the Cancer Control Socie¬
ty, Public Library, Recreation
Program, Boy Scouts, Salvation
Army, 4-H Clubs and USO.
Chest leaders agree that dis¬
solution of the agency, and its
chief institutional member, the
Emergency Welfare Council
would be a decided bacl?ward
step for the county. However,
they emphasize that more uni
versal support of the Chest causes
is important.
The annual meeting will hear
ports of this year’s operations and
make plans for the annual Red
Feather compaign scheduled to
start next month.
Former Cairo Cifry
Manager Takes Over
Job At- Albany
According to the Albany
Herald, 37-year old Donald P.
Wolfer, Albany’s new city man¬
ager, arrived there Tuesday and
literally plunged “up to his neck”
in statistics and research at the
city hall.
Wolfer was City Manager of
Cairo from December 1945 to
Jan. i5, 1948. He resigned his
position here to accept the place
of assistant city manager of San
Diego, Calif. He quit the San
Diego job to accept the Albany
position.
Wolfer’s many local friends
will be delighter to learn that he
hsa returned to this section, and
especially Albany.
Big Air Show At
Donalsonville
This Sunday
The Donalsonville airport, in
our neighboring City, will be the
scene of a big air show next Sun¬
day, Sept. 11th. which promises to
bring out more than 10,000 specta
tors.
Beginning at 2:00 p. m, the
show will feature acrobatic flyer
Betty Skelton and Buggs Thomp
son, another well-known stunt
and acrobatic flyer, Other at
tractions will be: one squadron of
Georgia National Guard planes;
one squadron of Navy Fighter
planes; one squadron of Navy
Torpedo Bombers; a squadron of
jets, and one helicopter.
Several ships will be'on the
field for inspection and there will
be other interesting and thrilling
features. The show is sponsored
by Donalsonville Lions and the
Air show committee is composed
of Joe E. Johnson, Jr., chairman:
Julian Webb, Dallas Wurst, Edgar
Stapleton, Hudson Owen, Hugh
Broome, and John I. Spooner, Jr.
Grady Farm Bureau
Meets Next Friday
The regular meeting of the
Grady County Farm Bureau
will be held Friday Sept.
16th„ in the Court House at
8:30 p. m.
W. E. Still, Education Di¬
rector of the state Farm
Bureau in Macon, will be the
speaker for the occasion.
Mr. Still will also be the
guest speaker at the Wednes¬
day Rotary luncheon at the
Citizens Cafe.
All farmers are urged to be
present next Friday night be¬
cause important matters con¬
cerning the Farm Bureau and
farmers in general will be
taken up.
At Whigham
School Enrolled
315 In Grammar
School; 168 In
High School
The Whigham Schools opened
Sept. 1st., with a record enroll
ment of 483, with 20 more in the
high school, and all classes crowd¬
ed, Supt. M. J. Perkins said this
week. There are 315 enrolled in
the grammar school, and 168 in
high school. Having added Jack
Kennemur for social sciences and
Mrs. Alice Harrison for the 4th.
grade, the faculty is now com¬
plete.
At the opening program, held
Tuesday of this week, Rev. N. G.
Christopher gave a most interest¬
ing and challenging devotional in
which he cautioned students that
hard work is necessary, that
working with the mind is especi
ally hard work, but is the only
way to achieve success. He em-
1 phasized that “we live in our
mind-world, and should be care¬
ful to think and talk in the way
we want to live.”
A trio, composed of Sylvia
Crew, Betty Ballow, and Joan
Ulmer,’ sang “Far Away Places”
very beautifully.
Jacqueline Brim, of last year’s
class, gave an inspiring chal¬
lenge to the present student body,
using the letters in “Whigham”
for significant thoughts.
Joan Ulmer of this year's Sen¬
ior class gave an appropriate re¬
sponse.
Rev. Pierce, Pastor of the
Methodist Church, gave interest¬
ing comments and prayed an up¬
lifting prayer at the close. Glenn
Pelham led the singing, and Supt.
Perkins recognized the visitors
present, including former students
and friends.
“Our school this year seems to
be off to an excellent start,” said
Mr. Perkins. "We hope to make
it a very successful year.”
On Friday, Sept. 16th., the
Alumni Association, composed of
former graduates, will give the
chapel program.
Neon Sign South
Of City Attracts
Wide Interest
Whitfield-Paulk Motor Co., the
progressive Dodge and Plymouth
agency here, has erected a large
neon sign at the highway inter¬
section near Beachton which is
attracting very wide attention
and for which the local concern
is receiving much praise.
The sign is somewhat civic in
purpose because it directs travel¬
lers particularly to the fact that
State Route 93 leads to Cairo
only 12 miles away. This will
serve to emphasize to northbound
traffic that the shorter route to
Albany and Atlanta is via Cairo.
The concern has offered to com¬
bine with the lighted sign the
Chamber of Commerce Cairo ar¬
row sign also at the intersection
to further emphasize the turn¬
off to Cairo.
A. B. Reynolds, Jr., is con¬
valescing after being sick at his
home here for several days.
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W. E. STILL, Education Director
of the State Farm Bureau, from
Macon, will be the guest speaker
at the Gradiy County Farm Bu¬
reau meeting Friday night, Sept.
16th., in the Courthouse at- 8:30.
Mr. Still will also deliver the
address at the Rotary Club lunch¬
eon next Wednesday.
M. M. Jones Is
Whigham Mayor
139 Cast Ballots;
Three Candidates
Tie For Alderman
In the City election in Whig¬
ham Tuesday, Sept. 6 , M. M. Jones
was elected Mayor, with a total
of 80 votes, while his opponent,
J. T. Harrison, receded 50 votes.
Out of approximately 130 . g:s
tered voters, a total of 139 b Hots
were cast, and three ballot • were
thrown out. The new s.-ite o:
City fathers take office oc.ay.
Sept. 9, to serve one year.
The City Council will have at
least a majority, three, of new
members. Cleon Cox, who re¬
ceived 70 votes, the highest num¬
ber any Council candidate receiv¬
ed, is the only member of the old
council to be definitely re-elected.
However, two members of the old
council, Bill Connell and H. J.
Adams, tied with Ralph Mc
Broom for 66 votes each. And
the four definitely elected Aider
men will choose the fifth member
from the three tied candidates.
Aldermen
The vote for Aldermen was as
follows:
Candidate votes
Cleon Cox 70
Luther Harden 69
W. H. Bell 68
N. Z. (Jack) Trulock 68
Bill Connell 66
Ralph McBroom 66
H. J. Adams 66
Earl Crew 64
D. L. Tryon 53
Robert E. Clay 4 g
George McElvy 23
The four definitely elected
Aldermen are Cleon Cox, Luther
Harden, W. H. Bell, and Jack
Trulock. These four will choose
the fifth alderman from the three
tied candidates, either Bill Con¬
nell, Ralph McBroom, or H. J.
Adams.
The newly elected Mayor, M.
M. Jones, was a member of the
present Council. Incumbent
Mayor Robert E. Clay was de¬
feated for a place on the Council.
j j Fire Department
Answers 2 Alarms
At about midnight Wednesday
night the City fire alarm was
sounded for a fire at an unidenti¬
fied Negro dwelling on Booker
Hill; but it turned out to be only
an oil stove on fire, and little
damage resulted.
At 1:30 a. m. Monday morning
the fire trucks were called out
to a fire at the residence of Mel¬
vin Jenkins, in the Griner sub¬
division on the Northeast side of
town. This house was a total
loss, said Fire Chief Hawthorn.
There was $1,000 insurance on the
house, which just about covered
the loss, said the Chief.
GRADY COUNTY
Greatest Diversified
Farming Section
In America
TO MEET PELHAM NEXT FRIDAY
1231 Enroll In
Cairo Schools
Varied Course Of
Study Offered
This Year
The Cairo Public Schools open¬
ed for the 1949-50 Term last
Thursday with a record enroll¬
ment of 1231 white students. This
includes a registraion of 535 in
the High School, 382 in the South
side Elementary School, and 314
in the Northside Elementary. The
High School enrollment includes
103 Seniors ( 11 th Graders), 146
Sophomores (10th Graders), 154
Freshmen (9th Graders), and 132
Sub-Freshmen ( 8 th Graders). Due
to the fact that the High School is
going through the 12th. Grade
i transition, there is no Junior Class
this year, the present 10 th grade
ers being classified as Sophomores
under the 12 year plan. The pres¬
end 11th grade will be the last
Senior class to graduate under
the old 11 year plan. In 1950-51
the present 10 th grade will be
come Juniors in the 11th grade
and will graduate in the 12 th
grade in 1952.. There will be no
Senior’class and therefore no
graduating Class in 135,1.
At the opening exercises last
Thursday at the ILgh School,
S\ pf. a. H. House we lc >me ; the
students and the faculty and gen
,
j r! a l’y discusser pl..n . for the
] >eai-. the First Re". Baptist R. C. P< Church rry, pastor led the o.
devotional. Mr. R. C. Hogan,
Principal of the High School in¬
troduced the teachers and outlin
ed plans for completing the re¬
gistration under the new sche¬
dule.
Cairo High School is offering
this year one of the most varied
courses of study of any school in
the state. Besides the regular
academic courses of Math, Eng¬
lish, Natural Sciences, Social
Studies, and Foreign Languages,
the school also is offerng Voca¬
tional Agriculture, Industrial
Arts, Homemaking, Commercial
subjects, Speech, Piano, Voice,
Band, Physical Education, D. C.
T., Driver Education and Safety,
Bible, Journalism. Among the
new subjects offered- this term
are: Home and Family Rela¬
tions, Speech, Voice, Home Econo¬
mics for Boys, Driver Education
and Safety.
In offering Speech this year
the school authorities are trying
to meet the need that has been
keenly felt for many years. Mrs.
R. L. VanLandingham, Speech in¬
structor, will give some* time dur¬
ing the year to teaching Choral
Reading to all students above
the fifth grade on through High
School. She is also giving pri
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Big FFA-4-H
Checks To Be
Fat Calf Show
Annual Steak
The Chamber of Commerce Fat
Calf Show committee, Early
Gandy, chairman, will have its
annual steak supper meeting at
Citizens Cafe Saturday night at
8 o’clock, it was announced this
week.
The committee, after enjoying
delightful steaks from prize calves
in the recent ninth annual show
and sale, will make preliminary
^lans for the 1950 show and sale
with an idea of making it “still
bigger and better” in every way.
However, major item of busi¬
ness will be arranging for im-
SINGLE COPIES, 5 CENTl
NUMBER 35.
Hard Way Ahead
Says New Coach
I Tickets Available
Day Of Game Only * »
Reserves $2.50
With two weeks of hard work
at the football camp in Thomas
ville, and several days of work¬
out behind them, Coach J. P.
Miller and his Cairo Syrup Mak¬
ers are preparing with reserved
confidence for their first encount¬
er here Friday, Sept. 16th., with
Pelham,
“We still have much work
ahead of us before this first game,”
Coach Miller emphasized. “We
have worked them hard already,
but the boys have ‘stuck it" out’
fine, and are showing improved
spirits,” he said. “I believe we’Ii
give a good account of ourselves
in this first game.”
Coach Miller this season is
changing the system of plaj . and
that brings its problems. In the
past they have run the single
wing formation, where success
depends mainly on driving power.
This year they will run from the
T-formation, the tame type of
play used at the University of
Georgia, in which succe:»; depends
on deception and maneuvering.
To aid in familiarizing the
I players, and the public as well,
I with this new' type of play, a
j^tbell clinic is being planned
within a week or two. It will
probably be held at the Gym, and
an y ono interested in learning
more about football will be wel¬
come to sit in on the sessions.
Here explanations will be made
of various plays, the reasons be¬
hind them, and what may be ac¬
complished with them.
“Our first six games will be
our hardest” Coach Miller said,
“Any one of these—Valdosta,
Thomasville, Tifton, or Waycross
—is very likely to win the South
Georgia Championship, If we
can get through the first six with
a reasonable amount of goodluck
and success, we will have a good
season.”
“We consider Pelham about an
even match,” the Coach added,
“but a lot will depend on our
work from now through next
Wednesday.”
Next Week
In next week’s issue there will
be a more complete story, in¬
cluding details of players and
positions, along with the starting
line-up for next Friday’s game
with Pelham.
Presenting
Each week two players, not
necessarily “stars” or outstand¬
ing ones, will be singled out for
“presenting” to the public. De¬
tails will be given of their back¬
grounds, experience, position, and
possibilities. In that way, by the
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Com Contest
Shortly
To Have
Saturday
mediate checks on some 150 corn
plots in the big FFA-.4-H Club
Corn Contest, which the com¬
mittee also sponsors.
The recent Fat Calf Show at
j traded a record number of in
! terested spectators. The grand
j champion was a 760-pound white
face Hereford steer entered by
j Ben Harrison which was bought
> in stiff sale competition by Alvin
B. Wight, local hardware mer
chant and livestock enthusiast,
for $36.25 per cwt. The show
calves averaged about $25 per
cwt., with strong local and pack¬
er buying support.