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CAIRO, GEORGIA The Best City of Its Size In the Entire United States U.50-S2 A YEAR. IN ADVANCE. iqLUME XLVI. TRIPLE-G' CLUB WINS STATE [OMMUNITY AWARD, SSOO Imrnal’s Prize ird In Grady 4-H Clubbers In Atlanta For Contests Outstanding state recogni tion again come to Grady county Wednesday night in Atlanta when the now fam ous "Triple-G" 4-H Com munity Club, in the Pine Park community in the eas em pari of the county, won the 1949 Atlanta Journal state community improve menl award, which includes $500 in cash. The award was made at a brilliant dinner meeting at an Atlanta hotel as a feature of the annual state 4-H Club Congress in session fhere this week in connection with the South eastern Fair. ‘Triple G” won the Atlanta fournal district community im irovement award back in 1946, nth a cash benefit of $300, and hus qualified itself for cmpetition. The Wayside 4-H llub in this county also won The lournal’s district award, with (300, in 1947. Thus the latest mccess is the third time an At anta Journal award has come o Grady, with cash benefits stalling $1,100.0(5. (.varies ** Ward, the “Triple k" president, was at the dinner n Atlanta Wednesday night, ing risers, with two of the club ad Mrs. D. P. Ward and Early prady, and the extension work :s, Miss Myrtle Walters, County (Lome Demonstration Agent, pounty Agent S. E. George and Iiis assistant, Harold Daniels. | Tthtr Charles Ward was there with local 4-H Clubers as state kinner in a soil conservation tontest to compete for regional it national honors. His state Jin gave him a $50 U. S. Savings P° nd - with a college scholarship is a possible award for higher Jonors. Other 4-H Clubers competing the state Congress for state lonors, after winning district ^petition falter Lundy, at Americus, control; Billy are: Stringer pest (immediate past “Triple J president), sweet potato elec r ‘ c Plant bed demonstration; Jayne es and Faircloth, marketing; vegetable Emogene grad Strickland, home improvements pressing unit for 4-H Club girl lnd improvements for every f tlanta om in her home, as pictured in Journal last Sunday) Beth rtanfill, breadmakmg; and Mary - ; 1. better methods (ironing nen ’ s shirts). All of the Grady e ^ntians -t early attending the Congress 9 home Tuesday and will r Li -n from Atlanta Friday. ' ne outstanding achievements J t the “Triple G” club are num jous ' a ,te award and interesting. of the For the ial Atlanta Jour for community improvements, d §es used a score card with $oo of'the numerous Tommuni Nae f Jss ' m P r °vements counted in sue Of the Grady Club but gen i3c tors also 'Counting exten lvely therein might be briefly Un ‘marized as follows: Club’s outstanding leader '■P in community-wide progress 2 developments; Act ' ive and effective parti fjtion t ° caI of dub in county as well .1 > d ^ving community affairs to ' problems meet ? and ne ods; ' Ability of the people of ^ dlp community, under club lead ’. t0 sit down togther co rativiy t without being handi Pe„ by pettiness and personal ngs - to set up worthwhile Continued on last page) Slip sCairo TBimum Th# Official Organ of Grady County. "The man who wandereth out of the way of advertising shall remain in the congregation of the dead." SIXTEEN PAGES Local Draft Board Moves Office To Court House The local draft board moved its office this week to the third floor of the Court House, W. J. McClenny announced, and the office will be open on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays from 1:00 to 5:00 p. m. Chairman McClenny emphasiz ed that the draft law was still in effect, and all boys are required to register within five days of their 18th. birthday. Frank White is the secretary of the board, and Raymond John son is the other member. Explosion Rocks Church Here First Methodist Damaged $1,000 in Gas Blast j , An explosion rocked the base ment of the First Methodist Church here,last Saturday morn ing about 9:30, bringing dam ages estimated at approximately $1,000 to the kitchen, doors, win dows, and plaster of the base ment; but fortunately no one was injured, The apparent cause of the ex plosion was the accumulation of gas from the gas stove in the | closed kitchen which was touch ed off by a spark from an elec trie motor, also in the kitchen, when the motor was switched on in the main auditorium of the Church by Mrs. Dwight Brown, to operate the organ. Mrs. Brown had gone to practice on the organ, and instantly upon switching on the motor she re lated, the whole church was shaken with the terrific explo sion in the basement. j E Forsyt h, of the J. E. For syth Insurance Agency, which insures the church, said no place where gas might have escaped on the stove or the pipes leading to the stove could he discovered, all of the jets on the stove being completely closed, and no leaks found in the pipes. However, it is certain that gas had. escaped from some source, and filled the closed kitchen. When the electric motor was switched on, apparently a spark from the motor touched off the explosion of the accumulated gas. The door of the kitchen was blown off its hinges, down a nar row hallway some 30 feet, and completely through another door. The double windows, facing in to the recreation hall of the base ment, were blown out, including the casings, the basement doors leading to the front of the church were loosened from their hinges, and much of the plaster on the basement ceiling was jarred loose. Also the pressure of the explosion came on to the outer doors of the church and ripped the iron pin out of the bottom P art °t the doors. There was no one in the base | ment or near the room when the ! explosion occurred, Luther White, jaintor, having just walk ed outside into the church yard, therefore no one was injured. Rev. Rainey, Pastor, was in his study on the basement level at the front of the Church, but was not affected, other than re porting that it was some time before he could hear normally again due to the terrific blast. I Mrs. Ralph Carlisle, Church j Secretary, was in her office, also on the basement level, but was not injured by the blast. The damages were completely covered by insurance, Mr. For syth said. CAIRO. GRADY COUNTY, GA.. FRIDAY. OCTOBER 7, 1949. Community Chest Meeting Soon Grady County Community Chest will have a special meeting early next week to complete its official set-up for 1950 and to make plans for the 1950 Fund campaign which is to begin about the middle of October. Three new directors will be elected, on the rotation basis, and the directors in turn will name the officers .including a cam paign chairman. Steps to orga nize the campaign workers will follow. Needy Here Gel 1145,785 Aid County Operating Net Cost Only $1,618 The annual report of the Grady County Welfare Department for the fiscal year ending June 30th, prepared by the Director, Miss Mary Louise Maxwell, pust ap proved by the County Welfare Board, and made public this week, reveals that the Depart ment during its last year dis bursed a total of $145,785.59 in relief from all sources to approxi mately 900 needy persons in the county. During the last month of the year, June, 516 recipients of Old Age assistance received grants totalling $9,265.50, an average of $17.95; 29 recipients of Aid to the Blind assistance received grants totalling $586, an average g( $22.04; and as03 children in 71 families received Aid To Depen dent Children assistance totalling $2,030, an average of $10. per child. This does not include gen eral assistance aid to a varying number of people from month to month nor a wide variety of oth er welfare services by the depart ment to a large number of people, counsel only being the objective need in some cases. As required by the Social Se curity Act, to partially meet the basic needs of recipients in the three categories—Old Age, Aid To Blind and Aid To Dependent Children—assistance funds and operating expenses come from three sources— 60 per cent Fed eral funds, 35 per cent state funds and 5 per cent county funds. The report shows the and operating expenses, insofar as use of county funds is con cerned, were last year only 1.58 per cent of the total funds ad ministered and relief given, with the net cost to the county for ad ministrative and other expenses of only $1,618 for the year. These and many other interest ing facts are revealed by the re port, recently approved by the County Welfare Board, now com posed of W. G. Bullock, chair man, Mrs. L. H. Foster, L. M. Barrett, R. S. Jones and G. L. Prince. The 1948-49 fiscal year total of all assistance disbursements ex ceeded by $31,328.50 the benefits paid during the immediately pre ceding fiscal year. Twelve years ago a few families in the county were receiving direct pauper aid distributed by the County Com missioners. Since that time*, 2,- 200 case records have been set up in the Welfare Dept, files, with services rendered to countless families in which a case record was unnecessary. During the past year, 325 applications were received and handled for all types of services, the report shows, Since there were 590 active cases at the beginning of 1948-49 year this means the Director and Worker investigated an average of 76 cases per month, a case load much too heavy to enable them to give the maximum time and service desired. In addition to handling assist ance for the three main categories previously listed, the Welfare Dept, disburses a nominal amount of what is termed general assist ance and also provides import ant miscellaneous services that include a crippled children’s pro gram ;child welfare services in addition to those otherwise ac counted for; home studies for (Continued on last page) Interest Here In Fuller's Earth Car Shipment May Lead To County Operations After smoldering for some time, interest in fuller’s earth in Grady county evidenced a sharp uptrend this week, with some prospect i that extensive mining and or processing operations may be de veloped soon. J. W. Walden, of Cairo, last week loaded and shipped a freight carload of fuller’s earth to a large concern for full-scale final tests of its quality for various com merical uses. He said a repre sentative of the concern told him that if the carlot shipment veri fied results of tests on a smaller scale recently he will likely re quest additional carlot shipments as steadily as possible for proces sing elsewhere “until a plant can be established locally.” He said the representative added that if a processing plant is established j here it will likely be larger than j that in operation at Attapulgus, southwest of Cairo, for years, with possible employment of 400 to 600 people. The carlot shipment last week came from a point near Wolf creek, between Cairo and Whig ham, and between the highway j (u. S. 84) and the A. C. L. rail road. It is known that deposits of fuller’s earth lie also along Big Tired Creek, between Cairo and Whigham, and along Bar nett’s creek, near Pope’s store, northeast of Cairo. Tests have been made recently of fuller’s earth from several different points and preliminary indications point to various deposists being of sufficient commerical quality and extent to warrant large scale mining and or industrial operations. Several large con cerns have already evidenced in terest, it is said. The Chamber of Commerce here more than two years ago sought to compile data on the county’s soil resources, including fuller’s earth, some bentonite and some limestone, and some inter est was developed or revived at that time in developement or uti lization of these resources. How ever, industrial contacts at that time evidenced little interest in fuller’s earth for several reasons, mainly that available sources be ing utilized were sufficient be cause synthetic products had come into the picture. Now, how ever, fuller’s earth by-products are being utilized in a commercial way and there seems to be real interest in developing new sources of fuller’s earth itself. In discussions this week several of the landowners who have ful ler’s earth deposits, either under or not under lease, said they hope all of the landowners involved will work together toward assur ing the establishment of a proces sing plant or industrial operation in the county, either at Cairo or Whigham, or between the two places, or at whatever point the prospective developer thinks best, everything considered, rather than just a mining operation to ship the raw product elsewhere for processing. There are possi bilities that brick clay or other soil resources in the county might be utilized, along with fuller’s earth by-products, for the manu facture of a considerable variety of finished products. Tbe new interest will be watch ed keenly here. Miss Martha Sholar has entered the University of Georgia, Athens; she is a transfer from G. S. C. W. in Milledgeville. The many friends of Mr. J. W. Willis regret to know that he is confined to his hon% with pneu monia. Miss Blanche Olliff, of Jackson ville, Fla., is the guest of her sisters, Mrs. J. E. Stuart and Mrs. E. L. Greene. SIXTEEN PAGES : "H : \ PwSM % r i wm. f • V •' m si ROBERT P. (BOB) WIGHT, well known farmer and pecan grow er of Grady County and Com mander of the local Legion Post, assumed his official duties as postmaster at Cairo Saturday, Oct. 1st. Bob Wight Assumes Duties As Cairo's New Postmaster Robert P. (Bob) Wight, local pecan grower and farmer, former pharmacist and life-long resident of Grady County, assumed his official duties as the new post master at Cairo last Saturday, Oct. 1st. The appointment was confirmed by the U. S. Senate some time ago. Mr. Wight succeeds J. S. Weathers, who retired two years ago. Charles L. Browne, assist ant pastmaster, who was not an applicant for the postmastership, has been acting postmaster, and has now been reinstated to his former position as assistant post master. The new postmaster is a na tive of Grady County, having spent most of his life here, with the exception of a few years in Washington, D. C. Part of the time there, he was in Hospital work, and the remainder he worked with the O. P. A. as a business specialist in the Drug and Chemical branch. For seven years, Mr. Wight was owner and manager of Wight & Browne Drug Store here, severing this connection in 1929. He attended Emory --at-Oxford two years, and Georgia Tech one, and later studied Pharmacy at Macon. Mr. Wight is the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Wight, Sr. J. B. Wight, Sr., was prom inent in Grady County education al circles and -a well-known nurseryman of this section. Robert Wight has six broth ers and sisters, most of them well known in Grady County: Ward Wight of Atlanta, John and Slater of Cairo, Leleah (Mrs. W. F. McIntyre) of Thomasville, Ed Wight of Newark, N. J., and Warren Wight of Quitman. In addition to being postmaster, Mr. Wight is Commander of the local American Legion Post. His wife is the former Miss Cecilia Hunt, a native of Cumberland, Maryland. They have three children, Bobby, 12, Louise, 10, and Richard, 6. Banks Close Here Next Wednesday Announcement was made this week that both banks here. Citizens Bank, and the Cairo Banking Co., would be closed all day next Wednes day, Oct. 12, in observance of Columbus day. Miss Jacqbeine Brim, of Whig ham, student at Brenau College, Gainesville, has been pledged to Alpha Chi Omega sority. Mr. and Mrs. C. Ward Wight, of Atlanta, and Mr. and Mrs. Warren C. Wight, of Quitman, spent last week-end here with Mr. and Mrs. Slater Wight, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wight and Mr. and Mrs. John Wight. GRADY COUNTY Greatest Diversified Farming Section In America SINGLE COPIES, 5 CENT! NUMBER 39. Grady Has Four State Winners Miss Myrtle Walters advised the local Chamber of Commerce from Atlanta at noon Thursday that Grady 4-H Clubs won a total of four state first places, as follows: Love Rehberg, poultry achieve ment; Wayne Faircloth, vegeta ble grading and marketing; Wal ter Lundy, livestock pest con trol; and Charles Ward, soil con servation. All receive free trips or other prizes. This is believed to be a new state record for one coun ty. Fire Prevention Program Is Set Appreciation For Fire Dept. Gets Emphasis Next week, Oct. 9th-15th, in clusive, is Fire Prevention Week, nationally, and plans were com pleted here this week for a special local observance official ly proclaimed by Mayor Walter Williams as “Fire Prevention and Fire Department Apprecia tion Week.” Mayor Williams’ proclamation appears elsewhere in this issue. The observance will be sponsored jointly by the City of Cairo and the Cairo Fire Department, with the cjo-oper ation of the Chamber of Com merce, other civic agencies, the schools and local fire insurance underwriters. Preventable fires will kill some 10,000 Americans and cause dam age of $700 million or more this year. Experts say 90 per cent of these losses can be prevented by proper practices. The observance next week will seek to encourage everyone to acquaint themselves fully with effective prevention practices and then to carry out the recommended practices. In addition, Mayor Williams, in his proclamation, urges week every- to one to take time next show appreciation for Cairo’s >ut:ta:iding lire J)epa tirnot. which nas now been outstand ng for almost half a century. The department is well-equipped, personnel, with some well-trained but an effective part of it is the semi-volunteer group of firemen that renders invaluable service almost entirely because of com munity patroitism. Some mem- for bers of the group have served years, at considerable personal sacrifice, to maintain Cairo’s Fire Department on its splendid status. Everyone connected with the De partment deserves the heartiest commendation of the people of Cairo, generally, although they seek no such recognition or re ward, only the satisfaction of the sacrifical service they render for the great benefit of everyone, Mayor Williams points out. Fire Chief Aulden Hawthorn next week will lead a series of special investigations and inspec tions, particularly of all public property and buildings where (Continued on last page) Syrupmakers To Meet Quincy Tonight; Tied Thomasville Surprise Turn Of Events Gives Cairo Undefeated Record Up To The Present In the fourth game of the sea son for the Syrupmakers, with a surprising turn of events giving them an undefated record to date, the local Eleven will go to Quincy, Fla., to play Friday night, Oct. 7th. The surprise turn came when Valdosta forfeited the game play ed there Sept. 23rd, because one of their players was discovered too old to play high school foot ball, changing the score from a 27-6 defeat for Cairo into a 1-0 victory. In an old gridiron rivalry be tween the Cairo Syrupmakers and the Thomasville Bulldogs, Cairo last Friday night there in the first conference game of the season, took the Bulldogs by surprise and held a 13-0 lead right up to the last minutes of play, only to have their opponents come back in a Valdosta Gives Cairo The Game One Player Found Too Old, Changes Score to 1-0 News came Tuesday of this week, in a letter addressed to Supt. J. H. House, to the effect that the Valdosta High School was voluntarily forfeiting to Cairo the football game played there Sept. 23rd., giving the Syrupmakers technically an un beaten season to-date. The reason given was that one of Valdosta’s players, Jack Al bert Mote, who was instrumental in running up the 27-6 victory over Cairo, had been discovered ineligible to play high school football, because of his age. The letter, in full follows: Valdosta High School Oct. 4, 1949. Supt. J. H. House Cairo Public Schools Cairo, Ga. Dear Mr. House: My attention was called this past Saturday to the fact that one of our football players, Jack Albert Mote, was born Oct. 17, 1929. I called this boy into my office Monday morning and asked him to produce a birth certificate, He has been unable to get this certificate, so I presume that he is ineligible. I have declared him ineligible until he produces this birth certificate, | Please accept my sincere apoli I gies and forfeit for the game j played your school. I assure you that playing this boy was unintentional. Sincerely yours, N. R. Haworth, Principal & Asst. Supt. Copy sent to: S. F. Burke, Thomaston, Ga. Executive Secretary, j Ga. H. S. Association. , The rule on age limits specify that a boy is not eligible to play * . . . school football if he has I reacned . , the , age of 19 by Sept, 1st, of the playing season, If the Valdosta player, Jack Mote, was born Oct. 17, 1929, on Oct. 17, this year he will be 20 years old, and was 19 on Oct. 17, last year. This would mean that he just got under the eligible line by a little more than a month for last season, and there fore is not eligible to play high school football this season. I The scor e in a forfeited game i j is 1-0, in favor of the team to j which the game is forfeited. | This gives the Syrupmakers a re ^ cord to-date of an 18-0 victory : over Pelham, a 1-0 technical vic I tory over Valdosta, and a 13-13 tie with Thomasville, adding up to an undefeated season up to now. fighting spurt and tie the final score 13-13. With a record crowd of Cairo fans to cheer the local boys on, Coach J. P. Miller’s Syrupmakers jumped in front in the first period when Billy McCorkle passed to John Hester for 12 yards and a touchdown. The pass followed another for 62 yards from Mc Corkle to halfback Red Rogers. McCorkle then hit Hester for the extra point, bringing the first period score to 7-0. In the second period, McCorkle scooted over from the 12 after Raymond Sholar had carried the ball there on a 39-yard dash, to jump the score 13-0 in favor of the Syrupmakers. At the opening of the third perior Thomasville took the of (Continued on last page) i