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CAIRO, GEORGIA
The Best City of Its
Size In the Entire
United States
JJ.50-S2 A YEAR. IN ADVANCE.
VOLUME XLVI.
CHRISTMAS TRADE FESTIVAL S
OPENING SET HERE SATURDAY
Band Parade To
Greet Santa
Merchants Finish
Displays, Ready
For Shoppers
Santa Claus is scheduled to
visit Cairo in person tomorrow,
Saturday afternoon, shortly after
2 p. m., as guest of local merch¬
ants, to usher in their 1949 Christ
mas Trade Festival—and parents
of the entire trade area are in¬
vited and urged to have their
children here to greet him. (See
front page, second section, for de¬
tails).
The crack Cairo School Band,
directed by Major W. T. Verran,
will parade through the main
business area Saturday to wel¬
come Santa Claus, who will also
tour other business areas follow¬
ing the band parade. Merchants
have been urged to have their
Christmas decorations and stocks
of holiday merchandise complet¬
ed by Saturday to enable shop¬
pers to start their preparations
for the “day of days.” Messenger
ads already are emphasizing the
Festival and offering trade op¬
portunities. The Christmas street
lighting system is already add¬
ing a definite and colorful Christ¬
mas appearance.
Both Thomasville radio sta¬
tions, WKTG and WUAX will
join in booking the Festival,
along with The Messenger, and
WKTG will record band music
and other features Saturday for
broadcast at 4:30 p. m. Plans are
not entirely complete but the
band and Santa will likely pause
near the Courthouse Saturday
about 2:15 p. m. for this recording.
WKTG has also arranged studio
programs from 10:15 to 10:30 a.
m. Saturday, Dec. 10th, and Sat¬
urday, Dec. 17th, when Santa
Claus will read some of the let¬
ters from the children of the
Cairo trade area. Children of
the area are invited to write their
letters to Santa immediately and
mail them to him, care Radio Sta
tion WKTG, Thomasville, with as
many of them as possible to be
read and commented upon by
Santa on the Cairo Trade Festi
val broadcast Dec. 10th and Dec.
Nth, as listed above.
Santa has also accepted the in¬
vitation of local merchants to
make visits in person here on
three additional days, at which
time he expects to have candy
and other gifts for the children
who greet him. These appearanc
es are shortly after 2 p. m. Satur
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m nth, and Friday, Dec. 23rd.
All local concerns plan to re¬
main open Thursday afternoons,
Dec. 15th and 22nd, and remain
mg open Dec. 1st and 8th
been left to each concern, as con¬
ditions justify.
Kiwanians Have
^orum Discussion
Here Tuesday
A forum discussion on various
Phases of community
based on the Kiwanis motto, “We
Duild,” formed the unique pro
gram at the luncheon meeting of
Cairo Kiwanians Tuesday.
Program was arranged by the
Rev. Granville Rainey,
Pastor. Norwood Clark, club
President, presided.
Leaflets were distributed out
-:ning the various ways in which
communities are built, or held
back, and all included the ques
Ron, “Are We Building This
Cairo?" Business, buildings, banks,
Paved streets and other such fac
tors ■ were discussed by Walter
ricClenny, who analyzed how
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The man who wandereth out of the way of advertising shall remain in the congregation of the dead."
TWENTY
6. C. Hamrick Is
Rotary Speaker
Cairo Applicant
Has "Good Chance"
For Foreign Study
Grover C. Hamrick, of Albany,
Governor of the 240th., Rotary
District which includes Cairo,
was the interesting guest speaker
at the local Rotary luncheon Wed¬
nesday in the Citizens Cafe.
Mr. Hamrick discussed the
three weeks he spent in the
Rotary International Assembly at
Lake Placid, New York last
June. This Assembly was in the
nature of a school which taught
the principles of Rotary, and the
three weeks there, the District
Governor said, was more than
equal to three months of any col¬
lege work. Every country in the
world was represented at the as¬
sembly, he pointed out, with the
exception of Russia, and all
speeches were made in three dif¬
ferent languages—English, Span¬
ish, and French—by means of in
terperters. “It was a most worth¬
while experience,” Mr. Hambrick
said, “to have had this intense
course in the fundamentals of
Rotary”.
The District Governor com¬
mended the Cairo Club for its
outstanding record, pointing out
that in July of this year the
240th. District was rated 34th. in
service among all the districts in
the U. S. and Canada, while this
month the district has moved up
to 11th. place, with the highest
rating of any district East of the
Rocky Mountians.
. be held next at time
| to year
m the Faii Anyone aiMn^the interested
- n participating or
move nient for a fair here is ask
gd tQ contact Robert Johnson at
the Zebulon Theater, Chairman
of the Fair Committee.
It was announced at this meet
ing that the Cairo club had sub
mitted the application of a girl
from this community for the Ro
tary Foundation Fellowship in
advanced study abroad. Gover
nor Hamrick said the applicant
from Cairo had a very good
chance of being approved. This
fellowship, for which Rotary pays
all expenses, will mean a fine op
portunity for some student to
round out his or her education
at some university abroad.
Mr. Hamrick was recently re-
1 tired from the Income Tax Unit
' f the United States Treasury _
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Department after thirty years
service, and is now a Tax Con¬
sultant in Albany. His various
activities in Rotary are almost too
numerous to mention. He was
President of the Club in 1937-38
and while President had the dist
tinction of having had five 100
percent meetings during his term
of office, a record unequaled be¬
fore or since that time in Albany.
Guests of the Club were Ralph
| Studebaker, Recreation Director
the City, and Rotarian Fritz
Roberts of Thomasville. Mr.
Studebaker showed the uniforms
of the basketball teams which the
Cairo Rotary Club is sponsoring.
At a recent election, Miss Jean
Van Landingham, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Van Landing
ham, of Route 2, Cairo was chos¬
en secretary of the Freshman
Class at the Georgia State Wo
mans College. An enthusiastic
participant in the Sports Club,
Miss Van Landingham has also
recently been appointed fresh
man representative to the Sports
Council.
Carroll Whitfield, student at
Middle Georgia College, Coch¬
ran, spent the Thanksgiving sea
son with his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Whitfield.
Among the students at home
for the holidays were Misses
June Sumner, Emojean Strick¬
land and Beth Stanfill, of Abra¬
ham Baldwin College Tifton.
J. H. House Is
Polio Chairman
Heads 1950 Drive
To Carry Fight
Against Disease
J. Harwell House of Cairo to¬
day was appointed Grady Coun¬
ty Director of the 1950 drive for
funds to carry on the fight against
infantile paralysis.
The appointment of Mr. House,
Superintendent of the Cairo Pub¬
lic Schools since 1943, was an¬
nounced by J. H. Gray of Albany,
head of the campaign in the
Second Congressional District.
In appointing Mr. House Mr.
Gray said “Never has the need
for success in the polio drive been
so great. The worst polio epi¬
demic in 35 years has just swept
the country. I know that Mr.
House will spare no effort and I
believe that under his leadership
Grady County will raise even
more than its share of the money
that is so urgently needed.”
The Grady County Director has
been active in public school life
of the state since 1929. He was
a teacher and coach at Valdosta
High School and has been Sup¬
erintendent of Schools in both
Lakeland and Calhoun.
He is married and has two
daughters, Ginger, 15, and Caro¬
line, 13.
Mr. House deceived his B. A”.
degree at Emory University and ,
his M. A. at Duke University. He
has also studied at Columbia
University and Florida State
University.
He is now a director for the
Second District of the Georgia
Educational Association, and is a
former president for his district
of the Georgia High School Asso¬
ciation. He is a member of the
Cairo Kiwanis Club, and active
in civic enterprises.
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-*.1 100 n Had . Qualified
Thursday Morning
Re-registration of Grady Coun
ty’s over 6000 voters got under
way at the Court House in Cairo
last. Monday morning, with a very
light response, Thursday at
noon, the Registration Board re
ported that a few more than a
hundred people had registered
t0 ‘ a £ of
M Patterson) chairman
the Re-registration Board, urged
all citizens of Grady County to
come in and re-register. “There
is nothing difficult about it,” he
said, “but we do want to
one point clear: that is that vot
do not have a choice as to
ers under the
how they may qualify be
new law, as some seem to
lieve” All those who can read
write, will be required to
read and copy a paragraph from
the Constitution, and those o
not read 3n T3 w r D e Vl £ re
can If an
asked 30 que C
s wer 10 of these correctly, tney
are qualified to vote,
The Re-registration office is in
the Grand Jury room on the zna
floor of the courthouse. The
hours are from 9:00 until o.u
each day, with the excep : ° n °
Thursday afternoon, when it w u
close just as other court ou»e
fices and business houses c
Miss Margaret Tugg e is
Deputy Registrar, an a
one member of the Board
present at all times to s
re-registering voters.
The ^-registration Board con
sists of Chairman M. G. Patter
son, W. A. Spence, and "•
Gandy.
The Official Organ of Grady County.
CAIRO. GRADY COUNTY. GA.. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2. 1949.
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GROVER C. HAMRICK, of Al¬
bany, Rotary Governor of the
240th. District, with a long and
distinguished record in the or¬
ganization, was the guest speaker
at the local Rotary luncheon
Wednesday in the Citizens Cafe.
Legion Meet
Tuesday Night
All Members Urged
To Pay 1950 Dues ,
The Grady County Legion, Post
122, will hold its regular monthly
meeting Tuesday night, with a
spaghetti supper and all the trim¬
mings.
Commander Bob Wight urged
all members to be present, and
come prepared to renew their
1950 membership, if they had not
already done so. He emphasized
that members would have to have
their 1949 or 1950 membership
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Reporting on the membership
"drive now under way, Command-
5C * Wight said it was progressing
fairly well, particularly with new
members, but he said the old
members were lagging behind to
some extent in renewing their
membership.
1000 members for the Grady
County post is the goal this year,
This post is the second largest in
the district now, and if we can
get anywhere close to this goal,
he said, we will retain the bal
anee of power in the district,
“But it is most important,” Com¬
mander Wight said, “that old
members join in the drive and re¬
new their memberships at once,
Farmers Hold
Election Soon
Vote On Delegates,
Cotton Quotas,
Committeemen
Who will administer such na¬
tional farm programs as Agricul¬
tural Conservation, price sup¬
ports, acreage allotments, market¬
ing quotas, and Federal Crop In¬
surance in Grady, County in 1950?
The ballot box, traditional bul¬
wark of democracy, will decide.
On December 15, farmers in
the county’s 12 agricultural com¬
munities will be choosing neigh¬
bors and friends to represent
them as community Production
and Marketing Administration
farmer - committeemen for the
coming year. They will also
choose a delegate from each com¬
munity to a county convention
which will name the three-man
county PMA Committee for 1950.
Also on December 15, every cot¬
ton grower will have the op¬
portunity to go to the polls at the
same polling places to decide
whether or not marketing quotas
will be used for the 1950 cotton
crop.
Ballots will be mailed to each
producer, and he may vote on
community committeemen and
the delegates to the County con¬
vention by mail. These ballots
(Continued on last page)
! Drive For Chest
Moves Ahead
Workers Reshuffle
Plans, Press On
Toward Goal
Chairman Robert P. Wight, of
the 1950 Fund drive of the Grady
County Community Chest, said
Thursday that workers have re¬
shuffled their plans to continue
the campaign, which slowly moves
toward the goal of $13,960 for the
various causes. One group of
workers had a breakfast meeting
Wednesday to plan the continued
effort with increased determina¬
tion to reach the objective, he
stated.
Latest totals indicated some 65
per cent of the goal in hand, most¬
ly in cash bat with some bank
orders and other pledges, it is un¬
derstood. Among the prospective
contributors who have not been
reported on are some from whom
major contributions are expected
and many of the group from
whom smaller amounts are count¬
ed on, it was reported.
J. E. Forsyth, chairman for the
county outside Cairo and Whig¬
ham, reported a more general re¬
sponse than heretofore, mostly in
smaller amounts, which, it is said,
indicates a more general apprecia¬
tion throughout the county as a
whole of the fact that the rural
areas are the larger beneficiaries
of the Chest causes, practically its
largest institutional member
claimant, the Grady Co. Emerg¬
ency Welfare Council, which
meets countless emergency wel¬
fare needs that would otherwise
go unheeded.
Other causes supported by funds
raised through the Chest are the
library, the 4-H Clubs, the city
county recreational program, the
Boy Scouts, the Cancer Control
Society, the Salvation Army and
the USO. The Emergency Wel¬
fare Council uses about half of
the funds raised by the Chest to
alleviate suffering or hardship
that would not normally 'be alle¬
viated by other established agen¬
cies.
Workers in the campaign said
a number of people well able to
give substantial amounts seem to
have the idea of putting off soli¬
citors, who are busy volunteer
workers, enough times that they
will not continue to come back,
so that these people may ease by
without doing their part in
meeting this No. 1 welfare and
character building obligation of
the county. However, the reac
tion is that the workers, as a rule,
become more determined and
they will likely continue the ef¬
forts until a response is gained,
regardless of their own sacrifice
of time and effort.
Another disturbing thing to
workers is that some people who,
everything considered, should
willingly contribute several hun¬
dred dollars, and probably would
if several high-pressure drives
were carried out during the year,
try to get by on amounts far less.
Workers will center efforts upon
effecting increases to bring every¬
one possible in line, it is said.
If the Chest fails to reach its
goal, various important activities
in which neirly everyone in the
county has a stake will suffer
greatly or have to be eliminated,
workers emphasize. Other coun¬
ties have provided adequately for
such activities for next year and
there is no good reason why
Grady countians should fail, they
say. Every person is able to
make some contribution and
many are able to make large gifts.
It will require increases from
many and some aid from every¬
one able to achieve success and
keep the eight Chest activities
going next year, the leaders de¬
clare.
Mr. and Mrs. B. H. Pope re¬
turned to their home in Braden¬
ton, Fla., Sunday, after spending
several days here as guests of
homefolks.
TWENTY PAGES
Hogs Here Up
This Week
No. Is 15.50c
Cattle Steady
Hog prices eased back upward
at the weekly livestock auction
of the Cairo Livestock Auction
Co. here, the management report¬
ed, with cattle prices firm and
little changed.
No. 1 hogs sold Tuesday for
15.50c a pound, 100 points above
board quotations for the day. No.
2 hogs were 14.75c a pound.
While the season for greatest
normal demand for feeder pigs
has passed, feeders continued in
good demand Tuesday here with
a top price of 17.50c a pound.
There was no notable change
in cattle prices but the firmness
of recent months continued in
evidence.
FPC Hearings On
Gas, Electricity
Of Interest Here
Federal Power Commission
hearings in Washington schedul¬
ed for the next several days are
of interest locally.
FPC has scheduled resumption
next Tuesday of its hearing on
the application of Atlantic Gulf
Gas Co., Shreveport, La., for a
certificate of authority to build
a vast $110 million pipeline dis¬
tribution system to serve this en¬
tire area with natural gas. The
hearing was started last August
in Washington and continued sub¬
sequently at Tallahassee and Sa¬
vannah. Cairo is on the proposed
distribution system and City of
Cairo has indicated plans to
build a local distribution system
if tK. certificate is granted.
Officials of the Southeastern
Ass’n of Municipalities For Nat¬
ural Gas, formed at a meeting
here last year, will appear at the
final phase of the hearing in
Washington.
FPC also now has set for
Washington Dec. 15th a thrice
postponed hearing on electric
rates which is of vital concern to
Cairo, Whigham and 24 other
South Georgia municipalities.
The hearing is on an investigation
by FPC of Georgia Power &
Light Co. and its parent concern,
Florida Power Corp.
Grady County Hospital Now
Serves 125 People Monthly
B. W. Mauldin Resigns Position
On Authority; Meeting Is Held
Trustees of the Grady County
Hospital Authority, at a meeting
held at the Courthouse last Satur
day afternoon, received reports on
the operations of the Grady Coun
ty Hospital which showed, among
other things, that the hospital is
now serving an average of 125
persons monthly. These include
an average of at least 50 “bed
patients” and at least 75 “out
patients” monthly, reports show
ed.
Resignation of B. W. Mauldin
as a trustee of the Authority, of
which he has been chairman since
its creation, was reported to the
meeting. His resignation is to
the County Commissioners, who
elect the trustees. His three-year
term has another year to run.
Terms of W. C. Lane, Whigham,
S. M. McKown and J. Slater
Wight also expire Jan. 1st.
The trustees Saturday went on
reeord as expressing “deep appre
ciation” for the “outstanding ser
vice” rendered by Mr. Mauldin
and expressing strong hope
he will reconsider and agree
continue to serve at least for
remainder of the term. As Au
thority chairman he has devoted
much of his time and effort,
entirely gratis, to the general j j
supervision of the hospital and its
operations, and the other trustees j
attributed the outstanding success )
largely to his generous and able !
GRADY COUNTY
Greatest Diversified
Farming Section
In America
SINGLE COPIES. 5 CENT!
NUMBER 47.
Top-Notch Band
Appearing Here
DeLand Musicians
At- Auditorium
Next Thursday
Next Thursday night at 8:00 p.
m. at the high school auditorium
is the time, place, and date of one
of the seasons high lights in en¬
tertainment. For the third
straight year fun-loving, pleas¬
ure seeking, and serious-minded
people of this section will be
priviledged to hear a really fine
musical treat by one of the na¬
tion’s top school bands.
Forty-six members of the
DeLand, Fla., High School band,
all artists of high calibre, plus
its famous and genial conductor,
Mr. John Heney, will hold forth
for about two hours of honest en¬
tertainment. Music at its best,
whether it is an overture march,
solo, novelty or what not, is the
by-word of the DeLand Band.
Known from coast to coast by
musician and layman alike, this
famous band has, in the past,
played to hundreds of people
from all walks of life. The ex¬
cellence of this band is known
throughout the nation.
The program is spiced with
marches and novelties, solos and
ensembles, modern and humor¬
ous, as well as serious numbers.
There is something for everyone
and everyone is invited to hear
and see all of it. All numbers
are exceptionally well selected
and the DeLand Band has al¬
ways been noted for the enjoy¬
able concerts they present.
The DeLand Band is making
its sixth annual tour this year
and will play in the following
cities: Lake City, Fla.; Tallahas¬
see, Fla.; Douglas, Ga.; Cairo;
and Pensacola, Fla., and will
travel more than 11,000 miles be¬
fore returning home.
Tickets will be sold in advance
by members of the Cairo High
School Band and at the door the
night of the concert.
Mrs. W. A. Knott, Jr., and
small son, of Kinston, N. C., will
arrive during the weekend to
spend some time here as guests
of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. R.
VanLandingham, and family.
support.
Reviewing reports of operations,
the trustees agreed that the hos
pital as a project is quite out
standing, particularly in view of
the modern facilities available,
he splendid services provided and
the nominal overhead expenses,
Counties where large and expen
j sive hospitals are being buitl are
j ! certain ation difficulties, to encounter it serious feared, oper
was
while such institutions render no
j better service, fundamentally,
than is being rendered here. This
county is especially fortunate in
this respect, it was pointed out.
j A reduction in county suport
j this year wil hamper operations
I of the hospital, and may jeopar
dize planned retirement of the
certificates issued for the purchase
of the hospital, the trustees said
in authorizing a committee to
discuss with the County Commis
sioners the need for more funds,
at least the same support that was
given until this year,
The trustees expressed aprecia
tion for new equipment for some
of the rooms provided by individ
uals and groups and for the grat
ifying assistance rendered by
people, generally, in many ways
to improve the hopsital, which is
now shown to regularly employ
14 persons. The fine suport of the
physicians and surgeons also pro
voked expressions of appreciation.