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CAIRO, GEORGIA
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VOLUME XLVL
Cairo Midgets
Heel Defeat
Waycross Takes
Bowl Tournament
Last Week-End
The Cairo Midget All Star
Team composed of boys from
fjorth and Southside schools, 12
years of age and under, and 100
P ounds and less, traveled to Way
cross last Thursday, Dec. 1st to
participate in the Okefenokee
Midget Bowl Toumamnet at the
Memorial Stadium in Waycross
and sponsored by the Recreation
Department of that city. Teams
represented were Valdosta, Tif
ton, Albany, Waycross, Waynes¬
boro, Carrollton, Savannah and
Cairo. This squad was limited
to 22 players and the trip was
made by bus and the teams were
housed at the Waycross airbase.
Miss Ann Jefferson represented
Cairo as “Miss Cairo” as each
city was represented by a queen
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Tho Official Organ of Grady County.
'The man who wandereth out of tho way of advertising shall remain in the congregation of the dead."
SECOND SECTION
who was 12 years of age or under.
The young ladies competed for
the title of the Midget Bowl
Queen and Miss Way cross was
selected for this honor and the
queens from the various cities
were the ladies in waiting at the
queens court. Thursday after¬
noon a parade was staged and se¬
lection of the queen was deter¬
mined. Many floats were in the
prade as well as teams, etc. The
queen was crowned by the mayor
of Valdosta Thursday night and
appropriate music was furnished
by the Way cross High School
Band.
Teams were matched and Cairo
drew Way cross for its first game
and was defeated by the score of
41 to 0. The Cairo team played
its second game against Waynes¬
boro and was leading by the score
of 7 to 6 until the last 30 seconds
of play in the game. An end run
for a touch down brought defeat
to Cairo by the score of 12 to 7.
In the final play-off for the
championship between Albany
and Waycross the game ended
with score 0 to 0 and the winner
was determined by the penetra¬
CAIRO. GRADY COUNTY. GA.. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1949
tion system, thereby declaring
Waycross the winner. The Cairo
team returned home Saturday
morning.
Mrs. Harris Jefferson and Mrs.
W. B. Roddenbery, Coach Wright
and Ralph Studebaker accompani¬
ed the queen and team to Way
cross. Much favorable coment
was made concerning the conduct
of the Cairo team during their
visit in Waycross as well as the
display of good sportsmanship.
The team wishes to express its
appreciation for the assistance
given by school authorities, Touch
Down Club, parents and all other
interested parties for making this
trip possible.
The following boys made the
trip to Waycross: Buford Kinch
ens, Jimmy Singletary, Walter
Roddenbery, Charles Harper, Lee
Mayfield, Bobby White, Wilbur
Simpson, Tommy Pritchett, Max
Dixon, Aaron Bullington, Charles
Thomas, Frank Barlow, Robert
Harrell, Jimmy Green, Fred
Bearden, Bobby Jefferson, Hubert
Harvey, Bobby Walden, Ike
Powell, John Hopkins, Dess Oli¬
ver, and Bobby Reynolds.
4-H Winner Off
To Washington
Wayne Faircloth
And S. E. George
Leave Today
Georgia’s two state 4-<H winners
fruit and vegetable marketing,
Wayne Faircloth of Whigham
and Pat Bryant, Thomas County,
their county Extension agents
and L. E. Farmer, Extension Ser¬
vice marketing specialist, will
attend the National Junior Vege¬
table Growers’ Association Con¬
vention in Washington, D. C.,
December 10 to 15.
Wayne Faircloth and County
Agenit George will leave Cairo
Friday morning and go to Savan¬
nah. From there they will go by
car to Washington. They will
leave New York next Saturday
and return here Sunday night.
Trips are sponosored by the A.
and P. Tea Company and Bur¬
SECOND SECTION
pee Seed Company.
After the convention, the Geor¬
gia group will go to New York
for a three-day look at the mark¬
ets there. They will return home
December 18.
As state winners, Pat and
Wayne will present their dem¬
onstrations at the national con- J
vention in competition with win¬
ners from all over the nation.
Prizes for national winners will
be $150, first; $100 second; $50,
third, and $25, fourth, fifth and
sixth. In addition, prizes of $50
will be awarded to winners in
each of the two classes of dem¬
onstrations, production and mark¬
eting. Both Pat and Wayne will
give marketing demonstrations.
Pat is a member of the Thom
asville Senior 4-H Club. His
main project this year has been
a five-acre field of okra.
Wayne is a member of the
Whigham Senior 4-H Club. He
has completed projects in poul¬
try, hogs, gardening, home im¬
provement, health, corn, forestry,
home grounds beautification and
okra.
GRADY COUNTY
Greatest Diversified
Farming Section
In America
SINGLE COPIES. 5 CENT*.
JAMES L. LODGE
HONORED AT EMORY.—
James L. Lodge, son of Mr. and
Mrs. J. L. Lodge of Whigham and
a Senior at Emory University was
recently honored by being select¬
ed for membership into Phi
Sigma, National Biological,Honor
Society.
The Emory chapter of Phi
Sigma dates from 1925 and is
composed of the faculty of the
biology department and a select
group of worthy students in
biology. The members are chosen
for their “scholarship and interest
in biological research and the pro¬
ficiency shown in the science of
biology”.
Mr. Lodge is a graduate of
Whigham High School of the
class of ’46 and was quite active
in High School and Community
activities.
He has attended Emory since
1946 and is a member of Sigma
Nu social fraternity on the cam¬
pus. He will receive the Bachelor
of Arts degree in June 1950.
The name paper is derived
from the Latin word Papyrus.
NUMBER 48.
B. E. WILKINSON
WILL SPEAK AT
PLEASANT GROVE.—
B. E. Wilkinson will speak at
the Pleasant Grove Church Sun¬
day December 18th., on the sub¬
ject: “Where we will spend
eternity”, 11:00 o’clock is the
time. The public is cordially in¬
vited to hear Mr. Wilkinson.
PVT. J. M. HELTON
GETS PROMOTION.—
Pvt. James M. Helton, son of
Mrs. Lila Helton, of Cairo, and
now on duty with Hq & Hq Det.
8th Army Stockade, located near
Tokyo, Japan, has recently been
promoted to the grade of Private
First Class.
Pfc. Helton is now on duty with
one of the Stockade’s Provost
Guard Reliefs with the duties of
a Provost Guard.
He entered the U. S. Army in
July 1947, took his basic training
at Fort Ord., Calif, and came to
Japan in Dec. 1947.
Florida has a coastline longer
than any other State.