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Deaths And
Funerals
^OHN SOLOMON 89. BRITT
Mr. John Solomon Britt passed
at his home here at 3 o’clock
away afternoon, Dec. 24, fol
Saturday illness of eight weeks,
lowing an held
The funeral service was
at Mizpah Primitive Baptist
ch at 4 o’clock Sunday after
Chur the Rev. Hand officiat
noon with
ing. pallbearers were: T. Broad
The Broadway, Earl Broad
way Alto Rull
way, Russell Broadway,
Broadway and William Britt.
deceased born . Hous
The was in
ton County on April 18, 1860.
About thirty-five years ago he
ved here from Mitchell Coun¬
mo he married to
tv In 1909 was
Miss ’ Clara Broadway, of Grady
County. He was a member of the
Baptist Church.
Surviving are his widow; one
daughter, Mrs. Marguerite Clark;
one son, Clemons Britt, both of
Cairo; one brother, Forrest C.
Britt, one sister, Mrs. Nettie
Harvey, both of Mitchell County,
and three grandchildren.
Arrangements were handled by
South Georgia Funeral Home.
Local Men Named
On Ga. Citizens
Education Com.
A Georgia Citizens Committee
to study the problems of edu¬
cation in the state has been ap¬
pointed by Dr. O. C. Aderhold,
president of the Georgia Educa¬
tion Association and dean of the
College of Education, Universi¬
ty of Georgia, Appointment cf
the committee was authorized by
the Georgia Education Associa¬
tion.
“Public education in Georgia
needs the intelligence of her best
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TOP ROW, L to R: 3 year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. V.
Brown; Denny Bryant, 6 year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Palmer
Bryant; and Harriet Cone, 3 year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Donald Cone.
BOTTOM ROW, L to R; Sandra Britt, 5 year-old daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Clemon Britt; Linwood Perkins, 3 year-old son of
Mr. and Mrs Maurice Perkins; and Rebecca Ann Causey, 6 year-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jim Causey.
citizens,’’ Dr. Aderhold said in
discussing the new committee, i
“There are many problems in
education which need the judg¬
ment and wise action of interested
lay citizens who must have a
voice in education in a demo¬
cracy.”
The committee is patterned
after the-National Citizens Com¬
mittee on Education which is
headed by Roy E. Larsen, presi¬
dent of Time, Inc.
Problems which will probably
be considered by the committee
at the state level are the size of
school units, school buildings,
transportation of school children,
teacher salaries, teaching facili¬
ties and equipment, and support
of higher education. Dr. Ader¬
hold said he believed this group
might also stimulate action at the
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THE CAIRO MESSENGER. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1949
district and state level.
The state’s responsibility for
financing the Minimum Founda¬
tion Program for education and
local efforts in financing educa¬
tion will also <be considered by
the committee.
Dr. Aderhold said that the
group, which does not include
professional educators, is made up
of people who have “demonstrat¬
ed a strong faith in education and
a firm belief that through edu¬
cation Georgia resources can be
conserved and improved.” Each
member, he continued, has evi¬
denced a real interest in better¬
ing education in the community
and state.
Leaders from each Congress¬
ional district and for the state at
large comprise the cofnmittee,
which is expected to hold an or-
ganizational meeting in Atlanta
early in January.
Among those who have
asked to serve, include Carl
ter, of Cairo. Others from
the Second District are E. H.
Kalmon, Albany; L. O. Rogers,
Moultrie; Frank Battle,
Bainbridge, and Thomas
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TWENTY-FIFTH WEDDING
ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATED
BY MR. AND MRS. BELL
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Bell of Cairo,
celebrated their twenty-fifth wed¬
ding anniversary last Wednesday
evening, December 21st, at a tea
given by Mr. and Mrs. Wynburn
Bell, of Cairo, Mr. and Mrs. H. H.
McDanial of Albany, and Billy
Bell, in the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Earl Bell.
The guests were received by
the host and hostess and the re¬
ceiving line consisted of the fol¬
lowing: Mr. and Mrs. Earl Bell,
Wynburn Bell, oldest son, Mrs.
Hubert McDanial, daughter, and
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Attorney-at-Law
Office with Mauldin &
Mayes, Richter Bldg.
Mr. Billy Bell, youngest son.
From the receiving line the
guests registered, and then were
escortcd to the , ,. .
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where ^ey were served a delic- ,
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cakes >. nuts and mir X * Vfter
reiving the guests the three
tiered cake was cut by Mr. and
Mrs. Bell and enjoyed by all.
Serving as hostesses were Mrs.
Wynburn Bell (honorary hostess)
Mrs. Donald Cone, Mrs. James
Cox, Mrs. Everett Woody, Mrs.
Willard Bell, Mrs. Fred Bell and
Mrs. J. C. Bell.
The arrangements were white
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of white chrysanthemums, white
glads encircling twenty-five sil
ver dollars on the buffa to carry
out the theme of the occasion.
The rooms were beautifully
decorated for the occasion, and
many lovely gifts were received
by the honoraries.
JIMMY CHESTER ATTENDS
STUDENT COUNCIL—
Jimmy Chester son of Mr. and
Mrs. Wheeler Chester of Whig
ham left here this week to attend
the fourth National Methodist
Student Conference at Urbana, Ill.
Discussing the theme “The Chris
Gan Use of Power in a Secular
World.’’ will be such outstanding
leaders in Education and Re¬
ligion as Chancellor Hutchins of
the University of Chicago and
Bishop H. Bromley Oxman of the
Methodist Church.
Jimmy will be one of the offi¬
cial delegates from Emory Uni¬
versity, Atlanta. The student
representatives are chosen on the
basis of their contribution to the
religious life and activities of the
campus.
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