Calvary to swell with Mule Day visitors on Saturday

The Calvary Lions Club will be welcoming thousands of guests to their 43rd annual Mule Day on Saturday. There are already visitors camped out and waiting for the annual homage to the beast of burden to kick off.
As of Tuesday, there was a total number of vendors at nearly 500 planned to be on hand with approximately 400 of those being arts and crafts booths and 120 of those being new to Mule Day.
Lions Club members are cooking the Mule Day cane syrup to sell on Saturday, and Lions from the Georgia coast will be on hand to give vision tests to youngsters.
Inside this edition of The Cairo Messenger is a copy of The Mule Day Gazette, which features a complete schedule of events and much more about this year’s festival.
The 2015 Mule Day is shaping up to be one of the best, organizers say, and Calvary Lions Club members encourage everyone to come out and enjoy the festivities.