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About The Dade County times. (Trenton, Ga.) 1908-1965 | View Entire Issue (April 13, 1944)
PAGE FOUR Wildwood News Dear Sis: We did have the lovliest er Program this year. church was decorated with and lighted candles and young peoples’ choir sang. J. E. Merrill brought the er message. Bro. Ed Stffner charge of the program. The young peoples’ choir invited to sing at for the 11 o’clock service. It a very impressive service, a combination memorial communion service. Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Carroll, announce the birth of a son April 8. The young fellow been named George Adam roll, III. I was just talking to proud grandpa, and that the baby was just fine, and so was the mother. Mrs. J. M. C. Townsend a luncheon at her home on day. Those present were, Fred Morgan, Mrs. Elbert ester and Sandra Faye, Jiles Gass and Arthur, and The luncheon was delicous we certainly did enjoy the Bill Hart is in on furlough. will be here until Saturday. Hart, nee Julia Wilburn, is iting Mrs. C. E. Hart while is home. Mrs. Chas. Strawn and are visiting Mrs. W. C. Strawn Collinsville, Ala. Mrs. Joe Griffin is still in Campbell Clinic. Mrs. told me this morning that was better, though still weak. She has had two transfusions and will have have more. Mr. and Mrs. C. E. and sons, Derrel and spent the Easter vacation Mrs. Thompson’s parents, and Mrs. C. W. Cross. Thompsons live in Tenn. Mrs. Thompson was Doris Cross. Mr. and Mrs. John Porter son of Chattanooga, spent the week-end with Mrs. H. C. Porter. Just must quit. Will try hard to get a letter in next week. I got a letter from Vernard Earl Hixon elling me how much he enjoyed the Wildwood Letter. makes a feller feel mighty good to be able to pass a little town gossip to some of the boys “way out yander.” Toodle loo, MARY. Woodlawn News We had a nice Easter pro¬ gram at Davis High School Sun¬ day. Luther Stanley, who is in U. S. Army, visited home recently. Mrs. Mary Elliott is from a recent illness at her here. Sorry to note that Troy Cloud is ill this week. Hope he will soon be out again. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Dickerson and family visited Mi*, and Mrs. Jim Walker and family Roy Cloud and Bud spent Sunday with Mr. Wilburn Walker. Miss Ida Mae Clark of v , , , SissS / F. C. BEATY I Has opened the old original Barber Shop in Trenton, and will serve the peo¬ i ple of Dade County and surrounding territory TWO DAYS A WEEK— FRI¬ DAY AND SATURDAY each week. DROP BY AND SEE ME! "" ;' ■ "V-Y" >4 SPECIAL SUNDAY DINNER ►4 i OOOOOO They ROAST The The O With OO Best are FISH OOO Biggest Reasonable TURKEY OOOOGOOOOO the All of ON Meals Talk the Dinner FRIDAYS COOO Trimmings of & Prices Every OOO DRESSING The in C Town! POOOOOOOOO Town! Day! M M >4 M ►4 M M M M M M M M M >4 M 4 j TRENTON DRUG SUNDRIES M M “Square and on The Square” M .4 rmmmmmmmmxmmmmmmm' TOMORROWS SUN By J. C. WILSON Newspaper Features, Inc. mmmsmmmmim. No recent act of Senator Rich¬ ard B. Russell has received more widespread commendation than his wholehearted support of fed¬ eral legislation providing hot lunches for Georgia school chil¬ dren. An apparently unimport¬ ant piece of legislation it is un¬ questionably vitally important to the health and physical fitness to every school child in Georgia. That Senator Russell’s active support of the measure has re¬ ceived unanimous approval of the P.-T.A. is natural and merit¬ ed. Nothing is more essential to the country than proper care of its children and nothing is more important than proper food. Without federal assistance at this time it appears inevitable that a large majority of school children will go undernourished to a serious degree. * * * Young Willjam E. (Billy) Dix¬ on of Macon, recently received a medical discharge after serv¬ ing eight months in the U. S. Army. He has returned home and resumed his studies at the Uni¬ versity of Georgia. Last week he started what this writer believes will be a brilliant political career when he announced as a candi¬ date for the state legislature from Bibb County. In announc¬ ing his candidacy Dixon said “Veterans of this world wide conflict are going to demand good government in Georgia when they return, and the best way to insure them representa¬ tion is to elect a veteran.” Al¬ though young in years (age 26), Dixon has a total of more than seven years experience in public life. He has held various secre¬ tarial positions in the House of Representatives where he has known personally all members of the House and Senate for the past several years. He has also been active in the activities of the University of Georgia for the past three years, the proving ground for so many of our out¬ standing men. Billy is. a natural in politics—young, dynamic, per¬ sonable, and a rattling good stump speaker. He has stumped the state twice, speaking in every one of Georgia’s one hund¬ red and fifty-nine counties. In 1940, he attended the National Democratic committee meeting in Chicago as an aide to the Georgia delegation. Political ab- servers are predicting that the young man will win his race and that he will enter the guberna¬ torial race in 1954. “And he’ll be well qualified, with his training,” they declare. They point to the present governor, the youngest chief executive in the nation, who also started early in poli¬ tics. “To many, it seems the path of Dixon may run a parallel to that of Governor Arnall,” they said. And as for Dixon, he ad¬ mitted, when questioned, that being governor of the Empire State of the South has always been one of his highest ambi¬ tions. Love and luck from one old “Vet” to another, Billy.— J. C. W. * * * Any impartial analysis of the dramatic withdrawal of Wendell Wilkie as a candidate for the Republican nomination leads to only one logical conclusion. That is that Wilkie is definitely a man of independent thought and ac¬ tion and will not be dictated to by a group of reactionaries and Liberty Leaguers who would foul their own nests and pollute their own party rather than have a man like Wilkie who unques¬ tionably has the confidence and respect of the public generally and Is regarded as a man of courage and integrity. Whatever may be the ultimate results of Wilkie’s withdrawal, two are ai- ready self-evident and one is that the Republican party is dominated by the Hoover-Land- on brand of old-guard Republi¬ cans that led the country into such a morass of political ineffi¬ ciency and corruption that only a man of the character and a- bility of Franklin Roosevelt could save the country from complete financial disaster. Observers seem agreed that the reactionary element of the Republican party is now free to nominate their fair-headed boy, Dewey, with little or no opposition of the convention floor. The Republi¬ cans will then ask the public to place a man in the White House who will take the bidding of par¬ ty thimble-riggers as did Hard¬ ing, and in a measure, Hoover. That this is hardly a time to place a man in the White House who is admittedly inexperienc- What Did You Do Today? The following poem was sent in by Mrs. William H. Hawkins, whose husband, who is stationed overseas, sent it to her and re¬ quested that it be published in The Dade County Times. Pfc. Hawkins is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Hawkins of Rising Fawn. The poem follows: By Lt. Dean Shatlain, Tank Commander (Written on a battlefield in Africa) What did you do, today, my friend, From morning till the night? How many times did you com¬ plain That rationing was too tight? When are you going to start to do All of the things you say? A soldier would like to know, my friend, What did you do today? We met the enemy today And took the town by storm. Happy reading it will make For you without a thorn. You’ll read with satisfaction, The brief communique, We fought, but are you fighting? What did you do today? My gunner died in my arms to¬ day, I feel his farm blood yet; Your neighbor’s dying boy I-------- Gave out A. a -------T,ll scream I’ll ne - er f or _ get. On my right a tank was hit, A flash and then a fire, The stench of burning flesh Still rises from the pyre. What did you do today, my friend, To help with the task, Did you work hard and long for less, Or is that too much to ask? “What right have I to ask you this?” You probably will say, Maybe now you’ll understand, You see ... I died today. (Editor’s Note: Lt. Shatlain amputated his own foot with a jackknife and thought he was dying as he wrote this poem. He was rescued by Americans after two hours of hiding and is now recuperating in a hospital in England .)—New Orleans Item. Fawn was the Sunday guest of Misses Willie Ruth and Louise Walker. Mr. Hilard Bodenhamer spent the week-end at home. Miss Willie Ruth and Wil¬ burn Walker spent Saturday afternoon with Miss Alina and Bud Cloud. Mr. and Mrs. John Henry and Mrs. John Wallace and son of Chattanooga, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Henry. We are very glad to know that Mr. Lee Cloud is able to be out again. Mrs. Clarence Porter visited Mrs. Christian Sunday. Willie Jo Guffey visited her sister-in-law Sunday. Glad to see this pretty weath¬ er (at this writing). Everybody: is busy farming now. Mi*, and Mrs. Fred Elliott and family and Mr. and Mrs. Bud Ballard visited Mrs. Mary Elliott Sunday. THE DADE COUNTY TIMES: THURSDAY, APRIL 13, 1944. Mountain News The Church of Christ met at home of Mrs. Millie E. Daniel afternon at 3 P. M. is cordially invited to and hear the gospel. Bro. will preach next Sunday the subject, “Can anyone be outside the church.” Mr. and Mrs. Joe Stone and Howard, of Signal Mountain, daughter-in-law, Flora, son of Chattanooga, visited sons, Troy and Ernest Sunday. Jewel Daniel was in Chatta¬ Saturday. Mrs. Millie E. Daniel has re¬ home after spending a days with her son, Logan, Shilo, Ala. We are glad hear that Thomas is to be back with his He has been in the Army, has been discharged. Mrs. Reba Tinker and family Mrs. Una Belle Stone afternoon. Myron Gass has gone into the Mrs. Anna Mae Johnston and have returned home after a month with relatives Fort Payne, Ala. She had her extracted while there. Gladys Daniel was in Chatta¬ Monday. An Easter egg hunt was given by the New England Baptist School Sunday after¬ noon. Some forty or fifty chil¬ dren, ranging from two to 12 old, participated in the The occasion was enjoyed all, grown ups as well as the affairs apparently nothing to the men now in control of their party’s desti¬ C/ou , GEORGIA a&a;.-, u ... Today, we all owe a tremendous debt Some of us in the Greyhound organi¬ of gratitude to men and women in the zation, because of the nature of our uniforms of Uncle Sam’s fighting work, have more frequent occasion to forces. They’re on duty today at the co-operate with the police than do four corners of the earth and on all many of our fellow citizens of Geor¬ the seven seas—protecting our lives gia. For instance, we are in a posi¬ and our way of life. tion to see clearly how much the police And we mustn’t overlook the splendid of this community, as well as those of job that other men in the uniform of neighboring communities, have con¬ our police forces are doing. Their tributed to the safety and convenience ‘‘zone of operation” may be Georgia- of bus transportation. The aid these rather than the Pacific, it may be the men have given in arranging the highway to the next town rather than most practical and satisfactory routes the airways across Africa, but their through towns and cities is typical of job is fundamentally the same—pro¬ their skillful handling of all traffic tecting us and ours. problems. We Georgians can indeed be proud Greyhound’s most important job, of police organizations as our — city, we see it, is to make near and good county or state. Most of us have few neighbors of all the communities that occasions to call upon the service of our buses serve in Georgia—and we our police forces—but that in itself is feel that the able cooperation of police a tribute to their efficiency. They’re forces throughout the State has made on the job day and night whether we it possible for us to do this job with need them or not. greater efficiency. PUT ANOTHER BOND IN THE BATTLE BUY IT NOW! — SOUTHEASTERN GREYHOUND 1 UMSS Local Greyhound Station: TRENTON DRUG SUNDRIES matt l. mcwhorter MEMBER OF THE GEORGIA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION and unopposed candidate for re-election to that POST EXPRESSES GRATITUDE TO THE VOTERS OP GEORGIA FOR THIS EVIDENCE OP CONFIDENCE AND PLEDGES HIS BEST EFFORTS IN CONTINUING TO RENDER TO THE FEOPLE THE CHARACTER OF PUBLIC SERVICE DESERVED BY THIS UNANIMOUS ENDORSEMENT. I wish to take this means of conveying to my many friends throughout Georgia response to the many felicitations which have come to me and, at the same time, to express to them entire . iro State sincere sincer appreciation and neartfelt thanks for the unam- and to the record I ^ public service as evidenced Dy renomination mous endorsement of my forthcomlng Ju i y 4tb Primary for another without opposition for re e ec public Service Commission. Since the Deglnnlng lu ?! " Z ter f, ® iZ- ^Enforcement cSmmiMtoS in November. and 1936. the early lt has days been ot my REA privilege expansion, to oead to the Motor v Vehicle Entorce Division in promotional wor commission in furtherance ot rural electrification. hPTd tlic precluded vigorous participation w a21 utility n-uht -n V Rci thai t can point which with has pardonable resulted not pride only to in the the record improvement ot the Com- and eina^-n -on tor the past seven years savings rate reductions to the consumer, expo, -n of 01 utihty uuiuy service, out in annual in in the . the f ac e of wartime increases orlces ot Ma“ jlnuaty ; orV all commodities effected the annual Commission, savings through to the rate rate oayers t eductions of Georgia ordered in since the 1. 1943 has amount of $1,005,000. __ From where I sit... it/ Joe Marsh How to make a real post-war plan Sure’s a lot of talk going around they can think of -and it’s still nowadays about post-war plan¬ up to the people themselves to ning...folks passing resolutions see to it that the world is ruled statesmen holding confer¬ by tolerance and understanding. . . , making minds ences . governments Unless we make up our . . promises to each other. to respect the other fellow’s But as Bert Childers says: rights and liberties-whether “What good is all this drawing it’s the right to enjoy a glass of up of plans unless each one of beer occasionally or the right to decides to make his corner vote according to our conscience us -all post-war planning won’t of the world a better place to our live in?” be worth the paper that it’s From where I sit, Bert’s put printed on. j the problem in a nutshell. 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