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Devoted to The Best Interests of Dade County and Georgia.
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By Elbert Forester
Since Pearl Harbor, several
hundred Dade County boys
have taken their places in Mili¬
tary Service. Some are station¬
ed in the various camps____
some are on the various battle
rfonts. All are doing powerful
good jobs and certainly we are
proud of these fine young men.
One of the ways in which we
could show we're proud of our
boys, would be to erect a "Ser¬
vice" or "Honor" Roll for them,
listing the names of all. This
could be set up in the Court¬
house or even on the Court¬
house lawn. The writer has dis¬
cussed this question with a
number Dade Countians. This
ought to be done, and, as a
matter of fact, let's just do it.
Whatever the cost, no doubt,
would be coming up in a hurry.
Let's get in a huddle and put
the project under way.
—• —
Plans have been under way
on Lookout Mountain to erect
a modern school building in
that community. New Salem
and the Lookout Mountain vi¬
cinity need a Junior High
School building badly. With a
high school on both mountains,
North-end, Trenton and Rising
Fawn, our county school set-up
would be in tip-top shape. Of
course, very little building is
now permitted due to war time
regulations; however, it is
hoped that the erection of this
needed school building will be
allowed. A modern Junior High
School built of native Lokout
Mountain stone would really
be something and we sincerely
hope such a project becomes a
reality. We are not only for it,
but we're "fer" it.
And, speaking of schools,
those of Dade County have
pushed off to a fairly good start.
All over Georgia, there is a big
demand for teachers. Many of
the counties report that some
oi their schools failed to open
on the scheduled time, and
those opening were short of
teachers. School teachers, like
many, many others, have gone
to work in various defense
plants where wages are much
higher.... Can't blame the
teachersfor accepting essential
work and at the same time be
paid much more for their ser¬
vices.
The "rains have come", but
in most section of Dade County,
they more or less came too late.
Because of the long period with
no rain, many farmers say their
crops have been greatly cut
down. The dry spell, they say,
came along when growing
showers" were needed most.
T-5 Elisha L. Stanley
Completes Training
FORT BENNING, Ga.—Tech.
Sergeant Elisha L. Stanley, son
of Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Stanley,
of Star Route, Avans, has won
the right to wear Wings and
Boots of the United States Army
Paratroops. He has completed
four weeks of jump training
during which he made five
jumps from a plane in flight,
the last a tactical jump at night
involving a combat problem on
landing. the Parachute
Jumping at steadily de¬
School has been
veloped to a recognized war
science. There is less than one
percent chance of injury while
jumping at the school.
In addition to producing Specialist
jumpers, Parachute qualified
Training is given to
men in Communication, Demo¬
lition, Riggers and Sewing Ma¬
chine Maintenance, vital skills
for Airborne troops.
TRENTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1944.
American People Give
30 Million Dollars In
11-Year Fight on Polio
In the last eleven years the
American people have contri¬
buted $29,562,742.54 to conquer
infantile paralysis, Basil O'Con¬
nor, president of the National
Foundation for Infantile Paraly¬
sis, announced today at the
opening of the annual meeting
of the Medical Advisory Com¬
mittees of the National Founda¬
tion at the Waldorf-Astoria Ho¬
tel. At this meeting application
for grants to carry on medical
research will be considered and
further plans for carrying on the
fight against infantile paralysis
will be made.
This money was raised
through the Celebration of
President Roosevelt's Birthday
and the march of dimes, held in
January of each year, starting
in 1934.
Sixteen million dollars, or
more than half or the total giv¬
en, was raised in the two years
of 1943 and 1944, Mr. O'Conner
said.
"The increase in donations in
1943 and 1944, which probably
was due in part to the high in¬
cidence of the disease, assured
the National Foundation that
the public wished it to intensify
its activities and to widen its
entire field of operations," he
added.
"It's almost like waking up
one morning and finding that
many of your dreams have
come true. The generosity of
the American people permits
us to proceed with an assur¬
ance we merely hoped for a
few years ago. We are now
able both to intensify our scien¬
tific search for the cure and
prevention of the disease, and
at the same time to enlarge our
field army fighting infantile pa¬
ralysis. and
"Some idea of the scope
extent of the National Founda¬
tion's program of scientific re¬
search is shown by the fact
that, since it was organized on¬
ly six years ago, it has made
298 grants to 74 institutions in¬
volving 114 groups of workers,
in one of the greatest scientific
attacks against any disease."
During the past eleven years
almost $15,000,000 of the total
raised has been left with the
counties where raised to pro¬
vide the best in medical care
for the thousands of new pa¬
tients reported each year. This
averages about $444 per county
per year and $160 for each new
case of infantile paralysis Mr. re¬
ported during that period,
O'Connor said.
Of the remainder of this
nearly 30 million dollars, the
National Foundation received
approximately 13 million dol¬
lars to conduct its programs of
scientific research, education
and epidemic relief. One-half
has been used by the National
Foundation for grants in re¬
search dealing with the virus,
epidemiology and after-effects
of infantile paralysis, education
and epidemic aid as follows:
virus research, $2,053,761; aft¬
er-effects research, $1,405292;
education, $1,179,215; epidem¬
ics, $637,548; Tuskegee Insti¬
tute, $404,256; Georgia Warm
Springs Foundation, $825,000—
total $6,508,475.
From the first four Celebra¬
tions of the President's Birth¬
day which occurred prior to
establishments of the National
Foundation, came a total of
$3,364,217. Of this sum, $1,655,-
825 remained in the counties
where raised to provide medi¬
cal care for those afflicted with
the disease; $1,467,392 went to
the Georgia Warm Springs
Foundation, for which the Birth¬
day Celebrations were orgin-
ally conceived, and 241,000
was given to a commission to
be used for scientific research.
Estimating that the National
Foundation and its Chapters
have expended more than $1,-
000,000 up to September 1 on
the 1944 epidemic alone, Mr.
O'Connor declared: "What the
full cost of this epidemic will
be we do not know, but cer¬
tainly, in addition to what it
FARM BUREAU TO
SET UP AW GROUP
PELHAM, Ga.—Georgia farm
women will have an organiza¬
tion known as the Associated
Women of the Farm Bureau, ac¬
cording to plans made by the
Directors of the Georgia Farm
Bureau at its quarterly meeting
at the Dempsey Hotel in Macon
September 6.
The move to invite women
into the organization was start¬
ed at a previous meeting by Di¬
rector W. L. Miller, of Lakeland,
who pointed out that women
were taking a leading part in
public affairs and that their co¬
operation would be invaluable
to organize agriculture.
After the meeting Wednesday
the Directors voted to invite Mrs.
Charles W. Sewell, administra¬
tive director of the Associated
Women of the American Farm
Bureau Federation of Chicago,
to attend the annual convention
in Macon November 8 and 9,
and meet with farm women to
perfect such an organization.
Several requests have come
in from prominent farm women
over the state pointing out the
opportunities that such an or¬
ganization would give. Presi¬
dent H. L. Wingate, of the Geor¬
gia Farm Bureau, stated that
each county chapter would be
urged to bring a delegation of
women to the Macon meeting.
To be eligible for membership
in the Associated Women, a
woman must belong to a family
holding a family membership
in the Farm Bureau.
Organization Director Herbert
E. Woodruff, reported a current Bureau
membership in the Farm
of approximately 19,000 as com¬
pared to 7,500 the previous
year. President Wingate report¬
ed on recent legislation to in¬
crease price of cotton and point¬
ed out that there was some de¬
lay in making this effective due
to delays of the OPA in making
the necessary adjustments. The
directors insisted that this law
be enforced immediately.
Vice-president Floyd H. Tabor
announced an award to be giv¬
en to the county with the most
outstanding program of county
activities of the local Farm Bu¬
reau Chapter.
Cotton Replaces
Leather For Army
ATLANTA, Ga.—Cotton on
the farms in Dixie was the
means by which the Ordinance
Department saved over $5,000,-
000 by using canvas webbing
instead of leather to manufac¬
ture the slings for Army rifles,
according to records at Head¬
quarters, Fourth Service Com¬
mand.
Though the Army didn't say
anything about it at the time,
the story opened two critical years ago
when leather was a item
and a desperate effort was be¬
ing made to save it by substitut¬
ing other materials. The leath¬
er slings were used to carry
the rifles slung over the sol¬
dier's shoulder and for steady¬
ing the weapon for highly ac¬
curate fire.
Rigid tests of web slings,
made of cotton, were ordered
and they proved to be satisfac¬
tory. A total of 13,342,247 web
slings were ordered, treated for
moisture, mold and jungle leather con¬
ditions. Many tons of
were saved and each web sling
cost 40 cents less than one
made of leather, adding up to
over five and a quarter million
dollars for Uncle Sam to spend
on other war material.
totals this year, there will be
the necessity of caring for
many of its victims in years to
come, meanwhile, continuing
the care for those of former
years. do know that any
"But we
scientific program, however
costly, will be inexpensive and
economical in the end for it
will someday develop the
means that will permit us to
cure and prevent this crippling
malady. The American people
and their National Foundation
for Infantile Paralysis are de-
Published Weekly — Since 1901.
Ga. Woman Finds Why
American and English
Relations Are Poor
ATLANTA, Ga.—Miss Emily
Woodward, director of the Geor¬
gia Public Forums for the Uni¬
versity of Georgia, who recent¬
ly returned from a twelve-week
speaking tour of England and
Scotland, discovered during her
trip abroad the principal und¬
erlying cause of restrained re¬
lations between the two coun¬
tries.
It is her definite belief that "a
lack of information—true facts"
is at the bottom of most of the
misunderstandings. She said
the British people, generally
speaking, have gotten a half¬
truthful picture of Americans
from movies and from the acti¬
vities of a few who go there.
"It is highly important that
we must be forthright with each
other," Miss Woodward assert¬
ed.
Miss Woodward made the trip
as the guest of the British and
American governments. She
averaged two talks a day dur¬
ing the twelve weeks in which
she conducted forum sessions
throughout England and Scot¬
land. One day she made four
appearances from noon until 11
P. M.
The meetings, sponsored by
the British ministry of informa¬
tion in co-operation with the U.
S. Office of War Information,
were well attended, she said,
and she termed the response
"wonderful." Her mission was
to improve, through use of
frank forum discussions, better
American-English relations.
During her visit, England was
undergoing some of its heaviest
robot bombings and as a result
Miss Woodward spent many
sleepless nights.
While the Georgian felt that
the relations between the two
countries were nothing to brag
about, it is just such valuable
and courageous services as
those rendered overseas that
eventually will bring about a
better understanding between
the peoples of these two na¬
tions.
Miss Woodward formerly was
editor of the Vienna News, and
was the first and only woman
president of the Georgia Press
Association. While holding that
post she founded the Georgia
Press Institute.
Turkey For Soldier’s
Thanksgiving Dinner
ATLANTA, Ga.—Turkey for
the soldiers' Thanksgiving din¬
ner—one of the time-honored
traditions of the Army—will be
a fact again on Thanksgiving
Day, November 23 and every
man will have a generous por¬
tion.
This was revealed today at
Headquarters, Fourth Service
Command, with the statement
the War Food Administration is
making certain that there will
be enough turkeys for purchase
by the Quartemasters Corps
with a restriction on the turkey
sales until requirements are
met.
Despite the demand for the
Army, however, it is explained
that the production has been so
great that no difficulty is antici¬
pated in filling civilian needs.
JUNIOR, SENIOR CLASSES
ELECT CLASS OFFICERS
The Junior and Senior Classes
of Dade County Hiqh School
held their election of class of¬
ficers last week, and the foliow-
ina were elected:
Junior Class: President, M. L.
Car; vice-president, Virginia
McCauley; secretary and treas¬
ured, Myrna Renfroe.
Senior Class: Jimmy Tatum,
president; Virginia Riddle, vice-
president; Sarah Owens, Secy.-
Treas.; Willard Workman, class
news reporter.
termined that that day will
come."
Legion Auxiliary Wili
Be Representative
For Recruiting WAVES
Chief Petty Officer Vance D.
Dittman, Jr., in charge of the
Rome Recruiting Station for the
Navy, announces that the presi¬
dents of all American Legion
Auxiliary Units in Georgia
have been designated as Spec¬
ial Recruitng Representatives
for the WAVES, and that they
will be assisted by the mothers
of young ladies who have en¬
rolled in that branch of the ser¬
vice.
Mrs. C. L. Holmes is presi¬
dent of the local unit of the
American Legion Auxiliary.
Navy Recruitng officials are
ponting out that young ladies
with service in the WAVES will
receive the same benefits as
men of the armed forces under
the "G. I. Bill of Rights". This
will be helpful to them in fu¬
ture examinations for positions
under Civil Service rules and
regulations, also it will provide
many other benefits and privi¬
leges.
And There Were
Nylon Hose, Too
ATLANTA, Ga. — Imagine
having nylon hose, pre-war
golf balls, chocolate bars, gal¬
vanized wash tubs, nozzles for
the hose and a man to mow
your lawn! Well, that consti¬
tutes only a few of the pre-war
articles they gave away the
other day at the Druid Hills
Golf Club's "Hard to Get" golf
tournament in Atlanta on Labor
Day.
No, the prizes were not ob¬
tained on the black market, but
Harry Stephens, veteran golf
pro crt the club, has been col¬
lecting articles hard to get ev¬
er since the war began, and he
gave them to the winners, be¬
lieve it or not. The unique af¬
fair was staged by Stephens
and Ross Lucas, who just re¬
cently returned as manager of
the club.
Morganville M. E. Church
To Honor Students On
Sunday Night, Sept 17
The Morganville Methodist
Church will especially honor
the students of the Morganville
school on this Sunday night,
September 17th. The students
and teachers of the school have
been extended special invita¬
tions to attend this service and
to sit in a body. The boys and
girls will participate on the pro¬
gram, offering musical numoers
and readings. A gift will be
given to the boy and girl who
make the best grades on a Bible
drill given by the pastor. The
pastor will speak on the sub
ject, "The Reading, Writing,
'Rithmetic of Christianity." Pre¬
ceding the church service,
which begins at 8 o'clock, the
League meets at 7 o'clock. All
of the young people are invited
to attend the League, and
young and old are urged to
attend the special student rec¬
ognition service at 8 o'clock.
Sunday School at the Mor¬
ganville church at 10 o'clock
Sunday morning.
Sunday School at the Slygo
Methodist Church Sunday mom
ing at 10:30 o'clock; preaching
by the pastor at 11:30
Sunday School at the Wild¬
wood Methodist Church Sun¬
day morning at 10:00 o'clock.
EDWARD J. BIBLE, JR.
AT GREAT LAKES, 111.
Edward J. Bible, Jr., 18, of
Rising Fawn, is receiving his
initial Natval indoctrination at
the U. S. Naval Training Cent¬
er, Great Lakes, Illinois.
His recruit training consists of
instruction in seamanship,
military drill, and general Nav¬
al procedure. During this per¬
iod a series of aptitude tests
will be taken by the recruit to
determine whether he will be
assigned to a Naval Service
School or to immediate duty at
sea.
When his recruit training is
completed, the seaman will re¬
ceive a period of leave.
Dade County's Only Newspaper.
$1.50 PER YEAR.
DADE COUNTIANS
ATTEND PREMIER
OF FARM MOVIE
The world's premier showing
of a new motion picture just
completed by the Georgia Agri¬
cultural Extension Service was
presented in Ringgold Wednes¬
day. An educatoinal picture, in
natural color and sound, "The
Living Rock", is a story of soils,
crops and the thing these
things make—people.
Those attending from Dade
county were: County Agent L.
C. Adams, Miss Katherine Ber¬
ryman, home demonstration a-
gent; Ordinary J.M .Carroll and
daughter, Mary Jo, Mr. and Mrs.
Roy Moore, Mr. Charley Bible
and son, Royce, Mr. and Mrs.
W. E. Pike and Mr. and Mrs.
D. P. Hood. .
Bob Bandy, president of the
Catoosa County Soil Improve¬
ment Association, presided over
a short program before the
showing, and Director Walter
S. Brown, of the Agricultural
Extension Service, was one of
the featured speakers.
This is one of four new mo¬
tion pictures completed by the
Extension Service which pio¬
neered the production of color
pictures in the educational field
in the South. About 45,000 peo¬
ple on Georgia farms are see¬
ing movies shown by county
Extension agents each month.
"The Living Rock" open with
scenes associated with the old
South when a row crop system
of agriculture prevailed. The
film shows how soils low in
minerals adversely affect the
well-being of people and how
by the use of minerals, such
as lime and phosphate on the
land, crops and men grow bet¬
ter.
An unusual feature of the
film is an animated sequence
showing the relation between
soil content and health and
vigor of the life it supports and
how the elements in the soil
are assimilated and transform¬
ed by plants.
The Georgia farm family star¬
red in the film starts a program
of wise land use with lime and
phosphate as the keys to im¬
proved cover crops. Through
the use of cover crops, especial¬
ly legumes, soil fertility is im¬
proved and yields of cash crops
are greatly increased, thereby
releasing more land for pas¬
ture and making possible the
addition of livestock to form
a balanced farm program. The
picture shows that through a
planned program, it is possible
to make farm life more attrac¬
tive and worthwhile.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Brown and
son, Roy, of Catoosa County,
play the leading roles in the
film. Other charcters are Dr.
Harlan L. Erwin, Dalton; J. C.
Killibrew, Hartsfield; Steve Wil¬
liams, Ringgold, and Miram
Camp and T. M. Com, Exten¬
sion agents in Ringgold.
This film will be released
through Georgia's county agri¬
cultural and home demonstra¬
tion agents and will be shown
throughout the State.
Dade County HDC
Members Attend Council
The twentieth annoual meet¬
ing of the Georgia Home Dem¬
onstration Council was held at
Milledgeville, August 29 - Sept.
2. It was attended by Mrs. Dock
Hancock, Miss Carrie Carroll
and Mrs. Bertha McSpadden as
representatives from Dade
county.
We take this pleasure to
thank each club member who
made the trip posible for us.
The programs were very inter¬
esting and we enjoyed every
hour of it.
—Mrs. Bertha McSpadden.
Aubrey Dyer, son of Mr. and
Mrs. A. L. Dyer of Trenton, has
reported to begin his work at
the Baylor School for Boys at
Chattanooga, Tenn.