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About The Dade County times. (Trenton, Ga.) 1908-1965 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 20, 1945)
8 kt (Ult Cottnfn fiuies Devoted to The Best Interests of Dade County and Georgia. VOLUME XLV. Georgias Mental Patients WiU Be X Rayed For T. B. State Welfare Director A. J. Hartley has initiated a program of x-raying every one of the 8 600 patients and the 1,000 em¬ ployees at the Milledgeville State Hospital to determine who among them are suffering from tuberculosis. In announcing this move, Mr. Hartley said that he was inter¬ ested in seeing to it that the “patients and the personnel have the advantage of every precau¬ tion possible. Particularly am I anxious to know that no food handler at the hospital has the diesase.” Heretofore, he said, anyone at the institution thought to have tuberculosis was examined for it. The wholesale method of exami¬ nation, to be continued periodic¬ ally, is to make “doubly sure” whether any person there might be infected. The State Welfare Director said the x-rays— taken in a mo¬ bile unit owned by the United States Public Health Service- will be started today and will continue for a period of from six to ten weeks until everyone at the institution is examined. ‘‘A micro-film is made of each person’s chest,” Hartley said. “If this film indicates the person to be ‘suspect,’ then a regular, full size x-ray is made by the hospital’s x-ray department.” The x-ray program was des¬ cribed by Judge Hartley as “still another move in our efforts to make Milledgeville State Hospit¬ al one of the best mental insti¬ tutions in the nation.” Hartley’s move to x-ray all the patients and personnel came within a few weeks after he ap¬ pointed a board of psychiatrists to re-examine all patients to de¬ termine whether there are any without mental psychoses. Local News Mrs. J. B. Geddie and small sons, accompanied by Mrs. Roy Graves and daughter Joyce, vis¬ ited Mrs. G. C. Frazier and fam¬ ily in Charleston, Tenn. Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Ott spent Tuesday shopping in Chatta¬ nooga. Mr. Ralph Frazier visited Mr. and Mrs. James Geddie in Sul¬ phur Springs this week. Jimmy Frazier of Charleston, Tenn. is spending this week in Trenton as the guest of his sis¬ ter, Mrs. Max Page and family. Buy Victory Bonds IN AIDING OTHERS HE AIDS HIMSELF To big Ed Landwehr the job of making aids for the hard of hear¬ ing is about like a chef tasting his own broth. Ed has known the confusion of partial deafness since early childhobd and now, as elec¬ trical test engineer at Western Electric Company’s Clifton, N. J., Plant, he helps to manufacture the very type of hearing aid that came to his own assistance. While still attending Northeast¬ ern University, from which he graduated with a degree in electri¬ cal engineering, Ed spent his sum¬ mer vacations working as a waiter and bartender in his father’s res¬ taurant in New Britain, Conn. Be¬ cause of his impaired hearing, particularly of in the noisy hubbub a busy restaurant, he found he was garbling orders. As Ed says, with a smile, “If a man asked for tomato soup and got potato salad, and later expected spaghetti and found spinach on his plate, his language grew some¬ what abusive. I could hear the abuse, and so did too many others in the room.” Several such experi¬ ences convinced him he needed a hearing aid, which he promptly procured. Not long out of college, Ed ap¬ plied for an engineering position TRENTON, DADE COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY. DECEMBER 20. 1945 V- if. '#■ Christmas Greetings if. V’ if. f jpj if. From All of Us: To All of You $ •& if. V' Pfelfhtg Vmx all the attit |fetcc that if. V- •if. V- tl]t (Djmtmas JSeasmt (Kan ■if. * if. V' if. THE DADE COUNTY TIMES * V' if. Dade High Wins Tilt With Kirkman In a fast game of Basket¬ ball played at the Dade High Gymnasium on Wednesday Ni¬ ght, the Dade high boys were victors over Kirkman Vocational School by a score of 28 to 20. The Dade offense was led by Carroll Crane and Glenn Roach while Riddle, Williams and Whit temore shone on defense. The Dade team were playing under a handicap due to the absence of their Captain and star for¬ ward, M. L. Carr, who is ill at his home. Head River News By Janie Sue Forester Miss Oilie Johnson of Chatta¬ nooga is spending her Christmas holidays at home here. - Roy Lee Konrad, who is em¬ ployed in Chattanooga, spent the week end at home here. Sgt. Leon Johnson has recent¬ ly been honorably discharged from the U. S. Navy. He and Mrs. Johnson are visiting his mother, Mrs. Parks Jhnson here mother, Mrs. Parks Johnson here. Miss Elizabeth Johnson is sp¬ ending a few days in Chatta¬ nooga visiting relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Glen Young and small son, whom have been vis- iiting on Sand Mountain, are at home now. Mrs. James Schrock and small James Glynn Jr. have returned from McEver, Tenn. to stay with Mrs. Schrocks parents, Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Forester, while Mr. Schrock is serving in the Army Air Forces at Sheppard Field, Texas. ••OH! That’, pot it." Ed Landweta Electrical Electric Test Plant Engineer in Clifton, at the H New ext¬ ern wearer °fa Hear Jersey, himself a Aid on * incr Aid tests a Hearing operated Receiver Efficiency Test Set by Dorothy Vanderwall- at Western Electric and eventual¬ ly was placed in the Clifton plant. Although much of his effort was spent on engineering certain test¬ ing equipment for electronic war weapons, part of his i° b 1S lhe design of equipment to test hear¬ ing aids during manufacture and before they are shipped. Knowing the handicap of impaired hearing, out Ed gets a lot of pleasure o his work, which brings better hearing to thousands like himself. Published Weekly — Since 1901. Dade County Is Far Short In Bond Drive It is with a pang of that we are forced to report Dade County is falling far in respect to the Victory Drive now in progress in county and nation. In fact, County, at latest reports subscribed but 8.6 per cent their quota, which is the est percentage of any county the State of Georgia. Dade unty’s quota in this final was $15,000, of which only has been purchased to date this includes the $1,000 bought by The Standard Oil and. credited to this county. other words, the citizens of County have purchased only the amount of $300, which say the least, is not very mendable. The citizens of fine county have always subscribed every drive of kind, so lets get behind this worthy cause and push it completion. OBITUARY Marvin Avans . Mr. Marvin Avans, 50, of ns, passed away Thursday ning at his home following long illness. Surviving are wife, Mrs. Ethel Avans; daughters, Jewell, Ida and rice; six sons, Cecil, Earl, Vernon and Avans; Two brothers, umbus and Claude Avans; Mrs. Frances West. Funeral services were held residence Sunday the Rev. Tom J. Smith ficiating. Interment was in Cemetery with Home in charge. F. C. Graham Mr. F. C. Graham Sr., of Ala. passed away Sunday Night. He dead in the bed Survivors are his Graham ; Seven sons, Wessley, Culman, Johnnie B. Graham and Carl Kesler; Six daughters, Oma Graham, Mrs. Maud Burkhart, Moreland, Lula Mae and Thena Overby . were conducted by with McBryar in charge of Mrs. Almedia Smith Case Mrs. Almedia Smith Case, away this week at following a short was the wife of the Case a retired Trenton. She is survved 3 ne brother. Mr. A. Smith of Ala: Two sisters, Mrs. Zen and Mrs. Barnardof Head, Ala.; also a host and Neices Ella Thornberry of Ala. Funeral services were morning in the Church with the J. Smith officiating. ment was in the Payne tery with McBryar Funeral me in charge. —Z Cfi&ujlei'A/ HUMAN RESOURCES from the of/xc. of Council Cfcorjtd Ot(***s At a called meeting of various officials and individuals Thurs¬ day, Governor Ellis Arnall, in an eddort to formulate some some solution to the housing probem. appointed Lon Sullivan, Direct¬ or of the Georgia Citizens Coun- il, as State Housing Expediter. Since the appointment, Mr Sullivan’s office has been flood¬ ed by telegrams and letters from all over Georgia expressing an urgent need for something to be done to house the countless thousands of returining veteran and others who actually have no place to live. Immediately following, Mr. Sullivan said: “The Georgia Citizens Council is gladto tackle this unexpected addiaional job. I presume the Governor and State Auditor Thrasher assign¬ ed the responsibility to us be¬ cause the problem is one which will require cooperative action by community leaders, civic clubs, shurches, with public and private agencies, similar to that which the Citizens Council is promoting in programs to im¬ prove our human resources. “We will do our best and the itor assured us yesterday that whatever funds for staff may be needed will be made avail¬ able. “The most immediate relief can be obtained only if the cit¬ izens in the crowded areas who have extra rooms in their home will offer these rooms for rent through the local Community Housing Center. This is an e- mergency. Men who fought and won the war, their wives and shildren, are suffering for lack of adequate living quarters. Pa¬ triotic, humanitarian citizens who helped to put across every war campaign can do no more valuable service to their country today than by opening their homes to our veterans. “As Governor said, the Fed¬ eral government and the local commlnities in which there is.a housing shortage can best meet this problem. The state throu¬ gh the Citizens Council, will do everthing within its power to (1) help local communities or¬ ganize to get veterans into tem¬ porary quarters in homes; (2) expedite the release of bui^ling material for homes and apart¬ ments; (3) publicize those areas in which the situation is crit¬ ical so that veterans and civil¬ ians alike, will not go to those areas unless it is absolutely nec Prevent TB GREETINGS lA/VVVVVWWVVu Buy Christmas Seals SERVICENEWS William A. Young of Sulphur Springs, has been granted a Navy at the Naval Separation honorablle discharge from the Center, Jacksonville, Fla. on the 11th of December. * * * Mack C. Gifford of Trenton, brother of Mrs. W. T. McDonald, has been granted a honorable discharge from the U. S. Army after serving in the armed forces of the United States for 43 mon¬ ths, 29 of which were spent with our battle forces overseas. For meritorius service performed while in the service of his coun¬ try, Gifford was awarded the Good Conduct medal and a to¬ tal of four battle stars. Pror to his entry into the Army, Mr. Gifford was errtployed by The Dyer Lumber Co. of Trenton. * * * The Separation Center at Fort Knox, Ky. has announced that T/5 Joseph C. Parrish of Route 1, Trenton, was recently award¬ ed a honorable discharge after many months of outstanding service. * * * Lawrence M. Bryson of Trent¬ on, has recently been granted a honorable discharge from the U. 3. Navy after completing more than 31 months of memorable service in the Asiatic -Pacific theatre of operations. Bryson is now employed by The Dyer Mer¬ cantile Co. at Trenton and in¬ vites his many friends to come by and see him. ♦ * * Sgt. Charles F. Reeves of Ris¬ ing Fawn, has returned to the United States after receiving a hhonorable discharge from the \rmy, with 39 months service, 20 of which were spent with the 185th Ftr. Gp. Sqdn as Crew Uhief in the Asiatic - Pacific theatre of operations. Sgt. Re¬ eves wears the Flight Engineers wings, the Good Conduct medal, the Asiatic-Pacific ribbon with four battle stars, the American defense ribbon, World War Vic¬ tory ribbon and the Phillipine Liberation ribbon with one bat¬ tle star. Reeves is the son of Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Reeves of Rising Fawn and before entering the service was employed by the Brock Candy Co. of Chattanooga Tenn. * * * Archie Tinker of Star Route, Trenton, has been given a hon¬ orablle discharge it is announ¬ ced by the Naval Separation Center at Jacksonyille, Fla. * * * Cpl. Earl M. Powell of Wild¬ wood, was among the enlisted personnel recently honorably discharged at the Fort Knox, Ky. Separation Center. It Pays To Advertise A RAINCOAT FOR BATTLE VOICES I , •• % 'A Iwmm - ^ "i" v ~ > v \ || '■ .......... "'' ... ^ ’^ l . :■ m&k .■■■■■;-'y' ' > , Official U. S. Navy Photo When the famous Water Buffaloes dropped off the deck of their mother ships and headed for an invasion beach, they often submerged completely and dunked Marines and equipment before high-speed centrifugal pumps could clear out water. Once on land Marines found the going much tougher if wafer-soaked “battle talk” microphones and headsets had been drowned out. Scientists at Bell Laboratories solved the problem by the submersion- proof lip mike and headset. Manufactured by Western Electric, this one ounce mike covers but one square inch of lip area and is equipped with a special gland that will pass air but exclude water. Mike and headset will withstand 25 minutes’ submersion in ten inches of seawater. Dade County’s Only Newspaper. NUMBER 51 Cross To Arrive On U.S.S. Saratoga Ray F. Cross, AMM2c, son of Mr. C. W. Cross, of Wildwood, is on his way home. Cross is one of 2,000 high po¬ int veterans whom the “Magic Carpet” is bringing back to the States aboard the U.S.S. SARA¬ TOGA. The U.S.S SARATOGA, one of more than 250 carriers, bat¬ tleships, cruisers, and attack transports in the Navy’s famed ‘Magic Carpet” fleet, left Pearl Harbor, Thursday, November 29 and is scheduled to arrive in San Francisco about Tuesday, December 4. Passengers will go directly to the eparation Centers nearest their homes to complete the formalities of obtaining their discharges before returning to civilian life. Davidson On Way Home From Saipan T/5 Bobie R. Davidson of Tr¬ enton, is on his way home. Davidson is one of 1,050 high point Army veterans whom the “Magic Carpet” is bringing back to the States aboard the U.S.S. CELENO. The U.S.S. CELENO, one of more than 250 carriers, battle¬ ships, cruisers, and attack tran¬ sports in the Navys famed “Mag ic Carpet” fleet, left Saipan, November 30, and is scheduled to arrive in San Pedro about December 21. Passengers will go directly to the Separation Centers nearest their homes to complete the formalities of obtaing their dis¬ charges before returning to civilian life. essary. Belmont Dennis, Pres¬ ident of the Georgia Press Assn has called on the editors of the state to make a state wide sur- yev and report their findings at the earliest possible date. “We are asking General Br¬ ooks, Commander of the Fourth Service Command, to have a- vailable by Monday his reply to the Resolution passed by the Governor’s housing conference asking that military personnel be housed on military reser¬ vations, thus releasing for vet¬ erans thousands of apartments and homes throughout the sta¬ te. We are making a similar re¬ quest of the Navy. “ Officials of the Reconstr¬ uction Finance Corporation ha¬ ve been requested to furnish us immediately with a list of all available surplus housing facil¬ ities which could be utilized, either where it is located or by moving it to communities where the situation is critical. After it is made available, it will be up to the local community to accept responsibility for the units, ”Mr. Sullivan added.
