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"’erk Superior Cou fines
Devoted to The Best Interests of Dade County and Georgia.
VOLUME XLVI.
Victory # Clothes
For Needy of Foreign .
Jan. 7 To Feb. 1 Set for Intensive Drive
County Agent L- C. Adams is named Chairman for Dade
Another nation-wide drive for used clothing, shoes,
bedding, etc. for the relief of the destitute and suffering victims
of war torn Europe has been launched.
During last spring a similar drive was conducted, resulting in a
collection of clothing to meagrely supply 25,000,000 suffering vic-
ims of Nazis and Japanese, oppression in Europe, the Philippines,
and the far East.
Now a Victory Clothing Collection has been launched in which
100,000,000 garments, plus shoes and bedding is the goal set; let us
prayerfully respond.
Mr. L. C. Adams, well
County Agricultural Agent,
been appointed chairman of
Victory Clothing Collection
Dade County, and named a
mittee of patriotic,
men and women to assist
in this great humanitarian
Millions of people, innocen
women and children,
and helpless, old men, all
lng in the icy blasts of the
winter, must be clothed at
to prevent serious disease
death.
In the name of humanity
citizens are again asked to
tribute their old and worn
ing to this worthy cause.
Literally and figuratively,
must clothe with faith and
and courage those millions
were on the battlefields of
war. Clothing that you may
sider old can bring new life
some suffering person to
war brought despair and de
struction.
If your contribution seems
small, bear this in mind;
garment you give means
more human being saved from
cold or sickness or
death.
Dig into your attics, trunks,
and clothes closets
out all trie'serviceable clothing
you can possibly spare.. take
to your nearest collection depot
now. If you doubt the need for
it overseas, ask the boys who
have just returned from these
poverty stricken lands.
Through the Victory Collect¬
ion, we have a chance to clothe
people against winter. We can
protect the children from illness
which may scar their lives. We
can ease the suffering of the
sick by giving the warmth of
blankets, and underwear and
comfortable shoes to those un
fortunate and helpless victims
of cruel warfare.
Send not “To know for whom
the bells tolls; it tolls for thee”.
It calls you to give jyour sub¬
stance to your brother who is in
need.” He that hath the sub¬
stance of this world and shall
see his brother in need, and shut
up his bowels from him, how
doth the charity of God abide
in him?”
The citizens of Dade County
have never failed to answer the
cry of suffering humanity,-they
will do their full duty this time.
The following patriotic cit¬
izens have been named as a com
ntittee to assist Chairman Ad¬
ams in this Victory Clothing
Collection. They will have char¬
ge of the collection depots in
their respective districts.
R. P. Fricks at Rising Fawn
Red Cross Office at Trenton
John Crumley at New England
(Formerly Lockmiller’s Store)
E. R. Wells at Morganville
R- S. Townsend at Wildwood
At all public schools
REMEMBER! “ANYTHING
YOU CAN SPARE THAT THEY
CAN WEAR”.
BUBBLES SEZ-
• I see where atomic energy Is
supposed to do housework for
us soon. Meanwhile, laundry’s
got to be done, even with soap
80 hard to get. Remember,
where tnere’s fat, there’s soap
fats —*0 keep turning in USED
to help make more soap I
THE DADE COUNTY TIMES, TRENTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 10, 1946.
County Has Huge
Ahead; Home Repair
More than $136,000 is
•to be spent during the next
years by Dade county
owners on remodeling and
pair work.
The year 1946 promises to
augurate one of the
eras in American history
home repairs and modernization
according to estimates
by the Title Council of Amer
ica. “Few developments
contribute more to employmen
and general prosperity in
community,” according to R. E
Jordan, chairman of the Coun
cil’s Residential
Committee.
Because of lack of
and manpower during the war,
majority of the 1,287
units are in need of some
of repair or remodeling work
Kitchen improvements
modernization of bathrooms,
stallation of tiled showers
in some homes addition of
second bath, top the
list of most wanted major
provements , Jordan said.
Outside paint jobs are
ed on more than 50 per cent
homes, and addition of
and construction of porches
rank high in remodeling
according to the report.
roofing and heating plants
required by many dwellings.
Home owners in Georgia wil
spend an estimated
and those of the nation
than $5,500,000,000 for major
pairs alone in the next five
according t o Jordan. A m
funds, at low interest
are available for such work
through commercial
banks, savings and loan associ¬
ations, credit unions and mutua '
savings banks, he pointed out.
HOOKER NEWS
Mrs. Thelma Bell
Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Winfrey
have returned to Atlanta after
spending the holidays with rel¬
atives and friends here.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Daniel
of Tiftonia visited Mr. annd Mrs
Ben Johnson Sunday.
Mr. Ingram and daughters of
Chattanooga, visited Mr. and
Mrs. Dan Massengale Sunday.
Mr. P. H. Strawn of Chatt¬
anooga, was a recent guest of
Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Strawn.
Miss Betty Miller of Suygo,
spent Tuesday night with Miss
Gene Smith.
News has been received here
of the birth of a son to Mr. and
Mrs. Homer Hall of Oak Ridge,
Tenn. Mrs. Hall was Miss Kath¬
erine Smith of Hooker.
Rev. Abbott will fill his reg
ular appointment at Hooker
Methodist Church Sunday at 11
O’clock A. M. Rev. Abbott suc¬
ceeds Rev. M. Lathom, who has
accepted the Pastorate of a chur
ch at Parrotsville, Tenn.
Mr. and Mrs. Dave Davis and
Gene Haswell of Chattanooga,
were recent guests of relatives
here.
Mr. and Mrs. John Miller and
son, Douglas, were recent guests
of Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Grah¬
am.
Mr. and Mrs. Nathaniel Tittle
of Chattanooga, are guests of
Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Tittle here.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hamill
arid son, Jimmie, have returned
home after a visit with Mr. and
Mrs. Brown Hamill in Chatt¬
anooga. ________
Published — Since 1901.
Nee(W F ° r
Fight Against Polio D
It is all right to talk about
lifting one’s self up by one’s
boot straps____if one has the
boot straps. In Europe, China
and the Philippines the victims
of this war haven’t.
UNNRA representatives and
other relief workers report that
the tired, terrorized people of
the bomb-scarred, mine strewn,
fire gutted, looted lands are try¬
ing desperately to help them¬
selves. We can give them the
wherewithal for this self help.
We’ve all got a world to build.
But the war sufferers have first
got to build a roof to shelter
their families, a place of refuge
for their sick and their old and
dying; a small place of peace and
safety in which the heirs to this
brave new world may be born.
They must be clothed against
the bitter world they now in¬
habit. They must be clothed
with more than courage to meet
the challenge of the better wor¬
ld they mean to build.
For us to part with a used coat
or a pair of outgrown shoes does
not seem like a great deed of
self sacrifice nor is it much of a
deprivation. But to the desti¬
tute man or woman overseas
that used coat or second hand
pair of shoes may be a passport
to the future. In a hundred-
thousand cases it may be the
difference between hope and de¬
spair, between a life of useful¬
ness and one of dragging misery,
between life and death itself.
Twenty five million people in
Europe, China and the Phili¬
ppines were clothed as a result
of America’s search of it’s attics,
closets and chests last spring.
Total victory and the conse¬
quent opening up of the liber¬
ated territories have revealed
misery to tax our imagination.
Twenty five million people is
only a small percentage of the
homeless, ragged millions of the
world.
President Truman says a sec¬
ond clothing appeal in America
is imperative. The Victory Cloth
ing Collection from January 7th
to January 31st is a nation wide
effort to collect 100,0000,000 ser¬
viceable garments with addition
al shoes (tied securely in pairs)
and bedding for the relief of
war victims overseas. We are
invited to enclose messages of
good will with our contributions.
These millions of war victims
don’t expect a sudden Utopia
any more than you do. They
only hope you will help tide
them over a period of direst
need. What can you spare that
they can wear?
Cloverdale News
Royce Bible, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Charles H. Bible, is home
on a 30-day furlough.
Kylus Campbell has recently
been discharged from the Navy.
We were exceedingly sorry to
hear of the death of Mrs. Bertha
McSpadden. We extend our
sympathy to the family in this
their hour of sorrow.
Mr. Leonard Blevins attended
the party at the home of Mrs.
Betty Reeves, given in honor of
Tilman Reeves.
Dorothy Bible was the week¬
end guest of her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Charles Bible.
Lesley Steele, who has been
discharged from the Army, was
visiting friends at Cloverdale
Sunday.
Christine Blevins made a bus-
ness trip to Chattanooga Tues¬
day.
Mr. and Mrs. Byron Forester
had as their Sunday guest, Rev.
T. C Nelson, pastor of Cloverdale
Baptist church
Misses Gladys and Jane Marie
Forester were in Trenton Wed¬
nesday.
Special Notice
A special election is called by
the City of Trenton Councilmen
Saturday, January 19, 1946, for
the purpose of electing a Coun¬
cilman and City Recorder. By
order of The City Council.
A. L. Dyer, Mayor
th* sl he ^Er° U if n fi Kenny ^ treatment t><ue4 on for medical infantile studies paralysis.) of the effectiveness pf
Medical Studies Back
Sister Kenny Theory
Sister Elizabeth Kenny’s demonstration of her treatment
for infantile paralysis at Minneapolis General hospital
aroused the interest of the medical profession and resulted
in a five-year study of her theories.
The result of these studies and clinical observations by
six eminent medical men is told in a report made in the Au¬
gust issue of The Journal Lancet, a national medical publica¬
lag orthopedic surgeon at Minne¬
apolis General hospital and the
Michael Dowling School for Crip¬
pled Children in Minneapolis and
now medical supervisor at the Eliz¬
abeth Kenny Institute.
Dr. Pohl was one of the six men
who conducted the five-year studies
In co-operation with the
of Minnesota medical school.
Other research was conducted by
orthopedists at the world-famed
Mayo Clinic at Rochester, Minnesota
and by the Rochester (New York)
University.
Studied 364 Cases
The Dr. Pohl report is based on
the most comprehensive study to
date of Miss Kenny’s
treatment and the results of
treatment.
In The Journal Lancet, Dr.
points out that his evaluation of the
“Kenny concept and treatment
based” upon a study of 364
suffering from infantile paralysis
the acute stage who were
end treated at Elizabeth
Clinic during the years 1940
19448
Of the 364 patients 341 survive.
“Upon completion of the
ment 16 per cent of the patients
have extensive residual paralysis
qne or more extremities but 84
qent may be considered to have
jfecovery fjom the standpoint
muscle strength and ability to move
the limbs,” Dr. Pohl wrote.
He explains in his article that
eases studied were not mild
but “autre of average severity”
ence Oomparison with previous
in the same hospital
apolis General).
Remarkably Successful
| ‘A patient may be a success
the standpoint of retaining
muscle power but the same
definitely represents a failure
treatment If he suffers permanent
Crippling deformities in spite of his
frequently good muscle strength as was too
the case under qrthodox
management of the disease.
£ “On this basis the Kenny treat¬
ment proves to be remarkably suc¬
cessful as 95.5 per cent of the
tients in this series appeared to
have an assured further existence,
free of cumbersome braces, gro¬
tesque deformities and awkward
methods of locomotion.
( The other 4.5 per cent (15 pa¬
tients) are by no means helpless or
“even necessarily crippled but are
considered as having retained mus¬
cle weakness to such an extent as to
prevent them from being fully in¬
dependent. None have gross de-
fopnlties.” \
j entire Only 2,8 per of cent 341 or eight braces. of the
group wear
prufQhes Of the are used by only 3.4 per
patients and 2.8 per cent
ugji one cane.
VFqr the most part,” Dr. Pohl
■ Jtdds, “the crutches are employed
% means of continuing to teach
‘ the patients good motor habits rath-
er then a* a means of support.
’ Crutches are later displaced by a
jingle cane In most patients or are
discarded entirely. Gross deformi-
tltj have been elhninated in all
•Mm >
Surgery Unnecessary
“None of the patients has required
’gcry to date and no indication
,a arisen in which surgery might
NOTICE!
After receiving a petition sign
by many of the leading bus¬
and property ^owners,
the City of Trenton
hold a mass meeting to dis¬
ways and means to acquire
locally owned water system,
Town Council and Mayor
decided to have this meet¬
on Monday night, Jan. 14,
7:00 in the Courthouse Aud¬
Ever one that is inte¬
in having a adequate
supply at a reasonable
is invited an&d urged to a-
this meeting .
By order of the ;Town Council.
Dade County's Only Newspaper.
Sister Kenny Given Degree by Presi¬
dent Robert Clothier of
Rutgers University.
materially Improve the condition of
any of the patients.
“None of the 341 patients, includ¬
ing the severely involved, have en¬
tered orthopedic hospitals, rest
homes or institutions for the care of
the crippled and chronically dis¬
abled.”
Pointing out that orthopedic hos¬
pitals and schools for crippled chil¬
dren give an overall picture of the
infantile paralysis situation In any
community, Dr. Pohl presents fig¬
ures in The Journal Lancet article
to show the effect of the Kenny
treatment on the number of admis¬
sions to the Michael Dowling School
for Crippled Children, Minneapolis,
during the years 1937, 1938 and 1989,
prior to the time Miss Kenny began
her work, and in 1940 through 1944.
From 1937 through 1939, Dr. Pohl
said, 178 Minneapolis school chil¬
dren 14 years of age or under were
afflicted with the disease and 87 or
32 per cent of them eventually were
enrolled In Dowling school; 45 or 80
per cent of those admitted had gross
deformities; 15 or 20 per cent of
those admitted were required to
wear braces, and 12 or 21 per cent at
those admitted have had surgical
operations.
From 1940 through 1944—the Ken¬
ny period—146 Minneapolis children
14 years of age or under were af¬
flicted with the disease and placed
under the management of the Kenny
treatment.
None Deformed
Nona of the 146, Dr. Pohl reports,
had to be enrolled in Dowling
school; none had a deformity; none
had to wear a brace, and none had
to have surgical operations.
Dr. Don Henderson, head of the
orthopedic department of the Mayq
Clinic, in a letter to Miss Kenny cow
mented on her concept of the dis¬
ease and her treatment of it and
said:
“I am fully convinced that you*
method offers the infantile paralysis
patient more hope for complete re¬
covery than any other method or
treatment today.”
At Rochester University the add
test of science was applied to Miss
Kenny’s theory that spasm does ex¬
ist. By use of delicate electrical
instruments university scientists
proved Miss Kenny's theory and a*
a result that Institution conferred
upon the Australian nurse the de¬
gree of doctor of humane letters In
recognition of her findings. New
York university also conferred «o
honorary degree upon Miss Kenny.
A GREAT TREE HAS FALLEN!
On the last day of 1945 Mr. I.
H. Wheeler was called to rest
from his labors in this world,
and let us pay tribute to a man
whose life was likened unto the
tree which is spoken of in the
Bible, and let us consider the
fruit which this “tree” bore.
On this tree we find religion—
he was faithful to his church:
on this tree we find education—
he was interested in schools: on
this tree we find honesty—his
word was as good as his bond:
on this tree we find good gov¬
ernment—he was active in the
promotion of clean politics of
the county: on this tree we find
cheerfulness—he had a smile for
everybody he met. Many other
fruits of value to the people of
Trenton and Dade county were
borne by Mr. Wheeler, too nu¬
merous to mention, and his
passing will be a great loss to
all who knew him. Who will
dare to take up his tools and do
a better job?
A Friend Who Knew Him.
NUMBER 1
Service News
Bobbie R. Davidson of Trenton
Route 1, has received an honor¬
able discharge from the U. 8.
Army as Fort McPherson, after
serving in the Army more than
36 months, 24 of which were
spent overseas. For distin¬
guished service during his so¬
journ with our armed forces in
various parts of the world, Da¬
vidson has been awarded the
Good Conduct medal, and the
Asiatic-Pacific and American
Theatre service ribbons. Prior
to enlisting In the Army David¬
son was employed by the Com¬
bustion Engineering Co. of Chat¬
tanooga.
* * *
Melvin C. Dean, son of Mr. and
Mrs. James Dean of Wildwood
has received the good news of
his being discharged from the
U. S. Army at Fort McPherson,
after serving gallantly and
bravely for more than 25 months,
9 of which were served during
the closing days of the war a-
gainst Germany in the European
Theatre of operations. Dean
has a long list of decorations for
meritorious duty performed a-
gainst the enemy, including the
Combat Infantny Badge, the
Conduct Medal, the Pur¬
ple Heart, and the European
of Operations ribbon
with two Bronze stars
* * *
Raymond H. Waddell of Tren¬
ton, Route 1, has recently been
awarded an honorable discharge
from the U. S Army at Fort
Lewis, Washington, after many
months of heroic service with
the armed forces
* * *
Vernard E. Hixson WT 3/c,
USNR, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Hixson of Wildwood, Is
on his way home from Pearl
Harbor.
* • *
Hixson is one of the 1,300 high
point Navy veterans whom the
“Magic Carpet” is bringing back
to the States aboard the U. 8.
S. Thetis Bay. The Thetis Bay,
one of the more than 250 car¬
riers, battleships, cruisers and
transports in the Navy’s
famed "Magic Carpet” fleet, left
November 26, and is
to arrive in San Fran¬
cisco about December 13. Pass¬
will go directly to the
Centers nearest their
to complete the formali¬
of obtaining their discharges
returning to civilian life.
* * *
Among the enlisted person¬
recently given honorable
at Fort McPherson
T5 Raymond R. Higdon, son
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Higdon of
3, Rising Fawn. Young
was In service 35 months
overseas 22 months. He wear
Good Conduct Medal, one
star, and the Philippine
American Theatre Ribbons.
New Schedule of
Bookmobile In Dade
Due to weather conditions the
bookmobile has had to
it’s schedule for the
Following is the sched¬
for January to June. Clip
schedule so that you may
when to expect the book¬
in your community.
Jan. 29, Feb. 26, Mar.
April 23, June 18.
Moore’s Home
New Salem School
West Brow School
Jan. 30, Feb. 27, Mar.
April 24, May 22, June 19.
Christian’s Store, Sand Mtn.
Davis High School
Davis Store
Rising Fawn School
Rising Fawn Community
Nesbitt Home
Forester Home
Bible Home
Virgil Stewart Home
Bradford Home
Trenton
Jan. 31, Feb. 28, Mar.
April 25, May 23, June 20.
Trenton School
Beulah Forester Store
New England School
Well’s Store
Morganville
Wildwood at Townsends Store
Hallum’s Store
Winfrey Store
Trenton