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ME XLVH-
ty Schools To
September
children summer
schools will open
st For the
jl'start at 8:30
the bus drivers
,loyed and the
j t he same schedule
>ek the teachers
tmg and making
ules so that
> in readiness for
Wth a few
teacher positions
1 Veterans
hie Under GI Bill
War I veterans do
ider the
nent Act source of
World Wav II "GI
it they are entitled
mparab’e benefits
-crystalized
World War I.
eterans
s point Saturday in
numerous queries
families, regarding
in the two
for veterans of
re administered by
r programs existing
rid War II veterans
lization for
disabilities,
Station, “GI
ans" and disability
ion.
these benefits, the
out, only
ared by World War I
on an identical
War I veterans have
on for vocational
(on-the-job train
ional, and “rocking
"), nor Tor “GI loan-”
War II veterans
'ational Service Life
policies, while
veterans have
Government Life
the equivalent of
companies.” World
ans may reinstate
der more rigid terms
rrently permitted
veterans. The latter
in period not required
o physical
r to reinstate lapsed
jrans for of both wars are
disability
tions of various
der different
different
toys’’ . confused
benefits accruing
War I service may
a tion at VA centers.
Teachers
First Meeting
bool Year
bade County
bon held its first
year at the Dade
auditorium on
on > August 21, 1947.
M - Allison presided
election of officers.
follows:
Indent Resident—Mr. Mr. Hoyt Phillips.
T. N.
ary and
ricks.
ai u Chairman—Mrs-
Carroll.
^oyt Phillips was
J P <? for gate presidents t0 atte nd
of
As of Georgia to
1 c amp Jackson Au
and on
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Lance, state
for the Seventh
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001 Adding
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ne with
°^ti ve -year es and school states
decided plan.
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Airobatics Show Is
Huge Success
Last Sunday many were thrill¬
ed by an air show right here in
Trenton. Though the thunder
rolled around and the rain was
constantly threatening, weather
conditions only held up the show
for about an hour.
There were five planes on the
field during the day. Mr. A. D.
Abney brought back his super
cruiser and also a Steerman
plane in which the
were done. There were some
brave enough to ride along as
passengers during these loops
and rolls. We hear Milt Case
lost his pilot’s cap while flying
inverted.
The crowd was even larger
than expected, the flights did
not lack for passengers. The
Trenton pilots Hangar Fund is
progressing, but took quite a set¬
back when the boys took out
their liability insurance, so that
they might be fully covered.
Millions Spent For
Prospecting in
Although—so far—no oil
been found in Georga, neverthe¬
less, more than $6,500,000
been spent by oil
in this state since 1939, accord¬
ing to a report made by C. W.
Deming, director of the
Oil Commission.
Georgia landowners are
ceiving some $900,000 a year in
rentals on oil and gas
Deming says, adding that four
wells have been drilled this year
and four more will have
drilled by January 1. The state
charges $25 for a drilling permit.
J. A. Pope of Alamo has
reappointed to the State
Commission by Gov. Thompson.
Other members are George W.
Bazemore, chairman,
and Paul H. Ploeger, Sr.
Fifty Million Dollars
Allotted for
Aid In This Section
Allocation of a $50,000,000,000
waterways improvement pro¬
gram for this area from funds
appropriated by the recent Con¬
gress was announced Saturday
by Col. George W. Gillette, divis¬
ion engineer for the South At¬
lantic Division of the Corps of
Engineers.
Allocations for the South At¬
lantic Division include:
Allatoona Dam, near Carters¬
ville, $8,425,000 for a continua¬
tion of the work on the
dam there, with work in the ies-
ervoir are scheduled for
in the year.
Clark’s Hill Dam, on the Sa¬
vannah river above Augusta, $5,-
000,000 to enable the Corps
Engineers to begin work on
concrete section of the
Later in the year, the
expect to acquire certain
areas for the reservoir.
Jim Woodruff Dam, at
junction of the
and Flint rivers in Florida,
000 000 for a start on the
opment of the
river. This will be the first
in the development of the
tahoochee - Flint -
system of waterways.
Buford Dam, above
$250,000 to enable the
to start work on plans for
structure. This dam will
late the flow of the
chee river as well as
the water supply of Atlanta.
Savannah River Harbor,
000, to continue the
of the channel.
Alabama River System,
000 for a project report on
and specifications for levees
Macon.
Col- Gillette also
large sums for waterway
in North Carolina, South
lina, Florida and Alabama
continue the work of those
jects. The latter allocations
clude money for the
Coosa River System
ment from Rome to Mobile.
Devoted to the Best Interests of Dade County and Georgia.
the DADE COUNTY TIMES, TRENTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 28, 1947.
Seventh Congressional
District Chamber Of
Commerce Formed
Men from the different coun¬
ties in the Seventh Congression¬
al District met at Rome on Aug.
19 for the purpose of forming a
Chamber of Commerce. Re¬
cently the Georgia Chamber of
Commerce was formed and Mr.
Harold Clotfelter of Rome, who
is the membership chairman for
the District, called this meet¬
ing.
The Chairman now announces
the names of the County Chair¬
men, who are:
Bartow county, Wm. Shadden,
Cartersville ; Catoosa county, J.
E. Evitt, of Ringgold; Chattooga
county, D. L. McWhorter, Sum¬
merville; Cobb county, Dr. Loy
Carpenter, Marietta, and P. R.
Shockley, Austell;Dade county,
Col. D. E. Morrson, Trenton;
Douglas county, James C. Whit¬
ley, Douglasville; Floyd county,
L. N. Sliahan, Jr., Rome; Gor¬
don county, W. F. Bond, Cal¬
houn j Haralson county,- S. W.
Hubbard, Bremen; Murray coun¬
ty, Robert Chambers, Chats-
worth; Paulding county, E. G.
Wilson, Dallas; Polk county,
Roland Gray, Cedartown; Walk¬
er county, J. P. Stiles, LaFay-
ette; Whitfield county, H. H.
Boggus, Dalton.
These County Chairmen will
organize local membership cam¬
paigns to solicit financial sup¬
port for the first year of the
State Chamber of Commerce,
Mr. Clotfelter said- Georgia is
one of the few southern states
that has not had a state organ¬
ization. The State Chamber is
non-political and will prove of
great value in the development
of the state of Georgia.
Wildwood ladies Aid
Met In Atlanta
The Ladies Aid of the Wild¬
wood Methodist church met
Wednesday, August 20, at the
home of Airs. J. M. C. Townsend
in Atlanta, with Mrs. J. W. Frye,
of Marietta, as associate hostess.
The Aid chartered Earl Rog¬
ers’ bus and got an early start
for the trip, leaving Wildwood at
6:15. The group enjoyed a tour
of the State Capitol before go¬
ing on to Grant Park, where a
picnic lunch was served.
While at the park, several of
the members went to visit the
Cyclorama. Others swam and
visited the Zoo. The small fry
were left at the park under the
tender care of Judge Townsend
and Grady Wilson, while the Aid
went to Mrs. Townsend’s home
iu: 4-Lv-n-> HiC oof 1O’
Mrs. J. C. Wallen called the
meeting to order with the Lord’s
Prayer. Mrs. R- S. Townsend
read the Scripture from the 10th
chapter of St. John. A short
quiz on the “Whys” of the Bible
was enjoyed.
Mrs. Wallen presided over
the business session, after which
the hostesses served deicious re¬
freshments-' There were two
guests at the meeting, Mrs. C. E.
Hart and Mrs. Addle Shankles.
Those who enjoyed the trip
were Mesdames C. C. Neely, J.
H. Cooley, C. W. Cross, H- C.
Porter, Milford Price, C. R. Lea.
W. T. Lea, C. A. Carroll, J. C-
Wallen, Elizabeth Townsend.
Lewis Crane, Adelle Shankles,
C. E. Hart, O. C. Turner, and R.
S. Townsend; Misses Gaye and
Faye Turner, June and Patsey
Neely. Edna Lea, Edna Belle Ca-
g le, Cynthia Moore, Jackie Car-
roll, Helen Porter. Ruth Wallen,
Jeanette Cross and Linda
Kaig; Jimmy Byrd, Carl
Johnny Wallen, Billy Mike and
Stoney Townsend, and Pat, Her-
bie and Donald Price.
i Hunting Season Opens
September First
The hunting season opens on
September 1 The Ordinary re¬
ports that about a dozen county
licenses have been issued, and
three or four state licenses.
“Miss State of Dade?”
The five community contests
are now over and we now' know
who our contestants are to be.
We can hardly wait for the final
run-off.
The Library Board met Mon¬
day afternoon to make the final
plans for the big affair on Sep¬
tember 1. This party will be
held at the Dade High auditori¬
um at 8:30. For those tense
moments during the counting
of the votes, entertainment s
being planned. This is one
party we don’t want to miss.
Miss Sand Mountain ‘
Miss Johnie Pike is Miss Sand
Mountain. Yes, that’s the way
it went. A beautiful blond Come
on, fellows, give us a fair lift and
let’s make Johnnie Miss State
of Dade.
Miss Trenton
The title for Miss Trenton was
hotly contested and ran awfully
close all evening, with Myrna
Renfroe finally winning that
honor. Because the girls all
looked so lovely, it was a most
difficult choice. Mrs- DeWitt
Williams had made them all
corsages, which added to the
festive air. Thelma Pr yor did
look lovely in a brown dress with
a wide shoulder drape, Betty
Jean Cureton’s unornamented
black failed to subdue the Spar¬
kle in her eyes, Ellen Morrison’s
white dress covered with 'large
dark blue flowers fas most be¬
coming, but Myrna Renfroe’s
lovely white dress might have
been a help in bringing her the
title.
The Library Board wants to
thank a lot of people for helping
us to put this party across. First
Mr. Wheeler for his kindness in
opening up the Dade High School
and staying until the party was
over to close up; Tatum and
on. the
%U$e of
their records. Tatum and Case
have certainly been most unself¬
ish in giving their services at so
many parties in the county.
The Boards thanks also go to
Mr. H. F. Allison who so ably
acted as master of ceromonies.
Last but not least thanks to
the entertainers. The Taylor
Trio gave us several numbers
during the counting of the votes
which were very much enjoyed.
They did a fine job during all
the high tension excitement.
Dade’s own popular singer,
Chester Buchanan started off
our program with a most amus¬
ing narrative 'song. It is too
long since a great many of us
have heard him and it was in¬
deed a pleasure. We wish he
might have had time to give us
more. Hurry back.
Miss North Dade
We had a rather nice turnout
for our Miss North Dade Contest,
and why not? We had four
very lovely young ladies..compet-
ing for the honor. Wildwood
was represented by Elizabeth
Wallen. The Wildwood booth
was decorated in Blue and Yel¬
low. Slygo was represented by
Helen Moore. The Slygo folks
had a Pink and White booth.
New England had a Red and
White booth and was represent¬
ed by the winner,* Martha June
Derryberry. Lovely Mary Jo
Smith represented 'Hooker. The
Booth was decorated in Pink and
White. V-
There was a lot of friendly
rivalry between the different
communities, but I assure the
rest of the county that we shall
present a united front on next
Monday night when the finals
arc run off.
Miss LiOukout Mountain
j Geraldine Gray won the .title
j j for Miss Lookout Mountain.: light but;
The voting was very
j there was no question Mountain’s that (
Geraldine was the
choice. Geraldine is one of our j
lovely young girls, a daughter
, Mr. and Mrs. John A. Gray and;
we are certainly going to
her 100 per cent at the Miss
State of Dade Contest.
Miss Rising Fawn
Virginia Ann Kenimer, the
beautiful bond daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Henry Kenmer was
elected Miss Rising Fawn at
close of the contest Saturday
night at the Rising Fawn School.
The program given by the Radio
Jamboree boys was excellent
^ renton ^ 0 ^ ave
Movies
Sponsored by the Lion’s Club,
we are to have real up to date
movies EVERY Thursday and
Saturday nights. This is some¬
thing we have waited a long¬
time for. Thank you Lions.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wagner
will bring to the Court House
in Trenton all their modern
movie equipment in order that
we shall see and hear as well as
at the regular movie houses in
the larger cities. The screen
will be regulation size, they have
small microphones that can be
put around so that all can hear
no matter where you sit. No
longer will we have to go to
Chattanooga in order to see a
show.
Beginning this Saturday night
at 7:30. there will be a feature
picture and two short subjects-
See the advertisement for this
in another part of the Times.
Committees Named To
Aid Revision Of
State’s Taxes
Two groups of Georgia bank¬
ers have appointed committees
to aid the Georgia Tax Revision
Commission in a streamlining of
the state’s tax structure, it has
been announced by William M.
Lester, executive secretary of the
tax body.
The Georgia Savings & Loan
League has named a committee
of Atlantans to assist, while the
Georgia Bankers Association has
appointed the following group:
David J. Arnold, Commercial
Bank & Trust Co., Griffin; Jas
of Georgia, Atlanta; Max Mi¬
chael, National Bank of Athens;
Sherman Drawdy, Georgia Rail¬
road Bank & Trust Company,
Augusta; John L- Hendon, Peo¬
ples Bank, Carrollton; E. F. Vick
ers, Citizens Bank & Trust Co.
Bainbridge, and William C. Ad¬
amson, First National Bank of
Atlanta.
“We are receiving many sug¬
gestions and ideas,” Lester said,
“from people throughout the
state for revision of our present
tax system. The commission is
anxious to receive such sugges¬
tions, as we would like every
citizen to have some part in the
re-writing of our tax laws. As
other committees are named by
various organizations, we would
like to have the names of their
'members so that the work can
be co-ordinated.”
while the Clark sisters were given
thunderous applause by the
young men of the audience for
their tap dancing numbers.
The contest had been very ex¬
citing as each day’s posting show¬
ed Virginia Ann and Thelma
Holder as running neck and neck
but on the final night Inez Cagle
came forward with heavy voting
in her favor, ending as second in
the contest and Thelma third.
If this had been a Beauty
Contest the judges would have
been hard nut to reach a decision
as Ruth Bible, wearing a black
•skirt with a soft pink blouse and
a pink rose in her lovely blond
hair ; Betty Riddle in an attract¬
ive off-shoulder red and white
stripped frock; Delores Robin¬
son, in a smart white outfit con¬
trasting vividly with her coal-
black hair; and Janie Keeton,
in a chic print crepe with a
black background, were all very
beautiful.
The Library Board wishes to
thank each one who helped to
make the contest such a success
and suggests that next years
“Miss Rising Fawn” be kept in
mind—two very popular girls
have already been mentioned as
candidates for next year as they
will have reached the ripe old
age of 15 by then. Now that
“Mis 3 Rising Fawn’’ has been
elected every person of the South
end of the county--Byrd’s Chap¬
el, Cave Springs, Cloverdale,
Sulphur Springs, and Rising
Fawn should see that Miss Rising
Fawn becomes ‘Miss State of j
Dade-
Published Weekly—Since 1901.
* j00 ^ 0ut Mountain Art
Colony Exhibit
The Lookout Mountain Art Co¬
lony exhibit held Sunday after¬
noon, August 24, was an outstan¬
ding success. There were ap¬
proximately 100 water colors
done by Miss Fannie Mennen,
Miss Ada Hanvey, Robert Gra¬
ham and Frank Baisden, and
almost that many lovely quilts
owned and made by the New Sa¬
lem residents.
The paintings were of unusu¬
al interest to Dade countians
in that the housewives, the far¬
mers, fields, and barns were used
as models. The colorings and
shadings of a scene from John
McGuffey’s apple orchard made
it something to be remembered,
while Baisden’s “Johnson’s
Crook,” from a view seen from
his own patio, and his “Cassan¬
dra” were breathtaking in their
beauty. The various barns, as
well as farming equipment—
who would have thought that
Roy Moore’s combine had pic¬
ture-book qualities?—were ex¬
quisitely done, comparing most
favorably with the lighthouse
and fishing shacks of the East
Maine Coast colonies work. Mrs.
Tom McCauley depicted hoeing
her potatoes (in contour rows)
while Mrs. Ike Jenkins -was
shown in another picture calm¬
ly paring vegetables for dinner
while she entertained some
neighbors children and two
large Hampshire Red hens
picked their own dinner from
the porch steps.
Mrs. Art Moore, Mrs. John
McGuffey and Mrs. Terrence
Moore supervised the display of
quilts. There were dozens of
beautiful modern quilts on dis¬
play with a few old time
the most unique being a “Mexi¬
can Star” owned by Mrs. Me-
owned by Mrs. Adkins, a
year old quilt—white with a del¬
icate blue applique marvelous¬
ly and intricately
well as a 100 year old hand-wo¬
ven coverlet done by Mrs Logan.
These same ladies, at the re¬
quest of Miss Mennen had made
apple cider for the refreshment
of the guests in order that any
mony given for this could be
applied to the Bookmobile serv¬
ice.
Several hundred Chattanooga
visitors were enthralled by the
exhibits and many of the paint¬
ings had “sold’’ tags on them.
The New Salem residents were
all there but very few “Valley”
folk—the New England Rauls-
tons, the Arthur Pecks from
Trenton, the Jiles Gasses from
Sand Mountain, and Misses Cu-
reton from "Rising Fawn with
the Misses Bonnie and Edna
Jacoway (Chatt.b
An exhibit is planned for next
year, when every citizen of Dade
county should attend and real¬
ize what an educational advant¬
age these exhibits are.
THRASHER REPORTS 1947
LEGISLATURE COST $440,640.17
The stormy 1947 session of the
General Assembly cost the state
$440,640.17, according to a report
fled by State Auditor B. E.
Thrasher, Jr.
The per diem allowances paid
the Legislators and their at¬
taches during the 70 days they
met amounted to $254,398 and
traveling expenses amounted to
$133,589, Thrasher said.
Because the regular appropri
ation for the session was only
$250,000, some $270,000 had to be
drawn from the state’s emer¬
gency fund, the auditor
adding that the direct legist
tive costs for the 1946 session
were $135,938; for the 1945 ses¬
sion, $247,402, and for the 1944
fiscal year, $110,989.
“FAMILY REUNION”
There will be a Reeves, Aber¬
crombie reunion Sunday
31st at the home of J. C. Aber¬
crombie, near Sulphur
Alabama.
An appropriate program
singing and speaking has
arranged.
An old time basket lunch
be served at noon.
Every body is cordially
34.
j Gov. Warns Lawless
Groups In Georgia
Must Stop
(By C- E. Gregory, in Atlanta
Journal)
“The activities of small and
irresponsible groups who take
the law into their own hands
must be stopped in Georgia,”
Governor Thompson declared
Saturday, in connection with re¬
cent beatings of Georgia citi¬
zens in Telfair and Troup coun¬
ties.
The Governor said he had
asked tne Georgia Bureau of
Investigation to check up on the
assault upon Wlbur Gufton, CIO
organizer, and his wife, in front
of a LaGrange theatre recently.
In connection with the beating
of George Mobley, Citizens Po¬
litical Committee worker at Mc¬
Rae, the Governor said:
“Under the orderly process of
the law, a flogging victim has
the right to swear out warrants
against those who participated
in the flogging occurred to serve
the sheriff of the county in
which the flogging occurred to
serve the warrants. I am sure
the sheriff of Telfair county will
serve such warrants. If he does
not, it will be my duty as gov¬
ernor to remove the sheriff and
appoint in his place a man who
will serve warrants and bring
alleged law violators into court.”
“Can’t Act on Rumors”
Asked if he planned any ac¬
tion on the complaint of Charles
Gilman, Georgia CIO director,
that there had been collusion on
the part of policemen in protect¬
ing the LaGrange assailants, the
governor said:
“I cannot act upon the basis
of rumors. However. I will act
and act promptly on proof that
any peace officer in Georgia has
been in collusion with the pro¬
tection of any law violator.”
Governor Thompson said that
Georgia, along with other states,
is undergoing a waye of crimes
of violence and that too many
people are being killed on Geor¬
gia highways as a result of irre¬
sponsible drivers who flagrantly
violate traffic laws.
“One of the main responsibil¬
ities which a chief executive of
any state has is that of exercis¬
ing the power of his office to
see that law and order prevail,”
Governor Thompson said. “When
I became chief executive of
Georia I expressed the hope that
my administration would be
known as one in which law and
order did prevail.
Rigid Enforcement Ordered
“I am instructing the commis¬
sioner and employes of the De¬
partment of Public Safety to
more rigidly enforce each and
every law and regulation gov¬
erning traffic on our highways-
Greater caution must be exer¬
cised in the issuance of licenses,
and drivers’ licenses must be re¬
voked for a cause.
“Henious crimes by individu¬
als such as murder and assault
have been on the increase. The
activities of small and irrespon¬
sible groups who take the law
into their own hands must pe
stopped.
“It has been my experience
and observation that the law
enforcement officials of this
state are faithful to every trust
and are prompt to discharge
every offical duty that the law
places on them- I am confi¬
dent that these offidials can
now be trusted, and I assure each
of them that at any point in
the performance of their duties
they find need for assistance
from the governor’s office, it will
be promptly forthcoming to the
limit of my authority.”
STAFF OF THE GEORGIA
BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
HAS BEEN INCREASED
The staff of the Georgia Bu¬
reau of Investigation has re¬
cently been increased by 50 pei
cent, and further increases will
be made if necessary, Governor
Thompson said recently. These
men will be available to aid lo¬
cal law enforcement officials in
the performance of their duties.
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