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About The Dade County times. (Trenton, Ga.) 1908-1965 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 20, 1947)
Dade County’s Only Newspaper. VOLUME XLVII. More New Buildings For Trenton More houses going up in Tren¬ ton and how they are needed. A. J. (Bunk) Clark, who owns 10 lots southeast of the Co-op building, is working hard at the erection of nine houses. These have ben staked out and are to be built out of cement blocks and stuccoed. They will be for rent.when completed. It did seem for awhile no mat¬ ter how many houses were built in Trenton there was always someone hunting a place to live. These new houses should help to relieve our housing shortage. We commend Mr. Clark for his foresight and hope that nothing will delay him in his project. CHURCH CHURCH SERVICES TRENTON BAPTIST CHURCH Rev. Wash Phillips, Pastor Sunday School, 10 A. M. Preaching, 11 A. M. Evening Service, 6 P. M. Prayer meeting Wednesday at 7 P. M. M. Choir Practice Friday 7 P. NEW SALEM METHODIST Sunday School 10 A. M. Preaching 11 A. M. Epthworth League 7.30 P. M. NEW ENGLAND BAPTIST John North, Pastor Sunday School 10:00 C. S. T. Services each Sunday at 11:00 Sunday night B. T. U. at 6:00, services at 7:00. EAST VIEW BAPTIST CHURCH J. V. Richards, Pastor Sunday School, 10:30 A. M.— E. W. Conkle, Superintendent. Preaching, 11 A. M. Preaching, 7 P. M. FAIR VIEW CHURCH OF GOD J. D. Massengale, Pastor Sunday School 10 A. M. Preaching 11 A. M. Preaching 7 P. M- PINEY GROVE BAPTIST Rev. Pearl Tinker, pastor Sunday School 10 A. M. Superintendant, J. H. Tinker Preachng 11 A. M. and 7 P. M. Prayer Service Thursdays 7 P. M. Everybody welcome CHURCH OF GOD—TRENTON Rev. Roy Massengale, Pastor Sunday School, 10 A. M. Preaching 11 A. M. Virgil Daniel, Superintendent. Bible Class Teacher, Rev. E. S. Buchanan. Services Friday, 7 P. M. DEER HEAD COVE BAPTIST Rev. Dewey Dodd, Pastor Sunday School, 10 A. M. N. R. Blevins, Superintendent. Preaching, 11 A. M. TRENTON METHODIST Rev. T. N. Orr, Pastor Sunday, November 23, 1947. Byrd’s Chapel 9:45 A. M. Trenton, 11 A. M. WOODLAWN BAPTIST CHURCH Conrad Morgan, Pastor Services at 11 A. M. and 8 P. M. Sunday School 10 A. Mi Winfred Hartline, Supt. Trainng Union 6:45 P. M-, Henry Elliot, Director. TRENTON CHURCH OF CHRIST Sunday School, 10 A. M. Preaching, 11 A. M. Evening Service, 6:30. Prayer Meeting, Wednesday evening at 6:30. PRAYER MEETING Every one is invited to join in ith us in The Soul Winning ■ayer Band and enjoy the bless- gs of the Lord every Saturday ght at the home of Mr. and rs. Chester Daniels. Mr. Virgil aniel in charge of service. A tmes Lanham Speaks At Library Board Meet A meeting of the Cherokee Library Board was held last Friday night at the Tavern in Trion. About fifty board mem¬ bers from Walker, Dade and Chattooga enjoyed the delicious barbecue chicken, discussed the business on hand and heard Representative Lanham speak on the Library Bill which is now before Congress. In his prelimi¬ nary remarks Mr. Lanham said that he had only expected to find ladies at the meeting and had planned to tell something about the women in congress. We expect this interested the men present as much as the women. Miss Sarah Maret gave an overall picture of the Library Service in the three counties. The question of the new Book¬ mobile was discussed at length. The present one has been in service for some time now and is costing too much.in repair bills. A new Bookmobile in heavy aluminum is to be pur¬ chased. This will cost around ?3,000. Dade had not been set any quota as her share for its purchase but the members of the Dade County Library Board who were present at this meeting knew that Dade would not want to feel like a poor relation to her neighboring coun¬ ties. No definite amount was pledged but anyone who wishes to feel that Dade owns a small share of the new Bookmobile may leave their donations at the Times office who will forward them to the Regional Board treasurer. Mr. and Mrs. Jiles Gass, Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Raulston and Miss Bess Cureton represented the Dade Board at this meeting. Attention Veterans All veterans of World War I and World War II are invited to j attend the Legion meeting this | Friday evening at 8 o’clock at the Legion Hall. Refreshment will be served. The Auxiliary will be holding a meeting at the same time—so, Veterans, turn out and bring your wife. Legion Notes At its regular meeting on September 7, the Dade County American Leigon decided to order military rifles to form a firing squad to conduct military rites at the graveside of Dade County’s deceased veterans now in the process of being returned from overseas. Tommy Sims of Trenton was appointed as firing squad Com¬ mander. SINGING AT MORGANVILLE WEDNESDAY NIGHT, NOV. 26 The Dade County Singing Chorus will meet for a singing at the Morganville Methodist Church on Wednesday night, November 26, at 7 o’clock. Come and enjoy a good singing with us. John Warren, President. WILDWOOD CHARGE THANKSGIVING SERVICE The combined churches of the Wildwood Charge will hold a Thanksgiving service at the Bethlehem church in Slygo on Wednesday, November 26. The young people of the charge will furnish the Thanksgiving music. Everyone is welcome to come and meet with us. Bookmobile NOTICE CHANGE OF DATE The Bookmobile will travel Dade county next Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, No¬ vember 24, 25 and 26. ‘Keep Georgia Green” Davis High Seniors Movement Launched By State Leaders More than 700 farm, business, industrial, civic and government leaders from all parts of the state gathered in Atlanta on November 12 to launch a “Keep Georgia Green" movement. This movement has two objectives— to prevent forest fires and to grow more trees. Governor M, E. Thompson au¬ thorized the State Forestry De¬ partment to establish a new nur¬ sery to supply Georgia landown¬ ers with all the seedlings they want. This will bring total pro¬ duction up to 40,000,000 or 45,- 000,000 trees, pearly double the present nursery capacity. Gov. Thompson ,in announcing this plan for expansion, told the farmers and landowners present that this year farmers and land- owners have asked the Forestry Department for 34,000,000 trees. The Department had planned to be able to supply 25,000,000 trees, but losses resulting from a sand storm at the Albany nursery cut the figure to 17,000,000 this year. Governor Thompson also ad¬ vocated establishment of a con¬ servation board to assume the duties performed by the govern¬ or as Director of Conservation under the present law. Georgia’s forests are its great¬ est natural resources, he declar¬ ed. Two-thirds of its area, 25,- 000,000 out of 37,000,000 acres, are in forest. Forest products and related products produce an income of $275,000,000 annu¬ ally and more than 120,000 Georgians are employed in for¬ est and forest-related industries. The “Keep Georgia Green” program calls for an intensive educational effort to prevent forest fires, to encourage correct cutting of timber, and to pro¬ mote replanting. Representa¬ tives who came from all over the state were asked to establish “Keep Georgia Green” commit¬ tees in every county to back the movement. Slightly more than 7,000,000 acres are under organized pro¬ tection against fire, Governor Thompson stated. In protected areas, 1.3 per cent of the forest land burns annually and in un¬ protected areas nearly 10 per cent, according to A. R. Shirley, Director of the State Department of Forestry. Mr. Shirley declared Georgia needs to put trees on 3.000. 000 idle acres. Further¬ more, the forest acreage in the state is producing only half as many trees as it could. Fire protection is vitally needed in every county if we are to put these idle acres to work and grow more trees. Fire protec¬ tion costs only 5.4 cents an acre, the director added. Messrs. Jules Case, Ed Bible, L. S. Blake, D. E. Morrison, Roy Moore, Harold Cox, J. C. Pace, John W. Murphy, M. J. Hale and F. H. Allison motored to Atlan¬ ta to attend this Forestry meet¬ ing. Messrs. F. N. Belk, W. T. Mc- Callie, A. W. Peck, Tom Street, 1.. C. Adams, R. C. Ayers, who attended the Georgia Farm Bu¬ reau meeting in Macon, stopt in Atlanta on their return to at¬ tend this meeting. ELECTION OF NEW OFFICERS FOR RISING FAWN 4-H CLUB President — Barbara Jo Hat¬ field. Vice President — Nina Rae Keeton. Treasurer—Margaret Kenimer. Program Chairman—Jo Ann Steele. Last meeting was November 14, 1947. Forty-seven members were present. We made plans to go to Atlanta. Reporter, Carlton Pittman. Young cattle are especially susceptible to the effects of parasites. Livestock specialists urge far¬ mers to use available feed sup¬ plies to maintain production of better cows and cull unprofit¬ able cows from herds. Devoted to the Best Interests of Dade County and Georgia. THE DADE COUNTY TIMES, TRENTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1947. Newspapers Lauded For Their Part In Georgia’s Progress Atlanta, Nov. 20.—Georgia’s Fourth Estate receives a well- deserved boost in the current issue of Georgia Progress, offi¬ cial publication of the Agricul¬ tural and Industrial Develop¬ ment Board, which is devoted to telling the story of the state’s newspapers, both large and small. “A major factor in the progress of Georgia is the press of the state,” Progress declared. “News¬ papers are an important part of the business life of' their re¬ spective communities, but more significant even than their dol¬ lars and cents values are their constructive influence in many directions, all pointing to a bet¬ ter Georgia.” There are in Georgia 29 daily newspapers, four semi-weeklies, 205 weeklies and two bi-weeklies. In addition to newspapers, there are 80 other periodicals, making a total of 320 publications. County seats with publications total 150, and there are 191 towns having publications. Georgia newspapers, the pub¬ lication asserted, are on the whole liberal, informed and pro¬ gressive. They have contributed in many ways to the growth and development of their own local¬ ities and the state as a whole. In estimating civic pride they have, among other things, led the way in securing new busi¬ nesses and industries, in point¬ ing to more profitable agricul¬ tural methods, in developing parks and playgrounds, and in seeking wholesome recreation for young people as a means of curtailing juvenile delinquency- In describing the local editor, the article says he has been the voice of the community as high¬ er school standards, better health, and more adequate hous¬ ing have been sought. He, too, has been the spearhead in the exposure of evil and corruption, in Christmas empty-stocking funds and similar projects for the weak and needy, and in movements looking to better government. way,” Progress “In a very real commented, “the local editor is guide, philosopher, friend—the chief promoter of civic welfare and pride, as well as the princi¬ pal pillar and stay of democra¬ cy.” Pointing out that to recite the whole story of how Georgia newspapers have contributed to Georgia’s progress would be im¬ possible in a publication of this size, the article used a few ex¬ amples to Illustrate the range, variety, and value of what the press of Georgia is doing for the people of the state. WILDWOOD LADIES AID TO HOLD BAZAAR The Ladies Aid of the Wild¬ wood Methodist church will hold a Christmas bazaar at the com¬ munity House on Saturday, De¬ cember 13, from 2 till ? There will be all kinds of hand work for sale; also cakes, pies, et cetera. A feature of the bazaar will be the sale of a hand-made cro¬ cheted table cloth. Refreshments will be sold dur¬ ing the afternoon and evening. More details at a later date. GROVES SEEKS TO LIMIT AID FOR THE AGED A change in the policy of the State Department of Welfare that will result in available money being spent to aid those in dire need looms as a definate prob¬ ability, according to Director L. C. Groves. In a report to the Welfare Board, Groves disclosed that some 6,000 aged Georgians are now on a waiting list, he de¬ clared. This was entirely clear¬ ed by 1943 largely because most of the pensioners had relatives in the armed services who al- Joted money to them or their support. Now, Groves said, with the war over, the number of applications for pensions is again exceeding the State’s ability to provide for them. Complete Home Nursing Course Last Friday nine seniors at the Davis High School completed the 30 hour course in Red Cross Home Nursing. They were: Nettie Virginia Clark, Melba Jean Crawford, Norma Daniel, Nayomia Gray, Sybil Henegar, Janette Young, Waviolie Steph¬ ens, Clara Mae Graham. These girls were taught by Miss Helen Self who reports that much real interest was shown in the in¬ struction given. This is .the second year that these Red Cross Home Nursing Classes have been taught to the senior girls in Davis and Dade High Schools and it is hoped that each year we may be able to continue to give the girls in the senior classes this opportunity. This course is given in conjunc¬ tion with their Home Economics course and credit is given to¬ wards graduation. This year we only had two adult classes while the nurse was here but the 18 women who took this course were very enthusiastic and will be good press agents to help in the forming of classes next fall- All Red Cross Home Nursing Classes are free and open to all. They are paid for out of the money you contribute each March. The adult course con¬ sists of 12 hours of instruction, is composed of 10 to 12 women and a certificate is given for a completed course. Mrs. A. L. Dyer is the Dade County Home Nursing Chai-man and will be very glad to give you additional information. SUPREME COURT DECLARES LAW IS NOT VALID Another law enacted by the 1947 Legislature has been declar¬ ed unconstitutional by the State Supreme Court. In an opinion written by Justice Tom Candler, the high court ruled that the act authorizing county school boards to divide their counties into school districts and to issue school districts bonds therein is invalid. The dicision, in effect, cancel¬ led $43,000 in school bonds issued by a school district in Coffee County. How many other coun¬ ties might be effected is not yet known. BOOKMOBILE FUND A new Bookmobile to serve the areas of Walker, Dade and Chat¬ tooga is an urgent need ; in fact, has been for many months. The minimum estimate to get a new one equipped for service, is $3,000. An appeal is made to civic groups and individuals to contribute to this fund, since the area library known as the Cherokee Regional Library, does not have any funds available for this purpose. The library management, in seeking to raise this money, has set the closing date for the appeal for funds as of Saturday, January 3, 1948. Those who will contribute make their donations to “The Bookmobile Fund” and send same to The Dade County Times, who has agreed to receive the funds for us. Names of donors and amounts will be published each week in the Times.—Chero¬ kee Regional Library. Attention, Ladies — Legion Aux. Meeting The Ladies Auxiliary of Legion Post 106 are meeting at the Le¬ gion Hall, Friday night, Novem¬ ber 21. All wives, mothers, daughters and sisters of veter¬ ans are cordially invited to meet with us. Our meeting are held on the same nights as the veterans meet (the first and third Friday nights of each month) and are also held in the Legion Hall. The meeting begins at 8 P. M. At this meeting of the Legion Auxiliary we plan to serve re¬ freshments as well as to attend to the business on hand. Hope we may see a lot of new faces at this meeting. Published Weekly—Since 1901 . Thirty-Nine Deer Re¬ leased At Head River Last Thursday, November 13, thirty-nine deer were released near Head River in Dade County. These deer had been brought by truck from Atlanta and all but one survived the trip remark¬ ably well This one had a brok¬ en leg and Ranger Hugh Fore¬ ster took it to his barn to care for it. These deer were three years old and younger. When released they looked about for a moment and then scattered in all direc¬ tions. We may occasionally see one here and there but until they have been given a chance to multiply, Lookout Mountain is large enough for these forty deer to disappear in. REMEMBER IT IS AGAINST THE LAW IN DADE AND ALSO WALKER COUNTIES TO KILL A DEER. MOTOR-SCOOTERS AND MOTOR- BIKES MUST COM¬ PLY WITH VEHICLE LAWS The motor-scooter (and mo¬ tor-bike) which is becoming a familiar sight these days, is not regarded as a play vehicle in Georgia. The state law provides that any powercycle, whether it be a motorized bike or a motor scooter, must be licensed in the same manner as required for a motorcycle. Dealers in this type of vehicle come under the auto¬ mobile license law and they are requested to advise buyers of motor scooters regarding restric¬ tions on their use. Anyone 16 years of age or old¬ er, holding a valid driver’s li¬ cense may operate a motor scooter or any other motor ve¬ hicle on a public street or high¬ way. Riders must obey the traf¬ fic laws as required of other vehicles. CLOVERDALE HOME DEMON¬ STRATION CLUB ORGANIZES FOR COMING YEAR AND ELECTS OFFICERS The Cloverdale Home Demon¬ stration Club met at the home of Mrs. H. C. Forester November 13 to elect officers and organ¬ ize for the coming year. The following officers were elected: Mrs. E. J. Bible, president; Mrs. Charles Bible, vice president ; Mrs. H. C. Forester, secretary- treasurer; Mrs. Harold Forester, reporter. The following were elected for the various projects of the club: Mrs. Jewell Phillips, landscape; Mrs. H. G. Hawkins, Jr., music, recreation and clo¬ thing; Mrs. Harold Forester, scrapbook; Mrs. L. V. Hester, child development and family relations; Mrs. M. E. Newman, nutrition; Mrs. Byrorr Forester, home industry; Mrs. Charles Bible, food preservation. Our next meeting will be held December 12, at the home of Mrs. M. E. Newman. Miss Pattie Bos¬ well, our Home Demonstration Agent, will give a demonstration on Christmas candies. Those who are interested in joining our club are cordially invited to at¬ tend this meeting. Mrs. Harold Forester, Reporter. GRADE CROSSING NEWS IS GETTING BETTER News from the highway-rail¬ road grade crossings, which for the most part, has been tragic for many years, appears more encouraging in a report of the Interstate Commerce Commis¬ sion’s Bureau of Transport Eco¬ nomics and Statistics, just made public in Atlanta. Motorists in Georgia and thru- out the nation apparently are exercising more caution and are heeding the warning to Stop! Look! Listen! before crossing the tracks. Result: Deaths at the crossings during the first half of 1947 were downward. LOCAL FOLK ATTEND GEOR¬ GIA CITIZENS COUNCIL MEET Dade was represented at the three-day Georgia Citizns Coun¬ cil meeting by Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Hale and Mrs. H. S. Phillips. Miss Bess Cureton and Mrs. D. E. Morrison attended for only one day. Lions Honor Their Ladies At Banquet Last Friday night was windy, raining and cold, but the Lions were giving their annual banquet for the ladies and this could not be missed. Lions and guests gathered at the auditorium of the Dade High School at 7:30 and the program of the evening was opened by the singing of America. Mr. M. J. Hale, the president, welcomed us by saying we were to relax and enjoy ourselves, which is just what we did. Miss Elsie Orr, accompanied at the piano by Miss Eileen Deel, sang for us. The Rev. T. N. Orr asked the blessing and then we ate. Such a delicious dinner, plan- nied by Geneva Allison, who was sick and not able to attend, and served by the Senior Class. This was followed by a piano solo by Miss Deel, and another solo by Miss Orr. Mr. Fletcher Allison was an inspired toastmaster. After a few cordial remarks he intro¬ duced everyone present with apt preceding small chat. The main speaker of the ev¬ ening had not been able to ar¬ rive in time so we don’t know what we missed but we know we enjoyed what we got- Mr. Elbert Forester, with much poise and aplomb and with a straight face made many amiable, bland and teasing remarks in his introduc¬ tion of Judge J. M. C. Townsend who was to be our main speaker. Judge Townsend was, as usu¬ al, in his high spirits with good humor and liveliness bubbling out all over him. We don’t know whether or not he realized it but the main serious part of his speech was so very approprii- ate for the coming Thanksgiv¬ ing holidays. He recounted the many fine things which it has been our good fortune to receive in the past year and though he hoped for many more to come, we really are blessed with many for which to be thankful. It was with regret that it came time to sing Good Night, Ladies, and to come to the end of a de¬ lightful party. Ten Thousand Men Seen in Georgia State Guard Within a Year Ground units of Georgia’s Na¬ tional Guard, profiting by the impetus of the current nation¬ wide recruiting campaign, will number 125 within a year, ac¬ cording to Adj. Gen- Alpha A. Fowler, Jr. He sets the total strength of all units—both air and ground—within that period at 10,000 men and officers. Full authorized strength in this state is 14,000. "We have been seriously han¬ dicapped by three factors in the organization of our National Guard,” the youthful military leader declared. “The govern¬ orship tangle the first three months of this year, a shortage of armories and a shortage of medical officers.” He added that all three han¬ dicaps were being slowly, but surely, overcome. Federal assist¬ ance in the building of armor¬ ies throughout the state is con¬ fidently expected, he said, when Congress passes the Universal Military training law. New units were admitted to the Guard this week in Thomas- ton, Cedartown, Dalton and Rome—all infantry outfits and part of the 122nd Infantry Reg¬ iment. Other new units expect¬ ed to be activated shortly are located in Americus, Winder, Eastman, Waynesboro, Swains- boro and Calhoun. General Fowler said that, since September 16, when the recruit¬ ing drive started, the Georgia Guard had doubled its strength and was now at about the strength it possessed when it was mobilized for federal service in September of 1940. Twenty million tons of manure are produced annually by live¬ stock on Georgia farms. NUMBER 45.
