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Dade County’s Only Newspaper.
VOLUME XLVIII.
MARCH OF DIMES STASES APPEAL
JANUARY 15 TO 30 THIS YEAR
500,000 Volunteers Mobilized for Fund - Raising
Drive to Fight Polio
The annual March of Dimes, spearhead of the fight
infantile paralysis, will be held throughout the nation
io i ■> 30, it was announced here today by Maddox J. Hale,
Md a of Dimes Chairman for Dade County.
THE NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR INFANTILE PARALYSIS
FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT, FOUNDER
"The cost of fighting polio has
skyrocketed,” Mr. Hale said, in
punning out that rising prices
and mounting polio incidence
have placed a tremendous bur¬
den on the resources of the Na¬
tional Foundation for Infantile
Paralysis, which this year cele-
urates the Tenth Anniversary
of its founding by Franklin D.
.^Gosevelt.
Mr. Hale’s Mrach of Dimes
Committee is setting up the
d._iiinery that will make the
appeal a record demonstra¬
tion of this area’s active inter¬
est in helping the stricken
hildren of America along the
j to health.
Eveiy phase of community
life will participate in sending
a ringing message of hope to
the unfortunate victims of this
crippling disease, which has
stricken 80,000 Americans in the
past five years,” Hale said.
Mr. Hale revealed that every
community in the nation was
being geared to make this the
greatest March of Dimes drive
in history.
‘‘When the 1948 March of
Dimes goes into action, more
than 500,000 volunteers from
every walk of life will be trans¬
lating American ideals into terms
of active assistance. This is
the democratic way of fighting
a humanitarian war against
disease. Every man, woman
and child must enlist in the
fight by joining the 1948
March of Dimes
SHORTY BRADFORD
a,nd the
Homeland Harmony
Quartet
with
Leroy Abernathy
at the
Dade High School
MONDAY NIGHT, JANUARY 26
Proceeds to go
for much needed work on the
Dade County Gym
Adults 50c - Children 25c
ALL SCHOOL BUSES WILL RUN
TRANSPORTATION FREE
adf ntt$$
Chairman Hale Asks
You To Support
March of Dimes
There appears elsewhere in
this paper an announcement of
the 1948 March of Dimes cam¬
paign. The period of the drive
is from January 15 through
January 31.
The proceeds derived from
these annual drives are used
exclusively for the treatment of
.nfantile paralyss cases, and for
medical research to discover
methods of prevention and cure.
In every case of this dread dis¬
ease, expensive medical care is
for periods running from
one to several months, and such
expense is beyond the reach of
nine out of every ten families
in America according to actual
statistics. Through the March
of Dimes, however, the
people guarantee that no one
suffering from this dread dis¬
ease need go without the best
available medical care and treat¬
ment for lack of funds—regard¬
less of age, race, creed or color.
It is only by the cooperation
of the American people as a
whole that such a fund can
raised and such a service main¬
tained. We of Dade County ar§
a part of the people responsible
for the maintaining of this great
work, and we are among those
who will need and will be enti¬
tled to its benefits. During 1947
three cases from Dade County
received aid through the Nation¬
al Foundation for Infantile Pa¬
ralysis.
There will be no personal so¬
licitors to call upon you in this
drive. Individual cards are be¬
ing distributed through the
school children for the collection
of dimes. Each card holds five
dimes. Help your children to
fill their cards completely and
urge them to return them to
their teachers promptly.. In
dition to these cards, there will
be collection boxes at most of
the stores and public
throughout the county. Drop
your donation in these boxes, or
if you prefer, you may bring,
send or mail your' donations to
me, or to Mrs. Catherine Mor¬
rison at the Dade County
office. Your help in this drive
will do much to aid in the pre¬
vention and cure of this disease.
Maddox Hale, Chairman.
Devoted to the Best Interests of Dade County and Georgia.
THE DADE COUNTY TIMES, TRENTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 15, 1948.
Executive Committee Sets March 6
As Date For Democratic Primary
Many New Candidates
Make Their Formal
Announcements
This week ten candidates are
making their formal different' announce¬
ments for the offices
of the county.
For Ordinary—C. W. Hitt from
Rising Fawn and John W. Mur¬
phy from Byrd’s Chapel.
For Sheriff—J. H. Baty of
Trenton, F. C. Graham from Cole
City and M. E. Ford from Wild¬
wood.
For Clerk of Superior Court-
Graham Hale from Rising Fawn
is announcing for reelection.
For Tax Commissioner—Max
Page from Trenton.
For County Treasurer—Fred
A. Morgan of Trenton.
For State Representative— M.
J. Hale from Trenton.
For State Senator—Rufus Mas¬
sey from Wildwood.
This Is Dade’s year to furnish
the nominee from the 44th Sena¬
torial District.
We call your attention to their
formal announcements elsewhere
in The Times.
Have you registered to vote
in this ‘election?
Minimum of $2,400
Teachers To Seek
Atlanta, Jan. 14, (GPS).—
Georgia Education Association’s
18,000 members will ask the 1949
General Assembly for a 12,400
yearly wage minimum, an in¬
crease of $800 over their present
minimum.
“You may think we’re dream¬
ing, and maybe I’m optimistic,
but I believe we’ll get it,” Mrs.
Maria Hartwig, president of the
Georgia Department of Class¬
room Teachers, told a recent
meeting of teachers In Atlanta.
J. Harold Saxon, executive
secretary of the GEA, said a sal¬
ary increase is essential, because
neighboring states are getting
Georgia’s best teachers. Florida
has a $2,550 minimum, and Ala¬
bama $2,400. Georgia’s present
minimum is $1,692 for beginning
teachers with a four year profes¬
sional certificate.
North Carolina, with approxi¬
mately the same number of chil¬
dren as Georgia, is spending
$63,000,000 a year on education,
while this state spends $35,000,-
000. Tentatively, the GEA plans
to ask for an annual appropria¬
tion of $60,000,000.
Meanwhile, a New York Times
survey discloses that the nation’s
schools are confronted with a
serious shortage of teachers on
both the elementary and high
school levels. At present 110,-
000 teachers, or just about one
out of every eight In the country,
are serving on sub-standard or
emergency certificates, with the
result that 3,000,000 children are
being deprived of an adequate
education, the survey showed.
Georgia was listed as having 4,-
500 substandard teachers; Ala¬
bama 9,636.
S 2/e RICHARD BRADFORD
TELEPHONES PARENTS
FROM ALASKA
Last Sunday night was an ex¬
citing time for Mr. and Mrs.
Buff Bradford. Richard, one of
their sons, who is in the Naval
Air Corps stationed at Adak,
Alaska, telephoned his parents
all that distance just to say
“hello.”
Richard reported that he is
well and happy but that being
snowed under is a lot different
from being back home in Dade.
SINGING
The Dade County Singing'
Chorus will meet at the Morgan-
Church Wednesday night, Janu¬
ary 21. Come and join us in a
good singing.
John Warren, President.
The Democratic Executive Com¬
met Monady night, Janu¬
12. They set Saturday, March
as the date of the Dade
Primary. The closing date
entrants will be Thursday,
5th. Fees for candi¬
qualifications and rules
the primary election
adopted.
Two members "'*f the commit¬
were not present—S. B. Amos
Sulphur Springs because of
and Gus Forester from
England, who has resigned.
Brown will act for the
England district until a new
is elected.
The full minutes of the meet¬
are submitted by Chairman
O. Gass as follows:
Pursuant to the call of the
the Dade County Demo¬
Executive Committee met
Trenton, Georgia, on the 12th
of January, 1948, with the
members present:
873rd District, W. P. Cole.
875th District, John Murphy.
960th District, E. A. Ellis.
974th District, Jack Ford.
1037th District,--
1038th District, R. P. Fricks.
1039th District, Ebb Strawn.
1129th District,--
1214th District, Tom McCauley.
1222nd District, J. O. Gass.
The meeting was called to or-
by Jiles O. Gass, Chairman,
thereupon the following res¬
was passed:
A RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, The General Elec¬
of 1948 will be held pursuant
law on Tuesday after the first
in November, 1948, and
DemocFbitic Farty of Dade
pursuant to ancient
will select candidates in
county primary to fill the
offices, and the office of
in the House of
in the General
of Georgia from Dade
and the office of Sena¬
for the 44th Senatorial
of Georgia in the Gen¬
Assembly of Georgia.
NOW, THEREFORE, Be it re¬
as follows: That a Pri¬
Election be held in said
and at all the polling
thereof, the polls opening
7 o’clock A. M., and closing at
o’clock P. M., at all the pre¬
and polling places as pro¬
by law, on Saturday, March
1948, for the following offices:
Tax Commissioner,
Clerk Superior Court,
Treasurer, County Su¬
of Schools, Coroner,
Surveyor, member of the
of Representatives in the
Assembly of Georgia
Dade County, and Senator
the 44th Senatorial District of
in the General Assembly
Georgia.
Be it further resolved that per¬
desiring to become candi¬
in said primary election for
offices hereinbefore named,
file with the Secretary df
Committee a statement
set out, and the sum
$75.00 to be used by the Com¬
in defraying the expenses
holding* said primary election
other expenses of said Com¬
as to all offices except
offices of Coroner and Coun¬
Surveyor, and in the cases of
latter two, the sum of money
required to be filed with
Secretary of this Committee
be $2.50 each. The state¬
required of all persons de¬
to be candidates and here¬
mentioned to be filed
the Secretary of this Com¬
is as follows:
DADE COUNTY
In person before the under¬
attesting officer author¬
by law to administer oaths,
on oath deposes
says that he desires to be
on the ballot of the Dem¬
Primary Election to be
in Dade County on March
1948, as a candidate for the
of-, and affiant
deposes and says that
is a bona fide Democrat and
vote for and actively sup-
Farm Bureau and
To Hold Joint Annual
Meeting January 21
The members of the Board
Directors of the Dade
Chapter of the Georgia Farm
Bureau and the Dade County
Soil Conservation and Improve¬
ment Association met in a joint
meeting last Friday night. It
was decided to hold the annual
meeting of these two organiza¬
tions on the same day.
The day will be January 21,
1948, In the morning at 10
o’clock the Farm Bureau will
hold its meeting.
At noon food will be served.
At 1 p. m. the Soil Conserva¬
tion and Improvement Associ¬
ation will have its annual
meeting.
These meetings are fox' the
purpose of electing officers for
1948, to hear the 1947 reports
and discuss any other business
which may properly come before
the meeting.
RISING FAWN W. M. S. MEETS
The Rising Fawn Baptist W.
M. S. met Saturday afternoon
January 10 at the home of Mrs.
J E. Cagle with the
Mrs. G. R. Hatfield presiding.
Mrs. A. L. Reeves gave the
Study. Mrs. D. E, Bradford
charge of the prorgam the
being “Our
Yeat.” After the business
ion refreshments were served
“Misses Inez and Jane Cagle
12 members.
port all Democratic
in the General Elections of
including not only the
of the Primary Election to be
held in Dade County on March
6,1948, but all Democratic Nomi¬
nees in all municipal, precinct,
county, State and National Elec¬
tions.
The persons desiring to become
candidates m said election for
the offices hereinbefore des¬
cribed shall file said statement,
together with said sum of money,
with the Secretary of this Com¬
mittee not later than 12 o’clock
noon, Thursday, February 5, 1948.
The provision herein referring
to the statement to be made by
the candidates and the money
to be paid by them, together
with the time of filing such
statement and the payment of
said money and the person with
whom filed and to whom paid is
mandatory, and no person shall
be a candidate who fails to com¬
ply with the strict letter of these
provisions.
The Executive Committee shall
meet at the Court House at Tren¬
ton, at 10 o’clock A. M. on Mon¬
day, March 8, 1948, for the pur¬
pose of consolidating the returns
and declaring the successful
nominees for the several offices
named herein.
Any person desiring to contest
said election must file his con¬
test not later than 12 o’clock
noon, Saturday, March 13, 1948,
with the Chairman of this Com¬
mittee, and in case any
contest is filed, the Committee
will meet at the Court House in
Trenton at 8 o’clock P. M. Mon¬
day, March 15, 1948, and deter¬
mine said contest and finally
declare the successful nominee.
The foregoing Resolution was
duly read before the Committee
in Executive Session; its adop¬
tion was moved by Mr. John
Murphy and seconded by Mr.
Jack Ford and passed by the vote
of 8 votes for the resolution and
0 votes against the resolution.
Whereupon said resolution was
declared adopted and ordered
P ut upon the Minutes of the
Committee.
ATTEST:
JILES O. GASS,
Chairman,
w - p - COLE, Secretary.
Published Weekly—Since 1901.
NEW OFFICIALS FOR CITY OF
TRENTON SWORN IN ON JANUARY 12
Four-H Chib Members
To Solicit Subs.
To The Times
At a meeting of the 4-H Club
Council last Saturday morning,
it was voted that as a Club pro¬
ject the members would solicit
subscriptions to The Dade Coun¬
ty Times for the Times repre¬
sentative told the Club that to
help to raise money, The Times
would give part of the money
from each subscription to the
H Club.
This project will begin imme¬
diately and run through January,
When one of these 4-Hers call
on you for a subscription, you
will not only receive your county
paper for a year but will also
be helping our up and doing
children throughout the county
to raise money for the many
worthwhile projects which they
accomplish during the year.
We will publish in The Times
a list of those of you who sub¬
scribe during this time and also
the names of the three 4-Hers
who bring in the most new sub¬
scribers.
REPORT OF 4-H CLUB
COUNCIL MEETING
The Dade County 4-H Council
met Saturday, Jan. 10th at 10
o’clock, in the courthouse with
the Home and County Agents,
the Rising Fawn, New Salem and
Trenton Clubs represented.
The following officers for this
year were elected:
Beatrice Williams, Dade High
Club, president.
Barbara Jo Hatfield, Rising
Fawn dlub, vice-president for
girls.
Homer Moore, New Salem Club,
vice-president for boys.
Mary K. Fricks, Rising Fawn
Club, secretary.
Maurice McGuffey, New Salem
Club, treasurer.
Johnny Pike, Davis Club, re¬
porter.
Mrs. Catherine Morrison, pub¬
lisher of our county paper, spoke
to the council about how The
Dade County Times would co¬
operate with the 4-H Club in
raising money. Mrs. Morrison told
the Council that the paper is $2
a year and for every $2.00 sub¬
scription the 4-Hers could get.
The Times would give 50 cents
of this subscribtion price to the
4-H Club treasury. Mrs. Morri¬
son also said that she wanted to
be sure that some of the money
would be laid aside for prizes for
the three members who brought
in the most subscriptions. This
offer was gratefully accepted by
the Council members. It was
decided that the money so raised
would go to the local clubs ra¬
ther than to the Council.
The Council treasurer reports
the treasury to have $355.60 to
its credit in the bank. It was
voted by the members to have
some adult person countersign
all checks written from the
Council treasury. Mrs. W. G.
Konrad was elected for this duty.
Important plans were made for
the 4H Club’s work this year,
details of which will be discussed
at the local meetings this week
The plans are as follows:
The poultry chain will be lim¬
ited to ten members in the coun¬
ty. The members selected must
be equipped, and they will be
advised by responsible persons
from time to time.
A pig chain will be started
this year, and it will be conduct¬
ed much the same as the poultry
chain.
We were much encouraged to
see more adults attending our
council meetings.
Mrs. Terrence Moore and Mr.
Tom McCauley gave interesting
talks.
The members voted to meet
monthly.
CHICKEN STFW JANUARY 22
The Leila Kimbrough Sunday
School Class of the Trenton
Methodist Church is giving a
Chicken Stew at the Church on
Thursday night, January 22.
Everyone is invited. Tickets
NUMBER 1.
The newly elected officials of
the City of Trenton had their
first meeting on Monday night,
January 12 . Maddox J. Hale
gave the oath of office to A. L.
Dyer, Mayor, and J. H. Wilkins,
Recorder, who in turn swore in
E. A. Ellis, J. T. Reeves, Roy Mc-
Bryar and Jules Case as City
Councilmen.
The following committees were
affirmed as appointed by the
Mayor:
For Streets, J. T. Reeves and
E. A. Ellis.
For Water, E. A. Ellis and Roy
McBryar.
For Taxes, Jules Case and J. T.
Reeves.
For Law Enforcement, Roy Mc-
Bryar and Jules Case.
The City’s financial report for
1947 was read, discussed, and ap¬
proved, and is as follows:
City Recorder’s Report
January 12 1948
Received from Joe Mayhew
former Recorder ____ $ 294.77
Received from Taxes dur¬
ing year 1947 ........ $ 966.90
Received from Fines up to
January 12, 1948..., $1439.25
TOTAL RECEIPTS.. $2,700.92
Disbursements
J. H. Baty, Town Mar¬
shal ................ $ 934.98
Sheriff, Jail Fees...... $ 186.99
Waterworks expenses out
of General Fund..... $ 524.75
Recorder’s Commissions $ 240
Street Lights .......... •? ^
Hauling Trash ........ $ bo.iw
Attorney Fee . in Water
Case ...... $ 250.00
Attorney Fee, General.. $ 96.50
Street Works .......... $ 87,3,
Election Expenses ..... $ 40.00
Miscellaneous.......... $ 69.83
Total Disbursements $2,519.49
BAL ON HAND...... $ 182.43
One of the miscellaneous items
in the above list was for extra
police protection for six nights
prior to Christmas. Maurice
Rogers, who was an M. P. during
the war, assisted the town mar¬
shal in keeping order.
It was voted on and approved
that the mayor and council serve
without pay and that the City
Recorder should receive 10 pe.
cent of all collections except
collections on water rents.
Monthly rates for those using
city water had already been set
and were approved for 1948. As
of January 1 there were about
170 subscribers to the city wa , r
The following announcement
was made:
(Because of the illness of one
of the members of the commit¬
tee, the announcement about the
water rates and payment for
same will be made next week).
There was much discussion on
the Privilege Tax for the busi¬
ness firms of the city. The 1947
taxes were minutely scanned for
errors and some changes were
made.
J. H. Baty wais retained as
Town Marshal. It was recom¬
mended that he be more strict
in the keeping of drunks off
the city streets and the public
square at all times.
The next meeting of the Town
Council will be on Feb. 2nd.
Vision and Hearing
Tests For Local
School Children
Mr. Edward B. Green, Regional
Consultant in Health Education,
visited Dade County High School
Monday, January 12, and in¬
structed teachers, high school
students and the Public Health
Nurse in the use of electrical
instruments in testing the vision
and hearing of school pupils.
The county has the loan of the
instruments and it is hoped that
all school children will be able
to receive this service.
may be obtained from any mem-
ber of the class.