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Dade County’s Only Newspaper.
VOLUME L
HRItl Hiiiii
am the County PMA Committee
Hew PMA Type
Program
The Dade County Production
and Marketing Administration
wiil operate under a new set-up
for 1950. In past years the Ad¬
ministration had operated under
the old “Open-End type Pro¬
gram.” This program threw all
the funds open to all producers
with no sign-up necsesary.
For 1950 the “Minimum Assist¬
ance Type Program” 1 will be
used. A minimum farm allow¬
ance will be established only for
those farms for which winter
cover jrop practices have been
carried out and reported, and
for those producers who sign a
torm signifying their intention
to participate in the 1950 Agri¬
cultural Conservation Program
in Dade County by not later
than March 1, 1950.
The minimum farm allowance
t: be established on the basis of
small farms receiving a mini¬
mum to be determined by the
county committee, and other
farms on the basis of acres of
cropland, non-crop open pasture
and commercial orchards, ac¬
cording to f u n ds available.
Earning within the minimum
allowance will be paid in lull.
Practices carried out- in excess of
minimum farm allowance re-
p rted prior to the closing date,
will be paid for on a pro-rata
basis to the extent the funds are
available.
A reserve, to be determined
later, will be held out for use by
the county committee where a
producer failed to sign an inten¬
tion form by closing date and
appeals to the .committee at a
later date, justifying his claim
to the extent that the committee
will establish his allowance on
the same basis as the producers
who signed prior to the closing
date. Also, where a producer
signified his intentions prior to
the closing date and moves to
another farm that was not co¬
vered by an intention he would
be established an allowance on
the farm operated, any adjust¬
ments necessary to be made
from the county. Those pro¬
ducers who might report per¬
formance on practices prior to
January 15, 1951, that didn’t
sign an intention, would be paid
on a county factor basis, their
allowance being zero.
Farmers in Dade County are
urged by the County Committee
and the office personnel to call
by the PMA Office as early as
possible and sign an intention
sheet if they have not already
done so and intend to carry out
soil-building practices in 1950
for which payment is expected.
Remember, if an intention
sheet Is not signed by not later
than March 1, 1950 no allowance
will be set up for your farm.
The outline of the County
Program will be announced as
soon as approval is received from
the State Office.
Home Demonstration
Clubs schedule
January 23, Byrds Chapel—
Mrs. W. C. Cureton; 2 o’Jock.
January 24, R ; sing Fawn—
Mrs. L. M. Allison; 7:30 P. M.
January 25, New England—
Mrs. Ewell Dickerson; 1:30 P. M.
January 26, Hooker— Mrs.
Jame£ E. Brasfield; 2:00 P. M.
January 27, Cloverdale — Mrs
Jewell Phillips; 1:30 P. M.
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POST OFFICE
CLOSED ON SUNDAYS
A new ruling has just heme re¬
ceived by the Trent-n Post Of¬
fice. Starting January 22 2 nd
every Sunday thereafter, the
Trenton Post Office will be
closed all day each Sunday.
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°ADE HIGH P. T. A. MEETING
There will be a PTA meeting
a " the Dade High School on
Thursday Jan. 26th at 8 P. M.
A.; parents of children attend-
* n ? this school are invited to
come and work with us for the
betterment of our children and
°ur school.
A special program and a mo-
vi e on the “Health of our Chil¬
dren” is planned. This should
of interest to all.
fHE DADE COUNTY TIMES, TRENTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY JANUARY 19, 1950
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Oil improvements
The County Community Im¬
provement Committee met at
he home of Mr. and Mrs. Joe
Phillips in Cloverdale Tuesday
evening. The report of the ge¬
neral meeting held in December
was read and several of the
items were discussed in detail.
One cf the projects of this
Planning Committee is for every
farm family to own their own
milk cow. Mrs. E. J. Bible, Home
Improvement Community for
Cloverdale reported that a mi¬
nimum cf two thirds of the fa-
milies in this area have a milk
cow. At their last meeting, at
which there were 15 members
present, 11 reported owning
their own milk ccw. Six families
also reported sellings eggs.
The State Board of Health is
recommending that all milk sold
in the state be pasteurized milk,
All at this meeting agreed that
Jiis~'was right, but due to lack of
facilities this would be imprac-
.icable in Dade at this time.
Improvements reported from
the Cloverdale area show 2 im¬
proved kitchens, cne new corn
:ib built, one home with im¬
proved lightening and one home
with improved yard.
So far this year the Will Haw¬
kins have completed their new
home which is weatherboarded
with asbestos shingles. The Dan
Tatums have also completed
their new home. Mrs. Charles
Bible has redecorated her kit-
chen.
The Cloverdale Community is
not planning to enter, the Com¬
munity improvement Contest
this year but they are already
working toward their Communi¬
ty Exhibit at the County Fair
next fall.
Also brought before the meet¬
ing was the new seed production
and marketing program for
Dade County.
A movie of the Avery Comrau
which won 11 the -
Community Improve¬
ment Contest was shown and
there was discussion on some of
the phases shown in the movie.
There were a number of infor¬
discussions which were en¬
tered into by all present. In spite
of the bad weather besides
Agents Adam , Ayers and
Vestal; Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Pe¬
terson from Floral Crest, Miss
Bess Cureton, Gene Hawkins,
Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Bible and
Fred Philips were present.
It i s hoped that the nex3
monthly meeting will be held in
Morganville.
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4-H COUNCIL MEETING
A county-wide 4-H Council
meeting wall be held Saturday,
January 28, at 9:30 A. M. at the
Court House.
The purpose of this meeting
is to elect officers and make
plans for the year’s work. We
would like to urge every club of¬
ficer to be present. An j other
club member may attend this
meeting, if they like. Let’s have
a good attendance with all clubs
well represented.
4-II CLUB MEETINGS
Trenton club will hold a meet-
on Monday, January 23rd at
P. Jr. M. At this meeting pro- i
ject requirements for 1950 club
year will be discussed.
Joint
Farm
At a combined meeting of the
officers of the Co-op and the
Farm Bureau, held Tues. night,
it was voted to again this year
hold their annual meetings on
the- same day. The day set is
Tuesday January 31st.
Committees w T ere appointed
for arrangements; and the sche¬
dule and speakers will be an¬
nounced next week. The gene¬
ral plan will probably follow
that of previous years, the Farm
Bureau holding their election of
off l ers, the reading of annual
reports and their speakers in the
morning ses-ion; during the
noon hour luncheon would be
served and in the afternoon the
Co-op members would elect their
B:ard of Directors and present
the Co-op report and their
speakers.
As so many farmers belong to
both organizations, this joint
meeting gives them a chance to
attend to all the necessary busi-
ne s in one day and to discuss
things of mutual interest.
’49 FOLIO EPIDEMIC
SET MARK
Unprecedented costs of last
year’s worst infantile paralysis
epidemic in history were disclos¬
ed today, as Dade County re-
S p 0n£ j e d generously to the ur-
gfcnl appeal of the 1950 March of
Dimes. The drive opened on Jan¬
uary 16 and will continue thru
January 31.
Mrs. Virginia Page, chairman
of the Dade County Chapter,
said that medical care costs
alone in 1949 totalled more than
$31,000,000 in March of Dimes
funds, and continued care fof
thousands of these victims dur¬
ing 1950 will come to another
$20,000,000.
“Epidemic aid funds of the Na-
Paralysis tion ^.....& wiped r out - In l&p by last e
were
year’s toll of new cases,” she
continued. “We do not know
what this year will bring, but we
must be prepared for any
eventuality. No victim of this
disease will be denied necessary
medical care for lack of money.
Oniy our dimes and dollars in
unore. edented amounts will as-
sure this.”
I:. If the funds contributed
• „ ing the March of Dimes re¬
main with the local chapter,
Mrs. Page said. This money is
used to help pay for that part
of medical care which a pa¬
tient’; family cannot afford and
in emergencies, to supplement
rational epidemic aid.
Th “ other 50 P ercent 15 sent to
National Foundation headquar¬
ters to be used for research, edu¬
cation cf professional personnel
and epidemic aid to communities
whose chapter treasuries become
exhausted. It is this fund, she
explained, which was depleted
by 1949’s unusually severe
epidemic.
patfenkf Dade County who‘go has ~to~ 5 the'Atlanta active polio
Crippled Children’s Clinic for
treatment. The Georgia Chapter
of Infantile Paralysis pays all
transoortatio nexpenses as well
operations when needed,
V ^ acnital care relieving" and braces in
^ way Dade County
cf all costs.
;™,“e Parafyis Sw,oJ, C.U, Chapter report of N.tt.n.l expenses for first Is f.r months let.n.ile as
raraij-i» and Nebbie’. parents *ill continue—in diminishinn
deeree^ °kem:^special shoes" expenses proof that NeLLis »aik
degree. H Happiest PP $3.70, auda of polio can
L ^ care a „d treatment for thou vie-
t7ms n is carried by National Foundation through contributions to March of
Dimes drive, Janugy 16-31.
Devoted to the Best Interests of Dade County and Georgia.
Meeting oi
and Co-op
Losing Fawn Parent-
Teachers Club Met
The Parent-Teachers Club of
the Rising Fawn School met at
the Schoolhouse on Thursday
night, January 1, with approxi¬
mately 40 patrons of the school
in attendance.
Visitors of the dub were Miss
Fannielu McWhorter, County
Nurse, and Miss Atha Lee Ves¬
tel, County Home Demonstra¬
tion Agent. Miss McWhorter pre¬
sented the mcvfe, “Meetnig the
nee'ds of emotional children,” to
the group.
The business session followed,
the vice-president acting as
chairman. The lunch room pro¬
gram and condition of furnace
was reported on, the report
showing improvement in both.
Mr. Mickler, Principal of the
cchool stated the need for slag
to make walkways around the
school. Arrangements were made
to mppt aaaw> v tV»ic vaAau M* gltiio UVtM flop V«Vr iaa An- a
w »
nouncement was made of the
community meeting to be held
on January 20, at the School
house, after whi:h a motion was
made for adjournment.
Richard Bradford
to box January 20th
Boxing fans will be interested
to know that they will again be
able to see Richard J. Bradford
fight. This bout Is scheduled at
the American Legion Hall on
Linsey Street in Chattanooga on
Friday night, January 20th at
g;l5.
| Richard, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Buff Bradford of New England,
&' u gfrt Jn 4ie Golden Gloyes
Tournaments in Chattanooga
before entering the service. He
had 31 fights while in the Navy
and is the Alaska Flyweight
Champion. While on the west
coast he fought in 6 fights on
Treasure Island which went out
over television. He was dis¬
charged from the Navy in No¬
vember and is now living with
his parents.
Richard will be boxing for the
American Legion in his fight
Friday night and will be
matched with Southern Golden
Gloves Flyweight Champion
Gray for City High School.
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CHRISTMAS SEAL
REMINDERS SENT
Mrs. J. G. Nethery, Chairman
of the Dade County Tuberculosis
Asso iation, this week mailed
brief ‘reminder” cards to those
residents of Dade County who,
as yet, have not responded to
their 1949 Christmas Seal ap¬
peal letter.
“We do this”, said Mrs. Ne¬
thery, “because people have told
,' us that they appreciate a re-
’ min der to do something they In-
tended do ad along, bat s ‘ m_
ply overlooked in the holiday
,
Christmas Seals have been
sold in Dade County for many
years and the residents have
i come to know that throu B h th< f
purchases of these Seals, steady
progress has been made toward
the eradiction of tuberculosis.”
j Mr . S. J. Hale reports that
$106 has been raised so far in
Dade County in 1949 from the
| sale of Christmas Seals. This
sum represents 55% of the mi¬
nimum amount needed to fin¬
ance the tuberculosis prevention
and control planned for Dade
County in 1950.
“It is entirely possible,” said
Nethery, “fer a person’s acknow¬
ledgment and his reminder card
to cross in the mail. When that
happens, of course, the person
who has already bought his seals
should ignore the reminder
card.”
YOUTH CONCERT TO BE HELD
There will be a special Sym¬
phony Concert for the Youth of
the Area in Chattanooga Satur¬
day afternoon Jan. 28th The
Youth Concert is sponsored by
the Chattanooga Times and will
be played by the full Chattanoo¬
ga Symphony Orchestra. This
concert will be free and any
child of school age may attend.
The program will be performed
in the Memorial Auditorium
starting at 2:30 P. M.
Work started on
1 renton Water System
Monday of this week represen¬
tatives from the J. B. McCrary
Co., Inc., in Atlanta, arrived in
Trenton to start work on the
i Trenton Water System. They
rented the old Police Headquar¬
ters for a combination office
and warehouse.
Supt. W. H. Winslett is in
charge of the installations. R. R.
Allred is foreman on the job and
except for one or two others, the
rest of the crew was hired here
in the county.
At a called meeting of the Ci¬
ty Council on Tuesday night, the
Council re.hecked the contract
and the map for the water lines
and work began Wednesday
morning.
Wildwood Home De¬
monstration Club Met
We report a most enjoyable
7T s e nzT ns :'n~ n
members were present.
Miss Vestal gave a demons¬
tration on etching glass. I think
every member is just etching to
etch some glass.
Oh yes, Mrs. J. C. Wallen will
entertain the next meeting of
the Club at the Community
House. This will be an all day
affair with a covered dish lunch
and we will make those beauti¬
ful brass things Miss Vestal
showed us.
Clubs members, don’t you just
love those all day meetings? We
would love for every one of you
to visit with us on that day.
Reported by Mrs. J. C. Wallen
Immunization Clinic
at Dade High School
' The Public Health nurse will
begin an immunization clinic in
Dade County High School Fri¬
day January 27th 10 A. M. The
following immunization (shots)
will be offered:
Typhoid to all ages.
Small Pox to all ages.
Diptheria — Through 10th yr.
(Booster or begin series).
Whooping Cough — To tenth
year.
(Booster or begin series).
Parents who do not want their
child or children to have the
service, are requested to write
the teacher.
OBITUARY
MRS. LUCY PORTER, 67, of
Trentcn Rt. 2, Ga., passed
Saturday A. M. January 14, 1950
following a lingerning illness.!
She was born and raised in Dade
County, professed a hope in
Christ at an early age and was
a member of the United Church
of God at Trenton. Left to
mourn her passing are her hus¬
band John Porter, 2 sons Carl
Porter and Melvin Porter, of
Trenton Rt. 2; 4 daughters Mrs.
Flora Hontz of N. Y., Mrs. Hazel
Daniel and Mrs. Mabel Wooten
of Trenton Rt. 2, and Mrs. Pau¬
line McDaniel of Chattanooga;
20 grandchildren, 2 steps sons
Pascal and Calrence Porter; 2
step daughters Mrs. Lilly Page
of Trenton and Miss Mary Ellen
Porter of Chattanooga and a
host of other relatives and
friends.
Funeral services were held
Tuesday afternoon at the Gene¬
ral Church of God with Rev.
Harve Leatherwood and Rev. W.
P. Cornwell officiating. Pall¬
bearers were Glenn, Nevel, Tom,
George, and Lewis Stephens and
Guss Daniel. Burial was in the
Church Cemetery with McBryar
Funeral Home in charge.
WALTER L. STOKES
Word has been received of the
death of Walter L. Stokes, 82.
Mr. Stokes died December 22 at
his home in Atlanta, Ga., after
several years of failing health.
He was a native of Dade County
but had lived in Atlanta 40
years. Surviving are his wife; a
daughter, Mrs. H. G. Harris of
Greenboro, N. C.; a son, W. L.
Stokes, Jr.; a brother, N. L.
Stokes of Akron, Ohio; a sister,
Mrs. Ollie Winnett of Knoxville,
Tenn., and three grandchildren.
Internment was In the West
View Cemetery in Atlanta.
Two new Home
Demonstration Clubs
to be organized
Two new Home Demonstra¬
tion Clubs will be organized this
month, one at Byrds Chapel and
the other at Hooker. Both will
hold meetings this month for
the election of officers. A Glass
Etching Demonstration will also
be given.
If you live in either of these
communities and want to help
ycur community and home pro¬
gress, please come to the meet¬
ings.
The Byrd's Chapel Club is
scheduled to meet with Mrs. W. ”
C. Cureton, at 2:00 P. M n
Monday, January 23. j
The Hooker Club is scheduled
io meet with Mrs. James E. !
Brasfield at 2:00 P. M. on Thurs-
day, January 26.
lhe Trenton Home I
demonstration Club j j
|
The Trenton Home Demons- ,
iration Club met at the home of
Mrs. Jules Case on Jan. 12th. j
The meeting was called to or-
de r by the President, Mrs. Mad-
dox Hale. Scripture reading and
prayer by Mrs. Case. business session, j
After a short |
a most interesting demonstra-
ti n on glass etching was given
by Miss Vestal, our Home De-
monstration Agent.
Delicious refreshments were
served by the hostess.
The next meeting will be held
in February at the school house. ,
The hostesses will be Mrs. O. F. ;
Greene and Mrs. Pearl Womack,
Information About
Dade County
During his recent service with
Uncle Sam’s Army, Trenton’s
barber, Charles T. Sims, ran
a.ross seme information about
Dade County. This, was part of
the Amercian Guide Series pu¬
blished in 1940 by the Federal
Works Projects Administration.
The Georgia contributions were
sponsored by the Georgia Board
of Education and published by
the University of Georgia Press
at Athens.
This 1940 Guide Book tells
that Dade County from the
Tennessee line to the Alabama
line is 23.6 miles. It was created
in 1837 and named for major
Francis Langhorne Dade who, j
with his entire force was killed
in the Seminole War in Florida.
Classing the extreme northwest
of the state U. S. High-
way 11 pa ses through a narrow
limestone valley that lies be-
tween Lookout Mountain (alti¬
tude ranging from 1,750 to 2,392
feet) and Sand Mountain (1,630
altitude); the southern end of
the greap Appalachin plateau.
The highway is a graded dirt
road, condition poor in some
places.
This rugged region is separ¬
ated from the rest of Georgia by
mountain barriers and formerly
could be reached only from Ten¬
nessee or Alabama. In 1939 State
Highway 2 was extended from
LaFayette to the top of Lookout
Mountain. Lookout Mountain,
for the most part, is sparcely set
tie, Sand Mountain, which is
much larger and extends far to
the southwest, is more thickly
populated because its farms are
more productive. The people in
this county were never part of
the slaveholding plantation life
and their continued isolation
has only increased their aloof¬
ness until now they have little
in common with the rest of the
state. Many of them belong to
Sanctified (colloq-Holy Rollers)
Church and express their reli¬
gious emotions with shouts and
gesticulations, though in daily
life they are somewhat taciturn.
From about 1860 until 1908
coal was mined in this section,
and after 1874 the smelting iron
ore was an important industry.
Since mining was abandoned in
the 1900’s, two small lumber
mills are the only industrial
plants. The towns are little more
than hamlets of small frame
houses and garden patches, with
cornstalks and fruit trees grow¬
ing along the main streets.
Herds of sheep graze in hilly
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NUMBER 2
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The Farm Reporter
POOOOOOOOO CO OOOOO Q OOOO c r
Pastures
During the past few years se-
veral farmers in the New Salem
community on Lookout Moun-
tai n ha If sown p ;“ ture parti-
-
. l , F and
CU ai y ^ cue ladino cI °’
Yf r ’ R ° y M °° re ’ ^ rt Mocre B111
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ray ’ Tom McCauley and others.
An example is that of Benton
Massey at the old Ma°sey Home
place.
In the fall of 1948, Benton
prepared 15 acres of land for
seeding pasture. 2 tons of ground
Limestone, 1000 lbs. of 0-17-12
fetilizer, iPc.tash.-ash) and 400
lbs- of 4-8-6 fertilizer was ap-
plied per acre. Fescue and la¬
dino clover was sown on about
acres and the Applachain Mt.
mixture on the remainder.
17 head of pigs, began grazing
in the pasture and hogging off
4 acres of corn around Nov. 1st.
April 1949 when sold, the 17
pigs averaged 260 lbs. each.
In July, 17 more pigs were
bought and turned on the pas-
ture, by Feb. of this year they
wi n be ready for market, aver-
aging about 200 lbs. each and
consuming about 150 bushels of
corn.
In addition to the hogs, a
cow and mare have been graz¬
ing every day on this pasture
since Nov. 1948 and since July
1949, 2 additional cows and 2
calves. 5 tons of hay was also
cut off of the pasture during
August of last year.
Not counting the cost of labor,
fencing, and interest on invest¬
ment, the following is an ac¬
count of the expenses for esta¬
blishing the pasture, cost of pigs
and costs of corn fed.
Lime, fertilizer, seed at time of
planting $525.00 or $35.00 per
acre. Maintenance applications
of 500 lbs. per acre of 27% fus¬
sed tri-calcium phosphate in the
spring and 200 lbs. in the fall of
194 9, $44.00.
1948 — 17 pigs, $170.00; 100
bushels of corn @ $1.50 per
bushel $150.00.
1949—17 pigs, $170.00; 150 bu.
of corn @ $1.00 per bu. $150.
Total cost for lime, fertilizer,
seed, pigs and corn, $1,209.00.
The income to date, not count¬
ing the grazing afforded the
cows and mare;
1949--AAA payments for es¬
tablishing pasture, $175.
1949—17 Hogs, average wt.
260 lbs. @ 16 '/ 2 C, 729.00.
1949— 5 tens of hay @ $25.00
$125.00.
1950— 17 hogs, est. average wt.,
200 lbs (a, 13c, $510.00.
Total income from Hogs, Hay,
AAA payments — $1539.00
This fall, Benton seeded 12
acres more of fescue and ladino
clover, 3 acres of alfalfa and the
remainder of his cleared land,
15 acres in cover crops.
Cattle and Hogs in addition
to his 8 acre orchard are, and ac¬
cording to Benton, will continue
to be his main farm operations.
Veterans High School
Class waiting students
Many veterans have requested
from the 8th grade
through the 11th but have fail¬
ed to get their elegibility papers.
Each veteran must not only file
his application with the Supt. of
Schools but must be certified by
the Veterans Administration be¬
fore he can take the ciourse.
"The Supt. of School reports
that an instructor is now avail¬
able and that these High School
classes can start whenever there
are 20 certified veterans. Mr.
Moore says that he has many ap
plications for this course but
that the veterans have not fol-
Jowed through to get all their
necessary papers which must be
done before the class can start.
