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About The Dade County times. (Trenton, Ga.) 1908-1965 | View Entire Issue (March 6, 1952)
Jd ■ de County's Only Newspapei r. VOLUME LII BIT ’0 BULL By BROWNY h 3 -s been forgot¬ ten “ Board of Educa¬ tion" Th8 State has selected the “three neediest” counties in each of ‘ t ‘o e state’s ten congressional will be districts and money ent to improve and modem- sp school systems in those the counties. what the At least, thats release said. Bu: in the seventh ou r district—the three coun¬ _ ties selected for these im- nr 0 ments are Paulding, V r. Whitfield, in that order. We don’t like to sound ■ye are constantly fussng dipping about things like lit¬ tle kids. B U : I don’t believe there single county in the state a schools improved that n s its more than Dade. I don't believe there’s an¬ other county where none th; children have a gym play in. where some g0 140 miles a day to school and back, where many of the rooms in the county high school do not even have elec- r ic lights, where : labs are used for class roms. Some counties may be as bad off in a few re- pects but hardly in all of them. We don’t wish to seem spite¬ ful because we are glad to see • n i hbors in Walker, Whit- fi Id. and Paulding in line for hd improvements. But in all fairness, we may ask WHY Dade is not included in that list for school improve¬ ments . The answer ccmes back to us and it boils down to the fact that we brought it on our¬ selves . It is well known that due to the protest raised over the high school consolidation proposal in Dade, the State Board of Education has decided to leave us alone rather than start a fuss. In other words, we won’t get the money and the improve ments due us and that Dade children deserve because it ap¬ pears that we ourselves are too narrow to see further than the end of our noses. We have been this way at the expense of the school children of the whole county. The proposal was to build one, new, big, modern high school for the whole county. Not just fer Rising Fawn, or New Salem, or Wildwood or Davis or Trenton, but for the WHOLE COUNTY. They were not going to move Davis stu¬ dents to Dade High nor were they going to move Dade stu¬ dents to Davis High. The chil¬ dren at Dade High were to be taken out of their school as well as the children at Davis and all put into a big building which could offer more oppor¬ tunities for all of them. I’ was to be ALL NEW build¬ ing, with a modern gym, faci- n’i&s for teaching chemistry, nhysics. typing, cooking and all those things that other chil- d r en get and ours don’t. It was ° be in a new location. ’ r h° ^vantages are too nu- ■ror us to be named. For one, ' 1P ?°od athletes at Davis — an ' 1 th°re plenty of them— are dd have an opportunity to football and basketball | ’’ o ucr bring hout Georgia and could manv champion- :ns the county. ^ to o Co!!e a’l the children could t "‘ 1 ?e without having to y* ^ s entrance 1 exams as the \ " ‘ 0 would be large en- r I V f be n : ? ir ’ S0UT1 dly accredited. , s would learn typing, ^keeping , and those *.V- r ' 0u ^ d Set them jobs af- '^iyh . school. . J' v ' °’dd *° seem that someone v ' ' People on Sand Vn b y telling them D vi.s students were go- * n e be moved to the Trenton . ah “/!° s was '■ ' 35 the Trenton building ’• enough nor big en- Dostinuid on back pact) ads intuit! titles First Step in “Blood for Korea” In seven da) s, the pint of blood this Washington, D.C., man has given could be saving a G.I.’g life in Korea. Red Cross nurse's aides help out at the blood center. Plea For Blood Given By Dugan 1 The Dade County Board of Education purchased the A. J. Clark property in Trenton at auction on Friday, February 29- The property includes <* 50 x 140 foot concrete block build- ing, built for a skating rink, a two bedroom house with ad- joining garage and 10 lots. The Board paid $10,600 for the en- tire property. j The bidding was first open- ed on eac h piece of property separately. Mr. Tommy Walk- er bid $5,100 on the skating rink building. Walker is owner of the Walker Manufacturing Company of Chattanooga. Jerry Pace bid $2,525 on the house and garage. Those participat¬ ing most in the bids were Jerry Pace, A. W. Peck, Maddox J. Hale, and J. L. McCauley. After the preliminary bid¬ ding was finished, which to¬ taled $9,255 for all the proper- ty, bids were opened for a sin- |gle purchase of the entire pro- perty. Bidding on the property were A. W. Peck and the Board of Education represented by Roy W. Moore Supt., of Schools, Equipments and attachments Pullen Buys Trans-Planter A trans-planter has been brought into Dade by Bill Pullen, who thinks it will be of value in planting trucks crops, it will fertilize and water the plant as it sets them out, he SayS ’ It ought to work all right | m Dade, Pullen says. It was bought at Tail Creek commu- Blty, near Ellijay, Which is about as far back from no- i where as one can go. If it ] works there, and it did, conti- nued Pullen, it sure ought to be good here. Donate to the Red Cross to help them to collect Blood for our boys who are in world combat, to give them relief from their wounds and prolong their lives. They are begging for blood. They are suffering many hardships for our Free- 3om while we are home in the land of plenty. Eack 2,000 yars ago there was a red cross spattered with the blood of Our L.rd and Saviour, Jesus Christ, of the Salvation ;f our Souls and our future wel¬ fare . So please give to a worthy cause and accept Christ and make this a better world in which to live. W.' H. Dugan. Nursing Conference At Rising Fawn The Public Health Nurse will hold a nursing conference in the basement of the Rising Fawn Methodist Church, Tues¬ day, March 11th at 2 P. M. The service is for expectant mothers, infants, and preschool children. Warmer After March 12 __ Still raining in Dade this week but the forecast is for a much warmer political atmos- phere after March 12. Barome- ters and blood prsoures are rising. Davis Takes Attendance Lead school average was 93.77% and elementary schools had 91.00%. that ..... he expects to be Visiting Teacher Firm Cagle reports called before the Grand Jury, which convenes March 17. to give a report on absentees. FIFTH MONTH Number on Roll | This Month ADA <y Q DAVIS HIGH..................... 47 43.75 95.84 DADE HIGH 158 139.15 93.14 .. ,................. 112.50 9130 DAVIS ELEMENTARY ............475 DADE ELEMENTARY .............381 339.40 91.22 NORTH DADE.................. 245 216.85 90.00 1 NEW SALEM.................... 201 175.55 89.30 RISING FAWN.................. 201 175 55 89.30 HOOKER ( COLORED)............ 46 42.50 92 40 WILDWOOD RURAL (PRIVATE) 26 21.10 86.30 Devottd to the Best Interests ot Dade County and Georgia. THE DADE COUNTY TIMES, TRENTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, MARCH 6, 1952 Relatives Of Dade Morocco Papers Bill Forester, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Hershel Forester, of Dallas, Texas, had a newspaper article about him in the Ame¬ rican editor of the French Morocco newspaper published in Casablanca, Don Hixon, who is is the Army stationed cut it out and sent it to his wife in Oklahoma. Mrs. Hixon sent it to her sister, Mrs. Byron For- ester of the Cloverdale Com- m unity. The article is headed “Sun- day School Teacher Leads S. M. U. Grid Squad.” It opens with “A Baptist Sunday School tea- cher will lead the Southern Methodist University on the foot ball field next fall.” It goes on to tell of both “Bill (The Bull) Forester, 220 pound tackle, linebacker and full back” and his brother Herschel at guard, playing on the All Conference team. Bill was elected captain of next years team, cne of the few teen agers to lead a major college foot- ball team. The article also gives a history of Bills athletic career - Again congratulations to these Forester boys. Dade Hoard of Education Buys Clark Property at in the skating rink were also auctioned. The following items were sold: public address sys- tern, $50; skates and attach- ments, $80; large electric fan, $100; exhaust fan, $35; hot plate, $37,50; electric cold drink box, $100; electric coffee urn, $10; organ, $10, and a boat, $40. The auction was handled by the J - L - Todd Auction Co ” of Ge ______ clubs in Dade Coun- {. y are ^ important to Dade as any other single organization, wee k March 1-9, is Na- 4 _h Club Week, to be observed here and all over the States. enrollment of 4-H Clubs Georgia was 126,138 last Tennessee, North Caroli- and Alabama are the only with larger membership. Young Georgians were enroll- in 412,884 farm, home and community projects during 1951, including everything food preservation and to livestock and trac- maintenance. REPORT OF DADE 4-H CLUB ACTIVITIES This is National 4-H Club In Georgia,126,138 boys and girls who belong to ‘4-H are Joking nearly 2 , States, members ^Alaska in^t Hawaii e ^ and , Rico in carrying out week’s theme, “Serving as Citizens Through - • The purpose cf this week is ! .jL . „ 11 K be6M m Ge0rela ln 1,1 . ^ Covinaton * ; with a cor n b ys exhlbmng corn. The winner won an chilled plow. Girls’ club activity began in in 1911. Also that year Dome Demonstration agents were placed in Clarke and Counties. In our county of Dade there are seven 4-H Clubs, with a to- tal of 426 members, —179 boys and 247 girls Five cf these clubs are in the schools and Myron Gass Heads State Of Dade Truck Farmers Rain Saves Timber Rain on Friday in time to step forest raging on Lookout from the Hotel south to seyville. The fires began many different places along highway, spreading into forests. This gave that the fires had been rately set. Qne observer, driving along the scenic highway da y morning, reported that fires .began near the road in instances and appeared to been set only about 30 prior to the time he came Someone does net like County. Someone hates us 0 ur forests, setting these fires is a m ^ na ^ ac t Everyone should 0n ] 00 j {0U ( ; and re port c j ues a uth:rities. We t a jj e jj. U p 0n ourselves to these fires, report, them and s ist in fighting them. those responsible for them should be brought to tice. Rain prevented what pend on rain. Ranger Jerry Pace that the fire on Lookout Mt. and many of the recent fires in Dade were not caused by ignor¬ ance. They are classed as ar¬ son, he said, the same as if one burned a house or building. “Every man, woman, child in Dade has been ;ed in some way,’ Pace “and knows that burning is breaking the law.” two are senior clubs Regular meetings o utside school at night. A good time was had by club members and 10 attending the two day camp held at Indian State 4-H Camp. Six Club members and adviser attended the State Council meeting. Fricks, Rising Fawn, the ^rict Public Speaking was elected President of the North Georgia District The County Council sponsor- ed two county-wide shows, with 40 club S1 * club ^ taking part these shows. A total of was ralsed by the Counci i and Community Clubs for the Foundation 4-H Aativities and Accomplishments Gardening was chosen as project by 22 club accounted for iVz acres i i m p roved gardens for ^ 2 p^tures-Crops 33 boys and 3 girls. Four boys and two enters the pas- S irk selected T this O'? P r °j ect ’ Wh ^ oar ;' h were shown and sold at , County Fair. Raymond Lan- caster, from Davis, had the Grand Champion, and Ernest Kirchmeyer, North Dade, Reserve Champion. Sixty-two boys and two took the Pig Project, with six- teen club members taking 8 ft one Pig Chain. Dairy cattle was taken by boys and two girls, one chose sheep as his (Continued on last page) Published Weekly—Since 1901 Truck farmers met at the courthouse Tuesday afternoon and chose Myron Gass as their 1 president and made definite plails re £arding a truck faim- ling program this year. In addition to Gass, other of- fleers were Art Moore, vice pre¬ sident, and J. D. Pike, secreta¬ ry and treasurer. A name was chosen for th new organization. It will bt. called the State of Dade Truci Farmers Association. Recommendations were mad is to the planting dates of th. various crops. This Is impor¬ tant, it was stressed, because crops must be planted at ap¬ proximately the same time so they will be harvested together for selling to outside markets. The following field dates were suggested: Corn—April 20. Sweet Potatoes—May 1. Pole Beans—May 15. Tomatoes—May 15. Collards—July 20 and August 10 . The Association wishes to find out all the different farmers all over Dade who plan to mar¬ ket truck crops this year. Re¬ commendations were also heard concerning a central curing house for potatoes. It was de¬ cided to invite the farmers on Sand Mountain who live in Ala¬ bama but market their pro¬ ducts in Chattanooga to join the Association or co-operate with it. Those joining the State of Dade Truck Farmers Associa- ton at this meeting were: J. D I Pike, Art Moore, Woodrow ’ Gray, J. D. Smith, Col. D. E. Morrison, Raymond Street, Bill Pullen, Phillip Matthews, My¬ ron Gass, James Conrad,, A. J. Ivey, J. B. Boydston, Jr., D. P. Hood. The next meeting date was set for (March 25 at the court¬ house at 3:00 P. M. Georgia Power Pays City of Trenton $737 A check for $737.50 was deli¬ vered to the City of Trenton, February 26, by T. S. Renfroe, Local Manager of the Georgia Power Company. The check re- ’presented three per cnet of the receipts from . company’s gross the sale of electric power in 1951 to residential and com¬ mercial customers. The pay¬ ment is made under the com¬ pany’s municipal partnership agreement with the city. The payment for the year 1950 was $680.90. The Georgia Power Compa¬ ny's entire tax bill for 1951 amounted to approximately $18,800,000. This does not in¬ clude the Georgia three per cent sales tax paid on mate¬ rials and equipment purchased by the company. The total amount to be paid under the municipal partner- ship plan is expected to in- crease from $1,145,000 in 1951 to mere than $1,320,000 in 1952. Two Shootings in County the county last weekend, both late Saturday ni E ht or early Sunday morning. One was at Piney and the other at a well- k nown joint along the high- way Drinking was blamed for [the trouble in both cases. Mrs . Eloise Haney Cagle was seriously injured by a shot gun b ].ast at her Piney home, re- ceiving wounds in the chest and arm. Her mother, Mrs. Minnie Haney, also received W0U nds from the blast. They 'were taken to Rising Fawn and NUMBER 9. Grace Hale Williams Qualifies For Clerk; Lanham For Congress Mrs. Grace Hale Williams, Rising Fawn was the only new candidate in the Democratic Primary this week, qualifying for Clerk of Superior Court. She is the daughter of the present incumbent, Graham Hale, and has worked in the Clerk’s office for four years. All offices are contested ex¬ cept County Surveyor, for which no one has qualified. Deadline for qualifying is March 12. STATE PRIMARY Congressman Henderson Lan¬ ham, cf Rome, has qualified for House of Representatives in the coming state Democratic Pri¬ mary. He will be seeking his fourth term. Earl B. (Bill) Self, of Sum¬ merville, has qualified for soli¬ citor general of the Lookout Ju¬ dicial Circuit, in which Dade is included. Malcolm C. Tarver, of Dalton, has qualified for judge of Superior Court, Cherokee Judi¬ cial Circuit. He served in th t capacity when Dade was includ¬ ed in that Circuit some years ago. Dade Excluded Free Rome Trade Area Hugh Clark, Dade County Soil was inform”! telephone Monday that Dad- would be excluded from Rome trade district hence¬ forth, due to the county’s iso¬ lated position in regard to Rome and its closeness to Chattanoo¬ ga. The effect of this decision is jthat Dade will not be eligible to compete in the Soil Conserva¬ tion Contest from now on, spon¬ by the Rcme Chamber of Commerce and the Coosa River Conservation District. This year’s winner, announced this was Bartow County. This decision makes Dade the only northwest Georgia county not included in the Soil Conser¬ vation District. Dade will, Mr. Clark said, attempt to tie up with similar activities in Ten¬ nessee . Girl Scouts Have Court of Award The Girl Scouts of Dade are have a Court of Awards on Saturday night, March 8 , at 7:30 P. M. At this time two new members will be welcomed, Faye Troxtell and June Wheel¬ er. Active members are to re¬ ceive proficiency badges in se¬ veral different program fields. All visitors are welcome at this meeting. The Girl Scouts wish to thank Mrs. Clyde Gass for her help on 'the Good Grooming Badge. Also, Mrs. DeWitt Williams for showing one patrol her collec- y'n of antiques Register * to vote before March 12. Then vote as you please but PLEASE VOTE. ment. **»«* with the shooting. He turned himself in Monday morning and was brought before JP J. M. Carroll. He was charged with shooting with intent to kill and was released on $300 bond, i Many old timers say there are more drunks seen around now than ever before. If the present trend keeps up, the f County Coroner (anticipates having more business than he will have time for.