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uade County s Only Newspaper.
VOLUME LIU
To Open and Equip Tri-County Hospital
Launch To liaise $£ift r 000
A campaign to raise $200,000
to equip and place in operation
the Tri-County Hospital at it.
Oglethorpe was announced to
more then 303 citizens of
Walker, Dade , and Catooia
Couna.s, Gesigia, . at a meet-
;ng at the Read House Tuesday
night .
Tha members of the Board
of Trustees and the Tri-County
Medical Society were hosts of
th » meeting with Frank M.
Glea'on, Chairman of the Board
cf Trustees, presiding.
the financial picture
Building and Equipment Costs
Cost of Construction ...... equipment......... ..............
Estimated Cost to furnish and
Estimated Total Cost...............$1,554,83i.Oo
FUNDS USED ffO DATE
Financial Grants $277,260.00
Federal
Total Financial Grants..................* 000.00
Proceeds Local Short-Term of Sale of Loan Revenue Certificates......... ^00
......
Total Funds Available to Date. ..........$1,252,252.00
CURRENTLY NEEDED FUNDS
For Construction -and' equipment....................pen 175 L JU on JU
To Repay Local Loan...... '
TOTAL CURRENT NEED.............. $467 585.00
Minimum Amount'to be Raised by Subscription... $200,000.00
Th° Board of Trustees has in-
dications of interest in our proj-
private . ,
ect from sour
stantial means who can help
our hospital establish itself on a
debt-free basis. A pre-requisite
to securing financial aid from
these sources is a minimum
fund o f $200,000.00 to be rah el
ernm th° neople to be served by
the hospital. The Board is
therefore ecnfcUnt th°t the ci-
tizms of the Tri-County Area
will meet the challenge cf pro-
viding the public share.
Campaign Plans
R. Houston Jewell, Chicka-
mauga, Vice-President of the
Board of Trustees of the Hospi-
tal is General Chairman of the
Campaign Organization. He re-
viewed the complete plans for
the fund raising effort and an-
nounced that ce-tain phases of
the "elicit 0 ticn would sta-t im-
mediately with the entire Camp
aign to be completed within
four of five weeks.
The General Chairman stated
that the response on the part
of those asked to serve in posi-
tions of leadership was wonder-
Communities Urged To Enter Contest
e Chattanooga Area lin¬
iment Contest is again
ing cash prizes to the
enmity making the most
ovement during this year
County citizens are urged
ok over the possibilities cf
respective communities
enter in the competition
away.
e County Extension Office
assist¬
Injoys Work
,e service performed by the
ed States Postal Dopart-
t is unrecognized and un-
eciated by the majority :
ricans who use this s?:v-
om the postmaster and
cs in the po toff ice to the
men in cities and the ruuu
iers. their jobs are among
most important in the na-
Were it not for the rural
iers, people far from po !
:es or towns would be virt-
y stranded.
typical day in the cycle of
>ade County mail carrier
ild dercribe his worthiness,
get a first-hand account, a
f member of The Times ac-
panied Mr. James W
y. Trenton Star Route car-
on his rough and winding
mtain route though last
k’s rain.
r. Gray begins his day with
ip from his Sand Mountain
ie to the Trenton postof-
where he sorts out mail
ud for rural bexs , and tm
Rock. Henegar and A’?-"
Devoted to the Best interests or Dade County and Georgia.
1 HE DADE COUNTY TIMES, TRENTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1953
Tire history of the movement/
to establish a hospital for this
,. a Northwest Georgia was
presented by Gleason as well a.s
the need and the complete
uancin. picture.
The hcspital, now under con-
struct : m, is expected to be
placed in operation by Fall of
his year, the result of the ef-
1. is of a group of citizens who
have been working on the proj-
tet for over five years as a civic
responsibility
ful. Everyone asked to serve,
*Wngly ^reed and hav °.J aI '
ready started organizational
, thelr own divisi -
„ n( j cr , mm ittees. Serving with
t he General Chairman are:
Judge Freeman C McClure,
Honorable General Chairman:
F r pH B Henry. Associate Gen-
eral Chairman; Frank M. Gle°-
son, Snscial ’Gifts Chairman:
Dr. Fred Simonton, Medical
SN»f r Chairman- G-rnett An-
dr'ws. Jr.. Employee’s Cho'r-
man: Burl F. Hall. Agriculture.:
.chairman: Harris Edward \
Lists & Evaluation Chairman:
N. E. Porter Audi"'-’ Ch" : -
man: R'v. E. B. Shirrs T "
Publicity & Speakers Chairman:
E. P. Hall Co-Chairman of
Publicity■ Tom Christian. Hon-
[otarv Chairman A. for Emberson Catoosa
Cmm+y: John
Genmai nh<Orm°n f or ^atem"
County: Judge J. M. C T:\ra-
s°nd, Hor .
naH Cnu dr J . C. Filhie. Gen-
eral Chaii '
G. W. ■
Chairnmn
Joe Hill F
for Walker C ounty .
ance with entering the con¬
ics!, as it has in the past, and
will give entrance blanks to in¬
terested persons.
Dade's first county winner
wa ■ the Davis Community, fol¬
lowed by New Salem, Rising
Fawn, Wildwood and Morgan-
jviUe. Sly go els: enter'd the
cut st at cne time. Fi ng
Fawn has been the only en¬
trant the past two years.
postoffices. Mail bags for the
pestoflices are locked in the 1
icar cf his late-model Che¬
vrolet pick-up, while letters
and packages which will be
distributed along his route are
arranged in a cardboard box
and placed in the front seat
for easy delivery.
A mall wooden box. section¬
ed into small change and let-
ters-received compartments,
also goes cn the front seat
with a metal box for stamps.
Usually, he i ready to leave
by 8:45. when a long day of
d living over rough country
roads begins. Using two rets of
tires a year. Mr. Gray drives a
total of 76 miles per day, all on
dirt roads with the exception
of a few miles of black-topped
Alabama Highw y No. 105 to
Flat Rock
TIis truck is the fcurch vehi¬
cle he has used in the eight and
half years he has carded mail,
on this route, cne of three
from Trenton. Route One
through the v ’.lee i- carried
by Roy Mc&T :. " the
February Attendance Figures Given by Cagle
Dade High School ranks highest this month in attendance,
; tnmg an average daily attendance of 91.937. Dade Element-
ary closely follows the high school with 91.747 . Third place in
’ Fawn with 90.407
. n..ance honors goes m Ruing .
Enrollment % A.D.A.
DADE high........‘ . .. ..........177 91.93 150.85
DADE ELEMENTARY..... ........412 91.74 365.70
rt. wiiNG f nwi'i ........... ..........206 90*40 182.70
NEW SALEM ............ ............141 89.80 121.o5
" .ofti ii D. OJj ........... ..........170 85.21 221.20
DAVIS ELEMENTARY .... .......... 70 83.63 54.95
D-iViS HiGh............. ..........503 83.28 403.15
TOTALS '52-’53 ......... .........1779 87.86 1506.10
51-’52 ............... ....... 1642 90.40 1448.30
HOOKER ’52-'53 .......... ........... 47 86.80 39.95
’51 -‘52 ................ ........... 46 92.40 52.50
WILDWOOD RURAL
’52-'53 .............. 92.45 14.10
’51-’52............. 81.15 21.10
PERFECT ATTENDANTS
Dade High also led in the number of perfect attendants
Du:ins thr f ifth month, 98 were P.A. under the fourth month s
record of 135. Davis is second with 91 in contrast with fourth
month figures of 143; Third is Wildwood with three perfect
tendants overshadowed by 12 the monh before.
New Salem records 42 under last month's 58; North Dade
totals 27, which is lesser than last month‘s figure of 41; Rising
Fawn numbers 49 perfect attendants with 63 attending
last month. Hooker lists nine cut of twelve for last month.
The flu epidemic is respon ible for the drop in attendance
records during the first of this month.
Approve 5 Long Term
C. L Bigham, Assistant
County Agent, has made pub-
li th'> names of five long-term
TVA test drmonstrators who
have been approved by the
board of directors of the Co-op
for the use of * tri-calcium
phe phate fertilizer.
They are: Roy Moore, D. E.
Morrison, G V. Green, Pyron
Lambert and Mrs. A. A. Me
Mahan. All have had five-
Free Land Offered
For Factory Site
T v : ~ ■ , Torwl land, in t.hp the ammmt. amount of of
five acres, will be given Friday
r 27 to any person or
• fill to buld a
factory, mill or plant of any
kind cn the outskirts of Tren-
tcn.
The property, known as the
Pryor farm south of Trenton
and on Highway No. 11, adjoins
the city limits and will be sold
in 400 lots by the J. L. Todd
Auction Co. cn February 27 at
10 a. m.
' is an ideal building
spot, either for homes or .a fac¬
tory. There is railroad siding
or. the rear of the property
nod highway frontage for the
convenience of factory opera¬
tions.
TI ■ auction company is
< pc rating with the interests of
the county in mind in making
this offer. The five acres
include both railroad and high¬
way facilities. Dade County
lias long needed a factory or
plant to help with employment
and general improvement of
rrunty conditions, so the citi-
zents hope some company will
take advantage of this offer.
Three building lots will also
be given to three lucky persons
attending the sale.
mountain route, which is
No. Two, is carried by Fred
Often, the paths of
Gray and Morgan cross, but at
different times, on the moun-
tain.
There are about 400 mail
boxes on the Star Route, post¬
ed along small roads weaving
over the crown of Sand Mt.
Gray, who claims a ge-
liking for his work, turns
at Waldo Simmons’ store
begins stopping at boxes
along the brow of the moun¬
tain.
Eventually his route carries
him into DcKalb County, Ala.,
and onto the paved highway
into Flat Rock, where he
pauses long enough to sort
more mail. The postoffice at
Ilenegar is the next stop, and
finally the route comes back
along the east brow of the
mountain and' then west to the
crossroads at Simmons’ store.
It is now approximately twelve
noon Luckily, the Gray home
is next-door to this store, so
Mr. Gray is able to have lunch
years 1 experience in the pro-
■■ f am.
These participators will be
required to keep accurate re¬
cords of all activities and to
help promote the county agri¬
cultural program. There will
be a special study made to de-
t rmine the change made in
cropping systems over a period
cf years.
Pullen To Head 53
Co-op Directors
During- During thp the first, first mep.t.inff meeting of of
the year for the 1953 Board of
Directors of. the, J^rj&gisL
c.p, W. H. Pullen was voted
retain his post as Chairman of
the Board. It was also an¬
nounced that W. G. Page will
continue his duties as Co-op
Manager. Beth decisions were
unanimous following state¬
ments from the directors at-
te ting the value of both men's
records during the past year.
Activities cf the coming year
were discussed, among them
approval cf five long-term
test demonstrators, who will be
eligible for T.V.A. fertilizer
carried in connection with the
Co-cp program.
Directors present were Pul¬
len, W. L. Fannin, D. E. Mor¬
rison, A. L. McMahan, Otis
Yor kand John Murphy.
NURSE SHOWS
FILMS AT DAVIS
| At a recent meeting of the
Davis High School P.T.A., Miss
Fannielu McWhorter, public
nurse, showed a film on health
I education.
The devotional was given by
Rev. R. Q. Dyess who, later in
the program, entertained the
group with several songs.
home.
Left of the Magby Gap
of Christ, the route
turns toward Avans where Mr.
nd Mrs. D. P. Hood operate
!he postoffice in their home.
About two and a half more
hours of depositing and col¬
lecting mail through the win¬
of his struck is necessary
ibefore Mr. Gray has come to
Mrs. Millie Ballard’s store —
time to start back down the
mountain.
! He makes it back to Trenton
| at about three-thirty p. m.
and sorts out more mail for the
I next day.
| Tim life cf a mail carrier
has its bad points, as well as
good ones. In winter, wearing
cf gloves is impossible because
there are so many pennies to
pick out of the boxes. Mail
boxes painted with the owners
name and on the driver's side
} 0 f the road, and at the the proper effi¬
height contribute to
ciency of the carrier.
During last wee k’s rainy
days, for instance, some letters
Published Weekly—Since 1901
Sheriff Law Violators
L. W. Barger, who has been
in jail under $1500 bond for
.the past several days, was
caught last week by Sheriff
sawing his way to freedom.
As some repairs were being
made to the building, Mrs.
Graham heard a sawing noise
from upstairs at the same time
the repairmen were hammer¬
ing. She went immediately to
the courthouse where she told
the sheriff of this activity.
.Sheriff Graam took his keys
and crept unnoticed by the
I prisoner upstairs and into his
cell catching Barger in the act
I of awing a second bar in half.
Barger, a resident of Tennes¬
see, will be tried in the March
term of court for violating the
Mann Act.
Recover Car
Air, and Mrs. Donald Green-
wald, of Alliance, Ohio, were
a very happy couple Sunday
morning when they arrived at
the Trenton jail. For on the
grounds was their '53 Bellaire
Chevrolet which had been
’stolen three days after they
had purchased it. The Green-
welds were so appreciative of
the sheriff’s help in the ca*e
that they took Mr. and Mrs.
Graham’s picture.
La,! Friday morning, about
me a. m., Sheriff Graham
end Chief Deputy Hickman
noticed the car packed at Plaza
Court. They made a check of
the automobile and found out
from Mr. Wilhite, owner of
the courts, that there was no
cne there who ownfd it.
Samoles finalized Feb. 23-25
a
county Agent L. C. Adams
announced that*-the mobile
soil testing unit scheduled to
arrive in the county the first of
next week will serve the Tren¬
ton, Sand Mountain and Rising
Fawn communities.
The laboratory will be in
T-enton Monday night and go
(to Christian's Store, on Sand
Mountain Tuesday morning.
T!l0n on Tuesday afte:noon,
the unit will move to Rising
Corn Planting To Be Stressed Here
Through a series of com¬
munity farm meetings at
which farmers of this area will
talk informally with County
Agent L. C. , Adams and a
jsp cialist from the Athens Ex-
j tension Office, more and better
corn crops for this year will be
; stressed.
Mr. Adams will show a movie
|on corn-raising and other val¬
uable pointers will be given,
j The deiinite dates of these
meetings will be announced
soon.
4-H clubs through the coun¬
got a little wet when several
boxes lacked doors or covers;
also, there were several mail¬
boxes about three feet from
the ground which forced Mr.
Gray to get out and stand in
ihe mud to reach for a letter.
Postal regulations require
that a carrier must deliver a
special delivery letter person¬
ally clear up to the front door,
even if the house is a half a
mile from the mailbox. Some
times, the person receiving the
letter will live across a muddy
corn field, or some other such
obstacle.
Packages too big for the box,
such as orders of baby chick¬
ens, must also be carried to
the house. When time for the
baby chicks rolls around, and
there are several chirping
boxes full in the cab with the
driver, you can imagine his con¬
sternation. Thoughtful future
chicken-raisers meet the carrier
at their box, however.
Scars-Roebuck catalogues and
magazines also present prob¬
NUMBER 7
j Deciding the car was stolen,
the Sheriff took it to the jail.
The following daybreak,
j when Mr. Wilhite opened his
store, he found tloat it had
been broken into and notified
|Mr. Graham.
; Since Mr. Greenawald’s
name and a motor company's
name was on a sticker pasted
to the widshield, W. W. Wil¬
liams and Wilhite made a call
to Ohio, verifying the fact
’ that it was stolen.
After that, it was only a mat¬
ter of about a day's time be--
fore the Ohio couple identified
the Chevrolet.
Two Suffer From Thursday
Collision
Two men were injured se¬
riously last Thursday February
12 when their car collided with
a truck about three miles south
of Trenton.
They were Thomas L. Fer¬
guson, Fort Payne driver of
the ‘51 Chevrolet car, and a
rider, Lester D Blevins, of
Valley Head. Ferguson is an
employee of Wheland Compa¬
ny and received chest and lip
injuries, while his companion
suffered a fractured kneecap, a
chest injury and elbow and
neck lacerations.
*
Ferguson said his car ran
into a truck, owned by R. H.
Harrison of Westmoreland,
Term., and driven by Tilman
Harrson, which was backed out
into the highway.
Sheriff F. C. Graham book¬
ed the driver on charges of
drunken driving.
Fawn, setting up quarters near
the po tr/ffice. Soil will also be
analyz'd on . the square in
Trenton Wednesday morning.
All farmers interested in
knowing the content of their
fa-m land will benefit from
this service since appropriate
crops for the various types of
soil may then be planted.
Sample' may be brought to
any cf the above-mentioned
places at the specified times.
ty will carry as a special pro¬
ject the raising of corn and
members who are selected to
participate are expected to en¬
ter the Farm Bureau Corn
Contest and the Georgia Power
ponsored corn contest for
4-H’ers.
The purpose of both contests
i; to raise bigger and better
yields of corn. Dade County
farmers received great encour¬
agement after Ait Moore's se¬
lection as second state corn
winner.
lems, but after a carrier has
been on his route long enough
to experience the usual hazards,
almost nothing sent through the
mail surprises him.
There is a gentleman on Sand
Mountain who mails three
pounds of butter, wrapped ap¬
propriately, every few weeks. A
letter was once sent with the
following address, "Woman in
My House, New York,” which
probably was a headache to
mail clerks all the way from
Chattanooga to the eastern
state.
So you can see the reason
mail carriers don’t laugh in
response to the occasional opi¬
nion that they ‘‘really have it
easy—riding all day.” You
probably also see why the lin¬
iment business continues 'to
prosper.
Co-operate with your rural
carrier, your postmaster and
the clerk who serves you—they
are dong business for you, the
kind without which you
couldn't get alohg.
