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About The Dade County times. (Trenton, Ga.) 1908-1965 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 9, 1954)
She adt limes Dade County's Only Newspaper. VOLUME LIV Here ‘n’ There... By FRED HARTLEY Well, I finally did it. I des¬ cended one cf Dade Countys famous caves. Last Saturday I accompanied a group of Bey Scouts, led by Spencer Jenkins, into Sitton’s Cave near the mouth of the gulch. Tc get to the cavern, simply follow the trail into the gulch that run; alcngside the little creek for a couple hundred yards. On the right is a marker a stone painted yellow—-that points toward the cave. The stone is inscribed with the letters “NSS", repeatedly the initials of a cave-explor- ing group in South Georgia. You enter the cave through a relatively large opening and walk into a huge chamber— rather like a vestibule—that has a hal/f dozen small pas¬ sages leading away from it and into the inky darkness beyond, yond. At the.se smaller entrances, you have to crawl -or squat- walk in a manner reminiscent of an old army exercise, the duck walk. Once inside, a car¬ bide lamp or gas lantern re¬ veals the cavern’s fantastic wonders—scores of bats hang¬ ing from their overhead perch and the incredible formations c* the stalacites and stalag¬ mites . Although cave-exploring can be hazardous, this one is quite safe. The passages are well marked by numbers of explor¬ ers who have left their names behind cn the walls of the cave. The Interior of the cavern was notably warmer than the outside last Saturday. One small passage gave forth a draft of air so warm so as to suggest a boiler rocm down be¬ low . Buddy Tatum has become something of a minor celebrity in Trenton, now that he is the proud ower of a Jaguar—auto, of course, iow -sTung"sleek not the animal. The gray mo - del is a thing of beauty and a joyride forever. Well, for a few years, anyway. It’s the perfect car to take your girl out for a spin. There’s no room for anybody else. As Kelly Renfroe remarked as he squeezed his oversized frame into the tiny cockpit, ‘‘You don’t really get into one of these things. You just serta put it on and wear it. i lawffmc ; Will Mot Fill County s Needs According to present estim¬ ates, the next few months should see construction involv¬ ing nearly a million dollars started on seven school projects in the county. But even this extensive build- ing program will not fill the county’s needs for school con¬ struction ----------- and equipment. -,_ r The construction slated to be- gin in the early spring Is made possible hy an outlay of funds by the State School Building Authority. A total of $960,225 has been appropriated by the Authority for the seven pro¬ jects. But these plans will net ade¬ quately take care of the needs of the county schools. Two of the schools, New Salem and Rising Fawn, were net included in the School Building Author¬ ity’s program although they were Included In the original recomendatlon. Every one of Devoted to the Best Interests of Dade County and Georgia. THE DADE COUNTY TIMES, TRENTON. GEORGIA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1954 Cotton Quotas Mean A Share In The Cotton marketing quotas, which on December 14 again will come up for a vote by ton growers, are set up by law as the method for assuring each grower a share of the available ! market for cotton, according to Mr. John F Bradley cf the Georgia Agricultural Stabiliza- tlon and Conservation Ccm- mittee. The chairman explains that if marketing quotas are adopted by at least a two-thirds major- ity in December 14 referendum, then each farmer will have an opportunity to put in the acre- i age of cotton in 1955 which, under normal yields, will pro- > duce hts fair share of the es- timated market On the 1955 crop of cotton, if quotas are approved, price sup- Wildcat Cagers Lose to Lee High Dade High cagers dropped three games in their initial en¬ gagement against Gordon I.ee in Chickamauga Tuesday night The “B” team boys played the closest game, lasing by o n iy I one point, 26-25. j The girls’ quintet was defeat- j ed 35-23, and the boys lost by a score of 69-49. Both the boys and gi’-ls will play in the regional Invita¬ tional Tournament this week in LaFayette. The boys meet LaFayette Thursday night at 9:00 and the girls play Trion Friday night at 7;00 P. M. Next week both teams have two games scheduled—on the 14th with Menlo and the 16th with Coosa. S. C. Hold Meeting in Atlanta The Georgia Association of Soil Conservation District pervisors met in Atlanta this week for their eleventh annual meeting. About 100 supervisors from Georgia’s 27 districts at- j tended. Don A. Williams, U. S. De¬ partment of Agriculture offi- cial and Federal Soil Conserva- t ion Service Administrator, told the group that experience has that the ederal gov. must provide the interest and leader- ship in soil and water conser- vation but it can be adapted to the widely varying needs of the individual farms. Georgia has made as much or more progress in soil and water conservation than any other eastern state, he said. A grati¬ fying progress has been made because of the spontaneous de¬ velopment of the all-impcrtant local initiative and responsi- billty and the elective team work of local, state, federal and f private interests i Brig. General E. C. Itschner, Chief of U. S. Army Engineers for civil works, was the princi¬ pal speaker at the banquet Monday night. He cited Hood damage reduction below Alla- p --- - will need additional schools throughout the entire the schools ent equipment, program even afte^the pres^ , R ^ up do u the the rest—to co: unties bring and towns to pl t tCd appropria-! their schools up an adequate ciHns their Dade.County* share tlcn “f ,he Authority wa.s aware, standard. ti.e e deficiencies, enough but money there ( of the simply was not Authority - s budget for available to that agency w ° approved projects: - • all the physical heeds , ol ^ the seven meet y .................... $581,250.00 QN PRINCIPAL i.O yea I .$183 024.00 1 ON HAZARD INTEREST RESERVE '20 year — b^77p77ed R reserve to be re- | jjrffd to Real £££ > itons period d d to buildings RESERVE and TO unit at’ REPAIR - reno- end of 20 ‘ yea ^ buildings and replacement vation and additions t ^ 74,034.00 of of equipment equipment; EXPENSE .............. (20-year payment) $ * 33 33,422.00 422 00 AUTHORITY .......... totaL ..........................$960,225.00 and estimate of additional construction equip- 8ch00 ‘ Board ment — that w------- cannot be flnancea oy ^ ........♦ $ 19,549.00 ia,^».uu equipment eexs . HIGH , ^ ....... DADE - equipment cost............... $ 19,720.00 SCHOOL ..... DAVIS - port will be available t: eligible 1 growers at a level between 82 v> ! 90 percent of parity; the. exact level will depend on the j supply. | If marketing quotas are turn- ed down cotton grower ; j voting in the referendum, price' support to eligible growers will drop to 50 percent of parity. Farmers who vote are re- minded that they will be voting j only whether or not they favor marketing quotas and net I whether allotments will be in effect. The voting places Davis j are school on Sand Mountain and I at ^ courthou5e in Trenton The polls will be open from 9| A. M. to 5 P. M. on December 14, won’t you please vote? SCHOOLS CLOSE FOR j HOLIDAYS DECEMBER 22 I Supt. of Schools Roy W Moore has announced Dade County schools will close for the Christmas holidays on Wednesday, December 22 and will reopen on Monday, Jan. 3. Students from all six schools will enjoy nearly two weeks of “freedom” during the yuietide j season. T. M. Tatum Resigns; Election Set Dec. 21 The Trenton City Council, ac-J meeting Wednesday night, Councilman T. M. Tatum and set a special election to elect a successor for Tuesday, Decem¬ ber 21. The councilman’s re¬ signation was due to his ineli¬ gibility to hold the office now that he is no longer a resident of Trenton. He moved to La Dam and the work of the here and at Clark Hill near Savannah. Governor Herman Talmadge conservation welcomed the^ leaders ^voluntary to Atlan- ^soil ta. Other speakers, during the cenvention, spoke on various conservation practices. Col. D. E. Morrison, Dade County Supervisor from the Coosa River District, attended this meeting. LIONS CLUB TO COLLECT ARTICLES FOR NEEDY FAMILIES These are many families in Dade County whose Christmas be slim this year. The Lions is interested In helping as many cf these families as pas¬ sible . You can help in this project by donating your USED CLOTH- ING FARM PRODUCTS OR MONEY. Bri, -CM. to* , gifts for our needy ^ the ! rison ruX)n Hardware Hardware Co. Co - in in Trentcn Trentcn | f before December 22. This is not intended an a du- j plication of the work of the but is an organized effort to reach more of our needy families. " --- - HOOKER ELEMENTARY _____bDot equipment cost..........$ $ 4499.00 4 , 499.00 TRENTON ELEMENTARY equipment cost....... $ 5,615.00 . . . - QR ------ , 4nn NORTH DADE ELEMENTARY equipment cost $ 9.644.UU — NEW SALEM ELEMENTARY (addition) Construction cost.................. $17,2 ? 5,333.00 oo n?i Equipment cost................... $22,583.00 . NEW SALEM ELEMENTARY (completion 1 of existing building) C r U NEWsIlemV. 77 7 7 * 4 : 000 TOT A L . . ...*26,583.00 . RISING K FAWN ELEMENTARY — (addition) Construction cost $26,250.00 Equipment cest $ 8,632.00 $34,882.00 RISING FAWN ELEMENTARY (comple- tion cf existing building' Construction cost....................$11,000.00 moooOO TOTAL RISING FAWN FAWN..... .....................* v 45,882.00 TQTAL DIRECT ..... ...................... $131,492.00 ARCHITECT SUPERVISION, ETC.............. $ TOTAL FOR LOCAL FINANCING...................$144,641.00 Here is what has happened County School Board thus far: to the School , , Building „ Aut ,i . r- Over two years ago, in the early fall cf 1952. the Dade Ity a list of improvements LET’S HAVE THOSE CHRISTMAS PROGRAM N0TICES SOON! Again this year The Dade County Times would like to publish information about school and church Christmas programs, preferably before they happen; so that the pub- lie will have an opportunity to attend, in order to get any advance notice, many of the programs would have to be published in next week’s is- sue, on December 16. Even if you can only give us the time and place of the program, we want it. - T I • f") TA • t Mrs. Julia Pace, a pioneer resident Countian, ol the and county, a lifelong j Sunday evening at her home in Trenton. Mrs. j Pace would have been 91 on De- 15. She was the former Miss Julia Street and widow ot late William Peyton Pace. Mrs. Pace was a well known ; figure taught school in the here county, having [ for a num- ber ol years. She was born near ! the Sulphur Springs community in 1863. The house which she \ with her daughter, M'.s. A Ellis, and Mr. Ellis had Fayette several months ago. The deadline for qualifica- cial election was set for noon on Friday, December 17. Persons desiring to qualify for this of- should leave their names at the office of the city record¬ er before that date. Books will be reopened for registration from now through Wednesday, December 15. Any¬ one 18 years of age and over with at least six months’ con¬ tinuant residence in Trenton prior to the election may qua¬ lify to vote by that time. Little Change Seen In 1955 Farm Picture and Home Demonstration Agent Miss Naomi Hubble Tuesday at¬ tended the annual Outlook Meeting of the State Agricul¬ tural Extension Service at Jas¬ per, Ga. They reported an in¬ teresting and highly informa¬ tive program. Principal speakers at the event were Charles R. O’Kelly, associate economist cf the Ex¬ tension Service, and Miss Willie Vie Dowdy, home economist. Neither predicted any radical changes in the agricultural ec¬ onomic picture for 1955. Mr. Adams said the state ee- onomtats looked , f , or another year much like 1954. Farm j>-‘«tm» prospect prospect P_ r _T1L. of a ieveiling off in «“ ,s re j ,c ™f“ « m. - Ho H* e c « r i c n e squeeze. Beef prices v/ould lend to re- main at present levels, althougn herds are at peak le vels all Published Weekly—Since 1901 Ala. to Push Watershed Move Col. D E. Morrison, presi- dent of the Lookout Valley Watershed Association in Dade County said last week that soil conservation oficials in DeKalb County, Ala., exhibited consi¬ derable Interest in the water¬ shed project for the valley. Plans are underway there to form an organization similar to the one organized here on No¬ vember 15. Col. Morrison and County Soil Conservation Tech- nician A1 Webb discussed the proposed project at length with been her home for 55 years surviving are her daughter, Ellis; one son, Albert P p ace Greenville, Tenn.; one brother, W. O. Street, Sulphur Springs; six grand children, Mrs w r puller, Wildwood, Edwin Pace, Jr., Kingston, Ten¬ nessee; Lt. E. A. Ellis, Jr., Pu- sail> Korea; Miss Judy Pace, Tren ton, and Charles Pace, Trenton. Also three great- grandchildren; one daughter-in Mrs. Edwin Pace, Sr., Tren- t on Active pallbearers were Wii- ham Street, Joe F. Street, Wil fZncik Z‘Tc P r:: coway. Honorary pallbearers Will Smith, R. A. Wool¬ bright, Ernest Stewart, W. J. A. Jenkins, A L. Dyer, H. F. E. G. Wright, Jr., R. Morrison, Col. D. E. Mor¬ rison, H. C. Killian, G. C. Ta- turn, Wiley Gass, John Reeves, Lewis McBryar and Charles Gray. Funeral services were held in the Trenton Methodist Church on Tuesday afternoon at two o’clock, with the Rev. R. L. Hilten officiating. Interment was in the Baptist Cemetery, Trentcn. over cattle would likely have trouble finding suitable markets. . Miss Hubble said that home economists stressed close plan- ning and economy in managing the farm home during 1955. New Home Receives $75 Progress Award The New Home Community again this year received an honorable mention award of $75 in the Chattanooga Area Rural Community Improvement Con¬ test. J.M. Crawford, pres’dent of the community organization, accepted the .prize money at the annual award dinner held In Chattanooga’s Read House on Monday n.ght i n addition to Mr. Crawford, Mrs. E. f A. a Stallings stabinzs and and Mrs. Mrs. E. E Fegruson were present at the banquet to represent the New Heme community They also attended a forum meeting in the afternoon, in which the 70 _ -- NUMBER 47 DeKalb County SCS officials, ]supervisor Paul Gilbreath and technician George Huey, last Wednesday. They were pleased at the progress made in Dade County and announced plans to form their organization in DeKalb. Monday, December 10, was set for the time of the Valley Head meeting. Farmers and other interested parties were j to meet that night In the Vocational agricultural building at Valley Head High School at 7:30. All interested Dade Countians are also urged to attend. Col. Morrison will address the group. Mr. Gilbreath pledged the cooperation of the DeKalb group with the Dade County organization in seeking the preliminary survey by federal engineers to determine the need of the watershed protec¬ tion measures. Requirements of the federal act require the two counties concerned to form separate organizations to push the project, even though they are in the same watershed. The Lockout Crek watershed in Alabama generally includes all the land north of Valley Head. All of Dade County ex¬ cept the northwest part •£ of creek. The formation of the local organization is a requirement under the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act which offers federal assistance to small watershed areas that are plagued by floods or large! scale erosion Scouts To Collect Christmas Toys The Trenton Boy Scouts this year will collect and distribute toys for children that Santa Ciaus might neglect. They have issued a call for all used or broken tcys that could be re¬ paired to bring joy to some i youngster who might not get an y T °y s ma y be brought to Dade High School or given to either Rev R L Hilten or Spencer- j Jenkins. You h may scouts notify to them if you wis the come ; to your home to collect them on Saturday afternoon. communities that entered the competition spoke on dif- ferent phases of community im- Mr. Crawford outlined for the group the accomplishments of his settlement, the improve- ments on N e w Heme Church, the youth program, the progress of work on the community house and farming improve- ments. The grand winners in the area were as follows: (1) Tay- lor, Tenn., (2) Apison, Tenn., (3) North Catoosa, Ga., (4) Spark man, Tenn., and (5) Spring Place, Ga. MM ■■ | 1 sidered sidered essential essential for for 1 schools The Authority acted on the proposals and sent back its re- ' port in November, 1952. This | report said, in effect, of “We the agree to undertake most pro- | i jects you recommend, but funds are not available here to take ; care of all the county’s needs. Local financing will have to Take care of the rest.” | This move was in, acc: ^ d I the policy the Building Author- ity followed in acting c n all such recommendations through¬ out Georgia. School Superintendent Roy W. Moore, p u t it this way: “The State Schocl Building Authority did not u have funds available to finance everything we recom- me nded. It will be incumbent upon the county to provide the money, probley through a bond 1 issue, to bring out schools up to j ^ m inimum standards nece.s- to function properly.
