Dade County's Only
VOLUME LV
... Here ‘a’ There...
By FRED HARTLEY
Overcast skies Wednesday fol¬
lowing Tuesday night’s storm
w o u 1 d have prevented any
groundhog from seeing his cele¬
brated shadow. If the supersti¬
tion means anything, then,
warmer weather is on the way.
After Saturday’s freeze, I say it‘s
about time.
Does a swan really sing?
I don’t know that I have ever
heard a swan sing. Fact is, I
don’t remember ever hearing
one utter a sound. But I sup¬
pose they must sing because
any long, drawn-out farewell
speech is invariably dubbed a
“swan song.’’
I suppose that is the way
people will refer to this week’s
column of mine—if, indeed, it is
ever referred to at all. For I
plan to leave next w’eek for
Atlanta, with hopes of landing
a newspaper job there.
Although I’m not quite as
bad as many Georgians who be
lieve that God made Atlanta a
little lower than Paradise itself,
I do nevertheless, look forward
to returning there. But it is
with considerable reluctance
that I take leave of Dade Coun¬
ty and its people.
It is the second time that I
have said goodbye to Dade
County. For my native county
in South Florida was also
named after Major Dade.
I shall leave here with a
headful cf memories. My 14
months here have been packed
with a variety of experiences—
some rather hair-raising, others
delightful, inspiring or discour¬
aging. These experiences have
produced mirth, despair, joy,
sadness, admiration, sympathy
and excitement.
Never before had I known the
experience of living so close to
“all sorts and conditions of
men.” Never had I been on so
intimate terms with the hopes,
fears, dreams, doubts and pro¬
blems of other humans. There
are seme significant lessons of
humanity that no man can ever
learn until he has lived close to
pecple who live close to the soil.
When I arrived here, I spoke
in terms of “you and yours.”
But in no time I was saying
“we, us, and ours.” It came
easily and unconsciously. It re¬
quired no deliberate effort to
feel myself a part of the com¬
munity among so friendly and
hospitable a people.
I have chatted, laughed and
argued with "your people. I have
climbed your mountains, swum
in your creeks, and hiked
through your woods. But they
have become my people, my
mountains, my creeks and my
woods, too. They are a part of
me now, and I shall take with
me a part of them.
This is not goodbye, really.
I will have to return from time
to time to see all the old fa¬
miliar sights, to rekindle the
memories and to renew all the
friendships that have meant so
much to me here.
for Clinic Expansion
Dr. J. Kenneth Ccoke an¬
nounced this week plans which
he will undertake soon to ex¬
pand the Trenton Clinic and
Hospital to the extent that it
will be able to handle an estim¬
ated 90% of the county’s me¬
dical needs. He hopes to fin-
ance the exDan-ion bv incor-
rcratin°- Shares the ertemrise and
selling of stock " to in-
t
JE5. The nronosed new facilities i
wing to the rear of the present
central unit with approximately
800 square feet, the installation
of an X-ray machine, an'electric a better 1
operating table car-
diegram machine and space
tr T nve or six more beds
Plans to incorporate
Dr Cooke says incorporate! that steps
have been taken to
'
the clinic and hospital and to
offer "with took for sale at $10 a
share a Guaranteed an-
nun , interest of 6 nercent. \
He believe- expansion that -11 the d:o-
posed Ln'ed c'uld be fi-
for $10 000 This would
Sock, mean the sale It of IcSS 1000 shares indicated of
but
Devoted to the Best Interests ot Dade County and Georgia.
IHE DADE COUNT! ILVIfch, l’RFNTON. GEORGIA THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1955
Lanhant Urges Cotton Acreage Release
The entire Georgia Delega-
tion is trying to get our cotton
llotments increased, but in the
event we fail, I want to call
your attention to some facts.
Last year, 1954, Georgia had
163,000 acres of allotted cotton
we did not plant. In the 7th
District alone, we had 19,537
acres as follows: Bartow 2403,
Catoosa 459, Chattooga 915,
Cobb 1517, Dade 189, Douglas
472, Floyd 2764, Gordon 2047,
Haralson 1022, Murray 1386,
Paulding 1571, Polk 7107, Walk-
er 1630, Whitfield 1455.
Let me urge every cotton
farmer in my district who does
not intend to plant his allot-
ment to turn it in tc the Coun¬
ty ASC Committee so that they
can redistribute it to the cotton
farmers who do want to
it . In this way, you will not
only help your neighbor but will
help maintain ycur own allot-
ment. "allotment F:r example, ”a"nd*~do” if not" you have
an plant
it or turn it in for two years
and decide to plant it the third
year, your allotment will be cut
two-thirds, whereas, if you had
H. D. County Council
To Meet at Slygo
Home Demonstration Agent
Miss Naomi Hubble reminded
all HD Club members this week
of the county council meeting
which will be held in the Slygo
Community House on Wadnes-
day, February 9. The feature of
this regular quarterly meeting
will be a demonstration on the
use of machine attachments by
Mrs. Balienger of the Singer
Sewing Center in Chattanooga.
The meeting is scheduled to
begin at 2:00 P. M. and will be
presided over by the council’s
president, Mrs. A. L. Dyer,
Miss Hubble urges all club
members in the county to at
tend.
Plans will be discussed for the
Club cf the Year contest and
the annual Spring Dress Revue,
tentatively set for April 13.
Both events - are sponsored by
the council.
Those wishing to attend are
a ked to meet in Miss Hubble’s
office at 1:30 in order to avoid
taking more cars than neces-
sary.
37,000 TVA Pine Seedlings Distributed
. mo ^ _, hpr - nf thp nade
County Forestry ‘ Unit distri-
‘
-
buted 37,000 pine Seedlings
throughout the county Tues-
day. Seventeen individuals and
organizations received from 500
to 6000 seedlings apiece, free of
charge.
The plants were gifts of the
Tennessee Valley Authority for-
estry division, donated as a
feature in their program of re-
ferestation. The county agent
had been taking orders for them
that the full amount need not
be subscribed. “I will person-
ally match the funds put up by
the investors, dollar for dollar,
If $5000 is invested by the the!
stockholders, I will supply
other $5000.”
In citin» "facilities, the need for the ad-
ditional Dr. Cooke
'
pointed out that there we:e
many illnesses and emergencies
could not be handled at
Z****t- th“ clinic at present for lack cones! cf ,
“It a patient
to me with an injury in which
there is the slighest indication
of fracture, I have to send him
to Chattanooga for an X-ray,”
said the doctor. “If we had an
X-ray machine, we could diag-
no e and treat the inju:y here.”
Imprcved medical facilities
would also be a large factor in
attracting another physician
here If the need were felt. f
“Doctors today are trained to
take the fullest advantages of
all the equipment which medi-
cal science has given us. It’s ■
ouite discouraging for a doctor
not t: have the equipment
available. He feels he‘s putting
hit o p actice only a small
turned it in, you could have
maintained your full allotment,
In addition to your losing it,
your county and state will lose
it, further reducing the acreage
in the State next year.
In our District, the deadline
is March 1st but you should
surrender your unused quota
before that time so that the
Committee will have time to
give the acreage out before it
is too late to plant it.
I hope the farmers in each
county will put on an organized
drive to get the cotton acreage
released that is not going to be
planted so that it may be given
to these who will plant it.
Henderson Lanham,
M. c. 7th District.
I New England Scouts Get 1955 Charter
b “ Boy Scout
^charter 'Sunday for mornings 1955 following service
J" th * New England Methodist
J Lombardo re-
f n . arlb e hratlt '" c Mtcrs e , e rea
‘ n a£ \'.
c awardi , „ 0 of ... the charter , ,
came after some remarks b - v
the churchs pastor. Rev, J. M.
Ba ‘' S]aeak “ lg cn the fou " din S
' S80U
tl '® b8n8fits ( * 8rived , hy the boys
whc ' ,° ° w the tenets of the
organization i
Investiture Service
Prior to the presentation cf
the charter, an inve titure ce-
remeny was held, when three
new boys were received into
the troop. Adults who are
lead the troop this year were
presented their credentials,
with appropriate remarks by i
Mr. Lombardo. Hardie Price is
scoutmaster and Ewell Brown
his assistant. Hobert Wilhite
serves as institutional rep’es-
entative
The troop committee is com-
posed of Raymond Street, chair-
man; Bob Allison, secretary;
Walter Smith, treasurer; Bill
D'oyle, L. C. McHughes and
Rev Ball Bernard Doyle is ex-
plorer advisor and Hicks Ryan
his assistant, 1
The Cherokee Area is divided
into several districts, of which
one is the Battlefield District,
The latter embraces the New
distribution.
Receiving the short leaf and
seedlings were the
renton Boy Scouts _ Davis' 500, Lar-
Konrad — 1000, 4-H
Davis School —2000,
Stephens— 1000, David
Hall—6000, Andy Bowen—
Nlorth Dade School—500,
Salem—3500, W. H. Pullen
Rising Fawn School —
H. G. Hawkins, Sr.—1000,
G. Hawkins, Jr. — 1000, T.
Ryan—500, Trenton 4-H
Tom Sims—4000.
of what he has learned.” ,
Public Gains ;
Dr. Cooke was quick to point
out, however, that it would be
the people of the community, I
rather than the physicians,
that wculd gain by an exipan-
siOn cf local medical facilities,
“The clinic as a factor in the,
community’s medical service,
progress is far more important!
than any doctor,” commented
the Trenton physician. !
The addition of the extra
rooms and hospital beds would
make available the services of
the clinic to patients with il-
nesses requiring hospitaliza-
ticn. This would naturally in- '
volve the hiring of nurses on a
round-the clock schedule. Dr.
Cooke said that he already has
a registered nurse lined up staff who J
has agreed to jcin his
nursing supervisor as soon the
clinic is prepared to take care
of more hospitalized cases. j
At present Dr. Cooke is as-
sisted by Mrs. Montford Tatum
during the day, and Mrs.
Bible, a surgical technician at
Erlanger Hcripltal, is cn duty
night.
Farm Announced
Speakers for the Farm Bu-
reau and Co-op meeting were
announced this week. They will
discuss several topics of interest
to farmers, including farm
worker’s Social Security, farm
insurance coverage un*er the
Farm Bureau and Soil Conser-
vation. !
Addressing the group on the
morning Farm Bureau program
will be Harold Steven- of Ken-
president of the Walker
County Farm Bureau chapter
and the Dade-Walker agent for
the Ccttcn States Mutual In-
surance Co. This is the com-
pany that is providing fi; e and
theft coverage for Farm Bureau
this year.
England iMiBJailu troop, cruop, as as well wen as' as au all
° ther tro °P s in Georgia near
Chattanooga. About 20 troops
comprise the district, including
many In the city itself.
The district derives its name
from the fact that it is located
the area which was the
many important battles in
the War Between the States,
The honor for naming it goes
to the preS ent committee
m an, Raymond Street.
name was selected when he was
scoutmaster for a Chickamauga
troop, more than 15 years age.
Six times yearly a district
of Honor is held. The
New England troop will be host
f 0r the next one, in March, at
the North Dade School audito-
r j um
1 pp Si DUSlie I I I lOM IrfOWerS n T I0 H Be II HOnOred l
Iiex rnd Russell Blevins, 100-
bushel Corn Clubbers for 1954,
8° to Athens Saturday,
February 5, to receive a bronze
key for their achievement in
corn growing.
———• Russell *— led the —~ list *— of — —-
county’s in yield ,
corn growers
P er acre last y ear > with a total
°f H® bushels. His cousin Rex
was third with 102. Col. D. E.
Morrison was the only other
100-bushel grower in the coun-
Four Delegates tc GEA Convention Elected
The Dac j e county chapter of
Georgia Education Associa-
elected delegates and alter-
nates tc the GEA convention
* hic * meet in Atlanta cn
Ma.cn 1< 19.
Delegates chosen by the
chapter were J. C. Billue, Mrs.
K Q te Elliott, Mr'. Ersaline Car-
roi! and L. C McHughes.
First, second, third and fourth
alternates in that order were
P-emon T. Hall, Mrs. Geneva
Allison, J. T. Childfess and
Houston Smith.
Henry Elliott, president of the
local chapter, gave a brief sum-
mary cf the recent regional
With these improvements, Dr. |
Cooke believes that the clinic
and its staff could take care of
about ninety per cent of the
medical needs of the county.
Only those requiring highly
specialized diagnosis or treat-
ment would have to be sent
elsewhere.
Life corid be saved
“For this reason,” declared
the doctor, “it is to the public’s
advantage to assist in building
up medical facilities here to
that level. There many
emergencies in which time is a
highly important factor in the j
treatment. By having adequate j
facilities here, some lives might
be saved in the time it would
take to get the patient to a
hospital in town.”
The doctor is therefore an-
xious to get the expansion pro-
ject underway as soon as pos-
slble. That’s why he has put
forward the method cf corpora-
tion financing. He explained
that he would in time be able to
the whole project him-
self. But that would mean a
lag of perhaps several years in
the county’s medical progress.
Published Weekly—Since 1901
Mr. Stevens will explain to
farmers the protection they
have under the new policy, and
how to go about seeking claims,
Lcuis R. Stein, Jr., District
Manager of the Department of
Health, Education and Welfare
of the Social Security Adminis-
tration, will discuss the new
social security as it pertains to
farm workers and operators.
Frank T. Denham, a member
cf the State District Supervis¬
ors Committee cf the Soil Con¬
servation Service, will discuss
soil conservation problems with
the group and will answer
questions concerning the request
or federal flood prevention aid
by the Lookout Creek Water¬
shed Association. Mr. Denham
will speak in the afternoon,
during the Co-op portion of the
pregram.
Achievement awards for 4-H
clubbers and others will be pre¬
sented at the morning meeting.
The Farm Bureau will also de¬
vote part of its program to the
4-H Clubs who will present
some entertainment and a sum-
ary of their activities.
The Co-op's business session
will include a financial report
operations for 1954
the election of directors
for 1955. The Farm Bureau will
also elect this year’s officers at
tneir meeting,
The Fa:m Bureau meeting
will convene in the courthouoe
at 10:00 A. M. During the nocn
intermission, a baked ham din-
ner will be served to everyone
attending. The Co-op meeting
is scheduled to begin at 1:30.
ty, with 108 per acre,
Accompanying the Blev ins-
beys to the meeting on the
Lniveisity of Georgia campus
will be Russell’s parents, Mr. &
Mrs. Joe Blevins, Rexs mofchei,
Allison Blevins, County
Agent L. C. Adams and Mr^..
Adams,
Col. Monison is attending a
national soil conservation meet-
ing in California this week and
will be unab’a to attend.
GEA meeting Rome
state recommenda-
spaghetti DINNER FEB. 4
AT TRENTON METHODIST
The Wesleyan Service Guild
0 f the Trenton Methodist
church is serving a Spaghetti
dinner from 11 to 2 and supper
f rom 6 on a t the church on
Friday, February 4. The Spa-
ghetti dinner will include cof-
f ee and home made cake and
will be only 75c. The Guild will
also serve hamburgers to those
who wish them. Everyone is
welcome to come and eat with
them.
Selling shares of stock in the
enterprise would mean a short
cut toward adequate medidVi
facilities.
He emphasized that the ;
stockholders wculd be able at;
any time to use the amount ol
their investment at face value
as payment on any medical;
bills incurred at the clinic
“Shares of stock would be a
kind of nest egg saved up for
future medical expenses,” he
emarked. emarked
‘The w.rkmen who have been
doing the construction need to
be commended,” he said. "All
’he caripenters and painters
agreed to take part of
their pay in stock in order to
continue the building pro¬
gram.”
When the new wing has been
added, nearly doubling the size
cf the present layout, the oper
ating-delivery - room and exam-
ming rooms will be moved
tirely to bedrooms and admin-
there. The X-ray and darkroom
will also be located in the new
addition. The existing central
unit will then be devoted en-
tirely to bedrooms and
NUMBER 3
STATE POLITICAL
DIGEST
Groover Bill Fails
This week the Georgia Hou c e
of Representatives defeated the
controversial Groover Bill by a
vete of 81-71. The mea'ure
would have prohibited news¬
papers from publishing the
names of persons accused of sex-
or drunken crimes until they
had been formally indicted by
a grand jury.
The Senate gave unanimous
approval of a bill to sel] license
tags in county courthouses. The
House had already passed the
bill.
The Senate also unanimou ly
passed an administration bill to
create a Rural Roads Author¬
ity to pave some 16,000 miles of
country roads.
Ccok Predicts New Taxes
ATLANTA—Demands for ser¬
vices being made upon the
State cannot be met within
present revenue and resources
and a tax increase of some de¬
scription “is a foregone conclu¬
sion,” Attorney General Eugene
Cook told the Atlanta Civitan
Club in a recent address.
Mr. Cook, a former state rev¬
enue commissioner who has
been designated by Governor
Marvin Griffin as one of 20
Georgians he wants to serve on
| a State Program Study Commit¬
tee to recommend ways to fi¬
nance needed services, said he
idees not believe streamlining of
I government iproced ures and
: tightened enforcement of pres-
j j the ent tax laws Georgia alcne will needs. produce
money
| “The amounts thus realized,”
he declared, “will not be more
than a fra- tion c f the sum
needed. Consequently, it is a
fo.egone conclusion that a tax
increase of some description
will be necessary. It would ap¬
pear that the main que tion be¬
fore the Study Committee will
resolve itself into a decision on
the form and degree of that
increase.
The Attorney General pointed
out that normal increases in
state services, p:incipaily in the
fields of education and welfare
already have put the State $10-
t^miilion beyond her annual in¬
come and will require $17-Vi
million more next year and $ 3 -
millicn more each year there-
At the present rate of
he said, Georgia’s
, budget will total between $275
and $280 million by 1959—be-
t ween $50 and 55 million a
year more than present income.
While net speculating on
what taxes may be increased,
Mr. Cook expressed the hope
that whatever revenue plan is
worked out will “give Georgians
the assurance that their state
government will not face a re¬
curring financial crisis with
each change of administration!
istrative offices,
The central unit nciw in ope-
ration is nearing completion
now. All that remains <s the
laying of asphalt tile on e
floor. Dr. Cocke expects to
have this finished by Februaiy
15.
The clinic has recently ati ed
ail the necessary quipm
for transfusions and oxygen
therapy. Thirteen pa len s, a
obstetrics cases, have been a
mltted so iar. Several others
have been admitted for obser-
vation.
Wo:k has already begun on
the new addition. Dr. Cooke is
hopeful that it will continue
rapidly. “I have* the utmost
faith in the continued support
cf the citizens of Dade Coun¬
ty,” he said “Although we have
not come to the point where we
can issue stock yet, we hope
that subscriptions will come in
and! that we sh^l . „ , be ab to .
continue without interrupt .
We have been going ahea ^
faith alone, but we av
reached the point that we need
more that if we are to continu
the work.”
