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Travis W. Mont joy Wins
Contest
All the articles turned in en
the June Essay Contest were
fine and we hope everyone will
find them as interesting as we
did.
Mr Travis Montjoy, a teacher
at Dade High School, won first
place by a unanimous vote. How¬
ever the opinions expressed
by others were so sincere and
heart-felt we are printing parts
from their articles. We would
be glad to receive any answers
to these.
TOPIC FOR JUNE
At this special session of the
Go :gia Legislature, the Geor¬
gia Senate has unanimously
adopted a Resolution asking
that the State Board of Educa-
ion eliminate the 12th grade in
our schorls and eliminate other
‘frills” such as visiting teach¬
ers, supervisors, library ser¬
vice? cultural education, art
and music, counseling and guid¬
ance, adult rehabilitati on,
health and physical education,
and driver education.
The topic for the first con-
te t was: — “Do you believe
this economy measure will hin¬
der or make no difference in
giving our children the best
possible education?”
GEORGIA IN DANGER
Travis W. Montjoy, Jr.
Our beloved Georgia i s in
danger! The enemy is not an
atom bomb, a flying saucer,
an invader from another planet,
This threat camouflages itself
in the insidious form of a Reso-
lution adopted by cur State
Legislature. If materialized, it
would mean a paralysis of our
fine system of public education.
Among the outrageous sug-
gestions to water down
sch cLs are to eliminate the
twelfth grade,* to abolish posi-
tions such ,as visiting
supervisors, counselors, librari-
ahs, and to cast cut courses
study such as music, art, health
education, p h ys ic al training,
and driver education.
Times Essay Contest
RULES OF THE CONTEST
1. Op>en to all readers of The Dade County Times.
2 . Topic fer the month—which appears in the paper—to be
enclosed with each entry.
3. Winning essay or article will be published and winner will
receive $5.00 cash or three free subserptions to the paper.
4. Your name and address must be signed to your entry but
will be withheld upon request. *
Essay must not be over 500 words long; must be neat; typed
or written in ink.
6 . No employee of The Dade County Times will be eligible for
a prize.
7. No essays will be returned and the staff of The Dade County
Times reserves the right to edit all copy.
Entries must be received cn or before the last day of the
month as each month’s contest closes on the last day of
the month.
Topic For July
Another resolution passed by
the legislature in their
session last month, allotted 12
million dollars of the money vot-
ed for new taxes to be added to
the State Highways $68,763,986
(which includes a Federal aid
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THE DADE COUNTY TIMES, TRENTON, GEORGIA, THU RSDAY JULY 7, 1955
Grasping for the almighty
dollar Ls the m:tive behind this
proposed mayhem. Paradoxical¬
ly such a change in the schools
would not save money i n the
long run. Just as surely as the
rewards of education are elimi¬
nated, a harvest of ignorance,
p.verty, and unemployment
would ensue. Instead of decen¬
cy, good citizenship, and pros¬
perity, we would have hoodlism,
more crime and failure.
State Senators who are sug¬
gesting this destruction of cur
educational standards should
ask themselves several import¬
ant basic question; before they
act. Which would be more pro-
fitable ultimately - to
and to correct truancy among
the school children or to sup-
p :t through welfare the ill-fed
family, of an uneducated social
misfit? Which would be more
economical—to teach boys and
girls the proper way to drive or
to prosecute the American adult
for murder on the highways?
Which would be better use of
raw materials—to build a bask¬
etball goal t o promote whole¬
some, healthful exercise for
youngsters cr to construct a de¬
tention home for delinquent and
maladjusted young incorrigi-
bles?
No fact could be more incon¬
testable than the fact that ed¬
ucation is the safest investment
for the future. The security cf
j Georgia is at stake. , It is splen-
! did that the government be
j thrift y- but wh y> oh - wh ^ mu5t
j scapegoat? P ubUc education always be the
■
| Exer P Helen te From Polly ° ther Hall Art,cles writes...
j
think the twelfth grade in
our schools should be dene away
.with—cut off. because it Ls a
loafer’ grade. The pupils might
as well be at home aggravating
their parents”... “Adult .reha-
bilitation, I feel, is a rotten
plum—not worth its salt”...
education seems.a must
allotment of $220,349,000) which
has already been allotted for
1955. What percentage should
he given the Rural Roads au-
thorit»y and what for Highways?
What should he the basis of
where in Georgia this money be
I spent?
IMPROVEMENT COLUMN
(Continued from 1st page)
Down the highway a
distance, the Hershel
have installed a new
washer-dryer and added
charming old-fashioned
in the kitchen to light
rounded breakfast nook.
Details on the Bcbo home
be printed at a later date.
B B. Kenimer has had
Ralph Blevins house moved
from next to the tourist units
he built last summer and Ls
building three new units with
the help of his son, Don.
We n:tice that a new
is going up next to the Castle-
berry home near Morganville.
to me since our people are kill¬
ed all the day long on the high¬
ways.” Mrs. Hall feels that
i Health and Physical Education
luxuries and "L,br„ry Ser»-
j ice is an unappreciated blessing
'in our school.”
Mrs. John Blalock, who was
Miss Nellie Forester and was
born and raised in Dade, taught
school for many years in Geer-
gia and Alabama and now lives
in Blair, Ky., writes... “I, for
one, say EMPHATICALLY, Keep
the Twelfth Grade and do Not
eliminate the Frills as we call
them”... “A person Ls more able
to get along in the world by
having that extra twelfth year
of sch ol work and study. Most
states have found this to be
true”... “The youth of today
need these frills’ to be able to
live in and understand better the
world of Frills in which they
live”... “I love Georgia and I
hope and pray that you do not
take this backward step and I
do feel it is a backward step
when you eliminate the twelfth
grade and also the frills of pub¬
lic schools.”
Mrs. James Lancaster writes...
“I understand it is hard to get
into college without having the
twelfth grade. Are we to send
cur children to another state to
gest a High School education?...
“Are we to put our children on
the level with the children of
1900 when a grammar school ed¬
ucation was gcod enough?”...
“Libraries have been a great
help to cur st.uents. Few farm
families can afford the necessary
books and reading materials to
go without text books”.. .“The
struggle to improve our chil¬
dren should be lemembered
and lauded. The administration
that takes away the “frills” will
certainly be remembered”...
“Why, may I ask, can’t some
“frills” be taken from another
source and let our schools
alone.”
Mr. D O. Chumley has writ¬
ten a fine scholarly article
which is quite long and writes...
“A point of view about public
education should ‘be stated first.
This will give direction and
meaning to public instructon.
We should knew what we
our schools to do before we eli-
minate or modify . “All
dren have the right to an edu-
cation on the basis of their ca¬
pacities, abilities and interests.
Public instruction that will best
serve all children, i. e. make
them geed citizens and
them make a successful
ment to life becomes
in scope. It considers all
of child development:
physical, emotional and social.
In these areas experiences
be provided to prodrice good
tizens and help the
successfully take his place
society”... “To eliminate
services is to decrease the
of the child's development”...
.“The minimum program
teacher’s salaries and the
gram of school plant
tion is now a reality. This
to an adequate program is
ahead of many southern
Other southern states
spending more money and
paying teachers better
but no ether southern state
exerted more effort toward
viding the type schools we
sire than the State of
in the last five years. To
inate services which
to the desired goal would not
n harmony with this trend.
would reverse the
role the State of Georgia
assumed in public
among southern states.”
“If these services are
continued from the state
the large county units
I finance the services to some
I tent with local funds.
services could not be
in the small county unit and
j the trend toward equalization
of educational
I would be reversed.”
OBITUARY
I
Lloyd Scott Wheeler
Lloyd Scott Wheeler, son of
Mr. and Mrs. I O. Chattanooga Wheeler, j
died July 3 in a ;
hospital. Scrtt was 36, attend- ;
ed the Dade County schools and 1
was a member of the Trenton
of Christ. He is survi-
I I ved 'by his parents, two sisters
Mrs. Joe Buffington and Mrs.
jp a y e Lacy; three brothers, I.
0 wheeler, Jr., Don Wheeler
1 of Chat¬
anc j j err y Wheeler all
f tancoga; his maternal grand-
j mother, Mrs. Dora Posey of'
Trenton and his paternal grand
. mother, Mrs. I. H. Wheeler, Sr.,
1 Chattanooga. Funeral serv¬
0 f
ices were held from the Trenton
Church of Christ with Hugh |
j Davis officiating. Interment
i wa ^ ln tbe tTjp^nqnh^r^r^wp^e Crllae
y Bm J
Tatum Ggne simm , ^ur- '
! Wf To „„’ anH Ri1]v Mo r ran
Honorary pallbearers were Dr.
Carl Hartung, M. J. Hale, E. A.
Ellis Jr., J. M. Case, Bobby Jo ,
Gifford, Claude Harrison, Em- |
mitt Gold, Jasper Hill, and Fred- Jack]
Acuff, Tommy Gray ;
die Morgan.
Change in Schedule
The Soft ball games have
been changed from Tuesday
and Friday nights to MONDAY
and FRIDAY nights. Next
week’s games will be:
Monday, July 11
Trent:n Jr. boys vs. Davis
boys.
Trenton girls vs. Rising Fawn
girls.
Morganville men vs. Masons.
Trenton Sr. boys vs. Davis Sr.
boys.
Friday, Jutl»y 15
Rising Fawn girls vs. North
Dade girls.
Trenton Sr. boys vs. Davis Sr.
boys.
Trenton Jr. boys vs. Davis Jr.
boys.
Masons vs. North Dade Sr.
boys.
BASEBALL
In Sunday’s baseball games,
Wildwood won a thriller from
Center Post 8 to 7 on Johnny
Wallin’s ninth inning single
scoring Lloyd Raines from sec¬
ond base to break a 7 to 7 tie.
Davis journeyed to New Salem
and won handily from their
hosts 7 to 2 behind the brilliant
pitching of Bim Patton. Arvine
jT Lookout t ^ Mountain nine .__ until
the ninth wjien Davis pushed
ever 5 runs to clinch the vie-
i° r y-
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