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VOLUME LVI
Peek - Blevins - Moore - Gross Win
In a closely-contested elec¬
tion, Arthur W, Peck, incum¬
bents Allison Blevins, Woodrow
Gross and Roy W. Moore won
their respective bids for the of-
ffices of Ordinary, Sheriff, Rep¬
resentative and School Superin¬
tendent.
Peck, who served as Ordinary
from 1949 until 1952 only to lose
to the present Ordinary, R. M.
Morrison, by -about 476 votes,
polled a total of 1261 votes over
Morrison’s 1034. The latter ran
a close race until the last two
boxes, Trenton and New Eng¬
land, were in, while Harold C.
Cox received 274 votes.
Sheriff Blevins was re-elected
by a huge majority of 1720 votes
over G. V. Green, who received
866 votes. Woodrow Gross polled
1398 votes to W. H. Pullen’s 1118.
Despite the many rumors cir¬
culating during the last week
before election, Roy W. Moore
was re-elected as School Super¬
intendent by a narrow margin
of 108 votes. He received a to¬
tal of 1335 votes to Forester's
1227.
Unopposed Candidates
Tax Commissioner John W.
Murphy, Treasurer James V
Jenkins, Superior Court Clerk
Grace Hale Williams and W. P
Cole, candidate for Surveyor,
who were all unopposed, were
re-elected and received only a
very few strike-out votes
Peck carried the Cole City,
New Home, New England, Sul¬
phur Springs and Slygo dis
tricts, while Morrison carried
the Trenton, Wildwood, Rising
Fawn, Byrd's Chapel, West Brow,
and Hooker boxes. Cox polled
a total of 101 votes at his home
box, New Salem, to carry it by a
large majority.
Blevins, who received the big¬
gest vote of any of the
dates, carried all but the
City and Sulphur Springs
Ojfoss swung the Cole City,
Home, Trenton, New
New Salem and Byrd's
di-:tricts to cap the largest num¬
ber of votes. Moore carried
Trenton, Cole City, New
Byrd's Chapel and West
boxes.
The first box to be
in after the six o'clock
of the polls was the Byrd's
pel box; New England was
last box in, completing the
counting shortly after nine
Approxi m a t e 1 y 64# of
3918 voters registered cast
ballots with m a n a gers
each district reporting
voting throughout the day.
flurry of voting late in the
ternoon in some districts
due to the arrival of shift
ers employed in Chattanooga.
The total vote as compared
1952‘s vote of 67.5# was
ly lower in spite of the
that a large number of
showed considerable interest
this election. The
square was packed Wednesday
night ght with With cars Cars which Whicn naa had
Dade County 4-H'ers Joining in National Observance of 4-H Week
The following report was giv-
. y To ' c . . e wi1cnn , „ r - Iin _
’
President and Treasurer of
e Rising Fawn Sr. Club, at a
cent :ent Farm Farm Bureau Bureau meeting: meeting:
>n m a a state state basis basis we we carry carry out out
any inv projects. nroiects. One> One« of of the the pro¬ pro-
mts which I am sure you are
miliar with, is the Rock Eagle
oject. This project stHUed
th many acres of timberland,
ost of which in 3 years time
is been cleared to make way
r the buildings needed to
ake the largest 4-H center in
e world.
“This past summer 3 4 boys
id girls from our county at-
nded camp at Rock Eagle. Not
ily did we have a good time,
it we had regular classes each
,y where w e learned many
eful things.
“In the county we have six
H clubs with approximately
0 members. In order to be an
tive member every boy and
rl should carry out a project.
; should be encouraged at
double-parked a 11 around the
outer edge by persons anxious to
learn the results of the election
first-hand.
The record vote reported in
1952 for Trenton was 88.4% with
approximately two-thirds of the
911 registered voters showing up
this time. Hooker voted 80%,
the largest percentage in any
one district. 146 are registered
and 115 came to the polls.
TOTAL DISTRICT VOTES A
Those holding the election m
each district and the number of
voters casting their ballots are
as follows:
1037#— New England, Brown
Lumber Co. shed; Kenneth
Brown, manager; Howard G.
Doyle, E. T. Brown and J. B.
Cole. Of the 278 voters regis¬
tered, 204 voted.
873 — Slygo; Community
House; W. P. Cole, manager;,
joe Doyle, B. I. Cole and Miss
Edna Waddell, clerk. 63 out
of the 91 registered voters came
to the poll. 1089 —Hooker, porch
of J. E. Strawn home; H. H.
Strawn, manager; J. E. Strawn,
Dan M ass en gale and C. M.
Smith, Sr. 146 are registered
with 115 voting. 974 — Wild¬
wood, Coummunity House; M.
E Ford, manager; W. T. Lea, H.
C. Porter, J. M. Cooley and Her¬
man Cross. Of the 451 registered,
186 showed up to vote. The lad¬
ies of the community served a
delicious benefit lunch at the
polling place. 1214 — New Sa¬
lem, School; Art Moore, mana¬
ger; Carl Baker, Scott Gray and
J. C. Mathews. 171 out of 232
voted.
875 — Byrd's Chapel, little
house at the rear of Virgil Ste¬
wart's Museum; X. B. Murphy,
manager, D. F. Long, R. M. Cas¬
tleberry and Victor Keeton. 137
from the total 2 04 registered
voted.
1129 — Sulphur Springs, Amos
Mill; Byron Forester, manager,
Ed Bible, Cicero Forester and
Pyron Lambert. Of the 171 reg¬
istered, 119 voted.
1222 — Cole City, block building
across street from Christian's
Store; Harmon Gray, manager;
Dec Stephens, Robert Freeman
and Roy Chrstian. Of the 645
registered, 408 voted.
1885—New Home, J. W. Craw¬
ford, manager; Mrs. E. E. Ferg¬
uson, Mrs. Hundly, C. J. Ivey
and Mr. Rochester. Of the 228
registered, 169 voted.
1889—West Brow, Teet's Store;
K. D. Teet, manager; H. B.
Griffin and Mrs. John Baron.
123 voted from the 214 regist¬
ered. 1038—Rising Fawn, Frick's
Store; R. P. Fricks, manager;
W. L. Fannin, James McMahan,
and Gus McKaig. Of the 347
registered, 254 voted. 960 —
Trenton, Clerk or Court's office;
H. F. Allison manager; W. W.
Williams, Granville Pace and
Jules Case. Of the 911 regist¬
ered, exeu, 590 voted *utcu.
UNOFFICIAL RETURNS - DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY
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ORDINARY ! 1 . 1
C. COX 9 61 ! 9 6 18 6 1 16 I 101 j 36 1 1 | 11 1 274
, 18 70 286 | 154 71 170 54 | 15 45 66 5 1 80
M. MORRISON
W PECK 1 46 57 228 | 81 132 66 50 | 88 ! 24 303 156 | 30
SHERIFF I
BLEVINS 45 94 407 | 186 170 195 91 | 29 134 180 102 | 87
V. (GABBY) GREEN 19 44 175 .58 40 62 23 | 89 33 225 63 | 35
REPRESENTATIVE I i I i i 1
W. GROSS 24 72 363 | 76 j 129 | 69 38 | 43 87 366 110 1 21
H. (BILL) PULLEN 40 62 21G 166 18 185 73 | 72 80 37 48 | 91
SUPERINTENDENT | 1
SCHOOLS 1 . I 1 I 1 !
L. FORESTER 46 60 253 | 156 151 144 65 f 74 108 | 82 | 37 | 51 I
W. MOORE 18 75 | 317 86 1 58 1 110 j 50 ! 44 63 318 127 1 69
Ersaline Carroll Dade Co. "Teacher of the
Mrs. Ersaline Carroll was an-
-as Dade County’s
of the Year” during a
meeting held in the
lunchroom Friday
Members of the Dade
Lions Club, sponsoring
teachers from each
and School Superinten¬
Roy W. Moore were present
the occasion.
The announcement was made
Lion President Martin Neth-
at the close of ceremonies
in by Supt. Moore
Messrs. M. J. Hale and J.
Case. Runners-up were Mrs.
Simmons, Davis, Mrs. Roy
New Salem, and Mrs.
Hall, Rising Fawn.
Each of the runners-up were
corsages of
which Mrs. Carroll was
as county winner of
contest. In presenting her
lovely corsage o f Japanese
Nethery said the occasion
a special thrill for him be¬
he was one of “Miss Ersa-
” former pupils.
In acknowledging the honor,
Carroll, who has thirty
teaching experience,
moment was one of the
of her life. She said
in looking out over the as-
SALEM 4-H’ERS
WITH PROJECTS
The New Salem 4-H’ers are
busy preparing for the
new projects that they
chosen for the year.
Almost everyone has added
and health to their
The 4-H girls recently put up
curtains in their rest room
school and made a new ruf¬
for the dressing table.
Our club is at the
money for a flag pole
the school.
As spring approaches, our
are turning to the many
projects that we want
work wum on. uii.
home by his parents to work
hard on his project. If he does
n ot have this encouragement
from home, he will more than
iik e ] y i 0fie out on the advant-
ages ages and and experiences experiences he he would would
gain galn from fr0m his his projects. projects.
“A “a lot >nt. is is hone done hv by the the Countv County
Council in helping boys and
girls carry out their projects.
We buy the seed for the Corn
Contest and the Farm Bureau
offers a prize to the member
with the most corn per acre.
We also sponsor the poultry
chain. We buy the chickens and
distribute them among the 4-H
members who want to enter the
chain. We sponsor trips to pro¬
ject achievement meetings and
State C o u n cil meetings each
year.
“The Talent Show is an an¬
nual affair, put on by the Coun¬
cil. Most of you have come out
to our talent shows the past
few years and it means a lot
to us to see you there.
“I’m sure you’ve all noticed
the welcome signs into Dade
Devoted to the Best Interests of Dade County and Georgia.
THE DADE COUNTY TIMES, GEORGIA, THURSDAY MARCH 8, 1956
sembly, she could see many of
’her former pupils among the
business men and others of the
county. 1
“i am especially proud to ac-j
cept this award for all the
teachers. M y teaching career
has been a wonderful experi¬
ence, one of which my family
has always been proud.” Her in¬
spiring talk also included the
benefits received from a teach¬
ing career.
Also on the program was M. J.
Hale, who listed the qualifica¬
tions set up by the state spon¬
soring organization, the Georg¬
ia State Chamber of Commerce,
some of them are as follows:
personal qualifications, teach¬
ing abilities, respect and loyalty
Volunteer Fire
A number of Trenton’s civic-
minded young men met Feb. 27
to organize a Volunteer Fire De¬
partment. The following offi¬
cers were elected; Cleron Kyzer,
president; Don Gross, first vice-
president; J. E. Morrison, second
vice-president; and Jack Cash,
secretary.
Other members of the organ¬
ization are:
Tom Sims, ROy McMahan, day
and night assistants, respective¬
ly, A. L. Dyer, Virgil Jenkins,
Harold Gross, Martin Nethery,
John Tatum, Claude Harrison,
G. W. Bailey, James Christo¬
pher, Tubby Case, Bill Tatum,
Buddy Tatum, Leon Christo¬
pher, Frank Breedlove, Bunny
Rose, ,Dewell Breedlove, Dennis
Sullivan;
Lawrence Christopher, Rev.
Robert Hilten, Martin Schrader,
Woodrow Tinker, Delmas Free¬
man, O. C. Stanley, J. C. Bil-
lue, Martin Bradford, Homer
Reed, Robert Woolbright, Tom¬
my Gray, J. L. Harrison and
Sam Elder.
Participation in the program
is strictly voluntary with .....- no
County County put put up up by by the the Council, Council.
We We also also bought bought the the flags flags which which
you you see see in in the the courtroom courtroom today. today.
“Through “Through the the rommunitv community 4-H 4-H
Club, b ’ the th boys , and d girls irls have have
the .. advanta£rp advantage to to Vis take take theTe many manv l
projects; \ ’ for for the the girls, there is,
clothing, . . cooking, , , frozen , foods,
and others; and for the boys
there are such projects as live¬
stock, poultry, and swine pro¬
duction, forestry, corn produc¬
tion, rural electrification, and
many others.
The parents can do a little
more encouraging here by get¬
ting their boys and girls to
take more than one project.
The training they get from their
projects and 4-H programs in
presiding at meetings and mak¬
ing appearances before the pub¬
lic will prove to be invaluable
in later years. If your boy or
girl is assigned a part in a pro¬
gram, a word of praise would
spur them on to do their best.
“I’ve been asking you to help
your boy or girl choose his pro-
jects and encourage him. But
sometimes parents do too much.
For instance, in the steer pro-
-* ect ’ would be much more ef-
fective if the parents would let
the 4_Her actuall y do the work
instead of the father doin ^ aU
the work. The Mother’s help,
the girl in the dress revue,
needed, but she should never do
the sewing for her.
“The same is true on the 4-H
records. Supervise the work they
do on their records and scrap¬
books, but never do it for them.
When a 4-H’er receives an hon¬
or on the work his parents do,
he is getting something he real¬
ly doesn’t deserve and it isn’t
fair to him or to the other
members who were trying for
that honor too.
“The Nety Salem 4-H club has
landscaped the school grounds
and they are planning to grass
the school yard. For this
job they will need a tract¬
or, which I’m sure they would
not mind at all having a F. B.
for the teach ing
willingness to take part,
ship qualities and church
community activities.
He paid tribute to teachers
everywhere who are
a dedicated service by
young lives in the proper
James Milton Case, who
Harold Gross, and Messers.
ton and Hunt of
formed a committee to make
the final selection, told of
difficulties the committee
perienced in selecting the
ner. He said in making
choice, they realized their
sponsibilities at all times.
Following the program,
freshments were served to
present.
pay ffrovided. The city has
needed such an
which has at last been
possible by the great interest
the young men of the town.
A meeting was held last
day night for the purpose
discussing the fire engine.
other meeting will be held
Friday night to repaint it,
work the engine and to
to other improvements.
More hose will be
for the engine as the funds
available. Fog nozzles, the
latest in fire fighting
ment, will also be secured.
Plans are being made for
fire fighting training
here for the benefit of
workers with the fire
ment. Mr. Johnson of the
Fire Dept, will conduct
course.
HERE EACH TUESDAY
The Navy Recruiter
Chattanooga will be at the
Office every Tuesday at
A M. to interview young
tnd women interested in
ing o the Navy.
| member help them with
task.
“The Rising Fawn Sr.
club has purchased road
e rs to mark the roads to
surrounding communities
th * Junior club * in the
cess of having the stage
redecorated,
Why not visit your
ity 4-H club meetings and
what we are doing. Come
some of our Council
and see the boys and girls
part in the proceedings.
“And remember, a word o
encouragement instead of
word o f criticism will
gratifying rewards to you,
boy, and your girl.”
NOTES TO 4-H CLUB
MEMBERS, LEADERS
The 375 4-H Club
leaders and parents are to
congratulated for the
ing job they are doing in
moting farm and home
jects and community
Published Weekly—Since 1901
NUMBER 7
Red Cross Fund Drive opens
Disaster struck close to Dade
County last month. Jackson
County to our west and Walker
County on our east were hit
hard and when disaster strikes
the Red Cro:s is on the job. AS
of last week 17 Walker County
families had applied f c r Red
Cross Disaster Relief.
In August of 1955, only four
disaster operations in the his¬
tory of the American Red Crcs:
exceeded in destruction costli¬
ness the Easter floods, which
swept over six states. The sud¬
denness of the calamity and the
violence of the streams swollen
by an abnormal hurricane rain¬
fall brought death and injury
to hundreds.
All told, 180 people perished
and more than 7,000 suffered
injury or sickness. During the
first week following the disast¬
er, Red Cross sheltered and fed
46,000 people who were driven
frem their homes. To help the
injured and ill, nearly 800 pro¬
fessional nurse volunteers were
mobilized by chapters and staff
disaster nurses; and 600 trained
disaster workers were drawn
from every part of the United
States to aid thousands of chap¬
ter volunteers in the huge task
agronomy course
FRIDAY, MARCH 16
County Agent L. C. Adam;
v/ill preside at the County-Wide
Agronomy Short Course which
will be held Friday, March 16 at
the Courthouse. All those in¬
terested are urged to arrive by
10 a. m. in order for the course
to get underway.
The program will be as fol¬
lows:
The The 4-H 4-H
unteer unteer their t h e l r services services exert exert
tremendous tremendous influence in luence on on
lives lives of of club club men members J be ^ s and anc
familiees. familiees. One One of of the e most mos
portant portant contributions contn u ions t o o
ers. ers work W ° rk These These is iS that that men men made and and by women women the ' V
-
courage project activities,
the club members in order
they will be able to preside
meetings, take part on
and work together in
This training is one of the
important a c t i v i ties of
work.
f Boys and girls who have
active club members are
in important positions
they go to college or when
take their places in the
ness world. It is encouraging
agents and leaders when
see former 4-H members
hear them say that their
Club activities have meant s
much to them. Many of
former members say that
wish they again had the
tunity to be an active 4-H
of caring for the victims and
helping them back to normal
living conditions.
In the emergency period that
follows every disaster, many
agencies and organizations co¬
operate to meet the immediate
needs of people for such basic
things as shelter, food and
clothing. Then comes the long
and a r d u ous road back for
those who suffered great loss
and who have inadequate re¬
sources to get back on their feet
unaided. Here Red Cross plays
a major part, acting as the
agent of the American people
who provide the organization
with funds. Almost 80 per cent
of every dollar Red Cross ex¬
pends on disaster goes to help
families become self-sustaining
citizens again. A11 Red Cross
aid to disaster victims is an
out-right gfit. Nothing is sold.
Nothing is loaned.
Once a year, the Red Cross
asks for funds to continue its
many services of which Disaster
Relief is a major one. When
your neighbor, serving as a Red
Cross volunteer, calls on you
asking you to join the Red
Cross, give generously that your
gift may serve for you as you
would do if you were there.
30 minutes — Pasture Produc¬
tion — J. R. Johnson, Exten¬
sion Agronomist, Project lead¬
er'
45 minutes — Corn Production
—W. H. Gurley, Extension Ag¬
ronomist
30 minutes — Cotton Produc¬
tion — W. H. Sell, Extension
Agronomist, Cotton
15 minutes — Summary by
County Agent Adams.
a'once a ance ance of of taking taking full lu I advantage a a tage of
t all the le opportunities s offered, '
Individual ” projects taken . , by
the e club c u member m with uith the the ad¬
vice and assistance of the par¬
ents. A \ club J member , mZt\nc who , sel-
wt lects -_ c - s the project P must know
that the project belongs . . to him
ar.d whatever profit is derived
after expenses are paid should
belong to the club member for
his own use. By giving the club
member his own calf, chickens
or corn project a family is not
creating expense, but is training
a boy or girl to do with their
hands something that will be of
value to them both in money
and experience.
Complete records should be
kept on each project, and this
gives valuable.training in rec¬
ord keeping.
Parents of 4-H Club members
o are urged to learn more about
the 4-H Club program in order
that they may give more assist¬
ance to their boys and girls.
L. C. Adams, County Agent