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Dade County’s Only Newspaper.
VOLUME LVI
. New Request for .
Sugar Valley to
Villanow Road
(Taken from thhe August 15th
issue of Walker County Mes¬
senger).
“In answer to an inquiry from
the State Highway Board of
Georgia, The Messenger this
week is in receipt of the follow¬
ing letter from Mr. John Quil-
lian, a member of the highway
board, which is self-explana¬
tory:
“I had planned to put this
project for paving in a Federal
Program last year but as the
route was approved in the Fed¬
eral Aid Secondary System only,
from Calhoun to Sugar Valley in
Gordon County, we had to re¬
quest the Bureau of Public
Roads’ approval of an exten¬
sion of this route from Sugar;,
Valley to Villanow. We submit¬
ted to the Bureau a request for
approval of this extension but
they turned this request down,
as at that time, the location of
U. S. Route 41, as an Interstate
Route, had not been decided up¬
on. Just a few months ago it
was determined that this new
location would not follow the
location through the valley by
way of Sugar Valley and Villa¬
now but instead would follow
nearer its present location. This
location was determined through
agreement with the Tennessee
Highway Department, the Bu¬
reau of Public Roads and this
Department, at a satisfactory
point at the state line had to be
determined.
“We now have in process a
new request to thhe Bureau for
approval of the extension of
State Route 143 as a Federal
route from Sugar Valley to Vil¬
lanow. If the Bureau approves
this extension I will include a
project in our next Federal Aid
Program for the paving of the
balance of this road.
Primary Election Sept. 12
The Georgia State Democratic
Primary on September 12 is only
three weeks off. At this time
Georgians will vote for a mem¬
ber to the U. S. Senate, a mem¬
ber to the U. S. House of Repre¬
sentatives, a State Public Ser¬
vice Commissioner, a Judge of
the Georgia Supreme Court, two
Judges to the Court of Appeals
and local representatives for
various offices.
U. S. Senate
Candidates to the office of
U. S. Senate are elected for six
years and the terms of the two
Georgia senators do not expire
at the same time. Senator Rich¬
ard Russell’s term expires Jan.
1, 1961. A U. 3. Senator must be
30 years old, nine years a citi¬
zen of the U. S. and an inhabi¬
tant of the state from which he
is elected. He receives a salary
of $22,500 a year.
Candidates for this office are
Herman E. Talmage and M. E.
Thompson.
U. S. House of Representatives
Candidates to the U. S. House
of Representatives must be at
least 25 years of age, seven years
a citizen of the U. S. and an in
Devoted to the Best Interests of Dade County and Georgia
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TH E DADE COUNTY TIMES, TRENTON, GBORGIA, THURSDAY AUGUST 23, 1956
A.S.C. Committeemen to be Elected
Mr. Grady McKaig, Chairman
of the Dade County Agricultur¬
al Stabilization and Conserva¬
tion Committee, has announced
that ASC Community committee
elections will be held this year
by mail. The ballots will be mail¬
ed to eligible Dade County vot¬
ers on September 5, 1956. These
ballots must be postmarked or
personally delivered by farmers
to the Dade County ASC Office,
the place designated by the
county election board for return
of ballots for counting by the
County Tabulation Board, which
has been named to officially
record the election results.
The County Tabulation Board
Members are Bess Cureton
Hugh Forester and A. J. Car-
rell.
Farmers will vote for five and
the person found to receive the
most votes will be' elected com¬
munity committee chairman
and delegate to the county con¬
vention to elect the county com¬
mittee. The person receiving the
second highest number of votes
will be declared elected both
vice-chairman and alternate
delegate. The regdlar member
and first and second alternates
will be chosen likewise by the
number of votes which are re¬
ceived by the nominees.
Further instructions will be
forwarded to farmers informing
them to seal their ballot in a
blank envelope without identi¬
fication before placing it in an¬
other envelope (also enclosed)
for mailing.
Any farmer who does not re¬
ceive his ballot before September
18 and who considers himself
an eligible voter should con¬
tact the county ASC Office im¬
mediately in the matter of ob¬
taining his ballot.
Each ballot will contain the
names of ten nominees which
have been selected by the nomi¬
nating committee. Voters will
vote for five nominees of the ten
! listed on the ballot or they can
habitant of the state from which
he is elected. Uuder Georgia law
he must have been a resident
for one year in the district in
which he is running. He is elect-
eed for a two year term and the
salary is $22,500 a year.
Candidates from the 7th Con¬
gressional District, of which
Dade is a part, are Grover Clark
and Henderson Lanham.
U. S. Senators and Represen¬
tatives, as members of Congress
are concerned not only with the
welfare of their state but with
the welfare of the nation as a
whole.
Georgia Public Service
Commissioners
The Georgia Public Service
Commission consists of five
members only two of whom can
be elected in any one year. The
Commission regulates the rates
and services of the various pub¬
lic utilities of Georgia and sub¬
mits such data as may be neces¬
sary to fedeeral agencies regard¬
ing public utilities.
Unopposed candidate for this
office is Matt L. McWhorter.
Georgia Supreme Court Judges
Georgia Supreme Court
Judges are elected for a term of
six years with a maximum sal¬
ary of $12,000 per year plus
$2,400 per year expense allow¬
ance. The Court is composed of
seven justices and their terms
are staggered so that only two
are elected at one election. The
Constitution specifies the types
of cases which this Court may
try.
Unopposed candidates are
Chief Justice W. H. Duckworth
and Associate Justice Lee B
Wyatt.
Georgia Court of Appeals
Judges
Judges are elected for a six
year term with a maximum sal¬
ary of $12,000 plus a $2,400 ex¬
pense allowance per year. There
are six judges and they are vot¬
ed on in the primary only by vot¬
ers of the judicial circuit where
they seek office but must be
voted on state-wide in the gen¬
eral election. This Court has
purely appelate power over the
decisions of the Superior, City
and County Courts.
Unopposed candidate is Judge
Joseph B. Quillian and for the
School Opens August 31
write in the names of any others
they may choose on the ballots.
In addition to the ten selected
nominees, the name of addition¬
al eligible persons may be in¬
cluded provided a petition is
signed and presented to the
Election Board by ten or more
eligible voters 15 days before
the date set for the return of
the ballots by farmers. All peti¬
tioned nominees must be sent to
the Election Board not later
than September 3, 1956.
Mr. McKaig urges all farmers
to vote in this year’s committee
election pointing out that com¬
mitteemen have increasingly
important roles in the adminis¬
tration of the new Soil Bank
Program, AOP, Allotment and
Marketing Quota Programs,
Price Support Programs, and
other programs administerea
through the ASC. With the addi¬
tional new Soil Bank Program
in operation beginning this year
as well as other new programs
it will be of vital importance to
every farmer in the county and
the matter cannot be over-em¬
phasized for having good com¬
mitteemen to administer these
programs. A list of nominees in
each community is listed be¬
low:
Sand Mountain
W. J. Leverett
E. C. Clayton
R. Dewey Smith
Arney Cagle
E. A. Stallings
R. L. Morgan
G. H. Bone
Gordon L. Forester
Arnold McBryar
Herbert McBryar
Lookout Mountain
W. M. Gray
Monroe McKaig
Bert Holtzhower
A. B. Craig
L. J. Neal
G. L. Barnes
Philip Mathews
Lewis C. Moore
Tom Massey
Mark Scruggs
The Dade County School Sys¬
tem has announced that Reg¬
istration Day for students in all
schools in the county will be
Friday, August 31. All school
buses will make their regular
routes on Registration Day—
this the first day of school for
the 1956-57 school year. Classes
will start Tuesday September 4.
There will be a county-wide
teachers meeting at the Dade
County High School at 10 a. m
Monday August 27. This is a pre¬
planning meeting of all the men
and women who will be teaching
in the county schools during
this school year.
First Graders
All children who have reach¬
ed their sixth birthday or will
be six on or before December 31
wiill be allowed to register on
Registration Day, the beginning
of the term.
Additional Teachers
A few more teachers have been
P. Everette Struck by Lightning
Patsy Everette, 12, daughter of!
Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Everette, of
New Salem, was injured when
struck by lightning at her home
about 10:30 Saturday night. The
lightning which struck her ran
down her left side. It knocked
her a few feet where she was
found unconscious by her par¬
ents. It is believed her injuries
are not serious.
The worst of Saturday night’s
storm, in Dade County (appar¬
ently) was in the Head River
area on Lookout Mountain. Two
trees in Roy Johnson’s yord were
felled and another splintered by
lightning. It took the electric
power off and the wind broke
off small branches from trees.
Sunday’s Storm
Sunday’s eletrictl storm hit
Dade County worst in the Ris¬
ing Fawn area. The wind in this
case seemed to do more damage
than the lighning. It blew two .
other vacancy Jurge B. C. Gard¬
ner and Hugh G. Head, Jr.
Requirements for running for
these two Court offices are stat¬
ed in the Constitution. He must
be 30 years of age; a resident of
Georgia for three years and a
practitioner of law for seven
years previous to election.
Solicitor General
Dade County wilj also elect
a Solicitor General for the
Lookout Judicial Circuit. Soli¬
citors are elected for a term of
four years with salary, accord¬
ing to the Georgia Constitution,
of $250.00 per annum from state
funds suplimented by the coun¬
ties in the circuit. The Solicitor
General of the Lookout Circuit
receives a total salary of $9,000
a year. The Solicitor must be at
least 25, a citizen of Georgia for
three years andhave practiced
law at least three years pre¬
vious to his election. He repre¬
sents the state in all cases in
the Superior Court and other
services require dby law.
Unopposed candidate is Earl
B. Self.
Member of the Georgia
Published Weekly—Since 1901
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NUMBER 31
added since our last list of Au¬
gust 2. They are:
Davis
Don Shirrey
New Salem
Miss Carol Batey
North Dade
Mrs. Arlene Shirey McMahan,
Mrs. Betty Thompson, Mrs. Gen¬
eva Brown.
Hooker
Roddy Howard Walden
Open House at Dade High
The Dade County High School
will hold “open house’’ Thurs¬
day evening August 30 begin¬
ning at 7:30 o’clock. At this time
the new building wall be offi¬
cially open for all to come and
see and inspect. The Science
rooms, the Cafetorium (combi¬
nation lunch room and auditor¬
ium) equipment and everything
so new and different is some¬
thing all parents and patrons
of the school will want to see.
trees down across the old Bir¬
mingham highway and one a-
cross the Pudding Ridge Road.
It also blew the glass out of the
side door of the Misses Cureton’s
home. The interruption of the
electric power was caused by
the storm hitting the lines on
the east side of Lookout.
The parts of the county in
which the rain has fallen have
been benefited after so long a
drought.
Cold Snap
Monday and Tuesday nights
made us realize that fall is just
around the corner. Official low
was 58 and high on Tuesday
was 77 which was such a change
from the continued heat we have
had that sweaters and quilts
felt good.
House of Representatives
" Georgia’s Senators and mem¬
bers to the Georgia House of
Representatives are elected for
a term of two years. They re¬
ceive a salary of $10.00 per day
per mile for the journey to and
in session, plus $20.00 per day
for each day the legislature is
for maintenance, plus 10 cents
from the State Capitol. The
General Assembly meets an¬
nually for 40 days and may con¬
vene at any time in extraordi¬
nary session under certain con¬
ditions.
Unopposed candidate is Wood-
row W. Gross.
..... General Election .....
The President and Vice-Pres-
dent of the U. S. will be chosen
n the General Election on Nov¬
ember 6. All candidates nomi-
lated in the September 12 pri-
nary, plus any additional Re¬
publican, Independent or write-
n candidates will also be elect¬
ed in the General Election.
—Courtesy of the League of
Women Voters of Georgia.