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Dade County’s Only Newspaper.
VOLUME LVII
Dade Wins State “C” Baseball Championship
After Two-Game Fracas At Thomaston Friday
(From the May 26 issue of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Thomaston, Ga., May 25— It has been a fantastic dream.
A .238 hitting club, which in four games made only two hits
or less and in six other games collected six safeties or less, would
win the State Class C baseball championship.
This would be Hephzibah High, the one-time boarding school
located approximately 15 miles west of Augusta. The dream board-
ered on reality Friday after-
noon when Hepzibab’s hitless
wonders beat Manor, 14-9, with
six blows, but Dade County
spilled things with a 5-5 victory
to return to Trenton with the
first state champoinship the
school has known.
Dade earned the title bout
with a 4-1 decision over Tracy
Rivers-led Omega.
Dezy Moore, David Steele,
Wendell McCormick, Terrell Wal¬
len and Reid Tatum were he¬
roes for coach Delmas Free¬
man’s champs of Dade Ciunty.
Moore, unbeaten in six out¬
ings, was the title game’s mas-
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Lions Sponsoring
Sight Fund Drive
The Dade County Lions Club
is sending out letters appealing
to citizens of the county for
funds with which to carry on the
club’s sight conservation pro¬
ject which has furnished glass¬
es and medical attention for
needy children for the past 10
years. “Be Thankful You Can
See” is the slogan for the cam¬
paign, which is being whole¬
heartedly supported by leading
Dade County businessmen.
Chairman of the sight con¬
servation committee is Joe Her¬
man. All funds resulting from
this drive are being turned over
to him, and it is hoped that
Dade Countians will take into
account the committee’s fine
work in the past and the tre¬
mendous need for the Lions’
continued assistance with the
program when making their do¬
nations.
Other members of the com¬
mittee are T. S. Renfroe and
M. J. Hale, immediate past
chairman. Visiting Teacher
Firm Cagle has also served as
chairman of this committee.
Miss Fannilu McWhorter, who
ha s since accepted a position as
public health nurse in another
county, provided valuable assist¬
ance, especially during the an¬
nual pre-school roundups.
The program is confined to
school age children and children
whose vision is found to be de¬
fective at these round-ups. An
average of 20 patients a year
have received benefits from
this program. Those requiring
surgery are referred to the
Georgia Lighthouse for the
Blind, and unless otherwise
specified by the doctor, patients
are sent for re-examination
every 18 months.
The far-reachng effect of the
Lions Club sight conservation
program has resulted in a great¬
er awareness by children, teach¬
ers and parents of the part pro¬
per vision plays in the school
life and happiness of children.
Help make this awareness even
greater by making your dona¬
tion as generous as possible, for
your contribution may make it
possible for some child you know
to be able to see more clearly
Devoted to the Best Interests of Dade County and Geo rgia.
THE DADE COUNTY TIMES: TRENTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, May, 30, 1957
Traffic Deaths Down
For First Quarter
Of This Year
ATLANTA, —(GPS)— Despite
the fact that more motor ve¬
hicles traveled 86,080,278 more
miles in Georgia this year than
last, traffic of 1957 compared
wit ha year ago, according to
consolidated statistics of the
Georgia Department of Public
Safety, just released by Col.
W. C. Dominy, saftey director.
During the first three months
of this year traffic fatalities to¬
taled 219, compared with 275 in
1956’s first quarter, a decrease
of 56’ or a minus 20 per cent.
Rural deaths decreased 55, or 23
per cent; urban deaths decreas¬
ed one, or three per cent, and
pedestrian deaths decreased
eleven, or 26 per cent. 1
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Soil Stewardship
And County ASC
The week of May 26 to June 2
is being observed as Soil Stew¬
ardship Week throughout the
nation. What better time could
there be for farmers in Dade
County to take stock of their
farms to see if they have been
good stewards of the farmland
entrusted to their care? ASC
Programs in the county offer
assistance to farmers in being
good stewards of their soils.
Through the Aorqaige Reserve
Program. The Conservation Re¬
serve Program the Wool
Incentive Program and the Ag¬
ricultural Conservation Pro¬
gram as well as the various pro¬
grams which are available at
tion District Supervisors urge
different times are the tools
needed for conservation of the
soil on farms in the county. Now
is a good time for farmers to so¬
licit the aid of these programs
through the local ASC Office.
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Case Pine Stand
To Be Used For
Sawmill Conference
Lumbermen, sawmill opera¬
tors and loggers from all parts
of North Georgia will gather
June 12 at Trenton to attend a
sawmill conference sponsored
by the state’s leading forest
agencies.
The conference will be held
in a 60 year old, well managed
pine stand owned by J. A. Case.
Professor B. F. Grant, acting
dean of the University of Geor¬
gia School of Forestry, will be
program chairman. A. L. Dyer,
owner of Dyer Lumber Company
at Trenton will serve as host.
A tour of the new Dyer sash
gang sawmill and several saw¬
ing demonstrations will high¬
light the activities.
In addition to the sawing
demonstrations and talks by
outstanding foresters, the pro¬
gram will include actual logging
operations during which trees
will be felled, bucked and sawed.
Participants will follow the logs
from the forest through the mill
tc the market place. During each
stage, the foresters will point up
areas where costs can be re¬
duced and profits increased.
Sponsoring agencies are the
Georgia Forestry Commission,
U. S. Forest Service, Georgia
Agricultural Extension Service,
University of Georgia, Dade
County Forestry Club and Ten¬
nessee Valley Authority.
the wonders of the world about
him and to be able to read, where
before his world was only a blur
of confusion. He will be eternal¬
ly grateful
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On Memorial Day our thoughts turn to our loved ones
who have passed on and especially to those who have given
their lives for the cause of freedom. They have paid the su¬
preme sacrifice to preserve our life, liberty and happiness.
There is consolation for us who remain, in the word of
God and the teachings of Christ. Let us all offer a prayer
on this day for better understanding and peace among the
peoples of the world.
SLIM TURNOUT AT
FIDDLERS CONVENTION
Thirty-seven musicians from
a 106-mile radius who entered
the Jaycee Fiddlers’ Convention
Saturday night were disappoint¬
ed at the slim turnout of Dade
music lovers. Despite the scanty
crowd, an entertaining program
of quartet singing, band music
and guitar solos was presented.
Thie Dickerson Quartet won
as best quartet, while Lester
Smith was judged to be the
best fiddler. The Cass King band
was given first prize from
among the several entered.
DEMOCRATIC LEADERS SET .
FOR RALLY JUNE 1, ROME, GA.
A North Georgia Democratic
rally is to be held in Rome, Ga.
Barron Stadium on June 1. Tenn.
Gov. Frank Clement, Ga. Lt.
Gov. Earnest Vandiver and oth¬
ers will attend.
P ublished W eek ly—S ince 1901
Schools Announce Closing Exercises; 53 To
Receive Diplomas From Two County High’s
Fitty-three graduates of Dade County’s two high schools will
receive their diplomas Monday night, June 3 in simultaneous cere¬
monies.. Dade High School will graduate 41 seniors, while Davis
High’s graduating class numbers 12. The Trenton seniors are three
more than last year, when 38 were awarded diplomas, but the Da¬
vis senior
the 1956 class. f
Other schools in the county,
are holding closing programs
Thursday, May 30 and Friday,
May 31 with the exception of
Hooker, which graduated two on
May 19. Following is the gradu-
tion schedule:
DADE HIGH
' Sunday afternoon, June 2 at 2 j
p.m., Rev. Ed Kelley, former J
pastor of the Trenton Baptist
Church, will deliver the baccal-|
aureate sermon in the grammar
school auditorium. Dr. Hill of! I
Berry Collegs will be the prin¬
cipal speaker Monday night,
June 2 at 8 p. m. when com-
Teen-Agers, Adults To Have Benefit Summer
Recreation Program, Freeman Directing
Teen-agers and young adults will again have the opporunity
to participate in a summer recreation program in the county
which is scheduled to get under way shortly after the close of
school. Delmas Freeman, athletic director at Dade High School,
will be in charge.
Dade County Lions Club and
the Dade County Jaycees have
voted to supplement the regu¬
lar salary received by Coach
The maintenance of
the Dave L. Brown Athletic
Field has also been guaran¬
As in the past, the sports
program will be the main ac¬
tivity. It is hoped that softball
teams from all communities
will be formed, for the adults
as well as the youth, with a
play-off to be held at the close
of the summer.
Barbecued Chicken
Supper May 31
At West Brow
Mrs. Margaret White has an¬
nounced that a barbecue chic¬
ken supper will be served Fri¬
day, M!ay 31 at the West Brow
Community League, beginning
at 7:30 p.m. Plates for adults will
be $1.00 and 50 cents for chil¬
dren
NUMBER 17
mencement exercises will take
place.
Honor graduates are Judy
Pace, valedictorian; Newana
Mayhew Haering, salutatorian;
Evelyn Holmes, class represent-
ative, and Jackie Wilson May-
hew, faculty representative.
DAVIS HIGH
principal D. O. Chumley has
announced that baccalaureate
arK j commencement exercises
ifor Davis High s^ooi w m be
^eld in the school auditorium on
Sunday, June 2, and on Mon¬
day June 3. Rev. William Pick¬
ett, pastor of the Sand Moun¬
tain Methodist Church, will
mon, while Rev. Louis Gaddis,
pastor of the Woodlawn Baptist
Church, will give the invocation
and scripture. Mr. J. A. Clem¬
ents, who is pastor of the Mag-
by Gap Church of Church, will
deliver the benedictuion.
Aaron Ellis has been selected
as valedictorian, with Cherry
Stone as salutatorian. Both will
speak afe the graduation pro¬
gram June 3 along with the fol¬
lowing other honor graduates:
Orville M. Gilbreath, Jr., histo¬
rian; Shirley McBryar, prophet;
and Carolyn Wood who will read
the class will.
Principal Chumley will pre¬
sent the awards and diplomas to
a class of twelve. They aire:
Frances Albertson, Aaron Ellis,
Donald Ellis, Ronald Ellis, Or¬
ville Gilbreath, Jr., Shirley Mc¬
Bryar, Charles Meeks John L.
Meeks, Cherry S|tone, William
Talley, Thelma West and Caro¬
lyn Wood.
The invocation will be given
by George Grant with the bene¬
diction to be given by Henry
Elliott, former teacher at the
school and now principal of the
Rising Fawn School. Mrs. Char¬
lie Ballard will play for both the
baccalaureate and commence¬
ment program.
Ushers will be Bernice Dun¬
can, Shirley Duncan, Barbara
Ellis. Rex Graham, Alton Ivey
and Mary Lawson.
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