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About The Dade County times. (Trenton, Ga.) 1908-1965 | View Entire Issue (June 20, 1957)
Dade County's Only Newspaper. VOLUME LVII Catoosa Health Director Announced For Dade, At Meeting Walker, Here Chattooga,] District and county health officials met Tuesday, June 11 *n the courthouse here for the purpose of discussing the budget for the fiscal year, which begins in July. During the meeting, an announcement was made that for the first Walker, Chatooga and Catoosa counties would have the services of a district health director. Dr. H. S. Odom was introduced as the new di¬ rector, with his main office to be located at LaFayette. Dr. Odem will have certain days, to be specified later, to be spent in each county studying health problems. All four countes will receive much benefit from his appointment, which was made earlier this month. Those attending the meeting yere Forest W. Rhodes, regional engineer and acting director, the assistant to Dr. S. E. Rutland, state director of public health services, Dr. Odom,, Dr. N. H. Hutchison, Ordinary A. W. Peck, Superintendent of Schools Roy W. Moore and Maddox Hale, county attorney. Work Progressing On Water System Work on improvements to the Trenton Water System is pro¬ gressing, with the new 6 -inch lines already laid north and south of Trenton and fire plugs installed along the highway in¬ side the city limits. Pipeline workers are complet¬ ing the line from the highway to the foot of Sand Mountain this week while the new 100,000 gallon water tank is being in¬ stalled. The fire plugs have been placed so as to service houses and busi¬ nesses within a radius of 500 h. Mayor A. L. Dyer said Tues¬ day that from all indications, there is not over three more weeks of work left. Immunizations Now Available Through Local Health Dept. Miss Wilma Pace, Dade Coun¬ ty Public Health Nurse, annou- ces that immunizations are now available through the local health department. Polio vaccine is available for children under 20 years of age. People in the 20-40 age group are -numiiT oiiod Ji 3 tn 408 04 paSm nizations from their family phy¬ sicians. Miss Pace will be in the Dade County Health Department every Friday from 8:30 a. m. until 5:00 p. m. to give immunizations. Clark Station Opens; Lane At Tiftonia The A. J. Clark Service Station, located at the intersection of the Birmingham-Sand Mountain high¬ ways in Trenton, is now open for business, and another station, the Chester Lane Standard Oil Station, just north of the square, has changed hands. Lester Smith is the new opera¬ tor of the Standard Oil Station which was formerly run by Ches¬ ter Lane in connection with his farm implement business. Lane is currently operating a service sta¬ tion in Tiftonia, but has left his plant nursery and machinery in Trenton. Mr. Smith’s sons, Lawrence and Eldon, have charge of the station Devoted to the Best Interests of Dade County and Georgia. THE DADE COUNTY TIMES: TRENTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JUNE 20, Jaycettes Get First Polio Shots, Plan Car Wash July 13 Dr. N. H. Hutchison spoke on polio and told the effects of the Salk vaccine when the Dade Coun¬ ty Jaycettes met June 12 in the Dade High cafeterium. He urged that all persons in the two age susceptibility brackets (2-19 and 25-35) be inoculated in order to prevent an outbreak of polio here in the county. Following his talk, a question and answer period took place, during which he described the series of injections, with the second to come from two to four weeks after the first shot, and the third to be given seven months later. “The vaccine gives protection against all three types of polio, the doctor stated. He also told that the vaccine was a killed or¬ ganism and described how it was made. During the meeting, nine Jay¬ cettes were given the vaccine to make the group almost 100% pro¬ tected against polio. Those who did not receive the shots had prev- (Continued to Page 2) School Attendance Report for 8th White Grades 1 through 7 School Enrollment A.D.A. New Salem ...... .......... 140 132 / Rising Fawn .... .......... 158 146 Davis ........... ......... 507 459 . Dade ............ .......... 398 348 North Dade ...... ......... 243 206 Colored . . Grades 1 through 7 Hooker .......... ........... 41 36- White . . Grades 8 through 12 Rising Fawn ... .. ........... 19 18 Dade 1 .......... .......... 316 290 Davis ........... ......... 149 133 Colored . . Grades 8 and 9 Hooker .......... ............ 4 4- A.D.A. County White . . . 1731 County Colored . 40 School Atte ndance Report for 9th White . . School Enrollment A.D.A. New Salem ...... .......... 137 130 Rising Fawn ____ .......... 157 142 North Dade ...... .......... 239 223 Dade ............ .......... 393 357 Davis ........... ........ 498 452 Colored . . Grades 1 through 7 Hooker ......... .......... 41 36 White • * . Grades 8 through 12 Rising Fawn .... ........... 19 18 Dade ............ .......... 308 288 Davis ........... ......... 148 133 Colored . . Grades 8 and 9 Hooker .......... ............ 4 4- A.D.A. County White 1744 county Colored 40 Mark Lee Drowns While Wading On Fred Cooper Farm Mark K. Lee, 37-year-old dent of Sand Mountain, Saturday afternoon while ming in a 20-foot deep coal ping pit on the Fred Cooper near Cole City. An employee of Corp. in Chattanooga, Lee also a member of the New Baptist Church. It was reported that Lee and companion, YV. A. Mayes of ing Fawn, had been looking some abandoned coal mines had gone in the water to wash just before the accident It was well-known in the munity that Lee could not and he stayed close to the but Mayes swam on out in water and decided to turn over float when he chanced to see going down. The pair had in the water about fifteen utes. The body, which was by C. E. Smith and Arval ley, nearby residents, was in water for about an hour, ing to reports. Artifical tion was administered up until time Dr. N. H. Hutchison, was called to the scene, arrived. Lee is survived by his Mrs. Melrose Lee, five Misses Christine, Eva Mae, Sue, Ann; parents, Mr. and Robert E. Lee; three sisters, Mattie Hawkins, Mrs. Ella all of Trenton, Rt. 2; and (Continued to Page 2) Published Weekly—S ince 1901 Summer Recreation Program Underway With Night Softball Soon Delmas Freeman, director of the summer recreation program being sponsored by the City of Trenton, the Lions Club, Jaycees and the school, has announced that the sports program is now under¬ way, with more than 75 youngs¬ ters participating. When the soft- ball games start, he expects the list to swell to at least 150, in¬ cluding adults who will form teams from each community. New Telephone Books Delivered; Slygo Community Served Last Tuesday, the new tele¬ phone directories were delivered by the printers, and were mailed out and distributed during the rest of the week. A new feature this year is the addition of yellow pages of classified advertising. The books have also been stapled on the outside to make them with¬ stand long use. All but two new telephones have been installed in the Slygo community by the Trenton Tele¬ phone Company. These will be in¬ stalled within the next few days to add one more community to the list of those with phone service. At present, the Trenton area, Ris- ing Fawn, Cave Springs, Clover- dale, Morganville, and West Brow and Avans communities are serv¬ iced by Trenton Telephone Co. Wildwood is served largely by Southern Bell and is on the Chat¬ tanooga exchange. It is believed that the time is not far off when the New Salem and New Home communities will have phones, for more and more are being added throughout the county each week, with the excep¬ tion of these areas. When a suf¬ ficient number of subscribers sign up for service, work will be start¬ ed. Since July of 195(5, about 216 phones were added in the county, making a rate of four a week being set into homes and new businesses. Officials of the Trenton Tele¬ phone Co. are Jules Case, presi¬ dent; H. E. Gross, vice-president; and W. R. Tatum, secretary-man¬ ager. Mrs. C. W. Gray is office clerk. Sawmillers Visit J. A. Case Timberland, Watch lumbermen of this area, held June 12 at Dyer Lumber Co., was well attended and one of the most in¬ teresting meetings of this type held here. The group attending met first at the lumber company with A. L. Dyer, owner*, as host and were acquainted with the pro¬ gram for the day by Professor B. F. Grant, of the University of Georgia. NEW SALEM, RISING FAWN TEAMS WIN SUNDAY The two Dade County baseball teams are doing all right for themselves—New Salem trounced Durham, a team which has been j leading the Georgia Volunteer I League, 8-5, and Rising Fawn scored a win over Welcome Hill on the Rising Fawn field. NUMBER 2W A meeting was held Friday night in the Dade High cafetor- ium of all those interested in playing softball, and several volun¬ teered to organize teams. Some of the teams who have announced intentions of playing are a men’s group, made up of young men from several communities, the Jaycees and the Jaycettes. The latter team will have uniforms of red and white. Another meeting ! ;is been plan¬ ned for this Friday night, June 21, at which time rules and a sched¬ ule for the night softball program will be drawn up. From Monday through Friday, young gills from the eighth grade through senior high are meeting on the school grounds to play basketball and volleyball. Hours are 8-9 a.m. From 9-11 a.m. Monday through Friday, the little leaguers are meeting for baseball games. They are: Johnny Case, Ed Morrison, Larry Wheeler, Carl Wheeler, Sandy Gass, Verndon Wimberly, Ralph Geddie, Joe Geddie, Lebron Hibbs, Eugene Smith, Bart Bran¬ don, Terry Sims, Jim Page, Terry Sullivan, Terry Getter, Charles Max Page, Ronald O’Dell, Tony Sims, Charles Pace and David Raines. Last week the group was taught fundamentals and were due to start playing this week. Coach Freeman expects more to join this g**oup when the Baptist Vacation Bible School is over. From 3-4 p.m. Monday through Friday, boys from the eighth grade through senior high will play baseball. They are: Johnny Lynch, Pete Tatum, Tommy Whee¬ ler, Larry Greene, Wendell Me- Cormicfl, Frankie Woodard, Doug¬ las Wheeler, Hershel Dugan, Grover Geddie, Terrell Wallen, Riley Puckett and about five oth¬ ers who plan to start this week. Friday has been set aside for swim day, with Coach Freeman taking a bus to Lake Winnepe- sauka and all age groups partici¬ pating. A small fee will be charged to pay for the gasoline MISSIONARY FROM AFRICA TO SPEAK JUNE 25 Miss Jean Cleveland, Mis¬ sionary from Africa, will speak and show a colored film at the Trenton Methodist Church, June 25 at 8 P. M. ton was the scene of a woodland demonstration, during which Mr. Case gave a short and interesting account of how he happened to become interested in timber and what he had done since he pur¬ chased the tract. Part of the Case family estate, the woodland, which covers more than 100 acres, has been an outstanding example of values to be realized from proper¬ ly managed farm woodlands to both the community and the own¬ er for the past 12 years. It is estimated that the volume increase Since 206,000 board feet of saw timber was cut in 1946 is in the neighborhood of 150 to 200 thous¬ and board feet. Of greater sig¬ nificance, however, is the fact (Continued to Page 5)
