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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-
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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
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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
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