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Dade County’s Only Newspaper.
VOLUME LVII
Former U. S. Senator Walter
George died August 4 after an
ness of 13 days caused by
heart attacks. He was 79 years
He was burned in his home
of Vienna, Ga.
The career of Senator
shows us a fine example of a
boy’s rise to world
in the best American
He was born in a small house
Webster County, son of
farmers, yet by reading,
and working his way
school he was able to receive
Law Degree in 1901. In 1907
became Prosecuting Attorney,
1912 District Court Judge and
1916 he was elected to the
Court of Appeals.
In 1922 he resigned as
Justice of the Georgia
Court where he had sat since
to resume his law practice.
that year Sen. Tom Watson
and Walter F. George was
pointed to fill his unexpired
From Nov. 22, 1922 until
Another Accident
On Highway 11
A high rate of speed was prob¬
ably the cause of an accident last
Thursday, it has been reported, on
U. S. No. 11 just inside the state
line near Wildwood. A car bearing
South Carolina plates and headed
south wound up off the highway
and almost headed north when a
car in front stopped for a left-
hand turn.
Georgia state troopers investi¬
gated.
Fair Adding Features
Added attractions at the Dade
County Fair this year will be
those famous cowboys, the Willis
Brothers, and also a 100-piece con¬
cert band, it has been announced.
Many more surprises are in store,
in addition to the exhibits of home
and farm products which are ex¬
pected to exceed those entered in
earlier fairs.
At a meeting of the fair com¬
mittee last Friday night, it was
decided to hold the Fair in tents
on the Bill Pullen property next
to the Dade High School grounds.
With the date for this big event
set for September 26-27-28, the
committee is already working
hard to make this the biggest and
best fair ever held in the county.
Co. Welfare Releases Annual
The following information is
taken from the annual report re¬
cently made by Mrs. Katherine
Davis, director of the Dade Coun¬
ty Welfare Department, and should
serve to enlighten the general
public on the service performed by
this department:
The number of persons receiv¬
ing old age assistance as of June
30, 1957 is 204 as compared to
the following figures—50 applica¬
tions received; 37 approved; 12
denied; and one application pend¬
ing. The amount spent on Old Age
Assistance the past year was
$107,173.00.
All wJio receive aid to the
blind are not totally blind, but
their vision is impaired to the ex¬
tent that they are not able to be
gainfully employed. As of June
Devoted to the Best Interests of Dade County and Georgia.
THE DADE, COUNTY TIMES: TRENTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 8, 1957
uary 1957, Senator George served
continuously in the U. S. Senate.
During this time he served on 12
committees and was chairman of
five. At the time of his retire¬
ment, he was chairman of the
Senate Foreign Relations Com¬
mittee.
When President Eisenhower
learaed of his plans for retire¬
ment, he appointed him Presiden¬
tial Envoy to the North Atlantic
Treaty Organization which posi¬
tion he held at the time of his
death. Senator George was respect¬
ed by men in government; by the
Republicans as well as by his own
Democratic Party.
He is survived by his wife, to
whom he had been married for
54 years, Mrs. Lucy Heard George;
a son and his wife, Mr. and Mrs.
Heard George; a granddaughter,
Miss Mary Senate George, daugh¬
ter of his oldest son, Marcus,
who was killed in World War II;
and a sister, Mrs. J. N. King,
Cordelle, Ga.
Schools Open Aug. 30
Superintendent of Schools Roy
W. Moore has announced that the
board of education has approved
August 26 as the beginning of
pre-planning week. Registration of
pupils has been set for Friday,
August 30, with classwork to
begin on Tuesday, Sept. 3.
The following new teachers were
approved at an earlier board meet¬
ing this summer: Mrs. R. L. Hil-
ten, Mrs. Velma Clark, Mrs. Mar¬
jorie Newby and Mrs. Richard
Looney.
Judge Davis Hears
Guilty Pleas Aug. 3
Judge John W. Davis was in
Trenton Saturday to hear proba¬
tion revocation sentences. Thomas
McDonald was fined $50 while
Louis Taylor was sentenced to six
months in public -works camp and
six months to be served on the
outside on probation. Conditions of
Taylor’s probation are that he re¬
main employed, that he break no
penal law and that he drink no
intoxicants. Robert Plumlee was
found guilty of violating a proba¬
tion sentence given April 11, 1957.
The judge withdrew' the probation
sentence, decreeing that he serve
12 months in public works camp,
dating from April 11, 1957.
30, 1957, nine persons received
this aid; one application was re¬
ceived; one approved and no ap¬
plications denied or pending. A
total of $5,455.00 was spent dur¬
ing the past year for this service.
Death, illness and abandonment
has left many women with the re¬
sponsibility of rearing and educa-
ing their children. Social" Security
benefits have helped many but all
are not covered by this program,
so the only hope parents have is
the assistance available through
the Welfare Department. Aid to
Dependent Children has enabled
children to remain in their own
home where they can enjoy the
fellowship and love of their own
brothers and sisters.
Fifty-nine cases received this
aid with the number of children
. >«
Holds
So many interested
attended the regular
meeting of the Dade
School Board that the
was held in the Courtroom
the Court House. Over 50
dents, from all parts of
county and with different inter¬
ests all pertaining to the
kept the Board answering ques¬
tions until nearly midnight.
The Dade County
Chamber of Commerce, who had
chosen J. M. Rogers as
spokesman, was there as a com¬
mittee to ask about the Athletic
program in the county. Mr. Rog¬
ers opened his remarks by say¬
ing it was with a strong
of duty for the betterment
our youth that they were inter¬
ested. Their purpose was to of¬
fer their assistance to the Board
•and to acquaint themselves with
the present problems of
Board. The Board asked if they
had any special questions they
wished to ask.
The first question, which
not only the first formal ques¬
tion but the last as from here on
it became an open meeting,
“Is it true there is a plan
curtailment of the Athletic Pro¬
gram?” Member of the
Cleron Kyzer gave the first ans¬
wer to this, which topic
recuring all evening as the
cees kept coming back to it. Mr.
Kyzer’s answer was, No,
than this: the money
by the Board for running
school system would not
care of the present
plant. The Board was
to operate within a budget,
have not been able to do so,
they are going to have to
wherever possible to cut
the bills. Everyone ought to be
acquainted with their problems,
he said, and this is the first
a delegation has come
help.
Athletic Program to Stay
The Board said they were
cutting out the athletic program
in the schools but they could
longer suppliment, to the
degree, the coach’s salary
year as they had done in the
past. When asked what the pres¬
ent status is, the group was
that (Davis High has a coach and
assistant coach for next year
but Dade County High Scrool
had neither as yet-though they
were still trying. When asked
194. Out of the 42 applications re¬
ceived, 29 were approved, 15 were
denied and two are pending. $62,-
973.00 was spent.
The Aid to the Disabled pro¬
gram is a benefit to those who
either by accident, disease or birth
have become permanently and
totally disabled. Rigid medical
examinations are given by local
doctors with the results being
checked by the State Medical Re¬
view Team and then eligibility de¬
cided. The number of cases receiv¬
ing aid was 38. Thirfy-seven appli¬
cations were received, 19 approved,
19 denied and two are pending.
$20,921.00 w r as spent on aiding the
disabled this past year.
Other valuable services rendered
by the Welfare Department in-
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Published Weekly—Since 1901
if Davis High had taken the
same cut in suppliment as the
Dade County High the Boards
answer was yes.
The Board was asked if they
thought Coach Freeman would
come back to Dade as coach if
his salary was supplimented. The
group was told he would earn
Inore money as principal at North
Dade because he could suppli¬
ment this salary by teaching the
G. I. school. Representatives from
the north end of the county said
this had been tried before and
with the principal teaching the
Coach Freeman to
Return to Dade High
The Supt. of Schools has
just announced that Coach
Delmas F. Freeman will re¬
turn to Dade County High
School next year.
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G I. school three nights a week,
it had not worked for the bet¬
terment of their school.
Asked if the other services of
the schools would take cuts, the
Board said they were in the pro¬
cess of working on this. Howev¬
er, they did say there were no
plans to cut or raise in the Home
Ec departments.
When asked about how many
schools in the county were ac¬
credited by the state, the reply
was Trenton Elementary and
Dade County High. The Board
said a school must have a cer¬
tain percent of state certified
teachers, as well as other quali¬
fications, and the local system
does not have the money for
this.
Financial Picture
During these questions, the
financial picture naturally came
into the discussion. Superintend¬
ent of Schools, Roy W. Moore,
gave some figures which *told a
story of why the Board had had
to borrow $41,000 for general
running expenses and $11,000 for
transportation. In 1956 the coun¬
ty paid 13% and the state 87%
of the money received for run¬
ning the schools. In the year
1950-51, the school system re¬
ceived, in round figures $146,000
of which $28,368 was received
from the county and they spent,
again in round figures, $149,000.
In 1956-57, they received $265,-
Rising Fawn Wins
Over Welcome Hill
Despite the rain which turned
the Rising Fawn ball field into
mud, the Dade County team won
over Welcome Hill Sunday by a
score of 14-3. The New Salem
game was rained out after two
innings, it was reported.
Fire Burns 40 Acres
A fire of unknown origin broke
out in the Hooker area Saturday,
August 3 at the foot of Ltne
Mountain, resulting in the burning
of approximately forty acres.
Despite efforts of Ranger Dan
Hall and his fire crew, the flames
spread up the mountain into Ten¬
nessee. The Tennessee fire crew
joined the Dade County crew and
the fire was brought under con¬
trol late Saturday night.
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000 of which $32,047 came from
the county and spent $285,000.
Mr. Moore said that one of the
basis of the money received from
the state is that the state pays
so much a teacher and by Dade’s
overage daily attendance we are
entitled to 68 teachers.
Mr. Moore said he would be
glad to publish a financial state¬
ment if someone would pay for
it.
In talk about how more mon¬
ey could be saved, the question
was raised as to how much could
be saved by having one high
school and not have to run two
athletic programs, two Home Ec
departments, not have to have
extra high school teachers to
teach small classes in one school
when there was room for more
•pupils taking the same subjects
in another high school. The
Board replied this would take
study and they did not know.
A representative from Sand,
Mountain gave a response to this
saying he could see that it cost
more to run two high schools
but taxation in the county
should be raised to pay for it.
Their school was growing rapid¬
ly and there soon would be more
children in the high school
grades.
Equalize Taxes
It was brought forth during
the evening if we couldn’t equal¬
ize our own taxes why couldn’t
we pay to have it done so as to
put the county tax structure on
a more even basis. It was also
brought out that Homestead ex¬
emption allows many families
not to pay a reasonable amount
on what their property is worth
which means less money for
school services, as well as county.
Mr. Moore stated he had talk¬
ed to Ordinary A. W. Peck about
the equilization of taxes and that
Mr. Peck felt if this was what
the people wanted he would go
along with a tax revision pro¬
gram.
Members of the School Board
are: W. C. Cureton, Rising Fawn;
Cleron Kyzer, Trenton and Dade
High; George Carroll, Jr., North
Dade; Edsel Robinson, Davis El¬
ementary and High and chair¬
man of the Board, John MScGuf-
fey, New Salem. They all said
they would be glad to discuss
school problems with all inter¬
ested people.
Helicopter Sprays
50 Acres Hardwood
The Georgia Forestry Commis¬
sion sprayed fifty acres of unde¬
sirable hardwood in Dade Coun¬
ty Wednesday, July 31 in an ef¬
fort to cull hardwoods from a
young pine forest. The spraying
was done by helicopter flying at
about tree-top height. A chemi¬
cal, which will not harm the pine
species, was released from the
’copter in spray form over an area
marked with long aluminum poles
and held in position by the rangers
and their crews.
The property is owned by Wal¬
lace Campbell on Lookout Moun¬
tain and will be interplanted with
pine seedlings. Mr. Campbell ex¬
pects to have a good crop of pine
in a few years without the usual
cull hardwood taking up valuable
space.
