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About The Dade County times. (Trenton, Ga.) 1908-1965 | View Entire Issue (March 13, 1958)
Dade County's Only Newspaper. VOLUME LVin Board Reelects About 50 Teachers At the March meeting of the Board of Education about fifty teachers who had said they -would like to return to the Dade County School System next year were elected toy the Board- This (leaves 15 teachers, more or less, to fill the rest of the school vacancies. Elected were: Mrs. Geneva Allison, Mrs. Ruth Astin, Mrs. Madge Ballard, Mrs- Paul Bar¬ ber, Mrs. Clistie Barnes, Mrs. Thelma Bell, Mrs. Pearl Blevins, Mrs- Ersalene Carroll, principal North Dade, Mrs- Stella Carroll, Mrs. Ruby Carter, Clarence D. Cheatham, J. T- Childress, prin¬ cipal New Salem, David O Chumley, principal of Davis, Mrs. Velma P- Clark, Ray Craw- iford, Mrs. Ida B- Davidson, Mrs, Joyce Davis, Henry Elliott, prin¬ cipal Rising Fawn, Mirs. Kate Elliott, Mrs. Ethel Fox, Mrs- Beat irice Freeman, Mrs- Mar j ora Fricks, A r 1 o n Gilbert, Mrs. Bernice Gilbert, Larry Gilbert, Mrs. Thelma Gray, Mrs- Cecil Hale, Leo Hill, coach for Davis, Mrs. Sarah Hilten, Mrs- Winoa Your Red Cross Is... Mrs. Fricks Choice as Dade's T.O.T.Y. By Mjyrna R. McMahan To teach is to encourage growth, both mental and spirit¬ ual, and its reward is returned many times over the investment. To impart knowledge is to give of oneself, whole heartedly and without thought of personal gain. Dade County’s new “Teacher Df the Year”, Mrs. Marjora Young Fricks, has been described as the “true teacher ... in every sense of the word,” and a more deserving choice could not have been made. The third teacher in the county to be awarded the Ihonor, Mrs. Fricks had stiff competition, with the slate of candidates most imposing. For those students who could not picture her as being any¬ thing but a teacher, Mrs. Fricks lias this to say— “I’ve never Devoted to the Best Interests of Dade County and Georgia. THE DADE COUNTY TIMES, TRENTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, MARCH 13, 1958 Auto and Truck Tags Expire March 31 ,rr have 1958 tags on our car if we: wish to drive it. Tax Commissioner John W. Murphy reports that to date only about 600 automobile owners in Dade County have purchased their 1958 tags. Last year there were almost 3300 tags issued for cars in Dade County so if all these 2600 and more people are to get their automo¬ bile tags before the deadline on March 31 the Tax Commiss¬ ioner’s office will toe swamped, many people will be spending many hours standing in line and •there will not be enough hours to issue so many tags There is a stiff penality if you drive your car after April 1 with¬ out the proper tags- The Tax Commissioner reports the pen¬ ality is 20% more on the price of the tag plus $1-00. Driver’s licenses also expire March 31. The only and last time the State Troopers will be here, before the deadline, is March 17. However, applications can be sent to the Drivers Licenses Division of the Dept, of Public Safety in Atlanta. Highway Activities For the first time in several weeks, the Sheriff reports pick¬ ing up two for public drunken¬ ness last week end- Also two flocal men were picked up for driving under the influence of whiskey. On Sunday, the State Troop¬ ers, investigating an accident about four miles south of Tren¬ ton, found a car in a ditch but the driver was apparently un¬ hurt. The car was damaged and towed to Trenton and the driver, Frank C. Barnes was charged with not having his car under control. Last week a pick-up truck burned on the side of Sand Mountain. The driver, Hendrix from Chattanooga, was coming dcwn the mountain and as his Itruck continued to back fire, he stopped, opened the hood and both h i s hands were burned before he could (get away from the flames. Hixon, Mrs. Emma Jane Holmes, Mrs- Ewell James, Mrs. Jewell Johnson, Mrs. Jessie Lewis. Charles Mitchell, Mrs- Ida Moore, Mrs. Nola Morgan, Mrs- Mary Sue McCarty, Mrs. Margie Newby, Mrs- Willadean Patton, Otis Poe, Mrs. Martha Pullen, Mrs- Mary Rochester, Mrs. Sara Rucks, Miss Ellen Marie Schnei¬ der, Mrs. Estelle Scruggs, Mrs- Innes Simmons, Mrs. Clara Ste¬ wart, Mrs. Minnie Street, Mrs. Edna B- Sutton, Home Ec- tea¬ cher Dade Co. High, Mrs Betty Thompson, Boston Vaughn, Mrs. iDelilah Wheeler, Mrs. Thelma Winkler, Miss Jo Ann Wrinkle, Irene Moore and Miss Virginia Wrinkle and Mrs- Viola Freeman- The same teachers Miss Con¬ stance C. Carter, principal, Frank L- Hill, Jr., Mrs. Ruth Neal were re-elected for the Hooker Colored School. Absent from this list are the principal and the coach at Dade High School. The Board felt a change was in order, so tooth of these positions will be filled by new personnel. thought of doing anything else.” From the time she was a third grade student in her birthplace of Bexton, Ga., she planned to be a teacher and at first wanted to teach that grade, but later on, decided high school subjects were more appealing. Inspired by an aunt, who at that time was a third grade teacher, Marjora Young worked always with the one thought in mind—to serve mankind in the best way she could and through the teaching profession. Encouraged by her parents, Lola and Emmett Young, both natives of Coweta County, she enrolled in Erskine College in South Carolina following her graduation as valedictorian from the high school at Moreland, Ga- With majors in both Math and English, she graduated in June of 1937, coming to Dade County as a supply teacher that same year. 18 Years of Teaching During this year of teaching, which was during Mr. Peterson’s period of service as principal, Mrs. Fricks worried about the Jack of a library in the school- Books were piled into a room off the stage and of course could not be used. She was responsible for organizing Dade High’s first library as a result and worked as teacher—librarian for six years afterwards, having had previous experience in the Erskine College library. In 1940 she became the bride of J. Lunsford Fricks of Rising Fawn, recently resigned county school superintendent. Mr. and Mrs- Fricks made their home in the old Fricks homeplace until Published Weekly—Since 1901 Sims Elected City Nearly 100 Trenton residents turned out Tuesday to cast their ' erm of y ® ,ls ' 8 ” w d ed ln . otf 'f' ch arles T ' Tom ” y Sims was the only , name on the ballot and was officially elected- Western Auto Store Thursday A Western Auto Associate Store will have its Grand Open¬ ing in Trenton next Thursday. The store which is on the north side of Court House square is (owned and operated toy Martin A. Nethery. This will be one of the most modern and attractive of the Western Auto Stores which are located all over the United States. The front of the store is plate glass from ceiling to floor lallowning the customer, before Minstrel Show At Dade Hi Thurs-Fri The Lions Club Minstrel and Variety Show to be given Thurs¬ day and Friday of this week is shaping up to provide much fun and entertainment. There will be songs and dances and ipatter with some of the participants in black face to pro¬ vide the old time Negro Minstrel Show illusion. There will toe male chorus and a buck and wing dance among the other bits of fun and frolic. Participating are expected to be: C. E- Kyzer and daughter Barbara Jean, J. E. Morrison and daughter Jean, J. M. Case, M. A- Nethery, J. V- Jenkins and daughter Rita Lee, Aubrey Dyer, W- D- and Betty Cureton, Rud- olph Thompson, John Tatum, T. S. Renfroe, R. L. Hadden, J. B. Geddie, R. L. Hilten, Evelyn, Joan and Carol Gray, Jessie Chitwood, Jerry Gross, Ann Wis- ner, W- E. Smith and Mildred Getter- This entertainment, sponsored by the Lions Club, is given to raise funds for their Lighthouse for the Blind which assists in buying glasses and eye examina¬ tions for needy children in the county. they had it torn down to make way for the attractive modern brick home they live in today. A daughter, Ann Marie, was born to them during a three-year ab¬ sence Mrs- Fricks took from her -teaching post. Then in the fall of 1947, she accepted the position as prin¬ cipal of the Rising Fawn School, serving in this capacity until 1948. From that time until Sept- of 1950, at which time she trans¬ ferred to Dade High, she taught in the school at Rising Fawn. Club Organizer The Rising Fawn Parents Club was organized upon her sugges¬ tion during this three-year period, and she, with Mrs. Cecil McMahan, who was elected presi dent of the group, raised $100 to build a storeroom for the lunch¬ room of the school. NUMBER 11 of Trenton Mayor For the tally after the closing of the polls Sims received 88 votes and there were four write- in votes: three for A. L- Dyer and one for J. E. Morrison. Mrs. Grace Nethery, J- C. Pace -and W. I. Price were the election managers he enters, to see all the various types of merchandise which is for sale. Lining each wall are back drops of soft colors which mark off the types of merchan¬ dise and over these on the left wall is a pale blue, in the rear a soft brick red and on the right a yellow- Down the center are metal racks partitioned off for each item with glass. In the rear and in back of the main building is the tire and allied items department. Dade Has New S. C. S. Technician Kenneth Vann arrived in Dade County this week to take over the duties as Soil Conservation 'Technician. This is the position formerly held by A1 Webb who was promoted and is now in Tennessee. Vann comes to us from Haber¬ sham County, Georgia- He has been doing Soil Conservation work in various counties in Georgia since his graduation from the University of Georgia five years ago. He will work primarily in Dade but will be cooperating with Mr- John Brown who is the Dade and Walker Counties Work Unit Conservationist. TEACHERS TO HAVE FREE PLANE RIDE About forty teachers from the Dade County School System will enjoy a free air plane ride Satur day afternoon. One of the leading airlines is sponsoring an “Education Air Lift” and in Chattanooga the teachers will take off from Lovell Field in a regular passen¬ ger plane for a 30 minute ride over Chattanooga and vicinity. This year makes her ninth year at Dade and her eighteenth as a teacher. Until two years ago, she taught mostly math and English along with other sub¬ jects, but now teaches all math- metics offered by the high school. Another club initiated through her efforts is the Future Teachers Club of Dade High, which she organized in the spring of 1956. This past Satur¬ day she took two loads of FTA members to a convention held at Shorter College in Rome, and has done many other things for the benefit of the group- A member of the Dade High PTA, she has been a spark plug of the Dade Educational associa¬ tion and is this year president of the organizaton. Last year, (Continued to Page 2 )
