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About The Dade County times. (Trenton, Ga.) 1908-1965 | View Entire Issue (July 3, 1958)
Dade County's Only Newspaper. VOLUME LVin D.O. Chumley Resigns! As Dade Principal Supt. of Schools Roy W. Moore Ji.as announced that iD. O Chumley has resigned as Dade County High School principal effective July 1. Mir. Moore said Mr. Chumley brought his letter of resignation to the office and that it stated Chumley felt he had made a mistake in accepting the posi¬ tion, that he thanked the School Board for their confidence in him and he hoped for a success¬ ful year for the school. Moore said he and Chumley talked after he had read the letter and there was no specific event which had caused Chumley to change his mind and resign. When Mr. Chumley was con¬ tacted he repeated he felt it was a mistake for him to be Dade’s principal, that there was )io personal antagonism and no event which caused him to change his mind. He said he expected to return to Tennessee and would like to go back to being a class room teacher again. Mitchell Appointed Chm. of Committee Announcement has just been made by Rep. John L. McMillan, D. of South Carolina, Chairman of the House Committee on the District of Columbia, of the ap¬ pointment of Rep. Erwin Mit¬ chell, D. of Georgia, as Chair¬ man of the Subcommittee on Health, Education, and Recrea¬ tion. Mr. Mitchell, who represents the Seventh District of Georgia in the House, was elected on January 8, 1958. Congressman Mitchell has scheduled hearings to begin soon on all pending teacher s salary increase bills. Represent¬ atives of the National Education Association, Washington tea¬ chers, school officials and mem¬ bers of Congress will be heard on the subject of better pay for the teachers. The Subcommittee on Health, Education, and Recreation is charged with the supervision of 1S8 schools ranging from the (elementary level to a teachers college. As of October 1957, some 111,114 students were enrolled in the schools of the District of Columbia. To teach this large group, 4,109 teachers are re¬ quired and an appropriation of $39,758,000.00 is being made for fiscal year 1959. Farm Gas Tax Refund Farmers who use gas for their work on the farm are eligible for gas tax refunds. After July 1, if farmers will report on the proper forms the amount of gas they have used for the previous 12 months, on each gallon they will get a 3c federal tax refund and a 5c state tax refund. Farmers who have reported this in previous years should re¬ ceive their application forms direct but for those who have not done this before, forms are available at the County Agent’s office. All court house offices will be closed Friday, July 4th, also all state and federal offices and many businesses. Devoted to the Best Interests oi Dade County and Georgia. THE DADE COUNTY TIMES, TRENTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JULY 3, 1958 H Jff 1 '"I \ ; y<y ■ $&&&& m 1% WM- ’0 This weeks “Citizens of Tommorrow” are from left to right, top picture: Sharon, 2, and Sam, 4, children of Mr. and Mrs. James M. Rogers of Trenton. Center row: Cathy Diane, 1 year old daughter; and Steven Glen, 4 year old son of Mr. and Mrs. S. L. Roberts, Jr. of Rising Fawn; and Cheryl Lynn, 1 % year old daugh¬ ter of Mr. and Mrs. Brice Holland of Trenton. Bottom row: Gary 2; and Stanley, 7 month old, sons of Mr. and Mrs. Don Gross of Trenton; and Sandra, 11 month old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Leonard L. McKaig of Trenton. Highway Accident A pick up truck driven by J. Edward Holland, of Chattan¬ ooga, slide 80 feet before collid- Jng . with the car driven by E. A. E is. e . ‘ stopped on the highway to make a left turn but it is reported that not only did Mrs. Ellis have her signal blinking light going but also had her hand out to make the left turn. The accident occured about 10 A. M. Sunday morning on Highway 11 south of Trenton. The truck’s right front fender and the cars left rear fender hit which threw Holland out of the driver’s seat and the truck went across the highway bet¬ ween Moore’s Funeral Home (and the E. S. Pace home. The truck was finally stopped by Bobbie Forester who opened the truck door and pulled on the emergency brake. Holland, who was charged with failing to have his vehicle control, was taken to the {hospital. Mrs. Ellis received bruises ana was shaken up. PAYMENT DOES NOT END ACREAGE RESERVE RESPONSIBILITY Even though a Dade County farmer receives his Acreage Reserve payment in the future, his responsibility the Acreage Reserve agreement continues until the end of calen¬ dar 1958, Grady McKaig, Chair¬ man of the Dade Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee declared this week. Under the agreement, no crop may be harvested from the Acre OBITUARY Mary Della Raines Davis Mrs. Mary Della Raines Davis, 77, died at her residence June 28. She was a member of the Morganville Methodist Church. are her husband Robert Lee Davis; 3 sons James Daniel and John Lee, Trenton and William Edward, Chattan¬ ooga; 5 daughter Mrs. Ornmie Gentry, Wildwood, Mrs. Tennie Watson. Trenton, Mrs. Hettie Davis, Flintstone, Georgia, Mrs. Bonnie Mae Clark, LaFayette, Mrs. Dollie Louise Hartline, (Trenton; 35 grandchildren; 21 great grandchildren;, one bro¬ ther Buck Raines, Wildwood; 2 sisters Mrs. Emma Hicks, Tren¬ ton and Mrs. Ann Higdon, Flor¬ ida. Funeral services were held from Sarah’s Chapel with Rev. John Merrill officiating. Pall¬ bearers were grandsons W. F. Cameron Robert and Richard Gentry, Roy and Paul Watson J iiliu and Junior J UlUUl Hartline. nitl Burial was fn the Church cemetery with p U neral Home in charge, age Reserve in 1958. No crop may be planted on it except certain crops for harvest in 1959 or later as approved by the State ASC Committee. Also, the Acreage Reserve may not be grazed in 1958 except under certain emergency conditions - of permission Secretary 3 of Agriculture, A farmer who willfully and knowingly violates any of these terms may be required to re¬ turn his payment and also is subject to a civil penalty ol 50 percent of the amount of the; payment, Mr. McKaig said. Published Weekly—Since 1901 Loblolly and Poplar Seedlings Available If Ordered Now Loblolly pine and yellow .pop¬ lar seedlings are now available and the Dade County Forestry Demonstration Club has set a goal of having 100 new farm owners to plant a minimum of 1,000 seedlings. Orders for the seedlings must be in by July 15 and the sooner the order is in, the better so that a full quota may be obtained. Orders will be taken now by any member of the committee of which J. C. Pace is chairman. iThe other members are Ed Wells, Bill Pullen, Fred Mahan, (Tom Sims, Col. Morrison, Otis York, Larry Konrad, Mrs. Cecil McMahan, Miss Bess Cureton, Luke Ivey, Woodrow Gross, Dock Stephens, E. A. Stallings, Alfred Barnes, Grady Bradford, Cecil McKaig, and A. B. Craig. Orders may be left at the County Agents, ASC or Forest Rangers .office. The price for the pine is $4.00 a thousand plus 25c for freight and $10.00 a thousand for the poplar plus 25c for freight. De¬ livery of the seedlings will not be made until November, and the purchaser may set the date for delivery. L. C. Adams New Lions Club Pres. New Lions Club officers were installed at their last meeting on June 24. President for this year will be L. C. Adams. For many years Mr. Adams has been the club’s most efficient sec¬ retary. Elected 1st vice-president Bill Tatu m; 2nd vice-president, Aubrey Dyer; 3rd vice-president, John Tatum; Lion Tamer, Elmer Oliver and Tail Twister is Worth. Lea. The new Directors are Bill Austin, Dr. N. H. Hutchison, George Getter and M. J. Hale. Committee chairman will be an¬ nounced at the next meeting. Talmadge - Mitchell To Speak at Dalton On July Fourth Dalton had a formal opening of their $400,000 Recreation Center. Senator Her¬ man Talmadge and Congress¬ man Erwin Mitchell both made an address. The Park has an area of 40 acres. There is a 42x165 foot pool which is designed to meet specifications for Olympic swim ming meets. There are showers and dressing rooms. There are two double lighted tennis courts and three lighted ball parks. A picnic area, specially designed, is a novel and attractive area. There is a crafts room and a completely equipped kitchen. There is a full time Superin¬ tendent of Recreation and a staff of qualified assistants. Offices and a lobby are included an the Recreation Center building. Congratulations to Dalton on this splendid recreation area which they have dedicated to “Clean Living and Clean Think¬ ing and a Better Way of Life for The People of Dalton and Whitfield County”. NUMBER 27~ W. W. Gross Qualifies For Representative Woodrow W. Gross has quali¬ fied with the County Executive Committee as a candidate for Dade’s representative to the Georgia General Assembly. is our present representa¬ and has served for the past two terms. Maddox J. Hale, having quali¬ fied earlier, is also a candidate this office. Castleberry Pastorate Rev. Taylor Castleberry resigns four years and eleven as pastor of the Rising Baptist Church, effective 27, to assume new duties as of the Morris Hill Baptist in East Brainerd in Ham¬ County on August 1. Under the leadership of Mr. the Rising Fawn Church has baptized 88 new and received and lost many by the transfer of letter. A and a one story ed¬ ucational building of 9 rooms and rest rooms have been built. unified church budget was adopted, and the Mission Offer¬ ing increased to over $1,600 for the year of 1957, this going (through the Cooperative Pro¬ gram of the Convention. Mr. Castleberry has been Moderator of the Lookout Valley Baptist Association and Chair¬ man of the Executive Commit¬ tee for the last four years. He |has served for the past two years as a member of the Exe¬ cutive Committee of the Georgia Baptist Convention, and as As- Chairman for the Baptist Hospital the three years, and also Dean of the MJercer Extension School the Trenton Center. He has been interested in the community and civic affairs. He led the people in the re¬ of the “Parents into a chapter of the Nat¬ P. T. A. and served as and treasurer for the year. Also he promoted the of the Ruritan Club of Rising Fawn which was the largest number to sign charter at that time in the National, and served club as secretary for the year. Mr. Castleberry wishes to each and every one for friendship and cooperation love, and requests tne prayers all Christians. OBITUARY Ambers Butler Ambers W. Butler, 71, died 21. He was a resident of Mountain. He is sur¬ by his wife, Mrs. Minnie Butler; one daughter Velma Coker, Detroit, two sons Lois, Rt. 2, Ris¬ Fawn and Elmer, Detroit, one sister Mrs. Nancy Dexter, Mo. and 16 Funeral services held at Hinkle Methodist with Rev. William officiating. Interment in Payne Chapel Cemetery. CEMETERY WORKING JULY 5 There will be a working at the Cemetery July 5. Please your tools. Dinner will be
