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About The Dade County times. (Trenton, Ga.) 1908-1965 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 8, 1959)
mk C mm to Dade County’s Only Newspaper. VOLUME LIX To Propose Bilk The ThA following following letter letter has has been been received from our Dade Couny Representative, Maddox J. Hale,' and is published in its entirety, because it relates to important affairs of all Dade County citizens. TO THE PEOPLE OF DADE COUNTY:- During the past year or more, I have discussed at various times with the present officials of Dade County, and with a good many of the citizens of the County, the advisability of mak¬ ing certain changes in the offi¬ ces of the County. These changes are to abolish the office of County Treasurer; provide for .the appointment of a bank as County Depository to serve with out compensation; to create the office of County Commissioner of Roads and Revenues and to change the compensation of the Ordinary from a fee system to a salary system, all cf these changes of course to be¬ come effective January 1, 1961, the date for the beginning of a new term for all county officers. It is my personal opinion and it is the opinion of a great majority of the people with whom I have dissussed these matters, that these changes should be made and that they will result in a more efficient set-up for the handling of the County affairs and will very likely result in the saving of some money. These changes will require four separate bills and the legal notices required by law begin in this week’s issue of The Dade County Times. I have been working with em¬ ployees in the Bill Drafting Unit in the office of the Attorney General of Georgia in working out the details of these bills, but they have not been completely worked out yet. Among the de¬ tails which have not yet been completely worked out is the question of the compensation for the Ordinary and the County Commissioner. Citizens with whom I have discussed this matter seem to be in agreement that the salaries for these offic¬ ials should be hign enough to attract competent persons and yet not higher than the income of the County will justify. I have had suggestions ranging from $4,000.00 per year to $8,000.00 per year for each of these offices. I will welcome any comments and suggestions any citizen has to make relative to these proposed changes.” Maddox J. Hale, Representative Route 2 (Intended for Last Week) Miss Betty Burrows was to be married December 28, it is re¬ ported, to Johnnie Tribble, who is stationed at Fort Hood, Texas. They will igo to Texas after the wedding. Mrs. Goldie Maltsbergerner spent Friday evening with Mrs. Vickie Cooper. Mr. and Mrs. Laverne Laney spent Saturday evening with her mother. Miss Bertha Gillery of Florida spent Christmas eve night with Eliza¬ beth and Maggie Cooper; she also visited Mrs. Robbie Ellis, Mrs. Vickie Cooper, and Joyce Albertson while here for the hol¬ idays. Mrs. Fred Cooper visitied Mrs. Jo Moore last Tuesday. (Continued to Page 3) Devoted to the Best Interests of Dade County and Georgia. TOE DADE COUNTY TIMES, TRENTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 8, 1958 "Citizens of Tomorrow Once again we are carrying the pictures taken by Studios of some of the young children in Dade County, We will carry these for the next 11 weeks and hope you will enjoy look¬ ing at them. This weeks “Citizens of Tomorrow” are from left .to right, top picture: Brenda, 12 Gloria, 10, and Shelia, 8. daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Herman Gass of Trenton. Center row: June, 1, and Bobbie, 5, daughters of Mi’, and Mrs. R. T. Patton of Trenton; and Kimberly Regina, 9 months, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Demeree L. Bradford of Rising Fawn. Bottom row: Jada Ann, 16 months, and Derrick Mote, 3 months, child¬ ren of Mr. and Mrs. Louis M. Crisp of Trenton; and Martha Lou, 3, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bill Brown of Trenton. Released In Lookout Creek Last week we told you that 12 000 fingerlings (young fish) had been released In Lookout Creek. These fish were paid ... or from the funds collected or hunting and fishing licenses. The County Wildlife Ranger, Bob Baker has additional plans which he is working on to in- crease the pleasure of the sport- sman. He plans to make a survey of Lookout Creek to determine the percentage of rough ( e^s desirable) type fish and the game (more desirable) type fish. If ....... this survey ...... discloses .... too many many rough rough type type fish, fish, an an effort effort will will be be made made to to eliminate eliminate some some of them. the™ Baker Is now working toward Rising K* Fawn The cold day of Jan. 5. with a temperature ranging from 6-8 degrees did not chill the happin- ess of the Rising Fawn school children who reported to studies and to play after a two weeks vacation. Of course, comparing Christmas gifts and activities was part of the motivating reason. Principal Elliott reports attendance as normal. i Mrs. Russell Smith remains a bed patient at her home, suffer- ing from what is diagnosed as a ruptured spinal disk. Mr. and Mrs. Smith didn’t get to attend the Christmas tree at the Met- hodist Church for the first time in many years. The Rising Fawn Methodist Church Christmas (Continued to Page 2) the establishment of a 20,000 acre game or wildlife refuge on ^on Mountain He attended a meeting with state officials in Atlanta last Friday and during the mee ting plans were made to s t ar t trapping deer in Butler Is- land for use in stacking Pigeon fountain. It is believed that ^is stocking will be finished by February this year, B ernarc j Doyle, of Morganville is one j. he man y w jj 0 are ver y muc j 1 interested in these un¬ p rovemen t s and has been work- ^ w i^j 1 Baker.. They are work- j n g on v** the idea of restocking : the ^he q q Ua Ua u u i j n n the the county. county. Baker; Baker j t s now now spending spending about about x two — days; J — ~ a —ek week in in our our county. c ounty. J (Continued to Page 2) LOCALS AND PERSONALS Ben Raines remains in the Tri-County hospital, Ewell Brown was visiting in Fitzgerald, Georgia recently, Mrs. Virginia Light has re- turned from visiting her sister in Springville, Ala. Mr. and Mrs. Sam Chambers of Athens, Ga. visited the Bill Pullens recently, Gene Brandon returned from the hospital Tuesday and says he is feeling fine but weak, Mr. and Mrs. Red Renfro visited Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Tin- ker in Flat Rock Ala. Sunday, Mr. and Mrs. Elbert Forester of Atlanta were visiting friends and relatives over the week-end. Mrs. Lucy Snyder had dinner with Mr. and Mrs. Snyder on Published Weekly—Since 1901 Work Begun On Dade School Grounds Work has 'begun on the im¬ provement of the school •grounds. The work is being done by the Reeves and Johnson dirt moving team. The adverse wea¬ ther conditions have slowed the progress, however, it is estimat¬ ed that about half of this pro¬ ject has been completed. The work started at the beginning at the Christmas vacation. Many of the students and teachers registered surprise upon their ireturn to school Monday to find (that so much had been accomp¬ lished. Superintendent Moore didn’t expect to get anywhere near the school building with his buses Monday morning, but to his amazement his buses moved into the school grounds on a new graded and graveled ihorseshoe driveway and parking lot. Mr. Chumley had so timed his operations that upon completion of some drainage tile and the xoad grading, trucks moved in early Saturday morning and by 3 p. m. had finished graveling the horseshoe road bed and parking lot. The truck’s services were donated: two toy A. L. Dyer and one by (Douglas Morrison, During the short period invol ved, these trucks hauled some¬ thing like 160 tons of gravel from Dave T. Browns at Morgan ville. gins; between teams of Trenton, East Lake, Wallaceville, and Red Bank. Boys will be matched according to age, weight, and ^ Trenton team , s jQh Beasley and by the American Legion of Trenton. Fighting on ^ card w)11 be cluford Abbott, ;johnn Ken neth Penn- 0 h n Brown> Jtamy D avid Klrk , Donald Max- well Johnny BeasIeyi peck Pennington, w Harry a r r v whnlpv Whaley, Sherman Moore, Ronnie Moore, and Gordan Whaley. There will be approximately ^J’ 15, ^ 3-round ^IntTsOc! bouts. Admission u There is a considerable amount of chert to toe hauled as a a base oase on on the remaining portion of the horseshoe which Is to extended to the sc^th. W th reasonable weather durtog next two days, 14 ,s will be ready for chert this next Saturday. More volunteer lator and^transportation can hei used m this much needed woifc If you have either labor or portation to volunteer, please make it known to Mr. Chumley at the Dade County High School, phone OLiver 7-4361. At this point our Ordinary, Arthur Peck, came into the Times office and after iing the imperative need for the; above named chert, he agreed to make certain road machinery! available for the task. The Ord- inary stated that he wanted it clearly understood that the county would^ _______^ employed ____ _ _ _______ mens efforts ____ would be confined to making roads , and would not be Invol- ved in large dirt moving opera- tions. OIICIIII SnAYlff 5 C KPRAKt I Everything seemed to be quite on the “Sheriff’s Front”. He did report a minor case of side- swiping near the Hooker road _ one night recently. The indivi- duals concerned, settled the matter between themselves and continued on their journey and reported the matter to him Christmas day. Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Daniel visited Mr. Daniels mother, Mrs. Roy Hight during the holidays Lindell Daniel visited the Logan Daniels on his vacation from college over the holidays Frankie Maxwell visited with Lis grandmother, Mrs. Kate Johnson and family during the Christmas holidays. The R. A. Ryans visited the Bill Davis family and points of interest in Birmingham this past week. Edsill Sullivan, and family from Camp Polk, La. visited his family and relatives in Dade County over the holidays. Mrs. Georige Gifford visited (Continued to Page 2) NUMBER 2 County Roads Being Winterized Our Ordinary, Arthur Peck, is of the opinion, that because most of the newly graded roads have recently been given a coat of gravel; that they will be able to carry traffic in a fair manner even after the heavy rains begin. He stated that he hopes to re¬ strict as much of the work as he can on the new Cloverdale Road to right of way clearing until after the spring rains are over. Work is continuing on the abut- mets to the bridge at the Grady Hawkins place. City Tax Digest To Be Revised At a regular Trenton City Council meeting Monday night, they appointed Hazlett Lewis and Bieter, CPA’s from Chatt¬ anooga, Tenn., to audit the city funds. They voted to increase the city privilege tax. A special meeting was called for next Monday night to study and re¬ vise the City Tax Digest. Boxing On Saturday night January 10, 1959, at 8 p. m. at the Chatt¬ anooga Valley School Gym, there will be a boxing card sponsored by the Chattanooga Valley Kiwanis Club, and prom¬ oted toy W. L. (Chocolate) Hug¬ A. S. C. INITIAL SIGNUP —1959 ACP 1959 ACP County Handbooks were mailed to all farm opera¬ tors on December 29, 1958. These handbooks contained a list of the conservation practices on which cost shares may be paid, a brief explanation of the use of each practice and the items of cost on which costs may be shared. The initial signup period for filing requests for cost-shares for 1959 practices opens on Jan¬ uary 2, 1959 and closes at the end of business on January 30, Each farm operator is re¬ quested to study the conser- (Continued to Page 3)
