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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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-
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