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About The Dade County times. (Trenton, Ga.) 1908-1965 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 29, 1959)
Devoted to the Best Interests of Dade County and Georgia. VOLUME LIX Citizens of Tomorrow f s This weeks “Citizens of Tomorrow” are from left to right, top row: Sandra, 9 months, and Ronnie, 3, children of the John D. Brocks of Trenton; Kimberly, 4, and Hal, 19 months, children of Mr. and Mrs. Howard McKaig of Trenton; and Deborah, 3, and Randy, IQ months, children of the Doyle Stones of Trenton. Bottom row: Marie, 5, and Cynthia, 2, children of the John S. Slatons of Trenton; Cynthia, 3y 2 , and Ellen Abbott, 20 months, child¬ ren of the Aubrey L. Dyers of Trenton; and Anita Jo, 5, and Kenneth Oneil, 3, children of the Charles E. Freemans of Wildwood. Congressman Mitchell Introduces Bill To Extend V. A. Home Loan Program One of the first bills introd¬ uced by Representative Erwin Mitchell in the 86th Congress is a measure to put new life into the VA home loan program. On his appointment to the House Veterans Affairs Commit¬ tee last year, Representative Mitchell stated that he found that several thousand qualified veterans, particularly those in small towns and rural areas, had applications for home loans pending with the VA. The loan program was running out, no funds were available, and vet¬ erans, who had been on the waiting list were not able to secure a VA loan. To revive the program, Representative Mit¬ chell introduced a bill extend¬ ing the loan program and pro¬ viding funds for its operation. Committee records, released by Representative Mitchell, in¬ dicate that many more would have been built and ito veterans if loan funds had been available to the VA. As of November 1, 1958, there were al¬ most 45,000 eligible veterans the VA waiting list, of approximately 2,500 are veterans. In order to cut down this backlog of applicants, ative Mitchell has submitted new bill to provide $150 to the VA for immediate ments to veterans already the waiting list. Congressman Mitchell that his bill has strong and that he is going to for early action so that the housing legislation can be cluded in any general bills considered by Mitchell stated that if the isions of his bill are into law, it will result in a stantial reduction in the of applications for VA loans. THE DADE COUNTY TIMES, TRENTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 29, 1959 He has also been named head a special Congressional study of the Veterans Administ¬ ration’s judicial review system of GI benefit cases. Mitchell said that once the study gets underway, the major veterans’ organizations will be asked to give their views on whether or not they believe a former serviceman should have Ithe right to appeal VA decisions to the courts. Under study, Mitchell said, was a plan to introduce legis¬ lation which would establish a federally appointed veterans court similar in structure to the Court of Military Appeals, Court of Claims, Tax Court and Patent Court. A. S. C. Premeasurement Service — Farmers in Dade County are being offered premeasurement service for their 1959 cotton acreage. In order to get pre¬ measurement service a farmer must file a written request at the ASC Office between Febru¬ ary 1, 1959 and March 20, 1959. The rate to be charged for this service is $5.00 per farm plus 50 cents per acre for the acreage to be premeasured plus $1.00 for each field or sub-division in excess of three. Payment be made at the time the is filed. Premeasured acreage will be accepted as the official measured acreage provided farmer plants the premeasured area, and provided there was obvious error made. A later trip will be made to the farm determine that these require¬ ments have been met. New-Grower Allotments— The State ASC Committee established closing dates (Continued to Page 3) Activities on U. S. Highway 11 The final process of the evaluation of property and damage is now in progress for the acquisition of the additional right of way for the improve¬ ment of U. S. Hwy. 11 from Trenton to the Tenn. state line. Ordinary Peck is of the opinion that things will shape up in such a manner that the contract for this construction can be let in April for early construction. And he hopes that any minor differences in opinion of the considered values of the pro¬ perty, between present owner end the road authorities can be worked out without conflict. Super Highway State and Federal highway engineers are walking the pro¬ posed right-of-way of the new Super Interstate Highway be- tween Trenton and the Tenn. ;tate line, to determine the type Ua ii etft f Vin Hlf *• March of Dimes | Starts New The National Foundation launched a new, program. This new program continue a mopping-up opera¬ tion against polio, but will out into new fields. Even with the Salk vaccine, polio is not through, as many suppose. Because people fail take the shots, new epidemics have broken out across nation; many patients still expensive care;, and millions have yet to be innoculated. But with the end in sight, other major health problems will be tackled, rheumatic dis¬ ease (Arthritis), and congenital malformations (birth defects). At least 11,000,000 people are affected by arthritis and rheu¬ matism, the nation’s one crippler, while 250,000 fants are born each year seme form of defect. This new prorgam will continuing research against polio and all virus dis¬ eases; make extensive possible in the fields of arth¬ ritis and birth defects; continuing patient care for polio victims; and provide tinuing patient care for all victims; and provide aid programs for children ing from arthritis and defects. You can join this fight against disease and by supporting the March Dimes in your community. MOTHERS’ MARCH On Friday night, January from 7:00 to 8:00 p.m., March of Dimes will conduct annual Mothers March. Mothers of Dade County make a visit from house in each local on behalf of the March (Continued to Page 2) Published Weekly—Since 1901 and Roads in County ferent stream crossings. Also proposed right-of-way boundar¬ ies are being more clearly est¬ ablished and marked. It is expected that the actual acquisition of this right-of-way will begin in early summer. County Roads Last weeks storm caused con¬ siderable damage to local roads. The abutments to many bridges were badly damaged. Many trees were blown down across the roadways. Road crews work¬ ed in very adverse weather con¬ ditions to remove these unwel¬ come road blocks to allow traffic (to move again. Route 301 suffered heavy damage along its newly graded places, caused by large “wash outs”. The newly established State Highway office, now in Or. 1 Middleton’s old office, is 'being ‘ extensively used by highway 'AT)DPAT*ft AfKin* marCAfitlpl Doyle made Temporary Chm. of Wildlife Club At the meeting of the Wild-;Woodrow Tinker and Zeke life Club on January 23, tempor- Morrison. These two committees ary appointments were made; (have had their meetings and Temporary chairman, Bernard will present their findings to the Doyle; temporary secretary and'club ( Friday night at the Court treasurer, Bud Haygood. The House at 7:30 January 30, 1959. chairman appointed the follow- Come to this meeting and ing: nominating committee: (help organize this most needed Brownie Stevens, Tommie Sims club. This organization should and Hardie Price; constitution attract the interest of the and by-laws committee: Dan' younger set, so bring your boy Hall, John Tatung John Jones/or girl with you. _ Tomato Growers Ass n to Continue Project Members of the Dade County Tomato Growers Association held a meeting Tuesday night to draw up plans for tomato prod¬ uction program for 1959. Art Moore, President, presided at •the meeting. He discussed with members present some of the progress that had been made and some of the problems that had been encountered. The members were very enthusiastic about continuing this project. Goals for the year included: 1. Planting of a minimum of 100 acres. 2. Members of the associ¬ ation will sign agreements to produce a definite acreage and deliver them to association, 3. Marketing will be done co¬ operatively by grades. 4. Produ¬ cers will agree to follow Experi¬ ment Station recommendations for varieties, fertilization, culti¬ vation and spraying for diseases and insects. It is believed that a good job of marketing can be done by the association if sufficient vol¬ ume is produced and growers will deliver quality products to the association for marketing. Growers interested in becoming a member should contact the county agent or one of the fol¬ lowing: W. H. Pullen. Hardie Price, G. L. Barnes, D. E. Morri¬ son, A. G. Barton or Art Mloore. Pepper Raising and Marketing If you are interested in rais¬ ing pepper on a commercial scale, advise L. C. Adams, the county agent, and he will, if sufficient interest is shown, ask an expert on pepper raising and marketing to come to the county and meet with those interested. A near-by processing plant, will send a agent to talk with the interested people with a view of signing a contract for raising NUMBER 5 and marketing pepper. known that two Dade County farmers have signed such a contract for the year 1959. BY L. C. ADAMS Earlier in this column I discussed Steps 1 and 2 in the Extension Service Forestry pro¬ gram—Fire Prevention and Con trol and Reforestation of Idle Land. Equally important in a good woodlands management program is Step 3: Timber Stand Improvement Even though your timber is covered with growing trees, it is very likely that much of it Is wasted. About one-third of Georgia’s forest land is occupied by cull or low quality trees. These trees require just as much growing space, water and food as high quality, desirable trees, but return little or no income to the owner. Cull trees may be of a species for which there is no market or of desirable species but diseased or deformed to the extent that they cannot be sold. Cull trees also may be trees of desirable species growing under adverse conditions—white oak growing on a dry pine site, for example. In order to fully utilize our forest areas and realize the greatest income from them we must destroy or remove these culls, making room for high quality, valuable trees. Although we most often think of timber stand improvement work as the removal of unde¬ sirable hardwoods from our pine stands, it includes much more than this. Thinning, pruning, honeysuckle and kudza control, (Continued to Page 2)
