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Devoted to the Best Interests of Dade County and Georgia.
VOLUME LIX
Citizens of Tomorrow
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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,
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