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About The Dade County times. (Trenton, Ga.) 1908-1965 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 5, 1959)
PAGE 6 Little Theater Group Will Present Play — The Little Theater group met at the Dade High School Cafe- torium for the first rehearsal of their new play, a comedy en¬ titled, “A Pair of Country Kids”. This play will be offered to the P. T. A. s of all the schools in this area as a money-making project. The Little Theater group will only ask a small per¬ centage since they only want ■enough profit to finance their next play. Any school desiring to know more about this plan please contact Mrs. Jewell Morri son at Trenton, G-a. 1 would just like to add my two-cents worth. This play is a rib-tickler. When the presenta¬ tion date is announced be sure to tgo, or you will miss a real treat. —Mary Townsennd The drink everybody These are the facts . .. — About Senate Bill No. 30, to “redefine rural areas", in the General Assembly . . . The bill simply gives Georgia’s Rural Electrics the right to continue serving their own customers who happen to live in areas which are annexed to cities, and to serve such new customers who build on the lines in these annexed areas and request service, and provides that Rural Electric service within such city limits shall be only in annexed areas, where lines presently exist. The bill does not authorize the Rural Electrics to take cus¬ tomers from any city or power utility. It does not seek to penalize or interfere with existing power supply of cities and towns. . . . and the reasons we urge its passage. We now have 38,904 “idle services”, representing almost $8,000,000 in services built to serve customers no longer there . . . We must preserve our existing investment, and we seek only to keep what we have bought and paid for (with money borrowed from the REA, which we are paying back with interest). We built our lines under a law offering the same opportuity to any qualified borrower. No one else would undertake the job. We were asked to bring service to the areas near the cities, and by so doing furthered their growth and progress, making them attractive for city limits expansion. The Rural Electrics of Georgia stand ready to meet the same franchise tax payment arrangements covering the customers it serves who become city residents as those in effect between the cities and other power suppliers. NOW, OUR POSITION IS CLEAR ... WE MERELY WISH TO BE ALLOWED TO KEEP WHAT WE HAVE WORKED LONG AND HARD TO BUILD..... The RURAL ELECTRIC SYSTEMS of Georgia THE DADE COUNTY TIMES, TRENTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY FEBRUARY 5, 1959 Job Insurance Paid | Commissioner of Labor Ben T. Huiet reports that wages of all non-farm workers in this area helped Georgia maintain a wage record of $3,750,000,000 (billions) during 1958, equal to the record-breaking year of 1957. Workers in insured em¬ ployment numbered over 698,- 500 in June 1958. Statewide in¬ sured wages were in excess of $2.4 (billion)in fiscal year 1958, a gain of over $25,000,000 (mil¬ lions) more than in FY 1957. The information is revealed in the Commissioner’s 22nd annual report to the Governor and General Assembly. These facts point up the strides Georgia made industrial¬ ly last year, resulting in greater purchasing power of the State’s residents, in spite of the nat¬ ional economic recession last year. While some states had as high as 15 per cent unemploy¬ ment in 1958, Georgia’s peak was only seven per cent. “Last year, 1958, started out with unemployment in an un¬ seasonable climb, while this year, 1959, has begun with only the expected seasonal slump,” Commissioner Huiet told Gover¬ nor Ernest Vandiver. “We are confident that this year will see several new highs in Georgia business, industrial and agricul¬ tural worker income. January 1959 has been a 15 per cent 1 lower unemployment rate than last January.” The Department of Labor’s ■employment service office serv- ( ■ing this county is located at 103 Howard Street, Rossville Ga. It also serves, Catoosa, and Walker counties. This office, managed by Trammell I. Moore, assisted em¬ ployers of this area in filling 1,384 non-farm jobs in 1958. During this same time employers j ihired through the local office workers to fill 361 farm jobs. The state total of non-farm job placements for 1958 is 101,884,! while state-wide farm place- j ments totaled 141,738 a gain of 12,500 over last year. During the year job insurance payments totaling over $42,000,- 000 were made to unemployed Georgians, making 1958 Georgia’s peak year in job in¬ surance. Over 14.4 per cent of \ all job insurance weeks filed were for workers claims for whom because em- j j ployers placed full-time work was not available' and for which the workers re¬ ceived wages less than their weekly job insurance amount. Payments ranged from one dollar to $30 per week. Some 48,200 workers were laid off by employers in large groups be¬ cause of plant shut-downs for various reason: over-inventory, fires, completion of contracts and such. During 1958 $28,982.00 in job insurance were paid to unem¬ ployed workers in Dade County. At present there are 100 unem¬ ployed workers drawing job in¬ surance on claims filed in Dade County. “In spite of the fact that 1958 saw the highest year in unem¬ ployment in the history of job .insurance (since 1938) in the state, the purchasing power of our non-farm workers was as (high as at any time in the past. The fact that insured wages during the last fiscal year were up over $25,090,00 (millions! means that our economy is be¬ coming more and more indus¬ trialized; that, generally speak¬ ing, Georgia’s standard of living is being raised and that our times are characterized by an increasing economic stability,” the Commissioner stated. Huiet said last year he beli¬ eved 1958 would be a good year ■for Georgia wage earners, al¬ though unemployment would likely be comparatively high during the first six months. History proved his forecast to be accurate. “Judging by information avail able to me as your Commissi¬ oner of Labor, I am confident 1959 will see, Georgia business and industry and agriculture reach new and higher horizons,” Huiet concluded. NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS I WILL BE AT THE FOLLOWING PLACES FOR THE PURPOSE OF MAKING YOUR TAX RETURNS FOR 19S9 FEBRUARY 9, Slygo, W. P. Coles, 9 A. M. to 11:00 A. M.; Hooker, 12 to 2 P. M.; Wildwood, 2:30 P. M. to 4:00 P. M. FEBRUARY 10. Cooper’s Store 9:00 A. M. to 10:00 A. M.; Garner’s 10:30 A. M. to 11:30: Christians’ 12 to 2 P. M.; Stephen’s Store, 2 to 4 P. M. FEBRUARY 11, Amos Mill 9 to 11 A. M.; Fricks Store, 12 to 4 P. M. FEBRUARY 12, Teet’s Store, 9 to 11 A. M.; Haygood Store, 12 to 4 P. M. FEBRUARY 13, New England, Brown’s Store, 9 to 12 A. M.; Long’s Store, Byrd’s Chapel, 1 to 4 P. M. JOHN W. MURPHY Tax Commissioner. Governor, Labor Commissioner View 59 Economy Atlanta, February 3 - Georgia Governor Ernest Vandiver and Georgia Commissioner of Labor Ben T. Iluiet are enthusiastic about Georgia’s economic prospects in 1959. Commissioner Huiet, right, is showing Governor Vandiver the Georgia De¬ partment of Labor’s 22nd annual report to the Governor and General Assembly. Covering the year 1958, the report reveals that Georgia wage earners carried home the same amount as in 1957 when the non-farm payrolls of the State was $3,750,- 000,000 despite the fact that during 1958 unemployed Georgia workers were paid a record annual total of job insurance, over $42,000,000. Total job insured wages paid to Georgia industrial and business workers during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1958. was $25,000,000 more than the previous fiscal year, 1957, when insured wages totalled $2,396,000,000. Regular meals prepared with We invite your inspection and loving care. Avakian’s. suggestions. Avakian’s H. F. ALLISON AGENCY Representing Stock Companies In Fire and Automobile Insurance I A Licensed Real Estate Broker TRENTON. GEORGIA Specials Brake Inspection & Shoe Adjustment Wheel Balancing Pack Front Wheel Bearings Buck Giffords Service Station Phone: OLiver 7-4251 Trenton, Ga-
