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Devoted to the Best Interests of Dade County and Georgia .
VOLUME LIX
Robbers Take Cash
From Ga. Power
The Georgia Power
Ir Trenton was broken into
entered during Tuesday
The robbers broke the glass
of the front door, entered
apparently went directly to
safe.
Upon investigation
day morning when the
was discovered it was found
Safe had been opened and
the money taken. The
evidently were only
in money for a quick
revealed that all
was apparently accounted for.
Sheriff Allison Blevins
Georgia Bureau of Investiga¬
tion Hillard are investigating.
Clifford Abbott
Rayford Hammond
Win At Track Meet
Clifford Abbott from the
County High School won
Regional Contest for a mile
in the District Track meet
at the Berry Schools last
His time was 5 minutes 10
conds. This was in a field of
boys and Coach Payne
Abbott did not appear to
pushed and won by 100 yards.
Rayford Hammond also
Dade came in second in
Broad Jump event jumping
feet 7% inches. Both of
boys will participate in
State Meet on May 2.
The Mile Relay team was
ning ahead and would
qualified but they fouled on
curve.
Kenneth Pennington,
was sick and not able to
had run the half mile
Ringgold in 2 minutes 10 se¬
conds and the winner at the
trict meet won on a 2.19.7.
Bobby Sutton is in the
five in the 220 yard dash. The
finals will be run at Berry
week. Bobby’s time against
gold was 26.2 seconds. He
also go to the State meet if
wins.
On the Dade County
School Track team, which
coached by Donald Payne are:
100 yard dash and 220 yard
dash: Bobby Sutton,
Moore.
440 yard dash: Rayford Ham¬
mond, Richard McKaig. x
880 run: Kenneth Penning¬
ton, Anthony Emanuel,
Gilley.
Mile: Clifford Abbott.
440 Relay iioore, and Mile Relay:
Sherman Tommy Whee¬
ler, Doug Wheeler, Bobby
Shot-put: Bill Bowen,
(Blevins, Jimmy Gothad.
Discus: Kenneth Pennington,
Doug Wheeler.
Broad Jump: Larry Greene,
Rayford Hammond.
High Jump: Tommy and Doug
Wheeler.
In the previous meets
LaFayette and Ringgold,
had run the mile in 5.10
5.35.5. Hammond had scored 66
seconds and 1:1.3 in the 440
yard dash. Moore, T. Wheeler,
Blevins and Sutton had
151.2 in the 440 dash. Pennington
ran the H mile in 2.21
2:22.2. Sutton ran the 220 in 26.2
.and Moore, Abbott, Blevins, and
Sutton scored 4:17.3 and 4:16.5
in the mile relay.
THE DADE COUNTY TIMES, TRENTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, APRIL 23, 1959
This
BOOK ON OLD NEW ENGLAND
CITY TO BE SOLD
A book on the history of the
New England City has been
made. This is a copy of an old
book, owned by Mr. W. P. Cole
and printed in 1890.
The book contains a picture
of the three story hotel which
was built there and not torn
down until around 1906, a pic¬
ture of Lookout Creek and the
"Morrison and Taylor Steam
Saw Mill, Cole Spring and many
•other old-time etchings
The book also contains a map,
in color of Dade County show¬
ing coal and iron properties.
The contents of the book not
only contains reports from Civil
and Mining Engineers but
the timber, farm lands, fire
brick clay, and clay for making
paint, the water available, rail¬
road facilities and the climate.
For those interested in Dade
County history the book con¬
tains much of interest and
sell for 32.00.
Dade Baseball Team
To Play Here Tues,
The Dade County High
Baseball team will play
last game of their league
Tuesday, April 28 against
Side on the home field.
will be more games during
but this will be the last
game.
The team has not had
good a season due mostly to
lack of experience. However,
they have been improving as
the season progresses though
the hitting is still not up to par
and the pitching lacks experi¬
ence. There are only three seni¬
ors on the team.
The team is coached by Coach
Philip Smith and the players
aTe Larry Greene, Comie
Broome, (Doug Wheeler, Arnold
McConville, Sherman Mo ore,
Richard McKaig, Gene Hixon,
Grover Geddie, Melvin MjcKaig,
Tommy Wheeler, Riley Puckett,
Roy Clark, Bobby Gatlin, Clif-
ford Abbott, Bill Avans, Joe Lee
Tatum, and Lewis Massey.
Scouting In Dade Co?
It’s Now or Never
Parents and friends of Tren-
ton’s youth are being put to the
test next Thursday night, April
30, following an urgent call
from Asa L. McMahan, Cub-
master of the local Cub Scout
Pack. A pack meeting has been
set for 7:30 p. m. in the Fellow-
ship Hall of the Trenton Met-
Ihodist Church for the purpose
of making Important plans for
the continuation of scouting in
the county.
The extreme lack of interest
shown by a majority of parents
in recent months has raised the
question of whether or not con¬
tinuation of the Cub Scout Pro¬
gram is feasible. Members of
the Scout Committee and the
den mothers are extremely dis¬
tressed over the situation.
It’s now or never for parents
to act, according to the commit¬
tee. The boys are wholehearted¬
ly in favor of the program but
the support of the parents will
determine whether or not it can
be carried out.
LIONS CLUB WILL HAVE
DADE COUNTY PAMPHLETS
At long last a pamphlet on
Dade County has been made.
(These will have a story on Dade
County. The advertisers which
include the Dade, Kenimer and
El Rancho Motels, The Busy
Bee, Buck Gifford's Standard
Service Station, Georgia Game
Park and Deer Park Stations
will have pictures of their
places included.
The Lions Club has had these
made to help advertise (Dade
County.
Sawmill School Tells
Use For Pine Timber
The first of several sawmill
schools to be held in Georgia
'this year opened in Trenton
today. Some 50 Tennessee Valley
Sawmillers quickly learned that
school would soon be out for
those who did not utilize de¬
barking and chipping equip¬
ment to its best advantage.
The school, which was held to
emphasize the use of pine tim¬
ber for sawlogs and pulp chips,
was conducted by Thomas F.
Ramke, TVA; Rufus H. Page,
Wood Utilization Technologist
for the U .S. Forest Service and
the Georgia Forestry Commis¬
sion; and H. O. Baxter, Georgia
Agriculture Extension Service.
Ernest Clevenger, Corly Saw¬
mill Co., Chattanooga, Tenn.,
stated that debarking equip¬
ment enables sawmills to prod¬
uce better grade lumber at low¬
er costs. The production of some
300 southern sawmills in 1958
amounted to 1.6 million cords or
chips worth 24 million dollars.
To receive a maximum re¬
turn, John Lehman, TVA, point
| ed out that high quality lumber
is required. As a rule, the break
! even point in tree size is nine
i n c h e s diameter at breast
height or seven inches diameter
inside bark.
1 A saw that produces wood
chips instead of sawdust and a
survey of wood residue in Ga.,
was discussed by Page. Other
speakers included Lawton Hol-
Simonds Saw and Steel
Co., and Frank Craven, Inform¬
ation and Education Chief for
the GFC.
| Baxter led a panel discussion
on wood chip specifications and
marketing possibilites. The
panel included A. L. Dyer, Dyer
Lumber Co., Trenton; D. H.
Dyer, Hiwassee Land Co., Cal-
houn; 'Robert Nelson, Rome
Kraft Co., Rome; A. A. Rihg-
land, Jackson Industrios Inc.,
Birmingham, Ala.; and Gus
Jacobson, Soderham Machine
and Manufacturing Co., Tall¬
adega, Ala.
The school was concluded
with a tour of the Dyer Lumber
Companies debarking, chipping
and milling operations. The
event was sponsored by the GFC
Ga. Ag. Ext. Ser., USES and the
TVA in cooperation with lumber
and pulp industries, manufact¬
urers of sawmilling and pulp
chipping equipment and the
Dade County Forest Demon¬
stration Club.
LIBRARY NOTICE
The list of books for Adult
Reading Club has been received
by the Dade Co. Library
Published Weekly —Since 1901
STATE TREAS. HAMILTON —
The big Lions Club 25th
versary Barbecue is this Satur¬
day, April 25 at the Legion Hall
north of Trenton. Barbecue will
be served from 11 a. m. until
8 p. m., which will give a full
day to meet with friends and
renew acquaintances while you
•enjoy a delicious barbecue with
all the trimmings.
The small charge for the food
goes to the Lions Club Sight
Conservation program. This
club pays for eye tests and
glasses for those children who
are recommended by the Health
Dept, and whose parents are
not able to pay for these. There
are many in the county who
have benefited from this service
during the years.
School Band
A combined Dade county
School band will play several
numbers between 5 and 6 p. m.
We have three school bands in
CHARLESTON CONTEST SATURDAY NIGHT, APRIL 25
For the past 15 weeks there
ihas been a Record Hop at the
Legion Hall in Trenton each
Saturday night. These have
been attended mostly by teen¬
agers but adults are also most
welcome.
Every so often a contest is
conducted and this Saturday
night it will be a Charleston
Contest. A prize girl will giving be given the j |
to a boy and a
A. S. C.
DADE COUNTY'S CONSERVA¬
TION ACCOMPLISHMENTS
SHOW INCREASE
Accomplishments of Dade
County’s two largest and most
important farmer-type Con¬
servation Programs administer¬
ed by the Dade County Agricul¬
tural Stabilization and Conser¬
vation Committee indicate an
increase over 1957, Mrs. Louise
E. Wright, ASC Office Manager,
stated today.
The Agricultural Conserva¬
tion Reserve Program of the
Soil Bank assists farmers by
sharing in the cost of establish¬
ing approved conservation pract
ices, thereby conserving our
land, water, wildlife and nat¬
ural resources.
The Agricultural Conserva¬
tion Program offers cost-sharing
assistance to farmers to help
pay part of the cost of apply¬
ing needed conservation meas¬
ures to their land. Payment
rates vary acording to the work
being done. However, cost-share
payments average about 50 per
cent of the cost on the extent
approved in advance by the
County ASC Committee. Farm¬
ers pay the balance of the cost
and ,in addition, furnish their
labor and machinery. In the
process fanners are assisted in
performing additional conserva
tion above that which could be
performed with their own re¬
sources.
Some of the 1958 conservation
accomplishments under the
ACP are: Permanent vegetative
cover established on 505 acres,
tree seedlings planted on 100
acres, Improvement of perman¬
ent pasture and hay land on 145
acres, woodland improved on
100 acres, winter cover seeded
on 125 acres, summer cover seed
ed on 86 acres, ILme applied on
NUMBER 17
TOWNSEND TO SPEAK
the county and this will be one
of the first times they have
played for the general public.
Other Dade County talent has
volunteered to come and assist
with the festivities.
State Treasurer to Speak
Georgia’s State Treasurer
George B. Hamilton will be here
about 6 p. m. to address those
present. He is reported to be an
able speaker and will be introd¬
uced by Dade’s State Represent¬
ative Maddox Hale.
Judge J. M. C. (Red) Town¬
send, who is a Judge on the
Georgia Court of Appeals and
who all of you know is an inter¬
esting and entertaining speaker,
will also talk. A speaker’s rost¬
rum has been erected on the
grounds so that all may see and
hear the speakers.
It is planned to stop the tour¬
ists to welcome them to a Dade
County Barbecue,
dance.
These Record Hops are from
8 to 12 each Saturday evening
and there are adults in charge
of the party. In order to pay for
the use of the Legion Hall, a
charge is made of 50c for stud¬
ents and $1.00 for adults. If any
one wants more information,
about these parties will they
please contact Mrs. Ernest
Hawes, phone OLiver 7-4857.
107 acres, 4 dams for livestock
water constructed and 1 well
drilled for livestock water. A
total of 97 farms participated
iin this program in 1958 earn¬
ing $17,426 in cost-share pay¬
ments. Mrs. Wright stated that
this means about one farm in
every 6 participated in this pro
gram during the year.
The Conservation Reserve of
the Soil Bank provides for the
withdrawal of cropland from
production, helping to adjust
(total crop acreage more nearly
in lime with the demand. At the
same time, it provides and
•assists farmers in establishing
and maintaining sound conser¬
vation practices on the land
they put in the Reserve. Unlike
the Agricultural Conservation
Program in addition to the
sharing of the cost of establish¬
ing conservation practices, this
program also makes annual
rental payments during the
period each contract is in eff¬
ect. No farmers in Dade County
participated in this program in
1958.
Both the Agricultural Conser
vation Program and 'the Con¬
servation Reserve Program of
the Soil Bank are voluntary pro
grams.
Approval of cost-shares under
the Agricultural Conservation
Program and Contracts under
the Conservation Reserve Pro¬
gram are administered by the
Dade County ASC Committee¬
men. Under certain conditions
a farm may participate in both
programs, but cost-shares are
not approved under both pro¬
grams on the same acreage.
Present indicatons are that
participation in these two pro¬
grams for the year 1959 will be
even larger than 1958, said Mrs.
wright.