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Devoted to the Best Interests of Dade
VOLUME LIX
At the Dade County
Ciuto Homecoming
last Saturday over 1500
were served during the
People came and went all
ing the day so that the
around the Legion Hall
appeared to be too
The Lions with their purple
gold caps working at the
or drifting through the
welcoming the guests gave
colorful atmosphere to
scene
State Patrolmen and
County law enforcement
cers assisted members of
Lions Club in stopping
traveling U. S. Hwy. 11 to
them to eat and many of
did.
In back of the Legion Hall
the edge of the grounds
barbecue pits were going
stantly to keep the
pork, beef and chicken
Among the ladies assisting
Lions Club members to
-were Mesdames Martin
Jules Case, W. G. Morrison
L. C. Adams. Mrs.
Morrison and Mrs. Tom
assisted in the prepartion.
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Governor Ernest Vandiver beams in approval LAW after
signing a proclamation declaring May 1st DAY
U. S. A. in Georgia. Seen with the Governor are (1. to
r.) W. Neal Baird of Atlanta, chairman of the state¬
wide LAW DAY U. S. A. activities, and Robert M. Heard
of Elberton, president of the Georgia Bar Association.
Law Day USA To Be Celebrated Over Georgia
The 2nd annual Law Day
U. S. A. will be observed in
Georgia on May 1st with full
state participation. Speeches at
civic and luncheon clubs, school
programs, court ceremonies, and
radio and TV programs on U. S.
and Georgia law are expected
to far surpass last year’s obser¬
vances, according to Robert
Heard of Elberton, President of
the Georgia Bar Association.
With the signing of the
Georgia Law Day U. S. A. Pro¬
clamation by Gov. Ernest Van¬
diver, special programs over the
state were set off. Charles S.
Rhyne, 1958 President of the
American Bar Association, will
arrive at the state capitol
April 30 for a series of broad¬
casts and interviews. Emory
University and the University of
Georgia have planned extensive
activities in honor of Law Day,
including forums, panels, and
discussions.
Vandiver’s proclamation fol
lowed a similar one signed by
President Eisenhower setting
aside the first of May as a day
THE DADE COUNTY TIMES, TRENTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, APRIL 30, 1959
Directly in back of the Legion
Hall, various members of the
Lions Club dispensed coffee and
orangeade and not far away
was the Coca Cola stand.
On the north edge of the
grounds two flat bed trucks
made a stage for the entertain¬
ment. These were gaily decorat¬
ed in red, white and blue bunt¬
ing. Students from the schools
gave performances during the
afternoon and this included
several members from a com¬
bined Dade County School Sys¬
tem Eand. All during the day
recorded music came from loud
speakers which had been placed
around the grounds.
At the table where tickets
were bought for the barbecue
were the new Lions Club bro¬
chures on Dade County which
were given out free. Also for
sale at this table were the re¬
productions of an old book be¬
longing to Mr. W. P. Cole about
New England City at the turn
of the century.
At 6 o’clock Lions Club offi¬
cials, special guests and speak¬
ers were on the platform. This
part of the program was open-
for “paying tribute to the rule
of law between men.”
Law Day U. S. A. was initiated
last year to dramatize the con¬
trast between the American con
cept of freedom and justice un¬
der law, and the suppression of
individual freedom under com¬
munism. “May Day” in Moscow
is traditionally a date on which
the communist world flaunts its
military might, symbol of its
philosophy of rule through force
and fear. “In the United States,
May 1st now has become a day
for a demonstration of a dif¬
ferent sort, in which the people
may reaffirm their faith in the
rule of law as the best safe¬
guard of human freedom and
dignity.” Heard explained.
Here is the suggested four-
point Law Day pledge, approved
by President Eisenhower.
I will respect and obey the
laws;
I will asist public officials in
preventing crime;
I will help the court in giving
evidence;-
I will serve on a jury when
asked.
ed by the playing of our nat¬
ional anthem, The Star Spang¬
led Banner. After which Lions
Ciub President L. C. Adams gave
a brief review of the work done
by the club during its 25 years
existance. Dade’s State Repre¬
sentative Maddox Hale followed
him and introduced Judge J. M.
C. (Red) Townsend from the
Georgia Court of Appeals.
Judge Townsend spoke of the
progress the county has made
through the years and what the
future does and can hold for us,
before introducing Georgia’s
Treasurer George B. Hamilton.
Mr. Hamilton spoke of our glori
ous southern heritage tying it
in with Confederate Memorial
Day which was to be celebrated
the following Monday.
As the Lions Club Barbecue
came to an end, more people
began gathering for the Record
Hop and Charleston contest to
be held that evening in the
Legion Hall.
Sheriffs Report
Sunday before last there was
a three car accident south of
Morganville. A car had slowed
up, the driver said, to avoid hit¬
ting a hole in the road too hard.
The two cars behind him also
slowed down but a third car hit
the last car giving it enough
push to hit the car in front.
However, only the last car was
damaged badly and State Troop
ers charged the driver with
driving too close.
Last Saturday night a car
went over the bluff at the cut
on top of Lookout Mountain
State Troopers reported the car
had been reported to them
from Summerville as b ei n g
stolen. No one appeared to be
around the scene before and
during the investigation.
Also on Saturday night Mrs.
Polly Rains Underwood report¬
ed Brent Baty had run into the
back of her car. She appeared
to be hurt and was taken to the
hospital. Baty was charged with
Hit and Run and Driving while
Drunk. When the Sheriff served
the papers on him he was again
charged with Driving While
Drunk but he jumped out and
ran off.
Tuesday a Tennessee transfer
truck went into a ditch. The
driver claimed that he hit a
hole in the hi g h w a y which
caused his tire to blow out and
throw the truck off the road.
No one was hurt.
WHEAT ALLOTMENTS
A farmer who has wheat
planted in excess of his 1959
wheat acreage allotmnet may
dispose of the extra acres up
until May 24, 1959, and it pro¬
bably will increase his wheat
allotment in the future if he
does so, according to a reminder
from Mr. Grady McKaig of the
Dade County Agricultural Stab¬
ilization and Conservation Com¬
mittee.
A major factor in determin¬
ing farm wheat allotments is
the history of wheat grown pre¬
viously on the farm. The farmer
who complies with his allot-
ment gets “history” credit not
cnly for the allotment planted
but also for his “diverted” acres,
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MAY 3-10 PROCLAIMED SOIL STEWARDSHIP WEEK
Governor El-nest Vandiver signs proclamation setting May
3-10 as dates for official observance of Soil Stewardship Week
in Georgia. With Gov. Vandiver are members of the sponsoring
State Soil Conservation Committee. Left to right are O. W. Price,
McDonough; W. F. Hall, Sparta; J. E. Eubank, Appling; Z. P.
Almon, Roopville, and Jim L. Gillis, Jr., Soperton, chairman.
Governor Sets Week for Soil Stewardship
officially observed in Georgia,
May 3-10, according to a pro¬
clamation issued by Governor
Ernest Vandiver.
Gov. Vandiver, in this pro¬
clamation, urges all Georgia
citizens, “to cooperate in every
possible movement^which way to aid this worthy
means so
much to all our people.”
The proclamation reads
follows:
BY THE GOVERNOR:
WHEREAS: Soil is one of
most important natural resour¬
ces, producing foods, fibres and
innumerable products necessary
to life and happiness: and
WHEREAS: Good Soil is the
first requisite for successful
farming and it is essential that
soil conservation be emphasized
and practiced if we are to con¬
tinue to maintain and improve
good land; and
WHEREAS: We realize the
need of cooperation in move¬
ments to improve and protect
May 3-9 is Nat. Home
All the Home Demonstration
clubs in the County will cele¬
brate National Home Demon¬
stration Week during May 3
through 9. Each clu b has
chosen different ways to do
this.
Council Meeting May 13
The Dade C o u n t y Home
Demonstration Council will hold
its spring meeting Wednesday
A. S. C.
which is acreage held out of
wheat under the allotment pro¬
On the other hand, under
a new law effective this year,
the farmer who produces excess
wheat will usually receive his¬
tory credit only for the allot¬
ment. In the past, the over¬
producer received his total
wheat acreage as history.
The farmer who produces ex¬
cess wheat in 1959 may deliver
the excess to the secretary of
Agriculture or store it—on the
farm under bond or in a comer-
cial warehouse. In that way he
avoids marketing quota penal¬
ties. He also gets history credit
for his allotment plus diverted
acres just as though he had
complied with his allotment,
However, the credit for diverted
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our land and to support
the program of the State Soil
Conservation Committee and
ether groups engaged in this
activity; now
THEREFORE: I, S. Ernest
Vandiver, Governor of Georgia,
do hereby proclaim May 3-10,
1959, as SOIL STEWARDSHIP
WEEK in Georgia and urge our
citizens to cooperate in every
possible way to aid this worthy
movement which means so
much to all our people.
S. Ernest Vandiver
Observance of Soil Steward¬
ship Week in Georgia is being
jointly sponsored by the State
Soil Conservation Committee
and the State Association of Dis
trict Supervisors in cooperation
with Agricultural Extension Ser
vice, University of Georgia Col¬
lege of Agriculture and other
agencies. Jim L. Gillis, Jr., of
Soperton is chairman of the
committee and Tom G. Scott of
Forsyth, Georgia, is president of
the Association.
Demonstration Week
May 13 at the Morganville
Methodist Church.
LITTLE LEAGUE
BASEBALL MEETING
All boys between the ages of
IOV 2 and 15 who are interested
in playing baseball this year
meet this coming Saturday at
the school baseball field at 2:30
acres is lost in case the stored
wheat is sold or used and the
producer becomes liable for
marketing quota penalties.
There is another type of sit¬
uation in which the producer
exceeds his wheat allotment but
produces no marketing excess.
This may occur on farms where:
i(l) the total wheat acreage is
15 acres or less; (2) the normal
production of the wheat acreage
is under 200 bushels; (3) the
1959 yield is so low that no excess
is produced; or (4) the farm has
been approved for the produc¬
tion of up to 30 acres of wheat
for use on the farm under the
feed wheat program. In those
circumstances, the farmer gets
credit only for the allotment,
not for diverted acres.
