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About The Dade County times. (Trenton, Ga.) 1908-1965 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 10, 1959)
dt (toiroto The Gem in Georgia’s Crown VOL. 59—No. 48 CLENNinrs A nice, average, quite day was—last Saturday. Cows grazed contentedly the pasture out back of where I live—quail up on the picked lazily at wild grain neighborhood dogs lay in the sun, ‘round back doors. Over across the tracks Mike Mc¬ Mahan and his pals catch in their own yard. door, Tommy, A1 and Scruggs played with their nervous dog. . Like I said, it was a nice, day—UNTIL about 1:30 is afternoon! A streak went through corner of the yard where boys played catch and one of them could ask what was, another went by. “That’s a pig,” yelled Mike, he and his pals joined the increasing group of pig surers. It all started when two pigs, described by one woman as “most broke out of what was to be a perfectly desirable into which they had just placed. This pen has a big trough, very smelly mud-hole and ter. Fully as much as the the pigs came from had to But the pigs obviously like these new quarters. The owner, his wife, neighbors started after the ward pigs and as the chase ed up speed it picked up until after a while there quite a large crowd and it quite congenial, considering ramdon way it formed. Down the railroad tracks wen t—until an tiain sent the pigs on ways. One ran through the ture and onto the hill, the headed straight for square. Two hours later, neither could be found, tho the ing party sought them where. As the seach was called cows stood with bulging and stretched necks, the landscape—every hood dog sat on the and barked at 'that _ x covy of ^ quail wondered what crazy was using pigs for pointers. in all the neighborhood was a state of semi-shock. Ai Scruggs allowed ‘those pigs took a short cut where pigs are supposed to Everybody returned home “Chigger,” nervously scr at the Scruggs back door. Next day, of their own will, back into the pen went pigs from apparent]y out of where. And it was another nice, age, quite day—last Sunday. THE DADE COUNTY TIMES, TRENTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1959 2»™ JEPORDY DUE TO « LOW ATTENDANCE State funds for county schools are allotted on the basis on average daily at¬ tendance, known in circles simply as ADA. And the ADA in Dade County has dropped 76 since an the county faces a in state aid come January. Supt. of Schools Roy Moore disturbed about the situation. He reported that the ADA in September was 114, over year and the state was increased sufficiently hire several more teachers the county system had last year. “I do not believe any teachers will be released as a result of this situation,” said Moore, ‘‘be¬ cause all of them are under con¬ tract. But the schools may suf¬ fer in maintainence and operat¬ ing funds, unless something is done.” He pointed out that attendance by students the ADA to drop. Others dropped out of school altoget- her, he said i Several warrants have issued, charging, parents violating the school law, Moore said, adding “more will be issued.” He said it is “in the best iContinued to Page 2) f * This Special Edition To More than 5,000 This special Trenton edition of the Times will be by families in 5,000 area The Times invites on the paper, good or bad, urges you to write. It would be preferable, course, to just fill in the on Page 11, and send it to along, with two dollars. Political Rumors Get Warmer Despite The Winter Weather In Dade County Despite the cold there’s at least one subject Dade County which is just get- ting warmed up! And that subject is politics. While nobody has for office—and the election istill some three months there are rumors and more rumors. The election next year will something new for the election itself, but the offi¬ ces to be filled. First, it’s Dade’s turn to the Georgia senate seat for district. This rotates , Dade, Walker and (counties There have been many Ham-Turkey Shoot Set At Rising Fawn School A ham and turkey shoot be held from 10 a ‘ m - Saturda Dec 12th at Risin g Fawn School, | Risin Th ® B event Fawn is PTA jponsored anS the by tan Club, Proceeds go to school. More than 50 turkeys hams will be given to shooters. Shells will be nished. Trenton Merchants Combine In Special Sales Promotion Bowi Football Game A Dade County civic clubs have worked out tentative plans to stage a polio benefit football game at Date L. Brown Field, December 18th. The Lion Club in conjunction Yule Lite Contest Rules are Released The Christmas lighting mittee of the Trenton Garden Club has just released infarma- tion concerning the Christmas lighting contest, to be conduct¬ ed throughout the county. Rules and regulations will be the same as in previous years. The contest is open to all resi¬ dents of the county and limited to homes. No business establish¬ ments or churches are eligible to enter. Entries will be accepted the following committee mem¬ bers from 8 a. m. Monday, 14th through 12, noon, December 18. Mrs. Ruth Keeton, OL Mrs. Ed Bible, HO 2-3233 Mrs. Grace Elliott, OL 7-4332 Mrs. N. H. Hutchison, 7-5383 (mornings) There are two divisions in contest: l. t Door and doorway. This cludes the door alne and / entrance to the house. 2. Yard and / outside tions. These must be in the or outside the house, or in dows viewed from the I (Continued to page 5) ports of people running for office, but it always comes cond hand. A Dade County to the State House also will lelected. Present Rep. Hale says he will run for election, but has not made formal. The new part of the comes in the election of offices. The last session of Georgia General Assembly lished the office of and set up a new office, missioner of Roads and venue. Virgil Jenkins, present surer, has his eye on the of ordinary or probate judge, be called county judge. ary A. W. Peck says he is seeking re-election. Jenkins made no bones about his est in running for county but has not made any announcement. Several others have said aie interested in the new job commissioner, but all their names be withheld. The office of commissioner filled for four-year Salary is $6,000 a year. (Continued to page 5) Published Weekly—Since 1901 with the school officials have worked out the details and have invited the Jaycees and the Ruitans of Sand Mountain and Risin S Fawn - to cooperate in the The Times especially wel¬ comes this news and pledges its full support to this endeavor. The polio fund needs your money—we urge you to spend some of it for tickets to this community function. ( Scouts To Light ( Christmas Trees On Trenton Square Lighted Christmas trees will be placed on Trenton’s square this weekend in what is thought to be the first such project in Trenton. The trees will be erected by Boy Scouts, along with signs, urging shoppers to trade at hometown merchants. The scouts next Monday night will canvass the city, selling Christmas trees. All profits will be donated to the Polio fund, as an advance gift for the Janu¬ ary March of Dimes. The Dade County Chapter of the National Foundation bankrupt after a seize of polio season and the scouts have voted to contribute to the fund as a part of Operation Christ¬ mas Good Turn. Trees will be sold for $1 or for whatever con¬ tribution the buyer may give. Persons desiring Christmas trees and not contacted Monday night are urged to telephone orders to any scout or the Times office. In the interest of conserva¬ tion only trees sold in advance will be cut. Lights for the trees on the square have been contributed by merchants. Georgia's Jimmy Tate, of Clarkston, is crowned National Tractor Winner by petroleum centennial queen Elaine Gasvoda, as John E Kasch, vice president of American Oil Company, con¬ gratulates him at the 38th National 4-H Club Congress in Chicago. Jimmy was elected one of twelve national winners from among 45 state tractor champions to receive a $400 college scholarship. 7c Per Copy Trenton merchants are parti¬ cipating next week in a pre- Christmas sales campaign, aim¬ ed at keeping local money at home. And special sales promo¬ tions, as advertised in this edi¬ tion, proves that their slogan, “Shop at Home and Save.” is a slogan in fact as well as spirit. Buyers will find special sale prices in effect throughout next week at all local businesses. In addition to attractive prices, merchants are giving away, several hundred dollars in prizes. Each participating store will have a registration box and from these boxes will be drawn the names of prize winners Fri¬ day at 6 p. m. at Dyer Motor Co. on the square. In addition to the advertised prizes by the stores, other prizes will be awarded at intervals and include subscrip¬ tions to The Times, Fleetwood coffee and others. Following the give-away cere¬ mony, Dyer Motor Co. will auc¬ tion several used cars from their lot. Aubrey Dyer, manager, said the cars would be sold to the high bidder, regardless of the car’s price tag. On Saturday, Santa will make an appsarnce and Peanut Fair- cloth and his band will provide entertainment. The advantages of shopping in Trenton, include ease of no traffic worries, quicker service, lower cost and boosting the local economy. In addition to all this, shoppers will get chances on a large assort¬ ment of valuable merchandise. Merchants invite you to shop and save in Trenton. Road Work Begins The State Highway Dept, has started work on U. S. 143, from U. S. 11 to the top of Lookout Mountain. The road is to be resurfaced, in much the same manner as that part of U. S. 11 from Tren¬ ton to the Tennessee state line.
