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4 ».jj. £ D TO THE BEST INTERESTS OF DADE COUNTY.
2 " __ VOLUME XLIVU
BADE COUNTYS CHURCHES,
SCHOOLS AND CIVIC CLUBS
COPE WITH THE BEST
If you were contemplating a
m0V e from your present location
into some territory where the
conditions were totally strange to
and if you were to meet a
you, fair and unbiased
ma n who was
toward the conditions of that ter¬
ritory, what are some of the
questions that you would ask
that man? Some of the first
questions that any modern and
progressive citizen would ask are
a3 follows:
What kind of churches do you
have? What about schools for my
children? How about the roads
and accessibility to this place?
What about your civic organiza¬
tions, clubs, etc? Now, if you
were that citizen on the ques¬
tioning end, and the questions
concerned Dade County, our ans¬
wers would be as follows:
Churches? Yes, Dade County
is well blessed with churches,
and whether all denominations
are represented with church
buildings or not, we have a
large number of denominations
in Dade County. It seems that
the Methodists and Baptists have
more membership than the other
denominations. These two are
represented by churches in every
community in the county. We
have the Church of Christ, the
Church of God, and the Presby¬
terians all represented with
churches in our county. The fact
is that. ?ne is almost sure to
find iuV~wn church located here.
Yes, its most natural that your
next question is schools- We can
truly boast of our schools of Dade
County. We know of no program
that is moving at a more rapid
pace than our school program
moves today, and the fact is, we
are plenty pleased with our
school program in past years.
We point with pride to our
graduates of past years and say,
“Now, there’s a local boy or girl
that got his basic school training
in Dade County.” We also point
with pride to the Dade County
High School, an institution that
stands high with the State De¬
partment of Education, and one
whose graduates stand up with
the best of the m when they en¬
ter the universities or colleges of
their own preference. The fact is
that in most instances, our Dade
County boys and girls set the
pace for the others to follow.
Names should be omitted in
speaking of those who have set
the pace, but we just can’t help
but mention a few who in recent
years have made the others set
up and take notice. There’s Rob¬
ert Johnson, from Head River;*
Robert led the class here as well
as at Abraham Baldwin, then on
to the University of Georgia,
where he was a leader and now
as County Agent at Millen, Ga.,
he’s still leading in his field.
Gladys Carroll, another out¬
standing student at Dade High,
continued her studies at the
University of Chatanooga, finish¬
ing there with honors, and then
going on a scholarship to the
University of Cincinnati, where
she recently got her Master’s de¬
gree. Carroll Johnson went on
to Chattanooga, and after finish¬
ing there took his Master’s work
at the University of Georgia, and
is r \w principal of the Fitzger-
\ ; 'h School. Lola Moore, who
V Berry after finishing
Dade High, and who will return
there this year as a teacher, was
chosen as an outstanding college
student of the nation this past
year. Demmervel Stevens, anoth-
C:! Dade High graduate, attained
this same recognition a few years
ag0 w bile at Berry. Demmervel
is nom married and living at
Bowden, G a . S he teaches there,
Then there’s Martha Frances
^ ^ ells, who made splendid rec-
a
” 1 at the University of Georgia
ail (fntmlu mis
and then came back to her old
alma mater and turned in a very
successful year of heading the
Home Economice Department at
High the past year. Then
mention these names: Inez
who now holds a Mas¬
degree, and who has five
years of experience in
to her credit. Her high
work was at Dade High.
Montford Page, graduate of Pied¬
mont College, and now principal
of Lyons High School, a 25-teach-
school. Then to go on—George
Carroll, graduate of the Univer¬
of Georgia; Frank Bowman,
of Carson-Newman Col-
ege; Willard Doyle, graduate of
College; Martha Lee Page,
Berry graduate and teacher; Gil¬
bert Baugh, Georgia graduate;
Joe and Wallace Campbell, both
graduates, and Joe has
or three years of teaching
and Wallace is a 1st
Lieutenant in the Army. Then
Hubble, who finished
Dade High about 1932, went on
to Virginia and finished there
with honors- She returned to
Dade County and has taught for
number of years, but at pres¬
ent is Home Demonstrator over at
Toccoa, Ga- Her sister, Hettie B.
came along a little later and
took her college work at the
University of Georgia, making
the Dean’s list each term, is now
a Home Demonstrator down in
South Georgia.
We could go on and on with
these, but we just happened to
the ones mentioned a-
bove. Now, we have other schools
*n the county that are just as
important in their phase of work
as Dade High is in. hers. We
have Davis High school, out on
Sand Mountain. They are doing
senior high work and in the best
school' building in the county. It
was recently completed and her
first senior graduates were gradu¬
ated last May. Morganville and
Rising Fawn, two junior high
schools of about the same rating,
are sending to the high school a
steady stream to enter the 10th
grade each year- Both of these
schools are accredited with the
State Department. Then of the
two-teacher schools, we have New
Salem, which is fast growing in¬
to a junior high, they having
started a new building program
at this writing. Eventually New
Salem will have a large high
school to take care of their needs
out there, and mark our word,
this is not far distant. New Eng¬
land has a splendid two-teacher
school that has turned out many
who have gone on and made us
point with pride to her citizens
as ours. We still have some few
one-teacher schools that will have
to remain so until the present
conditions are changed. Those be¬
ing Scalf, back in the western
tart of our county; West Brow,
Which is located on the northern
part of Lookout Mountain, and
Head River, which is in the ex
'treme south end of the county,
atop Lookout, all still hold one
.teacher schools. Head River has
a very loyal group of citizens,
who still call Head River their
school and where their early
training was secured. This little
community has a doctor, some
With master degrees, and numer¬
ous college graduates, as well as
a large portion of her citizens,
of the younger set, are holding
high school diplomas. Now, Mr.
Nfcw Comer, you can surely at¬
tend good church and will not
a
Toe handicapped by schools very
‘much if your children are of
normal ability.
Yes sir, and your wife or
daughter may become a member
of one of the finest Garden
Clubs in Northwest Georgia. The
Trenton Garden Club, which has
membership from all pa rts of the
THE NEW TRENTON-
LaFAFYETTE HIGHWAY
The winding road you see a-
bove is a stretch of the “E. D.
Highway,” running from
to LaFayette. This photo¬
graph was taken at a point a-
bout half way up on the west
side. This is the highway known
as the “Door to Dade” and is
intercepted by the Scenic High¬
way about a mile from the west
After the construction of
and overhead bridge, contract for
which is to be let August 1, this
highway will intercept our main
thoroughfare in South Trenton.
The road is to go on to the
Ala. line on Sand Mountain.
county, is very active. Mrs. W- H.
Brock is honorary president of
this club, as she was the found¬
er of the club, and is now very
active in all phases of this
splendid organization. Mrs. R.M.
Morrison, however, is the pres¬
ent president. Mrs. E. A. DUis
was the first president.
Many projects of beautification
along our roads, our schools and
public places were sponsored by
this wide-awake club. Another
article appears in this issue,
written by Mrs. Brock, that ex¬
plains the working of the organi¬
zation.
All the major secret orders
have active lodges here, along
with the ladies auxiliaries. The
two oldest and best established
being the Trenton F. & A. M-
lodge and Auxiliary, James G.
Nethery Chapter OES, and the
T1 O O F- along with an active
Rebekah Auxiliary.
The Dade County American
Legion Post No. 106 has won
state and national recognition
bn having a bunch of live wires
in their membership and Auxili-
ary They won the state member-
campaign last year. *
ship Club meets
A very active Lions
around over the county, too. This
club has sponsored many
while projects over the county,
as well as helping many unfortu¬
nates. The Lions Club acts very
much like a chamber of com¬
merce for Dade County, a s well
carries on the other duties of
as
a club of this sort.
The Young Mens’ Democratic
Club is a thriving club, having
many of the young and promis¬
ing men as members. These fel¬
lows have started a log cabin m
Trenton, which will be a very at¬
tractive club house when com¬
pleted. of young
There are plenty
peoples organizations all over the
county that are ^neeted with
the churcnes. me»c s ‘ v & “
young people places to go w ere
the activity is uplifting an spir
itual as well as affor mg e
younger set a place to go. The
other auxiliaries of the
such as WMS’s and WMLTs re-
DOr t good working organizations
all over the county.
Now, the accessibility to these
“Square and on the Square”
TRENTON, DADE COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JULY 31. 1941
Pictured above is Dade County’s Court House
GEORGIA’S HIGHEST N. M. PEAK
By ROBERT SPARKS WALKER
No mountain in the East Unit¬
ed States is better and more
favorably known than is Lookout,
n ot even the Great Smoky Moun¬
tains with all their natural won¬
ders, and great altitude. And
yet, Lookout is only eighty-three
miles long. Of this, Tennessee
claims a bare pinch of only three
miles, while Georgia multiplies
Tennessee’s by ten, thus taking
thirty miles, and Alabama gets
the remaining half hundred miles.
I
It is of absorbing interest to
note the wonderful natural at¬
tractions that each of these three
states can claim. Although Ten-
nesseea ns own only the tip of
the mountain, 1
the north end of
they believe they have the mosf 1
wonderful part. On the other
hand, Georgians think ey ave j
the best, and justly so, because |
their state owns the entire prong
known as Pigeon Mountain on
the east, also Sitton’s Gulch, and
Crook on the west- And
there is Lula Lake and Lula
Falls, Rock City Gardens, a
High Point, the loftiest peak
on Lookouts entire length,
which which is is barely barely fifteen miles
from Chattanooga.
rising 2, ___ „ ,
High Point e< ^
bove the sea level makes ^ itself
most conspicious object in i
the
the northern part of this child of
the Cumberlands. Indeed, the
places. Well, this old “hooey” a-
bout poor roads is fast becoming
‘a thing of the past in Dade Coun¬
ty. Much has been said in this
issue of The Times on our roads,
why this U. S. 11 that passes
through our county is one of the
most traveled arterial highways
in the entire south. There is nev-
er an idle moment on this new
, highway. The roads
^ modern
have been improved on the
mounta in tops, too, and in most
there are all-weather roads
Qyer the COUR ty.
:
Now, Mr. Prospective _ Settler,
what’s lacking? We believe we
j have just about everything that
^ou could ask, including nearness
, to a large city.
of the motorist is ever set
this stern and dignified pro¬
from most any highway
approaching the north end of the
mountain from the east.
However, the best way to be-
come thoroughly acquainted with
any mountain is to climb all over
its back with hands and feet.
For a hundred years and longer,
the challenge of High Point has
found a response in the hearts
of hikers and there are well-worn
trails leading from the eastern
base, some a mile a part, but
all of them converging on its
crown.
To gain its summit, one must
climb for Vk or 3 miles, and the
journey is so precipitous in
places that a full day is requir-
ed to make a comfortable round
^
trip.
^ the hiker t rea d 9 the loose I
rQcks at the foot of the m0U n-
he s00n ^ high
nougk ^at ke may i ook down in
thg yalley and let his eyes rest
on Chickamauga limestone that
geologists tell us is 450 million
years old, but by the time the
feet strikes the sandstone on
High Point, he has let pass be¬
neath his feet some 210 million
years, for the mountain’s top is
about half as old as the
limestone beds in the valley. And
as youthful as Lookout Mountain
appears to be, it is far older
than the Rocky Mountains in
the West and the Alps in Europe.
As rocky as it is, the shoulder
of High Point is thickly wooded
with many pines near the the base,
giving way to hardwoods up¬
wards!, Beneath the branches of
these trees, the wild flowers mat
.the ground, and the season, from
early spring until autumn, keeps
a procession of wild flowers
blooming from the arrival of rue
anemone, trilliums, and hepaticas
in March, to the departure of
that most exquisite of all fall
flowers, known as frost asters,
which meets the cold breath of
November winds bravely and
then is slow to give up to wint¬
er’s way.
Down through the ages the
ONLY NEWSPAPER IN THE COUNTY.
THIS EDITION
WILL HAVE WIDE
COVERAGE
On the date of June 12, we an¬
nounced that we were going to
publish a “Progress Edition” of
The Times; and, stated in the an¬
nouncement that this Edition
should be off the press within
about six weeks----Well, here it
is- We have published it for
the benefit of the community,
county and this section, general¬
This Edition differs consider¬
from our last special edi¬
“The Centennial”, which
published April 28, 1938, in
it attempts to show what
being done in Dade County,
possibilities here, the progress
has been made during the
few years and to advertise
County far and wide.
Since we deeply felt that the
of such an edition as
is now in your hands was to a
great extent to an obligation on
our part as a public service, we
sincerely appreciate the almost
100 per cent cooperation of every¬
one----Thanks, a lot, to all of
you.
The undertaking has required
considerable effort. We have
worked “day and night", but we
are not grumbling____We believe
it’s worth it.
We are sending copies of this
Edition to hundreds of editors of
leading newspapers, corporatins,
manufacturers, publicity bureaus
and libraries throughout Georgia
and the south.
Dade County is no longer in
cue "mua”. we ready are pro¬
gressing .... We are a progressive
people. Our possibilities are un¬
tainted a«d why shouldn’t we tell
the world? We hope you read
lius Edition thoroughly. Read the
writings pertaining to the beauty
tne county, those which tend
to give an idea of just what is
oeing done, those in regard to
our schools, lodges and churches,
loo, read the messages and
greetings of those who helped
to make the publication of this
Edition possible. Then, when you
have done this, put your copy a-
way for future reference. We’ll
publish another one some time—
Cherrio.
the chestnut oaks loaded with
their long acorns almost monopo¬
lize the mountain’s crest. Onward
and upward the feet move often
with a strenuous heave and tug
when the last stop is made where
nature spreads out one of the
'daintiest carpets that covers the
sandstone of High Point. This
carpet is club moss, with here and
there a Curtis milkwort with its
pink flowerhead defying winter’s
further onslaughts. Among these
are beds of that rare plant for
for this section known as whit¬
low-wort, which once employed
as a remedy for whitlow, a fing¬
er and toe disease.
The green carpet spread out is
magnificent, but nothing com¬
pared to the sublime panoramic
view to the northeast, east and
south. Here hill after hill rises
Up marking the boundaries ot
slender looking valleys, one aft¬
er the other, until the lower
Spurs of the Great Smoky Moun¬
tains mark the limits of horizon.
Turning to the right, one spreads
his eyes over Pigeon Mountain,
with McLemore’s Cove lying
serenely between, where in Sep¬
tember, 1863, 40,000 Federal
troops under command of Gener¬
als Thomas and McCook encamp¬
ed, mobilized and skirmished with
Braggs forces until the 19 and
?0th of September when they
fought it to a finish at Chicka-
Vnauga. It is merely a giant’s
|ump from High Point across to
Chickamauga Battlefield, and
(Continued on Page Eight)
COM1N’ INTO THE TOWN
OF TRENTON FROM NORTH
This is how Trenton looks to
motorists coming in from the
North; the highway widening to
make a one way or “right-hand”
drive as it approaches the court
house shown in the foreground.
This is recognized as one of the
best concrete roads in the state,
since its completion, traffic has
increased many, many times.
The highway is none other than
U. S. 11, the completing link for
the direct route from Canada to
New Orleans, over which in¬
numerable tourists travel annual¬
ly.
Lookout Mountain
a multitude of stones,
the call of gravity’s
voice, which have
and tumbled all over its
Sometimes these loose
stones give the hiker such an un-
support that he finds
himself frequently reaching for¬
ward to grasp a bush, and often
is more convenient to catch
to a rock in front which does not
the body forward at an
angle, even to touch
the ground.
In all my mountain hikes, in
Southern Appalachians, I
have been unable in late years
to find anything but suckers that
rise up from the base of the old
patriarchs among the chestnut
trees, which long since passed a-
way in the wake of the chestnut
blight. But halfway up the side
of High Point stands two vener¬
chestnut trees which have
cunningly escaped the death-
hand of this dreaded blight, but
even so, I am sure that these
I
two trees are not immune and
they in time will join the ranks
of their dead brothers.
Halfway up the side of High
Point is a small spring which is
ever one of the most popular
natural features of the moun
taiii Men, women and children
alike greet it with gladness as
climb upwards. But farther
On, the way grows steeper and
the rocky beds are dense. Indian
grass, that tall dignified wild
ornamental grass, stands about in
open places from the base al¬
most to the top and in late sum¬
mer and autumn and its blossom
reminds one of a plumed staff
held aloft in honor of the per¬
son who choses to make the as
cent
' As the hiker reaches
a
point below the palisades, the
weathering of the mountain top,
presents a line of sandstones
which resembles human-made
pottages squatted about on the
escapment overhead. But as the
feet begins to plunge through the
last beds of wild flowers, princi¬
pally those of grassleaf golden
asters, the elegant frofet asters,
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