The Dade County times. (Trenton, Ga.) 1908-1965, August 19, 1948, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextDade County's Only Newspaper. VOLUME XLVIII. Dade Countians 23 Ribbons In Fox Hound Meet The Fox Hound Bench Show and Field Trials are now history but many Dade Countians have ribbons and cups to show for the prizes won by their dogs. Their dogs took 23 prizes out of a pos¬ sible 49. The first event in the three day meet of the Northwest Fox Hunters Association was Thursday night. This was the Bench Show at the Dade County Gym in Trenton. - It would be aimost impossible to estimate the number of spec¬ tators who gathered at the gym that night- The gym was filled and overflowing and many wan¬ dered about outside looking over the dogs. The center of the gym floor was roped off and small white tables were lined up one behind the other in this en¬ closure. Mr. Grady Bradford opened the show by introducing a quartet composed of Archie Gray, Hugh McKaig, Bill Gray and Herman Chambers who sang three old time favorite songs. Mr. Roy Mcore was Master of Ceremonies for the evening- He introduced the officials: Charles Clements, President, and Charles Nichols, Secy-Treasurer of the Association both from Chicka- mauga; Charles Smith, Judge of the Show from Cedartown, Blevins Hammond from Valley Head, Master of Hounds and Fred Gill, Ring Master. He said that Judge J. M. C. Townsend would give the Welcome Address. Judge Townsend is always an interesting speaker but especially so when he is just talking in¬ formally neighbor to neighbor, .after he had told us about the Sand Mountain Road (which is reported elsewhere in this issue of the Times) hs. relaxed *nd laughed with us as he told of his fox hunting experiences saying he learned to practice law by try¬ ing cases of dogs which had been kilied on the Railroad. He said he had never personally owned a fox hound that he had only hunted the lowly rabbit with a Beagle hound and he bowed to the Fox Hunter and welcomed them to Dade County. The Bench Show then got un¬ der way. The first Class called was:— 1st CLASS:—Puppies male and female under 6 months. 1st prize—Grady Bradford. 2nd CLASS—Puppies female 6 months to 1 year. 1st prize Paul Johnson, Chickamauga. 3rd CLASS—Puppies male 6 months to 1 year. 1st. prize, Dan Pittman, South Pittsburg. 4th CLASS—Derby females. 1st prize Ralph Shields, Chick¬ amauga; 2nd prize Martin Clem¬ ents, Kensington • 3rd prize Far- iell Bradford, Trenton; 4th prize Roy Moore, Trent on. 5th CLASS—Derby males. 1st prize, Martin Clements; 2nd prize, Roy Moore. 6th CLASS— All age females. 1st prize Charles Clements, Chic¬ kamauga; 2nd prize Martin Clements; 3rd prize Roy Moore; 4th prize Fate Robinson, Long Island, Alabama. 7th CLASS—All age males 1st prize Jack Hixon, Chickamauga; 2nd prize Roy Moore ; 3rd prize Roy Moore (dog shown by Otis Foster) 4th prize, Bill Lynch. 8th CLASS—Best pair dogs must look alike in coloring and physique. 1st prize, Roy Moore; 2nd prize, Paul Johnson; 3rd prize, Martin'Clements; 4th prize Roy Moore (shown by Otis Fos¬ ter). 9th CLASS—Pack of 4 dogs looking alike in coloring and physique. 1st prize, Roy Moore. 10th CLASS—Best natural car¬ riage. 1st prize, Mark Clements. 11th CLASS—Best female dog ■ffi show Ralph Shields. Best Male dog in show. Mar¬ tin Clements. Best dog in show. Ralph Shields. Friday morning at daybreak the first cast was made at Stew- arttown. Before 6 A. M. a large crowd had gathered at Alex Stewart’s farm where the was to be made. Lining up on the field were 76 men and 76 dogs awaiting the call of the roll. lines THE DADE COUNTY TIMES, TRENTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 19, 1948 Claude S. Turner Passes Away Claude S. Turner well and beloved Dade Countian ed away last Thursday, 12. Mr. Turner, who had been strong for many years, fered a heaft attack about month ago and gradually weaker and weaker. He was Mr. Turner was born and ed in Dade County. Here got his schooling and and served two terms as nary. From 1908 to 1918 he the publisher and editor of Dade County Times. In 1946 again returned as editor of Times, only to have his give out and he had to resign after only being with the a few months. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Lelia Smith Turner and children, Mrs. Douglas Bethurum Greenwood, N. C.; Mrs. Robert Guider, Leven J. and Merville Turner all of Chattanooga; and C. S. Turner, Jr., of Lake Wales, Fla.; four grandchildren and one sister, Mrs. Eunice Moore of Dallas, Texas. Funeral services were held Fri¬ day in Chattanooga with Minis¬ ter E. H. Hoover officiating. Active pallbearers were Mont- ford Tatum, Maddox J. Hale, Raymond Morrison, Fred Mc¬ Donald, Donald Williams, and John L. McCarver. Honorary pallbearers were Jerry Pace, Will Brock, John Price, Fletcher Alli¬ son, J. E. Guider, Dr. Frank White, Dr. G. P. Haymore, G- E. McPherson, W. A. Scruggs and Walter Austin. Burial was in the Baptist Ce¬ metery north of Trenton where many friends gathered to pay their last respects. One dog broke loose and was gone. Soon he was to be heard baying over the ridges beyond ’’the casting field. At last all was ready. Mr. Hammond, Master of Hounds, dropped his hat, the owners released their dogs and the hunt was on. Field judges were stationed at strategic spots throughout the area to check the dogs work in the field. By 10 A. M. the hunt was called off. Several dogs scored that day but some, unfortunately headed for Sand Mountain where the judges could not see them and so, though they did some nice run¬ ning, they got no score- Friday night the Association was host to about 800 at Joyland on Lookout Mountain. A de¬ licious Fish Fry was followed by Square Dancing on the patio. Saturday morning the second cast was made. The day was overcast and the dogs were rear¬ ing to go. Again they were re¬ leased at 6 and the hunt was called off at 10. (However some dogs were still running at noon). The officials gathered and all points were tabulated. Those winning the highest averages were:— Derby Class Dog Owner Place 1. Sue—Farrell Bradford, Tren¬ ton. 2. Red Wing—L. C. Pettigres, LaFayette. 3. Madam—Leon Moore, Tren¬ ton. 4. Topper—Roy Moore, Trenton 5. Toppie—Roy Moore, Trenton 6. Bone—E. L. Moore, Trenton. 7. John—Roy Moore, Trenton. 8. Bonnie B.—Walker County Kennel, Chickamauga. 9. Blaze—Horace Jones, Chick¬ amauga. 10- Black Gal—L. C. Pettigrew, LaFayette. Winners in all age. 1. Spiker—G. W. Atwood, Rising Fawn. 2. Blondie—J. C. Doran, La¬ Fayette. 3. Donnie 2—Roy Moore, Tren¬ ton. 4. Missouri—J. W. Lynch, Tren¬ ton. 5. Flirt—Roy Moore, Trenton. 6. Little Man—Roy Moore, Trenton. 7. Peanut—Jack Hixon, Chick¬ amauga. 8. Get Gone—Neal DeVries. North Chattanooga. 9. Beulah—Grady Bradford, Rising Fawn. 10. Rowdy—Leon Moore, Tren¬ ton. The Fox Hunters want it known that they certainly do Devoted to the Best Interests oi Dade County and Georgia. 4-H Club Camp Was A Great Success joaue couniy s 4-H Ciub Camp which was held at the oid CGC camp site on Lookout Mountain near cioudiand Canyon was a great success this year. Al¬ though the group which attended was not large, the boys and girls who were there knew each other, and therefore time was not lost in getting acquainted. i^any vveuiiesaay morning uie campers ioaaeU into Mr. Ciraay ivicn-aig’s school bus and started on a trip to Reigeldale Dairy f arm at Trion. Here everyone was allowed to see the World’s Champion Guernsey Cow and calf valued at $50,000, The own¬ ers of the farm were very cour¬ teous and hospitable; they lurnished the group two guides who showed them all over the dairy, through the barns and pastures. Furthermore, at lunch the owners furnished cold sweet and chocolate milk in as great a quanity as anyone wanted. After everyone had eaten as much as he could there was a rest period, and later everyohe was treated by spending the afternoon swimming in the pool at the recreation center in Trion- Arriving back in camp the boys and girls had supper and re¬ ceived some 25 to 30 guests con¬ sisting of Lions Club members and others invited to come. Vesper service and the candle¬ light ceremony was led by Ellen Morrison, afterwhich everyone joir°d in the recreation of the evening. The Art Class conducted by Miss Fannie Mennen consisicu mostly of girls who practiced modern finger painting of var¬ ious scenes around camp. The Craft Class conducted by Mrs- Douglas Morrison, Mr. W. H. < Pullen and Mr. Robert Dunn was very much enjoyed by the boys who cut four leaf clovers from plywood and autographed their names on their projects. Worthwhile education was pre¬ sented to the group in a pro¬ gram conducted by adult speak¬ ers Thursday afternoon. Rev. W. M. Bayne led the discussion with a timely and interesting talk on 4-H boys and girls and what their organization and ser¬ vice* means to community life. He told to -the campers the meaning of the 4-H's the head, heart, hands, health and how they should be utalized to better oneself and community. The program was carried further by Mrs- Ersaline Carroll’s talk on the importance of re¬ creation to thriving community life. By using members of the group to demonstrate parliamen¬ tary procedure Mrs. Bill Konrad illustrated her topic of the after¬ noon, 4-H Club organization. Other activities enjoyed by the group were movies; “V-Men,” about vitamins, a short comedy, “Rolling Stones” and a visit to the’ dog show and the Dade Theatre. A horseshoe game was available, and a tour of the State Park was conducted by Mr. Tom McCauley- Thanks to those who contri¬ buted to the success of the camp is extended to : Mr, A. W. Peck, who furnished Thursday even¬ ings supper; Mrs- Grace Nethery and Mr. Earl Reeves, cooks; Col. Douglas Morrison, who furnished cots and cooking equipment; Mrs. Jack Pryor, portable radio, Mrs. Douglas Morrison, phono¬ graph and records; Mr- Grady McKaig, school bus and many other friends of the 4-H club’s who helped to make this camp a great success. appreciate the cooperation cf the people of Dade County and especially the property owners over whose land the dogs ran. They want, to thank all the judges and everyone who helped to make the Hunt such a success. Mr. and Mrs. Roy McBryar announce the birth of a daughter Nlta Marilyn McBryar August 13th. Jurors Drawn For September Term Of Court (In memory to Claude S. Turn- tr we are taking the opening paragraphs with date changes which Mr. Turner wrote when we published the Jury List fcr the March 1947 term of Court—Ed.) ‘‘Although the date for the convening of the September term of Dade Superior Court is more than a month distant, all ar- rangements are being made by court officials for the occassion.” ‘‘Drawing of the Grand and Traverse juries to serve during September term was made by Judge J. H. Paschal last Satur¬ day, August 14, and Sheriff G. C. Tatum will soon begin to sum mon these men, good and to appear on opening day of Superior Court, Monday Septem- ber 20, to pass upon the guilt or innocence of their fellow citi¬ zens who may be hailed before the bar of justice for their mis- doings.” ‘‘The following named citizens were drawn from the jury box by Judge Paschal, and will, un¬ less excused, serve during the September term of Dade Superior Court.” GRAND JURORS SEPTEMBER TERM, 1948 Edgar F. Moore C. C- Avery Spencer H. Middleton McClellen Gearrin W. T. McCauley O. D. Haswell William H. Ryan J. R. Cooper George W. Smith W. H. Wilson Charles W. McCurdy Lawrence Buffington Herman Cross Martin E. Patterson W. H. Kenimer Murphy Burrell Rob Allison A. J. Carroll Elbert Forester J. W. Hale ' C. W. Hitt Frank L. Pettitt D. T. Brown Tom Holder J. W. Gray E. J. Bible C. L. Dawkins H C. Gray Horace M. Fischer Roy Johnson A. F. Reeves W. H. Pullen TRAVERSE JURORS Monday September 20th. Gordon Burrow? Joe Phillips A. M. W alien D. M. Steifel Byron Pope John S. Ilaswell • C. A. Carroll Fred S. Gass J. R. Reeves H. S. Kilgore Dan Massingale Carl J. Waddell J. M. Carroll C. L. Holmes S. D. Cole R. D. Whedbe M. M. Fisher R. L. Ross Frank Sells E. H. Burns Rev. C. L. Morris Rufus W. Massey J. F. Reeves N. E. Williams M. C. Crisp F. A. Hall Bill Nabors M R. Wilson Myron M. Gass George N. Massey T. F. Newby George W. Pattersor W. D. Bradford D. P. Hood W. M. Hartline Ralph J. Moore Samuel York Herschell Neal Woodrow Massengale K. D- Brown Elmer Hunt M. A. Fischer James McMahan Hugh G. Forester John W. Murphy Claude Cloud Closeline Show To Held August 29 Again this year we are to an exhibition of painting quilts which will be shown on close line stretched around yard, fence the name. This the paintings will all be by Miss Fannie Mennen who comes to Lookout Mountain each summer to paint our native scenes. This year Miss Mennen will have 40 water colors on exhibit. Quilts will also be on display. These will be new quilts of inter- esting designs made by the mountain ladies and some of their famous antique quilts- The committee, which is com posed of Mrs. Art Moore, Mrs. John McGuffey and Mrs. Ter¬ rence Moore," requests that if j you live have either quilts by that are distine- their great age or | j unusual design and that you would Ike to exhibit or to sell if you will notify them they will see that they are picked up and taken to the show. All quilts must be properly marked with the owners name. In order to help raise money for the bookmobile service there will be cider and ginger bread for sale that you may refresh your¬ self while enjoying the exhibit- This Closeline Show is to be Sunday August 29th from 2:30 until 6 at “Plum Nelly,” Miss Fannie Mennen’s Lookout Moun¬ tain home. This is a beautiful spot on the brow of the moun¬ tain above Johnson’s Crook. To get there take the Trenton-La¬ Fayette Highway to the top of the mountain, turn south on the road where the power line goes m. Follow this road and the power line until you see her mail box. Trenton Garden Club The Trenton Garden Club will have it’s annual picnic at State Park Cioudiand Canyons on Wednesday 6:30 P. M. August 25th. Each member is urged to bring the family and a picnic lunch. MISS RISING FAWN TO BE CHOSEN SEPTEMBER 3. The Rising Fawn Bookmobile Committee announces thal Misses Beatrice Wiliams, Martha Gossett, Melba Reeves, Martha Bible and Joyce Kenimer have been entered in the “Miss Rising Fawn” contest- The contest will end September 3, at the Rising Fawn School where final voting will take place with stirring music by a famous hill-billy band. Pick your favorite girl and collect votes for her at 1 cent a vote. Jars for receiving votes will be placed in local stores and filling stations. MEETING OF RISING FAWN PARENTS ORGANIZATION The Rising Fawn Parents Or¬ ganization will hold their re¬ gular monthly meeting at the school house on Friday night, August 20, at 8:00 o’clock. As this will be the last meet¬ ing before school starts, we ask that all interested in the welfare of the school to aittend this meeting. George A. Carroll, Sr. J. D. Crisp C. O- Giles Wilber Carroll TRAVERSE JURORS Wednesday, September 22 Vernon O. King Waymon O. Daniel Fred G. Mahan J. A. Buffington Parris Ballard H. D. Thomas Fred Warren E. C. Bates ;.?i Burrell Raines Charles G. Smith J. P. Plunket James A. Cooly L. R. Jones R. L. Blevins H. B. Everett J. F. Snyder Claud Dafferon Roy A. Reed Ellis Stewart Gordon L. Autry Published Weekly—Since 1901 . Thompson Makes Rousing Speech To a filled Court Room in LaFayette Court House and a large crowd listening to voice over the loud outside, M. E. Thompson a clarion call to all people Georga in his speech on day morning. Hung in the Court room, sides the usual flags used such an occassion, was a banner on which was the calendar months of Feb-March 1947. Sixty days of this calendar were out, this denoting the time when Talmadge claimed he was the governor. The bottom of this banner had $440,000 in large red letters denoting the cost to the taxpayers during this period of time. Judge George B. Shaw of the LaFayette City Court introduced the governor. He spoke of the LaFayette-Dalton road under construction and the LaFayette Davis Cross Roads road which is to be built. He spoke of Govern¬ or Thompson not as a represent¬ ative of any group, such as farm¬ ers or industrialists, but as a representative of all the people of Georgia. Governor Thompson started his address by saying that that was a splendid introduction as he liked all the people of Geor¬ gia and he hoped as Acting Governor he had been acting for all the people. He said his op¬ ponent had been critizing him for the 15 months he had been Act¬ ing Governor and he had as¬ sumed that the campaign would be (pitched along these lines. “The Pretender (as Thompson refers to Talmadge) has a re¬ cord of 67 days in office and it cost the taxpayers $440,000,” said Thompson, “which is a good reason why he should not be elected on September 8th. “Dur¬ ing these three months,” Thomp¬ son added, “his telephone bill alone exceeded what has been spent in telphone bills in the 16 months following.” Thomp¬ son asked his listeners to read pages 119-125 from the House Journal of 1947. Thompson told how he had teen able to finance the added State expenses without a Sales Tax or additional taxes. He re¬ called to us that Talmadge had said in his budget message that only $77 million could be col¬ lected but actually $108 million has been collected. This in¬ crease has come from getting some 60, 000 people who had not been turning in their State In¬ come Taxes to do so. This had gone for Public Edu¬ cation^? *4 million during the fiscal year. “Did you want part of your money to go for this?” Thompson asked. There was $32 million spent or in contract for roads. "Dur¬ ing January, February and March 1947 there were no road contracts let, “he added. This road building program has bene¬ fited 153 counties. Thompson said Talmadge had accused him of building short roads and roads that begin and end nowhere. “I ask you,” he questioned the audience, “do you feel that the road which starts at Menlo and goes to the Alabama line or THE road Which starts at TRENTON AND GOES TO THE ALABAMA LINE IS STARTING NOWHERE AND GOING NO¬ WHERE? To be sure they are short roads, it’s only 3 miles on one and 6 mileson the other to the Alabama line.” Thompson said he had been ac¬ cused of advocating the consoli¬ dating of counties, that Tal¬ madge in one of his speeches had read only on page 105 from Thompson’s book Georgia Citi¬ zenship. Thompson asked those present to go on reading and read page 106 and page 107 to see if he believed in this. He said he was twice on record and had stated many times that he was opposed to Federal Civil Rights. “Are white children and colored children going to school together now? He asked, “well, what makes you think here NUMBER 32 Contract For Paving Sand Mountain Road To Be Let September 3 Contract for the graAng and paving of the Sand Mountain road will be let on September 3rd, Judge Townsend told us at the Northwest Fox Hunters Bench Show last Thursday night. The letting of this contract has been delayed because of the com¬ pleting of more plans and speci¬ fications. The road had been surveyed to meet State Highway No. 2 where it joins U. S. 11 but the U. S. Bureau of Roads dis¬ approved. Because they disap¬ proved this Sand Mountain sur¬ vey and the surveys of other roads throughout the state the scheduled August letting was held up until September 3. Advertising for bids on this work are published in this week’s Dade County Times and will be in next week’s issue. The con¬ tract, according to law, will be let at the end of this two week’s period. Funds have already been set aside to complete the work which will begin as it says in the contract, “Said work shall begin within 10 days after formal execution of contract and shall be completed within 180 working days- Return For Burial James L. Ridley The body of" Pfc. James L. Ridley, son of Mr. and Mrs. Brock Ridley of Waldontown, Lookout Mountain was returned to his home from overseas Monday, August 16. Funeral services were held Tuesday, 2:30 P. M. CST at Dur¬ ham, Ga„ on Lookout Mountain and burial was at Mount Pleas¬ ant Cemetery near Durham. Legionaire Chaplain W. % C. Holmes officiating Pfc- Ridley was buried with full military honors by members of American Legion Post 106. Serv¬ ing as color guard were Robert Daniel, Rayburij Wheeler, Ed¬ ward Carter and J. E. Combs. Members of the firing squad were Bill Austin, Laymon Shelton, Bill Carter, John Tatum, Den¬ nis Sullivan, Leonard Douglas, Woodrow Tinker, James Morrison and Charles T. Sims, squad commande. Taps were sounded oy W. M. Davenport. Active pallbearers, veterans and neigh¬ bors were, Jack Kilgore, Roy Walden, Willard Daniel, Herman Walden, J. C Kilgore and Cleve Price. Pfc. Ridley is survived by his father and mother; brothers, Ernest, Jack Durrell, and Earl, Earnest, Jack, Dewell, Earl, Brocky, and Alton; sisters, Mildren Nettie Mae and other relatives and friends- McBryar Funeral Home in charge. Floyd V. Smith * The body of Sgt. Floyd V. Smith, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jim Smith of Long Island, Ala., ar¬ rived in Trenton Monday, Au¬ gust 16. Fighting for his coun¬ try he was killed in action in World War II. Funeral services were held Tuesday, 10 A. M. CST; the fam¬ ily did not wish a military fun¬ eral. Burial was at Stephens— Smith Cemetery near Popular Spring Baptist Church in the Smith settlement on Sand Moun¬ tain. Rev. J L. Smith of Alton Park, Tenn., officiating. Mc¬ Bryar Funeral Home in charge. Cpl. and Mrs. Robert Lewis announce the birth of a son July 30th would be any change.” In conclusion he reverted back all people and not of certain to a governor being a governor of groups. “Do we want partisian politics? Do we want one group pitted against another?” He asked. Election comes from all. This depends on the people. Do we want turmoil or do we want to go forward?.