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About The Dade County times. (Trenton, Ga.) 1908-1965 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 14, 1948)
Journalism, Thfc university ol Georgia. X Henry W. Grady School Dade County’s Only Newspaper. VOLUME XLVIII. October Meetings Of H. D. Clubs The county home demonstra¬ tion clubs are having all-day meetings this month. Craft work on metals will be the main proj¬ ect of the meetings. This work was shown to representatives from each club by Miss Mildred Ledford last Friday. A very dec¬ orative tray has been on display in-’the county agents office as evidence of what beautiful, as well as useful, work can be done. The Piney club held an ail-day meeting this Monday and the Siygo club on Tuesday. Slated for next week are the New Salem club on Monday; the Cioverdale club on Tuesday; the Morgan- vflie club on Wednesday; the Wildwood club on Thursday, and the Avans ciub on Friday. Miss Boswell is contacting the presi¬ dents of these clubs to find out where the meetings are to be held and the members will be notified. • Rsnger’s Report (By J. C. Pace) Your Ranger is glad to report that Dade County’s record of a “fireless fall season” remains un broken so far. Last week a smoke was seen about six miles below Trenton. Upon investiga¬ tion, we found that some slabs were being burned at a sawmill Repairing of the forestry tele¬ phone line is being continued and v/e hope to have it' in first class, condition by the end of this week if the work doesn’t have to be interrupted by firefighting. Dade County had a perfect re¬ cord for September. Wouldn’t it be fine if our report for Oct¬ ober would rea/1 ‘.NO FIRES”,? Let's try for it. This week the Georgia Depart¬ ment of Forestry sent your Rang¬ er a bulletin entitled “Georgia Tree Farms System.” The fol¬ lowing excerpts are from the bulletin giving pertinent infor¬ mation to anyone interested in developing a tree farm. 1. What is Georgia Tree Farms System? The Georgia Tree Farms System is a program de¬ signed to recognize and honor those landowners who are prac¬ ticing sound forestry measures on their woodland acreage. 2. What is the purpose of this program? Its purpose is to en¬ courage Georgia’s landowners to maintain or increase the value of their tree crop so that the forests of the State wall be c perpetual source of income tc their owners and to the many thousands of Georgians who are employed directly or indirectly in the harvesting or processing of that crop. 3. Who is eligible for a Tree Farm Award? Any fqrest or woodland owner, whether he has much or little acreage, is eligible to receive a Tree Farm award if he meets the standards as estab¬ lished by the Georgia Depart¬ ment of Forestry. 4. Who is sponsoring this pro¬ gram? The Georgia Depart¬ ment of Forestry and the Georgia Forestry Association have assum¬ ed the sponsorship of the Georgia Tree Farms System in cooper¬ ation with the Southern Pine Association. 5. For further information write to .either the Georgia De¬ partment of Forestry, 435 fetate Capitoi, Atlanta, Georgia, or the Georgia Forestry Association, P O. Box 481, Savannah, Georgia: or contact your County Agent. District Forester, or County For¬ est Ranger. SHOWER GIVEN FOR CLARA OPAL MOORE Miss Clara Opai Moore, ’bride- elect of Benton Patterson, was honored Saturday evening Oc¬ tober 9th, with a miscellaneous shower given by Mrs. Lawrence Dugan, Mrs Alvin Reeves, and Miss Mary Ruth Patterson at the home of Mrs- Frank K. Patterson a L Slygo. Refreshments were served to approximately forty- five guests. The gifts were pre¬ sented to Miss Moore by her niece Little Judy Reeves, who was dressed as a bride. v% atlc d'mintit fines THE DADE COUNTY TIMES, TRENTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1348. Hixon’s Pitching Gives Boynton League Title The Lookout Vailey League teams took first and third places in the Chattanooga District Basebail Federation. Against the jO leagues which made up the district federation, Boynton and Rising Fawn took first and third places in the play-offs. The final piaying of the game | between the Bakers and Rising Fawn ended Su/nday. It took j | three mnings days to finish, going to 15 and was twice called on account of darkness. The Bakers ; finally scored the winning run, | giving them the game, 5-4. Sunday at Darwin Field, Boyn¬ ton, ably led by Doc Hixon’s pitching, took the Bakers, 1-0. to win the district championship. Doc was one of the Trenton pitchers during the league games, but really hit his stride in this ame of the season for* the hampionghip title. Doc allowed m:y five hits to the Bakers and truck out 10. At bat he made two hits, but the winning run of the day was made by Boyn- tcn left fielder, Daniels. Eleventh Grade News By Old Sncokum Now that six weeks exams are over we can again breath. Betty Wallen seems to have had a swell time at a party, she I cut her foot and. had to have it sewed up. We sure did miss you Betty. Elsie was walking on clouds .vhen Lrmar Moore came home from it school Berry with and her, spent how the much day j 1 studying did you do Elsie? No wonder Ruth Morgan is so lonesome now Jack Castleberry and Herman McHaban have joined the Army. I guess Mary Jo Carver and Marthai Ann Simpson will be just as smart in their lessons as they were last year. I think Virginia York wants to move to Chickamauga, Burrell Castleberry and Brownie Hamil- on .live there. We think Katherine Foster iked basket ball practice as Tames Ryan took her home Tues¬ day night, lookout Katherine! Martha Bible went to the fair n Atlanta and won a big bear, of course she named it Dude. Wonder why. So long see you next week. Sophomore Specials By JOHN INGRAM Group one of the sophomore class have elected king and queen for the Halloween carnival. They are Faye Barrow and Jim¬ my Hamilton. Come on, sopho¬ mores, let’s get to work. (Wo want them to win, you know). We have also elected officers for our class. They are; Presi¬ dent, Bobby Fugatt; vice-presi¬ dent, Faye Barrow; secretary and treasurer, C. M. Smith, and re¬ porter, John Ingram. (C. M. hold on to that “dough.”) We have just completed our six-week exams, and now we are waiting for our report cards— expecting all F’s on them. The Dade County Fair will be held in the school gym. Every¬ one make a cake and enter it in the fair, and please leave them for us to eat Monday at school, because we are getting awful hungry without our lunch¬ room. We had better cut the gossip for this week. We’ll be seeing vou again next week, same time, same station. Sophomore Specials signing off. LOCAL GEA ELECTS OFFICERS The local GEA held their first fall meeting last week. Mrs. Stei- 7 a Carroll was elected president: Mr. A. W. Sewell, vice-president and Mrs. Edna Baugh, secretary- treasurer. It was voted for the locai chap¬ ter to join the state and na¬ tional o eanization and to send a delegate to the Seventh Dis¬ trict meeting in Rome on Oct. 20 BUY U. S. SAVINGS BONDS ****** Devoted to the Best Interests of Dade County and Georgia. Dade County FAIR OCTOBER 1 S "16 The Dade County Fair is this Friday and Saturday and will be heid at the Dade County Gym in Trenton. The fair will officially open at noon and all exhibits i except livestock) are to be ready at this time. The gym will be open early enough on Friday morning to make this possible. Each entry must be marked with the name of the exhibitor, what it is, and for which class it is intended. There will be tables and shelves around the walls of the gym for your entries. There will be a committee present to tell you where to put it. The community exhibits will each be given a space and will prepare their own booth. Re¬ member anything entered in the community exhibit remains there and cannot be removed for in- dividual showing. Judging will go on during the afternoon. There will be forestry slides shown during the day; RULES AND REGULATIONS -:x:- The Show Committee reserves the right to change any and all rules and call off any classes and premiums for causes not within the power of the management .to control. Every pre¬ caution will be made against loss or damage, but in no, event will the committee be liable for loss or damage to any exhibit. All exhibits must be entered by not later than 12 o’clock the first day of the F^jr, which is October 15, except livestock, which will be brought in by 10 o'clock, Saturday morning. No article shall be allowed to compete for two prizes. All agricultural exhibits entered in competiton for premiums must be raised in 1948 and must be products of Dade County unless otherwise specified in premium book. In case of only one entry in a class, second money only will be given and this left to the discretion of the judges as to whether the exhibit is deserving of a prize. A first premium only will be given where exhibitor makes own competition and second money only where there is no com¬ petition. The executive committee will have complete authority in all matters. The judges decision will be final in all awards. The judges will award prizes on regularly mentioned articles on the pre¬ mium list and may award ribbons on such articles not mentioned. Premiums will not be paid according to ribbons, but by awards shown in the judges record book, for ribbons do not always mean money prizes, and they sometimes may be attached through mistake, or may be misplaced or lost. THE JUDGES RECORD IS THE ONLY GUIDE FOR PAYING CASH AWADRS. All entries must be labelled when brought in with* name of product, exhibitor, name, community and for which class intended. Exhibitors always have the privilege of selling anything they have on display for delivery at the close of the Fair or to take orders for delivery. 4-H Club Poultry Chain Show f will be held Friday, October 15. Exhibits will be removed after 5 P. M. Saturday. -:x:- CLASSES AND PREMIUMS AGRICULTURAL COMMUNITY COLLECTION EXHIBIT Committee in charge: Pattie L. Boswell, Hugh Clark, Louise Evans, Robert Dunn. These exhibits should well represent all activities within the community or school district which it sponsors and if pos¬ sible be sponsored by some club, such as home demonstration club, school, veterans training teacher, comumnity farm organiz¬ ation. Three out-of county judges will be secured to judge this community exhibition. All the exhibits must be completed by neon Friday, October 15, and must remain in place until Saturday, 5 P. M. The following score card is to be used by judges in scoring these exhibits: Quality 20 points Variety 20 points Educational 20 points Appearanae 15 points Arrangement 15 points Originality 10 points First prize Second prize Third prize $ 10.00 17.00 $5.00 * * * WOMEN’S EXHIBITS WEARING APPAREL Girl’s Division (up to twenty yeaes) Dresses—any. material; Dresses made from sacks First prize Second prize Third prize $1.50 $1.00 Ribbon Suits or Coat First prize Second prize Third prize $1.50 $1.00 Ribbon (Continued on last page) also there will be a displaly of pictures taken locally by R. C. Ayers and Hugh Cark. The 4-H Club Poultry Chain Show will be held Friday after¬ noon. About 12 of our 4-Hers are planning to enter and this should prove to be one of the high lights of the fair. Following the show these pullets will be sold to the highest bidder. Proceeds raised in this way will be applied for next year’s poultry chain. Friday night there will be free movies. Saturday marks the arrival of the livestock and judging of these wih go on all day. Pens and wires are to be erected on the grounds surrounding the gym. Everything must be removed from the gym after 5 pm. Sat¬ urday to make room for the Fair Ball. The ice box will be griven away at this time and there wiil be many other valuable prizes to go to some lucky per¬ son. Participation A release received from Director W. E. Ireland points that the new congressional islation authorizes the Government to raise the basis participation from two-thirds the first $9.00 to of the first $12.00 of the monthly award per child for pendent children, plus half 1-3 balance of monthly grants. “Assistance payments, (he old basis of Federal ing,’ have exhausted the appropriation, but the Federal funds will enable us continue in future norths out the objectionable practice setting a maximum allocation. This new Federal money now available to help the states meet the cost of assistance will enable us to move further toward the realization of these two objec¬ tives by continuing indefinitely, without accumulating a backlog of pending and without delay in granting normal increases as additional need develops through reinvesti¬ gations,” Mr. Ireland said- Sand Mountain News Mrs. Una Belle Stone Bro. Pat Wheeier preached at the Church of Christ Sunday. He preached a splendid sermon. Every one is invited to come and hear the Gospel every Sunday. We are very sorry to report the death of Mr. and Mrs. Bob Lacy’s little baby boy who died Saturday A. M. Also Mrs. Jim¬ mie Tinker of Big Woods died Sunday afternoon. Mrs. Kate Johnson and Mr J. M. .Breedlove spent with Mrs. Rachel Daniel and ramify.' Mr. Troy Stone and children and Miss Norma Daniel visited relatives in Chattanooga Sunday. Billie Eddie and Frankie Max¬ well from Trenton visited Doyle and Ernest, Jr., Stone Sunday. Mrs. Leverette is visiting rel¬ atives in Alabama this week. Mr. and Mrs. Tealous Foster visited Mr. and Mrs. Lyman Dan¬ iel Sunday night. Mrs. Una Belle Stone and children and Mrs. Millie E. Dan¬ iel visited Mr. and Mrs. Bob Lacy Sunday night. Mr. and Mrs. Troy Stone and family and Mr. Ernest Stone and Mr. Murphy Sunday night at visited their sister, Mrs. Murphy Pisgah, Alabama. Hooker News Items Mrs. Thelma Bell Mrs. Ida McCauiey has return¬ ed to the home of her sister, Mrs. J. E. Strawn, after spending several days in Chattanooga. Mr. Jim Coats or Bridgeport, Ala., visited his brother, Frank Coates Sunday. Mr .and Mrs. Pat Ginn spent the week end with Mr. and Mrs. Ordell Ginn at Wildwood. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Hibbs and children of New England spent Sunday with Mrs. Liiy Mae Drew. Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Adams, Mr. and Mrs. John Adams and Mr and Mrs. Ray Eaves attended the Lyda family reunion at Bridge¬ port, Alabama Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Redding and Mrs. George Ford visited Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Strawn Sunday- Mr. and Mrs. Joe Mayhew and children of Trenton and Mr. and Mrs. Tom Carroll and children M Wi'dwood spent Sunday with Mrs. John Mavhew and Mr. and Mrs. Willie Pilgrim. M/Sgt. Curtis Stephens, who is stationed at Fort Riley, Kan¬ sas is at home on a fifteen day leave. Marine Douglas Miller has returned to Paris Island. S- C. after spending a furlough with relatives here. REV. COPELAND AT TRENTON BAPTIST CHURCH SUNDAY The Rev. D. Y. Copeland of Chattanooga will preach at both the 11 am. and 7 p.m. services at the Trenton Baptist Church Sunday, Oct. 17. Published Weekly—Since 1901 4-H Clubs Elect Officers * >* Last week the Trenton and the Avans 4-H Clubs had their first fall meetings. Officers and ad¬ visers were elected at this time. The Rising Fawn club meeting was postponed and was held Wednesday of this week. The Wildwood and New Salem clubs are having night meetings. Elected at the Avans club were: President, Nfelson Burrell; vice- president for boys, Marvii Hurst; vice-president for girls, Joverna Murdock secretary, Pauline Hartline; treasurer, John Ray Crawford; reporter, Levon Dan¬ iels; advisers, Miss Blanche Ware and Mr. U. A. Lawson. 4-H CLUB REPORT Marth Bible, Reporter. The Dade County High Schoo’ <-H Club met Oct. 8 for the pur¬ pose of electing officers for the coming year. Beatrice Williams was elected president; boys’ vice- president, Cecil Massey; girls’ vice-president, Kathleen Morri¬ son; for secretary we elected Marion (Mickey) Blevins; treas¬ urer will be Earline Rogers; re¬ porter, Martha Bible; man ad¬ viser is Mr. H. S. Phillips and woman adviser is Mrs. E. M. Parker. We discussed the coming fair Oct. 15 and 16. Let’s all remem¬ ber these dates and bring what¬ ever we have and make this a fair to be remembered. Rising Fawn News By Mrs. Fred Harrison Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Taliaferro of Detroit, Michigan were over night guests of Mr. and Mrs. Herschel Dean last week. Mr. Wallae- r+levins i%rep-orte.’ as seriousiy ill after undergoing an operation at Lawson Gengra 1 V. A. Hospital near Atlanta. Rev. A1 Hadden has returned home after holding a series of meetings in Mississippi- Mrs. W. H. Kenimer and daughter, Judy visited anothe- daughter, Margaret at Berry School last week. Mr. Earl Dean is recovering 'from an operation at Neweil’s Hospital. Plans now are to bring him home some time this week. Paul Castleberry, who is sta¬ tioned with the Navy at Jackson Field in South Carolina recently spent the week end here with his mother and brother. Mrs. L. M. Aliison visited Berry School Friday. Sgt. Harod Dawkins, wife and little daughter spent the week end with Mr. and Mrs. C. I Dawkins on their way to their home in Paris Island S. C., after a two week’s visit in Chicago. Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Dawkins spent Sunday with their son, J W- Dawkins and wife in Rossville. Mrs. L. M. Aiison attended the funeral of a friend in Carters- ville, Ga., Tuesday. Mrs. Paul Castleberry and Mrs Fred Harrison and daughter Pa¬ tricia spent Friday with Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Little in Keener, Ala. Head River News By JANIE FORESTER - Mr. and Mrs. Cmrk Lewis am daughter and Mrs. Betty Lewis were guests of Mr. H. R. Johnson Sunday. Misses Elizabeth. Oliie and Mrs Lula Johnson and a friend of Chattanooga spent the week-end out here. Mr. and Mrs- Raymond Ross and children and Mrs. Hugh For¬ ester were week-end guests of Mrs. J. M. Ross and family in Rome, Ga. Misses Grace and Bihie -Tohn- on were recent visitors of Mr II. R. Johnson and familv. Ranger Hugh Forester and Gordon attended a conservation rlub meeting at Summerville I fonday night. Only free people can hold their purpose and their honor steady to a common end, and prefer the interest of mankind to a.nv nar iow interest of their own. —Woodrow Wilson. October Meeting Of Trenton Garden Club The Garden Club of Trenton met October 7, 1948 at the home of Mrs. Thelma Case with Mes- dames Maxie Tatum and Marga- rette Gray assisting. The trea¬ surer reported $20.09 in the trea¬ sury. The committees were call¬ ed on for their reports- Unfinished business was next. The Club voted to p.ant mimosa trees on School House Street as a memorial to our hoys. The Club voted to pay the expense of planting these trees. Mrs. Dyer offered lumber to fence the trees. The Club voted to have one month in winter and one month in the summer without programs. These to be in De- ■ember and August. In Decem¬ ber we are to have a party and in August a picnic. This to be effective in 1949. Th* Club dis¬ cussed making signs to be put on the mountain highways, to prevent flowers from being pud- “d along the highway. This was voted on several months aco The new business was ta>en up. Mrs. Nethery asked the Con¬ servation Committee to work with Mr. Hugh Clark and M- England when they landscaped the Dade High School grounds The Club appointed Mrs. W W Daniels to he;p judge the Com¬ munity Improvement project. The Club voted to pay Mrs. Dyer $2.85 for a permanent record book. Mrs. Brock suggested that we make some kind of beauty spot where the airplane crashed killing five soldiers. There was a discussion of selling stationary. Mesdames Maddox Hale, Fietcher. Allison and C. P. Connally were appointed to handle this- The nominating committee wa> appointed: Mesdames W. H Brock, S. L. Sells and Roy Mc- Bryar to serve on this committee. Mrs. E. L. RaulstrJ. discussed the Flower Show at the Fair. A committee composed of Mes¬ dames E. L. Raulston, C. P. Con- oally, F. N- Belk, J B. Austin a»nd W. \V. Daniels. Mrs. Kate Morrison was ap¬ to fill the Secretary’s until Mrs. Olivine Morrison return. For the program, Mrs. Ernest gave a very interesting on Foliage Plants. Mrs. read a poem “Georgia The meeting was turned over the hostesses who served de¬ refreshments. New Salem News Mr. and Mrs. Authur Woods as Sunday guests Mr. and Jim Michaels and family of Mountain. Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Moore Rossville spent the week end his mother, Mrs. Katherine Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Logan of Ridge visited friends and here during the week Mr.s M. C. Triplett, who en¬ her trip by air from Texas is visiting her daughter, Leon W. IVftiore and family a few weeks before going tc Fla., for the winter. Mr. and Mrs. Jr. Hodnett of Aia., visited her parents and Mrs. Floyd Bradford recently. Janie and lone Bradford were Sunday guests of Freida and Ann Moore. A nice time was reported at Jean Reeves birthday partv Saturday night. She received nice gifts- Homer Gene Moore, Maurice McGuffey and Granville Baker viisted home folks during the week end. They are attending High School at Chickamauga this term. Mr. and Mrs. Hugh McKaig and children and Mr. Albert McKaig visited Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Mc¬ in Knoxville during t Vr ‘ end. Mrs. Herbert McKaig underwent a serious operation last week. She is reported to be doing alright now- Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Bradf^'i of South Trenton visited Mr. and Mrs. Herman Moore Saturday evening. Shorty Bradford is visiting home folks this week.
