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About The Dade County times. (Trenton, Ga.) 1908-1965 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 6, 1949)
Pade County’s Only Newspaper. VOLUME XLVIX. News about the Fair Fawn .... Wins Rising Community Exhibit The first day of the Fair the center pnter of of interest interest was was on on the the , exhibits in the Dade County G vm The Community Exhibits, along the right wall as you enter were displayed on the rows of spectators seats. The individual exhibits were on 12 tables down the center of the Z the school exhibits at the vail with the Forest Ran- « disnlav it on one side and 1 T n d of Health on the olher v On the left wall were ' the adv riicnlnv* and . , . the qui s, g . spreads ung o wab - The New England Community exhibit was on the right near- est the entrance door. Stalks of corn stood sentinel on either Fide and on the floor at the right was an old iron pestle and mortar. Up in the center of the display was a large white layer cake decorated in blue^ jcing which read “New England Community.” Handwork, fruits, vegetables, meats, canned goods and a dish of pop corn were all attractively displayed. Quilts .lined either side of the exhibit - Morganville,' which won se- cond prize was the next exhi- bition. One entire step of their display was given over to the Home Demonstration Club work throughout the year. This was ingeniously - arranged “ with oirvn signs O wini'lrmnr marking tVio the mAnfh month onH and what wnai they mey had 11 a u uuue done that wiat month n and vi /4 a <■» miniature setting nnf tlnnf of the special project. The walls •iinxn were U«n/4 lined with TTTi F millf quilts; e hand¬ work, vegetables, canned goods and other farm products com¬ pleted the display which was s ! Off by the arrangement of huge dahlias and glads at the yery top center. Hooker was entered for the is year. They had a ?reat many crocheted pieces and their flowers were attract¬ ively displayed in a starched crocheted piece in the shape of a vase with handle. They had quilts and clothing lining their walls and the vegetables and canned goods completed their exhibit. Rising Fawn walked off with the first prize. Intermingled wi.h their exhibit was the Ris¬ ing Fawn School exhibit of prize papers and student made books on flowers, health and the like. Pleasingly arranged were the canned foods, veget¬ ables, fruits, handwork, a cake, a loaf of bread and flowers. Rising Fawn had curtained their window in the back and set before it a large sultanna plant with a mirror so ar¬ ranged to show it off better. The New Salem exhibit, which won third place, had the most farm products on display. All sorts of vegetables, meats, but¬ ter, milk, and soap were shown in abundance. They also exhi— ed quilts and other handwork, flowers, canned goods and corn stalks. At the top of their dis- play was a baby doll in a bas- ket beneath a sultanna bush, Down the center were the dividual entries of corn, apples, potatoes, peanuts and other farm products' canned foods, flowers. There was some lovely handwork and at the last the Fl:wor Exhibit which included a tray of delicate African vio¬ lets and beautiful, strong glads. Across the back wall was the Veterans’' Farm Training Pro- gram exhibit. On a sloping board were ere miniature miniature sets sets tell- tell- ig the____ v „_ D ___________ d the story of neglected nd, _ poor cattle, ______ ; unbalanced iet which would lead to the >P picture which was an un- linted looking church and :hool setting forlornly on clay oking dirt. The left hand side this display started with im- "oved soil with grasses grow- ‘g, L fattened fattened cattle, cattle, larger, larger, althier fruits and vegetables d at the top cl a painted ]jamvtu school, ‘urch, urch. community community house house and and •nk sitting in a tree shaded ale Devoted to the Best Interests ol Dade County and Georgia. THE DADE COUNTY TIMES, TRENTON, GEORGIA. THURSDAY OCTOBER 6, 1949 grass filled lot. r-u. The .... veterans farm class also had a well stocked display of corn seeds, canned goods and other farm exhibits The School displays were most interesting. Dade Gram- mar Schooi had many paint- m N< N PV ! w ! n Salem 4ip an f^ool q"h ad ] e h had a d PlaneS paper ' f ach f am ™ a s and beautiful Tbe Dade 0f J High eave Sch o s ° * o1 papar made ‘ their f e * hlblt ^ lnt0 a booth with a sma11 repIlca of the sch ° o1 house the first thing to catch your eye ° n the right of thls was th ° handwork made by the studenh5 and on the left was P erha P s future hoges, as a gure of a football player was out front with $50 sign pinned on ^ That’s the minimum price for one uniform. There wag a j so a m i n i a ture nice foot- baP fj e j d in back was some e q U i pme nt for a chemistry lab. The Forest Rangers display showed many posters of Smo- key who tells us how to prevent forest fires, the new Free Farm pign soon to be seen on several of the woodlands in the county and literature on forest care and fire protection all ively surrounded by greens. The County Board of Health this year displayed the prema- ture baby incubator. This lsurrounded by charts and signs | te]ling what it doe s and how it works . Qn the ieft was a Ufe g j ze cardb oard figure of a Pu- bHc Health Nurse> ^ ost of the merchants dis- jpiajcu pi aye d electrical ciwia equipment, , The John L Case « co. A, i had ___i « a Youngstown Youngstown kitchen kitchen sink, sink, an an tric stove, ice • box, deep •» ___ e i ec | f reez e, washer and sewing ma- chine on display. - . Kyzer Automotive Parts Co. displayed tires, batteries, the new RCA small record player I and „.iu radios lauiuo. 1 “‘ Tbe co-op had an attractive ! display of charts on a white cardboard background for its I wa iis. h E Gross had an electrical hot' water heater, stoves and washing aSa machine pfwer on display. Jec- showed trical washing rill stoves apples ice boxes aS with several a mlnia- utre kitchen with appliance and cabinets all set up. Outside around the front and side of the building were tivators and tractors on exhi- The Rising Fawn Baptist Women’s Missionary Society had the concession booth in „ sandwiches, a uun.v..v U , hot dogs, —„ . coffee, cake, candy, cold drinks and chewing gum. They were there when the Fair opened Friday morning and still doing busi- ness late Saturday night. Rising ---—-^ Fawn Home monstration Club ! The The Rising Rising Fawn Fawn Home Home De- De- monstration Club held its re- gular monthly meeting Tues- day evening September 27th at the home of Mrs. R. P. Fricks. j The meeting was opened by president Mrs. Herschel Dean, the Mrs. C. T. Payne gave devotional after which she lead in prayer. Bradford Mrs. Dewey gave a reading on “The History of Bread”. In the absence of our Secretary, Mrs. Homer Ha l gave the reading of the mm- U p lans for 0 ur booth „ at tn Fa - r discusse d. Migs Migs Moss Moss dmonstrated dmonstrated “ *** ”* refreshments Ze served by the hostess and co bos tess Mrs. Homer Hall to membe rs Smith, j Mrs. Ray Reporter. ~ --... HALLOW EE. AT WILDWOOD Aid wil The Wildwood Ladies sponsor a Halioween s ocia t ; the Community j turday There There uuiuoj nlgbt will will --- be be ° C ^ handwork hand and work . of various kinds for sale. \ . g]f§ tXCCl r . At . J| ! Livestock i • ^ I cl uUOW i Saturday morning the ani- mals started arriving for the Livestock show. A loading and unk)ading ra ™ p had been bl J iU at one end of the stock pen for the convenience of those bringing their stock ; Ix f tbl ® pe " there were several individual pens for hogs and cattle and i an enclosure where the cattle were tied at either side. The Poult ry Show was near by. , ' The 4 Hers walked away with Saturday’s show. They brought fat calves, their pigs and their chickens for all to see. There were a few more animals entered but not nearly enough for all the good stock the farmers in the county are now 1 acquiring. • In the Poultry Show Fran- klin Baker, son of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Baker of New Salem won first place; Polly Chadwick, 'daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Mel- vin Chadwick, Cloverdale won second, and Eveljyn Meeks, 'daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Sand Mountain took |third place. At the auction af- ‘sold terwards their poultry was to Mr. R. Lybrand, Miss Cureton, Hugh Clark, 1 John Hinton, H. J. Raughton, w. T. McCauley and F. N. Belk. ‘ m the 4-H Club Fat Calf Show, Troy Cloud, son of Mr. ,and Mrs. J. F. Cloud, Sand Mountain won first place. It j weighted 820 lbs. and brought $25.50 one ----- r- r\ _ a ------------ hundred. Eugene Pike, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Pike, Sand Mount- ain took second pla^e and his calf _ _ i e n. weighed n (n.Ln/l HAK 705 lbs. and n n H brought $23 a hundred. Joyce Ann Moore, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Moore, .Lookout Mountain won third place. Her calf weighed 640 lbs. and brought $26.80. The other calves belonged Marvin Bradford, weight and brought $21.50 a hundred, Sarah Houch’s, weight 615 and brough $20 a hundred; weighed Douglas Forester calf 715 brought $20 a hundred; Jack McAbee 635 brought $23.90 Marlon Blevins. Jr.. 470 $17.50 a hundred N_ C. weight 710 brought $20 a . dred. Mr. D T. Brown bought ... Mx these »Ives and Mr. R <oy bought three. Mr. J. B. Vick from Chattanooga was auctioneer, 0 “ Fair _ Entertainment For the entertainment at p ab . t bere was a soft ball Friday afternoon between H igh and Davis High. j or Dade were Norris Sims, c K Renfroe, p; Carl Cross, | Jr., Williams, 2b; Clifford £ s j playing playing for for Davis D>avls were were Gray, c; Levon Daniel, p; ce Burrell, lb; John 2b; Marville Hurst, 3b; Hurst, ss; Cecil Adkins, If, gene p} ke , cf; and Charles chardS) rf . Umpiring w e r . Henry — - Moreland, If #>«Alnnrl Bill Dill f’l'ADC Cross Q Carl chandler. Sa t urd ay aftrenoon David Woodwall had his out for prac ti ce and gave a work out that aP who werte tnterested could see how bQyg whQ afe play i ng 0 n flrg( . {ootba n gam e lool^ed what they may be able to with tlme and pra ctice. Saturday night was the BALL Jt wag well attended » {“1^ ^ the se t s Fo r one or two dances there were about couples on the floor. Mr. Mrs. Otto Watson and Hartline were untiring in playing. ^ j| Blevins and Bob Allison a^ offered their t ^ ^ footbaJ] ^ B]evin < s cake at brought $ 3.00 and for Mrs. Allison’s which had been cake in . the .. . New ___rwv. England ?" Four hmiK e lilM injured imiiron ^ in 11 Wildwood accident Sunday night’s auto collision at Wip wooa, which t °°^. tbe f °o ur d^n^ce th£ accident lwQ q{ tbg j n j ured sti n j, n a critical condition. Accordi t0 reliable reports> Junior Ayang droye lntQ Tfen _ ton about 7:30 Sunday evening and after putting hls car into second geari drove as rapidly as posslble around the Court House Square and then headed north on hlghway n . Deputies Cotton Durh am and Edison Gray took out after him in Durham’s car. Several other 1 followed the chase, cars At the curve and down grade at Wildwood’s, Avan’s car ap- parently went out of control. Mr. Montford Tatum, who was driving his car south, saw this weaving car come hurling to- -ml him. He pulled over to the side of the highway to try to get out of the way, but the Avans car smashed into him an d then burst into flames, Driving with Mr. Tatum were bis mother, Mrs. Carrie Tatum, his mother-in-law Mrs. W. A. Scruggs and hl f thre ®‘ year "°j! daughter ’ Ca J.°/ y " J hey bad b( *n _ nn 1 ™ “ rs ' latu v, h o 0 was in the b f ‘ mu n ^ the f ronfc b j j d j Qr ber neck was dan _ sly cut Her wrist and ribg arg broken and sbe bas sus sustained ^ a j ned internal Internal injuries. injuries. She She bas bad many blood transfu- s j ons t b tg week ba t has not ral- bed sa tisfactorily. Mr. Tatum’s daug hter, Carolyn, who was j j the front » • seat, i < had i < her a so n 1 leg completely broken in two be tween the knee and hip and sbe sustained severe head in juries. She was unconscious for several days and is still In a (very serious condition. Mrs. Scruggs sustained a broken ankle and was badly shaken up. She is still in the hospital. Mr. Tatum received a broken nose and other injuries. The Deputies pulled A,an from hls car He was badly burned but did not die until the follo wing morning. 1 Ride in an Airplane Sun. at New England Weather permitting, there will be airplane rides Sunday at New England. Price $1.50 per ride. Pilot Woodrow Nations, commercial pilot. Sponsored by the Football team. A part of the proceeds to pay on equip¬ ment. Coach David Woodall. I. 0. Wheeler Store Changes Ownership The I. O. Wheeler store Is l now Wheeler Brothers. Mr. Wheeler has sold his grocery g ^ ore ^ w0 0 f b i s sons, I. O. j r and L. Scottie ^ bee j er y^eeler Brothers will sell grocer j es> meats, feeds, seeds, bardware tires, tubes and ac- cessorles Mr . Whee i er has kept 00ds department . , i and * Q will continue to run this. , , The ilJC store is ____ large _ __________ and all de- par t m ents are planning on carry ing a larger stock of mer- chandlse The grocery store wj]1 rema i n at the front corner, the dry goods on the right and the en iarged hardware depart- ment in the right rear. The meat i s in the center and beb i n d this and which will front to the highway door will be .utomotivj accessory de- ~__ munity exhibit, .there was a Cake Walk which brought $ 19 50 Mr. Felt Moore was on . . the right number at the right time. \ The washing machine was won by Mr. Grady Jacoway in Chattanooga. . Door prlzes were won by Mr. L. C. Adams, Mrs. M. J. Hale, D. E. Morrison, L. C. Haygood, Miss Leila Kimbrough, W. G. Morrison, Jr., and C. M. West. Published Weekly — Since J 90 L NUMBER FAIR WINNERS AGRICULTURAL COMMUNITY COLLECTION EXHIBIT First Prize Second Prize Third Prize Rising Fawn Morganville New Salem SCHOOL EXHIBIT Dade High Blue Ribbon Veterans Class Blue Ribbon WOMEN’S EXHIBITS WEARING APPEAREL Children’s clothing—such as: 1. Baby 2. Over one year First Prize Second Prize Mrs. Hardee Price Mrs. Joe Phillips Women’s Division. Embroidery—such as Pillow cases, Towels, Bedspreads, luncheon Cloths, etc. First Prize Second Prize Third Prize Mrs. M. M. Blevins Mrs. M. J. Hale Mrs. Jules Case Crochet—such as Bedspreads, Tablecloths, Doiles, etc. First Prize Second Prize Third Prlae Mrs. R. C. Blevins Mrs. James Hibbs Mrs. Verna Hood Quilts. First Prize Mrs. R. P. Fricks Miscellaneous—such as Textile painting, stuffed toys, rag dolls, metal work, etc. First Prize Mrs. Joe Phillips Afghans. t First Prize Second Prize Third Prize Mrs. Bill Hartman Mrs. H. F. Allison Mrs. R. H. Hall CANNING Girl’s Divisiondup to twenty years) , Vegetables—must consist of 4 quarts or pints of at least 4 varieties of plain canned vegetables. First Prize Jane Marie Forester Women’s Division Vegetables—must consist of 4 quarts or pints of at least 4 varieties of plain canned vegetables. First Prize Second Prize Mrs. Joe Phillips Mrs. E. J. Bible Fruit — must consist of 4 quarts or pints of at least 4 varieties of plain canned fruit. First Prize Mrs. E. J. Bible Pickle or Relish—must consist of 4 quarts or pints of at least 4 varieties. First Prize Mrs. Verna Hood Jelly, Jam Preserves—must consist of 4 quarts or pints of at least 4 varieties. First Prize Second Prize Mrs. E. J. Bible Mrs. Joe Phillips COOKING Women’s Division Cake — such as: Pound cake, Chocolate layer, Coconut layer, Lemon cheese, Devils food. First Prize Second Prize Third Prlae Mrs. Nettie Jenkins Mrs. M. M. Blevins Mrs. M. M. Blevins Candy^-such as: Fudge, Divinity, Uncooked, Miscellaneous such as Peanut brittle, Pralines, etc. First Prize Mrs. R. C. Blevins FLOWER ARRANGEMENT EXHIBITS First Prize Second Prize Third Prlae The Taylprs Mrs. Art Moore C. A. Gray TRENTON GARDEN CLUB First Prize Second Prize Third Prize Mrs. Chas W. Gray Mrs. Jules Case Mrs. W. C. Cureton AGRICULTURAL EXHIBITS Corn — Yellow - 10 Ears First Prize Second Prize Third Prize Jules Case L. Dugan Joseph McMahan Corn — White - 10 Ears First Prize Second Prize Third Prize George Grant Jules Case W. O. Stevenson Corn — 2 Stalks First Prize Second Prize Joseph McMahan A. L. McMahan Potatoes — 1 Gallon First Prize Second Prize Third Prlae W. H. Dugan Arvelee Holzhower Herschel Dugan Sweet Potatoes — 1 Gallon First Prize Second Prize Third Prize Myran Gass George Grant Herschel Dugan Cotton — 2 Stalks First Prize M. G. Lambert .; Pumpkins — ^ First Prize Second Prize Cecil McKalg R. A. McKalg Apples — Vt Bushel First Prize Art Moore LIVESTOCK SHOW BEEF CATTLE OPEN TO ALL Beef Bull — Registered — under one year. First Prize W. O. Stevenson Beef Bull — Registered — Between 1 and 2 years. First Prize Byron Pope Beef Bull — Registered — over one year First Prize Second Prize Joe Blevins W. O. Stevenson Beef Heifer — Registered First Prize W. O. Stevenson Beef Cow — Registered First Prize W. O. Stevenson DAIRY SHOW—OPEN TO ALL Dairy Heifer Purebred First Prize Second Prize Art Moore Arc. Moore Dairy Heifer — Grade First Prize Second Prize Third Prize Art Moore Art Moore Blevins Bros. HOG SHOW—OPEN TO ALL Boar — Purebred — under one year First Prize Second Prize Ernest Kirchmeyer Blevins Bros. Sows — Purebred First Prize Marion Blevins, Jr. Gilt — Purebred First Prize Second Prize Third Prlae Bobby Forester Troy Morgan Herman Prince 4-H CLUB MEMBERS IN POULTRY CHAIN, SHOW It PULLB« First Prize Second Prize Third Prlae Franklin Baker Polly Chadwick Evelyn Meeks 4-H CLUB FAT CALF SHOW First Prize Second Prize Third Prlae Troy Cloud Eugene Pike Joyce Moore
