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About The Dade County times. (Trenton, Ga.) 1908-1965 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 9, 1950)
Dade County’s Only Newspaper. VOLUME L Home Nursing To Start February 20 Miss Fannielou McWhorter, Dade County, is one cf 14 health nurses who will an intensive instructor’s ing course, jointly sponsored the Georgia Department of blic Health and the Red Cross February 13-18 Rome. The department of health, in cooperation with Red Cross, is launching a pro¬ gram of health education expectant mothers and makers in Dade County and seven other counties of the Northwest Region of the state. The two agencies hope to carry out the program throughout the state folowing this first cooper¬ ative venture. According to Miss Theodora Floyd, director of Public Health Nursing for Georgia, the nurses will be taught the teaching techniques of the Red Cross Home Nursing course, “Mother and Baby Care and Family Health.” The course will be taught by Mrs. Kathleen Muse, Home Nursing Consultant for the Red Cross in Southeastern Area, and Miss Ellen Aird, As¬ sistant Director of Home Nurs¬ ing of the National Red Cross from Washington, D. C. In addition to Miss McWhor¬ ter, nurses from the following counties in this area of the state are attending the instructor's class in Rome: Dade, Walker, Whitfield, Chattooga, Polk, Car- roll, and Cobb. Immediately after Miss Me Whorter completes the ins¬ tructor’s course, she will then begin a course for the home¬ makers in Dade County. The “Mother and Baby Care and Family Health” Course includes 12 hours of classroom work and actual practice demonstration of techniques, and is especially useful for the young mother or prospective mother. “We hope to recruit the first class for Miss McWhorter to teach for the weeks of February 20-March 3,” Mrs. H. Dan Smith, Home Nursing chairman of the Dade County Red Cross Chapter which is cooperating in the plan, said. ‘“The class, offered free of charge, is open to all mothers, fathers, grandmothers and any person who may be responsible for a young baby’s care.’. Mrs. Smith said a few of the techniques taught in the course include proper methods of hold- ing the baby, bathing thebaby, feeding, proper clothing, in ad- dition to a study of basic pre- natal and postnatal care, infant health, child and family care. Corn Growers Receive Certificate and Key The three Dade County farm- ers, A. L. McMahan, Art Moore and Byron Forester, who entered the Corn Contest and raised over 100 bushel of corn to an acre, were among those from other part of Georgia who re- ceived a Certificate of Member- ship to the 100 Bushel Club and a “key”. This key is silver and about an inch square. The front is oxidized and hammered out and in the hollowed place is an ear of corn and the reading Georgia 100 Bushel Club. On the the back back is is ^ written ten o^ushelThe the farmers name, the number of bushels he grew and the date. Attending thet wet in Athens given by the Cotton Pro ducers Co-op 01 the stare Georgia from Dade were Messers A. L. McMahan, Art Moore, Rcy Moore W H Pullen and County ’ Agent L. C. Adams. Income Tax man here February 13th A representative of the Inter¬ nal Revenue will be in on February 13th from 8:30 5:00 to assist those who wish in making out their 1949 Tax returns. In the past he has made his headquarters the Post Office. There will also be a tative in Rossville on 14-15; Chickamauga Feb. and LaFafayette on Feb. 20-21 in case you miss him while he is in Trenton. wk Cotnttt) Devoted to the Best Interests of Dade County and Georgia. fHE DADE COUNTY TIMES, TRENTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY FEBRUARY 9, 1950 Furniture Store Open In Trenton A new and used .store opened in Trenton week. It is located cn the east corner of the Court Square in the Odd Fellows Messers E. C. Crane & J. are the proprietors and who us they plan to carry a large riety of both new and used fur¬ niture. Inside the building been repainted white and fur¬ niture is being moved in daily. They will have electrical ap¬ pliances as well as bedroom, din¬ ing room and other furniture the home. They invite your ins¬ pection. OBITUARY J. G. GRAY J. G. Gray, 63, died from a heart attack in a Chattanooga hospital February 3 after a short illners. Mr. Gray had been born and reared on Sand Mountain where he was the rural mail carrier for many years. He moved to Trenton about 25 years ago. He bought the local tele¬ phone exchange which he and his family have operated for many years. He also owned and operated the Gray’s Service Sta¬ tion and a small store. He is survived by his wife Mrs. Maude Bunch Gray; two daughters, Mrs. Jessie Moon and Mrs. Rodney Alderman both of Trenton;, three sons, Dan W. Gray of Chattanooga, Charles and J. W. (Tommy) Gray of Trenton; two brothers Thornton Gray of Flat Rock and Walter Gray of Trenton, Rt. 2; eight grandchildren. Funeral services were held from the Trenton Methodist Church with Rev. A. T. Newby assisted by Rev. John Smith of- ficiating. Pallbearers were A. W. Peck, G. P. Clayton, Mack Robinson, E. S. Buchanan, Rus- sell Snyder, and H. F. Allison. Honorary pallbearers were J. A. Jenkins, Charles Payton, James Case, W. H. Brock, O. M. Foster, Lewis McBryar, E. A. Ellis, M. J. Hale, J. C. Pace, A. L. Dyer, G. C. Tatum, R M. Morrison, DeWitt Williams, Dr. D. S. Middleton and C. W. Page. Interment was in the Trenton Baptist Ceme- tery - pink MARSHALL MORGAN pink Marshall Morgan, 83, died at ^ home in Scaff District, Dpde county Feb 3. Surviving him are his wi f 8> Mrs. Nancy Jane Morgan; S j X daughters, Mrs Ida H UC kabee, Chattanoo- ga; Mrg Marge Goode, Scaff; j^ rs E S Uier Peppers, Oak Ridge, Mrs. Kate Pelfrey, Knox- S£ Holt, Bridgeport, Ala.; three sons, Luke William, and John Morgan, Scaff; one brother, Mose Morgan, Gadsden, Ala.,; 43 grandchildren and 50 great gra ndchildren. i Funera i services were held at the Macedonia Baptist Church, ghellmount, Tenn., with Rev. Conrad Morgan officiating Pall- bea rers were grand.sons, Char- les philips, Meredith Mosier, Le- wis Adams, John Huckabee and ca.steel Wilkerson. Interment in ^ ew fj 0 p e Cemetery. -. JAMES S. HARP StfaTthe^omTo’f his daughter ^ ^ H aswell in Rossville. U^ ^adjved^ untiI Feb . 10 th g2 yeafs ol „ ^ a member of the New Engla p rhurch for over 50 years. • He is survived by three daugh- ters.Mrs. Allie Tinker, Trenton; Mrs. W T. Austin, Ringgold ; Mrs. Belle Haswell, Rossville; one son, J. Robert Harp, Rock Spring,s one brother Marion Harp, Trenton: nine grandchil¬ dren, 13 great grandchildren and one great-great grandchild. Fun¬ eral services were held Monday with Revs. Williams S. B. Bates and O. D. Perry officiating. Pall¬ bearers were grandsons, Ned Tinker, Pearl Tinker, Woodrow Tinker, Harlie Austin, Wilrfler Austin, Melford McDonald. Hon¬ orary pallbearers were F. L. Myers, Ed Mize, E. L. McWhor¬ ter, W. D. Cathey, H. E. Downey, E. N. Andrew and R. P. Dixon. Interment was in the Hooker Cemetery. LEGISLATURE HAS BUSY WEEK Georgia Legislature has been busy this week. Looks like the House passed more bills and the Senate did more debating. Dur- lng this time both houses have passed many local bills. 1 This is the final week as the Legislature adjourns on Monday February 13th. SFNATF a Passed a constitutional amend- ment to take the State out of the ad valorum tax field by 45-4 (goes to House) Passed a pension system for pea.e officers. Killed a measure that would have ended rent control In j 1 Georgia. I Passed *—~j by 38-10 __ a bill which gives the State Democratic Exe- cutive Committee the power to set the date of the primary which according the Atlanta papers would be in July. Since 1917 the old law fixed the prim¬ ary on the second Wednesday in September. /cniwci. Passed the Highway Board bill unanimously. ! Passed a bill giving the gov- ernor power to order state ! ; troopers and GBI agents to en¬ ter into investigations of crimes. Raised *—-------- salaries of — State ------ Su- - preme Court law assistants from ! $4,000 to $5,000. ------------ Authorized counties --------- to levy . taxes for fire protection services, this has ----,---------------- passed the House. , Passed a bill to have Superior Court Judge instead of Ordinary issue license to carry a pistol 32-3. And increased bond from $100 to $200 and the fee from 50c to $2.00. (Sent to House.) Authorized legislatures —c--------- 10c --- a mile for the trip to an adjourned session. (Goes f to r\ rinuornnr Governor.) Y Passed bill to permit esta¬ blishment of rural telephony co¬ ops under jurisdiction of Public Service Commission. Approved a constitutional am- endment to raise the Lieutenant Governor salary from $2,000 to 55,000. Passed unanimously a bill to ( create a state wide Juvenile Court system. This measure pro- vides for 23 juvenile court dis- tricts in the state effective Jan. 1, 1951. The bill provides each for dis- a j probation officer for jtrict. Judges will be appointed by the Superior Court Judges. |Thi ■ bill goes to the House. Passed a House measure rais¬ ing the educational qualifica¬ tions for lawyers. Passed a measure creating a Georgia turnpike authority. HOUSE Passed the Highway Board bill (this bill has been signed by the governor.) Passed a bill- to postpone ef- fective date of reregistration until April 1952. Under this bill all Georgians on the 1948 voters list and'those registered subse- quently will be entitled to vote in the primary this year but voters on the old list may be challenged on the ground that they are not qualified to vote under the provisions of the new act. (Goes to Governor.) Authorized the creation of a five member commission to in¬ vestigate air right leases Atlantic cn the State owned Western & RR. This Railroad runs between Atlanta and Chattanooga. ed a companion measure for the same five members commission to to negotiate negotiate a a new new lease on «u ■> a part of the RR property in Chat- tanooga tanooga namely namely the Eastern Hotel.. Under this bill the Gov¬ ernor could discount (sell; the annual rental fee for a period of 15 years and raise about seven million S dollars at one time and could avert any financial crisis should one develop later ’. on " 1S Increased the . appropr o the State Milk Control Board from $67,000 to $80,000. Approved extending the merit rystem to employees of the State Department. Passed a proposed constitu- tional amendment which would authorize appropriation of 100 thousand dollars to the first firm or person that “brings in” an oil well in Georgia. Passed legislation setting up requirements for licensing and inspection of funeral directors. Started its final week with about 500 bills yet to be acted on. Passed unanimously a resolu- tion calling on the Federal Pow- er Commission to grant permits for a natural gas pipeline that would serve a number of Georgia cities. This bill g'oes to the Senate. Approved $200,000 to the Re- venae Department to be used to pay ^ additional income tax a g en £ S anb £ 0 buy equipment to better enforce the tax laws. Approved a bill for $75,000 for the Military Department to provide a new home for the Field Artillery Unit of the National at Savannah. This head- will be located on pro¬ of the state Ports Au thor- y recently purchased from the ec j era i government, Approved - • »«-««« $25,000 * to the Parks to be used to cons¬ a bathhouse at a recre¬ area to be operated at e Allatoone Auauxme dam aam near near Carters ^arcers- j e Tbe p ec j era i government the area to Georgia if 1 s ^ a ^ e would put up the bath- facilities. - ..... Passed by 116-2 a bill making offenses against children 16 a felony instead of a The bill also the legal age of consent ii to 16 years. This goes to Senate passed a bill 131-0 approving ncrea sing pensions for school aehers • by 50%. —- Already ap- — by Senate. Passed a bill that incurable canity would be grounds for orce. Passe l a bill permitting the p . ilh d partment to re- local . « governments ........a_ for • care of TB patients in their hospitals. Passed a bill designating white canes with red tips for exclusive use o', blind people, Approved a bill to add $25,000 the appropriation for the museum. Pas3ed a bill permitting the Par ]< Department to deed or 25 years 160 acres of land it now US j ng to the Walker Sportsm n’i Club. Approved by 124-3 a bill to re¬ approximately 150 nuis- ces taxes. ______ Q ______ Garden met The Garden Club of Trenton Thursday, February 2nd at home of Mrs. H. E. Gross Mrs. Jules Case as asso- hostess. The meeting was to order by the president, A. L. Dyer. Mrs. Allen led the prayer. “The Garden” by Edgar A. was read by Mrs. Roy Me Mrs. Curtis Ayers gave a interesting talk on the of things she learned a recent judging school in After a lengthy business ses¬ the White Elephant Sale held. The meeting was turned over the hostess who served a de- salad course to eighteen and one visitor. Myrna McMahan 1 Pirpeinptlf IC3IUC1II Al UI Bureau Women ^ cMadan _ Mrs My rna R - J^ , president M the Dade Chapter of the tmo- Women of the American Bureau Federation at a held recently. Mrs. Cur- Ayers was elected vice pre- Mrs Art Moore> Secre _ and Mrs. E. J. j^le, reporter, The ob j ect 0 f this organiza- sba n b e the promotion of Home and Community for the rural commu- All women who are fami- y members of the Farm Bureau eligible to belong, Mrs. McMahan has called the meeting for Friday, Feb. at 3:00 p. m. at the Court in Trenton. Published Weekly—Since 1901 Report of the Religious Census ol the Rising Fawn area On January 22, fourteen work¬ ers from the Rising Fawn Me¬ thodist Church took a religious census of the area ranging from the intersection of Fisher read and Highway 11 westward to the line including the following communities: Rising Fawn, Clo- verdale, Sulphur Springs, and Line. The names of 665 people were listed. This is the area in this section of Dade County to be covered by endeavoring to get in- which will be of ines- tlmable value to the Churches of the county. The Byrd’s Chapel Cave Springs sections will be in the near future. As did in reporting the results the census taken in the Tren¬ area, we call your attention the fact that the information approximate. The workers only put down the infor¬ mation given to them by the contacted. Some errors have been made In the tab¬ and, of course, the pastor each Church knows that our draw people from out- the area covered by the As soon as separate lists be compiled, the information to each Church will be to the respective Pas¬ It was impracticable to try to the information down by Churches. Therefore, is listed by denomination. For the number of people as being members of or with the local Baptist includes all of the Churches in the area The same is true of denominations that have than one Church in the The attention of the public ’ fcft some of the figures are rather alarming. there are 233 adults 70 children, age 15 and un¬ in the area who are not any Sunday School. per cent of the people are not members of Church. The information is below in detail. BAPTIST of local Baptist Churches .................125 attending Baptist Sunday Schools ..........246 with membership elsewhere ................. 40 giving Baptist as lo- I cal Church preference: Adults ....................139 Children, age 9 to 15....... 56 CHURCH OF GOD of local Churches of God 5 Churches of God Lur.day Schools ........... 0 of God people with membership elsewhere .... 3 giving Church of God as local preference: Adults .................... 17 Children, age 9 to 15...... 5 CHURCH OF CHRIST of local Churches cf Christ 2 Churches of Christ Sunday Schools ........... 4 of Christ people with membership elsewhere ... giving Church of Christ as local preference: Adults .................... 2 Children, age 9 to 15...... 0 METHODIST of the local Metho¬ dist Church............... 50 Methodist Sunday School.. 98 98 with membership elsewhere ................. 16 giving Methodist as local Church preference: At Children, l | u , 1 ^ s .......o age 9 + to ic...... 15...... la 14 MISCELLANEOUS of other denomina¬ tions ..................... 8 who have no local Church preference........ 61 who are not members of any Church ...........203 (ages 9 to 15) not members of any Church... 30 not attending any Sunday School ............233 (ages 15 and under) not attending any Sunday School .................... attending S. School outside the area covered.. 9 attending S. School outside the area covered.. 2 NUMBER 5 The Farm Reporter Mr w - E - pike . unit test farmer of the Davis Community on Eand Mountain is doing an out- standing job of demonstrating to the People of his community and to the People of Dade County that he can get along allright without growing cotton. He states that cotton farming is slavery of children and promotes ignorance. He states, “Since I have quit growing cotton, life Is a lot easier and I am a lot happier.” Mr. Pike's main source of in¬ come is that of egg production. According to his records in 1945 he had approximately 400 white leghorn hens, in 1946 around 700, 1947 about 1300 and approxi¬ mately 900 in 1948. These hens have averaged approximately 60% production, which would mean about 60,225 dozen eggs from 1945 through 1948. These eggs were sold at an average on the farm price of 50c per dozen, which would bring the total of $30,112.50. This would mean an average annual gross income of about $7,528.12. According to Mr. Pike’s records a number of years, the cost growing a pullet up to the laying period is approximately $1.50. This cost includes the cost of the chicks. “Of course,” Mr. Pike states, the hen after she quits laying, can be for $1.00, bringing the cost growing the pullet out to lay- n £ age, down to 50c. The cost feeing the hen through the period is approximately per dozen eggs laid. This would mean when figured that Mr. Pike would have an annual income from his of approximately $3,351.55, his labor, depreciation building, interest on money etc. Another very interesting pro¬ that is being carried out on Pike’s farm is that.of fence treating. In 1947, through of a durable fence post Pike went about seeking in- for some kind of pre- to make fence posts longer. This information obtained through the aid of county agents office. A vat was set up on his with an approximate capa- of 50 posts, 3 to 4 inches in The posts were placed the vat with enough penta and fuel oil to cover and boiled in this solution a few hours, then allowed to over night. The post treating has proven V Interesting and satisfactory, have been in the ground y ears and are as sound as were when placed there, posts npt treated have decayed and broken off. At a recent three day post held on Mr. Pike’s farm, farmers in the county posts to be treated. demonstration was made through the TVA Forest Department and ap¬ 75 farmers from ‘he county ' attended. Con- .... interest r in this type of was seen among farmers. They were able to the method of treatment to see also the posts treated years ago. It is believed many farmers will take of this information. - 0- Home Demonstration Schedule Byrd’s Chapel—Feb 13—Time p. m. Hostess Mrs. Bob Ble- Mor ganville - Feb. 15-Time 1:30 p.m. Hostess Mrs. Joe Light. Slygo—Feb. 16—Time 2 p. m. Avans—Feb. 17—Time 3:00 p. Hostesses Mrs. J. O. Gass and Mrs. H. H. Bodenhamer.
