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About The Dade County times. (Trenton, Ga.) 1908-1965 | View Entire Issue (July 20, 1950)
Uade County's Only Newspaper. VOLUME L on ighway 11 Saturday several signs were ereeted on U. S. Highway No. 11 south of Trenton. These signs are not large nor are they eye catching but they are there as a warning on the worst spots of this stretch of road. One sign is erected where the LaFayette Highway meets No. 11 facing south bound traffic. Signs are erected at each end of the bad place about 3 miles south of Trenton, at each end of the bad place by Crawfish Creek and at each end of just south of where the Cloverdale road meets highway 11. These signs are the customary yellow with black marking of “Slippery when wet’ 1 about 2 it. square. The Ordinary tells us that it is his understanding that Mr. Quillian, cn the State Highway Board for the north Georgia division has said that a work order has been signed and that work is to start on resurfacing this stretch of road in about three weeks after the accident. This would either mean July 27 or August 3. Accidents We have had more accidents on this highway lately than it is possible to keep up with. Cars will skid into the ditch and ei¬ ther had a truck or a wrecker to pull them out and with only minor damage to their car it is not reported. After the dreadful accident last Thursday there were seven reported accidents on Friday and Saturday. On Friday a 1950 DeSoto con¬ vertible bearing Alabama li¬ cense tags hit the slick place between Atkins Store and Mor¬ gan’s and slide off the road. It suffered one warped wheel. On Sat. a Ford slide into the ditch south of Newmans and south of where the Cloverdale road meets the highway. Though the ambulance was called the mcrnant.s were not badly In¬ jured. There were 5 cars which slide into the ditch on the stretch of road near Craw'fish Creek. One of these was a 1947 Chevrolet. A woman, driving this car, said the car in front of her started to skid. She says she took her foot off the gas and her car started skidding. She cut off her ignition switch and pulled on her emergency brake. Her car slide into the ditch and turn¬ ed up against the bank on its right side. It then flipped back onto its wheels and turned over on its left side. None of the oc- C’mants were injured. Mother and baby killed Thursday noon July 13th, our worst highway accident oc¬ curred. A 1946 Chevrolet car go¬ ing south skidded and lost con¬ trol turning sideways across the highway. A Fort Payne truck coming over the crest of the hill nea*- Crawfish Creek seeing the car apparently tried to stop. It was unable to and hit the Che¬ vrolet on the right front door and front fender before ending in the ditch knocking its right front wheel back under the truck. The blow spun the Che¬ vrolet around throwing the car motor about 40 feet over into the ditch. Following the Chevrolet was a 1940 Ford which evidently was also unable to stop because aft* er the truck hit the Chevrolet, the Ford also hit it in the rear knocking it off the road. When this car in which Sgt. and Mrs. W. W. Bailey were riding hit the Chevrolet the back end was crushed open and the suitcases and white paint which they had packed there were broken open and thrown to the side of the road. Corporal Floyd C. Chism, wife Betty and fourteen months old daughter Marion Alice were in the Chevrolet. Corp. Chism had been stationed at the Aberden Proving Grounds, Md., and was on adelay on route to his home in Birmingham beore reporting to the west coast under orders or Korea. Mrs. Chism and baby were killed and Corp. Chism was taken to a Chattanooga hospi¬ tal where it is reported he was suffering from shock, a broken leg, cuts and bruises. Mrs Chism’s body was found near the wrecked car but at first the baby’s body could not be found It was located in the weeds in the ditch Nearby were the suitcases which had broken open and scattered her toys, dolls and story books around about the dead broken body of this baby. Sgt. Bailey also from Aberdeen and on a delay on route, before reporting to the west coast and Korea, with his wife was on his way to their home in Alexan- dria, La. They were badly shaken up and their car suffer- ed considerable damage. They were taken to a Chattanooga hospital for treatment. Wesley Gilbert, driver of the truck, was elightly injured and remained at the scene of the accident until investigations had been made. ---o—- -- The Rain held away many from attending H» D. COUnCll SOCK I The rain and generally dis- a°reable weather conditions held many away from attending the Home Demonstration Coun- I Family night picnic last ' cil Saturday evening. Only about 50 from the Rising Fawn, Trenton and Cloverdale clubs braved the bad weather to enjoy a pleasant evening social. The picnic lunch was a “how¬ ling" success according to those who sampled what the ladies had brought. The food was serv- ed from tables pushed together and the hams, chicken, salads, cakes and especially the apple pie were most tempting. The Cduncil served cold drinks. The Rising Fawn Club was in charge of the Vesper Services which followed. Mrs. L. Worship" M. Al- j lison gave the “Call to and the hymn “Now the Day is nvp r‘’*waq sune bv the audience Rev Allen T Newby gave the responsibility In the home and as ?, cl q ine oervK.es pnrt pd with the Austin r / a « ng and a °nH the the song Sn7“Blest Blest Be Be The Tie That Binds” sung by the audience. The business meeting was conducted by the Council Vice President . . . y ,, . . . ’ the absence of the president. How the Council would cooper ate In making this year’s Fair a success was discussed. It was de- cided that as most Home De¬ monstration Club members would be participating in the individual community exhibits, the Council would put all their efforts into making the conces¬ sions a success. their after,- , Miss Vestel called tion to the call for money from the 4-H Club Foundation Build- ing Fund Committee. She ex- olained about what was being done and what the committee hoped to do. The Council de- cided that each club member would pay five cents toward this. They also voted that each member should pay another 5c into the Council treasury to pay for sending delegates to the state and national meeting. Plans were formulated for fu- ture meetings to work out the program for next year’s work and for the gathering of the material for the year books. Of- : ficers will be elected at the next regular meetings in September and it is planned to have the ! officers from each club in the year books. Recreation was enjoyed after the business meeting. The Ris- ing Fawn 4-H Club girls did a folk game called “Down the Center and divide the ring”, This was called by Elizabeth Devoted to the Best Interests of Dade County and Georgia. mi UAlrv COUNTY TIMES, TRENTON, GEORGIA. THURSDAY JULY 20, 1950 Craft Course starts at Davis A craftcour.se for 4-H Club girls is in progress this week at the Davis High School. Advisor Mrs. Beatrice Freeman, Maryland Bates, Marion Bates, Diana Ga c s, Beatrice Gass, Mary Fay Gilbreath, Rebecca Gray and Helen Ruth Young are enrolled, At the first meeting Rebecca Gray was elected Chairman of the group and Mary Fay Gil- breath song leader. These girls will have instruction in carving, making reed baskets and copper trays, sewing and textile paint- t n g. The meeting open with Devo- tion, a prayer and songs. Ins- trueticn is given by Home De- nonstration Agent Miss Atha Lee Vestel The meeting ends with recreation Each day a new folk game is learned ! ---.- R D. Club Schedule July 26 West Brow 2:00 P. M. at the Church. July 26—North Trenton—7:30 P. M. at Mrs. Ralph Johns July 27 — Hooker—2:00 P. M. at Mrs. J. J. Carroll. July 28—Cloverdale— 2:00 P. M. at Mrs. Velma Hawkins July 31 Rising Fawn 8.00 P- M. Hostess Mrs. Ray Smith —------—-— lodges Andrews and McClure honored Judge M. Neil Andrews and Judge elect Freeman C. McClure were honored at a reception anH luncheon before the busi- ness meeting of the Rome Che- rokee and Lookout Circuits Bar Associations at the Lookout Mountain Hotel on Saturday, There were about 200 present, Judge M^ Neil Andrews is serv- mg as U S Judge of the norl¬ ern district of Georgia. He has been appointed to this post by the President but it has not ^ ^ Assodatlons and a resolution to this effect. Judge Andrews has serv- ed as U. S. District Attorney, U. g Mtorney and tdal attorney for the Securities Exchange Commission. In this address. Judge An- drews told the group that he was compiling a reference book of the laws pertaining to the TT U. S. Court in Georgia. The laws in different states, the Judge said, and none had ever been written down for Georgia. This made it extremely difficult for out of state attorneys to try their cases. Judge Freeman C. McClure, democratic nominee for the Judge of the newly created Lookout Judicial Circuit told of ^ experiences while he was cam p a ig n } n g He stressed that ^ dad rece j ved n0 money to ^ e i p him in his campa ign ( that was 0 bhg a ted to no one and j n t en ded to hold a fair and im- pg r tial court. judge J. M. C. Townsend ac ^ ed as Master of Ceremonies dur i n g the luncheon. He intro- duced the prominent people pre sent. Chief Justice and Mrs. w. h. Duckworth were present as W ere several other supreme court Judges. There were se- veral judges from the Court of Appeals and the judges of the three judicial circuits. There were other visitors from over the state including former governor Ed Rivers. M j Hale Elected At the first meeting of the ~ Dawkins. The girls were dressed as “ladies and gents” with straw hats and blue jeans with patches. Will B. Curelon dies after short illnes William Brock Cureton, 68, prominent Dade County farmer and cattle raiser died July 14th in a Chattanooga hospital. Mr. Cureton suffered a heart attack the first of the week from which he never recovered. Mr. Cureton was a familiar figure to all rid- ing around on his pony while he conducted his business. He was a member of the Board of Stew¬ ards of the Trentcn Methodist Church. Mr. Cureton is survived by his wife, Mrs. Carrie Cureton, three children, Mrs. Betty Jean Ro- gers, William Dudley Cureton and Kenneth B. Cureton all of Trenton; four sisters, Mrs. J. D. Pace and Mrs. Fannie Fowler of Trenton; Mrs. W. B. Schoolfleld of Chattanooga and Mrs. W. P. Fowler of Tampa, Fla.; three brothers, Fred Cureton, Tren- ton; Mike Cureton, Miami, Fla.; Hugh Cureton of Chattanooga, and three gradchildren. Funeral services were held Sunday at the Trenton Metho¬ dist Church with Rev. Allen T. Newby and Rev J. E. Millburn from St. Marks M. Church, Chatt. officiating. Active pall- bearers were M. J. Hale, A. L. Dyer, J. A. Case, Laban Jones, Montford Tatum and Newell Scruggs. Honorary pallbearers were members of the board of Stewards and trustees of the church, also W. C. Cureton, Joe Us, ev ^ Charles s * Gray, A lson James - E A Case, - E '" Raymond Morrison, Otis Foster, Robert WooHiright, Stoney Hale, Ed Wells, John Graves, Jim Jen- kins, Tom Stephens, G. C. Ta- turn, Austin Swanson, Harold Cox, J. P. Williams, W. H. Brock and Henry Gross. Burial was in the Baptist Cemetery in Trenton. new Lookout Judicial Circuit | Bar Association, Maddox J. Hale was elected the president. John w. Davis from Summerville 1 was elected vice president, John Wiggins from Ringgold was elected Secretary-Treasurer, W. B, Shaw, LaFayette, was elected as delegate to Board of Govern¬ ors of the Georgia Bar Associa¬ tion with Frank Gleason, Ross- ville to serve as alternate. The Lookout Circuit is composed of Chattooga, Walker, Catoosa and up the constitutlon and by _ laws. Serving on this committee will be Mcse Brinson of Sum- I * merviUe, S. W. Farris, LaFa- yette , Matt Harris, Ringgold and W. A. McClure, Dade County. I The Rome Circuit Association, which will contain only Floyd County after January 1, 1951 elected no officers. The Chero- kee ei Circuit w „it which will be com- posed of Whitfield, Murray, Gordon and Bartow Counties also elected officers, Dade Connty Co-op votes to renew their A called meeting of the mem- bers of the Dade County Co-op was held Friday night. Impor- tant changes were made in the charter and by-laws, j A committee was appointed at a previous meeting to make some changes in the charter and by-laws for a more workable or- ganization. These were read and adopted at this called meeting. j It was voted to renew the charter but with some changes, The charter will now contain only the legal set up and con- tain no politicies. This new charter will now go to the Judge of the Superior Court for approval and be publically ad- vertised. Changes in the by-laws were on the method of' elected the Di- rectors. For the first year after the adoption of the new charter there will be three directors elected for one year and three for two years. Thereafter three : new directors will be elected ; each year to serve for two years, Published Weekly — Since 1901 NUMBER 28 T. V, A. Officials Visit Dade Dade County was honored last Thursday by a visit of high TVA officials' Mr. Gordon R. Clapp, chairman of the Tennesse Val- ] ey Authority, Board with head- quarters in Knoxville was here. j Also from Knoxville was the Di- vision Manager of Electric Power, Mr. Wilson House. Offi¬ cials from the Chattanooga area were A. D. Rieger, Manager of Properties, Earl Hale, Informa- j tion officer, Earl Wall, Electric Ramke, Power Board and Tom i TVA District Forester. i The group visited the Dyer Lumber Co. where they discus- | S ed with Mr. A. L. Dyer the For¬ estry program and the pros- peqts of combined forestry pro¬ duction in this area. Mr. Dyer told of the forest resources of 20 years ago and what they were now, observing that had this program of forestry manage- ment and selective cutting been in effect 20 years ago the forests would not have been so ravaged. A meeting was held In the county Agent’s office which | Miss Bess Cureton, as Chairman of the County wide Improve- ment Committee was asked to .set jn cn. TVA Ls interested in the human resources in its area as well as trees farms and soils. (work The lmprovement and 4 _ H club in the county were review- ed for the officials . The Tree Farm selected to be visited was Miss Curetons in Rising „ Farm Here they saw a Tree Farm which had been using selective cutting for some time. They were agreabJe surprised to find that though a cuttlng had just been made, there were still better than 2,000 cutable board feet left growing. In order to more easily inspect the entire Tree Farm, County Agent Adams had borrow Col. Morri¬ son’s command car for their transportation. Mr. P. T. Shellhouse, Farm Manager Economist from the Extension Service in Athens was here and accompanied the group Also Asst. County Agent Walter Hearn from Walker County. Those from Dade making the trip were Mr. A. L. Dyer, County Agent Adams and Russell Neal, Assistant Agent. -o--- Foot Ball Practice All Dade High School boys are urged to report for football practice on August 19th at 3:00 o’clock P M. at the school. An important meeting is sche- duled at this time and it is ne- cessary that all boys be present. Coach Woodall. - o-- Singing The Dade County Singing will be held at the M^rtranvIHe Me- Jhodist Church, July 23rd Come and enjoy a good sing¬ ing. Starting time 10:30 A. M. John Warren, Pres. Other changes made in the by-laws were that the Board of Directors will appoint a nomi- nating committee at least 30 days before the Annual Meet- ing. There will be two nominees for each office. This list is to be published at least 10 days before the annual meeting. Election will be by secret ballot. Membership in the Co-op will be in accordance with the poll- cies set by the Board of Direc- tors. Member producers of agri- cultural products would be con- sidered a member upon pay- , ment of a dollar membership fee. j The equipment in the Cannery will have to be moved as the Co-op has been notified that the building will no longer be avail able. No definite plans were made as to what will be done as , a Cannery is part of the neces- , sary equipment for the Veterans farm training classes but for lack of a building may have to be stored. Elect Chairman of PicinG 1 kourn <*”11 Parents Club The Parents Club of the Ris¬ ing Fawn School met on Thurs¬ day night, July 14, at the School House with 21 present. The meeting was called to or¬ der by the president, Mr. W. C. Cureton, with Mrs. R. P. Fricks acting as secretary. The first business to be brought up was the election of chairman of the various committees to serve through the coming school year. Those elected were: Planning, j H Blake; Program, Mrs. Carl : | S t eele: Building, Dewey Bradford j Membership, Ray Smith; Co¬ chairman, Mrs. B. B. Kenlmer : W ays and Means, Mrs. L. M. Al¬ iio on; Co-chairman, Mrs. H. L. Forester. These chairmen are to | select their committees to work with them, The next meeting is being j planned for August 10, with and a program to be presented , inspection of the newly painted rooms to follow. Plans for the new school year will be made and all patrons of the school are urged to keep this date'In mind and attend. Miss Bess Cureton was elected to serve as secretary-treasurer to take the place of Mrs. Owen Woodyard. There being no further busi¬ ness the meeting adjourned. -o- The Farm Renorfer The Agricultural Sub-Com¬ mittee of the Dade County Im¬ provement and Planning Com¬ mittee has recently mailed to a number of land owners in Dade County the following letter. The group urges each landowner to consider the best use of each and every acre of his land for profitable production, Dear Mr. Land Owner: How much does one acre of idle land cost the owner In taxe 1 *, loss of Interest on invest¬ ment and property depreciation, and how much does it cost Dade County to have acres of land that do not produce an income for its people? Certainly <he ex¬ pense and loss Involved are more than the owner and Dade County can afford to lose. Land that is wisely used for cultivated crops, hay crops or pasture generally yields the greatest per acre income, but some lands are best suited for woodland or in many cases, it ls more convenient for the owner to have several acres of his land in growing trees. How much is an acre of good woodland worth and In what better way can an additional small amount of money or labor be invested than in establishing a stand of growing timber? This year pine seedlings may be obtained through the T.V.A. at no cost to the farmer other than that of setting them out. Pine seedlings are set 8 feet apart each way, which requires 1,200 seedlings per acre. With a mattock, or dibbler, one man can set out one acre in less than two days time. On land that can be plowed, seedlings may be set in furrows in consi- derable less time. The winter months are the best time for setting. If you desire seedlings this fall or winter, please indicate on the form below and mail to a member of the Dade County Improvement and Planning Committee, or contact L. C. Adams, County Agent, Trenton. Yours very truly,
