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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.
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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 ,,
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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 !
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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,
