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About The Dade County times. (Trenton, Ga.) 1908-1965 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 12, 1950)
'4 tic (f turnip mc$ Dade County’s Only Newspaper. VOLUME L WARM UP FOR “PLUM NELLY” ART SHOW The “Plum Nelly” clothesline Art Show will be stretched to record length next Sunday when he annual affair gets under way at the Lookcu Mountain “art colony”, in Dade County. Shown here are a few of the major contributors to this year’s show. Left to right, they are, Miss Fan¬ nie Mennen, originator of the community art show, Ray Carlson, Mrs. Carlson, Virginia Dudley Moran, Edgar Beck, and Joseph C. Moran. The show is expected to break all attendance records I his year. The show will last all day Sunday, with refreshments being served, with benefits going to the New Salem bookmobile. Final Plans Made For Clothesline Show Sunday The Clothesline Art Show is this Sunday, October 15th. It is | at Plum Nelly” which is the name Miss Fannie Mennen has given her home in the New Salem district on Lookout Mountain. The j i day of the Show, Miss Mennen has signs posted South) beginning all the on the Trenton-LaFayette Highway (where you turn way h her place which is on a rim of the mountain overlooking Johnson’s Creek, j The Clothesline Shows have [been held each fall for several years and are growing in inter¬ est each year. Last year, in .spite of overcast skies and some rain, over 400 people came to view the paintings and quilts. This year, not only will there be interested patrons, but the Show has become so important that reporters from the Atlan- ta papers and Life and Time magazine will be present. The quilts and pictures shown are displayed by being hung on a clothesline stretched from ‘ree to tree which gives the name ot the art exhibit. The [quilts \ are made by district the ladies arid of - New Salem some are for sale. The old quilts b 1 shown were made by wo- pen living on the mountain and a ract much attention for Ir unusual designs as well as icr their quilting. There will .be many paintings b: played this year besides base of Miss Mennen. Those of who have attended in pre- [’■ us years are repeatedly Miss im- pu-ssed by the beauty of nnen’s treatment in her P -ntings of the mountain flow- U ' ferns and even weeds. Many who attend will turn Noah off the higway to visit Dade’s State park and be ins- P ed by the wonders of its ' enic beauty. The scenic beau- 1“ of our State Park is second to none. Miss Mennen said last week hat as in the past, the show "'hi be held if the weather per- n - If the Mountain is “rain- e out” she said, the show is matically postponed until 1 following Sunday. Request to New Salem Ladies D "r Ladies of New Salem: Due to the fact that the Cl: hesline Show is being held late, I am unable to come to y 1 in person, to confer about ,r quilts for the show. Will : u Please help me out by P aging your quilts to Plum :: “ on Saturday October 14. • Th “re v. .ill be someone there to r -ve them and tempera”, to nrint Make u, 5 a Pinned to each quilt, con- U6 name rLo ' NNh of the °' maker “TS he of the owner, owner, and the p if it is for sale. Quilts that have been on the P: ™ Nelly Line in previous are most welcome as we - x Pect a larger audience this •r than ever before. % sincere thanks for your help. . Fannie Mennen. New Truck Gets Test pA 11 [jygjf ^ |i Lumber |>i« Lire) * No Loss Reported county Ranger Jerry Pace and his new 150 -gallon fire truck got their first workout last week unde r “battle condi- n ons ” A threatening blaze that broke out in a shavings pile at the Dyer Lumber Company sent Pace and his new truck to the scene where he controlled the fj re un tii the lumber yard’s hose could be rigged to comba* t he dangerous fire. A L. Dyer, Trenton Mayor and own er of the lumber yard, said the blaze apparently was started by sparks from the boiler , ca ted near the scrap pile, Dyer said all hands were called to move lumber to a safe dist- ance and that the fire was brought under contrlo in a few minutes, The fire, which broke out about 3 P. M. Saturday, caused no appreciable loss, he reported .1 lEEisnization Shots Offered Here Sat. As ‘Coirnh’ Continues The “whooping cough season” is now on. Dr. Guy Rice cf the state health department reports that 23 Georgia children five years old died of whooping cough last j year. One death was in Dade County. the fac „ , e “This, in spite of said, that chi ren can -____ munized aga in.st the disease, ; and that we now have available: new antibiotics for treatment ol the disease. * “True,” he said, “the death rate from whooping 1 has em reduced 83.5 per cent m the past 10 years. Warnings, he gave, as a slight cold, fever, dry cough and blood shot eyes. Whooping cough is ginfand catching before the “whcop be- so he p.eads that aH small babies be kept^away from S°coMs*T?ie ° f c °^ £ d disease can lead en to pneumo^, n * strain _ eV ImmunizationsshornId b<e give . not later than the fourth mont of life, he said. Shots will be given in Health Office, Court House, Trenton, Saturdays 8:00 A. M. to 12 n:on. So far . only 145 immumza- t Dade. tions have been given in Devoted to the Best Interests of Dade and XHE DADE COUNTY TIMES, TRENTON, GEORGIA. THURSDAY OCTOBER 12, 1950 VANDALS BURGLE DADE HIGH SCHOOL FOR LATE LUNCH Several young vandals stop¬ ped off at Dade High School Monday for a midnight snack. The fact that the lunchroom was closed made little dif¬ ference to the ycuths, however, and they proceeded to enter via a window which they pried open. Sheriff J. W. Lynch said no great loss was suffered by the school in the break-in, and that the only missing items were a couples cf bottled soft drinks and some cake. The sheriff said no defacing cf walls or other acts of des¬ truction were found in his in¬ vestigation. This is the first time the .school had been the victim of vandalism in over a year, the sheriff added. Russell Neal Drafted; Asst. County Agent Post Awaits New Man Russell Neal, Dade’s assistant county agent, left this week for duty with Uncle Sam. Russell, who came here only a little over three months ago, follow- j ing his graduation from the University of Georgia, was on his way Tuesday morning ac¬ cording to County Agent L. C. Adams. Adams said no appointment of a replacement has been an¬ nounced as yet, but that he ex¬ pected a man to be assigned here shortly. Naming of agents and assist¬ ant agents is handled through Washington, D. C., Adams said, so it might be some time before a replacement can he made her. P-TA MINSTREL AT DAVIS SCHOOL SATURDAY NIGHT The third presentation of the “Cotton County Fair”, a P-TA sponsored Negro mins¬ trel, will be held at Davis High School Saturday night, Oc¬ tober 14, it has been an¬ nounced. The North Dade P-TA, sponsors and originators of the show, have had great suc- cess in their previous two bowings at North Dade and Dade High School. 'Cats' 4-C Championship on Calhoun Game Tomorrow (Friday) night will tell the tale for the Dade High Wildcats. The most important and toughest, game of the year’s schedule will be played at 8:00 P. M. at Calhoun. The winner of this game will be the Class C, Region 4 Champion and will go into the s'ate prep, school playoff. The Wildcats, boasting a four straight win record and having ^ een scored on only once, wil be pitted against the equally successful Calhoun eleven. Last week Dade High downed Tallapoosa a Class B team, 19-7 after a tough and hard won battle. Calhoun Tough Calhoun, on the ether hand, week put a by feather beating in Southwest lts ca P ^ De : Kalb, a Class A team. All in all, Dade and Calhoun will provide the tops in enter- tainment for North Georgia football fans tomorrow when the youthful team from DHS faces the more experienced, and larger Calhoun squad. All week, coach Woodall and DHS principal Billue have been 1 drilling the squad on as much offensive strategy as defense against the well-scouted Cal- houn boys, > Cats B eat Tigers Last week, the Wildcats deli- vered a 19-7 victory over Ring- gold after what most 0 f the Dade fans decided was a definite „ bad breaks „ game outstanding play of last week .,, show was a demonstra- tion of quick thinking and even quicke r running by right tackle C. M. Smith. After the Ringgold Tigers had lugged the ball to within scoring distance of the Wildcats goal, smith, taking advantage 0 f a nearly fumbled hand off. broke through the line, and with one swift motion, took the ball Elnggalds hands touchdown. Ttje Tigers never got near him as he traveled the g ntire distance in one lighten- ing fast and straight line. The second score for Dade came shortly after Ringgold had completed a* powerful drive to rack up seven points to take a 7-6 lead. Rabbitt Williams deli¬ vered the ball into the hands of ja-k Murray on a long pass and ----- the extra point put DHS back in the game, 13-7. Near the end of the show, the old dependable Bobby Fuggatt took the ball on a fourth down attempt and ran 25 yards for the final score of 19-7. Three Runs —No Score Three times during the even¬ ing some 50 Dade Countians called the referee rciercc over uve wnat tney called ’bUndness blindness. ear the opening of the game f H u ^ goal1 att , ™ for ade no a score 4 °-y ard because tri P of to backfleld P°tton back from called would RabbUt * Williams a score - As tlme ran out in the last Quarter, Fuggatt took off around the left end and twisted and t urned his way across the cor- ner °* the £° al near the left boundary marker . Referees ruled him out of bounds on about the one yard line and al¬ lowed time for one more play. That play was ruled down on about the one inch line and the game ended with the Wildcat line with their toes on the chalk line. Gross Changes Name Of Dyer Merc. Co. H. E. Gross, who bought out the Dyer Mercantile Company August 23, announced this week that he will change the name or f th h '“'.ITco Va? “en painttog Gr 0SS the building for the past week and said the sign painter would put up the new name as soon a.s the outside of the structure was fin¬ ished . Gross said the old Dyer Ser¬ vice Station, which he took over along with the Mercantile Co., will also get Its name changed. It will be listed as the Gross Service Station, he said. Fawn Incorporation Planned Civic Leaders Rising Fawn, after being a c ommunity for the past 46 years, may become an incorporated city once again. Plans announced here today call for the immediate drafting of a charter to be pre¬ sented to the state general assembly early In January for the or¬ ganization and chartering of the city of Rising Fawn, Georgia. Miss Bess Cureton, one of the strongest community leaders in Rising Fawn, told * the TIMES this week that with the backing of the local Improvement Club and other civic leaders, they hoped to have the necessary le¬ gal red tape cleared up in time for Representative Maddox J. Hale to present the prosposed charter and other data to the state group at the opening of the assembly In January. Bess Cureton Leads Miss Cureton said the alms of re-incorporation would be to: (1) Keep down Juvenile delin¬ quency; (2) Better the town; (3l Improve civic attitude; (4) Institute police protection. She explained that after the acceptance of the charter by state officials, Rising Fawn would hold an election of Mayor, City Councilmen, and other ne¬ cessary city government of¬ ficers. They would also appoint a city marshall for the stricter en¬ forcement of local laws and or¬ dinances, she said. Large Area Sought Proposed city limits, she said, would take in areas to include Allison Creek on the North, the old Mark Hale place on the South, Furnace Hill on the East, and Fox Mountain on the West. The population of the pro¬ posed city will depend on the area incorporated, but estimates place the probable- count at about 300. Rising Fawn, Georgia, once a thriving, prosperous mining town and the home of several large iron and mining enter¬ prises, will become the second city in Dade County if the in¬ corporation is given the OK by state officials. Water Since 1880 Dating back to its once more prosperous days, Rising Fawn is well equipped for incorporation. It has had a water system since 1880 and street lights have been promised by the Georgia Power Company for installation some time this month. The Community has for some time had several paved streets, and at one time, had brick side¬ walks. Who? — For Mayor Already speculation is being voiced on the possible choice of a mayor for the proposed city. Miss Cureton said she, “wouldn’t be surprised”, if a woman was elected to run the city for a while. Maddox J. Hale said plans for the drawing up of a charter Rising Fawn First in Fair and Parade; Final Tab Not Ready The final count of the finan¬ cial outcome of the Dade Coun¬ ty Fair has not been completed this week, according to commit¬ tee members working on the project. Cleron Kyzer and Tom Ren- froe said the workers are still mailing out checks and paying bills, but both expressed the hope that some funds would be left over for next year’s fair. Final count on winners this week shows the following awards in the float show and commu¬ nity exhibits. Floats: first prize, Rising Fawn School; second prize, Dade High School; third prize, Davis High School. Community exhibits: frist prize, Rising Fawn; second prize, Cloverdale; third prize, Byrd’s Chapel. Honorable mention went to New Home, Slygo, and Mor- ganville. This was the first year for entries from New Home and Slygo. Last week, the TIMES listed more than 150 prize winners in over 12 major classes held at the two-day fair. Last week, the TIMES omitted the name of the Dade County Co-op in the list of exhibitors showing in the tent at the fair location. The list was that of business houses displaying and the Co-op was not considered a business as such, but neverthe¬ less did have a most attractive display. would have to begin right away if it were to be offered before the General Assembly early in the January session. Hale said he saw no reason that the proposition should b* delayed and that once presented to the state, should be OK’ed in three or four days. Many “For” Among those backing the movement toward chartering Rising Fawn are Mr. and Mrs. Wiley Dean, Mr. and Mrs. Milton Weloon, Mr. and Mrs. Glen Hat¬ field, Mr. and Mrs. Dewy Brad¬ ford, Mr. and Mrs. J. Z. Bobo, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Fricks, Mr. and Mrs. Lunsford Fricks, Mr. and Mrs. Cambel Thomas, Mr. and Mrs. Herschel Dean, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Kenimer, and many others. A-Bomb Making Uranium Found on Middleton Land Uranium—-that powerful stuff that Atomic Bombs are made of—has been found in Dade County. Dr. T. S. Middleton, a veter¬ an of more than 60 years of medical practice and a life long citi¬ zen of Dade, told the TIMES this week that a “definite find” has been made on his property located at the foot o7 Sand Mountain. Dr. Middleton said the ore discovered recently by G. P. Rutledge, a uranium surveyor from Oak Ridge, Tenn. Rut- ledge, although not officially connected with the Oak Ridge branch of the U S. Atomic Com- mission, is employed by the Union Carbide and Carbon Corp. a company which does some work for the government. Dr. Middleton raid that Rut- ledge reported a fairly rich de- posit of the precious war metal located in Chattanooga Black Shale, an ore bearing substance, throughout the doctor’s some 700 acres of wooded land near Sand Mountain. To be of interest to the gov¬ ernment, the doctor said, the ore must contain at least a 14 per cent level of mineable ore. Dr. Middleton said the pros- pector has found the ore to be ’ * above the 14 per cent required j n severa i places, but that fur- ther surveys will be needed to determine if there is enough of the rare metal to make mining worth while. The y s Atomic Energy Com- mission, contacted in Oak Ridge, told the TIMES today that in the event of a real “strike” on the doctor’s property, the gov- ernment would guarantee a good price for the ore and would pay a $10,000 bonus for delivery of certain amounts of the A-Bomb material. Dr. Middleton, awaiting fur¬ ther surveys of his “high pow¬ ered” property, said the land has never been mined before and is now being used for some pasture and a little farming, Most of it is in woods, he added. Published 1901 NUMBER 40. RISING FAWN CLUB WINS THIRD PRIZE IN 4-H CONTEST The Rising Fawn 4-H Club took third prize in the Georgia 4-H Club Congress convention in Atlanta Wednesday night. Carl Steele, president of the club, received a check for $100 from. Atlanta Newspaper, Inc., publishers of the Atlanta Jour¬ nal and Constitution, sponsors of the awards. Rising Fawn was one of only 19 clubs out of 2,300 in the state to receive a cash award. Those attending the awards in Atlanta last night were, Carl Steele, local president, Sue Me Mahan, vice-president, L. C. Adams, Dade County Agent, Miss Atha Vestel, HD Agent, and Mrs. Luther Allison, club ad¬ visor . The 4-H’ers scrapbook, which took the prize, consisted of 24 pages, each more than a foot and a half square, and con¬ tained written reports, pictures, and numerous crippings from the Dade County TIMES. Activities stressed in the re¬ port were, club projects, for- restry, home improvement, live¬ stock, clothing, home grounds beautification, poultry, dress re¬ vue, and many others. Of major importance were school and church activities that were promoted by the club. Dade county’s 4-H group was competing aginst more than 20 counties in this district. (There are six 4-H districts in the state.) Burning Paper Sets Garbage Truck Blaze; Customer Saves Day If Trenton citizens want to keep their weekly garbage col¬ lection service, they are going to have to be a little more careful. T. R. Ryall, who collects trash every Friday said today he al¬ most lost his truck last week when his cargo of scraps began blazing in the back of the truck. Ryall said he noticed a heavy cloud of smoke pouring from the truck and discovered the entire load of trash afire. Ryall said he and Mrs. Hugh Clark, of Trenton, got the flames under control after Mrs. Clark formed a one-woman bucket, brigade and he manned the top of the truck and poured the water on the flames. He said the blaze was appar¬ ently caused by someon burning paper in their garbage can and failing to put the fire out later. He is now requesting all cus¬ tomers to bundle their waste papers and put them beside the garbage cans for collcetion. Baseball Season Over As Trenton Looses; Geddie Out As Mgr. Trenton’s baseball season closed last week with the defeat of the local nine by Standard Cossa Thacher, 7-3. Jim Geddie, manager, said the game with SCT was the second in the final playoff in the Chat¬ tanooga District Series. Geddie added that Trenton’s defeat came as a result of poor field¬ ing despite the outstanding pitching cf Lesslie Wilson. Geddie said he definitely would not return as manager of the Trenton ball club next year even if he were offered as a pos¬ sible choice. Geddie coached the local team to a series of wins that took them all the way into the play off this season, but due to “bad breaks” the boys lost out after their first tournament victory.
