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About The Dade County times. (Trenton, Ga.) 1908-1965 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 19, 1950)
,)jde County’s Only Newspaper. VOLUME l Clothesline Art Show Attracts 2,300 To Dade .lore than 2,300 persons flocked to Dade County last Sunday e the fourth annual “Plum Nelly” Clothesline Art Show. For , s i n each direction from the famous art colony, which Miss ;1 y Mennen inhabits during the summer and on weekends, to along the dusty road leading to --------—- first Cotton Ginned j Dade Farmers e Poor Year Dade County’s first two bales , cotton came in last week as pmdictions of a “40 to 50 per rut crop”, dimmed prospects a profitable year for local cotton planters. Homer Conner, of Piney Grove Community, presented the first b'le of inch variety cotton and r od Wheeler, of Wildwood, came in with the second bale. B_th were ginned and baled , McBryar Brother’s gin at Trenton. Heavy rains, lack of* spraying, o:id boll weevils were blamed Hr the late showing of cotton i Dade County this year and County Agent L. C. Adams said he forsaw only a 50 per cent crop for local farmers. Louise Wright, county PMA onicer, said she has heard of several farmers in the county plowing under their cotton r: her than try to harvest the pocr crops. •One farmer,” she said, “re¬ ported only one bale on his 14 a res of cotton this year.” The PMA office reported 224 Dade County farmers planted cotton this year. H. D. Clubs Prepare For Dade UN Day ilia 40 Banners More than 40 United Nations ‘lags will fly over Dade County Tuesday, during observance of UN day throughout the world. Miss Atha Vestel, Dade HD A nt, said today that Trenton aione wall account for 20 of the hugh blue and white banners, and the remainder of the 15 IID clubs would make up the other flags. Schools, Churches, and busi¬ ness houses will display the co- 1( rs in' observance of the found¬ ing of the United Nations as- mbly several years ago. The flags, which take several hours to make, are being of¬ fered at a cost of only $2 each, Miss Vestel added. The purpose of this special United Nations Day, is to help a quaint the people of the country with the purposes of the UN organization and to ac¬ quaint all people with the flag of the organization. During this special day the UN flag will fly along with the flag of the United States in all parts cf the country. x-Ordinary Carroll Appeals Ruling liven Here Tuesday t hearing on the demurrers the case of Dade County vs. M. Carroll, former county Or- ary, resulted in the overrul¬ es of defendant’s demurrers Tuesday, and his attorney, Frank Gleason, stated that an appeal would be filed with the Court of Appeals in Atlanta. Judge J. H. Paschall overruled : e demurrers, which alleged here was no cause for action, !ri a short hearing at the Dade County Courthouse Tuesday morning. Judge Paschall also ruled that ( arroll is not protected by the ■ atute of limitations on early P riods of his 12-year term of office. Paschall said the 4 year limi- 'a:ions statute did not begin Uf Uil Carroll left office, and -trefere, his entire term would L considered in the action. al® tantn ttnes ,the show. who signed the registration books at the show was a definite upward trend for the annual affair, which drew only 500 vi¬ sitors last year. The flood of automobiles jamming the narrow roads near the mountain scene of the fa- mous art show brought out Sheriff Lynch, three State Troopers, and several special deputies to handle traffic from before 1 P. M. until after 6. Among the works of Miss Mennen, Virginia Dudley, Ray Carlson, and Don Brewer, were many outstanding scenes of Lookout Mountain and Dade County. Probably the outstanding ex- hibits of the show was the manner in which the paintings were displayed. Strung from l ree to tree, clothesline fashion, they swayed gently in the breeze that cooled the hot, dry day, and changed position often at the hands of a Life Magazine photographer who was seeking a good location for his shots. Most attracting paintings were Virginia Dudley’s litho¬ graphs of city scenes and wide variety of water color land¬ scapes . Miss Mennen’s flowers and scenes of Dade landscapes drew favorable comment from many Dade Countians who are fami¬ liar with her work and subjects. “Reflections” and) “Three Moonshiners,” by Ray Carlson, a furniture designer and artist, potrayed very striking use of color and depiction of local scenes. There was an increase in the number of quilts displayed and various layouts of pottery and driftwood drew much attention. Mrs. Art Moore dished out gallons of her famous apple cider and chunks of ginger¬ bread to thirsty critics who saw, and bought, a great deal of outstanding art. Driver License Suspensions For Traffic Violators Georgia’s “Get Tough” Safety Program tcok on added impetus when Col. George W. Wilson, Director of Public Safety, an- anounced to the Governor’s Co¬ ordinating Committee on High¬ way Safety that, “beginning im¬ mediately, driver licenses will be punched by State Troopers when warning tickets are issued to traffic law violators for ex¬ cessive speeding, improper pass¬ ing, defective lights, and other violations.” Col. Wilson also pointed out that there are many repeaters who are continuously violating traffic laws, and that “from now on we are going to see to it that such violations become a part of the permanent record of those persons who repeatedly disregard our traffic laws. After the third warning notice, “Col. Wilson continued, “the driver license cf the violator will be suspended.” Zach Cravey, Chairman of the Governor’s Coordinating Com- mitee on Highway Safety, At¬ torney General Eugene Cook, Secretary ©f State Ben Fortson, and Public Service Commis¬ sioner Matt McWhorter, also members of the committee, heartily endorsed the action of ________ Safety in Director of Public 'this new program to bear down on traffic lawn violators. Mr. Cravey called attention to the fact that during the months of October, November and De¬ cember, our traffic accident rate always increases and that 1 importantt that every P action be taken now to hold our losses during e . „ months, to a mm m Devoted to the Best Interests of Dade County and Georgia. THE DADE COUNTY TIMES, TRENTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY OCTOBER 19, 1950 KIDS GET DAY OFF IS DADE TEACHERS ATTEND GEA MEET Dade County’s school students got a chance to catch up on their fishing and sleeping today while their teachers visited Rome to catch up on the latest thing in education. All county schools turned out for a general holiday for the se¬ venth district Georgia Educa¬ tion Association meeting today and school superintendent Roy W. Moore said all teachers were urged to attend the session. The meeting will highlight discussion on the Georgia Mini¬ mum Foundation program, Moore said, and ways and means to push the plan into action. Schools wil start again Fri¬ day, with students and teachers going back to the old grind un¬ til Saturday. 9HS IMPROVEMENTS LIST CITY WATER Dade High School celebrated an unofficial “Improvement Week” last week with the re¬ pairing cf the gymnasium roof, ceiling of the lunchroom, con¬ necting with the Trenton water system, and painting of one of the classrooms. Principal J. C. Blllue said se¬ veral leaks in the gym roof have been patched, and that one side was completely recovered. The tie-in with city water will eliminate the old well that has been used by the school since it was built. The classroom that has been painted, was that of Mrs. E. M. Parker’s 8th grade. 'Cats Loss To Calhoon Leaves Slim 4-C Chance The Dade High Wildcats took a serious setback last Friday night by losing to Calhoun, in what may have been the deciding game in the Class C, Region 4 football championship. Dade dropped the game by only one point after a thrilling first quarter offensive that put the Wildcats out front 12-0, only to have Cal¬ houn come back to win 13-12. Although Calhoun was the major contender for the region- al title, DHS still has a chance to fight its way to the playoff if Calhoun should lose out to one of its other regional op¬ ponents. Dade opened the game last week a six point underdog among highschool forecasters, only to put their first score over in about the first two minutes of play. A 40-yard run by Bobby Fug- gatt, then a 34-yard drive by Ronald Steele, left only a short distance for Marvin Bradford to plunge over for a touchdown. After that, Fuggatt came back with a 30-yard drive that set up a 22-yard pass from Ed McClendon to Jack Murphy, to put the ball on Calhoun’s six yard line. Fuggatt made an easy six and set the score up to 12-0 for Dade. The point was no good, and that was the end for the ‘Cats.’ From then on, it was no go for the local eleven and Cal¬ houn seemed to stop every play. Dade lost on numerous trys and was forced to kick out of ter¬ rific yardage losses during the next three quarters. Dade continued to play good, wide awake football, however, and recovered several fumbles made by the Calhoun squad. C. M. Smith, on cne play, set the Calhoun Yellowjackets back almost 10 yards on a backfield mixup. On a desperate stand on our own 30, Bobby Fuggatt, who was injured, but stayed in the game, picked up a first down, but Dade could not keep on the move. Near the end of the game, Fuggatt took a 40-yard run to the Calhoun five, but several pass attempts and quarterback sneaks failed to put the score over. Vital statistics show that DHS and Calhound both made Improvement Contests Close; Rising Fawn, Trenton, New Salem In Improvement clubs from Trenton and Rising Fawn end¬ ed their w’eeks of rivalry and hard work Monday with the completion of scrapbooks and reports for entry into the Geor¬ gia Power Company sponsored “Better Hometowns Contest.’ Trenton’s book, containing 20 written reports and 35 pictures, was put together by Mrs. M. J. Hale, Mrs. E. A. Ellis, and Mrs. Catherine C. Morrison, publish¬ er of the TIMES. Rising Fawn’s book, featuring a collection of more than 50 pic¬ tures, 12 written reports and three maps, was collected by Mrs. R. C. Thomas, Mrs. Henry Kenimer. Mrs. Milton Wilson, Miss Bess Cureton, and G. H. Hatfield, chairman of the Ris¬ ing Fawn Improvement Club. Together, the books used more than 130 newspaper and magazine clippings, mostly from the TIMES. The books were prepared in duplicate, with one going to the Georgia Power Co. contest and the other to the Chattanooga Area Community Improvement Contest. New Salem Community will vie with Trenton and Risingh Fawn for honors in the Chat¬ tanooga area award. Over the week end, workers stayed up until 2 A. M. in both communities working on last minute details for a chance at the $1,000 first prize being of¬ fered. Reports cover progress made during the period of October 15, 1949 and October 1, 1950. n j ne first downs and the ’Cats up a total of 277 yards to Calhouns 332 yards. Saturday afternoon, it will be Wildcats vs. Ider, Ala., in a non¬ conference game to be played at Sylvania at 7:30 P. M. (Alaba¬ ma time.) Dade Woodlands Produce 85 Cords Of Pulp In 1949 For the second consecutive year Georgia led the south in pulpwood production during 1949 with an all-time high of 1,790,486 standard cords. This production accounted for ten percent of the total nation’s supply. Dade County’s total produc¬ tion of 85 standard cord was made up of 68 cords of pine, and 17 cords of hardwood. Camden County was the lead¬ ing county in the South in pro¬ duction with a total of 82,195 cords and led the next largest county in Georgia by more than 13,000 cords. In Camden, pine accounted for 73,351 cords and hardwoods amounted to 8,844 cords. Two other Georgia counites produced more than 50,000 cords. Bryan County cut 59,016 cords and Effingham 50,379 cords. One third of Georgia’s total production was cut from eleven counties. The south produced nearly 56 percent of all pulpwood cut in the nation in 1949 with a total of 9,923,100 cords. Southern production declined 12.6 percent below 1948, but in Georgia there was an increase over 1948 pro¬ duction of 20,000 cords or 1.1 percent. Georgia was the only state, aside from Oklahoma, where production increased. DHS Gets Band, Singing; Over 90 Students Dade High School’s dream of a band and group singing club is in the act of coming true this week with the planned organiza¬ tion of the two groups soon. Principal J. C. Billue said today that far over 90 students have voiced interest in the idea. An instructor, G. C. Hamrick, of Chattanooga, has agreed to 35 Mill County Tax Set To Meet Expenses For 1950 Operation Dade County’s 1950 tax levy will call on citizens to shell out $3.50 per $100 worth of property this year to pay for services ren¬ dered by the county. In the release of the tax levy this week, the county listed the total wealth of the county, that amount which tax is based on, as $1,892,532.00. This figure is used to compute the General County Taxes. Total expenses of the county for the year are listed as $51,855.37 and the total of the 35-mill tax will put some 67 thousand dolars in the trea¬ sury. The tax levy, which will be found in full elsewhere in to¬ day’s TIMES, lists all county ex¬ penses and methods of taxation for the year. Dade Bond Drive Nets $619 Here Toward $15,000 Goal Miss Bess Cureton, County Chairman for Dade County an¬ nounced that salse of Savings Bonds for the month of Septem¬ ber were $619, making a total for the year of $863. She has been advised by the government that the Fall Cam¬ paign for the sale of Savings Bonds is a two-point program: 1. For industrial areas a Payroll Savings Drive in every plant and industry. 2. For farm areas a farm and rural business campaign to sell an average of one Bond for every farm family. Every American should ask himself what he can do to help keep his country strong and free. One of the important answers: BUY U. S. SAVINGS BONDS. Dade County’s goal for 1950 Bond sales is $15,000. “Please buy your bonds in Dade County,” Miss Cureton said, “as the Chattanooga banks do not give Dade County credit for bonds bought in Chattanooga.” Seven Dade Men Out Of 43 Seven more Dade Countians left for duty with Uncle Sam’s Army this week, bringing the total of draftees from the county to nine so far. Ernest Stewart, local Selective Service Board Chairman, said today the seven called this week were screened from a total of 43 who were called for pre-induction physicals. Those listed as having been Inducted are: Fred Williams, McMinville, Tenn.; Hansard Hoover Gray, Star Route, Trenton; Howard Austin McKaig, Rt. 3, Rising Fawn; Billy Joe Bradford, Rt. 1, Wildwood; Raymond Miller Castleberry, Rt 1, Rising Fawn; James William Lawrence Mor¬ gan, Rt. 1, Rising Fawn; Willis Orville Christopher, Trenton. Commenting on the call of local men so far, Stewart said he has had no trouble with any draftees failing to show up, and that local boys answered their “greetings” by reporting as or- dered. Dade’s first inductees since the outbreak of war in Korea were Horace Ray Fischer, of Byrd’s Chapel and Dallas Spen- cer York, of New England. Fis- cher and York left for training last month. Published 1901 take cn the job of training the talent, Blllue said, at a cost of $1 per student, per week. John Nelson, will act as as¬ to Hamrick, in the di¬ rection of the proposed band singing classes. Training and music lessons be divided into two one hour sessions per week. Sing¬ ing lessons would meet the number of hours, but the cost will be only 50c per week, it was announced. Billue said arrangements can be made to rent Instruments at $6 per month, with the rental going toward their purchase if the pupils desire. Beginning of lessons won’t mean that DHS will have a marching band any time soon, Billue added, but said he thought they would be playing by the end of this school year. Mrs. E. M. Parker, eighth grade teacher at DHS, was named by Billue as the spark plug behind the band planning and was given credit for a “fine job” of leading the right for or¬ ganization. Mrs. Parker first presented the idea of a school band at the first yearly meeting of the DHS Parents-Teachers Association September 11, and It has since gained wide support through¬ out the county. Improvement Winner To Be Announced Tues. at Lions Meeting The Dade County winner in the Chattanooga area Com¬ munity Improvement Contest will be announced at the meet¬ ing of the Dade County Lions Club, Tuesday, October 24, ac¬ cording to L. C. Adams. The three entrants, Trenton, Rising Fawn, and New Salem, will be called upon to send two representatives fo the meeting for the announcement, Adams said. Judges in the contest were scheduled to visit the three communities today to make their final decision on the county winner. Adams said a representative of the Rising Fawn 4-H Club, which won third prize in the state 4-H contest last week, would also be invited. Fumigation Studied At New Home H. D. Club Meeting The H. D. Club met in New Home Community Monday, Oc¬ tober 16, at the home of Mrs. E. E. Ferguson. Meeting was called to order by President Mrs. Charley Bal¬ lard. Minutes were read and roll was called by Mrs. R. T. p at t on It was a nice meeting with twelve members being pre- sent Miss Vestel gave a report on the Council Meeting, and a de- monstration on Fum igating seeds for weevils. It was an Interesting demonstration. NUMBER 41 Incorporation Talks For Rising Fawn Set For November 3 Further plans for incorpora¬ tion of Rising Fawn will have to wait awhile, Miss Bess Cure- ton said today, until the Rising Fawn Improvement Club clears its decks of recent scrapbook activities. Rising Fawn, along with Tren¬ ton and New Salem, has been engaged in preparation of their scrapbooks and reports for two community improvement con¬ tests during the last week, and is now in the midst of catching its breath before undertaking any new projects. Miss Cureton said the next meeting of the Rising Fawn group would be held Friday, No¬ vember 3, and that further plans would be made at that time. All ciitzens of Rising Fawn are invited to the meeting it was stated, and views on the proposed incorporation will be heard at that time. Clark & Herman Host To H. D. Council At Recent Meeting The Dade County Home Dem¬ onstration Council held its re¬ gular meeting last Saturday, October 14th. During the meeting they saw the demonstration of making upholstered furniture at Clark & Herman Manufacturing in Trenton. Mr. John Beasley started with just the frame work of a chair. They saw him as he made every operation to the completion of a finished chair.They were priv¬ ileged to ask questions and he very graciously answered them, as all twenty-one ladies present were interested in every oper¬ ation. The Club thanked Mr. Her¬ man and Mr. Beasley for the demonstration. Several ladies said it was the best meeting v/e have had this year. A short business session was held, at which time we discussed the making of next year’s hand book. The next meeting will be held in December. Progress Parade c ontinues March ™ r r? h C S Atlanta ( GPS) —Georgia’s Parade of Progress marenes on. Evidence of this is seen in re¬ ports received regularly by the Georgia Department of Com¬ merce from al over the state. They come from communities both large and small. These reports tell of activity that is improving the economy of their section. They tell of the establishment of new indus¬ tries or the expansion of exist¬ ing plants. A study of the re¬ ports shows that this activity is well scattered throughout the state. “The Georgia picture conti¬ nues to be bright,” Commerce Secretary Clark Gaines said. “And the encouraging aspect of the picture is the fact that many smaller communities lo¬ cated in the rural areas are get¬ ting their share of this indus¬ trial expansion. A new plant or expansion of an existing one means more jobs, larger pay¬ rolls and a general betterment for the community. That, we are glad to report, is what is happening in both our rural and urban areas today.”
