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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
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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.”
