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About The Dade County times. (Trenton, Ga.) 1908-1965 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 2, 1950)
aie tanti tines County’s Only Newspaper. JUDGES SURVEY MOUNTAIN OF BOOKS pictured above are the Rome division judges in the Georgia Power Company’s Champion Home Town Contest with this year’s entries. Left to right they are Dean Covington, Mrs. HarLld F. Hunter, Harry ML Oldham, vice president and manager of the company’s Rome division and Clarence N. Walker. Mr. Oldham is not one of the judges. i Tacky Party Nov. 11 At New Salem The New Salem Home Demon¬ stration Club held its’ meeting at the home of Mrs. W. T. Me Cauley with eight members and one visitor present. Miss Vestel gave a very inter¬ esting demonstration of fumi¬ gation which we can all use now with so many dried apples, peas and beans. Mrs. McCauley showed us some pulpherated ap¬ ples which we all play to try. Plans were made for a Tacky Party to be held November 11 at the New Salem School. We will have plenty of hot dogs, ham¬ burgers and drinks. Proceeds will be used by the HD Club for communiy improvemen. Refreshmens were enjoyed by all. __ The next meeting will be held at he hmoe of Mrs. C. L. Moore. Nov. Schedules Set For Dade County HD and 4-H Clubs Part of the November schedule for county Home Demonstration and 4-H clubs was given this week by Miss Atha Vestel, Dade HD Agent. Miss Vestel urged all members of clubs affected to be present at the folowing meetings; HD Club Schedule Trenton— Tuesday November 7, 7:30 p. m. Hostess, Mrs. A. L. Dyer (North Trenton club will meet with Trenton.) Piney—'Wednesday November 8. 1 30 p. m. Hcstess, Mrs. John Wilken?. Wildwood—'Thursday Novem¬ ber 9, 1:30 p. m. Hostess, Mrs. C. C Neely. 4-H Club Schedule 4-H Council meeting Novem¬ ber ll, io A. M. at Courthouse. Davis—November 8, 9:45 A. M. (judging of cooking and dress making will be held at this meeting.) New Salem—November 13, 10 A. M. Trenton Junior—November 13 2:25 P. M. North Dade—November 14, 9 A. M. Rising Fawn — November 14, 10:50 A. M. PINEY GROVE SHOP GETS TOOLS, TRUCK TO HELP SERVICE The Piney Grove Woodwork sbap branched out last week w 'th a new ton and a half truck and several new ma¬ chines. Amos Taylor, who °*vns the shop on Gulch Road, near Trenton, said the new ,ru ek. bought from Williams 'lotor Co., will make larger deliveries possible and speed U P his service. Several new woodworking m achlnes and new attach¬ ments have also been added. Taylor said he has increased is stock and is now equipped to fill all cabinet and wood¬ work orders. Windows and Roads Suffer Damage Here In Hallowe’en Pranks Dade County had one of the quietest Hallowe’ens on record, according to Trenton Marshall J. H. Baty. Baty said Wednes¬ day morning that soaping, noise-making, and a little spook ing was about all that was done arcund the Trenton area and other parts of the county seem¬ ed quiet. Wheeler Hard Hit Terrill Wheeler's Restaurant was the hardest hit in the coun¬ ty when a group, estimated to number around 25 or 30, splat¬ tered the front of his store with motor oil. He received the usual soap treatment, as did almost every store in Trenton, and also dis¬ covered his outhouse located at the front door Wednesday morning. Baty said the two new court¬ house benches that were moved during the night were ap¬ parently relocated about 3 A. M., while he and Luther Mit¬ chell were taking time out for ccffee. Lynch “Bombed’’ Sheriff Bill Lynch, while on patrol in Rising Fawn, ,had his car pelted with tin cans, but no damage was done. Other Rising Fawn activity was held to a minimum, with just the usual soaping of win¬ dows. Road Blocked Baty said he investigated a road block on Sand Moun ain and found that someone had chopped several trees and put them across the road. While trying to clear the way, he said, several boys felled another tree, blocking him in. One young boy was captured, Baty said, and he told the names of the others. Blocking the road is a state ofense, Baty added, and the boys will be held for them to deal with. All in all, Baty said, this year was about the mildest Hal¬ lowe’en Dade has had. Rising Fawn W.S.C.S. Fetes Trenton Group At Recent Meeting The W. S. C. S. of Rising Fawn Methodist Church met with Mrs. W. N. Pierson Thurs¬ day night, October 19 at 8:00 r. M. The W. S. C. S. —of the Trenton Methodist Church— I was our guest. The meeting was called to or- ! d er by the president Mrs. J. L. Fricks and opened with a ra y er - The devotion was led by Mrs. Fannin, Spiritual Life Chairman. Subject “That Heal- ; ing Gin He Lends”, assisted by Mrs - M. R. Wilson who gave a story, “The Good Life.” Mrs. Homer Hall, program chairman, was in charge of the following program: Talk “A Birds-eye view of the Distribu¬ tion of Methodist Medical Mis¬ sions,” and “Types of Medical Work Done,” by Mrs. R. P. Fricks. Mrs. Herschel Dean gave some of the problems of our medical work. Mrs. W. N. Pierson explained the import¬ ance of understanding and sup- p 0r -j n g The World Health Or- ganization of the United Na- | j_j on5 The Trenton Ladies brought a lovely cake with eleven can¬ dles. These candles represented the ten years cf progress since ; QUS soc ^ e ^y h as been called W. j 's. C. S. (Women’s Society of Christian Service.) The eleven candles represented one to grow Qn we cou i,j on iy light seven of these since our society had me t all the requirements, The business meeting follow¬ ed, after which refreshments were served by the hostess as- sisted by Co-hostess, Mrs. Ho- mer Hall. A nice slice of the cake was also served which was delicious. Thursday night, November 2, the “Week of Prayer” program will be observed as usual with a “covered dish ’supper served in the basement of the church at 7:00 followed by a program in the auditorium. Rising Fawn School ‘Harvest Festival’ Set November 17 Rising Fawn’s selection of a king and queen has been set for their big “Harvest Festi¬ val” to be held at the school November 17. Plans for a program of events to include cakewalks, country store, movies, fish pond, eats and drinks, and many other entertaining events, were made this week as Principal Mickler named leaders to bojin preparations for the yearly fund raising event. Plans call for the affair to be held at 7 P. M. Names of class candidates for king and queen of the school will be announced next week. Rising Fawn S. S. Class To Enjoy Opossum Hunt The Young Adults’ Sunday School Class of the Rising Fawn Methodist Church held their monthly pot-luck supper October 12 in the church base¬ ment. A lively crowd enjoyed the food and business session, which was presided over by the president, Bill Austin. An entertainment committee was elected and is composed of Mrs. Sonny McMahan, Mrs. Jeril Cooper, Jr., and Mrs. C. B. Simmons. A hayride opossum hunt, and wiener roast scheduled for November 15 at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Bill Austin in Deer Head Cave. Members present were urged to round up as many dogs as pos- sible for the hunt and also to make an effort to increase membership before that date Ga. Power Contest Draws 230 Entries In Improvement Show A total of 230 Georgia com- munities have submitted reports of progress in the 1950 Cham- pion Home Town Contest it was announced by Charles A. Col- her, vice president of the Geor¬ gia Power Company. Last year there were 211 towns .su rm ing reports. Rising In Dade Fawn County, are competing Trenton an tor tep honors in the year j con - est - the , . now Judging of reports is underway in the six geographi- cal divisions of the company. At the completion of this prelim¬ inary study, the best entries from each division will be sen* ------- to a pane , o , si . . . in At . lanta who will choose the thp win win- ners A total of $7,950 in prize monev is offered to the com- munities whose records of civic improvement are adjudged m Announcement" utstandin^ of winners in the contest will be made in No- vember. Devoted to the Best Interests o I Dade County and Georgia. THE DADE COUNTY TIMES, TRENTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY NOVEMBER 2, 1950 Three Dade Youths Register At U. of G. For Fall Session Three Dade Countians have been signed up at the Univer¬ sity of Georgia at Athens for the Fall Quarter, it has been announced. Those on the colleges list are Bettit Bollinger, of Look¬ out Mountain; Carol F. Keni- nier, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. B B. Kenimer, ofi Rising Fawn; and Merrill Stewart, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Er¬ nest Stewart, of Trenton. Pryor and Baty ' Buy Gas Stations; Gifford Moves Three Trenton service sta¬ tions were in the process of moving or changing hands this week. Buck Gifford is now in his new location North of the city square and is waiting for his new signs to be installed. Charles Pryor Is still working on his station South of the square at the junction of high¬ way 143, and has finished paint¬ ing the inside. The station, formerly Wheeler's service sta¬ tion, changed hands last week when Pryor, who lives in Piney, moved in. (See Pryor Service Station ad¬ vertisement elsewhere in to¬ day’s TIMES.) Pryor, only 21, is entering his first venture as an owner, but has had experience in stations before. He said this week that the entire outside of the build¬ ing will be painted soon and that he will continue his 24 hour wrecker service. The sta¬ tion will do general repairs along with its regular services and a new welding outfit was added this week. Meanwhile, iht old Gifford’s station has been taken over by Riley Baty, son of Trenton Marshall J. H. Baty. Baty, who has lived here for the past five years, opened last Saturday after leaving his re¬ pair business in Trenton. Slygo Valley HD Club Plans Election Soon The Slygo Valley H. D. Club met at the home of Miss Edna Waddell for their September meeting. The month’s meeting was held at the home of Mrs. W. P. Cole, Thursday October 19. The meeting was conducted by the President, Mrs. Frank K. Patterson. We were remindde that next month will be time for new election of officers. Fourteen were present. Miss Vestel gave a very help¬ ful demonstration on saving seeds, storing, and fumigating for weevils. The next meeting will be held at the home of Dorthy and Martha Elizabeth Dugan. Mrs. Leighton Street, reporter Pvt. W. C. Cureton Completes Air Force Training Course III, Pvt. William C. Cureton 20, son of W. C. Cureton Jr., Rt. 1, Rising Fawn, has completed his AF basic airmen indoctrina¬ tion course at Lackland Air Force Base, the “Gateway to the Air Force.” His basic training has pre¬ pared him for entrance into Air Force technical training and for assignment in special¬ ized work. The course included a scientific evaluation of his aptitude and inclination for folowing a particular vocation and career. Trouble Hits Twice At Gas Station; Two On Sick List Kyzer’s Service Station Trenton has had a rough time the past several weeks with bad breaks coming faster than cus¬ tomers . E. R. Brandon reported back to work after being sick for the past two weeks, only to find that his replacement, Parks Jenkins, had dropped a truck wheel on his foot and broken three bones. Wildcats Lose Two; Last Region Game Set Here Tomorrow The Dade High' Wildcats have skidded to a four win, three loss record in the past few weeks after opening their season with an outstanding unbeaten, un¬ scored on record for their first three games. Last week the DHS boys lost -to Chattsworth 13-12. In the first game of the season, the ’Cats defeated tire new Chatts¬ worth team 32-0 The local team led at the half las' week, but slumped as their opponents came back strong in the second half. The week before, the locals fell under a 34-0 defeat by un¬ derdog Ider, Alabama. Tomorrow (Friday' the ’Cats will meet Chattanooga Valley at Brown’s pas ture at 3 P. M. Chattanooga Valley will be the last region game for the 'Cats this season. Their chances for regional honors were lost when they dropped out to Cal¬ houn several weeks by a one point less. Methodist Beginners Have Halloween With Mrs. Williams The beginners class of the Trenton Methodist Church was treated to a Hallowe’en party Monday night by Harriett Ann Williams at her parents’ home near Trenton. The group of 19 children wore costumes and the house was de¬ corated with pumpkins and all the trimmings. Refreshments were served and class teachers Elene Dyer and Betty Rogers assisted with the program. Children got prizes and baloons while their “mam¬ mas” were served coffee, cake, and ice cream. Those present were: Mrs. R. E. Graves and children, Terry and Paddy-, Mrs. J. M. Case, with Larry and Teresa; Mrs. | Tom Sims and" Terry and Tn- I thony, Mrs. J. G. Pace and Jim¬ my, Mrs. Dudley Cureton and James William, Mrs. Hugh Clark and bill and Tommy, Mrs. Henry Gross, Mrs. Harold Gross and daughter Diane, Mrs. Inez While and her niece, Mary Eli¬ zabeth Lacy. Others were, James C. Case, Scott Hinton, Carol Gray, Ca¬ rolyn Newby, Charles Pace, and Charles Max Page. B. B. Kenimer’s Store Robbed Of $250; Sheriff Savs No Apparent professional bur¬ glars struck In Rising Fawn Thursday October 9 taking than $250 worth of cash and merchandise from Burton Ke- nimer's store and service sta¬ tion. Kenimer said the cut the lock off his front sometime after 11 P. M. made off with over 25 of cigarettes, dozens of undershirts and over $60 j i change from the cash register, They passed up all the apparently, but Kenimer ! they may have taken amounts of canned goods out the loss being noticed. Sheriff Bill Lynch said he no clues on the job, due to professional manner used !the robbers. WASHOUT STIRS DADE SECESSION COLUMNIST SAYS The Atlanta Constitution said on its editorial page Wednesday that Dade County may threaten to withdraw from the Union aigain unless something is done about the landslides on the Lookout Mountain Road. Leo Aikman columnist who keeps up with doings through¬ out the state w r rote the item after the TIMES reported the situation last week. Aikman is the same writer who reported conditions on U.S. 11 recently. Published Weekly—Since 1901 Dade Farm Bureau Drive Nets Over 100 In Month Dade County’s Farm Bureau membership drive reached its halfway mark this week with more than 100 new and re-newed members being registered. George Grant, secretary of the Bureau, and County Agent L. C. Adams said today that so far results of the 1950-51 drive have been very good. Last year Dade was the only county in North Georgia to reach its quota with more than 40 per cent of the farms listed as members. The total last year was 259 members. Adams and Grant said they were sure there would be more this year. “There is lots of Interest in the organization,” the men said, “and local farmers are begin¬ ning to realize the value of joining the Bureau.” Supper Planned At a meeting of the Farm Bureau Monday, plans were made to hold a county-wide meeting near the end of No¬ vember at which time a chicken stew will be held for all mem¬ bers. Adams said all county 4-H’ers would be invited to the meeting and many would be presented with medals they have won this year. The Davis 4-H Club will present a short play on better farm practices, Adams added, using the characters Rich R. Land and P. O. Land, symbolic characters of farming methods. Active Year This year the Dade Farm Bu¬ reau has sponsored the 4-H Fat Calf show and was co-sponsor of the recent County Fair. They are now engaged in getting calves for local 4-H’ers. Adams said there are over 700 farmers in the county who are eligible for membership this year. Those listed as doing out¬ standing work in getting new members are: L. E. Taylor, Art Moore, Harold Cox, Henry Du¬ gan, Earl Cole, D. T. Brown, Mrs. W. F. Morrison, Vardie Castleberry, Sonny McMahan, Bob Gattllng, D. E. Morrison, Adams, Grant, and several others. Dues for the Bureau are only $3.00 per year, Adams said. Pike Named Other business at the meet¬ ing consisted of the election of W. E. Pike f Sand Mountain, as Director. He will fill the unex¬ pired term of John Holder, who has been called into the armed forces. Avans HD Club Meets At The Home Of Mrs. Bodenhamer The Avans Home Demonstra¬ tion Club met at the home of Mrs. H. H. Bodenhamer, Friday, October 20 for a demonstration of fumigation of all kinds of garden seed by Miss Atha Ves¬ tel. The meeting was called to or¬ der by the president and the roll was called. Twelve members and one vLsitor were present. The hostess, Mrs. Boden¬ hamer, served cake, fruit salad, and punch. She was assisted by Sadie Kirtland and Alma Bo¬ denhamer. Mrs. G. H. Kirtland, Club reporter. Davis P-TA Hears Talk On Trees, Flowers At Meeting The Davis High School Par- ents-Teachers Association met Tuesday night October 17 in the school lunch room. Mrs. Charlie I !nization Ballard, president of the Orga- presided. After the business Mrs. George Frank gave an interesting dem¬ onstration on a home-made first aid kit. The program was under the direction of Mrs. Ada Belle Howell. It consisted of a devo- tion by D. V. Spencer, principal of Davis High School, and a program of Flowers and by the Sophomore and Senior Classes, NUMBER 43 Dade Countians Build 577 New Houses In Past 10 Years An increase in the number of houses in Dade County in the past ten years is reported by the Atlanta regional office of the U. S. Department of Commerce. The report, based on current figures released by the Com¬ merce Department’s Bureau of the Census from its 1950 census of housing, showed that In April of this year there were 1,864 houses in the county, compared with 1,287 in 1940. The number recorded for the county this year represented an average of 3.9 persons per house based upon the recent census of population issued by the Census Bureau which gave Dade Coun¬ ty a total of 7,302 residents this year compared with 5,894 in 1940, an increase of 24.9 per cent. Merrill C. Lefton, Commerce Department regional driector in Atlanta, has advised residents of Dade County to write his office for copies of the Census Bu¬ reau’s preliminary release on dwelling places in the county if they are interested in receiving them. Only one release will be available to a request, he said. Such requests should be ad¬ dressed to the U. S. Department of Commerce, 418 Atlanta Na¬ tional Building, Atlanta, he .stated. Dade High FHA Elects Officers At School Program The Home Economic girls of Dade High School have elected the following F.H.A. officers for the year 1950-51: President, Joyce Moore. Vice President, Grace Castle¬ berry. Secretary, Katherine Fricks. Treasurer, Ruth Wallen. Historian, Kathleen Marrison. Parliamentarian, J a c q u e Greene Program Chairman, Janet Barnes. Reporter, Faye Turner. Chapter Mothers: Mrs. R. P. Fricks, Mr^. F. A. Morgan, and Mrs. R. M Morrison. Club Adviser, Mrs. J. C. Billue. The Chapter has 100 per cent membership with the following girls as members: Janet Barnes, Louise Carver, Grace Castleber¬ ry, Janet Cross, Jacque Greene, Ninaral Keaton, Joanna Mas¬ sey, Joyce Moore, Lauretta Mor¬ gan, Kathleen Morrison, Ruth Paine, Patsy Renfrce, Imogene Schurch, Ruby Smith, Ruth Wallen, Janie Bradford, Faye Crabtree, Loretta Daves, Ca¬ rolyn Hartline, Juanita Holmes, Mary Nelle Hibbs, Geneva Mas¬ sey, Bertha McDonald, Jeanette Moore, Imogene Pennington, Betty Price, Josephine Wheeler, Katherine Fricks, Betty Hixon, Wanda Johnson, Virginia Keith, Bernadine Moore, Jean McKaig, Peggy Renfroe, Bessie Steele, Joanna Steele, Christine Sims, Faye Turner and Katheryn Durham. The girls were accepted as members in a formal initiation program held during chapel. ^he stage was decorated with [the club colors, red and white, and with the F.H.A. emblem dis¬ played in front of the table on which were placed red roses, and red and white candles. The officers and guides conducted meeting. 1 The girls who were initiated I were dressed in white and stood at the front of the auditorium they became members, j Reporters, Joyce Moore, Ruby Smith.
