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County's Only
VOLUME L
Trenton To Collect Taxes
On All Property In 1951
5 no w-Bound Day Off
Will Be Made Up
By School Saturday
\ snow-bou/nd holiday for
Pade County’s school children
Monday November, 27 will
have to be repaid next Satur¬
day. it was announced today.
County Supt. Roy Moore
said busses will run and a re¬
gular schedule will be held in
all county schools this Satur¬
day, December 9.
The Saturday make-up will
-be held so that all schools can
turn out for vacation May 2G
as planned.
S. S. Class Formed
At New England;
Five Officers Named
The New England Methodist
Sunday School which was dis¬
continued following the fire
which partially destroyed the
church building several years
ago, and which has been rebuilt
was re-organized last Sunday.
Joe Doyle, of Bethlehem Me¬
thodist Church, who has volun¬
teered to act as Superintendent
o' the newly-formed Sunday
School, presided at an organiza¬
tion meeting, when 16 adults
were present and a
'rgamzation was set up. Tea-
chers elected are as follows:
Adult class, Ewell Brown: Inter¬
mediate Seniors, Mrs. Rob Al¬
lison; Juniors, Mrs. Dan Smith;
Card Class, Mrs. Ewel Brown;
Hicks Ryan was elected Secre¬
tary-Treasurer.
A visitor and , , interesting ,
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her youth, and ... who had come ____i.. to
a} 'n .,j St S ;, m j n } l5S ts re-oreanization. e tvorlev al
p n DUtrict
o, : r -,.ndcnt of th“ Chatta-
noc^a Di rict of the Methodist
Chur h will be p-esent on De-
c mber 17 and will preach at
11:00 o’clock. •
1 : , he- plan to further per-
le;l lie organization to the
end tin there will be a class
for cverv age group starting
January 1.
- GRO MINSTREL
AT RISING FAWN
SATURDAY NIGHT
There will be plenty of laughs
and some real down South fun
at the Rising Fawn School
Saturday when the entire cast
of the “Cotton County Fair” a
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7h”“ The singing, 3 , playing, and
laughing blackfaces are being
JP-mored P-TA In an by effort the Rising to raise Fawn
for the continuing efforts
f the school's speedy remodel-
and building program.
The show will start at 7:30 P.
M and everyone in the county
who has not seen the “Fair” in
(tttion is urged to attend.
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WILL OPEN IN JANUARY
NEW FIVE AND DIME STORE MOVES TO TRENTON SOON
A new business will make its debut in Tren-
’- n shortly after the beginning of 1951. G. R.
ar ks, spokesman for the Ganaway-Riley Co.,
0{ Chauanooga announced today that his com-
P an V will open a branch “Five and Dime” store
-ere early sometime between January first and
tenth.
The new store will be located in the I. O.
heeler building at the Southeast corner of the
'f; a -‘0n, are next it to the Williams Motor Company the lo-
; was announced. Wheeler, owner of
said the new “five and dime” will
“°je merchandise ln:o the West half if his present will grocery all
store and that he move
stock into the East side of the building.
The new store will use some 1,500 square
^rn°d ^°° r s P ace * n the building, it was
j ° e spokesman for the new store said the
“° t nt of the building remodeled and will
Ve will be
■*„ °mpletfei Sev eral large sections of glass to present a
y modern store front"
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Come 1951 the people of Trentcn will have two tax collectors
instead of one pounding at their doors. At the regular meeting of
the Mayor and City Council Monday night the city leaders passed
an ordinance to “provide for the assessing and collection of ad
valorem taxes.’’ The ordinance provides further for the methods
of assessing making of
setting up of a board of tax as¬
sessors and the sale of property
of you don’t come through as
ordered.
All in all, te new ordinance
sets into motion the machinery
for the collection of property
tax in the city of Trenton next
year.
Set In July
Although the amount of tax
will not be set until July of 1951,
returns of all citizens owning
property in the city must be in
by April 1.
Returns must cover all pro¬
perty in the possession of the
person filing the return on Ja¬
nuary 1, 1951.
The city recorder’s office will
be open not later than March 1
for the receiving of tax returns
and the office shall remain open
each week day thereafter until
the first day of April the ordi¬
nance states.
10 Mil Limit
A limit of 10 mils ($1 on the
$100) has been set, but the ac¬
tual figure will not be an-
nounced until the July meeting
of the mayor and council.
that time they will decide
much mon ey will be needed to
ope rate the city fcr the next
year and will set the tax rate
(up to 10 mils) accordingly.
New Board
Governing body of the new
tax system will be a Board
Tax Assessors consisting of two
men appointed by the Mayor
and Counc ii These two men,
after aiier April npru 1, 1 , and anu will wm be in: sure suit
i—; that aU returns are on the up
’ and up Any they ,ind which
are ’ isted be * ow th-ir . real value
will be raised as they see fi
They will also be sure that all
p operty in Trentcn is returned
for tax purposes.
Notices
In July, or shortly thereafter,
the ordinance ta es, the Mayor
and Council wi!1 make up
(ax levy and the City Recorder
will then figure the amount
each person owes. Notices will
be payable on or before Decern-
ber 20 of that year.
Due December 2ft
i n other words the first tax
.
to be shelled out by Trenton
property owners will be on or
1 “also 95 Pro.:,es:
—
the public sale of
perty on which no tax is paid. I
This is the first time that■
Trenton has ever collected ad
(property) tax. When
T r e n t o n was ------ r -------
March 15, 1935, no provision was
made — for taxation. In later ef-j .
forts to amend the charter it
was finally granted that prlvi- j
lege In 1949.
The city has, for a number of
The Ganaway-Riley Co, which has tree
stores in Chattanooga, will hire about three re-
gular employees full-time and more when need-
ed, Parks said. He said all workers will be local
people.
Parks said Trenton was chosen for the com¬
pany’s first out-of-town location because the
“people have said they want it
The store will carry a complete line of the
usual five and ten merchandise, Parks said.
Dowdy Millworks Co., cf Trenton, is doing
all remodeling and woodwork it was learned
and will turn out a large order of shelves and
counters for the new firm.
I. o. Wheeler, said he plans to extend his
half of the location by knocking out a rear wall
and enlarging his building in that direction.
business The five by and Christmas, dime outfit It was had learned, ho ^ d to but ^ ^ a
shortage of fixturse will not allow them to open
until early in January.
Devoted to the Best Interests of Dade County and Georgia.
THE DADE COUNTY TIMES, TRENTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY DECEMBER 7, 1950
Negro Driver’s Story
Is Exaggerated
Records, Officers Say
Two irate Birmingham men
appeared in Trenton last week
to invesitgate the arrest of one
of the men’s Negro driver here
November 3.
Henry G. Cardwell, who told
the TIMES that his driver was
arrested here while on his way
to Chattanooga, said the Negro
told him that he was stopped
about a block North of the
square and the arresting officer
“got rough” with him and said
he was going to fine him $25 for
driving drunk.
The two Birmingham men
had returned to Trenton to find
out who arrested the man and
why, because as Cardwell
“the man never took a drink in
his life.”
'
Cardwell had a receipt for
$8 50 which the Negro had told
him he had paid after a hasty
roadside trlal - in which the
0 ffi cer had asked him “how
much money you got?” and had
sett]ed for the ?8 . 50 .
upon examining the Trenton
docket, it was found that the
, Negro L. V. Williams, had been.
j
fi ned for “Wreekless Driving”
no t drunkenness, and fined
and costs, a total of
$ 8 . 50 .
^ity pjf v Recorder Grover Tatum
said he plead guilty to the
charge’and paid the fine wl.h-
out ar g Ume nt.
Trenton Marshall J. H. Baty
t£lid he and sher hf Bill Lynch
made ths arrest while riding in
the sheriff’s car. The Negro
had told Cardwell that the man
W£L3 driving a “bea. ip old mo-
d el car.”
LUTHER MITCHELL
OVER C&M
<^ r poRE IN TRENTON
the Trenton police force se- ~~
veral months ago on a fee
branched out into .he furniture,
bu ®J^“ s
Mitchell bought out the Crane
and Miles stock in Trenton and
moved into the building for-
T ,y occupy by -t re Mi,
al odd Fellows ,
line 0 j new and use d furni-
^ be carrie(J &nd home
furnis hings will be bought and
br\lrl ,. AAifr*V»ol1 Mitchell sald c*
.
years, been collecting privilege
business license taxes, but that
income plus police action and
fines, has been its only Income.
Stationed At Polk
Sidney Womack Jr., 23-year
old son of Mr. and Mrs. Sid¬
ney Womack of Trenton, is
now stationed at North Camp
Polk, La., where he is a mem¬
ber of the 822nd, Company B.
Heavy Anti-Tank Battalion.
Womack, who attended Dade
County High School and for¬
merly worked at the Dyer ser¬
vice station, joined the army
last August.
Beatrice Haygood
To Head HD Council;
f UUlBifS A.l Ll6Ct6fl r|
JY0
The Dade Couniy Home Dem-
onstration Council Installed
offlcres for 1951 Monday
their annuaI election mee
held at the Courthouse in Tren-
ton.
Named to serve as
j and top leader- of tire
group for the next year
Mrs. Beatrice Haygood, of New
Salem.
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pel; Secretary, Mrs. Maddox
Ed’ Hale, ’ Pace’"’Trent; Trenton; Treasurer, ’ Mrs.
n; Reporter,
Mrs. E. J. Bible; Cloverdale;
4-H Club Advisor, Mrs. Torrence
Moore New Salem
The ig WQmen whQ attended
the Monday meeting also di -
cussed p j a ns for the council’s
ip 51 yearbook and made plans
for various ether projects to in¬
clude, a style show and spon-
mffount," 'IT ' Sh ° W a ‘
Duties of the county HD Coun-
j or t he year
Local Baptist WMS
Sets Christinas Aid
For Needy Families
The Women’s Missionaries So¬
ciety of the Trenton Baptist
Church met at the home of Mrs.
L. A. White November 28. Devo¬
tional was read by Mrs. Ed. Kel¬
ly. ... Prayer by Mrs. Tom Tatum.
The m i nu t e s of the last meet-
j ng were read and adop ted by
the society.
^ report was made by our
community mission’s chairman,
Mrs Jewel l McBryar. Several
“E
j ng these needy ones by
Christmas.
Mrs g j HaJe Qur program
chairman, gave an interesting
talk on the life of Lottie Moon,
one among our first foreign
missionaries.
Ten ladies were present at the
meeting. Several were absent
due to sickness and the cold
weather. Our next meeting will
be at the home of Mrs. Roy Me
Bryar January 8 Our December
meeting was omitted due to
our Christmas program.
Delicious fruit cake and cof-
ee waa serV ed by our hostess
who is also president of our so-
ciety.
Mrs. A. L. Gifford, Sec.
FB Drive Extended
As Membership Falls
Below 1950 Level
The Dade County Farm Bu¬
reau announced today that an-
! other extension in their county
i wide membership drive has
been granted. Local president,
R. C. Thomas, said the exten¬
sion would allow more time for
the local group to come up to
its last year level of 259 member
farmers.
Until January 1
The drive will extend until
January first, he said, and an
all out effort is being extended
to round up all farmers in the
county to support the organiza¬
tion.
County Agent L. C. Adams
said that another date will be
set soon for the big county
Farm Bureau that was called
off several weeks ago due to bad
weather.
State Behind
At the close of the official na¬
tional FB drive, Dade County
and the entire Georgia seventh
district had reported no gain in
their member drive.
It was also reported that the
FB was losing ground through¬
out Georgia and the South gen-
enrally.
Join Now
All Dade county farmers have
been urged by local FB leaders
to get behind the national
movement by joining before the
new January 1 deadline.
More Members
New and renewed member-
ships received since the TIMES
reported on the growing list
last week include:
E. C. Bates, Pat Baugh, Charles
Bible, E. J. Bible, J. Z. Bobo,
Castleberry, Milt Case, J.M.
Carroll, V. L. Castleberry, J. R
Cooper, Jr., Bess Cureton, J. R.
Cooper, Sr., L. J. Daniel, B. R.
Davidson, H. Dean, W. L. Fan-
Sr k ia y, H. C. Giay, rommi. Gray,
Ernest Graham^ Hawkins, H f! e ’ C. W. Hitt, Neal ld ;
^, Holtzhower, e ’ Arvilee Jep Holtzhower, Jinkins,, B. J. W. P.
Lambert, Herman Moore, F. A.
Morgan, Byron Pope, J. C. Self,
Charles T. Sims, Mrs. L. C.
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R ' C ' Thomas - w - N - rmk " r -
J. M. C. Townsend, Bob Whl.e,
M. L. Wilson, Mrs. E. G. Wright,
~ F. N. L£T«. Bran-'
don, H. C. Cush, C. L. Ivey, R. C.
Kirchmeyer, P. R. Olgiatti, R. S.
ler, W. W. Gray, J. V. Jenkins,
J. Lloyd Miller, P. F. Newby,
Brown Newby, Walter Parsley,.
R. C. Gatlin, James Hatfield,
J. R. Kirkpatrick, Fred Cooper,
William L. Smith, James B. Lan
caster, William West, James
Brasfield, Victor Quinlon, T. H.
Moore, Charles Hixon, C. O.
Giles, Stacy Castleberry.
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NEW CHEVROLET AT WILLIAMS’ SATURDAY
The Styleline De Luxe four-door sedan is one of 14 mod els introduced by Chevrolet as its
passenger car line for 1951. Notable in this picture are the design improvements which accen¬
tuate a longer, lower appearance. Radiator grilles have been simplified, the decorative body
moulding lowered, and rear fender crowms raised. Models also offer added safety. The new
car goes on display at the Williams Motor Co., in Trenton, this Saturday.
Published Weekly—Since 1901
NUMBER 48
Rising Fawn Is Runner-up
In Area Contest Awards
Rising Fawn Community placed in the top bracket of 21 win¬
ners out of more than 90 entrants in the recent Chattanooga Area
Community Improvement Contest. After beating out Trenton and
New Salem in the county level judging several weeks ago, Rising
Fawn went on to finals and placed Just below the five top winners
by getting an honorable
tion award of a ribbon and $75
In cash.
Rising Fawn was among 12
area communities who were re¬
cognized for their outstanding
work with honorable mention
prizes.
Five Attend
The Rising Fawn delegation,
which attended the all-day pro¬
gram of awards in Chattanooga
Monday night, consisted of Lu
ther Allison, representing Glen
Hatfield, the community club’s
president, Mrs. Cecil McMahan,
vice president, Mrs. M. R. Wll
son, secretary, County Agent L.
C. Adams, and HD Agent Atha
Vestel.
Mrs. Wilson Speaks
The delegation attended af¬
ternoon meetings where Mrs.
Wilson presented a short ad¬
dress on “Home Improvements”
a department in which Rising
Fawn was outstanding. One of
the judges commenting on Ris¬
ing Fawn’s progress said the
quality of their home improve¬
ment work was "outstanding”
but there just wasn't enough of
it.
Will Try Again
Members of the local delega¬
te n said today they felt sure
that next year they would be
more prepared for the contest
after observing that outstand¬
ing communities had done so
much of their worlr -along the
lines of youth work and com¬
munity gatherings. Many of the
top winners have built re¬
creational centers during the
past few years.
Rising Fawn will try again
next year, it was said, and will
be pulling for a share in the
lop prize money.
Top Winners
Top winners in the contest
this year were;
First Prize, Michigan Avenue
Community (Bradley County,
Tenn.); Second Prize, Cedar
Grove (Walker County, Ga.) ;
Third Prize, Mount Pisgah (Ca¬
toosa County, Ga.); Fourth
Prize, Pennine (Rea C unly,
Tenn.); Fifth Prize, Dug Gap
(WhLfleld County, Ga.).
Burning Bush, in Catoosa
County, Ga., took sweepsteak
awards for communities who
have won before. Burning Bush
was first prize winner in 1949.
Next meeting of the Rising
Fawn Community Improvement
Club will be announced later,
leaders said and new projects
will be mapped at that time.
Dade Teachers Meet
Set This Monday
On 12-Year Plan
Another in a series of meet¬
ings for ali Dade County
school teachers has been set
at Dade High School Monday,
December, 11 at 2:15 P. M.
Dade teachers are now
working on a continuing (study
of material needed to com¬
plete records that will be used
by the state in a uniform or¬
ganization of the 12-year
plan.
Basis of the proposed plan
is the starting of an addi¬
tional grade in all school sys¬
tems.
The plan, if instituted, is
reported - to mean that Dade
schools would get more funds
and more teachers.
Over 30 Youths Act
In Rising Fawn
4-H Talent Show
More than 100 persons at¬
tended the 4-H Club Talent
Show held at Rising Fawn
School last Friday night.
The program, featuring some
11 different acts and ever 30
youthful actors and actresses,
a variety of shows from
comedy teams to singing groups
and other novelty acts.
One of the outstanding per¬
was a Negro Minstrel
that was written by Della Ruth
a member of the Rising
eight grade.
Others taking part in (he pro¬
were: Alleen ITarrism,
McMahan, Deleara Hall,
Hall. Wynell Blevins,
Powell, Gennie McMa¬
Estelle Henderson, Louise
Marie McMahan, Shirley
Jackie Wil' on, Helen
Helen Forester, Ethel
Crane, Frances York, Ed¬
Samples, Jim Crueton,
Kenimer, Carl Steele, Bet¬
Steele, Jane Forester, Clara
Williams, Della Ruth Sam¬
Doris Givings, Peggy D^an,
Samples, Sammy Harrison,
West, Charles Woodyard,
Wallin, David Hope and
Dawkins.
Salem P-TA
Chicken Stew
A P-TA sponsored chicken
has been set at the New
School lunchroom Friday
December 8, at 7:30. Pro¬
will go to the school and
is invited.
