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VOLUME L
Eleven Bales On 5 Acres Wins $500
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\ S. Hnnnicutt, Sr.. Bulloch County farmer, grew 11 bales of
cotton on five acras this year to win the §590 state prize in the
Georgia 5-acre cotton contest. Mr. Hunnicutt is shown here with
Bulloch County Agent Byron Dyer, right, on 11 bales of cotton.
May Force Quarantine
Of Scarlet Fever
Dr. Middleton Says
Dr D. S. Middleton, head of
Dade’s County Health Board,
said this week 'that he and
County Health Nurse Mrs. Fan-
nielu McWhorter may be forced
to enforce state quarantine laws
if scarlet fever cases continue to
spread.
The four existing cases, all in
the Rising Fawn area, are being
trea:ed the doctor said but more
care is needed in preventing the
spread of the sometimes
disease.
The doctor said he saw no
cause for alarm and recalled
an incident a number of years
ago when only one death result-
ed from more than 35 cases of
the fever in this area.
Dr. Middleton said that
Christmas vacations for schools
will help relieve the danger of
the disease spreading.
The doctor warned the people
that scarlet fever is highly con¬
tagious and can be caught even
from those who have recently
been cured. He said that cloth¬
ing and other items contacted
by the patient can carry the
germ for some time.
Mrs. Dyers Entertains
Sunday School Class
With Christmas Party
The Fellowship Class of the
Trenton Methodist Church had
its annual Christmas party De¬
cember 8 at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. A. L. Dyer. The house
was beautifully decorated with
Christmas greenry and bright
tinsel.
The guests enjoyed numerous
games and Mrs. Dyer gave a hu¬
morous reading.
Christmas Carols were sung
by all with Mrs. M. J. Hale play¬
ing the piano. Delicious re¬
freshments were served to the
guests.
Cast of 11 Acts
In Davis Play
December 16
Aunt Samathy Rules the
Roost", will be the December
offering of the Davis High
Players. The comedy will fea¬
ture a cast of 11 Davis students
and teachers and has been set
‘ r Saturday night, December
at 7 P. M.
The play will be held at the
school auditorium.
The cast includes: Mrs. Joyce
Holiaway, as Aunt Samathy;
“ p ‘‘ty Hartline, as Serena Simp-
^ns: unpkins; Robbie Gladys Talley, as Sophie
P( % Benefied, a.s
Paine; Sara Ann Gaddis,
as An &ie Ambrose; Mardell Da-
Amos us Blanche Bowers, Mrs.
Holiaway, as Lucien Lit-
“;‘ ield ; Richard Foyster, as
B.air Boswell; John Ray Craw-
i0rd - us Frank Fairfield; Eu-
Pilce > as Lawrence Loue-
* e - Charlie Ivy, Buddy Bas¬
as
ons.
Admission has been set as 60
Ce -vs for adults and 30 cents for
students.
THE DADE COUNTY TIMES, TRENTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY DECEMBER 14, 1950
Dade Senior Play
“The Daffy Dills”
Set December 15
Just one week after this Fri¬
day, Dade High students and
teachers will present their an¬
nual senior play. The cast of 12
students have choosen for this
year’s presentation, “The Daffy
Dills” a comedy on married life.
Custain time has been set at
8 P. M., Friday, December 15
and prices have been announced
as 35 cents for students and 60
cents for adult tickets.
The play is under the direc¬
tion of Miss Nora Pickett a tea¬
cher at Dade High.
Students taking part in the
annual play are Lacey Neal,
Athene Holtzhower, Omar Brad¬
ford, Janet Barnes, Marvin
Bradford, Jacque Green, Ruth
Wallen, Kathleen Morrison, Bob
by Fugatt, Louise Carver, Mar¬
garet Kenimer, and Clara Dean.
Five Prizes Given
Rising Fawn 4-H’ers
In Sewing Contest
Rising Fawn 4-H Club girls
took five prizes of blue, white,
and red ribbons Tuesday in
their dress and apron review.
The dress review, showing se¬
veral outstanding items, was
topped by Joyce Payne and se¬
cond prize went to Helen Foster.
Kay Tatum took first place in
the apron event and Lula Ann
Tatum placed second. Judy Ke¬
nimer took the third place
, white ribbon and honorable
mention was awarded to Elene
Evan.s.
Judges for the contest were
Mrs. Grace Nethery, Mrs. E. A.
Ellis, and Mrs. Ed Pace.
Eight Awards Given
New Salem 4-H’ers
For Dresses, Cooking
First, second, and third prize
ribbons went to eight New Salem
4-H girls last Monday in a Dress
Revue and bread baking con¬
test.
First prize awards of blue
ribbons went to Barbara Moore
and Robbie Bradford in the
dress show and to Maxine Ever¬
ett in the bread event.
Second prize in dresses went
to Frances Moore and Shelby
Jean Everett and third prize
was taken by Gae Hughes.
The judges, Mrs. Cicero For¬
ester, 4-H club advisor for Ciov¬
erdale, Mrs. Rufus Blake, secre¬
tary-treasurer of the club, and
Mrs. Ben Alford, Jr., named
Janice McKaig as second place
winner in the bread award and
Joyce Bradford as third place
runner-*yp. Bible, president of
Mrs. E. J.
the Cioverdale HD Club, acted
as secretary of the event and
Claud Owens, principal of New
Salem school, invited the ladies
to lunch with the school.
Miss Atha Vestel, Dade HD
Agent, said the ladies attend¬
ing the affair enjoyed the lunch
and were very impressed with
the manner in which the lunch¬
room was conducted They were
also reported to be seeking New
Salem's recipe for the cherry
pie that was served.
Devoted to the Best Interests of Dade County and Georgia.
Big Christmas Card
Newspaper Form
Next Week
A giant Christmas card,
f om the Dade Comity TIMES
and most of Dade’s merchants
will be mailed out next Thurs¬
day to all our subscribers. The
annual Christmas Issue of the
TIMES will bring personal
greetings from many local
merchants and an attractive
Yuletide front page will put
readers in the proper spirit for
Santa Cause's visit onl>y a few
daiys after that.
The TIMES will carry its
usual county-wide news, but
it will be on the inside of the
paper.
All correspondents are ask¬
ed to turn in their news early
next week so that the paper
may be completed early.
Churches and schools hold¬
ing special holiday services are
requested to turn in their pro¬
grams for publication no later
than Tuesday.
Trenton HD
Have Christmas
With 26 Present
The Trenton Home
stration Club met December
at the home of Mrs. W. G.
rison with Miss Fannielliu
Whorter as co-hostess.
meeting was called to order
the President, Mrs. M. J. Hale.
Mrs. Roy McBryar read
Christmas Story and Mrs. Allen
J. Newby led the
prayer. The group sang
favorite Christmas Carol,
Ni g h t
After the business session was
completed, our Agent showed
beautiful pictures giving ideas
for Home Christmas Decora¬
tions .
Christmas gifts were ex¬
changed among the members
and the club gave Miss Atha
Vestel a gift in appreciation for
all she has meant to the club.
Miss Vestel presented each per¬
son present a Christmas cor¬
sage. She made these corsages
and designed each one to suit
the personality for the one re¬
ceiving it. Delicious refresh¬
ments were served to 26 ladies.
Cioverdale HD Ladies
Have Christmas Party
With Gift Exchange
The Cioverdale Home Demon-
s. ration Club met at the home
of Mrs. Larkin Blake having
thirteen members present.
The president opened the
meeting by singing two songs
Mrs. Charles Bible was in
of the devotion, and prayer was
by Mrs. Joe Phillips. Mrs. Rufus
Blake gave the treasurer’s re-
port p an dihe minutes of the
.
Tur president gave a report
on the council meeting which
she attended December 4. Miss
Vestel passed around
with Christmas wrapping and
Home Decorating suggestions.
Since this is Christmas month
the members exchanged gifts.
Dainty refreshments were
served by the hostess.
Evelyn Riddle, reporter.
Jeannine Gardned
Becomes Fiance
Of Grover Moore
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Gardner
of Lookout Mountain announce
the engagement of their
daughter, Miss Jeannine Gard¬
ner, and Grover Moore, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Art Moore of New
Miss Gardner is a graduate of
Summerville, High School in
Summerville, Ga., and she at¬
tended David Lipscomb College
Nashville.
Mr. Moore served two years
with the navy during the war.
He is a graduate of the Univer¬
of Georgia and now is em¬
by Alied Mills, Inc.
The wedding is planned for
6.
Lamarel Avans, 19
Questioned By Police
In Woman’s Death
Lamarel Avans, 19 r of Avans
community, an employee of
Peerless Wollen Mills, Ro.ssville,
was arrested last week by Ge:r-
gia police and later booked in
Chattanooga on a charge of
manslaughter i n connection
with the death Thursday night
of Mrs. Joyce L. Carden, 20, of
4602 Church Street, Chattanooga
who was injured fatally in the
4600 block of Hooker Road.
Chattanooga police said Avans
admitted he was driver of a car
that struck Mrs. Carden, who
died in Erlanger Hospital. Driver
of the auto that hit the woman
took her to the hospital, but
left the emergency room before
police arrived to investigate.
Two brothers, Sam Underwood
19, and George Underwood, 21,
both of 1920 East 31st Street
Chattanooga, who said they
heard a car strike something
and who afterwards investi¬
gated, found Mrs. Carden lying
in the street and then accom¬
panied the auto driver to the
i hospital with the woman, gave
j officers auto, license number of the
Tbe c ar was traced to Avans
who was arrested by Patrolman
Beard of Rossville while
officers were en route to
the Avans home on Sand Moun¬
tain, near Trenton. Avans
waived extradition and return-
1 ed to Chattanooga voluntarily.
He was placed under a $2,500
pending a preliminary
trial. Police Capt. Powell Walker
said there were no marks on
Avans' car to indicate it was the
one that struck Mrs. Carden.
( Avans declared the wo-
He said
man was lying in the road and
that he was unable to stop his
car in time to avoid striking
her.
Low Temperature
Freezes Chicken
Combs, Wattles
Many Georgia poultryman
have had some frozen combs
and wattles in their flocks dur¬
ing recent low temperature, Ar¬
thur Gannon, poultry specialist
for the Georgia Extension Ser¬
vice, said this week.
“Thsi is a new experience for
mos chicken raisers here,” he
continued, “and some of them
did not know what to do for it.”
As soon as the frozen parts
thaw out, they shouuld be rub-
bed wlth vasei ne, Gannon re-
,commended They may become
swollen and turn a bluish red,
and in this ^stance, they are
very paln *“ ' The J' e ^ "
much else that can be done for
rel !J ng th jf pa n ‘
l “The (( badly , frozen parts
ad y tips of the combs,
| will slough off,” Gannon ad-
vised, “and some claim it is bet-
! ter to cut off these parts to
ha Although ^u recovery.” freezing the combs
a « d wattles is not fatal appe-
tites are affected, and a drop in
1 egg production can be expected,
jlf eggs are being used for
1 hatching, there will be a decline
in fertility and hatchability, es¬
pecially if males had any of
their head parts frozen.
“FUZZY” ST. JOHN
APPEARS AT DADE j
DECEMBER 20
There’s going to be a real
Western “shoot ’em up” on
the stage of the Dade Theater
next Wednesday, December
20, when A1 "Fuzzy” St. John,
a veteran of over 500 movies,
brings his big All-Western
show to town.
St. John, known in hi/s west¬
ern movies as Fuzzy Q. Jones,
is a jolly old bewiskered cha¬
racter who took his first flcik-
er alongside such notables as
Charlie Chaplin, Harold Lloyd
and other old timers in the
Max Sennett pie tossing days.
He has been portrayed most
recently an a comical sidekick
to various western heros and
has for some time been con¬
ducting his personal appear¬
ance tours around the coun¬
try.
PULPWOOD PRICES
GET GOOD RAISE
BY DADE CO-OP
The Dade Farmer’s Co-op
announced today that a hike
in prices beim? offered for
pulp producing pine has been
started.
The new price has been set
at $12.50 per cord as com¬
pared with the same price
that was offered per rick in
previous announcement.
The new price listing does
have a catch however—
farmers must now load the
wood on the freight cars
themselves
The co-op reports that many
local farmers are taking ad¬
vantage of this opportunity to
clear small wooded areas
while the weather is too bad
for farming.
Cave Springs HD Club
Has Christmas Party
With Many Events
The Cave Springs HD Club
met Wednesday December 6 at
the home of Mrs. Nell Harrison
with ten members and three vl-
sitors, and Miss Vestel present.
The house was decorted with all
Christmas fixtures and a tree
with lights, evergreen over the
doors, a miniature Santa with
his white reindeers on the man¬
tel,and a pretty red ribbon with
Merry Christmas in silver tensil
stretched above old Santa. It
was all very pretty.
The group sang ‘Silent Night”
and had the Christmas story
from St. Luke, and the Lord’s
Prayer by the group. The mi-
nutes were read and roll called.
After that came the party,
There were five contest, the win
ners of prizes were Mrs. Guinn,
Mrs. Reeves, Mrs. Bradford,
Mrs. Griffin, and Miss Vestel,
Now if Santa shows up with
holes all in his face think no-
thing of it for they pinned his
whiskers all over his head and
face.
Miss Vestel remembered us all
with pretty corsages she must
have spent hours making We
appreciate them.
We then drew name and gave
out the presents, then our hos-
tess, assisted by the efficient
Mrs. Margaret Bradford, served
refreshments which also carried
out the Christmas color scheme
and were deicious.
Our visitor were Mrs. Jeril
Cooper Jr., Mrs. Carl Steele, and
Mrs. Dewey Bradford. Every one
reported a good time. If I make
no mistake our next meeting
will be at Mrs. Tom Holder’s.
Mrs. Will Bradford, reporter.
Davis 4-H Girls
Make Own Presents
For Christmas Day
The Davis 4-H Club Wednes-
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gifts. In their attempt to avoid
the Yuletide rush, the club
turned out over a dozen differ¬
ent items from towels to skirts.
Although not for a Christmas
present, one of the girls dis- 1
played home-made muffins at
the all-day snowing. '
The project was under the di-
rection of Mrs. Madge Ballard,
Davis 4-H Club advisor.
As part of the program, Mrs.
Ballard showed the girls how
they could make matching caps
and mittens by cutting up an
old sweater and sewing the
parts together.
Atha Vestel, Dade HD Agent,
who attended the meeting, said
the display was most original i
anH ana an nil items werejroumaoe. u,prp wpII maHp
CLOUDY AND COLD
MAY MAVP.F 1MUKE MClPF oiviJvv KNHW
SEEN FOR DADE
Weather forecasters in Chat-
tanooga said today there is no
let-up seen in cold weather that
has plagued the area for the
past few days. Continued cloudy
and cold was the prediction and
weather men said we may have i
rain or more snow before the
week is ever.
Dade County has had several
light snows since the cold .spell
set in and may as well prepare
for more. 1
Published Weekly—Since 1901
Dade Faces Road Crisis
As Ga,-Tenn. Lay Plans
Dade County’s road problems became more critical this week
as its much studied Lookout Mountain Highway went under the
paving microscope of the Highway Department in Atlanta. Joe
Quillian, a member of the Georgia Highway Board, contacted in
Atlanta, told the TIMES the road re-surfacing project is reach¬
ing its final stages. Quillian said the re-locating party, which
pulled out of the county
cently after a four week study
of relocation sites, has reported
its findings to the Atlanta of¬
fice and that further tests will
begin soon.
Tennessee Plan
Meanwhile, Dade County faces
partial isolation at the hands of
the Tennessee Highway Depart¬
ment as that group continues
with Its plans for a new high¬
way joining hands with the
Alabama Highway System to
complete a Birmingham to
Chattanooga link that will com¬
pletely cut off Dade County
A spokesman for the Tennes-
see Highway Department told
the TIMES that work on their
new proposed highway has not
started although their surveys
have been completed.
Not Started
He said the road now under
construction near South Pitts¬
burg, Tennessee is not part of
the new road, but is only a Ten¬
nessee rural road project that
will connect South Pittsburg
with Gill, Tennessee and run to
the area of the Hillsboro Bridge.
The area is near Nickerjack
Cave and all roads to the cave
have been blocked by the pro-
ject.
The proposed Tennessee-Ala-
bama highway project, it was
learned, may be of the super
highway type and will at any
ra te afford tourists a better
route than the present U. S. 11
which .runs through Trentcnr,
Rising Fawn and other Dade
county communities,
May Hit Sand Mountain
it was not learned whether
the Sand Mountain road would
connect with the planned Chat-
tanooga-Blrmingham road, but
was hinted that the Tennessee
section of the highway would
connect with Alabama’s road
somewhere near the junction of
the now unpaved Sand Moun-
tain road.
More Study
Joe Quillian, commenting
further on the Lookout Moun¬
tain Road, said that Georgia’s
state Geologist will visit the area
soon and make a. survey of the
proposed re-routing area that
was suggested by the Highway
Department’s relocating party
recently.
Quillian said samples of the
mountain roadbed'tvill be taken
to Atlanta and studied in the
department lab in order to find
out if the new route will hold
the proposed road.
Dade 4-H Win $25 d»Or“
ers
In National Contest
Will Buy Equipment
Dade County s more than 400
boys and 8* rls were award-
ed a * 25 check this week as a
county winner in the national
4 ‘ H Recreation and Rural Arts
Program contest.
The award came after New
Salem and Rising Fawn 4-H ers
1°°^ awards in the national 4-H i
recreational contest only two
weeks a 8°. Tbe most recent j
awa r d was based on the
°* those winners and perform-
ar *e by all other county groups,
[t was announced.
Miss Atha Vestel, Dade
Demon , tratlon Agent> and lead _
er ln * or tbe cash prize
money> said today that many
craft courses, such as soap carv-
ing, basket making, crayon
painting, and copper work led
the clubs to victory. County
clubs also took part in many
affairs such as plays, folk
games, and other recreational
Miss Vestel said the $25 check
made possible by the United
Rubber Company, spon-
of the contest, would be
used to purchase more recrea-
equipment for the Dade
clubs.
NUMBER 49
Rare Cave Specimens
Found Near Trenton
By N. Y. Speleologists
Two New York Speleologists
took more than ti dozen rare
specimens of cave life from a
Dade County cave Friday in
what they termed one of the
most successful explorations
they have made.
The men, Charles E.. Mohr,
President of the National Spe¬
leological Society, and Ernest
Ackerly, a member of nfce Board
of Directors of the N. S. S., were
accompanied by Tcm Me Caul-
lie, local member of the na¬
tional cave-exploring group,
and TIMES writer Jim Betts.
A probable record-breaking
Purple Salamander was cap¬
tured in Waterfall Cave about a
half mile up the Sand Mountain
Road. Mohr said the Salaman¬
der was one of the largest he
has ever seen and that it was a
very rare find for cave explo¬
rers.
All together, over a dozen spe¬
cimens of seven different forms
of cave animals were caught
and will be used for study by
the visiting men and other na¬
turalists.
Among the various forms of
suibterranian life taken during
the day-long search were iso¬
pods, amphfpods, and flat-
worms th^t were almost invisi¬
ble to the human eye. Various
specimens of cave bats, spiders,
snails and crayfish were also
taken during the hunt.
Waterfall Cave, so named be¬
cause of the waterfall at its en¬
trance, Is on the property of Dr.
D. S. Middleton.
The visiting Speleologists
came to Dade County after com
pleting a maping project for
the National Parks Service and
U. S. Coast and Geodic Survey,
in Tennessee.
Trenton Garden Club
Yearbook Committee
Lead by Mrs. Cureton
The Year Book Committee of
the Trenton Garden Club met
Wednesday, December 6, at the
home of Mrs. M. J. Hale. The
committee drew up plans for
the Year Book for 1951.
The Year Book will contain
the officers for the new year
order of business, the Standing
Committee, Special Committees
hostesses for each month, the
program to be presented each
month, and a list of Garden
Club members.
Members on the Year Book
Committee are: Mrs. W. C.
Cureton, chairman; Mrs. G C.
Tatum, Mrs. H. F 1 . Allison, Mrs.
M. J. Hale, Mrs. Montford Ta-
turn, and Mrs. H. E. Gross.
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Twmlfin 11 ClllUll (leyilpn Uul Uvll I V>iUU llln
Decoration Contest
• luu IllflO'lflO' 5 Iil 5 Spf I jPf / /
The Trenton Garden Club is
sponsoring a contest for the
mcst attractive dec orated door
during the Christmas season.
A prize will be given. The
prize is a Door Knocker. The
club will have three qualified
judges,
This contest is not limited to
club members, but is open to
everyone in Trenton,
If you decorate your door
please call Mrs A. L. Dyer and
she will tell the judges to come
by your home to see your deco¬
rations.
The judges will make their
tour December 22, so enter the
contest and maybe you’ll be
winner of this beautiful prize.
