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About The Dade County times. (Trenton, Ga.) 1908-1965 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 4, 1951)
atlc imnt| Dade County’s Only Newspaper. VOLUME L .......... y . ..........o 0 o.o, o* p ■ *• °„ • p * o o » * n o . . . • o i: ■ • C®<r f if 19-S Big Dade 4-H Talent Show Set Friday Night at 7:30 Tomorrow (Friday) night will see the opening of the biggest 4-H Club project of the year in Dade County. The five county wide 4-H groups, including Trenton. Rising Fawn, New Salem. Davis, and North Dade will present their talent show tomorrow night at 7:30 at the Dade County Auditorium and will feature —----—-—— Atlanta a.i , n BOV I* Injured J ,.n While ., r Exploring l‘ • r Near Sitton’s Gulch Tommy Beutell, of Conway Road, Atlanta, was rush6d to a Ro-sville, Georgia doctor Satur- day ...... after he was injured ' ' in - a • fall while he and a group of Boy Scouts were exploring Sit¬ ton’s Cave near Trenton. The youth was rushed to Rossville by Amos L. Taylor who lives near the cave. Beutell was treated for severe cuts and a chipped bone near his knee. Six stitches were taken in his badly cut leg. Beutell was with David Tomas, Whit Benson, and A. B. Pewis, all of Atlanta. They were part of a Boy Scout exploring group which was camped at the top of Lookout Mountain at Cloud- land Canyon State Park. The group was being conducted by R. E. Shivers, also of Atlanta. Immunization Clinic At Rising Fawn School And Trenton School The Public Health Nurse will be at the Rising Fawn school Tuesday January 9, at 12 noon, for the purpose of holding an immunization clinic for the school and community. And at Dade County High School Friday January 12, at 10 A. M. for school only. The following immunizations (shots) will be offered: Typhoid—above one year of age (if the individual has ever had three injections only one dose will be needed.) Small Pox to all age—revac- teous every five years are re¬ commended. Diphtheria—7 months to 10 years. Boosters or first doses. Boosters every two years. Whooping Cough—1 * ........... month to 10 years. Boosters or first doses. Booster every two years are re- commended Parents are asked to please write teacher if they do not wish their children have the service. _ Mobile X-ray Unit To Visit Dade The Mobile X-ray Unit will visit Dade County Thursday January 11, 10 A. M.—12 noon. Persons who desire x-rays are requested to make appointments with the Pubic Health Nurse who will be in Health office in the Court House—Friday Jan. 5, from 8 A. M. to 4 P. M. and Saturday January 6, from 8 A. M. to 12 noon. CITY COUNCIL MEETING SET MONDAY NIGHT The regular monthly meeting of the Trenton City Council Was postponed last Monday night and will be held this Mon¬ day night, January 8, Mayor A. L. Dyer has announced. AMERICAN LEGION MEETING PLANNED FRIDAY NIGHT The regular meeting of the Dade County American Legion has been set for 8 P. M. Friday night, it has been announced. to the Best Interests of Dade County and Georgia. f HE DAD € COUNTY TIMES, TRENTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY JANUARY 4, 1951 a cast of nearly 100 local youths, The show, featuring short skits songs, music, stunts, and many other entertaining acts, will be a benefit for Dade — County’s efforts to raise money for the state 4-H Club Found- ation. The Foundation is a group engaged in planning statc _ wide 4 _ H at Rock Eagle part near Mliledgeville, ^ Georgia. The camp, with ... a „ „„ pacity of over 1,000 visitors, will be used by all 4-H clubs in the state and also for other public gatherings. County Agent L. C. Adams, in making the announcement, said all 4-H clubs in Georgia are tak¬ ing part in the fund raising pro¬ ject and that many Georgia manufacturers ________________ and busi nesss firms have made contributions. All Dade County organizations have been reported supporting the Friday night show here and some have mailed cards to their members urging their attend- ance and support. Adams added ^ ,, «, that of +,v, the D will be a good chance for loca organizations to review talent that can be used in of their own or short programs to entertain their members. All 4-H members’ parents have been urged to attend and citiz ens of the county are being ed to lend their support to both the local and state clubbers. Seven Escape Crash Down 50-Foot Bank Man Fined $151 Seven South-bound Ohio Ne- groes escaped from their car last Thursday after it blew a tire and crashed over a 50-foot em- bankment about 200 yards North of Henry Kenlmer’s service sta- jtion near Rising Fawn., The Negroes climbed from the de- 1 molished car, in which almost every window was smashed, and continued their trip via a bus from Rising Fawn. * The car, discovered at the bottom of the ditch Thursday evening, was retrlved by Charles Pryor after a long pull up the 'steep grade. Luther Thenton policeman Mitchell said one of the Negros, returning to see about the car, ‘told him the vehicle overturned seven times on its trip to the bottom of the ravine. ! Tuesday afternoon a m€ * r y chase resembling a parade led to the arrest of one man Trenton on a hit and run and other charges and lodging of another in jail. J!. C. Wooten, Rt. 1 Rising two passed , Fawn, said the men his truck between New d and Trenton and sideswiped him. Wooten gave chase and when he approached the city limits began sounding his horn tQ turn out poii C e. Luther Mitchell hopped into a car be¬ longing to Grady McKaig and chased the car to the junction of the Sand Mountain Road only to find that the State Pa¬ trol had already stopped the car. The driver was fined a total of 5151 by the city and county cn charges of hit and run, drunk driving, and driving without a license. , w Two Cross Burnings At Rising Fawn Laid To Pranksters two cross burnings in Rising Fawn last week have been es- ° ‘‘’yoilT boys^pfaytog pranks .. on a few Dade citizens The cro sses, burned at the homes of W. V. Hall and at the Hale residence on Burton Keni- a*"* were reported last 1 ^ °"» apart. The ,lrst was ,ound “ tte Hale place Wednesday night and ^ second wag touched off at Halla . s home about 9 P. M. Thursday. Hall said he knew nothing of th.6 cross until Jim ^^cM[ali.an, who lives just across the road, out into the yard where the was blazing . switches and Notes cross W as put out and later Hall discovered a bundle 0 f switches and a note on his front porch. The note, written in ink in a scrawly style, said, “Get to Work,” and was signed with a K. The Hales, Hall said, also got a .note along with their flaming | dls P lay ^ ateur WorkeRJ ] HalI said he did not think the blazing sign was a j 0 b and he added that he sus- pected it was a prank by some of the local boys. He said he did n °t see anyone near the cross. ' McMahan, who first spotted the !flame8> gaid he did not see any- , Qne near ^ , scene w hen he first gftW ^ light from the flames, Tbe cross was wrapped with oil soaked rags which were i bound on the poles with wire. More to Come According to information re¬ ceived by the TIMES today, these two incidents are not the end of the "pranksters.” Acording to plans, I flaming symbol will be burned at Rising Fawn one night next jweek. “customer’’ The name not of the revealed, next was but the sorce said the cross will warn him about his “drinking ; habits.” Lynch has Names Sheriff Bill Lynch, who told | the TIMES he has the spected names of of twQ of ^he SU £ be cross burnings, said today j. bere j s actually no law against burning crosses, but that cbarges of disturbing the peace, or trespassing could be filed If they were caug ht In the act. Meanwhile, Hall has Issued a stern warning to the culprits, whoever they may be, that he ig now axmed and ready for them on their next visit. j - Frank E. Dabbs, Sr., Dade County Native, Burried Tuesday Funeral services for Frank E. Dabbg Sr _ 74> re tired furniture dealer ^ who died Sunday at his 907 Tunnel Boulevard, were held at 1:30 P. M. Tuesday at __________________________ National Funeral Home, with Reader Raymond Whipple offi- dating I Interment was to be in Green¬ wood Cemetery. Pallbearers were to be Tom Street, Dale Brown, Ewell Brown Bufford Street, Donald Street Dabbg Doy i e> j ames Doyle and Jack Doyle. A native of Dade County. Mr. Dabbs resided in Chattanooga, Tenn., 33 years. His retirement from the furniture business oc- cured several years ago. He Is survived by his wife, Mrs. Frances S. Dabbs ^ four sons, Frank Jr., R. T., Denton and Everett Dabbs, all of Chatta- nooga ; two brothers, Will E. Dabbs, Yuma, Ariz.; Rufus Dabbs, Sacramento, Calif.; two sisters, Mrs. Ed Doyle, Chatta¬ nooga; Mrs. Hassell Lucier, Los Angles, Calif., and four grand¬ children. A REVIEW: Highlights of 1950 In Dade County JANUARY Asa L. McMahan wins Corn Contest with 126.7 bushels of corn to acre. Fatal accident on Highway 11. D. Newell Scruggs buys Tatum & Scruggs grocery. New City of Trenton officials sworn in. W. R. Lacy buys Busy Bee restaurant. Annual Joint meeting of Co¬ op and Farm Bureau. Work started on Trenton Water System. Floral Crest and Rising Fawn form Improvement Club. Specially called Grand Jury in session. FEBRUARY Highway 11 fatality. Dr. D. S. Middleton presented plaque for over 55 years of med¬ ical service. I Crane and Miles open new and used Furniture store Trenton. MARCH ] Farmers make Pasture Tour. Second Federal trial of Klan flogging begins in Rome. Storm floods creeks sloughs. Three announce for Judge ] ne , w Lookout Judicial Circuit, ] state Democratic | Committee sets June 28th 1 mary Judge Paschall passes continuing Court because confusion over technicality of new Circuit law. Farm Census taken. APRIL 1950 Census taken. Re-reglstration to vote County Wide meeting. Trenton enters contest. J. P. Lamberts receives er’s Tree Farmer’s certificate. Home Demonstration Dress Review. MAY M. J. Hale lor Representative and sixteen for County teemen qualfiy at closing for candidates. Coal Company starts mining on Sand Mountain. Annual Coosa River Soil servation District meeting held in Dade. Annual 4 county Pastors- Extension Workers Conference held in Rising Fawn. Charles T. Sims elected Legion Commander. Adjourned Court in session 5 days. Graduation exercises at Dade schools. Thirty-four hundred and fif¬ teen registered to vote in Dade as books close. JUNE Census shows Trenton’s popu- lation to be 760; Dade County 7,362, an increase of amost 1500. Dade has 577 more houses and 218 more farms than in ____ 1940. Two burned to death in truck collision near Morganville. Governor Talmadge visits Dade County. Talmadge wins in governor’s race for Georgia. Freman C. McClure wins as judge of new Lookout Judicial Circuit. Lacy’s restaurant air cooled. First in Trenton, Korean “police action’’ begins, JULY Draft of men 19-25 ordered. Fatal acident on Highway 11. Many acidents near Craw Fish Creek on Highway 11. Trenton gets city map. Mother and baby killed on Highway 11 near Craw Fish Creek. Signs erected to warn of slip¬ pery pavement. Cars continue to skid off road. Published Weekly—Since 1901 NUMBER 52. LAB TESTS STARTED ON MOUNTAIN ROAD Work continued this week on the Lookout Mountain Highway I as two men from the Georgia Highway Department’s testing lab started serveys and tests on the proposed site of rerouting for the washed-out sections of the highway. Bob Pieirce and C. L. Free¬ man, from the Atlanta office of the department arrived in Tren¬ ton Wednesday afternoon to begin testing and hoped to finish their findings by late Thursday. Freeman told the TIMES that their job would be to determine if the proposed two-mile section of new road bed was of sufficient strength to support the new section of road. Continue Work He said he and Pierce will make a survey of the ground covered several months ago by a survey party that mapped the new route for the caved-in sec¬ tions of the road that furnishes Dade County’s only connection with its mother state. Freeman added that their findings will be reported to the Highway department in Atlanta and from there the decisions will be up to the bosses. Geologist Reports The Georgia State Geologist was in Dade recently and made a check of the mountain road and the proposed new route for the dangerously caved-in sec¬ tion. Freeman said he had no idea how soon after his findings were completed Jhe state will start work on the road, but previous interviews with Jim Gillis and other Highway Department of¬ ficials have given to believe that work will start as soon as all preliminary findings are com¬ pleted. W. B. Cureton dies. T. V. A. “brass hats” visit Dade. Reserves recalled to active duty. Pasture, Corn and Dairy Pro¬ duction Course held. AUGUST New surface laid on Highway 11 south of Trenton. Dade turned down for funds for Health Center. Dade Theater under new management of J. G. Pace. H. E. Gross buys Dyer Mer- cantle property and Dyer Ser¬ vice Station. SEPTEMBER County schools open. Court in Session. First boys drafted, leave Dade. County Fair kicked off by parade and floats. OCTOBER Rising Fawn 4-H Club wins state honors. Clothesline Art Show. Rising Fawn wins county im¬ provement contest. More boys drafted. Thirty-five mills tax set for county. First frost. Boll weevils ruin cotton crop. NOVEMBER State election Large because of 37 amendments. Meeting set to form Chamber of Commerce. Rising Fawn gets street lights. Rising Fawn 4-H Club gets national charter. Snow, ice and cold take coun¬ ty. , DECEMBER Trenton to collect property taxes in 1951. Snow and cold. Tri-county hospital receives federal aid and work starts. Prices high but merchants re¬ port record sales Christmas. 4-H CLUB SCHEDULE January 8, New Salem 10:00 A. M. Trenton January 8 2:25 P. M. Jauary 9, North Dade 9 A. M. January 9, Rising Fawn 10:50 A. M. January 10, Davis 9:45 A. “Mostly Cloudy” Was Dade Forecast During Freak 1950 During 1950, Chattanooga and vicinity, including Dade County, had only 95 clear days. Boiled down to a smaller scale, that means that the sun beamed down on this part of the country less than two days per week. A complete tally of the weath¬ er man’s books at Chattanooga shows that we had 190 days of “cloudy” weather and 78 days of “partly cloudy” skies. The weather man says further that 1950 was the warmest year on record (despite the fact that you were half frozen when you woke up this morning) and that temperatures were gfenelfclly two degrees higher than normal ! ad y ear More than 65 inches of rain fell in Chattanooga during the year. More probably fell in Dade because of the nearness of both Lookout and Sand Mountains. The weather man reported November as the coldest that month has been since 1911 and said further that last January was the hottest that month has been since records were kept. The hottest period of the year was listed as June when ther¬ mometers went over 90 several, times. Coldest report from Dade County was received last month when Sand Mountain residents reported a chilly 4 degrees below zero. Curtis L. Bigham, 28, Takes Assistant Post On County Agent Staff The position of Assistant Dade County Agent, vacated last October by Russell Neel, who was called into service, was filled Tuesday by Curtis L. Bigham 28, former Veteran’s Instructor at Calhoun, Georgia. Bigham graduated from the University of Georgia December 1949. He majored in agriculture. The new assistant was marri¬ ed only a few weeks ago to the former Miss Fae Hill, of Calhoun. Cotton Is King In Georgia, Bum In Dade Cotton, acording to a state¬ ment from the Georgia Crop Reporting Service, was “King” again this year in Georgia. The report said cotton accounted for 27.3 per cent of all crops raised in the state. Dade County however suffered a drop of some 80 or 90 per cent in its 1950 cotton crop. County Agent L. C. Adams and PMA head Louise Wright esti¬ mated this week that less than 100 bales were produced in Dade County this year as compared with an average output of be¬ tween eight and nine hundred bales. Throughout the state peanuts ranked second as a cash crop and tobacco placed third. Agent Adams said cattle com¬ pletely outranked all other crops Dade this past year, however, and pasture crops occupied of the farm land.
