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Dade County’s Only Newspaper.
VOLUME L
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
