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About The Dade County times. (Trenton, Ga.) 1908-1965 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 25, 1951)
u ids Cinroht trow Dade VOLUME LI MOTORIZED FOR GEORGIA’S HEALTH uv-oi»ia. ifjpariment of Public Health i* prepaieu u> wkc pan. ui ,u.uugh- out the state with a mobile testing unit (above) equipped to test citizens for f i v>e different di¬ seases and physical abnormalitic/ 3 The new lab-truck is designed to process about 100 persons . per hour. The truck will soon begin its travels throughout the state to conduct X-ray and other health tests. Nation Wide Alarm Seeks Russell Morgan On Gross Break-in A police alarm, covering the entire South and extending as far west as California, has been sent out by Dade County Sheriff Bill Lynch seeking the arrest of Russell Morgan in connection with a series of crimes com- mitted in the county Sunday night. Morgan is the only remaining party to be questioned in burglary of Gross; Mercantile Co. and Scruggs Grocery last Sunday night and the wrecking of Joyces Drive Inn. Three other participants in the crimes, Earl Hainey, Ray Buckles, and Junior Underwood have been questioned in the af- fair. Underwood is being held in the county jail pending a total bond of $1,600. Hainey and Buckles were released without bond after giving their state- ments Monday afternoon. Earl Hainey, who gave up Monday afternoon to Sheriff Bill Lynch, said in a full signed statement, that the group’s ac- tivities started Sunday night when they visited the Midway Cafe where they had a few drinks. Buckles, who came in with Hainey, said he went with the party and carried a bottle of whisky which they drank while at the cafe. Buckles said they later ob¬ tained another bottle and after drinking that, he passed out and could not remember much of what happened after that. Hainey, in his statement, said the group took Buckles home and then went to Sand Mountain where Underwood and Russell Morgan proceeded to completely wreck the Joyce Drive Inn. Hainey said he took no part in the wrecking and was forced to stay in the car. He tt said . , when , ,, they decided to burgle the Gross company, protested, but Morgan told to stay with them and locked him in the car while he (Morgan) and Underwood en- tered the store they’ Hainey added that later transtered the stolen goods from one uixe car vax to wav another and re- turned to Sand Mountain. He said he told them he . had , „ . to out of the car and they let him go. He added that he went be- hind a church house and ran to his home. That, he added, was the last he saw of the group that night. When Underwood was ca tured late Monday night at his home, Lynch and other law fleers were led to Waterfall Cave near the foot of Sand Mountain ^nart^of* and there U *loot**taken"in they reco- vered Prfak thp " the the break-in in The party forced their entry into in the the rear Scruggs oi the Grocery Gross ^t° Mer re cantile Co., by smashing a wm- dow in a side door and urdock " ing the door from the inside, accoraing to Scruggs. They then t°J er a partit ; i0 ? ^ entered the n Gross part fo n the P bunding where they took a man's suit, a jacket, several pair of shoes, uhree boxes of men’s dress shirts, but no money. They also took about 50 cartoons of cigarettes and a few irom the Scruggs department. Both Hainey and Buckles gave voluntary signed statements to Sheriff Lynch which named Underwood and Morgan as the actual intruders at both Gross and Joyce establishments. Devoted to the Best Interests of Dade County and Georgia. THE DADE COUNTY TIMES, TRENTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY JANUARY 25, 1951 Georgia Health Dept. Gets ‘Lab on Wheels,’ To Serve State The Georgia Department of Public Health, in its war against disease, has adopted the motor- i zed methods of a modern army, The Department now boasts a hu ^ e mobile health testin ^ unit designed to travel throughout the State and give tests for five different diseases and physical abnormalities at the rate of 100 p e rS0 ns per hour, Dr T T Sellers, State Health D r t m e n t Director, an- nounced the mobile testing unit be put int0 immedlate ser - !vice in cooperation with county health departments conducting mass health surveys, and for testing the personnel of large f industrial plants. He said the | new unit is equipped for giving I tests for tuberculosis, heart normalities, syphilis, and anemia. M. J. Hickney, State Department Chief X-ray nician who designed the trailer- tractor combination, said new equipment is the known self contained unit its kind in this country. He ex plained the unit has its electric power plant and room in addition to sections registration, X-ray, and gic study. The schedule for the new bile unit has already been for the next several Health Department officials vealed. Rising Fawn Scouts Set First Meeting; Plan Parents Talks j The first meeting of the formed Rising Fawn Troop the Boy Scouts of America will be hold Saturday afternoon ! 1 o’clock at the Rising Fawn c 00 Announcement of the ing will be made Friday noon at the school so that boys at least 12 years old can ! come to the first meeting the new program started The first meeting, Saturday will be f ° r tbe purp ° se of nstruc ' j 6 the boys f in the requirements ^ for L becoming _ Tenderfoot , . . scouts, , 6 ! The unit committee, elected week hy the sponsoring 8 rou P> the Rising Fawn Com- munity Improvement Club met last week and named Jim of Rising Fawn, as .the new ^7 troop’s otherleta'iirin“co* Scoutmaster and worked ecViori nn the t Luther Allisnn was named chairman of the Unit Committee. All members of the commit- t ' ee > the Improvement Club, and i al1 interested parents in the Rising Fawn area, are to be in- vited tQ a mee ting Thursday night, February 1 to conduct a et Acquainted with mee ting. A speaker from BSA headquarters in Chattanooga b eon hand to answer ques- tions The loafing meeting and , talk wil1 be held at the reguJar meeting of the Improvement ] club at the Rising Fawn School ' at 7;00 p M ■ __ H. D. Club Schedules | February 1—Morgan ville. J Fe b. 5—HD Council meeting. Feb. 6—Trenton. i Feb. 7—Cave Springs. 1 Feb. 8—Wildwood. February demonstrations are on slides and Flower Arrange- 1 ments. C. of C. Formation Studied by Committee; Information is Sought Dade County’s proposed Chamber of Commerce went in- to another .stage of development Wednesday night, January 17, when a committee, who has been working on its organiza- tton, decided to seek help from neighboring Chambers. The committee, headed by C. Raymond Street, and composed >of Rev. Alien m T. Newby, xt u m Tom m _ Renfroe, . T L. ^ C. Adams, a j ™ and 7, John Tatum, decided to visit several nearby towns who have sma]1 Chambers of Commerce and ask questions about their organiza- tion and operation. The committee will then re-] turn with their information and send letters to all Dade County merchants and civic leaders asking them to meet with the committee to discuss the actual formation of the Chamber. The general public will also be invited to the organizational meeting through an invitation extended through the columns of the TIMES. Two Men Injured In Truck-Car Crash At Highway Junction Two Alabama men were slightly injured about 7 P. M. Monday night when their auto collided with a truck at the junction of U. S. Highway 11 and Highway 143 leading up Lookout Moun- tain, The two injured men, J. W. Wilson and Charlps Guyton, both of Ashville, Alabama, were taken to a Chattanooga hospi¬ tal where Wilson was treated for several fractured ribs. Trenton Marshall J. H. Baty said the driver of the truck, J. H. Hanner, of Boaz, Alabama, was charged with wreckless driving and released under bond. Herschel V. Forester Given Football By SMU Gridders Herschel Vinson Forester has been elected one of the tricap¬ tains for the 1951 SMU football squad. He is a son of Mr. Hers¬ chel Forester, who is a Dade Countian now living in Dallas, Texas, and who is a bro¬ ther of Byron and Cicero Fo¬ rester of the Cloverdale Com¬ munity. Young Forester is a junior at the Southern Methodist sity. He was selected on the 1950 Times Herald (Dallas) All Conference team as guard. With the two other cap¬ tains, center Dick and fullback Pat Knight, rester received this new honor at a banquet sponsored by Mustang Club and the Ex-Let- j termen’s Association just thriled in with Dallas. the “We are honor and confidence that I teammates have displayed us " was the way Forester me d tt it up after Coach Russell announced the count at the banquet. Mustang letters for the season were presented to teen seniors, eleven junior* 1 which Forester was one, twelve sophomores which cluded Bill (George) Forester brother of Herschel. New Gym Raising Plans Drive Obeyed; Starts Fund A second meeting to plan for the rebuilding of the Dade County Gym was held Monday night in the Dade High Lunch room. Prin¬ cipal J. C. Billue had been elected Chairman of the Executive Committee at the previous meeting and conducted the meeting. The Executive Committee composed of Principal Billue, Supt. of School Roy W. Moore and W. H. Pullen had visited several gyms in surrounding counties. Board member W. C. Cureton had studied the blue prints of a gym in Tracy City which the committee had brough back with them as the one they was most suited to Dade Coun¬ ty’s needs. Mr. Pullen drew a rough sketch and explained and answered questions about this building. It would be a two story building about 97x110 ft. It would be built of concrete re¬ inforced by steel supports. In would* the half basement ..._....... suitable” first floor ^ be rooms 26x30 ft. class rooms, a heating plant, lockers and showers. The gym, with ...x. a standrad , . , size , 50x84 er. n a ,, ft. basket W O ball court, v f ■would vv\juava . be uc on the second_ floor with bleachers on each side having a seating capacity of over 1,000. After a lively discussion on many points, the cost was asked for. Mr. Pullen said the Tracy City gym had cost $94,000 when it was built three years ago. Mr. w. C. Cureton explained how it would be passible for Dade County to use a plan of such a building and where costs be cut without without taking taking away away from the durable construction construction and general plan of the build- ing. The meeting recessed for in- dividual discussion, coffee and doughnuts When the group reassembled Mr. Pat Wheeler asked where the building and football field would be. Mr. Roy Moore re- plied that it was hoped the field might be on the west corner of the school property and the proposed building east of that. ! After more discussion a mo- tion w’as made and passed that the group was in favor of the proposed building plans. Miss Bess Cureton raised the question of state aid. Mr. Moore said the Minimum Foundation plan did give $500 per teacher, | 5200 tobe ,«f edfor capital out- l ^ nd and $300 A for malignance H f ^7^ Dade School System, because of fires, was already in bad shape and that, “we can’t use this money, it is already needed elsewhere.” The question of raising money came next. Mr. Moore said he already had just under $39,000 from the Trenton school bonds and tbe insurance on th f ! a ? d itwasjustonemans opi- nk3 * but he felt $4 °’° °° ™ re should h be raised H before f the . building should , ... be started, 7 , , “ * trr w ttt \A7i1Hq mc nmnncAH t,,™ In ^ dominations ^aUons of o^OO^sTtnd $100, $50, and $25, so that people who could not give a lot all at once could buy “on the installment plan”. These bonds would not be re- deemable but more like a re- ceipt. This was put in a suitable motion to the effect that bonds be sold and a building be built. This carried. Following the plan for fund raising set forth fnr i h anri and adopted arirmtpri at at the last meeting, the county will be divided into zones and then into smaller districts, with adult leaders. The school chil- dren will do the soliciting under the help and supervision of th f/ leaders. As the Supt. of Schools is aiready bonded, the money will be turned over to Mr. Billue who will turn it over to Mr. Moore. It was voted that this s ey w " e e zsxnz County High School Building Fund” and deposited in the bank of Mr. Moore's choice. It was voted and carried that the Executive 4 Committee put Published Weekly—Since 1901 NUMBER 3. Meeting Co-op Schedule Given For FB Sessions Program for the county-wide Farm Bureau-Co-op meeting Ja- nuary 27 was announced .today with the setting of the meeting time as 10 A. M. Saturday. The meeting will be divided into two sec ti 0 ns, one for FB members and the other for members of the Dade „ , C „ °-° p - A . , lunch , - set . for „ 12;3 .„ „„ °- wil1 , be the ...... dlvidin ® mark , for „ the two groups, with both FB and Co-op members being in- vited to the fepd The meeting will be held , , at , Dade High v. School « v. i Audito- » ji, . and ....... 1 nch U1 be 5erved , . " ,,m “ ” ln the school , lunchroom. The program, as annuonced *>y County Agent L. C. Adams, * s as follows: Opening song and devotional; welcome address by R. C. Thom- as,, president of the FB; read- ing of the previous minutes; se- cretry’s report and treasurer’s report on membership by George Grant; Presentation of 4-H club medals by Col. D. E. Morrison and Mrs. T. H. Moore; election 0 f officers; Play “Rich R. and p. o. Land,” by the Davis 4-H Club; Address by Eston Harden, district field man of the Geor- gia Farm Bureau; report of election results. Lunch. (This will conclude the FB meeting and the Co-op meeting will begin with the lunch.) Co-op meeting schedule; 1:30 P. M. — Assembly; Wel¬ come Address by G. V. Green; minutes of last meeitng; Secre¬ tary-Treasurer’s report by C. R. Street; Discussion; Report of nominating committee; Election of Officers; Address by L. E. Farmer, Extension economist on marketing, Athens; election re¬ port; adjourn. FISH FRY SATURDAY AT RISING FAWN FOR SCHOOL FUND Satprday night the feed is on at the Rising Fawn School. An evening of fish frying and game playing has been set for 7:00 P. M. at the school as part of the school’s money raising campaign for its im¬ provement fund. Principal J. E. Mickler said today that the program will feature cake walks and many other events in connection with the fish fry which will be open to the public. Saturday night the feed is open to the public. , Billy Wooten Charged With Cattle Rustling Out On $1,000 Bond Billy Wooten was released cn $1,000 bond this week after be- * n 8 charged with the theft of two cows and a calf from his step-father, W. D. Gray, of Lookout Mountain, Wooten, according to Sheriff Bill Lynch, took the cattle to Cookville, Tennessee where he sold them for a total of $270. Lynch said the two cows have been traced and returned, and added that they are on the trail ° fthe Calf ‘ It was reported tha 1 - Wooten used a truck to take he cows Mounfcaln fai ™ t0 Cookville - garden CLUB MEET FEBRUARY 1 The Garden Club will meet at | the “‘ e home ™ me of ^ Mrs. Mrs ' M. J. Hale on Thursday February v first. High bghtsof the Judging School will de f ven and Miss Kath leen Morrison will give . a piano re¬ Cila1 ’ tne P lan 01 Iunct raising operation, Present „ , at . the ,. meeting .. Messers essers L. L. T C. C. Adams, Adams, aj H. H. tt Atkin- Atkin-’ A^i , ; *>n, Bil! Austin J C. Billue, Ewell Brown Jules A. Case W. C. Cureton, A. L. Dyer J . L. Fricks, Cleron Kyzer, B. B.Ke ; nime^ R. M. Morrison,, J. E. Mickler, Roy W. Moore, Edgar Moore, John McGuffey, Grady Smith, E. R. Wells, Pat Wheeler, David Woodall, W. W. Williams, Mlss Mae and Miss Bess Cure- ton,, Mrs. Frank Morrison and Mrs. Catherine Morrison. j ELBERT FORESTER Ex-Dade Senator Elbert Forester Gets State Post Friends in Dade County and throughout the State were in¬ terested to learn of the recent appointment of former Senator Elbert Forester to the position of Informational Representative of the Employment Security Agen¬ cy, a division of the Georgia La¬ bor Department. He occupies an office with the Department of Labor, in the State Office Buldg. Atlanta. Mr. Forester’s education, ex- periece and wide knownledge of public relations work qualified him to stand a competitive exa¬ mination which was held De¬ cember 16. Employees of the Employment Security Agency, affiliated with the Federal Gov¬ ernment, are under Civil Ser¬ vice. Elbert won over a number of others in both written and oral competitive examinations. The Informational Section, which Mr. Forester heads, plans and executes programs design¬ ed to widen public knowledge concerning the functions of the Georgia Employment Security S Program informs employers and workers in relation to unem¬ ployment compensation, em¬ ployment service, veteran’s al¬ lowances, etc. throughout the State. Elbert is a graduate of Berry Schools where he special¬ ized in the study of journalism. He published the Dade County Times from 1929 until 19xx. He has always taken an active part in public and civic affairs. Many of the benefits enjoyed by the people of Dade County were secured largerly thorough his efforts. He served as State Se¬ nator from the 44th Senatorial District two terms and as a member of the House of Repre¬ sentatives from Dade County for two terms. He served as Pre¬ sident of the Dade County Lions Club and is a past master, Tren¬ ton tuil UJUge Lodge 179, A < ^, r. F. Oo & A. . ivl. M. He ntj is L a 32nd degree Mason and Shri ner. Hon Ben T. Huitt, Commis- of Labor of the State of Georgia, is to be commend on this appointment. Tommy Sims Injured In Auto Wreck Tommy Sims was in an auto wreck near Cartersville befero daylight last Thursday mom- ing. He ____ was taken to Lawson Hospital in Atlanta where first reports , gave . him . in , a very seri- ™ ^ ^Zle ^lnTte ., his cola j B It is rep fn orted he has a bone chipped 7 his shoulder and seve al broken ribs. Details on the cause of the wreck arg yague bufc Tommy . s MARCH or DIMES JANUARY IS-»»
