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About The Dade County times. (Trenton, Ga.) 1908-1965 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 22, 1951)
4 tlr tines Dade County’s Only Newsp aper. GANN AW A Y-R1LEY “FIVE & DIME” STORE FOR GRAND OPENING MARCH 1 mie County’s new* bust- neS s, the Gannaway-Riley five d dime’” store located ln an that Tr nton, has announced fh°y will open March 1. G. R. Parks, a partner in the Chattanooga firm, said stock n'".vly will *=«-“ Wheeler Bros. Grocery store building on the South side of the square this Thursday. Workmen were working today (Wednesday) finishing inside furnishings of the modern store. of the new The working force enterprise, has been named as THE FARM REPORTER This winter has been hard on winter pastures. A few farmers however who had a good growth of fescue 6 to 10 inches high at the beginning of the winter are still grazing cattle with good re¬ sults on frosted fescue. Roy Moore on Lookout Mountain and Dan Smith in Slygo have both grazed cattle more or less continously on frosted fescue since last November. C. V. Green in Cloverdale has been clearing cedar bushes and other trees out of his pasture land this winter. He cleared off and sowed several acres of fes¬ cue and ladino this last fall and he wants to have several more acres ready when it’s time to sow this year. E. A. Stallings in New Home Community has one of the best looking farm and fish ponds in Dade County. It was completely late last fall and covers about half acre. Caudell Clayton and J. D. Smith also in New Home Com¬ munity are wanting to get started constructing terraces. They had Hugh Clark, Soil Con¬ servationist in Dade County, lay out terraces for them last Thursday. Georgia State Parks Get New Signs To Aid Motorists Thousands of tourists that vi¬ sit Georgia’s many enchanting State Parks this spring and summer will have less trouble finding the park they are seek¬ ing, thanks to the State High¬ way Department. The Depart- ment, in cooperation with the State Parks Department, has commenced errectlng directional signs pointing out the direction to the various State Parks throughout the State. The di¬ rectional signs are the same kind of signs that you find in towns and at cross-roads point¬ ing out the direction to the nearest towns in the particular direction you happen to be goin. This move will prove very helpful to both the people of Georgia and outside the State and should increase the State Parks attendance considerably. attention veterans All veterans who are inter¬ ested in taking a course in busi¬ ness training, please see Claude Owens at Dade High School Monday February 5, through Wednesday February 7, from 8 to 9 o’clock at night. These classes will be two nights each week, and only high school graduates and those who have had two years of high school will be eligible to attend these classes. All veterans who are not training by July 25, 1951 will not be eligible to receive these or an y other training benefits. Please tell your friends about these dead lines. By Clude Owens, (Ins.) Veterans’ Administration Mrs ^ Comanager, and p ar t a lng on the volume of business. Parks said today he thinks chances are good for the new Hnfna n a inmrisinzlv J aood ... busi- Thp The Gannawav-Rllev Gannaway icuey Co sign will go up " over the front of the ® bargains which will be an¬ nounced later. Wildwood HD Club todies Flowers M Recent Meeting The Wildwood Home Demon- stration Club met February 8 the home of Mrs. C. W. The meeting was called to order by Mrs. A. C. Turner. Mrs. D. C. Carroll had of the devotional. Mrs. O. C. Turner read us a poem, “Which Are You.” The song of the Demonstra¬ tion Club was song by the group. The secretary read the mi¬ nutes of the last meeting and gave the roll call, each lady answered with her favorite flow¬ er. Miss Vestel showed us some posters on landscaping, show¬ ing before and after, the work had been done. We received our new Year Townsend 'foT^aint^ the covers for us, they are very pretty. Miss Vestel showed us pictures on flower arrangements, show¬ ing us we can have flowers in¬ side in winter as well as sum¬ mer. She also gave us pamphlets on flower arrangements. The District Meeting at Boyn¬ ton was discussed, several of the ladies plan to attend. We are glad to welcome two new members to our Club, Mrs. Durham urham and and Mrs. Mrs. Hadley. Hadley. Delicious refreshments were served by the hostess. McBryar, Cagle Twins Among 10 Local Men UD ror Drat I fcxaifl Ten more Dade Countians left for their pre-induction physical examinations Monday as the armed services moved ahead with its plans to build up more forces for Korea and proposed European defense forces. Among the latest group to be sent from the county were two sets of twins. Clifton Tames Edward Clifford Cagle made up one family set and Lloyd and Floyd McBryar com¬ prised the other. Other men called for the trip to Atlanta for their examina¬ tions were: Charles Ralph Ger- rin, Billy Joe Johnson, Gunter Lamar Avans. Walter Sharader, Rayford Chambers, and William Henry York. The men were given a send off hearded them onto a bus dur- ing early morning rains Mon- Food Canning Clinic Set For Trenton Tuesday At 2 P. M. Miss Ruth Broach, Food Pre¬ servation Specialist, Athens, Ga., will hold a Food Preservation Clinic on Tuesday, February 27 at the Home Economics Build- ing, Trenton, at 2 P. M. All club I members are urged to be pres- ent if possible. Club officers, Food Preservation Chair men, 1 and 4-H Club Advisers are espe- ! cially urged to attend this lead- 'er training meeting, j Members meat, are fruit asked to vegetables bring a jar of or j which they have canned. These Devoted to the Best Interests oi Dade County and Georgia. THE DADE COUNTY TIMES, TRENTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY FEBRUARY 22, 1951 Many Far-Reaching Acts Passed By Ga. ' gg^g) Assembly J S e seSon"S the Georgia General Assembly’s spUt session. In tact, the 40 da V session J ust ended P^bably Vtiet-ArsT history. The rnnoftw reason: • A A f three V\rQQ nor per cent general sales tax, ’__i,.. wiU affecfc the Pocketbook ______i. of „ e ev6r y individual and business in floftiirrin nrno nrMlftf nrl A low no exemptions, was passed to i help finance a $208-million ap- proprations bill designed to ex¬ pand state services, largerly in l the fields of education, health, j welfare and highway construc¬ tion. (The state’s present over¬ all appropriation calls for $108- million.) The sales tax becomes effective April 1. Under other major legislation enacted by the General Assem- which will reconvene Ja- nuary 14, 1952, for the i n g thirty days of its 70-day session, these things would be carried out: | l. Finance the Minimum Foundation Program for Educa- tion in full. 2 Give Georgia ties home ule fees to the State Highway De- partment , , , for construction . and ^ 4. Stop all state aid to Geor- gia schools and colleges If the state’s segregation pattern Is upset for education, 5. Establish a state-wide sys- \tem of juvenile courts if the lo cal grand juries want them 6. Unmask the Ku Klux pubiic°property ross-buminss SysteirTfor primaries U special^an be^vS'Tn'Trthf NoTerbS 1952 general election.) 8. Set the stage for a multi- d „ common school l building _______ program through the h Authority 9. Repeal the Gholston for- mula for allocation of seconda- ry road funds. 10. Repeal more than 130 so- leaned called nuisance nuisance taxes taxes and and li¬ 11- > cense cense fees fees on on businesses businesses and and in- in- c ii v i { i ua is, including the annual $1 driver’s license. 11. Cut back emergency tax Increases on gasoline, beer and wines of June 30, 1951. (These Increases have been in effect and deductions to all taxpayers but with a small tax rate in- crease in the upper brackets. 13. Provide $12-million for a General Hospital at Augusta and $8-million additional f° r the hospital at Milledgeville. 14. Provide $6-million for a court building on Capitol Square. Most of the ^administration- fore adjournment, told the so- ions: “I think you have done more than any single General e M ;„ e •■rrrrt tractive ever held,” while admlnitration legislators dls- agree. But most everybody ad- mits that no previous Legisla- fnm naccpri sn much far- reaching legislation iconicHnn in in so cn short chnrt a time. ^!L be hp S C _°„ r e -l anri a " d i thp he d fiifferent .ii re t points explained . , in order - 4 to - help improve our quality of canned foods. Miss Broach will also give a demonstration on the preparation of foods for freezing. If you are interested in either or both of the above demonstra- tions, take advantage of the op- potunity of attending this lead- er training meeting. EXCUSE THE NEWS GEO. WASHINGTON SLOWED US DOWN Because Thursda*y, February 22 is George Washington’s birthday and the Trenton Post Office closes along with all other government offices, the TIMES was printed on Wed¬ nesday this week. You may have received your CO p y a day early, on time, or a that the Court house burned down Wednesday night and wonder . why . we don’t .... have the . [ 1 story, . that’s ■ - our excuse. Piney Man Held On $2,000 Bail After Shooting A family dispute between two Piney Grove brothers landed one in a Chattanooga hospital with a bullet In his chest and the other in the county jail last j W eek. Garland Walston, 23, was ar- re sted by Sheriff Bill Lynch and | after a preliminary hearing, was held for the March Grand Jury under charges of carrying a concealed weapon and assault with intent to kill. Bond was set at $2,000. Miles Walston, Jr., 30, was treated at Erlanger Hospital at I brother fired at Miles as he stepped " through & the door of I money,’’ about two months ago. The wife, Mrs. Marie Walston, 18 sa id she did go to Florida with Walston, but added that she and her husband were back to- gether at the time of the shoot- ing. - 4 - : — 1950 CotlOIl Insect i Control In Georgia Boll weevil infestation in 1950 •from the time cotton came out of the ground until picking was underway—was the ,ist ’ revealed this week - He added > however, that an i educational program for cotton insect con trol was carried which resulted in an average of 50 pounds of lint per acre more than would have been produced if the program had not been conducted. This amounted to at J least $25,000,000 additional that farmers received for their 1950 cotton crop. The cotton specialist pointed out that fields throughout the egfc survivaI of weevi ] S m his- |tory i Ag m M 10>000 fleIds were noted , n some one _ acre | | early in the aeaaon Mr Westbrook said the Ex tension Service’s educational | program was carried on from May through August. More than 20 newspaper articles were prepared on cotton Insect con- trol _ and these were prin ted in jqqq stories on the insect con- tro j p rogram . stating that Geor gia’s daily papers have a circu- the five _ mont h period. “It would seem,” he continued “that it w <>uld be conservative to esti- mate that a minimum of 40,000,- 000 j had , _ the ,, , ... - reader s en “i 11 » n c ° ttwl ‘ nsect “ n - „ Mr Westbrook _ ,. . said ,, t . . ha „ f ‘ l transcrl . throughout P tions the were ? for reparec local l season rariift dte^iS'hSct He ^onUol nerson- allv ally discussed insect control on on several radio programs. RISING FAWN SCOUTS MEET SATURDAY AT 1 The Rising Fawn Community Improvement Club sponsored Boy Scout Troop will meet Sa¬ turday at RF school at 1 P. M. 81-Million Dollar Minimum Foundation Plan Becomes Fact After five years of being in thecry, the Minimum Founda- :™es P 7a^% r ep“ n Acl- ually it will go into effect July 1, but it will be September be¬ fore its benefits will be noticed. The appropriations bill gives common schools $56,025,000 in the regular sections and $25,625,- ono 308 in the ~ section contingent on 'the revenue’s being available, That’s $81,646,308 in all. Every penny the school folks wanted. Benefits received from this fi¬ nancing of the MFPE will be the teachers will get better sa¬ laries. This will mean more well trained teachers and fewer over- crowded classes, a teacher for | every 26 pupils instead of 30 ^ now - And there will be money t0 P a y them, 1 The school children should, before too long, have better roofs over their heads, and bet- ter floors under their feet. They should have better heat and light, desks and equipment. To quote from Sunday’s Jour- nal and Constitution: “As a matter of fact the build ing aspect of the MPYE is safest bet of all. It is exempted f rom the segregation provisions of the appropriations bill that w hite school must admit a Ne- Kro gro . e r e a e 0 se a f , , 0 on s !that was B°lng to pay tu them off j™L? The n ) MF “££ f E cl5 Sives \ school „ . sys- ‘““-county or Independent- $200 a year per teacher , , for ca- pital outlay. If a system has 60 teachers, It would get $10,000. “It can use that money to pay off bonded indebtedness or i ox building improvements. It issue bonds itself or, if it has reached the legal limit on that, ask the State School Building Authority to finance the cons- truction. ! “in that case, its capital ]ay a ]] 0 tment will be paid di- re rec cti tly v tn to the the buildine building authority authority the Authority to get to function- i ng , It ^ created under a law separate from the MFPE law. «B u t some school plant lm- provements will come sooner. An allotment to each school sys- tern of $300 a year per teacher for ma i n tenance and operation j —that would be $15,000 annually for the 50 teacher system—will ^gip pu t pa int and patches In many places.” This additional money for Georgia schools will be of great wiJ1 be _1 a Godsend ; SCVCIl Dade HD Clubs Sent Represntatives To District Meet Seven of the Home Demon . gt a t e council of H. D. Clubs held in 30 ^^ j as t wednes- day t wen i y n i ne delegates Over 300 women from nine north Georgia counties attend- ed this meeting. The Catoosa County Clubs acted as hostesses. Qn band to j ead discussion and help plan their farm, home and community work were several iallsts from the Extern service in Athens. Mr s - Charles Keller of Walker County and President of the Council was 0 ne of the morning speakers. County re- ports were given by the Council presidents of Whitfield, Walker, Murray, Gordon, Floyd Dade, Chattooga, Catoosa and' Bartow Counties. All HD Agents of these counties were also present. Published Weekly—Since 1901 58 ACRES BURN HERE IN 'KEEP GREEN' WEEK Fire Investigator ProbeS F<ff CaUSCS Of Recent Blazes One of Dade County’s most serious forest fires swept the top of Lookout Mountain last Friday Frinav tn to claim pm m more mnrp than thon 50 SO acres of valuable timberland. Dade Protection Unit Ranger Jerry Pace reported the fire, on the property of Frank Rountree tOwk hold of 54 acres before it was pul oul aller six bours °f . ba .. b Dades ng ^ iwo-man un ‘ Face said the blaze was not reported until it had a good start and first reports came about 6 P, M. almost ^ an hour after smoke was probably vi- slble - The fire broke out near a saw mill in the Easly Gap area. A forest fire investigator from Rome was in the county Monday seeking possible clues as the cause of the 54 acre blaze and also looked into a tal of five sma11 blazes which were discovered along the Look- out Mountain Highway. The small fires were almost evenly spaced along the side of the mountain. These small blazes were put out by the protection unit while on their way to the larger fire. Mountain, destroying much timber. All fires, it was pointed out, were fought without the aid of any volunteers. - TWO DADE GINNERS ARE INVITED TO A ,mr l L,AN ANT l A A altLlh MFFTING l iivd Representatives from the two cotton gins in Dade County have been Invited to the annual con- vention of the Georgia C otton G-inners Association which con- venes at an Atlanta hotel March 4-5. J, F, Forester, of Sulphur Springs and Lewis McBryar, of srs r isr-s which will feature many speak- ers on the subject of cotton and cotton ginning. - ^CIlOOl CL |) T I 32S UUlU C A |,I Dj D« flflTOnC Llll/ivIId To Benefit P-TA’s Several hundred auto tags bearing the motto, “Better Schools make Better Communi- sociation groups. Roy W. Moore, superintendent of local schools, said this week that about half the tags have been sold at 75 cents each. The tags are being offered as both a money raising project and as advertisement of an idea that will help people realize the part that schools play in community de ^ l0 K? ent ‘ The blue and h white metal >Q , tao tags v * c mblded citizens each 5ch001 district ln the county BUREAU names llfllTILHj directors I/UILvlUIU) _ ’ Tbe Dacie County Farm Bu- reau named 14 men as d “' e( ' tors at a meeting Tuesday. Follow- ln & ls a 1Lst of 1,116 1951 leaders ‘heir areas: Sand Mountain: Lyman Tay- lor, W. E. Pike, Arval Stallings, James Lancaster. North Dade: Earl Cole - w - G - Morrison, Jr. Henry Duggan. Trenton: Case, D. T. Brown. South Dade: Vardie Castleberry, Byron Fo- Lookout Mountain. Art Moore W. T. McCauley, B. W. Holtzhower. Officers and directors will meet February 26 to plan FB tlvities for 1951. NUMBER 7 Keeping Dade Green Is Hard-Fought Job For 2-Man Crew With Dade County now ob- serving Keep Georgia Green week, attention has been drawn 0 tne uaae cmmfv County Forestry Fnrestrv Unit and its activities in cutting down on the ravages which fo- rest flames cause in this area Your local forestry Unit bat- lies these flames with two men anc j one vehicle. The personnel of the Unit consist of J. C. Pace, Ranger, and Jim Hibbs. Together these two men must ke pp a constant patrol over the 90,000 forest-acres which corn- prise Dade County’s total forest- land. We are now in the midst of the heavy forest fire season, and, therefore, most of the Unit’s activities must be directed toward actual firefighting. The end of the heavy fire sea- son, however, does not mean the end of strenous activity for the Forestry Unit. There are firebreaks to be plowed, control burnings to be supervised, and, equally important the realiza- tion of how vital it is to keep our Dade County woodlands green must be brought to the people of this area. Bringing this realization be¬ fore the public makes it neces- sary for personnel of the Unit to ■ eau k. , elkle ,,, - ,n 00 individuals with forestry litera- |ture, motion pictures, and brief, informal talks. It involves mak- ing Dade County “Forest Fire ‘Conscious”. The two members of the Unit can only direct the at- . .. ^ re ,, y k keep narip D a r C ° _ un Un _ - - need - - -- - ty Green, we the whole¬ hearted support of each civic- minded citizen in this comrau- nity. Byrd’s Chape! HD’ers Have Regular Meeting With Mrs. Reeves The Byrd’s Chapel Home Dem¬ onstration Club met at the home of Mr.s. Eugene Reeves Fe¬ bruary 13 1951. The meeting was called to order by Mrs. W. C. Cureton, president. Scripture reading, 100 Psalm by Mrs. R. M. Castleberry. Mrs. H. L. Brad¬ ford led the group in the Lord’s Prayer and Miss Ola Stewart led our Club song. There were 16 members pres¬ ent, one new member, Mrs. H. Powell, one visitor, Mrs. Clara Wheeler of Trenton, and Miss Vestel, our good agent, who is visitors. The members answered the roll call with a household hint or on a favorite flower, since our Club is the Byrd’s chapel Club, we decided to put a picture of a bird and a chapel on our Year Books. Mrs. Ger- i rude Barton and Mrs. W. C. p ayne bad t be pleasure of paint- ing tbem Mrs. H. L. Bradford, project J to exchange shrubbery next month as March is a good time to set them. We planned to go to Boynton to the District Council meeting. Mesdames W. C. Cureton, C. T. Payne, W. L. Simpson, H. L. Bradford, Gertrude Barton and Mis _ s ola gtewart went from our Club. We surely enjoyed it and ur g e a jj members to attend the meetings. We learned lots that m help our Club. You will en- j oy our meetings. Just come and see . Miss Vestel showed pictures on landscaping and also slides on flower arrangements, which akes us want to get out and d jg up i b e soil and get cur bulbs and plants growing, W e enjoyed the delicious re- freshments which were decor- ated in the Valentine motif and served by the hostess, Mrs. C. T. Payne reporter.
