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Dade County’s Only Newspaper.
VOLUME LI
DALLYIN’ IN DADE
By Myrna R. McMahan
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This Week's Personality
...is Alfred Leon Dyer, prom¬
inent lumberman and Mayor of
Trenton. Born to Mr. and Mrs.
W. C. Dyer on July 12, 1907 in
Stanton, Alabama, he spent his
childhood there, displaying an
early love for sports. He re¬
ceived his education in the
schools of Stanton and Plan-
tersviile, Ala., and while at the
latter school, played baseball
for three years.
After his highschool gradua¬
tion, Mr. Dyer was principal of
the Stanton public school for a
year, then went to the Univer¬
sity of Alabama. He assisted
his father in his store and
planing mill as bookkeeper for
the next two years after which
he donned army khaki for 1918.
Sawmill First Business
Mr. Dyer’s first business ven¬
ture was in June of 1818 when
he began operation of his own
sawmill in Freemont, Autauga
County, Alabama. On May 31,
1925, he and Miss Jimmie Lou
Mason, Woman’s College grad¬
uate who was teaching at Ma-
plesville, Alabama, were mar¬
ried. They are now parents of
three fine children, Elene, 24,
Aubrey, 22, and Roselyn, 20,
who inherit their love for sports
from their father.
Moved to Dad® 1931
In 1931, the family moved to
Dade County, settling in Tren¬
ton where Mr. Dyer ran two
sawmills. He went into the
grocery and mercantile busi¬
ness just north of the square in
1935 and operated it very suc¬
cessfully until 1948, when he
sold out to H. E. Gross. He be¬
came owner of the planing mill
which was known as Baker
Lumber Company in 1941 and
is now Dyer Lumber Company,
employing over a hundred
workers in the county. He is
owner of Dyer Motor Company
which has a Dodge and Ply¬
mouth dealership, having oper¬
ated this business since 1949.
Elected’ Mayor 1945
During the war he served on
the Rationing Board, and has
been a member of the School
Board and past president of
the Lions Club. He was Super¬
intendent of the Trenton Meth¬
odist Sunday School for about
ten years and is now on the
Board of Stewards. In 1945, he
was elected Mayor of Trenton
and has very capably filled
that office, having been ins¬
trumental in developing the
Trenton Water System, the re¬
vision of a new city charter
which will enable Trenton to
step forward with more and
better accomplishments, and
the improvement of police pro¬
tection.
Travel, Sports Family Interests
Mr. Dyer’s genuine interest
and friendliness has helped put
him on Dade County’s map as
a true leader in religious, civic,
and business affairs. He and
his family are now in residence
on Lookout Mountain, in their
summer home, but during the
rest of the year he and Mrs.
Dyer, Garden Club
and flower show judge, may be
found in their lovely home
School Street, Elene
bookkeeping in the planing
office or counseling at' a
scout camp, while Roselyn
sues a college degree at the
University of Chattanooga.
brey, a recent graduate of U.
divides his time between
reserve camp and learning
planing mill business. *
ing is the family’s main
est with watching
baseball games on
coming up a close second.
Mr. Dyer managed and spon
sored a girls’ basketball
here for about five years
helped organize the
Georgia -Alabama
League, serving as president
’49 and ’50. He managed a
team at Sylvania which
made up of Trenton and
Fawn players. That team
twenty games and lost only
last year. He has also
several other local teams
and on in the past ten years.
Devoted to the Best Interests o r Dade County and Georgia.
l'HE DADE COUNTY TIMES, TRENTON, GEORGIA,
AT INDIAN SPRINGS
Those were the actual words heard shouted from the swim¬
ming pool at Indian Springs. Ga„ last week end. The “ma,”
the case was Mrs. Roland Kirchmeyer, Morganville advisor, whose
son, Ernest, is a regular duck when it comes to water.
The occasion was the two-day camp for 4-H Club
and advisors held at the well-----
known resort about forty miles Ninth Hereford Tour
south of Atlanta. Thirty mem¬
bers and nine advisors stacked
Kaig’s their suitcases bus for a on five-hour Grady trip Me To Be August 1-2
through Mentone, Summerville, The ninth annual
Rome, Rockmart, Atlanta and Georgia Hereford two-day
Jackson. is announced for
Reaching their destination and Thursday, August 1-2.
just before noon, the campers The first
made up their bunks in two 4-H day’s tour will
buildings and looked the place clude the Summerfield
over. A delicious luncheon was farm near Cleveland and the
served to the hungry group in B. Howard farm, on the
the dining room by the 4-H day Creekland Stock
kitchen staff after which a rest j Mountain Cove Farm,
period was advised. Swimming ! Hereford Farms,
was the main activity that af¬ Stock Farm and the
ternoon and following supper, Shaw Farm will be visited.
Mrs. L. M. Allison was in charge A detailed program of
of a Vesper Service with Sue Me has been arranged. At
Mahan and Jackie Wilson tak¬ farm different factors in
ing part. Mrs. Asa McMahan growing of livestock,
then introduced the talent soil building, etc. will be
show performers who were: cussed by experts in the
Betty Price, Joan Craig, Elsie ricus fields.
McKaig, Lawrence Woodyard, The tour this year
Lamar Moore, Vondell Plun¬ to eclipse any previous tours.
kett and Mrs. Bigham. The The full schedule of the
girls proved to have fine sing¬ day tour will be published
ing voices while the boys made next week’s issue.
up a quartet, singing a humo¬ The officers of the
rous song, ‘The Lost Sheep in Association are: George
the Mountains.’” Bible, president; J. A.
Judges of the Hog Calling and Selman Fortune,
Contest were Mr. Adams and sidents, and Frank Shaw,
Mr. Bigham who announced secretary-treasurer.
the winners to be Mrs. Freeman
and Lamar Moore as first Sunday School
places, Mrs. L. M. Allison, se¬
cond, and Eugene Pike, third. Supper
Mrs. with a Kichmeyer magic act and entertained Mrs. Me at Park
Mahan read a tragic story with The Young Married’s Class
character the entire group porraying each the Rising g Fawn ™
Viruses with apnropriatel ° hUrch met at
noises. After After songs sonas and and active active
games swimming was again Park for a twilight picnic
everyone’s favorite activity un¬ per Wednesday, July 18th.
til about nine when they ga¬ group filled their plates
thered for folk dances to the tuna fish ’salad, baked
tune of square dance records hot dogs, boiled
which were played on New Sa¬ corn,
lem’s new record player. chips, baked beans, sliced
(Continued on inside page) matces, and deviled eggs,
, had , several , gallons of « iced , ,
Atomic Bomb made to drink ice cream after was which served.
Lifesavers and Members Mrs. J. present L. Fricks, were
1. Try to get shielded.—If Mr. and Mrs. Bill Austin,
you have time, get down in a and Mrs. Sonny McMahan,
basement. If outdoors, seek Jim Todd and son, and
shelter and alongside a build-1 Middleton. Guests included
ing, or jump in the nearest and Mrs. Allen Newby and
ditch or gutter. olyn, and Mrs. W. N. Pierson.
2. Drop flat on ground or
floor—To sed of flying being about objects, struck keep and from reduce by flatten falling being chances tos¬ and out Cannery
of against 3. a bank. Bury a wall, your or face at the in bottom your Aupst
arms. When you drop flat, The Co-Op Cannery is
—
hide your eyes in the crook of use of Dade County’s farm
your elbow. This will protect and Co-Op Manager Raymond
your face from flash burns, coming surpluses of tomatoes,
prevent temporary blindness ested will soon be able to can
and shield your eyes from fly¬
ing object. _ o n I II 1
bombing. 4. Don’t —After rush an out air after burst, bvm J rune! INggus
wait kinds, a wait few minutes. until advised After other it is flOn lrlUI MftKA C
safe to leave. You may be re¬ School Board Chairman
quired to stay inside three or ron Kyzer said today that
four hours longer. gym fund will have to be
5. Don’t take chances with creased from the present
food and water in open con¬ tal of about $12,000 to $30,000
tainers. Where there is reason we are to have the right
to believe food and water are of gymnasium. Since there
contaminated by radioactivity,; be n0 financial help
stick to canned and bottled from th g Minimum
goods. rumors!! Program except to
6. Don’t start classroom needs, each
every citizen of Dade
New Freezer At will to the have wheel. to put their
Dade Lunchroom Community leaders are
to sponsor benefits with
Principal J. C. Billue has an- proceeds to go to the
uwent>- County Gym Fund It ^
nounced that a new advan t a g e of every person
one and a half cubic foot the coim ty to give his
freezer has been added to Da e bear t ed support to this
High’s Lunchroom. Next term s |----
schoolchildren are in for plen- berries, huckleberries,
ty of treats, for Mrs. Billue and beans, etc. at a
Mrs. Pearl Womack have re- price should contact Mr.
cently stocked it with 400 ears The new freezer will
of corn, 8 gallons of huckleber-, m0 re interesting lunches
ries and 25 pounds of okra. fall and many summer
Anyone interested in supply-' ables and fruits will now
ing the lunchroom with black- placed on the school menu.
For
Canning
repaired and cleaned up for the
County Agent L. C. Adams
said today. Due to the forth¬
green beans, etc., anyone inter¬
quantities by easier methods.
hundred tin cans are
now in stock at the Co-Op but
m ° re are being ° rdered and
will be sold for a small amount
when canning begins. Coal has
been or derecl for the boiler and
new pipes will be put in within
the next few days. The cannery
should be open by the end of
’
next week.
Mr. Adams advises several
am in e s to can together if pos-
sible and to notify him a few
days in advance. He will allot
either a morning, afternoon, or
entire day to a family, depend-
ing on the quantity to be can¬
ned. He and Mr. Bigham and
possibly the teachers of the
veterans classes will be on hand
to instruct those using the Can-
nery on care and operation of
the canning devices.
School Lunchrooms will be-
nefit by using the Cannery if
labor could be secured.
bers of the veterans classes and
Home Demonstration
are also expected to take
vantage of this opportunity.
Mr. Street has announced that
he will accept tomatoes or
other surplus crops at the Co-
Op to be put on sale by the
‘
growers.
Prominent physirian
Locate fl»,c Here
A well-known Chattanooga
and Rossville physician and
Dr. V. A. Avakian, has
the ground floor and
of the upstairs rooms of
J. M. Carroll building south
the square. Dr. Avakian
to locate a clinic and lab¬
here about the first of
He operates similar
at Rossville and Dalton
several other doctors. He
be assisted by several tech¬
Dade County couples desiring
to be wed will now be able to
blood tests here in Tren¬
without going to Rossville.
Preachers’ School At
Coosa Aug. 2
The Department of Evangel-
sm 0 f the Georgia Baptist Con-
announces through Se-
H. C. Whitener that a
School will be held
Camp Coosa on top of Look¬
Mountain beginning at 9:40
morning. August 2
through Friday Aug.
The Staff of Evangelists of
the Department of Evangelism
and Dr. J. C. Wilkinson, of
compose the faculty
for this school. The program is
as follows: Evangelism of our
Baptist Convention, by
F. J. Hendrix; Baptist
by Dr. George C.
Practical Homiletics,
Dr. R. T. Russell; preaching
Dr. J. C. Wilkinson, of
These services will run
each day and there will
also be evening services.Pastois
to attend should bring
linens, towels and soap, and
also notify Rev. E. B. Shivers,
Rossville, of your plans t°
attend. All pastors in reach of
this Camp are cordially invited
and urged to attend this
School.
H. D. Club Camp
At DeSoto Park
You mothers who have just
from sending your
fry of{ to camp will get a
c hance to have some fun your-
self when Camp DeSoto will be
available to Dade’s H. D. Clubs
August 27-31. Rates will be 75c
er person per night. Miss Mil-
dred Ledford will direct handi-
crafts
Members interested contact
County Agent Adams or your
club president immediately.
To
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two
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of
plans
oratory
September.
clinics
with
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Publislted Weekly—Since 1901
Lynch Finds Hotel "Clean"
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When Robert M. Bell, head of the Treasury Department’s
anti-racketeering drive in the Southeast, appealed to Georgians
to pass on any information to his office concerning illegal acti¬
vities, Dade’s Solicitor general, Warren Akin, promised an imme¬
diate investigation on the Lookout Mountain Hotel, which re-
--— ( portedly runs an open bar, and
Two 1,000 Gal. Stills operates slot machines.
Lynch, with Deputy Mitchell
Raided In County and Police Chief Baty, raided
the swank hotel last Wednes¬
day night after he received a
Last Thursday two groundhog' telephone call from an Atlanta
type stills were raided on Look- journal reporter who informed
out Mountain, just east of, him of Akin’s announcement.
Trenton. He saw no gambling, no drunks
These stills were 1,000 gallons or liquor, no slot machines or
capacity and one had just! card tables. The hotel is located
finished making a run while the on the Dade County side and
other was ready to run. There’ just six miles from Sen. Estes
were about 1800 gallons of Kefauver’s home. Kefauver re¬
mash, which consisted of shorts (
i cently conducted a nation¬
and horse feed. wide crime investigation but
An A. T. U. officers made the has announced that he knew
remark that “it would have nothing about illegal activities
been some good stuff.’” at the hotel.
One still had a new car ra¬ Akin declared that he would
diator for a condenser with gal¬ bring the matter before the
vanized water troughs for pip¬ grand jury in September,
ing. Both stills blown re¬
were up gardless of whether any more
with dynamite. investigations made. Lynch
The officers taking part in are
the raid Sheriff Lynch, said he would have nothing to
were report to the grand jury and
Deputies Mitcheil and Hartline didn’t expect to go back unless
of Dade County, Deputy Sheriff he received other complaints.
Kemp of Walker County, and Lynch raided the place in
A.T.U. officers Scoggins of La
Fayette and Southers, of Dal¬ 1949, soon after he took office,
ton. finding gambling equipment
and whiskey. The hotel pro¬
State Highway 143 prietor, and was Littlegreen, placed on probation. paid fines
To Be Blacktopped Publicly, Revenue Commis¬
sioner Charles D. Redwine said
the matter was out of his juris¬
At long last residents along diction because: (1). Dade
f be g and Mountain road will be hotel
ab j j. j th, County was dry and the
e Q en oy a smoo dust- held no state liquor license, and
■ f ree highway. The State High- (2), the liquor sold there was
j wa y Department has been sur- state tax paid.
jveying j the old right of way and But privately, revenue offi-
l recommending changes of the cials said raids had been made
sharpest curves Doed' The road will ' at the hotel by the state on two
be be blacktopped b]ackt0 earlv early this this fall, fall differen/t occasions during the
as announced by Jim Gillis, past They said it was lit¬
Chairman, in a legal notice last year.
week. tle use to make raids when no
The work will be let in convictions could be had in the
one counity’s courts.
contract after sealed proposals
are received at the general of¬ Georgia Power Plant
fice in Atlanta before August 3.
Dust from the much-traveled
highway, highway No. which 11, has branches kept many off Planned for Rome
desirable residents from settling The Georgia Power Company
in that section of the county will build a huge new steam-
and has been the chief nuisance electric generating plant near
of those who have homes there. Rome, Harllee Branch, Jr., pre¬
Previous attempts to gravel the sident, has announced.
road succeeded in conquering Speaking at a luncheon at
some of the dust, but the the Coosa County club in Rome
greeneiy along the right of way Thursday, Mr. Branch said the
is always convered with a gray- new plant will have an initlal
white film. The present road capac }t y of 200,000 kilowatts or
bed is sturdy and when it is about 270,000 horsepower. It
paved will be one of the best will be located on a tract of 350
in the county. acres ten miles west of Rome
Community Forests o nthe Coosa river. The tract
lies on state highway 20. Mr.
Reduce Branch said the plant will cost
Local Taxes more H. M. than Oldham, $20,000,000. vice president
Dade County may grow its and Rome division manager,
own forest, according to J. C. presided at the luncheon and
Pace, Dade County Ranger. introduced the speaker, who
He pointed out that commun- was accompanied by other of-
ity forests are an old and po- ficials of the company from
pularly accepted part of forest Atlanat. The guests included
conservation. Community fo- 150 leading businessmen, manu-
re.sts have helped for many facturers, city and county of-
years to reduce local taxes by ficials, representatives of REA
wielding profitable timber! cooperatives, newspaper pub-
crops. They have provided Ushers from the Northwest
other benefits, including water Georgia area and a number of
shed protection, outdoors re- employes of the company in
creation, shelter for birds and j the Rome division, including T.
beasts, and permanent jobs'S. Renfroe, local manager, and
through the sustained produc- A. L. Dyer, Mayor of Trenton,
tion of cordwood, posts, tele- Mr. Branch announced that
phone poles, railroad ties, the new plant will be named in
Christmas trees, pulpwood, and! honor of W. P. Hammond, vice
logs for timber. ■ president in charge of engineer-
District Forestry Leaders be- ing of the Georgia Power Com-
lieve that more of our com-! pany. Mr. Hammond, who has
munities could profit economic-! had 38 years of service, has
operating ally and socially their by owning forest close and J j played gineering a major of the role in company’s the en-
own
| at home. Developing such a lo- j North Georgia hydroelectric county’s
)cal fQrest could be an impor- plants, as well as the
tant step in the rebuilding of, modern steam-electric generat-
i our natural resources and pro-; ing plants,
viding additional playgrounds j Mr. Branch said work on the
j for our children of Dade Coun-[ plant will begin in the kilowatts fall. The
j first unit of 100,000
i Your Dade County Forestry will be completed in October,
Unit is glad to provide further j 1953, and the second unit, of
for a Dade County. equal size, will go in service in
Community Forest Program. J. January, 1954. Mr. Branch said
C. Pace, your Dade County For- 1 the Coosa plant can be expand-
ester is available to give tech- ed to three, four or even more
nical assistance to any group or units when the demand for
j groups desiring information on electric (Continued power makes back such page) ex¬
1 developing such forest. on
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