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About The Dade County times. (Trenton, Ga.) 1908-1965 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 25, 1951)
®te alt Dade County’s Only Newspaper. VOLUME LI DALLYIN’ IN By Myrna R. McMahan The shades of night are falling, falling, And I would that I ne’er The majesty of each ^ day Than suffer Nature’s fatal hand. Beauty is pain for the tive, fcr most beauty is lived! however the beauty nature is replaceable as season dies, another lovely season arrives. A favorite subject of teachers is a debate students over the “Which season do you find enjoyable?” Each student then list everything he about spring, summer and ter, and would never come to definite conclusion as to was the best season. One misses a real treat he can look at historic Mountain and see only a of earth and rock covered trees. It is at its peak of in fall with daubs of gold, red and brilliant orange, ing a wondrously colorful scape yet when we tire of ter, the first shoots of green the spring are one of the beautiful of nature’s wonders. IDLE MOMENTS This is United Nations a national reminder that nations are banded to help promote world It’s worth a thought that if people in other parts of the world felt about it as we in Dade County do, the would be considerable quicker. TRICK OR TREAT? HALLOWE’EN IS NEAR Next Wednesday eve, spooks and goblins will loosed in Dade County to brate All Hallow’s Eve, or as know it, Hallowe’en. The cus tom of knocking on doors demanding trick or treat not been so popular here, fortunately the spooks have been having their fun with appearing gates, signs and like but—‘‘the Goble-uns’ll git you Ef you don’t watch out.” judge Communities Thurs. In Improvement Contest Scrapbook committees from three communities in the county have spent the past few weeks gathering material for their res¬ pective books which are entered in the Georgia Power Better Home Towns Contest and the Chattanooga Area Improvement Contest this year. Trenton and Rising Fawn sent their books in last week to Rome for the Georgia Power Contest. The Rising Fawn and Rising Fawn Community Slygo bocks for the Chattanoo- county Fair, Health, illustrated ga Area Contest were turned in by Better Babias Clinic Agent’s office a to the County immunization, the where Thursday afternoon they the remodeling of the were used by the judges from and the Walker County who scored the Parsonage improvements in these two tion of the Baptist improvements m ‘'""building, the school which communities for county win- $18g2 00 spent in im ner. The winner will be an provements in addition to nounced next week. free labor given, the city Slygo’s book included a map Ughts> the llbr ary and Book- of the county, which showed mobil g depository, baseball, where the Slygo community is, R Q m e Demonstration Club a history of the community, work and Dress ReV i ew 4-H , with reports and pictures of OI district and county various projects. The Church and agriculture and forestry was their main project with progress. Pictures of the various workings being held for im- activitie3 wer e pasted along proving the church grounds with the write -ups. and the cemetery. A community, Officers of the Rising Fawn park was started and several vement club are Vardie !r school and the work :=—s of the ( Club ^ Warner piersoni ae _ Home Demonstration were vice .p reS ident. included as was the agncultu- Trenton used a number . r of n f ral progress made. Out of the of improve- fifty residents, including ten very good pictures farm families, forty sent in re- ments of homes and business ports of individual improve- houses, the old and new gym ments. site, cannery, school with re¬ ment Officers Club of the slygo Edgar Improve-, Moore, ™f ‘"a"™'»r«as “ e V are f the beglnnlng of the president; Earl Cole, vice pre president of the Trenton sident; Mrs. R. C. Kirchrneyer. „ A L. Dyer, secretary and Mrs. Alvin Reeves, ° s books had hand_ , treasurer AU the scra P The Rising Fawn scrapbook somely-lettered covers; and were also included a county map as very attractively pu g • well as a map of Georgia and a The prizes offered in road map of the community tests are well worth e showing the 118 homes and be a community winner business houses and the 96 fa- satisfaction derive "° forty-five of ing together and having a bet- bpt milies included, community wh which reported improvements, ter in Features of this book were the is the real reward. Devoted to the Best Interests of Dade County and Georgia. THE DADE COUNTY TIMES, TRENTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1951 William E. Pike Dies After Short Illness William E. Pike, one of Dade’s outstanding citizens, died Tues¬ day morning, October 23, fol¬ lowing a stroke last week. Mr. Pike was 64 years old. He was a veteran of World War I and a Baptist. About thirty years ago, Mr. Pike came to the Avans com¬ munity on Sand Mountain. He bought a small farm and practiced improved methods of farming. His farm was one of the first in Dade County to be a TVA Test Demonstration farm. He was active in any¬ thing which would benefit his fellow man. He was a leader in the movement to get our Forest Fire Protection Unit which we have had since 1944. He was active in the Farm Bureau and on County Agricultural Planning Board. He was a real supporter of the 4-H Clubs, Bes j des pastures and cattle Mr. Pike raised chickens and for the past three or four years had been in the commercial egg business. Surviving him are his wife Mrs. Belle Pike three sons, Wil¬ liam J. Pike, of Trenton; John D. and Eugene P. Pike, of Avans; three daugnters, Mrs Eunice Tavolance, Yonkers, N Y.; Mrs. Lorene Scott, Avans Miss Johnnie Pike, of Chatta¬ nooga; two brothers, C. A. Pike and A. S. J. Pike, Avans, and a sister, Mrs. Lizzie Lambert. Funeral services were held at the Popular Springs Church on Sand Mountain with Revs. Tom Smith and Clyde Reeves offi- ciating. Active pallbearers were Harold Pike, John Pike, James Smith, Clinton Smith, D. P. Hood and Gordon Forester. Bu- rial was in the Popular Springs Cemetery with McBryar Fune- ral Home in charge. Dade Schools Have High Attendance In September Our Visiting Teacher, Firm H. Cagle, has turned his attendance report for first month of school. The ber cf children attending each day is how the state the number of teachers money a school shall have. In September there were children enrolled in the Dade County School System There were 139 enrolled at New Salem school, 207 at Fawn, 250 at North Dade, 394 Dade Elementary and 476 Davis Elementary school. were 48 at the Hooker school and 26 at the rural school which is the vent school on the north end Lookout Mountain. The high schools have 223 with 51 at Davis and 172 Dade. The average daily of children at school in tember was 1664 or This is a high percentage it is to be hoped that and bad weather will not it drop during the winter months. Even with this percentage the school lost $987.57 during by these children not being school. Taken for a months period this will up into the thousands of lars. First it is for the child’s nefit to attend school and condly it is for all the dren’s benefit to have better tendance at school for the children in school the more ney the school system will ceive for their education. North Dade led in with the best attendance with New Salem second. Mr. Cagle reports that ready he has covered the once and is almost through his .second round of visits the parents and children. says he has been very well ceived on these visits and joyed meeting the people in county. Judge Freeman C. has pledged his support to the Visiting Teacher in ing the Georgia law to keep children in school. Two Trailway Buses Slide Off Road During Sunday’s rain Trailway buses slid off Hale’s Gap road. No one hurt but it was some time fore the buses could be out. Because the Magby Gap is under construction mountain traffic is now to use the Hale’s Gap This road is in good but it’s a dirt road and slippery when wet. One bus with over passengers started up mountain road which it to skid and went into the The other bus with its gers was headed for ga and slid off the road at top of the mountain. Trailways had no other available to send for the pas sengers so they scattered selves along the road trying hitch hike a ride to their tinations. Avakian Clinic Opening Soon Dr. Francis O. Avakian announced that his clinic blood test laboratory will open to the public about vember 5th, as soon as Georgia State Board of gives its approval. The laboratory has been set up for the tests will take from fifteen to five minutes. Dr. Avakian will be gist in charge and will live stairs in the Carroll with his wife and three dren, Darlan Jean, Elaine and Mavis Jelane. June Nesbit Tortured and June Nesbit was badly beaten and received bodily harm when thugs into his home in Tuesday afternoon. Mr. body was covered with his teeth knocked out, the over his eyes was torn loose hanging, his throat was a black where it had been jured, his ear and wrists evidence of being badly and his ankle w r as twisted badly that his leg was ured. He was found by Mrs. Tatum, who lives next when she went to take him evening meal. Mr. Nesbit lives alcne and Mr. and Tatum do what they can take care of him. An was called and he was taken a Chattanooga hospital. Mr. Nesbit regained ness, he is a very old man his chances are not too good. Presumably the were after money but since Nesbit home was robbed six years ago, the Nesbits kept their money in a bank. No official reports have as been issued as to what the has done and is doing. The B. I. was expected morning to help in bringing these ruffians to justice. Support Dade County Farm Bureau By Becoming a Member The membership reported November first will Dade County’s voting at the State Convention to held in Maccn November 6 7, the Dade County Farm organization has announced. Due to the short time (to securing members, Grant, secretary, is sending letters to several former bers with their 1951 cards closed. Others are being tacted personally by Farm reau officers and directors 'Dues are $3.00. Delegates to the will find a full program duled for the two days. the list of issues up for sion and voting is the raise the membership fee of dollars to five. If this is complished, the farmer will ceive more benefits and count y wiU kee P more of membership fee. GEORGIA competed the Calumet 4-H ANTS. These girls in Bread Baking Activity at the Georgia State 4-H Club Congress held recently in Atlanta. They ate (left to right): Bessie Blakey, 16, of Sylvania, Screven County; Evelyn Quarles, 15, of Ball Ground, Cherokee County; Sara Fletcher, 16 of Ocilla, Irwin County ; Doris Boswell. 17, of Greens¬ boro, Greene County; Candace Matlock, 14, of Marietta, Cobb County, and Shirley Bennett, 14 of Musella, Crawford County. Doris Boswell, who was selected top winner, won a trip to the Published Weekly—Since 1901 NUMBER 42 Dade High Football Team Wins Over Lafayette 18-13 The Dade High football team scored a victory over the La Fayette B team at the game played in LaFayette last Friday night. In the last five minutes of the game, Ronald Steele from the 2 yard line carried the ball over for the winning score. The game ended Dade High 18, LaFayette High 13. Before a very small crowd of under two hundred, LaFayette scored in the first three downs.—-- of the game. Merrill Smyth, j which will leave the team with- right half back, scored Dade’s , out his services for a while. The first touchdown to tie up the Players on the Dade High squad game at the end of the half. jare: ENDS George Wilson, Ben- The second half started withiny Bradford and Charles Shan- much excitement as Ronald kies. TACKLES Carol Usry, Bob- Steele. catching a punt, ran 50 by Forester and Billy Lynch yards for a touchdown. In the GUARDS Don Kenimer, Benny fourth quarter, LaFayette went Gaddis and Derrel Gaddis. over for another touchdown and CENTER Tommy Mitchum. ran through the line for the QUARTERBACK Ed McClendon extra point. Steele’s touchdown who is co-captain. FULL BACK in the last five minutes of play Ronald Steele who is the other was the last scoring. co-captain. HALFBACK Merrill Outstanding linesman of the Smyth, C. M. Smith and Norris game was Carroll Usry who did Sims. a fine job as tackle. C. M. Smith The teamed played Dunlap on playing tackle and half back October 24 and will play La ankle on November 9. Dade Sends 27 In Oct. For Physicals The Selective Service Board has announced that 27 boys left Dade County for their pre-in¬ duction physicals on October 18 This is one of the largest groups yet to be sent. On September 19, Harold Wade Phillips, Jiles Leon Dean, Donald Blane Wheeler, Loyal Rexford Shankles and George Washington Mathews went for physicals. Bobby Gene Suggs and James Wheeler Smith were inducted on October 15. Those who went for physicals on October 18 were Daniel Shel ten Burt, Kenneth Thomas Reeves, Walter Edward Page, James Leroy Smith, Robert Thompson Patton, Charles Wil¬ liam Holland, Fred Hartsel Compton, James William Nel¬ son, Donald George Henegar, Gustan Karl Becker, Harrison Lercy Henegar, Calvin Winston Stephens, Luther Alvin West, Dewey St. Clair, Floyd Gamble, jjm Stephens, Martin Edward Smith, William Carl Laney, Her bert Sharpton, Grover Breed- love, Robert Nelson Davis, Gor- don Henry Massey, Jr., Lonney Harold Rogers, William Onless Avans, William Franklin Whit- zell > Raymond Lloyd Howell and j Oliver Lee Phillips. next month. Bessie Blakey, Evelyn Quarles, and Sara Fletcher each won a $100 scholarship. The above six girls, previously selected win¬ ners in their respective District 4-H meets, were awarded as their District prizes free trips to this State Congress. Here they again made up recipes for biscuits, plain rolls, and cinnamon rolls, in competing for State awards. Final scores were based both on baking demonstration and products (60%) and on records of 4-H Club work (40%). All awards were given by the Calumet Division of General Foods Corporation. Traffic Streams Through Dade Over Week End From Friday noon until late Sunday, Highway 11 through Dade County was almost a .solid line of cars. Friday and Satur¬ day morning they were going south and Saturday night and Sunday going north. The occas- sion was the football game in Birmingham where the Univer¬ sity of Tennessee was meeting the University of Alabama. Perfect autumn weather and beautiful fall scenery must have turned cut more Tennessee rooters than usual. State troopers from Tennes¬ see, Georgia and Alabama were out in force but no football traffic arrests were made in Dade County nor were any ac¬ cidents reported. The cars went right along but were orderly and careful. Where Birmingham put all the cars and the people in them is a mystery. The paper reports 40,000 attended the game and it seem like better than half this many must have gone through Dade County. There were so many new cars, all washed and polished, of all makes, types of body and colors. As one Dade Countian expressed it, it was better than an Automobile Show.
