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VOLUME
BIT ’0 BULL
»y BROWNY
Trenton is entered in the
, on Better Home
Contest It is a great oppor-
trnity for Trenton because it
‘‘ needing im¬
h s as many items
provement as any town in
Georgia- . showed ...... that
Rising Fawn
citizens are interested in
ing their town a better to live
in %y taking a prize last Com¬ year
in the Chattanooga Area
munity Improvement Program.
But a lot of work will have
be done to do the same thing
in the Georgia contest. Tren-
' ^.nro 1 j Slg si^ns of life on
B1 ' teK
.
irple hundred 'gallons’of
ould nrke in Trenton!
What a difference a little
elbow grase in the
places could make!
How different Trenton would
innk if it washed . , ___J , Ifr. its ., fnnn , face. Soap Cnon
loos U nao c ^
and water and sufficient scrub-
ting can do wonders.
But this is only the start.
The current contest began
October 1, 1951,' and will close
October 1, 1952.
A Beautification Committee
should work on keeping
and yards neat and clean, to
remove dump heaps from high¬
ways ,to beautify the square,
etc.
A Municipal Development
Committee should study muni¬
cipal services, such as the wa¬
ter supply,, and make recom¬
mendations toward improve¬
ment; to study the need for
improving the courthouse, etc.
A Tourist Committee should
work toward erecting markers
at sites of historical interest,
establishing an information
center, etc.
A Recreation Committee
should work to develop social
and recreational facilities, such
as an auditorium, a gymna¬
sium, a sports stadium, play¬
grounds, and encourage hunt¬
ing and fishing.
(Continued on back page)
Davis Holds
Fiddlers Convention
The Davis High School held
a Fiddlers Convention in the
school auditorium March
1952. The Convention was
great success and everyone en¬
joyed it.
Approximately 300 tickets
were sold and there wasn’t
even standing room left.
Entry was open to everyone
and a prize of $5.00 was given
1° the best fiddlers and also
$25.00 to the best band or
group.
The^e were 19 duets or solos,
seven fiddlers, eight bands or
groups entered.
Th n winners were as follows:
D’rets: first pr i ze) Chester Al-
; n ’ *15.00; second prize, Pau-
‘ *. tp Chester; Fiddlers: first
pnze ‘ Eddie Smith, $25.00; se-
e°nd prize, Jess Moore, $10.00;
f 'nds: first prize, Chester Al-
itn and His Farm Boys, $25.00;
second prize, The Smith Bro¬
kers Band, $15.00.
The P r °fit amounted to $150,
* ..] be used to buy
ground • play-
hool equipment for the
c children.
Fires Rage Over
h(!e Last Week
* fires took
a® forests . their toll of
last week end with
r °p\/ ires breaking out
r^ nday
* until Monday
danger Jerry Pace
roughly that 400
Were burned by these
F st fires burned
. 0 ;; at Wild-
0n Lo °kout Mountain
im J-r n! : ' GiUend’s store, at
* ns Springs, Head River,
- ^d Hinkle.
;;; lre north of Gillend’s
l0 threatened
to destroy two
nder D “ fore .being brought
M contro1 by the rangers
, v °iunteers ,
ale
Trenton, Rising Fawn Enter i
Better Home Towns Contest I
Trenton and Rising Fawn
jhave pion Home entered Town the 1952 Cham-
Contest, held
each year in Georgia.
Delegations from both of
these Dade towns attended a
steak dinner at the Riegaldale
Tavern at Trion last Wednes-
day evenine to learn what
must be done and how to do It., 1
Present from Rising Fawn
were^ Miss Bess Cureton, Mrs.
A. L. Myrna McMahan, Mrs.
Hershel Dean, Mrs. Homer
Hall, and Mrs. W. N. Pierson.
These representing Trenton
were Mr. and Mrs. Harold
.Gross, T, s. Renfros and
’ Browny Stephens.
Everyone Wins
» * Pointed out that In this
everybody wins. Some
those doing the best jobs—
win cash prizes. t>„, But every .......
town that makes an effort to
ccmpete in the contest is re-
LCiVillg C i.ax» s civic betterment.
E, _ erythmg ... that .. . is . done , to
,
/ire On Roof Of
fennaway Riley
Volunteers acted speedily
last Friday at 12:10 P. M.
when a fire was noticed on the
roof of the Gannaway Riley Co.
5c and 10c store in Trenton.
People from various stores
brought buckets of water and
several men climbed to the top
of the roof to extinguish the
flame before it could «ause
more than slight damage. I
by ■
The fire was noticed Mrs.
Louise Wright and Miss Bess
Cureton from the PMA office
on the second floor of the
courthouse and Miss Cureton
(rushed tQ warn the employees j ,
Qf the fitore HeIp was secured
from nearby stores.
This is the second time in
two months that this group of
stores on the southwest comer
of the square has been threat-
ened by fire. A fire was put
out in Beaty’s Barber Shop in
January.
The fire at Gannaway Riley
was caused by a banner, which i
had blown off of a pole on a
nearby store and draped
around the chimney of Gann-
away Riley. i
Guests At Lions |
Club Meeting
The Dade County Lions Club
honored guests from neighbor¬
ing counties at a meeting on
Wednesday, March 26. There
were four from Chatsworth,
four from Dalton, eight from
Calhoun, and 17
present. :
Zone Chairman Paul White-
more, of Calhoun, and Deputy ;
District Governor, of Dalton,
_
Bill Woodard, were among
those present.
Bailey Demonstrates
Lettuce Planting
John Bailey, head of the
Blairsville Experiment Station,
helped Dade truck farmers be¬
gin their lettuce program this
year last Saturday when the j
brought lettuce seeds and a
planter to the Art Moore farm.
He demonstrated the proper
planting me'thods of lettuce,
which is being tried out in
Dade this year for the first
time as a truck crop.
Deadline for joining the
State of Dade Truck Growers
Association is April 15.
Davis 4-H Organizes
Tractor Club
A Tractor Maintenance Club
has been organized within the
Davis 4-H Club. John Thorn- ,
hill and R. G. Peterson, who }
attended the tractor school at
Calhoun recently, are advisers, j
Officers elected are Jack Ivy,
president, Leroy Smith, vice
president, and Keith Gass, se¬
cretary and treasurer.
Devoted to the Best Interests o t Dade County and Georgia.
THE DADE COUNTY TIMES, TRENTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, APRIL 3, 1952
make your home town a better
place to live is something more
permanent and with more last 1
ing effects than a monetary
prize.
Many towns in Georgia which
have been “in the dumps" in
the ?“ t n 1 “ ve pu Iled to S ether
„ E? plrlt , . »'
ation and civic pride , as never
before, due to this contest,
each year by the
Georgia Power Co. 1
How *To Win
To win in this contest, citi¬
zens of your town wu "“ must llluo * be uc di- U1 ~
v,ded lnt ° comn “ tte “ t0 work
on specific projects. A report
of the year’s activities for im-
provem nt must be reported
in ***.
_ Power _____ a< *
this issue brmgs out the idea
that if you make your home
town a good place to live, the
young people will not go else¬
where to settle and raise their
families. In the past, many
young people have been raised
and educated In Georgia only
to take their talents elsewhere.
This trend has been rapidly
coming to a halt since Georgia
towns have been awakening to
the - fact that the town5 need
cleaning and Roving,
Suggested Objectives
Some suggested objectives
that residents of Trenton and
Rf , g: _ Fawn can consider are:
To make >' ou |' town
oleaner ' more P rosre “ lve ' more
prosperous.
2. To bring more business to
the town and more farm pros¬
perity to the section.
3. To attract* new residents
and to give young people a
good reason for wanting to
stay and invest their youth
and e ^rgy in I |
(a) by developing present
businesses and establish I
new, local businesses and indus
<»> ... . by working . . with ... j
and agricultural lead-
ers to stimulate agricultural
progress.
4. To develop leadership
among young P e0 P e •
5. To develop educational
facilities.
6. To offer present and fu-
ture citizen! comfortable Uv-
ing conditions, such as clean,
attractive squares and parks,,
well-lighted streets, health, sa¬
nitation and recreational faci¬
lities, and other factors that
contribute to a higher standard
of living.
7. To attract more tourist
trade.
These are only a few gen¬
eralized- suggestions.
Rising Fawn has a progres-
^ WMklng toward
ends. But they must ex-
and. Trenton is almost total-
Peking along these lines,
The potential % there, in
Rising Fawn and Tren-
Menlo, our neighbor down
mountain took second
in Georgia in its class
year.
Revue To
^ J lfl3y M L O
Two dress revues will
at the courthouse in
on May 2 A 4-H Dress
will be held at 10:00 A.
followed by a Home Dem-
Dress Revue in the
At noon there will be a co¬
dish luncheon, with
and forks furnshed, but
everyone bringing her
P late -
Judges for the revues are
secured. A representa¬
from the Singer Sewing
Co. will give a dem¬
on making a dress
and will show how dif-
attachments are used,
as fancy embroidery,
ruffling, etc. Miss
Is booked up for most
May, but may be able to at-
'
There will be a special class
of entrants not eligible for the
revue, but county re¬
will be given.
P. T. A. DINNER
AT DADE HIGH
TO RAISE FUNDS
The Dade High School P. T.
A. will serve a chicken dinner
at the high school cafeteria on
Saturday evening, April 12.
The purpose of this dinner Is
to raise money for the remo¬
deling of the school audito-
dium, which includes black-out
shades for the windows.
Dinner will be served from
6 P. M. to 9 P. M. The tickets
are $1 for adults and 50c for
children.
Mistake In No Bills
In the listing last week of
“No Bills'’ returned by the
Gr nd Jury, the name of W.
H. Southers was erroneously
listed as being one against
whom a “no bill” was returned
on a charge of possessing li¬
quor. This is Incorrect as Mr.
W. H. Southers, who is a
^tat revenue officer, was the
ARRESTING OFFICER in a
ase ga'nst H. B. Elliott for
the same charge on which a
•no bill” was returned.
The “no bills” were recorded
a^ they came from the Grand
J.ry and due to a difference
in the form of some of the
bills, and absence at that time
of a name under “defendent,”
the name of the arresting of¬
ficer was recorded instead.
The Dade County Times ext¬
ends its apologies to W. H.
Southers. He is known here
for the good work he has done
in prosecuting illegal handlers
of liquor and has never been
charged with anything to our
knowledge.
Play Presented
By Dade F. H. A.
A delightful and lively play
was presented by the Dade
High School F. H. A. last
Tuesday evening to a full
house at the school audito-
rium. It was a revised version
of Louisa May Alcotts “Little
Women” and was effectively
presented in three acts and
five scenes.
CAST OF CHARACTERS
Meg: Peggy Renfroe.
Jo: Kathryin Fricks.
Beth: Shirley Paine.
Amy: DelorLs Pennington.
Mrs. March: Janie Bradford.
Mr. March: Dewell Everette.
Aunt M rch: Jo Ann Steele.
Hrnnah Mullet: Jeanette
Gilbreath.
Mr. Lawrence: Ronald Steele
Laurie: Lawrence Woodyard.
John Brook: Merrill Smythe.
Professor Bhaer: Tommy
Mitchum.
Neighbors and friends: Au¬
tumn Troxtel, Margaret Clark,
F ye Wheeler, Betty Price.
The audience was entertain¬
ed between acts with solos by
students.
with Dalton to
Season 15
DAVIS TAKES ON TUN
The Dade County and Davis
teams will open the
1952 season on Sunday, April
15, with both teams facing
Lookout Valley League oppon¬
ents in Whitfield County.
Dad County will meet Dal¬
ton at Dalton. Davis will
tangle with Tunnel Hill at
Tunnel Hill.
Dade County and Davis are
both members of the Lookout
Valley League this year which
includes teams from LaFayette,
Landscaping Project
The land surrounding the
Dade County Legion Hall north
of Trenton is undergoing a fa¬
celifting job. The land is being
landscaped with the ground
being plowed prior to sowing
grass.
It is hoped this will beautify
the Legion grounds even more
and make it one of the beauty
for those traveling on the
highway through the county.
Cases Handled by
Thurman We$£ and Nelson |
Robert robbery, Duncan, had not charged been arrested with | !
so the case was not tried at
this term.
Ralph Blevins, charged with
drunkenness, entered a plea I
and will be sentenced on May
19, 1952. I
Concessions, Inc., charged
with operating slot machines,
was fined $1,000.
S. L. Littlegreen was found
“not guilty’’ on two charges of
possessing liquor and two
charges of operating slot ma¬
chines. !
F M. Morgan was fined $2
nd costs for gambling. i
R. E. Shrader, had a charge
of gambling nol prossed but
paid a forfeiture of $18.50.
How rd Dowdy, charged with
gambling, entered a plea and
is to be sentenced on May 19,
1952.
Wiley Tinker was judged
“not guilty” on a charge of
p sessing liquor.
Harold Gass, charged with
possessing liquor and manufac¬ i
turing liquor, had his case con¬
tinued until next term.
Bob Russell, charged with
gambling, had his demurrer
sustained.
J. L. Jeffrey, charged with
gambling, entered a plea and
is to be sentenced on May 19,
52.
Albert Daniel, charged with
drunkenness, entered a plea
and is to be sentenced on May
19, 1952.
Charles L. Stephens, charged
with operating an automobile
infoxi a d, was fined $52 and
costs.
Jerry Ault was fined $2.00
and costs for drunkenness.
Richard Bradford, Herman
McMahan and Bill Hampton,
charged with affray, were
fined $2.00 and costs pending
forfeiture.
The case of Ralph Abott,
charged with burglary, was
continued by the State.
*The case of James H. Price,
charged with drunkenness, was
continued at the request eff
the State.
The cas^ of Bennett Abbott
and Lewis Massey, charged
with burglary, was continued
at the request of the State and
the defendents.
The case of M. A. Gifford,
charged with aiding escape,
was nol prossed.
The case of Jack Smith,
charged with drunkenness, was
nol prossed.
Barney Stephens, charged
with disposing mortgaged pro¬
perty. was not arrested when
the case was brought up.
D. S. Chadwick, charged
with burning woods, was nol
|
.'E HILL IN OPENER
Dade County, Davis, Tunnel
Hill, and Dalton from Georgia,
nl three Tennessee teams —
Wauhatchie, Whitwell, and
Ryall Springs.
"un Congratulates
Vt For Members
The Dade American Legion
Post 106 received a certificate
of congratulations from the
national- and state command¬
ers for oversubscribing its
goal in the recent membership
drive. A goal of 50 was set and
so far 62 new members have
been added to the rolls.
Lawrence Dugan was cited
in the certificate for getting
the most new members—22.
The certificate was signed by
Donald R. Wilson, national
commander^ and pointed out
that it helped keep the Mis¬
souri Mule in Georgia that this
state won from Missouri last
year in a membership contest.
Published Weekly—Since 1901
NUMBER 13
prossed.
Leonard Baker was fined
$252 and costs for possessing
liquor.
John H. Wilson was fined
$2.00 and costs for drunken¬
ness.
Jim Abies was fined $2 and
costs and placed on 3 months
probation for drunkennes.
John Berry Crane was fined
$2.00 and sentenced 15 days in
jail for drunkenness.
Henry Wester was fined $2.00
and costs for drunkenness.
Wesley L. Barkley was found
guilty of rape and sentenced to
ten years in the state peniten-
tiary.
The case of Charles Dicker-
son, charged with larceny, was
’ blared a mistrial.
Joe Jackson was fined $2.00
and costs for drunkenness.
Homer Powell was found
“not guilty’’ on a charge of
drunkenness.
E R. Selvey, charged with
operating an automobile into-
xicated forfeited his bond.
The case of Floyd Seay,
charged with operating an au¬
tomobile intoxicated, was con¬
tinued until next term.
William R. Riddle, charged
with driving without a drivers
license, forfeited his bond.
Conway Clements, charged
with operating an tomobile in¬
forfeited his bond.
Denvil Daniel, charged with
possessing liquor, forfeited his
bond.
Jay Stephens, charged with
possessing liquor, was not ar¬
rested at time of court.
In the case of Milt Lee, Paul
Crane, and Lee Scruggs, all
charged with murder, Scruggs
was released on bond while
and Crane have not been
Delies Bearden, charged with
manufacturing liquor, forfeit¬
his bond.
The case of D. S. Brown,
with selling burial in¬
without a license, was
to next term.
Six Rising Fawn youths,
v4ith burglary, were
to the Georgia
School for Boys, to be
outside upon good con¬
William Henry Walston was
$52 for possessing liquor
Miles Walston Sr., was found
‘‘not guilty” of a charge of
The case of Cecil Smith and
Abbott, charged with
was continued by
defendents.
The case of Raymond Da¬
charged with drunken¬
was continued by the
defendent.
John Whitt, Jr., charged
with drunkenness, forfeited
bond.
Carl Kessler was fined $2.00
and costs for drunkenness.
Mark Veal,, Tine Rains, Paul
and George Davis,
all charged with keepink their
children out of school, were
fined two months to the work-
to be served on the out¬
on good conduct.
D. C. Powell, charged with
forfeited his
Mrs. Gower Harris, charged
non-attendance, was not
due to being out of
county.
Mack Palmer and Clyde Wil¬
charged with malicious
were given a two-
suspended sentence.
Jack Wallen, charged also
malicious mischief, was
arrested.
Jimmy Lee, charged with
was not arrested.
Donald Anderson, charged
drunkenness, entered a
of guilty and was fined
and costs.
The case of Ralph Blansit,
with assault with In¬
to murder, was continued
the defendent.
Charles Chambers, charged
burglary, entered a plea
guilty and was sentenced to
school, deferred upon
conduct.
New Salem Citizens
Prevent Break-In
A number of New Salem citi¬
zens went for their guns last
Wednesday evening, March 26,
to capture four persons who
were said to be entering a
home on Lookout Mountain.
After the capture, county de¬
puties aided the citizens in
bringing their captives to the
jail In Trenton.
Charges were brought against
three persons for breaking and
entering. They are W. T.
Shaneyfelt, Rheba Shaneyfelt,
and J. P. Moon. They are list¬
ed as residents of Scottsboro,
Ala., and were released on $250
bonds. They were driving a
jeep with a Scottsboro license
tag.
The New Salem citizens ap¬
prehending the break-in were
Claude Bradford, Clark Gray,
Lenord Gray, Floyd Bradford,
and David Reece.
School Improvements
Discussed In Meeting
Athens, Ga. — Over 250 peo¬
ple were in attendance at the
two-day Conference on School
Plant Planning which closed
today at the University of
Georgia.
Superintendents, board mem¬
bers, and specialists present
put their heads together in an
effort to determine the best
method of developing a school
building program.
Representing Dade at the
meeting was Superintendent
iof Schools Roy W. Moore, Cle-
,ron Kyzer, member of the
board of education, and B. F.
Hunt, architect from Chatta¬
nooga.
They reached this conclu¬
sion: A school building pro¬
gram must be confined to the
funds available, but at the
same time it must meet high
educational specifications.
They said that both can be
done.
One suggested solution for
this problem was made by Dr.
Charles W. Bursch of the
School Planning Board of the
California Department of Edu¬
cation .
Educators planning a school
plant, he said, should make a
list of the educational needs
their plant should meet and
‘rate these needs on a priority
basis.
(Continued on back page)
4-H Chicks Arrive
For Distribution
The shipment of 4-H chick¬
ens arrived in Dade this week,
to be distributed to various
members throughout the coun¬
ty. There are 1,100 chicks in
the shipment.
The chicks were bought
through the “poultry chain” in
which the profits of each year
go into the purchasing of the
chicks the folowing year. The
Georgia Power Company pur¬
chased the chicks the first year
to get the “chain” into opera¬
tion.
Members of 4-H clubs receiv¬
ing the chickens were:
Cave Springs—Ed Forester.
Rising Fawn — Billie Konrad
and Ercylene Crane.
Sand Mountain — Donald
Avans, Lillie Mae Manning,
Wayne Ellis, ,Doyle Stevens,
and Geneda Daniel.
Lookout Mountain — Archie
Stephens and Clifford Abbott.
Deputies Raid Still;
Arrest Two Persons
County deputies made a raid
on Sand Mountain last Sun¬
day, capturing a still in oper¬
ation and arresting two per¬
sons, Chief Deputy Luther
Mitchell reported Monday
morning.
The two men arrested, de¬
clared Mitchell, were Bob
Smith and Vernon Stephens.
They are charged with manu¬
facturing liquor and were re¬
leased on $500 bonds.
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