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About The Dade County times. (Trenton, Ga.) 1908-1965 | View Entire Issue (June 5, 1952)
lb 3tic County Dade County"a Only Newspaper. volume Ln BIT '0 BULL By BROWNY Fifteen months ago the only paved road connecting us with Georgia was covered by a land¬ slide, For fifteen months we have driven through Chatta¬ nooga, Tennessee, or Valley Head, Alabama, in order to reach our state capltol. For fifteen months our citi¬ zens on Lookout Mountain have braved a highly dangerous log¬ ging road to reach the county seat. Our children have taken the same risk in order to go to high school. During the past winter even this road was completely im¬ passable at times, causing school children to have to sit on hard seats on the school bus for 140 long, long miles each day. Now we can make it up the mountain by the route where the paved road was, but it is rough, rocky, and requires a car to take low gear much of the way. For fifteen months we have been told that work was being done on the road. Still it is not :ompleted. What is going to be done about it? On the other side of the val¬ ley it is even more difficult to get up (or down) Sand Moun¬ tain. Our residents there have never had a decent road for reaching the county seat_ Much of the time this road, too, is practically impassable and it is always rough. We have been told that work is being done on this road, also. We only know that the road is in as bad, or worse, condi¬ tion than when the work start¬ ed and that NO work is being done now. What 1s going to be done about that? Our schools are overcrowded. Some rooms in our high school buildings are actually without electric lights. Children axe ruining their eyes squinting at books in half-dark rooms. What are we going to do about that? There is no gymnasium in the whole county. Dade High plays its “home" games in Tennessee. Davis High plays its “home" games ln Alabama. The desolate foundation of what was started as a new gym has stood untouched for over ? months and the children have to do without, having no place for recreation ln winter months. What are we going to do about it? Our County Agent is one of the lowest paid county agents in the entire United States and still he is asked to attend nearly every meeting in the county and represent the coun¬ ty at district and state meet¬ ings without receiving any traveling expense. What are we going to do about it? The county has been without a Home Demonstration Agent for a long time. What are we going to do about it? We have no drug store, no >ank, no fire department, and 10 sewerage system in any immunity. The county seat, Trenton, xas no waste baskets around (Continued on back page) Park At Sitton’s Gulch Improved The State of Georgia has be- *un work to improve facilities at the Cloudland Canyon State Park (Sitton’s Gulch). At the last session of the legislature 125,000 was voted for use at the park, which will include a house for a caretaker, a guard¬ rail at the edge of the cliffs, and lights. A well will also be dug for supplying water to the care¬ taker's house and to some water fountains ln the park. Devoted to the Best Interests of Dade County and Georgia. THE DADE COUNTY TIMES, TRENTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JUNE 5, 1952 SUMMER NOTICE If you can’t find anyone in the barber shop or grocery or filling station on these hot afternoons, it isn’t because the owners are too la»y to keep them open. They’re out doing something worthwhile, like the man above, who is tired of cutting hair. Best bet is to look on Lookout Creek or Hales Bar Lake. Garbage Pickup Date Changed To Mondays The date of the garbage and pickup service is changed to Mondays. T. R. Ryall, who is the collector, hopes that this will suit the public better. Trenton Furniture Moves Across Square The Trenton Furniture Co. has moved into its new loca¬ tion on the south side of the square into the building own¬ ed by I. O. Wheeler and where Wheeler formerly operated a grocery store. Cy Blanton, co-owner of the Trenton Furniture Company, and Jim Morrison, his assist¬ ant, completed the moving over the weekend. The interior of the building has been at¬ tractively painted. The gas pumps were removed Monday, day. I. O. Wheeler sold his stock to McBryars and has gone out of the grocery business. ~ The building on the north side of the square next to the barber shop where the Trenton Furni¬ ture was located formerly is now for rent by its owners, the Odd Fellows. The Trenton Furniture Co. was begun on June 1, 1951— exactly one year prior to mov¬ ing to the new location—by Cleron Kyzer and Cy Blanton, who are partners in the com¬ pany. Blanton expects to add jew¬ elry, plumbing supplies and building supplies to the store in addition to home furnish¬ ings. Blanton, a native Chattanoo- gan, w r as associated with Law¬ rence Brothers Furniture Com¬ pany prior to his coming here. He was manager of the store’s branch in Columbia, S C.. and had previously been as¬ sistant manager of the Chat¬ tanooga store. He is a graduate of City High where he played football and basketball. He is married to the former Miss Chloe Elling¬ ton, also of Chattanooga. They have two children—Johnny 11 and Lynne 8. He is also presi¬ dent of the P.T.A. at Dade High for 1952-53 and is a member of the Lions Club. Blanton Homers In Dade Loss Last-place Dade dropped its third league game at Flintstone to first-place and undefeated Mission Ridge Tuesday night, 9-1. Cy Blanton blasted a home run for Dade in the sixth in¬ ning but a big six-run second inning for Mission Ridge was too great to overcome. only Con Hampton gave up seven hits to the league-leaders but two errors added to the splurge of runs in the second. Dade got four hits, Blanton getting three of them. Dade will play two league games next week. Tuesday, June 10, they will face High Point at 7:30 p. m., and then will clash with Bleachery at 8:30 on Thursday. League-leading Dade County marked up its 8th consecutive victory in the Lookout Valley League Sunday at Rising Fawn pushing Dalton from second to third place with a 7-4 win. The win assured Dade of at least a tie for the first-half league championship. Cubie Steele's relief pitching and a two-run single by J. D. Collins provided the winning spark. Jeral Cooper, Sonny El¬ lison, Herman McMahan, and Charley Bradford got two hits each. Davis Edged 6-5 Tunnel Hill nosed out Davis 6-5 at Dalton on the basis of a 4-run third inning. Davis fell short by one run of tying the game in the eighth inning. Kyzer Selected As Lions Zone Chairman Cleron E. Kyzer, business man, has been hon- ored by being selected as zone chairman of zone 2, region 3, of Lions International District 18-A. He will be a member of the District Governor’s cabi¬ net and will have direct juris¬ diction over the Calhoun, Chatsworth, Dade County, Dal¬ ton and Fort Oglethorpe Lions Clubs. Mr. Kyzer has been very active in the Dade County Club for a number of years and is well qualified to assume his new responsibili- Ethan Taylor, is District Gov- of District 18-A Lions In- Deputy District O. D. Booker, of came to Dade to secure zone chairman from the Dade County club GATC Hikes At Head River The Georgia Appalachian Trail Club spent the weekend of May 17-18 at Head River as the guests of Hugh Forester. The group arrived on Saturday, viewed the sunset overlooking Lookout Valley and spent the night around campfires. Sunday morning Mr. Forest¬ er guided the group to scenic views of the wilderness of Lookout Mountain. They saw McLemores Cove and hiked through Rock City (not the commercial one at the north end but a real wild, little-seen section filled with fantastic formations of rock near Head River). Here Mr. Forester led them to an underground spring in a cavern, with a water fall, a natural bridge and a tunnel. The members of the hiking club were thrilled by the week end. In their bulletin, “The Georgia Mountainer", the re¬ porter, Marene Snow, wrote: “Those of us who went know what a wonderful host Mr. Hugh Forester of Head River was... Mr. Forester thought of everything, had everything on tap to make every minute of our weekend an experience to be remembered. He rates ace high as a host. And by-the by he has something to show hikers he leads through his Rock City. Nothing like it any¬ where. Visited by few, it re¬ mains a natural wilderness of fantastic rock formations, a wealth of flora and panora¬ mas.” Describing Saturday evening, the reporter continued: “...When the camping crowd had all arrived, Mr Forester took us for a sunset view from Eagle Cliff on Lookout Moun¬ tain’s Western rim. Far below was Lookout Valley, divided by ridges into three lesser valleys —First Valley, Middle Valley, and Back Valley. Then the eye traveled on to Sand Mountain and still further to the Cum¬ berland Range. Gone were the eagles that once nested there but their breath-taking cliff and the view remained to awe uS.” Dade 7-4 Victor Over Dalton for 8th Davis Loses in Contest Blue Cross Deadline June 15 For Bureau Members of the Dade Coun¬ ty Farm Bureau who desire to take out Blue Cross hospitali¬ zation insurance must do so before the deadline on June 15. The local Farm Bureau chapter sponsors Blue Cross in Dade. Those interested may make . application to join the Farm Bureau and take out the in¬ surance before the 15th at the office of the County Agent. Thirty Receive Certificates At Davis Exercise Thirty eighth-grade students received certificates at the Da¬ vis Elementary School on Mon¬ day, May 26. The graduation address was delivered by the Rev. Carl Dur¬ bin, Pastor of the Central Pres¬ byterian Church at Cleveland, Tenn. He was introduced by I Principal D. O. Chumley. ! Jean Clayton delivered the ! Salutatory address and Leuna Cagle delivered the Valedictory address After the presenta¬ tion of certificates by Mr. Chumley, the Rev. and Mrs. Tony Dyess, Pastor of the Trenton Methodist Church, sang, accompanied by Mrs. M. R. Wilson on the piano. The theme of the address by Rev. Durbin was “Working To¬ gether to Accomplish Some¬ thing Worthwhile for All.” j The invocation was by Mr - i Henry Elliott and the benedic¬ tion by Rev. Durbin. Students receiving certifi¬ cates were: Charlotte Avans, Leunia Ca¬ gle, Delia Cloud, Mary Pike, Deloris Robinson, Arcell Smith, Helen Stephens, Helen Ruth Young, Jean Clayton, Geneva Young, Hazel Prince, Verlon Gass, Johnnie Avery, Kenneth Duncan, Donald Ellis, Ronald Ellis, Keith Gass, Lloyd Gass, Kenneth Gray, Fred Hartline, Amos Lawson, Paul Pike, Ray Reed, LeRoy Smith, Lloyd Ste¬ phens, J. P. York, Wayne Bal¬ lard, Holt Long, Troy Balter, Aleene Greene. Phillips batted two hits for four trips to the plate for the local team Next Sun day ’’3 Games Dade County, with an 8-0 league record, will travel to Whitwell next Sunday for a game at 3 p. m. A win will as¬ sure Dade of the first half championship. Only team with an outside chance of tying Dade is La Fayette, which has a 5-2 record and will play Davis at the Avans field Sunday at 3 p m. A win by Dade or Davis will automatically give Dade Coun¬ ty the title. In the other league game last Sunday Whitwell won over Ryall Spings 10-4. Lineups for last Sunday’s games: DADE COUNTY a r Cooper, ss..........5 0 Miller, rf........ .5 1 Ellison, cf..........5 0 R. McMahan, 3b......5 0 h. McMahan, 2b ......4 2 Presley, if..........4 Bradford, lb........4 Collins, c...........2 Williams, p.........0 Bokena, p..........1 0 Harrison, p..........0 0 Steele, p...........1 0 Dalton ---- 000 202 000—4; Dade County . .000 203 ID DAVIS a r h Avans, 3b . . .5 0 1 Gann, ss . ... .5 0 1 Hicks, If . . ..5 1 1 Phillips, c . . .4 1 2 Cross, 2b .. . . .4 0 1 Stevens, cf . .2 0 0 a Head, cf . ...A 0 0 Robinson, ri . . .4 1 0 Freeman, lb . .3 1 1 Smith, p .. . .1 0 0 Patton, p .. . .3 1 0 Davis . .110 110 010—5 Tunnel Hill 104 010 00*—6 Published Weekly — Since 1901 NUMBER 22 Superior Court Will Not Bold Regular June Session Achievement Meeting June 25-26 At Athens The North Georgia 4-H dis¬ trict project achievement meet" ing will be held at Athens on Jupe 25-26. Boys and girls from Dade will compete other district counties in a number of fields, according to County Agent L. C. Adams. Boys teams will compete in Livestock Judging, Forestry Demonstration, Public Speak¬ ing, Tractor Maintenance, and Talent Show winners. Competition for girls will be in Dressmaking, junior and senior; Muffins, junior; Public Speaking, junior and senior, and Talent Show winners Ray Bobo. Faye Wheeler, and Lawrence Woodyard will re- present Dade in the talent con- test. Ray will play a piano solo and Faye and Lawrence will sing a duet and dance. Trenton Water 4 * < Tested Good Monthly tests of water from the Trenton Water Company by the state laboratory in At- lanta have all turned out good, Thomas Fox, sanitarian, re- ported this week. All the tests, said Fox, have turned out negative, meaning that the water is perfectly safe for drinking purposes. Some talk, he continued, that the water was not clean has been •entirety without basis. 4-H Boys Form Judging Team A 4-H Livestock Judging Team will be organized in Dade County for participation in dis¬ trict competition in Athens June 25-26, County Agent L. C. Adams reported this week. All 4-H boys of the age of 14-20 are being invited to try out for the team. Judging will be on dairy and beef cattle, sheep and hogs. A team of thre'e boys and one al¬ ternate will be selected Adams and C. L. Bigh'am, assistant county agent, will train and su¬ pervise the livestock judging team. Belles and Beaus Contest Underway Several Belles and Beaus throughout the county have al¬ ready entered for the Belle and Beau of the State of Dade Children over one year and through five years are eligible to enter. Prizes will be given to the Belle and Beau winners each of the five communi¬ ties and a grand prize to the of the State of Dade and the Beau of the State of Dade the county-wide contest the of June. New Health Center Will Open Soon The brand new Dade County Center has almost completion. The Center, which is being by the Lindsey Construc¬ Company of Chattanooga, iu be the most elaborate in the county and will be available for all persons in County seeking medical and advice. The Lindsey company was the contract with a of $45,663 and the construe- order was issued on Fe- 1 5 The Health Center, located the northeast corner of the High school property, has walls, sound-proof insul¬ walls, and will be equipped every modern device need to accomdate the citizens. A one-day session of June court will be held June 16, ac¬ cording to Judge Freeman C. McClure, Judge of the Lookout Mountain Judicial District. The regular session of court will not be held because this is the busy season for farmers, Judge McClure said. The Judge, who was in Tren- Tuesday, declared the “court calendar not congested’’ and court “pretty well up”. The few cases, he continued, will be disposed of at the September term of court. Solicitor General Warren Akin will be here Monday, June 16. The Judge will hear guilty pleas and divorce and alimony cases. Free Home Freezer Demonstration To Be Given June 10 Mr. T. S Renfroe, local man¬ ager of Georgia Power, Co., an¬ nounced plans for a Home Freezer Demonstration to be held at Dade High Auditorium on Tuesday, June 10th at 7:45 P. M. All interested in knowing how to properly use their freezer, how to prepare food for freezing or cooking frozen food will profit from this dem¬ onstration. An interesting movie in sound and full color, “Tips From Your Freezer," will be [.shown. In addition to the “draw prize” you’ll be given an opportunity to win a big, 10 cu. ft. Victory Quickfreezer in a state wide drawing. The demonstration will be conducted by Mrs. Elaine Snedcker, Home Economist for Charles S Martin Distributing Co. No admission charges. Farmers Urged To Fit Cattle For Fair Farmers in Dade County are being ugred to feed out calves and fit them for showing and sale at the county fair in Sep¬ tember. The Dade County Livestock Association is push¬ ing this project so that a large enough number of cattle will be offered for sale for attract¬ ing more buyers to the show. It is hoped that at least 75 farmers will show cattle in the fair to supplement the 25 being -hown by 4-H Club members throughout the county. Plans were made for this project at the last meeting of the live¬ stock association. A meeting of the assocaition is being held Thursday evening June 5, at the courthouse Jules Case is president and W. L. Fannin is secretary. Two From Dade To Attend State Home Dem. Meet Leaving Dade Monday, June 9, will be Mrs. Fred Harrison and Mrs B. Freeman, who will represent the County Home Demonstration Council at the State council meeting in Athens. Mrs. Harrison, county win¬ ner in the dress revue, is from the Rising Fawn Club and will model two dresses in the state revue, which will be held Thursday evening, June 12. Mrs. Freeman, vice president °f tlle Dade council, will attend as a voting delegate. She is president of the Avans Home Demonstration Club, It is hoped that these two ladies will bring back helpful information which will help carry the seven remaining clubs in the county until an agent is secured.
