The Dade County times. (Trenton, Ga.) 1908-1965, January 22, 1953, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextDade County's Only Newspaper. VOLUME LIU om P. esicfent Dwight D. Eiiisen- ;v ,r and Vice-President Ri- , rd Nixon were sworn in at r.ocn Tue day before thousands th > nation’s capital. The inaugural took place on spe- c; ; il> built stands in front of th C pitol building. the peak of the sunny, r. dike day, which was dark : rainy here, Vice President » n took his oath of office, a f r which President Eisen- cr vowed to uphold the i :n pie of the United States . , ;l :td its peoples. Nixon was •n in by Senator W. F. Nnowland of Califoinia, and iiisenhower received the oath irm Chief Justice Fred M. Vinson. Ei enhower then made a twenty minute speech of inspi¬ ave L. Brown Ronald Steele, Tommy Mit¬ chum, Norris Sims and Merrill Smyth were awarded honors at Dr.de High School’s football banquet last Saturday evening. T1 pr:s ntation was made in the school lunchroom before local business men, the football team, cheerleaders and guests. Steele and Smyth were given .trophies in recognition of their work as co-captains of the Wildcats. Mitchum was hon¬ ored with the Sportsmanship trophy, considered one of the most outstanding achieve¬ ments, while Sims won the honor of the most improved player on the team. Steele also rec ived another trophy as the most valuable player on the quad. All these selections were ? by members of the team. The trophies were handsome with a small football figure unted on an ivory and me¬ tal base. Acting as master of ceremo¬ nies, Principal J. C. Billue presented letters to players who had played a total of six¬ teen quarters. Those receiving the letters were Benny Brad- Esce ped Convict /nested Here P trdman Clint Miller i cre¬ dit d with the apprehension of rm escaped convict, known as Corps , at the Sh'll Station the first of this week. Fclloving his recognition of the men as a fugitive from the law. Miller placed Cooper under a r s in th jail until Walker C unty authoriii's transferred him to the jail there'. r 11 pi. Ji jd I 1928; To Celebrate Febrn On February fifth, the Gar- d n Club of Trenton will cele- *’.ate its twenty-fifth anniver¬ sary with a silver tea at the Lome of Mrs. E. A. Ellis, who was the club’s first president. All past presidents, including Mrs. W. H. Brock, honorary pre ident, will be honored at this time. They are Mesdames Ellis, E. G. Wright, Sr., R. L. Cagle, o. M. Foster, A. J. Brown, S. J. Hale, Roy Climer, R. M. Morrison, J. M. Ingle, Sr., F. N. Belk, L. M. Allison, E L. Raulstcn. J. G. Nethery, -6 L. Djer and G. C. Tatum. The club had its beginning to the summer of 1927, when ' W H. Brock • was a mem- b'r of the Glenwood Garden Club. She and Mrs. E. G. Wright, Sr. and Mrs. E. A. El¬ lis hed discussed such an orga¬ nization a number of times be¬ fore the end of the year, but chd not set a meeting until Fe¬ bruary, 1928. Mrs. Ellis w t 3S hostess at £ at time to the following la- Meadames S. J. Hale, W. P Nev}l}p w. T. McCauley, E. O- Wright, Sr,, A. B Frierson, nd W. h. Brock. With Mes- ames S. L. Sells. O. M. Fos- r - J. G, Nethery, G. C. Xa- tum and G. W. M. Tatum, this ration and faith, speaking in a strong and resonant voice. First he asked all to bow their heads for a prayer for divine guidance, then told of the im¬ portant role this country will play in world affairs. lie outlined nine guiding principles and promised con¬ tinued aid to all free nations willing to contribute their fair share to the common defense against Communist expansion, But he warned solemnly: “We shall never try to pla- cate an aggressor by the false and wicked bargain of trading honor for security. For in the final choice a soldier’s pack is not so heavy a burden as a prisoner’s chains.” President Eisenhower broke ford, Douglas Cole, Jack May, Benny Gaddis, Derrell Gaddis, Bobby Joe Gifford, Donald Gray, Donald Kenimer, Billy Bob Lynch, Tommy Mitchum, Phil Ryan, Norris Sims, Merrill Smyth, Charles Shankles, Ro- nald Steele, Lawrence Wood- yard, Jimmy Woolbright, Yale Crane and Managers Randal Mayhew and Ray Ryan. Medals were given to the fol¬ lowing boys: Clinton McBryar, Carl Steele, Harold Shankles, Roy McBryar, Bill Wallin, Char les Woodyard, Terrell McCau¬ ley, John Thomas and Joe Tucker. Guest speaker for the occa¬ sion was Rev. J. Fred Johnson of the First Cumberland Pres¬ byterian Church in Chattanoo¬ ga. He spoke on the value of sports to students and to young men and urged them to take up a Christian way of living. The football team recognized the efforts shown by the cheer- leaders at all the games and presented them with silver me- dais. Cheerleaders for the ’52 football season are Jo Ann RECREATION POSSIBILITIES INVESTIGATED Twelve organizations were re- pre ented at the initial meet¬ ing of the Trenton Community Council January 16. The group decided h HrtaH thnfi that some some nlan plan for for wholesome recreation for young people was the number one preblem and a committee was appointed to investigate pos- for a Trenton Com- munity Center and to report * to * the next meeting, Friday, . Ja- _ 23, at 7 00 P M at the Church. group made up the charter membership of the organiza¬ tion . Mrs. Brock acted as chair¬ man of the meeting at which time a constitution and by¬ laws were presented, after which the name, ‘‘Garden Club of Trenton” was chosen. The meeting date was set for the first Thursday of eacn month and this rule has never been changed except on August and December, when parties are held for the members and their families. The purpose of the organiza¬ tion is to promote an interest in gardens, their design, man¬ agement and culture; and members are required to co¬ operate in the protection of wild flowers, native plants and trees; to study and protect birds; to exchange gardening experiences; to encourage civic imprcvmeent, and to enhance the scenic beauty of Trenton and i f s vicinity. Eligible persons, according to "he constitution, must be those deemed tc h~ve an interest and love for flowers and a garden that shows interest and labor. The first officers of the club were Mrs. E. A. Ellis, presi¬ dent; Mrs. S. J. Hale, vice- Devoted to the Best Interests ot TIIE DADE COUNTY TIMES, TRENTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY,JANUARY 22, 1953 with precedent on his ride from the Capitol to the White House by having his wife ride in the first car with him followed by Vice President and Mrs. Nixon in the second car. The inau- gural parade, which he and the new administration reviewed lasted about 5 hours followed on Tuesday night by an Inau- gural Ball at the National Guard Armory and the George- town University Gymnasium. Georgia was well represented during the various celebrations an d parade. Beside Governor anc ^ Mrs - Herman Talmadge, an d the governor's mother, other prominent Geor- were able to be in Wash- to attend the ceremo- Steele, Peggy Renfroe, Kathryn Fricks, Fay Wheeler, Deloris Penington, Bernadine Moore and Joan Craig. climax of the evening was the recognition of Mr. and Mrs. Dave L. Brown for their outstanding contributions to- ward the progress of football in the county. Mr. Brown's don- ation of the use of his equip- ment to build a football field in Trenton receives the heart- felt gratitude of Dade Coun- tians. A plaque in honor of his gen- erosity was presented Mr. Brov.m by Merrill Smyth, co- captain of the team, and the formal announcement was made that the field had been named the Dave L: Bncwn- Field. Mrs. Brown graciously accepted a bouquet of Ameri- can Beauty Roe s, a token of appreciation, from Kathryn Fr ic^ and Jo Ann Steele, c ^ ee l £ad2: s. The invocation was given by Bob Alexander, with Rev. Johnson giving the benedic- tion. Hew Reds Col. D. E. Mo risen, Coosa River Soil Conservation Super- ™° r Liars, Da ^ >-<oii e C lecnmcian, attended a meeting Tuesday of the Coo a River Soil Conser/a- tion Association at the court- house in Rome, The e jght supervisors present held , a discussion . on fund-rais- . in S to defray costs of corres- pondence, the annual banquet 1 president; Mrs. E. G. Sr., secretary and Mrs. W. P. Neville treasurer. Shortly af- ter this election, the club voted to honor Mrs. Brock, its found- er, with the lifetime title of Honorary President. The first annual public flower show was held in June of 1928 at the home of Mrs. Brock, with M:s. Neville win- ning sweepstake honors. Mrs. O. M. Foster was the first member to win more points in flower shows for a whole year than other members. The club makes it a practice to hold a flower show at least once a year and this is looked forward to with great interest by the count y- Membership in the club in end, making a total of 32 en- 1925 increased with the year’s relied and an average monthly attendace of about twenty. The first year books, which were mads under the direction of Mrs. Brock, chairman, were distributed at the home of Mrs. D. S. Middleton in Ja- nuary of the second year. It was at this meeting that the crepe myrtle was suggest- ed as the club’s flower. The ga, “Plant a Crepls Myrtle’”, was adopted by the group later, Georgia’s float in the a scene from the Au- National Golf which will be President Eisen- second home term. A white jeep, man- by two Marine Sergeants the float, The Georgia Hussars, a his- marching unit from Sa- completed the state’s History records earlier outfits strutted stuff for two other fa- generals, Washington and The Georgia State Society, a of Georgians in the Capi- entertained the state's vi- at a pre-inaugural ball reception Monday night at Washington Hotel. Dade High School and mem- of the team deeply ap- the interest shown by of the county in making occasion possible, and they to give credit to S. A. for his wonderful effort making this affair a Seventy-six tickets were sold the following men attend- the banquet: W. H. Pullen, Geddie, Bob Alexander, Jenkins, Donald Moore, Moore, Martin Nethery, H. Gross, Jim Morrison, John Luther Gaddis, J. Smyth, W. C. Cureton, Hinton, Col. D. E. Morri¬ Carl Steele, Ed Tucker, A. Dyer, Ed Wells, J. L. R. M. Morrison, Walter B?h Lynch, Omar j Bill Tatum, A. L. Gif-! Mont ford Tatum, Jack Cleron Kyzer, Edgar James ’Rogers, Jules Zeke Morrhon, Aubrey Roy McBryar and Harold Messrs. Gaddis, Brad- ^rd, Smyth, Steele, Tucker, Ryan, Gifford, and Me are fathers of players. Mends expenses of a delegate to national convention. The atThe ^ Club Foundation in ‘ Rock - Ga. Funds are usually through sponsors, with County's share totaling A picture of the group was with a Polaroid camera will appear in the forth- annual report. the two plots at the north and south ends of the courthouse, increasing the beauty of their appearance considerably. The club is responsible for increased interest in the plant¬ ing of shrubs and flowers around the members’ homes and the increasing interest in improvement and beautifica¬ tion in the county. Among informative programs which the club has sponsored for its members at monthly meetings are judging and rules of the monthly flower show, lower arrangement, soil con¬ servation, protection of birds and wild flowers, and the cul¬ ture of garden flowers. Among outstanding contribu¬ tions to the county are the an¬ nual flower shows, the annual Christmas Decoration Contests, the Junior Garden Club which is carried on at Dade Element¬ ary School, the annual prizes for the best birdhouse made by boys and girls, a Flower Ar¬ rangement Clinic which inspir¬ ed members to make more at¬ tractive arrangements, and the yearly arrangement classes sponsored by the Chattanooga Council of Garden Clubs to which several of the Trenton f While Mrs. S. J. Hale served as president, plans were made and carried out for the club's membership in the Georgia Fe- deration of Garden Clubs. The club now belongs to the Ten¬ nessee Federation and the Chattanooga Council of Gar¬ den Clubs now lists the Tren- ton club as one of its members. Perhaps one of the most out- standing accomplishments of the organization was the beau- tification of the courthouse grounds while I. H. Wheeler was Ordinary of Dade County, As a result of the Garden Chib’s influence, Mr. Wheeler bought and had planted the shrubbery which is still grow- ing around the building. The Dade County H School also bears the marks of the club’s interest in improvement, During Mr. D. C. Petlerson’s term of office as principal, the club co-operated with him in the donation of flowering shrubs and other plants which fill in the foundations planting around the school, the ever- greens having been purchased and planted by the school around 1938. At a later date, the Garden Club was responsible for the planting of grass and shrubs on Dade Wildcats Win Two The basketball team of Dade High broke a losing streak Thursday by defeating the beys’ B team of Lakeview. The following evening, team¬ work and a don’t-know-when- to-give-up attitude found an- other victory when the Wild- cats squeezed by the A team of Lee High in Chickamauga. This score was 43 to 39. Norris Sims was high scorer of the Lakeview game with 24 points. Merrill Smyth took scoring honors at Lee High with 27 markers, The girls lost a hearl-break- er to Lee High by a margin of 3 points, 42 to 39. Jeanette Gil breath sizzled 24 points through the nets. Remaining on the local cage card are tough opponents as follows: Menlo, 7:30 P. M., Jan. 27. LaFayette, 7:30 P. M., Jan. 30. Ringgold, 7:30 P. M., Fe- bru'ary 3. Chattanooga Valley, 1:00 P. M., February 6. Dunlap, 8:00 P. M., Feb. 13. DADE GIRLS DEFEAT C. V. 45 TO 41 Jeanette Gilbreath and Peg- gy Renfroe shared the laurels for scoring Tuesday as Dade County defeated Chattanooga Valley School to keep the locals in the winning column. Fine defensive work by the Dade § uards wa - s possibly the cut- i 5tanding feature of the g ame - In the ^ other half c'Vmdn- of the meeting a strong tet aBfoatoH defeated the Dade beys, 43 to 31. AUDITOR AT CO-OP MEETING Directors of the Co-op are reques.e , to , attend ^ a special meeting riday night night at the Co-op buildingl. An auditor will be present to go over the books. members have been sent. Com¬ pletion of these courses qual¬ ifies entrants for the title of flower show judge. At the last meeting, the fol¬ lowing officers were re-elected: President, Mrs. G. C. Tatum; Vice-President, Mrs. E. S. Pace; Secretary, Mrs. H. F. Allison; Treasurer, Mrs. W. C. Cureton; Chaplain, Mrs. S. L. Sells; Poet, Mrs. John Hinton; Publicity, Mrs. D. E. Morri¬ son, and Reporter, Mrs. T. S. Renfroe. Committee chairmen for the past year are listed as follows: (1953 committees have not been named). Memory Book, Mrs. Montfoid Tatum; Consti¬ tution and By-Laws, Mrs. E .G. Wright, Sr.; Year-book and Program, Mrs. M. J. Hale; Conservation and Roadside Im¬ provement, Mrs. Tom Street; Mrs. Jules Case; Cemetery Beautification, Mrs. E. A. Ellis; Finance, Mrs. E. L. Raulston; Bird Protection and Junior Carden Club, Mrs. A. L. Dyer; Historian, Mrs. J. G. Nethery; Clean-Up Camp¬ aign, Mrs. Cy Blanton; Civil Mrs. W. H. Brock; Mrs. John Hinton; Mrs. Asa L. Published Weekly—Since 1901 Resists Arrest Ard Is Shot In Tuesday evening Trenton sidents heard three shots com¬ ing from Court House Square. Officer Miller in attempting arrest Grady Jeffrey for Public Drunkiennes had run into much troifble and had finally, much trouble. After giving warning, he finally drew his gun and shot three times hit¬ ting Jeffrey in the left leg. According to testimony given at a Justice of the Peace Court, presided over by W. W. Wil¬ liams and H. F. Allison, the City law enforcement officers had received a call from the Shell Station at the forks of Highway 11 and the LaFayette Highway that they would like |fome help because of a man ! being drunk. By the time Marshall J. H. Baty and Officer Clint Miller arrived, Grady Jeffrey was at Kyzer's Filling Station. They 'attempted to arrest him and started for the jail with Baty's hand in his belt. Jeffrey broke away and Miller in attempting fo get him to the jail became To Make ’53 Plans At Joint Meeting Members of the Farm Bureau Co-op will gather _at the courthouse January 30 at ten a. m. for a joint session, at noon for lunch in the cannery. Col. D. E. Morrison will pre- Bide over .the Farm Bureau meeting, which will be held in the morning after which W. Pullen, chairman of the Board of Co-op directors, will be in charge of the afternoon program. Pullen will move into the of¬ fice of Farm Bureau president W._L. Fannin who will rise to first vice-president.A se¬ cond vice-president, a secretary and treasurer will be elected at the meeting. Nominations for these offices are being made by the nominating committee, W. L. Simpson, Art Moore and Earl Cole. Plans for the ’53 program will be made at this ^j me anc j a report of the Training »**•*“»“*£> School For Teachers At Trenton Beginning Sunday, January at three p. m.. a Tea- Training School and Bi- Course will Methodist"Church be Trenton mui will be h^v, both a ^ Monday and a Tuesday night ses- Rev. Joe Baker, of Rising will teach a course for j u if; workers in the church i and anyone W h 0 wou i d ike to . a tt end on the Book of a course of Workers with McMahan; Flower Show, Mrs. H. E. Gross; and Plant Ex¬ change, Mrs. Charles Gray. The present roll of members lists Mesdames H. F. Allison, ley Cureton, W. C. Cureton, A. W. H. Brock, Jules Case, Dud- L. Dyer, R. Q. Dyess, E. A. Ellis, C. Q. Gray, H. E. Gross, M. J. Hale, S. J Hale, John Hinton, C. L. Holmes, J. F. Irby, C. E. Kyzer, Roy Me Bryar, Asa McMahan, Miss Fan nielu McWhorter, Fred Morgan, D. E, Morrison, James Morri¬ son, W. G. Morrison, Sr., J. G. Nethery, E. S. Pace, A. W. Peck, Charles Powell, W. L. Price, E. L. Raulston, John Reeves, T. S. Renfroe, W. A. Scruggs, S. L. Sells, Ernest Stewart, Tom Street, G. C. Ta¬ tum, M. W. Tatum, Tom Ta¬ tum, S. A. White, W. W. Wil¬ liams, E. G. Wright, Sr., Mrs. Robert White, Mrs. Larkin Blake and Mrs. Rufus Blake. Mesdames A. J. Brown, J. M. Ingle, W. G. Morrison, Sr., and Mrs. S. L. Sells hold honorary membership in the club. (The above article was taken from material found in the Centennial Edition of the Dade County Times and the Garden Club Yearbook.) entangled in a scuffle with him. Still according to the testi¬ mony, Jeffrey is supposed to have removed one shoe and was hitting Mill r who received a bruised eye. Soon Miller and Jtf rey regained their feet and according to eye witneses Jef¬ frey was coming at Miller with the other shoe raised in his hand. I It was reported that Miller told him not to come any closer or he'd shoot. It appeared Jef¬ frey did and Miller did shoot. It is also reported Bill Hamp¬ ton attempted to interfer and Miller told him to keep his dis¬ tance which he did. A peace warrant has been taken out against Hampton. Jeffrey has been charged with Public Drunkenness and resisting ar¬ rest. As it is necessary in all shott¬ ing and according to law, a warrant was issued against Mil Jer for assault with a pistol in- I spite of the fact a police of- ficer was an arrest. activities given. Three directors will be elect- ed from the present Co-op board, which consists of W. H. Pullen, Asa McMahan, J B. Jr., and W. L. Fan- nin. Three new' members will elected from the following: York, Ewell Brown, John Harold Cox, Col. D. E. and Hardee Price. Other important business will also be taken up in both including Co-op 1944 participation payments to¬ over $1,000 to those certificates by the board of directors. All farm families are urged attend this annual event. Members of both organiza¬ and their families are in¬ to take lunch, which will of ham, candied yams, fried pies and coffee, they attend both or not Children will be taught by Miss Muriel Celetrans, of Johnson City, Tenn., for all teachers and Headers of the children's divi¬ sion of the church. Mothers are also invited to attend this class. i Miss Ma'tha Stewart, Chat¬ tanooga District Rural Worker, ‘is teaching a course on Recrea- ition for young young people. Inter- mediates and young people, 12 through 23, as well as youth workers, are invited to attend these sessions.