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Dade County’s Only Newspaper.
VOLUME LIU
Attend Farm Bureau Fri.
Approximately 175 persons
attended the Farm Bureau's an-
nual meeting in the courthouse
last Friday and almost that
in: ny shewed up for the after-
noon session, which was devot-
ed to Co-op affairs.
Rev. Joe E. Baker opened the
meeting with the devotional,
followed by a welcome of the
group by Col. D. E. Morrison,
president of the Farm Bureau,
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along with a report of the cur-
rent status of the treasury.
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during 19o2, 1952, mentioning mentioning the tnc
Farm Bureau Queen and Tal-
ent Contests in which Cynthia
Moore and Ray Bobo made out-
standing showings in the dist-
rict contest, Ray winning first
place and a trip to the conven-
tion in Savannah; the member-
ship supper which started a
drive bringing in 161 members;
the Dade County Fair which
is co-sponsored by the Farm
Bureau and the Lions Club; the
Farm Bureau-, ponsored 4-H Fat
Steer project; the 39 entries
in the Corn Contest which was
won by Art Moore of New Sa-
lem; the $75 award given by the
Georgia Power Company to the
organization for achievement
in the 7th district, brought
back from the convention by
Ray Fobo; the Blue Cross and
Blue Shield Insurance plans
which are sponsored by the
Farm Bureau and held by 79
members; the program for the
district Farm Bureau meeting
which was prerented by mem-
b-rs from Dade County; and
the two corn and pasture tours
’pcnscred by the organization.
A motion, .was made from the
floor that $50 of the award
money be given by the Farm
Bureau to the 4-H Foundation
since the county 4-H clubs
played a large part toward
Dade’s winning the money.
Davis Girls Endoise Clans
Miss Fannieiu McWhorter,
public health nurse, recently
conducted a Red Cross Home
Nursing Class on Mother and
Baby Care at the Davis School
from December 12 until Jan-
uary 19. -
Members of the class of high
school girls who received cer-
liiicates are as follows. /ala
Avans, Cleo Cagle, Joy Carroll,
Wanda Lee Clark, Joyce Ellis,
Louise Cloud, Mary Lou Jones,
Rebecca Gray, Mary Lou Gil-
breath, Edna Ott, Betty Pat-
ton, Janette Porter, Martha
Shelton, Shirley Stallings and
Willadean West.
The value of learning moth-
er and baby care is expressed
in the following excerpts from
statements made by several of
the girls upon completion of
the class:
“I have learned so
things that I didn’t know...”
(Mary Gilbreath). ‘‘I like nurs-
ing because I have learned to
care for a baby if its mother
Sofas. Chairs, Platform Rockers Made Herman Co
A set of woodworking tools
and a toy wooden jeep, bought
in a 5 & 10 cent store, resulted
in a profitable wholesale fur¬
niture business for J. C. Her¬
man, owner of J. -C. Herman
Manufacturing Co. His factory
is located in Trenton and he
now turns out upholstered liv¬
ing room furniture with the
skill of a master craftsman.
Back in 1945, Mr. Herman
veas employed by the TV A in
Chattanooga and used as a
hobby a set of woodworking
tools. He became intrigued by
the price of a toy wooden jeep,
so he decided to try to make
one just like it. Construction
proved so simple that he turn¬
ed out several copies.
A toy salesman happened to
hear of this activity and upon
Devoted to the Best Interests of Dade County and Georgia.
THE DADE COUNTY TIMES, TRENTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1953
PULLEN NEW PRESIDENT
r, c. Thomas was elected
second vice-president and John
Murphy was voted to be seore-
tary and treasurer. Col. Morri-
son stated that it was the cus-
torn of the organization to move
the vice-presidents up and that
he was happy to announce that
W. H. Pullen would be president
for the next year. Pullen was
formerly vice-pre ident and
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second vio.-president.
_ F. .. N. Belk „ i, was recognized . , as
record w recruiting ° the most
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members into the organization.
4-II’ERS GET AWARDS
Col. Morrison then presented
and silver medals of ach-
ievement to the following 4-H
members: Home Improve-
ment, sponsored by Sears Roe-
buck and Co., Kathryn Fricks
d Lawrence Woodyard; Lead-
Wilson Packing Com-
pany, Kathryn Fricks and Law-
rence Woodyard; Achievement,
Ford Motor Company, Bessie
Moore, Evelyn Mae Smyth, Jack
Ivey and Jim Cureton; Beauti-
Nation of Home Grounds, Mrs.
Charles Walgreen, Sam Keni
mer; Poultry Achievement,
Daniel, Ercylene Crane
and Donald Avans; Gardening, j
Mfg. Co„ Ray !
and Billy Konrad; Farm
Home Safety, General Mo¬
Kathryn Fricks; Frozen '
International Harvester
Sue McMahan; Public
Pure Oil Co., Jackie
and Ray Bobo; Dress
Simplicity Pattern Co.,
Steele, Robbie Bradford,
Payne, Beulah Sue Bal-
Shirley Stalling*, Mary
Gilbreath, Betty Ro s and
Fricks; Canning, Kerr
Mfg. Co., Shelby Powell;
Preparation, Kelvinator,
Kenimer; Clothing Achi-
Spool Cotton Company,
should get sick...” (Mary Lou
Jones). ‘T like this kind of
work; I feel at home when I
work around someone who is
sick or hurt and I feel needed,
I like it because it helps me to
'understand some of the symp-
toms of illness. ’ (Betty Pat-
ton). “I learned to wash a
baby other > jj things x related ^^rnatei^ to mater-
% ,,t
ni y .
learned how to take . . of .
care
myself and eat the right food,
I enjoyed the ciass very
much.” (Vala Avans.) If I
^tiidy my home nursing, it will
help me to take care of sick
and i n J ared people. Louis
Cloud),
Miss McWhorter has taught
B j m i], a r classes in other Dade
Coun ty schools and held
classes for women and girls
utside of the , , . a .
sc 00 e is
present conducting a nursing
class of Dade High girls at the
Health Center.
seeing one of the models,
wanted to buy as many as
Mr. Herman could make.
He and his son built up a pro¬
fitable toy business in their
spare time, and soon the pro¬
ceeds from this venture equal¬
led his salary with the TVA.
j 1 Then came an opportunity to
buy into a furniture manu¬
facturing plant in East Chat-
I tanooga which he would own
with two partners. Later he
bought out their interests and
moved the factory to its pres¬
ent site in 1948, beginning
operation soon after.
Starting with the manu-
I facturing of wooden porch
swings and gliders, the corn-
pany soon branched out into
manufacturing of five styles of
sofa and chair sets and two
Kathryn Fricks; Girls’
Montgomery Ward, Kathryn
Fricks; Soil Conservation,
stone Tire and Rubber
Leighton Moore and Alton
Tracto: ' Maintenance,
Company, Leonard
Junmy Stallings, Jack Ivey
Aiton Iv(? y: Field Crops,
national Harvester, Hershel
” an ' M e a t Animal,
DnnlriMA- Packing C* Co., r\ Don XjT Kenimer. ^
b n rs, Lawrence Woodyard
charge. ° Songs !L by J Lotus
Bps ' sip Moorp ---- Tfipkip V/i 1 qoti
M . s w c cureton, Bessie
Steele and Kathryn Fricks gave
; talks on the following subjects:
'projects, camping, leadership,
meetings and 4-H Center. As
these persons spoke, Assistant
county Agent Bigham showed
(colored slides of 4-H’ers and lo-
’ pal citizens which added to the
j interest of the program,
At the close of the morning
program, W. H. Pullen accepted
the presidency of the Farm
Bureau ~~" with " a “trend short ' of talk. Illu-
tl present
fprm pri<jeg by dividing a loaf
of bread into three groups,
the farmer’s share, the produ¬
cer’s and the part going to taxes,
he stated that the Farm Bureau
could change the farmer - s shar e
by working on the producers.
At noon, the meeting broke for
a hearty and deliciou5 lunch of
baked ham, candied sweet po¬
tatoes, slaw, pickles, fried pies
and hot coffee, which was ser-
, in the cannery . sponsored
hy the Co . op the meal was pre .
pared by Mesdames M R. Wil-
( . on L c Adams ^ c L Bigham
’ F Morrison,
r R a fr „ p( . nH Belle
Reeves and Bess preparations' Cureton
mhers as . sisting in
were Mesdames E. G. Wright,
j r \y. R. Lacy and Ollie Sulli-
van.
[Soil Testing Lab.
| Here Feb. 25
Farmers interested in
tests for their spring
will be able to secure
from the Mobile Soil
Unit which will be in
February 25th.
This service is being given
Dade County Farmers
cooperation ti of f Georeia Georgia Experi- Exner .
ment Station, Blalrsville, G%:.
and the Extension Service.
This service will be free
farmers should take^
by presenting the spil
for testing. Samples should
taken from each field that a re^
commenda (4 0n ^ des i red
Samples should be taken now
tha t they will be
imately one pint of soil is
,that is necessary from
fie ^ d -
; Additional information
tQ take samp j es and
0 be submitted with each
p ] e can be obtained from
ty Agent’s Office.
styles of platform rockers and
“T.V.” chairs. Recently Mr.
Herman began making sofas
chairs in a modern design,
the demand for which is grow¬
ing.
90% of the sofas made are
sofa-beds with the two most
popular chair styles narrowing
down to the channel-back and
club chair.
Furniture is upholstered in
cither plastic, mohair, tapes¬
try, velour or frieze. The first
three fabrics are the most po¬
pular.
Hardwood used for the
frames comes from a local mill
and is planed and dressed down
to size at the factory. In an¬
other room, the boards are
then sanded, cut into a pat¬
tern, bored and finally as¬
! One hundred farmers
half the courtroom Friday
ternoon to attend one of
most outstanding annual
iings ever held by the
Co-op. Presided over by W.
Pullen, Chairman of the
;of Directors, the session
ed interesting descriptions
.various phases of Co-op
ation as well as a complete
ancial report. —_____ L
For the first time in the
tory (
of the Co-op, yhich
back to 1935, the
is able to pay off
certificates. 256 checks,
ing $1459.83, were made out
holders of 1944-’45
These certificates have been
issued instead of cash dividends
since 1944, the money being re-
invested in the business in or-
der for expansion of stock and
operation. 5 % interest checks
were also presented to stock-
holders.
Al.o for the first time, mim-
ographed balance sheets of Co-
op records for 19 52 were distn-
buted to give a clear picture of
current assets, liabilities, ex-
pe^ttiires The by-laws an of cor ^P the ete orgamz- stock-
ation presen ed to the group
by director Asa McMahan, were
adapted as read. The new by-
laws changed the number of di-
rectors to be not less than six.
White Family Moves
To Adairsvilie
S. A. (Jack) White, service-
man for the local office of
Georgia Power Company
left last weekend for Adairs¬
vilie, Ga., where he will fill a
vacancy in that office.
This transfer will enable Mr.
and Mrs. White to be closer to
their hometown of Rockmart,
where their parents are living.
Trenton residents will feel a
■loss in their ranks, as both Mr.
and Mrs. White have been
active workers and good neigh¬
bors in the community. Mr.
White served as scoutmaster of
the troop here while Mrs.
White took part in the wo¬
n'#. n’s organizations. They
have two little girls, Charlene
and Irene.
Important Meeting
Of Trenton Youth
Council February 7
The organizational meeting
the Trenton Community
Council will be held Saturday
night, February 7 at the Tren¬
Methodist Church at 7:30
P. M.
Other important plans will
be made, including a report
from the recreation building
committee. Everyone interested
11 es . a ^ _ this council,
will wor on recre
needs for the community is
urged to be present.
sembled by the use of dowells.
Power saws, rip-saws and
machinery are used to cut
suites at a time.
The frames are sprayed
either mahogany or
stain in a special "paint
and after drying, are ready
be set with springs,
and covered. During this
100 patterns have
from a 50 ft. roll of mia-
terial on a long table.
A full-time seamstress
employed to sew the pieces
gether and other workers
still other pieces of the
on the sofa, chair or
Normally, from 15 to 20
ployees piujfcco work on the ..
from the lumber stage on up
finishing touches,
upon the amount of orders.
Published Weekly—Since 1901
This conforms with the
which was approved at the
annual meeting,
rUSINFSS
EXCEEDS $160,000
Of considerable interest
Pullen’s announcement that
1952 volume of business
ed $115,824. 24, the most
cessful year on record. He
| ed ...... out that in
a ten-year
iod, Dade County farmers
greatly increased the
of business over the 1952 total
of $2,000.
; The gross margin for 1951 to-
tailed $101,000, with only a
ga j n of $1,003.90. The 1952
ga j n was $444508, which can-
not go on the books as actual
profit until accounts due the
co-op are paid,
DI VING POWER COULD
INCREASED
Co-op sales are based on
thirty-day accounts which the
Poard 0 f directors report to be
in good shape although the
greatest number of accounts
run s i xty days and over p u iien
stated that if these old ac-
counts were paid> the co-op
could pay part i C i pa tion certifi-
cates . for . 46 47 and 48 , there ,,
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b y increasing buying power.
The coming a
Dade Pupils Eat
Dade County school
have been enjoying govern-
ment supplies of turkey,
n , ed peaches, dried lima
beans, tomato paste,
butter, canned tomatoes,
cheese, canned peas, orange
juice and whole eggs the
few weeks. These
are used in the lunchrooms
all the schools in the
and contribute to a
balanced lunch program at
minimum cost.
These foods are made
able through the Georgia
School Lunch Program in
quantity at the regular prices
of such products. Delivery
costs usually ^aid by the Coun-
ty Board of Education are now
re-imbursed by this division of
the state board.
Two shipments of frozen tur
have been received for
schools here, the first
on December 8 and the
being delivered on January 5.
Blevins Added To
Dade Hi Faculty
Principal J. C. Billue has an¬
that Mr. Horace Ble¬
has been added, to the fa¬
of Dade High School.
Mr. Blevins is teaching
and civics classes and
coach the school’s baseball
this spring. He and Mrs.
with the youngest of
three children are at
residing in the home
Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Rauls-
in New England. The Ble¬
family previously were re¬
of Johnson City, Tenn.
George Clark, of Sand Mt.
is the skilled foreman of the
group, and, with Mr. Herman,
supervises construction.
Two salesmen are kept on
the road by the company,
which does business within a
mile radius only. Since de-
of orders is made by the
company, it is inconvenient to
handle business outside that
area.
Local stores retailing Herman
furniture are Gross Mercantile
and the Trenton Furniture and
Co.
Good workmanship plus a
talent for selling determines
amount of business done
a furniture manufacturer.
Since designs are not usually
pa t erd;ed< manufacturers copy
eac h other’s styles Mr. Her-
man designs most of the fur¬
NUMBER 5
brighter picture in Co-op oper
ation, and is predicted to be
the biggest year yet with the
co-operation of the farmers,
lor which the organization
_
was established and upon whom
the success of the business de
pends,
:
f snrrpw TO IK , vrv
The amount of bu iness done
. last . due largely
year was to
efficiency of operation, and Pul-
len lauded the efforts of W. G.
Page, manager, Mrs. M. R.
Wilson, bookkeeper, and the
board of directors, which con¬
sists of W. L. Fannin, A. L. Mc-
Mahan; E. J. Bible and J. B.
Boydston, Jr., Also assisting
with the business is Cecil
Christopher, who is an able
and willing helper at the ware¬
house.
Congratulations for a fine
job are extended to these per-
;sons and ----- W. ... H. — Pullen, -------, whose —
capable leadership helped keep
the ball rolling,
The following directors for
[1953 were elected: D. E. Morri-
[son, John Murphy, Otis York,
jw. H. Pullen, W. L. Fannin and
a. L. McMahan. The last three
were re-elected from the pres-
ent board and wil1 serve only
one year, while the new mem-
bers will serve two years.
Turkey and Mam
The turkey Js served roasted,
stewed, as salads or as sand-
wiches. A shipment of smoked
ham will be delivered some
time this week, along with
dried milk used in cooking,
and canned grapefruit sec-
tions. There will be and has
been plenty of good eating for
school children,
i n the case of needy chil-
clren, surplus commodities
help the individual school with
the problem of free lunches.
Children from many homes re-
ceive probably the most nour-
ishing meal of the day at
school. Also, problem eaters
at home, once they are seated
before a full plate of tempting
food amid a group of hungry
children, are likely to forget
they didn’t want to eat.
The average school lunch
costs about 25 cents. Dade
High School, for example, in-
eludes a pint of milk for that
price.
Four Dade Boys
Leave For Service
The folowing boys left Dade
County Monday, February 2 for
induction into the army:
George Washington Mathews,
Scott Francis Lynn, Frank
Harrison Woodyard and An¬
drew B. Haney.
In last week’s list of boys go¬
ing into the service, James Al¬
vin Sargeant’s name was given
as Grant. Sargeant left Jan¬
uary 27 for examination.
niture constructed in his fac¬
tory but he says if a manufac¬
turer sees a style he likes
which someone else has made,
he simply cuts himself an iden¬
tical pattern. Some of his de¬
signs have been lifted in this
fashion and Mr. Herman does
the same if he happens to like
a certain style.
At present, the company is
concentrating on good craft-
manship and appealing de¬
signs. In the future, Mr. Her¬
man plans to expand the plant
to turn out a 100 suites a day,
which w'ould be a comfortable
living, provided the overhead
does not go too high.
This is one of those fairy
tales in which a hobby turns
into a profitable career, only in
.this instance, the story hap-
Ipens to be true.
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