The Dade County times. (Trenton, Ga.) 1908-1965, March 05, 1953, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Text>aae County's Only Newspaper. VOLUME LI II Tri- Drive Reaches $50,000 first $50,000 in the cam- 200,000 to equip in operation the Tri- : I at Fort Ogte- h : 3 been received from . according to Frank .. Ole os on, Chairman of the ! Gilts Division of the in Organization. c mmittee of 63 serving G1 on met at the Ame- ,.n Lc,;ion Hall in Chicka- ; last Wednesday to re- licitation instruc- and a signments. The rrnort meeting for the ,1 Gifts Committee will h Id for the Tri-County . p at the American Legion C’ ickamauga, Wednesday i 11 at 8:00 P. M. • « • niches and Organizations Solicited appointment of Mrs. Keller and J. Louie iianan £.s Co-Chairman, to ir it Churches, Clubs and in the Tri-Coun- .r a has been announced by : ci B. Henry, Associate Gen- ,.il chai'man of the Cam- • .i n Committee. Unsolicited gifts from the 'loud Springs Baptist Church if $500 and $1,000 from the $503 Gcal lor Dado Red Cross Drive r. S. Renfroe, Red Cross irm'an of the 1953 Fund- dung Drive, opened the drive Dade County this week with announcement that the i nty’s share of the $90,000,- 3 national quota is $503. Pre- ient Eisenhower has been ■pointed Honorary Chairman the National Drive, i he drive is curienLy m ef¬ Truck-Car Wreck fnpres McBryar Hcyt MrP'var was injured Saturday night when his late model Hudson automobile col- !' : 1 with a green Ford pick-up t uek near New England. f'-rady Lance, of "and Moun- Wn, was the driver of the t • •c , r vhi'h wav aid to have i;- n ot fault, sw.ving across V. I5”e to practically demol- i ’ both vehicles. v.is injured, ■ brt Me cut err his left eye When he ■: the wind hi. id uron Im part with the truck. He wa- .taken to a Chattanooga hoe- pkol and later released alter treatment. I nc: was charged with driv- while drunk and recless cV ing. rowing in Dade Taking the spotlight this v.'eek is farming in Dade Coun¬ ty, sawmilling’s business rival, and well it should, for one of the principal means of liveli¬ hood since the county’s begin- King has been the tilling of the rich and loamy soil. Dade County is noted for its fertile farms which number approximately 698 if defined according to the census as pro¬ perty overdone acre. In 1945, there were 138 farms pro¬ ducing from $400 to $2,000. F-om 125 to 130 farms produc¬ ing for commercial markets re¬ ported incomes of around •''2.000. Very few list sales over that, mark, with the average farmer producing only enough food and meat animals for his own use. There are few, if any “hobby farmers’’ in the county .since most farms are operated by ners or partowners. In some - : t r nant farmers work the iand, receiving a percentage of ’-‘ops produced. There are also " >o who plan their crops to permit their taking jobs else¬ where, meanwhile farming in their spare time. R~isville Exchange Club have been received by the Commit¬ tee., The gift from the Church will be used to’furnish a pa¬ tient’s room while the Club gilt will be to designate the vi¬ gor’s waiting room on the first floor of the hospital. SI? M mcrial plaques will fur¬ nished by the Board of Trus¬ tee: to commemorate all gifts from Churches' and Organiza¬ tions from $75.00 and up. In addition to construction units available in the hospital for designation purposes, cer¬ tain necessary hospital. equip¬ ment is available to organized groups for commemorative pur po es which range in price $75.00 for bassinets and wheel rhairs to $l,90o for an oper- ! ating table. In Churches, Clubs and Or¬ ganizations Committee will so¬ licit gifts from the following type of groups in Walker Dade and Catoosa Counties: Churches, Home Demonstration Club-, Parent-Teachers As.so- ’ciations, Garden Clubs, Frater¬ nal Organizations, Farm Com¬ munity Clubs, Men’s and Wo¬ men’s Srevice Clubs and Vet¬ erans Organizations. fect for the month of March. 5 When you are approached by a {worker, you are urged to co¬ to ncrete as much as you cam ; assist in this project. Mr. Ren free appeals to all Dade Counti ns to assist him in making this drive successful. He is appointing chairmen for each community who will contact persons in all parts of ..hr county. ! Davis Sds $231.86 hm Bax Sapper i The Athletic Hoard of Davis ’ * * h School sponsored a very lores ful Box Supper Sr tur¬ key night February 23 at. the -ch'ol with the total proceeds Tore the auction and chances nr nr to $231.86. Mrs. Wine a Hixon won a nig r :d a .22 rifle was won by Mr. Adair, of Chattanooga, with Mrs. Luella Cloud claiming the electric tcaster. Chances were old cn the'-e articles. Tim .school w?s presented villi a la:ge Bulova electric c : ock by Mr. Ralph Yell, which was greatly appreciated. An interesting program, di¬ rected. by Miss Salmon, was given during the evening by pupils from several grades. Corn is king in Dade County with over 5,000 acres of both the yellow and white varieties being planted during last year. One of the county’s agri¬ cultural goals lists higher and better yields of corn. The aver age amount produced per acre is 35 bu hels and the highest ever produced here is 158 bu¬ shels which were raised last year by Art Mooie, placing him second in the state for corn yield. Next comes improved per¬ manent pastures which take up 4,214 acres. 3,000 acres planted in hay keep the own¬ ers’ cattle fed and sometimes the other fellow’s if the owner happened to sow more than he needed. - Ranking fourth and fifth in production are cotton and truck crops. With the Chatta¬ nooga market so clo~e for truck crop sales, this enterpri-e is rapidly growing. , To help increase production of better and more desirable truck crops, the Dade Truck Grower’s Association w T as-form¬ ed a couple of years ego. Of¬ ficers are Myron Ga s, presi¬ dent, Art Moore, vice-presi¬ dent, and J. D. Pike, Secre¬ te ry-treasurfer. Member 5 of this organization have found that good grade potatoes, tur¬ nip and coliard greens, green "bean’, tomatoes and sweet corn r. e easier sold, o therefore, 'grov.ers will concentrate on these crops in the future. Es¬ pecially successful this past year were the Golden Ban am variety of sweet corn, and to¬ matoes. Over 200 acres of ve¬ getable: are in cultivation for commercial purposes. Apple orchards provide some farmers with fruit" for home use. Glen Hatfield, of Rising la- -i, has raised good grade apple:, peaches and strawber¬ ries for the commercial marl; t for a number of years. W. J. West of Puddin’ Ridge is well-known for his Georgia Belle ar.d Elberta peaches. Gotten raising is not as po- pula. as it once was, but the average yield is a a bale per acre. Another profitable enterprise which more and more farmers are taking part in, is cattle- 4-H Week; local Girl Gets Florida Trip A Dade County 4-H Club girl will celebrate National 4-H Club Week, March 7-15, in a very special way. Kathryn Fricks, Rising Fawn has been invited to attend a four-day training meeting for District and State 4-H Club Council ofiicers at Beach, Florida. The will be held March 12-15. Kathryn is secretary of the State Council. Seme 75 leaders of 4-H in Georgia—including the and state officers, and about 20 members of University of Georgia Agricul¬ tural Extension Service will combine busine s and sure during the Florida Kathryn and the other ifiee*.; -er? ‘W -ter r- ir i the 1952 Four-H record i make plans for the tion for this year. Another in o. . r.i item . ith: agenda will fc a die: ir ■of. the Georria 4-H Club ter at Rock Ecgle Perk. members themsel c: aissd ove • ; project, and the di trict state of.leers .will talk rims for continuing ,ra npaigns in i! the Ccnte completed, prob bly Uy 1935, $559 r a t. The Mg’ rh of Dimas !aign, which was conducted I hors from January 2 to Jc- inurry 30, brought in $550 to a record in Dade Coun¬ ty. Chairman of the drive was Rev. Tony Dyers, who report¬ that the schools playe'd an important part in the drive’s The pleasure part of the trip r c r Kathryn and the other 4-H’ers will include swimming hi the Atlantic ocean and tours to Silver Springs, Marineland, St. Augustine and other at- tr ctions in the Sunshine State. Georgia’s prominence in Na- tional 4-H Club Week grew out of 13 championships which made it the champion 4-H ’e in the nation at the 1952 Four-H Congress in Chicago. Two Cracker State winners will make up one-third of the dele yntion that will cal 1 on Pre id. nt Eisenhower during National 4-H Week. C rgia’s all-time high mem • hip of 126.927 boys and ( ils ; w r ■ pepoilo-i i n 409.V5S on■ ?r‘ e la t Mr. But they r oml ted only 323,497 for a cmn'eUon of 80.3 present. Th: i "") three percent from 1951. Thor:, ore more than 100 or- d 4 -H activities, as va¬ ried as Hie chores a boy or girl •' 1 the aces of 10 and 21 an - ,; nd on the farm today. I r a last year’s record in a the projects: 15,623 g-ew 18,180 acres of :35,097 raised home gar¬ ", '*€SS. ‘ ’ s contributing to the '' in i polio are: Davis ’ and community, $85, r h and Elementary, ' h Dade, $30, Rising $30.32, and Hooker, $14.02. The remainder was so¬ licited from individuals and businesses. From the ' ct 1 amount is to be deducted 35 as expenses. Rev Dyess has done a com¬ mendable job in directing this waning. Aside from the neces¬ sary dairy and beef animals, larger herds of purebred live- dock are being developed for woe beef market. Dade County is part of a secc 'i:n favoring the Hereford rain, but there are quite a f w Si rthorns, Mixed Short- herns and Black Angus cattle nattered around the county. All breeds of livestock are •adaptable to this part of the , country according to County ,Agent L. C. Adams, provided ' the farmers starts his herd 0 ith od stock, usually pure¬ bred bulls and good grade ; rows. Among Dade farmers who have purebred stock are the ■Knowing: W. O. Stevenson, R. O. Thomas, W. L. Fannin, Raymond Doyle, Sam Yarnell, 1 lk Cole, Donnie, Sonny and Biddy McMahan, Hersfords; W. H. Pullen, Buck Pace and Jim Austin. Shorthorns; and R. Wells, Shorthorns and Hereford-;. There are approximately 3.117 head of beef cattle, with a large proportion raised com- rrrcially. Forty or fifty beef dens; 23,461 members canned 511,652 quarts of food, froze 228,118 quarts and 184,976 pounds; 35,359 boys and girls carried organized health pro¬ grams; 41,164 girls took sewing and made 126,843 garments and remodejed 58,892; 18,440 mem¬ bers In home improvement worked on 19,762 rooms and made 28,928 articles; Four H’ers grew 2,505 acres of pea¬ nuts, 1,728 of legumes, 1,835 of potatoes, 5,695 of cotton, 733 of ruits and 629 of truck crops; they cared for 4,895 dairy ani¬ mals 6,106 beef cattle and 26 966 swine; 18,964 members raised 907,452 head of poultry. Four-H Club work, an inte¬ gral part of the University of Georgia, is conducted by the Agricultural Extension Service of the College of Agriculture and supervised locally by coun¬ ty and home demonstrations agents who each ygar have the assistance of some 12,000 vo¬ lunteer adult advisers. W A. Sutton is Georgia 4-H Club Leader. Assistant state 4-H Club leaders are Mrs. Martha Harrison, Miss Eliza¬ beth Zelner, L. R. Dunson and 1R. J. Richardson. drive. Also to be congratulated are Mrs. John Hinton and Pat Wheeler, who assisted. Mrs. Hinton had a special interest in working with this drive, since her son, Paul, was stricken with Infantile par¬ alysis over a year ago. Rev. Dyess wishes to express his thanks to all those who contributed, Including teachers and children, as well as others who helped swell the total, and making it possible for the drive to be a farmers use purebred bulks. In many instances, a farmer’s only purebred animal is a bull, but his other stocky is classi¬ fied as good grade." Some user purebred stock entirely. Frank Sells, of Morganville, operates the only dairy in the county, although experts be¬ lieve this terrain is perfectly suited for dairying. There are 883 dairy cows on farms over the county. Hog raising is another mo¬ ney-making sideline, provided the market is good. There are about' 2,000 hogs being raised for commercial use, and 200 sheep and about 23,000 chi¬ ckens. Practically all farmers rai e chickens for home use. Driving through the valley and on both mountains, the commercial broilers may be identified by the long chicken houses in their back yards. There are about six commer¬ cial egg producers, although Adams expects production 0 f both broilers and eggs to in¬ crease here during the coming year. The closeness of Chatta- The City Council of Trenton held its regular monthly meet¬ ing Monday night. There was very little business to come be¬ fore them but future plans came in for lengthy discussion. A sewer system for Trenton took up much of the Council’s time. The Council fully real¬ izes the need of financing is what holds this up. One idea brought forth for paying for this system was that residents might be assessed so much per house and pay ove ra period of years. The property tax for resi¬ dents of Trenton was also dis¬ cussed . 48 Out For Spring Football Traininc Spring is well on its way, even though the cold winds and gray skies decree other¬ wise. The weather cleared up recently for the Dade High football team to begin spring football practice. Training officially began Fe¬ bruary 24 and will continue until March 20th when an in¬ tra-squad pratice game will take place at 1 p. m. A search is underway for a good athletic coach for next fall. At present, Principal J. C. Billue is pinch-hitting as coach. Foity boys are listed in the line up. Two from last year’s quad, Billy Bob Lynch and Yale Crane, are not able to participate in spring training. The following boys may be seen most any afternoon on John Beasley Awarded Factory Site at Trenton At the auction of 300 lots in the Edgewood Sub-Divi ion held last Friday just outside the Trenton city limits, John Beasley, local furniture up¬ holsterer, was awarded five acres of land on which to build a factory within the next three years. Three fiee lots were given to Byron Pope, F. N. Belk and Rev. W. H. Leatherwood af¬ ter a drawing before a large crowd of interested spectators. Buying from one to four lots, which ran from $9.75 to $700 for each lot were Mrs. Myrtle Sullivan, John Beasley, Col. C. S. William*, Tommy Gray, J. H. Bnty, Tommy Sims, J. C. Wooden, F. N. Belk, Byron Pope, J. F. Page, Logan Daniels, J. C. Cronin, A. L. Dyer and E. A. Ellis. Those who purchased blocks of lots were H. M. Atkins, J. E. M. I nooga markets again make {this Wheeler venture worthwhile. Smith, Art Moore, Herman Moore, E. O. McCarty and Joseph Shearer are among i commercial broiler raisers (here. I Extreme weather conditions jthe havoc past with few years have played | production stand¬ ards on all crops, but farmers | here are looking forward to the {coming that year with the hope present farm prices may change. The farm picture in Dade County has changed consider¬ ably in the past few years; farmers have added stock ponds, improved their land, strain of cattle and increased crop production. This improve¬ ment is due to the increased interest in the County Agricul¬ tural Program, the’ Farm Bu¬ reau, and the 4-H clubs, which are stronger than in previous years. Dade County boys and girls are making their mark on Georgia history. Now is a critical period for the farmer; he has had it fair- good recently, but now is Another thing coming up fd; discussion was the possibilite 1 ; of a Recreation Leader for thl summer months. Organizer recreation for the children dur; ing these months that they ar not in school was tried severs years ago in Trenton and wa found to be of great benefit t' the children but voluntee adult leadership was difficul' to get. A place for the childrei to go and where they would b under proper supervision would be of help to all. The audit for 1952 of the Cit; of Trenton has been conclude! and this is being publishei elsewhere in this week’s papei the school field in scrimmage Lyle Marion, Jimmie Sutton Daniil Hughes, Bobby Joe Gil¬ ford, Carl Steele, Jimmie Wool bright, Derrell Gaddis, Clintoi McBryar, Phil Ryan, Ilarolc Shankles, Charles Shankles- Dickie Sutton, Jack May, Tom¬ my Mltchum. Bernie Battles Randal Mayhew and Johnnie Lynch. j John Thomas, Dale Smith, Dale Sims, Joe McBryar, Solor Parsley, Jim Tucker, Gene Gn gory, Douglas Cole, Mack Med¬ ley, Corky McDonald, George Wilson, Bobby Massey, Billy Whited, Terrell McCauley, Bob¬ by Lee, Ray McBryar, Billy Townsend, Ronald Everette, ! Charles Hill, Bill Wallin, Char¬ lies Woodyard, Edison Forester land Eugene Keith. Dade Schools Close March 5-6, GEA Meei Dade County schools will be closed March 5 and 6 due to a Georgia Educational Associa¬ tion meeting in Atlanta which will be held on those dates. Teachers and school superin¬ tendents from all over Georgia, will convene at the Atlanta: Municipal Auditorium on j Thursday with the date of de¬ parture scheduled for Satur¬ day, March 7. This is the 86th annual con¬ vention of Georgia school tea-, chc-rs. Face, Mrs. Lewis McBryar, and Judge A. W. Peck. The 2,500 ft. well, which could furnish water for a large area, is located on property bought by Mrs. McBryar. The J. L. Todd Auction Co. of Rome conducted the sale which featured music by a brass band. Records of were kept by Attorney Bobby Lee Cook of Summer m ville. time to better conditions, he can do it by “getting in and fighting” where it will do the most good. For the above reason and many others, the National Farm Bureau was created, with subsidiary • organizations in stake and each county of these states. It is the duty of every farmer to attend Farm Bureau meeings, and to co¬ operate in every way with the organization ,the county I agent’s office, soil technician and PMA office. A strong or¬ ganization of farmers can get a lot done. Besides improving farm conditions, they could put Dade County “on the map” as a lush greenland of farms, beautiful scenery and cooper¬ ative organization. School children are taught chat farming is the backbone of the nation, so a man’s posi¬ tion as food producer is to be honored. To claim what is rightfully due the farmer, he must know what he is doing, and Dade County farmers are, certainly educating themselves in that respect.