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Dade County's Only
VOLUME LIII
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m- 3-9. join the rest of the
, . , m m observance of N a-
, Home Demonstration
ir is home 1 -ome improvement, improvement
;, r„„ ? h leadership training
iM contests, tours, exhibits
id demonstrations sponsored
] ’ t ll P state ,, yr o_- Home ______ Demonstra- . _
•i ' Club Council, county coun-
md community clubs, these
m n learn and in turn teach
others various home improve-
nt activities, according to
t - ^tension h.tension Service oeivu-c.
.. .
In April, the state council,
un ier the leadership Uf " of ~ e Mrs
Tla die, Greensboro state
improvement chairman,
nsored eight home improve-
m! nt clinics which 900 county
> rs attended, Miss DowdV
s d. Trained by Extension
rvice specialists, these wo-
•lv pruning and propagation
of shrubs 1__ J in — county A/MivtfTr clinics. on
Other home improvement
:ivi.ics ever the state report-
: 1 by county home improve-
m "
nonstrations
;ii.' use of storage
in:: homemade lamps, amps, renova- renova¬
n of old furniture, painting
and living room accessories,
convenient kitokenn, impxovin, |
and Home Improvement
Miss Sparkr. Visits Oj-tHnary
I.Iis Melba Sparks, District
Demonstration Agent,
ud when she wax in Trenton
i. 't week that because Dade is
nly semi-organized, any of the
Demonstration ladies in
county would be eligible to
nd the Council meeting in
Athens the fir t of June. The
for food and lodging is
50 for the meeting and you
bring your own sheets and
towels.
She requested that many
women from Dade County at-
n this annual meeting of
the Home Demonstration
: uncil, which will be held in
Athens June 5-13. Attendance
is unrestricted for the first
and Miss Sparks was cer-
that the women here
Md receive much informa-
ticn and inspiration at the
m eting which would be help-
ful ia keeping Dade clubs or-
:anized. An unusual program is
New Salem
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New Salem School attractive; built of native stone and pine
with community and state funds in 1947.
N r ?w Salem children of se¬
veral years back went to school
1 cne of the most interesting
school buildings in the area,
bl! * a t the time, the building’s
■Aueness probably went un-
: ticed due to its dark rickety
:rs a nd severe lack of desks.
Fie two-storied, unpainted
building was construct-
’ c in 1908 as a Masonic Lodge
was kept for that purpose
; 'ing its period of use as a
ol To seme, its gabled
and odd shape resembled
j r n, while to those posses-
m g a s.reak of imaginative-
the building had the ap-
pearance cf a Swrs chalet.
“ n the ea ly forties, the desk
rtage there w r as so acute
at several pupils had to sit
'he floor. Imagine the fun
' boys had,
- drawing straws
see who would get a desk,
although in the winter, this
ditt dr f lines
Farm
Kathryn Fricks, of
° ade Hlgh School .Auditorium,
Runner - u P was Bett ^ Price,
The judges had a
! difficult time deciding be-
*»«» two lovely gjrfe both
»• *>*»» *» «t D»<1«
jHW>. was close and their Kathryn (Inal was decision pres-
-
ented a lovely bouquet of red
roses ’ from the Farm Bureau,
M «. Jimmy Tatum, the for-
mer Cynthia Moore, winner of
tb e ^52 contest.
_ Kathryn _ spoke to the
au-
^wuuie. for modern farm
youth in the world today rkinf>’ and
thg advantages “ of WO D with
yourn groups, especially psn P piniiv 4 4 H n
impressive> inc i uding Ninety the worn-
p j e n on over 4-H
projectfi and she was very at .
tractive in her beige net even¬
ing gown which she had made.
Singing “Ave Maria” to the
* “ considerable talent and
stage presence. Active in
church ^ 4 _ H c]ub ’ FHA activities work
and ther " ccho ol
Bett a very attractive
SagS’of
glfts ° f the Farm BU_
^ May Cureton Honored
# f
R Pullen pres ibent of the or-
honored Miss May
f Cureton 0 f Rising Fawn, with
a white orchid corsage for lor her nei
outstanding contribution to
jthe program of [arm rat
programs in the United
states. He told of her work
with the Alabama Ext ension
being planned, including a
giant pageant depicting the
development of Extension work
over a period of fifty years.
Purpose of Mi c s Sparks’ vi¬
sit was to plan with the Ordi¬
nary, R. M. Morrison, for a
Home Demonstration agent for
this county,
A Home Demonstration
salary was not put in
budget, as published in the
Tax Levy last November and
one the county is running
this year and County fin-
are still inadequate to
the services of an agent
the Ordinary said he would
to make this possible by
year.
prospect was not anticipated.
Then in 1945, a fire broke out
which changed the whole
school picture for New Salem
students. The building was to¬
tally destroyed.
Two years later, the present
native stone building went up
in place of the first school, and
is one of the most modern and
attractive schools in the coun¬
ty. No longer did parents have
to worry about sending their
children to a drafty and ram¬
shackle school, but they had
other worries... they had to
think up ways to complete
their new school.
The community contributed
countless hours of free labor
and free materials before the
new school was finished, and
will always have a soft spot in
their hearts for the most out¬
standing project the commun¬
ity has ever sponsored.
Devoted to the Best Interests or Dade County and Georgia.
THE DADE COUNTY TIMES, TRENTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, MAY 7, 1953
Service, her accomplishments
SypBrZ grmive farmer, and com-
mended her for her fine job as
chairman of the queen and la-
lent ..... committee. ,'A Miss ~ Cureton ~
w« unable to attend because
®f showed “‘ff- their , but appreciation or
her efforts with loud applause,
Mary L. Street F. B. Talent
VVinncr
Opening the show of talent
were Mrs. Raymond Townsend
and L - ^ McHughes, North
of Love '” in a humorous fa-
shion which was the delight of
the audience - Cute Mary Lynn
street was the winner in the
Bureau talent CQntest
with a ta P number, “Sweet
Cteorgia Brown.”
New SaJem First In 4 . H Talent
County 4-H Clubs presented
an entertaining program of ta-
of “ Doggie in the Window ”
Makin S the t L A act nnl original ni’i rri n r> 1 and n»lrl
amusing were Gail Dunn and
Wa y land Higdon, effectively
costumed as black and white
z
^
companist.
S^ond was (be popular
T/ c .x r : r , 0 . TrSonTa unM/j from Dade S Hiah
posed of Doug Cole, Norman
Blake Ronald and Donald
Everette. The boys were called
back repeatedly during the show
for encor «^ The pv ^ jaj u nvp be b( nn “ n
|Winnmg amatra con at
the Am c„ “
tanooga^ and iave w '
dien ce a PP eal ;
To __ Be Coach tom • M Dade ? WT*__1
Freeman
D-lmas atTs^ooTBoi? Freeman was mSg accept-
Tuesday ed S He football
coach at Dade High School for
the 1953-54 school term.
Coach Freeman is coming
us from Jenkins, Ky. where he
has been coaching for the past
two twu years. yca ,». Last year his ***»
team lost only one game and
tied one. He received his
in Physical Education and
Health at Eastern State College
i n Richmond,-Ky„ and is re-
turning there this summer tc
finish the needed credits and
They have a right to be
proud of their school, for its
four large classrooms are well-
lighted and ventilated; it
boasts a well-equipped library;
Grade “A” cafeteria, two large
rest rooms and a full base¬
ment.
The cafeteria, which is lo¬
cated in the basement, was the
first in northwest Georgia to
receive Grade “A” rating. It
has concrete floors, a long
counter and white-
painted, linoleum-covered
bles and benches. The walls
and ceiling are also painted
white, so with the curtains at
the wide windows and the
green potted plants, it presents
a cheerful picture. An extra-
large storage room joins the
dining area.
The rest of the basement is
divided into the furnace room,
from which the school’s heat is
blown; and a recreation room,
which is also used for an as¬
sembly room when plays are
given by different classes. Un¬
der the new county school
building program, New Salem
is due a new cafeteria to bie
added on the east side of the
building, so the present cafete¬
ria will leave a large space. The
school faculty decided this
would be an ideal place for a
workshop, since the school has
owned a set of woodworking
tools the past two years.
Upstairs, the library is usu¬
I North Dade’s number, “Jam
Marvin Hunt, Bobby Crane,
(Hershel Dugan, Buddy Drew,
and Lynness Jones was third
in the udges’ opinion. They
were dressed m Creole attire
« «“ w«ertronta o
New Orleans blue jeans, bright
and straw hats.
Indian Corn Dance Outstanding'
Outstanding act of the even-
ing was the Indian Corn Dance
number from New Salem.
costumed squaws,
around a simulated campfire
the rhythmic beat of about
a dozen “tom-toms”, held by
brightly-painted and loin-
lothed . <warriors „ The dance
interpreted the Indians’ process
of planting and growing corn,
their praying as the corn was
planted, their plea for rain,
and com i n g 0 f ^e rain and
w i nd
by the girls’ sextet,
. white ... . blouses, . who . sang,
-walking My Baby Back
and “Lady of Spani;”
Jean Kelley's thrilling
B^rb^r 1 Jea^^Kyzer^
tap routine; the Glee
4 .* —mv,
accom panied by Keith Delk,
instructor at Dade High
North Dade; and the 4-H
band composed of “*7*7 Dale
Bernie Bates Randal
a nd Roy McBryar, Jr.
North Dade 4-H’ers Vary Acts j
NGrtn Dad& sent a variety oi
receive his Master’s Degree,
While at Eastern, Freeman
played both footbah and baa-
ket ball and showed signs of
(leadership and of becoming a
fin P teacher
^l <;pt , ved three
vp year ^ in n tbp ar \nthe mv and one year
as 2nd Lt. National
” _ . „ ^arriea and ancin. bas
U '° chlldren * 7 He “ a Baptl * st
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Teachers Elected
The Schoal __ Board _ elected . , ,
seven teachers for Davis and
three for New Salem at this
ally well-populated with stu¬
dents checking out books dur¬
ing free periods. The Cherokee
Regional Library makes regular
visits and helps keep the
shelves stocked with a variety
of literature.
The school has enough lum¬
ber to build storage closets in
the two rest rooms, but work
probably will not start on these
projects until the next term.
Several girls from the 4-H Club
made attractive curtains and a
skirted dressing table for the
girls' rest room, and also added
a mirror. Cleanliness is helped
along by each teacher, who
provides liquid soap and paper
towels for each child as he
needs it.
The interior of the school is
finished with a wainscoting of
native pine, above which the
plaster walls were recently
painted a light green. Vene¬
tian blinds are hung at the wide
metal-casing type window L,
while each classroom is de¬
corated with colorful hand-
drawn pictures and new framed
religious and wildlife pictures.
Electric outlets are also conve¬
nient feature of each room.
One end of the wide hall has
been painted white to provide
a screen for the occasional
showing of educational movies.
Since the practically-new desks
are movable, this is a conve¬
nient arrangement. The school
dc's not own a projector, but?
numbers, including a good tap
SrSl«
the Baby Makes Three” prom-
enaded around the stage;
r Don’t Let the Stars Get in
|Your I V~~ Eyes," T’ illustrated ", “ by eight
lata^aalng a sales talk atagera: given “Lye by Evelyn Soap-
Smith who read “recommen-
Jdations jdations’ by various Dade resi-
'dents; and “Oh, Happy Day,”
^girLs *^
accompanied them at the pia-
E. T. Holmes then did a
i comic blackface number, “My
Gray, from Davis High, sang
“Undecided Now” in a profes¬
sional manner, after which the
judges retired to make their
decisions on the queen and ta¬
lent winners.
Judges Enjoy Show
Judges were Mr. and Mrs.
Dave L. Brown, Chattanooga
Mayor and Mrs P. R. Ol- !
roughly. The ladies wore white
carnation corsages, gifts . nf of 4-lift the
Farm Bureau.
Credit for the success of the
affair goes to Miss May Cure-
and Col. D. E. Morrison; 4-H
Club advisors, extension per-
ESl.TV" ?nnnpl schnnl nrinoiDuls yZ~ and
Tery
generously contributed the use
his blic address syste m,
without which fV the ,„ event could
not t have havp bppn been fully f u ii v appre aDD re-
elated.
Proceeds will go into . the
Farm Bureau Aciiviiies rund.
meeting. Those who will
at Davis are Mr. and Ada Mrs^ A.
« owe “- “ pobe ^ and Mr P s
Fox ^ At ^ the ^ Netv SaIem Salem school school . >
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Mrs. Nae Craig, Mrs.a Lucy
Holtzhower and Mrs. Irene
Moore were re-elected
The , ,, c Board also voted to help
0me on the £alary of a H<Mn *
Den.on Nation Agent when we
are able to get ^ cne
Discl ^ sion on the school
b uilding program took up a a
good part of the meeting.
borrows one from the New Gil-
lan School at Durham when it
L-j needed.
Two radio-record players, a
piano, typewriter, adding ma¬
chine, duplicator and metal fil¬
ing cabinet make life easier
for the faculty. Educational
records are played on occasion,
while the piano is used for play
practice and special programs.
When Claude E. Owens, Jr.
came to New Salem two years
ago, he inaugurated a perman¬
ent filing system for school re¬
cords. He has also established
an honor system by which the
students earn gold stars for a
public behavior record.
Aside from the usual subjects
taught in elementary schools,
pupils learn various arts and
crafts. Their handiwork de¬
corates classroom walls and
window sills. Under the direc¬
tion of Mrs. Lucy Holtzhower,
they have finger-painted color¬
ful nursery murals for the li¬
brary and first grade walls and
made papier-mache’ animals,
while the older students work¬
ed in tempera to make the mu¬
rals for the 6 th and 7th grade
room. Several outstanding
posters on safety, wildlife read
ing and good manners have
been made by the pupils some
of which were exhibited at the
Fair last September. The Che¬
rokee Regional Library Service
has requested the use of a
health and safety poster made
Published Weekly—Since 190
NUMBER 18
DadeBaIITeamNWDislrictCham P
baTf team^^under Um^coacliine
when th defeated peasant
Grove 6 _ L The was
played in Dalton .
This week the best two
o( three games wl „ „ e p]ayed ’
lnst p „
muthern dl!trlct champl0Ils
for the 7th district. The win-
ner of this series plays in the
al1 state play off for the State
Championship. Pepperell was
last year’s state champion for
the Class B teams and lost only
two players from their l'as|t
year’s team. The date of this
game is scheduled for Friday
Sawmill -Farmer Conference May 2(
Sawmillers, timber culttere,
loggers, farmers and
concerned with getting logs
out of the woods chea P er wid
bo in teiested in the sawmilling
and logging conference to be
suits of a study of logging
techniques which was made in
the Tennessee Valley during
1952. Some of the things re¬
vealed are: What is the differ¬
ence in cost and output of the
chain =■—■^ saw and cross-cut z saw;
^
ducti °K ^’tween animal and
ldd “ g:
^cg size on transportation
„,w a re
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In a brightly-colored May
presen tation, hlghly-kuccoi- Davis High
School put on a
ful Spring Festival last Satur-
day ni g ht _ Proceeds from the
affair, which will be used to
buy small play equipment, fin-
ish payments on the television
set, the remainder going into
the school library fund, came
to *746.52, David O. Chumley,
principal, announced.
0l the
was lhe winding of the tradi
tional May Pole, which was
placed in the center of the as-
sembly room, while the chil-
dren drfin sang sanf han.kMnnnH background music,
Mrs. Ruby Carter then intro-
duced the kings and queens
from each grade who were
competing lor King and Queen
of the May, after which Fredia
Bodenhammer and Junior West
were were crowned crowned as elementary
school royalty, and Shirley Me
by sixth and seventh graders.
Last Christmas, a Christmas
|card made and sent by the
school to Luther Massengill
was acknowledged over the ra¬
dio by that announcer.
The school hopes to get the
services of a music teacher
next y^ar who, if hired, wiL)
find considerable talent to
work with, as evidenced by the
4-H Club's entries in the Farm
Bureau Talent Contest this
week.
The 4-H Club carried the pig
and poultry chain last year,
building a pen behind the
school for the pig which was
donated by the principal, feed¬
ing it, butchering it and later,
eating it in the school cafete¬
ria. The chickens were raised
at home. One of the club's new
project io the Corn Contest
which is open to 4-H boys in
the county, and the members
also plan to start a permanent
flower bed at the side of thie
building next week. Mesdames
B. W. and L. E. Holtzhower
have contributed petunias,
verbena and thrift and the
club will keep the bed fertilized
and weeded.
New Salem’s PTA, headed by
Mrs. G. C Reece, is also
active. Not long ago, the orga¬
nization hired a bulldozer to
clear off part of the school's
ten acres for use as a play¬
ground . Shrubs were planted
around the building and grass
* 11 UP ° n **
weather Ir
against Pleasant Grove Hi
with 2 hits for 3 trips o b
and Patterson with 2 for
high ° hitters, Mitchui
wlth „ niy J„, 0 c hlt Kossed hom
„, ate ( other M
ma(le by Shankles, Patterso
Steele and Forester., R
Steele fanned 11 during the
innings ' Final score Dade (
Pleasant Grove 1.
Team line up was; Mitchun
3b; Shankles, lb; Pattersor
ss; Sims, c; R. Steele, p; For
ester, cf; Gifford, 2b; McMa
rf; and Hill, If.
rates effected by methods o
labor—wages or con
tracts; and what other wa;
! ca n the cost of logging to the
mill be reduced?
j These and many other hint
(University Forestry of Georgia, Georgu
Commie'ion, Georgii
Extension Service, sawmill anc
logging equipment companies
and TVA.
A lunch wil be served for the
one-day affair. All timber
operators and those interested
this phase of the timber
There will be no attendance
tee.
Bryar and Donald Evans were
crowned Queen and King oi
the high school.
The rcyal couples resigned
over the festivities from
thrones placed on the raised
platform. Pretty costumes worn
by the girls in the Festival ad-
ded much to the spirit of the
evening.
A ]arge part 0 f the commun¬
ity attended.
OPEN MEETING
There will be a meeting of
community and county leaders
at the Court House Saturday
night, May 9, at 8 P. M. Every-
one who is interested m im-
provements and progress for
the couniy or their community
is invited to join with this
group to help pl^n what is
needed and what can be done
about It.
sown. Other PTA activities in¬
clude annual fall festivaljs,
chicken stews and special pro¬
grams, which have bought such
items as a typewriter and ad¬
ding machine for the school. At
present, the sewer system is
being enlarged and improved.
The average enrollment is
130, 27 of which are perfect at¬
tendants. Some of them come
as far as seventeen miles to go
to school. A new bus brings
children from Head River to
the New Salem school, and
continues down the mountain
to Dade High with high school-
age students.
Teaching the first grade is
Mrs. L. E. Holtzhower, with
Mrs. Kenneth Moore as in¬
structor of the second and
third graders. The fourth and
fifth grades are taught by
Mrs. A. B. Craig, while Prin¬
cipal Ow'ens has charge of the
sixth and seventh graders.
Each grade has a homeroom
mother who come s to the
school once a month or on holi¬
days to bring refreshments and
provide for a special program.
They also assist the faculty
and students with whatever
projects are current.
Mesdames Grace Gray and
Claude Martin prepare meals
which are planned by the stu¬
dents and faculty, while Claude
Martin is school janitor.
The school hopes to get the