The Dade County times. (Trenton, Ga.) 1908-1965, May 28, 1953, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Text4tU (fiiunln lines Dade County’s Only Newspaper. VOLUME LIH School Is Out -- Commencement Excitement Over The past weekend bustled with excitement as both ele- mrntary and high school grad- uates prepared to receive their diplomas. Some of those step- ing out of high school senior classes will go on to higher halls of learning, while others will take jobs and begin to earn their living. Dade High’s Commencement included Class Night on Friday night, Baccalaureate on Sun- day, and graduation Monday Awards were won by the fol- lowing students, Bessie Steele, Scholarship; Bettye Price. School Spirit and Home Econo- Carolyn Hartline, f'• Citizenship; Jo Ann Steele, Commercial; and Ray Bobo, Debating. Large crowds attended each event and especially appreciat- ed the inspirin'* stS sermon given by by Rev Rev. Ernest Cushman in m the the Sunday program. “Georgia” Theme of Graduation Following the song, “Geor- gia,” which opened the grad- uation exercises, members of the senior class presented se- veral interesting and inform- ative talks on our state. The salutatory was given by Kath- ryn Fricks, after which Faye Turner told of the history and geography of Georgia. The agriculture and industry was described by Juanita Holmes, then Janie Bradford spoke on Education. Ray Bobo gave a talk on Georgia’s future, after which the valedictory address was given by Bessie Steele. Principal J. C. Billue gave a short sketch of each senior’s activities as he presented the diplomas. Keith Delk played for’ the processional and reces- sional for the evening. Dade’s graduating class is follows; Arlan Ray Bobo, Benny Joe Bradford, Janie Mae Bradford, Fred Lewis Craig, Council Votes Improvements For City At the May City Council | meeting several things for the betterment of the City of Tren ton were discussed and acted u P° n - j it was duly moved and se- conded that all the old street H°hts around the outside of Court House Square be repair- ed and put back into opera- tion. The lights around the Court „ , House IT were to . , be checked . „ . . to that they in work- ' see were ing order so that they will be u-ed nightly. Town Marshall J Baty end Officer Clint Miller were instructed to erect four speed limit signs at the entrances to the City. One each was to be p t at the north and south ; entrances on Highway 11 and' me on the east entrance Highway on | t u e Trenton-LaFayette i I end the west , entr i nc one on liom Sand Mountain. "We Are Not On The Highest But We Are Climbing" We are from Hooker, we are boys and girls from Hooker tool”... To the familiar lody of “Dixie Land,” Hook- Colored School’s student y sang at the recent closing rcises the school’s theme g, written by Mrs. Lula Pa- principal, the first year she ght at the one-room creo- 3d school building. ince Mrs. Paris penned the ■ds to the lilting melody of melody of the old southern g it has been used often at school and at each closing sponsored by the 1. Their voices ringing from the school or the h next door, the pupils gained a new gh her efforts and exem- their life’s purpose by Devoted to the Best Interests or Dade County and Georgia. THE DADECOUNTY TIMES, TRENTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, MAY 28, 1953 Loretta Jane Davis, Dewell Carl Everette, Agnes Louise Forshee, Mary Kathryn Fricks, Benny James Gaddis, Donald Dwain Gray, Carolyn Joyce Hartline, Bettye Sue Hixson, Marjrie Jua- nita Holmes, Wanda Johnson, Donald Burton Kenimer, Ber- i thi Jean McKaig, Geneva Ro- setta Massey, Bernadine Louise Moore, Sarah Jeanette Moore, Gilbert Leighton Moore, Andy Brown Newby, Jr., Sylvia Delo- ris Pennington, Faye Imagene Pennington, Bettye Louise ^ f rice zy ’ Rc Peggy f R , dcRe ' ewe J Norris T Renfroe Sims ’ , > ’ ° rb ™ MerrUl Smyth, Bessie Rutl ? Steele Carlie Jo Ann Steele, Ronald Carpenter Steele, Juanema Faye Tinner, Lawrence Edward Woodyard. -- , : S!'x Graduate at-Davis , SiX seniors S raduated from DaVU High SCh ° 01 ^ Cerem °- nies held May 23. They are; Clara Gass, Lillie Mae Man- ning, Derva Nixon, Henry Ott, Jimmy Stallings and James Smith. Principal speaker for the fair was Honorable M. Hale of Trenton, who spoke terestingly of the preservation of our present form of govern- ment. His talk was followed by Lillie Mae Manning’s saluta- tory address; 1 Derval Nixon gave the valedictory, after which Principal D. O. Chum- the ’ ley awarded diplomas to Rev. Lewis Gaddis 1 group. gave the invocation and Henry El- ’ liott gave the benediction. j 1 \ 1>cw New Salem Exercises "*** May 21 *-» Theola Fulghum and Fran- ces Hester were honor students in New Salem Elementary School’s closing program, de- livering the valedictory and sa- ,lutatory respectively. Guest for the evening was L. G. McHughes, principal of the North Dade School. I The program was as follows: by Betty Ross; class Therel Fulguhm; class will, Mildred Whited; motto, Ann Barron; class poet, Geral- Dunn; prophecy, Delona giftorian, Letha Ti- Principal Claude E Owens presented certificates to the group Rising Fawn Speaker E. A. Clevenger At the Friday night gradua- exercises of the Rising " School th " principal was c Ernest , Clevenger, vice president of Corley Co. in Chatta- His talk was to appeal to young just entering their i and was well-received by i . . . ? Se presen . is opc u Learning to Live With | er e ° p f’ on ™° the n> rewards val <f ctorian reaped, . from real effort. The out-| award of the year was to Jim Cureton, for, his scholarship, dependability co-operative qualities. Thisi the second such award the first going to Jane , West last year. Members, the faculty make the selec- tion just before the close of school, and the recipients’ names are engraved on plaque kept in the --- North Dade Graduation j c B1[luei Dade High pr in was the main speaker at North Dade’s graduation exer- Tuesday night, May 26. S topic was adventure in education, using the letters of t de W ord, adventure, to point ou t the necessary character- istics for participating in a sue- cess _______ f u i educational adventure. _ Donald Moreland, class presi- I gave the welcome ad- after which the class the alma mater. The Sale, Movie Planned For Dress Revue Plans are being made to sponsor a Rummage Sale Fri¬ day, June 5 at the Dade High Auditorium during the Home Demonstration Council Dress Revue. This sale will be open to the public and those in charge invite everyone who has any kind of an odd article un¬ derfoot to bring it or send it to the sale.. Proceeds will go Howard deferring the expenses of the dress revue winner to the State Council in Athens. The 4-H Club Cooking and Sewing Contests have been postponed until a later date, L. C. Adams, County Agent, has announced. The State Elimin¬ ations are not held until later in the summer, and it was felt the girls did not have enough time to get ready for the June 5th contest. The Home Demonstration City Recorder J. G. Pace and Councilman Cleron Kyzer were given auth 0rRy !° ? UrCh ^ two more traffic f lights. K Th? police officers were instructed to have T. R. Ryall, who ed¬ lects garbage and trash from of the homes in Trenton each week, pick up the trash on the grass plots on Court House Square The City is . hoping , . to . , be „ able , to P ave at least two street5 in Trenton this year and the first the paving of School Street, was discussed The c ^ agreed tQ use their equipment to open up all ditches on the city’s streets. one City Recorder’s Court case had been appe aled to the Councll and was heard at this Council _ ., upheld . ., meeting. _ Tlie ^ Recorde rt Court decision. honor graduate. In addition to daily studies, Hooker students welcome a chance to sing, so both women find it a pleasant change from routine to super¬ vise their singing. One Room School Has “Stage” The school is a one-room building with a lean-to storage ■room in back One end of the ■school room is raised for use as a stage, and this is where the piano, purchased through the efforts of the community and several Dade County citi¬ zens, stands. Immediately be¬ fore the platform are Mrs. Pa¬ ris’ and Miss Bone’s tables, which act as desks, both facing rows of desks and two long benches to one side and one small blackboard. When they are growing, the teachers keep flowers around to add a cheer¬ ‘the poster tacked on the school room wall, “We Are Not On The Highest, But We Are Climb¬ ing.” This year, Hooker graduated three students from the Junior High School. Children wishing to further their education go either to Chattanooga or South Pittsburg. Forty-six boys and girls daily walk as much as a half mile to school, where they are taught the standard gram¬ mar and junior high courses by Mrs. Paris and Miss Virgi¬ nia Bone. Eight students haven’t misse da day and all had speaking parts in the school play two weeks ago. Mrs. Paris has had two years ^ college to her credit and is towar d her degree, while miss is a col lege , Next Game - Davis vs Dade At Davis Davis won its first baseball game this Sunday by defeating Dixie 18-8. Bim Patton had 2 sing]es and a triple for flve ! trlps to bat and made 2 , runs - I Dee Patton had 3 hits for 5 and a double and crossed home plate 3 times. Stevens with 3 | for 6 with a double scored four CdVadf? TmI'tZ* Other scorers were Ellison 3, and Hale, Robinson and Evans Evans was only and winning 1 pitcher. The line up was; Stevens, cf; Ellison, ss; B Patton, If.... D. [ Patton, c; Freeman, lb; Clin- lon > ZD - ud, nooinson, ri, Evans - Pitcher. Dade Outhits Whitwell Dade lost to Whitwell 10 to 5 but outhit them 14 hits to 11. mmweU made seve ral sensa- tionai catches to stop Dade’s iU ns. Doubles were made by Cooper, R Steele, and Me Mahan. Runs by McMahan, Castleberry, R. Steele, Miller ______ was read by Marvin Hunt with Shirley Debtor giv- the class will. Lyhess Jones the prophecy while Mr. Billue was introduced by L. C. McHughes, principal. Me Hughes also presented the certificates to the group. The girls of the graduating class w'ere clad in evening dress, the boys wearing dark suits. Trellises of roses formed a for the ceremonies. 3 Graduate at Hooker Graduation ...................... exercises Hooker were heW 16 in J 11 C ' „ ... - a J a * Y - _ The church was at¬ tractively decorated with many of wild and hot house which were hung along fiide Qf the walls , place d on piano and around the front the church near the pulpit. enUre school> the girls hUe and the b0 ys in U1V • 1 neckties . Holy - 10 y ’ o y ° °^ e y hree graduates, Maxine ° ary ™ I y caps g0 • M T by the School Choir r 0 gr and a a nd by Maxine Roberts and, Ann Martin accompanied j ” Mrs. Tf1 Lula Paris at the '" PJ a - j There were several dec. a- by members of re body. Rev. Ed. Angels of the St. Baptist Church gave the baccalaureate address taking text from Jeremiah, Chap- ter 18 verses 4, 5 and 6 and weaving this text in and out every day experiences. He | the graduates with ( their diplomas and the Honor ^ and Perfect Attend- ance students their certificates, The exercises ended with the being presented with gifts. tfllCKen rVgiplrpn rjiniinf UMIHr dCrVtHI \PFVP() SflW-MlIlPrS WUlf fUMCl 3 About seventy-five area saw- > anri a id t farmers e attended . Sawmllling and held last Wednes- The first par t of the day- program wr<i held at the Legion Hall, with the' moV ing after lunch to' demon- ' Lumber Mill for of various makes ot sa ws. Opening the morning session j was Rev. R. Q Dyess, who delivered the invocation, after Mayor A. L. Dyer wel¬ those present with a rt talk. Introductions of j Qcal spea kers were made by Agent L. C. Adams, and McComb of the Georgia Forestry Commission was in of the reminder of the Displays of chain saws were | arranged by the following ma- 1 nufacturers: Dixie Saw Shop, Clinton Motor, of which C. E. is local dealer, Mfg. Co., Mall Mfg. Co. Corley Mfg. Co. Shown in connection with information given on logging and sawmil- ling techniques was a scale mo- Clubs’ Dress Revue will be at 10 a. m. instead of in afternoon, Mrs. A. L. McMa- han, president, has reported, and a covered dish luncheon will follow the event. She has urged all clubs, including those that are inactive at present, to send representatives to enter the sewing event. It is hoped that the Council will be able to pay expenses for the grand prize winner te Athens. Miss Helen Au trey, Walker County Home Agent, and Miss Frances Adams, Georgia Power Home Economist, have been asked to serve as judges, and Mrs. Edna Sutton, Dade Home Ec. teacher, has been invited as alternate. The program for the day also includes a display of handwork, a special movie and entertain- by several 4-H Dade Reaches Red Cross Quota The ' Red Cross Drive for funds in Dade County has over the top with gifts amount- Ing to $547.89. The following report, from William Nicoli who was away from the county April, did not come in until He reports: Gifts of $5.00 from Mr. Mrs. Grady McKaig, Mr. and Mrs. Grady Bradford, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Fulguhm; $10 from Mr. and Mrs. William Nicoli; $2.00 from Mrs. Scott Gray, Mrs. Inez Moore, Mr. and Monroe McKaig, Mr. and get water from the spring a quarter of a mile away. Two | groups of boys and girls take .turns going after a bucket of 'water each day. | All enjoy the weekly visits of Mr. Firm Cagle, Visiting Tea- icher, as well as visits from the County School Superintendent, Roy W. Moore and others, and usually present a special pro¬ gram of music to the later. For the first time, the Che- i rokee Regional Bookmobile provides library service. The | school has for its use several (bookshelves but it is badly in need of better ones. The entire (community of 152 residents use and enjoys these books. 10 Minute Devotion at Noon probably the only school in the county devoting lo minutes each day at luncheon time for ful not. A large, pot-bellied atove provides heat in the win¬ ter-time and eight windows give ventilation in the summer. Lace curtains have been ad¬ ded to the windows and a coat cf paint added to the plank walls during the last few years, but when the Dade School Building Program gets under way, the building is scheduled to be replaced with an entirely new one. It will feature a ca¬ feteria, several class rooms and rest rooms, all badly need¬ ed facilities. At present, both teachers must talk to two different groups at the same time, creat¬ ing much confusion and diffi¬ culties for those trying to stu¬ dy. There is no water system, other than the one devised to Published Weekly—Since 1901 NUMBER 21 and Pressley. Dade tried three pitchers, Page, Craze and C. Steele. Dade was AB 44 times had 14 hits and 6 errors. Line up: Barton - 2b; Co °P er > ss; Collins, c; McMahan, 3b; Castleberry, rf; Miller, cf; Pressley, If; Wiliams, lb; Page, Craze, C. Steele, p; R Steele, Volunteer League Standings W L Harrison Bay .. ......4 0 ......3 2 Whitwell....... ......3 2 ......1 3 Davis.......... .....1 3 ...... 0 2 BASEBALL SCHEDULE First Half May 31—Dade at Davis, June 7—Davis at Whitwell Wauhatchie at Dade. June 14—Wauhatchie at Davis Dade at Harrison Bay. June 21—Davis at Harrison Bay Dade at Dixie. June 28—Davis at Dixie Dade at Whitwell. of proper stacking of lum- her for air drying. lumber mill a demon- on the va- lue ^ Qf ^ log grading> with .........„ the being the value of larger logs. The group then moved to the D. E. Mon .L 0n farm, where the chain saws demonstrated proper methods of felling and bucking Advisors of the 4-H Club served a delicious bar- chicken dinner at noon, cooked by J. C. Herman, with potato salad, bread, hot coffee and homemade pies, donated by local housewives. One hun¬ dred plates were sold at a dol¬ lar each, bringing a net total f $75 into the Council trea- sury for the purpose of defray- expenses of delegates to the district achievement and the state conference, Those in charge of the food were Mesdames W. C. Curc- W. L. Simpson, Edgar Moore, L. M Allison and Bid Konrad. The Tr enton lay- boys, 4-H siting band, enter- tained the group just before lunch.__ Mrs. L. W. Moore, Jr„ and Mr. and Mrs. Woodrow W. Gray; 50c from Walter D Gray; and $1.00 from Mrs. H. C. Gray, Mrs. Wilma McKaig, Mrs. Kelly Adkins, Mrs. Myr- e Daniels, Mrs. Hazel Roun- tree, Tom Massey, Mrs. Dessie Massey, Mrs. Annie Jenkins, Mrs. Roy Moore, Mr. and Mrs. Ar t e. Moore, Mr. and Mrs. John McGuffey and Mrs. Geor- gia Reese. WORKING AT HOOKER SATURDAY, MAY 30 ( ' There will be a working at Hooker Cemetery Saturday, May 30, with lunch at noon on the lawn at J. E. Strawn’s re- sidence. a devotional, Hooker children read verses from the B}ble, then have songs and prayer. Mrs. F. H. Cochran has been going once each week to the school for Bible study. School property encloses one acre and was willed to the co¬ lored community by a Hooker resident. Almost no grass grows on the grounds, but a tiny stream flows between the school and the church, both of which are identical. Despite their lack of neces¬ sary room and equipment, Hooker children are moving forward, always with <the thought of the poster in mind, “We Are Not On The Highest, But We Are Climbing”... to better education and a better way of life.