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About The Dade County times. (Trenton, Ga.) 1908-1965 | View Entire Issue (July 30, 1953)
County's Only Newspaper. VOLUME LIU Kindergarten Planned For principal J. C. Billue has announced that plans aie be- formulated for a kinder¬ garten which will be held High in connection with Dade School this fall. Pre-schoolers under six years of age will be iigible for enrollment in the < attend kindergarten and will on a fee basis from the tent¬ ative hours of 8 to 12 of 9 to 1 the morning. at Dade The first meeting of Dade Hio-h’s football team has been se t for August 15 at 9 a. m. Boys planning to go out for the team are urged to be pres¬ ent for the practice session, when uniforms will bt given out. The school’s football program will get underway August 17. Davis will meet Dade on the Trenton field September 11 for Dade Co. 4-H’ers for Pians for th most 4-H meeting of the year—the State 4-H Club Council Meet¬ ing—are taking shape.. The event this year, the twentieth annual, will be held at the Georgia State College for Women, Milledgeville, Aug. 3 to 7. Special programs have been planned for 4-H Club dele¬ gates, avisers and agents. 4-H Club Council officers, leaders, and other members of the Agricultural Extension Ser¬ vice staff are making a lot of changes in the program. Delegates from Dade attend¬ ing will be: Jackie Wilson, Bes¬ sie Moore, David Wood, and Sam Kenimer. Alternates ane Mary Faye Gilbreatt^ and Er¬ nest Kirchmeyer. Fricks, State 4-H Council Se¬ cretary, and Ray Bobo, Master 4-H’er, will also attend. “Ka- kie” will enter the State Dress Revue as district winner, and Blue Countians are pulling FMHH niuis From the County PMA Committed Farmers in Dade County who have a seeded acreage to cot- ‘on this year and have not re¬ ported this information to the local PMA Office are requested to do so immediately. This in¬ formation is urgently needed by this ofifce in order to de¬ termine those farms with a seeded acreage of cotton this year 1953 cotton acreage will be measured. At the same time cotton acreage is measured 1953 farm data and cotton date for 1951 and 1952 will be secured from the farm operator. Cards have been mailed to all farm operators asking that they be executed and returned to the county office designat¬ ing whether a cotton acreage was seeded on the farm in any of the years 1951, 1952 and Dade Truckers Wonders Beans, Tomatoes. Dado County County truck truck are putting in long hour® bard work these days, for those green beans, tomatoes ears of sweet corn get ready :: k. a whole year of labor unless the vegetables Picked right away. Up on Lookout 0k0 U ' Mountain M ”“ n M 0OT « h a ve p 1 d lcre of Kentucky Wonders, •bst two plantings of ready for the curb market. The third " 4 will be ready for picking s,;0n as the present crop is haiKtorf bea“s rp , 7 , -hZ °* f arP a / am e J , ly enou n occupied, S h t0 but kee P have' Mo T gh n, the acre to *hile Mrs. Moore packs -reen R ut g ar tomatoes by ushel for buyers who like She ait (fa twin nuts I Definite hours and will be worked out in the future by interested parents. All those interested are to contact Mr. Billue in that final plans may be A highly-qualified teacher 'available and the plan is one which will benefit young children in they will be better for school. the first game and the will be played at Lee School September 19. Delmas Freeman, new athletic coach, is scheduled arrive the first of the from Jenkins, Ky.. with Mrs. Freeman and two children. Freeman recently his master’s degree in Education at Eastern State College in Richmond, Kentucky. for her to win. . Mrs. Martha Harrison that space has been at G.S.C.W. for 1,000 Each county will bring two girls and two boys as regular delegates. The crowd will in¬ clude 24 returning delegates. The State Council officers the-old and new District cil officers will be there. District talent winners district public sneaking win¬ ners will compete for honors during the affair. It has been pointed out all Master 4-H Club are eligible to attend the meet¬ ing. Each county is eligible bring one woman adviser and one man adviser for the week. All advisers have been invited to a special one-day 4-H advi¬ J sers program on Tuesday, Aug. 4. Mrs. Harrison pointed out , that the 12 new district 4-H advisers and three State 4-H Advisers’ Council officers are eligible to attend the meet.. 1953. Those farmers who still have these cards in their pos¬ session are requested to return them to the county office at once. Crimson Clover, Hairy vetch, Common vetch, 20% and 47% Superphosphate, Silicate Slag, 4-12-12* fertilizer and basic slag are available on purchase order to those farmers who re¬ quested this material and had it approved on Forms 202-7. Each farmer is requested to check his copy of Form 202-7 before contacting the PMA Of¬ fice for unless he has approval for the material a purchase or¬ der cannot be issued. approval of the county com¬ mittee must have been secured before the practice is bgun. haul haul them them green green for for less less spoil- spoil- age. . f Green beans are bringing f rom twelve to seventeen cents Der D ound and as long as prices [ are UD the trucker doesn’t i mind the hot work of picking. | T h e Moores use the following : mpthnr( for nicking- o(er since r the tall: Leighton picks along the top while his parents snap off :the beans at their level, if they’re lucky enough to be hosts to some of the grand- L. they usually pick from Kssn-rsm 1 Rain Threatened Beans, , Tomatoes So much rain of late has caused a little rust but the grade of the Moore beans is ex- cellent When asked if they Devoted to the Best Interests ot Dade and THE DADE COUNTY TIMES, TRENTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JULY 30, 1953 Athenii, Georgia — Award winners in Senior 4-H Club Forestry Competition at the North Georgia Achievement Meeting held here July 15-16 are shown above, left to right. Jimmy Em- berson, Catoosa County, Merit Award: Peggy Cochran, Cherokee County, Merit Award; Joyce Venable Jackson County, Excellent Award; Donald Moreland, Dade County, Honorable Mention; Elizabeth Coffee, Banks County, Merit Award; Velda Faye Hayes, Catoosa County, Merit Award; and G W. Ledbetter, Dawson County Honorabl Mention. The 4-H Forestry Program in Geor¬ gia is sponsored by Southern Bell Telephone Company. Donald Moreland, non of Jeff Moreland, lives on a 20-acre farm where he has a Forestry project involving treating fence posts. He is a student at North Dade School and hopes to con tinue his studies in the forestry field. 11th The 11th Annual Tour sponsored by the Georgia Hereford has been set for August and 6th. This year’s tour has varied program that to exceed in interest those past years. . The program for will be built around and breeding practices type and character _ management - sanitation disease prevention — feed duction and feeding -salesmanship and selling junior farm livestock The above mentioned for discussion are all of interest not only to the est of breeders of cattle but likewise to cial producers via cow and method An effort is being made make this a top tour with particular on economy in operation. n interested in better cattle better pasture, whether mercial or pure bred will find their time well Deputy Exhibits Fast Leg-Work Sheriff F. C. Graham Deputy Russell Smith arrested Joe Hunt, of Mountain, on a charge of sessing liquor. The arrest cured following a report Hunt was intoxicated creating a disturbance. Hunt was found near a of five gallons of whiskey. on sighting the offices, he tempted to flee, but was by Deputy Smith. Following hearing in Justice of the H. F. Allison’s office, he bound over to the grand under $200 bond. had had been been bothered bothered much much beetles, all three replied that beetles were preferable to rust. Bean beetle dust is not used when the beans are ready, cause the poison would neces- > R ate a thorough dunking of the beans, and buyers dislike ! handling wet beans for fear of . j Picked Moore estimates 3600 lbs. that of he beans has over already, and has sold about ' *530 worth. Total sales of the entire acre are expected to be around 1250. I Top grade green tomatoes l are selling to the wholesaler at $2.00 a bushel in comparison to 'last year’s price of $4 00. Small baskets of seconds are going for 65 cents. These seconds are so called because of the splits on ground level tomatoes Hereford Tour 5 6 in attending the tour. | The tour will assemble at the LaFayette, Georgia, Court- house on Wednesday, August 5th, at 8:30 AM. after which the following farms will be vi- sited: Goree Brcs. Farm, La iFayette; Trail’s End Farm, Chickamauga; Yates Bros [Farm, Flintstone; Creekland Stock Farm. Kensington; Hall Hereford Ranch, Kensington; Andrews Hereford Farm Ken- sin g ton - and R Farm, Kensington. a ^e drawing for radio donated * B Howard Furniture ,Comply. > | On Thursday, assemble August at Frank 6th, the tour will Shaw’s Farm, Davis Cross Roads, and will proceed from there to George Queener’s 1 .farm, Kensington. The tour | arrive at Mountain Cove | Farms at 10:00 A.M. and will spend the remainder of the day I thprp mere. I I Lunch will be served the first of the tour by the Kens- , ington Community Club at j Creekland Stock Farm. Lunch | Dade County Featured In Farm Bulletin | Dade Countians will be pleas¬ ed to know that the county Farm Bureau chapter is fea¬ tured in this month’s bulletin, ; ‘‘The Georgia Farm Bureau News,” due to the co-operation I of W. H. Pullen, Mrs. Virginia Konrad, and county agents L. j C. There Adams and several C. L. articles Bigham. on are • work of the local chapter and the entire back page is devoted to news of progress and activi¬ ties of the Dade organization. Wounded In Korea Felix Payne of the U. S. Army in Korea has been wound ed in battle, but is improving. were were damaged damaged bV bV so so much rain. The Moores have sweet corn coming in soon, along with a collards. Their first potato [crop -harvested, they are plant- ing the fall crop. The orchard of Golden Delicious apples is scheduled to ripen around >ast of August, which is the signal for Mrs. Moore to get the cider press ready. Along fences near the house grow en¬ ough grapes to make juice and jelly, so the Moores probably never buy any kind of fruit juice except orange. Slaughter-Konrad Tomatoes Re ady ' With the blue-grayness of i Fox Mountain as a picturesque background, the Slaughter-] Konrad tomatoes and sweet will be provided at Mountain Cove by the Cedar Grove la- dies.. Representatives and special guests who will appear on the program are: Thomas J. Jones, Dean School of Veterin- ary Medicine, University of Georgia; A. B. Jarrett in charge of beef cattle, The Ber- ry Schools; Jones Purcell, Agri¬ cultural Representative, Cen¬ tral of Georgia Railway; For¬ rest ~ McClain, •' Field Represen- ' tative American . Hereford tJ f . A . - Paul Aycock, Field Representative American Po- Jed Hereford Association; Mil- ton consultant, P. Jarn Athens, j** n - a g r Jcultura Georgia, Ray Brockinton^ Sou. Live- stock Journal, Bob Nash, The Hereford Journal, Ralph Cam- mack, Manger, Georgia Here- ford Association; Dr A E Head of Animal Hus- bandry Dept. University o 5 ’ Dr. E. E. Chambers, Rossville Ga.; Dr. C.W. Leo- nard, LaFayette; Joe Stone Head of Agricultural Depart- ment, The Berry Scho ols. What-Not Made At New Home Club The Home Demonstration Club of New Home met Tues¬ day afternoon, July 21, with fourteen members present and one new member. The devotional was given by Mrs. Myrtle Hurst. Birthday gifts were received by Mrs. Joe Neely, who had charge of a demonstration on making a what-not from a cigar box. Mrs. Lucile Hurst had charge of the games which were en¬ joyed by all. The club voted to go to Lake Winnepaseukah for a pic¬ nic in August. Mrs. Patton served delicious refreshments to the group at close of the meeting. corn corn are are getting getting ready ready for for farmers] ma.- ma.- Iketing. These truck have local as well as Chatta- 1 nooga buyers for the present crop of tomatoes, and Bill Konrad’s sons, Larry and Billy, are being initiated into the trucking business during sum- vacations. This family combine worts both the Deer: Head Cove farm and one Head River, Pullen’s Beans To Go To Atlanta Market Bill Pullen’s truck farm, which is in its first year, is specializing in potatoes, beans,, tomatoes and sweet corn. The potato market has not been | is too good for some time for any farmer, but the Golden Ban- tarn variety of sweet corn, and Rutgar tomatoes are almost a Published 1901 State In So. Em The huge pile of gravel which was unloaded by State Highway Department last week next to Hershel Dean’s Garage in Rising Fawn is being spread over U. S. Highway No. 11 in the second such resufacing in about three years. Tiie slag, railroaded in from Birmingham, is being distri¬ buted into about a dozen state trucks, making tine Rising Fawn siding a beehive of acti- vity. Present plans are to resur- Doug Carter, 16 year old Dade County hurler, pitched his second straight Volunteer League shutout yesterday when he humbled Harrison Bay, the first half winners, 3-0, on a brilliant three-hitter. Daisy was his 5-0 victim last week. The Baymen threatened in the eight with the bases loaded Youth Closes Missioi The Christian Witness Mis¬ began last Monday after¬ noon, July 27, with the regis¬ tration of 32 Methodist Youth from East Tennessee and Southwest Virginia and 25 Methodist youth coming from ten of our local Dade County Methodist Churches. Monday evening featured a banquet prepared by the W.S.C.S. the Morganville Methodist Church. At that time, the di¬ Rev. Joe E. Baker, Sr. described the nature of the work of the Christian Witness Mission and the projects in¬ cluded in the week’s activity. The evening was concluded with an ispirational message by Rev. W. S. Steele, Super¬ intendent ot the Kingsport, Tenn., District. The youth are attending each morning through Friday, the training session arranged for the mission with the Rev. Robert H. Duncan, pastor of Andrews Methodist Church in Chattanooga as leader of the Methods of Evangelism. Dr. E D. Worley, Superintendent of the Chattanooga District as leader of the Discussion and Sharing Period; and the Rev. F. Chilcate, Jr., pas¬ tor of the first Methodist Contest Towns On T.V. “A Salute to Georgia’s ter Home Towns,” a new television show featuring accomplishments of itles entered In the 1953 pion Home Town Contest, its first appearance over Television, Channel 8, on ,Sunday, July 26, at 5:30 M In addition to motion films of the accomplishments of the communities, appearances will be made by members of the local city ernment and civic leaders from . the , , town , honored , , week. Lithonia has been success success at at each each planting, planting, Pullen’s green beans are now for marketing, so Atlanta market will pro¬ receive a truck load of grade beans right away. Peaches Ripe in „atfield orchard James Hatfield's true* farm Rising Fawn, Ls producing varieties of peaches, and tomatoes, which he to his father’s fruit and market at Midway to the Chattanooga Curb He is now sole operator the Hatfield truck farm. Another trucker, Myron Gass, watching market prices on sweet potatoes, beans sweet corn, while the Brdthers, on Lookout, three acres of cabbage for NUMBER 30 | face the highway from Trer ' ton through Rising Fawn an the LaFayette-Trenton Higl way up to the slide. By Wet nesday, crews had tarred ar graveled the road from Atkii Store, 3 miles south of Trei ton, on past Rising Fawn an were patching slick spots ne; Trenton, preparatory to resu; facing. It was first thought that tlr state would resurface tlr j Hooker road, but present plai | do not include work in th; |end of the county. and none out, but sparkling d< fensive played by Rabbit Wi lian^ and Tom Castleberi kept them from scoring. Cai ter’s elder brother, J. W. had perfect day at the plate wit four trips to the plate, Whitfield defeated Davis 16 with an 18 hit attack by Pa' Mosier. Church in Chattanooga, pre.< enting the motives of Evange ism. The youth of the missio’ have now completed a “relp gious census” in each of the 1, communities taking part in t! Christian Witness Mission, ar helped in the Community Su: vey on Lookout Mountai the Rev. Amos Roger' director of the Methodist Sti'l dent Center at the Universil | of Chattanooga, supply paste of a recently-organized churc Open air meetings, a jail sen ioe, and visitation evangelisr are included in the week’s pr<' gram. I The ladies of the Trenton V | S. C. S. served the missic j lunch on Tuesday, July 28, ■ the Dade County High Scho Cafeteria. As director of the missio Rev. Baker would like to thar everyone for their response opening their hearts and hom to these visiting young peopl The week-long program w: | end Sunday night with Youth Rally at the Trentc Methodist Chur^ with Re Amos Rogers, of Chattanoog as speaker. Young people fro all over the county are expect* to attend this service. chosen as the first town to t< j its story on the program, I All fields of civic improv ments will be covered in tl te'Mast Including programs [civic r ff*« improvement, on . education, healt rellgk tourist, beautification, busine and industry, agriculture, tran portation and youth. The filr will show the people of t towns actually at work maki their communities better plac in which to live. There are 251 towns in Geo gia entered in the 1953 Char P' on Home Town Contest whi is ia s P onsored b y the Georg’ [Power Company, and it is hop I <that eventually Trenton or R [ n g Fawn will be featured. [prospective [prospective buyers, buyers. j J. D. Pi on Sand Mountain is thoug to have sweet potatoes. 4-H Corn Looking Good 4-H corn prospects are loc ing good, with Billy Konra< acre of Georgia 101 and Leig ton Moore’s among the tall and blackest. Billy used 1,C lbs. of 4-12-12 with 200 lbs. sodium nitrate as side dressii Leighton sowed the same v riety of corn on May 23 twel inches apart and the ro about three feet apart, usi: 900 lbs. of the same fertiliz and 200 lbs, of sodium nitra Other 4-H entrants in t Georgia Power Corn Conti have equally good corn, with the help of more rain a: less dry weather, Dade Cou ty should in all probability corn prosperous this fall!
