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About The Dade County times. (Trenton, Ga.) 1908-1965 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 29, 1953)
Uade County's Only Newspaper. VOLUME LIII s . CoMHMtr PiMi VISITORS WELCOME . JUDGE VISITS RISING FAWN COMMUNITY — Judging of Rising Fawn 4-H improve¬ ments recently took place in the community. Pictured above inspecting the sign at the com¬ munity park are, left to right: County Agent L. C. Adamr>, Ray Bobo and one of the judiges. New Home Wins The New Home on Sand Mountain has been judged winner of the Dade County Improvement which is held in with the Chattanooga Area Improvement Contest. _ Among goals set by the com¬ munity club for 1953 were the following: (1) organization of an active community club; (2) Mailboxes uniformly and lettered; (3) Road signs for all roads in this commun¬ ity; (4) a community dump; (5) a community center; (6) creation of more interest in modern methods of farming and home planning; (7) im¬ proving and general appear- ace of the community, and (8) completion of the church ad¬ dition. Accomplisments for 1953 are li ted as follows: 1. Five dollars donated by H. D. C. to the 4-H Club Foundation. Richard Bennett Dies After Auto A veteran of the Korean war, Richard Bennett, Route 3, Ris- sing Fawn, Ga., was injured fatally early the night of Oc¬ tober 21 in a traffic accident on the Scenic Highway on Look¬ out Mountain, about three miles north of the junction with the Trenton higway. He was passenger in a car driven by Vondell Plunkett, 16. also of Route 3. Rising Fawn, when it sideswiped and went out of control while trying to pass one driven by Donald Aus¬ tin, 16, also of Route 3, Rising Fawn. The Plunkett car left the highway and overturned, but Austin’s automobile was not damaged and he was not hurt Farm Bureau Vote On Policies ZM Dade County delegates re- urning from the Farm Bureau onvention in Macon last week nought back the Seventh Dis- rict Countjy Activities Award ponsored jointly by the Farm ureau and the Georgia Power 'o., making Dade a two-time ’inner. The local organization as 1952 winner of the $75 ward which is given each ear at Convention time to aapters recording the most nprovement and development f county activities. W. L. Simpson and Art 'oore were official voting dele- ites, while W. H. Pullen, rapter president, was resoluTions a mem I of the general D evoted to th e Best Interests ot Dade and IHK DADE COUNTY TIMES, TRENTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1953 2. Forty-five dollars ated by H. D. C. to New Baptist Church for doors partition. 3. Twenty-five dollars paid Tri-County Hospital twenty-five dollars yearly for 2 more years 4. Home Club week observed in by furnishing flowers for church and by pinning sages on the oldest mother, youngest mother and the ther with the most children. 4-H Club girls pinned on the flowers. 5. Youth week observed church. Church grounds were cleaned by the young people. The building was almost com¬ pleted on the inside. All church offices were filled by young people during this week. 6. Betty Morgan won the Speakers’ Tournament, spon¬ sored by the Training Union of the Lookout Valley Baptist As- seriously. He suffered head cerations rnd bruises. the cnly sen of Mr. and Mrs. j. B Bennett, was a of the Korean war, having re¬ turned home only several months ago. He died shortly before 11 o’clock in a Chattanooga hos¬ pital. He had been taken to he foot of Lookout Mountain here by an unidentified mo¬ torist and transferred to an ambulance. Plunkett said he had started to pass Austin’s car when his struck a rough place on the left side of the road. His car went out of control and bump¬ ed ogainst Austin's thus caus¬ ing his to leave the highway. committee. T , “ J al men voiced recommendations rang- ing from emphasis on ad- hitional farm research to of continuing W/r parity on basic farm commodities. The votine delegate body passed a resolution calling for continued emphasis and active support of REA in obtaining and ’ maint- aining of adequate rural electric and telephone services for ru¬ ral areas. and Senator Richard Russell Governor Talmadge each ad¬ dressed the convention pin¬ pointing falling farm prices and the national need of an ade Equate farm program. Russell emphasized that it would be sociatio. She won a free trip to Mercer, June 8-13. 7. Two chicken suppers, an ice cream supper and a fish fry contributed money as well as i a chance for the community to jielax and enjoy a social event, f 8 . A community dump was secured. 9. Mailboxes painted with aluminum paint and lettered with black paint. 10. Road signs painted and put up. Roads named 11. Site secured for com¬ munity center. Land leveled | and plans for the building drawn up. Trustees elected. 12. Two Sunday School rooms added to the church. Auditorium enlarged. Sunday School looms furnished with chairs. Porch and steps made Tables for spreading lunch made. This is a remarkable record, and Dade County will be proud of this community. TWO STILLS RAIDED IN DADE TUESDAY Tuesday Sheriff F. C. Gra¬ ham and Deputy Ruchel Smi.h with State Agents J. D. Scog¬ gins and W. H. Souther raided an eight hundred gallon bo> still on Sand Mountain. The officers reported tha: there wasn’t any mash at thfc still. There were three 400 gal¬ lons fermenters. *. The officers said there wasn't any one around the .‘till. They demolished this still at the site. A 20 gallon copper s'ill w’as also raided by the above of¬ ficers at Hooker near the Geor- gia-Tennessee line. This still had 55 gallons of mash. It was brought to Trenton for proper disposal. disastrous to throw out sup- port Dort prices prices for for farm farm commodl- commodi- ties and allow the farmer to enter “naked into a world where all others are protect¬ ed. The Dade group, which in- eluded County Agent L. a Adams, attended all general meetings of the convention, with the commodity meeting on fruits and vegetables as their major interest among the eleven commodity meetings, This 'was the second year that Moore sat in on this discussion which was of great benefit to the group since all are inter¬ ested in truck farming in the county. 29 Pleas - 9 Tried The September term of the Superior Court broke Wednes¬ day afternoon with nine cases being continued to the March 1954 term. Eighteen other cases were called and when the defendants failed to appear, the Court ordered nisi-rearrest and bond doubled. The jury was still out, as we went to press last week, on Joe Johnson. They were unable to reach a decision and the Court ruled a mistrial. A mistrial was also ruled on Denzille West charged with assault and bat¬ tery. Ott Buckles plead guilty on a charge of public drunken¬ ness and was fined $53. On motion of the attorney for the defendant, John Whitt, that ’‘the within indictment be quashed because more than one offense is charged in the one count of the indictment” the Court ruled that the "said mo¬ tion is hereby quashed after Election For Officials December 1 Election for Mayor, Recorder and Councilmen for the City of Trenton is set for the first Tuesday in December, which this year falls on December 1. Every two years the City of Trenton elections come around. Holding the offices now Mayor A. L. Dyer, City Recor- Ider J. Granville Pace i |Tatum, Councilmen Cleron Kyzer, I. H. (Pat) Jr. ,and Jules A. Case. j The city charter reads anyone desiring to run for of these offices must notify City Recorder in writing least ten (10) days prior to election that he is a and what office he is seeking. Candidates must have lived in Trenton one year or mire con- tinuosly. The City of Trenton Regis¬ RALPH McGILL PRESENTS CONSTITUTION AWARDS TO 4-H I RS. — Ray Bobo, Dade County 4-H Club member, was one of twelve distritc winners to receive Junior Leadership Awards from Atlanta Constitution Editor Ralph McGill at the recent Annual 4-H Club Con¬ gress in Atlanta. Seated are: Jean Chrely, Editor McGill and Steve Mercer. Standing left to right: Gordon Durham, Jerry Whiteside, Cephas Williamson, Gayle Windham, Eva Jo Duna- hoo, Jean Gainous, Ray Brown, Sat a Nell Morris, Joan Eas't, and Ray Bobo of Dade County. —Courtesy of The Atlanta Constitution Before the close of the con- vention, vention, new new officers officers were were el ected for the coming year, with H. L. Wingate receiving the nod to continue in his current office as president. Sidney Lowery, of Floyd County, was al-o re-elected as director from the Seventh District, his nomination by the Dade group. According to local President -------, Pullen-, Dade ---- County — - has set the stage for a bigger and more effective voice in next year’s convention. Pullen stated, “Local farm¬ ers who attend a Farm Bureau convention realize that the or¬ is a functional one; Published Weekly—Since 1901 first hearing of arguments of i council for defendant and So¬ licitor General.” Continued to March term | Charles E. Clark, charged with driving without a license; Dpnald Gray, larceny; Benny Joe Bradford, larceny; Johnnie Daniel, possessing liquor; Al- fries O. Brown, reckless driv¬ ing; Ruell Brock, assault and battery; Granville Daniel, i mur der; J. H. Baty, obscene lan¬ guage . Nisi-rearrest — double bond Earl C. Haney, charged with carrying a black jack; James , Cecil Hilbirn, driving under intoxicants; John Martin El¬ rod, larceny; Earl C. Haney, public drunkenness; Franklin Duan Gas:-, possessing liquor; Lester Massengale, manufac¬ turing liquor (page 175-No. 44>; Henry Franklin Dickerson, obscene languague; Alvin El- tration Book of voters opened on October 27 in the City Hall for any who are not yet regis- tered and wish to do so. It will be in the Clerk of Courts office from November 21 to 26 when | it will be closed for the 5 day period before election. All residents of the city of Trenton who are 18 years or over, who have lived in Georgia one year or more and lived continuously for six months or more in Trenton are eligible to iregister and to vote. If your name is already . , on the books , there is no need to register. Remember that if you- live in iTrenton you can be registered 4n two places, with the Tax Commissioner for county elec- tions and with the City der for city elections, but that the more active a county is, the the more more opportun-. ity each farmer has to pate.” i “It is this participation in the local organizations that makes the Farm Bureau the most effective voice a Georgia farmer has today. The state I conventions aren’t closed just to delegates; any Farm Bureau _ . . member who wishes to j pate as a visitor is always wel- come, although voting on reso- lutions is limited to official voting delegates from each ccunty. ” Other activities which the delegation participted in in¬ a county agents’ ban- NUMBER 43 rod, driving U. I.; Ruben Ar¬ nold Carroll, selling beer; Carroll, selling beer; Floyd Danield, reckless driving; M. Morgan, speeding; Roy Gass, driving U. I.; C. S. Lowery, Jr., driving U. I.; Tob bie Powell, larceny; W. Fran¬ klin Robinson, driving U. I.; Lester Massengale, manufac¬ liquor (Page 166-No. 57); Harry Treadway, possessing li¬ quor. Juvenile Cases Were Heard Saturday Morning Judge McClure held Juvenile Court Saturday morning in the office of the Supt. of Schools. Juvenile Court is held in private hearings and not be¬ fore the public. Judge McClure heard several cases. He lectured the ones who were involved and put them under a probation sen¬ tence. vote in the city election you must be registered on the city’s Registration Book, NOAH LACY WINS $50 AT DAVIS CONVENTION At Davis High School’s Fid¬ dlers, Convention held Satur- day night, October 17 on the athletic field, Noah Lacy’s band won $50 which was awarded tc the best band. Lacy also was presented a $20 prize as best fiddler. Second prize of $5.00 wa^ given “ to D. Prestwood, ’ another fiddler, while ... Jannette _ Fossett „ ,. ca ptured the $15 prize for so- loist and Flora Jones was run- ner-up with $5.00. Delicious barbecue sand- wlches were sold durin f the convention , and the crowd pre- sent agreed that the even ing most succssful. attended by L. C. Adams and C. C. L. L. Bigham Bigham and and the the ball, which was reigned over by Dade’s Kathryn Fricks, Governor Talmadge was un¬ able to attend at the last mo- ment, so Kathryn led the grand march on the arm of President Wingate. The entire 7th dis- trit was proud of the juldges, selection and opinioned that was truly the “belle of the ball. Plans for the next board of directors meeting for Dade County are shaping up, and Pullen has reported that Kath¬ ryn Fricks and Sidney Lowery, director of the 7th district will be invited to attend.
