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About The Dade County times. (Trenton, Ga.) 1908-1965 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 31, 1953)
Dade County's Only hiewspapet. VOLUME LIU .....•Mr--;* | | j i ' i Here T T , s a wish, not , new and . not original . . , . . . ,, but be- lieve us’ we mean it just as sincerely as if we had or- iginated it ourselves. If is customary at the beginning of a new year to make resolutions and we like others, have made ours. We shall endeavor in 1954 to make our newspaper even more valuable and interesting to you, our subscribers. Your continued subscription to our paper ex¬ presses your appreciation of our efforts to bring you a clear and honest report of all the news and we thank you for your patronage. Again we wish you a Happy New Year filled with health, peace and prosperity ' for you and vours. ____ ____;_;_ Truck and Auto Crash on U. S. A 1953 Ford driven by lin Joseph Hooks, of 112 S. 28St., Oklahoma City, Okla., a tractor truck driven by D. Anderson, of Rising were involved in an near Rising Fawn last The collision occurred 2:30 P. M., December 26 at intersection on U. S. Highway approximately 12 miles south Trenton. Both vehicles traveling in a southerely tion. In giving the details of week, Sheriff F. C. Graham explained that the truck over toward the left hand of the road-in making a sweep for a right hand Hooks, apparently Anderson’s intentions, and ing he meant to turn to the at the intersection, ahead. The Ford struck the of 1953 In Dade January New County Officials assume duties: R. M. Morrison as Or- dinary, John W. Murphy as Tax Commissioner, Mrs. Grace Wil- lians as Clerk of Court and F. C. Graham as Sheriff. J. V. Jenkins, county Treasurer and Ro, W. Moore. County Supt. o' Schools continued in office. Dade Football players receive awards. Mr. and Mrs. Dave Brown receive plaque for their help with the football field. The Dade County Times has Reader’s Survey made of the paper. Annual Farm Bureau meet- ing. w. H. Pullen elected presi- ; dent. 4-H’ers receive awards. j Annual Co-op meeting. Re -1 ports most successful year W. onj were D. E. Morrison, John i Murphy, Otis York, W. H. Pullen record. New Directors elected W, L. ra„„,„ and A. L. McMa- Red Cross Home Nursing Class' completed at Davis. D evo ted to the Best Interests o< Dade and 1HE OADfc COUNTV TIMES, TRENTON. GEORGIA, THURSDAY. DECEMBER 31, 1953 its right side as Anderson cut j to the right. Both drivers were charged with reckless driving. It is report- that no ocupants of the two vehicles suffered injuries of any consequense. -———-- RISING FAWN 4-H CLLIB TO MEET MONDAY The senior 4-H Club of Rising Fawn will meet at 7:30 Monday January 4 at the home of Mrs. Virginia Konrad. The principal speaker at this first meeting of 1954 will be Miss Fannielu McWhorter, coun- health nurse. Mrs. Dudley will have charge of a demonstration and exhibit in ceramics. The club’s president is Sue . and the program com- ml tee headed by Wilson. February . 1 Art E. Moore wih 141 bushels the acre, second in State Com r Garden ^ orHo . Club holds Silver an- niversary. $200,000 Campaign to raise Ior for T 1 r i-County hospital launch- ed Nurslng class R . Cr0M Home at Dade. T w Fox res jgns as County Mobile Soil Testing Unit here. jonquils blooming. March Superior Court in session 5 Acts on 50 cases. County Agent L. C. Adams named of County on Georgia^ Ag. , Committee. Apnl State Farm ure visits Dade. Rlver New Home and[He. ^ Communities en ctt Baby chicks delivered to 4-H- mem ers ' Ohio Woman Hurt In 3 Car Mishap Three cars were involved in an accident on U. S. Highway 11 near Crawfish Creek Wed- ns day morning in which Mrs. Betty Pobega, of Mansfield, Ohio, was injured slightly, The accident occurred about 11:15 A. M. on December as the car driven by J. C. Woodall and headed south, stopped on the highway due to mechanical failure. According to Mr. Wood- all, e and his wife had just step¬ ped out of his automobile in order to push it off the road when it was struck from be¬ hind by a Ford sedan driven by Bobby Tipton of New England. His car was in turn hit from behind by a 1949 Chevrolet driv¬ en by Katherine D. Brutto of Mansfield, Ohio. According to the testimony given by Tipton and the other occupant of his car, Grady Wal- of Rising Fawn, he did not see Wooda11 ’ 5 5t °PP ed car soon gone over a knoll. A truck head¬ ed north in the other lane pre¬ vented him from going around Woodall’s car. Miss Brutto also reported that the same truck prevented her from cutting to the left. j n the car driven by Miss Brutto were Mr. and Mrs. Frank pobe S a of Mansfield, Ohio. Mrs. was treated for a badly bruised knee in Trenton follow- the accident. None of the person " involved were in_ Tipton and MLss brutto woie ' e uilt y of reckle “ drivin £- No charges were preferred against Mr. Woodall. RISING FAWN AMONG TOWNS CITED FOR PROGRESS Atlanta, (GPS) It was a steady of Progress that moved Georgia during 1953, to Clark Gaines, sec¬ of the Georgia Depart¬ of Commerce, who keeps finger on the pulse of busi¬ all over the state. It was over-all good year and the should carry well the new year, he said. ’The state’s Commerce Depart¬ | through its semi-monthly regularly reports on expansions of one n ar QT >r,tv, 0 r onn nt-hPr -ic¬ imnrove the econQmy through pr0 _ New New water water line Iine completed completed in in north Trenton. 4-H Corn contestants receive seed. Dade and Davis have baseball * eams ' ay Farm Bureau and 4-H Club hold Talent Show. Sawmillers and Farmers Con¬ ference. County baseball starts. School graduation exercises. June New Salem leads in school at- tendance for year with 93.47%. Hooker Colored School second with 92.98%. Kathryn Fricks wins district Farm Bureau Queen contest. G. R. Hatfields opens Motor Court and Fruit Market. Gross opens new and remod¬ elled store building. Scruggs Grocery moves to new building. June term of Superior Court lasts half a day. , Mrs. A. L. McMahan elected District Chairman _ for the Home for North Ga. , 0. S. of County ASC Election Returns Community committeemen in each of the six designated farm communities in Dade County, Georgia were announced today by the county committee chair- man, Mr. C. L. Ivey. Rising Fawn Community H. G. Hawkins, Chairman J. P. Lambert, vice-chairman Chester McCarty, Member G. V. Green, First Alternate Byron Forester, Second Alter- nate. Avans Community Lyman E. Taylor, R. D. Smith, Vice-chairman W. H. Gray, Member J. B. Boydston, Jr., First Al¬ ternate C. A. Pike, Second Alternate. New Saltern Community B. W. Holtzhower, Chairman Woodrow Gray, Vice-chair¬ man C. G. Collins, Member Grady Bradford, First Alter¬ nate L. E. Holtzhower, Second Alternate. Trenton Community D. E. Morrison, Chairman o. ;i. -Carter, vice-chairman C. L. Holmes, Member J. B. Sullivan, First Alternate Robert Forester, Second Al¬ ternate. Wildwood Community J. D. Massen£ale, Chairman J. E. Cole, Vice-chairman Tom Carroll, Member Davis Carroll, First Alternate E. F. Moore, Second Alternate. New Home Community W. J. Leverette, Chairman L G. Tripp, Vice-chairman Mack Crisp, Member Kirk Ellison, First Alternate Joe Townsend, Second Alter- nate. At the same time he announ- ced the delegates elected to at- eressiveness at the community level. Among the latest cities and towns listed were these: Albany, Americus, Anderson- ville, Aradi, Aragon, Arlington, Ashburn, Athens, Atlanta, Au- gusta, Bainbridge, Blackshear, Butler, Calhoun, Carrollton, Cartersville, Clayttville, Cleve- land, Cordele, Dalton, Douglas, Dublin, East Point, Ellaville, 290 290 miles miles of of roads roads mapped mapped in in Dade County. Art E. Mcore appointed on State Farm Bureau Fruit and Vegetable Committee. , School Street in Trenton pav¬ ed. July 23 4-H’ers and 9 adults enter county Corn Contest. Kathryn Fricks district win-, ner in Senior Dress Review. Donald Moreland takes second' place in Forestry Demonstra- tion and Jack Stallings second in Livestock Pest Control. Ger- aldine Dunn takes third in Jun- Muffins. Trenton-Riing Fawn road (Highway ID resurfaced. Georgia Power holds open House in their new building. August Hooker road resurfaced. Deerhead Cove gets electricity. Jury Boxes revised. Fire at Dyer Lumber Mill. j School opened the 23th I September j Second Fire st. Dyer Lumber M iH Published Weekly—Since 1901 tend the county convention which was held on Friday, Dec¬ ember 18 at the local ASC of¬ fice for the purpose of electing a county PMA Committee: Rising Fawn Community Otis York, Delegate W. L. Fannin, Alternate Avans Conunujnit'y ( C. C. Stephens, Delegate W. R. Duncan, Alternate New Salem Community L. E. Holtzhower, Delegate j c G Collins, Alternate i Trenton Community ! j J. B. Sullivan, Delegate D. E. Morrison, Alternate j Wildwood Community J. E. Cole, Delegate E. R. Wells, Alternate New Home Community W. C. Smith, Delegate L. G. Tripp, Alternate. Chairman Ivey emphasizes that the newly elected commit¬ teemen will have greater re¬ sponsibilities during the coming y:ar. Although they serve only a few days a year in program administration, they are on call at any time to carry out sepcial assignments. Committeemen are directly responsible for the administra- tion of the Agricultural Con- servation and Price aup(pnrt Programs in the county. In ad- dition, they will be called on to help administer the cotton marketing program in 1954. Each community committee- man Is elected to serve one year. New committemen will take office Jaun’ary 1, 1954. j _ COTTON GROWERS APPROVE MARKETING QUOTAS The U. S. Department of Ag- riculture has announced show! the preliminary returns which that growers of both upland j and extra long staple cotton approved marketing quotas for j the 1954 crops, in referendums held throughout the Cotton Belt on December 15. Flowery Branch, Fort Valley, Grantville, Gray, Griffin, Kingsland, LaGrange, Leslie, Macon, Moultrie. Mountain City, Manchester, Monticello, Plains, Quitman, RISING FAWN, Rome, Savannah, Statesboro, Talbot- ton, Talma, Thomasville, Tifton \ aldosta, Vidalia, Wadley, shington and Woodbury. State State 4-H 4-H Club Club president president vis- vis- its Dade. Superior Court hol-Ls a week and adjourns until October. p„..u Pajade, 0 Exhioitu and , Poultry _ .. " J p avin g or road up Sand Mtn. completed. October Hugh Clark transferred t0 Bartow County. AI Webb new d Technician. Rising Fawn 4-H Club wins d ^ tri ^ t award for outstanding record in community improve- ni ^ n t program, September term of Court con- Seventh annual Plum Nelly Clothesline Art Show. Kathryn Fricks wins 4-H Club state Clothing award. She is also state Farm Bureau queen. November Tri-County hospital opens. Forest fires rage in Dade County. State sends additional fire fighters. Joan Craig first football Homecoming Queen. Restaurant and Beauty Shop 1 UMBER 52 Because of the heavy supply situation, and in accordance with the privisions of control¬ ling legislation, marketing quo¬ tas were proclaimed on October 9 for the 1954 crops of both upland and extra long staple cotton. Proclaimed quotas must be approved by at least two- thirds of the producers who vote in referendums before they can be made effective. The votes of growers on December 15 gave the necessary approval. Growers in each of the 20 cotton-producing states ap¬ proved quotas for 1954. Th,e total vote through the Cotton Belt favored quotas by 94.1 per¬ cent. In the last previous cot¬ ton quota referendum, in 1950, growers approved quotas by 89.4 A total of 480.487 votes were cast in the December up¬ land cotton referendum. Of these, 447,306 were “Yes” votes; were “No” votes and 5,- 033 vqtes were challenged and are being held for further check the eligibility of the voters. Preliminary results of the up¬ land cotton referendum in Georgia are 34,681 “Yes’, votes and 2,240 “No” votes which docs not include tV*o cuaun;igj a v °tes. In Dade County the re- ults are 20 “Yes” votes and 7 “No” votes with no votes chal- lenged. Extra long staple growers, in six states and Puerto Blco, approved quotas by 89.2 This is the first quota for lon'g staple cot- - A total of 1,682 votes were cast in the extra long staple referendum. Of these, 1,149 were Ycfi ” votes; 172 were “No” votes a« d 91 were challenged for fa -’tber check on eligibility of voters. -----‘ . Nickelodeon at Hitt's Robbed The coins from the nickelod¬ in C. W. .Hitt’s service sta¬ and store were stolen in a which occurred the night of December 22. According to Sheriff F. C. Graham, the thief had broken a window after removing the steel bars there. It was not re¬ vealed how much money was No suspects have been up yet. de< destroyed by fire, December City of Trenton elections. Winners are A. L. Dyer for May- { „ charlM Shanklcs cl y Re “ r<ier antl T - M ' Tatum ’ K A. Ellis, J. E. Morrison and C. jE. Druggist Kyzer for Councilmen. time i and part doctor open offices. D. E. Morrison county winner in Corn Contest with 146 bu. per acre. "" member” Leighton with" Moore top Yu. 4-H c 146 per acre. This was second high in the state for 4-H Club mem¬ bers. Art E. Moore, last year’s winner, had 141 bushels. Several City of Trenton streets paved. New Home wins $75 award in Chattanooga Area Improvement Contest. December term of Superior Court. Farm meeting sets goals for 1954. The Obie Allens and Bill Ta- turns win County-wide Christ- mas Decoration Contest.
