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About The Dade County times. (Trenton, Ga.) 1908-1965 | View Entire Issue (April 8, 1954)
,Ie County's Only Newspaper. VOLUME liv Trenton Hobby Group Becomes H.D.C. ; ..ion nnh'nv Hobby rlnh Club members inpmbprs a at their meeting Tues- night to re-christen their or anization the Trenton Horn.* D : onstration Club. Meeting at .e heme of .he club's pra- sident, Mrs. Martin Nethery, croup moved to restore the xl name cf the club, now that the county has a home demonstration agent. new agent, Miss Naomi Hubble, was present at the mt After being intro- 1 to - w tv-. the n group, fTrnnn she cho asked oclrfiH rs for suggestions as to kinds nf of womATisfcmHnn* demonstrations to would prefer in future . MiSh Hubble al>o r be hetd on April 15 at the Methodi t Church in Dalton. ? desiring to attend should contact her soon. Twenty-six members, two vi- sitors, and one new member to Vote 1 T e deadline for registration to vote in the Georgia primary this fall is May 1. All potential voters who are not already re- gLtered are urged to come by the County Tax Commissioner’s off: - and get their names on the bocks. Work On Plans are being made for County this summer to have a Recreation Center for the children. The members of Masonic Lodge have said the grounds outside their build ing may be used for this pur¬ pose. ■V- k to level the grounds is to start this week with Mr. Dave L Brown giving the use c: one of his bulldozers for this purpose. Tennis, Badminton Volley Ball courts, two horse shoe pitching rings, swings, slides sand boxes and ot'.f : equipment is planned and will be provided if the public’s ponse is generous. Many have volunteered to help but money will be needed for equip¬ ment and supplies. Several have already volunteered for supervision of the grounds and the children. Case Hardware Gets John L. Case Hardware and Appliance store has recently com? in far a bit of face-lift- Attractive new display helves now line the walls in the back of the store. The shelves, made of oak panelling w th a blond finish, are divided uto several sections, accord- :r >g to the type of merchandise they hold. display shelves rest on the floor and extend almost to the ceiling. The sections are marked with big red letters hie top to identify them. housewares section has glass shelves filled with dishes, pots and pans, and small appliances High School Now Offering Four Commercial Courses s ’ • 'ents finishing Dade High d with a background of c °u: es in the school’s business e • ition department are able right into good paying of- job', says Mrs. Willie Hugaes, head of the depart¬ ment she adds, however, that s be encourages her students Planning a career in clerical 'vork to go on for more ad¬ vanced training. The business education de- Far’ment, now in its second 'ar of operation, has been ex- Par ling ever since it began, school has been acquiring writers ay along and has ntly received three new • s of equipment, an electric writer, a dictaphone, and a spirit” duplicator. - *e new electric typewriter m lit Cmtnli limes werp were nrp<??nt. present fnr for t.hp the p-nthpHnor gathering. The increased size of the group led members to talk about find- mg a temporary meeting place around Trenton, since the crowd Is becoming too large for accomodation in a private home. Mrs. R. L. Hilton was appointed chairman of a com- mittee to investigate the mat- ts ■. Mesdames Delmas Freeman, W - G Morrison, Jr., A. L. Dyer and Po y McBryar were chosen to serve with her. a1sq under discussion b the club was a VcommimYty' long range plan t0 construct const construct a community house nouse for Trentoni whlch c0 „lcl also Serve as a mating place for the club mem ,bers plan a din¬ “‘ n fe Tn M y a«alga e 0h Mrs Bin PressIev is in charge ^ fchese arrangcment5 . Mrs _ w G Morr i SO n Jr. co hostess, assisted Mrs. Nethery in leading games and serving the refreshments. Under Georgia law, all citi- zens 18 years of age and over, who have been a resident of the county for six months are eligible to vote. But they must re.gi.ter ® ' first. ‘ D:nt ,, , let A this . date , . slip . by if .. To Begin Here Soon Some time ago there was a 'it tennis court on the grounds and is hoped that by changing the direction a little,'two courts can be made. All courts will be out in the open which will leave the shade of the trees for the younger children’s swings, slides and sand boxes. Rev Ed Kelly, who is in charge of the Goodwill Mission with headquarters in the sonic Lodge is working hard to get; this Recreation Center started as soon as possible. Those who are working on this have estimated that it will take about $400.00 to get enough equipment to open; $90.00 has already been given. A Recrea¬ tion Center is a haven for our children and should be ade¬ quately supported by all. Send or give your donation to Ed Kelly now, that this worthy project may be hurried along. New Display Shelves The builders’ hardware shelves have everything amateur for profession- the car-j 1 penter, or al. There are also sections marked for tools, plumbing sup¬ plies, bolts, farm tools, paints,' sport supplies. John Tatum says the sports ; shop is featuring fishing sup-; plies and expects to have a complete line of tackle by the end of the week. The management invites everybody to come in and have a look. You won’t know the place. It looks like there’s^a lot more merchandise, but actually it’s only displayed better, and arranged for the customers convenience. is the pride and joy of the de¬ partment. Mrs. Hughes say* the students are crazy about it and all want to use it. She has found it necessary to ar¬ range a practice schedule for the machine, so that all her tudents will have a chance to use it. The new machine, a product of International Business Ma¬ chines, looks like a standard typewriter, but works on elec¬ tricity. The real difference is that so little effort is reouired to manipulate it. It needs no more than a slight fingertip pressure to depress the k e y°- The keyboard is slightly dufer- ent, but only with the least used characters'. It it not hard to change over from a stand¬ ard typewriter. Cuts Down Fatigue By uing the machine an hour at a time, Mrs. Hughes says, her students are begin¬ ning to realize how much less tiring it is to operate toils ma¬ chine than one of the manual models. It involves almost no arm movement. A fingertip touch returns the carriage au¬ tomatically. Another advant¬ age of the electric machine is in the quality of the work it puts out. With mechanical operation, a steady, even pres¬ sure results and all the letters nome out the same shade— no dark and light spots. Also, up to twenty carbon copies may be made at one time without any more effort on the part of the operator. So many offices are being equipped with these electric Devoted to the Best Interests of Dade County and Georgia. THE DADE COUNTY TIMES, TKENTON, GEORGIA. THURSDAY. APRIL 8, 1954 (Joint Ends; Many CdSeS Continued : m Judge Freeman C. McClure wound up te March term of the g r Cou;t here p * • Due to the l »o tune-ccnsummg murd “ trials on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, many cases had to be continued to a future term 0 f court. j A mc tion for a new trial has reportedly been filed by the de- i fense LI *' counsel for Milt Lee, Wil¬ liaill M. Campbell and Robert F. McClure "icumre. Lee nee was was was convicted conviciea here ]asfc week " “Me“ of n^Uonmenl m Urder and t 0 Fire Damage Heavy Daring Last Weekend Forest fires took a heavy toH in Dade County last weekend, reports ranger J. C. Pace, Three fires on Sand Mountain and Back Valley, and one on Lookout Mountain ruined hun¬ dreds of acres of valuable tim¬ ber lands. Ranger Pace estim- a t es that the Lookout Moun tain fire alone destroyed 300 acres, Pace said he was convinced that the fires were started by “hunters and trespassers” . . .. ln . waste of this valuable product, He pointed out that Georgia’s tree crops and the values ma- nufactured from these crops add $600,000,000, or an average of $24 for each forest acre, The ranger urged that anyone spotting a fire report it at once to the Dade County forestry unit - phicne number 233 233J. Honored at Recent Football Banquet Pictured above are footbal' award winners at a banquet gi ven recently to honor members of Dade High School’s 1953 football team. Holding their troph ies are left to right, co-captain Tommy Mitchum, all-regional center and most valuable player; Darrell Gaddis, most im¬ proved player; Bobby Gifford, co-captain; and Harold Shankle-*, player showing most sport¬ smanship. machines nowadays, Mrs. Hughes explains, that she felt her students should became fa¬ miliar with them. Dictaphone Easy to Operate The jFktaphone in the class¬ room is another interesting ap¬ paratus. The message the boss dictates come out in the form of grooves on a small plastic belt. This little belt is inserted into the dictaphone. A tiny earphone, which looks much like a hearing aid, slips over the ear and transmit the mes¬ sage. The stenographer who is taking it down, starts and stops the device with a pedal under the table. On the control panel are three little knobs which adjust the volume, tone, and speed of transmission. Convictions and acquittals by Jury Raymond (Sol) Daniel: ^ lic drunkenness (two ™ counts) sentenced to 12 months at lie works camp, sentences run concurrently. Lester Massengale; turing liquor (two counts); guilty; sentenced to 12 months at public works camp; sen- tences to run concurrently. Miles Walston; possessing ii- ■ not iity. quor; gu ! Ji ------ ™ es W Fitasimmons; ing . U. I.; , not guilty. Shirley Jeffery; public drunk- I— Shirley “* Jeffery; public drunk¬ enness; guilty; fined $53. Ernest Haney; possessing 11- quar . not gui j ty Guilty Pleas Entered Miles Walston; possessing li¬ quor; fined $53. Homer Bearden; drunkenness; fined $53. Homer Bearden; public runkenness; fined $53. Jack Smith; possessing li- ouor; fined $53. Hunt, ' non-attendance; sentenced t0 3 months ln publk works . camp to , | Ch „ rles L mited; drunkenness; fined $53. Noel white, possessing quor; fined $53. Alfred Shrader; possessing li- quor; fined $53. Beno Roberson; possessing li- quor; fined $53. - Nolle Prossed by Court Benny Joe Bradford; larceny, Donald Gray; larceny. C. S. Lowery, Jr.; driving U.I. Ruell Brock; assault and bat¬ tery. Floyd Daniel; reckless driv¬ ing. J. H. Baty, obscene lan¬ guage. Thomas Usry; driving U. I. Miscellaneous Sanders Clark; contempt of court; found guilty by court; sentenced to 20 days in jail and fine of $200, to be reduced to 10 days upon payment of fine. Ap¬ pealed to higher court. Dade P.f.A. Hears Mr. Tapley Thursday Parents’ night w r as the occa¬ sion cf an address by Earl Ta¬ pley of the University of Chat¬ tanooga to the Dade School P. T. A. last Thursday night, April 1. Mr. Tapley gave a very effective talk to the group of 80 members on the subject of closer and better relationships between parents and teachers. During the business session, j^g initial plans were discussed for scboo i’ s annual spring car- nival. A committee was ap- j Montford Tatum, The group i voted funds to pay for the cost upholstering of the chair used as stage scenery, Mr. Tallant’s 10 B home room itook the attendance prize, There were six present out of a possible 18. The room having the highest attendance percent- age gains possession of a ban ner. If the stenographer should miss a word or get behind, he can press another pedal and the belt will reverse itself, and the last part can be replayed. An extra fast typist can thus take dictation directly from the dictaphone without even using shorthand. In any case, the device makes both the boss’ ; and the secretary’s job a lot easier. But the machine will i never take the place of short¬ hand, predicts Mrs. Hughes. The spirit duplicator is a de¬ vice that will print copies made on a carbon. It looks like a small mimeograph machine, but works on a different prin¬ ciple. A fluid is poured in, which moistens the roller and at the same time, the carbon j impression is stamped on the papers as they are fed through. The acquisition of the three machines b typical of the pro¬ gress that is being shown in Dade’s business education. In line with this expansion, the -chool has added two new courses to the curriculum. | This year the students may take second year typing and shorthand, as well as first year ( typing and beginning book- keeping. The bookkeeping course is designed to acquaint the students with the princi¬ ples and some basic problems in double entry accounting. The students also learned how to : fill out income tax report forms. They are planning a visit to a bank soon, mainly to see how the bookkeeping ma¬ chines operate. Published 1901 Counril Hears Plans The The Trpnt.nn Trenton Hfv city council) Monday night heard plans for the construction of a sewage disposal system for the city. ! The plans and recommenda-' tions were presented to the' group by F. A. Medford, re- presenting the J. B. McCrary Engineers Corporation of At- 1 lanta. J The sewerage proposal had' 1 been prepared .in considerable detail largely on the strength of recommendation of the State Public Health Department. Re- portedly, department officials 1 have expressed growing concern over Trenton’s present inade- quate methods of sewage dis- posal. They fear that the lack of proper sanitary safeguards in the present system of septic tanks might in time result in' unhealthful conditions that could cause a serious epidemic The plan calls for two main lines running from the center of town, past the proposed new Dade High School building, and to a sewage disposal plant which would be constructed „ n the banks of Lookout Creek outside the city limits. One of these lines would run north- ward, the other southward from the square, and both would run eastward toward the creek. Alternate Plan Presented Mr. Medford expressed doubt that the city could finance both the two main lines at present and recommended that one or the other be chosen as an im¬ mediate objective. The line running northward would cost an estimated $39,114.25 and the alternate line to the south $45,424.75. Both lines would take in the school and the business district. These figures do not include the smaller lines running di¬ rectly from residence near the main lines. These would have to be at least partially financed by individual owners. Council I members expressed the opinion that individual users would be willing to pay the necessary as¬ sessment, since they would no longer have the expense of sep¬ tic tank unkeep. Home Demonstration Arrives Miss Naomi Hubble, Dadei County’s new home demonstra- ticn agent arrived in Trenton' last week and set up her office in the court house behind the door marked “Board of Roads” | Miss Hubble comes to us from Rabun County in northeast Georgia where she has been serving as agent there for the last 2Vz years. Miss Hubble indicated she was glad to come back to this section of the state. Having lived for several years on the Alabama side of Sand Moun- tain, she is no stranger to these! parts. She now calls Chatta¬ nooga home. The new agent attended the j : University of Chattanooga and was graduated from Middle Ten- nessee State College ln Mur- phee^boro, with a major in home economics. I Interest High Mrs. Hughes says she is en couragd by the interest thi students show in the courses although they sometimes com plain that they have to work tot hard. “But I’m determined t< keep the standards high,” de clared Mrs. Hughes. “If a stu dent gees out from' here badl; prepared for the job he’s try ing to hold down it would spoi the chances for other Dad students attempting to get job in town.” If vocational education is t« be successful and useful, i must call for the same higl standards and degree of appli cation as required by the aca demic subjects. There is gooi evidence that this is being ofo served in Dade High’s busines education department. NUMBER 14 Mavor Mayor Dver Dyer and and nt.her other poun- coun- ell members also believed tha1 the state would be willing to allocate funds toward the con- struction of the sewerage sys- tom from that money which had been earmarked for septic tank construction for the pro- posed new school building. It was likewise felt that the coun- ty government might set aside funds which would have to be used in the maintenance ol sewerage from county buildings in Trenton, Additional money required foj the P r °i ect would likely have to be Poured by the sale of bonds. It was emphasized that the project was a lon g ran S e P^ an and wculd take years to accomplish. Discuss Traffic Matters The council ako discussed severa -l traffic proposals. Mr. ? ,rom yer the J ead »tate , f hrglvway ^commendation depart- , that he cn - f f El rs< ' ”*‘° » traf, n ot ' c s ® ' ch0 8 " alat ° 1 , „ St the a ln ” ; d ' the highway. It would ,„ operate as a stop and go signal between the hours of 7:30 to 9:00 A. M. and 3:00 to 4:00 P. M. During the other hours of the day it would be a flashing caution signal. The department consi¬ ders this desirable as a protec¬ tion for the school children crossing at the intersection. The council voted to apply for a permit to establish such a signal at this point, to be in¬ stalled when funds are avail¬ able. The council voted to put stop sign on Bond Street at Its in¬ tersection with Crabtree Streel (the corner with Dr. Middle- ton’s on the east _and Mrs. De Witt Williams house on the west side). Crabtree Streel which runs from the highwaj toward the depot will have th( right-of-way. Mr. Dyer announced that the state highway departmen - plans to erect an island on the Sand Mountain road neai where it intersects highway 11 This was considered necessary to prevent cars from driving outside their lane when turn¬ ing into highway 11. Last Friday Miss Hubble was quite busy getting her new of- flce in ghape> sweeping( dust „ ^ . d , tidymg . a " up ‘ But sht had time for a few remarks about , he r plans heTe ‘ She plaM to f K begm work , right awa * with the , two home demonstra¬ tion clubs now active in the county, New Home and Avans She hopes that enough interesi will be stimulated that scume new clubs , . will spring up In additipn to appearing ben™ tbe clab groups, Miss HUM, says visits tba to J individual she wl11 homes make wher some called upon to do so. “I’m really eager to get start- ed with my work here,” declar- ed Miss Hubble, “and I hope the ladies of the county will no hesitate to call upon me when- ever they need my srvices.”
