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Dade County’s Only Newspaper.
VOLUME LIV
Teachers
County School Superintend
ent Roy W. Moore announced
here this week the
of 50 teachers to the
school system. The teachers
were ch 03 en at large and
be placed in particular
at a later meeting.
The five principals were
elected to continue in
preset positions: J. C
David O. Chumley, Louis C.
McHuches, J. E. Mickler,
j. c. Childers.
The list of teachers
the following: Mesdames
ma Bell, Ersaline Carroll,
Carrcll, Marjorie Fricks,
Hughes, Jessie Lewis,
Moore, Cora Parker, Clara
art, Edna Sutton,
Wheeler, Geneva Allison,
Bottoms, Ruby Carter, Kate
liott, Innes Simmons,
Mooi'e, Hale, Lucy Holtzhower,
Emma Jane Holmes
Agnes Castleberry, Martha Pul-
Ball Team Meets So. Sun.
When you hear the umpire
sound off with “PLAY
next Sunday at Rising Fawn
you’ll know the 1954 season of
the Dade County baseball
is under way. The Dade team
is scheduled to meet South
Pittsburgh there at 3 P. M.
The Easter afternoon crowd
will see a better-than-ever
Dade ball club start off the
season’s play with a bang,
says manager Red Williams. He
reports this year’s team will
have back nearly all of last
season , -s v terns , with several
standoubT W P bg 1
The Dade County nine, last;
year’s Volunteer League champs j
will welcome back into its
ranks an oldtimer who has been
on a three-year “vacation”
from the club: Herman (Burr)
McMahan is expected to be re¬
instated in time for Sunday’s
game, pending approval of Ray
Evans, Tennessee commission¬
er of amateur baseball.
Central High School graduate
Bill Evans, a newcomer, will
occupy the No. 1 berth in the
pitching staff, says manager
Needed for Sat.
Rev. svn,. Ed Kelly has issued a
work call for volunteers to
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pitch in to get the new play-
ground in shape. Everybody
who wants to do his share in
this worthwhile county-wide
project is urged to bring rakes,
shovels, jwing blades, picks and
“determination.”
Dave L. Brown’s bulldozer has
been at work there this week le-
veling the field off to make room
for the volley ball, tennis, and
badminton courts. Rev. Kelly
hopes to be able to use the
county grader soon.
The stage has now been
reached where a little
and elbow grease is in
Tourist Trade Becomes Big Business In Georgia
An ever-increasing flow of
“furriners” to our fair state
and the money they leave be¬
hind has boosted the tourist
trade into one of the top three
“industries” of Georgia. Sur¬
passed only by manufacturing
and agriculture, the tourist
business has gradually risen in,
volume until last year it ac¬
counted for $ 275 000,000 of the
,
state’s total income".
This was a significant in¬
crease over 1952, when 255 mil¬
lion tourist dollars were spent
in Georgia. Compare that with
the income from the state ^
booming livestock industry, for
example, for the same period.
$253 million or about $2,000,000
less than our visitors spent.
Even Georgia’s big lumber in¬
dustry brought in only $4 mil¬
lion more than the tourist
trade in 1952.
Problem to Attract
All this is an indication that
some of our citizens have been
stiting up nights dreaming up
Devoted to the Best Interests of Dade County and Georgia.
1HE DADE COUNTY TIMES, TRENTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY. APRIL 15, 1954
len, Gertrude Wallen, Thelma:
j Winkler, Dorothy Nell Kenimer Brown,
Mary EUla B
Gwen Smith and Joan
ard.
Misses Ida B. Dozier, Sally
Hashe, Carrie Stinecipher, and
| Elba Cole. Messrs. Browny Ste-
phens Thomas A
Henry Elliott, Samuel E. Jones
Houston Smith, Roy Smith and
Clarence Cheatham.
Visiting teacher Firm H.
Cagle was re-elected to fill
that position again. Athletic
coaches Delmas Freeman, Dade
and Phil Woodard, Davis, were
chosen to continue in their
present capacity. Mesdames
Virginia Bone and Lula Paris
were named again as teachers
at Hooker Colored School.
] Superintendent consideration Moore of other said
that
teachers to fill the system’s
needs would be undertaken on
the next meeting.
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Williams. Evans, hotshot pitch-
ing veteran of Boynton, Tenn.
state champs, is considered by
many as the leading pitcher in
the Chattanooga Federation of
Amateur Baseball
Dade County’s own Cubie
Steele, who will be on the
mound this Sunday, and Doug
Carter, the Ringgold whiz kid,
will be in there pitching this
year, too. Carter will join the
club after his graduation in
June from Ringgold High
School.
The Dade County club has
begn furtber strengthened by
the addition of outfielders Don
White, Leroy Castleberry, and
Lloyd Raines.
Williams gave __ his probable
starting nine for Sunday’s play
as follows:
J. W. Carter, 1st base
Dick Cooper, catcher
Jim Johnson, 2nd base
Roy McMahan, 3rd base
Tom Castleberry, c. field.
Rabbit Williams, 1. field
Burr McMahan, ss.
Don White or
L. C. Hale, r. field
Cubie Steele, pitcher
Also needed is some more mo- „ ,
j ney. The appeal for fundsi as
rs
from Trenton and New England
b e out to ask for donations
BETA CLUB GIVES PLAY
The Beta Club at Dade High
School will present a three-act
comedy entitled “Leave It To
the The school Girls” auditorium. Friday, April Curtain 16^ at
time: 8:00 P. M.
The play is directed by M. C.
Bolton, sponsor of the Beta
Club. The cast includes Mary
Clyde Smith, Sue Me a an
Newana Mayhew, Evelyn Gray
Peggy Foster, Jackie Wilson
Judy Pace, and Evelyn ml a
•better ways to woo the tourist
and make him linger her e a
while longer and, of course,
spend more money. It takes a
little courting, too, although
Georgia does have many points
of interest that naturally at¬
tract the tourist. The problem
is to make him aware of these
attractions and to make it con-
venient and desirable of him to
! stop over by providing good ac¬
comodations .
1 And Georgians are doing just
that, according to a recent ar¬
ticle in The Atlanta Journal.
The writer, Jim Pinson, reports
that they are “building motels
| tourist courts, restaurants and
sprucing up historic and scenic
attractions.
“During the last two years
some 3,500 hotel rooms have
been modernized and more
than 200 tourist courts and
been built ’
motels have
And why not? Last year some
9.000,000 tourists visited Geor¬
Contest Entries
1/Uv FI L lljr lildjr Moy 1 1
b the deadline tor en .
tr y in this y ear ' s Chattanooga
Area Community Improvement
Program, County Agent L. C.
^dams reminded Dade Coun-
^ ^ Any C(jmmun _
*y planning to enter should
apply at the County Agent’s of-
fice before the May 1 deadline,
The contest is open to all
farming communities in the
Chattanooga area. Prizes rang-
ing from $ 5O o.00 bo $75.00 will be
awarded to winners. In addi-
fj on| th e p> a de County Farm
B Ureau h as se t aside $50 in
prize mcney for county win¬
ners, if at least two communi¬
ties from Dade enter. Last year
New Home, the county winner,
rceived the $25 first prize.
Communities are judged in
three main categories: (1) com¬
munity organization, planning
and development; (2) develop-
sound system of home manage-
ment, home improvement and
family living. ,
Open House at
Drug Store Sunday
The Trenton Drug Store has
been busy all week sprucing up
for its big open house on
Easter Sunday. The store’s
“new look” includes a new grey'
and green asphalt tile flooring
and Venetian blinds at the
windows. The booths ba -ve^
i
some display cases have been
re-arranged to provide more.'
room. I
The asphalt tile flooring roc----— . co¬
vers the whole floor, including
Dr. Cocke’s office. Bill Farm¬
er, as isted by the doctor, work-
ed until the wee hours of last
Fr,diy morn “ e 8ettm6 lhe 10b
done.
Dr. Cooke is is almost aimusL com- com¬
pletely installed in his new
rooms. The building’s rear en-
trance which opens into his
waiting room, have been fur-
nished with wicker chairs.
During the open house this
gun d the drug store will be
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come in and look around and
to receive free refreshments.
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gia. That’s more than 2>/ 2 times
the population of the state. Of
these, more than 7,000,000 were
motorists.
Spend S13 Per Da»y
The Georgia State Chamber
of Commerce reports that tour¬
ists spend an average of $13.00
per day for each car that passes
through the state. It has long
been supposed, however, that
only special groups, like motel
and restaurant owners, profit
from the tourist.
But this is a »false notion,
says the state Chamber of Com¬
merce. In breaking down the
$13 the tourist spends, the
chamber- comes up with the fol-
lowing statistics: meals, $3.77;
transportation, $2.73; lodging
$2.60; retail purchases, $2.44;
amusements, 91c, and tourist
attractions, 65c.
This can be taken as a very
good indication that the. mo¬
ney the tourist spends benefits
the whole community, and not
just a few individuals. For that
liappif i£a strr
Easter
Sunrise Services
TRENTON METHODIST
Will be held 6.00 A. M. at Mi.
Joe Heimaiis 011 Sa ^ cl
Mountain. Breakfast on the;
mountain is being planned by
Mesdames Cleron Kyzer, E. S
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NEW ENGLAND j
TVinf hnHicf j
ar r\f tV>n i
and Baptist Churches in New;
England will hold a joint serv-
ice at 6 30 A M at the New J
England Methodist Church
The devotional service will be!
led by its pastor, Rev. Jimmy
Ball. Songs, recitations, ^Easter,” and a|
pageant, "The First
w iU be presented. j
After the service, breakfast
w ni be prepared and served Bring at j 1
the Community House.
y° ur breakfast and eat with us
WILD W00D METHODIST |
Service to be held at the
church at 6:30 A. M. with Rev.
c K. Ward in charge,
RISING FAWN
Service sponsored jointly by j
the Rising Fawn, Cloverdale
5lc h p r„r;:
Park in Rising Fawn at 6:00
A. M. j
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RestaU^t
ri i ItPPflllK* n • O ijSt. .
111*3110 :
Restaurant is
readying
celebration to be held this Sat-
urday, April 17. Although the
restaurant has been open for
several weeks now, Mr. and
Mrs. Stephens wish to formally
welcome their guests at this
time
The opening will be the oc-
casion of some low priced din-
ne: specials. The Stephens in-
vite everybody, old and new
customers alike, to come in and
try them out Saturday. They
emphasize that it’s a family af-
fair too. “Bring the kids” they
say, for'them." “there will be some prizes
j
reason, it’s everybody’s business
to make his locality as attract¬
ive to tourists as possible.
Spur Local Promotion
The state Chamber of Com¬
merce is naturally working hard
to attract more and more visit¬
ors, but it can’t all be done at
a state level. Therefore, the
chamber is pushing local pro¬
motion of tourist trade.
This brings us down to the
Dade County level. No cne will
deny that the county offers
some rather unusual, if not
dowmight outstanding poten_
tial tourist attractions.
Cloudland Canyon, better
known around here as Sitton’s
Gulch, presents not only some
ve^* spectacular scenery, but
also offers a real challenge tef
the amateur mountain hiker.
It’s a pretty rewarding hike,
too, you’ll agree, as you stand
at the foot of the fails and gaze
up at the steep walls of the
canyon. You can’t beat is for
Published Weekly — Since 1901
The Meaning of Easter
R. L. Hiltcn i
Easter is the high point of the Christian Year. More people
^ cburcb on g-ster than at any other time of the year. Peopl.*
seem (- 0 be m0 re sensitive to the will of God at Easter. Although
spring and new spring clothing may account for much activity
at Easter there is much besides.
Somehow the hopes and dreams of all mankind are caught
* >» the Easter sptrtt.
The ominous mystery of death has its most acceptable an-
swer in the Christ who triumphed over death,
Evil vyhfch seems to have such compelling power is placed In
its proper perspective when it is seen compared to the power of
God at Easter.
Thre ^ something ennobling in the mere memory of the
Christ who in the midst of temptation, failure, and threatening
leaders chose to stand by His teachings rather than protect His
own life or His o. wn reputation,
As one thinks about the empty cross on the hill outside
Jerusalem and realizes that it was there that the Christ suffered
and died that man mi ght be saved from sin, from littleness, from
futility, from destruction, human life takes on a grander signi-
fi cance .
Somehow at Easter we ki*ow that God cares what happens to
We ka0w that lt is reasonable to hope not only for survival
but for a good world. We know that we are not as good as we
should be. We know that God will make is possible for us to over-
come trom<=ndous temptations and achieve moral and spiritual
character far above our present ability to imagine.
The message of Easter touches man in his Inmost being; at
the very springs of his life.
Adults To Present Minstrel
The Rising Fawn M. E.
Church’s Young Adults’ Class
announces their forthcoming
Minstrel.” Hailed
as “the peppiest bunch you’re
likely to run into for a long
time,” the group will present
their show Friday evening
at the Ris-
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REVIVAL AT RISING FAWN
BAPTIST CHURCH
A revival will begin at the
Rising Fawn Baptist Church
Sunday, April 18, services
nightly at 7:30 P. M. Rev. Ed
Kelly, pastor of the Cloverdale
Baptist Church, will do the
preaching. There will be good
spiritual singing and special
numbers nightly. Everyone has
a cordial invitation to attend
this revival. You are invited to
be a part of this great revival
effort for the Lord.
Taylor Castleberry, Pastor,
beauty anywhere in this
part of the country.
This area is literally honey¬
combed with caves as well. Ca- 1
verns have always been an at¬
traction to the adventurer as
well as the tourist. Of course,
to develop an underground
cave into a suitable tourist at¬
tractions takes a good bit of ef¬
fort, but it’s certainly proved
worthwhile elsewhere.
Our Scenery Rugtged
Our scenery here is really a
diamond in the rough—a little
too rough maybe, for the aver¬
age tourist. But we don’t want
to polish it up too much, how- i
ever—not like Rock City, for ‘
instance The ruggedness of
our countryside is really its
distinctive characteristic. 1
We ought to keep it that way,
and advertise it that way— to
attract the visitor who is look-
ern New York to New Orleans,
is one of the most heavily tra¬
in the nation. Let’s invite
that tourist to spend the day
NUMBER 15
ing Fawn School auditorium.
Jim Hjpp, of the Trinity M.
E. Church in Chattanooga,
will act as interlocutor and will
swap stories with end men
Sonny McMahan, Donald Chea-
tham, Glenn Smith, Bob Ale¬
xander and Don Kenimer.
Others in featured roles are
Todd, Marie Smith (Ama
zen Popbottle), Virginia Kon-
rad (ask her who she’s sup-
posed to be—also Bill Austin),
Myrna McMahan and Sonny as
Sassafras and Callous.
Plenty of music will be on
tap. Jack Blevins will play his
guitar. Some of the singers are
Pallie Cooper, Martha and Ma-
rie Smith and Amanda Allen.
The minstrel is directed by
Jeril Ccoper, and its pianist
will be Mrs. R. C. Thomas,
Mrs. J. L. Fricks will be in
i charge of the snack bar, selling
hot dogs, cokes and cake.
—and his $13—with us here,
ing for a challenge and wel¬
comes a chance “to rough It.”
But by all means, it should
be advertised. The small signs
pointing toward Cloudland
Canyon are not at all adequate
to give our scenic attraction the
publicity it deserves. There
ought to be pamphlets, post
cards, billboards.
In line with the state cham¬
ber’s efforts at local tourist
promotion, the organization is
pushing the establishment of in
formation booths all over the
state. They will completely
stock the booth with an ample
supply of all kinds of informa¬
tion booklets for the tourists'
convenience free of charge. All
they require is that a local
group build the booth and have
somebody to man it during the
day.
There is ample opportunity
here in Dade County to cash In
on the tourist bonanza. High¬
way ll, running from North-
