The Dade County times. (Trenton, Ga.) 1908-1965, September 16, 1954, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextShe iulc (Tannin Dade County’s Only Newspaper. VOLUME LIV DALLYIN’ IN DADE By MYRNA McMAHAN Well, here I am again—a lit¬ tle older since the last time I tried to fill up space on the front page, but I'm ©ot certain I’m any wiser. However, it’s al¬ ways fun trying to find out. It’s also interesting to share the experience of other mothers in the county who have chil¬ dren in school. A whole new world has been opened up for both my daughter Lindsay and myself since she enrolled in the first grade. I’m certain I’m go¬ ing to have much more fun ‘'going to school” this time, al¬ though I have already had whiffs of nostalgia which make me think tha/t peraps I may be a little wiser after all. And when it comes to the offspring’s accomplishments, I’m no different from millions of other parents all over the country; there’s nothing I en¬ joy more than hearing teacher describe the merits of my little chick. We can all get a chuckle chuckle from the little girl s who com-* plained, “I don’t see why I have to go to school. I can’t read, I can’t write and they won’t even let me talk!” The mystery of the black ca¬ bles was cleared up this morn¬ ing once and for all when we asked Sheriff Graham about the wires stretched across the highway south of Trentcn at the Martin Carroll farm. From the skid marks on either side of the cables, there was no mys¬ tery to many motorists who be¬ lieved that just behind the bushes sat the long arm of the lew with a speed-checking de¬ vice. However, some thought the wires were traffic checks. Even those who weren’t speed¬ ing couldn’t help stepping on the brakes and those who did, did well to slow down because the device does check the speed the car is traveling and was installed some, time ago by the state patrol. Wanted: A terrific idea to bring some., of Plum Nelly’s Clothesline Art Show crowd in the valley to the Fair, since both events are scheduled for the same days: the Fair Octo¬ ber 15 - 16 and Plum Nelly Show October 16 - 17. Workers’ School Set Sept, 30 at Trenton The Tip-O-Holstcn Sub-Dis¬ trict will sponsor a Christian Workers’ School at the Trenton Methodist Church Thursday, Friday and Saturday, Sept. 30, October 1 and 2nd at 7:30 p. m. each night. There T re will be classes for workers workers and ana teachers teacners w.th chit Attendance dren, young people ahd^dul^ workers in the Methodist Church. Everyone who is inter¬ ested is invited to join these Cl nT following courses are fered: (1) Working With Chil¬ dren in the Small Church, taught by Miss Muriel Coltrane, Conference Director Children’s Work, Johnson City; (2) "Un¬ derneath Ourselves” (for young people and their adult leaders), taught by Rev. R. N. Hilten, Trenton; (3) “The Educational Work of the Small " Church , fir adults, taught by Miss Do¬ rothy Caudle, Cleveland Home Dem. Presidents Invited To Meeting All presidents of home dem¬ onstration clubs in the county are invited to attend a meeting Tuesday, September 21, in the courthouse at 4 p. m. of com¬ mittees on the fair food booth and the Woman of the Year Contest which are sponsored by the H. D. Council. Mesdames L. M Allison and Asa L. McMahan are serving as chairmen on the committees. Any presidents who are unable to attend are urged to send a 1 representative. Devoted to the Best Interests of Dade County and Georgia. IHE DADE COUNTY TIMES, TRENTON, GEORGIA. THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 16, 1954 Hit and Run Accident Seven A weekend accident apparent¬ ly caused by drunken driving resulted in three charges against Fred Abbott, and cne against his brother, Bennett, both of New Salem. The form¬ er was charged by J. P. Flet¬ cher Allison, in a preliminary hearing Monday morning, with hit and run, larceny of an automobile, running from a state patrolman and driving without a license. The last two .charges were made after it was found that Sheriff Graham had a previous warrant out for Fred. Bonds for both were set at $500 with the case being waived until the Grand Jury meets September 20. Scene of the accident, which took place about nine P- m Sunday night, was placed by Constable Cole, after he had been notified J^y a resident of the mountain community, at at about eight miles south of the Lookout Mountain Hotel on the Scenic Highway. The Abbott v ° * brothers, apparently in a drunk- en condition, had taken posses- sion of an automobile believed sion of an automobile belong- ing to Jimmy Middlebrook and while driving it, sideswiped a car riven by Herbert Freeman of Sand Mountain, who was re- turning home with six friends following church services near- by. The Abbotts then kept on going and were later arrested at their home by Sheriff Gra- ham and deputy. Occupants cf the Freeman car were taken to a Chattanooga hospital and released after be¬ ing treated for slight cuts and bruises. The wrecked automo¬ bile was practically demolished, having to be towed to Trenton by a wrecker. — Trentoi Has 14 New Street Lights Trenton has fourteen new street lights scattered through¬ out the city. Eleven of these, which are paid for by the city are in the business district, and three, paid for by individuals, are in the residential section, These lights are located at the (Trenton Baptist Church, Tren¬ ___________ ton ton Church church of Gcd, Tienton Church of Christ, Trenton Meth odist Church', The Dade Coun¬ ty High School, on Highway 11 jat ! School Street, and at Crab- three t„ tree OQ otrnnt Street. There are new lights on Court House gq aa j*e, one on the morthwest co mer, txvx, viiv. one ** in front of The j Dade county Times and one in | fronJt 0 f the John L. Case Co. Tlie three in the residential ' the of 4th sec tion are on corner S t ree t and May Ave., the corner t Qf 5th and John Streets and one Qther on John Street, It was also announced at the regular City Council meeting , this week that upon examina- tion of the property and personal tax returns of the residence of 1 the City of Trento n, the ta x Track Offered to Lions Club for Derby It was announced at a regu¬ lar Lions Club meeting this week that Mr. Dave L. Brown had offered the race track on his farm south of Wildwood for future Plug Horse _ derby rac¬ ing. Mr. Brown uses.this track, which can be seen from the west side of Highway 11, for a practice track for his champion ship trotting horses. Interest has been keen in the county in the Chattanooga Plug Horse Derby and by opening the track to the children jockeys in the county it could mean Dade County youth would not only have a place to practice but a place to hold a Plug Horse Derby of their own. The Lions were reminded of the Boy Scout Court of Honor to be held in Trenton on Sept. 28 were urged to do all they could to see that this was well Polio Drive Nets $260 To Go Over Top Martin Nethery, chair .1__i - Mrs. man of - the recent polio drive, hM n" announced that Dade Coun- drive .- wen t over the top' ^ ^ ^ a ^ „ f J260 The quota was set at $215. “All credit goes to the minis¬ ters in the county,” Mrs. Neth¬ ery stated. "They did a won- Job in tions to make the drive a great success. The coin collections alone totalled $37. Dade County has a record of twenty polio cases since 1943, some of which were post-polio cases moving in to the county. Out of the twenty, according to Miss Fannielu McWhorter, pub¬ lic health nurse, eighteen have been treated under the polio foundation. At prsent, only two post-polio cases are under treatment. Three Dade County children contracted the disease in 1952, but there were no cases report¬ ed for last year. CHICKEN DINNER SAT. DADE HI LUNCHROOM The Fellowship Class of the Trenton Methodist Church will sponsor a chicken dinner at the Dade High lunchroom Satur¬ day, September 18. Serving will begin at 6:30 p. m. and conti¬ nue until ‘‘the food runs out.” Plates will be sold at $1.00 for adults and 50c for children. E G Wright is president of the class. honors for the troop which has the most people for their com¬ munity in attendance. So far the Trenton troop is ieauing all the ether troops in the Chat¬ tanooga area district in attend¬ ance honors. The first night football game in Dade County cn September 17 was also brought to the at¬ tention of the Lions. Mr. Billue reported that thte lights had. been installed and all was in readiness for this historic oc¬ casion when the Dude and Da¬ vis school football teams will meet. Committees working on the County Fair to be held October 15 - 16 reported plans were in the process of being completed. The Lions Club is co-sponsor with the Farm Bureau of the Dade County Fair. Doris Smith Hurt As Car Strikes Tree rv^rif. Doris Smith, O rv* i f V-1 H daughter n n or f a r* rtf of T Mr. and Mrs. Bob Smith of the Da¬ vis School district, was critic¬ ally injured when her car, a ’38 Chevrolet, struck a tree along¬ side a road on Sand Mountain about noon Tuesday. The accident occurred when one wheel of Miss Smith’s car struck a soft patch of sand, pulling the automobile out of control and into a tree. Ac¬ cording to reports, she was thrown through the windshield and suffered severe lacerations. Oflc She was W(U) taken LcLrwCll to LU a a Chat^anoo V./ i 1 c*. c ^cx J i vs vs ga hospital immediately after the accident ! Dade Nine Up Again | Sun. At Darwin Field Dade County’s baseball team will be pitted against the run¬ ner-up in the City League Sun¬ day afternoon at Darwin Field. NEW ENGLAND WSCS MEETS SEPTEMBER 2 The New England WSCS met at the home of Mrs. Hobert Wil¬ hite September 2 with Mrs. Jim¬ my Ball in charge of the pro¬ gram. Those taking part were Mesdames Wilhite, Waddell. L C. McHughes, Ewell Brown and Hardie Price. The October meeting will be at the home of Mrs. Jim- Bal1 - DADE vs. DAVIS SEPTEMBER 17th First Game On Field Excitement is running high at both Dade and Davis High Schools as the date for the first football game to be played on the newly-lighted Dave L. Brown Field draws near. This is an event which has been anticipated for months by citizens throughout Dade County, many of whom have given donations for the floodlights. Kick-off time for the fracas has been set at eight p. m., Friday, September 17, with a record attendance expected. Bleachers have been constructed along one side of the field for the comfort of spectators, and would be five mills or five dol¬ lars cn a thousand of taxable property for these first City tax returns. Also at this City Council meeting it was moved and se¬ conded to buy more discharge and pick up hose and nozzles for the fire truck. The truck has already been out and put out two fires in the city and it was felt that this added equip¬ ment was needed to increase its efficiency. “Dry Weather” Loans Made Available Here Mr. R. L. Vansant, State Di¬ rector, Farmers Home Adminis¬ tration, announces that the Se- cretary of Agriculture has de¬ signated 108 counties in Geor¬ gia as areas in which Emer¬ gency loans may be made to eligible farmers and stockmen under the provisions of Public Law 38 (1st Congress). This de¬ signation was made because of serious damage to crops and pastures as a result of the drouth in Georgia. Under this program, loans are designed to help an estab¬ lished farmer or stockman meet the expense of continuing his farming or livestock operations when he has suffered a sub¬ stantial loss and is unable to obtain the necessary funds from ■local banks, cooperative lend¬ ing institutions, or other res¬ ponsible credit sources. These loans are not made to refinance secured or unsecured indebted¬ ness or to compensate for losses suffered because of the drouth. They are made to eligible ap¬ plicants for production purposes when, with the help of the loan there is a sound basis for suc¬ cessful operations in the future. Farmers or stockmen in Dade County who suffered losses be¬ cause of the drouth and are unable to obtain operating loans from local or usual credit sources may file application for Emergency loans at the Farm¬ ers Home Administration of¬ fice with Mr. Talmadge R. Tucker, County Supervisor-Ap¬ praiser, on Tuesday morning of each week in the court room in Trenton. E. J. Bible, Jr. Now in Augusta Edward J. Bible, Jr., a son of Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Bible of the Cloverdale community, has ac¬ cepted a position as Floricul¬ turist and Horticulturist with the Richmond County Extension Office in Augusta. Bible received his degree in floriculture from the Universi- ty of Georgia in 1949 He has been UUlUg doing greenhouse gtccuuvviou work v* **■ in Maccn for the past three years and hofnro before that, that in in T.aGranee LaGrange Georgia. During World War II he served with the U. S Navy on a hospital ship in the Pacific Theater of Operations. He is married to the former Miss Montine Roper of LaFayette and has two sons. RF.MVAL A Revival is starting at ‘ ie Piney Grove Baptist Church on j September 20. The Evangelist will be Rev. Taylor Castleberry, pastor of the Rising Fawn Bap¬ tist Church. Prayer services will begin at 7:15 P. M. and j Song Services at 7:30 P M. TWO INDUCTED SEPT 13 Dade County men who went ' for induction , J September Daniel, ^ , 10 13 were j Nolan Lyman R. r. L). No. 2 Trenton, and Franklin Delana Young, Avans, Published Weekly—Since 1901 sponsor a food booth throughout the game. Ten teachers, two of them in the refreshment booth, will be on duty for the evening. Busses for both the Dade and Davis schools will make regular runs, arriving in Trenton in plenty of time for the opening whistle. A rousing welcome will be given the crowd at half-time by a bevy of attractive cheerleaders who are: Joan Craig, Alice Moore, Elsie McKaig, Newana Mayhew, Nancy Woodfin, Sue McMahan and Shirley Keel, Dade pep leaders; while Davis is sending down Rebecca Gray, Joyce Ellis, Barbara Ellis, Betty Patton and Edna Ott. Coaches T. M. Tucker of Davis, and Delmas Freeman, of Dade, have had heavy practice sessions scheduled every day ex¬ cept Sunday for the past few weeks in preparation for the first home pigskin tussle, so ticket-holders are certain to see a good game. Line-up of the two teams is as follows: ' DAVIS FOOTBALL TEAM Name Jersey No. Weight Position James Hurst..... .....34 150 Tackle Donald Ellis..... ......55 165 Guard Dana Avans ..... ... .29 120 Halfback 1 Nathan Hartline. 20 110 End . .... | Anon York....... .....49 140 Tackle j T. J. Shelton .. .. .. .10 135 Guard | ' Ronald Sonny Daniel Ellis...... .45 ..52 145 140 Quarterback Guard .. .. .. Neville Roden .. .. .. ..27 145 End Kenneth Gray .. . ....71 121 Back Robert Stephens .. .. .21 120 End Glen Hamonds .. . .... 28 105 Back Doyle Stevens .. .. .. .61 140 End Donald Avans .. .. .. ..54 125 F. B. Curtis York..... ... .28 140 Guard Aron Ellis....... ....30 130 End Ed. Stephens..... .. .23 125 Tackle (John Meeks..... ....47 135 Back Paul Pike...... . .11 140 Center Ernest Carter .. . . . . .12 140 End J. P York...... .....15 145 Center David Dearmon. . . . .. . 25 145 Tackle DADE FOOTBALL TEAM Name Jersey No. Weight Position Willard Ryan .. .. .....54 140 Guard David Steele .. .. ......44 130 Guard D'erell Hughes .. . .. . 33 148 End Bobby Johnson .. .....30 150 Tackle Phil Ryan....... ......60 150 Back Frankie Woodfin . . ......10 115 Back Jchnny Lynch. .. . .....42 140 End Joe McBryar .. .. .....41 150 Tackle Carl Steele ....... .41 148 Back Bobby Blackstock . . .....12 115 Guard George Wilson . .....30 150 Tackle . . Bobby Lee...... ......11 153 End Harold Shankles .. . .22 135 Quarterback Billy Slack...... .....50 150 Guard Dickie Sutton .. .. .....81 125 Back Billy Everette. .. . .....52 150 Tackle Charles Shankles .. . . .71 150 Center Billy Wallin...... .63 160 F.B. . Herbert Wheeler .. .. .14 110 Back Derrell Gaddis . ....40 147 Back .. Dale Sims........ .. . 34 125 Back Terrell McCauley .. .. .21 150 Tackle Rising Fawn Parents’ Club To Study Zoning About twenty-five patrons of the Rising Fawn School turned out Sept. 9 for the first meeting of the school year, with Mrs. Dewey Bradford presiding. Mrs. R. P. Fricks was elected to succeed Mrs. Bradford as president, and it was the gen¬ eral opinion of all those present that Mrs. Bradford had done an excellent job as head of the Parents’ Club. The office of vice-president and program chairman will be filled by Mrs. B. B Kenimer, first grade ~ ~ teacher, while Mrs. Roy Wallin will will serve serve as as secretary secretary and and trea- trea- urer The transfer of Rising Fawn’s eighth grade students to Rising Fawn was discussed, with W. C. Cureton, schoolbcard member, explaining that the state allots teachers according to average daily attendance and that Ris- ing Fawn’s ADA had been below average for the past yearSi hardly earning 7 teach- and certainly not eight . Since ol _ ________,, there would be only seven teachers for the school this . term, the board felt that would be advantageous to the remaining pupils as well as the students to move the grade ^ to Dade ^ High. £ It is a w never pos _ s,h '° one tpnf>}w teacher hp be assigned nssivned nc ,„ to to each ^ A motion was made and se- conded that the school zone be NUMBER 37 studied in order to enroll more pupils who would build up the average daily attendance of the school. Another important topic of discussion was the lunchroom. Representing the staff, Mrs. D. A McMahan stated that the lunchroom was in dire need of new silverware, linoleum, screens, paint and o-ther items. Each parent was asked to don¬ ate stainless steel flatware if pu.V>lUic, possible, or UI •Pi.I $1.00 toward the lunchroom . ______ fund A collection totalling $16.00 ncnn was taken up during the meeting to be added to the present fund. A commit- tee of men present was ap- pointed to appraise the lunch- building and estimate of remodeling. Work is to be done as soon as possible by committee and others who care to help. The group also decided to elect two homeroom mothers for for each each grade. gra de. Mrs. Mrs. Kenimer announced that she would have a party for the mothers of first sooh and elections for class would take place at time. The meeting was closed with the serving of refreshments ^ by Mesdames tins, bmun, xem mer and Mi&s Bi ans jt, teachers, after which the parents were on a tour of class- rooms and the lunchroom.