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VOLUME LIV
Here V There...
By FRED HARTLEY
These crisp, frosty mornings
are wonderful f o r that little
extra spring it puts in your step
snd zip in every movement.
Just what we needed after one
of the hottest summers on rec¬
ord.
If it's too chilly for
bloocl in the mornings, it's still
all right. By noontime it’s
sleeve weather again. Almost
perfect weather, I’d say. Thank
you, Mr. Weatherman. Just a
little more rain now, please.
You might not believe this,
but it’s true. It takes longer to
boil potatoes on Sand Mountain
than in the valley and longei
on Lookout that on Sand Mono-
tain.
That doesn’t mean tliat you
will have to rearrange your
whole cooking routine and
schedule if you move to the
mountain. The difference is a
very small one, but it’s there,
just the same.
It works like this: The higher
the elevation, the lower the at¬
mospheric pressure. The lower
the pressure, the lower the boil¬
ing point of water.
Water boils at 212 degrees F.
at sea level, but at a lower tem¬
perature in higher altitudes.
Therefore, the water in which
you are trying to boil potatoes
—or eggs, or anything — on
Lookout Mountain is not as hot
as the water that is boiling
them in the valley. So natur¬
ally it’s going to take just a wee
bit longer. They say it is im¬
possible to cook potatoes by
boiling them on Pike’s Peak.
Convinced?
I’d like to pass on the best
definition of a split second I’ve
ever heard:
It’s the time that elapses be¬
tween the instant the light
turns green and the fool behind
you.honks his horn.
A touch football game
tween the youngsters of Dade
and North Dade Elementary
Schools has been brightening up
the halftime intermission at
Dade’s games on the Dave L
Brown field. But this Friday
night, when Dade plays Ring-
gold, a different crowd will take
over.
The young bucks of the town
who have been out of school—
and out of practice—for several
years have taken their cue from
the youngsters and will field a
couple of teams (?) between
the halves that night. Ought to
be good for a few laughs, at
any rate.
Overheard last Friday night
following the underdog Wild¬
cats’ upset-tie of Bremen (a
Bremen player addressing a
member of the Dade squad):
“How In heck did you guys ever
lose any games, anyway?”
He just couldn’t understand
how the Wildcats could have
lost Km to w Cave uavc Spring. £>priu&.
Give Dade Flood Prevention Aid
A ___________ system of dams to give
Dade County protection against
flood waters, to curb erosion
and to make possible the devel¬
opment of water recreational
facilities might one day be a
reality. The federal govern¬
ment’s Water shed Protection
and Flood Prevention Act
makes available funds to fin-
nance such an undertaking.
This act, which was passed by
Congress last August, is de¬
signed to take care of erosion
and flood threats in small fat-
ershed areas throughout the
country. Projects of this type
for large waterways have been
in existence for years, but the
small watershed problem such
as we have here in Dade County
arising out of Lookout Creek,
have been neglected until now.
Maximum limit set
The act provides for govern¬
ment financing of dam con¬
struction in watershed areas of
less than 250,000 acres The
Devoted to the Best Interests oi Dade County and Georgia.
THE DADE COUNTY TIMES, TRENTON. GEORGIA, THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 11, 1954
Mon. Night Meeting
To Organize Local
Watershed Comraitte f
A special meeting has been
called for next Monday night
to form a local organization to
apply for watershed and flood
prevention assistance for Dade
i 0lin y - scheduled to be -
f 111 a 7,ao M - in tlle Dat,e
H ^^..? C h ^L 1 un C hroom
Anyone _ interested _ i . in the ;
pro¬
ject in invited to attend. The
group will discuss making ap¬
plication to the U.S. Depart¬
ment o f Agriculture under a
program to furnish federal aid
(<) sma] , watershed areas in
< controling soil-eroding floods,
( j n considering applications
Lf 0r (j ie program, the USDA will
be highly interested in the
amount oF’ocal interest and
local participation shown in the
project. For this reason, soil
conser v a t i o n officials in the
county are urging a large at¬
tendance at the meeting.
New Doctor Reported
Coming to Trenton Soon
Dr. VanLs Pennington, a Chat
tanooga physician, is reportedly
planning to set u,p a practice in
Trenton on a full time basis
soon. He has been practicing
some part time here recently in
Dr. D.S. Middleton’s office.
The Times has been unable to
contact Dr. Pennington, but ac¬
cording to information gather-
ed from other sources, the
young physician plans to open
the office with Dr. Middleton
next week, or as soon as he can
arrange his affairs Jn Chatta¬
nooga.
Dr. Pennington is a graduate
of the University of Tennessee’s
Medical School, and did his in¬
ternship at Erlanger Hospital.
He is married but has no child¬
ren.
Both Dade and Davis Plan Harvest Festivals
Both Davis and Dade High
Schools have scheduled Harvest
Festivals for the weekend of
Nov. 19-20. Dade’s will be on
Friday night. Nov. 19, and
Davis’ the following night.
The event at Dade High will
get underway with a fish sup¬
per prepared by the PTA ladies
in the lunchroom, beginning at
slx p M
Booths will be set up in the
Commercial Building for the
entertainment and amusement
of the public. They will feature
such things as a fish pond, ring
toss, darts and a country store.
Beginning about 9 o’clock,
HILLY GRAHAM FILM
TO PLAY SAT. NIGHT
j billed the
“Mr. Texas,” as
first Christian Western and
featuring evangelist Billy Gra¬
ham and his troupe, will be
shown at the Dade High School
Auditorium on Saturday night,
Nov. 13 beginning at 8:00 P. M
No admission will be charged.
,
I The doors will open at 7:15.
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Lookout Creek watershed watershed would would
easily come under this maxi¬
mum limit.
Under the program, the fe-
deral^over'nment’ wiii' bear the
Sutton exDense of surveying and con-
of dams. Included in
theolans ^operated would be automatic-
ahy spillways to al-
low the water to flow ahead
reached a certain
heieht Agriculture' The U S Department
of would also be
responsible responsible for the mainten-
a But°thfpro B ra m u not avail-
ah Us for fust any and every
such watershed in the country.
In fact only $ 3 000,000 has been
,
appropriated for the purpose.
TbeTclr"m^nlty nrranization
The c to be
LaUon i , . S r „ „n orvan-
cause why
»he watershed project should be
constructed constructed ther*j. there. The a e ni
tive for the project .
local l*vel.
Within the last few years,
especially since the close of
World War II, the celebration
that goes along with Armsi-
tice Day has steadily declin¬
ed. The parades, speeches,
bands playing patriotic airs,
the flag-waving and tumul¬
tuous cheering — all have
dwindled to a mere whisper.
Perhaps it is because peo¬
ple have come to realize that
the Armistice in 1918 was
nothing more than that—an
armed truce that has not pre¬
vented the nations plunging
themselves and others Into
one great death struggle af¬
ter the other. Maybe It’s our
disillusionment that makes us
shrug our shoulders when we
All County, State, and fede-
ral offices, including the post
office, were closed Thursday in
observance of Armistice Day.
For that reason, The Times
could not be delivered ’to the
post office until Friday.
Four Persons Injured In
Local Accident Sunday
Two men and four children
were injured in an accident
around noon last Sunday 1 ¥2
miles north of Trenton. Only
one car was involved.
The automobile was report¬
edly driven by William Brown,
27, of Chattanooga. He said he
swerved to miss another oar
and lost control of his own. The
car turned over three times.
Also injured were his son,
Russell Brown, 4, his brother,
James E. Brown, 34, and his
brother’s three children, Linda,
7, Shirley, 3, and James 5.
Only the men were injured
1953 and arrived overseas
hospital.
there will be a program pre
sented in the auditorium, which
will be climaxed by the crown-
mg of the hinge end queens
o, the night,
entertainment will be the pre-
sentation of the one-act play,
'The Proposal.” The short com-
edy is the some one that will
be put on in the district dra-
I matic competition at Shorter
College in Rome on Nov. 16
Fire Near Blacksmith
Shop Causes No Damage
A szstjs "
old
Street last Tuesday spread and
threatened the old building. It
was brought under control
Dade County forest ranger J.
C. Pace.
The Trenton flre engine,
manned by Cleron Kyzer, Hen-
ry Spencer and Jack Reeves,
rushed to the scene and com-
.
! pieted the job by wetting down
the surrounding area to pre-
1 vent further spread.
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Whether Whether the the government government de-1 de-
cides to undertake the project
cr not depends on large mea-
c U re on how well the local or-
sanitation doea its work |
Before even making the pre-
liminary survey, the Depart-
ment of Agriculture wants to'
know how interested are the |
local people In the project. The
application asks if the govern-
ing body of the Soil Conserva-
tion District is actively interest-
ed in the project - if organ-
^ groups, individual farm- I
er S , business leaders, municipal.
county and state units of gov-
eminent are actively interest-
ed.
Obviously, the government is
not interested in spending its ,
money It the people to be be-1
nefitted are not interested or ,
are not wiling to give their co-
operation,
What kind of cooperation
^ ^ ^ired 0 n the ’part, !
]ocal f arm ers?
DAY
think about displaying a flag
on Armistice Day.
But in spite of all that,
there is still good reason to
observe Armistice Day. May¬
be not in the same gleeful,
high-spirited way we were
once accustomed to. Rather
it should be a time of quiet
contemplation on the enor¬
mous sacrifices that have
been made on «... the „«.v battlefield u«.vww.. t .v.
to preserve us and our way of
life. •
If we today, this Armistice
Day of 1954, can achieve
within ourselves a feeling of
deep, personal gratitude to¬
ward those who have fought
and died for our freedom, we
shall have observed Armistice
Day in the best possible way.
j Elsie York Is Crowned
; Ellson York, better
i, now n as “Elsie” and daughter
; of Mf and Mrs Glenn York of
Rising Fawn, was crowned the
homecoming queen during the
half time ceremonies at last
Friday’s game. The coronation
followed her election to the
honor by the student body of
Dade High.
Miss York was crowned by
team captain Billy Everette
and presented a bouquet o f
American Beauty roses by al-
termite captain Charles Shan- 1
!
Dade To Compete In Debate, Drama 1 !
Seven Dade High School stu-
dents will compete In dlstrict-
wide literary contests next week
j for debating and dramatic hon-
1 ors.
j 1 A one-act presented play, “The Prcpo- Tues-
sal,” will be on ;
day, November 16 at Shorter;
College In Rome under the di¬
rection of Mr. Donald Chea¬
tham. The cast of the play in¬
cludes Shelby Jean Everette, a
junior, Eddy Sims and Robert
Friedman, both freshmen.
The debate team will vie for
honors on Thursday, School'"* November
|~
t should Initiate
government a
Gov. Talmadge Lilts
North Ga. Hunting Ban
Last Thursday’s general rain
over north Qeorgla prompted
Oov. Talmadge to lift the hunt¬
ing and fishing ban In the
mountain counties. The
measure when the fire danger
j was heightened by the contin-
drought.
The Seventh and Ninth Con¬
gressional Districts were in¬
cluded in the order opening
> hunting again last Friday. More
| than an inch of rain spread
1 rather evenly over north Geor-
gia brought recommendations
| from U. S. and state foresters
to relax the ban.
In In some some locations, locations, the the en- en
gSneers making the survey
might recommend that a field
near a dam should be sodded
or terrac'd. In another case
they might ask that a branen
be cleared of obs ructions,
In any case, the improve-
ments that might be required
of an Individual farmer or the
local organization as a whole
would ^ be in accordance with
the best soil conservation prac-
tices. It would be to a farmers
benefit, for instance, to terrace
a Held it it needed it whether
not a dam was going to be
built below it.
Col. D. E. Morrison, county
soil conservation supervisor, in
outlining the project, empha-
steed that each individual,
whether or not he would be di-
iectly affected, would would stand stand to to
gain because the county as a
whole would be benefltted. ,
Two immediate results would
be the increased value of land
Published Weekly—Since 1901
Wildcats Tie Favored Bremen, 7-7
Playing their best ball of the
season, the Dade County Wild-
cats last Friday night held a
highly favored Bremen eleven to
a 7-7 tie. The Bremen Blue De-
vils are this year’s class 4C re-
gional champs.
Bremen’s score came early in
the first quarter on an 11-yard
pass from Jerry Hocutt to
Stallworth. Hocutt made
conversion for the extra point. I
Dade bounced back for a
in the second period
when Harold Shankles passed 26
yards to Darrell Gaddis in the
end zone. Phil Ryan ran the ball
over for the PAT.
A Dade fumble In the first pe-
Wildcats" riod gave Bremen the ball on the
30-yard line The Blue
Devils scored eight plays later.
Dade’s score came after a lucky
when Phil Ryan intercept-
kies. She was attired in a bal
lerina length white net gown
and wdre a matching stole.
Other members of the court
who had been nominated for
the royal office were also given
floral bouquets by various team
members. Shirley Keel received
flowers from Bill Wallin, Ne-
wanah Mayhew from Darrell
Gaddis, Sue Me M a h a n from
Willard Ryan, Bessie Moore
from * Terrell McCauley,
Patsy Wheeler from Billy Slack,
policy of free trade among the
nations friendly to the United J
States."
The Dade team consists of j
Joan Craig and Barbara Quil- j
lian, affirmative; Donald Howel
and Dion Bradford, negative.
Both the girls are seniors and
the boys are freshmen, The !
team is coached by Mrs. J. L. *
Fricks. i
Rites Set For Fla. Accident Victims
The of former
Sand Mountain residents were
killed Tuesday in an automobile
accident near Trenton, Florida.
The victims were Barbara Ann
Smith, eight-month-old daugh¬
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Sherman
Smith, and Kenneth Ott, nine-
year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. J.
B. Ott.
Five other occupants of the
:ar, both seta of parents and
Wanda Jean Ott, were seriously
Injured In the crash and were
admitted to a Gainesville, Fla.,
«
nU also ” in ,n fVl the “ car, rnr escaped ps ' ,flne injury in,urv
The two families are residents
of Dora, Ala., and were return-
ing from a visit with Mr
parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. M
Ott, who live in Auburndale,
Florida. The mothers of the
two victims who died in the
crash were sisters and daugh-
ters of Mr. Bill Stevens of Sand
Mountain.
The car occupied by the two
ami and more more efficient efficient farming farming re- re-
suiting from better soil conser
vation measures.
Advance conservation 10 years
Soil conservation technician
At Webb estimated that com-
pletion of the project would
advance conservation measures
ten years in Dade County. The
valuable top soil that is con¬
stantly being carried off by
spring “gully-washers would
be checked for good.
In addition to the benefits of
soll conservation and flood con
trol, there are numerous other
developments .......... that might ’ later
be realized after the water has
been impounded behind the
dams. The ponds might offer
swimming, fishing or even
boating possibilities.They might
make reservoirs that would
serve for irrigation purposes,
Such a development would
make the area more attractive
to industry, since a factory al
ways needs a large water sup-
NUMBER 44
ed a Bremen pass on the Dade
48 Aided by the effective block-
lng of tackle Billy Everette,
Ryan ran the ball back 23 yards,
Dade was in possession of the
ball at the end of the first half
of play by virtue of another pars
interception by Chas. Shankles,
^ 1US halting a Bremen diive to
ie Wildcat goal.
Ille hard-hitting Bremen line
hept Dade from capitalizing on
a break in the third quartet
after Harold Shankles recovei-
C(l Derre H Hughe ® P unt vvlllch
Bremen had fumbled on their
own 19 Time ran out on the
Devils’ last desperate bid for
In .‘ he sec ° nd ' r „°“ 1
lMt »' M of lh ' 8amC ' th f lank 1 !
H ! an »"! » Br “' e "
pass that could have spelled
defeat.
Fullback Bill Wttllin turned
in a good back field perform¬
ance to share offensive honors.
Also noteworthy was the de-
defensive playing tackle John¬
ny Lynch. In fact, the whole
line deserves praise for he
year’s best performance.
The homecoming queen, Elsie
York, was crowned at the half
time intermission. The six and
seventh graders of Dade and
North Dade also played a touch
football game f 0 r the enter¬
tainment of the fans. The fa-
thers of the boys playing on
l * ie vars Hy eleven had been in-
vited to sit on the bench with
the players t h r ough . out . the ..
,, ume
Dade will play Ringgold here
Friday night in the final game
i)i the season. Kickoff: 8 P. M.
YARDSTICK
Dade B’men
First downs......... 5 6
Net yardage rushing ..176 171
Passes attempted...... 5 7
Pas es completed 1 3
lotal passing yardage.. 26 40
intercepted by.. 2 0
Fumbles lost........ 1 1
Own fumbles recovered 1 1
Yards penalized...... 5 40
was reportedly struck
head-on by a vehicle driven by
an unidentiiied Negro, who was,
according to relatives here,
charged with drunken driving.
The bodies of the two chil¬
dren will be returned Thursday
night and will lie in state at
the home of Mr and Mrs. Bill
Stevens on Sand Mountain.
Funeral services have been set
for 2:00 P M Friday in the
General Church of God on the
mountain. The Rev. J. B. Igou
and Rev. Fred Ellis will offi-
elate and interment will be in
the^Stevens cemetery adjacent
j t 0 the church.
1 Barbara Ann Smith is survi-
vec j d y h er parents; grandpar-
| entS( Mr and Mrs. E a
Smith and Mr. Bill Stevens
Kenneth Ott is survived by his
j Parents; a brother Donald; „ ,, a
[sister, Wanda Jean; grandpar-
tents, Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Ott
and Mr. Bill Stevens
a dam could easily be turned
a reservoir to answer all
their needs.
The aim of th USDA in im-
pounding the water would be
only to protect the water'bed
from flood waters. The dams
could, however be built to any
height later to meet any re¬
creational or industrial require¬
ment.
As to the location of the
dams, the government engi-
neers making the survey would
that. They would place
them naturally in the spots
where they would do the most
good. Officials of th Coosa Ri¬
ver Soil Conservation Distrcit
have said that Dade County
stood a good chance to get the
project approved for the Look¬
out Creek watershed
For the announcement of a
meeting next Monday night to
form the local organization, see
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