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About The Dade County times. (Trenton, Ga.) 1908-1965 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 11, 1954)
She ait tannto nuts Dade County’s Only Newspaper. 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. --------- • 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. _———— 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 another article this page
