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About The Dade County times. (Trenton, Ga.) 1908-1965 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 2, 1954)
hade County’s Only Newspaper "volume liv Here n’ There By FRED HARTLEY An interesting article in Tie.s, \ onthly publication o f the .. H System, ex- * Southern Railway in th .3t it was the railroads ‘ho introduced this the count: idea of in ihne zones to y ‘Exactly 71 years nation’s railroads and two week; a«o the roatped' out the country into \ \- tandard time zones and uu schedules ac- arranged their ( . rdingly. time, each local¬ Et ,fore that ity ui>e in the U.S. operated cn sun You had to change your every time you went to L while it , difle.ent town. Thus, 12 noon in Washington, it wa c ii;30 in Atlanta, 11:27 in wa s and 11:44 Home. 11:37 in Macon in savannah. announced When the railroads tlu i intention to switch to r standard time, the proposal was met with both warm approval and angry pposition. “It’s con¬ , trary to nature,” was the most frequent protest. Although the plan won im¬ mediate acceptance, it was not until 1918 that Congress toon ( fieial notice cf the standard time zones. Since 1883, the zones have shifted back and forth some, due to actions of state and lo¬ cal governments. For instance, all of Georgia and Ohio were once in the central time zone. Now both states lie wholly with¬ in the eastern zone. It was last week’s visit to Georgia’s capital city and its world famous main street that umpired this PEACHTREE PORTRAIT On Peachtree Street, where Sherman’s legions marched, you can buy a $5000 fur piece or a blue denim work suit, a solid gold urn of a second hand skillet, ccmic books cr priceless fast editions. On Peachtree Street a share¬ cropper clad in overalls might rub elbows with a chic matron wearing a Paris original. Romp¬ ing children going home from school pass a bewildered for¬ es n ; getting his first good • 30k at this strange land and its people. The trackless trolleys — own¬ ed by a Peachtree bank— nudge forward among the jumble of autos and the streams of confident pedes¬ trians. Pedestrians hurrying to vxrk, hurryirg .vome, hurrying to meet a friend for lunch, hurrying to a sale in a bargain basement. Men holding their hats and women their skirts as the cut¬ ting wind sweeps down the high backbone of land that has Peachtreet at its summit. Junior executives in Brooks B others flannels and high school boya in Levis and leath¬ er jackets. These are Georgia’s people, speaking with the jaunty, care¬ less drawl cf the coastal plain Cr the flat, deliberate brogue of the mountains. These are America's people, conversing in the firm Mid- western accent or the rapid f 're delivery of the New Yorker. Tnese are the wnrld’s people, talking to one another In clip- P ea British speech or the strange tongue of a Middle Ear tern country. 0:r Paachtree Street are two oa.nedrals and innumrable gas “^..ons—Penthcuse apartments a m: once-proud mansions con- v tried into boarding houses— ---- ( aters and parks — night •rp° s and publishing houses — anks an d hot dogs stands. 7 >u can find almost any- on Peachtree Street. Any- ri a that is, except .a peach Allison is Hostess F °r Trenton W. S. C. S. The Trenton W. S. C. S. held . h N-vember meeting at the -"-ome of Mrs. H. F. Mrs, W « F. -- Morrison conducted - ■ - the Program. “We Hear Thy voice. ’v The December meeting will , J at the home of Mrs R. 1 Hilten $fo iuU limts “SmSk lluvn Hilo UVUdC No one was hurt Tuesday when a runaway truck rolled across the highway and crash¬ ed into the side of the I. H. Wheeler house, which is rented by the Butler family. The green pickup truck was parked at Kyzer’s Service Sta¬ tion. Its owner, Mrs. Eileen Becker, en ________________________ route to her home in Texas, had just gone inside the station. The truck began ling down hill across the high- way, barely missing a telephone pole, and miraculously skimmed between two trees and a house, Pat Gifford tried to catch the driveless vehicle, but had to wait for an oncoming car to pass. By the time it struck the house, it was going slowly en- ough that damage to both truck and house was light. No one was in the house at the time Stop Hooker Classes Till Church Finished School Superintendent Roy W. Moore announced Wednesday that plans had been made to completion of the chutch ur the Hooker Hooker colored colored community communuy ro provide provide a a meeting meeting place place for .or the tne children enrolled in the School. Classes will be suspend¬ ed in the meantime. A search was made to find a suitable building that might avivc serve as cuh a a uwosuwvm classroom <***’''* after school burned on the night of Counted Successes CORONATION CLIMAXES TRENTON SCHOOL’S FETE Ircm the namter of peraom tracted. Three sets of kings and queens were crowned to climax the evening’s in the auditorium. Carolyn Brown and Ed Mor¬ rison, students of Mrs. Bell’s 3-B room, were crowned queen and king of the lower grades. grades. Patricia Patricia Cooke Cooke Donald Smith from Mrs. as’ sixth grade room, elected to be the reigning royal ty over the intermediates. Judy Pace and Eddie Watkins reign¬ ed as queen and king of the high school students. They are students in Mrs. Willie Hughes’s 10-A home rocm. The coronation cere monies came at the end of a program in the auditorium which fea- tured a one-act play, “The Proposal,” and musical numbers by students under the direction o',r h “ lk muslctMCh Other activities included a fish supper in the lunchroom a ^d a whole array of amusement booths in the Camme.ciai Build ing. Dade High Principal. J- C. Billue indicated he was well pleased eased with, with, the me i«uv«. festival. On Wednesday, November 24, a special . . Thanksgiving - - dinner v,as served to approximately 5P0 students in the lunchroom. j Baptist “M” Night Set For December 6 The fourth annual “M ’ night rally has been set fer Monday, Dec. 6. It will be held in the Dade High School auditorium and will biin a. 7:30 PM. past- Rev T Pe r ry Brannon, of the Gospel Tabernacle in or Chattanooga and a well known evangelist in the Tri-State area will HI be be the tne “M" m night speaker. “M” “M” night night is is sponsored here by the Baptist Trammg '> if If the the Lookout Lookout Valley y aie J Associa i tion. During the last four on Y ea 5 the event hax grown «” slde r ; attendance an SCC „ rbiy in the Last year 485 attended ra y Mcnoay's meeting is exp to attract over 500. ■M” night is held each year at this time by all the member churches of the entire Southern Baptist Convention. T h e M stands for Mobilization. The public is invited to attend t e meeting, regardless of church affiliation. Devoted to the Best Interests of Dade County and Georgia. THE DADE COUNTY TIMES, TRENTON. GEORGIA. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2. 1954 For day _ cotton ------- growers 0 ---- -- will decide whether marketing quotas continue in effect on the cotton crop, John F. Bradley, Chairman of the State Agricul¬ tural Stabilization and Conser¬ vation Committee, reminds farmers. “This is a decision that will affect every cotton grower, and that's w h y It’s so important j that Chairman each one cast his ballot,” the says. All farm- ers who grow upland cotton in 1954 will be eligible to vote in the upland cotton referendum, j The referendum will be heid m each upland cotton-growing county In the Nation. At least two-thirds of the growers voting by secret ballot must approve the quotas if they are to con- tinue in effect. j The vote follows the Secretary of Agriculture's Oct. 14 prccla- mation of a national marketing Nov. 23., “One b u 11 d ing found,” said Mr. Moore, “but the cost of renting it have been prohibitive.” "We "we iert felt that mat it xu wuum would uc be x«x far better oeuer to 10 m make « fund* u -' to 10 complete complete me the church cnuxeii and auu use unc if a* a -ia«rnnm than to rent building . mon a or severa and have nothing to show foi it,” commented the school sup- erintendent. WANDA HOLLAND CROWNED jQUEEN HARVEST AT FESTIVAL DAVIS SCHOOL r.ers in the king and queen contest and will receive a prize as a reward. In addition to this, Mr.. Yell, a patron of the community, gave the queen a i five dollar bill, | Jimmie Sue Buchanan and (Wayne (Wayne Stephens were crowned Hixon of ana ^ 8 uaie ^ HartUnc of the primary grades. Proceeds from the festival amounted to approximately . , oh , ££ ciaticn to the ladies of the New Home and Avans Home Demon¬ stration Clubs for their coope¬ ration in helping to make the j festival a succets. J 111 ; , r]s . and bcys - ba£ ^ thg g . tgams Qf Dade High ^ partlclpate in the | invitational tournament at LaFayette High School on December 9, 10, and 11. The The boys boys team, team, coached coached by by D DClmas j a Freeman, will meet La i Fayette Thursday, - December cn g fQr their flrst game , brgin- ning at 9:00 P M If the Dade boys are victorious they will play the winner of the Gordon Lee-Trion contest at o’clock the following night. The finals will be played cn Saturday night. drawing The girls’ team, a bye for the first round, will meet Trion in the semi-finals |l:00 [ on Friday night, ** beginning quintet* at P.M The coached this year Dy Mi’s Kathryn Philips. The boys cage team hu m fer ed the loss of David Patter son, last year’s outstanding t fprward tojw*rt who is now enrolled at Trnnically ironically, . Patter Patter - , wU1 likeJy be playing 'against his former farmer teammates teammates ” engagement for 0 ° Dening P ”of h s on Thursday ^ The'girls will miss the | playlng 0 , Jeanette high 01|breathi i„ t years sccrer> wh0 & now a student at Berry College. Every year in the JJ. S. about three "" billion tons cf away”* soil are IfanTtand from al one allotment allotment for for the the 1955 1955 crop crop of of i cotton. Such a procla- must be made under the law, Mr. Bradley explain;, when the prospective “total supply” of cotton exceeds the “normal supply”, The total supply o f upland cotton for the 1954-55 market¬ ing year was estimated in Oc¬ tober at 21.5 million running bales, more than 3.8 million bales above the normal supply of 17.7 million bales With the supply this large, the Secretary of Agriculture was required by law to establish the national marketing quota a t the mini¬ mum of 10 million bales. The large cotton stocks avail j a , b j ]] e £ b j s y large ear are due princi- p a y a carryover cn August 1, 1954, resulting fron; i the laige 1953 crop of 16.3 mil- lion bales — the fourth largest 0 f record. Under a marketing quota pro¬ gram, growers who do no't ex¬ ceed their cotton acreage allot- ' nay market m ; c ()I pC: ; J y 10 ^ Kt ? 1CKUC 1)11 «> tton 011 the farm: * rower who exceed their farm cotton allotments will be subject to - “ J! ,1!^™ , j j on the term's excess production If farmers rove Quotas . ... by , I a PP j tbe necessary two-thirds of those voting, the price support available to eligible growers will b< at a level between 82*2 90 percent of parity. If more than one-third cf the farmers voting do not approve qurtas. the maximum level of to eligible growers for crop cotton will bo 50 percent of parity. SiBday Accident Near HuftS 7 A Sunday afternoon accident near Wildwood injured seven persons, including Fred Martin of WHdwood, his wife and child, who received only slight injur- ies. The Car driven by Martin was struck from behind as j was about turning l>/ off miles US. south Highway of 11 2 Wildwood. The driver of the other ve- | hide, “* 1 ’ Raymond * Crutchfield, 37 d th other hospitalization. The persons included Mrs. Dee Etta Graham, her husband Paul Graham and Aaron Colburn, all of Chattanooga ' Cpl W H Tipton and Troop- er H C Wolfe charged Crutch- field with driving while intoxi- cated He was released under New Flamingo Grill Busy v on " Opening ' , I'~-----o-- Day J I Sundays opening cf the new Flamingo Restaurant was a success despite the rainy weather. weather, “In "in fact,” race, said saia Mrs. Mrs. Buckelew, the new operator, “if it had been a nice day, I don’t knew where w e wauld have put everybody.” Two whole country hams and 23 pounds cf red snapper steak. were served to the guests. Fa- vors, in the form of roses, auto- matic pencils, cigars and bal- loons, were passed out to them. Mr and Mrs. C. E. Duncan, ; newcomers to Dade Caunty, are (acting as day time managers of the establishment, which in - eludes a tourist court and serv- ice station. Mrs. Virginia Long “ a t Dor/wp Vjqvp C p,4c bhb nlBh. bhi,. Tbb The* remains open « hours a day. Duncans — —- are natives of Gadsden, Ala., and formerly operated a truck step on High- way 11 near Valley Head. Both the interior and exte- rior of the restaurant X have been fn keeping painted a flamingo with the name ,Potted XfantfT’hrn Data- and other restaurant tropi- ?he the on nside. Mrs. Buckelew indicated she intends to com- « furnishings Start In ~ ~-----* I j <?pi rm $\m UMU CHRISM*** ; 1954 Christmas Seal Sale Underway Here Row after row of children, holding hands around Christ- mas trees, are the outstanding feat uve c f the 1954 tuberculo- sis Chri tmas Seals, which went on sale in Dade County this week M s. W. C Cureton, man of the Dade County Tu berculosis C mmittee, called attention to the alternating Steep *"1“ a " n d red 8a).. making l i wLat appears , cat . to u be oe a a double Sea j “Toe 1954 Seal design is ; p jfj can t jn many ways," said Mrs. Cureton. The children, . whose faces are blank, repres ent . the mi iii 0 ns of children of j ^ bp y- rid whose lives have been i saved since y ie Christmas Seals p fi t nld “The Christmas tree was part , of tl Q desi?n 0 f the very first -Seals, sold in Denmark in 1904. double Seal is a reminder ^ Ui.Crs -.kth Stalk' have been mailed to residents of County Mra cureton said, and .. p (X])res -, cd the hope that ! everyon* will make a generous ccntribution as scon as possl- b j e Anyoue not getting these Spak £h ou!d call Mrs. M. ^Xof Ha i e and ask tor a supply. the 1954 Chrtat- Seil committee are: Mrs. c-n et n chairman Chairman and and Mrs Mrs ^ j n a ]p Treasurer - Survey Readied For ^ Board . -- Meeting superintendent Roy W. Mocre thp Dade county Boa.d of .............. »«*«•» « tne December 7t h meeting are scheduled to figures cn the estimated bu. get -for an Adequate Pro- gram of Education for Dade County Tnese figure,-, will re- fleet the recommendations of tho APEC Study which has been “ <*'*"*■ This is the first time in , ,. ns- tory that Beards of Education have had lhe opportunity to make make recommendations recommenaauons xui for a a state-wide program oi educa- 1U1 1 ' ' * and the University System. tp All A u ever aver Georgia, ueorgia, school s-uuui sys- aj-o- terns are now engaged in an APEG Study giving the people Inter Lighting Contest, Miss Hubble Urges Do you plan to decorate the outside of you. ome ^ jiPread cheer to youi nei S thi; Christmas? Then w y enter the County contest that * ^ing sponsored by the Ga> ^ en Club/ You really don t have o elaborate just use w at y-u have and your imagination. There is 3-H 9,buncls,nc6 of ms -- term in your yrarb.s and In the combination cf native ma enalr will? something you buy would be good-that is U ., ! you insist ms. ; upcn spending money The c-.ntest rules state that tbe decoration must be outside or ”om in window.-: that are vi cwed the outside. There will be two first'prizes, one for door- ways and one for the yards, Ribbons will be awarded to 2nd 3rd. and honorable mention winners. TH ,t;.e door and windows, the door Published Weekly—Since 190 j Complete Complete and a n d final final approval approval of the mammoth school build- ing projects to i Dade County has been given by the State ri Board , of . Education. „ Contracts _ . . are expected to be let in De- cumber and construction might begin by February. School Superintendent Roy W. Mocre made the announce- ment here Tuesday after the of approval, together with complete plans and sped- ficaticns, had been received by his office. In a telephone conversation with Mr. Moore on Tuesday, Al- len Smith, head of the State School Plant Service in Atlan- Wallen’s Well Yields Magnetic Mystery The welLs on the J. G. Wallen place at Wildwood are In the news again. Experiments con- ducted there recently have re- vealed the presence of a sub- Htance that shows a strong at- | traction far lead, according to : William Manbeck, president of the Gorco Development Co. of jst. 1 Elmo. Mr. Manbeck said that samples of the soil and rocks from the well have been taken and will be forwarded to a me- I talurgical talurgical laboratory laboratory for for ana- ana- lysis. He hopes to have a ; port within two weeks. Experiments made by drop- ping a line with a lead weight tied to the end have revealed i j^juao-Canasta ® Party To S P ur Xmas . : The committee in charge cf the County-wide Christmas j Lighting Contest is sta;png a [for everyone because *» dent don’t play *U? you Canasta, Everyone is invited If we have a big crowd we can offer big prizes! And think of th fun we’ll have, Admission will be $1.00 per or 50c per person How [about helping us fill the home? It doesn’t matter where you just so you come. The part party will be|in at 7:30 and last until ??? ! new ^ have and ^ the want cos 1: in md,to .dm* and the coat These Estimated Budgets cf ^ he Sch00 l Boards will be sent through the District GEA Di¬ rect0) . t0 a compiling commit-- , le comp0 sed of representatives [rcm the Georgia School Board i Assccltltlon tho Georgia Con- . I* the re “ State of p “ Department rents , and of Edu- cation, the Unive.sity System and thd GEA i , ay By me the time uuw the m.: Georgia APEG Study^ 1 e c i t j"ens * wil ... , ^ narticipated in f r- mation . v, of the p-o„ an wWch ■ i j attracting naticn-wu a tion and the decoraticn of the leading up to the door or the door and porch decorations. Yard decorations can be almost any decoration in the Christ- mas spirit, such as lighted trees, Santa and his reindeer, snow man family, Nativity scenes, and what-have-you. The following score card will , e ff ect 4074 . 30 '7; decorations made by the residents 2Qr/ and cleverness !jn using avai ] ab]e greens or ma have t0 w3rk ’• • The ^ decorations will be judg- ed on Thursday night, Decern- ber, 23. If you plan to enter the contest, please notify some member of the which follows: Naomi Hubble,! ST as soon as you decide to enter, NUMBER 46 1c., la, told told the the superintendent superintendent th; th; the projects would be adverti; pd during three weeks in De ember and , contracts would ,, , b awarded immediately thereafte, an d construction would probe bly be begun in February. The seven projects t.hat,hav been given the go-ahead sign are as follows: (1) Dade Count High School (new building); (2 Davis School (addition); (3, Davis School (renovation); (4 Hooker School (new); (5) Tren ton Elementary (renovationi (6) North Dade Elemental (addition); (7) North Dade Ele 1 menlary (renovation). that the piece :f lead will d c to a certain depth but will g no further. Other kinds of m< tal have reacted in the sen way, but it is the lead that h; drawn the attention of met experts in the area. ‘There no known substance that wi magnetize lead," explained M Manbeck. The wells on the Wallen pla- first attracted notice last Marr| w hen a deposit of natural gi vvas discovered while deepcniri a a we we n jj i j n n se se arch arch of of water water ther t two more wells were dug b fore any water was found. A C f them yielded gas as well. A fourth well was dug in o der to explore for the su) . lance that “magnetizes” tl lead. “It was necessary to dr this well in order to get tl cuttings and exact footag where this mineral was loca ed,” explained Mr. Manbeck. The presence cf the unde; ground substance attracting tl lead we e di covered by aer dent. Mr. Wallen first dxoppe a pi a mb line’ into one at t wells to determine its depth 1 He noticed that the weight n< ver droped to the bottom. Ti same thing has happened j, each experiment of the kin since that time. Mr. Manbeck is a veteran o 1 and gas praspector of twen! years experience. He fir t bt came interested in the aetivit 1 at the Wallen place when gi was discovered there la March 7. He is confident th; the land there might yield gi or oil for commercial use, an has been making arrangemen to begin drilling in the ne; future. New Home to Receiv Iraprovemnt Award jhe chattan Area Rur esHm hoidT^^annual imvrovem-nt aSa‘i C-r 111 “ e Ro,d Houoe Ch attanoog a on Monday, No> 6 Representatives Rppresentatives af o.f lhe the Ne Ns. . Home Community, the Dac County entrant, will be on har. fr , receivt , their prize. meeth’ Also attending the from Dade County will 1 County Agent L. C. Adan d d H i. r - nm _ mp Demonstratic n Agent . Mi Miss Nacmi j, Hubble. I this writing it had not bet' determined who would reprt' sent the New Home communi at the meeting. The presidr. vice president and secretary < ( the organization have been ii vited to attend. The dinner meeting for tl presentation cf awards w bpgin at 6;30 pM An a ft e rnoc lTiee ting will commence at tv- o’clock to allow each entrai comrnU nit y to give its progre report and to participate in general discussion of rur community improvement. Dyer Motor Co. Sells Out of New Models On First Day’s Showin Wednesday, Nov. 17 was a b day at Dyer Motor Co. Score of people flocked in ta sea tl, new Dodges and Plymcuths. M Dyer said it was the best r< ception the public has ev« a new line here. All four cf the new displ; Ti only had them,' said Mr. Dye
