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About The Dade County times. (Trenton, Ga.) 1908-1965 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 20, 1955)
Dade County's Only Newspaper. VOLUME LV II ( y TI By FRED HARTLEY What does it mean to play an athletic contest on home ter¬ ritory? Anybody who knows anything at all about sports will agree that there can be a tremen¬ dous intangible advantage in any kind of competitive event— fool ball, basketball or even de¬ bating—to the heme team. Mor¬ ale pi'ys a m.'.jor role in all sorts of contests. Familiarity with surround¬ ing builds confidence and re¬ laxes tension, despite the fact that all football fields are laid eff the same way and all bas¬ ketball courts are painted uni¬ formly. A gallery or home town looters means a lot, too. The thrill a player experiences when he makes a beautiful play is bco ted 100% when followed by a chorus of cheers from the spectators. Then there’s often that spe¬ cial someone in the audience— - parent, girl friend or little br'ther —that’s watching every move he makes. He’s got to turn in a good performance so he can held his head high after the • v ame is over. Finally, there’s the matter of officiating. Referees are sup¬ posed to forget all their sympa¬ thies with the heme team when they arbitrate a game. But pv^n the most conscientious and well-intentioned one is ometimes inclined — uncon¬ sciously perhaps — to give the ■~d°:e to the home town crowd. It’s only human. No matter how good a team is, cr how high their espirit de corps may be, it is at a disad¬ vantage when it goes on the read. Think how disconcert¬ ing it is when ALL the games it plays are on foreign soil. Add to this the dismaying factor of having to practice basketball on an uneven audi- tcrium floor that is not Iation size. It’s especially convenient when you know “h~t you have to move every .at eff the floor before you practice and put them back in place afterwards. If all this sounds as if it • t be goc,d arguments for Iding a gymnasium on that n^aticn at Dade High— well perhaips that’s just what ’ intended to be. Drive To Release Cotton Acreage w ! h Georgia producers un- der^lanting 1954 cotton acreage ’’^m-nts by 163,000 acres, Farm r, ' i Te , u of'ieials today reported t-atswide drive is now under "v tc utilize all 1955 cotton a.’Mmente. All agricultural agencies and groups are expect- r ' A to participate in the move¬ ment. H. L. Wingate, Georgia Farm Pu.eau Federation President, r imultc.neously called upon all community and county Farm Bureau chapters throughout t b s^ate to swing into action on the local level to assure re¬ lease of all unwanted cotton acreage, in order that produ¬ cers desiring additi :jaal acreage could utilize the entire state e’lotment. Farm Bureau leaders antici¬ pated a farm-by-farm approach : n the local level, conducted by local Farm Bureaus. Wingate and other agricul¬ tural leaders termed the 1954 underplanting “a definite loss to the state and one farmers cannot afford to repeat in 1955.” The 163.000 acres underplant¬ ed in 1954 means a definite re¬ duction in future years for Georgia's cotton acreage allot¬ ments; als.o a loss to the coun¬ ties in which the cotton went unplanted. State allotments are determined upon ?. five year planted history basis; allot¬ ments to the counties on a three year planted history basis. In 1954, Georgia’s cotton acre¬ acres, age ""“S 1 itoOoTrS planted — only 58% or appro- ximately 36,000 acres of the -! 4 n“d. atreS releaset1 ' ” ere a “Western states," Wingate Devoted to the Best Interests of Dade County and Georgia. THE DADE COUNT* TIMES, TRENTON. GEORGIA 1HURSUA*. JANUARY 20, 1955 bid this v.eek on the seven ■mol building projects for Dade County. February 22 was :t as tne deadline for receipt r ^ the bids by the State School Building Authority. lt L anticipated that cen- struction might begin as early as March, barring any ccmpli- cations. The seven projects will cost an estimated $1 million. Present plans call for the fol- DADE HIGH SCHOOL - A . completely new building located between the existing building and the Health Center with se- ventcen ventcen regular regular classrooms classrooms two commercial classrooms and one home economics room; an assembly-lunchroom and libra- rv. The F-shaped building will luce west DADE ELEMENTARY —Exist- img building to be renovated, removing five classrooms to Illfirm Cp*C iJClo Ur fltSijl pc* Rnilfi DUliU At m Cl iPXUfUUU ft Oflfl John W. Davis made his appearance in Dade County last week as Superior Court Judge of the Lookout Mountain Circuit. In his two-day visit here, he handed down a deci¬ sion in favor cf the defendant in the Guffey vs. Gass and Rainer case and set the bond for Thurman West at $10,000. West was brought here Dec. 17 for investigation in connec¬ tion with the armed robbery of the D. F. Long store over two years ago. Sheriff F. C. Gra¬ ham indicated that charges against him here might be dis¬ missed since he could not be positively identified as having taken tentatively part in the identified robbery. as He*;j a was suspect from a photograph shortly after the incident. , The sheriff revealed that ! West was being held in the jail j here now at the request of ; west Virginia authorities, pend- mg extradition by that state. j He is reportedly wanted there j for unlawful flight to avoid im- prisonment in a seven-yea! sentence for car theft. Graram said that West had been brought here from Atlan- ta last month for questioning in connection with the Lcng robbery, after serving a 20- < months sentence in the Federal Penitentiary there. In the other case, a writ of said, “last year had a better re- cord of utilizing state and county allotments than Geor- I gi-a. Seme states utilized 95W to 93% of their allotments; our utilization ________ is ______— roughly 86%.” -- Wingate added, “With some ether states producing yields averaging near four times per acie the average cotton yield of Georgia (one half bale per acre), lack cf utilization on our part can put Georgia out of the cotten business fast.” South Georgia farmers have until March 1 to release any un¬ wanted acreage. Application deadline for farmers desiring additional acreage in south Georgia is March 8. In north Georgia, release deadline is April 1, with appli- cation deadline get April increase 8. No j farmer can an without making application. A farmer who does not plant | his 1955 allotment, loses his- lory, for his farm, county, and tate, but should this indivi- dual farmer lelease the acre-| a o-e the hist:ry is not lost to planted by 1 the farm; and if seme other farmer, is not lost to the county or state. (A farm¬ must utilize his acreage on er least hi- individual farm for at one out of three years, or else lose complete history.) Wingate advised farmers to obtain pre-measurement to fa¬ cilitate maximum utilization 0 . alloted acreages. SUPPER at NEW HOME There will be a Fsh and munity this Saturday night Jan 22. The ladies %1 s r ~ w:r/tbe Community House. rooms—seven upstairs and two down. Building will house first four grades anl possibly part ol the fifth. NORTH DADE ^ Minor ren:- vation and modernization of exihting building, all six class- rooms to be retained intact. New wing to be added to north with two large classrooms, lunchroom, library, teachers lounge and clinic. ! en ^ arsed r by C1 removal *” ro r‘, of “ some be walls in existing building, mak- mg 11 instead of present 12 classrooms; library to be cm- ! vmted verted into into classroom classroom and and nres- pr*s ent library to be moved to new building Construction 0 a new building with five class- rooms, teachers' lounge, clinic, principal's office, library and lunchroom. Later plans call for the conversion of present lunch room into classrooms. corpus suit, William A:- vi! Guffey was suing for pos- session of his two children who have been in the possession of his sister-in-law and mother-in law since his divorce. Judge D&- vis ruled that the children re- main in the custody of the two women, Mrs. Jack Raines and Mrs Willis Gass. Mrs. Safe As Car Skids On Ice Mrs. E. G. Wright, Jr., head of the A SC ofice here, escaped injury last Thursday as her car skidded on a snow-covered highway near Dalton. The ac- cident occurre d on the Mill Creek bridge on the highway to chatsworth Mrs Wrighti bound f 0r j as - per> Ga to attend a meeting of j oca j uSDA officials, said her par b e g an sliding on the inch- deep snow as socn as she en- tered on the bridge. The ve- b icle bounced off the railings on both sides of the bridge and cras hed into the embankment the other side, across the c , ee k. “ By Hie Hme it finally stop- ped » related Mrs. Wright, "the car had turned around pl£te j y an d wa s headed toward wa ter.” Although the car badly damaged, she man- Dade Cagers Play 3 Schools in Week The Dade High Wildcats whipped their arch rivals Chat- tanooga Valley by a score of 45- 35 last Wednesday, Jan. 12. Bu the Dade boys were rounce two lat ^ r e | lgageiri 5 Pt ^ a “ rii South Pittsburg _ i (62-32) n and Summeiville (64-34). In the Summerville g a m e, trailed by only one point the S h Sh 7nTha,7 a nklS boyf mi^ed mosl when offfc.aU sent the mout for excessive fouls. i The CV girls eaed out a 30-27 victory over the Wildkittens de- spite a last quarter rally in which the Dade lasses chalked up eight points. Wednesday night they were smothered by a superior Summerville five, 53- 12. Tlle < B ” teams also saw ac- tion duiing the week. The Dade b oys were downed by Chatta- n ocga Valley 49-30, and by S;uth Pittsburg, 35-20. In the jotter contest, the Trenton school quintet narrowed their opponents’ lead b y tallying 13 points in the last quarter, but not enough to overcome SP’s advantage. Dade was defeated in the Summerville tussle by a score of 38-19. The Wildkittens “B” lost out to their Summerville counter¬ parts last Wednesday, 21-10 in their lone engagement for the week. The boys varsity five has been handicapped since the Chattanooga Valley game by the i° ; ‘ «< thelr h ”‘ h -“° rln ’ ! ter Phil Ryan, who suffered a badly sprained ankle in that 'e noou„ ter. He hax oKm been on crutches a week now. Probes Robberies The Georgia Bureau of In- vestigaticn was called in Wed- nesday on the four robberies committed in Trenton Tuesday night. The Dade Theater, Dade High School and lunchroom, Kyzer’s Service Station and the Southern Railway depot were ; all broken into and burglarized ; Earl estimates cf the amount of the hauI ran as high as J1G0 Fred Kenner, manager of the Dade Theater, told Chief Deputy Wesl Graham that around m an<| an electrlc razor had bcen I?rojector projector- °‘ 5eIator George Shipp re p 0 rtedly told local police that hMi been lett there overn)gh , Kem , er wednes- H ni roiif-,.,,,,, ™ u “ not b2 "“ ched ™ At Dade High school, a total of $6.73 was stolen- as the j thieves entered a 11 classrooms except two and rifled the teach- ers’ desks. Indications are that burglars entered through a basement classroom and made their way upstairs. The coin b ox i n the Coca-Cola vending machine had been piized epen a nd coins removed. j n the school lunchroom, ' milk and bread crea m, me a t, were missing from the freezer a nd a new steel .file cabinet and safe had been broken into. .aged to drive it back to Dalton, where she got a ride to her j meeting. The folowing day the Wrights traded in the wrecked machine for a beautiful 1955 Mercury. "I can hf.rdly appreciate it, though,” commented Mrs. Wright, knowing what it to get it.” Womanless Promises Night of Fun The Rising Fawn Teac j- ers Association ' has j j n Q u n p p d the cast for thp I w anless Wedding to be pre- L om auditorium! I ented at the school 0n Fridav night, Jan. 21, ah P -j^j j k bar be CD H erated side iight to furnish re freshment f r members of the audience. The men of the cum¬ in unity and patrons of the will participate in the humorous event. Appear- ’in the matrimonial bur- lesque will be- ’I Mi's petite France, bride- T ic' rd Fricks Mr u. s. America, groom r; n- ny McMahan Mr Paris prance, father of the j bride—Harold Castleberry Par j s France, mother of bride—Fred Harrison i Mr. London England, uncle of bride—Myrl Hibbs Mrs. London England, aunt of bride—Charles Guinn Mr. Anglo Saxon, grandfather ! of bride-Roy Wallon I Anglo Saxon, grandmother l f bride—Wilburn Pnmfpx Mg Madrid Spain. guest-Carl Bradford Mrs. Knowall, a neighbor Erwin Friedman Miss Riga Russia, jilted sweet- heart—Glen Smith Aunt Africa, colored nurse— Jerll Cooper Mr. Leyden Holland, ring bear¬ er—Lariy Castleberry Marseilles, baby sister of bride FIGHT POLIO 1 | | ! ; j | ! ! Published Weekly—Since 1901 Principal J. C. Billue students not to touch which might reveal The lunchroom had been tered through a window the burglars made exit out another. The principal has offered a $25 reward for information leading to the arrest and con- viction of the burglars. Four tires, three of which were later recovered, and some change from the cigarette machine were taken from Ky- pane * f had eivice been broken A out of the side door there, large f man to e „t er ' Trenton Deputy p y Mar- 1 , , TI TT Hutcblna T , , , . recovered , of the stolen tires Wed- nesday morning after they had been spotted near the railroad tracks by a Trentcn resident, Mrs. Franks, j At the Southern Railway de- pot here, the burglars tripped ^e night latch, broke the sma n padlock on a desk and ma de off with 13 cents. The 0 ther drawers and cabinets hac j been rifled in a vain at- ! tempt to uncover more money, Deputies Graham and Bill Norton said they had noticed a suspicious-looking car driving ar0 und the square Tuesday n t g ht with two occupants. The POSTAL RECEIPTS SHOW GAIN OVER 1953 HERE Total postal receipts for 1954 amovm t e d to $8,282.00 at the Tren ton postoffice, reflecting a 5 6 per cent increase over 1953. Rece i p ts for 1953 totalled $ 7 , 840.00 Pos tm,aster E. R. Raulston said the rate of increase was a bout the same it had been or e y try year since 1948. a. a. Jk. a. a. j*. a. a. a. Jkv —Sammy Kenimer Mr. Montreal Canada, best man —Spencer Middleton Miss Janeiro Brazil, soloist— Zeto Bcbo » Flower .girls—Richard Frick Ronnie Castleberry Twins—Butch Wallen, Larry Wallin U hers—Carl Steele and Robert Friedman Bridesmaids—W. L. Fannin, C.B. Simmons, Ernest Riddle, Bill Riddle Minister—Donald Minister—uuuma Cheatham Pioceeds from the show and; bar will go to pay-the note due on the teacherage. ASC Explains 1955 Conservation Prcgr Three basic purpose of the Agri- cultural Conservation Program is to aid in achieving necessary conservation of our soil and wa- resources. The future pros- perity of this Nation necessitates protection and maintenance our land and water resources. ls urgent and it ^ pays. rM ° UrCK Prof ^ he can do the needed conservation job his farm without the aid of limited funds available un- ^ bp pt - 0 g ra i a js urged to do Each Dado County Farmer will be given an opportunity to re¬ the Federal Government to the costs, if needed, to aid im in carrying out eligible on his farm during the 1955 program year, which ends 31, 1955. The period for filing requests under the program is from JAN. 15, 1955 to MARCH 1, 1955. The form on which the request for must be made, if is desired, may be at the ASC county of- located in the courthouse Trenton, Georgia. Everyone is requested to study the conservation prac- for which ACP cost-sharing available in relation to the needs of his farm try to decide, in advance of visit to the county office, on one or two practices ACP is. most needed. In so we hope he will make irse cf any conservation plan NUMBER 1 driver of the 1949 maroon Ford was about 19 years old, with black hair and slender build. The other man, they said, was red-haired, heavy set and about | 25. They copied down the li¬ cense number on the California tag and Wednesday morning broadcast an alert after the j robberies had been reported, STATE POLITICAL DIGEST Jim Gillis, State Department .chief during the entire Ta 1 - madge administration, resigned his office Friday in the face cf a threat to reorganize the de¬ partment which would ou r t him anyway. Gov. Griffin had prem¬ ised to “get Gillis” fir'd thing off the bat. Appointed to Gillis’ post was W. A. Blhsingame, a Mrultrie Pharmacist. Other members o. j “he three - man board wi.l r n - main. Other Griffin appointees n- cluded: Ben T. Wiggins. Ticroe executive secretary; T. V. (Red> Williams, Decatur, revenue com¬ missioner; Lawton Shaw, Atlan¬ ta, (purchasing supervisor; R v F. Chalker, publisher of Waynes boro True Citizen, pa ks dire t- or; Scott Candler, Decat-r, Secretary o f Georgia Depart¬ ment of Commerce; Hugh Car¬ ney, Canton, chairman cf Par¬ don and Parole Board; Ja Forrester, Lee-burg, director of Depart ment of Correcti ns • Henry J. Ellis, State-boro di¬ rector of Alcohol Control Un.t Only appointment 1 i k e ly to to meet with opposition is that of Williams to the post of reve¬ nue commissioner. The new - paper in Williams’ farmer home town has charged he is unsu ‘ able for the position. Legislature Prepares ta act on on bills Most c o n t r o veisial bill to come up lor consideration sc -af * s th e Groover Hill w i would prohibit the publicat.cn of the names cf those accuse, sex and alcohol crimes un-.il formal indictment is made. 1 is strongly apposing t s bill. Administration forces are < ing low on the repeal r Ihe toll read "authority. Federal a conslructicn of toll high ways is in the offing. An anti-loan shark bill and measure to curb lobbying wer introduced this week. he has had developed f r h farm. A list of the pro tic~- the county program, along w“ rates of cost-shares for perfc ing them and other pertinent in¬ formation has been mailed to a” farm operators in the countv. The general provisions -ml practice specifications cont ine ’ in the 1955 Georgia ACP Hand¬ book are applicable to practices contained In tbe county hand book. Cost will be .shared only f:r practices or components of prac¬ tices for which cost-sharing is requested by the farm eper + cr before performance thereof 's started. The maximum payment to any person is $1500.00. Any person interested in a wheat, cotton, tobacco, or pea¬ nut crop on a farm on which such crop is knowingly har¬ vested in excess of the 1955 farm acreage allotment fer the crop will not be eligible to re¬ ceive any 1955 ACP cost-shar- Ing on any farm. The practices in Dade Coun- ty for which cost-share may be earned are: A-2, Permanent cover. A-3. Cover in rotation. A-4. Liming cropland. B-l. Improving permanent pasture or hay land. B-7. Dams for livestoc k water. C-l. Sod waterways. C-4. Terraces. C-9. Open drainage ditches. C-14, Irrigation dams. D-l. Winter cover crops D-2. Summer cover crops. D 4. Year-round cover. January 15, 1955.
