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About The Dade County times. (Trenton, Ga.) 1908-1965 | View Entire Issue (May 12, 1955)
Dade County's Only Newsp aper. VOLUME LV Dade Days By VIRGIL HARTLEY T ^ ok a trip Georgia, thn past and weekend I was j ( t outh the once again impressed by oreat variety of accents and manners of speaking that is possible to hear just wi.hin one state. of along The South, course, with Brooklyn, N. Y., has al- ways had the most said about the accents cf the people. Co¬ medians on the radio can al¬ get a laugh by talking the ways Southerners are sup¬ wa v that posed to talk; sweet-talking l qmthern Ze girls are supposed to to get anythink the, want just by mouthing a series f ug ary words. Since South¬ c . different¬ erners do speak a bi r , ly from most of the people in the United States, it is under¬ standable why this should be so. Actually, however, there is no such thing as a single Siithern accent. There is ns much dif¬ ference in the way that a per- s n from Dade County and a person from Bibb County pro¬ nounce the same word as there is between a Jersey and a Hol¬ stein. Take the word “door,” for instance. In Dade County, folks pronounce it with the “r' attached, just like it is written; in Macon, they make two syll¬ ables out of the word and say “do-ah”; on the hanks of the Savannah River in south Geor¬ gia they are likely to leave the last sound cff completely and say “doe”. Language experts say that a large part of the difference in accents can be traced to the lo¬ cality in Europe from which the first settlers in any region came. At the time when most of the English settlers were first coming t o America, ac¬ cents were so varied in differ¬ ent counties of England that it was almost impossible for a man from London to under¬ stand a man from Cumberland county. Many of the settlers in the North came frcm^English ci¬ ties, while many Southern set¬ tlers came from various parts of the English f a r m ing regions. Generally speaking, the settlers stuck together. One gro^ip sett¬ led in the mountains, another in the Piedmont, and another close to ‘he sea, the hometown folks usually staying i n the same region. Some words, i n addition to accents, are heard i n certain ra'ts of the country, and these may be traced to the same dif- fernces in settlement. For ex¬ ample, a word heard in Dade Coun y sometimes is “beasties” when talking of cattle. Actual¬ ly, this is a very o 1 d English word that has dropped out cf usage in most parts of the country, but which remains in the speech of some people. The word “reckon,” heard often in the South is in the same cate¬ gory. Language lines are beginning to disappear, however, with the way people move a 11 around the country and the ease of communication. In any large city in the South it’s possible to hear Ger¬ man. Italian, Spanish, Midwest¬ ern accents, Elglish accents, and all the rest being spoken along¬ side the soft speech of native Southerners. It’s too bad probably, but I don't thing it will be too long before folks all over the United ‘ Sta‘es will have the same ac¬ cent. Whicn that happens, a lot of color and rich speech will disappear. MONTHLY DENTAL CLINIC Miss Fannielu McWhorter, iblic Health nurse in Dade ‘unty, said that ‘his week the onthly dental clinic had been 'Id at the Public Health Cen¬ to cne day, <he said, 20 teeth d been pulled and seven had en filled. want to play SOFT BALL? Everyone interested in enter¬ ing team and is playing on a soft register ball requested to "'ith coach Freeman right away, ‘f is hoped to be able to start Playing in about three weeks. air do tm tn tilts Jackie Wilson of RisiUig Fa wn is shown as she receives the crown and flowers of the Farm Bureau Queen from R. C. Thomas, president of the Farm Bureau. Standing at riight is Mrs. Mary Townsend, mistress of ceremonies. The presenta¬ tion was made April 22. Miss Wilson was chosen out of a group of five contestants for the title. In a special ceremony next Tuesday, May 17, ground will be officially broken to begin the half-miilion-dollar school build¬ ing program in Dade County. The announcement was made today by Roy W. Moore, Dade County Superintendent of School*. Ceremonies will begin at 11 a. m. on Tuesday on the site of the new Dade County High School ip. Trpnton Present at the service will be the Superintendent of Schools, Clerk of Works of the School Building Authority, school chil¬ dren, teachers, and officials from the county. There will be no special invi.ations sent out, but everyone in the county is invited Vitea and ana urged urgeu to tu be uc present, picocm. The service will begin with a blessing __ of the 4- grounds and n v\/4 the t li c workman. A local pastor will ask a blessing for the schools so The Georgia Salk polio vac- cination program has been tem¬ porarily halted due ‘o a rec- commendation from a U. S. Public Health advisory commit¬ tee, it was announced this week by Dr. T. F. Sellers, State Health Director. The suggestion from the U. S. agency came after several children who had re¬ ceived the vaccine ‘hroughout the nation had contracted the disease. The recommendation was is¬ sued so thftt the Public Health Service would have time to check extensively all the avail- able vaccine. This service said that mar they mey will wm check both the — \ accine and the statistics of the tests made last summer to de- termine whether the . . vaccine • - SOIL STEWARDSHIP SUNDAY MAY 15 This Sunday marks Soil ardship Sunday, sponsored the National Association of Soil Conservation Districts. Sunday will be celebrated special services all over county. G. G Ligutti^n Ligutti *n retere reference c lo obligation to the God“n ., , . f .. P his Providence provided bountifully for needs cl men. so long as ral resources are developed in an orderly and manner, m for the benefit of ’ mankind. of AS the th ' Supreme y ° : ”1 creator ’ man and nature cons har monious whole, joi - to „ ° et . ald^witC!.? destroying eouillbrium essential for Devoted to the Best Interests of Dade County and Georgia. THE DADE COUNTY TIMES, TRENTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY MAY 12, 1955 that the work will proceed safely and speedily and the cause of education will be serv¬ ed. Superintendent Moore will make a short talk in comme¬ moration of the beginning of the school building program. Mr. Lotos, Clerk of Works, will make his office here in Trenton during the entire time of the construction sio that he may supervise the work. Funds for the buildings were recently provided by the State School Building Authority. A survey — had ----- been - * previously - made to determine the needs of Dade County, and the funds were given partially cn the ba- sis of that survey. The contract jajx for the uic construction wiwu uuiiuu was awacd- ed to the Cherokee Construe- jtion j Hnn Work of r\ f PldVolouH Cleveland, on the entire Tenn. 1 1 ' PUD program begin simultaneously. ‘ was U -J effective. Speaking for the State Health Department polio committee, Dr. Sellers said that “even though 4.U«,ia'V» it.o we Untm have given rri'iror-* f the VlO vac- cine to 170,000 first and second graders with no harmful re- suits, we shall follow the rec- o m in e n d a tion of the Public Health Service.” Dr. Sellers also said that a delay in giving the second shot of the series should not nullify the efffectiviness of the first. The first shot is merely to set up the action of the body in combating pelio varus. He says that the delay only mean that a child who had received the would have to wait longer for the full benefit of il. the - protection a4 A All MM 1 it 4- nf offers. f rtt'f ,val. The land is God’s greatest material gift to mankind. It is a fundamental source o,f food, fiber and fuel. The right to use SU ch elemental source of life 'and development is essential damental Unman right is not to ^ cr rendered ine£f€ct - | Jve ive by by any any legal legal ordinances, ordinances, ap- ap- ' pajert previous righ's or obli- Rations. ( Land is a very special kind of property. Ownership of land does net give an absolute right to use or abuse, nor Is it devord of social responsibilities... At i time, the land steward has a duty to enrich the soli he , U i s an d to hand it down to fu- ture generations as a thank of- f er j ng to God, the Giver, and a’loving inheritance to his children's children. Roads With In a discussion last week with the State Highway Board and the Rural Roa 1 Authority D’ade County „ Ordinary Raymond M. Morrison, State Senator John H, Wilkins and State Repre- . sentative W.odrow W. Grcss, made plans which will affect the Dade County road program. ■ Jchn Quillian, member of the State Highway Board, agreed to an exchange in responsibility ! for roads. maintain The roads ing two affected Dade j two are what is known as the Old Scenic Highway and the read j known as the Long Island Road.; Sections of both the roads will be exchanged so that those parts of the roads which are presently maintained by the county will come under the State Aid system, and the coun- ty will take over the mainten- Doctor Hutchison Takes Over Dr. N. H. Hui.chison, presi¬ dent of the corporation which owns the Trenton Hospital and Clinic, announced this week that a provisional license is ex¬ pected for the clinic and hos¬ pital. Obtaining the license would mean that the hospital would be officially recognized by the Georgia Hospital Serv¬ ices, the group that is in charge of licensing and accrediting hospitals in Georgia. Revealed this week was the fact that Dr. Hutchison had bought he practice and inter¬ est in the corporation of Dr. Kenneth Cooke, former dioctor at the clinic. This purchase also includes the house that form¬ erly belonged to Dr. Cooke and which is just behind the clinic. Dr. Cooke left Dade County Davis Senior Finish i Mr. -— *'*•’*'* David Chumley, principal — of Davis School announced this week the coming activities of :he senior class at the school. Graduation exercises for the 13 seniors will wm be ue UII on iviay May 30 ou at av 8:00 p. m. in the school library, jOn I Aw 4 the L n same m night, 1 /vVi 4 the 4L n seniors nAMinr'p j will have their class night at (which time the class prophesy and history will be read. Ad¬ dresses will be given at the exerciL'es by the valedictorian and the salutatorian. Valedic- torian uUi idll is lo Betty DCHj X1 Hardeman, d 1 U v 111 <X daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Hardeman, and salutatorian is j 0 yce Ellis, daughter of Mr. and Mrs m N •*■*■ c a. Ellis, t-hii Joyce Ellis ___111 will . a j s3 receive the Activities Awards medad on his night, Lyndall Daniel, sen of Mr. and M rs Logan Daniel will re- ceive the Sportsmanship Award. previous to the graduation exercises, the senior will hear t be Baccalaureate Sermon on Sunday, May 29, in the school library, <p be junior-senior banquet will be held at the school on Saturday, May 14. | Tentative plans call for a \f- sit t0 Atlanta for the senior .class on June 1. Also . . on the tentative sched¬ ule is a school picnic to be held probably at Warner Park. The suggested dates of the picnic for the grades 1-6 is May 23, and May 24 for the grades 7-12. JUDGE HERE MONDAY Judge John W. Davis, judge of the Lookout Mountain Circuit of Georgia Superior Court, will be at the courthouse in Tren¬ ton on May 16, 1955 to hear guilty pleas, draw a jury list land attend to any other busi- ness ness that that may may come come before before him. him. MEN IN THE SERVICE Camp Gordon, Ga. — Army Pvt. Franklin Baker, son of Mr. and Mis. Carl G. Baker, Route 3, Rising Fawn, Ga., is attend¬ ing school at the Military Po¬ lice Training Center at Camp Gordon, Ga. Privale Baker, who completed basic training at Fort Jackson, S. C., is being taught unarmed defense, .............." traffic control and nrt other law enforcement duties. ance of that now kept up by the state - Moving f;om stae mainten- ance to county J maintenance wiU be the rQ e x t e n d ing south from Highway 143 around the west brow cf Lookout Mountain to the crossroads at the top of Newsom Gap. This load is presently under the State Aid system, but has not been maintained b y the state for a number cf years, The county is to be relieved of keeping up the Long Island Road which commences at the intersection of Highway 143 on the ride of Sand Mountain and follows a course through Wnite Oak Gap, past Davis School and continues to the Georgia - Ala¬ bama state line, joining with the road known as Bryant Road. Alabama, according to reports, is contemplating join- several weeks agio when he en- tered the U. S. Air Force. Dr. „ Hutchison , . , will take a over the management of the clinic and medical practice in Dade Coun- ty. Dr. Hutchison also announced that work is moving ahead in putting more complete con struc.ion on the hospital. He said that new screens would shortly be installed in the building in the next few weeks. The hospital is also shortly to get a new heating plant. At present, the building is heated by gas heaters, and a new sys¬ tem was needed to provide pro¬ per heating. An emergency power, neces¬ sary in case of any power fail- ure at the hcspital will also be installed. This system will be Two A building boom of rather large proportions is presently going on in Trenton. Of seemingly great interest to iu all an those muse who wnu watched waiuitu the foundation excavation work is t the n construction going iroi«fr on on n next ovt to the store of John L. Case on the courthouse square. This is the site of a building that Col. Douglas Morrison is erecting to the new Bank of Tren- ton. In addition to the bank, it XL lo is '^1 proposed UpUoCU that U11CUU the tilt: building uuuumg -will be the new quarters of The County Times. Provisions are being made for a third of- fice /> • in • the \ building. ___4 Present plans call for a two-story building with several apart¬ ments to be provided on the top floor. In the rear of the build¬ ing will be a leading dock for State Park Draws Large Crowds Cloudland Canyon State Park Superintendent J. M. Craw¬ ford has announced that ap¬ parently the S ate Park is gain¬ ing in popularity and more and more people from all over the state and the South, for every week see a great number of vi¬ sitors who come to enjoy the facilities of picnicking and scenery that the park offers. The park is located on the top ■cf Lookout Mountain and in- eludes most of what is known locally as Sitton’s Gulch. There are approximately 1300 acres in the area.. Mr. Crawford says that peo- pie come from all sections of the country to the park, and tha. as the summer months ap¬ proach, the number is steadily increasing. He says that each jweek, there are around 600 or 700 people who come. The park offers places for camping and recreation in ad¬ dition to the picnic areas. Mr. Crawford is available at all times to help visitors. The park is approached by roads, both turning off High- ____ _ _____ ______ ^ _ way No. 143 in the vicinity of New Salem. Published Weekly—Since 1901 Cooking School Miss Olive Massey, pictured above, home specialist of the Georgia Power Company, will conduct a cooking school in Rising Fawn, next Tuesday, May 17, it was announced this week by Mrs. A. L. Dyer, presi¬ dent of the Home Demonstra¬ tion Council. The HD Council is sponsoring the school in this area. Classes will be held in the school auditorium in Rising Fawn. Class time is 7:30 p. m. Mrs. Dyer said there will be an admission charge of 50c for adul.s and 25c for school-age children. Students in the school will be eligible for door prizes which will be all the food cock¬ ed at the classes. Miss Massey, a native of Chester, Georgia, is a graduate of Georgia State College for Women in Milledgeville. She majored in home economics and received her Bachelor: of Science in that field. She join¬ ed the Georgia Power Company after her graduation and serv¬ ed as home economist in Du¬ blin and Jonesboro. She has re¬ cently been named home equip¬ ment specialist and has her [headquarters in Atlanta. She is also secretary of Home Economics in the business sec¬ tion of the Georgia Home Eco¬ nomics Association, and a mem¬ ber of the Residence Lighting Forum of the Illuminating En¬ gineering Society. Mrs. Dyer urges that all members of Home Demons ra¬ tion Clubs in the county co¬ operate in selling tickets for the school. She reminds that in ad¬ dition to the door prizes, local merchants and HD clubs will award prizes. Thursday Boxing Boxing comes to Trenton each Thursday night according to reports by Dan Hall, promo er and manager of the events. The boxing matches are held in the old Dade Theater building, where has ben set up a ring and spectators’ seats. Mr. Hall says that the events have been in prcgiess for se¬ veral weeks, and that now in¬ terest is building up so that contestants are becoming more readily available. The matches are conducted as closely as possible under rules set down bjT the National AAU. Matches consist of three rounds with three-minute rest periods. There is a referee fer all the matches, Johnnie Beas¬ ley, who was at one time a pro¬ fessional bexer. I Mr. Hall asks that any per¬ sons who desire to compete in the boxing matches should con¬ tact him or Johnnie Beasley. I Several local boys have done 'well so far. Freddy Byers, Jim- :mie Byers, and “Hornet” Steele (are iWoolbright all undefeated, has only and been Jimmie de¬ feated once. I All equipment is provided free '•of charge. ; Matches begin on Thursday at about 8:00 p. m. There is an admission charge of 50c. FOUR-NOTE SINGING There will be a Sacred Harp Singing at the New England Baptist Church Sunday, May 15. Everyone is welcome. A bas¬ ket dinner will be served on the grounds at noon. The singers will sing in the old four-not manner. This four- note singing is an art that is dying out in the country, and it should be much enjoyed by all those who hear it. ing this road with a paved road. 1 Ordinary Morrison said that tbis exchange will become ef- > f ectlve .. ... th future , r ' m « near ‘ The Ordinary, Senator and Representative also met with Vernon Smith, representative of the Rural Roads Authority, and submitted necessary informa¬ tion an d plans so that Dade County could qualify under the Rural Roads Authority program. Under this program, all coun¬ ties are required to furnish an 80-fcot right of-way, clear the right-of-way of .all brush, trees, fences, poles, buildings, etc., and to furnish all borrow pits. The Authority will check the roads for traffic, expenses of building and other information, and will make the filial decision as to which roads are most needed and benificial to most people. automatic, and will provide en¬ ough P° wer for lights and other equipment until regular elec- tnca| servlce can „ e restoredi t Dr. Hu chison says that, in j Lis improving. opinion, service is his at the wish, clinic is It he 1 says, to provide services and equipment ro that people in Dade County can receive the .same sort of care in Trenton as I they could receive in the larger hospitals in Chattanooga and other nearby places. He says ‘hat he will do obstetrics, mi¬ nor surgery and emergency treatment in addition bo rou¬ tine treatments. A registered nurse is on duty at the clinic during the day, a nurse’s aide during the night so that the hospital is presently \ opera' ing on a 24-hour sched- ule. j the newspaper. Construction is to begin in the very near fu- ture. On the lot behind the drug store, on the site of the old Wheeler house which burned not long ago, Attorney Maddox Hale is expecting to build a structure that will heuse his law office. Clearing of the land began last week. In addition to these buildings, several s reets were opened up in the city and ditches were cleared of accumulated silt. As was voted at the City Council meeting last weekf Case Avenue is to opened from First Street to Third Street and Third Street from Lula Avenue ‘o the Highway. Work will also start soon on schools throughout the county. Decoration Services Decoration Day services will also be held Sunday, May 22, at Shanty Town Church on Sand Mountain. This is an all day service. Dinner will be served on the grounds. Decoration Day services will be held at the Byrd’s Chapel Church on Sunday, May 15, in the morning and afternoon. The times of the services will be 11:00 a. m. and 2:00 p. m. Everyone is invited. Dinner will be served on the grounds, 1 on Sunday afternoon, May 1 22, 1955, at 4:30 p. m., Memorial Day services will be held at the 'Baptist Cemetery in Trenton. It is planned to decorate all the graves. Those w'ho have more (flowers {personal than needs, required asked for their to are bring them so that no grave will be neglected o n this day. Everyone is invited. CHICKEN SUPPER There will be a chicken stew supper at the New England community house Saturday, May 14 at 6:30 p. m. On the menu will be chicken, coffee and tea. You may eat as much (as you wish. Tickets are $1.00 for adults and 50c for children. Proceeds will be for singing school at the Baptist Church. i M s. Joe Blevins. NUMBER 17 >1
