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About The Dade County times. (Trenton, Ga.) 1908-1965 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 18, 1955)
THE DADE COUNTY TIMES Entered at the Postoffice at Trenton, Ga., as secona class mail. RRS CATHERINE C. MORRISON ........ Owner and Publisher SUBSCRIPTION RATES —IN ADVANCE: One Year, $2 00, Six Months, $1.25; Three Months, 75 Cents Plus State 3% Sales Tax. Persons wrltliig for publication are requested to furnish then names, otherwise tne communication will not be published Name will be withheld on request, but all communications must be signed Memorials, Cards of Thanks and articles of like nature will be charged at 50c and up for one insertion, payable in advance Advertising rates will be furnished on application LOCALS AND PERSONALS County Agent L. C. Adams is on a week’s vacation. Miss Fannilu McWhorter is on vacation this week. Rev and Mrs. Ed Kelly visited the T m Tatums in LaFayette Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Tinker from Beckford, W. Va. are here visiting relatives. Mr. and Mrs. James E. Mor¬ rison and children have return¬ ed frcm a Florida vacation Mrs. Joe Blevins i s helping out in the post office while the Rau 1st:ns are away. County Agent and Mrs. L. C. Adams are vacationing this. v ’ efk- The Fellowship , Class of the .. Methodist Church enjoyed a 1 supper at the church Saturday evening. Mr. and Mrs. John Reeves and family of Veners, Texas were visiting friends and relatives in Dade County last week. . Miss Naomi Hubble has as her guests this week her parents, Mr and Mrs. Ralph Hubb.le from Walker County. Col. D. E. Morrison attended a meeting Tuesday of the Conservation Service in Ga. Mr and Mrs. Philip Keith were in Chattanooga Sunday visiting with her son, E. O. Keith, and his family. Mesdames Grace Nethery, Pearl Swanson and the H. F. Allisons drove to North Chat¬ tanooga Sunday for a visit with Mrs. ina Barksdale. Howard (Corky) Tinker, who has been residing with his cous¬ ins, Mesdames Mildred Broome and Lois Crisp, has gone to Chattanooga to visit his sisters. We are sorry to learn that Cicero Forester suffered a heart attack Saturday, Aug. 13 and remains ill in a Chattanooga hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Max Page are the parents of a new daughter, born August 11 in a Chattanoo¬ ga hospital. She has been named Patricia Ann and weighed a lit¬ tle over seven pounds. Mr. and Mrs. Billy Ray Haw¬ kins are the parents of a baby girl born at the Trenton Clinic July 23, net the Billy Ray Wat¬ kins as we mistakenly sprinted last week. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Smith made a recent trip to New Or¬ leans to take Mrs. Smith’s sis¬ ter, Mr Bill Dent, home Upon their return, they purchased a new Chevrclett. Miss Roselyn Dyer was the guest last week of Miss Peggy Renfroe in Atlanta. Peggy re¬ turned with her for a weekend j visit with her parents, the T S Renfroes. Mr. and Mrs. Tommy Sims left Saturday night on a trip to New York City. They plan to visit points o f interest before returning home the end of this week. Mr and Mrs. Don Grass left Saturday for a visit with Mrs. Gross’s sister, Mrs. A. W. Cole¬ man, and family i n Hapeville, Ga. They plan to go on to Jacksonville b e fore returning home. Mrs. Frank Morrison, with her daughter and her husband, Mr. and Mrs Duke Broome from Chickamauga, spent Sat¬ urday night in Clinton. Tenn., visiting her sister, Mrs. Quar¬ les, and family. About a month ago Mrs. J. T. Ryan sold out her interest in the Flamingo Grill to Mr. and Mrs. Ruell Brock. The Brccks sold the business this week to Mr. and Mrs. Reynolds of Sand Mountain. Mr. and Mrs. Aubrey Dyer and baby have returned from a trip to Massachusetts and Maine, where they visited Mrs. Dyer’s aunt, Mrs. R. P. Outerbridge, and her grand mother. Mrs. Charles B. Clarke. Mr. and Mrs Payne Hale and children, Patty and Jerry, were tiie Saturday guests of Mrs. An- OVWi - Tenn., they visited the H. F. Al- 1 Is:ns and Mrs. Martha dull Merrill Stewart and J. T. Childress have recently gradu¬ ated from Peabody College at Nashville with M. A. degrees. Miss Stewart received her mas¬ ter’s i n library science. Mr. Childress is a teacher a t the New Salem School. Miss Elizabeth Thrasher and Mrs Bob white accompani ed children from the Methodist s u n day Sch . col on gand Mountain to Rock city Monday. ATter a tour of the cayern , the grolIp enjoyed a . j Mrs. Lois Crisp and children were visiting i n Chattanooga and Kensington, Ga. over the weekend with relatives from Florida. Little Alice Lou Crisp returned to Florida with her aimt > Mrs - Lue Adams ; CrK ' p and KOns Wl11 jom her daughter in two weeks. Mrs. F. N. Belk entertained cf the St. Elmo Gar- en Cliib at her home Friday with a luncheon. Mrs. R E. gave a most interest- lng lecture on flower arrange¬ ment. illustrating her talk with arrangements. Mrs. Catherine Morrison will attend a meeting of the Geor¬ gia press public relations com¬ mittee in Atlanta Friday. She leave from there by plane for a visLt with her mother, Mrs. C. B. Clarke in Portland, Maine, and her sister, Mrs. R. P. Outer- bridge in Lexingtcn, Mass. Mrs. Martha Kykendall and Martha, who are vi- Mrs. W. L. Wilkerson from Dallas, Texas, were hon¬ ored at an informal party Fri¬ day evening by Mrs. Payne Hale at the Payne home in Ryall Springs. Other guests were Jufiy Pace, Patty Hale and Hale. Mrs. W. G. Morrison Sr. Sun¬ Mrs. day guests were her cousins, j Novella Knapp from Sac- ramemto, Calif, who is on her way to France to join her hus¬ band, Mr. Jim Haverson from Pittsburg, Tenn., Mrs. Rudder from Stevenson, and her niece, Mrs. James also from Stevenscn. They also visited other relatives and friends i n Dade County. Her Wednes day visitors were Mr. Benton Snodgrass and his sis- teer Mrs. John Hamilton from Chicamauga. livestock NOT CONSIDF.RED AS DOMESTIC ANIMALS Mules, horses, cows, sheep, goats, hogs and other livestock are not considered ’’’domestic animals” for purposes of ad va¬ lorem taxation. Attorney Gen¬ eral Eugene Ccok has held in a recent unofficial opinion. However, Mr. Cook further held, tractors, combines, thresh¬ ing machines and other farm equipment are considered ‘‘im¬ plements of trade in determin¬ ing the ad valorem tax. The questions arose in the interpretation of the Code Sec¬ tion which provides for a per¬ sonal property exemption of $300 in computing the ad va¬ lorem tax on “all personal clothing, household and kitchen furniture, personal property used and included within the home, domestic animals and tools, an implements of trade of manual laborer. I j THE HADE COUNTY TIMES, TRENTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY AUGUST 18, 1955 Tucker Appointed > Area Supervisor R, L. Vansant, State Director, Farmers’ Home Administration, Atlanta, announced this week the appointment of Talmadge Tucker, to the position of Area Supervisor, serving nine north¬ west Gccrgia Counties. Mr. Tucker has served Dade, Catoosa, Chattooga and Walker Counties as County Supervisor since 1946. In May, 1951, he was j awarded an FHA Superior Ser¬ vice Award in ceremonies con¬ ducted at Washington, D. C. One of eighteen in the United States tc receive the award, he was cited for outstanding ser¬ vice to farm families in rural Duties of the new position > j Farm appraisals as well as other technical duties in cennection ecnnection with with the the F. F. H. H. A. A. Loan Pregram. He will be suc¬ ceeded as County Supervisor by A. T. Benford of Wrightsville, Georgia. Mr. Tucker is married to the farmer Miss Bertha Brcwn. They make their home in La¬ Fayette, Ga. GEORGE TO BRING SENATE HEARINGS TO GA. NOV. 12 Senator Walter George has announced plans for a special Senate inquiry into Georgia! farm conditions as they relate to the farm price support issue. George said 'the Senate Agri¬ culture Committee has accepted his special invitation to a sub- cemmittee which is to visit farm states this fall. Senator Allen Ellender, .c f Louisiana, Chair¬ man of Senate Committee on Agriculture, informed George he has directed the state (be placed on the group’s itinerary. “ This question, of whether a high level of price supports are to be maintained b y the gov¬ ernment, is of vital importance to our farmers,” said Senator George. “I want them to have the opportunity of providing on-the-scene first-hand infor¬ mation to this committee which will draft legislation.” George said he has invited the committee to Georgia this fall, and that he expects to meet with it as host. Tentatively, he v has slated the group to hold a one-day hearing at Macon, on November 12. This date was open on a tight schedule. The Georgia Senator said he did not know how many of the Senate committee will be able to attend the Georgia hearing but that he is especially anxious to have the committee staff ex¬ perts visit Georgia. He said he wanted the group to understand more fully the conditions brought on by last year’s-ter- rible drought and the catastro¬ phic spring freeze. ‘■Georgia’s prosperity is de¬ pendent upon a healthy and stable agriculture,” Senator said. “We welcome this oppor¬ tunity to strengthen .our posi¬ tion for price supports.” DADE RETAIL SALES FOR 3 MONTH PERIOD Dade County's spring retail sales totaled $253,655 in Marcn, $255,158 in April, and $287,172 in May according to a three month report released by the Georgia State Chamber of Commerce.. The figures are based cn sales and use tax collections and are compiled and distributed through the cooperative efforts of the Revenue Department, the Labor Dept., and the State Chamber of Commerce. MISSION SERVICES Preaching Service sec¬ ond anid fourth Sundays at 2:30 P. M. Masonic Lodge. Trenton, Ga, I. O. O. F. TRENTON LODGE No. 38 Regular meeting each Tues¬ day night at 8:00 P. M W. C. Durham, N. G. Dennis V. Brandon, V. G. SHOP! SAVE! At CRISMAN HARDWARE CO. CHATTANOOGA PHONE PHONE 7-1114 7-1114 513 MARKET ST. CRISMAN’S ON BROAD ST. FREE PARKING NEXT DOOR NEW SALEM J. B. Elders of Scctt-dale, Ga. i s spending sometime visiting Mr. and Mrs. James Humphdey, Jr Mrs. Frank Humphrey la vi- siting her sister at Scottsdale, Georgia. . Phylis Daniels spent Monday night with little Judy Adkins so Tuesday morning Phylis, Ju- dy, Terry and little Tina went down to Grandmother Adkins and cleaned out the old smoke house in the back yard. Their they moved in and that is where they spent a happy cay. Grand- mether enjoyed it too. She tix- ed them a nicee picnic lunch which they served in the back yard. I think these are the good AC1K 05 ~ r a ' ' Mr5 - Arvine Bradford was vis- King Mrs. Buddie Adkins Sat- urday night. Hurry! Hurry! Hurry! % TO DYER MOTOR CO. FOR THE © August Clearance Sale * These Cars Are Going At ROCK BOTTOM PRICES 1953 DODGE, 4-door— $1395.00 REDUCED TO $1225.00 Light Green Finish, New Seat Covers, Radio, Heater, C * Overdrive. White Sidewall Tires. A Handsome One Owner Car. % » 1954 PLYMOUTH, Club Coupe — $1395.00 REDUCED TO $1225.00. Radio, Heater, Overdrive, White Sidewall Tires. A Clean One Owner Car. 1953 PLYMOUTH Suburban (Station Wagon) — $1295.00 RE- DUCED TO $1145.00. Two-Tone Green, Radio, Heater, Turn Signals. An Outstanding One Owner Car. 1947 CHEVROLET Club Coupe. — $145.00 REDUCED TO $99.50. A Good All Purpose Car With Much Mileage Left. 1948 PONTIAC — $295.00 REDUCED TO $199.50. Two-Tone Green, Good Tires. The Best Buy We Have. 1949 PLYMOUTH, 2-door Sedan — $425.00 REDUCED TO $275.00. Radio, Heater, Good Tires. A Giveaway at $275.00. 1940 CHEVROLET Coupe— $60.00 REDUCED TO $37.50. Take It Home For Practically Nothing. 1953 DODGE K Ton — $94 5.00 REDUCED TO $775.00. A One Owner Truck With 24,000 Actual Miles. 1953 DODGE y 2 Ton — $ 895.00 REDUCED TO $745.00. Radio, Heater. The Luxury And Comfort Of An Automobile. 1952 DODGE y 2 Ton Panel — $595.00 REDUCED TO $ 395.00 . Green Finish, Overhauled Motor. A One Owner Truck. A Real Steal At This Price. 1952 DODGE 2-Ton — $895.00 REDUCED TO $749.50 Green . Finish, Steel Bed. A Beautiful Buy For Long Distance Hauling, Logging, And Heavy Work. 1951 CHEVROLET iy 2 -Ton — $795.00 REDUCED TO $595.00 . Green Finish, 2 Speed Rear Axle, Extra Good Motor. A Sturdy Truck That Is Ready For Work. YOU CAN SAVE HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS BY BUYING OR TRADING DURING THE NEXT TEN DAYS. SELECT FROM THESE AND TWENTY-FIVE (25) OTHER 0 GOOD USED CARS AND TRUCKS DURING THE BIGGEST GIVE AWAY DAYS OF THE YEAR. EASY TERMS AND LIBERAL TRADE-IN VALUE ARE ALWAYS FOUND AT Dyer Motor Co. # DEALER FOR DODGE-PLY MOUTH er‘s nephew visited him Monday evening. Mrs. Jo Mocre ivsited Ada Tinker Monday. Regular meetings Trenton Lodge No. 179 F. & A. M. the second and fourth Saturday nights each month at 8:00 p. m All qualified Masons invited to attend Claude O. Ellison, W. M. James Mf Rogers, Secy. ROUTE 2 NEWS By Mrs. Fred Cooper Decoration will .,, , be Sunday, Aug. 28 at the Brown Gap Cem- et J£- ^ Mfs w D Pattcn have a new baby girl. She has been named Janet Darlene. and Ben CrowncV er ^ rom Chattanooga, visited Mr. and Mrs fctel Tinker and Mr and Mrs Fred Cooper Sunday, jQ£m Crownover is spending a weeR with her aunt> M rs. Vickie Cooper Jim and anme . T ou c k„„ic Com Florida have been visiting fiends and relatives here. Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Cooper or Texas spent a short visit with hoyno- ^ ls e , . otmHnu nisrhr °the Frank Lancaster visited v^.ted in m the com com m
