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About The Dade County times. (Trenton, Ga.) 1908-1965 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 18, 1955)
Improvement Column Mr. and Mrs. Freeman Fores¬ ter have moved into their new home on the scenic highway, north o f Reece’s Service Sta¬ tion. New residents of the com¬ munity are Mr. and Mrs. B. H. Rice, from Chattanooga, who have had a lovely new house built in a grove of trees near the old ball diamond. They moved the first of July, and the house was completed this week. Five rooms and bath make up the floor plan, including a large living room and half basement. The living room walls are ply¬ wood, but the bedroom walls have been built c f wall-board and ceiled with celotex. The Olin Kings are adding three rooms and a bath to their home, and the Leon Moores have had a new bathroom in¬ stalled. Thomas Fulghum is having three houses built t o rent behind the Joe Fulghum place. Council Members, Families Gather For Chicken, Cake There was fried chicken, meat loaf, salads and cakes galore cn the picnic table at the county’s Home Demonstration Council Picnic Monday night, and there were just short of a hundred persons present to eat all the delicious food that was pre¬ pared for the event. Three clubs were represented —the Avans, Trenton and Ris- j n g Fawn clubs made u p the gathering which was held at the Rising Fawn Community Mrs m. R. Wilson, presi- dent of the Rising Fawn club, was in charge of arrangements. Miss Naomi Hubble, home demonstration agent, brought her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Hubble who live on Dry valley Road in Walker c-cunty. W hile the older members of the picnic group visited with each other, the children were enter- tained on the swings which are U p j n p^j-k. j n s p j t e of a cool breeze which made coffee a welcome treat, every one was in good spidts and th , crough]y enjoyed Council’s first picnic. j^ ade county farm families ___ The Mickey Cochrans are having redwood put cn the front otf their new home in South Trenton. Their neighbors across the highway, Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Wisner, have begun construction of a block house. They are living at present in a trailer and have grown some lovely cannas on either side of the drive. A short distance down the highway, Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Hawkins are building a ranch- style home. The foundation has been laid and they have had the framework put up. Trenton Cemetery Beautified A committee from the Look¬ out Baptist Association has had the cemetery at Trenton cleaned off and the grounds are look¬ ing very neat and lovely. The committee purchased a flame¬ thrower and a new mower which helped to make the working a thorough one. The work was financed through donations, Raymond Street Home Mr. and Mrs, Raymond Street, who have been residing in Dade County since coming here in 1951, when Raymond assumed management of the Dade Coun¬ ty Co-op, and who have been building a new house on Mis¬ sionary Ridge, plan to move this week t o their new home which is located on South Crest Road. Illness o f Mrs. Street caused post ponement of an earlier contemplated move, but she is a little improved. Framing for their new house was cut from their farm in Sly- go Valley. The house was built with white shakeline siding and black knight rocf. Inside has j been done in the latest sand finish, the living room ^ dawn gray, bedrooms pink dog¬ wood and French green, the dining area and kitchen jvory. The kitchen is on the front and joining it is a utility room which will house deep freeze, washing equipment, etc., side entrance into kitchen being through the utility room. When yard -work, which they are doing themselves, is com- pleted, the house, on a large lot, will be partially encircled by an old-fashioned rail fence, built with rails also .from the fa™- These were split by Raymond s father, the late ompson . Street, and many of them are still well-preserved. The setting will be enhanced by the ( utilization of a wooden brdge, across a small stream running in front of the house. In the back will be a generous paved terrace for play, outdoor dining space, barbeque pit, hobby shop, relaxing area, herb and vegeta¬ ble plots, night lighting for af- ( ter dark enjoyment, with com¬ plete enclosure for privacy. Be- yend this will be lawn and or¬ chard. Weekend House Miss Geraldine Pace is having another rental house built in northwest Trenton. It is located between the Freeman and Mit¬ chell homes. Getters Mr. and Mrs. Ralph of St. Elmo have built a con¬ venient little vacation house on their farm, which is part of the old Frank Morrison place. The house is just right for week¬ ending in the country after a busy wetk in the city. Mr. Get¬ ters is a contractor and recent¬ ly purchased the farm. He has had a lake built m front of the house which lie plans to stock with fish. Dur¬ ing the summer, the lake will be very pleasant for canoeing or fishing. has ' A. P. (Steve) Stephens been getting quite a bit of ex¬ ercise this summer gardening j and keeping the grounds about | his home clean. The Stephens j grew so many vegetables that they canned some o f them to | cut winter food bills. New Salem Homes Quite a lot of building and remodeling is going on at New Saiem. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Mc- Kaig moved laat week into their new home on the Trenton- La- Fayette highway. The front is veneered with stone, which is very attractive. The Bunk Foresters have also used the rock veneer treatment on the front of their heme, which is a short distance from the McKaigs on the highway. They moved in before the house was finished, working on it in their spare time, and have now only a little trim work to do. LET US do YOUR PRINTING THE DADE COUNTY TIMES THE DADE COUNTY TIMES, TRENTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY AUGUST 18, 1955 First for Ga. Farm Families school will be conducted each morning at 10. After lunch, movies will be shown for children and a style revue presented with Putman county Home Demonstration and 4-H Club members as mod¬ els. Three outstanding Georg¬ ians have accepted invitations to speak. They are Commis¬ sioner o f Agriculture J. Phil Campbell, who will speak on are urged to make plans to tend the Farm Festival at the j 4-H Club Center at Rock Eagle i State Park August 22 through August 26, a big event in Geor¬ gia farm life. This is the first time such a meeting has been planned, and many interesting and worth-while exhibits are being set up. There are three phases of the festival, according to L. W. Eberhardt, Jr. assistant direct¬ or cf the Agricultural Extension Service College of Agriculture. One phase, he explained, is to see the new $2,500,000 Center itself, another is exhibits to be seen inside -the buildings show¬ ing the use and care of the very latest in farm and home equip¬ ment, and the third is to enjoy an interesting daily pregram, wth something special planned for every age greup. ‘ Any one of the three phases would be reason enough for a rural family to plan to attend all or part of the farm festival,” Eberhardt said. “The center of attraction, so flar as exhibits are concerned, will be the Charles A. Collier Farm Electrification Building, ’ he stated. Interesting Electrical Exhibits Eberhardt said the T-shaped structure, 92 feet wide and 80 feet deep, will house exhibits placed there through the co¬ operation of ore than 50 elec¬ trical appliance manufacturers, distributors and dealers. The building has three main dem¬ onstration and assembly rooms. These will be devoted to dis¬ playing the uses o f electricty on the farm inside and outside the home—such as automatic water systems, pipeline milking systems, automatic poultry feed ers, feed mills, plant hotbeds, grain conveyers, and the like. It will include a complete farm shop. A second area will have electrical kitchen aplliances, in¬ cluding ranges, refrigerators, water heaters dishwashers, freezers, and small appliances. The third will have laundry equipment, television and radio *ets, and small appliances. The daily schedule as planned for the festival will start at 5 in the morning with fishing fc” Izzack Walton fans. 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Reservations may by made by writing to Cecil Johnson, res i 6 ent director, State 4-H Club Center, Eatontcn, Georgia. AMERICAN LEGION POST '.W First Friday every month 7:30 P. M. Legion Hall. Herman V. Moore, Comm. E. L. Raulston, Adj.
