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Dade
VOLUME LV
DALLY IN' IN DADE
[Mrs. l£rsaline Carroll Feels
Jury Service A Civic
Dade High’s beloved Miss
Ersaline” made history this
week when she became the first
woman in the county to qualify
for jury duty. She also has the
honor of being the first woman
•-hoolfeacher, and perhaps the
only teacher to be called to
s:rve.
Mrs. Carroll has just begun
her thirtieth year of teaching
and had quite a bit of work
lined up as first grade teacher
since school was two weeks late
in starting, but she was public-
spirited enouth to be willing to
p-y a relief teacher out of her
( \n pocket so she could per-
;rm her civic duty.
‘ I do feel it is is my duty as
a citizen of Dade County,” she
rid following the two-day ses-
• nn in the courtroom, “to serve
en the jury, and although I did
ret have the opportunity to sit
on a ca e, I enjoyed every min¬
ute of it.“
Cnee Brought Classes to Court
Mrs. Carroll has taught so¬
cial studies at T r e n ton and
more than once brought her
classes to court to observe the
workings of the law. Even
though her name was drawn by
chance, a more civic-minded
ne son could not have been
chosen to be Dade County’s first
woman juror.
The first woman to be drawn
^en Judge Davis was here re¬
cently to draw the juries was
Mrs. Mae Castleberry, o f the
Avans community, but she
asked to be relieved of jury
duty. Mrs. Carroll’s name
was the second woman's to
come out of the box. Next were
Mrs. Ogreeta Pace and Mrs.
Bennie Lacy, both of Trenton,
who are to report Monday for
the second week of court. Both
of these ladies — outstanding
citizens in their own rights, in¬
tend to be present.
Great Interest in Government
From Mrs. Carroll’s interest
in government, we must assume
that her favorite subject is
civics, and since she has spent
all but ten years of her teach¬
ing career with first graders, we
will also say that she is well-
versed in the matter of law
end order.
When her subpoena came, Mr.s
C Troll said she was very im-
pres ed to be one of the first
women to have -;the opportunity
of serving on a jury.
She experienced quite a bit of
teaming,- mostly from the family,
but the jests carried a tinge of
re pent, for they knew that she
believed and had always taught
her students that everyone had
certain obligations to fulfill as
a citizen. and that they would
be shirking their duties if they
failed to recognize them.
Fellow Jurors Very Polite
When c ourt day rolled
around, she was just another
member L of the J iurv J except
when the judge and one of the
is Time In Dade
When en the the moutainsides moutainsides begin begin
to be dotted with the red of
the blackgum and poplar, and
ers start getting their syrup
buckets ready—for it’s sorghum
making time.
Just the mention of freshly-
made sorghum can set mouths
to watering and the thoughts of
a heaping platter of hot, butter¬
milk biscuits or cornbread with
a mound of golden sweet butter
to accompany iaV/Ou; i UAij this truo delicacy usu-
ally send the average person to
the nearest grocery store.
Whep he-carries the shiny tin
bucket of the amber liquid
home, it almost always occupies
the plftpe : of honor in the cen-
ter of the supper table. Many
persons balieve mat transfer-
ing the syrup to a glass
Vt
fill.
Devoted to the Best Interests of Dade and
THE DADE COUNTY TIMES, TRENTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 22, 1955
By Myrna McMahan
lawyers acknowledged her
sence as the first “lady juror.
She said that everyone was
nice and polite that she
very much at ease. Only
her picture was taken by a l 0 -
-al photographer was she sin-
gled out as being different
from the other jurors
Mrs. Carroll is a native Dade
Countian, having been reared at
New England as the
of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Blevins.
When she graduated from Dade
High School, she immediately
went into teaching at New Eng-
land, where she spent a yea^ -
Then she taught at Union,
coming to Dade High in 1924,
where she has been ever since.
She was married to Frank
Carroll of Wildwood in 1935.
After his death due to a heart
condition in 1951, she went to
live with her sister, Mrs. Har-
dee Price, and Mr. Price.
Received B. S. Degree in 1954
Her college years are strung
out over a period of years be-
ginning just following her first
try at teaching. She attended
summer school at the Univer-
sity of Georgia and took cor-
respondence courses, also going
to school at the University of
Chattanooga, until she received
her degree in education from
the Georgia school last summer.
During the entire thirty year
period, the only class she has
not taught is the sixth grade.
A natural-born teacher, a great
many of her former students,
including this writer, never
knew her as anyone but “Miss
Ersaline’’ until they were
grown. She has been loved by
children and parents and has
returned the compliment by
showing a deep interest in
every child she has taught.
Some day, she hopes to be
able to travel, and to see first
hand what she has taught for
years from geography books
For the time being, : he states,
she will continue teaching. More
power to her!
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DADE WILDCATS TO
MEET STRONG CLUB
FRI. ON HOME FIELD
Dade High’s football team
will meet Georgia School for the
Deaf this Friday night at 8:00
p. m. on the Dave L. Brown
Field in Trenton. This one
the last home game until Oct.
7, when Buchanan comes over,
Come out and support your
home team; the Wildcats are
developing into a outstanding
ball club so you’re sure to get
your money’s worth.
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DAVIS YELLOWJACKETS
TO J PLAY riirti. WHITFIELD
Saturday, September 24,
vis’ hard-playing football team
will go to Dalton to meet North
Whitfield.
September 30 will find them
in Sequatchie County for an-
other game. Davis’ next home
will .... be October „ 1 * 14. A
game
Of Of course, course, the the best best syrup syrup of oi
all is the ........ kind still warm ...... from —
the flat pans it Is boiled in:
sorghum-making t i me is
piece of cane dipped in the
pans and twirled to wrap the
long syrup threads around it.
Syrup-making once festive
occasion
At least half a dozen children
may be found around a sorghum
mill.. In the old,days, syrup¬
making w T as a festive occasion,
,
with friends fiom mile.p aroun
coming just before dark to
watch the final cooking. The
young folks had a hilarious time
playing hide-and-go-seek and
square dancing, provided one oi
their men ~ number owned a fiddle
The women hakine
enough biscuits crowd
Z ^"breakfast
the next day.
Dade Wildcats Claw
Davis High 25-6
by Spencer Jenkins
Halfback Carl Steele
T ' D ” and End Derre11
Hughes "”~ 1 u '..... scampered 70 yards
a pa?B interce Ption to lead the
Dade High Wildcats to a 25-6
victory over Davis High in a
county contest last Friday night
j at Biwn FieId -
The Yellowjackets’ Halfback,
Sherman Avails, was the lead-
' in S ground gainer for the visi-
^ ors as scored the only T. D.
for them a n d gained most of
yardage.
! Tde Wildcat line seemed keyed
, U P on stopping Davis when they
would start to move downfield
Donald Vaughn broke through
time and again to set* the Yel-
lowjackets back for
Vaughn also scored the other
T D - for Dade. All the linemen
for Dade played a good defen-
slve game as shown by the
lowjackets’ gaining only 7 net
yards in the first half while the
Wildcats gained 58 net yards.
The defensive standout for
vis was lineman Dearman.
The Wildcats made 7 first
downs to Davis’ 4. Dade was
penalized a number of times in
the game.
Dade’s record now 1s 2 wins, 1
j loss, while Davii’ record is 0
wins, 2 losses, 1 tie.
Dade 12 0 0 13—25
Davis 0 0 6 0— 6
Dade scoring —Carl Steele
(22 yard run and 18 yard run).
Donald Vaughn (8 yard rum.
j Derrell Hughes (70 yard pass in-
terception).
j Davis scoring — Sherman
Avans (1 ft. line),
Art Moore New
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IjJA LOIlMImBCIIldn
I Art E. Moore, RFD No. 2, Ris-
j pointed ing Fawn, to Georgia, for has three been ap-
! serve years
as County FHA Committeeman
for Dade County’’, announces
M.\ Alonzo T. Benford, local
j County Supervisor ,for Farmers
(Home Administration. Mr.
| Moore replaces Mr. H. Grady*
Hawkins, whose term expired on
June 30, 1955. Others serving
on the Dade County Committee
are: J. Pyron Lambert, RFD No.
1, Rising Fawn; and Walter L.
Simpson, RFD No. 1, Wildwood,
The Farmers, Home Adminis-
relies heavily upon the
of the County Cam-
It is their responsibil-
ity to pass on the eligibility of
applicants for all types of
loans. They also determine the
fair and reasonable value of all
farms purchased, enlarged or
developed, on the soil and water
conservation loans, they deter-
mine *** the normal market value
the farm is taken as se-
curity for a loan of this type.
: Usually, committeemen are in
’.position to give some
’ tion to persons or organizations
seeking information on
are the type available
1.1. the * n F. TT H. A. A program. w»
Sorghum cane in Dade Coun-
♦" ty began to ripen ” i " on about QKn,,t three thr ‘ , °
weeks ago Sc>me c>f the local
syrup are C. J. Ivey, K. D.
B.own, J. C. McElroy, J. L.
Ray, Alvin Hicks, afid P. H.
Weldon.
The yen for some good
sorghum became so strong this
week that we paid a visit to the
nearest mill and thoroughly
enjoyed an hour watching Mr.
and Mrs. Woodrow Philips and
Jes e Page at work.
Sorghum Mill on K. D. Brown
Farm
They were boiling down sy¬
rup on the old Raines place on
Sand Mountain, overlooking
the valley. The farm is owned
1 by K D Brown of New Eng
lend, who had about five acres
of { . £ ne planted in anticipation
for sorg-
^ drovc^ afon, .hexane
Court For Two-Week Session
The September term of
County Court convened
day, with Judge John W.
presiding. The first day
court found the court
square so swamped with cars
was difficult to find
space.
The court house was even
more crowded, with state pa-
| trolmen giving driver’s tests
add to the activity that always
1 1 makes court week of the
one
highlights of the year.
Monday morning was taken
j up with empanelling of the
Grand Jury and Judge Davis'
customary charge to the juries,
j The drawn traverse and civil jury panels started were in
cases
the afternoon,
Marvin Williams was selected
as bailiff for the traverse jury,
i After the twenty-three grand
j jurors who qualified reported to
the school superintendent’s of-
dice,, Allison Blevins was
1 to officiate as foreman, and
Quentin Avakian was elected
J. A. Jenkins resumed
his duties as bailiff.
Of the fifty jurors reporting
for the first week of court, three
October 4
ASO Community committee
elections will be held October 4,
1955, it was announced this
week by C. L. Ivey, Chairman
of the Dade County Agricultu-
ral Stabilization and Conserva-
tion Committee.
Community ASC Committee-
men will be elected by means of
secret ballots from s’ates of
candidates selected by the no-
minating committee. However,
Mr. Ivey pointed out that farm-
ers will vote .for five persons and
one other than those listed on
the billots may do so by writing
in the name of the desired per¬
son. Mr. Ivey said that farm¬
ers will bot for five persons and
the one receiving the highest
number of votes will become
chairman of the ASC Commit¬
tee in that community and also
will be delegate to the county
convention to elect a county
ASC committee. The person re¬
ceiving the second highest num
ber of votes will become vice-
chairman of the committee and
alternate delegate to the coun¬
ty convention.
Mr. Ivey pointed out that
recent changes in ASC regula¬
tions state that no person who
has served all or part of the
three immediately preceding
terms as community committee¬
man is eligible for re-election
this year.
The revised regulations also
prohibit anyone from serving
on the community committee
who is (1) holding or has held
during the calendar year any
federal, state, or major county
office filled by election; (2) is,
Ing has the been, current a candidate calendar .dur- year! j
any federal, state, or major
OAlirif tf rtf.flOO office f filled 1 1 1 iVv by T r nlrt/lf election, inn
j This hose ran underground
to the ifurnace, carrying the
white juice to a second barrel
where it was kept before being
poured into seven shallow pans.
About 80 '/>. of the juice is
boiled awey beoie it becomes
syrup. It is cooked a little over
an hour before it is ready to be
strained through a white cloth
into a third barrel. Page esti¬
mates that he has helped cook
about four batches a day since
they began making syrup.
Takes lot of stirring and
skimming
He and Mrs. Phillips had to
maintain constant watch over
the bubbling liquid, stirring and
skimming off the yellqwish-
green scum that formed on the
top with long^handled “skim¬
mers”, or metal scoops dotted
with small holes.
We wondered what happened
;to the piles of pressed cane;
houses, we passed between the
furnace and the mill, which
was surrounded by stalks of
cane.
The furnace had been built
of bricks and resembled a long
barbecue pit, with the chimney
fashioned from two oil drums.
To protect the “cooks” from
the intense heat, a partial wall
of brick had been built around
the chimney. Even so, it was
very hot, since a roaring fire
had to be kep^ going ell the
time.
Powered by Mules
The sorghum mill a short dis¬
tance away was powered by two
mules hitched to a 6 x 6 ap¬
proximately twenty feet long.
Each turn around the circle by
the mules set the mill in mo¬
tion, .pressing juice from cane
which was fed into it by a
young boy.
The juice ran down into a
barrel o*™ to ^ which was connected
Published Weekly—Since 1901
NUMBER 36
panels were drawn. Mrs. Ersa-
line Carroll, Dade High teacher,
was 'the first and only woman
to qualify as a member of these
panels. Two other women
scheduled to report for next
week’s court, at which time
criminal cases will be heard.
Mrs. Mae Castleberry, who was
the first woman to be
for jury duty, asked that she be
relieved of jury duty. This is
a privilege of women jurors, ac¬
cording to an act by the Geor-
S ia Legislature
Carter Gets Judgment of $8,000
After all the evidence in the
Carter case was heard, the jury
brought back a decision in
favor of the plaintiff J. H.
Carter, against the defendants,
Ben Hale and Mrs. Jane R.
i Rhudy, to the sum of $8,000. A
j motion was made for a new
trial with the hearing date un-
j certain at this time.*
The damage suit against Hale
and Mrs. Rhudy was a result
0 f a three-car collision invol-
, V ing Carter, Hale and Mrs.
j Rhudy October 8, 1954 near the
Virgil Stewart Museum south of
Trenton.
or (3) is an employee or
ficer cif any political party
political organization.
Committeemen elected by
gible farmers will have the res-
ponsibility for the administra¬
‘ton of various ASC activities in-
eluding the Agricultural Con-
j nervation P°vt Program, allotment price sup-
programs,
marketing quota programs, and
many other duties, Ivey de-
dared.
“With so many big jobs for
committeemen coming up next
year, it (behooves every
farmer for his own good and the
good of all the farm programs
administered by committeemen
to get out and vote for the per¬
sons he thinks will do the jobs,”
Mr. Ivey stated.
A list of nominees for each
community and location of the
polling place in each commun¬
ity is shown below:
Sand Mountain Community
Polling Place — Davis School
Nominees
Ova Lee Cushen
Fred Gass
Clifford Hartline
W. J. Leverette
Handicraft Wanted
M:s. Dudley Cureton is again
requesting articles for the Dade
County booth in the Plum Nel¬
ly Show October 15-16. Anyone
having handmade articles is
asked to send them or get in
touch with Mrs. Cureton or
Mrs. Elmer Oliver at Morgan-
ville as soon as possible.
Basketry, woodcarving, cop¬
per tooling, plywood trays,
stools, needlework and other ar-
tides are needed for the booth,
Mrs. Cureton is working up a
spec i a i display of some inter-
esting _ .. i. i • button i i work « for r exhibit, ..1.
The case of Lamar Hutchias,
by next friend H. H. Hutchins,
Ra]ph Geddie by next friend
J ‘ B ’ Geddie ^ vs - Dan Hall, was
I a non-suit due to lack of evi-
dence.
i Hutchins and Geddie youths
were riding in a car driven by
wife, Mrs. Lois Holland
Hall, which was struck by an
1 automobile driven by Elmer
Burns the afternoon of Feb.
19, 1955. Mrs. Hall and the
couple’s infant daughter died
following the crash, which took
place near New England.
Burns was charged with driv¬
ing while intoxicated and also
with driving on the wrong side
of the road. He was sentenced
to not le^s than two years and
not more than five years when
he appeared before Judge Davis
June 17 on a plea of guilty
shortly before he was scheduled
to go on trial for manslaughter.
The only civil cases brought
before the court as the Times
went to press were the Carter
and Hall cases, although sever-
al more were listed on the
docket for this week.
Anderson Townsel
Gordon L. Forester
Myron M. Gass
James Lancaster
Edward Roberts
Oscar West
Lookout Mountain Community
Polling Place — Haygood's Store
Nominees
Grady Bradiord
Harold Cox
Lincoln Gray
Roy Johnson
Herman Moore
Carl G. Collins
Bill Gray
B. W. Holtzhower
Harold Moore
M. O. Scruggs
Valley Community
Polling Place—Courthouse,
Trenton
Nominees
F. N. Belk, Jr.
Stacy Castleberry
Kenneth Gy reton
J. C. Pace
Raymond Townsend
Ewell Brown
W. P. Cole
Bill Hughes
Hardee Price
Otis York
hair exhibitors urged
TO PLAN SPACE NEEDED
Cel. D E. Morrison, Jules
Case and J. C. Billue have ceen
appointed by the Dade County
Fair Committee to draw up
plans for the allocation of space
for fair exhibits in the Dade
High Commercial Building
Communities or individuals
planning exhibits are urged to
get in touch immediately with
any member of this new com¬
mittee in order that they may
meet space demands as fairly
as possible
Dale Brown, brother of K. D.
; said he thought it could be sold
!to g0 into th3 makin & of ce "
lotex, but that probably K D.
would feed some of it to his
cattle. It also make^ good bed¬
ding for animals.
All the while the sorghum
(mill was in operation, more
loads of cane were being stack¬
ed beside it. The yellowish
stalks had been cut and strip¬
ped of leaves and seed pods in
the field. Strong winds several
weeks ago cut down on the ex¬
pected yield of about 700 gal¬
lons of syrup. Page figured to
get about 30o gillons from the
five acres.
When we left, we had with us
a sorghum cane for the young-
ters to chew on and a bucket
of hot syrup which we couldn’t
wait to get home It was truly
delicious... and just right to
.top breakfast, lunch and
| supper for days to come.
