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About The Dade County times. (Trenton, Ga.) 1908-1965 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 22, 1955)
Slit dt ■ ^ * ▼ (f t*i • * * ■* * v<*- * — *) otinti) tints 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! ____’.......... 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. _____ 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 — .. - - « • 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.
