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About The Dade County times. (Trenton, Ga.) 1908-1965 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 20, 1955)
Dade County’s Only Newspaper. VOLUME LV w * ..... . mm ___ DALLY IN’ IN DADE Trip to Town 70 Years Ago “Adventure” for In the old days when it tcok all day to make a trip to Chat¬ tanooga and back, it was quite an adventure for the young fry. The long trip on the wind¬ ing, dusty read by way of horse and wagon seemed endless, but cnce the smoke of the city was visible, everyone’s spirits lifted —the ........ ladies beginning to . comb their hair and adjust their shirtwaists and the small boys starting already t o jingle the coins they had been saving fer such an occasion. Robert Alfonso Woclibright, of Trenton, was one of these boys before the turn of the cen¬ tury. Born and raised on the family farm northeast of the courthouse square in 1877, Mr. Wool/bright had few opportun¬ ities to browse among the busy and colorful shops of the city. On the rare trips his father made into Tennessee, Mr. Wool- bright was always hustled off his ^~ th fill , e ir ag of ? n gazing l0nS bef at ° re all *|. e the goodies in the candy store, lest the sun go down before the fa- mily could get back heme. His parents were James T. Woolbright, three - time sheriff cf Dade County, and Carrie Majors, aunt of T. A. J. Majors who was one of the early pub¬ lishers of The Dade County Times. He attended school at the. Trenton Academy located in the j Masonic building in a large j frame addition, until the age of twenty-one under the follow¬ ing teachers: Professor Welch, and Messrs. Watson, Penning¬ ton, and Merville. Prof. Welch brought his family here from the East wih the intention starting a college, but wound up teaching a variety of sub- jec's in grade school. He was particularly fond of penmanship, favoring the mus- rn^L^UrWMlSteht riilar rather than the finger ’ re- members school drinking water from the sulphur springs through Case lot. He didn’t like the tas,te of the water at first, but learned to like it or do without. After his schooling at Tren¬ ton, he taught a five-mon‘hs’ school in the Stephens settle¬ ment on Sand Mountain. It was called Hughes School, in honor of the county school superin¬ tendent at that time. During Mr. Wcollbright’s period of teaching, he never had occasion to “use the paddle.” His was termed the best-behaved school in the county. Then he obtained employ¬ ment ment on on the he railroad, raiiroaa, working wirw.» B long enough to be awarded a as 25-year man. ---------------- Business School ■ I ■ Couii- _ The Dale . percentage of ty young people who attend lege Wp and onw h-n-Hnocc business school ephnni is is in- in creasing with each year. Since Dade High added a commercial course several years ago, many high school graduates are qual¬ ified for secretarial and clerical positions upon receiving their diplomas. Mary Katherine Fricks, daugh¬ ter of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Fricks, Rising Fawn, attended University of Chattanooga this summer and returned to Uni¬ versity of Georgia last month By making up extra work Kaky will do four years in three and Devoted to the Best Interests of Dade County and Georgia. TIMES, TRENTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY OCTOBER 20, 1955 By Myrna McMahan was still new at railroad work. in the 1890’s, he bought a 10 gauge, double-barrel Remington shot gun with hammers. An acquaintance mentioned sometime later that whenever a gun was used to kill a pri¬ soner at Cole Ci y, a tack was driven into the pistol grip. He ne 0 examine his gun i and , found four tacks in it. He l s ti]j owns it j 1913 found him running a blacksmith shop down at the | depot . ^ years later> he mar _ ried Mr s. Katherine Gass Price | a widow who was born and rai , ed at CoIe cit Pour children were born to the Wooibrights, with only one living today. Measles took the lives of their twin girls early in life, then Charles was killed in France in 1943 during World War II. Robert and his family make their home with his father and mother in Tren.cn. Mr. Woolbright became member cf the I. O. O. F. and a member of the Masons in 1924. He has been vo ted a lifetime membership in the I O O F. His grandfather Woolbright jp ed g e t the Cherok£es out of the valley along about 1830; he helped load some cf the Indians on a barge at Ross’ Landing, for which he drew a pension. Mr. Robert Woolbright would have liked to have seen Dade’s ante-bellum buildings kept up instead of being torn down. The o]d S ] ave block should be engraV ed and placed in a pro¬ minent place; when J. P. Jaco- wav sold the I. O. O. F. build- ing, in front of which the stene stayed for many years as a h j tc hing block he had the 2x4’ stone m0V ed to his home which ig now the G c Tatum home, " f that were torn d0W n part of a char- coa , furnace furnace on 0 the Olgiatti ,arm When U W “ th ' heavy !“ m,ber , “ **!' , h Z,ZTSn 8 bridge across Lookout Creek. Mr Dur 1 2tbr.rht,t rv rdete statement that Dade had sent off five companies during the Civil War, but there weren’t enough people here now to make up that many. He also thinks there is a little mere lawlessness now than when he was growing up. He has also had many op- after doing some iew years back, he • verdant green va of the loveliest sights a man j graduate npxt next summer sumi — arr y- Mr and Ba y MrS R^ing Fawn, j returned ' to ' Un ’iversity . • — " ' of Georg a * om p has net decided Wether to » « a Terrell McCauley, Lr„,lev. son son of Mrs. Mabel McCauley, Rt. 1 Wild¬ wood, is attending Tennessee Wesleyan College at Athens, Tenn. This will be Terrells first year pTnfroe away from home. Peggy „ Renfro , Trentcn, daughter of the Tom ------- Renfroes, attended University oif Georgia Games For Davis, Dade DAVIS MEETS PISGAH AT 2:30 ON HOME FIELD The Davis Yellowjackets will meet Pisgah Saturday, October 22, on the Davis Field for a Hemecoming Game in one of the school’s biggest events of the year. Kick-off time has been set for 2:30 p. m., but before the game, a little fun will be pro¬ vided for the amusement qf the crowd. At 2 o’clock, a greased pig, a turkey and two guineas will be turned loose on the football field, and the race will be on to determine who is the most fleet-footed of all those present. Of course, whoever catches the pig or fowl, wins and gets to carry his prize home. At half-time, Carolyn Woods, daughter of Mrs. Leona Woods, will be crowned Homecoming Queen in special ceremonies. The Sand Mountain Mer¬ chants’ Association has voted to close all businesses from 2 4:30 p. m. in order to attend the fe ivities. The Yellowjackets, exhilarated winning the tussle with Friday night 25-13, hope to continue their winning streak. Scoring in the game, which was played at night on the Dave L. Brown Field, was divided be¬ tween Sherman Avans and John P. 0., To Move The Dowdey Building, which A. L. Dyer,' owner, has been remodeling for the past several weeks, will be ready for occu- pancy within the next week, The Post Office will move into its recently-built quarters on the south side of the building probably the weekend of Octo- ber 29-30. Newell Scruggs will move his grocery business into the north of the building week of October 24. He expects to get his stock moved Wed- October 26 and will 'close the store all day, reopen- octeber ” ,n Postmaster E. L . RauUton Lanham Honored for Vocational Aid Efforts Because cf his successful ef- forts in getting additional funds for vocationl education, Representative Henderson Lan- ham, Congressman from the 7th district, will be honored at the Annual Rally of the Georgia Future Farmers in Macon on Saturday, October 22. At that S *. SDeaking cf this award, h aid; „j am phased tit and proud TLorgiam of the award. I share h o ur pride in last year in . Athens, ... r , ., hut ^ attending the Atlanta partment this year where she will attend night classes and work during the day Bobby Renfroe w m be in University of Chattanooga. o L Morgan, valedictorian (cr {he Dade Hlgh clM! of 1954-55. is continuing 1U. work with The Dade County Times during the day and have classes at the University of Chattanoo¬ ga nights. R. M. Morriscn, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Morri- son> Trenton, Is continuing his studies at Georgia Tech., At- WILDCATS REMAIN UNDEFEATED; TO PLAY CHATTA. VALLEY FRIDAY Dade High this week remains undefeated in conference play after coming from behind with a late scoring splurge to nip Tallapoosa 20-13 last Friday at Tallapoosa. Down 6-0 at the half and 13-6 at the end of the third pe- riod, the Wildcats, led by the brilliant quarterbacking of Ha rold Shankles, roared back with a 14-pcint fourth quarter to chill the fired-up Red Devils. The winning marker came on a one foot plunge by Carl Steele in the last minute. The play had been set up by a 30 yard pass from Steele t o halfback Dale Sims. Steele scored all three Dade touchdowns to run his point total for the season to 48. The two extra points came on passes from Shankles to ends Eugene Keith and Eddy Watkins. The victory gave the Cats a Region 4-C record of two wins, one tie, no loss, and pushed their overall marks to 4-1-1. Only an 18-6 loss to undefeated Class B Gordon Lee and a 0-0 draw with powerful Buchanan mar the Wildcats’ record. Tomorrow night Dade meets Chat anooga Valley in the an¬ nual heme-coming game. Kick¬ off is at 8. announced that the new post office would be in use by No¬ vember 1 a: the latest. There , will be no interruption in serv- ice, he said. A post office de- about the I ^ 1 ® of j partment mechanic will be here to get new equipment set p, , inchiding new Jo;xes wh e . needs of a larger number c patrons, it may be necessary to change j the numbers of the boxes in ad- ding new patrons, according to Mr Ralston. The bexez will be available in two sizes, small and post our vocational program and I will contiue to give this Pro¬ gram my most active support.” Mr. Lanham was also a guest panelist last Tuesday at the Annual Meeting of the Georgia Farm Bureau Federation. The Panel discussed “Foreign Trade and Its Value to the Farmer.” Mr. Lanham has received considerable acclaim through¬ out the country because of his fight fight to to save save the the textile textile indus- maus- try from unfair competition from the low paid Japanese 1 lanta. , cf Sidney _____ Parker, ___ son ___ Munsey Parkers, is planned continue continue going going to school to stu- dy law. He has been at Van¬ derbilt but ts thinking about transferring to University Georgia, Athens, Ga. Sidney is not available for verification this week and this may be changed. Margaret Clark, daughter of the A. J. Clarks, Rt. 1 Rising Fawn, planned to go to G. S. C. W. this year. This will be Margaret’s first year away. Shirley Stallings, daughter of the E. A. Stallings, Rt. 2 Tren- Published Weekly—Since 1901 Fair Set This Friday and Saturday be Dade County’s “big end,’’ when the Fair opens the Dade High c o m m e r c ial building. P r a c t i c a lly community i n the county be represented in home community exhibits, and of the six schools are educational displays. Also of interest will be Livestock Show and Sale, held in connection with the 4-H . Club Fat Steer Show, a swap j booth household for unwanted and the farm | items, Poultry Show' and Sale One of the unique ar icles which will be shown in the miscellaneous exhibit will be an antique hand- carded counterpan , owned by Charlie Castleberry of Sand Mountain, It was intricately woven and bordered with handmade lace by his mother in the last cen- tury. Many other lovely hand- made items will be displayed in the individual exhibits. The Home Demon stration Council will again sponsor the food booth, with Miss Bess Cureton in charge. Ladies from each club have volunteered to work beth days of the fair. Hot dogs, coffee, homemade cakes, Mrs. W. F. Morrison Passes Mrs. Grace Austin Morrison, widow of the late W. Frank Morrison, died Sunday night, October 16, at the age of 64. Mrs. Morrison had not been well since her recent operation and about two weeks ago she was taken to the hospital where she died. Mrs. Morrison had led an active life raising six children while doing the duties of a farmer’s wife. When the chil¬ dren were grown and Mr. Mor¬ rison was County Tax Com¬ missioner, she assisted him with the books and upon his death in 1947, she was elected to fill his unexpired term. In 1949 she was elected to a full four year erm as Tax Commissioner, be¬ ing the first woman in Dade County to run for a public of¬ fice. She did not offer for re- election, deciding the time had come to retire, but the City of Trenton needed a Clerk and this office she held from 1953 until last month when she re¬ signed because of ill health. During all this active life, Mrs. Morrison was also one of the foremost workers in reii- gious and civic affairs. She was continually volunteering willing for the to j jobs no one else was undertake and was the back- bone of many a church and civ- . ic function. Even after her chil- dren were grown, she continued to be an energetic worker in PTA and other school activities, ! as be ter schools were almost as close ciose to w ner her ntntru heart as a* her u Cl reli rev¬ gion. She was a member of the Trenton Methodist Church and had to be a serious thing in¬ ton - k is attending attending Snead Snead at Snead, cooh Ala., Ain for fnr her ho, second swnmi year of college life. Shirley is a graduate oif Davis High. Athene Holtzhower, daughter c-f Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Holtz- hower, is now in Nashville, Tenn., this winter, studying at Ward-Belmcnt College. Athene's mother is teacher at New Salem School. Lyndal Daniel, son of the Ly- man Daniels, is attending I Georgia College at Carrolton Lyndal i 3 a graduate of Davis High, Sand Mountain, Route 2, Trenton. Amon York, whose parents NUMBER 40 pies and doughnuts will be on sale. County Agent L. C. Adams, who has been working with the fair commi.tee in getting last-min¬ ute details lined up, said Wed¬ nesday that 25 or 40 fat steers and approximately that number of good feeders will be shown and offered for sale at 1 p. m. Friday. The 4-H Poultry Show and Sale will come off immed¬ iately following this event. Word has already come in that one registered bull and a few cows will be brought in to sell. New cattle pens were built this week on the fair grounds. Bill Pullen, head of the County Livestock Commit tee, W. G. Page, Cecil Chris topher and “Bunny” Rose have been work- ing cn the pens, which will take care of up to 100 head of ca tie. : O. R. Stanley, Dade High vo- cational agricultural teacher, 1 and members of his classes are also building booths for various | exhibits in the c o m m e r c ial building. The Fair Committee will have a new food booth cen- structed at a convenient spot by Fair Day. j Let’s all come out and make our Fair the biggest and be:t yet! to keeip her away from the held there or from the of any church activi¬ Mrs. Morriscn was also an ive gardener and for many was a member of the Garden Club. Mrs. Morrison is survived by six children; Mrs. Duke Chickamauga, Ga.; M. J. Hale, Trenton; Mrs. O. Weathers Jr., Miami, Fla.; Fred L. Henderscn, Mont¬ Ala.; Charles F. Mor¬ Marietta, Ga.; and James Morrison, Trenton; a sister, Henry Quarles, Clinton, two brothers, J. M. Aus¬ tin, Somerset, Ky.; and H. H. Griffin, Ga., and eight Funeral services were held afternoon at the Tren¬ Methodist Church with Rev. L. Hilten officia ing. Active were W. G. Morri¬ Jr. Derrell Morrison, Cleron Charlie Gray, Granville and Dudley Cureton. Honorary pallbearers were H. Allison, Ernest Stewart, Dr. H. Hutchison, A. L. Dyer, J. Herman, Jules Case, James Martin Nethery, H. E. E. G. Wright, Jr., I. H. Jr., Newell Scruggs, P. Sims, Claude Owens, E. Ryan, John Murphy, Vir- Jenkins, Oscar Greene, E. A. Sr., J. C. Pace, E. M. Park- W. W Williams, Roy Moore, C. Tatum, H. H. Hutchins, Shankles, J. M. Rogers, C. Billue, R. A. Alexander and H Brock Interment took place in the Cemetery. A. A. L. L. York Y,:rk of of Sand Sand Moun- Moun- j | tain, vision tain attends attends of University the the Atlanta Atlanta of Georgia Di- Di¬ 'Amon is a graduate of Davis High, j Joyce Ellis, another Davis graduate, attends McKenzie Business College, Chattanooga. 'Joyce is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. N. E. Ellis, Sand Mt. Merrill Stewart, daughter of the Ernest Stewart of Trenton, received her master’s degree this year from Peabody College in library science, and has ac- cepted a position as librarian at Fort Union Military Acade- l my, Richmond. Va.
