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VOLUME LV
DALLYIN’JN DADE
Clirrubic 6*Year-old liaises
Champion Sleer of Fair
By Myrna McMahan
GRAND CHAMPION STEER OF CATTLE SHOW
Pullen, 6-ycar-oId son of Mr. a nd Mrs. Bill Pullen of Morgan¬
ville, is pictured with his roan shirtshorn steer, “Popcorn,”
which won top honors in the cattle show during the 1955
Dade Cou-nty Fair.
(Cut courtesy Chattanooga News-Free Press)
A cute six-year-old with the
brightest blue eyes you’ll ever
see put veteran cattlemen to
shame last Friday at the Dade
County Livestock Show.
He is Billy Pullen, son of
Martha Frances and Bill Pul¬
len, whose roan shorthorn steer
capped the title of Grand
Champion Steer o f the Show.
The animal, which Billy had
dubbed “Popcorn”, won out
over all other breeds offered in
competition.
Miniature Cowboy
The youngster, d r e s s ed in
cowboy boots and hat and blue
western jeans, took in the show
and sale with great interest.
During the action, he stayed
close to his pet, of which he was
quite proud, and which was
snapped up at $24.90 a pounl
by a representative of the Coo¬
sa River Commission.
Despite his youth, Billy knows
more about cattle than many a
grown man; he helped raise
Popcorn, knew just what to
iced him and considered a reg-
*har brushing of the steer’s
coat just as much a part of his
daily routine a s brushing his
c»'n teeth.
The eighteen-month-old ani¬
mal was started out on crushed
corn and cottonseed meal with
crushed shelled corn and oats
added to his diet gradually.
Then it included wheat bran,
molasses and minerals.
Just Want Popcorn”
Of the many animals on the
Pullen farm, which is located
at Morganville, Billy was fond-
«t of Popcorn, and parted from
-'m with the utmost reluctance.
After the show, he tearfully told
h!S mother, “i don’t ^ant the
money — idon’t want another
steer r j as t want Popcorn!”
The money Billy receive^ for
e s t e er will go into the bank
t 0 he used in
the future for his
j- J°Ping uration. some However, the Billy was
cf sheep en-
ere d at the Fair would be
auctioned off so he could buy
"° me with the he
This money won.
ycung cattleman was
T y excited at the prospect of
his pet to the show
said upon awakening the
y °f the Fair, that it was the
exci ting day of his life.
f ride was so great he in-
'ii \ ^ ° tfUCk n rid t0 ' n S the with the steer
and fair grounds,
told on-lookers that the
" lmaI was “easy to handle”.
0 of the requirements
of the
is that all cattle must be
er " broken, and Popcorn
re handled ,, ^
° Ut be easily
Grand Parents Prominent
aoH ’ comes by his knowledge
i ^ e °f
hi3 cattle naurally: both
2 r a n d parents are well-
t n ,vn
j.‘ 1 prominen cattlemen. E. R. Wells
cia’ t Dade commer-
len* Ca ttleman - while W. R. Pul-
f Damascus,
is the oldest
4 lie imnin rates
of the Mason-Dixon and east of
the Mississippi. Billy’s father is
also widely known for his short¬
horns, and did much to pro¬
mote the livestock show at the
fair this year.
Billy has been going to the
barn since the age of two and
has been able to call the names
of all the animals almost since
that time.
Next to Popcorn, his favorite
pet is a goat named “Joe”
which is named after Joe Blev-
ings, who presented it to Billy
sometime ago. Joe tried to en¬
ter the Morganville school last
week, to the concern of Billy
and his mother, who is a teach¬
er there, but L. C. McHughes,
principal, said i t was against
the rules. Needless to say, the
goat didn’t like the idea of re¬
turning home across the high¬
way.
Other pets are “Flash”, a po¬
ny and three dogs, “Bill”,
“Puff”, and “June”. When the
latter had eleven pups recently,
Billy wanted to keep them all
and did.
Quite a Conversationalist
Next to animals, Billy likes
school and is a good student.
He is in Mrs. Thelma Winkler’s
second grade class at North
Dade and is one of the most
popular students i n the class.
Decidedly not bashful, Billy is
qui e a conversationalist, both
with his playmates and grown¬
ups. As is the case with many
young boys who have a love of
nature and animals, he is very
tender-hearted, but always ad
boy”—the kind that thinks up
all forms of innocent mischief
and keeps his pockets ’stuffed
with everything from marbles
and old bo.tie caps to an oc¬
casional live grasshoppei.
From all indications, this
youngster may be crowding out
his seniors at livestock shows
15 to 20 years from now. How¬
ever, a recent ride with,his Un¬
cle Guy Brock on a train to
Birmingham changed his am¬
bition of becoming a farmer
to being a conductor—all be¬
cause his “Uncle Guy” showed
him how to punch tickets.
An example cf Billy’s spor s-
manship occured shortly before
the show Friday, as he was get¬
ting dressed. He said, Mother,
don’t care if Popcorn doesn t
I prize,
win. If he doesn’t get a
I>11 just be back next year with
a whole lot more Popcorns
That’s the kind o f atti ude
“whole lot” of us grownups
would do well to take.
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De voted to the Best Interests of Dade County and Georgia.
THE DADE COUNTY TIMES, TRENTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY OCTOBER 27, 1955
Livestock Show and Sale Success
The annual fat cattle shew
and sale held on the 21st of Oet.
In connection with the annual
Dade County Fair at Trenton
attracted the largest number
of exhibitors since its start six
years ago. 12 grain-fed steers
competed for blue ribbons and
prizes, while 52 head of fat and
r eeder steers and the bull owned
by the Dade County 4-H Club
sold for a total of $6,426. 46.
Roan Shorthorn
Show Champion ,
A Roan Short horn Steer
named “Popcorn” owned by Bil
ly Pullen, the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Bill Pullen of
won the coveted award
Champicn of the Show” in
steer cla?s over all breeds. Ha
I was closely pushed by Russell
Blevins who with a prime
Whiteface steer had won the
4-H Club Grand Championship.
Russell’s steer was crowned Re¬
serve Champion of the Show in
the steer classes.
The show got underway with
the shewing of the 4-H Club
steers. When the steers were led
into the shew ring it was a toss-
up to many spectators as to
how the steers would be placed
Chattanooga’s Mayor P. R. Olgiatti with his prize-winning registered pure bred Aberdeen-
Angus bull. Mayor Olgiatti raises his Aberdeen Angus herd on his farm just nor^h of Trent-
on and took three blue ribbons on a bull, a heifer and a cow at the Dade County Fair.
(Cut courtesy Chattanooga News-Free Press)
by the judge, William T. Clay¬
ton of the Georgia State Agri¬
cultural Extension Service. The
final placing being as follows:
Grand Champion, Russell Blev¬
ins, pushed close by the Reserve
Champion shown by Rex Blev¬
ins.
Tjiose showing show" cattle in the
4-H CM, were: Russell
Blevins, Blevins. Rex Rex Blevins, Blevins, John John c.
Hancock. Jerry Price, Bobby
Raulston, Raulston, Roy Roy H a r t line, and
on^young 0 g1rI^shpwTs‘.Mr
j - After - the -- 4-H -■ Club i* steers
were shewn, the steers being
shown in the open show were
lined up and led into the shew
ring. The Shorthorn owned by
Billy Pullen being named the
Grand Champion, however he
was pushed bv Joe Blevins with
a good whiteface. The other
| platings were as follows: 3rd
Allison Blevins and 4th, Roy
Mocre. Those showing in the
l Joe Blevins, Allison Blevins, D.
J. Hancock, Big’ Page and
Roy Moore.
Grand Champion Goes
At 24.90 lb
The Grand Champion and
Rpservi? Champion of the show
were picked from the Grand
Champion and Reserve Cham-
pions from the 4-H Club Shew
and the Open Show. The Grand
I Champion Steer of the Show
! went to Mr. D. Ellis of the Coo-
Vall commission Co., Rome,
I Ga for 24.90 per pound. Mr.
! E iijc stated that the steer would
1 grade" U S. Price and that he
had been prepared to pay as
! much 35c per pound for the
as
Grand Champion In apprecia
tion for the business that he
had received out of Dade
County. Russell’s Reserve
Champion of the Show and
4-H Grand Champion went to
Mr. L. T. Brown of NewEng-
land.
Other than those already
mentioned, the following also
consigned cattle t o the show
and sale: R. M. Morrison, Har¬
old J. Stephens, Bill Pullen, Roy
Mocre, R. C. Thomas, Hardie
Price, A. L. Dyer. Mr. E. R.
Wells consigned t h e greatest
number of local cattle and Mr.
Harold J. Shephens o f Walker
County was the largest con-
of out of the county cat-
tie with 10 head of good to
choice Feeder calves, weighing
from 350 to 500 pounds.
Number of Buyers Present
There were a numiber cf buy¬
ers present from Rome, Atlanta,
and Cartersville, Ga., Chatta¬
nooga, Tenn., and Fort Payne,
Ala. Mr. Frank Webster of Chat¬
tanooga Sausage Co., who has
supported the sale since its
star:, purchased six cf the good
to choice steers in the sale. Mr.
Webster stated that he killed
_____
these steers last Saturday and
that he is very pleased at the
way they dressed out. Mr. Web-
ester also stated that he wouid
be glad to have the County
Agent bring anybody whose
steer he purchased to he Chat¬
tanooga Sausage Co. and in¬
spect h i s steer after it had
**» dress'd »» that he
see the kind of produet -----
I that he ^ producing.
Anderson of the
1 Union Stock Yards, who helped
nrorani'/p or ? ani “ 'bp ‘ he salp sale m pur 1 rr*haSPd f“’ ed 19
’
Ka St „
EUis cf Rome> 22 headj Richard
j Mlfcche ] c{ Atlanta 9 head, Sig-
: naJ Farms 1 headi and Mr D _
rp g rown 0 f New England, the
on]y Iocal buyer> j head .
Sam Simmons of Cartersville,
d j d the auc tioneering.
A]g0 present for the sb ow
with the intention of buying
werg Mr and Mrs> Frank L
■yy armibrod 0 f Belvedere, Tenn.
j^ r w arm , bro d i s a prominent
«r enneSsee shorthorn breeder.
^e breeding class cf
■ tie, Chattancoga’s Mayor, P. R.
Olgiatti and one of Dade Coun-
ty’s top farmers took top hon,-
ors in the Pure Bred Bull divi-
sion, Pure Bread Junior Year-
ling Heifer, and Senior Heifer.
His entries were Aberdeen-An-
gus. Mayor Olgiatti and his son
are establishing one of the *op
Aberdeen Angus Herds in the
area. Jerry Pace, Dade County’s
retired Forest Ranger, was well
represented with some fine
Shorthorn cattle, while C. L.
Holmes capped first place in
the beef bull grade class.
(Continued to back page)
Wildwood Community Wins
First Place in Fair
The Wildwood Community
w r as awarded first place for a
most attrac ive and original ex-
hibit in the judging of commu-
nity exhibits at the Dade Coun-
ty Fair held last Friday and
Saturday. Avans and Byrd's
Chapel won second and third
henors, respectively.
Theme o f the 1955 exhibits
was “Heme and Community
Activities”, and from the sam¬
ples of all phases of community
life which were displayed in all
six community bcoths, it is evi¬
dent the ladies of Dade County
keep pretty busy.
Other communities in the
competition were Rising
Fawn, Tren’on and New Home.
Although the exhibits were
community-wide, they were pre¬
dominantly Home Demonstra¬
tion Club displays and showed
much forethought and artistry.
Judges for the community,
school, agricultural and indivi¬
dual exhibits were Miss Jean
Morton, Ga. Power Home Econ¬
omist from Rome, Clarence
Benton, assistant county agent
_____
from LaFayette, and Mrs. Nell
Dartman of Walker County,
Wildwood’s well-planned ex-
hibit was under the direction of
Mrs. R. W. Boyd. The unusual
lighting was done by Worth T.
Lea. The booth featured models
of the church and a typical
Wildwood home arranged on a
s i m u 1 a t e d grass cloth, and
lighted ngniea from irom within. wunm. A a hand- n<uia-
some piece of sculpture by Har-
old cash and an arrangement
I 1touches' fruit on wood also added
The simplicity and obvious
(Continued to back page)
Wildwood
The attractive booth above
Community exhibit competition
Published — Since 1901
Rising Fawn, has announced
that the Sulphur Springs post
office, one of the first set up by
TTni i " ph 1 a Q „
^ ln tljis ? cunty during the
Ia tter part of the last century,
was discontinued about
weeks ago.
The office was closed due to
the sale of the Grady Fores’er
property, on which the post of-
fice was located, and the fail-
ure to find anyone to replace
Mrs. Forester, who retired after
many years of loyal service. Im-
mediately follfwing the sales of
the land to Bill Scott, Sand
Mountain (Ala.) resident, Mrs,
Forester went to Chattanooga
to make her home with a rela-
tive. The property included a
New Chases Prisoner
Dade County’s new deputy
found himself in a ra'her un-
comfortable situation Monday
when he prepared to lock ud p a
prisoner . f for public ... drunkenness .
and . found . the .. prisoner gone. &
J. G. Gilley, who was added
to Sheriff Graham’s law force
a week ago, picked up a man
neai the Plaza Courts in New
England who was apparently
intoxicated, since he stepped
out on the highway in front of
Gilleys car, raising up his leg.
The man, who is a residen 1 of
Sand Mountain, was brought to
the jail and left momentarily
while Gilley went to fetch a key
from another part of the jail,
This seemed a n excellent cp-
portunity to see how fleet of
foot he could be, so the
PADE WILDCATS CLAW
VALLEY EAGLES 32 TO 7
Before a large
crowd, Quarter back Harold
Shankies led the Dade
Wildcats to a 32 to 7
over the Chattanooga
Eagles last Friday night
the Brown Field. This win
the Wildcats on top in
4C as Buchanan lost their
game of the season to
osa.
Shankies scored 2
on runs of 62 and 66 yard
Fullback Terrell Wallen
the first Wildcat touchdown
*1® ” r t^endM ine enQ 1 n 1 q
'
ter '
The Valley Eagles
back as tackle Dave
picked up a Dade fumble on
3J 31 yard yard ]Jne line, and and ran ran it it over ov€r
! The try for extra
a score.
was good and the Eagles led
to 6.
This lead was shortlived,
after Carl Steele had run
kickoff back up to hLs own
yard line, Quarterback
shankies took the ball up
center, picked up his
a a nd na scooted scooiea down aown the me
on a 62 yard scoring run on
first play from scrimmage.
pu t Dade back in front 12 tc
and ___*4 iu___________ they never lost this lead
the half ended, Dade 12, C.V.
(Continued on Inside page)
Exhibit
as awarded the blue ribbon in
at the recent Dade Co. Fair.
NUMBER 40
post office; gin machinery,
^ V 2 acres of land and a con-
aIderable amount ot fine tim-
ber -
| I n c c m p 1 ete records of th*.
small post office, state that it
|W as originally opened in Mc-
Guffey’s Store about the time
j the r a i 1 roa d was first built
( through the county. Mrs. For-
1 rester succeeded her husband
j who transferred the Post Office
j to his store when he became
postmaster.
j Persons wishing t o address
| mail t o Sulphur Springs, Ga.
will now send it to “Star Route,
Rising Fawn, Ga.” Mark Scruggs,
veteran mail carrier who *akes
the mail to the Head River post
office, will carry the Star Route
mail.
er hurriedly left the premises,
heading down the dirt read
behind the Jail.
Gilley and H ' H ' Hutchlm ’ a
city police officer, immediately
s , arted , in pursuit, ” Gilley going „
down . the ,. highway . and , Huteh- ,
^ traveling on foot across a
fence and down a field parallel
to the highway. The culprit
was caU £ht within a few min-
u if es hiding in some weeds
3lbou t a block from the sauare
and returned to the jail where
was succe essfully locked up.
Deputy Gilley was recen ly
with the Cnrsville, Ala. police
force for eighteen months, and
moved here with hLs wife an”
two children last week. They
are occupy ing the Sullivan
home across the highway from
Gross
DAVIS YELLOW JACKETS
AND PISGAH EAGLLES
BATTLE TO A DRAW 13 - 13
After being behind for three"
quarters, the Davis Yellow Jack¬
ets se tied down in the last
quarter and behind the passing
of Quarterback John Meeks and
running of David Dearman.
scored 13 points and gained a
tie with the Pisgah Eagles.
The Eagles marched 62 yard.'
in the first quarter to score, as
back Authur Hess went ovei
from the 2yd line. The try for
ex ra point was no good am
the Eagles led 6 to 0 at the end
of the first quarter. In the
second period, the Eagles start¬
ed on another drive, this timi
from their own 49 yd line. Jacl
Norris scored from 3 yds out
jus. before the first half ende
to make it 13 to 0 at the end o:
the first half in favor of Pisgah
Neither team could score ii
the third period, but the Yollov
Jackets started their firs
touchdown drive late in thL
period and had the ball on th.
Eagle 22 yd line when the thlr
period ended. 8 plays later, Da
vid Dearman rammed through
center from the 3yd line tf
score. The try for ex ra poln
was no good and the Eagle
lead was now cut to 13 to 6
Davis kicked off to Pisgah anc
failing to gain ground, the Ea
gles were forced to punt. Th
ball went out of bounds on th
31 yd line of the Yellow Jacket'
Dearman picked up a firs; dow
running up to the 41. Dear
man picked up 3 to the the *
Quarterback Meeks ran to th
46. Johnny Meeks then fade
back and shot a pass to er
Yates who cought the ball an
raced all the way down to tfc
18 yd linee of the Eagles befoi
being stopped. On the next pla?
Johnny lost 3 yards back to th
21. With the ball resting on t.’
21, Meeks again faded bact
looked, found his man and she
a pass into the arms of Dea.
man who took it on the 10 j
line and went on into the e^
zone for the score. John Mee.
ran the ball over for the exti
point and the score now sto
at 13 and 13
Junior Gilbreath and Curt!
York were defensive standou
for the Yellow Jackets whi
Rayburn Peak and Chari
Roach were the defensive sta
for the Eagles.