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About The Dade County times. (Trenton, Ga.) 1908-1965 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 3, 1955)
She 4 dc CoMiito fiin«s Dade County's VOLUME LV DALLY IN' IN DADE Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Smith Featured T. V. Many residents o f the area were pleasantly surprised Wednesday after turning on their television sets to see a lo¬ cal couple telling the story of their hardships in raising and sending ten children through school. They were Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Smith of Pisgah, Ala., who were guests on the nationally tele vised “Love Story” program, formerly known as “Welcome Travelers.’* The Smiths left the Chatta¬ nooga airport for New York Ci¬ ty the day before their appear¬ ance on the program Wednes¬ day and were back heme in time to watch the next program on Thursday. “It was a won derful experience,” Mrs. Smith happily stated when we inter¬ viewed the lucky couple the following day. Given Useful Prizes We consider them “lucky” since they were awarded a freezer, sewing machine, nice set of china, and a silver tea service. The sponsors of the “Love Story” program also pro¬ vided them with $487 in cash, which included their traveling and hotel expenses. Mr. and Mrs. Smith are cer¬ tainly due some tribute for sending nine of their ten chil¬ dren through college. Through the efforts cf their youngest daughter, millions of television viewers were ahle to hear the story of their tremendous devo¬ tion to their children. It was this youngest daughter, Mrs. Nell Johnson of Camden, Tenn., who was the only one who didn’t have a college de¬ gree to frame and hang on the wall. The reason for this is that two months following her high school grad uation, sne married and settled down to a career as housewife. Determination Plus Hard Work The Smiths have always been farmers, tending eighty during the time their were growing up, and now ing a little cct*on, corn and and other produce on twenty. Like many other families, their pecketbook always been slim, and it purely determination plus lot cf hard work that sent children to college. “We wanted the children have the things we Mrs. Smith said. When the first one left college, she hitched a ride the mailman, who was with butter and eggs. Later, helped send the other to lege. A Fort Payne minister, became interested in their sent it in to Progressive magazine, which published with a picture of the Smiths the July issue. This was included when Mrs. son wrote to “Love Story.’’ One one of of the me couple’s coupies in Dade "Home Work A worth-while and interest¬ ing project which is going cn at Dade High School is in its seventh year. While it is not un¬ usual in other parts of the na¬ tion, this project is the only one of its kind in Dade County. Called “Home Project Work’’ by i s director, Mrs. Edna B. Sutton, it is an effort to carry school heme economics instruc¬ tion into the home, and it nas pretty much succeeded from the list of home projects the girls have done the past few years. Home projects are a required j>ar‘ of the vocational h-ome ec Program in the state. Courses in vocational home ec must be taught by qualified teachers; those who have had vocational training in addition to degrees in Bachelor of Science and Ba¬ chelor of Arts. Dade High has had home eco¬ nomics courses fer a number of years, but it was not until about al* mSZJZSSX years ago, when Mrs. J. C school added added home home projects projects to Devoted to the Best Interests of Dade and THE DADE COUNTY TIMES, TRENTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY NOVEMBER 3, 1955 By Myrna McMahan traveled 400 miles to watch the piogram. Unfortunately, recep¬ tion in that area was bad, and she wasn’t able to see a clear picture. Planning a television program is planned well ahead of time is nc-t as casual as it seems, the Smiths found. Upon their arrival in the studio, they were taken to chairs where they could watch all the technical work going on. Then, they were rehearsed from nine a. m. until 1 p. m. in the st:ry they were to tell before the cameras. Dur- the actual televising, they very much at ease. Wonderful Trip It was really a wonderful trip, something they will remember the rest of their lives. At the ages of 62 and 67, they have at las; reaped the rewards of all the years o' backbreaking work. The Smith children are; Mrs. Jewel Wheeler, Pisgah; Mrs. Louise Bearden, Miami, Fla.; Mrs. Hattie Gant, Blue Moun¬ tain, Ala.; Virgil A. Smith, Chattanooga; Lt. Richard C. Smith, Norfolk Naval Base; Mrs. Milton Swearengin, North Da¬ kota; John P. Smith, athletic coach, Anniston; Dessie Smith, .service club director at Fort Benning; Lt. Bill Smith, Air Base Hospital, Mobile, Ala., and Mrs. Nell Johnson, Camden, Tenn. . Williams Showing New Chevrolets W. W. (Pop) Williams will un¬ veil the new 1956 Chevrolet, said to be the “hot'est thing on the road,’’ this Friday, Ncvem ber 4 at Williams Motcr Co. An advance preview showed that the new models carry increased horsepower, a fleeter, more rug¬ ged appearance and are offered in the broadest array of bodies ever produced by the company. Among outstanding safety features in the ‘56 Chevrolet line are the availability of seat belts and shoulder harness; im¬ proved headlights and crash- tested door leeks. In the ‘56 Chevrolet, com¬ pletely new sheet metal com¬ plements a more massive grille in all models. The grille is a wider, lattice-work design and the effect of s‘aunchness and beauty is aided by a heavier chromium bar. Fender lines at the front and rear are higher and straighten A neveity is the location cf the gasoline filler, concealed by the hinged reai left tail lamp. The V-8 engine cerries 170 h.p., while the “6" has 160 h. : The “pcwerpack" engine has 205 h.p. ’ Beautiful new-type seat cov- ers make the interior almost “second living - ° room.” ■ its home «“ on-micsiurogram. s P nrrwrram °! Dade’s other high scncoi ,u is began giving instimcuon home ec approximately t years ago, but only me regui courses are “improvement, taught^ Personal and Some nnri Home Nursing tecoration. which are given in units during a three- year course, and are the same at both schools. enrolled The fifty-eight girls in Dade High’s home ec classes find that the course is muen more interesting with home projects added. This gives them an opportunity to interpret classroom instruction into ac¬ tual homemaking, and needless to the approval of the say, The re mothers is unanimous. enter cord of the home ec girls ing the 7th District Literary Contests excellent. the past Dade six> ea High ^ ^ s been aced >n «« contestants contestants have have piaceai p « I Craig, winning Polio Vaccine Here For Distribution Dade County’s private physi¬ cians -and the local Health De¬ partment now have available polio vaccine for all children jn the county from 1 to 10 years of age, and for pregnant women before the eighth month 0 pregnancy. The latter have the written permission of the attending physician upon coming to the Health Center for shots. , Those who do net go to their doctor for the vaccine may ob- tain the service at the Heal h Center on Fridays from 8:30 a. m. to 4:30 p. m. and Saturdays frem 8:30 a. m. until noon. j No transportation will be fur- nished by the schools; the par- ents are responsible for getting the children in for injection of the vaccine. _____ New Salem, R. Fawn School Drawings Working drawings of the New Salem and Rising Fawn school additions have been completed by the architects and are now awaiting review by the State School Building Authority, ac¬ cording to an announcement made this week by County School Supt. Roy W. Moore. The new addi‘ions to the two elementary schools, which were part cf a bond issue voted on June 2 to provide necessary funds for the completion of Dade County’s school building project, will include modern ca¬ feterias several Was This A Joke? (Editor’s Note: We too’fc the following, writ¬ ten !>v Mrs. Mary Townsend, from her YY ildwood Letter because we thought it should be carried on the front page.) Don't some folks have the hoo-dooingist idea of a joke? We have had some dillys pul¬ led this Hallowe'en weekend. Now who would call it "funny” to tear down two sections of a man’s stock fence and open the gate? I’m sure it was a real joke for a fine blooded brood-mare to be killed, not to mention a car wrecked. I hope that whoever tore down Mr. Brown’s fence will read this and know that were all laughing—real hard- Somewhere in this county we have some v real cards at pulling jokes. Like the ones who moved the warning flares to the good side of the road and left the torn-up side un¬ marked. That happened in Dade County and Lewis Simms drove his car into the hole. I understand his car was damaged pretty bad. Wasn’t that ahoney of a joke? I’m sure someone is laughing, but it’s sure not me. People should ask themselves —“Would 1 | mind for this to happen to me?”—if not — don’t. j Tricks like these two are very unfunny. 1 > 1951 1951 and and 1954, 1954, respectively. respectively. 1 Kathryn’s project was | * while Joan > s waS on P s her xhQQl home . she ■ the painting the walls \ mi Voodwdrk, cleaning books and planning the valances at the .window, and also a scale model to show the work done. At the beginning of the scnocl term, the girls and mothers meet in informal ses¬ sion with the home teacher to discuss the year’s program. The girls themselves select units of work along with individual home projects. Each student is to do cne home pro¬ ject every six weeks which ties in with the unit. Home work ranges from mak¬ ing salads to refinishing furni¬ ture. Mrs. Sutton makes it a point to vsit each girl in her home at least twice a year, but when a project is started, 1, 5I1U she m , kes a special trip to ° set get a a «pYC^mp P Paul and Crane Flee Rome Paul Crane, 39, who was being held in the Rome jail for keeping on murder charges in connection with the torture- slaying cf Junius Nisbet in 1951, ^ j Clyde scaped Cmne, along 30, with and his two brother, other prisoners Thursday night. A -search covering three states is being made by law enforcement officers. 1 Sheriff F. C. Graham, Chief (Deputy Bill Norton and Deputy 1 J G Gilley answered a call in the Rising Fawn vicinity late Saturday afternoon, but it turn- ed out to be a false alarm. Ru- mors have been circulating to I the effect that the Cranes planned to go to Alabama mediately following the break, then come back up the valley to the Byrd’s Chapel Community, -where their mother’s home located. At this writing no one has reported seeing the es- capees in Dade County. The two prisoners accemp- anying the brothers in the es- cape were; Lindsey Brantcn, 23, being held on seven counts of Wildcats For The championship of Region 4C is at stake this Friday night when Dade High’s Wildcats, ju¬ bilant ever a season of six wins, one tie and one loss, will tra¬ vel to Bremen for the mos‘ an¬ ticipated game of the 1955 sea¬ son. Bremen, one of the strongest teams in the region this fall, was last season’s Region 4C champ. If Dade, classed as the underdog, can play the game to a tie or a win, the 1955 ti le will time has been set at 8:15 in order to allow sufficient time for Dade fans to arrive. WILDCATS CLAW CAVE SPRINGS 38 - 6 Behind ‘he passing arm of quarterback Harold Shankles and the running of Carl Steele, Dale Sims, and David Steele, the Dade H. Wildcats trounced the Cave Springs Yellow Jackets 28 tc 6 last Thursday night at Brcwn Field. Halfback Carl Steele scored from five yards out early in the first quarter ‘o put Dade out in front 6 to 0 at the end cf the first quarter. Dale Sims broke lose from the Yellcw Jackets’ 44 yard line at the tart of the second quart¬ er to make the score read Dade 12 - Cave Springs 0. The Wild¬ cats kicked off to Cave Springs and halfback Thomas took the ball on his own 25, cut down the right side, and went all the way down to the Dade 15 yd. line before being pulled down. Quarterback H. Pledger scored from four yds. out three plays later. Cave Springs then kicked off to Dade and Carl Steele ran his second touchdown for the night. Being cn the end of a criss¬ cross, Carl took the ball on his own 20, ran up the center, cut to the left sideline, and sped 80 yards to score. | . when when heme heme improvement improvement is is se- lected. some of the more outstand- ing pro jects undertaken the pa3t six wee ks are as follows: Patricia r;tiubid Wheeler wiicciti removed the finish " — from -------- a kitchen -----— table and 1 chairs and painted them with white enamel; Carolyn Reeves r: finished a desk which is now a lovely light oak; Louise gave the family porch swing a “new look’’ by painting it red; Joan Gray set the table for family meals and did seme bak- ing which was very fine both in texture and appearance; Theola Fulghum made an at- tractive school dress o f gray and pink gingham in the long-torso style; Frances York sewed a lovely teal blue skirt from suede cloth; Mary Lee Bruner’s painting of screens was a big help to her father and Linda prepared very appe:izing salads, A number uumuci of ui the viit girls planned and and prepared prepared meals for their P Trr ,he h „b or a., Published Weekly—Since 1901 NUMBER 41 ! burglary in Floyd County, Charles L. Turner, 42, charged I with burglary in Floyd. Clyde Crane is also under indictment for murder in the Nisbet slay ing Time of Break Uncertain According to Floyd County Sheriff Joe Adams, the pri- -‘oners escaped by knocking out |a section of a new brick wall being erec ed in an expansion project for the jail. It is be- lieved that they reached the wall from a catwalk surround- j ing the jail cells, and that they escaped by way of a building scaffold. It was not definitely established just when the break occurred, since it was not dis- covered un il “check time” Fri- day morning. j FBI records list Paul Crane as escaped from the Dade County jail in 1946 while charged with the slaying of Jim Stonner in May 1946. He was captured by Chattanooga police not long afterwards. In 1947, Crane was sentenced to five to 15 years for manslaughter but be awarded to the Wildcats. It is the opinion of both Coach Delinks Freeman and Principal J. C. Blllue that the Wildcats can come out on top, but they will have to play ‘he best game they’ve played this season to do it. The winner of this game will meet Stone Mountain in the State Play-Off December 2. A large crowd of followers will be on hand to give the local beys the boost they need. Game | is activity activity well-qualified was was Mrs. Mrs. for Sutton, Sutton, vocational who who home ec teaching; she holds both Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Arts degrees. She admits that the ^ cnly reason she -- did ........ not finish work on “ her *•" master’s is that the MRS de¬ I gree had more appeal at the time. 21st Year of Teaching Bern in Alabama, Mrs. Sut- ton’s family moved to West Va. during her childhood. She did her college work at Salem lege in Salem, West Virginia, where she also began her teach- ing career. After three years, she went to Illinois where she spent f c u r years in teaching home economics, then to Alabama for eight years as grade school teacher. In 1950, the Dade County School Board obtained her ser vices as visiting teacher for one school term after which she again taught i n Athens, Ala. —- where she and her husband, F. O. Sutton, ___ owned ______ a a _ ms farm. ______ in 1950, from a Mllled- geville hospl al where he had been sent for mental treat- ment. He was returned to ori- son on the manslaughter count late in 1953 and finished his sentence only last July 29, 1965. The brothers, along with Milt Lee and his son, Jimmy, were indicted cn charges of tor ur- ing and beating to death the aged recluse, June Nisbet, at his home in the Cloverdale com¬ munity south of Rising Fawn, in trying to get him to tell where his money w'as hidden. The elder Lee was convicted in 1954 and given life. Jimmy Lee was acquitted. Clyde Crane had been heid in the Rome jail since Decern- i ber of 1954, while Paul Crane was brought to Rome imme- diately following the completion of his manslaughter sentence which he had served at Reid - ville. A truck was stolen in Re ne the night cf the escape which I authorities believe may have been the escape vehicle. Halfback Dale Sims scored his second touchdown on an end run from the Yellcw Jacket ! 30 yard line la e in the third quarter to make the score Dade 25 and C. S. 6. Quarterbcak Harold Shankles pitched two touchdown passes in the last quarter; one a 40 yard heave to end Eugene Kieth, and another a 27 yard pass to end Eddie Watkins in The Wildcats had wo toueh- oowns called back because of penalties in the game. One was a 75 yard run and the other was a 60 yard run. Harold Shankles went from his cwn 25 yard line down the sidelines to the Yel¬ low Jackets 10 yard line, and seeing he was going to be hit. he latcraled off to Carl Steele, who went the remaining 10 yds. The o her was a neat 60 yard run by Halfback “Hornet” Steele, who raced down the left sidelines to score. New that we have talked about backs let’s look at the men who man the forward wail. The Wildcat line held the vis¬ iters to 68 yards rushing for ‘he night, while they were ground¬ ing out 217 yards. When a back makes a long run or scores, he gets the credit, which he rightly deserves, but think of the play¬ ers who paved the way fer that run, ah, yes, the linemen! The Wildcat linemen deserve a big pat on the back for not only providing for their own backs, but for holding the opposing backs of eight teams to only 57 points, an aver age of seven points a game, while the Wild¬ cats have scored a ‘otal of 202 points, an average of 25 poin+s ; a game. Keep up the good work iboys! Spencer Jenkins. moved moved to to Sand Sand Mountain Mountain where where they are now railing seven children “away from the busy towns”. Mrs. Sutton immediate- ly accepted the position of home ec — teacher -------- and ~ is - at — pres- * “* ent beginning her 21st year of teaching. “I was a fish out o f water during those eight years of teaching in grade school,’’ she laughs, “I just love heme ec so I really felt out of place when I wasn’t teaching it.’’ Through the assistance of a neighbor who comes over to stay with the children, Mrs. Sutton is able to devote consid- j erable time to extra-curricular j activities such as the adult sew- ing class which is new going on two nights a week, ! In the words of Mrs. Sutton, a nation is only as steng as its homes and that is the purpose of the home economics pro¬ gram, to build good homes. She believes that the vocational home ec program is -cne of the most important nAiircoc courses O a school ruil
