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About The Dade County times. (Trenton, Ga.) 1908-1965 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 8, 1955)
suit Count]) fines lJade County's Only Newspaper. VUttiuL Lf a r r t rr%T 9 mr a rv rt Wildwood Cantata, School Among Holiday Presentations December is barely here but preparations are already being made for the holiday season. The Wildwood Methodist Church began rehearsing their Christ¬ mas Cantata the latter part of November and plan to present it the Sunday night before Christmas, which will be Dec. 18. A can ata is scrt of a new thing in the county since most of the churches usually present pageants. The definition of a cantata is a short musical com¬ position in oratorio or lyric dra¬ ma form, whch is really not very different from the usual Christmas presentations. The Wildwood choir will sing ‘The Bir.h of Jesus”, directed by Mrs. Lydia Robertson, a new¬ comer to the Wildwood commu¬ nity. Mrs. Robertson was solo¬ ist at the Red Bank Methodist Church before moving to the Wildwood comm unity about three years ago. Mrs. Minnie Lea will accom¬ pany the choir at the piano and her husband will provide special lighting which will make the numbers very effective. Choir members are as follows: Sopranos — Mesdames O. C. Turner, Elizabeth Townsend, C. R. Lea, C. W. Higdon, J. C. Wal¬ len, R. S. Town send, Eugene Turner and Misses Glenda Mit- chum, Barbara Warren, Gave Turner, Faye Turner and Eliz¬ abeth Higdcn. Altos —Mesdames J. E. Tittle, Gene Kirk, J. E. Dantzler, Bill Hartman and F. M. Neely; Misses Barbara Boyd, Virginia Robertson, Judy Strawn, Elzada Tittle and Bernice Carroll. Tenors — Rev. Gene Kirk, M. E. Patterson and J. E. Dantzler. Basses — E. S. Oliver, Douglas Brock, Billy Hardman, Harold Higdon and Eugene Turner. The choir is becoming well- known for its talent, for aside from singing at church services at (Wildwood, the twenty-four members have sung at the Trenton Methodist Church and the Red Bank Methodist Church in Chattanooga. They were guests at the latter the last fifth Sunday. They have also sung at special services, such as Easter and Thanksgiving pro¬ grams and during a revival at mmmun ---Help Fight TB — <CHH1STMASXGMETWGS19SS ------ 5 ...Buy C hristmas Seals-- and Decoration Contest to The Garden Club and the Home Demonstration Council have made the announcement that they will co-sponsor the ■ >unty-wide Christmas Decora-j tion and Lighting Contest year. Prizes will be given for the best doorway or picture window, and the best outdoor display, which includes lighted trees, housetop decorations, and nativity scenes I The contest is in its fifth year and was originated by the Garden Club as a doer decora- i tion conest. In 1950, the club sponsored the project within the city of Trenton and then in 1951, contests were held both in Trenton and in Rising Fawn, the latter community" being sponsored by the home demon- stration club. The next year . the Garden Club invited all county residents to enter, and the annual project has been county-wide ever since. Valuable Prizes l Attractive and useful prizes ] have been offered in the past; clocks, radios, door knockers and percolators have been won, and equally valuable prizes will be given this year, according to j Devoted to the Best Interests of Dade County and Georgia. 1HE DADE COUNTY TIMES, TRENTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY DECEMBER 8, 1955 By Myrna McMahan the Sand Mountain Methodist Church. Plans Begun for School Programs School chillren are already humming Christmas songs, fcr plans for the school holiday programs a r e in early stages, Music has been given out to the children at Davis School, which will present two programs, for grades 1-3 and one for j grades 4-5. They are learning patriotic songs as well as the traditional carols and light Chistmas mus¬ ic, such as “Santa Claus is Com¬ ing To Town.” The Glee Clbb at Dade High will present a program of Christmas music at the school ! Friday morning, Dec. 23 under the direction of Keith Delk. The public has been cordially! invited to these nmersms. programs, hv by the school principals, d. O. Chumley and J. C. Billue. Hooker Man Robbed; Thieves Caught Four men held up and robbed a Hooker Road filling station operator, T. M. Bashom, Sat¬ urday, and were arrested a short hour later by Tennessee authorities. The quartet confessed the b'ld-up after Bashom identified them following their arrest. They are: Ronald Merchant, Bronson, Mich.; Raymond Dur¬ den, Rossville, Ga.; Gordon T. Waite, Alexander, Pa., and Tideyj Darrell, Kalamazoo, Mich. They j waived extradition and are be- j ing held by Acting while the Sheriff] Charles T. Sims case is further investigated, Bashom notified authorities after the holdup and gave them a description c f the car. The Marion County sheriff and two deputies met the car while en route to the station and turned around to chase it. Following a! turn into a dead-end street which led to railway tracks at Jasper, Tenn., the men were caught and placed under cus¬ tody. Farmers to Vote on Cotton Referendum Dec. 13 The Dade County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee office this week an- nounced the membership of community referendum com- mittees who will be responsible for conducting the cotton keting quota referendum wmbef™' AO membeVof the' tarmenfdUilftTvotTin 8 the referendum Many of the re- ferendum comm plected community com- com _ mi tteemen. ___ Miss Naomi Hubble, ... home - onstration agent, an rs _ S. Pace, president o e r den Club. ,. Participa.ing rt .. . added much to e mas spirit in Dad e County, Every from riding year, resdents around get lo ° kin a^thril Z the festively-decora!ted door- ways, Santas on the r the nativity scenes. Conie.c- ants also enjoy thinking up new and different Judging Most important po ^ ' member m d^oratinR fc general art ’ counts 40'~< w e Next* iud , es start totaling up P° ‘ 1 is originality wi Usln(y “homemade” decorationcounts 20%, and cleverness in i using available greens > o have to work wit c In other words ^ St- t * ative in ^making decorations; decorations do h ,, p to be , to expensive or factory m win a prize. , door One year ir P hel decora tons wen HerS of R)- 8 ^ had Dial System in Use t ,reDton , Area . “ The new dial system is now in effect in the Trenton vicinity and the Trenton Telephone Co. has announced that an auto¬ matic .switchboard is in use. The change - over took place Sunda -y- Phones must be dialed in or- to reach the party desired; there Is no longer an operator to whom one can say, ‘‘The John Doe residence, please.” Mimeo- copies of phone num- hers inside the Trenton city limits and as far south as Byrd's Chapel and as far north as New England have been distributed. To dial the operator for in¬ formation cr long distance one must use the numbers 7-3921. other calls, the code number OLiver precedes the number. j’ 0r example OL 7-3082. There 111 the directory. A new directory will be Issued when lines in the rest of the county are connected.. The men were armed with only a toy pistol, according to Marion County Sheriff Van Hosser. Bashom said one of the men held the gun on him while another got $43; then a third man hit him over the head with a soft drink bottle. Minors Changed With Rising- Fawn Break-In Acting Sheriff Sims, who has been doing an excellent iob during the short time he has been serving In that capacty, has served warrants to a form- er Rising Fawn youth and a companion, on charges of break- ing and entering the Rising Fawn school last Sunday. Three others are being sought in connection with the break-in. The boys are all residents of Rossville, Ga. and were sur- prised by local boys who were en route to a cave on the side of the mountain before the cul- prits were able to get anything. Since the youths are all mi¬ nors, their cases will come up in juvenile court before Judge John W. Davis, December 12. Arrangements lishment of polling places in both of Dade County s cotton - growing communities have been completed. Notices have been mailed to each fanner who has cotton acreage allotment ad- vising him of the place where he m."Tll mav vote in the referend- persons who. as .and cotton ^ endum. endum. If If there there is is any any question question about eligibility, eligibility, farmers farmers are are nerhaas the simplest but also 1 the most effective Pf f e ctive decorations . Sprays of holly outlined the] front entrance of their home! and did not cost them a cent. ! Other residents have had out- ! standing displays in the past; in 1950, W. W. Williams had a beautifully lighted tree atop square,] motcr company on the and the year before strings de-j of, colored lights were used to corate the courthouse These lights have disappeared j over the years, but perhaps sometime in the future, some ( organization could make a pro- • ject of dressing up the square for the holiday season. j ’51 Decorations Remember Tylie Holmes’ Santa and reindeer prancing across the front lawn of his home, and the artistic card-1 Ta-i board doer the Montford turns put up in 1951? The Ta¬ tums had cut cut stars of vary- ing sizes and lighted the whole thing from behind with a blue bulb. J. The same year Mrs. M. Hale covered two stovepipes Dyer, Greene, Ellis, Morrison, Ryzer, E. W. Ryan Chosen in City Elections Unofficial returns In the City of Trentcn elections held Tues¬ day put present incumbent A. L. Dyer ahead in the mayor’s race by a 51 vote majority over J. W. (Tommy) Gray. O her returns gave O. F. (Buck) Greene a huge majority over Bab Russell in the Re¬ corder’s election, while the fol¬ lowing were re-elected to the City Council: Early A. Ellis, Sr., James E Morrison and C. E. 16 Out for Sheriff More candidates have an¬ nounced their candidacy in the race for Dade County Sheriff, bringing the total number of candidates t o sixteen. With the election set for next Wed¬ nesday, December 14, campaign¬ ing has been "hot and heavy” throughout the county. Newest candidates are: Roy L. Weathers, New England. C. P. Whitt, West Brow. Dan Massengale, Wildwood, farmer. Marvin R. Williams, W. Brow Community Constable. Other candidates are: J. W. Lynch, Trenton. Gifts Awarded Thursday to Safe Drivers Last Thursday was National Safe Driving Day, a day in which tourists driving through} Dade County went away feeling pleased that they had chosen this particular route. , Acting Sheriff Sims and de- puties spent the day observing the driving habits of both focal and out-of-state drivers, stop- ping those who performed acts of safety and observed speed laws. No accidents occurred 1 duri g the da y ‘ Gifts donated by local mer¬ chants were presented these drivers and also to those wno were passengers in the cars. All were very courteous and ex¬ pressed pleasure at being re- ty ASC Office. 1 ' The community polling places and the referendum com¬ mitteemen serving in the De¬ cember 13 balloting are as fol¬ lows: Sand Mountain at Davis High - Referendum Commit teemen: Fred S. Gass, A. H. M, C. Crisp. ' SLSXTZZ mitteemen: Ewell Brown, Grady Hawkins, Hawkins, J. J. P. P. Lambert. Lambert. of candy canes for either side of her her front front door. door. First prize went to Mr. and Mrs. John Hinton, wh)o have since moved away, one year for their door which they had co¬ with red-painted ply- weed and decorated with a Claus, Mrs. W. G. Morrison, Sr. won several prizes for her door decorations done in home of Dr. and Mrs. Mid- dleton featured an attractive ammjement ol gre en. vn a rig l ” the same year that the J. J of Hooker their door with a wreath and a cane. Mrs. Horace Reeves 0 f Trenton has used colored in the past on trees of her home. Mrs. Bill Tatum’s Christmas decorations of greenery in the boxes and at the en- from which colored lights were lovely as well as simple. Outstanding ’54 Decorations Last, year, Mr. and Mrs. Cureton won first prize Published Weekly—Since 1901 the morning with approximate¬ ly 75 voters coming in, but picked up in late afternoon. Polls were cpen from 8 a. m. until 6:00 p. m. Newly-elected officers will take office the second Mondiy in January, 1956 when Mayor Dyer will begin his sixth term. Unofficial returns are as fol¬ lows: j FOR MAYOR A. L. Dyer.............151 X. W. (Tommy) Gray......100 FOR RECORDER O. F. (Buck) Greene.......222 Bob Russell.............27 FOR COUNCILMEN Edgar W. Ryan..........160 Early A. Ellis, Sr..........152 James E. Morrison.......136 Cleron E. Kyzer..........128 Lawrence Christopher.....122 L. S. Blake..............98 W. Claude Sims..........82 L. S. (Pete) Bradford 60 ] C. CARTER LOSES PURSE WITH $40 J. C. Carter, 80, lost his pocketbook on the square Thursday and $40 in cash. Carter had been to the bar¬ bershop for a haircut and re¬ members paying for it and put¬ ting the purse back in his pock¬ et. When he got to the court¬ house, he felt for he purse. It could not be found when he retraced his steps back to the barbershop. Mr. Carter hopes that the person who found L will return it to him at the home of his brother, J. H. Carter. Gannaway - Riley Enlarges Quarters The Gannaway-Riley five-and dime store has enlarged its quarters to take care of a larger stock of Christmas toys. The east wall separating the store frcm the iaw office form - er ^ use< * by M. J. Hale has been removed and new counters The s P ace also takes in the * tc <* room. New storage quart- ers at the rear of s ore are being built in the space once b y the De Sot o Cleaners. : Mrs. Elizabeth McOcnville is manager and clerks are: Mes¬ dames Gene Bates and Edward Carter. Mrs. Nettie Jenkins is in charge of the stock room. COURT SCHEDULED FOR DECEMBER 12 Judge John W. Davis will be here Monday, December 12 for the regular session of court. Pleas of guilty will be heard, ", and juvenile J ------- court held at this time. time. Kyzer. Edgar W. Ryan was elected by 160 vo.es to fill the fourth post on the Council. Others running for the coun¬ cil who were defeated were L. S. Blake, L a w r ence Christo¬ pher, L. S. (Pete) Bradford and W. Claude Sims. Christopher barely lost out by six votes. Out of the 371 voters register¬ ed 256 voted. Five ballots were marked incorrectly and disqual- ifled.. Voting was slow during Ozell F. Clark, Sand Mountain Harold C. Cox, Trenton. J. H. Baty, Trenton. G. V. Green, Cloverdale. James O. Broome, Trenton. W. H. Hartman, Wildwood. Allison Blevins, New England. Bill Norton, Trenton. Rushel Smith, New England. Mrs. F. C. Graham, Trenton. Ike L. Moore, West Brow. Wednesday, December 7 was the last day candidates could qualify wi.h the Qrdinary’s of¬ fice. Voting will take place In each precinct between the hours of 7:00 a. m. and 6:00 p. m. cognized as a safe driver. Not one resented having to stop, Stores Donate Gifts Merchants who participated in this national observance were: Georgia Power Co., light bulbs; Gross Mercantile, ash ^ ra y( Dyer Motor Co., car pol- Kyxer*s, memo books; Scruggs Grocery, box chocolate, Bud’s Standard Oil Service, 51 00 i n trade; John L. Case Co., Palmolive shaving cream set. Lacy’s Cafe, $1.00 In trade or one regular meal; Buck's Serv¬ ice Station, car polish; Ganna- way-Riley, slipper pin cushion; thermo-' Williams Motor Co.,, meter rain scarf; Red’s Clean- crs, calendar frost scraper; Gray's Texaco Servce, souvenir for poorest driver; McBryar Gro. $1.00 in trade; Wall’s Shell Service, two what- riots and $1,25 in trade; Anderson’s Gulf Service, key chain holder; Sal- ly’s Beauty Shop, hair hair cream cream; - Trenton Drug Store, ash tray; Trenton Barber Shop, hair tonic; Busy Bee Restaurant, de- gular meal, and Dade County Times, publicity. Among drivers stopped were: E Strange, Birmingham; Gene A. Wallace, Wildwood Rt. 1; John R. Cain, Jr., Natchez, Miss,; F. B. Bacher, Chattanoo¬ Willard Bezier, Altonna, Rev. Robert ‘ B. Hlckox, --------- Joseph D. Waters. on either side held wreaths witn lighted b £bted candles candles and and the the entire entire held a r °P e of green j h ^ hts the to P and d «wn each side. Mrs. Hood ar¬ ranged a graceful bunch of hol¬ ly tied with a huge red bow on the door to the adjoining post office. Holly Easy to Use Mr. and Mrs. George Grant also used holly last year in de- corating and what lovelier and e£Sier . to . ge t decoration could ; you wish for? 'having Everyone who is interested in their decorations judged are asked to get their names in to Miss H utoble or Mrs. E. S. Pace Garden Club president. Date of judging and names of will be announced later. p rop er lighting adds much to a dl£p i a y. .some beautiful ar- rangements have have not not received prizes in the past because they were poorly lighted and hard for the judges to see. Judging is done during a tour made by car, and bright spotlights make their roof. The sleigh was drawn bv by three three reindeer reindeer and and all all had Boyds of Wildwood won second for an impressive scene on the hillside near their home. Mrs. E. S. Pace placed sec¬ j ond in the '54 door decoration contest with a wicker basket i filled with red balls hung on her front door. Greens, and bright Christmas balls over this welcomed all „ visitors. 1U Candy and more greens flanked )/l M IFA J ^ doorway to give , . her , a very festive appearance. 1 The Bill Grays were awarded honorable mention in the con est b y outlining their porch | and the stairs with greens and ll hf Through the oo uld ** se€n an an « e l. fc y a lantern, which appeared t0 he floating. Mrs. Grace Elliott won the Avans community lighting prize after she had decorated the entire ------------------ fron‘ of her home. ----- Greens and lights trimmed a NUMBER 46
