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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
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...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
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