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Dade County’s Only Newspaper.
VOLUME LVI
The Dade County Times Is
receipt of the following
May 14, 1956
Mrs. Catherine C. Morrison,
The Dade Coun by Timtes
Trenton, Georgia
Dear Mrs. Morrison:
The Georgia Rural Roads
thority is moving ahead on
program of i m p r o v ing
county roads, in cooper
with the State Highway
H a v ing already
awarder contracts for the
struction or reconstruction o
roads costing $12,000,000.
Rural Roads A u t h o rity
agreed to finance
of an additional 760 miles
rural county roads by issue
awarded contracts for the
for $15,500,000.
The projects to be
ed with funds from the
issue include 176 road
loocated in 112 counties in
state, and among these will
the roads described in the
tached descriptions and lying
your county or in the
served by your newspaper.
We believe that the
efforts of the State
Board and the Georgia
Roads Authority toward
road improvement
the state will be successful
giving very helpful traffic
vice to areas that would
wise have to wait for
much longer.
Feeling that these
are of interest to your
we are sending you this
mation and hope that it
prove useful to you in
news colums.
Yours very truly,
Georgia Rural Roads
Roger H. Lawson
Chairman
The description of the
roads involved was sent by
Georgia Rural Roads
and encllosed with the letter.
DADE COUNTY — PR 2165
1.882 miles of grading
paving of Piney Road,
ning at State Route 143
imately one mile east of
ton and extending north
Piney Grove Church.
The proposed project,
ing at a point on State Rute
between Trenton and
Canyon State Park, and
Before Deadline
The Tax Commissioner re-
ports that about 50 more people
registered before the May 6
deadline. (In order to vote in
the f^ 11 elections It was neces¬
sary to register before May 6.)
Even this increase leaves too
many in the county who are el¬
igible to vote but have not reg¬
istered.
For the county primary elect¬
ions last spring, there were
"The Professor Threw
BY FRANCES GREENE
Johnny Mize, the great
kee hitting star once sa i
“Walt throws a spitball
the others just spit on it
throw.”
He was talking about
Dad, Dr. H. B. Forester, for
past 17 years head of the
ology department a t
Georgia College in
Dad was Johnny's
coach at Piedmont College
Demorest, Georgia and
doubt he would be going
as a pitcher if the
had not been ruled illegal.
doesn’t take speed to throw
spitter, just control.
In case you’re wondering,
“spitter” was a ball that
goed up to home plate,,
lly said “hi” to the batter
then, with a slight bow,
ed into the catcher’s mitt
UNHIT. I f the pitcher
chewing a little slippery
the ball paused long enough
grin. Fact is, -an executive
the major leagues said
a year ago that the
should be legalized again
order t o help the
c^tch u p with the
Whether or not he was right
a tit (Kottitiii tints
ing .north is reputed to
had its origin as an Indian
more than 150 years ago. It
now known locally as
Mill Road or Morrison Road.
Piney Grove Church,
about midpoint of the
was e s t a blished in 1870,
been of continuous service
ce n t e r of community activity
since its founding.
Farming is the p r i n
source of livelihood of the com¬
munity however, and because
its proximity to the
area of Chattanooga, a
of local resdents
their farm income by commut¬
ing to and from employment
that area.
Present traffic along the pro¬
posed project is about 200 ve¬
hicles per day.
DADE COUNTY — PR 1815 (1)
1.252 miles of grading and
paving on the State Route 143-
State Route 301 road, beginning
at State Route 143 approxima¬
tely 3.5 miles west of Trenton
and extending north to State
Route 301 at White Oak Gap.
The proposed improvement
lies along a sec tion of the
“Brow” road of Sand Mountain
to the west of Trenton, con¬
necting the Magby Gap Road
with the White Oak Gap Road.
Prior to its construction, ap.
proximately 25 years ago, con-
tiouous traffic along the Sand
Mountain Brow road was re¬
quired to leave the brow of the
mountain, descend to a junc¬
tion of the two roads on the
east face of the mountain and
again ascend to the brow of the
mountain over difficult grades.
The present road connecting the
two gap roads which are now
both a part of the State High¬
way System offers a continuous
route along Sand Mountain ex¬
tending from Alabama north¬
erly to the Tennessee State line
The scenic beauty of the area
is unparalleled, the panoramic
view of the valley, including
Trenton and the Lookout Moun¬
tain on the opposite side, has
possibilites of becoming a noted
tourist attraction if given ade¬
quate publicity.
Present traffc along the pro¬
posed project is about 75 ve¬
hicles per day.
3918 registered i n the county.
The Board of Registars will not
meet until the middle of June
to compile the voter’s list and
to know the exact number now
registered who will be able to
vote in the state primary and
general elections this fall.
There have' been a few regis¬
trations since May 6, mostly by
young people just coming of
age.
anybody’s guess, but, at least,
it helps to describe a “spitter,” (
for a good spitball pitcher was i
not afraid to use it on a 3-2
count; he had that much con¬
fidence in his control.
I practically grew up with
the “spitter,” for I followed
Dad like his shadow to the
baseball field levery summer.
Incidentally, I was still with
him in the fall at the football
field, and in winter at the
basket ball court. I’ve heard
him called “Walt” by some,
“Coach” by others, and in later
years, “Doc Harry.” But it was
only this week that I prevail¬
ed upon him to divulge the full
secret of the almost lost art of
I throwing the spitball.
I would like to say that base-
ball was as much a part of his
growing up on Lookout Moun-
tain as the hundreds of heads
of cattle that he and his broth¬
ers herded to Chattanooga, 30
miles away, twice a year to put
on sale. And like any kid, he
worked like a Trojan on week¬
days, but “come” Saturdays he
was off on his horse down the
mountain to play baseball with
his favorite team. Later, at
prep school, he did all right,>
Devoted to the Best Interests ot Dade County and
THE DADE COUNTY TIMES, TRENTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY MAY 11 1956
.
Sports
J. B. Geddie
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Cedar Grove and
continued without a loss in
week’s G a. Volunteer
Cedar Grove outlasted Cove
to 9 and Wildwood bested
Fayette 13 to 6.
Covte-Cedar Game
Jim Holsomsack and Verban
Payne were the big guns
Cedar Grove in their
over Cove.
Line Scores R H
Cove .............. 9 14
Cedar Grove ........ 14 14
Batteries: Brock and Parish,
Strickland. Huff, Payne
Bates.
La Fayette - Wilidwood
Jack and Bobby Fugatt
hit long home runs while
ston Whittle pitched two
ball as Wildwood
without at loss by
LaFayette 13 to 6.
Line Scores R H
LaFayette .......... 6 2
Wildwood .......... 13 15
Batteries: Gilbreath and
ney. Whittle and Sims
Durham - New Salem
Durham scored six runs in
first inning and were
headed to hand New Salem
Trenton Water Service
Water service in Trenton was
interrupted Tuesday while work
was going on on the water lines.
The pressure had been getting
weaker since Monday morning
and it was found necessary to
cut off the entire system for
about three hours to work on
it.
On Monday, when the pres¬
sure was reported to be low,
work was immediately started
to locate the trouble. The tanks
on Sand Mountain were found
to be full and the strainers
not unduly clogged.
The line was tested until dark
on Monday .without success
Working again Tuesday it was
believed that the water
have to be cut off the test each
section of pipe. The school was
notified and was closed early,
the water was cut off where it
enters the city and the flush¬
ing out of each section was be¬
gun.
Though nothing was found in
the pipes, in some cases the
water did come out a muddy
color. It was believed that the
pressure from the flash flood
we had May 6 had caused dirt
too seep into the lines and It
could have been that enough
accumulated in some places to
slow up the pressure of water
too, and then at Piedmont
College he became a biology
teacher and coach while still
working on his degree. Base¬
ball was more or less a side¬
line then and he played to
bring In that extra mon*ty
which amounted to a sack full
of silver dollars every S&tur-!
day night. The“sp4tter” was
his pride and joy. His hours of
patient practice on Lookout
were paying off. In one season
alone, he pitched Bona Allen’s
Buford team to win 14 games
out of 16. The ball was entirely
legal and the best a rival man¬
ager could do was find a spit¬
ball pitcher of his own or sit
there and swear silently.
To bring in that extra mon¬
Doctor Harry played in the
Florida East Coast League, too,
and last summer he returned
to his old stamping ground for
couple of weeks. Thirty or
years may seem a long time i
to some folks, but down around:
Cocoa, especially around the
fire house, they still remember
certain games with a certain
pitcher when that “splitter”
3 breaking. After the Florida
Dad spent his off-sum-
mer from teaching in Ken-
third loss without a victory 20
to 8. Charles and Lamar Mas¬
sey led Durham at bat while
Bobby Lee batted in three runs
for the losers.
Line Scores R H E
Durham ............ 20 21 5
New Salem .......... 8 13 5
Batteries: Hudson and Blevins.
B. Bradford, Gray, H. Moore and
Moore, A. Bradford.
Dade Co. - Davis
Davis scored almost at will to
swamp Dade County 28 to 10 in
a runfast. Sherman Avans and
Sonny Daniel clouted homers
and Roy McMahan batted in 5
runs to take their fourth victo¬
ry with one loss.
Line Scores R H E
Dade County ....... 10 15 10
Davis .............. 28 21 8
Batteries: Callahan, Kilgore,
B. Owenby, Hartline, Alexander
and Haley. Ellison, S. Avans and
Page.
Wildwood invades Cove this
week in the top contest of the
loop.
This Week’s Schedule
Cedar Grove at Dade County
Wildwood at Cove
Davis at Durham
New Salem at LaFayette
into the north end of the city.
The lines have now been
cleared. Mayor A. L. Dyer, City
Councilman C. E. Kyzer and
Dudley Cureton were there with
others during the work Mon¬
day and Tuesday. An engineer
from the company in Atlanta,
which was in charge of enlarg¬
ing the system some years ago,
has been sent for to recheck
the lines.
CANCER CRUSADE
The Cancer Crusade for funds
will close May 31, Chairman J
y. Jenkins has announced The
crusade to educate all about
cancer goes on alJ year but is
[funds, intenslfied during the drive for
This year’s slogan, “Fight
Cancer with a check up and a
check” stresses both the im¬
portance of guarding your own
health and giving to help with
the research to find a cure for
this dread disease.
Dade County’s goal, this year,
is $356.00 There are chairman
in each comm unity through
whom you may give your con¬
tribution or leave it with the
chairman in his office at
Court House.
tucky, playing in the coal
near Lynch and Benham.
once, when the Lynch
heard that he was going
pitch against them for
hiam, the boys persuaded
the druggist not to sell him
slippery elm. The
Harvester Company, -for
he was playing, let him
from work and he scoured
surrounding mountains
he found the bark. Next day
beat Lynch, 4-.1.
Another time,, he was
ing for Buford against
All Stars of Atlanta. The
was played in Covington
before it ended, he had
searched by the police, the
manager and a bystander.
fact, he was almost
on the diamond as they
for emery, sandpaper or
ffin. Actuallly, it was only
the “Spitter” was
that day and Pack’s
stars had eight
hitters and only one
e r in the line-up. The
8-0. And the
WAS LEGAL,
Why was it outlawed?
haps there are many
but It was placed in the
category with the emery
Commencement time is nearly
iere and the schedule of events
at the 2 high schools is being
completed.
DADE COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL
Dade County High School will
hold their Class Night on Thurs¬
day, May 31 at the school audi¬
torium. Awards will be present¬
ed by P r i n c i pal J. C. Billue.
Among the many other events
the Class History and Prophecy
will be given. The evening will
be closed by the singing of the
Alma Mater.
P a r t i c i p 'ating will be Sam
Kenimer, Don Vaughn, Linda
Blevins, Coundinia Clark, Sheroy
Everette, Aileen Harrison, Bob¬
bie Jean Harrison, Helen Fores¬
ter, Bobby Lee, Clara Nell Wil¬
liams, Louada Lynn, Linda Wool-
bright and Dickie Sutton.
Baccalaureate
The Baccalaureate Service will
be Sunday June 3 at 3 o’clock.
Rev. H. B. Abshire, from the
Brainerd Methodist Church in
Chattanooga, will give the ser¬
mon. Mr. Joe Mayhew, from the
Trenton Church of Christ, will
give the Invocation and Rev.
R. L. Hilten, Trenton Methodist
Church, will give the Benedic¬
tion.
The High School Glee Club
will sing two numbers and Mus¬
ic Instructor, Mr. Keith Delk
RISING FAWN MAN HURT
AS TRUCK OVERTURNS
Raymond Weeks, 32, of Ris¬
ing Fawn, Ga. was injured ser¬
iously early Monday afternoon
when a logging truck he was
driving overturned at the first
curve going up Lookout Moun¬
tain.
Weeks s u f f f e red a frontal
fracture of the skull, fracture
of the left leg, severe cuts of
the scalp and right side and
multiple contusions and abra¬
sions. He was admitted to a
Chattanooga hospital in a semi¬
conscious condition.
Weeks told hospital authori¬
ties he was on the verge of
leaping from the truck cab
when the vehicle got out of
control, but decided at the last
moment to “stay with it”.
It is believed that Weeks was
crowded off the road by another
truck or a car. The lumber
truck is owned by H. C. Moore
and was not loaded at the time
of the accident.
POLIO VACCINE
There have been 590 persons
in Dade County to receive two
doses of the polio vaccine.
The age limit has been
changed and is now given to
children from six months old
to their 20th birthday.
It is given at the Dade Coun¬
ty Health Center on Friday and
Saturday mornings.
and other unfair pitches. Some
threw what is called a “shine”
ball using paraffin; still others
roughed up the cover with
sandpaper. Many of these il¬
legal pitches were used by un¬
scrupulous pitchers even when
the “spitter” was legal.
Now, what IS a “spitter’’?
According to Doctor Harry, the
saliva on the ball makes it slip-
peery and causes it to leave the
fingers first.Usually the pitcher
used dust or resin on his thumb
to give better control and to
cause the ball to leave the
thumb last. The bit of moisture
that was on the ball gave it
just a half spin as it left the
fingers first. The ball floated
without turning or spinning
toward the plate with the air
pilling against the saliva. At
60 feet and a few inches, this
woulld cause the ball to take a
sudden drop — if thrown over¬
hand. If the side arm were
used, the ball would curve a-
way from a right-hand hitter.
By dusting the first two fin¬
gers and then using saliva on
the thumb and throwing over¬
hand, the speed would cause
the ball to HOP. It would not
HOP as much as It would DROP
Published —
will play the processional and
recessional.
Graduation
Graduation exercises will b e
Monday, June 4, and the theme
this year is “Our School in
Transition”. Supt. of Schools,
Roy W. Moore and Principal
Billue will present the diplomas.
The Dade County High School
Capella Choir, under the direc¬
tion of Mr. Keith Delk, will sing
two numbers. P a t r i eia Ann
Neely is the Valedictorian and
Carolyn June Fulghum is Salu-
tatorian of this year’s class. The
other four to win top scholastic
honors are Kay Elizabeth T«»-
um, Mary Clyde Smith, Thelma
Sue McMahan and H a r old
Lee Shankles.
It is expected there will be 38
who will receive their diplomas.
DAVIS HIGH SCHOOL
The Davis High School will
hold its Baccalaureate Service
on May 27. Commencement Ex¬
ercises will be June 1. There
will be no Class Night Program.
There are 14 listed to receive
their diplomas, three of whom
are veterans.
The Junior-Senior play, “Up
the Hill to Paradise” will be giv¬
en May 25 and 26.
RISING FAWN *SCHOOL
The Rising Fawn School will
have no closing of school exer¬
The Dade County
ment of Public Welfare is in
process o f moving from
old quarters on the second
of the County Courthouse
the new M o r r i son
Their modern new office is
cated in the basement on
north-ease corner of the
ing and can be entered at
level on the Cole Street side.
In addition to the new
for County Director Mrs.
ryn Davis, there is a
room and a room for the
ceptionist Miss Imogem Blevins,
Another great improvement ov-
New Baptistry at Trenton Church of Christ
The new Baptistery at the
Trenton Church of Christ was
used Sunday for the first time.
This baptism service was the
culmination of a Revival which
had been conducted all week by
Mr. Sam Conley of Chattanoo¬
ga. Miss Geraldine Smyth, of
Slygo, was the first person to be
baptised in the new pool.
This Baptistery has been built
behind the pulpit with door-like
curtains to close it off when not
In use. The whole is so con¬
structed that it is in full.view
of those in the auditorium.
Light blue has been used for
the color theme and the pool
is deep enough to stand over
when the dust and saliva were
reversed, but the ball was |
harder to hit as well as harder
on the catcher. However, as
Doc laughingly recalls, there
was one catcher, the All-Ameri¬
can foqtball player from Van¬
derbilt, Josh Cody, who would
always call for the fast UP-
SPITTER. He loved it — and
he could take it.
The “spitter” was hard on
the infielders, too as sometimes
in a hurried throw of a batted
ball, it would get away from
them because of the slick place.
However, a glove full of dust
could counteract that.
Even when it was outlawed
in the Southern Association,
some leagues could still carry
one spitball pitcher on each
club. The majors let each
“Spitter” continue, throw ing
the pitch until he was through
but no new pitchers could come
into the leagues. Burley Grimes
and Clarence Mitchell were the
last of the great spitball pitch¬
ers in the majors.
It has been said that oppos¬
ing managers went so far as
to put mustard oil on the ball
so that a “Spitter” would come
up with a blistered mouth. “I
NUMBER 17
cises this year because in De¬
cember of last year another
grade was added—the first year
of high school.
NORTH*DADE *SCHOOL
The North Dade Elementary
School will hold Certification
Exercises ' June 1, 1956. There
are 23 on the list to receive
their certificates as having fin¬
ished grammar school.
Principal L. C. McHughes will
present the diplomas and will
al o give the graduating address.
Others on the pro gram are
Tommy Lawson, class president,
Ronnie Fuller, Caro lyn Ford,
Alojean Word, Joyce Patterson
and Linda Cole.
The program will also include
several songs, a prayer, Invoca¬
tion and Benediction.
*
HOOKER SCHOOL
Mrs. Lula D. Paris, Principal
of Hooker School wishes to an¬
nounce the graduating exercise
of the Hooker School will be
May 20 at 3:00 p. m. in
the Mt. Calvery Baptist Church.
Rev. Edd Angles from Chat¬
tanooga will bring the message.
Graduates are Buerena Vesta
Paris ’and Melvin Lenard Paris.
They are the children of Mr.
Paris.
Reserved seats for white
friends. *
the one room office in the
1 Courthouse is the large amount
of storage space and a wash
room connected to the offices,
The walls and ceiling are whUe
and the concrete floor has been
painted a grey-blue,
The state board of Public Wel-
fare recommended the change
of offices and along w’th the
county has pur cna c ea new
equipment w h i ch was well
needed.
The Welfare Depart-ment has
been located in the Court House
since it opened about 19 years
ago.
deep in. it is planned to
pictures hung on the walls
a later date. Special long
robes have been made for
in the baptizing services.
EASTER SEAL DRIVE
The Dade County Easter Seal
for funds for crippled
netted $111.00 this year.
has been forwarded to the
association.
Chairman L. C. Adams thanks
those who gave for their fine
in answering the call and
their money to Treas.
J. Hale to help crippled chil¬
had that happen to me
although the late Kid Clay at
Tech told the story on me, Doc
recalls.
“Would you have gone on in
science, even if the ‘spitter’
had not been outlawed?” I
asked him
“Yes”, he says slowly. “Though
I still like baseball” he adds
quickly. “However, teaching —
teaching of biology — is really
my first interest .... ”
And, deep down, I really
know that it is, too. But I can’t
help but wonder sometimes —
especially when spring, in all
its glory and baseball, rolls a-
round—if he wouldn’t just like
to pitch one more time a no¬
hit game, using the “spitter”?
Legally, that is.
Maybe it won’t come into its
own again; maybe it will. But
in any event, I am keeping in
a safe place the diagrams he
drew' for me. Surely, one of his
three grandsons can master
the HOP or the DROP.
(This article is published
with the permission of Mrs.
Frances Greene and The At¬
lanta Journal and Constitution
who first published it in their
Sunday Magazine section)