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VOLUME LVI
lodge Hears 24 Cases
Daring Last Day of Criminal
Criminal Court continued
following the jury’s de¬
on the Paul Crane case,
24 cases coming before
John W. Davis, other
were continued until the
term of court.
•One of the casfs tried by a
jury was the State vs. Floyd
accused of burglary. He
found guilty and sentenced
to from one to five years in a
Elrod was convict¬
of burglarizing the Edgewood
Other cases heard are as fol¬
lows:
Joseph Edward Cason, Improp-
per Tag and Illegal Muffler;
Guilty; Fined $5.00;
Johnnie Daniel, Driving U. I ;
forfeiture;
Otis Buckles, Driving U. I.;
Continued; Defendant in Tri-
County Hosp.;
Leonard Daniel, Drunk at
Residence; Plea Guilty;
Fined $60;
Thomas W. Bodenhammer,,
Driving to Left of Road
Melvin Poster, Non-Attend¬
Plea Guilty; Suspended
on condition children
in school;
Louis McBryar, Drunk at Pri¬
Residence; Plea Guilty;
$40; (Ed. Note:— we have
been told this is Lois G.)
Jim Abies, Drunk at
Plea Guilty; Fined
$50;
Carl Glenn Massey, Improper
Plea Guilty; Fined $10;
Roy Edward Tapley, Improper
Plea of Guilty; Fined
10 ;
Fred Wheeler, Public Drunk¬
Plea Guilty; Fined $50;
Jimrrfy Morgan, Possessing
Plea Guilty; Fined Costs
12 months probation;
Grady Jeffry, Public Drunk¬
Plea of Guilty; Fined
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Wins
Place at Rome
The Wildwood Community
exhibit in the Coosa Val¬
Fair at Rome was awarded
place, it has been announc¬
The Wildwood booth was one
sixteen entered in competi¬
This is the first time any
in Dade County has
an entry in the Coosa
Fair and Wildwood is to
commended for arranging a
that received many com¬
To be given fifth place
their first effort is certain¬
an honor. The booth was
$75 in prize money.
Many of the ladies exhibit¬
handiwork won premiums
totaling around $20. They are
as follows:
Mrs. J. C. Wallin, 2nd .for a
rug; 3rd for a braided
2nd for a suit and 2nd for
angel cake; Mrs. D. J. Han¬
3rd for a boy’s coat; Mrs.
Stephens, 3rd for a cut-
embroidered table cloth,
R. S. Townsend, 3rd for a
metal-tooled picture and Mr.
Watkins, 1st for a tooled
leather picture.
Devoted to the Best Interests of Dade County and
the dade Bounty times, trenton, Georgia, Thursday October 11, 1956
2 nor more than 5 years in state
penitentiary.
Albert Chubb charged with
possessing liquor resulted in a
mistrial by jury.
James Henderson, pled guilty
to a charge of possessing liquor.
He was fined $50 and put on a
years probation. This sentence
was revoked on Oct. 4 and he is
to serve 11 months in the pub¬
lic works camp.
Davis Planning
Fair; Open House
A school-community fair and
open house has been planned
for the Sand Mountain attend¬
ance area, and will be held Oct.
27 ait Davis High School.
Representing the joint efforts
of the home demonstration clubs
within the area and the school,
the fair will be a major event
of interest,, not only to the com¬
munity, but to the entire county.
The new Davis Elementary
School building will be on dis¬
play at the open house. In the
high school building, the com¬
munity will be given an oppor¬
tunity to Visit the new science
laboratory, general shop and
home economics departments.
Awards for Fair
The fair will include awards
for seven individual classifica¬
tions and two group classifi¬
cations of domestic and agri¬
cultural products. These awards
have been contributed by the
Dade County Fair Association.
Members of the three home
demonstration clubs, who have
encouraged the fair and planned
it with D. O. Chumley, school
principal, faculty sponsors of
the 4-H Clubs and student rep-
resentatives of the 4-H Clubs
will have three separate
Other booths are being planned
by the Junior and Senior 4-H
Clubs. The Sand Mountain com-
munity and all service organi-
zntions in Dade County are
vited to enter exhibits.
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PjLsuv Pa ving PROJECT — The above officers of the Dade High School Par¬
ent-Teacher Association are assisting a newly-foi med committee headed by
Attorney .Maddox J. Hale in a paving project foi the school. I reliminary
plans were drawn up at the last regular meeting. A walkway fiom the old bui
lding to the new will be paved, also a walkway around the new high school.
—Photo Courtesy J. B. Johnson, Ft. Payne ------
Dade Coentians
Virgil Jenkins, Director of
Civil Defense in Dade County,
accompanied by Mrs. N. H.
Hutchison, Miss ITannilu Mc¬
Whorter, Miss Naomi Hubble,
Mrs. Worth Lea and Rev. R. L.
Hilten, attended a basic civil
defense training course in Rome
last Friday. Certificates wtere
given at the close of the day’s
program.
Mrs. Hutchison has been ap¬
pointed by Gov. Marvin Griffin
on the Civil Defense Women’s
Advisory Committee for the
state and is w<ynan leader of
the local organization.
Well-Qualified
Well-qualified for the position,
Mrs. Hutchison has worked with
radiation problems in the Bio¬
chemistry Division of Southern
Research Institute of Birming¬
ham, the center of scientific
knowledge for this area. She is
also vitally interested in all
phases of defense and will be a
great help to Director Jenkins
in getting the local program un¬
derway.
During her association with
the Birmingham institute, she
was co-author of a number of
scientific publications pertain¬
ing to her studies.
Health Head
Miss McWhorter, as pulblic
health nurse, is head of the
Civil Defense Health Service in
Dade County and will provide
valuable assistance. It is the
policy of the civil defense ad¬
ministration that health depart¬
ments take responsibility in their
respective counties. Since Dade
has no health officer, advice
will be given by other health
j J authorities, Clubs in the county who are
j interested in helping this pro¬
gram which concerns every cit-
j izen are requested to contact
Director Jenkins or other mem-
bers of the organization. Be-
j ginning next civil week, defense a series written of
articles on
by Director Jenkins and Mrs.
Hutchison, will be published.
p r j ce Jeffrey, 52, Shot in
^
Price Jeffrey, 52, resident of
Trenton, received gunshot
wounds early Monday night fol¬
lowing an argument with his
brother, Grady Jeffrey, at the
family home.
It was reported that the
brothers were in a heated de¬
bate concerning a money mat¬
ter when Grady suddenly grab¬
bed his shotgun. Price allegedly
tried to stop him, but was shot
SHRADER CAR HITS
KG AD GRADER ON SAND MTN.
Leon Shrader, 23, received
serious injuries to his left leg
and sustained other injuries
Sunday afternoon when his ’52
model automobile struck a road
grader at a high rate of speed.
The automobile, which was
towed in by Walls wrecker, was
completely demolished on the
left side, with a huge dent and
broken windows.
Shrader’s leg was broken and
he is presently undergoing treat¬
ment at Tri-County Hospital.
Reports are that he will be in a
cast for six months.
The accident occurred on Sand
Mountain where the paving pro¬
ject is going on. It was reported
that another driver was involv¬
ed in the accident, bue details
are not available.
Weeks Injured
An employee a{ of Dyer Lumber
Co., known this time as Mr.
Weeks, recently suffered a brok¬
en leg when his truck over¬
turned. Bystanders, not realiz¬
ing his leg was broken, had him
standing up before taking him
to the doctor.
As a safety precaution, in¬
jured persons should not be
moved except by stretcher or the
advice of someone qualified. A
similar incident took place at
Rising Fawn when Mr. Little
was injured. He did not appear
to be seriously hurt but when
he was taken to the hospital, he
was found to have a broken
neck.
beth Shumacker, Glenna Thom¬
as, Jewell Gass, Mrs. Ariel Mc-
Miilin, Rich Miller and Bryan
Pope.
Wildwood Booth
An attractive booth arrang¬
ed by Wildwood ladies, was a
new feature this year, one that
the public seemed to enjoy,
judging from the crowds of vis¬
itors. Mesdames N. E. Fugatt,
George A. Carroll, Clyde Neely,
Elmer Oliver, Charles Hixson, D.
J. Hancock, Alma Neely, R. S.
Townsend and Worth Lea, as¬
sisted by many others, put to¬
gether a most interesting booth
with a variety of handmade
items.
Fancy and plain aprons, t.v.
snack bowls, copper work, dolls
with hand-stitched dresses, rugs,
quilts, hand towels, fringed
straw hats and beautifully dec-
crated eggshells were only a few
of the exquisitely made articles.
The New Salem residents who
helped in the food booth were
kept busy both days, serving
delicious barbecue plates, hot
dogs, cakes and pies. They sold
forty home-baked cakes and
realized over a thousand dollars
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NUMBER 38
from a distance of about four
feet.
He was taken to the Trenton
Clinic, where Dr. N. H. Hutchi¬
son sent him to Tri-County Hos¬
pital for treatment of superfi¬
cial scaplp wounds. He also had
metal fragments imbedded in
his eye, but his condition was
not described as serious. Jeffrey
was taken by Moore ambulance
to the Ft. Oglethorpe hospital,
wound over his right eye and
advised tha he enter Tri-Coun¬
ty Hospital for observation.
Jeffry was taken by Moore am¬
bulance to the Ft. Oglethorpe
hospital.
Constable J. O. Broome, who
was in charge of the jail while
Sheriff Blevins took a prisoner
back to the Reidsville, Ga. pris¬
on, and H. H. Hutchins, City
Policeman, investigated. Grady
Jeffrey was not taken into cus¬
tody, since a warrant was not
taken out by the family, ac¬
cording to Policeman Hutchins.
The wounded man recently
sold a small grocery business
at New England.
Plum Nelly Draws
Largest Crowd Yet ,
The picturesque pathways of
Plum Nelly were filled to over¬
flowing this past weekend by the
largest crowds ever to visit the
unique art exhibit. The clothes¬
line art show, originated by
Miss Fannie Mennen, is rapidly
becoming known in the South
as a major attraction of the fall
season.
The paintings were beautiful
as usual, with the public carry¬
ing home 158 works of art, more
than in previous years. Exhibit¬
ors were Miss Mennen, Charles
Doughty, Frank Baisden, Mil¬
dred Jarrett, Frank Helms, Rob¬
ert Caldwell, Fred Leath, Marga¬
ret Parsons, George Cress, Eliza-
aret Pasons, George Cress, Eliza¬
