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VOLUME LVI
Hadden , McBryar’s Drug
Looted of Cash, Merchdse m
Thieves broke into two Trenton business establishments some¬
time Thursday night, taking with them over $150 in cash, in¬
cluding a roll of 400 pennies, radios and other items.
Sheriff Allison Blevins reported that Hadden's Pharmacy was
entered through a side door and the cash register looted of around
$150. Some watches and a bottle of pills were also taken.
McBryar Bros. was
sing two radios,, some watches,
shirts, the roll of pennies and
the silver in the coke machine
when the store was opened Fri
day morning. Mr. Lewis McBryar,
owner, thought perhaps a pair
of shoes was also gone from, his
store.
Cull Tree Removal
Showed on Mountain
Approximately 125 persons at¬
tended the forest management
demonstration on the E. R. Wells
Sand Mountain farm Oct. 10.
The demonstration, sponsored
jointly by the TVA„ the Georgia
Extension Service and the
Georgia Forestry Commission,
was on cull tree removal.
The tract of timber used in
the demonstration is a part of
2,673 acres of forestland owned
by Mr. Wells, who is especially
interested in proper forest man¬
agement and timber production.
In 1950 a management plan
was developed for this timber-
land which included selective
harvesting of saw timber and
removal of cull and undesirable
trees for market and fuel wood.
Low market value for this type
of timber has prevented the
timber stand improvement de¬
sired by the owner.
Purpose
The purpose of the demonstra¬
tion was to determine the cost
of removing cull trees by gird¬
ling and poisoning and to point
up the fact that farm woodland
owners can further improve
their timber stand and make the
operation pay in more produc¬
tion per acre of high quality
saw logs.
Presiding over the meeting
was County Agent L. C. Adams.
The cull tree problem was de¬
scribed b y District Forester
Frank Craven, with Julian
Reaves, Managemjentt Special¬
ist of the Ga. Forestry Comm.,
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Supermarket Opens
Thursday, Oct. 25
A tentative opening date of
Thursday, Oct. 25 has been set
for the new Shop-Rite Super¬
market in Trenton, it has been
announced.
Zuma Richardson, manager
of Shop-Rite, Inc., said this
week that the grand opening
will take place in approximate¬
ly two or three weeks.
Manager of the store will be
Frank Bomar of Ringgold, with
Mrs. Jewell McBryar of Trenton
assisting him as cashier. Mr.
Bomar plans to make Trenton
his home in the near future.
Work on the supermarket, the
first of its kind in Dade Coun¬
ty, is progressing. All fixtures in
the 44 x 93 ft. building should
be installed by opening day.
Devoted to the Best Interests of Dade County a nd Georgia
THE DADE COUNTY TIMES, TRENTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY OCTOBER 18, 1956
Standard Oil
Going Up
Work started Wednesday at
Service Station for a
modern new Standard Oil Sta¬
tion which is scheduled to be
completed in about two and a
half months.
With the me of two trucks,
practically all the debris had
been hauled away by Monday.
Concrete blocks and four hugh
gasoline tanks are standing
ready at the rear of the proper¬
ty and a rough shack has been
built to hold building tools and
other items.
Another shack will be con¬
structed for the use of A. L.
(Buck) Gifford, operator of the
station, to house anti-freeze, etc.
Gifford said he will continue to
do business throughout the
building period.
New features of the modern
quipment and a second pump
station will include all new e-
isle, making a total of four
pumps. The building will be con¬
structed of concrete blocks.
Building is under the super¬
vision of a contractor, with some
local labor.
Clothing Course
Beginning Monday
A course in general clothing
construction for adults will be¬
gin Monday, Oct. 22 at 7:30 p. m.
in the new home economics de¬
partment at Dade High School.
All interested are urged to
attend. Mrs. Sutton, home econ¬
omics instructor, is in charge of
these meetings.
A. L. Hadden said it was not
his cusrtom to leave so much
money in the cash register, but
that particular night had left
about $150 in one section and a
much larger amount in an¬
other. Luckily, the theives saw
only the smaller amount. The
pharmacist’s supply of narcot¬
ics was left untouched, although
a small bottle of pills was taken.
Sheriff Blevins is being assist¬
ed by J. P. Hillan, agent for the
Georgia Bureau of Investigation.
Elrod Held
Edward Elrod, 17-year-old
Trenton youth, has confessed to
breaking in the Davis School on
Sept. 23 and is now in the coun¬
ty jail awaiting transfer to a
state reformatory.
Two others who were involv¬
ed in the robbery remain at
large. Elrod, who was serving a
probation sentence at the time
of the break-in, had his sen¬
tence automatically revoked up¬
on his confession.
He was arrested by Sheriff
Allison Blevins, who had re¬
ceived a tip that the youth was
involved in the crime. When
confronted with the crime, El¬
rod confessed, but refused to
implicate the other two.
The trio reportedly made away
with only some ice cream they
found in the lunchroom, and
from the evidence, may have
made sandwiches there.
Dade P.T.A. Planning Paving Project for Walkways;
Committee Sets fund Goal at $1200-$!500
At the October meeting of the
PTA held at the Dade County
High School, the urgent need
for permanent walk-ways
around part of the new building
and between the old building
and the new building, was
brought to the attention of the
members. It was pointed out
that during wet seasons, the
children would be wading mud
between the two buildings and
tracking the mud into the build¬
ings, doing much damage to the
floors, and that even in dry
seasons, a good deal of damage
was being done to flooors by
the tracking in of dust and
gravel.
After considerable discussion,
it was decided that this was a
project bigger than could be
handled by the PTA organiza¬
tion without outside help, and
the general feeling was that
this would be a project in which
all patrons of the school, as well
as others who had an interest
in the school, would want to
have a part.
A committee, composed of
Prof. H. S. Chaffin, principal of
Dade County High School, James
M. G o o d w i n, O. F. Greene,
Charles T. Sims, J. L. Fricks, Rev.
Jesse Mitchell and M. J. Hale,
have been studying the need,
the type of walks that should be
installed, the approximate cost
and ways to finance the pro¬
ject. There is no money avail¬
able from school funds with
which to do this job.
$1500 Needed
The committee first consider¬
ed the possibility of concrete
walk-ways but the cost of this
appeared to be prohibitive. The
rext consideration was the use
of plant mix. In order to do the
job which is needed, it will be
necessary to raise between $1200
and $1500.
An effort will be made to
have some one or more persons
in every community patroniz¬
ing the Dade County High
School, to contact citizens for
their donations. However, it will
not be possible to have a com¬
plete person to person canvass,
and contributions can be mailed
in or handed to any member of
the committee. Funds will be
1st Months School Attendance Report
Schools lment ADA %
Hooker Jr. High 5 4.95 99.00
North Dade Elementary 246 234.40 97.24
New Salem Elementary 154 148.95 97.19
Dade Elementary 400 379.20 97.00
515 * 494.55 96.79
Davis Elementary 42.05 95.90
Hooker Elementary 44
Dade High 349 333.55 95.34
Davis High 180 165.40 94.83
Rising Fawn Jr. High 20 18.65 93.25
Rising Fawn Elementary 180 165.25 93.10
White Schools 2045 1939.95 96.39
Colored Schools 49 47.00 96.21
Published Weekly—Since 1901
Speaks Before R. Fawn Ruritan Club
Says "In Favor"
New State Highway Bill
Congressman Henderson Lanham advised the people of
Georgia to get ready to finance their own schools when he
spoke before a dinner meeting of the Rising Fawn Ruritan Club
Tuesday evening.
“There is no hope of federal aid as long as the segregation
problem exists,” the congressman stated.
New Car Total Loss
In Weekend Wreck
A weekend accident resulted
in the total loss of a brand-new
convertible owned by Terrell
McCauley, Jr. of Trenton. Mc¬
Cauley, an employee of U. S.
ville. McCauley was driving south
chased the automobile about
four weeks ago.
The accident occurred a mile
and a half north of Morgan-
vill. McCauley was driving south
when he topped the hill at the
Robert Ryan residence and saw a
car stopped for a left-hand turn.
There was not time to slow down
sufficiently to avoid a collision,
so he applied his brakes, then
swerved the car into the Ryan
yard, turning over three times.
McCauley avoided serious in¬
jury by throwing himself onto
the floorboard of the car. Sheriff
Allison Blevins, who investigat¬
ed, said the skidmarks measur¬
ed approximately 90 feet, with
the vehicle stopping about 110
yards from the spot it left the
highway.
McCauley received only a very
slight cut on his hand and a
bump on his head. He said t/e
car was covered by insurance
tans could do to get U. S. 11
paved from the Alabama line to
the Tennessee line; his answer
was to make a “big noise,” and
to put pressure on the State
Highway Department. The state
has to raise only half the ne¬
cessary funds with the federal
government allotting the rest.
He said he was scheduled to meet
with highway officials in Atlanta
Wednesday.
The congressman also discuss¬
ed the small watershed program
tor which 48 applications have
been filed. He believes the solu¬
tion lies in building dams dn
small streams before they run
into the large rivers. Mr. Lan¬
ham said he was in favor of this
project and would do all. he
could to help the district.
As a result of Mr. Lanham’s
talk, the Rising Fawn club voted
to send a delegation to Atlanta
in the near future.
Dade To Share
Health Officer
An announcement has been
made that Dade County will
have the services of a health of¬
ficer just as soon as one is
available.
Ordinary R. M. Morrison and
County School Superintendent
met with officials of Walker
and Chattoga Counties recent¬
ly to decide on this important
matter. The three counties will
te under the jurisdiction of one
health officer, who will spend
part of each week in each coun¬
ty.
turned over to Mr. James M.
Goodwin, Treasurer of PTA. The
will be handled and the
money spent under the direc¬
tion of the PTA.
All parents having children
attending this school will rec¬
ognize the personal benefit they
will derive from this project
from a health standpoint, as
well as from » material stand¬
point because of the saving of
wear and tear on children’s
shoes. It is the hope of the
committee and of the PTA, that
every parent, teacher and citi¬
zen interested in the Dade
County Schhol and in the chil¬
dren who attend, will respond
with a donation and that they
will make it just as liberal as
their circumstances permit. All
donations should be made by
rot later than November 1st.
NUMBER 39
He was guest speaker before an
audience of 74 men of the Ris¬
ing Fawn, Cave Springs and
Byrd’s Chapel communities. J.
L. Fricks, program chairman of
the club, introduced Congress¬
man Lanham, saying that he
believed this was the first time
the 7th District Congressman
had ever been a featured speak¬
er at any occasion in Dade
County.
In his informal talk, Mr. Lan¬
ham commented on the value of
Ruritan Clubs in smaller com¬
munities and also mentioned
that he kept in contact with
the people in his district by
spending one day a year in the
courthouse of each county.
“Glorified Errand Boy”
He descrbed his duties as those
of a “glorified errand boy” whose
task it was to serve as liason
officer between the people and
the bureaucrats.
When questioned about the
state highway bill, 'Congress¬
man Lanham said that when the
bill was introduced last year, he
was against it because the
money would have to be raised.
This year, when it came up
again, he was in favor of it since
the money would come from
t*ixes.
He was asked what the Ruri-
