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VOLUME LVI
First Services Held .
New
Services in the new Calvary
Baptist Church were held for the
first time Sunday, which was a
joyous day for the entire member¬
ship. It was an especially memor-
able occasion for Rev. and Mrs. W.
E. Hampton and eight other mem-
bers of the church, who organized
... the congregation .. year ago and
a
who started the building project
on its way.
The Sunday School services
were attended by 126 persons,
with approximately 150 attending
church. One new addition to the
church membership was announced
at this time.
The attractive, concrete block
church is nearly completed through
the efforts of the men of the
church who donated their labor,
and some hired work. The latter
was necessary when the blocks
were being laid, the rafters were
going up and the doors were being
hung. Gas heat was recently in¬
stalled. The wainscoating of pine
paneling has yet to be put on the
white plaster walls of the sanc¬
tuary, the floors have to be sand¬
ed and finished, and some work
done to the Sunday School rooms,
but the church is a tiling of beauty
to its members who feel that the
months of effort have been well-
rewarded.
Organized November 1954
Calvary Baptist was organized
in November of 1954 by the Hamp¬
tons and the following persons:
Mr. and Mrs. Densil Durham, Mr.
and Mrs. Clarence Durham, Mrs.
Victor Quinton, Henry Barton and
Phil Keith. Services were held
in the Masonic Building, which
by the time the new church was
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Dade-RosweU Game
Dec. 7 Decisive
On riday, Dec. 7, a history-mak¬
ing event will take place in Tren-;
ton—the Dade High Wildcats and
Roswell High School will vie for
the coveted chance to play in the
state finals. This is the first time
that a county team has had an
opportunity to enter the state
eliminations, and when Dade High
w'on over Davis Nov. 16, the Wild¬
cats became Region 4C champs,
making them eligible for the state
play-offs.
It is expected that Dade will
gain some advantage by playing
on the home field, and many sup¬
porters staunchly believe that the
Wildcats have every chance of
winning.
When Principal H. S. Chaffin
agreed to hold tire game here,
immediately assumed th# financial.
burden necessary for such
event. He expects the expenses to
amount to approximately $450,
half of which will be due Roswell.
Other expenses include two new
footballs, required by rules of the
game, tne hiring of officials from
the Tennessee Athletic Association 1
and the electricity used for the |
night game.
Despite the expense, Dade Coun-
ty citizens and patrons of the
school want the game to be played
here because of its importance.
Many have already pledged their
moral and financial support.
Let’s give the Dade High Wild¬
cats a big send-off to the state
finals by coming to watch them
beat the Region 3C winners! Game
time is 8 o’clock and admission
price is 50 cents and $1.00.
Devoted to the Best Interests of Dade County and Georgia
THE DADE COUNTY TIMES, TRENTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY NOVEMBER 29, 1956
6-POINT DEER FELLED
BY rm . s1TR BUCHANAN
Chester Buchanan has shot
first deer of the season
seething that every other hunter
the county would ...... their
m jo give eye-
teeth to do. Buchanan downed the
6-point deer near Head, River two
Sundays ago and is the first
hunter reported to us to shoot the
elusive animal.
An employee of the Mueller
Co. in Chattanooga, Buchanan is
J an enthusiastic hunter and had
1 been far Ocoee, Tennessee
as as
looking for deer before bagging
one here. At present, all those
tasty venison steaks are hanging
in the Buchanan woodshed, drying
out. Mrs. Buchanan intends to
put most of the meat in her
freezer.
Dade Has Deadliest Traffic Record
Of Any County In Georgia For 1955
Comparing traffic deaths by
counties with the county popula¬
tion, Dade County appears to have
the deadlies record in the state
for 1956. This appalling news w'as
recently released by the Georgia
Department of Public Safety in its
annual publication and is based
on 13 traffic deaths reported in
1955 as compared to 1950 prelim¬
inary census figures.
The number of traffic fatalities
Cherokee Library
Reports Progress
The annual Cherokee Regional
Library Board meeting, Nov. 15,
was held at the Trion Inn. Con¬
gressman Henderson Lanham gave
a report on library bills in Con¬
gress . and then held the federal
government' was giving on the
support of libraries throughout
the United States.
Mr. Scott Candler, state Secre¬
tary of Commerce, was the speak¬
er of the evening and told of the
growth of library service through¬
out Georgia.
The annual report of the Chero¬
kee Regional Library showed much
progress. There are now over 50,-
000 books in the library with a cir¬
culation of 82,434 from the libra¬
ries alone. There are almost 4,000
listed borrowers of these books.
1,019 filmstrips and 1,936 record¬
ings have been circulated this
The library sponsors two
weekly radio programs and con-
their “story hour” for pre¬
children,
The library now' has two Book-
mobiles, one for white, which is
the new one seen around the coun¬
recently, and one for the col-
people on which they raised
toward payment of this. The
bookmobile circulated 67,753
so far this year and the
bookmobile, 1,653 books in
first month.
Attending the meeting from
were executive committee
Miss Bess Cureton and
Douglas Morrison, Dade
member, Henry Elliott,
of Rising Fawn School,
of Schools Roy W. Moore,
and Mrs. E. A. Ellis and Da-
High School Principal D. O.
Mr N jsit
Mrs. Jules A. Case of Trenton
has recently completed the
Cross Instructors’ Course in Home
Nursing in Chattanooga, and plans
to teach similar* courses in the
county, beginning in January.
These courses will be held as
part of the civil defense program,
which was inaugurated a few'
weeks ago by Director Virgil Jen¬
kins and Mrs. N. H. Hutchison,
woman’s leader and member of the
state advisory committee.
Miss Annie Jo Hawfield, Red
Cross instructor from th^ Chatta¬
nooga chapter, w’as in Trenton
Wednesday to assist Mrs. Case in
getting plans for the classes un¬
derway. t
Mrs. Case, w T ho is a registered
nurse in the <*tate of Tennessee,
took nurses training at the Prot¬
estant Hospital in Nashville, now
known as the Baptist Hospital.
She completed three years of
| training in 1938.
here has increased by 75% over
the 1954 figures of only three
deaths. The past year is prob¬
ably also the deadlies in Dade
County traffic history. Dade's
highway accidents continue, but its
citizens hope that 195T will be a
banner year for safety.
Recent Accidents
A cow' seeking the proverbial
greener pastures caused extensive
damage to a tourist's automobile
and also caused her own death
w’hen the animal wandered out in¬
to the highway south of Rising
Fawn Friday night. The animal
was owmed by Dan Tatum.
The driver of the automobile
was a soldier w'ho was en route
to Mississippi with his wife and
baby for a visit w'ith his sister.
They were not injured.
An automobile burned under
mysterious circumstances last
week after it plunged off the
Lookout Mountain bluff. Virgil
Wall, owner -of Wall’s Wrecking
Service in Trenton, noticed the
flames from his station which is
located at the LaFayette-Birming-
ham highway intersection and put
in a call to the sheriff’s office.
When he and Sheriff Blevins ar¬
a } the scene, no one w'as to
found.
Sheriff Blevins learned that the
tag had been issued to
E. Scott of LaFayette, and
date, no one has show'n up to
the ruins.
The bright afternoon sun may
been responsivle for an acci¬
on the Sand Mountain high¬
Sunday, when Don Carr drove
car across the center line into
path of an oncoming automo¬
Both vehicles carried Ten¬
license plates and w'ere
iamaged slightly. Mrs. Carr was
to Tri-County Hospital by
ambulance, being held
for observation.
Carr allegedly said he didn’t see
other car when he attempted
make the left-hand turn.
Cody Pierce of Rising Fawm w'as
injured last Thursday
wmrking on his car, it has
reported. Pierce, who oper¬
a garage at Hammondsville,
w*as underneath his automo¬
when it fell on him. He w’as
to a Chattanooga hospital
Moore’s ambulance.
Published Since 1901
Constable - J. P. Elections
Saturday, December 1st
Following last Tuesday’s
line for qualifying in the Dec.
Constable-J. P. elections,
had registered their intentions
run for the offices of Justice
the Peace and 23 had qualified
constable.
Each district will elect
J. P. and Constable, with
competition making the
coming election more
W. R. Tatum New
City Councilman
W. R. (Bill) Tatum,
and manager of the Trenton
phone Company, w'as elected
councilman Tuesday, Nov. 20,
a special called election w'hich
held in the county court clerk’s
fice. Tatum replaces Edgar
Ryan, W'ho has moved to
Fawn and Tatum will serve
Ryan’s unexpired term w'hich runs
until December 1957.
No other names were w'ritten in
on the ballots.
Twenty-nine out of the 375 reg¬
istered voters cast their ballot in
this election. W. W. Williams,
election manager, said he had ex¬
pected a very light vote but by 2
P.M. only 17 persons had voted.
Assisting with the election were
Mesdames J. G. Nethery and E.
S. Pace.
H. Dem. Council Votes To Co-Sponsor
Christmas Decor. Contest
The Dade County Home Dem-
Council met November
1956, at the New Home
The New Home Club gave
the devotional. “Onward Chris¬
Soldiers” w r as sung by the
group. Mrs. Nola Crisp
several selections from the
and led the group in the
Prayer. Poem by Mrs. Fay
The Council voted to sponsor a
school as soon after the
of the year as its could be
Miss Bess Cureton showed a
wreath made of nuts,
clothes hanger and celephone.
also showed an easy to make
apron made of net and
Mrs. D. P. Hood gave a report
the wonderful success of the
Fair; Avans, New Home and
Gap Clubs participating.
Scrapbooks for the Club of the
to be turned in to Miss Hub¬
office not later than Dec. 15,
After some discussion, the
voted to have a banquet
the winning club. A commit¬
to w’ork with Miss Hubble in
the details, w r as elected
follows: Mrs. Val Nethery,
SNOW STICKS
LOOKOUT MTN
Dade County’s first snow of
season began falling on Look¬
Mountain about 9:30 p.m.
but did not start in the
until dawm Monday. It w’a.s
that the mountain snow'
sticking, creating a beautiful,
scene, but the snow
fell in the valley melted as
as it touched the ground.
NUMBER 45
in several precincts.
Candidates for Justice of the
Peace* are as follows:
J. B. Geddie, W. W. Williams—
Trenton; W. P. Cole—Slygo; D. F.
Long—Byrd’s Chapel; Worth T.
Lea—Wildwood; Howard G. Doyle
—New' England; Charles A. Whit¬
ed, J. Z. Bobo—Rising Fawn; E. J.
Bible and H. C. Forester—Sulphur
Springs; Murphy M. Burrell and
Roy K. (Butch) Christian—Cole
City; W. H. Moore and Lawrence
C. Brown—West Brow'. None qual¬
ified from the Hooker, New' Home
and New Salem districts. One Juc-
tice of the Peace will be leected
from each district.
Candidates for Constable are as
follows:
Law'rence E. Christopher, Tom¬
my Gray, Bill Norton, H. H.
Hutchings and J. O. Broome—
Trenton; R. M. Castleberry and
Prince Byrd’s Chapel; H.
C ‘ Porten-Wildwood; Hugh C.
f oatos » James C. Lynn, James B.
Raines and Alvin L. Castleberry—
New England; Russell Young,
Dew-ew Bradford and Claud Blev¬
ins—Rising Fawn; John Watley—
Hooker; G. V. Green—Sulphur
Springs; A. J. Carroll and Ozell
Clark—Cole City; E. F. Patton—
New r Home; Joseph B. Clark, Rick
W. Parker and Marvin R. Williams
—West Brow. None qualified in
New Salem and Slygo. Two con-
stables for each district will be
,elected.
Mrs. Jiles Gass and Mrs. Fred
Harrison.
Miss Bess Cureton was elected
chairman of the committee to plan
the Year Books for 1957. She
asked the president of each club
to work with her and to give sug¬
gestions as to the demonstrations
they want given in the following
year and to plan other activities
the Council should sponsor.
Miss Hubble suggested Council
meetings more often. After some
discussion, a motion carried to
have these meetings every tw r o
months beginning in January. This
meeting to be held in Trenton.
It w'as announced that Mrs. N.
H. Hutchison would send material
on Sivil Defense to each club and
ask the mto participate in promot¬
ing the Civil Defense program.
Mrs. Jules Case would teach Home
Nursing and First Aid in each
community.
The Christmas Lighting Contest
w r as discussed and the Council
voted to co-sponsor the contest
with the Garden Club. The follow’-
ing committee w r as appointed to
work w'ith the Garden Club com¬
mittee: Mrs. J. C. Wallin, Mrs. G.
C. Hardeman, Mrs. Cecil McKaig
and Mrs. Fred Harrison.
Election of officers followed. The
following are to hold office for
1957: President, Mrs. Jules Case;
1st Vice-President, Mrs. Fay Nee¬
ly; 2nd Vice-President, Mrs. D. J.
Hancock; Secretary, Mrs. Cecil
McKaig; Treasurer, Mrs. W. C.
Cureton; Reporter, Miss Bess
Mrs. A. L. Dyer and several of
pupils presented a most en¬
joyable piano recital during the
hour. Cake and coffee were
by the New Home Club.
