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VOLUME LVI
Dade Wildcats f Roswell Clash Friday Night At 8
Mrs. Thelma Bell Elected
Hooker Justice of Peace
Mrs. Thelma Bell of Hooker was elected Justice of the Peace for
that district in Saturday’s elections and may well be Dade Ciunty’s
first woman to hold such an office. As far as anyone can remember,
she is the first woman Justice of the Peace here, but ther are
no record to substantiate this fact. Mrs. Bell, who has been a
teacher at Dade High Scholl for many years, is surprised and
pleased that her neighbors thought her worthy to take the office,
but she did not enter the race of her own accord. When no one
had qualified for Justice of the
Peace by the day before election,
the election managers began
thinking of suitable persons.
Mrs. Bell’s name came up along,
with that if Chefey M. Smith,
so both were written in on the
ballots.
This practice is permissable
and took place in several other
districts of the county. All that
was required of candidates for
both justice of the peace and
constable was their signature on
a letter of intention to run.
Mrs. Bell received 21 votes,
while Mr. Smith polled 10. A
similar light vote was report e d
in other districts als.o.
Other Winners
Election results are as follows:
For Justice of the Peace:
SLYGO—W. P. Cole, 6; Tom
Slaughter, 1; E. F. Moore, 1 and
Joe Doyle, 1; BYRD’S CHAPEL
D. F. Long, 10; TRENTON*—J. B.
Geddie, 122; W. W. Williams,
129; WILDWOOD—Worth T.
Lea, 22; NEW ENGLAND—How-
..dG. Doyle, 67; RISING FAWN
J. Z. Bobo, 75; Alvin Whited, 99
and James McMahan, 1;
HOOKER..Mrs. Thelma BeH, 21
nd Chefey M. Smith, 10; SUL¬
PHUR SPRINGS—E. J. Bible, 17;
Fred Byers, 41 and H. C. Fores¬
ter, 28; NEW SALEM—Carl Bak¬
er,! 7; COLE CITY—Murphy
Burrell, 128 and Roy W. Christ¬
ian, 67; NEW HOME—Doc Cuz-
zort, 36 and R. L. Akins, 2;
WEST BROW—Lawrence E.
Erown, 13 and W. H. Moore, 73.
For Constable—SLYGO—Alv¬
in Cureton, 4; C. G. Lawson, 2;
Henry Dugan, 1 and E. Durham,
1; BYRD’S CHAPEL—R. M.
Castleberry, 10 and Grady Prince
10; TRENTON—H. H. Hutchings,
118; Lawrence E. Christopher,
113; Tommy Gray, 110; Bill Nor¬
ton, 70 and Jim Broome, 20;
WILDWOOD—H. C. Porter, 22;
R. W. Massey, 18 and C. E Hart,
2; NEW ENGLAND— Hugh
Coates, 27; James Lynn, 27;
James B. Raines, 24; Alvin Cast¬
leberry, 22; Jesse Page, 17; Sam
York, 14; and Roy Weathers, 3;
RISING FAWN— Dewey Brad¬
ford, 89; Russell Young, 87 and
Claude Blevins, 82; HOOKER
John Watley, 29; Charles Coates,
6; T. M. Ballard, 2; Sulphur
Springs, G. V. Green, 82; Cad
Avans, 2; Grady Hawkins, 1 and
E. M. Hawkins, 1; NEW SALEM
Claude Bradford, 17 and L. T.
Martin, 17; COLE CITY—Ozell
Clark, 188; A. J. Carroll, 173;
L. L. Bates, 1 and Bill Griffin,
1; NEW HOME—E. F. Patton,
29; and Charles Green, 25;
WEST BROW—Joe B. Clark,
84, M. R. Williams, 76; and Rick
W. Parker, 10.
Don’t forget the Dade-Roswell
football game Friday night, Dec.
7 at Trenton. The winner will
play in the state finals.
Devoted to the Best Interests of Dade County and Georgia.
THE DADE COUNTY TIMES, TRENTON, GBORGIA, THURSDAY DECEMBER 6, 1956
Greyhound Bus Stop
Changed To Haddens
F. Q. Avakian announced Mon¬
day that he will no longer handle
the Greyhound bus agency in
Trenton. The agency has been
located in his attractive new
drug store since about the mid¬
dle of September, 1956.
An agreement was signed
Tuesday between A. L. (Doc)
Hadden and a representative of
the Greyhound Bus Co. from
Chattanooga, authorizing the
pharmacist to act as ticket agent.
During the short time there was
no authorized stop, prospective
passengers waked on the east
side of the square to stop north¬
bound buses, while those wish¬
ing to travel south flagged down
coaches in front of Hadden’s
Pharmacy.
“I received quite a few calls
anyway from people who thou¬
ght I had the agency, “Hadden
said,”so I don,t believe there
will be much confusion about the
change.” He also said he expect¬
ed to keep the depot.
Dyer Installs Newest
Type Sawmill, Burner
A complete new sawmiill is
ready for use at Dyer Lumber
Co. with all the latest improve¬
ments available in sawmilling
A.L. Dyer, owner, said the new
mill, a German Link Gangsaw,
will cut as much lumber as the
two mills that have been in op
eration for several years, and
much more accurately. All wast
age of miscut lumber will be
eliminated.
The old mills will be discon¬
tinued.
An all-steel, conical-shaped
sawdust burned has bee nin-
stalled to dispose of all refuse
without the usual smoke odor.
The first burner to be installed
in north Georgia, it is one of
four in the state of Georgia.
Others are located at Macon,
Statesboro and Sandersville.
The burner will take care of
all waste dust and slabs with¬
out having to haul it away, and
at the same time, will keep
down any danger from fire.
It is located at the south end
of the new shed housing the
gangsaw. onVeyor be Ills will
carry the refuse from the
shed to the burner through a
door in its side. Air vents in the
side and at the top allow proper
circulation, while a steel mesh
spark arrestor at the top will
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A catwalk has been built around
the arrestor in the event repair
work becomes necessary.
Mr. Dyer said the new mill
would not require additional
employees but rather would
not take as many. The company
lists 50 employees on its pay
roll, including office personnel.
The chains on the gangsaw
for handling lumber will cut
down onn much of the hard
work and increas e the amount
of lumber produced. Where the
old mill cut one piece of lumber
at a time, the new one will cut
several at once.
Installation of the mill was
begun about the first of October
under the supervision of Franz
Haas, a German engineer with
Oorley Manufacturing Co. in
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Entries Invited In County - Wide
Christmas Decor., Lighting Contest
Entries in the county-wide
Christmas lighting and decoration
contest are invited by the co-spon¬
sors of the event, the garden club
and' the Home Demonstration
Hawkins Home Burns
At Cloverdale
Fire which reportedly was
caused by a faulty flue ravaged
the Gene Hawkins home at Clo¬
verdale Friday night, destroying
everything but a cedar chest and
some clothing. The blaze was
well underway when it was dis¬
covered by Mrs. Hawkins, who
was alone at the time.
It was reported that the fire
started in the attic of the five
room home and the ceiling was
about to fall in when Mrs. Haw¬
kins became aware of the fire.
Residents of the Cloverdale,
Sulphur Springs, Cave Springs
and Rising Fawn communities
are helping the Hawkins family
meet this emergency, and have
contributed many house-hold
articles. The Rising Fawn Ruri-
tan Club has voted to help them
in any way possible. By Monday,
it was reported that plans were
underway to rebuild the house
and that about twenty persons
were helping.
2nd Month’s School Attendance Report
Grades 1-7 End of Mo. 9
Schools Enrollment Enrollment A. D. A. %
New Salem 154 144 144.30 96.65
North Dade 255 244 234.25 96.30
Trenton Elementary 411 404 383.20 95.46
Davis Elementary 513 504 473.30 93.86
Rising Fawn 177 171 149.50 90.49
1510 1467 1384.55 95.53
Grades 8-12
Dade High 387 335 320.65 94.76
Davis High 175 167 157.60 93.59
Rising Fawn 20 20 17.55 87.75
Summary 542 522 495.80 94.12
Hooker Colored
Grades 1-7 44 44 43.45 98.72
Grades 8-12 5 5 4.80 96.00
Published Weekly—Since 1901
Winner Tries For Title
At State Play - Offs
of them have been looking good
this week.
“Sullivan, McCormick, Jerry
Price and Johnny Lynch looked
good in practice,’’ the coach said
Wednesday, “and others may
make a bett e r showing before
the end of the week.”
SEASON CAPTS. ELECTED •
Jihnny Lynch and Eddie Wat¬
kins have been elected season
foitball captains an will call the
signals Friday night. Up until
this game, different captains
were elected for each game.
The probable starting ine-ups
are as follows:
DADE HIGH
End—T. Wheeler.
T..ckle—H. Dugan.
Guard—Johnny Lynch.
Center-Billy Hartman. *
Guard—Joe McBryar.
Tackle—Jerry Price.
End—Eddie Watkins.
Quarterback—F. Woidfin.
Halfback—Sullivan, MicCorm-
ick, Steele' ir Harrison.
Fullback—Wallen, or Sullivan
or S. Moore.
ROSWELL
Ends—Franklin Burger and
David Childs.
Tackles—Don Sanford and J.
D. Stephens.
Guards—Alton Westbroik and
Bill Rogers.
Center—Grady Potts.
Backs—D. Sullivan Leonard
Wilder, David Brown and James
Sampler.
Awarded Essay Winners
Prize Money
Jeanle Chaffin was awarded
$25 and Nanette Daniel received
$10 when they were announced
as first and second place winners
in the essay contest recently
sponsored by the State Associa¬
tion of District Soil Conservation
Supervisors and the daily news¬
paper of Georgia.
The presentations were made
during the Friday m orni.ig
chapel program at Dade High
School, and were made by Coun¬
ty School Superintendent Roy
W. Moore. The third prize of $10
was split three ways between
Bibby Raulston, Rayford Ham¬
mond and Rex Blevins.
Theme of the contest was
“Why soil and Water Conser¬
vation Should be Taught in Pub¬
lic Schools. “The following points
were to be covered in the essays,
which were limited to 1500
words: (l) History of condition
and treatment of soil and water
resources; (3) How work on the
land in your Soil Conservation
District affects people in your
community and nation now and
in the future; (4) Value of teach¬
ing soil and water conservation
in our schools; and (5) The part
newspapers can play in our Soil
and Water Conservation District
program.
The contest was supervised on
a local level by Col. D. E. Mor¬
rison, District Soil Cons. Super¬
visor, and Al Webb, SOS Tech¬
nician, assisted by Supt. Moore.
Dade High School’s Wildcats
have been getting some rough
work-outs after school in prepa¬
ration for Friday night’s game.
They will be pitted against Ros¬
well, winners of the Region 3C
championship with th e winner
to play in the state finals.
Game time has been set for
eight P. M. on the Dave L. Brown
Field. Tickets are being sold to
adults for $1.00 and students
and children for 50 cents. Roy
W. Moore, County School Sup¬
erintendent, and Principal H. S.
Chaffin urg e all interested per¬
sons to be on hand for the most
important football game ever
played in Dade County. This is
the first opportunity a local
football team has had to play
for a state title, and the boys
will need all the support possible.
Delmas Freeman, Wildcat
coach, believ e s his team will
come away the winners, for most
Council. The contest, which fea
tures awards for the best deco¬
rated door and the best outdoor
display, is open to all residents
of Dade County.
Persons wishing to enter are
asked to contact Mrs. E. S. Pace,
chairman of the garden club com¬
mittee, or Mrs. J. C. Wallen, chair¬
man of the Home Demonstration
Council committee, or the follow¬
ing members of their committees:
Mesdames Martin Nethery, Asa
McMahan, G. C. Hardeman, Ceci.
McKaig or Fred Harrison.
Date of judging will be an¬
nounced in the near future. One
first prize will be awarded to the
winner of the door contest while
one first prize will be given to
the winner of the outdoor display
or lighting class.
This is an annual event which
is growing in interest from year
to year. The two committees are
expecting a much larger list of
entries than last year’s. The con¬
test has provided an opportunity
for driving about the county on
Chrishmas eve or before to see all
the beautiful holiday decorations,
but many beautifully - decorated
homes in the past have not been
entered in the contestt. If you
plan to decorate your home, send
in your name—perhaps you will
win first prize!
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