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About The Dade County times. (Trenton, Ga.) 1908-1965 | View Entire Issue (March 14, 1957)
VOLUME LVII Roy Christian, Rhyne Implicated In Theft Of Hardware Store Lookout Stores During Weekend Roy W. (Butch) Christian, 37- year-old operator of a general store on Sand Mountain, was ar¬ rested Friday by Sheriff Allison Blevins and Hamilton County authorities on charges of (resulting from a recent of Robinson’s Hardware near Ooltewah, Tenn. Two lawnmowers which had been taken from the*hardware store were found in Christian’s garage, and other items found in his dwelling. Stolen silverware and tools, including wrenches, were discovered in Rhyne’s rant in Trenton, and these were taken into custody along the other stolen articles. Those accompanying the iff were Constable H. H. Hutch¬ ins, Buddy Crawford, Red Maddox of Hamilton Coun¬ ty and two detectives. was taken to the Hamilton County jail. J. T. Rhyne surrendered Hamilton County authorities Monday afternoon and charged with burglary and in connection with the hard¬ ware store burglary, it has reported. Both Christian and Rhyne be tried in preliminary hear¬ ings in general sessions and bound over to the jury. Both are reportedly on bond. Two Break-Ins Teet’s Store and Haygood’s Grocery on Lookout Mountain were burglarized during the weekend, the sheriff also re¬ ported, but he has not released any news of possible evidence found. Teet’s Store was broken into Saturday night or early Sunday morning, while Hay- good’s was entered Sunday night. G.B.I. agents are also investi¬ gating the two break-ins. ASC Committeemen Meet Here March 19 Recommendation for conser¬ vation practices to be offered to Dade County farmers for cost sharing assistance under the 1958 Agricultural Conservation Program will be made at a meeting March 19, 1957, in Dade Theater Building in Trenton. The meeeting will open at 9 a.m. Grady McKaig, chairman of the county Agricultural Stabi¬ lization and Conservation Com¬ mittee, said that the county ACP group, consisting of the county ASC committee and the representatives of other agri¬ cultural agencies in the county, will draw up recommendations for changes in the ACP which would make it more effective in 1958. The county ASC com¬ mittee is composed of Mr. Grady McKaig, chairman, Rising Fawn Rt. 2; Mr. Joe Blevins, Wildwood, and Mr. Jerry C. Pace, Trenton. County Agent L. C. Adams is ex-officio member. Farmers are invited to give their ideas on what they think the 1958 ACP should provide to their county committteemen. THU DADE 'COUNTY TIMES, TRENTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY MARCH 14, 1957 RED CROSS TIME AGAIN nthejob i L wh&n it counts ■*»>- Ten Service Programs March is Red Cross Fund Drive month all over the U. S. drive in Dade County started this week with Mrs. Dudley as fund chairman. Join when the worker in your calls on you . March Term Court Convenes Monday Thirty-four grand jurors are scheduled to report before Judge John W. Davis at 9 a.m. Mon¬ day, March 18. While the grand jury is in session, the judge will hear pleas of guilty. Several cases have been continued from the last term of court and will be heard when the traverse jury meets later during court. Following the decision of the grand jury on the number of true bills, the judge is expected to draw a traverse jury. A special food booth will be set up the first two days of court by members of the Home Dem¬ onstration Council. Serving will be done from the cannery, with all proceeds to go into the Coun¬ cil treasury. Chicken stew, cakes and pies will be served on Monday, and hot dogs will head the menu the following day. Hot coffee and cold drinks will be sold both days. A Bake Sale is also planned, to take place Tuesday afternoon. future Teachers Honored it PTA Meeting Honoring the local chapter of 'uture Teachers of America at he Trenton PTA Thursday light, March 7 were members f the Alpha Beta Chapter of >elta Kappa Gamma. After eecognition of the work of the TA by Mrs. Willie Hughes, [ow r ers were presented to each lember by Mrs. Hughes, Mrs. ►elilah Wheelr, Mrs .Kate Elliott nd Mrs. Stella Carroll. Following the business session f the PTA, refreshments were erved to the FTA by the mem- ers of Delta Kappa Gamma. ADE BETA CLUB PLAY “Grave’s Ghost” is the title ! the play to be presented (arch 22 by the Dade High Beta Iub. IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER April 1 is the deadline for purchasing 1957 automobile license tags. Stop by the Tax Commissioner’s office and buy your tag now before the sup¬ ply is exhausted. There is a penalty for those who order past the deadline. April 15 is the last day for making state and federal in¬ come tax returns. School Attendance Congratulations to the Fawn School. This is the first since 1951, they have top, percentage-wise, for av¬ daily attendance. The to¬ average for white pupils per cent and for colored it is 90.0 per cent. This month’s report does not the absentees due to flu will be reflected in next report when so many were absent from school of sickness. One thing these first five average daily attend¬ reports do show is that the in the county has gone this year. Dade is averaging more pupils in the schools is a 5.5 per cent increase. year the Visiting Teacher doing full-time duty instead of employed for only half a as the Visiting Teacher has for the past two years and more time to visit the School Grade Enrollment A.D.A. Pet. - Fawn (1-7) ............................................ 159 147 94.8 Salem (17) ................................................ 1^ 125 90.9 (1-7) ............................................................ 513 458 89.6 (1-7) ............................................................ 416 363 88.6 'Dade (17) ................................................ 238 205 87.8 TOTAL ............................................................ 1471 1298 89.7 (1-7) ........................................................ 4 * 37 89.8 Fawn (8th) *9 17 93.9 ............................................ High (8-12) 329 296 91.6 ............................................ 91.3 High (8-12) ............................................ 166 TOTAL (8-12) 514 458 91.6 ............................................ 91.0 (8-9) 3 5 .................................... Teacher of the Mrs. Edna B. Sutton, Mrs. Edna Sutton, Dade Higt School home economics teacher was named last week as Dadt County’s second “Teacher of the Year.” The announcement was made following personal inter Gifford House Burns; Fire Damages Arlie Bradford Home Fire destroyed a frame house occupied by the Pat Gifford family early Friday morning, and all household furnishings and clothing were lost. It was reported that Mr. and Mrs. Gif¬ ford were in a field near the house when the blaze started One of the couple’s four chil¬ dren was with them and the ■others were in school. The house was on property owned by Dr. D. S. Middleton. Some of the Piney (Baptist Church mission fund was used to rent the Giffords another house, and friends have begun donating money, clothing and household articles. $500 Damage Approximately $500 worth of damage was done to the Arlie Bradford home on Lookout Mountain Saturday night when fire broke out. Cause of the fire has not been definitely estab- Jished, but it was believed that matches which had dropped down into a sofa caught fire. The Bradfords were away from home at the time of the fire, but a passing neighbor noticed the smoke and spread the alarm. The fire was extinguished before it got out of control. for 5th Month parents to urge them to keep their children in school or to help them if there are prob¬ lems involved. Perfect Attendance New Salem School is still lead- in the Perfect Attendance rec¬ ords with 31 per cent of her children not having missed a day of school. Rising Fawn is still second with 30 per cent. Davis Elementary and High School is still third with 23 per cent of the students having at¬ tended school each day. Dade and North Dade changed places and Dade Elementary and High School is now fourth with 22 per cent having perfect attend¬ ance and North Dade last with 21 per cent of her children go¬ ing to school each day. The Hooker Colored School leads the list In perfect attend¬ ance with 36 per cent of her pu¬ pils not having missed a day of school. NUMBER 7 Honors Awarded To Home Ec. Instructor views of entrants from most oi the county schools by a commit- tee of judges at Central Hign School in Chattanooga, uut-oi- the-county judges were selected iso the final selection would be jstrictly impartial. Runners-up were Mrs. Kate Elliott from the Rising Fawn School, MJrs. Martha (Frances Pullen from Morganville and Mr. Rhea McClananan from Davis. The state judging is set for March 28 in Atlanta, with al¬ most 20o Georgia teachers to be the guests of the Georgia Cham¬ ber of Commerce. Judges will be Carlton Mobley, T. Grady Head and Bond Almand, who are Supreme Court Justices. One of the most amiable and co-operative faculty members in the county school system, Mrs. Sutton is also one of the hard¬ est workers and well deserves the honor, she succeeds Mrs. Ersaline Carroll, who was the first “Teacher of the Year” to oe honored here. Vei+jr Active Since she began her teaching career at Dade High four years ago, she has been extremely ac¬ tive in school affairs, also car¬ rying on the adult homemaking courses which were started by Mrs. J. C. Billue. These classes, a part of the Vocational Home Economics Program, were und^r program two when Mrs. Sutton began instruction, and now have grown until they are under pro¬ gram four, the highest Lie course can go. Last fall, Lie courses included the Ne wSalem community. As a part of the FHA program at Dade High, Mrs. Sutton and her students have helped with football and civic club banquets and given plays. Since she has been on the faculty at Dade High, there has always been a home economics entry in dis¬ trict literary contests. Entrants have placed in the past four contests, with three first places, a third place in the district con¬ tests and a second in the sL*te eliminations. Aside from school activities, Mrs. Sutton leads a well-rounded life in the Avans Community, attending community affairs when it is possible. Her church affiliation is with the Seventh- Day Baptist Church in Paint Rock, Ala. As a homemaker and mother, she is to be envied; the seven Sutton children have learned self-reliance by helping their parents, and all are popu¬ lar with their classmates. Originally from Alabama, the family has been in Dade County six years. After a varied teach¬ ing career of 23 years in West Virginia, Illinois and Alabama, Mrs. Sutton served as part-time visiting teacher and school teacher her first year in the county. She spent a year in Ala¬ bama after that, then came back as home economics instructor. Avakian’s Planning Anniversary Event Tuesday, March 19 will be the first anniversary of Avakian’s, Trenton’s modern and attrac¬ tive drug store. Special prices will be in effect on certain items during the day, according to F. Q. Avakian, owner.
