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Dade County's Only Newspaper.
VOLUME LVII
► Dallyin’ in Dade
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► By Myrna R. McMahan
Progress , Potentiality,
Principle and Politics
Since the last time we
“dallied” on subjects of interest
Dade County, much has
Where once progress was
of in hushed and hopeful tones,
is now' spelled with a capital
and is the main topic of
tion whenever local
get together.
Another good word which
begins with this letter is only
ginning to be exploited. It is
tentiality, which has been
from the time the county
into being.
A concrete example of the
ty’s growth is the recent bid
Western Auto for a local
other indications that Dade
ty is finally on its way up is
rapid progress of the Bank
Dade, which currently lists its
sets around $800,000; the
lishment of Williams
a slag-crushing outfit which
operating in expectation of
new super-highway which is
to come down the valley,
ing to some local officials.
The Evelene Slxoppe, which
done a surprising amount of
ness in its short life; the
trade at Kyzer Auto Parts
spite of the opening of
new but smaller repair shops;
improvements being made on
city water system, including
installation of fire plugs
by the way will make lower
surance rates possible for
and businesses); the
Telephone Company which is
adding new telephones at the
of four a week; the
Clinic, which is one of the
modern and best-equipped in
tri-county area, and recently
had more new' examining
opened up, complete with the
est style in furnishings; and
new Shop-Rite Supermarket,
first of its kind in the county.
GROCERY TRADE GOOD
The supermarket may be
sponsible for keeping much of
grocery trade inside the
. . . one long-established
said recently that his 1956
w r ere greater than ever, and
agree that the new r market
not hurt their trade. One
only to become involved in
usual week-end traffic jams to
this, also the fact that
will have to be done about
ing—especially on the
fore long.
There have been whisperings
a merchants’ association which,
organized, would keep more
lars at home through
joint sales and other methods.
Gross Mercantile is one of
eral stores that have
expansion; in fact, there are
places right in Trenton that
not had to take on extra help
the past year.
All these growing
have created more and
local job opportunities. Once
a time, one could hope for
employment only when a
occurred.
We .have skipped lightly
the growth indications for
County, and this list is by
means complete, but it is
ed only to give our readers
Devoted to the Best Interests of Dade County and Georgia.
Jhe DADE COUNT* TIMES: TRENTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JUNE 13, 1957
Rural Roads Auth.
Approves More Dade
Road Projects
The Georgia Rural Roads Au¬
thority on Tuesday, June 4th ap¬
proved a list of 177 projects in 121
counties for construction under the
fourth increment of authority
bonds.
New RRA work in Dade County
is included in tiie new paving list.
This work is comprised of: Pro¬
ject number 2164 (1) termini Sul-
pher Springs to Rising Fawn;
length 1.190; total estimated cost
$57,288. Project number 1815 (2),
termini Brow Road; length 4.767;
total estimated cost $115,200.
Some 639 miles of new road
work is slated under the fourth
increment of Rural Roads Au¬
thority bonds. Estimated cost of
these projects is $17,298,288. This
figure includes 10 percent for en¬
gineering and 10 percent for con¬
tingencies.
Jaycees Vote $200
For Dade Football
The Dade County Junior Cham¬
ber of Commerce voted $200 Tues¬
day night, June 4, for the Dade
High School football team to help
clear up an indebtedness. A check
for this amount was to have been
written within a few days follow¬
ing the meeting.
Two new members were added
during the meeting which was
presided over by Aubrey L. Dyer,
president. They are E. Q. Wright
and Bill Pike.
The group voted to gather at
DeSoto Park this past Sunday for
a picnic. Among those who at¬
tended were Mr. and Mrs. Aubrey
Dyer, the Bill Tatums, Jack
Cashes, Bob Chitwoods, T. J.
Bells, Howard McKaigs, E. G.
Wrights, Harold Grosses, Sonny
McMahans, R. L. Haddens, Alvin
Taylors, and Lewis Whiteds.
Linotype Operator
Wanted Again
Again the Dade County Times
must put forth a call for a lino¬
type operator. This week we
were without one, but when our
printer takes a two-week vaca¬
tion beginning June 17, there
will be no one in the shop but
Mrs. Catherine Morrson and
Mrs. W McMahan. -
idea of the sort of place in which
we are now living.
We don’t mean to imply that
there is no room for improvement,
however, for there is still a long
way to go. But Dade County IS
slowly accomplishing what so
many of us have hoped for, and
if some organization or person
manages to snag a factory, the
climb will go a little faster.
“Principle” might be considered
by many to be an old-fashioned
word in this day and time, but
there are those who have reached
back and are dusting off this all-
important yet intangible part of
the English language and apply¬
ing it to a situation here in the
county which involves public serv¬
ice and that curious business call¬
ed politics.
SLYGO DINNER \ Postponed
The Slygo W.S.C.S. has an¬
nounced the postponement of their
third Sunday dinners for the sum¬
mer months.
Dade County Health Center Re-Opened
Board; Wilma Pace Nurse
New England Man
Dies In Accident
Two accidents occuring within
15 minutes of the other resulted
in fatal injuries to a New Eng¬
land man and injuries to three
others, one of whom was listed
in “fair” condition Sunday night
by a Chattanooga hospital.
Robert Middleton Derry berry
died about 4:30 a.m. Saturday
from injuries sustained in an auto¬
mobile accident about a mile and
a half south of Trenton. His
death came about three hours
after the wreck, which was de¬
scribed as apparently being caused
when he lost control of the car
he was driving.
James McCowan, also of New
England, the owner of the car,
was hospitalized for several days
with extensive injuries.
Fifteen minutes before this acci¬
dent was reported, Douglas Woot¬
en, also a New England resident,
was seriously injured when his
car left the highway near the
Plaza Courts at New England. He
was accompanied by Anthony
Doyle and had apparently just left
the Kayo station heading north,
when the high rate of speed
Wooten was reportedly traviling
under caused the auto to leave the
pavement, crash over a culvert
and land in a ditch.
His companion was examined
and released from a Chattanooga
hospital, but Wooten was held for
observation and treatment.
Two boys, 16 and 17 year old,
were injured following an acci¬
dent near the Alabama state line
June 1. The automobile in which
they were riding skidded off the
edge of the road and off the end
of a culvert, leaving two wheels
on the ground. It was reported
they were hospitalized, and that
they were not residents of the
county.
Mrs. Jules Case State First Place Winner I
For Church Dress; Trenton Scrapbook 2nd
Miss Naomi Hubble, home
demonstration agent, brought
back a happy group last Friday
from the State Home Demonstra¬
tion Council meeting. The rea¬
son for all the hurried phone calls
to members of the Trenton Home
Demonstration Club was that Mrs.
Jules Case, Dade County’s grand
winner in the local dress revue,
had placed first in the state for
the church dress division, and the
Trenton club scrapbook had won
a second place from among all
the scrapbooks in the state.
Mrs. Case's winning costume
was a navy and white polka-dotted
dress with shawl collar of the
same material. Styles with el¬
bow-length sleeves, the dress was
well-made and fitted beautifully.
The straight skirt was lined with
taffeta, a new trick in the dress¬
making trade. Her accessories,
which were navy and white, com¬
plemented the dress perfectly.
Trenton’s scrapbook, whjch had
placed first in the county in a
Published Weekly—Since 1901
The Dade County Board of Public Health re-opened the
Health Center this week following a called meeting held last
Thursday and appointed Miss Wilma Pace to serve as public
health nurse for the county.
When Miss Fannilu McWhorter, former Dade County
Public Health Nurse, transferred to Bartow County approxi-
Trains Running On
New Railroad Bed
Work on the new railroad beds
between New England and Mor-
ganville was completed last Tues¬
day by Southern Railway, and re¬
ports are that trains are already
running on the raised beds. Part
of the tracks on the new bed were
in use for about a week, but the
first run on the complete length
was not made until early last
Tuesday morning.
In order to assist with the event,
A. P. Stephens, depot agent, and
E. A. Ellis got up in the wee
hours of the morning.
After the new beds had been
leveled and the gravel spread,
cranes were used to move sections
of the old track to the new loca¬
tion. Heavy equipment was re¬
quired for the entire operation,
which began several months ago.
Rising Fawn Team
Plays At Home Sun.
Rising Fawn played a six-inning
game with Rock Springs on the
latter’s field Sunday to win by a
score of 15-3. The game was
called due to rain. The local team
is now tied for second place in
the Georgia Volunteer League.
Durham is currently on top.
Roy McMahan, Sonny Daniels
and David Steele were credited
with three hits each.
The Rising Fawn team, which
I is managed by Jeril Cooper, Jr.,
and Jakie Smith, will play on the
home field Sunday, meeting Wel¬
come Hill at 2 p.m.
previous elimination, was the re-
suit of efforts of Mesdames .1.
M. Rogers, Dolmas Freeman, M.
J. Hale, J. A. Case and R. L. Hil-
ten.
The book featured pictures of
all hostesses, co-hostesses and
meetings, both the newspaper ac¬
counts and typed minutes of each
meeting and pictures and reports
of all activities in the community
pertaining to work done by mem¬
bers or the club as a whole, and
all mounted on black construction
paper. Lettering was done by
Mrs. Freeman with the exception
of the gold foil lettering against
the black background of the cover.
Set in the center of the front
cover was a gold foil home demon¬
stration club seal which had been
made by Mrs. Hilten, and over
all had been sprayed a plastic to
keep the letters in place.
A new addition to the book is
the handsome second place ribbon.
Mrs. Case was given, in addition
to her first place ribbon, $20 worth
of closet accessories.
NUMBER 19
mately three months ago, it was
necessary to close the Center until
another nurse could be found to
take her place. Since that time,
all inoculations which were start¬
as series, including polio shots,
have been given by Dr. N. 11.
Hutchison, county public health
Miss Pace has spent the past
months in Detroit, Michigan
she took a field course in
health nursing and comes
us with excellent qualifications.
Formerly with the Chattanooga
County Health Department, she
also had experience in private
nursing.
She opened up the Health Cen¬
Monday morning and has kept
busy all week getting organized
her new quarters, ordering new
and checking over sup¬
records and equipment.
Assisting Miss Pace as clerk is
Violet Crowe of Wildwood,
who was previously approved by
local health board according
to minutes taken at the lune 6
Pending examination
under the state merit system the
latter part of this month, she was
approved by the local
also according to the min¬
and reported for work Mon¬
morning. Until the state
system exam has been taken
passed, the state does not
the salary of clerks in
health centers.
Assigned
M. E. Pulpits
The following changes and as¬
for Dade County were
Sunday by Bishop Roy
Short at the annual meeting of
Holston Conference in Knox-
Trenton Methodist—Rev. R. L.
Rising Fawn Circuit—Rev.
Looney; Wildwood-— Rev.
Kirk; Sand Mountain—Rev.
Pickett; New England
Samuel DePaul; Mopganvilk*
Charles J. Holmes,
Payne’s Chapel—Rev. Wil¬
Phelps.
The Rev. C. E. Lundy was re¬
as superintendent of the
District.
Whited
Finger
Sheri'T Allison Blevins reported
that he received a call
Frank Whited, former resi¬
of New England, early Mon¬
morning asking that an am¬
he sent for his brother,
It was reported that
accidently shot himself
he was about to shoot a hawk
had been bothering his
It was believed the
was still slick from, the
rains and that the acci¬
victim slipped, causing the
to go off.
