Funding for the digitization of this title was provided by Georgia HomePLACE, a project of the Georgia Public Library Service.
About The Dade County times. (Trenton, Ga.) 1908-1965 | View Entire Issue (June 27, 1957)
Dade County's Only Newspaper. VOLUME LVII ► Dallyin’ in Dade \ ► ► ► By Myrna R. McMahan Fire Protection On Time Payment Plan? How would you like to have adequate fire protection with modern firefighting equipment? Complete information will soon be forthcoming, but until that time, it won’t do any harm to talk about what might be done. For as little as $1 a month or $ 10 a year, as many as 500 fami¬ lies could have the services of a new fire engine with the latest equipment, plus a fire hall. This would take about four years to pay off, we have been told, for a fully equipped engine would cost around $10,000 and the building of a fire hall would run it up to $ 20 , 000 . The recent installation of fire plugs in Trenton will make it pos¬ sible for insurance rates on homes and businesses to be lowered, and some are saying that the differ¬ ence would pay for this new pro¬ ject. But - until these new rates are set, this possibility cannot he counted upon, although it is ex¬ pected that a new fire truck would lower the rates for the en¬ tire county. Tommy Sims, home and busi¬ ness owner, says any method that is used to get the truck will be cheap. He believes that there should be some way, even if it requires legislation, for the coun¬ ty to set aside a fund just for this purpose. “With the coming of better roads, the truck could reach most any part of the coun¬ ty in a matter of minutes, and look at the protection the schools would have. “He is one of about 25 local volunteer firemen. B. B. Kenimer, Rising Fawn grocer and motel owner, would be “all for” a new engine to serve the whole county if a way could be found to provide sufficient water to make a trip outside the city limits worthwhile. We have been told that the newest type of fire truck carries a 750-gallon tank, with 1150 feet of two and a half-inch hose and approximately 500 one and a half¬ inch hose. With the use of a “fog nozzle”, which converts water flowing through the hose to a vapor or fog, a little water will go a long way. Demonstrations have been carried out to prove that only 20 gallons of water will put out a fire in a large home, us¬ ing this type of nozzle. More information will be avail¬ able soon, along with answers to questions such as, “What would happen if a (building owned by someone who didn’t subscribe for the service caught fire?” Sight Fund Contributions Slow Joe Herman, chairman of the “Be Thankful You Can See” Sight Conservation Fund Drive, said this week that all persons to whom the seals had been mailed have not sent in their checks. Contributions are still being ac¬ cepted for this drive, which will help provide glasses and medical treatment for indigent children in the county. Devoted to the Best Interests of Dade County and Georgia. THE DADE COUNTY TIMES: TRENTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JUNE 27, 1957 Judge Davis Holds Court Here Wed. A short session of court held here Wednesday by John W. Davis, who heard pleas of guilty, a divorce and a demurrer. Names of who pled guilty will appear week. All-Day Fourth of July Celebration Being On Davis School Athletic Field There will be an All Day of July celebration at the Davis Athletic Field this year. Featured will be a baseball Trenton Firemen Attend Rome Meet, Guests Chief McKenna The following Trenton firemen attended a meeting and fish fry at the Rome Fire Hall last Wednesday: C. E. Kyzer, local fire chief, and son Jerry, Tommy Sims, Don Gross, Jim Morrison, Jack Cash and John Tatum. The group was shown two in¬ teresting films on modern fire¬ fighting methods and saw the use of the modern fog nozzle which enables large fires to be extinguished with small amounts of water by turning the water into fog as it comes through the nozzle. In one of the films, a large home with entire attic ablaze was saved with only 20 gallonss of water, while in another film, a large, five-sstory warehouse fire was put out with 470 gallons of water from the fog nozzle. Following the meeting, Chief McKenny of the Rome Fire De¬ partment treated the visitors to a fish fry. While in Rome, the group contacted Zach Cravey who prom¬ ised to let them know what ef¬ fect a new fire engine would have on the insurance rates for Dade Netherys Win More Horse Show Ribbons Miss Patty Nethery brought back a fourth place ribbon worth $5 and a fifth place one from the Tallapoosa Horse Show Wed¬ nesday, June 12, and her father, Martin Nethery, brought back a second place ribbon worth $15. It was his first time to enter a horse show, and did so only at the urging of the Nethery child¬ ren, who were, needless to say, pleased as punch at the out- outcome. Patty entered the three-gaited pleasure horse class along with Sherry Morrison and Michael Nethery, while Mr. Nethery was entered in the five-gaited class. Those who attended from Trenton were Mrs. Grace Neth¬ ery, the Martin Nethery family, Sherry Morrison and Terrelll McCauley. They visited the J. G. Netherys at Bremen, which is located about five miles from Tallapoosa, and had lunch there, with the entire group going on to the show in the afternoon. OLD BOOK SINGERS TO MEET JULY 3 The Old Book (4-Note) Singers from Fort Payne will be at the Rising Fawn Baptist Church Wednesday night, July 3, at 7 30 BASEBALL The little league baseball teams met at the baseball field in Rising Fawn last Friday. They had a fine time and more games will be scheduled for this age group. The score: Little League 9, Rising Fawn G. New Salem took the Legion team 14 to 3 in a game played at New Salem. game, a girl’s softball game, vocal and instrumental music and a barbecue. There will also be horse shoe pitching contests and other games. A door prize will be given to some lucky person. The Rye Bell’s Weight Lifters from Frye Institute will be an added attraction in the afternoon. All of this is sponsored by the Davis High School Improvement Club and the proceeds will go to help pay off a portion of the de¬ ficit in the athletic fund. Selective Service Clerk Ernest Stewart Retiring Ernest Stewart, Clerk of the Dade County Selective Service Board, is resigning from the posi¬ tion he has held for the past nine years. His resignation becomes ef¬ fective July 1. Mrs. Madeline Burrow, assistant clerk of the Walker County Se¬ lective Service Office in LaFay- ette, will take over his duties on that date. Mrs. Burrow, who will continue to make her home in Fayette, will have certain days here which will be posted later. Mr. Stewart explains bis retire- lent in this way, “The lure of (Continued to Page 5) Softball Games Start Friday Night On Dave L. Committee Decides On Rules Several games of softball will be played Friday night, June 28, on the Dave L. Brown Football Field in Trenton. Coach Delmas Freeman, Recreational Director, has marked off the field into two softball fields. On Field No. 1 at 7 p.m. to 8. The Jaycees vs. New Salem 8 p.m. to 9. Ti»e Woodfin Blue Devils vs. Rising Fawn, also a McHughes Resigns From North Dade L. C. McHughes, principal of North Dade School, resigned last week in order to accept a position in Florida. Mr. McHughes will teach in a suburb of Daytona Beach. Mr. and Mrs. McHughes and two children, who have been popu¬ lar residents of the county for the past seven years, were honored with a farewell party at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Dudley Cureton Saturday night. Twenty persons attended the affair, which was held in the Cureton’s new play¬ room with Mr. Cureton charcoal¬ ing steaks on the recently-install¬ ed grill. The McHughes family left Sun¬ day for their new home. They were the guests of the Curetons last week. Published Weekly—Since 1901 'Bunny' Little In Critical Condition Following Accident On R.R. Crossing; Mrs. Bob White Injured In Wreck Merton (Bunny) Rose Little, 28, was seriously injured at 12:55 p. m. Wednesday when his pick¬ up truck was struck by a north¬ bound local freight. Little was crossing the railroad tracks in front of his home north of Tren¬ ton when the accident occured. Engineer T. P. Nunnelley said the injured man did not look in the direction of the train as he drove across the tracks even though he (Nunnelley) broke the whistle cord in an effort to warn him. He said it was usual for him to blow the whistle at all crossings. The train was traveling at a W. H. Smith Home Entered Sat. Night Mr. and Mrs. Will Smith of Rising Fawn were justifiably outraged Saturday night just after they had retired to hear someone moving about in the dark of their home. Upon investigation, Mr. Smith found that the intruder had fled, leaving evidence of a search for money and valu¬ ables. Drawers had been pul¬ led out and ransacked, the pa¬ per linings strewn about, and a closet had been searched. The would-be thief had split the screen over a bedroom win¬ dow and had not had time to J look further than that room, which was not occupied by the Smiths, when Mr. Smith got up investigate. Sheriff Allison Blevins was called and is continuing an investigation of the case. game by the Masons with another team. On Field No. 2 at 7 p.m. to 8. Little League No. 1 vs. Little League No. 2. 8 p.m. to 9. The Jaycettes vs. Dade High School girls. Admission will be 10c for all. Rules and Regulations X. Players cannot wear metal spikes of any kind. 2. Players cannot use baseball bats. 3. No team can play over 2 games per night. 4. No player may play with any team except his belonging team. 5. Any team leading in score by 10 runs at the end of the 5th inning automatically wins the game therein. 6. The Chattanooga slow-pitch softball rules have been adopted. Recreation for Girls Girls of all ages are meeting between 8 and 9 each morning at the Dade High School and are playing basketball, softball and other games. More girls are need¬ ed to make up more teams. Notice All ,state and federal offices and most businesses will close next Thursday, July 4. The wel¬ fare office will remain closed through Friday, July 5. The Dade County Times will go into the post office Wednesday night NUMBER 21 speed of about 45 to 50 miles an hour, according to the engineer,, and another person from the train, believed to be L. V. Rivers, conductor, said the train stop¬ ped about 35 car lengths past the crossing. The impact bent one of the front steps on the engine, knock¬ ed the motor completely out of the truck along with the seats, and bent the left rear side. By¬ standers described the truck as being demolished. Little was thrown out 15 or ?0 feet from where the truck stopped. He was found at the spot where the seats were,, on the east side of the tracks. The motor was knocked several feet farther on. Engineer Nunnelley said the Little family in their home near the tracks did not hear the crash. When they became aware of the commotion, a call was put in for Moore’s ambulance which arrived at 1:03 p.m. The injur¬ ed man was on his way to Tri- County Hosptal within eight minutes, a member of the train crew said. It was found Little suffered a brain concussion, broken shoulder and ankle. Mrs. Inez White, wife of Robert White, and John Workman, both residents of Sand Mountain, were injured late Saturday afternoon when the vehicles in which they were riding collided near the Legion Hall in Trenton. Workman was charged with driving under the influence and failing to grant right-of-way by Georgia state troopers who inves tigated the accident. Mrs. White suffered a severe head cut and bodily bruises; her nephew, three - year-old Junior Dowdey, who was riding with her, was uninjured. Workman received an arm cut and was treated at the Trenton Clinic. Mrs. White was removed by Moore’s ambul¬ ance from the scene of the acci¬ dent and taken to a Chattanooga hospital. The accident occurred as Mrs. White was driving north to the home of her sister, Mrs. Floyd Dowdey, after having shopped for groceries. Workman was driving south in a pick-up truck, reported¬ ly pulled out from behind a line of cars just north of the Grice home to collide with the White automobile. A friend signed Workman’s bond as he was leaving the Clinic, so he was not placed in jail. Monday Accident Charles William Hall of Pis- gah, Ala. was charged with fol¬ lowing too closely when his au¬ tomobile crashed into the rear end of g late-model station wag¬ on diven by P. R. Hatfield near the Tennessee state line Mon¬ day. The accident took place n- bout 4:30 p. m, during a rain only a few hundred yards inside the Dade County line. It was reported that Hatfield, who was returning home from work, had stopped for a Grey¬ hound bus when the collision occurred. No serious damage was done to the cars and no injuries were reported. The accident was first reported to Sheriff Allison Blevins, who called in the state patrol.
