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About The Dade County times. (Trenton, Ga.) 1908-1965 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 7, 1957)
Dade County's Only Newspaper. VOLUMe”lVH Dade’s Football Win Puts Team Near Top by J. B. Geddie Dade County almost clinched their second straight Region 4C championship by w a 1 lo p i n g Menlo 39-7 Friday night. Geor¬ gia School for the Deaf and Davis are the remaining foes on Dade’s schedule and neither is figured powerful enough to hold Dade. The other county eleven, Davis, had rough going at Coosa, bowing 37 to 7, also on Friday night. In the long awaited battle of the unbeaten, in region play, Menlo was no match for Dade County’s strong-running game and accurate passing attack, al¬ lowing Dade to score in every period to the tune of 39 to 7. David Steele again spearheaded the attack with three touch¬ down jaunts of 70, 55 and 5 yards to run his point total to 101, the highest in North Geor¬ gia. Wendell McCormick chipped In wtih one t. d. Tommy Whee¬ ler had another, and Frankie Woodfin sped across the final marker in the fourth quarter. Shrewd play calling by Frankie Woodfin, hard running by David Steele and Wendell McCormick, combined with the best blocking of the year for the Dade team and White New Chevrolet Dealers M & W Chevrolet Co. is the, name of the former Griffith Chevrolet Co. It U now under the new management of Jim Murphy and Robert White who are the new authorized dealers for Chevrolet cars and trucks. This change over has been in the process of completion for some weeks. As seen by the legal in this week’s issue, the stock¬ holders have met and agreed to the change in name and we have been informed they will meet again soon to settle other Flu Many School Absentees Absences from schools in the county are up again this week with all the schools averaging around 20% absent each day. Ail schools have had some tea¬ chers out sick with flu. New Salem School has been very hard hit averaging about 23% out for the past three weeks. They had 50 out last Fri¬ day which is over 30% of their pupils. However, they reported only 10 out this past Monday. Rising Fawn School has been averaging about 20% of their pupils out with 40 absent Mon¬ day. North Dade School had 54 ab¬ sent Monday and Tuesday of this week which is about 21% of their attendance. Wednesday there were 40 absent and one teacher. FIRST AID COURSE COMPLETED A Red Cross First Aid Course has been completed by eight ladies of the county. This course was given in Chattanooga but the course could be given in Dade if enough people were in¬ terested. Mrs. M. J. Hale is the Red Cross Nursing Chairman and the one to contact. Those completing this First Aid Course were: Mesdames N. H. Hutchison, Martin Nethery, George Getter, J. A. Case, M. J. Hale, J. M. Case, Ellen Marie Devoted to the Best Interests oi Dade County and Georgia. THEDADE COUNTY TIMES: TRENTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1957 Highway Accident Records Climb leit little doubt as to the out¬ come of game from the opening whistle. Jerry Price, Hershel Dugan, Jerry Gray and Clifford Abbott were outstanding in the line for Dade, holding Menlo to only one first down in the first half. An estimated 1,000 fans, a large part of which were from Dade County, saw the game played on a dry field in mild weather. This week, Dade plays Georgia School for the Deaf at Trenton on Friday night. Dade Line-Up: End ............W. McCormick, End ................T. Wheeler Tackles ...........Dugan, Price Guards .......Gray and Abbott Center ................ McKaig Backs .........Woodfin, R. Ble¬ vins, W. McCormick and Steele. Davis-Coosa Davis traveled to Coosa Friday night with flu and injury ridden squad and emerged on the short end of a 37-7 count, in a region 4C contest. Only thirteen players on hand, Davis fought manfully but were no match for the strong Coosa eleven. Danny Avans accounted for the only Davis touchdown, also the point after. James Vereno Dorsett, listed on the sheriff's records as hav¬ ing a Birmingham address, was charged with following too closely Saturday night after his car was responsible for a head- on collision near New England. Injured in the accident were Eddie West, Alfred Barnes, both Dade High students, Mrs. Ger¬ trude Tucker and her daughter of Henegar. The youths were on their way to the Fall Festival ir Trenton at the time of the accident. Miss Pauline Tucker, who was driving ohe car, tand Mrs. Gertrude Tucker were both taken to a Chattanooga hos¬ pital in a Moore ambulnace. Mrs. Tucker was reported to have a possible broken leg and broken nose and is still hos¬ pitalized. According to Sheriff Blevins, he received this report of the mishap from the state troopers who investigated: the Dorsett car ran into the rear of another Alabama car, knocking it into the path of an oncoming car driven by West and causing an headon collision. The West car was smashed in on the left front and the wind¬ shield was broken where one of the boys had been thrown against it. details. The contract with the Chevrolet Motor Division of dealers. A gala opening is planned soon to formally announce the new name and management. Other recent changes include a new paint job in the show room and some .personnel changes. Mrs. John Tatum is working in the office and Virgil Jenkins is a salesman. In the service depart¬ ment are Gordon Johnson, James Keith and Harold Lemon. Interest Shown at Helping Hand Meeting ; !L D. Council Meets Representatives from many of the church and civic clubs and organizations in other counties, Tuesday night to hear more about the Helping Hand organ¬ ization. Director of Public Wel¬ fare, Mrs. Katherine Davis, who had worked with Helping Hand organizatons in other counties, told about its purpose. The Helping Hand is an or¬ ganization to help people in emergencies for which there are on other funds. Some of the emergencies which arise are when the employed member of the family gets sick or loses their job and cannot find an¬ other right away, someone gets sick and their funds for medi¬ cine are exhausted, unexpected clothing shortage, the home burns and everything is lost. An¬ other emergency is there are no funds provided for taking the crippled children back and forth to the clinic or hospital. The Helping Hand would not neces¬ sarily give money but food and clothing to help just during the emergency. at the It was brought out meeting that the Welfare De¬ partment can only take care of certain kinds of cases, mostly on n long term plan and the county Pauper Fund is for those who own nothing, neither their home nor an automobile, truck or any¬ thing. Organization The way the Helping Hand would work would be to first organize, have a constitution and by-laws and select officers and a Board of Directors. Church and civic organizations and clubs throughout the county would give a stated amount each month and refer all know emer¬ gency cases to the Helping Hand which would keep a record of those helped so there would be no duplication. All those recom¬ Davis High School absentees crept up this week with 144 ab¬ sent Tuesday which is roughly about 20% but with three teac¬ hers out at the same time it makes it more difficult. Dade County High School was fiardest hit last Friday when 168 of their pupils were absent. This is about 22% of their student body. Monday of this week 92 were reported absent which is still higher than last week's re¬ port. Though this report shows over 300 children absent from school on a given day, the principals seem to feel that all of these ab¬ sences were not due to flu as the (report contains children who are frequently absent and others i known not to be sick. COUNTY-WIDE CANCER MEETING NOV. 19 On Tuesday, Nov. 19, 1957, the Dade County Cancer Chapter will have a meeting at the Dade County Health Center at 2:30 P. M. to elect new officers and to organize for the coming year. We urge everyone to attend this meeting and help fight man’s greatest killer. Virgil Jenkins, fund Chm. Clara Mae Brandon, Secy. Schneider and public Health Nurse Wilma Pace. Published Weekly — Since 1901 Other Accidents Earlier accidents include a hit-and-run case, which is still being investigated, and an ac¬ cident involving Warren Hugh Gilbreath o f Rossville whose truck left the Sand Mountain highway at the second double “s” curve and landed on its top. No injuries were reported for this one. Both occured on Fri¬ day. Fred F. Newnan reported to the sheriff’s office that his car was struck at the Birmingham- Sand Mtn. highway intersection at Trenton by an unidentified motorist who left the scene of the accident. He left behind him a bumper off his car, after ex¬ cessive speed was said to have caused him to hit the Newnan automobile. Sunday night about 6:30 p. m. cars driven by James Perry Priest and Danford Cole Nix sideswiped each other at the top of Sand Mountain.. There were no charges and no injuries. MAN COLLAPSES A veteran just out of a hos¬ pital and identified as Paul Jolley collapsed by the roadside near the Flamingo Grill during the weekend. He was taken to a hospital by Moore ambulance for treatment. It was found that he was on his way to visit a brother in Birmingham and was hitchhiking when he ap¬ parently fell unconscious. Sev¬ eral cars had stopped to in¬ vestigate by the time the am¬ bulance arrived. FOUR HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS Four highway accidents were reported in the county during last week but there appeared to be no serious personal injuries. Early on Oct. 25 a Farm milk truck and a car driven by Floyd Brandon ran together about a mile and a half north of Trenton. Both car and truck were damaged but no one was reported hurt. On the 26 near Adkin’s Store, scuth of Trenton, a car driven by John Harvey Willey turned over landing on Its top. With Willey were his wife and three children but no one was report¬ ed hurt. After the car was put back on the highway, he was able to drive it off. Another minor accident in which two cars were involved oc¬ cured on Oct. 26 near Battle’s Service Station in New England. There was not much damage and no one was reported hurt. About 4 A. M. on Oct. 29, a car was reported turned over by the side of the highway near the Texaco Filling Station in Rising Fawn but was gone before the Sheriff arrived. mended to the Helping Hand would be checked through the Welfare and Health Depart¬ ments and the Helping Hand board of officers. It is hoped that as the Helping Hand grows, a store room can be filed with food and clothing from which to draw supplies. R. L. Hadden, of Hadden’s Phar¬ macy, has promised a room and it was suggested at the meeting that as each lady in the county does her canning, she set aside something for the Helping Hand. From the money received each month, and of course individual contributions will be always wel¬ come, the Helping Hand can buy cases of food—which cannot be supplied by the 1 a d i e s—which would be cheaper and it would be on hand for the emergencies. It was also suggested that when clubs in the county meet, they take on the project of mending and repairing the clothing sent in. The Jaycettes, who are spon¬ soring the Helping Hand, al¬ ready have some assorted cloth¬ ing with which to start. Next meeting Dec. 2 Another meeting is called for Monday night, Dec. 2, to form¬ ally organize and to receive re¬ ports from the clubs and organ¬ izations as to how much money they can give each month. D. P. H. TESTS SHOW CITY WATER ALRIGHT The City of Trenton, on Oct. 28, received a report from a routine check by the Georgia Department of Public Health on the city water. These checks are made periodically from samples collected at different parts of the city. This laboratory report showed all samples to be very satisfactory with no portions showing the presence of conform bacteria. Nov. 13 at B. Chapel The Dade County Home Dem¬ onstration Council will meet Wednesday, Nov. 13 at the Byrd’s Chapel Church, it has been announced. New officers will be elected at this time, and it is especially important that all members be present. A color film will be shown. The county emphasis this year is on food preservation, accord¬ ing to Miss Naomi Hubble, home demonstration agent. Since the cost of living today is going up and most homemakers are hav¬ ing to cut comers in order to stay within the budget, food preservation has been determin¬ ed as one way to cut down the cost of living. In food preservation, the fam¬ ily dietary needs should be con¬ sidered so that rather than pre¬ serving just quantity, foods with variety and quality should be put up. To help Dade County home¬ makers with this problem, Miss Nell Thrasher, food preservation specialist, will meet with Miss Hubble Dec. 9 to plan county activities for 1958 and will meet with leaders twice during the coming year to continue this planning. Miss Hubble has asked that all who would like certain types of information pertaining to this project contact her so that she will know what type of food program to plan. BENEFIT LUNCHEON . FASHION SHOW SET A Benefit Luncheon and Fashion Show has been plan¬ ned for Saturday, November 23 in the Dade High Cafetorium. Sponsoring the event are the Dade County Jaycettes, who are selling tickets a t ?1.00 each. Time of the luncheon is 1 p. m. NUMBER 40
