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About The Dade County times. (Trenton, Ga.) 1908-1965 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 26, 1957)
PAGE 4 Forest Ranger Dan Hall Carries Interest In Ringgold Doctor Electronics From Boyhood Into Adult Life Heads Med. Society By Myrna R. McMahan Quiet and unassuming is the phrase that friends of Dan Hall, Dade’s Forest Ranger, use to describe his friendly personality. One of the more popular county officers, Ranger Hall has done a fine job in promoting proper timber practices and helping control brush fires in the two years since his appointment. Direct radio hook-up with the fire tower on Sand Mountain and with district ranger offices have helped give him a head start on fires which would have grown to quite dangerous pro¬ portions without these modern firefighting aids. The truck and tractor which are called out at the same time are also of valua¬ ble assistance, for without these to plow fire breaks and clear away ignitable brush, the ran¬ ger can do little in the event of an actual fire. Born 1927 Born in 1927 east of Rising Fawn in a well-known place called Johnson’s Crook, Hall is the son of Mrs. Frank A. Hall and the late Mr. Hall. His only brother Is Edwin Hall, who lives with Mrs. Hall near the Tenn¬ essee state line. While attending Rising Fawn School, Ranger Hall’s activities included those of the average youth whosee primary interests about that period centered around the mechanism of the bicycle. When he wasn’t tinker¬ ing with his bike, he and the other boys of the community could be found along the creek bank. Then came model plane build¬ ing and later, more advanced electricity. He had always had a yen for anything electrical but as he grew older, he began to experiment with inexpensive crystal sets. After a period of schooling at Berry, he graduated from Dade High School and entered the Navy in 1944. Although he served on several ships and in several different outfits, he spent most of his service time on Okinawa with the 39th NCB, a demolition outfit. During this time, he saw only one Dade County boy, the late Arvie Lee Holtzhower, and this was just after one of the most exciting experiences he can recall. It was just after the famous (typhoon of 1945 which Hall thought was going to take the entire island. He “rode out” the storm one night dug by Japs, and says that since his outfit had had so many warnings with no storm that they didn’t really ex¬ pect this one to hit. Also interesting is -the fact that the famed war correspond¬ ent Ernie Pyle was killed on a tnearby island, Iwo Shimo, which many persons confuse with Iwo Jimo. Electronics Following the end of the war, Hall was stationed in Japan, then went aboard ship for a while before his discharge in 1946. After four months as a civilian, he went back into the Navy and signed up for a year in electronics school. After that, a year and a half was spent on Eniwetok, where the A-Bomb tests were taking place. There was one radiation tea re, he recalls, that kept them on short water rations for about three weeks. A radioactive cloud sailed over the encampment, polluting all water, so some was gotten from the ocean and dis¬ tilled to make it drinkable. Then it rained into the water tanks, again polluting the drinking water. The huge tanks had to be drained, cleaned and the whole process started over. THE DADE COUNTY TIMES: TRENTON, GEORGIA, THUR&DAY, DECEMBER 26, 1957 Helping Hand Meeting Monday Jan. 6 Worth T. Lea, temporary chairman of the Helping Hand organization, has announced that the organization will hold another meeting o n Monday night, Jan. 6. Notices are being mailed out. EARLY A. ELLIS TO TAKE OVER DUTIES AS MAYOR JAN. 2 Trenton’s new mayor, Early A. Ellis, will take over his new duties on Thursday, January 2. The retiring mayor, A. L. Dyer, is stepping down after serving terms totaling thirteen years. Members of the City Council v/ho will resume their posts are C. E. Kyzer, W. R. Tatum and James Morrison. R. O. (Bob) Chitwood, who was elected Dec. 3 to the Council, will meet with the city officials for the first time on the regular meeting night, the first Monday. LICENSE TAGS 1958 ON SALE JAN. 2 Tax Commissioner John W. Murphy has announced that new license tags for motor ve¬ hicles will go on sale in his office on Thursday, Jan. 2. The 1958 tags have black letters on a v/hite background, the first time in history such a color combina¬ tion has been used in Georgia, it has been reported. Motorists have until April 1 to buy the tags without penalty. About forty have applied for the low number tags, the tax commissioner stated. MOORE REUNION DEC. 15 Members of Mrs. Katherine Moore’s family of New Salem drove to Murfreesboro last week¬ end and had a reunion with Mr. and Mrs. Driggs Moore and fam¬ ily. Thirty-five were present in¬ cluding: Mrs. Katherine Moore, Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Miore, Mr. and Mrs. Hershell Pennington and family, Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Logan and family, all of New Salem; Norman Moore of Flint- stone, Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Moore and son from Rossville, Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Logan and son from Kingston, Tenn. and Mr. and Mrs. Sherman Moore and son of Trenton. Those present reported a won¬ derful visit. After his last discharge in Seattle, Washington, he came home and started work at Coca- Cola in Chattanooga; he quit there to use the GI Bill to study te’evision repair a t Kirkman and worked in the afternoons at Tatum and Case. During his four-years of em¬ ployment there, he married Miss Lois Holland and became the father of a baby daughter. This marriage ended with the tragic death of his wife and baby in an automobile accident a few years ago. In September, 1955, h e re¬ ceived an appointment as IDade County Forest Ranger, a position which allows him time to dabble in his true avocation—electron¬ ics. He married Miss Betty Hixson earlier this year and the couple are now living in a home they purchased at Morganville. Ranger Hall’s club affiliations are with the American Legion, the Jaycees and the Dade County Forestry Demonstration Club. LET US DO YOUR JOB WORK THE DADE COUNTY TIMES Dr. Hutchison New President-Elect Dr. Louis A. Williams was re¬ cently elected President of the W alker - Catoosa-Dade Medical Society for the year 1958. Offi¬ cers elected at the December meeting were; Dr. Norton H. Hutchison, Trenton, Vice-Presi¬ dent; Dr. E. M. Townsend, Secretary and Treasurer; dele¬ gates to the Medical Association cf Georgia, Dr. Fred Simonton and Dr. Howard C. Derrick; (alternates, Dr. Thomas W. Also- brook and Dr. Warren Terrell; Board of Censors. Dr. John P. Hoover, and Dr. George C. Vassey. Dr. Williams served in the U. S. Army 1943-45. He graduat¬ ed from the Medical College of Georgia in 1953 and interned at Baroness Erlanger Hospital. He is a member of the A. M. A., the Medical Association of Georgia, Seventh District Medical Society and the Walker-Catoosa-Dade Medical Society. He is Fellow of the American Academy of Gene¬ ral Practice and member of the American Academy of General Practicet and member of the Staff of Tri-County Hospital. Dr. Thomas E. Adkins is the retiring president VA IMPROVES MAIL PROCEDURE Beginning on January 1, 1957 if a person receiving a govern¬ ment benefit check has filed a change of address with the Post Office, the Postmaster may for¬ ward the check to the new add¬ ress without returning it to the disbursing office. This should avoid a lot of inconvenience and delays t o many veterans now drawing pensions or compen¬ sation checks from the VA. Changes of address must be filed with the post office and at the same time regular changes of address forms should be sent to the Veterans Administration. Your county service officer can fill out these forms in a very few minutes. GRAY LADIES .... (Continued from page 1) Gray Lady Chairman; Mrs. W. C. Cureton Jr., Mrs. Neil Fischer, Mrs. Jiles Gass, Mrs. H. E. Gross, Mrs. John Jones, Mrs. Worth Lea, Mrs. J. G. Nethery and Mrs. L. C. Spears. Certificates were presented to Gray Ladies from Walker and Catoosa by Rev. Gordon Sterchie and Miss Jennie Ramsey, respect¬ ively. The presentation of caps and pins was made by Miss Ellva Davis, R. N. Supervisor of Tri- County and Oscar Hillard. Included in the program of the evening was the invocation and benediction by Rev. Howard Dur¬ ham, Tri-County Chaplain, and Rev. Charles Williams, pastor La Fayette First Methodist; a welcome address by Frank Glea¬ son, chairman of the Tri-County Hospital Authority; and intro¬ duction of guests by Mrs. Neii Andrews, chairman of the Walk¬ er County Chapter Red Cross. In his talk, Mr. Gleason stress¬ ed the need of gray lady service at the hospital and promised that the hospital would have more courses for ohers who are inter¬ ested. He commended the new Gray Ladies for the fine job they have already done. The Red Cross song, “Angels of Mercy”, was sung by Mrs. Charles Williams. A reception was held in the hospital cafeteria following the ceremony. Elaborate Christmas decorations had been arranged to celebrate the occasion. Ga. Power Presents Tax Checks District and local managers of the Georgia Power Company throughout the state this week are presenting to municipal and county government officials checks totaling approximately $4,758,700 for the company’s 1957 property taxes, according to T. s. Renfroe, local manager at Trenton. Of this amount, Mr. Renfroe said, $2,401,700 goes into general county funds, $1,578,120 to school districts, $752,304 to cities and towns, and $26,540 to the State of Georgia. The company’s 1956 property taxes totaled $4,229,453. Earlier in the year, municipal partnership tax payments total¬ ing $1,710,882 were paid by the company to the 348 cities, towns and communities in which the firm’s three per cent franchise agreement was in effect. Under this agreement, the company pays each municipality in which it operates three per cent of its gross revenue from the sale of electricity ,f o r residential and commercial use. These municipal partnership tax payments were based on 1956 electric revenue and were in addition to property tax pay¬ ments. The Georgia Power Company official pointed out that nearly 20.2 per cent of the company’s total revenue goes to pay taxes, including federal and state in- c o m e taxes, property taxes, municipal partnership taxes, and others. CLOVERDALE Written for last wteek Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Lambert at¬ tended the funeral of his uncle, Tom Lambert, at Fyffe, Ala. Tuesday. Mr. Byron Forester continues to improve from his burns. He will have to stay in for some time yet. Mil’s. Charles Bible is still on the sick list but is able to be up part time. Mrs. Jennie Campbell sold her property at auction a few days ago A. W. Peck and plans to move to Bremen, Ga. to bo near her daughter Clara (Mrs. Swin- son). The Ed Bibles had a pre- Christmas dinner Saturday, the 14th. Mrs. Bible’s sister and hus¬ band, Mr. and Mrs. Pink Salmon, her son Billie and familly, three grandchildren, all from Rome, George and family from Rock- wood, Tenn., J. R. Bible and children from Ringgold, also Amo, Clifford and iDavid Lawson (from Sand Mountain. MINOR ACCIDENTS PLAGUE COUNTY Horace Anderson, employee of the Shell Station, Trenton, was uninj ured Monday afternoon v/hen his car rammed into the back of a truck driven by Jack Sells, also of Trenton. It was reported that Sells’ son, who was said to toe in the cab with his father, was taken to a doc¬ tor after the accident. The state troopers investigat¬ ed the accident. No charges were made. Details on two other accidents are also unavailable, but no ser¬ ious injuries were reported. Mrs. Bell, address unknown, was driv¬ ing along Highway 143 on the side of Sand Mountain Saturday night when her car overturned. Mr. Bell also occupied the car, and according to the sheriff, no charges were made. The other accident occured when two cars collided atop Sand Mountain. BUY U. S. SAVING BONDS { Gilbreath Moves Office To Fyffe Grover Gilbreath, dental tech¬ nician who has had an office in the Morrison Building for the past several months, has moved his office to his hometown of Fyffe, Ala. Dr. H. L. Holtzendorf, dentist, has announced that a new tech¬ nician, will occupy the space vacated by Gilbreath, which is in the same apartment used by the dentist. ADDRESS TAX LETTERS TO P. O. 1723, ATLANTA W. J. Bookholt, Director of Internal Revenue, states that after January 1, all letters re¬ questing tax forms should be addressed to Post Office Box 1723, Atlanta 1, Georgia. This special box will be main¬ tained during the tax filing per¬ iod only to give better service in honoring taxpayers’ requests for forms. TRENTON HOME DEM. CLUB HAS CHRISTMAS PARTY AT DYER HOME The home of Mrs. A. L. Dyer was the scene of a Christmas party Dec. 17 of the Trenton Home Demonstration Club. Mrs. Virgil Jenkins was in charge of the program for the evening, leading several hilarious games. These included the members carrying peanuts on knives across the room to a bowl and two teams eating crackers and whistling. An exchange of gifts and singing of carols took place afterwards. As each member arrived, her gift was deposited on a small table which had been covered with a red cloth. The refresh¬ ment plates were brightened by little Santas made from pipe cleaners and fastened to tiny paper cups of holiday candies. During the evening, Miss Naomi Hubble, home demon¬ stration agent, was presented a gift of a white sweater in ap¬ preciation of her activities with the club during the past year. Co-hostesses were Mesdames Alvin Taylor, W. G. Morrison and T. J. Bell. Obituary Mrs. J. P. Clark Funeral services for Mrs. J. P. Clark, 75-year-old resident of Rising Fawn Rt. 3, were held Friday at the Hinkle Baptist Church. The Revs. Luther Hix¬ son, Frank Ziegler and Manuel Parish officiated. Interment was in Mount Olive Cemetery. Survivors are her husband, four daughers, Mrs. Maude Hig¬ don, Mrs. Lodenia Massey and Mrs. Louise Chambers, all of Lookout Mountain, and Mrs. Lorena Browning, Jacksonville, Fla.; four sons, J. C. Clark, Lud¬ low, Ky.; C. D. Clark, Los An¬ geles, Calif. C. B. Clark, Trenton, Ga. and Herbert Clark, Lookout Mountain; three half-sisters, 20 grandchildren, 15 great-grand¬ children, several nieces and nephews. Improvement Column Hadden’s Pharmacy has been remodeled to make the store twice as large. A door and pre¬ scription window were cut in the wall on the west side to take in an adjoining office space. The wall was painted plum pink to match the rest of the store. The walls are beginning to go up on the new Morrison office building. A steel door frame had ; been set in Monday.
