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About The Dade County times. (Trenton, Ga.) 1908-1965 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 2, 1958)
4 Dade County's Only Newspaper. VOLUME LVTI iJfcJ ML ' it “j lifer.; J. * ■ j » mm MM T r—v . TWELVE IS TWICE AS MUCH AS TEN!’ A tree 12 inches in at breast height does not much larger than a 10 inch but it yield about twice as much lumber. It usually takes 25 years to grow a 10 inch tree sand only about five or six years t o reach 12 inches diameter. If you can double money in such a short period of time, why not grow larger trees? In Dade County the practice has been to cut any that would make a 2 X 4 or If landowners would grow trees to larger sizes before cut¬ ting everyone would benefit. The landowner would make much more money and the sawmiller would get better lumber and could produce it cheaper. should be grown even larger than twelve inches. Volume Fred Bradford Opens Barber Shop in City Fred Bradford, New resident who has had a shop in operation for the six months in Fairyland, a Trenton shop four weeks Located at tthe intersection the LaFayette-No. 11 the shop is open from 8 a. until 6 p. m. daily except nesdays and Sundays. With a total of 17 years’ bering experience, spent four years and months of this time in the as a barber. Mr. and Mrs. Bradford are parents of six children and well-known in Dade County. Father Operating Station Bradford’s father, Mr. Bradford, also a well-known sident of the New Salem munity, took over the ment of the Gulf Service formerly operated by Virgil Devoted to the Best Interests of Dade County and Georgia. THE DADE COUNTY TIMES: TRENTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 2, 1958 almost doubles between a 12 anc 14 inch tree. It would probablj be most profitable if trees wer« grown to 15 or 16 inches before final harvest. However, thin¬ nings will probably be needed several times prior to the final harvest. The better faster grow¬ ing trees would be left for the j harvest while poore duality and smaller trees woul< be removed, If the landowners and farmer of Dade County would take heec and follow this example, wood¬ land conditions in the countj would be greatly improved anc the county’s income from foresi products would certainly in¬ crease. Ted Walker Extension Forester Helping Hand Meets Jan. 6 at Dade School The time for the Helping Hand meeting set for Monday, Jan. 6 is 7 p. m., according to an announcement made this week by Worth T. Lea, Temporary i chairman. Notices are being mailed to persons in all com¬ munities, he said. Mr. Lea also left copies of the by-laws of the organization in the Dade County Times office for those who may wish to read them over before the meeting. The by-laws were neatly typed a n d printed by Rev. Arthur Pflug, member of the temporary board of directors. the latter part of November. The station and the barber shop are housed in the same building. Wall is now operating his own station on the Sand Mountain highway. | 1957 JANUARY Newly elected County take office. County-wide Civil Meeting. Trenton Home Club named “Club of the Bank of Dade declares dend after first year of tion. A t 2nd Annual holders meeting, present and officers re-elected. Hugh Reeves appointed State Highway supervisor. Chester Lane buys Bud’s Ser- , vice Station and adds agency and nursery. Educational wing of Methodist Church opened. High winds cause damage county. 9.85 inches rain fall Jan 23 to Feb. 7. Joe Blevins appointed Rabies Inspector. FEBRUARY Public Health Nurse Fannielu McWhorter to Bartow County. Johnny Lynch Golden boxer, named all state guard Region 4-C football team. Williams Enterprise opens crushing business i n Fawn. Hay,good Grocery opens.. Rev. Thomas W. Schilds P i n e y Grove Baptist Church pastor. Eastern Star Chapter reacti¬ vated. Junior Chamber of Commerce organized. City of Trenton to install new 100,000 gallon water tank and new main lines. MARCH Mrs. Edna B. Sutton named Dade County’s “Teacher of the Year”, Grand Jury returns 50 indict¬ ments. Shantytown Methodist Sunday School organized. Forestry Demonstration Club organized. Evelene Dress Shoppe opens. Health Center closed. APRIL City of Trenton Water Re¬ venue Certificates validated. Buck Gifford’s Standard Ser¬ vice Station opens. Criminal Court holds one day. Mountain View Restaurant opens. Georgia Power Co. opens 44,000 volt sub station built here. Junior Chamber of Com¬ merce receives Charter. Soil Samples taken in County. MAY Work begun o n enlarging Trenton Water system. Home Demonstration Club Dress Revue. E. L. Raulston retires as Tren¬ ton Postmaster. M r s. Olivine Morrison becomes Acting Post¬ master. Contracts awarded for Rising Fawn and New Salem School additions. (Continued to page 4) Published Weekly—Since 1901 ! Enter - Dade The Farmers Co-op and Dade County High School broken into Monday night t i m e between midnight seven in the morning manager W. E. Page came work Tuesday morning and covered evidence. Before ing he called the Sheriff. The burglars, after boxes and crates beside the on the west side of the had climbed up, broken the dow and entered the building. Tuesday afternoon the G. B. the Sheriff and Mr. Page over the contents of the to see what was missing and evidence. One tool worth $5.00 was missing and the had had the handle broken and the combination but the safe had not opened. At the Dade County School, they broke into the and Cookie machines and around. In the Trenton Elemen tary School (old though nothing as yet to be missing, there are ences they had also entered building. All of these are still being investigated. Sheriff Allison Blevins ed a quiet and almost Beautiful Christmas, with its and merriment, is gone but many beautiful and door and yard decorations linger in the memories of who drove about the county see them as among the in recent years. Although each year more more lights and decorations seen on homes throughout county, all are not entered the contest sponsored by Garden Club, Home tion Council and Ga. Power In practically every other now can be seen a lighted a red candle or a candy cane the door, and no matter small the effort, the spirit Christmas is magnified. The winners of the door yard contests displayed uity in selecting the themes. Mr. and Mrs. Grant of Avans, who awarded first in the door com¬ petition, arranged a w e 11- balanced and simple door, greenery and red poinsettias on one side of the entrance, and a large red and white cane with evergreens and poinsettias on the other side. On the screen had been stenciled a large white star in the upper corner and camels in the center. The whole effect was quite beautiful. Mr. and Mrs. John Jones New Salem, always among lop- winners each year, placed on their door a wreath NUMBER 48 i free Christmas week and state troopers assigned to the county Monday were hoping for a simi¬ lar New Year holiday. Not until Friday, Dec. 27, was an accident reported and it was not serious. Benny Gaddis overturned his car in Piney and although the car was considerably damaged, Mrs. Gordon Lee Payne also escaped injury when she lost control of her automobile after leaving the Birmingham high¬ way to travel on the old Union road south of Trenton. The car wrecked along a fence row. A companion, unidentified, was taken to a local doctor’s office for treatment and the extent of her injuries were not deter¬ mined, A trucK owned b y Barney Cagle left the bluff of Sand Mountain Saturday afternoon and immediately burned. The truck was unoccupied at the time and the driver rep0 rtedly sheriff -something must have been wrong with the brakes.’ At the same time Sher¬ iff Blevins was making this in¬ vestigation, a truck was parked nearby in order for the driver tc see what was going on, caus¬ ing a second vehicle to smash into it. The motorist who parked was charged with illegal parking. with red accents and the letters ( “NOEL” silver cut from paper on the bottom. Winners in the yard contest, they had also arranged ■ red candles on either side of the door, 'blue candles in the win- d.ows and Santa with his rein¬ deer on the lawn going towards a lighted tree. Behind Santa was a low background of small trees. Second place winners in the door contest, Mr. and Mrs. Dud¬ ley Cureton, again had Santa and the reindeer prancing across the white roof of their home, with their red door very attract¬ ively outlined with greenery. A wreath of greenery on the door encircled a golden manger scene of ceramic figures which Mrs. Cureton had made. A lighted tree in the picture window completed the effect. Mrs. Elmer Burns of Slygo, who was awarded the third prize in the door contest, had tied up her door in a gay Christ¬ mas package of white with red ribbon. “NOEL” was spelled out on the botton of the package, with a cane and greens in the center. Red candles in the win¬ dows and two lighted trees out¬ side added to the holiday scene. Honorable mention winners, the Gordon Hammonds and Harold Grosses, made very strik¬ ing door decorations. The Ham¬ mond door was covered with sil¬ ver foil with a head of Christ on the upper part of the door and (Continued to Page 2 )
