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VOLUME LVin
Easier Bookkeeping ... To Plan Credit
Merchants Meet
To Take In County
A good turnout was reported
for the first meeting of local
merchants to discuss the organi¬
zation of a Credit Association
for the county, the first such
attempt to be made here- Plans
,are still under study.
City Studying New
Parking Ordinances
Mayor Charles T. Sims has
announced that new parking or¬
dinances have been drawn up
and are currently under study
by the city council- It is expected
that the new laws, which are
confined to courthouse square,
will be up for a vote at the next
meeting.
One of the new future projects
will probably be one-hour park¬
ing meters, he said to help re¬
lieve the congested parking area
bn the east side of the square.
Although space along the side¬
walks on all side of the square
is constantly in use by motorists,
the area in front of the bank
has become quite a problem.
A new way of “slant parking”
has been suggested and is being
tried out- It is belived that more
space can be saved if all motor¬
ists will park at an agle to the
curb rather than heading
straight in.
Another idea is being tried by
parking cars in the middle of
the area east of the square, leav-
ing through traffic on Highway
11 plenty of space and a
through space between the par*-
ed cars at the curb and those in
the street. It was already been
found, however, that some im¬
provements to this method will
have to be made-
Sims also said that parkin®
lines will be painted in the very
near future by the Explorer
Scouts under the supervision of
Rev- R. L. Hilten. Paint will be
provided by the merchants, and
will have to be the type used by
the highway department, pro¬
bably yellow.
New Home Enters
improvement Contest
Announcement has been made
by Marion Garner, Jr., president
of the New Home Community
Improvement Club, that New
Home is entering the Chattan¬
ooga Area Improvement Con¬
test. If other communities in the
county enter the competition, a
county elimination will be held,
with the winner to be judged in
the area contest. To date, New
Home is the only community
entered.
Secretary of the organization
is Mrs- Lucille Hurst.
are scheduled every third Tues¬
day.
April 12 has been
as the date for a Box Supper,
with funds to go into the
treasury.
Among projects planned
telephone service and home and
grounds improvement. Paving of
the main road which will take
place soon will improve the com¬
munity considerably, as this will
be the first paving to be done
there.
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THEDADE COUNTY TIMES, TRENTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, MARCH 27, 1958
Present for the meeting was
Bearden of Chickamauga who
will, if organization takes place,
handle all collections for a fee
and provide a list of preferred
credit customers and those from
whom cash would be required-
Merchants would subscribe to
the service and would receive
regular list revisions.
Bearden intends to contact all
other merchants in the county
In the near future, C- E. Kyzer,
one of the local businessmen in¬
terested in the plan, said this
week- It is the opinion of Kyzer
and others that the association
would facilitate easier book¬
keeping practices.
The date for a second meeting
has not been announced.
Opening of Western Auto One of
Most Successful Ever Held Here
“This is the biggest Thursday
opening of a Western Auto store
we’ve seen.”
Those were the words of store
representatives from two south¬
eastern districts when the huge
crowds pouring into Martin
Nethery’s Western Auto Associ¬
ate Store on opening day made it
plain that the store was off to
smash start. Opening dates were
Thursday, Friday and Saturday,
with an enormous number of
! visitors attending the event
throughout the weekend.
Present to assist with the open
^ _
ville, southeastern regional re
presentative, John Collier and.
Carter Smith, district represen¬
tatives of the company, also
Clyde Kimbrough, merchandise
installer-
Special sales during the week
end were so attractive to cus¬
tomers that many items were
sold out on Thursday. Nethery
said he was “overwhelmed” by
the unexpected number of re¬
quests for the items and was
“embarrassed” that the stock
was so depleted the succeeding
days of the opening. Most popu¬
lar of these items were the pias-
j tic juice sets, pinking shears,
l waste baskets, mops and stools.
4 “We did an excellent business
, in tires, batteries, appliances
and television sets,” he said,
“with many orders being placed
for items not in stock at the
present.”
Easter Seal
Committee Named
Prominent citizens of Trenton
were named this week to serve
on the local Lily Parade Com¬
mittee of the Georgia Easter
Seal Society, sponsor of the
month long drive before Easter
for funds to help bring direct
services to the state’s handi¬
capped.
Henry Nelson announced the
names of the following persons
who will serve on his committee
for the Parade to be held on
April 5, when lapel-sized paper
Easter lilies will be sold on
corners: Mrs. A- L- McMahan,
publicity, Miss Wilma Pace
Mrs. I- H. Wheeler, Jr.
Eight Jury Gases Tried
First Part of Week
Governor Signs Bill
To Curb "Quickie"
Marriages In Ga.
Six months from now, it will
become difficult to get married
in a hurry in Georgia.
Wth Reps. William M. Camp¬
bell and Albert Campbell of
Walker County looking on, Gov.
Marvin Griffin Monday signed
a 1958 bill designed to curb
quickie marriages in the state’s
border counties.
The bill signed Monday re¬
quires a three-day waiting per¬
iod for a marrage license if
either party is under 21—unless
the prospective bride is pregn¬
ant. It also prohibits issuance of
a marrage license between 6
p- m- and 8 a. m.
The act becomes affective
Sept- 15.
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TRUE BILLS
For Public Drunkenness:
Homer Powell, R- M- Hall, Otha
Waldrop, Ott Buckles, Shirley
Jeffery, Elizabeth M- MfcMahan,
J. C- “Cad” Avans, Bill Clark,
M. A- Gifford, Gene Daniel,
Houston Nunley, F J. Holt, Hers-
chel Dagnon.
For Abandonment: Alvin El¬
rod, Keith Gass, Marvin Lollis,
Asa Long.
For Assault Sc Battery; Keith
Gass, J. Pat Ginn, Stokes Mc¬
Cauley.
For Possessing Liquor: Joe Car-
son, George Wiliams, Jr., Clar¬
ence Bowen, Charlie E- Page,
Homer Powell, Charlie Cox.
For Drunk at Private Resi¬
dence: Robert Nichols, Miles
Walston, Jr., M- A. Gifford, Don¬
ald Tishaw (alias Dolian Tis-
ihaw).
For Driving While Intoxicat¬
ed: C. L. Raines, Johnnie E.
Daniel, Willard A. Clark.
For Possessing Distilling Ap¬
paratus: Joseph W- Powell. For
Drunk at Residence; Ernest
Poore, Sr.
For Disturbing School; Robert
Stephens (alias Robert Plumlee).
Fo Assault with intent murder:
R. M- Kirby. For Larceny: J. D.
Hicks. Marvin Tinker. For Sim¬
ple Assault. Neal Buchanan.
For Speeding: Othar Justice
Gold, Ralph McMahan. For Im¬
proper Tag: Benjamin F. Clark-
For Driving without Tag Sc Lic¬
ense: Morris N. Powell-
NO BILLS
For Drunk at Private Resi-
dence: Charles Jeffrey, Jr.,
Glenn Stephens, For Public
Drunkenness: Raymond Daniel,
Carroll Powell, Ottis Buckles.
For Driving while Intoxicated:
Willard Hall, Fred A. Bradford-
For Possessing Liquor: Joseph
W- Powell, Charlie M. Palmer.
For Abandonment: Mack Pen¬
dergrass, Grover H. Elrod. For
Adultery: Mrs. Melrose Lee,
Keith Gass. For Larceny: Florin
Horton.
For Assault Sc Battery: J. L-
Long, Suddeth Payne, Or dell
Ginn. For Driving without a Li¬
cense: Othar Justice Gold. For
Dumping Garbage: Perry Payne.
PLEAS OF GUILT
Charged with Public Drunken¬
ness and pleading guilty: Harry
Treadway, Fined 550.00; Charlie
Hope, Fined $50.00; Alvin Austin
(2 cases) Fined $50 and 12
months probation; Carl Kessler,
Fined $75 00 and 12 months pro¬
bation; Lester M- Dixon, Fined
$50.00; Bobby Tipton, Fined
$50.00; Alfred Conner, Fined
$50.00; W. Fred Wheeler, Fined
$50.00 and 12 months probation;
Harry Long, Fined $50.00; Neil
Buchanon, Fined $7500; Eldon
Wilson, Fined $50.00 Robert
Lusk, fine $50 and two months
public works camp. Elizabeth
McMahan, probation; F. J. Holt,
$65 and 12 months probation; J-
C. “Cad” Avans, $85; Billy Clark,
$75; Horton Abbott, 10 months
public work camp, Jim Abies,
$75.
Charged with Drunk at Pri¬
vate Residence and pleading
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Most common remark over-
heard was, “Western Auto has
rounded out the type of stores
in Trenton, and we can now do
practically all our shopping
here.”
The new store, with its brick
and glass front and large red
sign across the facade, is a most
attractive addition to the square
and is readily noticed by pass¬
ing motorists heading north
The interior has been painted in
several shades of pastels. Fluores
cent tubes running the length of
the store light the two rows of
glass, metal and chrome shelves
in the center and the shelves
lining the walls. Most helpful to
the prospective customer are the
clear price marks on paper slips
in metal holders underneath
each item.
Winners of the door prizes
awarded on Saturday evening
were James C• Castleberry of
Rising Fawn, bicycle; Evie Lou
McSpadden, Rt. 3, Rising Fawn,
Electric fryer; and Emily Gary
of Marietta, Ga., fishing rod and
reel. Favors were presented the
first lucky few who visited the
store the first day.
Assisting Nethery with sales is
Douglas Forester, another na¬
tive Dade Countian.
ASC
Status of Additional Appropria¬
tion For 1958 Acreage Reserve
Program
The Chairman of the local
County ASC Committee, Mr.
Grady McKaig, reports that
most farmers who wanted to
take part In the 1958 Acreage
Reserve of the Soil Bank, but
could not file signed agreements
because of fund limitations, will
apparently be able to sign up at
the county office in the near
future. Both the Senate and the
House of Representatives have
approved a supplemental appro¬
priation of 250 million dollors to
provide for additional Acreage
Reserve participation. This will
bring the total to 750 million
dollars for the 1958 program
Because agreement on some de¬
tailed program provisions must
still be reached in House-Senate
conference, Congressional action
bn the supplemental apprqpria-
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NUMBER 13
Superior Court convened again
Monday with the Traverse
Jurors present for the many
criminal cases which were to be
tried. As Solicitor Earl Self read
the docket, about 12 said they
were going to plead guilty.
The first case called was from
the indictment against Willis
Gore for rape. Almost 40 jurors
were called before a jury was
formed. This case took all day
Monday and it was Tuesday
afternoon before the jurors, who
had deliberated for almost two
hours, returned a verdict of
guilty of assault and battery.
Cases tried by jury up until
Wednesday noon were Keith
Gass found not guilty on the as¬
sault and battery charge and to
pay the Clerk of Court $12.50 a
week for support of son on the
abandonment charge; Charles
Cox found guilty of possessing
liquor and fined $300; Ray Buck¬
les and M. A. Gifford found
guilty of public drunkenness and
fined $50 and $52, respectively;
Neal Buchanan found not guilty
of simple assault, and Marvin
Tinker found not guilty of lar¬
ceny. The Abandonment case
against Otis Stephens was nolle
prossed.
Pascal Here
Judge Pascal, who is well
known to the county, presided
during the Tuesday afternoon
session in order that Judge Davis
could attend a funeral. Judge
Pascal remarked that “it was
amazing ,the way Trenton had
grown since the time he made
(regular trips over here.
Collections Double
‘57 Heart Drive
A total of $214 94 has been
turned in for the 1958 Heart
Fund Drive, according to Mrs.
Katherine Davis, chairman, with
more to be received from the
schools. This amount more than
doubles last year’s donations,
she stated.
Mrs. Davis is expressing her
appreciation to Mrs- Catherine
Morrison, who was in charge of
business solicitations, the Jay-
cettes and others who made and
helped with contributions to
make this a most successful
drive.
Bake Sale And
Car Wash Saturday
Dade High’s baseball team is
(sponsoring a bake sale and car
wash Saturday to add to baseball
funds. The bake sale will be held
on the square, while the car
wash will take place on the
grounds of the school-
The boys have enlisted the aid
of their girl friends, mothers
and sisters for the bake sale and
have announced that orders
may be placed in advance by
calling Oliver 7-4361-
A previous car wash, held
March 15, netted the team $100-
Equipment purchased will be in
use April 1 when Dade High
meets Davis on Davis’ field-
Rev. Charles Holmes is ill at
his home in Morganville.
