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About The Dade County times. (Trenton, Ga.) 1908-1965 | View Entire Issue (March 27, 1958)
Dade County's Only Newspaper. 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. Devoted to the Best Interests of Dade County and Georgia . Pub lished W eekly—Since 1901 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. -—-- 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 (Continued to Page 6) 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- (Continued to Page 6) 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.
