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About The Dade County times. (Trenton, Ga.) 1908-1965 | View Entire Issue (May 15, 1958)
Dade County's Only Newspaper. VOLUME LVin Tatum New PTA Pres. After the nominating commit¬ tee of the Dade County High School P. T. A. gave its report at the May 1 meeting the follow¬ ing officers were elected for next year: president, Joe Lee Tatum; vice-president. Mrs. Henry Gross; secretary, Mrs. Troy Wis- ner; treasurer, Mrs. Doris Avakian. The corresponding sec¬ retary was not appointed and (the office is still open for next year. The instalation of the new officers will be held, June 5. It was also decided to sponsor a meal for the Dade Education Association May 6. ~~ A. S. C. Column SOIL STEWARDSHIP WEEK Every citizen of Dade County will prosper only as the land prospers and the land will pros¬ per only as the people of the county realize the importance of soil and water and the role these /resources play in our lives. The spil of Dade County pro¬ vides us not only with food, but with clothing and shelter-wood, cotton, wool, leather, vegetable oils and other everyday prod¬ ucts. Our soil is a cherished possession and must be preser¬ ved and used properly. We have adequate rainfall in Dade County. We have soil that can be made to produce abund¬ antly. We have an ideal climate and most important of all we have people with ambition and vision. The farmers of Dade County are taking advantage of the var¬ ious programs under the Agri¬ cultural Stabilization and Con¬ servation Program to assist them in preserving their soils and pro¬ ducing higher yields as well as making their farms more entic¬ ing for recreation. (Continued to Page 5) Winners at Garden Club Flower Show With the “Merry Month of May” as the theme, the annual Flower Show of the Garden Club Of Trenton was one of the love¬ liest ever held here. The scene of the showing of the most exquis¬ ite of spring flowers in both arrangements and as horticul¬ tural specimens was the new Fellowship Hall of the Method¬ ist Church. MJuch credit is due the new president of the club, Mrs. W. C. Cureton, and the flower show committee for the success of the show. Committee members are: Mrs. M. J. Hale, chairman; Mrs. W. H. Brock, Mrs. E. A. Ellis, Miss Naomi Hubble, Mrs. N. H. Hutchison and Mrs. G. C. Tatum. Mrs. A. L. Dyer was in charge of registration, while Mrs. R. L. Hadden acted as clerk. In a prominent position in the hall was arranged a minia¬ ture maypole which had made by Mesdames Brock and Hutchison, with green and white streamers leading down to dainty little nosegays of spring flowers which were the work of Mrs. Brock. A basket of white was placed underneath the table while overhead was spelled out the flower show theme Soft Devoted to the Best Interests of Dade County and Georgia . THE DADE COUNTY TIMES, TRENTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, May 15, 1958 More Gray Ladies Receive Caps-Pins Six Dade County Red Gray Ladies were capped pinned at the Tri-County Hos¬ pital Friday night. They Mesdames Alice Daniel, Moore, Elmer Oliver, Patterson, R. S. Townsend Raymond Waddell. These ladies, with four Catoosa County, 23 from County, have successfully com¬ pleted their instruction and probation period at the pital. They have volunteered ,service during the evening at the hospital. The ladies received their from Mrs. Sara Thacker, R. who is Director of Nurses for 'hospital. Mrs. Catherine son, for the Board of of the Hospital Authority comed them and they were sented to the hospital by M. Neil Andrews, chairman the Walker County ARC. (Mrs. J. W. Gilreath, Lady Chairman for the counties, had been in an mobile accident and was not ito be present.) Administrator Oscar S. ard accepted the service for hospital. In his talk he said 'first Gray Lady class had al¬ lready served 6400 hours in three and a half months lhave been working in the pital. There are nine ladies Dade in the class. Avans Hurt in Sawmill Accident Mr. Columbus Avans, of Sand Mountain, was painfully injured Friday afternoon while working at a saw mill. He suffered lacer¬ ations of the left hand and wrist and a dislocated shoulder. He was rushed to Tri-County Hos¬ pital in Moore’s ambulance. music in the background added to the garden atmosphere. Open to the public between the hours of six and eight p. m., the show attracted quite a few visitors who also came to be served delicious chicken stew, cake and coffee. Supper arrange ments had been made by Mrs. H. E. Gross, chairman of the finance committee, and the fol¬ lowing members of her commit¬ tee: Mrs. Dan Carroll, Mrs. T. S. Renfroe, Mrs. E. S. Pace, Mrs. Roy McBryar and Mrs. Asa McMahan. The only tri-color, or special award, won in the show was given a red rhododendron speci¬ men grown by Mrs. N. H. Hutchi¬ son. Mrs. M. J. Hale was awarded sweepstakes in arrangements, winning three blue ribbons. Arrangement Winners Class I—“Spring Tonic” (line arrangements in bottles) 1st—Mrs. A. L. Dyer, daisies and trailing leaves; 2nd—-Mrs. M. J. Hale, sweet william, begon¬ ia and a sweet gum branch in a blu£ bottie with a tiny glass of sulphur and molasses as an ac¬ cessory; 3rd—Mrs. H. E. Gross, clover in a clear glass bottle. | Dade Wins Trophy DADE SUFFERS FIRST LOSS 3—2 Dade’s winning streak was stopped at eleven, as the Me- Eachern High team edged them 3-2, Wednesday, May 7, at Ris¬ ing Fawn. McEachern’s winning run was in the seventh inning on a wild pitch which followed two singles. The game opened a two-best- of-three game series for the region crown. David Steele and Therel Ful- ghum brought in Dade’s runs with a triple and a singe respec¬ tively. Tommy Wheeler’s singles held his batting average at a leading .500. The Wildcats several cost them the game, as they didn’t play the usual heads-up ball. Winfred MlcCormick and Steele to strike out thirteen op¬ posing batters. McEachern: 3 runs, 6 hits 3 errors. Dade Co.: 2 runs, 5 hits and 2 errors. Wilson and Clackum; Mc¬ Cormick, Steele and Fulghum. STEELE WHIRLS NO-HITTER; Dade Blanks McEachern 2-0 The Dade-MlcEachern was evened at a win Thursday, May 8, as Dade 2-0 on the opponents fields. The star was David Steele he allowed no hits, while ning nine and walking only It was his sixth victory. , Dade tagged five hits for runs. Frankie Woodfin the winning run in the after walking. Larry scored in the seventh to run team total to 147. Dade Co.: 2 runs, 5 hits and errors. McEachern: no runs hits and 2 errors. Steele and Fulghum; and Clackum. DADE WINS 7-C TROPHY; RIPS McEACHERN 6-2 The Wildcats are now the (Continued to page 5) Hon. mention—Mrs. W. Oureton. Class II—“May Baskets”, (bas¬ ket containers) 1st Mrs. M. J. Hale, yellow japanese iris and yellow snap¬ dragons in a crescent arrange¬ ment; 2nd—Mrs. N. H. Hutchi¬ son, purple iris and purple clover; 3rd—Miss Naomi Hubble, shaded brown-toned purple and yelllow iris. Class III— “Mother’s Day” 1st—Mrs. H. F. Allison, one pink hydrangea blossom with plant leaves and iris fronds arranged to one side of a long flat pink container; 2nd—Mrs. N. H. Hutchison, white iris aranged about a white madonna figurine with daisies centering the moss- filled flat black container; 3rd— Mrs. T. S. Renfroe, purple iris in a mass arangement in a small footed white pottery vase. Class IV— “May Magic” Group A 1st—Mrs. M. J. Hale, an all-purpose arrangement in a footed green container with a “red” cabbage as a focal point for iris, larkspur and mustard greens; 2nd—Mrs. N. H. Hutchi¬ son, an original arrangement, as termed by the judges, of straw¬ berry vines, green strawberries and daisies diagonally across Published Weekly—Since 1901 Paint Parking Lines On Trenton Square 1 Monday night the Explorer Scouts of the Trenton Troop painted the white lines for auto¬ mobile parking on the east side of Court House Square. This took almost four hours with the Scouts not finishing until nearly midnight. They completed the job on Wednesday night. The Scouts were assisted by Rev. R. L. Hilten, who is assis¬ tant scout master, Gordon Ham¬ mond, James Morrison, Bill Tatum, Sheriff Allison Blevins and Deputy H. H. Hutchins. Regulation road marking paint was used and planks had been measured to the proper lengths in order to get the spacing. The Explorer Scouts working on this were Grover Geddie, Dennie Goodwin, Rayford Ham¬ mond, Arnold McConville, Ron¬ nie Moore, Sherman Moore, Le- Bron Pace, Bobbie Raulston and Burrell Hill. Scoutmaster is Rev. T. W. Schilds. Explorers are older scouts, 14 years old and up. They have what is called “four areas of work” to be accomplished each quarter. One is Social and the boys enjoyed a weiner roast last Saturday; another is Out¬ doors and the boys recently ex¬ plored one of the caves in the county; another is Vocational and they are planning a trip to a TV station. The fourth is Ser¬ vice and the painting of the parking lanes this weak is ser¬ vice to the community. Tomato Growers Meet A general meeting on the Tomato Program for the county will be held at the Court House to-night, May 15, at 7:30 P. M. ’The purpose will be plan plant¬ ing dates varieties to be used, how to market and other neces¬ sary things for a group project. a square green container; 3rd— IVTrs. W. C. Cureton, a very at¬ tractive tray arrangement of vegetables and fruits with iris fronds. Group B 1st—Mrs. Asa L. Mc¬ Mahan, bronze iris in a hand- /tooled copper bowl; 2nd—Mrs. N. H. Hutchison—yellow iris in a low yellow bowl; 3rd—Mrs. H. F. Allison, purple iris with a par¬ rot tulip as focal point in a pale green shallow bowl. Class V—“Cool Tranquility” (all white arrangement) 1st—Mrs. M. J. Hale, one huge phlox blossom centering white gladioli in a triangular arrange¬ ment in low white container; 2nd—Miss Naomi Hubble, milk glass vase lying on table with English dogwood spilling out; 3rd—Mrs. A. L. Dyer, snowballs in crescent arrangement in a beautiful milk glass pitcher. Hon. mention—Mrs. A. L. Dyer. Class VI—“May Medley” (for non-members) 1st—Mrs. Jack Sells, a tall, mass arrangement of a variety of spring flowers in a pottery jar, including the focal point of white peonies, a unusual white iris fringed with purple, NUMBER 20 Water Authority Met The newly formed Dade Coun¬ ty Water Authority met Thurs- day night with representatives from five engineering firms /throughout the southeast. Offi¬ cers of the Authority are the Dade County Ordinary, A. W. Peck, chairman; Ewell T. Brown, vice chairman; W. H. Pullen, secy, treas. and Robert White. Also present were lawyers Ghis Hatfield and M. J. Hale. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss with these con¬ sulting engineers how a county water system could become a reality and to show them the terrain of the county with this in mind. When the Water Aut¬ hority and the engineers have gotten together on this a future step would be for the engineer¬ ing firms to submit bids on. the proposed Dade County Water System. County Agents Column By L- C. Adams Temporary Summer Grazing— Some type of temporary summer grazing is needed for an adeq¬ uate grazing program on most livestock farms. About one-half acre of temporary grazing per cow or animal unit is a good amount to have. The most com¬ mon plants used for temporary summer grazing are millet, Sudan grass and annual ies- pedeza. Miilet-Starr and Gahi-L have been the best .producers of qual¬ ity forage in tests at the Costal Plain Experiment Station. Both (are adapted for grazing. Excess growth of these millets should be used for silage as they are not adapted for hay production. flBrownstop millet is the better millet for hay production. It also can be grazed. Sudan Grass-Tift Sudan is the (Continued to Page 6) purple japanese iris and lark¬ spur; 2nd—Mrs. Bill Keeton, yellow dutch iris in a yellow pitcher; 3rd—Mrs. Jack Cash, yellow japanese iris in a yellow container. Junior Garden Club 1st—Janice Payne, purple iris in a flat green container; 2nd— Carol Gray, pink roses and thrift in round glass container; honor¬ able mention, Katherine Ann Hutchison, brow n-toned and yellow iris with nandina leaves in a yellow vase; honorable mention, Diane Gross, English dogwood in a round black con¬ tainer. Most Outstanding Called by many as the “most exhibit" in the the all-white class, or “Cool Tranquility”, immediately the eye of all visitors upon entering the hall. All the arrangements, including those were not winners, were beautiful and many particularly striking. Exhibits Other exhibits were arranged the cancer committee and committee.
