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About The Dade County times. (Trenton, Ga.) 1908-1965 | View Entire Issue (March 12, 1959)
4 Devoted to the Best Interests of Dade County and Georgia. VOLUME LIX Dade Officers Capture Convict The big talk in the county this past week has been of the capture by Dade County law enforcement officers of an escaped convict from Alabama. 'The story was not only carried for several days in the Chatt¬ anooga papers but by United Press in the papers throughout the country. William Smothers, a prisoner being transferred from Kilby Prison in Montgomery, Ala. to Birmingham last Thursday over powered his guard and a trusty and took command of their car and weapons. Later he ditched the patrol car and stole a Bir¬ mingham couple’s car. He then forced the couple, the guard and trusty to drive him to Flat Rock, Ala where he let them out before driving on. He later abandoned this car and ap¬ parently headed north. All law enforcement agencies in the tri-state area were alert¬ ed. On Friday all vehicles going into Chattanooga were stopped and searched. Blood hounds were used and a helicopter was sent out to search the area. Saturday morning Sheriff Allison Blevins received a tip that a man bearing the de¬ scription of the escaped convict was seen along Highway 11 near the Hooker Road intersection. He and Trenton Chief of Police! and! H. H. Hutchins took off spotted him leaning against a group of mailboxes. Though' carj they were in the Sheriff’s which is marked in large letters, they were able to ap¬ proach him, turn into the side road and stop beside him. He was on the Sheriff’s side of the car and as the Sheriff opened the door to get out, Smothers raised his arm and pointed a pistol at the Sheriff. As he did so Chief Hutchins, who was on the other side of the Sheriff, fired. His shot hit Smothers in the left shoulder going diagonally through his body to his right side. The Sheriff left Chief Hutc¬ hins with his prisoner and went to call an ambulance which ar- (Continued to Page 3) Aubrey Dyer, Trenton, Georgia, a salesman for Dyer Motor Co., in New Orleans on an all-expense-paid vacation for two as part of his prize for being named one of the top Plymouth salesman in the country on the basis of his 1958 new car sales record. In addition to the trip he is being awarded one of several major prizes. Here, he and his wife, Mrs. Ellen Dyer, chat with W. H. Wilson, Plymouth Division National Sales Consultant. (Photo courtesy of Plymouth News Bureau) THE DADE COUNTY TIMES, TRENTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, MARCH 12, 1959 Citizens of Tomorrow' Li i iilli wy \ ' j# 1 a» m . ^9 Wa ■ TST^ This weeks ‘‘Citizens of Tomorrow” are from left to right, top row: Walter Lane, 3 months, son of the George Wilson’s of Rising Fawn; Robert Charles, 10 months son of the Bob Chitwood’s of Trenton; Steven, 9 months, son of the Everett Cagle’s of Rising Fawn; Debra, 1, daughter of the A. J. Clark’s of Rising Fawn; Cheryl Lee, 1, daughter of the Edison Forester’s of Rising Fawn; and Pamela Jayne, 5 months, daughter of the Douglas Forester’s of Rising Fawn. Bottom row: Bernardine, 11 months, daughter of the Leroy Smith’s of Trenton; Elizabeth 11 daughter of the J. H. Stephens’ of Trenton; Freddie Lee, 2, son of the Oscar Lee Barton’s of .Trenton; Cindy, 14 months, daughter of the Bill Wallen’s of Rising Fawn; Jacquelyn Renee, 11 months, daughter of the Jack Shafer’s of Rising Fawn; and Anita, 4 months, daughter of the Thomas W. Blevins’ of Wildwood. Ground Breaking Ceremonies At Tri- Co. Hosp. March 17 Ground will be broken for the new addition to the John L. Hutcheson Memorial Tri- Hospital Tuesday morn¬ ing, March 17. At long last all formalities have been and construction is about to begin. This first part of a three mil¬ dollar building program by the hospital will add more beds and enlarge vari¬ other departments. The part of the program, is scheduled to begin im¬ upon completion of first part will add 85 more Money for all this was ob¬ under the provisions of Hill Burton Hospital Act is one-third from the (Continued to page 4) Dade 1959 Football Schedule Announced against Region 4 0 teams and I are Menlo, Chattanooga Valley, West Side, and Davis. Half of the games of a lo game sched- u.le will be played on the home field. First game of the season is Sept. 4 against Pisgah and the last game on Nov. 13 against Davis. The Homecoming game will be against Chattanooga Valley on Sept. 25. Sept. 4 Dade vs. Pisgah at Pisgah. Sept. 11 Dade High vs. Menlo at Menlo. This is a Region game. Sept. 18 Dade High vs. Fort Payne at Fort Payne. Sept. 25 Dade High vs. Chatt¬ anooga Valley at home. This is a Region game and also the Homecoming game. Oct. 2 is open. Oct. 9 Dade vs. Sequatchie County at home. Oct. 16 Dade High vs. Gordon Lee at Chickamauga, Ga. Oct. 23 Dade High vs. West Side at Dalton, Ga. This is a Region game. Oct. 30 Dade High t . vs. Notre Dame at home. Nov 6 Dade High vs. Steven- son at home. Nov. 13 Dade High vs. Davis at home. This is a Region game. Health Dept. Gives Restaurant Permits The State Board of Health announces this week that the following eating establishments in Dade County have been is- sued Health Dept. Permits: Dade High Lunch room, North Dade Lunch room, Wild- wood Sanitarium, Davis High School Lunch room, Avakians Restaurant, New Salem Lunch room,-Busy Bee Cafe, Mountain View Restaurant, and Brown’s Cafe. Published Weekly—Since 1901 Sheriff’s Report Tuesday Sheriff Allison Ble- vins received a tip there was a north in his car to apprehend Illm ' Between Trenton and New En 8l and as the Sheriff had P assed one car behind a truck and was about to pass the truck, the driver of the truck apparently not seeing him, cut over into the middle of the road. This caused the truck and the car to collide and landed the Sheriff’s car over on the shoulder of the road and dama- iged considerable. (Woody Dan- who is repairing it, esti- mated damages would run to $400.) While they were stopped there seeing if the Sheriff’s car run, Rev. James O. Ste- (Continued to page 4) Co. To Be Host North Georgia . HL II n U« p L0UI1C11 *1 Dade County will be honored; Friday, March 20, when we ain members of the North 1 orgia District Home Demon-; Coun<;il These ladies' meet with members of the Councll at the Trenton Church beginning at a. m. for an all day meeting. The morning meeting will be by a talk by Prof. Moran from the University Chattanooga who will speak “Your Future with Crafts”. During the afternoon Miss Oglesby, Extension Hous- and Equipment Specialist present a demonstration It Yourself Automatically”. Sandar Newberry, a stud- at the University of Chatt- will speak on “I Chose Economics.” About 250 members from 10 counties in Northwest are expected to attend meeting. Tomato Producers 1* •• |U| 1 l/» lflftCUIlg lUcUfCll 10 nig . ht Marc h 16, at 7:30. This will be a planning meeting for the coming tomato season, it is important that everyone interested attend so that a fairly definite figure of acres will be known to plan for cooperative marketing. Mr. Boyce Dyer and Gene Ackerman from the State Dept, of Agriculture will be pre- s ent to discuss these marketing plans. Last year it was found that it would bave been easier to mar- ket the tomatoes had there been a larger volume grown. Mem- bers of the Dade County Tom- ato Growers Association, in spite of this handicap last year, believe that Dade grows good selling tomatoes and are plan¬ ning to raise them again this summer. Dade County Library Receives More Boob Jf ™% lve ^ D ? 125 de new Coun books ‘ y ^ brary recently, bas ™ rs - Gra<:e Nathe ^- llbranan - announced Th ese new bo oka are °' a kl " ds ’ s0 ” e be , ‘ n ,f , for J hlldren and some for adult reading. These new books come from the state and are a welcome to our library. The Library is located in the of the Morrison Build in Trenton and is open all Friday and Saturday mornings. Adult Reading Course Announced The director of the Cherokee Regional Library has announc¬ there will be an Adult Read¬ ing Course again this year. The will begin on April 17 twenty five books must be in different subjects. There be a list of 125 books to from so everyone should (Continued to page 4) NUMBER 11
