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The Gem in Georgia’s Crown
VOL. 59—NO. 35
GLENNings
At our house, its always a
happy occasion when my in¬
laws visit. And recently,
Shirley’s mother and father
spent a few days with us, it was
no exception—but the
of their visit linger on.
Aside from the usual array
gifts they brought with them
we benefited in that
had cause to take a
from work, I put my
law to work gathering news
we ate better!
One of the outstanding
we enjoyed was a
cookout. We had
chicken. Our neighbors
in the feast, which was
ed in a rather primitive
ion.
Our outdoor grill was
aged beyond use in our
move, so we resorted to a
formal—tho’ no less exotic
hod of cookery. Brickbat':
stacked in two rows, a fire
between them and
fence wire laid over the
business. An,adequate
if the amount of chicken
corn-in-the-shuck eaten is
guage.
Now, to get back to the
fits of my in-laws’ visit. It
because they were here that
cookout was held after all.
Well, our good
greeted us the other day
a brand spanking new
grill! It "is, they said, to
shared by both our houses.
And what’s more, the
afternoon, these same
came over with chickens
all the “withs” and we
another feast.
I’ve heard of singing for
supper—but all I had to do
cook it!
Rich’s, Atlanta’s big
ment store, is a business
prize but nevertheless lives
to its slogan—“A Southern
stitution.”
For it surely is an
We had the pleasure the
day of meeting one of the
family. She is Gertie
director of special projects.
The special project she is
most concerned with is
annual harvest curb
And Dade County’s
tomato crop brought her
the mountain.
She made arrangements
Slim Adams and Bill Pullen
have Dade tomatoes in the
ket this year.
The curb market is
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Our Subscriptions Climbed 29 Last week to 831
THE DADE COUNTY TIMES, TRENTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER W, 1959
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DADE COUNTY HIGH FOOTBALL FIELD READIED
The football field at Dade
County High School is being
made ready for the first home
game of the season, which will
be Sept. 25, with Chattanooga
Valley.
Seen above is the new con¬
cession stand, where refresh-
Magazine Features Art
Show At Plum Nelly
Birmingham, Ala.—The Plum
Nelly Clothesline Art Show, on
Lookout Mountain In Dade Co.
Ga., is featured in full color on
The Progressive Fanner’s Sept¬
ember Home Department cover.
Miss Fannie Mennen, who ori¬
ginated the Plum Nelly shows 13
years ago, says she started them
beeause she wanted to do some-
thing for hometown painters.
“Our aim is to market home-
town art, and we are donig that
to a great degree.
Garden Club Calls
Off Flower Show
t By Myrna McMahan
Members of the Garden Club
voted last Thusday to postpone
indefinitely the flower show
for this week. Originally sched-
uled for Sept. 10, the show
would have been the first
exhibit this year of flowers in
both arrangement and
1 cultural divisions.
j Adverse conditions were said
to be in the reason for Hale/act- the post-
ponement. Mrs. M. J.
ing in the absence of President,
Mrs. H. E. Gross, announced
that the club would be able to
maintain a standard of excell-
ence until 1961 without a
show, but that another show
would be planned later.
Mrs. W. H. Brock, honorary
president, told of plans to
store the old John Ross house
in Rossville through a subscrip-
tion plan. The group in charge,
of which Mrs. Brock is a prom-
inent member, is enrolling clubs
and interested persons in this
area for a fee of one dollar, with
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ments will be sold during games,
and the new ticket office.
A new fence also is being in¬
stalled around the field area
and present bleachers will be
repaired, plus new ones added.
A large parking lot also is
being prepared for the first
home game, eliminating a pro-
blem of past years, when space
is Old Time Religion Not Good
Enough for Modern Methodists?
Methodist thevoghout Georgia
—and the South are causing a
stir much like the excitement on
the Deacon’s Bench at a Bap¬
tist revival!
Modern Methodism has proved
about as unpopular with Met-
hodists as Modern Republi-
1 canism is with the Old Guard
of the Republican Party,
The rucus was kicked up by
I a recent Southeastern Method¬
ist Conference at Lake Junalus-
i ka, N. C., where the Committee
! on Hymnology petitioned the
General Conference to author¬
ize a new hymnal that they
. hope will omit such oldtime
i gospel favorities as “What A
Friend We Have In Jesus’ and
“Blessed Assurance.”
The committee said. “These
old hymns are difficult to sing,
They are inadequate.^
“Difficult to sing, “retorts the
Rev. Lee Hill, pastor of Trenton
Methodist Church, “my congre-
i gation can shake the rafters
with those hymns—and so can
the congregation at Atlanta’s
First Methodist Church.”
1 Rev. Hill attended a recent
service at the Atlanta church,
where Dr. Pierce Harris is min-
j ister. “I wish that committee
could have heard the singing.
They’d think ‘hard to sing’ and
as for them being inadequate
. . Well! They still stir the heart
if they stir the heart, how
can they be inadequate?”
Dr. Harris, who writes a daily
column in the Atlanta Journal,
thinks that if the trend keeps
up “it will soon be difficult to
tell Methodists from Episcola-
lians.”
It is high time to make a
Published Weekly—Since 1901
near the field was nearly im-
possible.
These improvements have
been made possible by dona¬
tions, large and small, from
j people throughout the county.
Officials points out that more
(funds are needed. Pledges may
be made now for payement of
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a donation later.
stand against this creeping
formalish, the ministers in Dade
County and Dr. Harris, feel.
The Rev. William Pickett of
Sand Mountain Methodist
Church, says he has “ni ob¬
jection to new hymns as such,
but let us hold onto the old fav¬
orites. They are basic. They are
the foundation of our church.
“Methodists have been lean¬
ing more toward more formal
rites, toward becoming more
priestly. Now, I believe this Is
not necessiarly bad, but let us
not eliminate all of our inform¬
al attributes, our warmth and
friendliness. There is room for
both.”
Rev. Pickett recalled that not
so long ago “The Old Rugged
Cross,” was changed about to
cut out some of the most mean¬
ingful phrases.
“Imagine, attempting to re¬
write that age-old favorite!”
He thinks the new should
supplement and compliment the
old, not replace it.
Summing up, they all want to
go back to the old time religion,
not away from it. After all, they
reason, Jesus was the strongest
advocate of simplicity.
TRENTON BAPTIST CHURCH
Trenton center of Mercer Ex
tention Bible School opened
their sixth school year Monday
night, Sept. 7th, at Trenton
Baptist Church. The
meets every Monday night
7:30 and will meet for fifteen
Monday nights. The two sub¬
jects studied are the Book
Isaiah and English. Rev.
mond Wells of LaFayette is
teacher.
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SCENE
on the
SQUARE
Little Kendall Shoffnar
strutting proudly with new toy
balloons, which matched his
fire red short pants.
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Sonny McMahan, having
taken a break from home build¬
ing, rushing back with straw¬
berry ice cream cones for Laura
■and Alex.
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Merchants of the Square
forming a broom brigade and
sweeping the streets and side¬
walks as most of Trenton sleeps.
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Rep. Maddox Hale crossing
the northeast corner between
his office and the restaurant.
Dade Co. Corn Will
Enter State Contest
Dade County 4-H Club mem¬
bers will be given an opportunity
to win valuable prizes for corn
productivity next year, L. C.
Adams, County Agent has an¬
nounced.
The hy-bred corn yield con¬
test is sponsored by The Georgia
Power Co., which will provide
seed and prizes to participants.
Dade and Gilmer counties are
the only counties in the North
District to participate in the
program. County winners wiU be
awarded prizes and be given a
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Dyer Motor appointed
Dade Chevy Dealer
The Dyer Motor Co., former
Dodge and Plymouth agency tor
Trenton, has accepted appoint¬
ment by General Motors as an
authoried Chevrolet dealer.
Dyer succeeds M & W Chevro¬
let Co., which was headed by
Robert L. White, who resigned
the dealership to accept appoint
ment as Trenton postmaster.
Aubrey L. Dyer, head of the
company, said he accepted the
appointment as Chevrolet
dealer because of the car's
popularity. It is the No. 1 car in
the nation saleswlse. Dyer said
the new I960 models, coming in
October, offer advantages which
should keep It in the leading
position.
Dyer has moved to the square
location formerly held by
M & W, *
“This combined space,” Dyer
said, “more than doubled our
previous space, thus providing
facilities for more complete and
improved service.
“Our staff has been enlarged,
our stock of spare parts and ac¬
cessories increased and our
stock of new and used cars
MEDITATION
A man’s life may stagnate as
literally as water may stagnate,
and just as motion and direc¬
tion are the remedy for one, so
pupose and activity are the
remedy for the other.
—John Burroughs
