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The Gem in Georgia’s Crown
VOL. 59—No. 37
GLENNings
There’s a poster in Mr. John
Murphy’s office with a picture
of a turtle on it. The message
is: Even a turtle couldn’t get
anywhere without sticking his
neck out.”
My neck is out on the story
about water, elsewhere on this
page—and it’s hoped it will get
the proposed new system some¬
where.
— O —
In last week’s mall was a
letter from Mr. Charlie Bible.
He tells a story about a farmer
who was worried by rats in his
barn. After trying various
things he finally burned down
the barn to get rid 1 of the rats.
(Undoubtedly before the days of
Otto, the Orkin manj
The rat story, says Mr. Bible,
parallels Operation Carp, a pro¬
ject to rid Lookout Creek of
rough fish. He thinks that by
poisoning the whole creek to
kill the carp would be runious
since it would kill off the goek
fish as well.
Mr. Bible will be happy to
know, as other fisherman will
be, that the south’s outstanding
fish biologist agrees with him!
Mr. Howard Zeller of the Game
and Pish Commission has told
the Wildlife Club in essence just
what Mr. Bible contends—AND
THE PROJECT HAS BEEN AL¬
TERED. ONLY THE BEDS OP
CARP WILL BE KILLED. It’S
called selective killing — thus
saving the good stock of fish in
Lookout, including the tasty
rock bass.
We Just can’t help citing this
as an example of objective to a
project simply because the full
story was not known. We believe
Mr. Bible will not object now
that the whole story is known,
just as people who object to the
water system will not object
when all the facts are known.
— O —
Didn’t Trenton look good this
week— -with all the people on
the square for the opening of
the September term of Court?
We had folks dropping into our
oifice who hadn’t been in since
the last term.
It was the first Monday in a
long time that a parking space
was hard to find. We don’t want
to have court all the time—but
it would be nice to have a crowd
of people all the time.
— O —
It was a sort of home-coming.
Old times being discussed by
the seldom-seens. We overheard
some of the conversations—
about the good old dayss—and
it makes me sad.
Not sad because I want them
back either, but because I’d
rather hear people planning for
the future. I recalled a lesson
taught to me by the agent for
the Atanta Journal, for whom I
carried papers a good many
years ago. I had set a record in
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THE DADE COUNTY TIMES, TRENTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1959
f Auto icer T Thief s L . ( f' Suspect ure
After Two Wrecks
A 17-year-old
youth, whom police said was
parole for previous crimes,
lodged in Trenon jail this
after wrecking two stolen cars.
Highway Patrolman
Snyder said the youth,
Lamar Janow, an
resident of 407 Oak, would
turned over to federal
ties for charges of two
of interstate transportation
stolen vehicles.
The first car, a ’49
was allegedly stolen in Chattan¬
ooga, Monday night and
to the vicinity of Ft.
where it was wrecked
abandoned. Early Tuesday a se¬
cond car, a ’55 Plymouth,
stolen from a resident near Ft.
Payne and with a highway pat¬
rol car in pursuit, it wrecked
U. S. 11 near New England.
driver fled on foot, but later
captured by Deputy Sheriff
Breedlove and Trenton
Hershel Hutchings.
High Schoolers May
Get Cash for Writing
The Dade County Times,
observance of National
paper Week, Oct. 15-21, is
ing cash prizes, among
things, for the best story by
high school student in the
ject of newspapers.
First prize will be 15,
prize $2.50. The winning
will be published in The
and the top winner will
named “Editor For The
You are invited to
your entry on the subject:
Role of A Community News¬
paper.” The article should be
less than 200 words and
plainly on one side of
only. The article should
brought or mailed to the
in an envelope, together with
separate sheet of paper
the writer’s name, school
home address. The name of
writer should not appear on
story itself. Judging will be
experts in the field and
decision is final.
SCENE
on the
SQUARE
^Judge A. W. Peck riding of
oversized tricycle in the halls
the Court House.
Little Bobby Ctiitwood run¬
ning from TV set to TV set in a
repair shop—wondering why he
didn’t get Popeye when he turn¬
ed the knobs.
(Overheard)
Woman to man, as Methodist
Church chimes sounded:
“Aren’t those chimes lovely?”
Man: “What’d you say. I can’t
hear a thing for those darn
bells?”
Janie Cureton and Marty Bar¬
ton riding a real biaycle
for two.
Rev. James O. Stewart host¬
ing a coffee session just after
performing a wedding ceremony
at the Court House.
GRAND JURY RETURNS
FIFTY-EIGHT TRUE BILLS
The September Term of Dade Superior Court opened this
week, with Judge W. Davis presiding. The Grand Jury named Gus
Forester as its foreman and Henry Dugan as bailiff.
After the grand Jury was sele¬
cted, Judge Davis charged it to
be guided solely by the dictates
of conscious. “The guilty ought
to be published with the same
diligence by which the innocent
ought to be protected,” he
charged. He called on the mem¬
bers to weight carefully the
evidence presented.
More than 100 people gather¬
ed in the court room for the
opening, and heard Judge Davis
apologize for his apparent lack
of spirit. He explained that his
back had been giving him trou¬
ble and he was in some pain.
Earl Self, solicitor, qualified
the jury, consisting of:
K. D. Brown, Robert Forester,
Bill Crisp, Boyd Michaels, W. H.
Kenimer, Kelly Adkins, A. L.
McMahan, George Crumley, Gus
P'orester.
C. C. Neely, E. T. Holmes, Roy
McBryar, L. M. Allison, Martin
Hayes, Robert Ryan, K. ;D. Teet,
William D. Cureton, Billy F.
Newby, B. W. Holtzhower.
J. B. Jenkins, Edgar Ryan,
Brasfleld and Walter Page.
Excused from service on the
grand jury by Judge Davis were
O. J. Lipham, Raymond Ross,
E. T. Brown and NJ. A. Stallings.
Others excused for various rea-
Lookouts Plush
Dive is Disrupted
E. B. “Buster” Stranger, alle¬
ged operator of the Chateau
Supper Club, atop Lookout
Mountain, has three indict¬
ments hanging over him as a
result of grand jury action into
a recent raid on his place, led
by Sheriff Allison Blevins.
He has been indicted for pos¬
session of liquor, operating a
gaming house and keeping slot
machines.
Sheriff Blevins said he is
being sought.
The club was raided by the
sheriff, Deputy Bill Breedlove
and Georgia alcohol tax unit
investigators.
They seized quantities of liq¬
uor and gambling equipment.
While the raid was in progress
a man identified as Raymond
Bennett of Chattanooga, driving
a Cadillac convertible, entered
the parking lot. Officers found
23 fifths of liquor, which they
seized along with the car, now
held by the sheriff. Bennett was
arrested. His case is expected to
be heard during the current
term.
Operation Carp Gets
Official Green Light
The State Game and Fish
Commission has given the green
light to Operation Carp, a pro¬
ject of the Dade County Wild¬
life Club to rid Lookout Creek
of rough fish.
Howard Zeller, fish biologist,
soon will arrive to begin a popu¬
lation study of the creek to
determine where carp concen¬
trations are located.
If Mr. Zeller finds selective
killing feasible , the carp
will be poisoned.
Publis hed Weekl y—Sinc e 1901
sons were A. C. Killian, William
Pike Jr., and Carroll Davis.
The jury retired from the
court room and the judge heard
pleas of guilty on a number of
cases.
The Grand Jury returned 58
true bills and 16 no bills, author¬
ized payment to Judge A. W.
Peck, Ordinary, and Sheriff Alli¬
son Blevins, for expenses incid¬
ent to county affairs and re¬
quested the Health Dept, and
sheriff to remedy the situation
at Risng Fawn concerning num¬
erous uninoculated dogs.
TRUE BILLS
Drunkenness: Johnny Daniel,
Eugene Anderson, B. D. Sargent,
James M. McDonald, Maurice
Conner, Buford Craig, Alfred
Conner, George Cureton, Jerry
Ault, Earl Hullender, Lunsford J.
Neal, Robert Nichols, Terral
Neal, John Evans, Clyde Mic-
Nabb. Beady Brown, James C.
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VITALITY VS. STAGNATION
THE DESTINT OF DADE____
----DEPENDS ON WATEBi
By Glenn McCullough
The story I’m going to tell,
beginning this week and run¬
ning until the subj ect is
thoroughly explored, differs
somewhat from the usual crus¬
ading-type editorial. For this is
a story of cheerfulness, of opti¬
mism and of hope—a story cal¬
culated to lift your spirit and
turn you eyes from the past,
where too long some have lin¬
gered, to the future. A future so
bright as to be all but unbeli¬
evable.
This story is designed to be
fresh and refreshing. A story
about water—fresh water and a
fresh approach to it, not one of
stagnant ideas, which if nourish
ed, may well keep Dade in a
stagnant economic state.
First, let me say without re¬
servation, I favor progress. And
I know progress cost money. The
proposed Dade County Water
Authority system and the fed¬
eral aid watershed project, as
far as I've been able to deter¬
mine, are the only positive ap¬
proaches made in Dade County
in a generation.
Dr. Walter Prescott Webb,
xamous economic historian and
teacher at the University of
.Texas, nas a new and exciting
concept about the South.
The South, he says, “has not
spent enough time studying
what could be done,” and has
burned up all its energies seeing
that something was not done. It
appears that Dade County fits
this inglorious pattern.
What we need todap, says Dr.
MEDITATION
Lord, make me an instrument of
thy peace. Where there is hatred,
let me sow love. Where there la
darkness, let me sow light.
Where there is sadness, let me
sow joy. Where there is despair,
let me sow hope.
(From prayer of St. Francis)
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Air as Big Event
Of Year Approaches
There’s a certain excitement
in the air! Adults talked about
it as they went about their bus¬
iness or sipped coffee with a
friend . . . students chatted
about it, or just plain yelled . . .
everwhere gaiety prevailed . . .
Reason: IT’S HOMECOMING.
And just an ordinary home-
ciming would bring excitement.
But here in Trenton, it’s more
than that . Not only will the
Wildcats be playing the Chaat-
anooga Valley football team Fri¬
day night, the whole commun¬
ity will be sort of celebrating a
new parking lot, a new conces-
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NETHERY GIRL HURT
Dana Nethery, daughter of Mr
apd Mrs. Martin Nethery of
Trenton, fell and broke both
bones in her left arm near the
wrist. The accident occured
while she was attending school
last Monday: Notre Dame in
Chattanooga. The school nurse
rushed her to a Chattanooga
hospital where she received at¬
tention.
Webb, is for the people to catch
a vision, not of a glorious past
but of a far greater future.
There is underway a silent re¬
volution in technology and
science which makes the future
industrially not bright—but
brlliant.
If this newspaper has a mis¬
sion—if I, as its editor have a
cause—it is in awakening the
county to its economic poten¬
tial. Dade is loaded! Look at it.
It has one of the finest streams
in Georgia and one of the few
which is not polluted. It has
natural resources which have
hardly been touched—lumber¬
ing, farming, grazing, cattle,
etc. It has people—a vast pool of
ready and able workers, who
could find their way easily into
almost any type of industry.
The new water authority was
created by the State Legislature,
designed to provide water to all
areas of the county which can
be served feasbily.
Estimated cost: About 750,000.
The project alone would be a
tremendous boost to the
county's economy.
Plans call for the inclusion In
the new system of the existing
water system of the City of
Trenton. And therein lies the
first major obstacle] The city
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Important Meeting
On Polio Monday
There will be an important
meeting on polio at 4 p. m. Mon¬
day, Sept. 28 , at the Dade
County Health Center.
Mr. Henry Elliott, fund chair¬
man of the local chapter of the
National Foundation, has called
the special meeting to discuss
ways to meet the current emer¬
gency in Dade County.
Some have been issued invita¬
tions, but M!r. Elliott pointed
out, everyone is urged to attend.
