The Dade County times. (Trenton, Ga.) 1908-1965, September 24, 1959, Image 1
UM ' * > 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 (Continued to Bage 2) ___________ 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. (Continued to page 7) 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) 7c Per Copy » 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- (Continued to Page 2) 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 (Continued to page 4) 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.