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O’Donald Mays
State REA Names
O’Donald Mays Editor
Of “Rural Georgia”
COVINGTON, Georgia—Appoint
ment of O’Donald Mays, until re
cently editor of the Union County
Citizen in Blairsville as editor of
“Rural Georgia”—official organ of
the Georgia Electric Membership
Association, has been announced by
the Association’s publicity commit
A graduate of the University of
Georgia’s school of journalism.
Mays served for a year with the
editorial staff of the Cobb County
Times in Marietta before entering
the service. During World War II
he was with the Army Transporta
tion Corps as Public Relations Offi
cer in England, Ireland, France, and
Germany. While stationed at South
hampton, England, he met and mar
ried the former Miss Mary Roberts.
He held the rank of Captain at the
time of his discharge from the
Army. , ~
“Rural Georgia”, a tabloid size
monthly publication, serves the 42
electric membership associations in
Georgia and currently has a circu
lation exceeding 35,000. Besides edit
ing the REA organ, Mays will act
as general public relations officer
for the Association and will be avail
able for addresses before farm and
farm youth groups. . .
“Rural Georgia” is published at
Covington by Belmont Dennis, presi
dent of the Georgia Press Associa
tion and publisher of the Covington
News and other Georgia newspapers
Boy’s Estate Seeks
Funds To Provide
Homes For Boys
One of Georgia’s most worthwhile
organizations to help homeless and
friendless boys, Boy’s Estate at
Brunswick, has inaugurated a cam
paign to raise funds to erect more
cottages on the old Santo Domingo
plantation which was set aside last
year by the State Legislature as a
permanent home for this project.
J Ardel! Nation, Founder and
Director of Boy’s Estate, states that
there are 500 little boys on the wait
ing list to be admitted to Boy’s Es
tate, but that lack of housing facili
ties is keepiig them out.
“A fine opportunity is offered ser
vice clubs, fraternities and other
groups,” said Nation, “to sponsor
a cottage to house twenty more
boys. Each cottage will be named
after the sponsoring group”.
The Brunswick Optimist Club has
provided funds for the erection of
the first cottage, which is now un
der way.
Boy’s Estate consists of 350 acres
of woods and potential farm land.
About thirty acres have been clear
ed and planted and plans contem
plate the Estate being practically
self supporting.
Also planned are a school and a
non-sectarian chapel. At present
the boys attend school at Darien.
Constributions may be sent direct
to Boy’s Estate. Brunswick, Ga., and
will be gratefully received and used
in providing a home and care for
some homeless child.
WALL CLEANING
Walls may be cleaned more satis
factorily by using a sack over a
broom and brushing with light, up
ward strokes instead of downward
ones. This prevents rubbing the dust
into the wall paper or painted wall.
The Forsyth County News
(City Population 1,500)
Schedule Of The Nap
Rucker League 1947
MAY 17, 1947
Canton vs. Hopewell at Canton
Alpharetta vs. Chestatee at Chesta
tee.
Cumming vs. Roswell at Cumming
Norcross vs. Lathemtown at Lath
er" *Own.
SUNDAY MAY 18
Cumming vs. Dahlonega at Cum
ming Sunday afternoon 3:30 p. m.
MAY 24, 1947
Canton vs. Alpharetta at Alphartta
Cumming vs. Chestatee at Cum
ming
Norcross vs. Hopewell at Norcross
Lathemtown vs. Roswell at Roswell
MAY 31, 1947
Cumming vs Alpharetta at Cum
ming.
Lathemtown vs Hopewell at Hope
well
Roswell vs. Chestatee at Chestatee
Norcross vs Canton at Canton.
Soil Conservation News
FORSYTH COUNTY
William J. Orr, local supervisor
of the Upper Chattahoochee River
Soil Conservation District states
that every farmer should have a
complete program of soil and water
conservation. In order to accomplish
this program each farmer should
use every acre according to its capa
bilities and treat it according to its
needs. Some of the treatments that
should be applied are: proper treat
ment of field borders, proper wood
land management, strip cropping
weherever it can be used effectively
water disposal areas to take care
of water from terraces and many
other treatments.
The following farmers who are
cooperating with the District ano
who were visited by the Soil Con
servation Service personnel last
week are: W. V. Pendley, Jerome
Harris, C. A. Watson, Homer How
ard, Lee Parks, Mitchell Martin
Claud Martin, Henry Orr, Kenneth
Orr, Toy Watson, Hope Parks, Roy
Smith, and W. A. Vance.
HERE’S HOW
By MISS HELEN AUTRY
Home Demonstration Agent
q Now that we have electricity,
how can I use my old oil lamps and
flat irons?
A—The flat irons make strong
sturdy and decorative book ends or
good doorstops. Oil lamps may be
converted to electric lamps by pur
chasing an attachment for electri
city and screwing it into the oil
lamp in place of the burner. Large
bottles of colored or clear glass,
small crockery jars and jugs may
‘be wired and made into attractive
lamp bases. Suitable shades can be
made that harmonize with the base.
q When should I cull beef herds?
A—The smart cattleman will cull
his herd of poor individuals and
poor producing cows while prices
are still good. If the cull animals
are carrying a fair degree of flesh,
they will bring a good price on the
market at this time. If not, they
should be fed until they grade med
ium to low good before marketing.
& How can I prolong the life of
my towels?
A—Use them in rotation. Place
freshly laundered towels at the bot
tom of the stack in your linen closet
Constant use of the same towels
makes them weor out more quickly
and it’s almost as hard on the other
towels to stay packed away and
never be used.
q What are the advantages to
bam hay curing?
A The weather risk is minimiz
ed, 30 to 50 percent more leaves are
saved, hay retains 40 to 50 percent
more green color and 15 to 20 per
cent more protein, hay storage ca
pacity is increased up to 50 percent
hay can be cut and stored the same
day and danger of spontaneous com
bustion is greatly reduced.
q —Why should farmers plant
pure seed?
A—Planting pure seed increases
production, gives a higher quality
product and assures the planter of
freedom from weed seed and seed
borne diseases. Consequently the
producer derives greater profits for
his efforts.
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF FORSYTII COUNTY & CITY OF CUMMING
DEVOTED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF FORSYTII, FULTON, CHERO KEE, DAWSON, LUMPKIN, HALL AND GWINNETT COUNTIES.
Cumming Georgia, Thursday, May 15, 1947.
Trust Cos. of Georgia
To Award Agriculture
Scholarship To Youth
An annual award to the Georgia
bank rendering the greatest service
to agriculture and a $1,000.00 schol
arship to a Georgia boy or girl to
be used in studying agriculturowill
be presented by the Trust Company
of Georgia, beginning this year,
John A. Sibley, president and chair
man of the Atlanta bank, announ
ced recently to the Georgia Bankers
Association at its convention in
Savannah.
The bank in Georgia rendering
the most distinguished service to
agriculture will receive the Robert
Strickland Memorial Award —a met
al plaque inscribed to suit the
bank’s contribution to the cause of
agriculture. This bank, in turn, will
select the boy or girl in its area
most deserving of the scholarship
which may be used in any college
of agriculture in the University
System of Georgia. Selection of the
student will be from members of
the 4-H Club, Future Farmers of
America or Future Homemakers of
America.
The bank will be chosen by a
committee of agricultural authori
ties. All banks in the state with the
exception of Atlanta bank and their
affiliates or branches will be eli
gible for the Distinguished Service
to Agriculture Award.
First presentation of the awards
will be made for 1947 at the Geor
gia Bankers Association convention
to be held in the spring of 1948.
Mr. Sibley made the announce
ment after paying tribute to the
late Robert Strickland, who was
president of the Trust Company of
Georgia and a former president of
the Georgia Bankers Association.
The Trust Company of Georgia
and its affiliated banks at Savannah
Augusta, Macon, Columbus and
Rome have taken an active leader
ship in the developpment and pro
gress of agriculture and its related
industries. The Trust Company was
the first to establish a Farm-Indus
try Department, and it has allocated
$50,000.00 for the promotion of state
wide agricultural interests in the
past few years.
One of its current and most out
standing projects is to help small
farmers by establishing Farm Con
tractors who lease heavy equipment
and their services to farmers who
cannot economically afford to own
this equipment.
Press Association
Begins Statewide
Safety Campaign
The Georgia Press Association
will inaugurate on June 23 a state
wide highway safety campaign in
cooperation with President Truman
Highway Safety Conference. It will
run 13 weeks and embodies a series
of safety advertisements news stor
ies and editorials. All members of
the Association are eligible to par
ticipate.
: The campaign was voted last week
by the Association’s Board of Man
agers after hearing it explained by
Harold K. Phillips, Director of Pub
lic Relations, Association of Casu
alty and Surety Executives, New
York City.
Belmont Dennis, President of the
Press Association, stated that pub
lic officials, civic clubs and others
interested in highway safety would
be invited to participate.
Dennis said that Georgia is the
36th state to participate in the cam
paign during the period and that
the President’s Safety Conference
is making efforts to bring the num
ber to forty-eight.
Phillips told the GPA Board that
the states of Pennsylvania and New
Jersey conducted such a campaign
last year and cut their highway ac
cident rate by a large percentage.
Material for the campaign will be
mailed Georgia papers by the nat
ional headquarters.
LEATHER HANDBAGS
A coat of good quality floor or
furniture wax on new leather hand
bags protects them from shower
spotting. Apply the wax, allow to
dry, polish thoroughly with a clean
sofe cloth and repeat the process
24 hours later. The wax also keeps
the handbag from drying out and
losing flexibility.
CLEAN SHOWING AT SAN JUAN
• The last hurdle before Puerto Rico liberty. Captain’s Inspection, on
the USS Macon, one of the several ships assigned to the expanding train
ing program for veterans and non-veterans of the Naval Reserve. The
Macon’s complements of Reservists on the two-week cruises are made
up of civilians from ail walks of life—business men, students, carpen
ters, welders. After the inspection these Reservists spread from the
old Spanish fortress of El Morro to the University of Puerto Rico on
the tiny Island of San Juan. , -■ (Ofßdtl Hvy Photograph)
Local Poultrymen
Seek State Title
1947 Chicken-of-Tomorrow Contest
to be held in Athens Starting June 4
Forsyth County will be represent
ed by E. L. Groover and H. A. Strip
land, both of Route 2, Cumming, in
the 1947 Georgia Chicken-of-Tomor
row contest chairman Arthur Gan
non, extension poultryman at the
University of Georgia, announced
today.
They will complete against en
trants from other poultry-produc
ing counties in the state at the jud
ging to be held in Athens in con
junction with a two-day hatchery
poultry short course, June 4 5. Top
five winners in Georgia become eli
gible to enter the southeastern re
gional meeting June 26 at Atlanta,
for which A & P Food Stores have
donated S6OO in prizes with a $250
first prize.
Regional and state winners will
participate in the national finals to
take place in 1948, Gannon stated.
Grand champion will receive $5,000
from the food chain and runner-up
SI,OOO. Other substantial awards by
the same donor will bring the total
to SIO,OOO.
Overall objective of the three
year breeding program, which got
under way in 1946, is to achieve
quick-growing, meater birds which
will consume less feed, resulting in
increased profits to poultrymen and
greater consumer satisfaction. Ac
tive committees are now promot
ing the program in 39 states.
Last year’s Georgia Chickon-of
Tomorrow chapion was a Barred
Rock-Now Hampshire cross jointly
entered by Ray Jackson, Hall Coun
ty 4-H youth, and the Gainesville
Hatchery.
Important Farm
Meeting May 31st.
Mr. H. L. Wingate president of
the Georgia Bureau Federation, al
so new member of Board of Regents
of University of Georgia will be in
Cumming at the Court House Sat
urday May 31st, at 2 o’clock to ad
dress the farmers of Forsyth Coun
ty in discussing very important mat
ters pertaining to the well being of
Agriculture. We are also expecting
many visitors from neighboring
counties to attennd this farm meet
ing. It is hoped that every farmer,
business man, and others interested
in their county will attend this meet
ing. If farmers are to hold their
place in the national economy they
must be organized. Make your plans
to attend this important meeting.
PROTECT HANDS
Hands may be protected when
working in flower-beds and home
gardens by raking finger nails over
a soft cake of soap before grappling
in the dirt. Many people find this is
a satisfactory way to prevent dirt
and stains from getting under the
nails.
(County Population 15,000)
4-H FFA Members
Get 350 Purebred
Jersey Projects
Georgia breeders furnished about
150 of the 350 registered Jersey hief
ers placed with 4-H and FFA mem
bers in the State this year, accord
ing to R. L. O’Kelley, fieldman for
the Georgia Jersey Cattle Club.
‘‘The demand for registered ani
mals exceeded the supply,” he point
ed out this week. “Georgia’s rapidly
expanding dairy industry needed
more breeding stock than was for
sale in the State, so other sources
were used. The latest shipment
-74 Jersey heifers from B. H. Bull
and Sons in Ontario, Canada—arriv
ed last week.”
Heifers were obtained from Miss
issippi, Ohio South Carolina, Tenn
essee and Ontario, Canada, Mr. O’-
Kelley declared, pointing out that
the biggest shipments were from
Canada and Ohio. Wilkes County
led in the number of animals placed
this year with 4-H and FFA mem
bers. About 80 to 85 animals were
placed in Wilkes and more than 70
purebred animals were placed in Me
Duffie County.
“Average price fo rthe majority
of the heifers was about $175, but
some local breeders placed top-qua
lity animals with club members for
from SIOO to S2OO delivered. Orders
are now on hand for 50 to 60 addi
tional heifers which will probably
be obtained from Ohio or Canada,”
Mr. O’Kelley asserted.
The imported heifers from Ohio
and Canada 124 in all were plac
ed with 4-H club members in Mc-
Duffie, Butts, Colquitt, Columbia,
Morgan, Oglethorpe, Putnam and
Washington counties. FFA mem
bers in Cobb, Evans, Fulton, Mc-
Duffie, Polk and Tatnall received
31 of the registered animals. 24
Mississippi grown heifers were plac
ed with Baldwin .and Murray coup
ty 4-H’ers; 11 heifers from South
Carolina were place with Hart coun
ty 4-H club members, and seven
Tennessee-grown heifers went to
Putnam 4-H’ers.
Cotton Plantings
In the opinion of some farmers,
the 1947 north Georgia cotton crop
is being planted almost on schedule.
Planting times usually range from
the last few days in April to May 10
the farmers interviewed said, and
a large percentage of the planting
is being completed this week. Cold
and rainy weather delayed planting
of cotton and other crops in many
section of south Georgia. Many far
mers in the southern part of the
State report that their crops are
two weeks and more behind the nor
mal schedule. Stands of cotton in
south Georgia, however, have been
reported as good in most instances.
Ample feed for livestock during
the remainder of the 1947 feeding
season is virtually assured because
of high feed grain production dur
ing 1946 and fewer animal units on
farms this year.
Number 20.
PTA Reports Progress
During the latter part of the
school year 1945-46, the Cumming
Parent Teachers Association was or
ganized. This association grew out
of the great need of additional equip
ment for the school; and in the in
terest of all children, plans were
made to raise funds to meet these
needs. Under the capable direction
of Mrs. Olen Phillips, president,
many money-making projects were
sponsored. It was from these pro
jects that money was obtained to
begin work for the fall term.
In the fall of 1946 Mrs. Joe Sum
merour became president, and one
of the first undertakings was to
solicit new members. Membership
dues were placed at fifty cents per
member and the ossociation became
affiliated with the National Parent-
Teacher Congress. To date there are
thirty-four paid members. Since
Cumming School serves children all
over the county, it was decided that
the name of the association be
changed from the Cumming Parent
Teachers Association to the Forsyth
County Parent Teachers Associa
tion of Cumming School.
On September 1, 1946 the treasur
er reported a balance of $1091.29.
During the year other projects and
dues raised this amount to $1778.43.
Since the PTA raised this money
to provide school neesd, below is a
summary of how the funds were
spent.
Desks $953.84
Home Ec. Dept 208.60
National PTA Dues 7,60
Library Books 100.83
Piano Tuner 25.00
Expense of Halloween Carni
val 19.25
Tenth Grade 21.47
Maps 86.50
Hot water heater for Lunch
Room 144.49
Paving of road around school 100.00
TOTAL $1668.28
There is now a balance of $110.15
in the treasury, and no indebtedness
At the last meeting held on May T
Committee chairmen gave reports
on the work the committees had
done. Outstanding work has been
done and much has been accom
plished. A short installation service
was held for the officers of 1947-48.
They are as follows:
President—Mrs. Ralph Holbrook * i
V-President—Mrs. C. C. Brooks
Secretary—Miss Wilma Ivie
Treasurer—Mrs. Dean Barrett
A rising vote of thanks was given
Mrs. Joe Summerour, retiring presi
dent, for her untiring efforts and
ever ready willingness to serve. j
The homemaking department dis
played a table set with the china,
silver, and glassware purchased by
the PTA. This department was one
of the main projects and working
conditions have been greatly im
proved.
After the meeting, a social hour
was enjoyed.
This article is to inform you of
the activities of your PTA. Many
more improvements need to be
made for the welfare of all children
in order that they may work and
play under better conditions. By
becoming a member, you will be
able to give help that is so urgently
needed. The children of today are
the parents of tomorrow, and they
deserve the best that we can give
them.
MASONIC DEDICATION SERVIC
ES AT CUMMING SECOND BAP
TIST CHURCH SUNDAY, MAY 18
Everyone is cordially invited to
attend services with us on noxt Sun
day. Usual communion services in
the morning. We will meet back at
the Church at two o’clock in the
afternoon and the Masons will lay
the corner stone and complete the
dedication services. Representatives
from the Grand Lodge of Georgia
will participate.
Come and assist us in these ser
vices. We believe you will enjoy the
day and be blessed for coming.
W. H. FLANAGAN, Pastor
HARVEY ELZEY, Clerk
Sunday May 18th is our Commun
ion day at Haw Creek Baptist
church. There will be singing in the
afternoon. Everybody invited to
come and enjoy the day with us.
Also Herman Roper will start sing
ing school on May 19th at night,
night. t
MAJOR ECHOLS
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