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Volume 44.
Soil Conservation News
Forsyth County
Farmers cooperating with the Up
per Chattahoochee River Soil Con
servation District and who received
fish for their lakes last week were
W. O. Harris, Glenn Thomas, Geo.
McGinnis, R. F. Hardeman and thte
Mashbum doctors.
The farm pond site of John Fraz
ier south of Cumming was staked
out by the local SCS technicians
last week.
Visitors from the Blue Ridge
Mountain Soil Conservation District
observed tthe flood preventiort work
on the Settingdown creek watershed
last week. Those present were the
supervisors of the district, soil con
servationists, county agents and
PMA office managers. T. O. Gallo
way, area conservationist, led the
tour to the watershed and Jay L.
Holbrook, local supervisor in For
syth county directed the tour of ob
servations while in the water shed.
Mr. "Woodbine and Mr. Alaband,
SCS engineers, were in the Setting
down watershed last Friday observ
ing progress of the dam construct
ion work.
Bicolor plans will be available to
farmers who make application now.
Fescue seed are still available to
farmers in the Settingdown creek
watershed.
PMA NEWS
No Marketing Quotas for 1954-
Crop Corn; Acreage Allotments
May be Announced Later;
Secretary of Agriculture Ezra
Taft Benson today announced that
there will be no marketing quotas
for tthe 1954 crop of corn. The total
supply of corn for the 1953-54 mark
eting year is below thte level at
which quotas would be called for
under controlling legislation.
At the same time, the Secretary
announced that under the manda
tory provisions of existing legisla
tion acreage allotments probably
will be proclaimed later for the com
mercial corn-producing area. Final
decision on acreage allotments for
next years corn will be made when
more is known about the effect of
drought on the supply and prospect
ive demand situation, and prior to
February 1, 1954. Howeever, prud
ent admistration demands that pre
liminary work in preparation for
possible acreage allotments be start
ed at once. This will include collect
ing and compiling basic data for in
dividual farms which must be con
sidered in determining farm acre
age allotments.
The Agricultural Adjustment Ac
of 1938, as amended, provides that
the Secretary shall each year pro
claim acreage allotments on corn
produced in the commercial corn
producing area by not later than
February 1, unless dispensed with
under the emergency powers of the
Act. .
The “commercial corn-producing
area” is defined as (a) all counties
in which the average production of
corn (excluding corn used as silage
during the preceding 10 calendar
years alter adjustment, tor abncm
inal weather renditions, is 450 hush
els or more per farm and 4 bushels
or more per acre of farm land in the
county, and (b) all counties border
ing on the commercial corn-produc
ng area which the Secretary finds
5 likely produce a comparable
amount of corn during tthe year for
Which such area is determined.
The total supply of corn (the
tober 1 carryover, plus estimated
1953 production, plus estimated 1953
-54 imports) for the marketing year
beginning October 1 1953 has been
determined to be 3,961 million bush
els. The normal supply of corn for
the 1953-54 marketing year has been
determined to be 3,481 million us
els. (“Normal supply” means the
estimated domestic consumption for
the preceding marketing year ad
justed for trends plus estimated ex
ports for the marketing year for
which the determination is made
plus 10 percent as a carry-over al
lowance.) The marketing quota lev
el is 120 percent of the normal sup
ply, or 4, IT7 million bushels. Since
the total supply does not exceed the
marketihg quota level, no market
ing quotas wM be in effect for the
1954 corn crop.
The Forsyth Comity News
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF FORSYTH COUNTY & CITY OF CUMMING
DEVOTED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF FORSYTH, FULTON, CHEROKEE, DAWSON, LUMPKIN, HALL AND GWINNETT COUNTIES.
(City Population 2,500)
Gainesville Editor
Spoke To Kiwanis Club
Monday Night, Nov. 16
Mr. Slyvan Meyer, editor of the
Gainesville Daily Times visited with
the Cumming Kiwanis Club and
guests and delivered the address of
the evening.
Mr. Meyer spoke-on the need and
mechanics of planning and making
preparations for the many changes
and growth which he said he knows
“in coming with the completion of
the Buford Dam”.
In suggesting a Planning Board
and zoning laws, he declared that
“Property values are protected and
the beauty of the areas are insured”
The Kiwanis Club had as guests
at this meeting the County Commis
sioners and Cumming City Council
ors, as well as Mr. Meyer and others
interested in the better develop
ment of the county.
Kiwanians hope that this address
was the beginning of a growth in
the interest of the proper develop
ments of our area toward getting
the most out of the tremendous op
portunities offered by the Buford
Dam Project.
Among the interestting news
broughrby Mr. Meyer was the fact
that tne Departments of the Interior
and the Army have changed thier
joint policy regarding control of
“water-edge” property. In the past,
he reported, the policy has been to
purchase by the Government all
land adjoining the lake from “per
haps 30 feet in places to 1000 feet in
other areas”. “This”, he said “has
recently been changed and, except
in hardship cases, all land not ac
tually covered will remain the prop
erty of individual property owners.”
Mr. Meyer predicted that within a
few years there will be 100,000 to
150,000 people visiting the lake on
weekends because it “will be almost
twice as large as allatoona and more
accessible to the people of Atlanta”
and he urged that “the people of
Forsyth County join in efforts of
others to be prepared to offer these
tourists highways and access roads
which are both good and attractive
and other facilities which will make
them enjoy their trip to the lake
through the county”.
Christmas Decorations
By Miss Margie Phillips
The Garden Club Council of Cum
ming, Georgia is sponsoring a pro
gram on Christmas Decorations giv
en by Miss Margie Phillips of At
lanta Saturday, November 28, from
10 a. m. to 3 p. m. with an hour out
for luch, at the Cumming Gym.
Miss Phillips uses native greens
and other native materials in an un
usual way. Her ideas are practical,
simple, and easy to do for every
place in the house that one would
want to decorate. She also feels
deeply about the Spiritual Signifi
cance of the Christmas Season and
will include in her demonstration
arrangements using Madonnas and
ceramic angels which she has made.
Ttfese as well as the other materials
used in her demonstration will be
for sale after the lecture.
Even though Miss Phillips has a
veneer of ophistication she is a real
down to earth person and sparks
her lecture and demonstration with
wit and humor so that the demon
stration would not only be educat
ional but entertaining as well. She
graduated from Shorter College,
Columbia University and studied
Design in New York and Paris. She
teaches in Smith-Hughes School in
the Homemaking Department and
also teaches a course at the YWCA
called Holiday for Homemakers.
She is connected with the State De
partment of Education holding
workshops for the Home Economics
Department. She is the only full
time professional flower arranger
in Atlanta and the State of Georgia.
Admission for the demonstration
will be SI.OO per pA-son and tickets
will be on sale at the door.
COME ONE! COME ALL!
There will be a Chicken and dress
ing supper Saturday night, Novem
ber 21st at the Hopewell-Bethany
Community Club house. It is being
sponsored by the Midway WSCS
for the benefit of the Midway build
ing fund. We will serve from 5:00
to 9:00. Adults SI.OO. Children 50c.
Cumming Georgia, Thursday, Nov., 19, 1953.
Thanksgiving Festival
At Friendship School
Wednesday, Nov. 25th.
A Thanksgiving Festival including
a Negro Minstrel and Cake Walk
will be at Friendship School on Wed
nesday night, November 25, at 7:00
o’clock.
“Whoa’s The Groom” is a very
comical blackface wedding with
typical string music and spirituals.
The characters are tthe following
patrons of the community.
Vacyum—Marcus Waters. Static —
Hoyt Grogan—Pages at the wedding
Exodus Endive—Bride’s Mother
Mrs. Duffie Martin
Economy Endive—Bride —Mrs. C. F.
Caine
Pectin Ripcard—Rejected suitor
J. T. Floyd
Shoofly Tallow —Folium’s ffiends —
C. W. Cox, Jr.
Folium Endive—Bride’s Father
C. F. Caine
Officer Chipmunk—Waldo Padgett
Rev. Skidfoot—Mrs. Howell Martin
Puttyheel Nosegay—Best Man—
Homer Couch
Halitus Hairpin—Maid of Honor
Mrs. Mae Williams
Bridesmaids—Mrs. Ezra Tallant and
Mrs. Joe Pirkle.
Flower Girls—Jane Smith, Dot Pir
kle and Betty Padgett.
Proceeds for lunchroom.
Admission 15c and 25c
Today & Tomorrow
Louie D. Newton
THEY ARE LOSING
The communists are losing with
every tick of the second hand on
your watch, and their watches, if
they have any.
Panmonpom is sufficient evidence
When thousands of North Koreans
refuse to listen to the wooing en
ticements of the Repatriation Com
mission, the effect is devastatiog.
They refuse to go home because
they know what communism is do
ing in their part of Korea, and they
know that it will keep on happening
as longe as the dictators follow the
Marxist philosophy.
And they are losing in the satel
lite countries, noticeably in East
Germany. The long lines that wait
ed for American food proved that.
And, best of all, they are losing
in Russia. We can’t know very much
about what is going on behind the
iron curtain, but we know human
nature.
Now, while communism is losing,
the 64-dollar questtion is, Are we
winning? I am not thinking about
military victories. General Mark
Clark lamented the fact that he was
the only American General who
ever signed a tfuce in a war that
we did not win. He was talking
about military victpries.
The big question is, Are we win
ning in the more important realm
of moral and spiritual values? We
know the communists are losing—
that they were doomed to defeat
from the beginning. None of us
could say when but God will say.
He always has. Read again the
Book of Habakkuk, and read again
John 16: 33. .
But here at home, we seem to be
losing.. Note the increase of crime,
particularly along the young people.
The Atlanta Constitution recently
carried two seven-column frontpage
headlines, reporting vandalism and
crime among our young people.
So serious is tthe crime situation
in the country that the Congress
has set up a special committee to
investigate juvenile delinquency.
And Mr. Justice Jackson of tthe
S Supreme Court last week deplor
ed the laxity of the courts in deal
ing with crime.
Whatever value these investiga
ing committees may offer, the re
medy lies with the home. Delinquent
children usually point to delinquen
parents. Our arents have got toac
knowledge their respponsibility.
The churches and the schools have
their responsibilities, but they can t
do very much when the home is de
ficient.
Rejoicing that communism is los
ing, let us gird our loins to make
certain that we win the ultimate
victory of moral stamina.
NOTICE-r-On Friday night Novem
ber 27, there will be a Fellowship
Meeting at Roanoke church. Every
body invited.
V. F.W. MEETING
The Forsyth County VFW Post
9143 was host on November 15th, to
the Ninth District Veterans of Fore
ign War Posts. This meeting pro
vide two firsts that we are all proud
of. This was the first time that a
district veterans group had ever met
in a local veterans home here and
it was the first time that the Ninth
District had all its VFW Posts re
presented at a district meoting.
More than eighty members, repre
senting approximately 2,500 over
seas veterans attended. All of these
guests were entertained at a most
interesting meeting and wwere serv
ed a very delicious steak dinner. We
are not certain but the old timers
at this meeting believed that this
was the first steak dinner ever serv
ed at a district meeting. Tom Dal
ton and his crew that prepared this
dinner were given an ovation for
the wonderful job that they did.
The Senior Vice Commander of
Georgia delivered the main speech
at the meeting. He congratulated
our district for consistantly having
an outstanding district and remind
ed us that we were the first district
in the entire U. S. last year to reach
100 percent of the membership goal.
He encouraged us to strive for this
honor again this year. The Senior
Vice Commander announced that
the State of Georgia VFW Depart
ment was the only Department this
year that The National VFW had
assigned a higher quota of member
ship for next year. This was due to
the large increase in membership
that Georgia had last year. We are
all proud of this outstanding accom
plishment.
F. H. A. and F. F. A.
Attend Shrine Circus
The Cumming Chapter of Future
Homemakers entertained the Fu
ture Farmers of America by carry
ing them to the Shrine Circus Sat
urday, November 7. This was one
of the Future Homemakers projects
during National Future Homemak
ers Week.
Those attending the circue were:
Sara Buice, Margaret Martin, Gloria
Swartwood, Joane Gilbert, Barbara
Wood, Rosalyn Westbrook, Shelby
Jean Wood, Jane Otwell, Margaret
Martin, Rachel Heard, Barbara For
rest, Janice Bramblett, Donna Phil
lips, Sara Pirkle, Joyce Ingram,
Janis Sexton, Annette Vaughan, Bet
ty Jean Hayes, Betty Taylor, Corine
Sands, Martha Lee Pendley, Donna
Echols, Ann Holcomb, Joan Castle
berry, Ralph Martin. Benson Fow
ler, Donald Glover, Thedford Han
sard, Kenneth Samples, Marline Tal
iantt, Hugh Brannon, Lawrence
Holtzclaw, Mac Holbrook, Winford
Akins, Morris McGinnis and Billy
Dixon.
Chaperones were: Chapter Moth
ers Mrs. Weldon Bramblett, and
Mrs. Jake Wolfe; Chapter Advisors
Miss Wilma Ivie and Mr. Lanier
Bannister.
We are sorry our other Chapter
Mother, Mrs. Edwin Otwell could
not go with us. Everyone had a very
enjoyable time.
Edna Kelly, Reporter
Sawnee Valley Garden
Club Met November 12
The Sawnee Valley Garden Club
met with Mrs. C. B. Gazaway at her
home on the Atlanta highway at 4
p. m. November 12.
The meeting was called to order
by the president, Mrs. J. L. Bannis
ter with 12 members answering to
roll call. A short business session
was held with problems of old and
new business presented and thoro
ughly discussed.
Mrs. Jim Mashburn gave a most
interesting and informative pro
gram on Cold frame gardening and
she also gave a brief report on the
program given by Mrs. Donald Hast
ings at Canton.
Mrs. Gazaway’s home was beauti
fully decorated with chrysanthe
mums that she had grown from her
own flower garden.
Mrs. Weldon Bramblett assisted
the hostess in serving a most deli
cious cocoanut cake and coffee.
County Population 15,000.
Sharon Church Service*
By Kate Kay Harris
Every man shall give as he is able,
according to the blessing of the
Lord thy God which he hath given
thee.—Deuteronomy 16: 17.
We had a nice attendancec each
night last week at the Bible Study
course taught by Rev. Paul Carmi
chael.
We learned some great lessons
from the book, “Found Faithful”,
as Rev. Carmichael so ably and
faithfully expounded the truths to
us on Stewardship. It was a revival
of our faith and determinaion to re
dedicate our lives into Gods great
Kingdom work as the true meaning
of Stewardship wafe so clearly re
vealed to us through this great
teacher.
Since Stewardship can be defined
as "the practice of Christian reli
gion and Gods plan for making us
better children," the least we can
do is to try to put into practice all
that we know to be the best stew
ards that we possibly can and try
to be found faithful as His partners
in life.
By putting God first in every
thing we undertake and by trying
to do more and better work for Him
in the church gnd the world over,
He will help us to be better Stew
ards.
We were happy to see a good num
ber in Sunday School and worship
service on Sunday morning. We wel
corned several visitors including
Rev. Chatham who delivered a good
message after Sunday School. He
gave some good thoughts from Acts
and Hebrews about how God speaks
to people. It is good to know that
we can pray and feel that God
speaks to us in a still small voice
of the Spirit. Our hearts can be com
forted by this spirit when we put
our trustt in Him.
In B. T. U. on Sunday night, the
Juniors had a very good lesson on
prayer, while the adults discussed
"God Provides”. By connecting the
two lessons we are taught thtat thru
prayer God will never let us down
but will provide courage, strength,
compahionship, escape from past
mistakes and all our needs.
Rev. Nalley followed B. T. U. with
a very appropriate and encouraging
sermon from Dent. 33 : 25 “Thy
shoes shall be iron and brass”—
It seems that people who try to
carry on God’s work have to wear
iron shoes and get many hard knock
and bruises and sometimes we fell
discouraged when we have to suf
fer so many persecutions but we re
member that Jesus had to travel
the same rough road and suffered
all the persecutions. People said
many hard things against Him and
caused Him to suffer untold agonies
but He didn’t turn against God and
kept on until He won the victory.
Therefore let us remember that
those who are having hard things
said about them even though they
are striving to press on and do more
and more for Christ, will finally
win the victory and can say in the
end with Paul, “I have fought a
good fight, I have kept the faith.”
We would like to urge all Sharon
Church members to be present for
Conference next Saturday Novem
ber 21, as well as each Sunday for
every service.
i GEA Meets Friday
The local unit of the GEA will be
held Friday November 20, at 2 p. m.
in the Forsytth County Gym. Mrs.
Dean Barrett has planned a most in
teresting annd informative program
for Elementary teachers.
GUMMING JR. 4 H CLUB NEWS
The Cumming Junior 4-H Club
met on Wednesday November 11 at
7:30. The following officers were
elected for the new year.
President—Dee Anna Curtis
V-president—Mary Kathryn Roper
Secretary-Treasurer— Nancy Phil
lips
Reporter—Frances Buice
We also received our record books
at the meeting.
December 10, is “Tree Appreciat
ion Day.” Every boy and girl of all
the schools in Forsyth County are
given a pine seedling to plant. They
must plant and care for it.
Our meeting adjourned.
Frances Buice, Reporter
Number 47.
, Oscarville Community
Meet Judges of Contest
A large group of Oscarville citi
zens gathered at the Community
House Thursday afternoon to hear
a program on community progress
and to meet the community improve
ment judges for the county contest.
The Farmers club of the Atlanta
| Chamber of Commerce of Atlanta
| and the Kiwanis Club of Cumming
are sponsoring the improvement pro
gram over the area. Oscarville is
already a county winner and is now
in line for competetion with several
other counties.
J. C. Allen, president of the Oscar
ville community improvement club,
presided over the meeting and in
troduced the judges: Miss Helen
Parker from the Georgia
Company, Mrs. Ruth Brooch of the
Food Preservation extension service
Athens, A. F. Gannon of the Poultry
extension service and R. B. Brown
of thte Vo. Ag. State Department,
Atlanta.
The judges and other guests were
conducted on a tour of the commun
ity including the Broom factory,
owned by Mr. Winfred Duran and
one of the oldest homes in the state
owned by Mr. and Mrs. Frank Boyd
as well as homes that has been im
proved during the past year. Follow
ing the tour the group met at the
club house for refreshments served
by local ladies. Winner:' cf the con
test will be judged for further
awards next week.
Ducktown H. D. C. Met
Wednesday, Nov. 11
•
The Ducktown HDC met Novem
ber 11, with 14 members present at
the school lunchroom.
After devotional by Mrs. Anne
Robertson and the usual business
was taken care of the following of
fleers were'elected for the coming
year.
President—Mrs. Anne Robertson
V. president—Mrs. Winnie Lou Tal
lant
Reporter—Mrs. Connie Wood 4
DH Advisor —Mrs. Estelle Karr
Sec.-Treas.—Mrs. Kathrine Ledbet
ter
Ent. Chrm.—Mrs. Kathleen Harbin,
Mrs. Grace Sewell.
After which we finished our trays
which were started last month and
they were very beautiful and I am
sure we will treasure them always.
Mrs. Bannister congratulated all
on the success of our trays.
We were very glad to have three
new members with us. Mrs. Connie
Wood. Mrs. Burma Westray, Mrs.
Kathleen Harbin, Mrs. Dewey Pruitt
and we welcome them at each meet
ing.
Our Christmas party will be held
at the home of Mrs. Irene Nelson.
Everyone be sure to attend.
After the meetifing adjourned.
We were served delicious refresh
ments by Mrs. Louise Evans and
Mrs. Tyson Carnes.
Reporter, Katharine Ledbetter
Piedmont Collge Tour
Announced For 1954
For many years prior to the war
Educational Travel Tours were an
established part of the summer pro
gram at Piedmont College. Since
the war the program has been re
vived and three successful tours
have been made. *
The college wishes to announce
that Mexico has been chosen for the
summer of 1954. The tour will begin
June 10 and end July 12. Two col
lege course credits will be given for
the tour. Approximately six thous
and miles will be traveled visiting
some of the following places: Mon
terry, San Luis Potosi, Guadalajara,
Mexico City, Tamazunchale, and
Tampico. Twelve days will be spent
in Mexico City visiting places of in
terest in easy driving distance from
the city. %
The entire cost of tthe trip has
been estimated at $275. This includ
es board, lodging, transportation,
and course credit fees. For further
information regarding the tour,
write to Dr. Herbert Patterson,
Dean of Piedmont College, or Miss
Lillian McKee, Director of the Tour,
Piedmont College, Demorest, Gat