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Volume 45.
RED CROSS DRIVE
The Forsyth County Red Cross
Drive is well under way in the house
to house canvas for membership and
contributions. When the volunteer
workers visit your home please be
receptive and give all that you can
in order to make this drive a suc
cess.
The many phases of Red Cross
work requires a definite amount of
money and the quota for Forsyth
County for 1954 is $1045.00. We have
always in Forsyth County answered
the call when we are called on for
a worthy cause and lets strive as we
have never striven before to make
this our most successful Red Cross
Drive.
William Chamblett, Fund Chair
man for 1954 would like to person
ally ask each of the volunteer work
ers to continue their house to house
canvas and to set a goai within the
reach of each community and work
toward its achievement Too, as a
volunteer worker year alter year
most of the persons have a record
to be proud of and I am sure that
the Red Cross will be glad to ans
wer any call that we might have in
case of a disaster strikes or when
the life giving source of blood is
needed.
May we each go forward with re
newed determination and not stop
our work until our goal has been
reached.
ASC NEWS
The U. S. Department of Agricul
ture today announced the minimum
level of price support for 1954 crop
upland and extra long staple cotton.
The minimum level of support for
upland cotton, basis Middling 7-8
inch, will be 31.23 cents per pound,
gross weight. The minimum level of
support for 1954 crop extra long
staple cotton will be 65.25 cents per
pound, net weight.
These levels reflect 90 percent of
the respective current parity prices
of 34.72 and 72.5 cents per pound
for upland and extra long staple cot
ton. In the event that 90 percent of
Srity price for either or both kinds
cotton on August 1, 1954 (tl>e be
ginning of the 1954 marketing
year) is higher than the level an
nounced today, the level of price
support for such kind of cotton will
be increased accordingly.
The minimum support levels an
nounced today are in accordance
with Section 406 of the Agricultural
Act of 1949, as amended, which pro
vides that insofar as practicable, the
Secretary of Agriculture shall an
nounce the level of price support for
field crops in advance of the plant
ing season, and also in accordance
with Section 101 (d) (6) of that Act
which provides that the level of sup
port to cooperators shall be 90 per
cent of parity price for any 1954
crop of a basic agricultural commo
dity with respect to which producers
have not disapproved marketing quo
tas. Quotas were approved for both
upland and extra long staple cotton
in a referendum held December 15,
1953.
A producer will be legible for
price support o 1954 crop upland or
extra long staple cotton produced
on a farm, if he has planted within
the farm acreage allotment estab
lished for such kind of cotton for
such farm. Upland cotton cannot be
substituted for extra long staple cot
ton or vice versa. However, if a far
mer for wh6m both upland and ex
tra long staple cotton allotments
have been established plan|| within
his allotment for one kind of cotton
and exceeds the allotment for the
other kind of cotton, he will be eli
gible for price support on the for
mer but not on the latter.
The Department stated that, as in
previous years, an appropriate dif
ferential will be in effect between
Middling 7-8 inch and Middling 15-16
inch cotton of the 1954 crop, and
that this differential will be announ
ced at the time the Department an
nounced its Schedule of Premiums
and Discounts.
Rev. J. T. Sewell and Lawton will
preach at Zion Hill Baptist Church
Sunday night March 21, at 7:30. You
are cordially invited to come out and
hear them. , ,
The Forsyth County News
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF FORSYTH COUNTY A CITY OF CUMMING
BE VOTED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF FORSYTH, FULTON, CHERO REE, DAWSON, LUMPKIN, HALL AND GWINNETT COUNTIES.
(City Population 2,500)
Today & Tomorrow
Louie D. Newton
MAKING THE BEST BETTER
The intriguing slogan of the 4-H
Club Boys and Girls —making the
best better is actually being de
monstrated right here in Georgia.
And this is the week when everyone
is thinking about 4-H Club achieve
ments and future goals.
We had the State 4-H Club Offi
cers at our church last Sunday for
their annual service, at which time
we had the dedication of the plow
program. It was an inspiring sight.
Our County Agent in DeKalb, Mr.
E. P. McGee, had arranged a won
derful exhibit of 4-H Club products,
and the State Leaders were there to
make tthe picture complete.
When you think of 131,385 Geor
gia boys and girls, intelligently and
enthusiastically united for the pur
pose of making the best better, you
have something to think about
something to thank God for
There are 14,134 volunteer advis
ers, helping these boys and girls
with their varied projects through
out Georgia. And one of the main
spokes in the 4-H Club wheel is the
County Agent.
The State 4-H Club Center at Rock
Eagle, near Eatonton, is one of the
national features of 4-H Club ach
ievement. Georgia has really done
herself proud in this Rock Eagle pro
ject for our boys and girls.
Mr. W. A. Sutton, State 4-H Club
Leader, has been awarded national
distinction, and was in Washington
last week to receive this honor. He
has done a magnificient job, and his
promotion here in Georgia meets
with universal appreciation.
In whatever direction you look in
4-H Club achievement—growing cot
ton, corn, peanuts, vegetables, fruit,
pigs, sheep, calves, crafts—what
ever you are interested in—the story
is the same—making the best bet
ter.
They are in this business with all
their mind, soul and strength—head
heart, hands and health. That means
better boys and girls, and these bet
ter boys and girls can make every
thing they touch better.
Tomorrow’s homes, churches,
schools, roads, government—every
thing in Georgia that counts—will
be better and better because 4-H
Club Boys and Girls are becoming
men and women every time tthe se
cond hand moves on your watch.
Thank the Lord.
RAT DESTRUCTION
By T. E. Nelms, Sanitarian
The rat is no doubt the most un
wanted villain in any city or rural
area. It has been proven in rat breed
irfg experiments that one grown fe
male rat will produce several litters
of young per year.
The rat has definitely been found
guilty in the spreading of several
diseases that are of public Health
importance.
The increase in the Human inci
dence of murine Typhus fever in the
Southern part of the United States
including Georgia, has focused
much attention to their enadicaion
over the entire country.
The way we store our garbage re
fuse is mighty important to the rat
population particular in the cities.
Rats wants garbage put in paste
board boxes, bean baskets, tin tubs
and piled out in the back yard.
In order to carry out a more suc
cessful campaign against rats, lets
all pull together and store our garb
age in cans with tight fitting lids
that can be purchased at your local
Hardware stores at a cheap cost.
A Rat Control Program is already
in progress over the County and
many city residents have asked for
this service from the Health De
partment.
We can give you this service by
putting out the safest Rat Poison as
reliable when garbage Is stored
properly.
Most visitors look at the mail box
to check the name of tthe owner. It
ought to be neat, well placed and
easily read, home improvement spec
ialists say . . ■
jCumming Georgia, Thursday, March 18, 1954
Grand And Petit Jurors
Drawn For The March
Term Superior Court
GRAND JURORS
1. E. H. Sherrill
2. Clint Thompson
3. H. A. Odum * »
4. M. C. Heard
5. Luther Karr
6. Perry Holbrook
7. H. G. Bramblett
8. L. D. Stephens
9. Geo. L. Merritt
10. Robert Gibson j ■
11. Berry Bagwell
12. Fleat Pirkle
13. W. O. Wills
14. F. M. Porter
15. Hillis McGinnis
16. Harvey Jones
17. E. C. Otwell
18. T. P. Thomas
19. Paul Forrist
20. C. B. Benson
21. S. P. Pruitt
22. R. T. Bagley
23. H. F. Tribble
24. H. M. Holland
25. R. L. Conner
26. O. H. Pruitt
27. Chester Thompson
28. E. C. Wallis
29. Sam Gordon
30. Rupert Williams
PETIT JURORS
1. W. D. Buice
2. B. H. Patterson
3. H. G. Sexton
4. C. D. Reid
5. Gilbert Evans
6. Leonard Stone
7. Roy F. Evans
8. Elmer Fagans
9. J. A. Bailey
10. Otis Freeman
11. Paul Thompson
12. Russell Holbrook
13. Tom Heard
14. Quinton Gilbert
15. W. H. Elite
16. Clarence Holbrook
17. W. J. Shoemake
18. Barnard Yarbrough
19. Homer J. Light
20. J. H. Watson
21. Ira*Sexton '
22. E. E. Grogan
23. A. B. Roper
24. W. W. Bennett
25. A. E. Bennett
26. R. L. Miller '
27. Fred Williams
28. Paul Conner r
29. S. R. James . '
30. Wesley Hawkins
31. Morris Tallant ’ ' i
32. Cecil Herring ” ~ ,
33. H. T. Pirkle
34. D. F. Pulliam
35. Joe Pirkle
36. Eugene J. Stone ’
37. Avon Hughes , ’’
38. Julian Gravitt ' -
39. W. L. Chamblee
40. Henry C. Jones
41. O. E. Pruitt - r
42. J. E. Gravitt, (879)
43. Geo. E. Holbrook
44. Marcus Mashburn, Sr.
45. T. J. Davis
46. Norman E. Sexton
47. R. B. Tallant, Jr.
48. Egbert Boltonn
49. Ray Taylor
50. Tom M. Pruitt
51. J. R. Chumbler
52. L. A. Groover
53. Roy Heard
54. Henry Willard
55. Norman Day
56. Edgar Lee Nalley
57. G. K. Wolfe "
58. J. B. Bennett
59. B. B. Wallis
60. Preston Green
61. A. C. Thomas
62. S. C. Brannon
63. L. L. Bennett
64. Clarence A. Bagwell
65. Clyde Martin •
R. L. (Bob) EIDSON, JOINS
FUNERAL HOME STAFF
The many friends of Bob. Eidson
will be glad to learn, that he is now
connected with the Otwell-Bames
Funeral Home of this city. With his i
many years experience in this work
and with the new and modem equip
ment he will have to work with, will
enable him to assist in rendering a
great service to the people in For-,
syth County and this entire area.
t Chamber of Commerce
! Meeting Friday, March
19, at 7:30, at REA
Forsyth County Chamber of Com
merce members continue their drive
for more and more members. At
this writing we have 52 members.
j We especially are urging the Com
j munity Improvement Clubs of the
County: Big Creek, Haw Creek, Sil
ver City, Piedmont, Oscarville, Plea
sant Grove and Ducktown to be pre
sent at our next meeting, March 19,
Friday at 7:30 p. m. in the Sawnee
Electric Membership Corporation’s
auditorium on Atlanta highway.
A treat is in store for this meet
ing. The Executive Secretary, Mr.
Edmond F. Jarad, of Gainesville
Chamber of Commerce, is to be our
Guest Speaker. You’ll want to hear
this experienced man in the work of
the Chamber of Commerce.
Some of the Vice Presidents are
to be elected at this time. The Board
of Directors are to be elected soon.
Your Chamber of Commerce hi For
syth County desires to secure the
highest quality of Community lead
ership. We have much work to do
and we need your help to make the
program of work fit our County
needs. Making a comprehensive sur
vey is the one of the most worth
while services. Both the current and
long-range plans are to be wisely
laid and zealously executed not for
one type of production only; but you
Cattle and Livestock men, Merch
ants, Doctors, Lawyers and Preach
ers are interested in a well balanced
program. To be sure Poultrymen,
Farmers and Business men know a
new Industrial payroll contributes
to the County’s Welfare. We would
not forget our Recreational Activi
ties: Hunting, Fishing as well as
atheletics. All of this among men
and women working together to
make Forsyth County “a better
place in which to live and make a
living.’’
With y our County
Agent
Walter H. Rucker
Landowners in the Big Creek
Watershed are undertaking a most
worthwhile project. They are pro
ceeding in an orderly and correct
manner.
The project is the reclaiming of
many acres of fertile bottomland —
bottomland that is practically worth
less in its present state.
Many acres of land bordering Big
Creek and its tributary streams are
now growing elders, willows and
marsh grasses which if properly
drained and protected, could and
should be growing corn, vegetables,
pastures and other profitable crops.
Years of row cropping on the land
above the creek has resulted in the
creek bed being filled —almost to
the top of its banks in places—with
topsoil and sand and silt. This soil
naturally settled in the lower areas.
When these areas were filled, the
water in the creek was pushed from
its normal channel out into the fer
tile bottom land making it too wet
to cultivate. It has thus been allow
ed to grow up in swamp grasses and
trees that prefer wet land.
The Big Creek Watershed Asso
ciation held its first meeting on Fri
day night, February 26. Temporary
officers were elected and plans
made. Only Forsyth County people
were present at this meeting. Ful
ton County landowners were invited
to the next meeting on Friday night
March 12. They too are concerned
with good land that is not being used
This project is worthy of support
not only from the landowners who
are directly concerned, but all of us
whether we be bankers, business
men or professional workers. When
our farmers prospers, our nation
prospers.
WMU Associational
Meeting
All W. ML 8. of Hightower Asso
ciation are Invited to attend the As
sociattonal Meeting to be held at the
Cumming First Baptist Church on
Tuesday, March 23. The highlight of
the day will be the Missionary speak,
er from Nigeria, Mrs. Marvin Gar
rett Lunch will be served to all visl-'
•> .. or
County Population 15,000. Number 11.
PREMIERE SHOWING OF
“AS A MAN SOWETH”
AT COMMUNITY HOUSE, MARCH 24
This new Crop Improvement mov
ie was made by the Georgia Agricul
tural Extension Service and sponsor
ed by the Georgia Crop Improve
ment Association. It has been in the
l making for the past two years. The
movie is in sound and color and is
thirty minutes long. Other clubs and
groups cooperating with the Agri
cultural Extension Service and the
Georgia Crop Improvement Asso
ciation in making this movie pos
sible were: the plant breeders, the
seed analyst and state seed inspect
ors working for the Georgia Depart
ment of Agriculture, certified seed
growers, seed processors and seed
dealers. Four-H Club boys and Fu
ture Farmers participated in mak
ing this movie. The scenes for the
movie were made from 17 Georgia
Counties, Forsyth County included.
The movie contains some very
beautiful scenes such as Crimson
Clover fields in full bloom, com
being harvested from high produc
ing fields with an October Autumn
scene of leaves turning on a moun
tain side, in the background. The
movie takes you from The time we
had no seed laws or program for
making better seeds available to all
the farmers up to the legislation of
the Georgia Seed Law and inaugur
ation of the Georgia Crop Improve
ment Association.
You will see one main character
working with his county agent in
getting information on how to grow
certified seeds. The scenes made
ehowing wild onions being sprayed
with chemicals and the harvesting
of- fescue seed was made on the farm
of Mr. D. E. Nalley in Forsyth coun
ty. Mr. Nalley was president of the
Georgia Crop Improvement Asso
ciation during the time most of this
mevie was being made. Your movie
does not stop with the steps in grow
ing a crop of certified seed but car
ries you on to the final product of
feed for the livestock and; also, food
and clothing for our citizens.
Mr. J. Aubrey Smith, Associate
Extension Editor did the filming of
this movie. The Film Library dis
tributes this and other films to the
county agents, home demonstration
agents, T-V,stations and others in
terested in improving Georgia agri
culture. , Hugh Inglis outlined the
story, and scheduled the subject mat
ter. This better seed program as
shown in the movie is based upon
the teachings of the Holy Bible and
from the benefit of research wrok
done by the plant breeders, Agricul
tural Engineers and others.
All seed growers, seed dealers,
farmers and civic minded people
will be interested in seeing this Crop
Improvement movie.
Committee Can Find
Answer On Schools
Eugene Cook Says
c A belief that the State Commis
sion on Segregation Will be able to
come up with the proper solution to
the problem of school segregation in
the event the U. S. Supreme Court
renders an adverse decision on the
question, was voiced this week by
Attorney-General Eugene Cook.
In a speech to the Kiwanic Club
at McDonough, Mr. Cook said that
this commission of 21 ‘‘outsttanding
Georgians” probably would be able
to find the solution without the
state having to resort to private
schools.
The Attorney-General spoke to
the Kiwanians on the subject: "His
torical and legal analysis of segre
gation in the Georgia public school
system."
He reviewed the history of segre
gation, beginning with the ratificat
ion of the 14th Amendment to the
Constitution and the setttlng up of
segregated schools, under the Re
publican administration of Governor
Bullock.
Next tirfie you have meat loaf
make it in a ring mold with center
filled with carrot rings, spinach, or
potato balls, for a new and different
dish.
Sharon Church Service*
By Kate Kay Harris
The Lord searcheth all hearts, and
understandeth all the imaginations
of the thoughts—l Chronicles 28:9.
It is such a comfort to know that
even though we may misunderstood
by the world and people around us—
Jesus looks into our hearts and un
derstands all of our thoughts and
small efforts to show our love for
Him.
Mary was misunderstood and criti
cized but Jesus understood her love
gift and knew that she wanted only
to show her great love for Him
when she used the expenscive oint
ment on His feet. Mary didn’t do
things for a show. We find that she
liked to quietly sit at Jesus’ feet and
listen to Him talk, then she tried
to slip in and bathe His feet with
her Precious gift without being seen
by everyone. A good quiet, humble
and sincere Christian life lived for
Jesus can be understood and mean
as much as the loudest preaching.
Rev. Nalley brought a wonderful
message on Sunday morning on,
“The Enemies of the Church,” em
phasizing that the church is found
in the world and the world in the
church. Therefore there are several
things to hinder the progress of the
work of the church. Following up
several scripture passages he prov
ed that, unbelief, Covetousness and
carelessness are three of the church
es greatest enemies.
We were glad to welcome several
visitors on Sunday morning and in
vite them to come back. Even thou
the crowds was rather small at both
services we had some real good,
quiet spiritual services.
The few especially enjoyed the
good lesson inn B. T. U. on Sunday
night about, "Faith in God’s Pur
pose". We find that God has a pur
pose for everything He does, a pur
pose f6r all the lives after He saves
our souls and that until we adjust
our lives in harmony with His will
for us we cannot get the real mean
ing and pleasure out of life that He
has in store for us.
Cumming Chapter, No.
346 O. E. S. Celebrates
Their Sixth Birthday
The Cumming Chapter, O. E. S.
No. 346 celebrated its Sixth Birth
day in the Masonic Hall on Tuesday
Evening March 9, 1954. On this oc
casion Grand Martha, Mrs. Nan
Mintz of Gainesville and District
Grand Deputies Mrs. Thelma Mltch
el of Gainesville and Mr. Roger Ash
of Dahlonega were honored.
The Hall was beautifully decorat
ed for this occasion, using Red Ros
es, the Matrons Flower for the year
in tthe East and West carrying out
the Ship theme the Worthy Matron
had used during here year, a ship
model was placed on the Secretary
desk, also on the Piano—A model
ship was also used on the Refreshm
ment table—Carrying out her colors
as well as the theme for the year.
After the introduction of distin
guished guest and regular order of
business, the Past Matrons and Pa
trons of the chapter were introduc
ed forming a semi circle around the
Altar, where they gave a brief re
view of their activities. All past
Matrons and Patrons of the chapter
were present, with the exception of
tjvo, who were absent due to illness.
After the Chapter was closed, the
Present and Past Sweethearts and
Mascotts of the chapter were intro
duced, escorted to the East and pre
sented with gifts. Grand Marth in
troduced the Sweethearts and Mas
cots. Approximately 150 members of
the order enjoyed this occasion In
cluding members from several dif
ferent Chapters. ,
After the meeting delicious re
freshments were served still carry
ing out the ship theme and Matrons
colors, including a large Birfttdaty
cake.