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Volume 45.
LOCAL GROUND OBSERVER POST TO PAR
TICIPATE IN TEST. SUNDAY, APRIL 4.
‘‘OPERATION APRIL SHOWERS”
More than 5 thousand Georgia and
South Carolina citizens, all mem
bers of the Ground Observer Corps,
will participate in an air defense
test exercise Sunday, April 4th.
About forty of this number will
be on duty at the Air Defense Filter
Center in Atlanta from 12:30 p. m.
to 4:30 p. m.
A new plan to put more realism
in the exercises will be in effect on
this day to test the efficiency of the
ground observers and filter center
workers.
Once again planes from the Geor
gia Wing of the Civil Air Patrol will
be tthe “enemies” to be spotted by
the civilian watchers.
Previously the planes were direct
ed to fly over the posts where “air
craft spotters” reported them to the
filter center. This time, however,
they will only be told to fly in cer
tain areas, and the spotters will
have to look for tthe planes rather
than have the planes fly where they
can be seen according to Captain
Donald Zeine, operations officer of
the filter center.
Captain Zeine said, “We don’t
know where the planes are going to
fly and they don’t know where the
posts are.” It will be up to the spot
ters to look for them”, he added.
These exercises are sponsored by
the Air Defense Command whose
primary mission is to defend the U.
S. from an attack by an aggressor
force.
The local Ground Observer Post
in Cumming, Georgia will also par
ticipate in the Air Defense Test Ex
ercise Sunday April 4, 1954, called
“Operation April Showers”.
The Observationn Post in Cum
ming has been organized almost two
years and has participated in each
operation authorized by the Air De
fense Command and recruited 25
volunteers, most of whom were em
ployed by the local REA cooperative
These Observers have participated
in operations as Spotters lasting
from four hous through 36 hours.
These volunteers are to be commen
ded for their help In training to de
fend our Country against enemy at
tacks.
If an emergency should occur
with bombers capable of flying from
any country and with the A-bomb
secrets being known by other nat
ions, your local Ground Observer
Post would be paralyzed with the
small number of volunteers to main
tain its operation.
WE NEED YOUR HELP NOW ! ! !
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Let us recruit you as an observer in
the GOC and you can be proud of
the silver wings of the AIR DE
FENSE COMMAND.
CALL YOUR LOCAL POST CUM
MING 2365 Sunday, April 4, 1954,
between the hours of 12:30 o’clock,
and 4:30 o’clock, P. M.
LOCAL G. E. A. HELD FINAL
MEETING OF 1953-54 YEAR
The Forsyth County Unit of the
GEA held its final meeting of the
1953-54 school year at the Gym on
Friday March 26 at 2 p. m. Rev.
Charles arren, V-president and the
Principal of Chestatee High School
presided due to the illness of Mr.
O. W. Bellamy, President.
Mrs. Ado Coots was in charge of
the program and gave a most in
formative and inspirational speech
on Faith, Wisdom and Courage. The
scripture was read from Proverbs 3.
She also selected an article from the
Reader’s Digest, April issue titled
“This I Believe” by Bernard Bar
auch. Mr. Ray Bennett led the group
in prayer.
The school year will close with
Chestatee entertaining the Forsyth
County teachers in a Social as they
wish on April 30.
Officers for the new year were
elected as follows:
Rev. Charles Warren, President;
Mrs. Wylene Samples, Secretary;
Mrs. ladys Barret, Program Chrm.
Officers not listed are to be ap
pointed respectively by the Presi
dent at a later date.
The Forsyth County News
" OFFICIAL ORGAN OF FORSYTH COUNTY & CITY OF CUMMING
DEVOTED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF FORSYTH, FULTON, CHERO RKE, DAWSON, LUMPKIN, HALL AND GWINNETT COUNTIES.
(City Population 2,500)
Chamber of Commerce
Directors Meeting Held
Saturday, March 27 th.
The Directors of Forsyth County
Chamber of Commerce met Satur
day March 27, and elected Dr. Rup
ert H. Bramblett, Vice President.
The following work was dividec by
the President Sidney C. Wing, and a
Director was assigned to the duties
of promoting his division.
POULTRY—J. C. Vaughan, Jr.
LIVE STOCK—WiII H. McLaran
AGRICULTURE—Dr. Marcus Mash
burn, Jr.
COMMERCIAL—W. M. Roper
INDUSTRIAL—Hon. Roy P. Otwell
INTER-CIVIC AFFAlßS—Attorney
Leon Boling
REAL ESTATE & INSURANCE
J. L. Bannister
ADMINISTRATION— Dr. Rupert
H. BRAMBLETT
MEMBERSHIP—F. M. Chancey
These officers will at the next re
gular meeting name their Commit
teemen. The Board will make a re
port on the progress being made in
bringing to our County a Dress and
Coat Manufacturer.
The regular monthly meeting is
fixed as the first Friday in each
month. The next meeting will be on
Friday night, April 2, at 8:00 p. m.
in the REA Auditorium.
We are urging every man and wo
man who is interested in a greater
Forsyth County for a better place
in which to live and make a living
to meet with us and join this pro
gressive group of Citizens in the
Forsyth County Chamber of Com
merce.
Today & Tomorrow
Louie D. Newton
WINDS OF GRIEF
Draw a circle around Colorado,
Kansas, Oklahoma, lower Missouri,
and eastern Texas, and you will
have before your eyes an area of
great distress, due to the four-year
drought which has now filled the
heavens with clouds of dry dust.
The winds, often blowing at 70 mile
per hour, are, indeed, winds of grief.
Some idea of the extent of the
drought may be realized when you
read that the flow of dry yearth
has filled fish ponds, closed high
ways, pushed over fences, covered
hopelessly thousands upon thou
sands of acres of winter wheat, and
left countless pastures under layers
of silt.
They are hauling water for their
famishing stock, and many farmers
are leaving their homes, looking for
work.
A friend told me in Nashville last
week that he drove through Kansas
a few days ago, and in midday had
to keep on his bright lights, and
even then was traveling in blinding
clouds of dust. *
We can scarcely realize what this
means. God has been good to us in
this section. We saw the results of
drought last summer, but nothing
to compare with our neighbors in
the Southwest. One cattleman out
there has written a friend to send
trucks and haul as many hungry
cattle as he wanted—that the rest
would soon be dead.
Little has been reported of this
situation in our press, but last week
issue of TIME magazine carried a
story and pictures which give some
idea of the damage. In that story,
Oklahoma City’s Engineer, Mr. Bak
er, said that he would estimate that
185,000 tons of dust settled on Okla
homa City in one week. How he ar
rived at the figure is not explained,
but he must have known what he
was talking about s
There was a picture of a sign
which read: "Good-bye Farm.”
Let us be thankful for our favor
ed position, and at tlje same time
pray God to send rain to these
drought-stricken neighbors. When
we drive across Georgia and see the
endless fields of green grain, it
should serve to remind us of God’s
blessings.
Cumming Georgia, Thursday, April Ist, 1954.
MARCH TERM 1954 FORSYTH SUPERIOR
COURT GRAND JURY PRESENTMENTS
STATE OF GEORGIA
COUNTY OF FORSYTH:
To The Honorable Howell Brooke,
Judge Of The Superior Court Of
Said County:
We, the Grand Jurors, selected,
chosen and sworn for this the March
Term, 1954, of the Superior Court
of said County, beg leave to make
these our general presentments:
FIRST
We make the following nominat
ions to the Board of Registrars of
said County, from whom the Court
shall appoint three individuals: T. P.
Thomas, W. E. Herring, H. G. Bram
blett, R. T. Bagley, Lutther Karr
and J. H. Cantrell.
SECOND
We elect B. B. Wallace to succeed
himself as a member of the Board
of Education of Forsyth County,
Georgia.
THIRD
We have, through committtee, re
ceived, examined and approved the
written reports of the various Coun
ty Officers, which reports are here
to attached and made a part of these
presentments.
FOURTH
We have through Committee ex
amined the dockets of the Justices
of the Peace which were submitted
to us, and in so far as we we were
able to ascertain the same are cor
rectly kept.
FIFTH
We have through Committee in
spected the books, records and dock
ets of the various County Officers,
and find the same correct and neat
ly kept in so far as we were able
to ascertain.
SIXTH
We have through Committee exam
ined the County Buildings and Prop
erty, and find the same in good re
pair, with the exception of the win
dows in the Grand Jury Room
which are in need of repairs.
SEVENTH
We wish to thank Gladston Green
the Janitor, for having the Court
house in a clean condition for this
term of Court.
EIGHTH
We implore, and sincerely hope
that each and every citizen of this
County will actively cooperate with
our law enforcement officials in id
entifying, apprehending and convict
ing all persons guilty of reckless
operation of automobiles, and es
pecially those individuals who have
been racing their automobiles over
private property, as well as on the
public roads and highways, and
have for thrills and joy-riding, been
deliberately endangering the lives
and safety of themselves, as well as
all other persons so unfortunate as
to be in the locality of where said
persons are practicing such reckless
acts, and have seriously damaged
private property of others. Such
brazen acts and practices can not be
tolerated in a civilized community,
and must be stopped.
NINTH
We recommend that these present
ments be published in the Forsyth
County News, together with the
written reports of the County Offi
cers attached hereto, and that the
usual fee be paid therefor.
TENTH
We wish to express our thanks to
our Foreman, S. P. Pruitt; to our
Assistant Foreman, T. P. Thomas;
to our Clerk, Paul Forrest; our As
sistant Clerk, Luther Karr; and to
our Bailiff, Herschel Bennett, for
the efficient and painstaking efforts
in assisting our Body in their re
spective positions.
ELEVENTH
We wish to express our thanks
to Hon. Howell Brooke, Judge of
our Court, for his able and instruct
ive charge given our body; also
thank H. G. Vandivlere, our Solici
tor-General, and his assistant, Her
bert Buffington, for their services.
Respectfully Submitted,
S. P. PRUITT, Foreman
PAUL FORREST, Clerk
Let the within and foregoing pre
sentments be filed, and the same
are hereby approved, and it is ord
ered that they together with the
reorts of the County Officers at
tached to the same be published as
recommended In said Presentments.
In Open Court this March 23, 1954
HOWELL BROOKE,
Judge Superior Court, B. R. C.
Filed in Open Court, This
March 23, 1954.
J. V. Merritt, Clerk,
To The Hon. The Grand Jury of
Forsyth County, Superior Court
March Term, 1954:
Below is the amount of money col
lected and paid out by me since the
November Term, 1953:
COLLECTIONS
Bal. on Nov. Term $14,611.37
TOTAL $106,373.47
DISBURSEMENTS
To State . $ 573.98
To County' 62,298.44
County Bond 7,536.78
County Wide School 27,917.48
School Bond 5,406.04
TOTAL $103,732.72
$106,373.47
$103,732.72 c*
$ 2,640.75
Mrs. Vinnie B. Redd, T. C.
To The Hon. The Grand Jury of
Forsyth County, Superior Court
March Term, 1954:
Below is the amount of money
paid into the County and paid out
by the Board of Commissioners of
Roads and Revenues since the Nov
ember Term of Court, 1953.
Total Receipts $93,755.07
Disbursements $93,002.94
Bal. on hand 752.13
Charlie W. Boling, Chairman.
To The Grand Jurors chosen and
sworn to serve for the March Term,
1954.1 beg leave to make the follow
ing report for the year 1953:
Collected from Fines and
Forfeitures $10,266.10
Paid County Deposittory $3,042.70
Paid Clerk 3,381.70
Paid Sheriff 2,775.70
Paid J. P’s 505.00
Paid Peace Officers Fund 359.00
Paid Clerk’s Rti. Fund 202.00
TOTAL $10,266.10
J. V. MERRITT
Sworn to and subscribed
before me this March 20, 1954.
J. B. Driskell, J. P.
To The Grand Jury—March Term,
1954, Forsyth Superior Court:
I hereby transmit my report of
the traffic cases passing through
the Court of Ordinary for months
of November and December 1953.
Nunmber of cases 5
Fines and bond forfeitures $85.00
Disbursed:
Ordinary $22.50
Sheriff $28.50
Peace Officers $6.00
County $28.00
Respectfully submitted,
A. B. Tollison, Ordinary.
IMPORTANT NOTICE
Box Supper and Cake Walk at the
Brandywine School Friday night
April 2nd at 8 o’clock. Everybody
welcome.
County Population 15,000 Number 13.
SOU. BELL ANNOUNCES NEW EXECUTIVE
POSITION, C. C. SLOAN APPOINTED TO
NEW POST OF GEN. MGR. FOR GA.
To better serve the telephone
peeds of Georgia as its growth con
tinues, the Southern Bell Telephone
Company today announced the es
tablishment of a new executive posi
tion of General Manager for Geor
gia.
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MR. C. C. SLOAN
Appointed to the newly created
pos is C. C. Sloan, a native-of Geor
gia who for many years served as
cGeorgia Traffic Superintendent lie
fore being appointed General Man
ager in South Carolina last August.
As Georgia General Manager, Mr.
Sloan will direct and coordinate
Southern Bell’s operations and acti
vities throughout the state, includ
ing the activities of the commercial,
traffic, engineering and plant de
partments. His headquarters will be
in Atlanta. The appointment is ef
fective April 1.
Mr. Sloan is a telephone man of
wide experience. A native of Mc-
Donough and a graduate of Georgia
Tech, he began his telephone career
inn 1912 and served during his early
days in Georgia, Kentucky, Tennes
see and, for a time, with the Ameri
can Telephone and Telegraph Com
pany in New York.
He became District Traffic Man
ager at Memphis in 1934, Long Dis
tance Traffic Supervisor at General
Headquarters in Atlanta in 1937 and
was promoted to Georgia Traffic
Superintendent in 1941, the position
he held until being appointed Gener
al Manager in South Carolina. Mr.
Sloan will be succeeded in that posi
tion by T. V. Heard, who is now
South Carolina Traffic Superintend
ent.
Telephone officials described the
appointment of a Georgia General
Manager as “another step in the
Company’s continnuing efforts to
provide Georgia with the best tele
phone service possible in line with
its growth and development.” Geor
gia’s postwar growth has brought
to Southern Bell a heavy volume of
telephone demands that have brok
en all records, and the telephone
company’s response to the require
ments is reflected in its record
breaking service improvements and
expansion program, officials point
ed out.
The number of telephones in Geor
gia has more than doubled 'since
1945, and now totals 640,000. Con
struction of telephone facilities also
has reached an all-time high and in
Georgia alone Southern Bell’s gross
construction since 1945 has amount
ed to $175,000,000.
SPECIAL SINGING AT BROOK
WOOD BAPTIST CHURCH
You and your friends have a Spec
ial invitation to attend the singing
at Brookwood Baptist Church Sat
urday night April 3rd, at 7:30. We
will be looking for you.
WILLIE FOWLER
E. A. BUTLER
HOWARD HOLLAND
NAVY RECRUITER JOHN M.
THOMAS VISITS HERE
Your Navy recruiter visits Cum
ming Post Office each 2nd and 4th
Wednesday. He will be glad to dis
cuss the Navy’s plan of enlistment
to all persons that meet the physi
cal and mental requirements set
1 forth by the U. S. Navy.
RED CROSS DRIVE
One week after twin tornadoes
ripped across Muscogee, Taylor,
Crawford, Houston, and Bibb coun
ties in Georgia, and Russell County
in Alabama on March 13 a total of
250 families of the several hundred
caught in the path of the twisters
had turned to the Red Cross to help
them in their hour of need.
For some of them this need was
substantial, since all or most of their
worldly possessions had been swept
away. As likely as not, savings, in
surance, other resources were mea
ger and inadequate. It was a time
for neighbors to step in and help
fill the gap, that families where lov
ed ones had been injured or killed,
homes wrecked and hopes blasted
might again be able to return to a
semblance of their manner of living
before the twisters strike.
Neighborly help was forthcoming
from across the nation, through the
Red Cross. During the first week
after the storm, most families had
made their needs known to the Red
Cross caseworkers assigned to each
of the counties. Red Cross funds
earmarked for the purpose were
being disbursed as fast as individual
family needs could be determined
and a plan for long-term assistance
worked out. Meanwhile, their imme
diate emergency needs of clothing,
food, temporary living quarters, and
medical care were being met. Here
are some of these families who are
being helped—people who never be
fore had known the terror and de
struction of a tornado—people who,
usually had not before had to call
for help from their neighbors, and
were reluctant even now to ask for
it:
Mr. and Mrs. Lucius Sutton, of
Macon, both are in their sixties, Mr.
Sutton, not in good health, had not
be regularly employed. Mrs. Sutton
took in laundry to help the family’s
earnings, and somehow they got by.
Then came the tornado. Mr. Sutton
was injured, his home totally de
stroyed. The Suttons are living tem
porarily with neighbors until their
home, which was insured, can be re
built
The Red Cross has supplied gro
cery orders and clothing. Other
needs remain, such as money ftor
purchase of household furnishings
runlned in the storm, and money to
pay for treatment of Mr. Sutton’s
storm injuries.
The Suttons have asked the Red
Cross to help them. What they are
unable to do for themselves, their
Red Cross will do for them. A case
worker is helping them work out a
plan for their future.
To tthe Volunteer Workers in For
syth County may we urge them to
make their Final Report by March
31, 1954.
ascTnews i
During the first week of April the
County Group consisting of the
ASC Committee, Soil Conservation
Technician, County Agent and a re
presentative of the Forestry Service
will meet in order to make County
Recomendations for the 1955 Nat
ional ACP Program.
In addition to the above the Dis
trict Supervisor of the Soil Conser
vation Service, The Farmers Home
Administration Supervisor and a de
signated Representative of the Vo
cational Agriculture in the county
will also be present. The recomen
dations they make will be for the
National Program and not for the
State and County Programs. How
ever, the 1955 National Program will
contain the policies, objectives, au
thorities and limitations which will
govern the development of the de
tailed State and County Program.
This meeting will Hfc the begin
ning of the 1955 ACP Program and
a great deal of consideration is ne
cessary for the County Group to
accomodate tthe best interest of the
farmers.
IMPORTANT NOTICE •
See Roper Hardware Company fpr
your 1954-55 Hunting & Fishing
Licenses.