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Volume 45.
Red Cross Drive
Reaches 1954 Goal
Forsyth County Chapter of the
American Red Cross this week reach
ed its goal of $104|.00 and passed it
by $1.77. The total contributions
were $1046.77 and it was by the un
tiring efforts of the volunteer work
ers that this goal could be reached.
William Chamblee, 1954 Fund
chairman, would like to take this
method of expressing his appreciat
ion for the fine job the workers did,
and to commend the people of For
syth County, for their generous con
tributions. Realizing fully that this
Red Cross Drive was following so
many other drives that the people
in many instances had to make sa
crifices to give in order to make this
drive a success.
We in Forsyth County should feel
proud of the fact that we were able
to reach the goal and I am sure that
Red Cross will be ready and willing
to assist this county when and if
the need arises.
Soil Conservation News
Forsyth County
The local SCS technicians have
been surveying for farm ponds and
lake sites for the past ten days. This
includes finding the best location,
determing the height of the dam,
length of dam, core line depth nec
essary and the number of cubic
yards in the dam. Sites checked
were those on the farms of Ed Nor
rell, Bobby Samples, Dewey Echols,
H. D. Nuckolls, Charles Cain, Hers
chel Bennett and Dr. Marcus Mash
burn, Jr.
The local ACP program will assist
many of these farmers in the finan
cial costs of these sites.
Coastal Bermuda grass is being
used on the flood-prevention dam
located near Pleasant Grove Meth
odist church. The Bermuda grass is
being used instead of fescue because
of the sttepness of the dam slopes.
Drainage ditches have been ispect
ed for opening on the newly acquir
ed Quillian Scales farm near the Bu
ford bridge.
Since the county road now crosses
the flood prevention dam near Plea
sant Grove Methodist church, the
old road is being plowed in and
shaped and seeded to grass to prev
ent erosion of the soil and to make
the area look better. This work is
under the direction of the Upper
Chattahoochee River Soil Conser
vation District and the Soil Conser
vation Service and is known as a
Class “A’ measure.
Brandywine H. D. C.
The Brandywine HDC met Mon
day, April 19, at the home of Mrs.
Paul Durham. Seventeen members,
five visitors, and one new member
were welcomed by the President,
Mrs. Arthur Herring.
A poem “Today” was read by Mrs.
Fannie Carter, devotional by Mrs.
Oma Durham. We were pleased to
have Mrs. Frances Eubanks, assist
ant demonstrator, with us. We also
hope Mrs. Zelma Bannister is feel
ing better and can be at our May
meeting which will be at the home
of Mrs. Eva Lee.
New Projects Chairmans were
elected for the year as follows:
Child Development and Family Re
lation—Mrs. Lois Hood
Health—Mrs. Frances James
Home Improvement—Mrs. Marie
Herring
Home Industries Mrs. Mildred
Earnshaw
Landscaping—Mrs. Oma Durham
Nutrition —Mrs. Nellie Stone
Recreation —Mrs. Sue Jones
Civil Defense—Mrs. Beulah Martin
The Club adjourned and delicious
refreshments were served by the
hostess, Mrs. Durham.
Mrs. Marie Herring, Publicity
Card Of Thanks
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I wish to take this opportunity to
express my apreciation to all the
people who so courageously and
bravely fought the fire in one of my
buildings last Friday night. Without
your many dangerous and unselfish
efforts I am positive that the fire
damages would have extended
throughout the other buildings.
Many thanks,
J : JAMES A. OTWELL \
The Forsyth County News
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF FORSYTH COUNTY & CITY OF CUMMING
DEVOTED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF FORSYTH, FULTON, CHERO KEE, DAWSON, LUMPKIN, HALL AND GWINNETT COUNTIES.
(City Population 2,500)
Mummified Body To
Be Shown Here On
May 3 & 4.
Marie o‘Day’s Palace Car a
SIO,OOO automobile van in which the
mummified body of the murdered
Salt Lake City night club dancer is
displayed will be in Cumming
May 3 and 4,
Marcie o‘Day’s body, completely
mummified, but not petrified, was
recovered from the Great Salt Lake
some years ago where it had been
thrown after her jealous husband
murdered her. Her husband is serv
ing a life sentence at Ogden, Utah,
for the murder, having been con
victed in Utah State Courts.
The murder took place, according
to Charlie Campbell, who has trav
eled with the exhibit for some four
years, in 1936, and the body was re
covered by a workman years later.
It had been washed to shore and
was mummified in the salt and silt
of the Great Salt Lake.
The body is five feet, one inch
tall and weighs less than thirty-five
pounds now. Medical men have ex
amined the body and testified that
the hair on the woman’s head is still
growing, now reaching her should
ers.
They also estimate that the body
must have shrunk a full three or
four inches during the period of
mummification. Mr. Campbell invit
ed medical men and morticians to
examine the body, which he says,
has not been embalmed or given any
preserative treatment.
The Cumming Police Department
is sponsoring this exhibit which will
be located at the Police Station.
ASC NEWS
Many farmers in Forsyth County
who have the determination to carry
out a soil building practice on their
farm, and who have initiative to file
a request in the Forsyth County
ASC Office for cost-sharing assist
ance, have been and will be, assisted
in carrying out practices according
to specifications on their farm.
Looking back over the progress
made in Forsyth County in the past
5 years it can easily be seen that
the assistance given by the U. S.
Oepartment of Agriculture has
made our county completely over.
Five years ago many of our acres
of rolling land were devoted to row
crops. These acres were unsuitable
to be cultivated. Now they are cov
ered with a green blanket of Fescue
and Ladino Clover and in some cas
es Crimson Clover.
Too, by the assistance of the U. S.
Department of Agriculture many
acres have been planted in Pine
Seedlings. In addition to that acre
after acre has been planted in Seri
cea, Kobe and Korean Lespedeza.
On nearly every road you now see
some Kudzu planted on the farm or
a field of Alfalfa. All of this transi
tion from row crops to a blanket of
green has been an outgrowth of con
sentrated effort of every depart
ment in the U. S. Department of Ag
ricnlture functioning here in For
syth County.
Too, it shows that farmers are re
ceptive to any change that will bene
fit them personally and the county
as a whole has been benefited be
yond a point which could be estimat
ed in terms of money.
You as a farmer in this county
again this year have the opportun
ity to expand the progress already
made and' benefit not only our gen
eration but the generations to come.
MATT H. D. C.
Matt HDC met on April 13, at the
school house with 12 members and
1 visitor present. Mrs. B. W. Harri
son vice president was in charge in
the absence of the president.
We had another interesting dis
cussion on “We Build Our Walls
Higher” led by our agent, Mrs. Ban
nister.
A report was given on our recent
Stanley party which wwas a great
success with a profit of $21.00 for
our club.
The Dress Revue was discussed
after which the meeting adjourned
and we all enjoyed a very interest
ing game of “Song Titles”. Refresh
ments were served by Mrs. B. W.
Harrison.
Mrs. E. E. Bannister, Reporter
Cumming Georgia, Thursday, April 29, 1954.
Truett-McConnell To
Observe Founders’
Day April 30th.
Truett-McConnell Junior College
will observe its Sixth Annual Found
ers’ Day program on April 30 with
Dr. Paul S. James, pastor of the
Tabernacle Baptist Church in At
lanta, delivering the main address.
The program will begin at 10:30 a.
m. in the colleg chapel. Music for
the occasion will be furnished by the
college music department. Alumni,
trustees and many friends of the
college are expected to attend the
program which will mark a success
ful year of progress in the history
of Truett-McConnell.
The two men for whom the col
lege was named, Dr. George W.
Truett and Dr. Ford C. McConnell
are commemorated on this day with
those most influential in the found
ing of the Baptist junior college.
The theme for this year’s program
is centered around “Christian Edu
cation in a World of Tension.”
After the program, lunch will be
served to all the guests and visitors
in the college dining hall buffet
style. The college facilities will be
open for inspection by guests dur
ing the afternoon.
Today & Tomorrow
Louie D. Newton
WIREGRASS, PLUS
I spent last week at Ashburn with
Pastor George Coker and the hos
pitable people of that thriving town
and county, Turner County, if you
are behind on your knowledge of
Georgia. I was glad to have a week
down there, for many reasons. First
because of old friends, like Mrs.
Nora Lawrence Smith, editor of the
Wiregrass Farmer and Stockman,
daughter of that pioneer builder,
Joe Lawrence, who established the
paper in 1900, and F. M. Tison, the
business manager, who has been
with the paper 54 years. I had sup
per at Miss Nora’s home the first
night I got there, in the first house
built in Ashburn. Mr. Joe Lawrence
was there with the other founders
of the town, J. S. Betts, . S. Shingler
John W. Evans ,W. A. Murray, J. B.
Chandler, W. A. Asburn, Bennette
Pate, J. R. Meyers, Drs. Tyson and
Anderson, and others. Mr. Lawrence
introduced the cow, hog and hen pro
gram, which he promoted through
The Wiregrass Farmer, receiving
the Sutlive Trophy in 1924, the
Bankston Trophy in 1931, and other
state wide appreciation for his lead
ership in Georgia progress.
But it is no longe»wiregrass. They
nbw have fine pastures of coastal
bermuda and other grasses, support
ing splendid herds of beef and dairy
cattle, and the peanut, cotton and
tobacco yields have brought Turner
County far along the road to a sus
tained agricultural economy. I saw
some of the finest cattle and hogs
and poultry in the state, and one of
the largest peanut plants in the
south.
The Baptist and Methodist church
es were established in 1889, and they
are just now getting ready to re
place the Baptist meeting house,
built in 1901, with a modern build
ing, costing SIOO,OOO. The schools,
both at Ashburn and Sycamore, are
filled with fine boys and girls. I
spoke to mpre than 1,000 boys and
girls in these schools.
The home, both in Ashburn and
throughout the county, are beauti
ful, gracing the sweeping acres of
growing crops and pastures. The
folks down there cherish the tradi
tions of the wiregrass days, but they
are moving on with every turn of
the clock to better days of modem
farming and industry. And they are
a very friendly set of folks.
What would the founding fathers
think, if they could see the transfor
mation from a sawmill settlement
to the present mechanized farms
and homes? They would be pleased,
no doubt, and I guess they would
congratulate their children on the
progress they have achieved, remind
ing them to remember that it is
God who giveth the increase.
SINGING NOTICE
Singing at Brookwood Church on
Saturday night May Ist, at 7:30.
Everyone invited.
J. C. WHITMIRE. President
Jim Gaddis & Winfred Hansard
’ Sharon Church Service*
By Kate Kay Harris
Lying lips are abomination to the
Lord: but they that deal truly are
His delight. Proverbs 12: 22.
Beginning our new unit of lessons
on, “Making Important Choices,”
our lesson last Sunday was seeking
to help girls and .boys to:
Learn from the story of the old
prophet, Abijam, that Clod expects
them to tell the truth; to feel that
telling the truth often takbs a lot
of courage but to trust God to help
them to be truthful boys and girls
and to determine to tell the truth
even when it is hard.
Abijah proved great bravery, cour
age and complete trust in God when
he carried the message to Jeraboam
even when he knew he was in great
danger of King Solomon’s wrath.
We tried to impress on the Juniors
that their danger of punishment is
never jls great if they dare to al
ways tell the whole truth about
everything. It is a delight to parents
and teachers as well as to the Lord
when a child is truthful. This also
applies to older people.A lier is one
of the greatest hypocrits we could
have. We all need God’s help to live
and speak the truth in order to be
a delight to Him every day.
Most of our weekend services
were given over to two very fine
young men of Truett-McConnell Col
lege for the Youth Revivcal. We
had some very good preaching and
singing services and I think that All
who attended these services receiv
ed blessings and certainly have a
great appreciation for what this
College is doing in training our
young peopple for God’s work.
We appreciate all the visitors who
came to these services to encourage
the work of these young men. They
\vtfe Rev. Neal Tolson and Rev.
Claud Healan. They both brought
some wonderful messages that will
be remembered a long time, includ
ing, “The way that seemeth right to
man”, “Excusing our way to Heav
en", “The Master passed that
and “The Second Coming of Christ."
We are very much impressed that
we must seek God’s way in every
thing and choose the upward nar
row, rugged way which leads to
heaven instead of going down the
smooth, wide way which so many
men are traveling and going to de
struction. The many excuses people
are making will be no good when
Jesus makes His second appearance
and everyone realizes that the Mas
ter passed our way and was put off
by some worldly pleasure or excuse
to keep taking Him into their
lives. Let us remember that; “Here
on earth we have only one life, it
will soon be past. Only what’s done
for Christ will last.”
We would like for everyonen to
come next Tuesday night May 4th
to the last lesson of our Bible Study
Course. Rev. Hatfield is an inspira
tion to anyone who will listen to him
Let us continue our church at
tendance and fight against Satan
as we press forward for Christ.
Each idle moment gives Satan a
chance to work.
Novetta Rebekah
Lodge Install*
New Officers
The Novetta Rebekah Lodge held
their Installation service April 9, at
the lodge hall with Miss Dorothy
Sanders of Fitzgerald, th£ president
of the Rebekah assembly and Mrs.
Carrie Lou Ellis of Atlanta, past
president Presiding as the Installing
grand officers. New elected officers
for 1954 are: Mrs. Mae Tidwell, Nob
le Grand, Mrs. Inez Sewell, Past
Noble Grand, Mrs. Paul Martin, vice
grand ,Mrs. Kathleen Samples, chap
lain, Mrs. louise Bennett, Secretary,
Mrs. Bessie Samples Treasurer, Miss
Pauline Higgins, conductress.
The appointed officers are: Mrs.
Grace Chambers, inside guardian,
Mr. Junior Chambers, outside guar
dian, A. R. Sewell, Musician and De
gree captain, Mrs. Imogene Higgins
Warden, Miss Corene Higgins, Flag
bearer, the supporters are: Mrs.
Ruth Bennett, Mrs. Wyleen Mathis,
Mrs. Effie Chamber?, Mrs. Silva
Bennett. The Trustees are Mr. Roy
Samples, Mr. Paul Martin, Mr. Tom
Bennett.
County Population 15,000. Number 17.
G 1 HITCH-HIKES 180 MILES ACROSS
KOREA TO SEE PAL
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Billy Singleton on left hitched
hiked 180 miles across Korea to see
Bill Calloway. He walked into Lt.
Bill Calloway’s tent after mid-night
and awakened him from his sleep
and they talked on into the late
hours of the night.
They were neighbors in Forsyth
County. In fact, they attended Ches
tatee High School together for sev
eral years; they had dated together
and are very close friends. We can
imagine the good times they had to
gathgr for those three days in far
away Korea even If they were on
the front line. They could see the
Chinese Communist over on Old
Baldy building their fortifications.
Cpl. Bill Singleton and Lt Bill
Calloway are coming back to the
States about July. Just don’t ever
forget our boys in the service of our
contVy. Pray for them, write to
them, encourage them.
W. R. CALLAWAY
With y our County
Agent
Walter H. Rucker
With the reappearance of allot
ments this year, cotton has regain
ed much popularity with Forsyth
County farmers. Many farmers
which had planted no cotton at all
for the past three years decided that
this would be a good time to start
over.
The closing date for accepting ap
plications for new grower cotton
allotments at the ASC office was
March 31st. Almost every day since
then there has been farmers coming
into the local ASC office wanting
an allotment. However desirable it
may be, there is absolutely nothing
that this or any other county ASC
office can do without changes being
issued from Washingtton.
Forsyth County farmers last year
planted 2791.6 acres of cotton. The
allotment for 1954 was 4289 acres.
We could have used another thous
and acres easily.
All cotton allotments, with the ex
ception of new grower allotments,
were based on the number of acres
of cotton planted on the farm for
the past three years.
Farmers who did not intend to
plant any or all of their allotment
had until March 31 to release their
acreage to the county ASC commit
tee for reallocation to other farms.
There were 144.9 acres released.
This helped but was not enough to
take care of the requests. Some al
loted acres will not be planted.
Many acres of cotton could not be
planted because of the shortage of
labor. Cotton demands a lot of lab
or over a short period of time and
unless we have other crops or live
stock to keep us busy durinng the
remainder of the year, we cannot
keep the labor necessary for cotton
on the farm.
PREACHING NOTICE
Rev. S. L. West of Smyrna will
preach at the‘Second Baptist church
on the first Sunday in May.
Future Homemaker To
Receive State Home
Maker Degree
Miss Sara Castleberry of the Cum
ming Chapter, Future Homemakers
of America will have the State
Homemaker Degree conferred on
her at the State’s Ninth Annual Con
vention of the Future Homemakers
of America which is being held at
the Dinkier Plaza Hotel in Atlanta
April 29 and May 1.
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The State Homemaker Degree is
the highest individual honor that
can be conferred by the Georgia As
sociation on a member. Sara will be
awarded this honor for distinguish
ing herself in home, school, and
community activities.
Sara Is the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Castleberry, Cumming
and is a senior in the Cumming
High School. She was program
chairman of the local FHA Chapter
and has attended all district meet
ings since she became a Future
Homemaker. During the past year
she has worked closely with the
chapter adviser to help inform a
very large chapter of Future Home
makers.
The Cumming Chapter will serve
as one of the hostess chapters to
the convention. Hostesses will be
Donna Echols, Annette Vaughan,
lola Sosebee, Betty Taylor, Joyce
Ingram and Barbara Forrest. Jane
Otwell will be a candidate for state
office. The group will be accomplan
ed by their Chapter Adviser and
homemaking teacher Miss Wilma
Ivie.
PLEASANT GROVE COMMUNITY
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The Pleasant Grove Community
Improvement Club met Tuesday
night April 20th with 23 members
present. The meeting was called to
order by the president. Two songs
were sang,, Devotional by Mrs. Het
tie Gilleland. The minnutes of last
meeting was read, then we heard
some interesting points from the
president.
The Club house is now being put
up. Our next meeting will be the
first Wednesday night May sth at
8 o’clock.
Mrs. J. L. Martin, Reporter