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Volume 45.
Soil Conservation News
Forsyth County
Officials of the State Office of the
Soil Conservation Service and the
Area Conservationists throughout
Georgia were guests of the local
SCS work unit headquarters on a
tour of the Settingdown creek wat
ershed last week.
Local SCS technicicans attended
a terracing demonstration in White
county last week. This demonstrat
ion consisted of building terraces
with a bull-dozier pushing the dirt at
right angles to the terrace line and
with a bull-dozier with the blade
angled and following the line of the
terrace. Pushing the dirt at right
angles to the terrace line proved to
be the quicker of the two methods
and gave the terrace a much great
er carrying capacity. Ordinarily a
good bull-dozier operator can build
1000 feet of terrace per hour with
the right angle method. At an av
erage cost of SIO.OO per hour for the
bull-dozier that would amount to a
cost of one centt per foot for ter
race construction. Although terrac
ing has dropped to a minimum in
this county many farmers who
would like to build good terraces
should consider this method.
The first four flood-prevention
dams in the Settingdown creek wat
ershed have been completed and the
contractors released from their ob
ligations. Everyone in the county
should see these dams and learn
more about the purpose of these
dams.
SINGING NOTICE
All singers and lovers of fine sing
ing, have a Special invitation to at
tend the All-Day Singing at Brook
wood Baptist church Sunday May 9.
There will be plentty of lunch for
everyone.
We have the promise of a lot of
good singers from all over North
Georgia, including the Goss quartett
from Cartersville. Come and spend
the day. The Singing starts around
10:30.
O. E. BARRETT, President.
Mrs. Kate Neal Bennett
The entire community of Maca
donia Church; Holbrook Camp
Ground was saddened when it learn
ed that Mrs. Kate, wife of the late
O. P. Bennett had passed away. For
the weeks and months she lay ill,
friends called continually hoping to
show in some measure their appre
ciation of the many kindness rend
ered by her. Mrs. Kate passed to her
eternal reward Thursday, April 29
at the age of Seventy-five.
Funeral service were held from
the Arbour at the Holbrook Camp
Ground Saturday iCfay Ist. She had
attended tthis church all her life,
her parents were staunch members
here and in early life she became a
member, her devotion was steady,
dependable, true for more than six
ty years. Always active in the work
of the church, she never-the-less pre
ferred to serve quietly as a lay
member rather than officially, but
was always willing to serve where
the need was greatest. "Miss Kate”
as she was affectionally called, was
always present when the first horn
blowed for service at Camp Meet
ing, where most of us will miss her
most. She was a real home-maker
giving of her best to her husband
and family and doing everything
cheerfully, her keerf sense of gentle
humor helped make smooth the
rough places in life for her, her fam
ily, and friends.
Those who knew “Miss Kale”
best loved her most and her passing
leaves a vacancy in her home, her
church, and her community. All of
those far with whom she served
realize that her place will indeed be
hard to fill, but they feel also that:
“Tho Mortals Mourn O’er her de
parture, Saints rejoice in her Coro
nation.”
A FRIEND.
NOTICE—What ? FLAY:
"NO BRIDE FOR THE GROOM”
WHEN?©—Friday night May 7 at 8
WHERE?—Brandywine Jr. High
ADMISSION—ISc and 25c.
Yon are cordially invited to come
out and enjoy this play.
The Forsyth County 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)
National H. D. Week
For H. D. Clubs Here
Is May 2 to 8
Members of the thirteen home
demonstration clubs in Forsyth
County are celebrating the ninth an
nual National Home Demonstration
Week, May 2-8.
The clubs are doing various things
in honor of the week. Some are hav
ing club work days at their church,
others are planting flowers at their
Community Centers. The Chattahoo
chee Home Demonstration Club has
placed an Aluminum Tray Exhibit
in the window at Drake’s Furniture
Store.
The highlight of the week will be
the H. D. Council’s Annual Dress
Revue. This is to be Saturday, May
8 at the Cumming High School Gym.
This is an annual affair and is for
the Home Demonstration and 4-H
Club members.
Mrs. Zelma R. Bannister, HDA,
said that the work in Georgia began
when two women were employed
for only a few months out of the
year, to assist in organizing Girls’
Canning Clubs, which became part
of 4-H Clubs later on. Club work in
the State now includes 1,983 clubs
with 138 home demonstration agents
six district agents and many special
ists employed to assist the 47,624
members of home demonstration
clubs.
The national theme for the week
is “Today’s Home Builds Tomor
row’s World”, and the theme for the
state is, “Building Home Foundat
ions For World Peace.”
ASC NEWS
Farmers in Forsyth County who
applied for a New Growers Cotton
Allotment and who received this al
lotment will be asked to complete
a fact sheet when the reporter goes
to the farm to measure the acreage.
On this fact sheet numerous quest
ions will be asked to substantiate
the claim the farmers made at the
time they made their application.
Approvals for late practices re
quested of the County Committee
have been approved and placed in
the mail and the farmers are now
in a position to go ahead and com
plete the practices they have request
ed.
AA late allotments, as well as cor
rections and reconstitutions are now
in the hands of the cotton growers
in time for them to plant their cot
ton during the normal planting per
iod in this county.
The Community Committeemen
met on Monday April 2.., for its re
gular quarterly meeting and the dut
ies and responsibilities of Commun
ity Committeemen were stressed
along with the explanations of the
different programs the ASC County
and Community Committeemen are
administering. Too, the part the Soil
Conservation Service and Extension
Service had in carrying out the ACP
program were discussed and also
the different programs of Farmers
Home Administration were outlined
to the Committee.
ANNUAL HOME COMING SING
ING 3VT SHADY GROVE CHURCH
You have a special invitation to
attend our Annual Home Coming
Singing at Shady Grove Baptist
Church, 2 miles off Brown’s Bridge
Road No. 141 between Gainesville
and Cumming on Sunday May 16.
There will be signs on the road
where to turn. Dinner on grounds.
CUMMING GARDEN CLUB MEET
The April meeting of the Cum
ming Garden Club was held at the
Community house. Mrs. Cecil Pat
terson and Mrs. Robert McElreath
were hostesses. Mrs. Ado Coots gave
a veryc interesting talk n “How to
grow Geraniums’. A social hour
then followed with refreshments
served.
INDUCTEES FOR APRIL
The following men have been In
ducted into the Armed Forces for
the Month of April.
ORR, Quin by Barron
MOORE, Henry George
DURHAM, William Layfette
Cumming Georgia, Thursday, May 6th, 1954.
Today & Tomorrow
Louie 1). Newton
HOUR OF DECISION
The man on the train was talking
about his experience in New York—
from his hdtel window he could look
down on the indescribable slums,
but when he walked out the front
door of the hotel, he saw the magni
ficent house of glass which we built
for United Nations. He couldn’t add
it up to anything like a satisfactory
balance sheet. Another man spoke
up. He was bothered by “our” war
in Indo-China, reminding his listen
ers of the fact that we have been
paying 80 percent of the cost of a
war in which France is trying to
maintain her colonial policy in Asia
—a policy we had to throw off be
fore we could get started in this
country. This second man added to
the bewilderment of the litttle group
on the train.
Still a third man had something
to say. How, he asked, can we hope
to persuade the rest of the world
that we have the answer, when J.
Edgar Hoover keeps ctelling us that
we are cutting our own throat by
coddling gangsters, who are tempt
ing our young people to become
gamblers, drunkards, and thieves?
And then the subject of McCarthy
bobbed up, and everybody went off
to bed, sick at heart over our situ
ation.
The group on the train was not
unusual. You can run into similar
conversations under any filling stat
ion, hotel lobby, church yard, or
baseball game. The people are deep
ly disturbed, and they don’t know
what to do about a situation that
they well know means trouble.
I keep sayingit, and I hope to keep
on saying it, that therec is but one
solution for our present disturbing
pplight. It is repentance of our sins,
and faith in the redeeming, sustain
ing grace of God.
The point is that we have reached
the hour of decision. With our so
called allies pulling away from us—
Britain opening her doors to trade
with Russia—France taking all we
give, and telling us very frankly to
attend to our own business—Latin
America going rapidly communistic
—the time for us to decide what we
are going to do is here. The sooner
we open our Bibles, praying the
Holy Spirit to illumine our troubled
minds that we may understand
what God is saying, and then beg
ging Him to forgive us and lead us
in the way everlasting, the better
for us, and for the world.
Important Notice To
All Dog Owners
' It has been two years since a
County wide Innoculation of dogs
against rabies has been done and a
lot of dogs have been raised during
the past two years.
Rabies is a dreadful disease and
brings many unpleasant experiences
to those who are sometimes bitten
by Rabid dogs. Let’s keep Forsyth
County FREE of Rabies among dogs
and livestock as well as protecting
all citizens against the disease.
Mr. T. E. Nelms, Countty Sani
tarian with the Health Department
says that plans are being worked
out by the Board of Health and the
State Health Department to sponsor
the Dog Innoculation program and
it will be a FREE SERVICE for all
dogs that are two months to two
years old. It is a three year treat
ment.
Dogs innoculated two years ago
under this plan are not eligible for
another year yet.
Everyone is urged to watch the
Forsyth County News for the time
and places to bring dogs for this
service which will be available right
away.
R E VIVA L
A Revival will begin at the First
Baptist Church, Suwanee, Georgia
May 9 thru May 16 with services
each evening at 8 o’clock.
Rev. Fred Tallant, a former For
syth County boy will do the preach
ing. He is Pastor of First Baptist
Church at Otto, Texas. Claude Hea
lan, Jr. a Ministerial Student at the
Truett-McConnel Junior College is
the Song Leader. You are cordially
invited to attend the services.
REVIVAL SERVICES
AT FIRST BAPTIST
BEGINS MAY 9 TH.
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REV. FRANKLIN OWEN
- Cumming First Baptist Church
will hold its Spring Revival, begin
ning on Sunday night, May/Bth and
going through Friday night. May
14th. The visciting preacher will be
the Rev. Franklin Owen ol Gaines
ville, Georgia who is very well
known in these parts.
Mr. Owen was ordained to the pas
torate of the Oak Ridge Baptist
Church in Missouri, in 1935. In addi
tion to a number of part-time pas
torates in Missouri and West Ken
tucky, he has served as pastor at
Perryville, Missouri and the High
land Park Second Baptist Church at
Louisville, Kentucky. Also, he serv
ed as Associate pastor of the South
side Baptist Church of Birmingham,
Alabama,
In the last war, Mr. Owen spent
three years in military service as a
U. Sr-Army Chaplain with the Com
bat Forces. A little more than half
of this time was spent in the Euro
pean Theater of Operations, for
which service he was twice cited by
the War Department. He is present
ly pastor of the First Baptist church
of Gainesville, where he has served
since April 1947, and his ministry
there has been blessed with wonder
ful results.
Everyone is most cordially invited
to come out to hear Brother Owen,
and to share with us in this eagerly
awaited meeting. Please pray for
the services, and bring the whole
family and neighbors as we come to
share God’s blessings together.
HAROLD ZWALD, Pastor.
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Larry Otwell, A Geology Major at
The Univecrsity of Georgia, and a
native of Cumming, Georgia has
been chosen "MR. FORMAL” of
that University for his “AFTER
SIX” wearing apparel smartness.
Mr. Otwell will participate with fin
alists from Universities the
country to select "MR. FORMAL”.
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
MEETING FRIDAY NIGHT
We are scheduled to begin on our
Labor Market Survey, May 10th, as
arranged with Mr. W. L. Abbot, De
partment of Labor, Employment Se
curity Agency, Georgia State Em
ployment Service.
What should the Forsyth County
Chamber of Commerce Do? The
President, The Treasurer, your Exe
cutive Vice President are asking
What Should The Forsyth County
Chamber of Commerce Do?
Be sure to attend your Chamber
of Commerce Meeting Friday May
7, at 8 P. M. at Sawnee EMC Bldg.
Every interested person is welcome.
County Population 15,000. Number 18.
FUNERAL HOME CORPORATION
ELECTS OFFICERS
At a recent meeting of the stock
holders of the Otwell & Barnes Fun
eral Home, Inc. the following offi
cers were elected:
Roy P. Otwell—President
Jimmie Barnes—V. P. & Treasurer
R. L. (Bob) Eidson—Secretary
The above officers together with
the following outstanding men of
Forsyth County, P. W. Hammond,
Thad Wood, J. C. Collins, Joel Webb,
D. D. Buice, Hoyt Heard and E. R.
Westbrook as stockholders compos
ed the petitioners for this new cor
poration for which a Charter was
recently granted.
One of the interesting features of
this meeting was a review made by
the President-elect, Roy P. Otwell,
prominent business man and recog
nized civic leader of Cumming, For
syth County and North Georgia,
dealing with his continuous finan
cial association in the Funeral field
since 1927.
In the above stated year he bought
out the well-known and beloved
Undertaker, John L. Phillips and a
few years later he purchased the
other Funeral establishment in
Cumming, from Glendon Tapp of
Buford and R. T. Shadbum of Cum
ming and combined these two busi
nesses in order to help a relative
get started, he allowed Royston In
gram, a nephew to purchase an in
terest in this business without any
financial down payment. And in
Nineteen Forty-one, he built the
present modern Funeral Home and
residence in which the present new
business is housed and which he has
always owned.
Mr. Otwell further stated that it
has always been his ambition and
wishes to see that the good people
of Forsyth County and this area
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Forsyth County Teach
ers Hold Banquet
The Forsyth County Teachers
held their annual banquet in the
Chestatee School Gymnasium on
Friday night April 30, at 8:00 P. M.
The principal, Mr. Charles Warren
and his teachers were in charge.
The group used the minature May
Pole as the central motif for their
decorative scheme. The tables were
overlaid with pink and white covers
and the speakers table was centered
with arrangements of * red roses,
Pines and Spirea formed an effec
tive background for the over-all pic
ture.
A most delicious two course con
sisting of pineapple salad, friend
chicken, rice and gravy, green beans
niblet com, hot rolls, desert of apple
pie and ice cream, were served by
a group of Chestatee High School
girls.
A musical program was presented
by the Brenau College Glee Club
which consisted of thirty members.
The program was a most inspirat
ional one. The group began their
concert with spiritual songs and
completed the entertainment by
singing several American folk songs
Principal Charles Warren, recent
ly elected president of the G. E. A.
Unit and Mrs. Wylene Samples,
Secretary were given their official
installation.
Notables attending the banquet
were Forsyth County Board mem
bers, Mr. B. B. Wallace ‘and Mr.
Winfred Waldrip, Mr. A. R. Housley
C. S. S. and Mr. Edward Martin.
H. D. COUNCIL DRESS REVUE
TO BE HELD MAY BTH.
The Forsyth County H. D. Coun
cil will meet Saturday, May Bth at
the Cuumming Gym at 2 P. M. for
our Dress Revue. The Ducktown
club will furnish the flowers and the
Pleasant Grove Club will have
charge of registration. Hostesses
will be Chestatee and Mayfield
clubs. The public has a special in
vitation to attend this meeting.
CHURCH NOTICE
Sunday May 9, Is Communion Day
at Corinth Church. All Sister church
es are invited to Join with us In Com
munion at the 11 o’clock service.
would be furnished the very highest
type of professional services, with
the very best and latest equipment
with all modern facilities at moder
ate and reasonable prices. Feeling
that these high standards have not
been lived up too in the past few
year, he has associated himself with
Mr. Jimmie Barnes, a recent resi
dent of Cumming and Forsyth
Countty and a well-known Funeral
Director and Mortician and the
other stated business men of this
Corporation.
Mr. Barnes, an experienced Fun
eral Director, Embalmer is a gradu
ate of a New York School of Morti
cians with Honor and is the holder
of Certificates in Plastic Surgery
which deals with the rebuilding of
destroyed features and has had
some twenty-five years of practical
experience in this field of work.
This modern Funeral Home is now
equipped with the most modern and
latest new equipment, which com
pares favorably with any found in
our neighboring large cities.
The new Ambulances are of the
latest design and are equipped with
the latest Life Saving Equipment,
which includes Oxygen Equuipment
and are manned with trained at
tendants who thoroughly under
stand their operation and are hold
ers of First Aid certificates.
The Lady Attendant of this es
tablishment serves a valuable place
on .pur staff when her services are
needed, most especially with women
and children.
Mr. Otwell was born and reared
in Forsyth County and expects to
spend his life here and hereby de
dicates himself together-with these
gentlemen to work with the people
in this area and see that they re
ceive the best at fair prices.
With y our County i
Agent _ J
Walter H. Sucker |
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Grain Sorghum has been planted
in limited acreage in Forsyth Coun
ty for a number of years. It fits in
well in certain instances and the
yield and quality compares favor
ably with com when used for feed.
Grain Sorghum is best adapted as
a grain crop when it is too late to
plant com and to follow small grain .
or Crimson Clover harvested for
seed.
1. Select land suitable for growing
corn and prepare a good seed bed.
2. Fertilize at planting with 400
lbs. of 4-12-12. Side dress with 32 lbs.
of Nitrogetn per acre when plants
are 15 to 18 inches tall.
3. Use Hegari, Early Hegari, and
Martin Combine Milo. Secure good
seed and treat with Arason.
4. Plant in 3 to 3 1-2 feet rows and
space 4 to 6 inches in the row. Cover
the seed 1 to 2 inches deep and plant
in April, May and June when there
is sufficient soil moisture for germi
nation.
5. First cultivation may be with a
rotary hoe. Follow with shallow cul
tivation with sweeps.
6. Harvest with a combine when
the grain contains 13 percent or less
of moisture unless provisions are
available for drying.
7. For disease control treat seed,
practice rotations, and use resistant
varieties. For control of caterpillars
in the bud, use 20 lbs. of granular
form of Toxaphene directed into the
bud.
For caterpillars in the head, use
15 to 20 lbs, of 20 percent Toxaphene
For corn earworm alone, use 10
to 15 lbs. of 10 percent DDT.
Do not use grain or foliage for
animal feed within 21 days after ap
plication of insecticides.
8. Rotations are: (1) Reseeding
Crimson Clover; Grain Sorghum;
Reseeding Crimson Clover. (2)
Small grain, grain sorghum, winter
legumes, cotton or com.
Call Communication
A Call Communication by LaFay
ette Lodge No. 44 F. & A. M. will
be held Saturday night May Bth.
All Master Masons are cordially in
vited to attend.