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'1954 High School Seniors on Trip to
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ASC NEWS
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May we ask the complete cooper
ation of the cotton farmers in For
syth County as the reporters visit
the farms for the purpose of check
ing cotton. It is the responsibility of
(t',he farmers to either go with the
reporter to check the cotton fields
or furnish someone to go with him
to show the actual areas planted to
cotton.
On the visits to the new grower
cotton farms the Performance Sup
ervisor will be responsible for the
execution of a form to show the ex
act status of the farm and if it was
eligible for a new growers farm al
lotment. Seemingly the farm oper
ator who applied for the allotment
will be the only one that can give
the correct information, and if it is
impossible for him to be present he
should authorize some other person
to act in his capacity to giev the in
formation.
Reporters who are now in the field
are: Wallis Brooks, Morris Wood,
Claud E. Terry, Pierce Com, John
R. Holbrook and Ralph Pirkle. Two
other reporters will begin work in
the near future and the work should
be completed by the first part of
July.
Again may we remind you that if
you have requested an ACP Prac
tice on your farm during the Spring
season it will be necessarry to report
the completion of this practice by
June 15, 1954.
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Soil Conservation News
Forsyth County
Sericea plantings have been made
by F. T. Hubbard, Pies Hubbard, W.
B. Skinner, J. H. Nalley during the
last week. These farmers are in the
Settingdown creek watershed. Other
farmers in the watershed are mak
ing plans to seed Sericea this month
and next month.
John Lummus is planting to seed
several acres to sericea next month.
C. S. Mathieson above Coal Mt.
reported that his cows grazing on
fescue and ladino clover would graze
on the area that was limed before
they would on tfce unlimed areas.
Mr. Mathieson plans to seed more
sericea this summer.
Grady Holcomb in the Heardville
section is making plans to seed 12
to 15 acres to sericea this summer.
There are still sericea seed avail
able to farmers in the Settingdown
creek watershed for summer seed
ing. See your local SCS technicians.
In March 1954 there were three
percent more layers on U. S. farms
and the rate of lay was five percent
above a year earlier.
The Forsyth CouJity 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)
Marvin Griffin To
Attend State Press
Meet In Savannah
Lt. Governor Marvin Griffin \yill
attend the annual convention of the
Georgia Press Association on June
25 at Savannah, his office announ-
Iced today.
Griffin, a candidate for Governor
of Georgia, will attend the conven
tion in his capacity as Editor and.
Publisher of the Bainbridge POST
SEARCHLIGHT.
Griffin has been at the helm of
this newspaper in his home town of
Bainbridge for many years.
/ The Lt. Governor’s brother, May
or R. A. (Cheney) Griffin of Bain
bridge, serves as Managing Editor
of the POST-SEARCHLIGHT.
Cheney Griffin also is serving as
campaign manager in Marvin Grif
fin’s race for Governor of Georgia.
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Flowery Branch, Georgia, June 12
Miss Sue Nuckolls, a June gradu
ate, attended Flowery Branch Iflgh
School for twelve years, maintain
ing an A average while participating
in the following extra curricular ac
tivities: Bet Club, Future Home
makers of America, 4-H Club, Am
erican Junior Red Cross, Student
Teaching, School Safety Patrol,
Class Plays, Glee Club, and school
atheletics.
She also took the Girl Scout Coun
selor training course under the dir
ection of Mrs. Betty Harris in Gain
esville, receiving a Brownie Sicout
Counselor certificate and Girl Scout
World pin. She plans to help Mrs.
Harris and other Girl Scout counse
lors with the day camp in Gaines
ville this summer.
Sue will enter North Georgia Col
lege in Daholenega this fall.
Approximately 3,600 farm owner
ship loans haye been paid in full in
Georgia since 1937.
MISS SUE NUCKOLLS
Cuifiming Georgia, Thursday June 17, 1954.
| Today & Tomorrow
Louie D. Newton
GEORGIA IN JUNE
Driving through 26 countties in
Georgia last week—as far south a*
Applng, then eastward to Screven,
then back to Atlanta—l kept saying
to Roy Davis, who occupied the seat
in the truck with me: "What about
Georgia in June?”
|rhat was a little tough on Roy,
Since he was raised in South Caro
lina, but he has lived in Georgia 23
years, and he didn’t mind my quest
ion too much.
It took me back to the days when
Mr. Preston Arkwright used that
phrase in all Georgia Power Com
pany advertisihg: "It’s great to be a
Georgian.”
There were garden spots, and some
less garden spots. And rain had had
much to do with making the differ
ence. Wherever the farmers have
had favorable seasons, the crops are
fine, but in many counties the dry
weather has taken its toll.
Peach County, for example, is en
joying one of its best years, appar
ently. The com is wonderful, and
they are gathering fine peaches.
Houston County also looked good
but as we got into Pulaski, the dry
weather was showing up again, and
when we got to Appling, it was ap
palling. We stopped at the Georgia
Baptist Children’s Home, near Bax
ley, and there we saw the havoc
which the drought is playing with
the fine pastures, corn and other
summer
the way to Lane’s Bridge amd then
the com looked better. In Tattnall
they are gathering tomatoes, but it
is about over unless they got rain in
the last few days. Bulloch and Scre
ven have had rain, and the com and
cotton and peanuts and ttobacco are
very fine.
But all the way up from Screven
and Jenkins, w* saw wilted crops.
Newton and Rockdale looked green
er, though night was letting down,
and we saw very little com. Georgia
in June is a happy time, if we can
get enough rain. Of course, there is
such a thing as too much rain, as
my brother could tell you, pointing
to damage from a heavy local rain
storm a few days before we arrived.
Let us thank the good Lord for
His countless blessings, and gladly
do our best with what He) jhas pro
vided to maintain here in Georgia
the good place to live which our
fathers began, under Hie' merciful
hand.
A comparison pf Georgia pasture
today with 25 years ago shows tthat
winter pasture has increased in acre
age from practically none to 10,000,-
000.
With Y our County
Agent
Walter H. Rucker
Repeated droughts during the past
few summers have emphasized to us
the need of supplemental grazing
during the summer months. Ordi
nary pasture grasses and legumes
cannot produce good grazing during
long periods of extremely dry weath
en
Millet is an excellent relief for per
manent pastures during these long
dry periods. It can mean the differ
ence between good and poor grazing
at a time when green feed is at a
premium.
In varieties to plant, Cattail or
Pearl millet is a summer annual fqr
grazing, and Star millet is a synthe
tic variety of Cattail that is superior
to common in that it produces more
tonnage of leaves and lasts longer.
Star millet should be used in prefer
ence tocommon.
Browntop millet is very palatable
and can be used both for grazing and
hay although the hay is sometimes
hard to cure. This variety works
well in rotation with Crimson Clover
It will often resee'd and should not
be grazed too closely. Browntop mil
let does not yield as much as Cattail
millet, nor does it have as long a
grazing period. ,
A good seedbed should be prepar
ed for millet. Fertilization should bp
500 pounds of 4-12-12 per acre, and
Bto 12 pounds of seed should be
planted to an acre. If millet has not
already been planted, it should be
should be planted before July.
When planting, use rows of two
and one-half to three feet, and do not
allow the seed to come in contact
with the fertilizer. Browntop millet
may be broadcast at the rate of 20
pounds an acre, but tests at the Coas
tal Plain Experiment Station indi
cate that broadcast plantings require
approximately twice as much seed
and produce only two-thirds the yield
of row planting.
After the millets are grazed down
and the animals removed, an appli
cation of 16 pounds of nitrogen per
acre should b>e made. Grazing can be
resumed when plants are 18 to 20
inches high.
NEW ASSISTANT AGRONOMIST
W. Harold Gurley, former assist
ant county agent in Hall County, hag
been named assistant agronomist
for the University of Georgia Agri
cultural Extension Service. Gurley,
whose home is in Unilon County, al
so has served as county agent in
Dalton and has taught in the Veter
an’s Farm Training Program in
Blue Ridge
County Population 15,000. Number 24.,
Peter Wheeler
Named Director
Vets Service
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Peter Wheeler, of Crawford, Ga„
has been named Direcjtor of the
Georgia Department of Veterans
Service, succeeding William K. Bar
rett, who resigned to run for Lieute
nant—Governor.
The elevation of Wheeler from the
Assistant-Directorship was announ
ced last Friday by the Veterans Ser
vice Board at its regular monthly
meeting.
The new Director has served with
the Department for more than five
years in various capacities. Prev
ious to his affiliation with the VSO,
he was an Administrator with the
Federal Government.
He is a graduate of the University
of Georgia, the John Marshall Law
School, and the Atlanta Law School.
He is a veteran of World War II and
holds membership in several veter
ans organizations.
As an attorney, Wheeler has been
admitted to practice in the United
States Supreme Court and all Geor
gia Courts.
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He is a Mason; Shriner; Elk; mem
ber Gridiron Club, and an officer in
the Georgia National Guard.
Wheeler is a long time friend of
Governor Herman and
was active in campaignl of the gov
ernor and his father, the late Gov.
Eugene Talmadge.
J. C. Daniel, Drowns
While in Swimming
At Hubbard Lake
Johnny Clifton Daniel, of Cum
ming Route 1, died suddenly while
in swimming at the Hubbard Lake,
Tuesday afternoon about 3 o’clock,
his wife and small son were with
him and he apparently stepped into
deep water and died before help
could reach him. ,
Mr. Daniel was 39 years of age
and was bom and reared in Forsyth
County and was a farmer.
Survivors include: His wife, the
former Lillie Mae Hubbard, two
small daughters, Arlie Mae and Eva
Jane Daniel, five sons, J. C., George,
Jacfc, Jimmie and Johnny Daniel all
of Cumming Route 1, Fathr George
G. Daniel, four sisters, Mrs. Lois
Bagley, Mrs. Clarence Hawkins, At
lanta, Mrs. Clfford Thompson, Doug
lasville and Mrs. Billie Martin, Cum
mlng Route 1, six brothers, Arnold
and Russell Daniel of Cumming, Ar
vin, J. L., Emmett and Richard Dan
iel all of Atlanta and other relatives
Funeral services were held at the
Cross Road Baptist Church, Thurs
day at 2 P. M. with the Rev. Henry
Warren, Rev. Henry Boling officiat
ing and Interment was in the church
cemetery.
FORSYTH COUNTY
FUN DAY, JULY STH
The Cumming Ball Park will be
the site of a Forsyth County Hun
Day on Monday, July 5, beginning
at 1:30 p. m.
Featured will be a miscellaneous
swap and sale where Forsyth Coun
ty people are asked to bring tools,
machinery, saddles, gear and mlscel
laneous items for swap or sale. In
cluded also will be foot races, con
tests, a greased pig race, pole climb
ing and other events.
The final event will be a Horse
Show for Forsyth County owned
horses beginning at 5 p. m. »
Sharon Church Services
By Kate Kay Harris
By love serve on another. For all
the law is fulfilled in one word, even
in this; Thou shalt love thy neigh*
bor as thyself. Galations 5: 1314.
This memory verse carried the
heart of the lesson thought in Sun
day School last Sunday as we con
tinued the work of Amos in Bethel.
As he found the people there living
In selfish luxury, worshiping idols,
thinking nothing about others nor
the danger they were in. Amos tried
hard to warn them, as God had sent
him to do.
Even though Amos was scorned
and ridiculed and even told to go
back to his home by these drunken
people, he prayed for them and
found that he had a great love for
them which made him want to do
something to cause them to turn
from their evil ways and not be de
stroyed. He served them through
love just as Christ suffered and died
through love for His enemies and
Just as we are to serve our fellow
man through love. Only the love of
Christ will win sinners to Him and
only when we pray for our hearts
to be filled with His love we will be
able to do His work successfully.
Wp were very glad to welcome
Rev. G. W. Forrest with us on Sun
day morning. Rev. Forrest has been
a faithful soldier for Christ for
many years and has innumerable
friends who love and respect him.
He brought a very good and impres
sive message from Revelations 5. He
used as his text verse 6 “and I be
held, and, 10, in the midst of the
throne and of the four beasts, and
in the midst of the elders, stood a
Lamb as it had been slain, having
seven horns and seven eyes, which
are the seven of God sent,
forth into all tfie earth.”
He gave a beautiful but pathetic
picture of Christ as the Lamb, slain
in the midst of the great throng of
people, suffering and dying that the
will of the Father might be done and
proving that the seven Spirits are
of the power, riches, wisdom,
strength, honor, glory and blessing
teceived by the Lamb that was slain.
This Lamb which is God’s only son
is the only one in heaven or on
earth worthy to open the great book
sealed with seven seals because He
is the only one who is completely,
clear of sin.
We invite Rev. Forrest to come
back to Sharon anytime he feels like
coming. Even though he is physi
cally weak we know that his faith
is strong.
As last Sunday night was our
Singing night, we decided after our
B. T. U. programs to dismiss and
visit Pleasant View where they had
a wonderful singing which we en
joyed a lot. It is always good to en
joy fellowship with Sister Churches.
After all we are all brothers and
sisters in Christ and should not be
as strangers here on earth because
we are to be one big family in Heav
en with our Father.
Everyone has a special invitation
to attend the Terry—Settle Reunion
here next Sunday June 20th. They
are planning a good program and
hope to have a good day for all.
We are glad to report that Mr. W.
T. Bagley is able to be back in his
home from the hospital. Wig hope he
can soon be able to be back at the
Church and among his friends again
WHEAT ALLOTMENT FOR
FARMS WITH NO WHEAT
FOR THREE YEARS 1
Farmers on land on which no
wheat was seeded for grain for all
of the years 1952,1953, and 1954 may
apply for a 1955 wheat acreage al
lotment, according to C. A. Bagwell,
Chairman of the Forsytth County
Agricultural Stablization and Con
servation Committee. To be consid
ered for an allotment on a farm
which had no wheat seeded for
grain for any of those years, the
farmer must apply in writing to his
county ASC committee by June 30,
1954.
Blank application forms are avail
able at the county ASC for,
use in filing requests for allotments
NEW MILK TEST
Frank W. Fitch, points out that a
milk test used during the past few
years has been successful in helping
spot brucellosis-infected herds. This
test eliminates the need for more
expensive blood test for brucellosis
free herds.