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Volume 45.
Sharon Church Service*
By Kate Kay Harris
Study to shew thyself approved
unto God, a workman that needeth
not to be ashamed, rightly dividing
the word of truth. 2 Timothy 2:15.
These words from Paul to Timo
thy still go for all of us. Just as the
Bereans in our last Sunday’s Sun
day School lesson were so eager to
search the Scripture and learn the
truth we should all be anxious to
study and know the great truths
for us. We know that Poul’s visit
to Berea was one o this most pleas
ant ones because the people there
were responsive listeners and met
with Paul and Barnabas in the syna
gogue to study the Scriptures. This
was so different to the treatment
they usually received as they were
so often driven away from places for
preaching the truth about Jesus.
Since we have such a good oppor
tunity to study The Word we should
certainly be thankful and try our
best to show ourselves approved un
to God by striving to improve our
knowledge and our daily living for
Christ.
I believe everyone who attended
the Union Meeting here last week,
will agree with me that it was one of
the best ever held in this associat
ion. We had a good attendance and
some unusualy good discussions on
program both days. Everything was
carried out in the best of fellowship
and the love of our Master like all
of our work should be done.
We were very pleased to have
Rev. Charles Bettis with us at all
Services on last Sunday. He deliver
ed both Sermons which were real
Powerful and good. We can all be
proud of Rev. Bettis as he is a For
syth County boy and has so well pre
pared himself for the Ministry. I
think he well lives up to the sermon
he delivered on Sunday morning
which he took from Ezekiel 2. “Son
of Man, stand upon thy feet, and I
will speak unto thee.” Rev. Bettis
really seems to be prepared to listen
when God speaks to him and we
pray for him as he undertawes his
great task of, as he says, not trying
to take everyone’s burdens on his
own shoulders but pointing them to
the Christ who will help to bear
them.
We are all very much concerned
and in prayer for Mr. W. T. Bagley
who is in a serious condition. Also
for Mrs. B. F. Gantt and all who
are not well.
W!e would like to invite everyone
to attend revival services to be held
here next week. Rev. Hatfield, Pas
tor of Alpharetta First Baptist
♦Church will be with us to do the
preaching. We hope everyone will be
praying for a wonderful revival
and ready to be in our place in co
operation 'with the preachers and
with Christ to do whatever it takes
to make a revival of Christians as
’ well as bring the lost to the foot of
the Cross to be saved.
Important Notice
By T. E. NELMS, Sanitarian
Avoid Possibilities of Food Poi
soning When Preparing For Picnic
Baskets.
Health authorities say that cer
tain kinds of food want keep very
long in war weather, and should be
avoided for picnic use or be kept
well refrigerated until served. The
foods that seem to cause more up
set stomaches on picnic occasions in
elude salads, cream filled pies and
mixed sandwiches containing salad
ingredients.
Housewives all over the country
are becoming more aware of food
poisoning danger and are adppting
preparation and preservation prac
tices thtat practically prevent any ill
effects from eating picnic lunches.
Many housewives say ythat to
serve their picnic foods as fresh as
possible they prepare it last before
leaving for the occasion. It is not ne
cessary to carry it in a refrigerated
picnic ice box if it is to be served
within a short time, but that the re
frigerated box does preserve the
freshness of the foods.
It is said that foods that are eas
ily spoiled and if prepared to be ser
ved hours later should by all means
be kept refrigerated until served.
National Farm Safety Week will
be observed July 25—31. The theme
is Farm to Live Live to Farm.
An injury strikes a farm person
every 26 seconds.
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)
State Headquarters Of
Selective Service Clear
Classified Status
The Selective Service Regulations
stipulate that each local board is re
quired to keep informed of the stat
us of classified registrants and is au
thorized to take necessary steps to
keep currently informed. In order
to accomplish this requirement it
will oe necessary for all selective
service registrants to report promp
ly to their local boards any changes
in status. Failure to do so could re
suit in the registrant being declar
ed a delinquent and reported to the
District Attorney for prosecution.
Delinquency is often the result of a
registrant relying upon information
passed on to him by friends, mem
bers of rescerve components, and
others relative to selective service
matters. A registrant should al
ways consult an official of selective
service for the information desired.
A registrant who becomes a delinq
uent waives all procedural rights
and may be ihducted or prosecuted
contingent upon the extent of delin
quency. For example, a registrant
who is classified in class 3—A as a
father and ceases to maintain a bo
na fide family relationship with his
child or children in his home should
promptly report such a change in
status to his local board. Failure to
do could result m his becoming a de
linquent. The same results could
follow when a registrant fails to
notify his local "board that he is no
longer engaged in the activity for
which he is deferred. Any change in
status should be reported promptly
regardless of whether or not the re
gistrant considers the change to be
tone which will effect a change in
his classification.
| The local boards are constantly
! faced with the problem of locating
registrants who have failed to keep
them informed of change of address
After all available means of locat
ing a registrant are exhausted by
the local board, he is ordered to re
port for induction, failure to report
as ordered results in his being re
ported to the District Attorney for
prosecution. Therefore, it is extreme
ly important that the local board be
promptly informed of change of ad
dress.
A great many individuals are lab
oring under the misapprehension
that they are not required to regis
ter if they have served on active
duty or if they are members of re
serve components. All male citizens
and certain alions who were born on
or after August 30, 1922, are requir
ed to register.
In as much as a greata many lo
cal boards in Georgia operate on a
part time basis, it is possible that
an individual who reports for regis
tration will find the local board of
Fice closed. Signs are posted on the
office doors to indicate the days 1
that the local board will be open.
Finding the office Closed does not re
lieve the individual of the responsi
bility to register. He is required to
present himself for registration
within five days after attaining the
age of 18. Therefore, he should re
turn to the local board office on the
first day that it is open following
the 18th day of his birth and regis
ter. The one exception being that,
while on active duty with the armed
forces, they are not required tto re
gister but should register promptly
upon release.
All deferred classes win be review
ed at least once each year. All de
I ferred classes which are granted for
| a lesser period than one year will be
| reviewed and reclassified upon re
-1 piration of the deferment. There
fore it behooves the registrant who
, is deferred to cause current evidenc
to be submitted just prior to the ex
j piration of his deferment in order
that the local board may consider
such evidenoes for additional deferm
ent. For example, a student who de
sires deferment to continue his
' study at a college or university
. should request the officials of the
college or university tto furnish a
completed College Student Certifi
jeate fSSS Form No. 109) to his lo
[cal board within 30 days following
the completion of his academic year
Information contained on the Col
lege Student Certificate must be sub
mitted to the local board to substan
( tiate the student deferment classifi
i cation which is 2—S. Such evidence
,must be furnished at the end of
each academic year of the student
which is not necessarily the end of
Cumming Georgia, Thursday, July 22, 1954.
Petit Jurors Drawn
For July Term, 1954
1. Bonnie Anglin
2. L. A. Wheeler
3. Issac Bennett
4. J. E. Boling
5. Winfred D. Brruss
6. T. A. Castleberry
7. Alfred A. Pruitt
8. C. C. Francis, Sr.
9. Clyde Mize
10. J. L. McPherson
11. John W. Holbrook
12. Billy Fowler
13. W. F. Welch V *'
14. E. E. Banister
15. P. M. Roper "
16. Clarence Pilcher
17. John D. Bennett
18. Clark Lindsey
19. R. T. Floyd
20. B. B. Hamby
21. A. E. Bramblett
22. Hoyt T. Brooks
23. Julian Gravitt
24. John Duran
25. Charlie Holbrook
26. Carroll Floyd
27. Leland Watson
28. Roscoe Grogan "
29. L. C. Heard
30. J. T. Floyd
31. Samuel H. Cain
32. Walter Porter
33. R. A. Ingram
34. Clyde Pendley
35. Geo. E. Bagley
36. W. F. Watson
37. J. B. Mooney
38. Luther Harris ,
39. Jas. W. Hardin
40. A. H. Gilbert
41. Glenn Worley
42. R. B. Tallant, Sr. "
43. J. H. Boling
44. T. T. Cantrell
45. Twiggs Wood
46. L. H. Strickland
47. Egbert Turner
48. Clark Bagley
49. J. R. Burruss '
50. Dean Barrett
51. Randolph R. Bennett
52. E. G. Floyd *
53. Clarence Davis
54. Gordon Grizzle
55. John Jones, Jr.
56. Frank Vaughan
57. Troy Sams ’"* ** ’
58. B. D. Blackstock
59. Hoyt J. Grogan
60. W. M. Cowart
61. W. L. Martin
62. I. C.’ Otwell
63. Buell A. Willard
64. H. G. Savage
65. J. B. Holtzclaw
66. E. L. Kennemore
67. Otis Mashbum
68. C. B. Gazaway
69. J. C. Burdett
70. Jay Bottoms
Soil Conservation Newt
Fortyth County
H. D. Nuckolls in the Haw Creek
community has completed the con
struction of his farm pond.
Mike Cantrell northeast of Cum
ming has completed a farm pond.
Others who have made plans for
a farm pond are John Bramblett,
Ed Bramblett, Bobby Tallant, and
Fred FeiL
The local ASC Committee will as
sist the farmers in financing these
dams for the farm ponds.
Sericea seed are still available for
farmers in the Settingdown creek
watershed. ,
The contractors on the flood pre
vention dam behind the Coal Mt.
cemetery hope to complete its con
struction next week.
Plans are now under way to con
struct two additional flood preven
tion dams this fall.
♦
the cademic year of the college or
university. Failure tto do so will re
suit in the student being reclassified
into class I—A which is a class av
ailable for service unless he is found
to be eligible for some other class!
fication. The registrant is reminded
that it is his responsibility to cause
evidence to be furnished which is to
be used to substantiate the defered
class desired and that such evidence
must be written. Deferments are
temporary and any thought of them
being permanent should be dispell
ed. —Local Board No. 59, Forsyth
[ County, Cumming, Georgia —Office
days are Thursday, Friday and Sat
urday of each week.
Marketing Quota Rate
Set For 1954-Crop
“Excess” Cotton
Marketing quota penalty rates on
“excess” cotton of the 1954 crops of
upland and extra long staple cotton
were announced today by the U. S.
Department of Agriculture. The pen
alty rate on upland cotton is 17.5
cents per pound, and the penalty on
extra long staple cotton is 36.2 cents
per pound.
As directed by controlling legisla
tion, the marketing quota penalty
rate for upland cotton is 50 percent
of the parity price peT pound of cot
ton as of June 15 ( iof the' oaJenßKr
year in which the crop is produced.
The parity price for upland cotton
for June 15, 1954, was qpn.tb
per pound.
Legislation also provides that the
penalty rate on extra long staple cot
ton shall be the higher of 50 percent
of the parity price or 50 perdesltf of
the support price for such cotton as
of June 15. The parity price for ex
tra long staple cotton as of June 15
has been announced at 72.5 cents
per pound and the support price for
such cotton as of that date is 65.25
cents per pound. The applicable pen
alty rate for extra long staple cotton
for 1954, therefore, is 50 percent of
the parity price of 36.2 qents. -
Under the cottton marketing quo
ta program for 1954, approved by
growers in referendums last Decern
ber, a farmer who does not comply
with the cotton acreage allotment
established for the kind of cotton
grown on his farm is subject to a
penalty on his farm marketing ex
cess. The cotton crop from such a
farm is also ineligible or price sup
port under the Commodity Credit
Corporation loan program. The two
types of cotton are treated independ
ently. Upland cotton cannot be sub
stltued for extra ldng staple cotton,
or vice versa..
Minimum price supports on the
1954 crop of cotton were announced
on March 3 at 31.25 cents per pound
gross weight, for upland, basis mid
dling 7-8 inch and at 65.25 cents per
pound net weight on extra long stap J
le cotton. These levels reflected 90
percent of the respective parity pric j
es as of that date. In the |event that
90 percent of parity for either or!
both kinds of cotton on August 1,
1954 (the beginning of the 1954 mar
kefing year) is-higher than the level
announced, the level of price sop
port for such kind of cotton will be
increased accordingly.
Forsyth County Boys
To Attend Camp At
Blackshear, Georgia
Twenty Forsyth County students
will leave Cumming Sunday morn
ing at 8 o'clock for Camp Bleack
shear near Blackshear Georgia, for
a weep’s camping under the spon
sorship of Forsyth County VFW
Post 9143.
These young men, all of them
school patrolmen for the past year,
were selected because of their out
standing performance of their duties
They Will train for one week under
the guidance of the Georgia State
Patrol. The following young men
will attend.
Big Creek School Russell Brown
and Gerald Bagley. Chestatee; —
Everett English, Donald Wjaldrip,
Boyd Parks and Morris McClure.
Cumming:—Gerald Turner, Bob Me
Elreath, Edison Eidson, Shirley
[ Mills, Adrian J. Fowler, Horace
Tate, Hugh Darryl Redd, George
Allen, Joe Wheeler, Jr. and Robert
Ingram. Ducktown:—Marcus Boling
and Morris Sewell. Mat:— Preston
Worley and Ivon Dean Jennings
Court of Honor
There will be a Court «f Honor
held at First Baptist Church Friday
Evening at 8 P.M., for the purpose
of recognizing Advanced, Rank and
Merit Badges, earned for Troup 39,
Boy Scouts of Omerica, of Gum
ming Georgia. Ail parents and
friends of the Scouts are urged to
attend.
ICE CREAM SUPPER
There will be a Cake & loe cream
supper given by the Ladies Willing
Working Band at the Cumming
. Church of God Saturday night July
j 24, at 8 p. m. Everyone has a spec
ial invitation to attend. Proceeds to
go to the church.
County Population 15,000. Number 29.
Today & Tomorrow
Louie D. Newton
ON GROWING OLD
My next door neighbor, Bill Horne
came through the hedge the other
morning as I started down to feed
the Herefords and the sheep and the
OIC gilt and the chickens and the
rabbits, stating that he had some
thing to say by way of an observat
ion. It ran like this:
“I have, as you know, just cele
brated another birthday, and with
old age comes this observation: It is
wonderful to grow old, but there’s
not much future to it.” I thought
about that throughout tthe day, and
when I got home in the late after
noon, I went over on Bill’s side of
the hedge, where he was watering
the famished flowers and shrub
bery, to put in my nickel’s worth.
“Your observation this morning
will not hold water, and I can prove
it by your own life,” I began. “You
are old, as we speak of one’s life
span, but you have your face toward
a very wonderful tomorrow. You
are filling each day with worth
while deeds, and you are sending on
ahead of you treasures, where nelth
er rust nor thieves can do any dam
age.. I insist that there’s everything
in the future for the man who grow
old as you have, and as everyone
may.”
Mr. Horne didn’t say anything for
sometime, and then he motioned for
me to cut the water off, and we sat
down for a session. Htes’starjted Jkalk
ing about politics, the weather, and
what not
About that time a farmer drove
up in the yard, and bqpught Mr.
Horne something from his garden,
and thanked him for the many kind
nesses he had shown him *and his
family. As he crajiked the truck and
started off, he said:
“You’ve planted a tragrant flow
er in the garden of our flvts that
will keep on blooming.”
Bill brushed something out of his
eyes as the truck whisked out of
sight into twilight. And it will be
like that for all who fill the passing
days and years with kindly deeds.
Browning had it right when he
wrote:
"Grow old with me,
The best is yet to be...." ,
Forsyth County Youths
Center Organized
A youths center for boys between
the age s of 14 and 21, ibeen or
ganized, with the following officers
elected. President Farrish Holbrook
Vice President, Johnny Lawrence
Merritt; Secretary and Treasurer,
Nathan Poole.
The Directors of the organization
are Mr. A. C. Smith of Silver City,
Mr. Lanier Bannister, Rev. W. H.
Flannagan, Mr .Red Henderson and
Sidney C. Wing.
- The Club will be governed by the
boys themselves, under the leader
ship of the directors. Rev. Flanagan
has been quite generous in allowing
the boys to use his warehouse (at
the junction next to the Gulf Stat
ion) and !Mr. Roy P. Otwell has
granted them the use of the lot ad-
Jojining for a horse shoe and Bad
minton court. The lot will also be
used for parking and Ping Pong
Tables.
The object of the club is to pro
mote better fellowship among the
youth of our county and to provide
a second home for the boys where i
they may meet and enjoy pleasures
more wholesomely and create a
civic pride that will make them bet
ter citizens.
The Club is open to all boys in For
syth County between the ages of 14 i
and 21. The club will inact its own
bylaws and the boys will be govern
ed accordingly.
The next meeting will be held in
the Agriculture Building at the High
School, Thursday July 22nd at 7:00
P. M. All boys interested in becom
ing a member of this worthy organ!
zation should present themselves at
the meeting.
Sixty-six county wide area leader
training meetings for family life
chairmen of home demonstration
clubs were held in Georgia last year
For Sale at low price easy terms
1951 School boa with Mae Bird body
36 passenger—Otwell Motor Co.
Dr. Marcus Mashburn,
Sr., Announces For
Representative
On June 19, 1954, I qualified as a
candidate for the Office of Repre
sentative from Forsyth County, sub
ject to the rules and regulations pro
mulgated by the Democratic Exe
cutive Committee, in the Democratic
Primary to be held on September 8*
1954.
I want to thank the people of the
County for the past honors bestow*
ed upon me, and assure you if elect
ed my actions and efforts will con
tinue to be in the interest of the peo
ple of the County and State.
/Your vote and influence will be
sincerely appreciated.
MARCUS MASKBURN, SR.
Veterans of Foreign
Wars District Meeting
Held Here July 18th.
The Forsyth County Veterans of
Foreign Wars Post 9143 was host to
the Ninth District VFW Posts, July
18. Over 100 VFW members attend
ed this District Meeting.
The visiting VFW guests of the
Ninth District were fed a delicious
dinner consisting of mashed pota
toes, slaw, pickles, ice tea and grill
ed steak. Every ope present enjoyed
this delicious dinner and it further
contributed to our local posts repu
tation for serving some of thebest
meals in Georgia.
In addition to this wonderful meal
the Ninth District Commander Jim
Palmer, of Canton presented a good
program. Among the distinguished
guests present on the program were
Past State Commander Joe Woods,
Past Chief of Staff Charlie Casper,
State Commander Roland Richard
son, State Sr. Vice Commander-
Medlock, State Quartermaster Hearn
and State VFW Surgeon Andrews.
These officials all made short talks.
It is always a pleasure for our-
Post to be host to such a splendid
group as we had Sunday. _W|e are
looking forward to our next district
meeting. j
With Your County
Agent A I
"N
Forsyth County farmers should
examine their cotton fields closely
every five to seven days so that they
will know when insecticides are
needed.
If 10 or more squares per 100 are
found to have weevil punctures
when the fields are examined. A
series of four applications of inseeti
cides should be made a five day Irv
(tervals.
A recent inspection of South Geor
gia cotton fields by the U. S. Depart
ment of Agriculture showed that, of
ninety-two fields inspected, 70, or
more than 75 percent of them, were
found to be infecsted with weevils.
Fifty-three untreated fileds were
inspected ,and all were found to be
Infested, showing an average of 11
percent punctured squares. All eight
treated fields inspected also were
found to have weevils, with an av
erage of five percent punctured'
squares. Examinations in 31 fields
of seedling cotton revealed that nine
were weevil infested, and that there
was an adverage of 93 weevils to
the acre.
This inspection revealed bollworm
eggs in unusually large numbers
for this time of year. As many as
27 eggs and four small worms per
100 plant buds were recorded.
Beneficial insects are holding the
bollworm in check in some fields,
even though fairly large numbers
of eggs can be found. These fie#*
should be watched very closely, and
control measures should be applied
if as many as four to five wbrma
are found in 100 budfc.\
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Notice
The Board of Registrars will meet
Monday July 26, to make up the
Voters list for the Primary of Sept
ember 8, 1954. So if you have any
| business of any kind with us, see us
[ at the Court House in the Tax Com
missioners Office. We will have ab
sentee Ballots also.
REGISTRARS:
T. P. THOMAS
W. E. HERRING *•'
H. G. BRAMBLETT