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Volume 45.
NUCKOLLS F AMILY TOP COMMUNITY LEADERS AS WELL
AS SUCCESSFUL BROILER GROWERS
The Nuckolls family fake time for a rest i’n the yard before gong back to work after lunch. Left to right
they are: Tommy, Dobby Nuckolls, Mrs. Nuckolls, and Madge, Carolyn, absent from the family picture, is way
in College.
The Haw Creek Community, near
Cumming, is a community of good
neighbors. And the H. D. Nuckolls
family has certainly done its part
to make the community what it is.
Dobby, as the neighbors have call
ed Nuckolls since he was a child, is
President of the Haw Creek Com
munity Improvement Club. A thriv
ing, homey community that has prov
en its good neighbor policy, Haw
Creek has won second place in the
County Improvement Contest for
the last two years. They have car
ried on such projects as'using im
proved farming methods, rat killing
campaigns, and improving and beau
tifylng their farm homes thus
making their community a better
place to live.
The FHA helped the Nuckolls buy
their place and build a new house in
1940. Proper management of their
two main crops, chickens and cot
ton, paid the 40 year loan out in 4
years. “Of course the good prices
during the war years helped out
too,” Dobby says.
The Nuckolls have three children,
two girls and a boy. Carolyn, the
oldest girl is attending the
sity of Georgia studying to be a doc
tor, partially on the money she sav
ed by raising chickens for her dad
on the halves. Madge, a junior in
high school next year, is also taking
care of a house of chickens for her
dad on the halves and saving the
mc.ney toward her college education
\Madge has been a member of the
Future Homemakers of America
for two years. Tommy, the only boy
is seven and is getting started to
school.
Speaking of raising chickens, Dob
by has been raising them for 14
years. He has had them under the
Coop plan since December 1953 and
has been high on the 'list i»n the
“Cock of the Walk” contest, spon
sored by the Cotton Producers Asso
ciation. He keeps an average of 12,-
500 growing chickens of the White
Rock and Red Cornish varieties. He
prefers Red Cornish Cross because
they do a good job of converting the
feed they eat, and they are heavy
eaters.
Here are some of the management
practices that Dobby uses itn raising
his broilers. He has two broiler hous
es, one in which he raises 4500 broil
ers at a time, and a larger house in
which he raises 8000 broilers at a
time. The houses are cleaned out be
tween every other batch of birds un
les sthey need it after the first
batch. Shavings are used as littre,
and an additional layer is added for
thesecond batch of birds.
The Haw Creek neighbors help
each other anyway they can. For in
stance, when Dobby gets ready to
market his birds, as many neighbors
as are needed come over and help
catch and crate the birds. And of
course, Dobby does the same for
them.
In addition to being President of
the Haw Creek Improvement Club,
«Dobby has bee>n a member of the
Board of Directors of the Farmers
Mutual Exchange *f Cumming since
it started operation on’MSlPCh'l, 1953
--Taken from Dixie Co-op News.
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)
Masonic Association
Meets With Etowah
Lodge September 1.
The Forsyth County Masonic As
sociation will meet with Etowah
Ladge No. 222, at Dawsonville High
School September 1, at 7:30 p. m.
Hon. Ben Smith of Marietta and
Miss Christine Hubbard from Red
wine Chapter of Gainesville will be
the speakers for the evening.
Etowah Lodge will serve refresh
ments. Come and enjoy the evening.
D. O. Freeman, President
Dr. R. H. Bramblett, V. pres.
L. W. Holbrook, Secretary
With Y our County
Agent
Walter H. Rucker
With this year’s corn crop sever
ly damaged by the drought in most
sections of the county, a good crop
•of small grain will help relieve the
grain shortage on most farms.
Winter and spring rains in For
syth County usually are sufficient
to insure a good small grain yield.
Small grain planted primarily for
grain production can be grazed in
the winter, but cattle should be re
moved in plenty of time to allow the
formation of a good seed crop. In
Forsyth County cattle should not be
allowed to graze small grains plant
ed for grain after March Ist. Lit ad
dition, small grain for grazing
should receive an extra 32 pounds
of nitrogen in the fall to insure
ampl£ early growth.
Small grains produce best on a
well drained clay loam or sandy
loam soil of medium to high ferti
lity. The seedbed should be broken
and pulverized thoroughly for best
results.
ft
Use adapted, clean seed that are
free of noxious weed seed a-nd of
high germination. Suggested variet
ies for Forsyth County are: Wheat
—Chancellor, Anderson, Atlast 50
and Cokers 47—27; Oats—Arlington
Atlantic, Victorgrain 48—93 and Ful
grain; Rye—Abruzzi; and Barley—
Calhoun, Colc.nial and Wong. All
seed should be treated with Ceresan
M before planting.
Good planting dates for Forsyth
County are September 15 to Octob
er 15. Suggested rates of seeding
are 2 1-2 bushels of ats, 1 to 1 I—2
bushels of wheat, 1 to 1 I—4 bush
els of rye and 1 1 I—2 to
of barley per acre.
Fertilization should be at the rate
of 500 pounds of 4—12—12 per acre
at planting time with 30 to 50 lbs. of
nitrogen applied as topdressing
when active growth begins in the
spring. An additional 32 pounds of
nitrogen should be applied in the
fall if the small grain is tc be graz
ed.
The seed should be drilled at a uni
form 'depth of 1 I—2 to 2 inehee for
best results.
Cumming Georgia, Thursday, August 26, 1954.
i Soil Conservation News
Forsyth County
Phil Cannon, Soil Conservationist
a-nd Foster, has returned to Forsyth
county after more than a year of
absence to assist the Upper Chatta
; hoochee River Soil Conservation Dis
trist in its soil conservation pro
gram.
Other farm pond dams that have
been surveyed recently by the local
SCS technicians are ' Cliff Carnes,
Maynard Mashburn, Ed Otwell. Fred
Hawkins, Joe Pirkle, Grady Bramb
' lett, Mc-nroe Shoemake Olin Chad
wirk.
Under the Settingdown cheek wat
ershed program there are a limited
number of pounds of fescue seed av
ailable now for farmer's. See your
local SCS technicians for informat
ion concerning these seed.
Those farmers who have built
ftrm pond dams must stablize the
dams and the bar pit areas with
grass before they can be certified
for ACP financial assistance.
A Resolution
WHEREAS, The Cumming Kiwan
is Club has long been interested in a
Swimming Pool for the people of
Cumming and the surrounding erri
tory;
AND WHEREAS, Through the of
forts of the Club in sponsoring and
promoting this project, a Pool has
beeh completed which is considered
a great benefit to the people, and
inestimable credit to the Cumming
Kiwanis Club for its part in the fur
therance of the project;
AND WHEREAS, One of the mem
bers of the Cumming Kiwanis Club
has rendered outstanding service to
ward the planning and execution of
the plans and working details that
were essential to the successful and
expeditious completion to permit its
use during part of the summer of
1954;
AND WHEREAS, His untiring,
unselfish, and active daily work in
and about the Pool during its con
sruction generated a general spirit
of cooperation amongst other Club
Members and the public generally,
which gave impetus and force to the
successful and expeditious complet
ion of the Pool;
NOW THEREFORE, Be it resolv
ed that the Cumming Kiwanis Club,
in regular meeting assembled, does
express its heartfelt gratitude to
John Pittard for his many untiring,
unselfish, and consistent efforts,
over a ; nd above that which could
reasonably be expected of him, in
assisting with the many details in
volved in the completion of the Pool
of the Sawnee Valley Recreation
Center.
Be it further resolved, that a copy
of this Resolution be spread on the
Official Minutes of the Cumming
Kiwanis Club and that copy of same
be transmitted to Mr. Ptttard, and
that copy of same be- published in
the Forsyth County News.
Sharon Church Services
By Kate Kay Harris
Every man shall give as he is able,
according to the blessing of the Lord
thy God which he hath given thee.—
Deuteronomy 16: 17
When a child gives us a love gift
it makes us feel so good to know
the love and friendship the gift ex
presses. When we think of what
gifts like these mean to us, we rea
lize what our gifts to God mean to
Him because we are all children in
His sight. For this reason all our
gifts should be love gifts, given
from the depths of our hearts. We
want to help children to realize that
the greatest gift of all is their own
hearts and lives; then all their Sun
day offerings should be real gifts of
love.
Last Saturday was our regular
Conference day. Rev. Nalley brought
a real good message from Matthew
25 about "The Three Talents.” He
proved to us that no matter how
many talents we are blessed with,
we are judged according to the way
we use them. A one talent man is
blessed just as much as a five or ten
talent man if he uses his one talent
pleasing to God as they do. None of
us should be dissatified and try to
hide our talents just because we
might rather do what someone else
I does- but if we know what we can
I do best and what Gqd wants us to
j do, we should put our hearts and
| lives into that and do our be.4t with
it for God’s glory.
Then on Sunday night, after inter
: esting lessons in B. T. U'., ,oqr faith
ful pastor gave us a wonderful mes
'sage from Psalm 119: 51—60 on" T
though on My Ways.”
#e all make a lot of mistakes in
I Our lives and it grieves us a lot to
| think about them but we should
check up on our ways an dtry to do
i better by asking God to forgive us
annd help us to mend our ways. As
Rev. Nalley told us, “None of us can
be perfect but we can all have so
much to do trying to keep our own
lives straight we haven’t time to be
criticizing anyone else.
Mr. S. E. Buice was honored with
a surprise birthday dinner at the 1
Church last Sunday. A number of
his relatives met to gree him with
a good dinner and many gifts. We
wish for him many more happy birth j
days.
Since the summer revivals are
aobut over, we hope everyone can
attend all the church services regu
larly. You certainly can’t enjoy the
services you don’t attend and take j
part in.
Important Notice
The home of Mr. Guy Pirkle wits
destroyed completely Dy fire last
week. Mrs. J. A. Milford is giving a
Shower Saturday August 28 at 2:00
at Ford Barrett’s. The public is in- j
vited and want you please come. I
mi
MARCH
OF
DIMES
* Funds needed NOwf
August 1 6 to 31
SINGING NOTICE
The Annual Singing will be held
at the Second Baptist Church Cum
(ming Sunday August 29th. Many
good singers have been invited.
There will be dinner served for all.
E. A. JACKSON, President.
County Population 15,000. Number 34.
COL. BEN SMITH
of Marietta
Will Speak In Behalf of
The Candidacy of
'
MARVIN GRIFFIN
For Governor
l
At Dawsonville Court
' House on Friday Night,
j August 27th, at 8 P. M.
j Free Water Melon Cutting and
! The Blue Sky Boys will make music.
| COME OUT AND HEAR HIM.
I _________ .
Farm Burea Meeting
| On Wednesday night, September
1 1st, at 8 p. m. there will be a meet
.ing of all former Farm Bureau mem
I bers for the purpose of discussing
the const rue tic-:i of a livestock barn
*
, for the Forsyth County Fair. The
i meeting will be held in the Vo-Ag
Shop building in Cumming. All peo
pie who were members during the
year of the last active chapter of
the Farm Bureau are urged to at
tend.
Cumming Garden Club
The Cumming Garden Club held j
its regular meeting on August 17 at
the Community house. Our presi-1
dent, Mrs. Sam Gordon presided
over the short business meeting.
Mrs. Charles Rowell, Jr. of Louis
ville was onr only visitor. Our at
tendance was very low due to sick
ness and vacations. During the so
cial hour, Mrs. Ruby Poole served
refreshing lemonade and cookies.
P. T. A. Plans for 54-55
The Cumming PTA will hold it’s
first meeting of the new school year
on Thursday, September 16th at 3:15
in the afternoon. We have several
new teachers to become acquainted
with and hope as many parents as
possible will attend this meeting and
join the PTA, Mrs. Leon Boling will
act as president this year and plans
for an active year are underway.
Join the PTA and take ft part in
your child’s educational activities.
School Notice
All Pupils who expect to attend
Cumming School during the 1954-55
School Term will please Register on
September Ist and 2nd between the
hours of 9 a. m. and 2 p. pi.
Only the Children who will be six
years old by January 1,1955 Will be
allowed to register for first grade.
J. L. FERGUSON, Principal.
Brandywine H. D. C.
The Brandywine HDC met Mon
day August 16, at the home of Mrs.
Marie Herring on Brandywine road.
There were 16 members present and
a visitor, Mrs. A. B. Desman from
Crabapple. The absentees reeally
missed a nice meeting and we hope
they will be with us next mnth
when we meet with Mrs. Clyde
James on Webb road.
After the meeting everyone enjoy
ed the social hour, receiving secret
pal gifts and deliciousrefreshments
with lot s ofriendly chatter. <
Tom Linder Motorcade
Citizen from Forsyth County are
asked to join a hughe Motorcade to
follow Tom Linder to Gainesville on
Saturday August 28 at the Junction
of U. S. highway 23 and Ga. No. 20
which is at Buford. Motorcade will
form at 11 A. M. Speaking 12 to 1.
Chicken dinner for all.
New Hospital Likely
Two medical doctors recently vis
ited Cumming and Forsyth County
considering plans for a new hospital
and medical center to be located in
Cumming. They were surprised
when they found petitions with ap
proximately 1,000 names signed
thereon pleading for additional
medical and surgical services for
Forsyth County. Both doctors and
their families will move to Cum
ming in the near future if their
plans materialize.
Farr Plans Underway
There is to be a meeting in the
Home Demonstration Agent’s office
on nSeptember Ist at 3:00 p. m. at
which all interested persons or or
ganizations are invited to attend.
This meeting is for the purpose of
making the final plans for the Fair
which is to start on September 20th
and run through September 25th.
Singing Notice
You are invited to attend the sing
j ing at the Cumming Church of God,
j Saturday night August 28th, begin
j ning at 7:30. The Gospilers and Lan
: casters Sisters will be with us and
. many other special singers are ex-
Jpected. Won’t you please come and
I help us make this singing a success.
Singing at Brookwood
j Everyone has a special invitation
I to attend the singing at Brookwood
, Baptist church Saturday night Sept
.ember 4, at 7:30. We have the pro
! mise of good singers from all over
North Georgia. Plan now to attend.
Come early and get a seat.—Bobby
Daniel, James Gaddis, Keith Taylor
All Day Singing *
| The Annual All Day Singing at
Bethelehem will be held on Sunday
i September sth. We are expecting a
large number of singers from over
North Georgia. There will be plenty
of dinner for all at the noon hour.
Singing starts at 10:30 a. m. Plan
now to attend—Harry Phillips, Pre
sident, Jimmy Fagan V. president,
Lewis McGinnis, Secretary
Canning Plant Notice
The Forsyth County Canning plant
will be closed after Wednesday, Sept
ember Ist. After this date, all can
ning will be done by appointment.
For appointments to can, contact me
at the Cumming Vocational Build
ing or aat my home on the Canton
Highway.
J. L. Bannister, Vo. Ag. Teacher
Water System Rust
Control
Mr. T. E. Nelms, Cou-nty Sanitar
ian with the Health Department re
ports to this paper that several re
quests have been made recently fßr
water supply inspection where there
was some reason to believe that
something was wrong with the drink
ing water.
Besides contamination from some
source, water from wells orsprings
may be exposed to certain minerals
or disolved carbo ; n dioxide which
can cause the water to have an odor
and if carbon dioxide is present your
water will have an iron taste. The
water also stains bathroom fixtures,
etc.
The water testing laboratory at
the State Health Depat-'ynentf jhpsi
run demonstrations on absorbtion of
Carbon Dioxide in water to prevent
rust and bad odor as well as taste
and it has been found that crushed
marble rock 1-4 to 1 inch In size
placed in the bottom of a well to a
depth of Ito feet deep twill often
remove this condition.