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TELEPHONE THAT ANSWERS IN YOUR
ABSENCE NOW AVAILABLE IN CUMMING
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An answering device enabling a
called party to receive telephone
messages even in his absence is av
ailable to residence and business sub
scribers of Cumming, Henry Collins
manager of the Southern Bell Tele
phone Company, announced today
The automatic answering set,
about the size of a portable typewrit
er, is provided in conjunction with
the usual telephone set where desir
ed The device is so connected to the
line that normal use of thetelephone
by the subscriber is not interferred
with. But when he is away, the set is
automatically set to work by an in
coming call. It gives the calling
party a message previously record
ed by the subscriber, then reooptis
the incoming message, disconnects
the telephone line and turns off.
The machine, Collins said, can re
corda maximum of twenty messages
of twenty-eight seconds duration.
However, if some of the individual
messages require less than the allot
ad time, an increased number of
messages can be recorded. Once the
incoming message capacity is filled,
the machine will stop operating and
the calling party will receive no ans
wer.
Until recently, availability of the
sets has been limited, Colins men
tioned. but improved production
techniques of the machine’s intri
cate electronic components have re
suited in a supply eufficient to meet
the needs of those desiring this ser
vice. Users of the sets already in op
eration, particularly small business
es and professional people, are find
ing them helpful in a variety of
ways, he said.
This development, Collins empha
sized, is in keeping with Southern
Bell's policy for extending the use
fulness of the telephone in every
practical way.
The Forsyth County News
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF FORSYTH COUNTY A CITY OF CUMMING
DEVOTED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF FORSYTH, FULTON, CHERO REE, DAWSON, LUMPKIN, HALL AND GWINNETT COUNTIES.
(City Population 2,500)
Dr. Mashburn Thanks
The People
It is gratifying to know one can
live in the same community for al
most 64 years (My Birthday Oct., 7)
and still get a majority of the wtes.
Certainly I will use my best
thought and efforts in behalf of the
county.
Sincerely,
Marcus Mashburn, Sr..
Safety Tips For
Smokers Given By
Zack Cravey
Disregard of basic safety rules
continues to be the tragic cause of
all fires, Safety Fire Commissioner
Zack Cravey said today in urging all
Georgians to renew their vigilance
against man’s "Worst Enemy",
Emphasizing that careless use of
matches and smoking lead the field
in fires as they have for many years
the Commissioner recommended
these simple safety precautions as
laid down by the National Board of
Fire Underwriters: ,
1. Provide plenty of big ashtrays
—the kind that won’t tip over easily
—and use them.
2. Never throw a cigarette or
match from a car window. V|3e the
car ashtray instead.
3. Never smoke in bed.
4. When emptying ashtrays, be
sure every match and butt is out.
5. Never toss a lighted match
away. Hold it for a minute after
blowing it out, then put it in an ash
tray.
6. Before going to bed, especially
after entertaining, inspect the living
room or game room to be sure no
butts are smoldering under cushions
or on tables.
Cumming Georgia, Thursday, Sept., 16, 1954.
Today & Tomorrow
Louie D. Newton
THE HARD WAY
In Kentucky last week for a meet
ing of the Baptist World Alliance
executive committee, we had the bet
ter part of Friday afternoon free,
and Dr. Duke McCall took Dr. Wal
ter Binns and me to see some of the
farms on the Ohio River above
Louisville. I had glanced at them
from plane and car windows, but
never until last Friday did I get to
walk around on one.
We drove around several, but stop
ped for an hour at the farm of Mr.
V. V. Cook, Prospect, Kentucky. He
also operates a farm at Thomasville
Georgia, and Delray, Florida. They
told us that there are some Here
fords at the Prospect faoun.
The barns are something to see.
They have exhaust fans that keep
the animals very comfortable during
the hot days, and they graze at night
And that leads me to the grass. We
drove and walked over stretches of
pasture that felt like plush carpet. I
asked one of the superintendents
how much they fertilized the grass.
He looked at me in amazement.
! "You folks in Georgia seem to do
: it the hard way,” he replied. "We
never fertilize or grass. We got sev
eral cuttings for seed, and we sell
carloads of turf, and it comes right
back.”
I asked about the amount of rain
they had this summer, since the
grass was so green a red healthy. He
explained that their grass suffered
in July for lack of rain, but in Au
gust it came right back when * ae
rains came. I remembered that we
had .43 inch of rain in the Atlanta
area in August, and none to date in
September.
Compared with their limestone
soil, their bluegrass, and their in
creased rainfall, we do have it the
hard way in Georgia, but I rejoice to
!see the progress we are making,
J even with our handicaps, and I be
-1 lieve Georgia farmers who have fish
1 ponds will soon be using some of
■j that stored up water to keep their
j grass alive. Some are already doing
r
j Let me pass on this story about
the Cook farm at Prospect. I was
looking at a whiteface bull in his
wonderful apartment, and I asked
fhe superintendent how much he
'weighed. “Guess,” he aanswered. I
guessed 1,700 pounds. He said I mis
sed it 30 pounds—3,73o. "He is over
weight, I admit,” the man replied,
*“tout I have cut his rations in the
hope of millingoff some of that
weight. He is only two years old,
and shouldn’t be that heavy.”
Thut .s farming on the Kenthcky
plan. Rich bottom lands of corn ami
barley annd oats and wheat provide
the grain, which they grind and mix
andfhey have lofts full of alfalfa for
many, many days ahead,
ASC NEWS
Forsyth County farmers will get
valuable aid through the Agricul
ture Conservation Program for
planting winter grazing and hay
crops this fall, according to C. A.
Bagwell, Chairman of the Forsyth
County ASC Committee.
To help farmers establish quick
cover, grazing and forage crops in
drouth-damaged areas, the Federal
Government is offering to pay
around 75 percent of the cost of pre
paring the seedbed, liming, fertiliz
ing and seeding small grains, win
ter legumes, ryegrass and fescue
grass this fall for grazing or hay.
The cost-sharing rates for other
ACP practices are about 50 percent
of cost. This special drouth emergen
cy practice applies to all counties in
Georgia, Mr. Bagwell added.
No additional ACP funds have
been allocated to this State or coun
ty for this practice, Mr. ex
plained, but a substantial amount of
funds from the county’s regular
ACP allocations for 1954 a n 4 1955
can be earned with the practice. ,
Farmers wishing to receive cost,
sharing under the new practice
should file their requests at the coun
ty ASC office between September
13, and October 15, 1954. Later re
quests will be accepted, but the
County Committee cannot guaran
tee that any funds will be
after requests filed during the sign
up have been approved
With Your County
Agent
Walter H. Rucker
The county fair is now at hand.
|AII indications pointo to the best
fair in many years. A new livestock
bam is under construction with the
hope of it being completed in time
for this fair. If it doesn’t get finish
ed this year the county machinrt'y
bam will house the livestock.
There is more than $700.00 in cash
prizes for this years contestants.
Over $300.00 of this amount will go
to exhibitors of poultry and livestock
The prize list of the other exhibits
have been increased. Participation is
expected to be greatly increased
over past years in all departments.
Mr. Homer Scott, of the Georgia
Amusement Company, has promised
us a Carnival with ample aittract-
Icms. _
Judging for many of the exhibits
will take place early in the week.
This is being done to alldw an earlier
opening of the exhibit booths to the
public.
The livestock will be judged on
Thursday night, beginning at 7:00.
The public is invited.
The 1954 Forsyth County Fair
looks good. It looks good because of
many hours have been spent in plan
ning and preparing for it. The Fair
Association has been very active and
other organizations are supporting
it. The Chamber of Commerce don
ated prize money. The V. F. W. and
Kiwanis Club have promised to do
nate their services. Other organiza
tions are lending their support by
participating in its activities. Your
indivdual support wll help.
These people are supporting the
fair because they want to see For
Isyth County grow. It cannot grow
I through one or a few people. It must
| grow through all of its people—and
we must grow with it..
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Soil Conservation Newt
Forsyth County
Soil Conservation Week has been
in full swing during the past several
days. Many farmers have been able
to make permanent seedings of
grasses and clovers, others have
made seedings of a temporary nat
ure, and still others have made
plans for various seedings of a con
servation nature.
The local technicians of SCS have
surveyed out several farm ponds
during the last few days Including
one for K. R. English on the Kflith
Bridge road, one for Rupert Groov
er j just off the Canton road, one for
C. H. Jordan In the Dave Creek com
munity and one for E. P. Riley near
Ducktown.
Another Flood Prevention Dam in
the Settingdown Creek Watershed
will be let for construction to some
contractor September 23rd. This
dam is located on the Coleman Wal
lace farm out on the Dr. Biwmbl/'t.t
-road-
Personnel of the Soil Conservation
Service are cooperating with the For
syth County Fair Association in mak
ing the fair this year one of the bes r
, Every cooperator of the Upper Chat
| tahoochee River Soil Conservation
District is urged to enter an exhibit
and especially in the Farm Crop Div
ision..
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THE 19TH SESSION OF THE
BUICE REUNION HELD
I
The 19th session of the Buice Re-1
union met at Sharon Church Sun- j
day September 12th. Miss Grace i
Buice brought us a sweet Devotional
on Fellowship.
At 11 o’clock Rev. Lester Buice,'
pastor of the Rehoboth Baptist
church, Tucker, Georgia brought n I
most inspiring message on Grace, |
using the words of the familar old
hymn Amazing Grace. As the back
: Qpound of the age old theme in a
modern world.
We were happy to have such a
goodly number there, but wish every
member of Sharon Church could
have been present with us and heard
this great message which touched!
the hearts of every one present. {
Thanks to you Bro. Destjer. Hope
we can have this opportunity again.
Colbert Buice, President
Herschel Buice, V. president
Myrtle (Buice) Henderson, Sec.
County Population 15,000. Number 37.
Grand Jurors To
Serve In Federal
Court In Gainiesville
Grand jurors have been darwn to
appear October 4 at the US District
Court in Gainesville. They are:
Raymond W. Smith, Gainesville;
Henry A. Allison, Cleveland; Carl F.
Tibbetts, Gainesville; Schaffer C.
Lawson, Tpccoa: Wallace L- Dorsey,
Helen; "Mlennle R. Spainhour Sr.,
Gainesville; William J. Bush, Cler
mont; Dallas Chrisner, Gainesville;
Oscar Ernest Dockery, Murrayville,
Route 1; Roy P. Otwell Sr., Cum
ming; Henry Edward Ruch, Clarkes
ville; John Thomas Hancock Jr.,
Toccoa; Talmadge Helton, Winder;
Hubert B. Reed, Flowery Branch;
Howard M. Bettis, Gainesville; Alvin
W. Elliott, Gainesville, start route;
Lawrence A. Brown Jr., Gainesville.
Roy C. Swafford, Dawnsonville; Jim
P. King, Dahlonega; Boyd Brown,
Gainesville; James C. Jett, Dawson
ville, start route; John Hershel
Rooks, Auburn, route 1; Vernon Z.
Carter, Jefferson; Clarence M. Har
rison, Gainesville; Newton T. Thom
as, Cleveland, route 2; Ernest C.
Blakely, Winder route 3; John W.
Stanford, Winder; Jesse D. Jewell,
Gainesville; James Joseph Haynes,
Gainesville; Bruce Lane Cochran,
Baldwin, route 1; Walter F. Meeks,
Alto; John A. Jackson, Gainesville;
Clyde A. Bate* Sr., Clarkesville; J.
Wendell Lancaster, Gainesville;
Grady Camp, Statham, route 1;
Francis G. Crowe, Toccoa;
Small Eggs Are
Economical Buy
During September
A peek supply of small eggs is
i expected to be marketed this month,
i according to the U. S. rfc
of Agriculture. The early supply is
the result of last fall’s early hatch
of chickens .which has meant that
young hens started laying earlier
than usual, the report pointed out.
“The family food shopper, looking
for an economy buy in eggs, will
wisely compare prices of small eggs
with those of larger sizes, always
making her comparison with eggs
of the same grade, ’’ Mrs. Zeflma Rl.
(Bannister, HD A for Forsyth said.
When cooking with small, or “pul
'let” eggs, recipes will need adjust-
I ment only when results depend on a
(definite proportion of eggs in the
mixture, she said. “For example, in
, custard where thickness depends on
j the amount of egg, more small than
■large eggs will be needed. In the
standard recipe for baked custard
calling for three eggs, the number
should be increased to four when
pullet eggs aare used.”
The light texture of angel food and
sponge cake depends on the propor
tion of egg white to other ingred
ients, Mrs. Bannister said. She re
commended measuring or weighing
egg whites to give a more accurate
result with these cakes than egg
count. A successful measure for an
gel food is one cup of egg white for
each cup of flour, she said.
! “No change in the number of eggs
is needed in most recipes for plain
cakes, cookies, waffles, grindle
cakes, or muffins. When eggs are
i used as a main dish it’s obvious that
i small eggs will make less than larg
j er ones. A convenient rule to remem
her is that seven small eggs weigh
, about the same as six medium ones,
j Mrs. Bannister state.
j CARD OF THANKS
I wish to take this opportunity to
pxpress my appreciation to my many
friends who paid my expenses and
who worked so hard and tireless in
my race for Representative.
I will always remember each of
you for what you did for me. We
put up the best fight we could and
lost, and I have no ill will toward
anyone. I have only the deepest Re
spect and Admiration for Dr. Mash
burn and his many friends who
worked so hard in his behalf. Just
wish I could have had some of them
working for me, and I know that Dr.
Mashburn feels the same about my
friends who were helping me, be
cause they were just as sincere in
their efforts in helping me as his
friends were in their efforts for him.
Your friend,
BASS FARR
Agents In Athens
At Meeting Of
Extension Staff
Mrs. Zelma R. Bannister, Forsyth
county home demonstration agent,
and Walter H. Rucker, county agent
are in Athens this week, attending
the annual Extension Service work
ers conference. The meeting opened
Monday, September 13, and will end
Friday September 17.
1 W. A. Sutton, associate director of
the Extension Service, said that a
great deal of emphasis during the
meeting is being placed on the new
new farm and home development
program now underway in the or
ganization. Six Georgia counties—
Whitfield, Colquitt, Tattnall, Sum
ter, Washington and Polk have been
chosen as demonstration counties
for the new program.
Thirteen subject matter groups—
composed of Extension Service spec
ialists in each field are presenting
programs concerning their special
ities duringthe weeklong meeting.
The fields being discussed are dairy
ing, livestock, poultry, forestry, hor
ticulture .agronomy, marketinng re
creation nutrition family life, home
improvement .entomology, and farm
and home management.
The Extension workers are hear
ing talks by two federal Extension
staff members, representatives of
the Georgia State Extension staff,
and other prominent agricultural
leaders. The two federal workers are
Miss Frances Scudder, who is in
charge of home economics and Geo.
Foster, Associate national 4—H Club
leader.
State staff workers scheduled to
talk to the group are Sutton; Miss
Eddye Ross, assistant associate dir
ector, and S. G. Chandler, Noftih
Georgia district agent. The agents
also are hearing J. M. Blazer,, In
formation specialist, Clemson Col
lege; H. L. Wingate, president of
the Georgia, Farm Bureau Federa
tion; Dr. CL C. Aderbolrt, president
of the University of Georgia; and
Dr. Hugh Masters, director of con
tinuing education at the University.^
Education Survey
Committee Formed
In order to provide the best edu
cation for present and future child
ren in Forsyth County from elemen
tary school through college, local
leaders here have formed a special
education committee to make an im
mediate survey of educational facili
ties, it was announced by GEA local
Unit President Chas. E. Warren.
The new committee plans to uti
(lize the special APEG guide based
■ on state and national facts and fig
jures prepared by the GEA, a pro
fessional organization of 20,000
■ teachers and college professors. In
dividually and in groups, fhe mem
[bers of the committee will make de
(tailed studies of school enrollment,
jprograms, transportation, and costs
.teacher allotment and salaries; and
our relationship to the University
System. From its findings, the com
mitteehopes to develop a list of the
most pressing needs and require
ments of our school system, such
as new buildings, additional equip
ment, and more teachers.
The information collected here as
well as in all the other school sys
tems of Georgia will be sent to the
GEA Central Office for inclusion in
a special report to be prepared and
submitted to the General Assembly
of Georgia for its consideration and
necessary action. Such action, it is
hoped, will result in an "Adequate
Program of Education for Forsyth
County.
Chairman of the Forsyth Educat
ion Survey Committee is Mr. A. R.
Housley, C. S. S.; Chairman of Pub
licity is Mrs. Wylene Samples, Mrs.
Comer Lee Barnett and Dwight Pul
liam assistants.
ANNUAL MEMORIAL SINGING
Our Annual Memorial Singing
will be held on Sunday September
26 (Fourth Sunday), at New Hope
church located on Keith Bridge pav
ed road between Cumming and Gain
esville.
Professor Henson and aQuartett
from Atlanta, also singers from Hall
and surrounding counties will be
there. Come and enjoy the day. Din
ner on the tables.
EZRA TALLANT, President