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Volume 45.
County School Leaders
Discuss Education
Needs of Area
, Forsyth County educational lead
®rs stressed the need for a more
adequate program of education for
the county at a meeting September
14 at the Forsyth County High
School auditorium.
Mrs. Wylene Samples, secretary,
stressed that the county did not
have enough classroom space, teach
ers, transportation facilities, and
that teachers salaries were inade
quate.
Chairman A. R. Housley, county
school superintendent, said the new
school building under construction
would provide adequate room for
the 1800 students in the county.
He said, however, that it would be
inadequate under the Minimum
Foundation program.
Provisions have been made in de
signing the new building, which is
to be occupied early next year, for
the addition of other classrooms
when the need arises and money is
available.
J. L. Ferguson, school program;
Ralph Westbrook, teacher allot
ment; Ray Benntt, teacher salaries
Rupert Williams, transportation;
Mrs. C. L. Bennett, other current
operating expenses; Etha Mae Har
ris, other school costs; D. F. Pul
liam, school building needs; I). E.
Nalley, local and state finance; A.
M. Sosebee, school enrollment; and
C. E. Warren, university system.
Cumming Parent
Teacher’s Association
The September meeting of the
PTA was held Thursday afternoon,
September 16th in the High School
Library. Following the devotional
by Rev. John Ozley, Mrs. Leon 80l
ing presided and introduced the
new officers, committee chairmen
and teachers. Mrs. John Pittfrird,
Secretary, reported on the execu
tive committee meeting and Mrs.
Robert McElreath read the Treas
urer’s report. Mrs. Milton Patter
son introduced the Forsyth County
Health Nurse, Mrs. Grace Palmour,
who -told the group of her plans,
for a school health program. She
also told that gamma globulin
shots would be given to members
of the 7th grade who were in Mrs.
Glenn Fowler’s room and to the
children who rode the bus from
Bethelview, as these children had
had contact with a polio case. This
innoculation was done last Friday
at the school. At the close of the
meeting a reception was held in
the Home Economics Toom with
Mrs. E. E. Buice in charge of the
arrangements.
The next PTA meeting will be
held October 7th at 3:15 in the af
ternoon. At this meeting Mr.
Nelms, the sanitation officer will
speak and the Fourth Grade will
present a program. If you have a
child in school there is a special
meaning in PTA for you; if you
have a child who will go to school
join the PTA for the future; and
if you have had a child in school,
come to PTA to give us the bene
fit of your experience. At this first
meeting of the year forty-three
paid memberships were signed up.
Let us add to this number at each
meeting.
ORDINATION SERVICE
All" ordained ministers and dea
cons are invited to Zion (Hill Bap
tist church for the purpose of Or
daining brother W. J. Bottoms to
the full work of the Ministery on
Sunday night September 26, 1954.
Zion Hill Baptist Church
CHURCH SERVICES
Annual Home Coming Services
will be held at Bethel Baptist on
Sunday October 3rd. Former Pas
tor’s, member and neighboring
churches have a cordial invitation
to attend.
CHICKEN SUPPER
There will be a Chicken Supper
at the School Lunch room Satur
day night September 25 sponsored
by Cumming Chapter No. 346 OES
Serving will be from 530 to 9:00
P. M. If you do not have a ticket
you may get one at the lunch room
KATE KELLEY, W. M.
ANNIE B. WOFFORD, Sec.
The Forsyth County News
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF FORSYTH COUNTY h CITY OF CUMMING
DEVOTED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF FORSYTH, FULTON, CHE&O UKE, DAWSON, LUMPKIN, HALL AND GWINNETT COUNTIES.
(City Population 2,500)
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I’YT. James W. (Billy) Cantrell
Pvt. James W. (Billy Cantrell RA
14507658 Co. C. 86th Engr. (Const)
Bn. Camp Drum, N. Y. the son of
Mr. and Mrs. Lendon H. Cantrell
has Tetnmed to camp after x a 15
day leave visiting relatives and
friends here and his sister Mrs.
Charles Stowers and family of
Charleston S. C. Pvt. Cantrell vol
unteered in the U. S. Army Octob
er 1, 1953. Taking his basic train- j
ing aft Camp Gurdon and Ft. Leo>
nard Wood, Mo.
With y our County
Agent
Walter H. Rucker
The best time to take a soil
sample is during fal land winter
months when there are no crops
growing on the land.
There are four soil testing labor
atories in Georgia, located at the
experiment stations in Athens, Ex
perhnent, Tifton and Blairsville and
each of these stations have mobile
units that work out of its laborat
ories. These units go to an indivi
dual county at the request of the
county agent. Forsyth County is
served by the station at Athens.
The results of soil tests made
this fall and winter Will aid farm’
ers in knowing what crops to plant,
and how to treat their soil next'
year.
1. Get information sheet and soil
cartons at fhe county agent’s officei
2. Divide the farm into fields fori
sampling so that you get one com!
posite sample from every five to
ten acres. Areas that distinctly difj
fer in the appearance of soils, such
as light or dark, or that have had
different past management should
be sampled separately.
3. Use a spade, shovel, or soil
auger to get the sample, and put
it in a clean pail.
4. Scrape away the litter on top
of the soil. Do not remove soil
from rows of cropps that have
been fertilized, and don’t sample
unusable soil.
5. Sample the topsoil, taking a
small sample from the surface to
aa depth of four to six inches, de
pending on the depth of the top<
soil. Pasture samples should be
taken only in the upper three to
four inches of the soil.
6. Take a thin slice from the top
soil. Mix all portions of sample
well, and remove about a pint of
soil to send to the laboratory.
7. A good job of mixing Is essen
tial to a good sample, and results]
will be no better thaan the sample
8. Fill out the information sheett
as fully as possible so that the soil
laboratory can give you a detailed
report. The amount of lime to ap
ply depends upon the ability of the
soil to hold lime as well as soil
acidity and the crop to be grown.
9. Number the sample. Keep re
cords, and if possible, prepare a
map or sketch of the field from
which samples were taken. This
will help in using the resultts of
the analysis.
10. Mail samples of soil and in
formation to the nearest soil lab
oratory, deliver the sample in per
son, or ask the county agent to re
quest that a mobile unit come tto
Fosyrth County.
11. After receiving the analysis
from the laboratory, be sure to
follow the recommendations.
| 2. The final result is a high
yield at a low cost per unit. Soil
samples will pay off in better crop
that will raise the farm income and
mean a more satisfactory life on
the farm.
Returns To Camp
Cumming Georgia, Thursday, Sept., 23, 1954.
Today & Tomorrow
Louie D. Newton
THE GREATEST REVOLUTION
Dr. J. R. McCain, president em
eritus of Agnes Scott College, talk
ed to The Ten Club the other even
ing at the farm home of Mr. Rob
ert Troutman on "Russian Women
and Family Life,” in a sdries of
studies which the group is making
this year on Russia. Introducing
his subject. Dr. McCain said:
“Next to the coming of Jesus
Christ, the most important revolu
tion that has ever come to this
world is the revolution of Woman."
We listened to this wise, Christ
ian educator, and he just about
convinced us that he was right. He
went on to say that the historian
will have something to say about
the wars of the 20th century, some
thing about A and H bombs, some
thing about jet planes, etc., but all
of that will be secondary in the
long estimaate of civilization, just
as all wars have proved unimport
ant, except for human suffering..
“What the historian of the 20th
century will find most important.”
said Dr. McCain, “will be what hap
pened to woman. And he will ex
plain every vital turn of events in
the light of that revolution."
He then cited facts that I do not
have space to set down in this brief
column. You can close your eves
for a moment and catch up with
what he was saying—how women
have left the home to go out and
take charge of pretty nearly every
thing from the hospitals where
babies are born to the undertaking
estcablishments where the funerals
are held.^
Now, what this has already
meant, and what it will mean, is
what Dr. McCain was talking
about. And it held us, just like it
will hold you.
He reminded us that it was in
Russia that the first dfcclartions
were made, two hundred years ago
and more, about woman’s new role.
Very little came of those edicts,
but it remains that in Russia the
first move was made tooward what
we call “woman’s liberation.”
Bishop Arthur J. Moore and
Judge W. Frank Jenkins rode with
me to the meeting out at Mr.
Troutman’s farm, and on our way
back to Atlanta that evening we
talked about what Dr. McCain had
said, and I observed that they were
deeply impressed as I.
We might very well do some
thinking along this line, and as we
think, we will do all right if we
turn to the Book and see what God
has to say on the subj<V (
Boy Scout Troop
Caravan Will Be
Here October Bth.
The Chattahoochee district (which
compose Dawson, Lumpkin, Hall
and Forsyth counties) of North
east Georgia Council of the Boy
Scouts of America will have a cara
van beginning October 8, and end
ing the evening of October 9th.
The route of travel will be as
follows:
Leaving Chicopee soon after
school on Friday afternoon travel
ing south to Oakwood, Flowery
Branch, Buford, Sugar Hill and
Cumming, where Scout skills will
be demonstrated to the public at
each of these places. The caravan
will spend Friday night at Cum
ming at or near the Ball park. A
camp fire will be the highlight of
the evening which will include
stunts from each troop present.
The public is not only invited to ]
attend but urged to invest a little j
of its time to visit the samp site (
and see what scouting is doing for (
the hoys of our community and dis j
trict.
After breakfast on October 9th,
the caravan will leave for Dawson
ville, Dahlonega, Clemont and Gain
esville. Lunch will be served at
Dahlonega.
Let me urge every Parent and
friends of the Scouts to attend the
meeting for it may be a long time
before we will have this opportuni
ty again.
H. P. MATTHEWS
Scoutmaster Troop No. 39
ORDINATION SERVICE
Clarance Williams will be Ordain
ed to preach at Daves Creek Satur
day night September 25th. Preach
ers and Deascons especially invited
Georgia Democratic
Meet Set For Macon
Thursday Sept., 30.
fThe stage is set for the State
Democratic Party Convention in
Macon at the City Auditorium for
Thursday, September 30, beginning
at 10 a. m.
Delegates to the concention are
selected from among the friends
and supporters of the candidate
for governor who received the
highest number of votes in the in
dividual county ,and Gov. Nomi
nate Marvin Griffin has expressed
the hope "that as many of our
friends as possible will attend the
convention and make it a fitting
climax to the victory which they
won.”
Even before the convention plans
were announced former acting Gov
M. E. Thompson, of Valdosta, who
carried 56 counties, and Charles
Gowen, of Brunswick, who carried
four counties, notified Griffin that
they had released their delegates
in the convention from counties
they carried. In winning the nomi
nation, Griffin carried 115 counties.
John Sammons Bell, 38-year old
Atlanta attorney and World War
II veteran, who was a top cam
paigner for Griffin in the recent
primary, reportedly is the governor
nominee’s choice for chairman of
the new State Democratic Execu
tive Committee. Bell would succeed
James S. Peters, of Manchester.
ASC Community
Election Board
Members Chosen
The Forsyth County Election
Board met on Monday morning
September 20, 1954 and chose the
following ptersons to serve as Com
munity Election Board Members.
COAL MT. & ROLANDS
W. Correy, Chairman—Edd
Norrell, Member. Jewell M. Ben
nett, Member. Robert McClure, Al
ternate.
BIG CREEK
J. M. Boling, Chairman—Cecil B.
Herring, Sr., Member. R. T. Bagley
Member. S. G. Clement, Jr. Alter
nate.
SETTENDOWN Si DUCKTOWN
L. A. Groover, Chairman—R. B.
Tallant, Sr., Member. A. E. Bramb
lett, Member. H. G. Bramblett, A 1
ternate.
CHESTATEE & NEW BRIDGE
Clarence Waldrip, Chairman—Guy
Waldrip, Member. Carol Floyd,
Member. W. Edward Martin, Alter
nate.
BELLS Si VICKOR
Arthur Herring, Chairman —Jesse
Bales, Member/ Broughton Voyles,
Member. Vester Meeks, Alternate.
BARKERS & HIGHTOWER
Roy Moore, Chairman—R. R. Wor
ley, Member. Ralph Pirkle, Mem
ber. Clarence Pilcher, Alternate.
CUMMING & CHATTAHOOCHEE
W. E. Heri’ing, Chairman—H. D.'
Nuckolls, Member. W. A. Vance, i
Member. Truman Nuckolls, Alter
nate. j
SINGING NOTICE
You are invited to attend the.
Gospel Singing at the Cumming j
Church of God Saturday night Sep
tember 25, beginning at 7:45. We
are expecting a lot of wonderful
singers including The Heart Trio
and the Ambres of Atlanta, The'
May Duet of Avondale, The Car
pender’s of Duluth, The Braswell
Trio and Tatum family of Buford,
Also our own Landcaster Sisters
and Gospeliers.
Mrs. Ambres is Conner Hall’s
daughter and Mrs. Carpender is
one of the Kjandt Indian family
singers.
Our last singing a great success.
We are counting on you to help i
make this one even greater.
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Singing Notice
Ail day Annual Singing at Daves
Creek Sunday September 26. There
will be dinner for all and all good
singers invited. ,
ED JACKSON, President
County Population 15,000. Number 38.
ASC NEWS
ion The U. S. Department of Agr)
ture today announced the designat
I ion of crops which will be includ
ed under “total acreage allotments"
when such allotments are establish
ed for individual farms in connect
ion with the administration of
“cross-compliance” and “use of div
erted acres" in 1955.
Secretary of Agriculture Ezra T.
Benson announced on June 22, at
the time the 1955 wheat marketing
quota was announced, that special
provisions would be in effect in
1955 to influence the use of acres
diverted from allotment crops.
The special program require
ments are designated to influence
the use of diverted acres, helping
to prevent shifts from surplus
crops to other crops which might
themselves soon be in surplus
trouble.
The program is designed to aid
in attaining a more balanced pro
ductions and in bringing supplies
more nearly in line with demand.
Compliance with the program is
voluntary except for crops under
marketing quotas. Producers will
have the choice of complying with
their allotments and being eligible
for price supports or disregarding
their allotments and foregoing
price-support privileges. Producers
of crops under marketing quotas in
1955 are cautioned, however, that
exceeding the farm acreage allot
ments of marketing quota crops
will make them subject to market
ing quota penalties.
For all farms, these provisions
will require compliance with all in
dividual crop acreage allotments
established for the farm as a con
dition of eligibility for price sup
port on any crop grown on the
farm. Farmers have already been
notified of their 1955 wheat acre
age allotments. Allotment determi
nations for the other five basic
crops (cotton, com, peanuts, tobac
co and rice) have not yet been
made.
For farms where the limitations
of individual crop allotments call
for the diversion of more than 10
acres there will be an additional
requirement. These larger operat
ions will have a “total acreage al
lotment” established for the farm.
[ln general, the total acreage allot
iment will include the individual
crop allotments and the 1953 acre
age of other crops designated be
low.
County Agricultural Stabilization
and Conservation Committees will
be authorized to make limited ad
justments in the 1953 acreage of
designated crops in cases where
the acreages were not representa
tive because of drought or other
conditions beyond the control of
the operator. Operators of these
total acreage allotment farms will
then have to stay within the total
farm acreage allotments, as well as
within all Individual crop allotment
for the farm, in order to be eligi
ble for price support on any crop.
Total acreage allotments for farms
will be determined before the plant
ing season for spring crops.
Farmers planting fall and winter
seeded crops can use their 1953
acreages as a guide since the 1953
acreages of all the crops and uses
listed under groups 1 and 2 below
will be used in establishing total
farm acreage allotments.
Today’s announcement designates
the crops which will be included in
determining the “total acreage al
lotment” and which also will be in
eluded In determining compliance
with the total allotment in 1955.
Total farm acreage allotments in
1955 will include the following
crops and crop uses:
1. The acreage of the following
crops for harvest as grain or seed:
Small grains (such as buckwheat,
barley, oats, spelt, emmer, etc.) or
mixtures of small grains; wheat
mixtures (indesignated wheat mix
ture counties); soybeans, annual
ryegrass; sudan grass, and millet;
summer legumes (such as cowpeas
blackeyed peas, velvet peas, mung
beans, etc.) winter legumes (such
as Austrian winter peas, rough
peas, crimson clover, vetch, lupines
ettic.).
I
2. The acreage of the following
crops regardless of use, except as
otherwise noted: sugar cane or sor
ghums (sorgo) for sirup; field corn
in non-commercial counties; sor
ghums, except sorghum cut green
for hay; popcomn, broomcom, and
Kiwanis Club Annual
Horse Show Will Be
Held September 25
The Cumming Kiwanis Club will
present their fifth Annual Horse
Show Saturday night, September
25, at 7:30 O’clock.
This will be the biggest and best
in the series of horse shows, which
have attracted the attention of
horse lovers from Kentucky to
Florida. Last year, in spite of a
heavy rain, the show’s largest
crowd saw more good horses than
in any previous year.
A permanent ring has been built
larger than before for the comfort
and convenience of both horses and
their riders. The new ring is well
lighted and has been graded level.
Plenty of good box seats adjoining
the ring are available.
Already almost one hundred hor
ses have been entered giving as
surance of an interesting and at
tractive show, which promies to be
the largest small town horse show
in this area. All winners will re
ceive cash awards and ribbons.
Proceeds from this entertaining
and competitive event go to the
Cumming Kiwanis Welfare Fund
for worthy work among underpri
vileged children of the community.
Soil Conservation News
Forsyth County
Groups of people cooperating in
observance of Soil Conservation
Week include the Pleasant Grove
Community Club, the Oscarville
Community Improvement Club, The
i Boy Scouts, and the class of Mrs.
Joe Brooks studying Conserving
Soil Resources. No doubt may
other groups in the county made
contributions In conserving our soil
and water during the week..
Wilbur Harrison of Coal Mt. re
ports that his alfalfa planted recent
ly is beginning to come up.
T. J. Phillips, engineer, and his
survey team are busy making flood'
prevention surveys in the Setting
down creek watershed.
Fescue seed are available for the
farmers in the Settingdown creek
watershed at the Soil Conservation
Service Headquarters. ,
Emergency Loans
.. . I
Mr. R. L. Vansant, State Direct
or, FHA announces that the Secre
tar y of Agriculture has designated
108 counties in Georgia as areas
in which emergency loans may be
, made to eligible farmers and stock
J men under the provisions of public
]law 38 (81st Congress). This de
signation was made because of ser
lousdamage to crops and pastures
as aresultof the drought in Georgia
Under this program, loans are de
signed to help an established farm
er or stockman meet the expense
of continuing his farming or live
stock operations when he has suf
fered a substantial loss and is un
able oo obtain the necessary funds
from local banks, cooperative lend
ing institutions, or other respon
sible credit sources. These loans
are not made to refinance secured
or unsecured indebtedness or to
compensate for losses suffered be
cause of the drought. They are
made to eligible applicants for pro
duction purposes when, with the
help of the loan, there is a sound
basis for successful operations in
the future.
Farmers or stockmen in Forsyth
county who suffered losses because
of the drouth and are unable to
obtain operating loans from local
or usual credit sources may file
applications for emergency loans
at the FHA office with Mr. Ralph
R. Dunson, County Supervisor,
whose office is located in Court
house at Cumming. Mr. Dunson
has office hours on Thursday and
Monday mornings from 9:30 to 12.
sweet corn; flaxseed; tobacco not
under marketing quotas; dry bean
dry peas, and lentils; Irish pota
toes and sweet potatoes; commer
cial vegetables, melons and truck
crops for fresh market or proces
sing; berries and small fruits; pea
nuts not picked and threshed; and
hops.