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Volume 45.
AMENDMENTS TO SOCIAL SECURITY
ACT BENEFIITS BOTH FARM WORK
KERS AND OPERATORS
The Amendments to the Social
Security Act which President Eisen
hower signed into law on Septem
ber 1, 1954, are of particular im
portance to both farm operators
and farm workers in Forsyth
County, Joseph R. Murphy, Mana
ger of the Atlanta Social Security
District Office, said today.
The new law extends social se
curity protection to almost all
farm families after this year. Nat
ionwide, about 3,600,000 self em
ployed farm operators will be cov
ered for the first time in much
the same way as other self em
ployed persons already under the
program. Approximately 2,100,000
more hired farm workers will start
building old-age and survivors in
surance protection for themselves
and their families on January 1,
1955.
This means that by the time they
have worked through two more
crop years, elderly farm people
may be insured, so that they can
Teceive monthly social security
checks after age 65. A farmer’s
family will be protected, too, so
that if he should die, at any age,
the widow and young children
would receive monthly payments.
Tor a retired farmer and his wife,
the paymentt will be from $45 to
almost $163 a month, depending
upon his earnings, while the fam
ily of an insured worker who dies
will receive from $45 to $2.00 a
month.
The amended law does away,
with the complicated “regularly
employed’’ test whereby a worker
had to be continuously employed
by a farm operator before his
work started to count toward so
cial security. Also eliminated is the
provision that he must then be em
ployed by the same farm operator
on a full time basis for at least 60
days during the following quarter.
The amended law replaces this test
with the requirement that, begin
ning January 1, 1955, ah agricul
tural employee will be covered by
social security in any caendar year
in which he is paid as much as
SIOO in cash by one farm employer
While this amendment to the So
cial Security Act will bring cover
age to many more farm workers,
the new law does not cover the
most intermittent or short time
workers, and does not impose on
the farm employer the burden of
reporting small amounts of wages.
However, the farm operator who
employs farm help will have an
obligation to report the employee’s
covered wages and remit the social
security tax (two percept deducted
from the worker’s cash wages; two
percent contributed by the farm op
erator.) The farmer will send the
report and the taxes for his em
ployee to the District of
Internalßevenue.
Mr. Murphy pointed out that the
farm operator will earn social se
curity credits in the same way as
all other self employed people who
are under the program, with one
nnotable exception. For farm oper
ators whose gross income is less
than SI,BOO in a year, there is a
special simplified reporting proce
dure. The farm operator will re
port his income for social security
and pay his first social security
self employment tax on his 1955
earnings. The social security ta* is
a three percent tax which is due,
with the social security income re
port, at the same time the farmer
pays his income tax. This date is
April 15. 1956.
Given coverage for the first time
as of January 1, 1955, are cotton
gin workers. They will earn social
security credit in the same way as
other agricultural employees when
they are paid SIOO in a year by
an employer. As heretofore, Mexi
can contract workers, and workers
in the production of gum naval
stores (turpentine) do not have
coverage.
Farm operators and workers who
have never been in employment or
self employment covered by social
security and have never had a so
cial security account card, or have
lost their card, should get in touch
with the nearest Social Security
District Office, Murphy declared.
The address of the Social Security
office in Atlanta is Room 146, 50
The Forsyth County News
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF FORSYTH COUNTY & CITY OF CUMMING
DEVOTED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF FORSYTH, FULTON, CHERO KEE, DAWSON, LUMPKIN, HALL AND GWINNETT COUNTIES.
(City Population 2,500)
Seventh Street Building. If it is
not convenient for a farmer or
farm worker to visit that office,
he can get an application blank at
the post office and mail it to the
above address.
ASC NEWS
The Forsyth County Community
Election Board met in the Forsyth
County ASC Committee Office on
Friday, September 24, 1954 at 1:00
P. M. with 21 members present. A*
this meeting the Community Elect
ion Board nominated 10 candidates
whos names will appear on the
Community Committee Ballot for
the election to be held on October
13, 1954. Each Community chose
an Election Chairman and the
place and time for the election
meeting to be held. The nominees,
place of meeting and time are list
ed below:
GUMMING & CHATTAHOOCHEE
W. E. Herring, Election Chairman:
PLACE ASC OFFICE
TIME 1:00 to 4:00 P. M.
NOMINEES'. W. E. Herring, H. D.
Nuckols, Truman Nuckols, W. A.
Vance, Reeves Burruss. Jewell Dav
is, Howard Holland, Charlie How
ard, Carton Pruitt & A. H. Gilbert.
COAL MT. & ROLANDS
Wayne Corey, Election Chairman
PLACE Grady Martin’s Store
.TIME 12:00 to 2:00 P. M.
NOMINEES: Wayne W. Corey,
Robert L. CcClure, Jewell Bennett,
Ed Norrell, Lane Smith, Pierce
Corn, Clarence Martin, Wayne
Mundy, Hammond Corn, and Frank
Bearden.
CHESTATEE & NEW BRIDGE
Clarence Waldrip, Election Chrm.
PLACE: —i Chestatee School house
TIME 12:00 to 3:00 P. M.
NOMINEES: Clarence Waldrip,
Mike Cantrell, Brice Bennett, Amos
Millwood, Ernest Orr, Glenn Math
is, Tate Smith, Woodrow McNeal,
Clyde Wadrip, John Castleberry
and Fred Ivey.
BELLS & VICKORY
Jesse Bales, Election Chairman.
PLACE Ralph Moore’s Store
TIME 12:00 to 3:00 P. M.
NOMINEES: Jesse Bales, Arthur
Herring, VesteT Meeks, Broughton
Voils, John Holbrook, Paul Dur
ham, Clay Cowart, Clarence Mar
tin, Pau Westbrook & Eugene Stone
BARKERS S: HIGHTOWER
Roy E. Moore, Election Chairman
PLACE Hurt & Moore’s Store
TIME 9:00 A. M. to 3:00 P. M.
NOMINEES: Roy E. Moore, Reger
R. Worley, Ralph Pirkle, Clarence
Pilcher, Zeb Hoder, Claud Harris,
J. Wallis Tatum, James A. Seabolt,
Mather E. Jennings & Freddy Ham
by-
SETTENDpWN at DUCKTOWN
L. A. Groover, Election Chairman.
PLACE M. M. Green’s Store
TIME 1:00 to 3:00 P. M.
NOMINEES: L. A. Groover, R. B.
Tallant, Sr., H. G. Bramblett, Bill
Perry, Rupert Groover, Clifford
Pearson, Ivan Elzey, Adones Frix,
W. W. Watson & Carl Holbrook
big creek
S. G. Clement, Jr., Election Chrm.
PLACE Big Creek Courthouse
TIME 1:00 to 4:00 P. M.
NOMINEES: S. G. Clement, Jr.,
Ralph Bagley, C. B. Herring, Sr.,
Hershel Harrison, Coy Vaughan,
W. D. Buice, R. T. Bagley, J. M.
Boling, Dolphard Harris and Paul
Sheldon.
Singing Notice
The Harris Memorial Singing
meets with Mt. Tabor Church in
Forsyth County on the first Sun
day in October.
Everybody has a special invitat
ion to attend this singing. There
will be plenty of dinner.
Clyde Bannister, President
Tommie Nicholson, V president
Joe Wallis, Secretary
Cumming Georgia, Thursday, Sept., 30th, 1954.
Cumming Horse Show
Finest Ever Held In
This Section of State
On last Saturday night, Septem
ber 15, the Cumming Kiwanis Club
presented one of the finest horse
shows ever to be held In this sect
ion of North Georgia.
It is estimated that well over
2,000 people attended this event,
and there were 127 horses entered
from all over Georgia and points
beyond the state. Mr. Body Hud
gins took the main stake on his
horse, “Mr. Trouble.”
Everyone seemed to have a good
time, and many comented on the
new permanent show ring, and the
lights which made it possible for
this show to be heldat night. A
profit of something over 1,300 dol
lars was made, which will go dir
ectly into the Kiwanis Fund for
Underprivileged Children in For
syth County.
A special word of thanks is due
Mr. James Chambers for his hard
work in producing the show, and
to everyone who had any part in
the work and preparations. A
splendid spirit of cooperation was
shown by everyone who had any
part in this event, and it is hoped
that this spirit will grow to cover
all the areas of our community
life.
Harold Zwald, Reporter.
Today & Tomorrow
Louie D. Newton
FALL IN GEORGIA
Fall time in Georgia is alwavs n
delightful season of the year—Scup
pernongs and boiled peanuts and
| sugar cane—to mention only a few
of the always delectable products
of the soil. And then the red ap
[ples and cider, not forgetting, eitn
ier, the sweet potato and al the
i good dishes it yields, including its
I baked form in the oven, with the
I peel cracking open.
While the drought has cut short
of the good things this year,
[there appears to be a good yield in
many sections, judging from the
Farmer’s market here in Atlanta,
i Truck loads of fine apples are ar
i riving daily, and there are many
excellent displays of potattoes,
pumpkins, and other fall harvests.
And don’t forget the honey and sy
rup. O small boy knocked on the
door the other morning, smiling
from ear to ear. He had ridden in
from his father’s farm with a
friends, and was offering, from
door to door, neatly tied sacks of
.boiled peanuts.
I "How much,” I asked him, and
he answered:
j “Nickel a bag,” he answered.
, Then he reached in his pocket
! and handed me some he had
brought along as samples. We
reached agreement on three bags,
and I suggested other neighbors
who would probably like some of
his tasty peanuts. He started down
the steps, then turned to say: “You
j talk like a feller from the farm,
I I-low’d you learn so much?”
We discussed Herefords and
Black Angus, then various types of
hogs. Finally, he put his basket
down and went back to see our
animals. I asked him if he was
going to be a farmer, and he said:
“Sho thing. Man, I lov eit in the
1 spring, and I love it in the sum
imer, but this is the best time of
! the year in Georgia. Want to come
and go possum hunting with us
this fall? Wp’ve got possums and
coons and big cats, and plenty of
fine hounds. I’ve got a hound that
can laugh and cry. And I’ve got
the finest feist in our county. That
fiest whips the hounds. Come to
see us, and I’ll prove it.”
Fall in Georgia is a mighty good
time of the year, specially when
you can meet a boy like that. It
makes one feel better to know that
we have such boys coming along
for the long ttomorrows. The Lord
bless them, and grant them many
bounteous harvests.
CARD OF THANKS
I wish to thank each and every
one for the money and gifts for
helping our needs when our house
I burned on August 18. May God
I bless each and everyone is our
j prayer
E. T. Collins & Family
Cumming Parent
Teacher’s Association
The next meeting of the Cum
ming PTA will be held October 7,
at 3:15 p. m. in the High School
Library. Come and bring another
parent along to join the association
We had 43 paid memberships at
our first meeting. There were 24
small children in the nursery dur
ing the last meeting, with Joyce
Ingram and Nancy Yarbrough as
baby sitters. Additional baby sitters
will be hired if this number in
creases.
If PTA could grow as rapidly as
the school enrollment has we would
have no complaints to make. It is
interesting to know that the Cum
ming School had 366 students in
1942 when our present Senior class
started out and there are now 850
students enrolled. Also there were
17 teachers twelve years ago as
compared with 26 today. Bring a
new member to the next meeting
and perhaps we can double our
PTA membership.
BIBLE HISTORY
The Bible is a record of God’s
dealings with the Iraelites and with
the other relations of the world.
God chose the decendants of Abra
ham (a man, who believed and
obeyed God) to teach the world
through that nation that there is
only one true and living God. The
Bible is history from a religious
point of view, God’s point of view.
God’s point of view is motivated
by His great love for man whom
He created. This love was climaxed
by the sending of His only son in
to the world to perfect a plan of
redemption for lost mankind.
The only authentic record in ex
jstence, of its creation of the world
is found in Genesis. The Bible Ts a
history from God’s point of view,
not man’s point of view, Jesus
Christ was God manifested in the
flesh. He brings God to man and
He lifts man up to God—if man
will only trust Him.
An education that leaves Bible
History out is an incomplete edu
cation. You have left out God who
made you and you have turned
God’s love down by rejecting Jesus
Christ, God’s son.
The history of Bible times and
the facts of the Bible itself is es
sential to a complete education
I Just teach Bible History in our
schools in order that our children
may see life in its true light. Of
course we will have to confine our
teaching to Bible History and the
history of Bible times. Any con
troversial question that may be
asked will be referred to the pas
I tor of the one asking the question.
.This is being done in hundreds of
(school systems in our nation. This
has been done at Chattanooga for
about thirty years. The Baptist,
Methodist and other Protestant
I churches, through voluntary con
tributions, pay the Bible teachers.
These teachers are carefully select
ed, meeting all educational require
ments and must have completed a
thorough course in Bible and be
1 approved by the committee from
the churches.
There is an amazing ignorance
of the facts and history of the
, Bible and Bible times. We can cor
rect this condition if we will. Two
'or three teachers in the counnty
. would meet this requirement for
, the teaching of the Bible. Most of
, the schools who are doing this,
I teach those from tthe Fourth grade
through the Twelfth grade.
I I hope that we may think about
this and really do something about
lit in our county. The teaching of
the Bible will greatly aid in com
bating false philosophies.
W|. R. CALLAWAY
Card of Thank*
We would like to take this op
portunity to thank each one that i
contributed too or helped out in ■
anyway to make our Chicken Sup
per a real success. We shall be ever
grateful to each of you for your
[wonderful cooperation.
' Kate Kelley, W. M. ,
Wilburn Holbrook, W. P.
County Population 15,000. Number 39.
A-P-E-G In Forsyth
County
The citizens of Forsyth County
have seen and heard a lot about
A—P—E—G in the last few weeks
which means an "Adequate Pro
gram of Education for Georgia.”
The General Assembly of Geor
gia not so long ago enacted and
financed the Minimum Foundation
Program of Education for Georgia.
Now we see new schools being con
structed, badly needed teachers
being added to our schools, and
children receiving a better kind of
Education. The MFPE plan just
provided the foundation. There still
remains the Job of completing the
superstructure in order to provide
each and every child In Georgia
the best education from first grade
through college.
A —P—E—G is a continuation of
MFPE to the final goal which has
been the dream of citizens, educa
tors and businessmen in Georgia
for many years.
The parents and teachers of their
respective communities in Forsyth
County are in the midst of a Sur
vey study which will be presented
to the 1955 General Assembly for
its consideration and study.
t
Mr. Dwight Pulliam and his staff
of workers have made remarkable
progress on the building needs of
Forsyth County. This group actu
ally computed the necessary square
feet of space needed for each Ele
mentary and High pupil.
Mr. Luther Ferguson, Principal
of Cumming High School, and his
committee are struggling diligently
on their desired school program
for Forsyth County.
With Y our County
Agent
Walter H. Rucker
armers in Forsyth County have
suffered heavy losses from the pre
sent drought. Crops that started
fairly well could not produce with
out the necessary water.
Pastures, who growth was delay
ed by the late cold weather, parch
ed in the hot summer sun when
rains failed to materialize.
Some relief was promised by the
Federal Government with the ap
proval of the F—3 practice which
(includes temporary grazing and
(winter cover crops. This practice
would furnish about 75 percent of
the costs of these practices. But,
under the present circumstances,
this is not going to be nearly suf
ficient for our needs.
Forsyth County’s allocation un
der this drought emergency pro
gram is $29,269. To take advantage
of this money, 850 Forsyth County
farmers made requests totaling ap
proximately $134,000. That leaves
jus needing over $130,000 to take
care of requests already made.
[Since this total, an additional 100
! requests have been made for which
| there are no funds available.
There is something that we can
do to make more funds available
for these request. Many of us have
made application and received ap
proval for practices during 1954
that for various reasons we will be
unable to carry out this year.
This money, if released by you
in sufficient time, can be made av
ailable for these requests under
the drought emergency program.
If you know that you are going to
carry out a practice on your farm
that has already received approval,
please go by the county office of
the ASC committee immediately
annd release these funds. You will
be doing a service for yourself and
your neighbor.
CUMMING GARDEN CLUB MET
SEPTEMBER 21st.
The Cummlng Garden Club held
i its regular meeting on Tuesday
September 21st at the home of Mrs
Royston Ingram.
Our president,Mrs. Sam Gordon
president over the business meet
ing. The program was then turned
over to Mrs. Charles Rowell. She
gave us a most interesting and
educational talk on trees.
During the social hour delicious
refreshments were served by Mrs.
Ingram and Mrs. Harold Zwald.
Mrs. Robert McElreath, Sec’y.
Cumming F. F. A.
Chapter News
The Cumming Future Farmers
of America Chapter want to ex
press their appreciation to the
Management of this paper for per
mitting us to write news article
dealing with the various activities
of the Chapter It is our plans to
write at least one article per month
for publication by this paper. Our
Chapter members hope that these
articles will be informative and in
teresting to the readers of this
paper, especially to the parents of
our members.
This first article will deal with
the Chapters participation in live
stock fairs this year as well as a
brief summary of last years acti
vities. Last year our chapter began
its’ year in rather poor financial
condition, will only 63 cents in the
treasury. Due to this situation, we
made fund raising our main goal.
The success of our efforts can be
beasured by the status of our treas
ury at the start of this year. At
the first meeting this year, our
treasurer reported a balance of
over $200.00. We are all proud of
this fact, as this money will permit
our chapter to set up a loan fund
for the members to purchase live
stock, seed and fertilizers for their
projects.
Last year our members did not
enter a single livestock exhibit at
any fair. So far this year, our mem
bers have entered livestock at the
Alpharetta and the Forsyth Coun
ty Fairs. These members have won
8 first place prizes, 4 second place
prizes and 5 third place prizes.
These prizes have been worth SB6.
in cash to the individual members.
We are planning to enter three Re
gistered Hampshire Hogs in the
Southeastern Fair and are assured
of at least $30.00 in prizes.
In addition to the individual
awards for livestock, our Chapter
waas awarded sls. by the Forsyth
County Fair Assn., for setting up
an FFA Educational Exhibit at
last weeks County Fair. The Chap
ter was also given $28.50 by Dr.
Marcus Mashbum, Jr. for fitting
and showing his sheep at the Fair
Our Chapter and its individual
members have already received
$129.50 in prizes this year from its
participation in Fairs. We plan to
boost this figure before the year is
over and to do an even better job
next year.
Jimmy Smith, FFA Reporter ,
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Soil Conservation New*
Forsyth County
Ezra Tallant has made plans to
seed three acres to permanent pas
ture. Mr. Tallant is in the Setting
down creek watershed and is a
cooperator with the Upper Chatta
hoochee River Soil Conservation
District.
Several contour lines were run
for Roy Davis located on the Trib
ble post road by the local SCS
technicians recently.
Johnnie Garrett in the Cross
Cross Roads section is making
! plans to seed several acres to per
manent pasture this fall.
A farm pond site has been check
ed out for K. R. English on the
Keith bridge road by the local SCS
technicians.
FORSYTH COUNTY DELEGATES
TO MACON CONVENTION
The following named men were
appointed delegates to the State
Democratic Executive Convention
at Macon, Ga., Sept., 30: Messrs.
Roy P. Otwell, Sidney C. Wing, A-
C. Smith, Jr., H. R. Bramblett, J.
O. Barnes, A. E. Bramblett, J. L.
Reeves, W. M. Roper, Roy Bailey,
B. B. Wallace, A. F. Wallis, H. M.
Holland, J. C. Fleming, Frank
Roper, W. R. Ottwell, Paul H. Wor
ley, B. L. Redd, H. W. Moore, J. C.
Cates, J. C. Galloway, C. E. Thom
as, Joel Webb, W. O. Wills, H. P.
Matthews, W. J. Poole, Geo. Welch
Geo. Bagley, C. B. Gazaway, J. F.
Day, J. W. Hawkins, Tom Dalton.
Hoyt Heard, W. H. Warren, A. Y.
Howell, E. H. Sherrill, William
Chamblee, J. W. Tatum, B. R. Farr
J. E. Smith, Joel Tallant, Leland
Tallant, Hoyt Gilleland, Grady
Bannister, Lanier Bannister, Mark
Heard Jr., Frank Bearden.