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Cumming Scouts at the Gainesville
leg of the Northeast Georgia
Council Caravan showed their skill
at speedy tent erection. The lads
ASC NEWS
The Forsyth County Convention
will be held on Wednesday, Octob
er 20, 1954 at 10 A. M. in the For
syth County ASC Committee Office
for the purpose of electing the
County Committeemen to serve for
1955. The following were elected
Delegates to the Convention:
H. D. Nuckols, R. B. Tallant,
Jesse Bales, Clyde Waldrip, S. G.
Clement, Jr., Roy E. Moore, Clar
ance Martin.
Alternate Delegtes are: W. E.
Herring, L. A. Groover, W. A. Her
ring, Fred Ivey, Ralph Bagley, Reg
er Worley, Wayne Mundy.
If the Delegates cannot serve the
Alternates ar requested to serve.
In each of the seven communi
ties three committeemen were elect
ed along with two alternates.
’ COAL MT. & ROLANDS
Chairman —Clarance Martin
Vice Chairman —Wayne Mundy
Regular Member—Jewell Bennett
First Alternate—Wayne W. Corey
Second Alternate—Pierce Corn
BIG CREEK
Chairman—S. G. Clement, Jr.
Vice Chairman—Ralph Bagley
Regular Member —W. D. Buice
First Alternate—H. C. Harrison
Second Alternate—Coy Vaughan
BELLS & VICKORY
Chairman—Jesse Bales
Vice Chairman—W. A. Herring
Regular Member —V. E. Meeks
First Alternate—Eugene Stone
Second Alternate—Clarance Martin
BARKERS & HIGHTOWER
Chairman— Roy E. Moore
Vice Chairman —Reger Worley
Regular Member—Claud Harris
First Alternate — Mather E. Jen
nings
Second Alternate —J. Wallis Tatum
CHESTATEE & NEW BRIDGE
Chairman—Clyde Waldrip
Vice Chairman —Fred Ivey
Regular Member—Brice Bennett
First Alternate —Amos Millwood
Second Alternate—Mike Cantrell
SETTENDOWN & DUCKTOWN
Chairman —R. B. Tallant
Vice Chairman—H. G. Brarmblett
Regular Member —L. A. Groover
First Alternate—Rupert Groover
Second Alternate —Carl Holbrook
CUMMING & CHATTAHOOCHEE
Chairman—H. D. Nuckols
Vice Chairman—W. E. Herring
Regular Member —A. H. Gilbert
First Alternate —Charlie Howard
Second Alternate—Truman Nuckols
SINGING NOTICE
There will be a Singing at New
Harmony Baptist Church Sunday
night, October 24. You are cordially
invited to come and enjoy it with
us. _
The Forsyth County News
DEVOTED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF FORSYTH, FULTON, CHEROKEE, DAWSON, LUMPKIN, HALL AND GWINNETT COUNTIES.
(City Population 2,500)
traveled in the caravan under the
supervision of assistant scoutmast
ers Jack Wood and Tommy Phil
lips. Tent-pitching are (left to
Today & Tomorrow
Louie D. Newton
SEEING GOD
We had a remarkable preacher
at Druid Hills last week, and in
one of his sermons, he told of a
shy little boy who asked his fath
ere, “Can we see God?” The father
hesitated, and then said, “No, we
cannot see God with these eyes.”
But the father suggested that the
little boy ask the pastor, who was
to be in their home in a little
while, and he did ask the pastor,
“Can we see God?”
The pastor thought he might an
swer the boy effectively, but fin
ally said to him that it is not pos
sible for us to see God with these
natural eyes.
The little boy went away and
wept.
And as the days passed, the lit
tle boy came to know an old fish
erman, and the kindly old fisher
man took the boy with him to the
quiet places on the great river
where he had made his living
across the years, waiting for the
fish to bite.
They became fast friends—the
old fisherman understanding the
shy little boy, and eliciting from
him many questions that had gone
unanswered by the busy, hurrying
folks at home.
The father was, at first, appre
hensive about the little boy spend
ing so much time in the deep
swamp with this lonely old fisher
man. He asked his son about the
old man, and the child replied that
he was very kind and that he al
ways told him to obey his parents
and aattend Sunday School.
And then one afternoon as the
little boy sat in the canoe with the
old fisherman on the quiet river
and the sunset painted its pagean
try of lights and shadows against
the background of cypress and
moss-draped oaks and pines, the
little boy, breathing in the beauty
of sky and water and land, asked
the old fisheriuan:
“Can we see God?”
The old fisherman waited, and
then said:
"I’m getting to where I can’t
see much else.”
Week of Prayer Service
Oct. 27 at Methodist
Church
The Woman’s Society of Christ
ian Service and the Wesleyan Ser
vice Guild of all the churches in
Forsyth County will observe the
week of Prayer by having a meet
ing at 11:00 O'clock October 27 at
Cumming Methodist Church.
All the ladies are asked to bring
a covered dish for lunch.
The program will be over by 2
O’clock. Ladies won’t you worship
i with us!
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF FORSYTH COUNTY A CITY OF CUMUttNG
Cumming Georgia, Thursday, Oct., 21, 1954.
right) Darryl Redd, Gary Lovette,
Joe Wheeler Jr., Julian Eidson (in
the tent), Adrian Fowler, Bill Mun
dy, Johnny Tallant and Don Wills.
To The People Of
Forsyth County
There has been published in the
Forsyth County News an official
notice of the call of a special elect
ion for the purpose of voting on
the question of borrowing a sum of
money of not to exceed $35,000.00
to be used for the building o 1 an
office building to house the various
offices and personnel that the
County is now providing in rented
space. In order to cut down on the
expense of this election, and as a
convenience to the voters, the elect
ion was called to be held on the
same date as the General Election,
on Tuesday, November 2, 1954.
Voters can cast their ballots at one
and the same time and place, using
a separate ballot for the purpose
of voting on the incurring of said
indebtedness which will be provid
ed the election holders.
The cost of rented space being
used by County and Governmental
Personell amounts to approximate
ly $200.00 monthly. Over a period
of 20 years, this will amount to
some $48,000.00. The principal and
interest cost for the proposed build
ing will amount to only approxi
mately $38,100.00, which will be
paid off in 5 years, and then the
County will own the building and
during that time and thereafter
will not have to pay out said rent.
I If rent should go up in the future,
I still greater savings wiH be made.
This building has been recommend
ed by the Grand Jury of the Coun
ty and it is believed that it is to
the best interests of the taxpayers
that this be voted on favorably and
the building completed as soon as
possible.
In addition to the above, it will
i also be necessary at an early date
I to enlarge the record space in the
| Office of the Clerk of Forsyth
I Superior Court to accomodate the
! extra records that must be kept, a
I great portion of which extra re-
I cords is attributable to the increase
|in buying and selling of land in
I the County and more especially in
I the Buford Reservoir Area.
I IF THE PEOPLE OF FORSYTH
•COUNTY DESIRE THIS TO BE
DONE, THEN GO TO THE POLLS
| AND VOTE “FOR BUILDING
NOTES” ON NOVEMBER 2, 1954.
C. W. BOLING
JOHN DAY
DORIS GARRETT
Forsyth County Commissioners.
Hallowe’en Carnival
There will be a Hallowe’en Car
nival at the Haw Creek School
house Thursday night, October 28
at 7:30 o’clock. Lots of door prizes!
Prize for the best dress child cos
tume. Prize for the best dress
Adult costume.
I Admission 5 and 10 cents.
With Your County
Agent
Walter H. Rucker
By the time this issue is publish
ed, we will already yknow who the
winner is in the Forsytth County
Community Improvement Club con
test. The decision of the judges will
have been opend at tthe Kiw'anis
Club meeting on Monday night.
1 Big Creek and Oscarville were
the only communities judged. Both
have made outstanding progress
during the past twelve months.
The members of both clubs are to
be congratulated for their many
fine accomplishments.
The communities were judged by
Miss Julia Parker and Miss Mary
Foster, HD Agents of Dekalb and
Barrow Counties respectively, and
Mr. Jay Norris and Mr. H. A. Max
ey, County Agents of Pickens and
Cherokee coifnties respeeitvely.
The program at Big Creek began
with flag raising ceremoaies of a
flag obtained from the VFW and
raised on a flagpole donated to Big
Creek School by the Community
Club President, Mr. R. J. Kupper.
The first stop of the tour was
made at the newly completed road
side park where delicious home
made cake and drinks were served.
The complete ttour exhibited every
thing from remodeled homes to
completely new homes. Community
spirit was apparent everywhere.
The judges were luncheon guests
of the Cumming Kiwanis Club serv
ed at Poole’s Restaurant.
Oscarville’s program began at
the beautiful new club house, locat
ed just behind Pleasant Grove
Church. President Kenneth Orr
gave the welcome address. The var
ipus committee chairman gave ex
cellent progress reports of their
committee activities. The tour fol
lowing the program showed some
of the outstanding improvements
that has been made during the last
twelve montths.
Both clubs are winners regardless
of the judges decision. As in all
contests, someone had to be placed
first and someone second. The de
cision must have been close.
jßoth clubs are winners in that
fine community spirit that comes
from working closely with your
neighbor. They are better commun
ities for having enjoyed that rclat
ionship.
It would be fine if all of our com
munities participated in this con
test. Just talking with and visiting
with some of the families in these
communities would stimulate your
interest. You missed a most enjoy
able day if you did not visit these
communities during this judging.
Cumming Parent
Teacher’s Association
The next meeting of the Cum
ming P. T. A. will bbe held at 8:00
in the evening, November 11. It is
hoped that by having a night meet
ing more fathers will be able to
attend. For this program a guest
speaker from the Heart Associa
tion in Atlanta will be heard and
the Third Graders will give a pre
i
sentation.
Plans have been made regarding
the Hallowe’en Carnival which will
be held October 29 at the Cum
ming High School. Teachers and
grade mothers will work together
to provide amusement and enter
tainment for the evening. The
First Grade will show cartoons:
the Second Grade will sell confetti
and offer pony rides; the Third
grade will have novelties for sale;
Popcorn and peanuts will be sold
by the Fourth Grade: the Fifth
Grade will sponsor a Cke Walk;
the Sixth Grade will sell candy;
the Seventh grade will sponsor the
Junior King and Queen Contest;
the Eighth Grade will have a
“House of Horrors"; the Eleventh
Grade will have the Basket ball
throw and the Twelfth Grade will
sponsor the Senior King and Queen
contest. This is the one money
making event of the year for the
P. T. A. and everyone is looking
forward to it as a happy and pro
fitable occasion. Both school build
ings will be used this year in order
to make more room for the events
and the crowd.
County Population 15,000. Number 42.
TALMADGE, GRIFFIN URGE RATIFICA
TION OF SCHOOL SEGREGATION
AMENDMENT
Governor Herman Talmadgo and Governor-Nominate Marvin Grif
fin issued a joint appeal this week for the ratification of the proposed
School Segregation Amendment to give the incoming administrator)
“the tools to do the job of preserving segregation in our schools."
The Amendment is to be voted
on in conjunction with the General
Election November 2nd. It is listed
as Amendment Number 4 on the
ballot. Its purpose is to give the
General Assembly of Georgia au
thority to make grants for educa
tional purposes to the school child
ren of the State, if such action be |
found necessary to maintain segre
gated schools.
“We join in this urgent and sin
cere appeal to all the people of
Georgia, the officials of Georgia,
local and state, to work actively
between now and election day to
insure the overwhelming passage
of the school segregation amend
ment,” the statement said.
“Given this safeguard by the
people, your state government can
maintain free, segregated education
in Georgia for all time to come."
The Governor and the Governor
Nominate pointed out that, under
the provisions of the Constitution
of Georgia, the State’s public
school system will be abolished in
any county or independent school
system the moment the United
States Supreme Court orders the
races mixed in the system’s class
rooms. That is true, they said, be
cause the State is prohibited from
spending state tax funds for any
I schools which are not segregated.
“When the Supreme Court orders
the races mixed in any county
school system or independent
school district, that ends Georgia’s
present school system in that lo
cality, and effectively ‘abolishes’ it,’
the officials explained.
“That is where the school segre
gation amendment comes into play.
"If the schools are ordered mix
ed in any county or school district,
after the voters have ratified the
school segregation amendment,
your elected representatives in the
General Assembly can immediately
make grants in that county or
school district directly to the par
ent or guardian of the child to
cover all costs of books, tuition,
transportation and all other neces
sary incidentals.
“The schools in such counties
will continue to operate on a free
segregated basis, fully accredited
and with the same high academic
standards now in force, or even
substantially improved under clos
er local supervision and control.
Talmadge and Griffin emphasiz
ed that the Amendment provides
“the only means whereby free, se
gregated education can be contin
ued in Georgia outside the terms
of the decision of the United Sta
es Supreme Court.” The reason for
that, they elaborated, is:
“The decision of the United Sta.-
es Supreme Court was based upon
the provisions of the 14th Ament -
ment and was applied only to the
schools operated by the State or Its
political subdivisions, and does not
apply to schools where grants are
made to the child.
The statement crriticized irre
sponsible persons” who have raised
“false” claims in opposition to the
amendment. It said such ppersons
are “either opposed to segregation
or motivated by selfish political
reasons” and have as their strate
gy the creation of a “situation in
which your state government will
have no other legal alternative bu 1
to accept mixed schools.”
The Governor and Governor No
minate answer each of the object
ions raised by these opponents.
They pointed out that:
1. The amendment does not ab
|olish the public school system in
i Georgia.
! 2. The Teacher Retirement Sys
j tern will continue undiminished and
uninterrupted no matter what ac
tion the State is forced to take to
1 preserve segregated schools.
3. Should the authority of the
Amendment ever*be used for mak
inng educational grants, the State
Constitutional provision requiring
separaion of church and state
would stand inviolate and none of
the grants could be used for re
ligious education.
4. Grants would cover all costs
of books, tuition, transportation
and al leducational expenses.
5. Schools would continue to op
erate with the same high academic
standards now in force.
6. The Amendment is solely a
“last resortr” measure to be utiliz
ed only when needed to preserve
free, segregatd schools in Gorgia.
Talmadge and Griffin pointed
out that tthe Amendment has been
endorsed by the Democratic Party
of Georgia, the Georgia Education
Commission, the Georgia Municipal
Association and the Association of
Georgia County Commissioners.
Sharon Church Services
By Kate Kay Harris
Blessed are they that hear the
word of God, and keep it. Luke
’ll: 28.
Services were well attended last
Sunday, the first Sunday witto our
new pastor, Rev. C. E. Warren. We
hope to have this good attendance
and even more every Sunday. There
are a lot of people in our commun
ity that we would like to see get
started goinng to church
In Sunday School, we are having
a series of lessons from the book
of Proverbs most of which was
written by the wise King Solomon.
I enjoy sudying Proverbs because
they give us the wise rules for our
everyday living. The best rule wp>
learned last Sunday was to trash
God with our heart and not to,
lean on our own understanding.
When we study we should pray for
God to help us to understand what
He would want us to learn lrom .
His word. He says if we acknow
ledge Him in all our ways, He wilp
direct our paths.
Rev. Warren chose as his subject
on Sunday morning, “Christ of
Gethsemane", reading from Mat
thew 26 : 36—45. He gave a beauti
ful picture of Christ as a human
being, which makes us feel more
related to Him, and how lonely Hfr
felt in the garden of Gethsemane
when the disciples couldn't even
stay awake to watch while He
prayed before He was to be cruci
fied. Christ was borrn as a human
being and lived on earth mixing
and mingling with people and felt
this loneliness as He prayed “O
my Father, if it be possible, let
this cup pass from me”; Yet He
was so divine that He could say
“ —if this cup may not pass away
from me, except I drink it, thy
will be done’*..
Then on Sunday night Rev. War
ren continued the beautiful story
with, “Christ at Golgotha”, reading
St. Luke 23 : 34 56. This was a
perfect picture of Divinity as Christ
hung on the cross dying that we
might have life eternal. As He suf
fered He prayed for the Father
to forgive and He even promised
the thief who hung near Him a
place in Heaven.
These two services were welt
spent in quiet worship as we coulriT
feel the nearness of Christ in the
sermons and in fellowship with
each other The morning service
was closed with a handshake with
our new pastor, promising to hold*
him up with our prayers and what
ever it takes to back him up in
the new year of church work. The
handshake also included a brother
who was restored into the fellow
ship of the church after being ex
eluded several years ago. We are
always so happy to see anyone
make this turn and we also pray
for him to live a happier and fuf
ler life back in fellowship wRI*
God and the Church.
Next Saturday is our regular
Conference day. Thenn Sunday is
Communion day. We would like to
invite all Sister Churches to at
tend Services and Commune with
us.