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Volume 46.
. FOR SERVICE TO GEORGIANS EVERYWHERE
ATHENS, Ga. Construction
will begin soon on this modern
structure which will house the
University of Georgia’s Center for
Continuing Education. Costing
over $2,000,000, it will be available
for Georgians everywhere for
V. F% W. Post 9143
Membership Continues
On The Upgrade
The V. F. W. Post 9143 continues
to be in the fore-front in member
ship in the Ninth District and the
state. Just recently our local Post
surpassed its’ 1954 membership and
is well on its’ way to becoming a
quota post. This is unusual in that
last year the Post had eight more
members than the quota set by the
state and in order to reach its 100
percent it had to get more than
the quota last year. Our County
has seen this local group grow
from a very small group of about
25 members when it was reorganiz
ed about three and one-half years
ago to 160 members to date. Each
year has seen a steady increase in
membership.
The members of our group be
lieve that this unusual growth in
membership is due to our operat
ing on the basic principles of the
Veterans of Foreign Wars, Com
munity Service and Assistance to
the deserving Veterans of our or
der and to the widows and orphans
of our deceased Veteran friends.
At the present time we are spon
soring the School Boy Patrol Ac
tivities in this county in every
school at a cost in excess of
00 per year.
We are in the process of spon
soring a county wide Marble tour
nament, Easter Egg hunt, Athe
letic awards, scholarship awards
and various other activities. We
are especially proud of one activity
we sponsored, donating beautiful
Nylon U. S. Flags to the various
schools in the county, as these
flags help teach patriotism to our
youthful citizens of tomorrow.
Another service VFW Post 9143
is active in is the service to our
disabled Veterans. We have a re
gistered Service Officer in our
Post. We also work closely with
the Georgia Veterans Service and
Congressman Landrum in pressing
deserving claims for disability.
Congressman Landrum has been
of much service to us in this phase
of our work. Just recently he as
sisted us in successfully pressing
the claim of one of our members.
Any service for Veterans we ren
der is free and is open ’to merry
bers as well as non-members. We
hope that more of our deserving
Veterans will take part in this ser
vice.
PLEASANT GROVE
The Pleasant Grove Community
Club met Monday night January
17 with 57 present. The meeting
was called to order by the presi
dent, Jay Hoibrbook led in prayer.
The minutes of last meeting was
read bysßetty Wofford. Having no
other business the meeting was
turned over to the singers and we
had an old time singing. We had
several visitors who helped sing.
After the singing delicious re
freshments were served and enjoy
ed by all. Our next meeting will
be on the third Monday night in
February a{ "7:30 o'cldck.
Mrs. J. L. Martin, Reporter
The Forsyth County News
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF FORSYTH COUNTY & CITY OF CUMMING
DEVOTED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF FORSYTH, FULTON, CHERO REE, DAWSON, LUMPKIN, IIALL AND GWINNETT COUNTIES.
(City Population 2,500) Cumming Georgia, Thursday, Jan., 27, 1955.
education beyond the classroom.
The building will include sleeping
facilities for 300 persons, an
auditorium seating 500, eating
facilities, conference rooms, tele
vision and radio studios, and stage
With Your County
Agent
Walter H. Rucker
For the first time in history,
the Social Security Act has been
amended to bring Federal Old-age
and survivors insurance to most
farm families. It takes effect on
January 1, 1955, and makes two
main changes concerning farm peo
ple.
The first is for farm operators
—people farming for themselves—
have not been covered by the social
security law up to now. Beginning
January 1, 1955. all of them who
make as much as S4OO profit a
year will have old-age and surviv
ors insurance protection.
The second is for farm employ
ees—people doing farm work for
others—are already covered by the
law if they work regularly for
one farm operator. The new law
brings old-age and survivors in
surance protection to all farm
workers who earn as much as
SIOO cash pay in a year from any
one farmer, whether the work is
regular or not. Cotton gin workers
will be covered beginning January
1, 1955, under the same rules that
apply to people who work directly
on the land.
Generaally speaking, persons who
will come under social security for
the first time in 1955 can become
insured for the payment of bene
fits as soon as they have earned
social security credits for a year
and a half.
The tax for employees is two
percent of their pay, and this is
matched by the employer. This
means that covered farm workers
will have two percent of their pay
deducted for social security. An
other two percent is paid by the
employer, who sends the total
amount to the Director of Internal
Revenue along with a list show
ing the wages and social security
account number of each employee.
The tax for self-employed people
is 3 percent of their earnings.
They pay this once a year along
If you earn more than $4,200 in
with their income tax return,
a year you pay the tax only on
$4,200. An employer pays the tax
on only the first $4,200 of wages
he pays to each employee.
More detailed information is av
ailable free at your county agents
office.
“CAPITOL REPORTS”
CHENEY GRIFFIN, Bainbridge
Mayor, and aide to his brother,
tells of a Representative that called
on him the other day with a list
of folks that the Representative
wanted to give walking papers to.
Cheney says he was going over
the list very carefully with the
so lon, checking each name off as
it was ascertained that he was a
wrong guesser, when finally they
reached a name mi the list who
wasn’t a wrong guesser. Say,
“what’s the big idea?” Cheney
asked, “that fellow voted right”
“Yeah, says the so ion, with a sheep
ish look, “he voted for the Gover
nor all right but he is a son of
my opponent.”
and laboratory facilities for pro
ducing educational movies. Funds
for the program were made avail
able by Gov. Herman Talmadge,
and the \V. K. Kellogg Foundation
of Battle Creek, Mich.
Flock of Wild Dogs
Attack Local Sheep
Last week a pack of wild dogs
attacked a flock of sheep belonging
to Royce Samples in Bethelview
community. One of the ewes with
a young lamb was badly mangled
trying to protect her baby lamb
from the dogs.
Other farmers have had trouble
with dogs attacking livestock and
more interest is being arroused to
rid the county of all of the un
claimed wild dogs.
Valuable hunting dogs should be
kept in a pen. Many hunters say
that their dogs hunt better for
them when they are not allowed
to roam the community before a
hunt starts.
The Health Department has been
contacted regarding its recommen
dations for dealing with wild dogs.
Mrr. Nelms, the County Sanitarian
says that it is extremely import
ant that the wild dogs be killed
for the sake of rabies control as
well as protecting livestock.
These wild dogs are not inoculat
ed against rabies and many known
cases of rabies have shown up in
the past among unclaimed dogs.
Mr. Nelms also says that anyone 1
killing wild dogs should be very
careful not to get a neighbors dog
before warning the neighbor of
the damage the dogs is doing.
All citizens of a community and
the public should know about a
dog killing campaign that is being
planned. Then if there are some
hunting dogs that have been run
ning loose, the owners have chance
to put the mup and keep them
pinned so they would not be mis
taken for wild dogs molesting the
livestock.
Bis Creek Community
Improvement Club
The January meeting of the Big
Creek Community Club was held
at the Big Creek School on Mon
day night January 3. Mr. R. J.
Kupper the president, called the
meeting to order promptly at 7:45
o’clock and opened with the Lord’s
Prayer
The minutes of the December
meeting were read and approved
and a short business meeting fol
lowed in which reports were made
and the various committee chair
men were named. Major projects
for the year year were planned
and agreed upon after general dis
cussion.
The group adjourned to the
school lunch room for the social
hour where refreshments were ser
ved. The Club urges each resident
of the community to come out on
the first Monday night of each
month and join the group in order
to make our club and community
stronger and more progressive.
C. W. BOLING, Reporter
CHICKEN SUPPER
Piedmont Community club is
sponsoring choice of Chicken or
Ham supper on Saturday January
29 at Cumming lunch room from,
5 o’clock on. Tickets SI.OO for the
| adults and 50c for children
428 MEMBERS OF
CORN CLUB TO BE
HONORED FEB., 5
Recognition for making 100 bush
els or more of corn per acre for
five years will bo given, February
5, to 18 Georgia farmers at a lunch
eon honoring members of the 100
Bushel Corn Club. D. W. Brooks,
manager of the Georgia Cotton
Producers Association—sponsor of
the corn club—will present gold
keys to the five-year members and
silver keys to 410 (faranef 1 * who
made 100 bushels or more of corn
per acre this year. The luncheon
will be held at the cafeteria on the
University of Georgia College of
Agriculture.
Union county with six, leads in
number of gold key members. They
are Warren Souther, C. W. Garrett
T. A. Floyr, G. C. Spiva, John
Wimpy, and Ervin Jones.
Others eligible for gold keys are
William Johns and J. P. Johns,
Stephens county; R. V. Wimpey
and N. R. Mooney, Gilmer; Roert
Singleton and Harry L. Brown,
Rabun; Roger O. Bowman, Catoo
sa; John Mullins, Whitfield; J. A.
Fransis and Troy Woody, Fannin;
Homer L. Anderson, Lumpkin, and
Eric Kimsey, Towns.
Thirty-five counties are repre
sented in club membership this
year. Union county had 101 mem
bers. Other leading counties are
Towns, Rabun, Fannin, Lpmpkin,
and Gilmer..
Arvel Garrett, Town county, was
top 1954 producer in the state. His
yield was 184 bushels to the acre;
He had 15,840 stalks per acre and
produced his crop for 44 cents a
bushel.
J. R. Johnson, agronomist for
the Agricultural Extension Service,
said the number of farmers mak
ing 100 bushels or more of corn
per acre more than doubled the
expected number. Earlier in the
year, because of the drought, he
Ip ad estimated that the 1954 coin
club membership would be about
200.
ASC NEWS
Mr. C. A. Bagwell, chairman of
the Forsyth County ASC commit
tee announced today that requests
for ACP assistance will be accept
ed from January 17, 1955 tynfil
February 18, 1955 under the initial
sign-up period for 1955. Any farm
er desiring to carry out an ACP
practice and expecting to get cost
sharing assistance will make an
application at the Forsyth County
ASC Committee Office during this
period.
During the 1954 ACP program
many farmers took advantage of
the cost sharing assistance to carry
out approved practices, on their
farm and forty one farm ponds for
livestock water were built. This is
the largest number of farm ponds
that have ever been constructed in
one year in this County.
All agencies have cooperated in
making this one of the most pros
perous years in soil conservation
work in Forsyth County. The SCS
Technicians have worked with the
farmers very cooperatively and the
Extension service has helped ac
quaint the farmers with the pro
gram.
The program for 1955 is one of
the best ever offered the farmers
inn any County and will assist in
many ways the soil conservation
program and the farmers individu
ally. No farmer will be excluded
from the program unless he is in
debted to the Government for a
program service and he may be
come eligible if he is indebted by
paying the amount owed for not
carrying out the particular practice
according to specifications.
Important Notice
Anyone knowing the whereabouts
of the following registrants of lo
cal Board No. 59, Forsyth County,
Cumming, Georgia, please contact
the Clerk at the office or telephone
No. 2926:
BAILEY, Benjamin Franklin
CARNES, John Carroll
FIELDS, Robert Henry
FIIELDS, James McCoy
GAYTON, John William
STEWART, Horace Eugene
HULSEY, Benjamin William
JONES. JR., Thurmon William
MOON, Emory Dean
WALKER, James Ensley
PIRKLE, Gene Louis
County Population 15,000. Number 4.
SPECIAL
NOTICE
i
The Forsyth County Masonic|
Association will meet at Chestatee
High School Auditorium at 7:30
p. in. Saturday, January 29th. The
Cross Hoads Lodge, No. 119, F. &
A. M. will entertain at this meet
ing.
Speakers include the Worthy
Matrons of Cumming Chapter,
Chestatee Chapter, and Ilawson
iville Chapter, O. E. S. The Custo
dian of the Ninth Masonic District;
the Grand Secretary of The Grand
Lodge of Georgia.
Refreshments will be served. All
Master Masons, their families and
friends, are cordially Invited.
Dr. Rupert H. Bramhlett,
President
L. W. Holbrook, V —President
A. C. Smith, Jrj, Secretary
Landrum Urges Farm
ers In Ninth To Save
Ollotted Acreage
WASHINGTON, January 22nd—
Congressman Phil M. Landrum
said today that Ninth District cot
ton farmers could help save al
most 15,000 acres of allotted cotton
land by releasing unplanted allot
ments to their County ASC Com
mittees for reallocation to farmers
within their counties who want to
plant more cotton.
By releasing cotton allotments
which they do not plan to plant
this year to the County Commit
tees before April Ist, farmers may
retain their allotments for future
years and save the cotton acreage
for their counties and the State
that would otherwise revert for
re-allotment in the Western States,
Arizona, New Mexico and Califor
nia, the Ninth District Represen
tative stated in an interview here
today.
Cotton farmers who release their
acreage for re-allocation may re
claim this acreage next year, Lan
drum emphasized, but unplanted
acreaage is not released by the in
dividual farmers may be lost per
manently to both the counties and
the State of Georgia. More than
14,700 allotted acres of cotton in
the Ninth District were unplanted
last year and unreleased for re
allocation.
“Although farmers in many coun
ties of the Ninth District are turn
ing increasingly to dairying, live
stock and poultry as major farm
enterprises, cotton still represents
an important source of income to
many farmers,’’ Landrum said.
“Those farmers, who for various
reasons, fail to plant and to re
lease the cotton acreage allotted
them work a terrific hardship on
their neighbors who want to plant
more cotton, and they contribute
to the permanent loss of cotton
acreage by the individual counties
and the State as a whole.”
"The release of cotton acreage
that he doesn’t intend to plant
protects the individual farmer who
may reclaim his acreage the next
year, and prevents the permanent
loss of allotted acreage by his
County and by the entire State of
Georgia,” Landrum pointed out.
“More than 160,000 allotted acres
went unplanted and unreleased by
Georgia farmers in 1954,” the Con
gressman stated. “This year’s cur
rent allotment cuts would not have
been so severe had the unplanted
acreage been released in previous
years. I want to take this occasion
to urge all farmers with cotton
allotments to release that acreage
which they do not plant. This is
essential for their own protection,
as well as the future allotments
for their counties and the State
at large.”
CUMMING FIFTH GRADE 4—H
The Fifth grade 4-H girls held
their meeting on January 21 in
their club house. An interesting
program of Negro dialect and
songs were presented by Carolyn
Holbrook, Phyll’s Roper, Frances
Hayes, Doris Holbrook and Barbra
Ann Pruitt.
Mrs. Bannister taught us correct
table setting and table manners.
Barbara Ann Pruitt, Reporter
Today 5: Tomorrow
Louie D. Newton
FARMERS UP THE WAY
In Tennessee last week, 1 was
interested to hear a group of farm
ers discussing their situation in
the Volunteer State. They are dis
turbed about the lowering water
line. Their limestone subsoil is
priceless, but it can’t grow grass
without moisture.
“If we could have an old-time
snow of about two feet, it would
set us up,” said one cattle grower.
But he went on to point out that
most of the snow these last few
years was like the one that had
fallen Friday—juste nough to be
messy.
"And what we get for our beef
cattle is not enough to mean any
profit, with feed costs continuing
to increase,” said another.
They turned on me to know
what Georgia farmers were doing.
I tried to tell them that our folks
were damming up branches and
, digging water holes in the hope of
having a little reserve water for
irrigation if push comes to shove
this summer.
“Yes, but by the time a fellow
buys expensive piping, where is he
going to come out, even if he does
have a pond or two?” inquired a
red-haired farmer.
The oldest man in the group
wainted until everybody had talked
out, and then he observed:
“Boys, there ain’t no substitute
for rain. You can say what you
will, God has arranged things so
that you have to wait on Him for
tiain. My own notion is that we
would do well to take it up with
Him instead of setting round her*e
grumbling and whinning. He might
not send it even when we ask Him,
but I’d rather take my chances on
His goodness and mercy.”
They are going in for more and"
more sheep in Tennessee and Ken
tucky, and they reported favorable
outlook for better prices on wool,
and also on lambs. One farmer
said that in 1954 he made more
net profit on his sheep than he
did on cattle and hogs—that hogs
had held up fairly well, but the
cost, of corn took all the profit on
hogs.
“One thing we can count on,"
said one farmer, “Folks are going
to keep eating meat, and if we
can just get some rain, we can
produce plenty of meat. You folks
in Georgia were smart to get in
the chicken business, but we figure*
it’s too late for us to start in on
the broiler business now.”
“Let’s get on back to work," said
the oldest farmer, “and ife we do
our part, God will take care of us.
I’m 84, and I have never found
Him unfaithful.”
And that’s the way they feel up
the road.
On Being Faithful
An outstanding Christian busi
ness man told Dr. Truett about
his wonderful experience with his
Invalid Father, and experience that
led him into the Christian way of
life. Here is the story.
He was the oldest child and nat
urally when his father's health be
came bad he had to take over fhe
duties of the farm. One day, in
the afternoon he asked his father,
if he felt well enough to feed the
horses and the other stock for he
would be late returning from a
business trip. His father said that
he would.
This boy of fourteen, returned
after sundown and asked his fath
er who was sitting on the porch,
if he had feed the stock. His fath
er told him that he had forgotten
to feed them. His son said that
was alright, and started on to the
lot to feed the horses. His father
called him back to the porch and
placed his hand on his shoulder
and said, “son, I am so proud of
you; you have been so faithful".
He went on to feed the stock.
When he returned to the porch
his father was dead.
That commendation his father
gave him led him to be faithful,
not only to the duties around the
home and farm but it led him to
be faithful to the Lord Jesus Christ
and to the church He established.
Through the years this man has
been a power for God in his com
munity.
W. R. CALLAWAT <