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Winnie Lee Mauldin
Winnie Lee Mauldin, age 12, the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. A.
Mauldin, is a seventh grade stud
ent at Cumming Public Schoo. She
was stricken last fall with Polio.
Thanks to the funds of Forsyth
County people and the National
Foundation, she received help and
is now at home looking forward
to being back at school with her
class real soon.
MARCH OF DIMES
DRIVE CLOSES
The March of Dimes drive closes
officially Saturday February 12.
We have had excellent cooperation
from all the people on this most
worthy drive.
Money made by the different
groups may be turned in at the
“Bank of Cumming” to “Mrs. Ruth
Roe” or “Dr. .Jim Mashbum”.
When there is cass competion,
please state the class and school.
We would appreciate having all
money in by February 16.
Cake Walk ,& Bingo
Party At The Coal
Mountain School
There will be a Cake Walk and
Bingo Party at the Coal Mountain
School House Thursday night Feb
ruay 17 at 7:30. FREE GIFTS.
This party is given for the bene
fit of the March of Dimes and the
Heart Fund drive—Your support
will greatly be appreciated.
Cumming P. T. A.
The Cumming Parent Teacher’s
Association will meet Thursday
(Today) February 10, at 3:15 in
the Cumming High School Library.
This is the Annual Founder’s Day
program so be sure to come.
The Boy Scouts of America sub
mits an annual report of Congress
which granted the organization a
federal Charter in 1916.
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THANKS FROM A HEART PATIENT—LuciIIe Ball and Desi Arnaz,
National Co-Chairmen of Heart Fund Volunteers, receive the thanks
and appreciation of 3%-year-old Phillip Keith Eubank of Santa
Monica, Calif., one of the nation’s 500,000 child heart suffers, as they
spearhead a nation-wide campaign supporting the Heart Fund dur
ing February.
The Forsyth County News
OFFICIAL OItGAN OF FORSYTH COUNTY & CITY OF CUMMING
DEVOTED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF FORSYTH, FULTON, CHERO REE, DAWSON, LUMPKIN, HALL AND GWINNETT COUNTIES.
(City Population 2,500)
Dean Pruitt
This picture was taken the day
he was stricken.
Recent Polio Victim
Dean Pruitt Doing
Nicely With Aid
Our son Dean Pruitt was strick
en with Polio October 18, 1954. He
was carried to Mary Alice Hospital
and when lie left the hospital he
was paralyzed in his left leg and
had a back weakness.
The doctors at the hospital made
an appointment for Dean to go to
Emory University Hospital to see
Dr. Bennett ir. the Physical Thera
py Department. He stayed there
8 days before he was released. He
was given hot baths and special
exercises 'to strengthen his weak
muscles. He was given a wonder
ful diet and every attention that
would help to speed his recovery.
On January 14, 1955, Dean was
released by Dr. Bennett to go to
school or anywhere without being
on crutches and to be able to do
light work, but nothing with too
much strenous exercise.
All this was made possible by
the March of Dimes. We are so
thankful for this wonderful cam
paign that makes it possible for
people that are stricken with the
dreadful disease of Polio to be
able to have the wonderful treat
ment and medical care that is ne
cessary to give the victims of Po
lio a Chance.
May the March of Dimes be more
successful than ever before.
Mr .-and Mrs. D. E. Pruitt
Cake Walk & Bingo
There ■will be a Cake Walk and
Bingo game at Big Creek Schodl
House Saturday night February 12,
1955. Everybody invited. Proceeds
go for Polio Drive and the Heart
Fund. Sponsored by Big Creek
Community.
The emergency hay program has
meant about SIOO,OOO to Georgia
farmers since it began October 1,
1954.
Cumming Georgia, Thursday, Feb., 10, 1955.
Cravey Aid Asked
In Another State,
Seeking Fire Law
Aid of the Georgia Safety Fire
Commission has been sought by a
fire prevention engineer in a mid
western state in bringing about
adoption of fire laws similar to
Georgia’s Commissioner Zack D.
Cravey announced today.
He said the engineei had written
him requesting over 150 copies of
the January issue of the Georgia
Fire Cracker, official publication
of the Commission, these to be
placed on the desk of every one of
the state’s legislators, now in ses
sion. He also requested that one
be sent the state’s governor.
In the January Fire Cracker, Mr.
Cravey declared, Governor Marvin
Griffin was quoted as saying he
i was backing the Georgia fire- safe
ty program 100 per cent.
“Perhaps with the help of your
great paper and system we might
get something done out here,” Mr.
Cravey said the engineer wrote,
adding “we are in dire need of
action and new laws. We have been
trying for years to get the state’s
fire marshal’s office out of politics
and to appoint qualified personnel
We are still operating under 1911
laws but lately there has been
much public action for new legis
lation and our new governor seems
to be fire conscious.”
Mr. Cravey pointed out that poli
tics had never played any part
either in the formulation or the
administration of Georgia’s fire
safety laws.
“They were designed primarily
to protect human life,” he em
phasized. “And when human life is
at stake there is no place for
politics.”
Methodist Youth 5 \
Fellowship Organizes
The Methodist Youth Fellowship
of the Cumming church re-organiz
ed Sunday night February 6 at the
church. Mrs. Grace Palmer, assist
ed by Mrs. Pahl Holbrook, is the
adult leader. Mqrna Buice was
elected president.
Other officers are Phyllis Roper,
Vice president; Carolyn Holbrook,
Secretary; Nancy Sutton, Treasur
er; Mary Helen Mashburn, Pub
licity chairman; Frances Buice,
Recreation and Martha Mashburn
and Paula Palmer, Social chair
men.
The M. Y. F. meets from 6 to 7
every Sunday evening and all the
children from six years up are
urged to come.
Marine Corps
Seeks Recruits
Travel, adventure, good pay and
training for the future. These are
tout a few of the benefits offered
to young men enlisting in the U. S.
Marine Corps.
The Leather necks are seeking
young men between the age of 17
and 28 for first enlistment and 32
if a veteran. Enlistment periods
are now open for three or four
years. Applicants must be of good
character, physically qualified and
be able to pass a mental examina
tion. Upon enlistment they will be
sent to Marine Corps Recruit De
pot, Parris Island, South Carolina,
for ten weeks of “boot” training.
Young women between the ages
of 18 and 31 are also offered an
excellent future in the corps. Ex
citing and essential jobs are now
open in aviation, communications,
disbursing, personnel and supply.
Any young man or woman who
is interested in serving with the
Leathernecks is invited to contact
the local Marine recruiter in Cum
ming, Georgia on February 18 at
the Post Office for further infor
mation. /
PUMP GAS FOR
POLIO DRIVE
On Saturday January 12th, Haw-
Creek Community w-ill sponsor a
Gasoline Sale at the Haw Creek
Service Station. All profits from
Gas and Oil will go to the Polio
Fund. There will be plenty of help
to service your cars. Please come
on this day and fill up.
With y our County
. i
Agent
Walter 11. Rucker
Rams for the sheep demonstrat
ion farm were picked up in Athens
last Saturday by Mr. Samples. One
of the rams was a mature 2 or 3,
year old and is exeeptionally large!
for the breed. The other three were!
one year old lambs. All were j
Hampshires.
Although these rams will not be
placed with the flock until June,
they were brought in at this time
to allow them to become acclima
tized to our weather conditions.
For the past few days lambing
has been almost at a standstill.
About sixty percent of the ewes
lambed in December and January.
The remainder is expected to lamb
in February.
The ideal lambing time for our
area is December and January. Al
though these are our coldest
months, the best prices are paid
for spring lambs. Lambs born af
ter February will generally have
to be kept and sold as fall feeder
lambs.
Lamb brooders are inexpensive
and easy to build and will easily
pay for themselves with lambs
saved in wet and cold weather.
A few lambs from the demon
stration flock have been lost. A few
were born dead and others extreme
ly weak. This was probably due
to the ewes being shipped during a
heavy stage of pregnancy during
the latter part of November. A
shipment two weeks earlier prob
ably would have prevented most
of these losses.
A tour of the demonstration farm
for those farmers who are inter
ested in sheep production is being
planned for an early date. Watch
this column for the announcement
of the date. The public 'will be in
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[HOLD ON TO
| THE BEST!
Would you throw away a whole
barrel of apples because you found
a few rotten ones in the barrel?
Of course you would not. You
would throw away the rotton ones
only. Would you be down on all
Banks and ask that they be closed
, because there is counterfeit money
in circulation? We agree that there
are hypocrits in the churches. Are
you going to stop attending ser
vices and begin to denounce the
church because there are hypocrits
in it? On the other hand you
should be more faithful than ever
for the Lord needs faithful follow
ers to carry on His work on earth.
As a Christian you owe your alle
giance to Jesus Christ and His
Church. We owe a debt to all peo
ple in the name of our Lord.
Every hour of every day (when
we are awake) we make decisions.
The good or the bad; the right or
the wrong; the way of life or the
way of death; Clints’ way or Sa
tan’s way. Every decision we make
shows us up before the world. Are
we rightly representing Christ or
are we travelling the downward
way?
If you are a real follower of
Jesus Christ you must know where
He is leading. In order to under
stand and obey the leadership of
the Holy spirit we must study and
know the scriptures, especially
must we know the life and teach
ings of Jesus and the power of His
Resurrection.
Hold on to God and allow Him
to hold on to you. “Abhor that
which is evil, cleave to that which
is good.”
“The Love of Christ constrain
ed us; because we thus judge that
if One died for all, then were all j
dead, and that He died for all that
they which live should not hence
forth live unto themselves, but
unto Him who died for them.”
W. R. CALLAWAY
Singing Notice
Everyone has a Special invitat
ion to attend the Singing at Brook
wood Baptist Church Sunday night
February 13 at 7:00. We have the
promise of a lot of good singers
from over North Georgia.
Plan now to attend.
Bobby Whitmire, President
County Population 15,000. Number 6.
Bartow County Family
Receives Master
Farmer Award
“All of us work as a team here!"
said Leon Lewis, Bartow County,
whose family is one of the 11 new
ly honored Master Farm Families
of Georgia.
Awards were made jointly by,
the Agricultural Extension Ser-'
vice, University of Georgia, and j
The Progressive Farmer. The Lew j
ises are featured in this month’s
issue of The Progressive Farmer,
a Southwide farm magazine. ■
Beginning with a soil-conservat
ion and feedgrowing program, the
Lewises planned a dairy unit. Start
ing with 10 cows, they nave in
creased this to 20. With a little
outside help, Lewis built the eight
stanchion barn, a 36x40 foot sleep
ing barn, annd an 18x36 foot grain
shed.
Electric machin.es do the milking
and production per cow is around
7,500 pounds per year. Milk is cool
ed to 40 degrees with aerating
equipment immediately after milk
ing and refrigerated at the farm.
It is delivered to a local plant
daily.
“What I’ve done to improve this
place wouldn’t have been possible
without the help of my family,”
Lewis told Progressive Farmer edi
tors O. B. Copeland and Salle Hill.
The boys, Prince 15, and John, 11,
are junior partners. Lewis pays
each boy $1 for each milking and
50 cents an hour for other farm
work. “Then I encourage them to
spend the money wisely or save
it,” Lewis said.
Hens, hogs, and sheep make im
portant contributions to the farm’s
cash foundation. Mrs. Lewis has
financed and operates the flock of
1,200 layers as her cash crop.
Lewis has served as president of
the Eurharlee Farmers Club, said
to be the oldest in the Nation. He
was also president of the county
dairy producers association.
Mrs. Lewis is an active Girl
Scout leader and serves on the
! Cartersville recreational council.
She was vice president of the Car
tersville High PTA last year and
is now president of the Mothers’
Club of the Mary Lou Kindergart
en, which daughter, Joe Anne, 5,
attends. * j
Oscarville H. D. Club
The Oscarville HDC met Thurs
day afternoon at the Club House
to elect Project Chairmen:
Mrs. H. W. Summerour, Presi
dent conducted the business ses
sion and the following chairmen
were named:
Mrs. Jim Bennett, Child Develop
ment and Publicity; Mrs. E. C. Wal
drip, Clothing and Poultry; Mrs.
Billy Pagwell, Dairylnng; Mrs.
Brice Bennett, Food Preservation
and Recreation; Mrs. W. M. Cain,
Gardening; Mrs. Wilburn Pinson,
Health; Mrs. Clyde Waldrip, Home
Improvement and Music; Mrs. H.
W. Summerour, Home Industries;
Mrs. Ada Bagwell, Home Meat Sup
ply; Mrs. Frank Boyd, Landscap
ing; Mrs. G. C. Davis, Marketing;
Mrs. Winfred Waldrip, Nutrition; j
Mrs. Guy Crowe, Orcharding; Mrs.,
Mary Welch, Rural Electrification;
Mrs. Ralph Bennett, Rural Housing. 1
The meeting was opend with a
devotional by Mrs. Brice Bennett;
and a prayer by Mrs. Frank Boyd.
The group sang “Ole Black Joe”
and Mrs. Jim Bennett gave a poem
“Snow at Midnight". At roll call
each member answered by giving
a helpful hint, and Mrs. Zqlma
Bannister HDA gave an interest
ing demonstration on improving
your club work.
The next meeting will be held on
February 24 with Mrs. H. W. Sum
mersour and Mrs. W. M. Cain as
Co-Hostesses.
SHARON SINGING
On the first Saturday night in
March (March sth) the big singing
will be held at Sharon Church in
Forsyth County.
This is a cordial invitation to
everyone to be there. Basket lunch
will be served at 6:30 o’clock.
Make your plans to come to the
big singing at Sharon on this date.
Today & Tomorrow
Louie D. Newton
“THE FABULOUS FUTURE"
According to General David Sar
noff, chairman of RCA, the next
years will form “the fabulous
future.” Writing in the January
issue of Fortune Magazine, Gener
al Sarnoff says:
“By 1980, which is only 25 years
away, we will have pilotless pas
senger planes, atomic generators
in our homes, and purified sea
water with which to make our de
serts bloom.” Okay.
But I got to thinking as I was
reading about this “fabulous fu
ture” just what we would do with
all these added gadgets.
Here we are now, flying passen
ger planes more than 300 miles
per hour, offering liquor to the
passengers to get drunk, or drunk
er, as they soar through space.
And the advertisers are begging
everybody to load up their electric
refrigerators of today with beer
and keep lots of ice cubes for
cocktail parties. .
And the bootleggers are said to
be sinking deep wells to supply
their stills in case of future
droughts.
All of which looks like we are
doing pretty well with what we’ve
already got to become a nation of
alcoholics.
Take a look at Mr. Edgar Hoov
er’s latest statistics on juvenile de
linquency, and you wonder about
the “fabulous future.”
Take a look at the mounting
national debt, and you wonder
about the “fabulous future.”
Take a look at the lurid front
pages of our advertising albums,
reeking with crime, and you won
der about the “fabulous future."
I Gadgets are good, if they are
in the hands of people who are
! using them for worthy, decent
purposes. ' *
! But just more gadgets, with a
lot of people going to the devil
! already with what they have, is
' something else.
It might turn out that General
Samoff’s "fabulous future” will be,
in the words of Solomon, "vanity
of vanities.”
We’ll see.
Soil Conservation News
Forsyth County
DESCRIPTION OF CLASS in
LAND CAPABILITY CLASS
Class 111 is moderately good land
for cultivation. It is more limited
in use than Class II land by rea
son of one or more natural fea
tures. It can be used regularly for
crops but, because of these natur
al restrictions, intensive treatment
of some kind is called for. Several
variations occur in Class 111, as
they do in Class 11. Some Class
111 is moderately sloping and must
have intensive care to control ero
sion if used for crops in a regular
rotation. Another variation of Class
111 land calls for water manage
ment because of poor drainage.
When you see red on a land
capability map you know at once
that stands for Class 111 land and
also that the best of farming
methods are required. A land
capability map tells at a glance
how much and what variety of
Class 111 land is on a farm, and
just where it occurs.
L. M. Boggan, SCS engineer,
has transferred from the SCS in
Savannah to the SCS in Forsyth
County. Mr. Boggan replace Mr.
Tommy J. Phillips who has trans
ferred to the SCS in Athens.
Alvin P. Cannon with the local
SCS for the past six months has
resigned from the SCS and moved
to Darien, Georgia.
NOTICE
My law office is now located
directly North of Court House
Square, in rooms formerly used
as part of the Mrs. Alice Mash
burn Hotel. Entrance is provided
on the West side of building be
tween Cumming Jewelry Store and
Hospital Building.
LEON BOLING
There are 1,160,000 Cub Scouts
in 32,000 Cub Packs throughout
the United States.