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Cumming Georgia.
SOCIETY
MRS. WANSLEY BAGLEY. Editor Tel. Home 2307—Office 2321
Mr. Carl Jackson made a abusi
ness trip to Atlanta Monday
Mr. Jimmie O. Barnes made a
business trip to Canton this week.
Mr. Roy P. Otwell was in Atlan
ta Tuesday on business.
Mesdames Roy Otwell and Pim
mie Barnes visited Mrs. Jack Bag
gett in Lawrenceville Monday
Mr. and Mrs. Hoyt Harbin and
children were weekend visitors in
Commerce
Misses Polly Dodd and Elvira
Eliott were weekend guest of Mr.
and Mrs. Wesley Hawkins
Mrs. Hazel Holbrook and Mrs.
Winona Pendley were in Atlanta
on Monday
Mr. Robert Otwell of NGC spent
the weekend with his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Ivan Otwell
Pfc. Henry Moore of Ft. Jackson
spent the weekend with Mr. and
Mrs. Harris Moore
Mr. W. .H. McLarin and Mr. A.
C. Kennemore were in Canton on
Monday
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Westbrook
Rosalyn and Hoyt and Mrs. Hoyt
Barnett spent Sunday in Athens
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Mize of Spart
anburg, S. C., were weekend guest
of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Otwell
Messrs. Ardeal Holbrook, Henry
Warren and Ralph Otwell made a
business trip to Cleveland Monday
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Brisendine
of Conyers visited Mrs. Jerry Per
rin Sunday
Mr. James L. Reeves spent Sun
day with Mr. and Mrs. Edward
Hedden in Hiawassee
Mr. and Mrs. T. S. Perrin of
Clarkston were Saturday night din
ner guest of Mrs. Jerry Perrin and
Tier family here
Mr. and Mrs. L. T. HoljtzclaxM
and Miss Betty Terry spent Sun
day with Pvt. Leland Shadburn at
Camp Gordon
KEYS MADE —Keys made for Au
tos, padlocks, homes, offices, while
you wait — ROPER HARDWARE
COMPANY.
Rev. Lawton Sewell will preach
at Daves Creek Baptist Church on
Sunday night March 13, at 7:30.
Dr. and Mrs. Byron Redd, Jr
and children of Augusta were the
weekend guest of their parents,
Mr. and Mrs. B. L. Redd Sr.
Rev. J. S. Cochran will preach
at Zion Hill Baptist Church next
Sunday night March 13, at 7:30.
Everyone invited.
KEYS MADE— Keys made for Au
tos, padlocks, homes, offices, while
you wait — ROPER HARDWARE
COMPANY.
Rev. Harold Zwald taught a
Study Course Book on Evangelism
at the First Baptist Church in Bu
ford Monday through Thursday
nights of last week.
Sunday visitors of Mr. and Mrs.
Miles Wolfe and family were Mr.
and Mrs. F. A.* Cain of Atlanta
and Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Cain of
Alpharetta
Roy Otwell Jr, and family of
Fort McPherson were weekend
guest of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Otwell.
A family dinner was planned for
Sunday in celebration of Roy Jr’s.
23rd Birthday.
Mr. and Mrs. Comer Lee Barnett
attended a dinner at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. John Jones in Dah
lonega Saturday night in connec
tion with the Rural Letter Carriers
Association District Meeting.
4-H COUNCIL INSTALLS
OFFICERS
The 4-H Council met March sth
at the Community Club house for
the purpose of installing officers.
Refreshments were served at 10
A. M. after which the officers for
the following year were installed.
The new president Donna Echols
presided over the meeting.
MISCELLANEOUS SHOWER
FETES BRIDE—ELECT.
On Thursday evening March 3,
Mrs. Harris Moore and Miss Bette
Anne Moore honored Miss Gloria
Lively, bride-to-be of Mr. R. A. In
gram, Jr on March 11.
The beautiful home of the Harris
Moores’ was decorated for the oc
casion with a beautiful color
scheme of green and white, with
flowers through-out the house in
the same color scheme.
Several very interesting bridal
contest were enjoyed by the group,
after which, Linda Ingram present
ed the bride-to-be, with a beauti
fully decorated, green and white
umbrella which was loaded with
many lovely gifts.
The Hostess served delicious and
very attractive refreshments of
wedding bell ice cream, green and
white cakes and nuts.
Those present were: Misses Wil
ma Ivie, Barbara Cates, Jacquely
Phillips, Barbara Brannon, Gloria
Lively, Mesdames Jerry Perrin, A.
Y. Howell, Harold Zwald, E. W.
Lively, Eiron Barnett, R. A. Ingram
John Smith, Tom Orr, W. J. Poole,
Clyde Pendley and Linda Ingram.
BRIDE TO BE HONORED
On Saturday evening Mr. and
Mrs. Clyde Mize and Mrs. Charles
Rowell complimented Miss Gloria
Lively and R. A. Ingram, Jr at a
dinner party at Clark’s near Bu
ford.
Centering the table was an ar
rangement of white carnations
which were cleverly disguised cor
sages for the guests.
The guest list included Mr. and
Mrs. Stoy Pinion of Hapeville, Mr.
| James Vickery of Atlanta, Mr.
George Ingram of Athens, Mr.
Lewis Orr of Decatur, Miss Jackie
Phillips, Miss Joyce Ingram, Mr.
Gary Clark, Mr. and Mrs. E. W.
Lively, Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Ingram,
Sr of Cumming and the honorees.
CHESTATEE HDC NEWS
The Chestatee Home Demonstrat
ion club has begun to carry out
some of the plans they made at
the beginning of the year. On Sat
urday February 26th. They had a
cake sale at the Gas Company in
Gainesville. The sale was very suc
cessful. Proceeds from the sale will
go for a Coffee maker.
EVANGELISTIC STUDY
Beginning Sunday night, March
20, and going through the follow
ing Thursday night, there will be
an Evangelistic Week of Study con
ducted at Cumming First Baptist
Church, in cooperation with other
churches in the Hightower Asso
ciation.
Several outstanding Baptist teach
ers will be here for those nights,
including Mr. Gainer Bryan, Mr.
Hugh King, and Rev. Julian Sny
der, who are well-known all over
the state of Georgia.
The brief books to be studied
have been recently prepared for
this special study in Evangelism
and Soul-Winning, and are listed
with the groups which will study
them:
A CHURCH RE VIV AL—Adults
WINNING OTHERS TO CHRIST
Intermediates and Young People.
JESUS SAVES—Juniors.
Everyone in Cumming and For
syth County is very cordially in
vited to come and share this won
derful week wit hs. There will be
no obligation whatsoever, and a
hearty welcome of Christian fellow
ship awaits every person who will
come to these an dany of our other
services.
Harold Zwald, Pastor
Card Of Thanks
We wish to thank our many
friends and neighbors for their
many deeds of kindness shown us
during the illness and death of our
Husband and Father Mr. G. M.
McConnell.
The people that brought so much
food and those that gave the beau
tiful flowers, also the singers for
the sweet songs, Revs. Warren,
Sewell and Martin for their com
forting words. Dr. Rupert Bramb
lett for his untiring medical atj
tention, also the undertaker Mr.
Royston Ingram for his splendid
service.
Mav God bless each and every
one is our prayer. •
Mrs. G. M. McConnell and children
The Forsyth County News
With Y our County
Agent
Walter H. Rucker
This week marks the 50th Anni
versary of the beginning of 4-*Hj
Club work in Georgia. Four-H club
work in Georgia had a smaller be
ginning than most people think.
There were not 151 Newton County
boys in that first corn club, as is
generally believed. There were on
ly 101.
And they didn’t have to plant an
acre each. They had to plant only
enough to get 20 ears. Some of the
boys planted just one row of corn,
others just 20 stalks. There was no
limit, though, on the amount that
they could plant. One of the con
test rules said: “There are no limi
tations as to the variety of corn
planted, kind of land, or extent of
field. It may be grown on upland
or bottom, on one row or ten acres
These interesting facts were
learned from Grady Adams, one
of the first corn club members
and the son of G. C. Adams, tjhe
Newton county superintendent who
started it all, and by a study of
old papers and records which Mr.
Grady now has.
It is true that the corn club
which eventually grew into the 4-H
organization started in 1905. But
the idea was born a year earlier.
In the Covington Enterprise pub
lished on December 23, 1904, there
appeared a notice under the follow
ing heading: “A Corn Contest.’’
The notice read; “It gives me a
pleasure to announce that during
the coming spring there will be a
contest among the school boys of
Newton County as to who can
make the best showing in corn cul
ture. This will be a contest to in-,
terest the farmer boys and have
them show their fathers how we
can succeed on the farm, even
when cotton is seven cents per
pound. Several handsome prizes
will be offered.”
The piece was signed by G. C.
Adams, County School Commission
er, Newton County.
In The Enterprise on February
3, 1905, the rules of the corn club
were published. Notice of entering
the contest was to be given to Mr.
Adams by March 15. Another rule
stated that “all work of raising the
corn, such as preparing the soil,
fertilizing, planting, and cultivating
must be done by the contestant
himself.” And then “the corn must
be pulled and weighed by disinter
ested committees, when thoroughly
dry.” The winners were to be de
termined on a basis of weight of
their 20 years.
That the program succeeded—al
most before it got underway—is
illustrated by editorials and stories
published about it in newspapers
in and out of Georgia. A good ex
ample of what these newspapers
said appeared in The Atlanta Jour
nal. The Atlanta Journal called the
plan “an excellent idea.” It con;
tinued: “As a means for stimulat
ing the activity of the farmers in
raising other things besides cotton,
the Newton County scheme appear
to be an excellent one. It should
be tried in every county in the
Cotton States and not only com
contests should be inaugurated but
several farm product contests, as
well.”
After the contest, The American
Agriculturist was so pleased that
it commented editorially: “We take
pride in sending the news abroad
and the accompplishments of these
school boys are known wherever
CHESTATEE EIGHTH GRADERS PRESENT
DRAFT ONE OF CLASS PROJECT
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EIGHTH GRADERS AT CHESTATEE SCHOOL
.... They’re Presenting Forsyth County Findings of the First of the
Three Basic Institutions of our American Democracy the HOME.
!The Class, as previously stated, will present their class project
findings and partial research in three drafts: Draft I, ‘The Home;”
Draft II, —“the School”; and Draft 111, —“the Church.”
English farm literature Is read.”
The next year, in 1906, the Uni
versity of Georgia organled a state
wide com club. —Thus began 4-H.
SPECIAL NOTICE
Due to the fact that Wilson & Co.
have opened their new plant and
that we are behind with the new
addition to our plant, we are ask
ing ail Water Customers to con
serve as much water as possible,
as we are running 24 hours each
day. If we had a fire it would be
too bad as we cannot keep the
tank full.
MILES WOLFE, Supt.
Cumming Water Works
NOTICE—I am doing all kinds of
Sewing for the public—Mrs. Ruby
Hammond, 1 mile south of Coal
Mountain on Highway No. 19.
IN MEMORY
In loving memory of our dear
wife and mother, Mrs. J. L. Sewell
who passed away one year ago
March 13, 1954.
Mother you are gone, but your
voice and memory still lives on.
There is a vacancy in our lives and
home that no one can fill.
We know Mother that you are
at rest and we all hope to meet
you some sweet day.
J. L. Sewell and children.
NOTICE TO FISHERMAN lf
you have always wanted to catch
a nice size Fish—You should con
tact Richard Williams and learn
his secret—Thursday he caught one
weighing 11 1-2 pounds. Richard
has been living around Augusta
Georgia and recently returned here
and stated that he wanted to show
•the fishermen here what he learn
ed while away.
THE
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LOVES
SPARKLE
A true lady of a shoe, .the favorite
WILLIAMS pump classic with
clean, smooth lines, this spring a
sparkle with a cluster of rhine
stones to center cutout petals. The
medium heel is graceful and com
fortable. Blue leather. (Black Pat
ent)
A WILLIAMS SHOE
ONLY
$4.95
SAM GORDON’S
Cumming, Georgia
The CLASS PROJECT is: “The Continued Need for the Preservat*
ion and Co-ordination of the three basic institutions of our American
Democracy: the Home, the School and the Church."
The CLASS AIM is: "To collect and Help Preserve Historical Re-*
cords and Landmarks of Forsyth County,—the Home of Georgia’s First
Public School, —for future posterity.
Mr. E. E. Rogers, the Class Sponsor, introduces class findings on
the HOME with the following:
Johsua 24: 15 “ AS FOR ME AND MY HOUSE, WE WILL SERVE
THE LORD." Centuries before there was a state, school, or church,
there were Homes instituted by God, places where men and women
should live together in love and happiness, where children should be
born and reared. This fellowship of married love and the Home which
it builds, is God’s supreme gift to man and the safeguard of civilization
DR. R. G. Lee said:
“A church within a church,
A Republic within a Republic,
A World within a world,
A Kingdom within a Kingdom
Is spelled in four letters: HOME.”
In the building of a lite or a home, we think of Jesus Christ as
“The Chief Cornerstone” on which every part must be “fitly framed
together.” The writer of Proverbs says: “The houie of the righteous
shall stand,’ and we share his faith as we build our homes on Christ.
Other foundation can no man lay,” that will be as adequate for these
testing times. You remember the parable with which Jesus closed the
Sermon on the Mount. He describes the house of the wise man and
says: “The rains descended and the floods came and beat upon that
house and it fell not, for it was founded upon a rock,” So our homes,
if they are to endure, must be founded upon the rock of faith.
JOHN OXENHAM puts this thought into verse:
“The cornerstone in truth is laid,
The guardian walls of honor made,
The rock of faith is built above,
The fire upon the hearth is love,
Though rains descend and loud winds call
This happy home shall never fall.”
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102 Year-old Home of Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Boyd,
Forsyth County, Georgia.
The A. J. Boyd Estate, has been in the Boyd name for 102 years. Mr.
A. J. Boyd, present owner, has been living in this home for 68 years.
This home is perhaps the oldest, or one of the oldest in Forsyth
County. It was at one time owned by Chief Van, of the Cherokee In
dian Tribe, who built the main body of the present building. The old
Dinner Bell is shown in the background. The building has one of the
large, old type chimneys that is kept as an heirloom of early days. This
old landmark home will soon be under water with the completion of
the Buford Dam Project.
The purest type of the Anglo-Saxon race dwelt in this section of
the country. The earliest settlers came for the purpose of finding gold,
or trading with the Indians. They migrated from the eastern side of the
Chattahoochee River eastward. The first homes were located in this
section that was drained by the Chattahoochee, Hightower, or Etowah
River together with their tributaries, big creek, six mile, four mile, 2
mile and a few other creeks.
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The Above Picture is the Home of Mr. and Mrs.
Ralph Otwell, of Cumming, Georgia.
This is one of the latest modern homes in Forsyth County. The
materials used in its building are California Red Wood, and Crab Or
chard Stone. It contains two bedrooms; one and one-half baths, a liv
ing-dining room combination; kitchen and and a Mahogany panneled
den and a garage. Mr. Otwell’s family are all natives of Forsyth Coun
ty. He is connected with Otwell Motor Company, as Sales Represen
tative. Mrs. Otwell is a teacher in the Cumming High School.
EDGAR GUEST says:
"‘lt takes a lot of living
To make a house a home.”
Draft No. II will follow on the PUBLIC SCHOOL. i
Thursday, March 10, 1955.