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Volume 46. Sawnee Valley Wild Life Club Organized Here Friday Night > i A large group of Forsyth Coun-. ty sportsmen met and organized | the Sawnee Valley Wildlife Club I on Friday night, March '2sth. The club adopted the constitute | ion and by laws recommended by the committee appointed at the I previous meeting and the follow ing officers were elected to serve to June 1, 1956: President Joe i Brooks, V. president, John Pittaid, Secretary, Cecil Patterson, Treas urer, Wilburn Holbrook. Board of j Directors: N. E. Bagley, L. O. Sex ton, James I. Hughes, C. W. 801-1 ing and Weldon Ivey. A very interesting talk on the purpose of the club was given by j Fred Dixon, Chief of Fish Manage ] ment, State Games and Fish Com-1 mission, who stressed the facts that to be successful such a club must keep politics nut of it and must have a worthwhile proje ct in which every member could par ticipate. Four members of the Cherokee County club were present and they were very helpful in helping to get the club organized. It is felt by those present at the meeting that the best way to im prove the hunting and fishing con ditions of Forsyth County is by a good strong organization such as this. Any person in North Georgia who is interested in hunting and fishing or conservation of our sup ply of game is invited to join the club. The dues are $5.00 for the first year and $3.00 per year tthere after. The club will meet at the com munity house on the fourth Fri day night at 8 p. m. until further notice. Mobile Crime labor atory Coming Here Wednesday, April 6. Should you see a strange vehicle coming down our streets here in Cumming Wednesday, April 6, do not run for cover with the idea that the Russians have landed or that the corner of a State peni tentiary is being transported on wheels, for this queer-looking ve hicle is bent,on rendering a pub lic service by bringing to people, businessmen and Police Depart ments the latest in crime preven tion and detection methods. This veritable land battleship is the giant 16—iton mobile crime labor atory sponsored by the Great Cen tral Insurance Company of Peoria, Illinois. The Great Central Insur ance Company specializes in crime insurance, writing only holdup and burglary coverage. This Mobile Crime Laboratory will arrive Wednesday April 6, and will be parked near the Police Station here on the square. Post 9143 Host To Ninth District VFW Here March 20th. I The local V. F. W. Post 9143 was host for the Ninth District VFW meeting held here March 20. at the local Post Home. This meet ing was well attended with almost every post in the District represent ed. Commander Edward L. Woods, our local Commander, welcomed] the visiting VFW members and turned the meeting over to District Commander Jim Palmer. During the business session of the meeting Commander Palmer introduced sev eral visiting state officers, who made short talks. Some of these distinguished state officers present were Senior Vice Commander Med lock, Jr. Vice Commander McDon ald and Chief of Staff Grant. After the business session the meeting adjourned for a delicious chicken dinner prepared by Tom Dalton and his able staff of cooks. The Post members express their appreciation to Tom Dalton and his cooks, Mark Heard, Jr. who donat ed the chickens with the compli ments of Colonial Poultry Com pany of Athens. FOR SALE—Large Church win dows in good shape—See W. J. Poole, The Forsyth County News OFFICIAL ORGAN OF FORSYTH COUNTY & CITY OF CUMMING DEVOIED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF FORSYTH, FULTON, CHERO KEE, DAWSON, LUMPKIN, HALL AND GWINNETT COUNTIES. (City Population 2,500) Today & Tomorrow Louie D. Newton ROAD MAPS Road maps are always interest ing, always revealing. You may not always translate them correctly,' but they can be of tremendous help. j I get an occaasional communi cation from the National Industrial Conference Board, 247 Park Avenue New York City, founded 1916, in cluding a batch of Road Maps of I Industry. They are fascinating, but sometimes disturbing. Take this one, for example, in May 1954, the people of this coun try had made loans in the amount of $20.9 billion, 47 percent which loans were on automobiles. In 1939 loans on automobiles amounted to 39 percent, in 1949, 40.8 percent. Personal loans in 1954 amounted to 21 percent, 1949, 21.2 percent, i and in 1939, 24.2 percent. One of the other interesting charts in the current collection is on steam and motor ship construct ion. It shows Great Britian first, West Germany second, and the United States sixth. Speaking of road maps, T was im pressed, while on a trip to Wash i ington last week, by whatl saw through the Carolinas and Virginia Ordinarily, the cattle in those stat es are fat, but not this year. I saw more thin cattle on that trip last week than I have seen in a long time. They have some grass, but one guesses that there is mighty little grain and hay in the barns. Most of the pastures are green, but it is likely rye grass, which will be gone when the sun gets hot in May. I am hoping lor them, as I do for my little pasture, that the fescue and orchard grass and the clover and lespepdeza will come through, but! can’t be. too "hopeful when I remember that brown turf last fall. Another road map that disturbs me is the drop in passenger traf fic on the trains. Of course, you can go out to the airport and find the answer, plus the automobiles and busses. Still, railroads had a lot to do with building this country and when they suffer, it may not be too healthy. The one steadily rising index in all these road maps is taxes. “Man, man. Georgia appears to be right at the head of the clasas in taxes collected for state services—2lß million in 1953. And when I got the notice the other day of the in crease of state and county taxes for 1955, I needed a soft pillow and a cup of black coffee. These road maps are interesting. Mclntyre Wrestles Davis Saturday night Benefit Red Cross The second Red Cross benefit Wrestling card will be presented, Saturday night at the Gym. The I profits will go to meet Forsyth County’s quota for the Red Cross Fund. Matches start promptly at 815 P. M. The main event slated for the j best two out of three falls or a time limit of one hour should pro vide plenty of action when Red Mclntryre, 226 lbs. of Otterville, Mo., squares off against Sterling "Dizzy” Davis,- 224 lbs. of Houstton Texas. So far Davis has run rough, shod over all opposition here but Mclntyre claims he has a grudge to settle with Dizzy and intends to do so Sturday night. Both men haye no love for the other and use every opportunity to let the world know it. Davis hated reds brotther Don equally as much as he does Red and has been a constant thorn in their side. The opening bout, a one hour time limit or best two out of three falls will pit Tokyo Joe, 225 lbs. of Japan against Steve Novak, 226 lbs. of Toledo, Ohio. This is the first time the slashing Jap has appeared here and a big turn out is expected for this stellar action packed card. Children should be warned to keep their kites away from power lines this spring, because if the kites or strings come Into contact with the lines, the result may be fatal. Gumming, Georgia, Thursday, March 31, 1955. A. G. Thomas .& Sons Adds Sherwin-Williams Paint Line This Year Joel Webb, General manager of the firm stated in an interview today that they have added the old famous line of Sherwin Wil liams Paints to their already large line of Building materials —In fact they have everything for the home builder at A. G. Thomas & Sons now. The A. G. Thomas & Sons have been in business here for Four Generations and they afe known for their many lines of quality merchandise and fair dealing for over the number of years they have been in business. They hope by adding this famous paint line that they can better serve you. B. B. Spence, a life-long Forsyth County man has joined the firm and he states that he will be glad to sell you anything in the build ing field—He is in charge of the Paint Division, however, he will be glad to help you wifh any of your "building problems. IT’S TIME TO SIGN FOR POLIO SHOTS AS APRIL 12 NEARS Time is running out for parents who have not signed request forms for polio shots for their children in the first and second grades. With pril 12 as the date for word from tthe University of Michi gan on results of last year’s Salk polio vaecine trials, Dr. T. F. Sell ers, director of the Georgia Depart ment of Public Health, has urged parents tto sign these forms and return them to teachers of the children. T£ the report is favorable and the Shots are given, only children for whom forms have been receiv ed will get the vaccine. Plans call for a series of three shots, and Dr. Sellers said it is especially import ant for parents to know that child ren must have all three in order to benefit from any 61 Them. In Georgia, only first and second graders will get the polio shots free in the statewide inoculation program. Supply of the vaccine is limited 'and these children are more susceptible to polio than older child ren. Some parents have asked why third grade children in Georgia will not receive the vaaccine as they are doing in 44 other states. Dr. Sellers said these other states took part in the field trials last year, With some children receiving the real vaccine and others receiving a substitute, which had the same appearance but was a neutral sub stance. This was done so compari son could be made of the number of cases of polio occurring among these children and those who re ceived the real vaccine. Since some last-minute cases of polio occurred in Georgia last year, the tests were called off in this state. Therefore, no third graders will receive free vaccine this year. There is absolutely no question of the safety of the vaccine, Dr. Sellers said. The only question re maining is whether it will prevent paralytic polio. If the answer is YES, the federal government will immediately license the vaccine for distribution. Vaccine will be supplied free to the Health Department by the Nat ional Polio Foundation, and is paid for by the March of Dimes. Wil liam Ferry, Georgia representative for the Foundation, said more vac cine will be available commercially to parents through their private physicians for children other than first and second graders. Singing Notice There will be a singing Saturday night April 2, at Brookwood Bap -1 tist Church. We have the promise of some good singers and you are cordially invited to come and enjoy it with us. Carter Galloway E. A. Butler Glenn Sexton At an expanded level of output, average broiler prices in 1955 arei not likely to exceed those of 1954 With Y our County Agent Walter 11. Rucker Many Forsyth County farmers have already taken samples of the soil in their fields and pastures for analyzing. Others are doing so now or will as soon as the land is dry enough to plow. Soil samples in many instances will save money for the farmers. "In others it will enable him to get a higher net return per dollar in vested in labor, seed and fertilizer. It is true that much of our land that has been cropped heavily is limited in the yield that we can expect from it. Most of our land is low in nitrogen. A lot of it is low in phosphorous and potash. These are the 3 basic fertilizer ele ments that we normally consider when buying commercial fertilizer. • After adding an abundance of these 3 elements, many farmers consider that the crop is well fer tilized. Occasionally it is. Many times it is not. An extremely acid soil will tie up much of this fertilizer before the plant is large enough to use. The plant will starve for certain food elements even though these elements are present in the soil. In most cases this condition can be corrected by adding calcium in the form of lime or basic slag to the soil. Calcium will raise the PH of the soil or “sweeten" the soil. All plants have an optimum soil acidity at which they grow best. Cotton does best on an “acid” soil. Lime will usually not benefit cot ton. On the other extreme, all clov ers require an extremely “sweet”, soil and will not grow on land that made good cotton the year before. Most of our other field crops re quire a pH level between that re quired for cotton and clover. Corn is usually benefitted by the addi tion of either lime or basic slag. Even though lime is probably the cheapest of all plant food ele ments, it is one that many times is lacking in our soil. It can be the difference between a 30 and a 50 bushel com yield. It can mean a poor or a good stand of clover in your pasture. An analyzed soil sample will give the answer. Soil Conservation News Forsyth County W. E. Herring four miles south of Cumming on U. S. 19 reports he is getting erosion control as well as putting fat on his cattle from his fescue. Mr. Herring plans to certify about ten acres of his fescue for seed production.. New pine tree plantings have been reported by several farmers including Grady Holcomb near Heardsville, Bige and Enoch Elzey five miles northwest of Cumming on the Dr. Bramblett road, Ben Wofford near Coal Mt., Marvin Wallis on 9 E. Highway and the Mashburn doctors. Bicolor lespedeza plantings have been reported by several farmers throughout the county. In addition to bicolor serving as an erosion control plant it also produces seed that make good quail food. W. S. Agee, who has been with the local Soil Conservation Service for the last nineteen months has resigned from the Service and gone into business for himself. Mr. Agee has been of great aassistance to the Service and now will be of service to the farmers building dams and moving dirt of various nature. CHESTATEE SENIOR 4-H CLUB The Chestatee Senior 4-H Club met on Tuesday March 22 with 33 members present. The 4-H Club pledge was said and the roll was called by Secre tary Ovie Hubbard. The meeting was then turned over to the pro gram chairman. The Bible was read by Ovie Hubbard, Poems by Shirley English and Shirley Tinsley andfve sang some songs. We were then shown a film “Gun and Dog,” by Mr. Rucker. Anice time was had by all. Sara Orr, Reporter County Population 15,000. Number 13. FORSYTH COUNTY G. E. A. PROGRAM MARCH 25, 1955. •':K ' i ' ■ I m wOf wp * I■<•••*> * s #'*f m JHmHK mR ;we I .EFT TO RIGHT: Thelma Bennett, Sue Mashburn, Sandra Cross Sabra Ann Bennett Opening remarks by E. E. Rogers, Eighth grade Chestatee. Prayer by A. M. Sosebee. Program: Eighth Grade Chestatee Public School—Home, Church and School. Bible Reading: By Mrs. E. E. Rogers. Joshua 24: 1 Luke 15: 18-18-20 Proverbs 24: 1-2-3 Matthew 16: 16-17-18. Song: ‘“Home Sweet Home” by Sandra Cross, Sue Mashburn and Thelma Bennett. Reading: The Home—by Sandra Cross. Song: “The Old Rugged Cross”. Reading: “The Public School System in United States” By Sue Mashburn. Song: “Love Lifted Me.” Reading: "The Church” by Thelma Bennett. Concluding thought by E. E. Rogers. Poem: By Dr. George Truett. “When I met My Master Face to Face”. Remarks: By Superintendent A. R. Housley. Southern Bell Fires Striking Worker At Valdosta Office A striking Valdosta Telephone man has been discharged for the threatening of a non-striking em ployee with an open knife, L. C. Phillips, Valdosta Manager for the Southern Bell Telephone Company said. The incident occurred March 15 on a Company parking lot in Val dosta where the dismissed employ ee was picketing and the non strik ing man was parking his company truck. Mr. Phillips said, “A full and thorough investigation has been made. Eye witness reports show the striking employee pulled out and opened a knife and threatened the non-striking employee while cursing him in a very abusive manner. Of course, we can not tolerate such misconduct and the man involved has been discharged. A letter notifying the employee of his discharge Was mailed to him Wednesday by H. C. Shearin of Albany, South Georgia District Plant Manager for Southern Bell. Both men involved were plant de partment employees at Valdosta which is a part of Southern Bell’s South Georgia District. TURKEY TIME Easter has become the third lar gest turkey day of the year. Thanksgiving and Christmas rank ahead of it in sales. Families look ing for a simple and yet delicious turkey meal for this Easter might try one of the new small-type jun ior turkeys. They come, dressed weight, from four to nine pounds, and can be fried, broiled, braised or roasted. Output per farm worker in Geor gia has increased more during the past 55 years than in all recorded history prior to 1900. Local Ford Dealer Wins Again We Earned the FORD ** OUTSTANDING FORD DEALERSHIP in 1954 Ford Motor Company has re cently awarded the Otwell Motor Company the Four Letter Award for outstanding performance dur ing 1954. Only Twenty Dealers under the Atlanta Branch earned this award for top performance in Sales and Service. This Dealer sold over 1,300 Cars and Trucks during 3954. Singing Notice Everybody Is invited to the An nual Singing to be held a Liberty Baptist Church in Dawson County on Sunday April 3, 1955. Come and spent the day —Dinner on the grounds. ED TAYLOR, President CHURCH NOTICE The Favorite Melody Quartette, better known as the Cripple Quar tette will be at Coal Mountain Bap tist church Saturday night Appril 2. Also Rev. and Mrs. Carl Stew art will be there with some special numbers. Everyone has a Special invitation. Hoyt Thompson, Pastor. P. T. A. NOTICE P. T. A. will hold their regular meeting on Thursday April 7, in the Cumming High School Library at 3:15 o’clock. Parents are urged to attend.