Newspaper Page Text
Volume 46.
Joint Armed Forces
Day Saturday May 21
At Lockheed Plant
Three North Georgia area mili
tary installations Bobbins Air
Force Base, Atlanta's Naval Air
Station and Georgia Division of
Lockheed Aircraft Corporation
announced today they are joining
forces in one of the nation’s larg
est Armed Forces Day open house
air shows Saturday, May 2, 10 a.
m. to 5 p. m.
The combined spectacle will be
staged on the 2,830-acre military
reservation south of Marietta, be
tween the old and new U. S. 41
highway. Dobbins air base and the
huge Lockheed-operated govern
ment aircraft plant jjointly occupy
the reservation.
Twenty-six or more different
types of military aircraft, plus a
big Navy blimp and Navy and
Army helicopters, will be in fhe
air or on static exhibit.
It will be the most compprehen
sive public showing of aircraft
seen in the southeast. Both Dobbins
and Lockheed aircraft ramps will
be used to display the array of
airplanes, which will range in size
from tiny Civil Air Patrol craft to
giant transports and bombers.
Lockheed will feature cargo,
tanker and transport craft, with
the new 15,000 —horsepower C-130A
Hercules combat transport in the
spotlight. The largest operational
military transport, the C-124 Globe
master, and the world’s fastest op
erational bomber, the B-47 Strato
jet, both will be on exhibit, along
with a huge tanker airplane and
other transports.
Dobbins’ flight line will have Air
Force and Navy jet fighters, inter
ceptors, bombers and reconnais
sance aircraft. "These will include
Starfires, Sabrejets, Skynights,
Cougars, Corsairs, Thunderjets,
Banshees, T-335,' Invaders and
others. Several of the jets are cap
able of supersonic speeds.
The action exhibits inside the
Lockheed plant—the world’s larg
est integrated aircraft factory un
der one roof—will include scores
of scientific and mechanical gad
gets, as well as an electronic brain.
The plant’s 17,000 aircrafters will
seek to show visitors the step-by
step process of manufacturing
America’s No. 1 jet bomber, the
Boeing B-47, and the nation’s first
quantity-production turboprop com
bat transport, the Lockheed C-130A
Hercules. Three major aircraft pro
duction lines —nearly a full mile of
airplanes—will be seen by visitors.
The spectacular air show at the
reservation, beginning at 1 p. m.,
will feature blimp landings, take
offs and flyovers, Navy helicopter
air-sea rescue demonstrations, a
Sabrejet high velocity dive and
numerous high speed runs, format
ions and flyovers.
Top ranking military leaders and
southeastern area Defense Depart
ment civilian advisers, escorted by
Lt. Gen. A. R. Bolling, Third Army
Commander, of Ft. IVfcPherson,
Georgia, will visit the gigantic
show in a flight of helicopters and
will be guests of Lockheed-Dobbins
for a tour and a luncheon.
Air Force bases furnishing air
craft and crews will include Mac-
Dill AFB, Palm Beach AFB, and
Tyndall AFB, all of Florida, Pope
AFB, N. C., Moody AFB, Georgia,
and. Ardmore AFB, Oklahoma,
plus the Lockheed Squadron of the
Civil Air Patrol.
Naval Air stations participating,
besides Atlanta, are Cecil Field,
Jacksonville NAS and Pensacola
NAS.
Third Army area installations
sending me, equipment and demon
strations are Ft. Benning, Ft. Mc-
Pherson, Camp Stewart and Atlan
ta General Depot, all in Georgia,
Ft. Bragg, N. C., and Ft. McClel
lan, Alabama.
In addition ,the Georgia National
Guard, the Air National Guard, the
U. S. Marine Corps, Explorer
Scouts of the Atlanta Area Coun
cil, and the American Red Cross
will send personnel and exhibits.
The Third Army Band and a spec
ial services unit will furnish en
tertainment
The Forsyth County News
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF FORSYTH COUNTY & CITY OF CUM MING
DEVOTED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF FORSYTH, FULTON, CHERO REE, DAWSON, LUMPKIN, HALL AND GWINNETT COUNTIES.
(City Population 2,500)
Gumming High School
To Hold Sunday
Graduation Exercises
The Cumming High School will
graduate seventy-four students at
the graduation exercise on Sunday
May 22nd, at 2:30 P. M. Rev. HaT
old Zwald will deliver the gradu
ation message. Mr. A. R. Housley
will deliver the diplomas. Other
dignitaries on the program are the
Forsyth County Board Members,
the Cumming Trustees, Rev. John
Ozley, Rev. Walter Stiles, and J. L.
Ferguson.
The Choir from the First Bap
tist Church, under the leadership
of Mr. Paul Forrest will sing.
Those who are graduating are:
Bagley, Jerry; Barnett, George
David; Bramblett, Janice; Bramb
lett, Wansley Orr; Burruss, Kath
leen; Carter, Joyce; Charles Rich- 1
ard; Cobb, Theresa Ann; Clark,
Ronald; Dooley, Ruby Naomi* Ev
ans, Ellen Rider; Echols, Donna;
Forrest, Barbara Jo; Garner, Lecy
Gail; Gilbert, Mildred; Gilbert, Jo
anne Delores; Gilleland, J. C.;
Glover, Janice; Gravitt, Shirley
Ann; "Hamby, James; Hansard,
Emory; Hayes, Betty; Holbrook,
Farish; Holcomb, Ann; Hughes,
Chiorene; James, Catherine; Jen
nings, Dennis Harrison; Jennings,
Ferrell Mather; Kelley, Edna; Led
better, Sara Frances; Mathis, An
nie Grace; Martin, Emory; Martin,
Lucille; Martin, Margaret; Merritt,
Johnny Lawrence; Mullinax, Eu
gene; MCGinriis, /Dillard; Orr,
Yvonne; Pate, Shirley; Pendley,
Martha Lee; Phillips, Donna Ann;
Phillips, Hazel; Pirkle, Grace Lu
cille; Poole, Nathan; Pritchard,
Rachel; Pruitt, Polly; Pruitt, Retha
Mae; Raines, Willie; Reece, Mary
Ann; Reed, Ruth; Sewell, Helen C.;
Samples, Worley Dean; Sewell,
Helen Yvonne; Sexton, Lamar;
Smallwood, Mary Ann; Smith, Ed
win; Smith, Jimmy; Smith, Rex;
Sorrells, Shelby Jean; SosCbee,
Mattie Iola; "Sutton, David; Tallant,
Marlin; Tallant, Ruth; Tate, Rob
ert; Thomas, Billy; Wallace, Hazel;
Wallis, Imogene; Walls, Voncille;
Webb, Joel; "Westray, Alton; Wes
tray, Barbara Ann; Westray, Betty
Hue.
Civilian Defense
Workshop Holds
Successful Meeting
A group of Forsyth countains in
cluding, Jimmie Barnes, Civilian
Defense Dircetor for Forsyth coun
ty and Mrs. Lendon Cantrell, Mrs.
Bernice Wolfe, Mrs. Bonnie Dal
ton, Mrs. Hazel Holbrook and Mrs.
Howard Summerour attended the
Workshop held in Gainesville on
Thursday May 12th.
This meeting was attended by
some 200 ladies of the North Geor
gia District and a group of the
men Directors.
A very Interesting, informative
and Educational program was giv
en throughout the day, which in
cluded State planning, and pointing
out the role women will play in
learning defense rules and carry
ing them over to a family, neigh
borhood and community operation.
Representatives from Home De
monstration Clubs, PTA’s, Scouts,
American Legion Auxiliaries, Wo
men’s Clubs, O. E. S. Chapters and
many interested individuals, gave
close attention to the well planned
program of Lecturers, Demonstrat
ions of Rescue work, there were
also interesting speakers from the
State Department of Education,
State Department of Health, and
State Directors of the Civilian De
fense Department of the State of
Georgia. It was stressed through
out the meeting the need for or
ganization and well planned pro
grams of operation in case of Dis
aster or Attack by Enemy planes.
The United States Government
both on a State and Local level is
spending huge sums of money and
is setting up agencies that will be
of vital help should this operation
become necessary and it is urged
that every citizen in all walks of
life avail themselves o fthe oppor
tunity to study and cooperate with
these agencies, that we might be
able to be of use to our fellow
citizens and country.
Cumming Georgia, Thursday, May 19, 1955.
Rep. Landrum Named
Chairman On Special
Committee Last Week
Washington, May 12, 1955—Repre
sentative Phil M. Landrum has
been named chairman of a special
House Education and Labor Sub-
Committee to consider legislation
to provide federal financial aid for
rural library services.
The Jasper lawmaker said today
he will order public hearings later
this month on the question. More
than 30 bills have been introduced
in the House this session to pro
vide such assistance.
While Landrum sad he could
not properly comment on any spe
cific bill before the subcommittee,
he was “wholeheartedly in favor
of the principle” involved.
This is one area in which the
federal government can assist in
the education and ehlightment of
the people without the slightest in
terference in state and local pre
rogatives,” Landrum said. “In my
opinion, it is imperative that the
government render such assist
ancel”
Most of the bills introduced on
the subject provide systems for
federal grants to state and local
library authorities for rural ser
vices on a funds-matching basis.
Landrum said "he did not antici
pate “extensive” public hearings.
Other members of the subcom
mittee are Reps. Lee Metcalf,
(D-Mont.) Edith Green (D-Oregon),
Sam Coon (R-Oregon) and Orvin
B. Fjare fR-Mortt.)
Teenagers Could
Be Best Drivers
Atlanta—Teenagers could become
America’s best drivers according to
Andy Williams, Chief Driver Train
ing Instructor of the Georgia Mot
or Club (AAA), Atlanta.
Basing his comment on sixyears
of experience as a driving teacher,
Mr. Williafns explained that youth
ful drivers have quicker reactions
than adults, enabling them to re
spond rapidly to emergencies.
Mr. Williams has found that
competent training, not only in
motoring skills but also in courtesy
behind the wheel, is the remedy
for the notorious acddent record
of the 16—24 age group.
About 40 percent of Mr. Williams
pupils are teenagers. He agrees
that boys and girls learn with
equal speed. Among his many adult
pupils, Mr. Williams finds that
women have "a slight edge” on
men in speed of learning.
The motor club’s non-profit driv
er training program includes 10
hours of actual dual-control driving
practice time for students. Pupils
are taught not only when and how
to use the clutch, brakes, and gas
pedal, but also the various funct
ions of each device. Instruction is
given in both automatic and con
ventional gear shift cars.
Individual classroom discussion
on both ‘‘The Uniform Motor Ve
hicle Code’’ and city laws, plus
reading assignments in copyrighted
AAA textbooks, add to the student’
knowledge of safety and good driv
ing habits.
A series of AAA psycho-physical
tests measures such things as the
breadth of vision, depth of vision,
and reaction time. The inndividual
is made aware of his limitations
and is instructed in how he may
compensate for them.
Mr. Williams stressed the import
ance of teaching proper attitudes
to future drivers. Sportsmanlike
motorists who practice the golden
rule have the best safety records,
he said.
Important Notice
DOG INOCULATIONS
The next dog inoculation clinics
will be at the places listed below.
Chattahoochee < Hammond’s Store)
9:00 to 10:30 A. M.
Chestatee District tD. O. Freemans
Store) 10:45 to 12:00 NOON.
It is necessary that all dogs not
inoculated last year get this Three
year shot to meet Health Lad re
quirements on Rabies. The cost is
$1.50 for the three year shot and 1
pups 3 months old can get it also.
Wallace Appliance To
Have Food Consultant
Friday May 20th.
Cmith Wallace, of Wallace Appli-!
ance Company, Cumming, Georgia
has gone big time and he is pro- j
viding a real treat for the people 1
of Cumming on Friday, May 20th. I
Mr. Wallace will bring a nationally
famous food authority, trom a fam.
ous manufacturer at Greenville, j
Michigan, to Cumming to appear
in his store all day, Friday.
This national celebrity in the (
food field is Mrs. Ethel P. Lewis,
who serves as a food consultant
to a famous manufacturer of home
appliances. It is only because of
Mr. Wallace’s connection with a
nationally known manufacturer
that he is able to arrange for the
apearance in Cumming, of such a
well known food personage. j
Mrs. Lewis is unexcelled in her j
knowledge of food preparation and
preservation. She can tell you all!
you may want to know about how
to can or freeze foods, how to pre
serve them after they have been
processed and how to prepare and
cook the most delectable receipes
and menus. In short, Mrs. Lewis 1
can answer your questions about |
food because food Is her business.
In honor of Mrs. Lewis’ visit to
his store, Mr. Wallace will give an
attractive and useful gift to every
lady who comes to his store Fri
day May 20th. So, in addition to
meeting a famous food authority
aqd getting valuable Information,
you can take home a useful article
absolutely free. Everyone invited.
At closing there will be a draw
ing for a new Sylvania clock radio.
Yo do not have to be present to
winl. All you have to do is come
by Friday May 20th and register
at Wallace Appliance Company on
Canton—Cumming highway.
—i i
A NEW GAS UTILITY SERVICE
INTRODUCED BY GENERAL
GAS CORPORATION
General Gas Corporation intro
duced a new gas utility service to
the employees of the Eastern Divi
sion, comprising the states of Geor
gia, South Carolina, and Alabama,
at meetings held at Atlanta Geor
gia and Albany Georgia.
Mr. R. J. Westbrook, local Branch
Manager, who attended the meet
ing stated that ‘‘the introduction of
this gas utility service by General
Gas makes it possible for any fam
ily or household to have a com
plete gas metered service regard
less of the location.’’
Also shown to the group, was
what the Company termed “the
Generalgas Saver Control System,”
which has been laboratory and
field tested to guarantee uninter
rupted service to all gas users and
to insure the right amount of fuel
at the right time for automatic
pilot lights and automatic gas ap
pliances. The new control system
was developed by General Gas
Corporation some 4 years ago, and
after thorough field tests, now
have patents pending.
The Company’s general offices
are in Baton Rouge, Louisiana,
with Eastern Division headquart
ers located at Atlanta, Georgia.
The new gas utility service was
introduced by Mr. I. W. Patterson,
of Baton Rouge, La., Vice Presi
dent and General Manager of the
Company. The new Generalgas
Saver Control System was thorou
ghly explained by Mr. V. R. Fer
guson, Engineer with Delta Tank
Manufacturing Co., Inc., a subsi
diary of General Gas Corporation.
Other officials attending the
meetings were: Messrs. Otis Flour
noy, E. L. Agerton, and Claude G.
Haugabook of the Atlanta office,
and also from the Baton Rouge
office were Mr. E. M. Davis, Dir
ector of Credits, and Mr. R. D.
Phillips, President and one of the
original founders of the Company.
Singing Notice
The regular Fourth Sunday nite
singing will meet with Pleasant
Grove M. E. Church this Sunday
night May 22 at 7:30. A special in
vitation to all. This is the Seven
County singing class. A good time
of Gospel singing is expected.
D. J. Whitmire, Chairman
' Clifford Cross, V-chairman
Jimmie Fagan, Secretary
County Population 15,000. Number 20.
VA Set* Ud New
Home Loan Program
Veterans in Forsyth County who
have been waiting for GI homes
fhay find relief from the money
shortage that has plagued them,
through a new arrangement where
by the Government is bringing
borrower and lender together in
rural areas.
Harry C. Bennett, Loan Guaran
ty Officer, explained it this way:
These are the direct loan areas.
Direct loans were provided in the
areas where lenders did not offer
money for guaranteed loans under
the low interest rates the Veterans
Administration demands.
In those cases the Congress pro
vided a limited amount of cash for
loans by the Government direct to
the veterans. But this proved en
tirely insufficient, so that long
waiting lists developed. The insti
tutions had plenty of money but
they found it unprofitable to make
scattered loans in sparsely-settled
areas.
Now the Government has set up
the Voluntary Home Mortgage
Credit program. Appllca'*ons for
direct loans are referred by VA
to this program and funneled in
large numbers to lenders.
The program is just getting un
der way, but many veterans al
ready have obtained guaranttees
for home loans through this pro
gram, after they had waited long
periods for direct loans.
VA emphasized that veterans
who are offered this financing are '
getting exactly what the Loan
Guarantee a wlintended, a loan
guaranteed by the VA, and they
should accept it. Sometimes after
applying for loans veterans have
failed to recognize this program
j and thus have deprived themselves
of homes through continued delay.
The Closet With
Closed Door
Senator George in a speech re
cently, expressed confidence that
Dwight Eisenhower ‘‘will go pre
pared by the best advice and will
bring his own great experience to
bear. He will do what good men
have done down through the ages.
He will go, into his closet and
face to face, with his God, will
make his decision”.
We thank God, foor leaders, like
Senator George and President
Eisenhower and so many, of our
great men, of the past years who
believe in the closet, with the clos
ed door. People who go into that
place of secret prayer, come out
with faces that will inspire visions
that shine and with power that
will shake the world.
A few University students who
met regularly at a hay stack near
the college for prayer—launched
the Great Missionary Movement.
As a result, thousands of Mission-,
aries are on the foreign fields to
] day. If you will read the Bible;
; read history, the history of the
j great movements in the world; in
j vestigaate the lives of the men
who have blessed the world. You
1 will find prayer, believing prayer
back of it all.
The most sacred memory I have
is the family altar in my childhood
home. My father read the Bible j
and all of us knelt around the fire-1
place as he led us to God in pray
! er. If you want, to have real peace I
of mind and really find yourself!
in the will of God. Find the closet |
with the closed door- some place'
apart in the forest—in the corn
crib. The corn crib was the place
i mv grandfather had. He had very
little education and he didn’t have
| the family prayer fo ra long time.
1 But they say, he left the house
| every night and went out, to him
self to pray. One night, one of the
| Negros came up to the house and
j told my grandmother that some
| body was gonna preach. "Ole Masa
,is down yonder praying in the
Com Crib”.
A prayless Christian is a pewer
less Christian. It will bring calm
ness to your soul. We talk to those
we love. If we love God we will
talk to him ofen. Prayer is a nec
essity. There is no such thing as
victorious living without prayer.
W. R. Callaway ,
Cumming Seniors
Present Comedy i
“So This Is Bliss”
The Cumming Senior Class will
present the comedy, “So This is
Bliss,” by Albert Johnson on Fri
day evening at 8 o’clock P. M.
The cast of characters includes
Johnny Lawrence Merritt in the
| leading role, Mary Ann Smallwood,
Rex Smith, Janice Bramblett, Jer
ry Bagley, Barbra Forrest, Donna
Echols, Hazel Wallace, Donnal Phil
lips, Emory Martin, Jimmy Smith,
J. C. Gilleland, Marlin Tallant,
Theresa Cobb, Carolyn Holbrook,
Mary Helen Mashburn, and David
Ferguson.
Aiding in the production are Ed
na Kelley, Martha Lee Pendley,
Bill Thomas, and Eddie Smith.
“So This is Bliss” is reputed to
be one of the most popular high
school plays in the United States.
It is a royalty play published by
the Heuer Publishing Company of
Cedar Rapids, lowa.
Admission Fees are 25c for child
ren and 35c for adults.
Today & Tomorrow
Louie D. Newton
THE HARD WAY
The article in last Sunday’s Mag
azine Section of Atlanta Newspap
ers, Inc., on Georgia’s Mother of
ithel / Year was one of the bright
spots in 1955’s rather depressing
reports on what is going on. Mrs.
W. V. Harman, Route 2, Carroll
ton, told Olive Ann Bums how
she had reared her five children.
It all added up to what this gen
eration would term the hard way,
but it seemed to turn out all right
I for Mother and Father Harman.
| "I want to say that we started
off our marriage with a God-cen-
I tered home,” Mrs. Harman said.
! “The first night Virgil read aloud
from the Bible and then we prayed
together. We’ve been having family
prayer ever since You can’t
know what praying together can
mean to a family until you try it,”
she continued.
When you review the daily re
cords of arrests of young people
for drunkenness, stealing, vanda
lism, etc., you wonder how many
of them would have got into trou
ble if they had been reared in a
home where there was definite dis
cipline and something for each
child to do.
Mrs. Harman went on to outline'
how each child did have something
to do, beginning as early as two
years of age, bringing in wood.
You wouldn't imagine that a little
fellow two years old would bring
in too much wood at one time, but
he was getting an idea. A life time
school teacher in one of our Geor
gia cities told me sometime ago
that he had made a careful study
of what the boys and girls do af
ter school hours, and it amounted
to picture shows, comic books at
the corner drug store, apd similar
types of loafing—nothing to do at
home, in other words. This teacher
went on to say that there was
very little reason to expect the
children to stay at homo when
most of the mothers were working.
Mrs. Harman revealed the basis
of making their marriage a suc
cess, while too many young people
today get married with the idea
that if it doesn’t work out, they
can always get a divorce. The di
vorce rate in 1900 was one to
twelve, today it is one tto four.
How much longer do we have left?
I was empressed with the pas
sage in the story about Mrs. Har
man where she told about the
year when the children needed $23
for school books and she got out
and sold enough home-canned fruit
and vegetables in one day to sup
ply the books. Now the state fur
nishes the books, with busses to
Vide in. We have the easy way.
Mrs. Harman had it the hard way.
I Still, her way turned out might
well. Something to think about.
CEMETERY WORKING
' All who have friends and loved
ones buried at Pleasant Grove M.
E. Church please meet us Saturday
May 21st, early with tools to clean
the Cemetery and Church grounds
I THE CHURCH