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Volume 46.
Biggest Highway
‘Safety Crusade’
Planned In State
ATLANTA, (GPS) Plans are un
der way for what is described as
the “biggest safe driving campaign
in the history of the state.’' Known
as the Georgia Safe Driving Cru
sade, the campaign will run from
Sunday, August 28, through Labor
Day, September 5. Its purpose: To
prevent deaths, injuries and de
struction of property on Georgia s
highways and streets.
At a recent organizational meet
ing in Atlanta plans for the state
wide drive were formulated. Gov.
Marvin Griffin is chairman of the
campaign and J. H. (Tommy)
Thompson, of Hawkinsville, presi
dent of the Motion Picture Theater
Owners and Operators of Georgia,
who originated the idea for the
special safety program, is co?chair
man.
John W. Maloof, director of the
Georgia Citizens Council, perennial
sponsor of traffic safety over the
state, is coordinator of the cam
paign, and John Thompson, of
Gainesville, is secretary. There will
be 23 co-operating agencies taking
part, including the State Patrol,
Georgia Teen-Age Traffic Safety
Association, Parent-Teachers Asso
ciation, Georgia Peace Officers As
sociation and others.
Ministers throughout Georgia
will be asked to “plead for the con
servation of human lives” in their
sermons, pulpit announcements,
church bulletins, Maloof said. Geor
gia theaters will show special safe
ty films during the campaign, with
emphasis on the 17-minute, prize
winning RKO safety movie, “Devil
Take Us.“ Various civic clubs,
newspapers and TV and radio stat
ions will be called on to aid in the
drive.
But in the final analysis, as Ben
T. Wiggins, executive secretary to
the Governor, said at the organiza
tional meeting, “it’s up to public”
to make the Georgia Safe Driving
Crusade a success.
Korean War
Veterans Honored
The returning Korean War Vet
erans of Haw Creek Community
were honored last Saturday, July
23 at a Barbecue given by Haw
Creek Community Club.
The following honor guest were
introduced by H. D. Nuckolls, Club
president: Charles Bannister, Char
les Echols, Bobby Echols, T. D.
Echols, Jr., J. L. Hansard, Ed Maj
ors, John McDaniel, Edsel Orr,
Fred Pruitt, Jr., Joel Poss, Jacky
Thomas and George E. Wood. The
ones who could not attend are
Henry Green, Herbert Hansard, Ed
Nix, Junior Price, Claude Perry
and Charles Pruitt.
Rev. C. B. Gazaway made a wel
come home address and returned
thanks for the safe return of these
men.
Everyone enjoyed lots of good
Barbecue with all the trimmings
and the lively games which were
played.
W)e wish to thank everyone who
helped to make this Barbecue pos
sible.
Madge Nuckolls, Reporter
REVIVAL SERVICES
BEGIN AT CONCORD
The Revival Services at Concord
Baptist church will begin Sunday
July 31st. We are expecting a fine
revival and we cordially invite you
to come and enjoy' the meetings
with us.
HD COUNCIL SELECTS
EMPHASIS PROJECTS
The Georgia Home Demonstrat
ion Council sponsors 18 projects,
according to Agricultural Extension
Service leaders. Emphasis programs
selected for the year are family
relations, international relations,
health and safety, and civil de
fense and citizenship. The council
is composed of 133 county councils
including 1,305 home demonstration
clubs with a total membership of
34,385.
The Forsyth County News
OFFICIAL ORGAN 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) Cumming Georgia, Thursday, July 28, 1955.
C. N. Lambert New
High School Principal
Moves To Cumming
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence N. Lam
bert and daughter, Cheryl, have
been in our community for two
weeks. Mr. Lambert is the new
Principal of our New High School.
Mr. Lambert graduated from
high school in Tallapoosa, Georgia
He went to West Georgia College
at Carrollton, Georgia for two
years. After graduating from West
Georgia College he taught two
years in Heard County before
drafted into the Army Air Force,
where he served for forty-two
months.
In 1946 Mr. Lambert went to the
University of Georgia to complete
his degree. He received a degree in
Vocational Education and then
went back to Heard County to
teach Vocational Agriculture. After
| two years as Vocational teacher he
became principal and Vocational
teacher at Centralhatchee High
School for two more years.
Mr. Lambert received his Master
Degree in School Administration
: from Alabama Polytechnic Insti
tute in 1953. For the last three
years he has been principal at
Duluth High School in Gwinnett
County.
We hope the Lambert’s will en
joy living and working in our com
munity. He is busy now locating
teachers for the High School. There
is a big job to be done in moving
las soon as the building is tuf*ned
| over to the County from the State
l Building Authority.
ASC NEWS
The U. S. Departmeet of Agri
culture announced that, through
ballots cast not later than Augustt
19, producers will vote in a refer
endum to decide whether or not an
■ agreement providing for advertis
ing, promotional, and related mark
let development activities on wool
and lambs under Section 798 of
the National Wool Act of 1954 will
be put into effect.
The agreement between the re
cently-organized American Sheep
; Producers Cuncil and the Secretary
of Agriculture provides for deduct
ions from wool incentive lamb
yearling sheep (pulld wool com
pensating) payments made to pro
ducers under the National Act of
1954. These deductions will pro
vide a means of financing the mar
ket development program. Before
the agreement can be put into ef
fect, producers ownin gat least two
thirds of the sheep and lambs re
presented by votes in the referen
dum must vote their approval.
If the agreement is approved,
the deduction from payments for
the 1955 incentive program, to be
made in the summer of 1956, will
be 1 cent per pound from shorn
wool payments and 5 cents per
hundred pounds of live weight from
lamb and yearling payments. The
payments will be used by the Am
erican Sheep Producers Council for
advertising, promotional, and relat
ed activities designed to enlarge or
improve the market for products
of the industry.
Producers who have owned sheep
or lambs for at least 30 days any
time since January 1, 1955, will be
eligible to vote. Because deductions
would be made from both shorn
wool, and lamb and yearling pay
ments, the volume of production
for this referendum will be based
on the number of sheep six months
o fage and older owned during any
one 30-day period since January 1.
The number of sheep and lambs
will be noted on the ballot by each
producer and the ballot will be i
signed by him. Ballots will be ac-1
cepted by the County Agricultural!
Stabilization and Conservation Of*
fice through Friday, August 19.
CHATTAHOOCHEE H. D. C.
t An Ice cream supper was held
at the Chattahoochee schoolhouse
for the H. D. Club members and
their families. A large number was
present. Several visitors were wel
comed and all had an enjoyable
time. We hope that all the mem
bers can attend the next meeting
which will be held at the school
house.
Chattahoochee Forest
Trout Expansion Set
WASHINGTON July 23 Repre
sentative Phil M. Landrum of Geor
gia’s Ninth District announced
from Washington this morning that
he has this week concluded lengthy
negotiations with the United States
Fish and Wildlife Service to bring
abount an expansion program de
signed to double the present pro
duction of catchable-size trout for
stocking streams within the man
agement area of the Chattahoo
chee National Forest. The program
is estimated by the Fish and Wild
life Service, Department of the In
terior, to cost $140,000.
These funds will be used for the
rehabilitation of water supply dam
and intake to the supply lines, re
placement of supply and drain
lines, repairs to dranage structures
and picking up water from each
existing pool for reuse under the
proposed construction of new trout
rearing raceways.
The completion of the items
mentioned will tie in directly with
the overall expansion program of
trout rearing facilities and service
buildings and roads required for
the efficient operation of the ex
panded rearing station.
An initial allocation of funds in
the amount of SIO,OOO is being
made available for use during the
fiscal year 1956, and these funds
will be used to initiate rehabilitat
ion of the station’s water supply
system.
Wheeler Commended
By American Legion
For Service To Vets
*
i
| Pete Wheeler, Director of the
I Georgia State Department of Vet
i erans Service, has been given an
j unanimous vote of commendation
for his work in behalf of Georgia’s
veterans by the American Legion,
, Department of Georgia,
i The convention of the Legion,
meeting in Macon two weeks ago
cited the many services which he
had rendered ex-service men and
| women and gave him special re
i cognition and a letter of apprecia
tion.
5 Among the services for which
the Legion commended Wheeler
( were his action in initiating and
working for the establishment of a
Veterans Home at Milledgeville
State Hospital, and at Battey Hos
' pital; the placing of the Veterans
Department under the Merit Sys
tem; his work toward improve
ment of veterans hospital facilities
in the state, and the public rela
tions programs which he has spon
sored and directed.
) Other state-wide veterans organi
sations have cited Wheeler recently
| also for his service to Georgia vet
' jerans.
ANOTHE ICEBOX TRAGEDY
Despite the warnings of safety
expperts and all that is written
about abandoned iceboxes, two boys
were recently suffocated in an
abandoned icebox near Los Angeles
The little boys, one eight and
the other two, were missing for
several hours before a searcher
thought to look in an old aband
oned icebox, stored in a nearby
chicken shed. On opening the door,
the boys were found crouched in
side, both suffocated.
Experts said the boys had been
dead about five hours.
The icebox, it seems had been
stored in the shed for about six
months. Whether the youngsters
had played in it on earlier occas
ions is problematical, but even if
they had not, that one experience
was sufficient to result in tragedy.
Accidents involving adults are
bad enough, but those which take
the lives of children—(who cannot
be responsible—and which are at
tributable to carelessness on the
part of adults, are preventtable
and unnecessary. We point out this
tragic example as a reminder to
all who have discarded iceboxes,
or freezers, to take*the latches off
before they are stored.
In 1954, Georgia home demon
stration club women canned over
six and a half million quarts of
food and froze more than five mil
lion pounds.
Herman Talmadge
To Speak August 24
At Farm Festival
Former governor Herman Tal
madge will be guest speaker the
third day of the Farm Festival
scheduled August 22-26 at State
4-H Club Center, Rock Eagle Park,
near Eatonton, according to L. W.
Eberhardt, Jr., assistant director
of the Agricultural Extension Ser
vice, College of Agriculture.
Mr. Talmadge will speak at 3
o’clock on August 24. The Festival
planned so that Georgia’s rural
families can .see exhibits of old
and modern farm and home equip
ment—is the first of its kind ever
held in the state, Eberhardt said.
J. Phil Campbell, commissioner of
agriculture, will speak on August
23.
G. I. Johnson, Extension engi
neer, who is helping arrange the
program said, “The exhibits will
show many labor-saving and cost
cutting devices for tlje farm and
•home. These tools have enabled
Georgia to make more progress
during the last fifteen years than
in any of its previous history.''
Johnson said the Festival also
will give visitors a chance to see
the $2,500,000 Four-H Club Center.
He explained that visitors could
attend all or part of the five-day
Festival. “Reservations should be
made through Mr. Cecil Johnson,
resident director of the State 4-H
Club Center, Eatonton, Ga. While
the program is mainly for farm
groups, others closely allied to ag
riculture also are invited.”
The Extension leaders emphasiz
ed the fact that some phase of the
program will be of interest to each
member of the family. “A style
revue and a cooking school each
day are planned especially for the
women, and demonstrations in cast
ing and shooting should attract the
men. Handicraft, swimming, fish
ing, talent shows, contests, out
door games, and organ concerts
are other events planned during
the Festival,” they said.
Future Pharmacists
May Study Under
Co-op Plan Now
ATHENS, Ga.—lnterested stud
ents should apply now for co-op
study in the University of Geor
gia’s School of Pharmacy, accord
ing to an announcement by Dean
Kenneth L. Waters.
Co-op study enables a student to
pay most of his college expenses
by allowing him to go to school
one quarter and work in some drug
company the next, Dean Waters
points out. Applications foor Co-op
study should be mailed to the Uni
versity Registrar, he said.
As a requirement for admission
to the Pharmacy School under the
Co-op Plan, students must have a
personal interview with the dean
lof the school on the morning of
August 14 and take pharmacy ap
titude tests that afternoon. A per
sonal endorsement from some re
sponsible adult, preforably a mem
ber of the drug field or medical
profession, is also required.
The co-op program of study is
available to all qualified high
school graduates or transfers from
recognized junior or senior colleges
Under the co-op plan a student
takes science and pharmacy cour
ses while on the campus and picks
up non-professional courses from
off-campus centers or other schools
while on the job.
OVER THREE MILLION
ACRES IN PASTURE
J. R. Johnson, Agricultural Ex
tension Service agronomist, says to
day pastures occupy more land
than any other crop. One-third of
Georgia’s open land is grazed.
More than three million acres are
in pasture today. One million acres
are in winter grazing each year,
the agronomist reports.
SPECIAL NOTICE
August 4th is the Annual Day
for cleaning off the cemetery at
Ebenezer Church. Everyone is wel
come and invited to come and to
bring tools. All help appreciated
by Ebenezer Church.
County Population 15,000. Number 40.
Yes, The Co-operative
Program Is Scriptural
MISSIONARIES
The Co-operative Program works
through missionaries in the state
and out to the nations. We have
hundreds in our state fields, scores
for the Home Board among the
Indians, Jews, Mexicans, and other
foreigners in the homeland, and
hundreds on the foreign fields in
China, Japan, Italy, Palestine,
Brazil, Chile, Argentina, Africa, etc.
Is this scriptural? See Luke 10: 1- 1
3; Acts 1: 8; 8: 8: 1-40; Matt. 28:
19-20, Especially see Acts 13: 3:
"Then, when they (certain leaders,
in Antioch, not the whole church)
had fasted and prayed and laid j
their hands on them, they (the ;
leaders) sent them away.” But
notice, these leaders were led by
the Holy Spirit who said to them
(v. 2), "Separate me Barnabas and;
Saul for the work whereunto I
have called them." In this case the |
prophets and teachers sent forth
the two apostles, Barnabas and
Paul.
Farmer* Urged To
“Push” Pigs For
Early Marketing
Urging farmers to “push” spring
farrowed pigs for early market, R.
O. Williams, livestock marketing
specialist for the Agricultu~d Ex
tension Service, College of Agricul
ture, .paid prices of market hogs
are expected to drop considerably
lower this fall than last.
He pointed out that August and
early September usually provide
the highest seasonal hog market j
of the year in Georgia. “These are .
the two months that pigs farrowed (
in March and April should be mar-,
keted. Pushing hogs to reach mark-,
et even a few days earlier than
usual can often mean as much as
$5 more return per hog,” he said.
He recommended that hogs be
marketed when they reach 200
pounds, explaining that consumer
demand is for meatier hogs or hogs
with less fat. Carrying out details
of good management and supplying
hogs a full Supply of balanced pro
tein supplement „ while hogging-off
corn will “push’’ them to market
quicker, Williams stated.
Wells, Ponds
Are Increased
By Irrigation
The rapid increase of interest in
irrigation during recent months
throughout Georgia has resulted in
significant changes in the State’s
irrigation water supply, Willis E.
Huston, irrigation specialist for
the Agricultural Extension Service,
College of Agriculture, said this
week.
A statewide survey of county
i agents shows that 264 deep wells
are now being used for Irrigation.
Huston said that at least 200 of
these wells have been drilled with
in the past year.
Also, the number of farm ponds,
.another important source of water
j for irrigation, has increased sharp
ly. In the past ten years Georgians
have built 18,076 farm ponds. Hus
ton pointed out that of this num
ber 11,662 have been built within
the past five years and that 3, 793
of these have been constructed
within the past three years.
Experiments Add
To Processing Of
Watermelon Rinds
Experiments conducted at the
Georgia Experiment Station over
a period of eight years have shown
that several delicious products can
be made from watermelon rfnds.
These include: preserves, jam, mar
malade, pickies, glace rinds, spice
rinds, conserve and relish. •
Tests are now being conducted
on coloring the products yyellow,
green and red for improved ap
pearance. Also, a method is being
worked on for utilizing watermelon
rind cubes as centers for chocolate
coated candies.
In 1948, in Georgia, 850 dairy
ooWs were artificially bred. In
1954, 24,216 were artifically bred,
Leaflet Tells
How Electricity
I* Servicing Farms
Wfays in which farm families
throughout Georgia have been as
sisted by county and home demon
stiation agents in harnessing elec
trical power to meet a variety of
needs is reported in a leaflet re
leased this week by the Agricul
tural Extension Service, College of
Agriculture.
, Entitled, ’Farm Electric Power,”
the leaflet was written by Paul A.
Crawford, Jr., and is being distri
buted by county and home demon
[stration agents.
i Crawford points out that when
j electric lines first reached into rur
al areas, farm people thought of
electricity only as a source of light.
I Therefore, the majority of farm
, families wired their homes with
systems inadequate for the many
I electrical appliances that since
have been added. Consequently, re
placement of out-model electrical
systems is one of the main prob
lems now facing farm people. To
help meet this problem, county and
i home demonstration agents in 1954
helped 4,153 farm families rede
sign their wiring systems to give
safe and adequate service.
The rural electrification special
ist says that the addition of more
electrical appliances for the home
is still a major enterprise of farm
families. In 1954, 23,362 families
were assisted by county Extension
workers in the selection of appli
ances and lighting equipment.
Another improvement resulting
from the availability of electrical
i power has been installation of wat
er systems for farm and home use,
1 Crawford continues. In this area,
1 Extension agents assisted 3,412 fam
lilies in the selection, installation,
and uses of electric water systems
during 1954. Many of these fami
lies also received help with instal
; lation of sewerage systems, he
j adds.
) Crawford says that today one of
the increasingly important uses of
j electricity of the farm is in oper
l a ting dairies and poultry houses.
Equally important, he points out,
jis the increased use of electrical
power in the processing of farm
products. As farmers plan installa
tion of such processing machinery
they will fin county agents ready
and willing to guide and assist
them, Crawford concludes.
/ .
“Life Inl'his
Wide World” .
Driving through a sleepy little
Sussex (England) village one even
ing our headlight suddenly picked
out the figure of a woman run
ning for all she was worth down
the road. Close behind her follow
ed a man who appeared to be gain
ing at every step.
We screeched to a halt and, leap
ing out, I asked the woman if I
could be of assistance.
“Oh, no, thanks,” she panted.
“My husband and I alway. 9 race
home like this from the cinema.
Last one in does the supper dish
es."
Soil Conservation News
Forsyth County
The local SCS technicians have
seeded Brown Top Millet around
the flood prevention lake locatedr
on the lands of Coleman Wallace,
Luther Karr and Pault T. Martin.
This amounts to about three acres
and will be used as wild duck food
when the seed mature this fall.
Brown Top Millet was also seeded
around the Ben Wiofford and Mash
burn Doctors flood prevention lake
back of the Coal Mountain Ceme
tery.
Livestock dams surveyed recently
by the SCS technicians are those
for Ford Barrett, R. C. Vaughan,
Ernest Wihite. Joe Pirkle and C. E.
Benefield.
The recent rains have slowed the
construction on the flood preven
tion dam in the Spot community
however it is hoped the dam will
be completed in the next two
months provided the weather per
mits.