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North Georgia Champions in the 4-H Club f orestry project, named at the district achieve
ment meeting in Athens recently, are, left to right: Peggy Samples, Banks county; Thad
Rush, Floyd county; Elizabeth Ann Coffee, Ban ks, and Idus Herrin, Habersham. As senior win
ners, Elizabeth Anne ajid Thad will attend the G eorgia 4-H Club Congress in Atlanta, October
4—6, to compete for state honors with winners f frim five other Agricultural Extension Service
districts. The 4-H forestry demonstration program is sponsored by Southern Bell Telephone Co;
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Services Begin At
Holbrook Camp
on August 19th.
The many people who attend Hoi
brook camp Ground are looking
forward to the opening service at
8 p. m. August 19. This will be
the 118th time the religious people
of this section of Georgia have as
sembled for ten days of song, pray
er and preaching service*.
The preachers this year will be
Rev. Wallace Chappell and Rev.
Tom Watson with Bishop Arthur
J. Moore preaching at the 11:00
o’clock service Sunday, August 21.
The host preacher is Rev. Eugene
Pelt and the District Supt., is Rev.
Nat G. Long. Mr. Harry Sellers
will lead the singing.
The beginning of Holbrook was
in 1839 when Mr. Jesse C. Hol
brook donated forty acres of land
to the Methodist Church to be used
for a camp ground. Even though it
belongs to the East Atlanta Dis
trict of the Methodist Cnurch. the
policy is interdenominational. It is
governed by the tent holders, as
sisted by a Board of Managers who
are elected by the tent holders.
The people that tear and the many
followers of the Camp Ground
come from various religious back
grounds.
The only conveniences of the
early campers were the covered
wagons, the open fire for cooking,
the spring at the foot of the hill
for a water supply and the brush
arbor used to hold services. The
fellowship was important, the so
cial life meant much to these peo
ple but the most important thing
was the preaching of the word.
Preachers with flaming hearts and
glowing messages preached with
great power. Friends sought to
lead the wayward into fellowship
with God and every one was anx
ious to get on a higher plane of
religious experience.
The fame of Holbrook spread and
more people became interested. Im
provements were made year by
year so that now there is a beauti
ful campus, spacious Arbor sur
rounded by forty-four cottages
equipped with electricity and run
ning water. Many people are un
able to tent but attend the services
and return to their homes each day
The aim of the Camp Ground
group, as in early days, is to bring
people into a deeper religious ex
perience, a fuller knowledge of
Christ and into a Christ dedicated
life. The theme of the Preachers
will be Christ and their messages
will ring throughout the Camp, in
viting people to the alter as in the
days of old.
HOLBROOK CAMP
Meeting
Services will start at this Old
Camp Meeting Ground on August
19 and will run through the 28.
Bishop Arthur Moore will preach
at 11 A. M. oa August 21st. Come
and enjoy the meeting with us.
The Forsyth County News
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF FORSYTH COUNTY & CITY OF CUM MING
DEVOTED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF FORSYTH, FULTON, CHERO UEE, DAWSON, LUMPKIN, HA LI. AND GWINNETT COUNTIES.
(City Population 2,500) Cummingr Georgia, Thursday August 18, 1955.
Forsyth County High
School News
The date for registration in the
high school and the elementary
school will be August 30, begin
ning at 8:30 A. M. All the high
school students will report to the
new building for registration and
the elementary students to the old
school building.
Everyone is urged to register on
August 30, so the course calendar
and schedule can be completed in
time for the opening of school.
Football practice started at six
o’clock last Monday morning. Nine
teen boys reported for the first
practice. There will be two practice
periods a day for the next two
weeks. Coach Henderson would like
to see any one that wants to play
tto come out this week. It will be
too late to make the team if you
wait until school opens. The first
game is September 2.
Football Schedule for 1955 —56
September 2—Cassville There
September 9—-Manchester There
September 16—Norcross Here
September 29 —Eastonolle There
October 7 —Clarksville Here
October 14—Acworth There
October 21—Hogansville Thei;e
October 28—Clayton There
November 4—Coosa Here
November 11—Roswell Here
At the present there are only
two vacancies in high school. We
need a commercial teacher, a math
ematics and science combination
teacher.
ASC NEWS
TJie Forsyth County ASC Com
mittee Office has been allocated
some more money for use in car
rying out the 1955 ACP Program.
All the farmers who have signed
an intention sheet to carry out a
practice and have not received an
approval for this practice should
receive one during the week of
August 15, 1955. All the farmers
who have received an approval for
their practices may come by the
County ASC Committee Office for
purchase orders for this material.
There still remains 28 overplant
ed cotton farms in the county. If
you overplanted your cotton allot
ment and you operatae another
farm on which cotton is planted it
will be necessary for you to de
stroy the overplanted acreage or
pay a penalty before a marketing
card can be issued to either farm.
The 1955 Cotton Marketing Cards
are being typed and will be mailed
to the farmers during the month
of September.
IMPORTANT NOTICE
There will be a gathering at the
Midway Methodist Church on Sat
urday momin September 3, 1955
for the purpose of cleaning up the
Grounds and Cemetery. All who
have loved ones buried here, please
come and help.
Cancer Crusade Quota
For Forsyth County
$786 Chairman States
Joe Brooks, Chairman for the
Cancer Crusade in Forsyth County
today announced that the quota
set for our county is $786.00.
Brooks revealed that 106 Forsyth
Countains had received free care
valued in excess of $42,500.00 dur
ing the past seven years. “Of
course we do not know how many
of our people are receiving pri
vate care, but we do know that
everyone benefits through the re
search sponsored by the American
Cancer Society,” he stated.
Through research, we hope can
cer cann, some day, be prevented.
Through medicine, cancer suffer
ers can be made more comfortable
and through education we hope
everyone of us will recognize the
danger signals and act early so
that they may be cured, hft con
tinued.
“I want to urge our people to
continue this fight against a ter
rible disease. Those who can, ase
asked to contribute liberally to the
Cancer Crusade. So far we have
received $198.20. If you have not
contributed yet, please send your
contribution to me at the C. H.
Brooks & Son Grocery,” he con
cluded.
Soil Conservation News
Forsyth County
W. S. Sutherland owner of farm
land near Midway church in the
southwest section of the county is
having a lake formed. Wayne Cole
man of Roswell is the contractor.
Management and conservation of
pine tree woodlands have been dis
cussed freuently in meetings. The
D plus 6 method of harvesting
timber is recommended. Along with
this D plus 6 method the SCS
technicians are suggesting that all
woodland owners study soil sur
vey maps of their farms which
may now be studied in terms of
site index for different kinds of
pine trees. The D plus 6 method
of harvesting is the simplest meth
od for the average landowner to
understand. It simply means spac
ing the trees the average tree dia
meter plus 6 feet, i. e. trees aver
aging 6 inches in diameter plus 6
feet would be space 12 feet apart
and trees averaging 10 inches in
diameter would be according to D
plus 6, 16 feet apart.
Card Of Thanks
We wish to take this opportunity
{to thank each one who helped in
any way when our home was
struck by lightning. May God bless
those who gave work or money.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Brackett
Sixth Annual Horse
Show To Be Held Here
Saturday August 20th.
The Kiwanis Club will hold its
sixth Annual Horse Show at 7:30
P. M. Saturday night, August 20th
at the porsyth County Athletic
Field..
This will be the biggest and best
show by far and one of the largest
crowds ever to attend a sports
fevent in the county is expected to
re on hand to se this great show
Ivhich will be managed by Col.
•Jimmy Seasholes again this year.
The show will be judged by Hon.
Horace B. Young of Fitzgerald
fcnd James Chambers will be Ring
JMaster. Over 100 horses have al
ready entered to participate in the
1 big classes. Several of these class
fs will be confined to local horses
only.
> Plenty of parking space will be
available and the Club has recently
purchased and donated to the Ball
park 200 movable bleacher-type
seats. Ringside box seats will be
available as usual.
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Advance sale of general admis
scio* and reserve seat tickets has
s&rte.j v and these tickets can be
obtained from any Kiwanian.
Bring the family out and enjoy
this bi show. «
Today & Tomorrow
Louie D. Newton " «.
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EUROPE
On the occasion of another visit
to Europe, attending the Jubilee
Congress of the Baptist World Al
liance, I found myself asking the
questions so often asked, but so
difficult of answer.
How could nations make so mary
mistakes across the two thousand
years that have marketd the' story
of what we call civilization in Eu
rope’ For, one has cniy to look at
the symbols of sweat and tears and
blood- grim sentinels of war’s de
solations—to understand that civi
li/aricn in Europe has, for the most
part, missed the boar.
I think I got one of the answers
as we stood at the tomb of Napo
leon. The magnificent building,
once a church, now devoted to his
tomb and to the tombs of other
warriors, was filled with curious
tourists, knowing little history, and
chiefly concerned to get snapshots
of the resting place of one of the
men who ground Europe beneath
the cruel chariot wheels of selfish
ness.
I asked a Frenchman, a very in
telligent man who teaches in the
Sarbonne, what the building was
used for beside the tombs of these
warmakers. He explained about the
War College to the rear, and then
said:
"And then for beggars. All about
this place you will find beggars.”
That was a solemn and terrifying
answer, but it likely points to the
truth. France, like so many other
nations in Europe, is poor, very
poor. They have spent their money
for war and pleasure, and the Eu
rope that might have been is to-,
day a place of tears and despair.
The 395,000,000 people, piled up
in Europe.like sardines In a can—
-89 per square kilometer —do qot
have too much to look forward to.
They have been wasting their en
ergies in meaningless wars too
long. Only a few nations, like
Switzerland, Sweden, and a few
others have avoided this folly.
Many of them could not avoid It.
They were victims of circumstance.
And so, it is the sad story of
men like Alexander the Great,
Charlemagne, Napoleon, Hitler,
Mussolini, and all the rest —men
j who were trying to build houses
of sand, forgetful of the words of
the Son of God.
"Except the Lord build the house
they labor in vain that build it;
except the Lord keep the city, the
watchman waketh but in •vain.”
KNOW WHO’S BEING NEGLECT
ED IN GEORGIA SCHOOLS?
The bright child. Teacher, time
filled with scores of the average
and the slow, has little time to.
develop his potential abilities.
County Population 15,000. Number 43.
TRUETT-McCONNELL JUNIOR COLLEGE
ANNOUNCES SELECTION OF THE
MUSIC FACULTY
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President Joe H. Miller, Truett-
McConnell Junior College, announ
ces the completion of the faculty
for next year by the addition of
Mr. K. Eugene Martin and Mrs.
Sarah Leathers Martin, who will
hold positions in the music depart
ment.
Mr. and Mrs. Martin will be a
big factor in the expansion of the
music department of Truett-Mc-
Connell. With their appointment,
the college will also offer organ
lessons for the first time in the
history of the college. An invitation
is being issued to the church or
ganists of this section to take or
gan lessons and for the churches
to send prospective organists to
the Music Department for lessons.
Mr. Martin is a native of Cory
don Kentucky where he graduated
from high school. He attended
Evansville College, Evansville, In
diana and received his Bachelor of
Music degree there in 1952. He
later attended the Southern Bap
tist Theological Seminary and re
ceived his Master of Music with a
major in piano and a minor in
voice. His experience includes
teaching in Evansville College and
for the past few years he has been
the Minister of Music of the First
Baptist Church, Mt. Olive, North
Carolina. While at the First Bap
tist Church he has developed a
fully graded music program. This
experience wil lenable him to train
students at the college to set up
the church music programs that
| are advocated by the State Music
Department under the direction of
Dr. Paul McCommon.
Mrs. Martin is the former Sarah
Leathers from Decatur. She is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. O. A.
Leathers of 270 Third Avenue. She
is a graduate of Agnes Scott Col
lege with a mojor in organ. She
has also completed one year of
post graduate work at the South
ern Baptist Theological Seminary
in Louisville in organ. She has ser
ved as organist at the Oakhurst
Baptist Church in Decatur, in
Louisville, Kentucky, and was the
organist at the First Baptist church
Mt. Olice, North Carolina.
Mr. Martin will head the music
department, will teach voice, piano
and direct the choir and Mrs. Mar
tin will teach organ.
CARDOF THANKS '
We wish to take this opportunity
and means to thank each Indivi
dual in the Cumming and surround
Ing communities for their many
acts of kindness and thoughtful
ness, during the sudden Illness and
death of our loved one.
We sincerely appreciate each
comforting word that was spoken,
each hand-clasp and the many cov
ered dishes, the beautiful flowers
and floral arrangements.
We especially would like to men
tion and thank the following in
dividuals: the Physicians and Nur
ses of Atlanta, Rev. Harold Zwald,
Rev. Henry Warren and Rev. John
Ozley, Jimmie Barnes of the Ot
well & Barnes Funeral Home, Paul
Forrest and each member of the
First Baptist Church Choir, The
Honorary escort and each active
pallbearer.
Mrs. Margarett Thomas Webb
Joel Glendon Webb
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“No Time For God”
A little poem attracted my at
tention in the Church Bulletin, at
The First Baptist Church, at Cum
ming and It also called to mind a
a little poem I learned a long time
ago. I am passing these little
thoughts on to you with a prayer
that these thoughts may call you
back to God and you may again
have peace of Soul.
“NO TIME FOR GOD”
No time for God?
What fools we are, to clutter up
our lives with common things,
And leave without heart’s gate
The Lord of life and Life itself—>
Our God.,
No time for God?
As sodn to say, jio time * i
To eat or sleep or love or die. j
Take time for God
Or you shall dwarf your soul,
And when the angel death |
Comes knocking at your door,
A poor misshapen thing you’ll be
To step into .eternity
Norman L. Trott
Another poem that reminds us of
the workings of time, sin and
Death. I pray that this little poem
may cause us to think on our way
and cause us to work while it is
day for the night cometh when
no man can work:
Time worketh
Let me work too,
Time undoeth, >
Oh, let me do! ,
As busy as time my task I ply
‘Till I rest in the rest of Eternity.
Sin Worketh
Let me work too, [ I
Sin undoeth,
Oh, let me do! I
As busy as sin my task I ply
‘Till I rest in the rest of Eternity.
Death worketh
Let me work too,
Death undoeth,
Oh, let me do, ' ]
As busy as death my task I ply
‘Till I rest in the rest of Eternity.
(I do not remember the author)
W. R. CALLAWAY
Harmony Church
Will Celebrate 100th
Anniversary Sept., 4th.
New Harmony Church will cele
brate her 100th Anniversary on
September 4. All members are urg
ed to be present and bring a friend
There will be dinner on grounds.
We invite every Sister Church and
all churches to be present on this
day. It will be a day of giving
Thanks to God for the good that
has been accomplished here at New
Harmony.
There will be an unveiling of a
Marker set for the Anniven
sary, so come on all you members
and sign the Register so we can
tell how many people of which be
longed to New Harmony are pres
ent. Friends, Neighbors, Everyone
be present. Hear some good sing
ing and Preaching. It will be worth
your time. We will look for you.