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Volume 46.
“THE BRIDE OF
CHRIST”
The Church is spoken of as the
Bride of Christ. If we are indif
ferent to his bride we are also in
different to him. He (Christ) is
spoken of as The Moundation and
Head of the Church: “Being built
upon the foundation of the apostles
and prophets, Christ Jesus himself
being the chief cornerstone, in
whom each several building, fitly
framed together, groweth into a
holp temple in the Lord; in whom
ye also are builded together for a
'habitation of God in the Spirit.
Eph. 2 : 20—22.
Jesus was asking his Apostles
one day “Whom do men say that
I the son of man am? Then
he said to them “whom do ye say
that I am? Simon Peter said,
"Thou art the Christ the son of
the living God.” Jesus said, “Upon
this rock (this fundamental truth)
I will build my church and the
gates of Hell shall not prevail
against it." If you believe that and
trust me and believe me to be the
Christ the son of the living God
you are part of my church. Cor
rupt conditions prevailed in the
early church II Tim. 4: 4 and cor
rupt conditions prevail in the
churches today—but to the faithful
ones (the real church) —the gen
uine Christians—the gates of hell
shall not prevail against it.
I am so glad that Jesus estab
lished the church and thaat all of
his true followers make up the
church universal (they are known
to him).
Ecclesia (the Greek word for
church) conveyed the same gener
al idea of “Called out” and, in ad
dition, “Collected unto Christ”. The
figure of a building was used for
the church as an institution. A
building is never called a local
church in the New Testament,
though such usage is now current.
Looked at as an institution figured
by a building, the fundamental are:
(1) Christ is the designer. He de
signs it for kingdom purposes. (2)
He 'is the architect He specifies
the material which goes into the
building. (3) He is the buildre. He
selects the material which fits into
the specifications (4) He t is the
foundation. Other foundation can
no fan lay. (5) He is the owner.
“My Church” is the title to owner
ship. (6) He is the occupant. He
inhabits the building by the Holy
Spirit,
The figure of an organism was
used for the church as an institut
ion. (1) <?hrist„is the head. (2) The
church is Christss body. The body
is vitally connected with the head
and draws its life from that sour
ce. Cut off the head and the body
is dead. (3) Christ is also “head
over all things to the church.” He
exercises all power in the Universe
in behalf of the church. (4) The
church expresses Chrit’s fullness.
As Christ conveys the conception
of Gods’ nature, so the church con
veys the conception of Chrits’ love,
authority, power and glory.
The. last quotations are taken
from “The Churches of the New
Testament” by George W. McDan
iel.
W. R. CALLAWAY
Soil Conservation News
Forsyth County
Members of the various State
and ' Federal Fish and Wildlife
agencies were visitors in the Set
tingdown creek watershed recently.
The Ben Wofford and Mashbum
doctors flood retarding structure
and lake area was observed on one
of the stops.
Surveys have been made by the
local SCS technicians for livestock
ponds and dams on the farms of
Paul Shelton, E. C. Brackett and
H. T. Pirkle.
R. C. Vaughn near Brookwood
church has a livestock pond dam
under construction. Bobby Jones of
the contractor.
Joe Pirkle in the Settingdown
creek watershed has a livestock
pond dam under construction.
The dam for the lake on the W.
S. Sutherland farm has been com
pleted
The Forsyth County News
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF FORSYTH COUNTY Ss CITY OF CUMMING
DEVOTED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF FORSYTH, FULTON, CHICRO REE, DAWSON, LUMPKIN, HALL AND GWINNETT COUNTIES.
(City Population 2,500)
Funds Still Needed For
Garment Factory
The fund for securing the Gar
men Factory for Forsyth County
is still approximately $3,000.00
short of its goal according to mem
bers of the Forsyth County Cham
ber of Commerce.
All interested persons are asked
to send their contributions to the
Forsyth County Chamber of C(yn
merce, P. O. Box 37, Cumming, Ga.
School Registration
Notice
Tuesday, August 30, 1955 is the
date set for Registration of all pu
pils planning to enter either the
Forsyth County High School or
Cumming Elementary School for
the 1955—1956 term.
All pupils planning to enroll in
grades One through Eight should
report to the Elementary School.
Pupils enrolling in grade Nine
through Twelve should report to
the Forsyth County High School
budding. Registration for both
schools will be between 8:30 A. M.
to 3:00 O’clock.
On Thursday afternoon Septem
ber Ist, at 5:30 p. m. the Cheer
Leaders meet in the Gym.
Renowned Artist
Revisits FDR’S
Georgia Shrine
ATLANTA—(GPS)— It’s not un
usual for people to go to Warm
Springs and visit the Little White
House, the Georgia home of the
late President Franklin D. Roose
velt. In fact, they come from all
over the world to view the shrine,
setting new attendance records
month after month.
But there was special signifi
cance in a name that appeared on
the guest register the other day.
It was that of Mrs. Elizabeth Shou
matoff, the New York artist who
was painting her now-famous “Un
finished Portrait” of the President
at the moment he was fatally strick
en in the Little White House on
April 12, 1945
During her brief visit to the re
vered cottage, Mrs. Shoumatoff
said she foynd the quet beauty un
changed and as inspiring as it was
on her former infrequent visits.
She was accompanied to Warm
Springs by Mr. and Mrs. George
WSoodruff, whose house guest she)
was in Atlanta.
Mr. Woodruff is a member of the
Springs Memorial Commission,
Franklin D. Roosevelt Warm
which administers the state-owned
Little White House on a non-profit
but self-supporting plan. Charles F.
Palmer, of Atlanta, is chairman of
the commission.
' Russell Won’t Run
ATLANTA—'(GPS) — Before sail
ing from New York the other day
Georgia’s U. S. Senator Richard
Russell, who unsuccessfully sought
the Democratic presidential nomi
nation in 1952, reiterated that he
“definitely will not run again.” He
will tour air bases in England and
construction sites for air bases in
Spain before visiting American
troops in West Germany. Russell
is chairman of the Senate Armed
Forces Committee.
ASC NEWS
Purchase orders are now being
issued by the County ASC Com
mittee Office for material to use
on fall practices. If you requested
a fall practice you may come by
the County Office and receive a
purchase order for your material.
If you still wish to carry out a
practice under the 1955 ACP Pro
gram it is not too late to make a
request.
Governor Marvin Griffin declar
ed the week of September 11 thru
17, 1955 as Soil Conservation Week
in Georgia. In a Proclamation Gov.
Griffin stated: Georgia is one of
the outstanding agricultural states
of the Union and many of our citi
zens gain their livelhood from the
farms. Good sol is the first requi
site for successful farming and ef
forts are made at all time to pre
serve the best farm lands against
the danger of erosion.
Cumming Georgia, Thursday, August 25, 1955.
Five Graduate Students
Get University Degrees
The University of Georgia award
ed advanced degrees to five stud
ents registered from Cumming dur
ing its summer graduation exer
cises.
President O. C. Aderhold, presid
ed at the ceremonies in Athens on
Thursday, August 18th.
MASTER OF EDUCATION:
Gladyse K. Barrett.
Webster R Callaway
Dwight Furman Pulliam
MASTER OF SCIENCE IN HOME
ECONOMICS:
Mahala Elizabeth Redd Duncan
MASTER OF HOME ECONOMICS:
Helen Arrendale Brooks
Sutton Announces
Appointment Of
Farm Specialist
Announcement of the appoint
ment of Harold Burney Goolsby as
a farm machinery specialist for the
Agricultural Extension Service was
made this week by W. A. Sutton,
associate Extension director.
Sutton said Goolsby will work
with another Extension agricultur
al engineer, G. I. Johnson, but will
concentrate his efforts toward as
sisting county agents and farmers
with problems of machinery main
tenance and operation.
“As Georgia farmers turn more
and more toward mechanized farm
ing this service is one that we feel
will be of great value to agricul
tural progress in the state,” Sut
ton said. ,
Born in Monticello, Ga., Goolsby
is the son of Mr. and Mrs. E. S.
Goolsby. Reared on a farm near
Monticello, Goolsby attended the
schools of that city and graduated
from the University of Georgia in
1947 with a Bachelor of Science
degree in agricultural engineering.
He served four and one-half years
in the Army, seeing service in the
South Pacific during World War 11.
Prior to his Extension appoint
ment he served as territory super
visor for the J I. Case Company,
Atlanta branch.
oolsby is married to the former
Miss Claire Key of Monticello and
they have two daughters, Lynn, 3,
and Lane, 5.
TEACH CHILD
EYE SAFETY,
DRIVE URGES
On the eve of Georgia's first
“firecrackerless” holiday, Labor
Day 1955, the Georgia Optometric
Association this week urged par
ents to redouble their efforts to
prevent other types of sight-roo
bing accidents among children.
Since three times as many boys
as girls are involved in eye mis
haps, it was suggested that espec
ial attention be given to teaching
them to play more safely.
In observance of “Child Safety”
Week, September 4—ll, and as a
part of its own fourth annual “Cru
sade for Sight”, being launched,
the GOA’s president, Dr. Emory
N. Milton, gave these tips to help
parents guard the eyesight of their
children:
1. Keep forks, knives, ice picks,
scissors and other sharp instru
ments out* of their reach.
2. Caution them against looking
directly at the sun or staring at a
light bulb with naked eyes
3. Warn them against throwing
tin cans, rocks, playing with stiff
wire, fighting with make-believe
spears and swords, and slightshots.
4. Keep B-B guns, bows and ar
rows, and darts from them unless
they are properly supervised and
taught how to use them.
ducktown
SPECIAL MEETING
An Important Meeting will be
held Friday night August 26 at
7:30 O’clock in the School Audi
torium. Come out to this meeting.
Today & Tomorrow
Louie D. Newton
MONEY
A thoughtful young man writes:
“I have been asked to speak to a
group of young people on Money.
Please send me some suggestions
on the subject.”
The young man goes on to say
that he has settled on three pas
sages of Scripture as the basis of
his talk—Luke 12: 21, Acts 8: 20,
and I Timothy 6: 10. He couldn’t
do better. Money is a medium of
exchange. It is usually thought of
as the established and controlled
form of exchange by orderly gov
ernments—made, or minted by
such governments, with a basis of
value and circulation. Our mone
tary system was based on the gold
standard until the days of rapid
change in the 1930’5.
Many phrases have grown up
around the idea of money—“ Mo
ney makes the man,’’ “Money ans
wereth all things,” “Take the cash
and let the credit go,” "Money
talks,” etc. etc. What should be
the Christian’s attitude toward
money? This is the question which
my young friend is raising, I
judge.
Jesus speaks the firs; and the
last word on every subject, and He
had much to say on the subject
of money. One’s attitude ttoward
his money, whether it be little or
much, usually determines his atti
tude toward all ultimate values in
time and eternity Jesus made this
very clear in numerous parables.
Take the parable of the rich
farmer, Luke 12: 16—21. Here was
a man who regarded money and
the things money can buy as the
final goal in life. Jesus called him
a fool. Putting it positively, Jesus
said in the Sermon on the Mount:
“But seek ye first the Kingdom of
God and His righteousness, and all
these things shall be added unto
you,” Matthew 6: 33.
Money is a means to an end —a
blessing which God has placed in
the hands of people by which they
may glorify Him as they worthily
use it in serving one another. It is
not to be despised, neither is to be
worshipped. We must give an ac
count unto God for the use of
every penny that ever passes thru
our hands. The first dime of every
dollar belongs to God. We may
well seek to use the next eight
dimes of every dollar for worthy
needs and purposes of life. And
we may wisely save the last dime
of every dollar for tomorrow’s
needs. Such an attitude ioward
money will mean a happy life
whether you have little or much.
New 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 1 OQfrti 1 Anniver
sary, so come on all you members
dnd 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.
SINGING NOTICE
You have a special invitation to
the Second Baptist Church in Cum
ming to the all day singing Sunday
August 28th. We are expecting |
many good singers including the
Martin Sisters and the Pine Forest!
Quartette.
Dinner served for singers. The
singing will start at 10:30 A. M.
Kermit E. Barrett, President
Garnell Hansard, V—president
LITTLE BOY’S PRAYER: “Dear
God, ulease put the vitamins in
cake and candy instead of spinach,
and cod liver oil.”
County Population 15,000. Number 44.
“LIFE BEGINS AT FORTY”
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“Life Begins at Forty” is an ad
age that may be aptly applied to
one who will graduate from Mer
cer University August 20, 1955.
William Ralph Bottoms, farmer,
teacher industrial engineer, minis
ter and now at forty-one is a ir.m
isterial-premidical student, prepar
ing to be a medical missionary.
Mr. Bottoms is graduating from
Mercer University, cum laude, with
an A. B. degree in premedical.stud
ies. He has already received and
has accepted an appointment from
the Medical College of Georgia in
Augusta where he plans to receive
his medical training beginning on
September 12, 1955.
Ralph was born on a farm in
Forsyth County, Georgia at Frog
•town, a village near the city of
Cummihg, January 14, 1914. He re
mained on the farm for twenty
seven (27) years before moving to
Atlanta in 1941. During the farm
years he taught in the elementary
and junior high schools in Forsyth
County for six (6) years. Between
school terms and cotton farming he
worked as farmer-fieldman for the
local farm agent on the AAA and
Soil Conservation Programs, and
found time to raise some of those
famous North Georgia broilers.
In Atlanta, Mr. Bottoms was first
employed by Sears, Roebuck and
Company in the Mail Order Divi
sion as a warehouseman. Because
of his two (2) years college credit
and suggestions for improvement,
he was promoted to Time Study
Man and later to Methods Engi
neer.
During the latter was years,
1944-45, Ralph was associated with
Bell Aircraft Corporation, Marietta
Georgia, and later with Firestone
Tire and Rubber Company, Air
craft Division in Atlanta His ser
vice was in the capacity of indus
trial engineer with both firms.
On October 8, 1945, immediately
after the end of World War 11, Mr.
Bottoms was employed by the Chev
rolet-Atlanta Division of General
Motors Corporation as industrial
engineer and Supervisor of the
Standards Department, where he
remained until October 9, 1953
when he resigned to enter Mercer
University to continue his college
career.
Ralph was graduated from Gum
ming High School with first hon
ors May 19, 1933, and later attend
ed North Georgia College, Georgia
Teachers College and the Univer
sity of Georgia. •
He entered the Gospel Ministry
October 12, 1952 at the age of
thirty-eight (38) and was licensed
to preach by the Lakewood Heights
Baptist Church, Atlanta, Georgia
January 7, 1953. He was ordained
as a minister of the Gospel by the
same church September 26, 1954.
He has been supply pastor at the
Camak Baptist Church, Camak,
Georgia, and is presently pastor of
WILLIAM RALPH BOTTOMS
the Haddock Baptist Church, Had
dock, Georgia.
He received his call from God
to be a medical missionary Febru
ary 1, 1953. Ralph set about im
mediately to prepare himself for
the opportunities ahead by resign
ing his position at Chevrolet and
making application for entrance at
Mercer University the following
Fall term. He completed all other
details so that the path would be
clear to allow God’s will for his
life to have lull play. Many “Lives
of great men” have inspired our
subject, including Dr. Albert
Schweitzer of Lambarene fame; Dr
T. W. Ayers, a close friend who
spent a quarter of a century in
China; Dr L. E. Smith, Pastor of
Park Avenue Baptist Church, At
lanta, Georgia; Dr. C. W. Pruitt, a
cousin who spent fifty-four (54)
years in China; Dr. Charles E. Ful
ler, founder and leader of the Old
Fashioned Revival Hour, Los An
geles, California; Dr. George W.
Truett, Dr. Theodore Epp and
many others.
Several honors have been bestow
ed upon Ralph at Mercer including
membership in the following hon
orary and scholastic fraternities,
Gamma Sigma Epsilon (Chemistry)
Chi Alpha Omega (Ministerial),
and Beta Beta Beta (Biology). He
also holds membership in the Mer
cer Ministerial Association, the
Christian Service Fellowship, the
Alembic Club and the Baptist Stud
ent Union. His Poem "Carmimnan’’
won third prize in the annual poet
ry contest sponsored by the Cicer
onian Lieterary Society of Mercer
early in 1955.
Mr. Bottoms resides at 1406 Col
lege Street (on Mercer Campus)
with Mrs. Bottoms, the former Mil
dred Mae Heard, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Jeff Heard, Cumming,
Georgia along with their youngest
daughter Carol Dean, who is fif
teen (15). An older daughter, Mrs.
Nancy Louise Jordan, resides in
Atlanta.
Hoping that his experiences as
stated here will be beneficial to
others, especially those who have
waited to “Begin Life at Forty”,
or older. “God will bless you,
friends will love and pray for you
and will support you and best of
all you will be happy, immensely
happy, if you are doing what you
were destined to do,” says this one
who has tried part of the way.
However, Ralph hastens to warn
that it isn’t easy and that those
j who seek ease and comfort would
do better elsewhere. “Anyone who
contemplates a radical change in
middle life had best ‘Count the
cost before beginning to build’, he
advises, “But do not be discouraged
if you are willing to pay the price,
the rewards faar outweigh the dis
advantages, and destiny v>ill have
its man for all eternity”, he said,
ending the interview.