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HEADS USO IN GEORGIA
William S. Woods (left) of Atlanta, Georgia, USO Chairman, is
Men above congratulating Governor Marvin Griffin upon his appoint
ment by President Eisenhower as Honorary Chairman for USO which
operates 208 clubs and centers in the United States and twenty-five
overseas to provide a “Home Away From Home” to members of the
US Armed Services.
Rev. Connie H. Buice
Passed Away Friday
August 26 Here
Rev. Connie Buice passed away
Friday August 26, at the local hos
pital after a long illness.
Funeral services were held on
Sunday at Daves Creek Church.
Rev. Buice was 55 years of age at
the time of his death and had serv
ed many Baptist churches in this
area during his years as a Baptist
Minister.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs.
Allene Pruitt Buice and one son,
Mr. Royston Buice of Atlanta, two
brothers, Z. E. Buice of Buford
and O. E. Buice of Sandy Springs,
five sisters, Mrs. Lessie Grice Vin
ings, Mrs. J. L. Hall, Miss Ollie
Buice, Mrs. Ben Dickert all of Cum
ming and Mrs. E. F. Vaughan, Al
pharetta, also other relatives and
a host of friends.
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 all Sister Churches and
all churuches 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 100th Anniver
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 be looking for
you on Sunday September 4th.
NOTICE
I regret that I can no longer af
ford to close my office practically
every day, or else work far into
the night, in order to treat patients
at their homes for the fees which
I have eben charging. Therefore,
after September 15, 1955, there will
be an increase in charges for all
my home visits. I wish to suggest
that the way to avoid paying the
fees charged for “outside work" is
to go to some physician’s office
when medical care is needed —ex-
cept for those VERY RARE in
stances when travel is actually not
advisable or is impossible due to
the condition of the patient.
Sincerely,
Dr. Rupert H. Bramblett
The Forsyth County News
OFFICIAL OK GAN OF FORSYTH COUNTY & CITY OF CUMMING
DEVOTED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF FORSYTH, FULTON, CHICKO REE, DAWSON, LUMPKIN, HALL AND GWINNETT COUNTIES.
(City Population 2,500) Cumming Georgia, Thursday, Sept., Ist, 1955.
HOW OTHERS
KNOW WE ARE
CHRISTIANS
*
By our kindness and compassion,
By our help to those in need,
By our sympathetic patience,
By our willingness to heed,
By our happiness and gladness,
By unfailing charity,
By our tender ministrations,
Lord may we interpret Thee.
By our eagerness to follow,
Humbly in the Master’s way,
By our loyalty and meekness,
By our courage day by day,
By our kind consideration,
By forgiveness full and free,
By just appreciation,
Lord, may we interpret Thee.
By our strength in overcoming,
By refusing selfish gain,
By response to those who struggle,
By relieving woe and pain,
Just by daily, helpful service
May we true disciples be,
Showing forth the love for Jesus,
Lord, and thus interpret Thee.
—Author Not Known.
By letting others see, the spirit
of Jesus Christ in us, and the only
way that can be done is to follow
the leadership of the Spirit of God
as he leads us into all truth. Oh!
that we may see that all truth is
God’s truth, and without God there
can be no life. Without the light
of the world how thick the dark
ness would be.
W. R. CALLAWAY
Wing’s Store Sold
To C. M. Ware
The Wing’s Department store has
been sold to . Carl M. and Mary Ann
Ware of Thomaston, Georgia, who
will operate the store under the
same policy as has been setforth
by Sindney C. and Eugenia B.
Wing.
The store was originally owned
and operated by Roy P. and Ivan
C. Otwell, who sold to the Wing’s
in October 1953, having been com
pletely converted into a modem up
to the minute department store,
featuring nationally advertised mer
chandise at popular prices.
In conversation with Mr. Wing,
he expressed his and Mrs. Wing’s
gratitude for the wonderful busi
ness given them while operating
the store. He said the people have
been most cordial and were won
derful to deal with in every re
spect and the patronage given them
is greatly appreciated as such pa
tronage was responsible for the
success of the Wing’s store for
which they express their whole
hearted thanks to their many cus
tomers in Forsyth County.
ASC NEWS
Farmers on land on which no J
wheat was seeded for grain for
any of the years 1953, 1954 and
1955 may apply for a 1956 wheat
acreage allotment, according to C.
A. Bagwell, Chairman of the For
syth County Agricultural Stabiliza
tion and Conservation Committee.
To be considered for an allotment
on a farm which had no wheat
wheat seeded for grain for any of
those years, the farmer must apply
in writing to his county ASC com
mittee by September 30, 1955.
Blank application forms are av
ailable at the County ASC Com
mittee office for use in filing re
quest for allotments.
With y our County
Agent
Walter H. Rucker
Winter is just around the corner,
and with its coming, also will come
a shortage of grazing on many of
our farms. With a relatively good
season this past spring and sum
mer, just about everybody had an
abundance of pasture for their cat
tle. But we’ll see this winter who
the men and boys are, so to speak,
in providing feed for their livestock
Wintertime is a critical time as far
as pasture production goes. Right
now is the time to start thinking
about winter grazing.
Winter grazing, of course, is one
of the most important parts of our
feed production program. Winter
grazing is possible. That has been
proved here in Georgia over and
over. In fact, experiment station
tsts and farm experiences have
shown that grazing is possible all
through a great part of fall, win
ter, and spring months. Of course,
certain important points is grow
ing the grass and legumes have to
be followed.
Since we want our grazing to
get off to a good start, it is im
portant to select good land. It
should be located conveniently to
the barn or wherever livestock is
kept. It is going to do much good
if the cattle have to spend most of
((heir time walking to and from
the grazing in cold weather. There
should be an available watter sup
ply to the winter grazing. Well
drained areas are better than fields
that will become water-logged or
where water stands for any length
of time.
Land for winter grazing should
be well prepared two to three
weeks before planting—if possible.
Lime is necessary for all legume
crops and should be applied if
needed. Poultry and barnyard man
ure, if available, should be applied
before the land is prepared.
Fertilizer often means the differ
ence between success and failure In
producing winter grazing. General
recommendations are from 400 to
600 pounds of a 4—12—12 fertilizer
either broadcast or applied with a
drill.
Regardless of which grass or mix
ture you use for winter grazing, it
should be topdressed with from 16
to 32 younds of nitrogen per acre
as soon as the plants are up and
have made some growth.
No plants should be grazed until
they have made sufficient growth
to withstand the grazing and the
trampling of livestock. In most
cases this will be after the plants
have made three and a half or
more inches of growth.
Memorial Singing
The Egbert Whitmire Memorial
Singing will be held on the Second
Sunday September 11th at Coal Mt.
Baptist Church. W|e have the pro
mise of some outstanding singers,
Quartetts and Trios. You have a
special invitation to come spend
the day and let’s make this singing
one of the best. Dinner on grounds
D. J. Whitmire, President
Fay Martin, V-president
Pauline McCormick, Sec.
LaFAYETTE LODGE NOTICE
The E. A. Degree will be con
ferred on four candidates Monday
night September sth at 7:30.
Clyde Bannister, W. M.
Jimmie Barnes, Secretary
PROCLAMATION
Soil Conservation
Week
BY THE GOVERNOR:
WHEREAS: Georgia is one of th?
outstanding agricultural states of
the Union and many of our citi
zens gain their livelihood from the
tfarms, and
WHEREAS: Good soil is the first
requisite for successful farming
and efforts are made at all time
to preserve the best farm lands
against the danger of erosion, and
WHEREAS: We realize more and
more the need of coopperation in
movements to improve and protect
our farm land and with the work
of the State Soil Conservation Com
mittee and other groups engaged
in this movement, and
WHEREAS: Every person as a
daily consumer of food, clothing,
forest products and other agricul
tural commodities has a vital stake
In the success of this work, now
THEREFORE: I, Marvin Griffin,
Governor of Georgia, do hereby
proclaim the week of September
11—18, 1955 as SOIL CONSERVA
TION WEEK in Georgia and call
on all our citizens to cooperate in
every possible way to aid this
worthy movement which means so
much to all our people.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have
hereunto set my hand and caused
the Seal of the Executive Depart
ment to be affixed. This 27th day
of July, 1955.
MARVIN GRIFFIN, Governor
BY THE GOVERNOR
Ben T. Wiggins, Secretary,
Executive Department
Water Lowering
Water seems to keep lowering in
this and other sections of Georgia
as shown by the number of wells
and streams gone dry, it was stat
ed here today by W. L. Shaddix,
representing the Southern States
Forestfire Commission, Inc., who
was in Cumming in interest of
school programs on conservation.
Mr. Shaddix has been visiting the
schools in Georgia for the past ten
years on forest and game educat
ion. He is a former High School
Principal of Alabama.
Wpods fires beginning forty year
ago here started the water short
age and we are now paying for
our sins of old as well as new days
the visiting forest spokesman stat
ed here.
The Commission a non-profit
privately financed agency is prof
fering a series of free-on-loan mov
ies to the schools of Forsyth and
other counties to help encourage
flreprevention, and also reforesting
on unused land.
Full details of the free material
may be obtained by writing Box
3298, Birmingham 5, Ala., Mr. Shad
dix stated.
Area Wide Soil Con
servation Meeting At
Gainesville Sept., 16
An Area-wide soil conservation
meeting is being planned in Gaines
ville September 16 by the boards
of supervisors of both the Upfcqr
Chattahoochee River and the Blue
Ridge Mountain Soil Conservation
Districts.
Rep. Phil Landrum, Congress
man for the Ninth District a<id
C. W. Chapman, State Conservat
ionist, will be the principal speak
ers, according to T. O. Galloway,
head of the Gainesville Soil Con
servation Service office, W J. Orr
and Jay L. Holbrook, supervisors,
Forsyth County.
The meeting will be held at the
Civic Building in Gainesville, start
ing at 11 A. M. Galloway said the
public is invited to attend and he
emphasized the importance of the
meeting to farmers, businessmen
and public officials.
A chicken dinner will be served
following the meeting.
ANNUAL CONFERENCE
Salem Church will hold its An
nual Conference next Sunday the
fourth of September beginning at
<10:30 A. M. Every member of
Salem Church who can come is re
quested to be present at this ser
vice.
County Population 15,000. Number 45.
State’s Biggest
Highway Safety
Drive Under Way
The most intensive statewide
highway safety campaign in Geor
gia’s history is now under way.
Known as the Georgia Safe Driv
ing Crusade and officially proclaim
ed by Gov. Marvin Griffin, the
campaign began Sunday, August
28, and continues through Labor
Day, September sth.
Its objective: To prevent deaths, |
injuries and destruction of prop
erty on the highways and streets.
All Georgians as well as visitors in
the state are urged to do their part j
in the all-out effort to establish a
record of “NO LIVES LOST’’ dur
ing the period.
The Governor is chairman of the
campaign and J. H. (Tommy)
Thompson, of Hawkinsville, presi
dent of the Motion Picture I Thea
tre Owners and Operators of Geor
gia, who originated the idea for
the special drive is co-chairman.
John W. Maloof, director of the
Georgia Citizens Council, is co-ordi
nator.
All told, some 26 cooperating
agencies are taking part, including
the State Patrol, Georgia Peace
Officers Assn., Georgia Youth Traf
fic Safety Assn., Parent-Teachers
Assn., various civic and trade or-
ganizations, insurance companies,,
newspapers, TV and radio stations
and others. *
Also from pulpits all over the
state ministers are pleading for
“the conservation of human lives,”
and Georgia theaters are showing
at regular intervals the 17-minute,
prize-winning RKO safety movie,
“Devil Take Us.”
Why is a Safe Driving Crusade
necessary? The grim answer to
that question is found in the latest
statistics compiled by the Georgia
Department of Public Safety.
For example, in the 55-day per
iod from July 1 traffic accidents
snuffed out the lives of 180 per
sons, or an average of three and
one-half persons per day.
From January 1 through Aug
ust 23, Georgia traffic deaths tot
aled 631, an increase of 33, or six
per cent, over last year. In Aug
ust’s first 23 days alone there were
86 traffic fatalities, 28 more than
a year ago, or an increase of 48
per cent.
From those gruesome statistics
it is plain to see why the Georgia
Safe Driving Crusade is being stag
ed—and why its sponsors are plead
ing with the public to make it a
success.
Soil Conservation News
Forsyth County
Additional livestock ponds under
construction are those of Dr. M. E.
Kelly seven miles southwest of
Cumming and Hoke seven
miles northeast of Cumming. Vick
Lang is constructing the Kelly
Dam and Lunsford of Gainesville
the Parks Dam.
Several cooperators with the Up
per Chattahoochee River Soil Con
servation Districts have reported
that they have a seedbed prepared
for the seeding of alfalfa during
the month of September.
Lee McGinnis near Shakerag is
preparing land for seeding of per
manent pastures.
Soil samples were taken recently
by the local SCS technicians from
fields of E. E. Buice for testing for
the correct and right amount of
fertilizer to be used under alfalfa
seedings.
The flood prevention dam in the
Spot community is still under con
struction.
Reverend Harold Zwald has made
several very beautiful colored pic
tures of the millet area around the
Flood Prevention lake back of the
Coal Mountain cemetery.
Don’t forget Soil Conservation
Week September 11-18.
SPECIAL NOTICE
The Forsyth County Vocational
Canning Plant will be closed after
September 1, 1955 except for can
ning by appointment. For appoint
ments call or see either J. L. Ban-*
nister or J. G. Harris, Jr.
County Contracts
For Roads- Save
Georgia Double
ATLANTA (GPS) With so much
attention being focused on Geor
gia’s current road-building program
what Gov. Marvin Griffin said in
a speech before the Georgia Prison
Wardens Assn.’s recent 16th annu
al convention in Savannah was
particularly timely and interesting.
In fact, he drew heavy applause
when he said this regarding coun
ty contracts:
“You will remember that I pro
mised in my campaign for election
as Governor that I would assist
counties with lawful county con
tracts so as to help them in main
taining their public works camps,
buying adequate machinery for
their needs and furnishing an out
let for prison labor so as to take
a load off the taxpayers in mainte
nance of prisoners at the Georgia
State Prison.
“The highway department has
been instructed and will award
lawful county contracts tto the var
ious counties so that they may
utilize their facilities in prison lab
or in our expanded road-building
program.
“Such contracts, in my opinion,
will make a double saving for the
state in that the prisoners may be
usefully and gainfully employed
and at the same time will not be
a charge against the state. These
contracts also will be a method of
saving for the highway department
“It will be the policy of this ad
ministration to continue to estab
lish these branch camps in various
sections of the state so as to dis
| tribute these prisoners to points
where their work and usefulness
will be of benefit to all of the citi
zens of Georgia." J
Give Rural Roads !
Program A Chance
Critics Are Told , v f
ATLANTA (GPS) Some of the
chronic critics of the state admin
istration may well be doing Geor
gia a disservice, in the opinion of
veteran political observers who
were schooled that fairplay has its
place in politics as well as in other
fields.
A case in point is the rural roads
construction program which, they
say, the critics have "bad-mouthed”
even before its had a chance to get
going. And it’s this sort of things
that conceivably could cost the
State of Georgia more money in
the long run, It was pointed out.
In fact, the man in charge of
the program said as much the
other day. Rural Road Authority
Chairman Roger Lawson, speaking
Impromptu at a recent session of
the authority, expressed concern
that criticism aimed at the author
ity might increase the interest rate
on the bonds the authority hopes to
sell to finance its projects.
Lawson, who also is a member
of the State Highway Board, sug
gested that criticism of the auth
ority be withheld until its full pro
gram is under way. He said the
authority is trying to sell $14.5 mil
lion worth of bonds at “the most
favorably interest rate” available.”
If the construction or spending un
der the authority later proves to
be unsound, he added, that is the
time to criticize.
Meanwhile, the authority has re
tained J. E. Greiner & Company of
Baltimore, Md„ as consulting en
gineers to assist in preliminary
work for its $14.5-million construct
ion program. The firm will study
plans, specifications and other do
cuments connected with the pro
jects, will report on its findings by
mid-September. The authority hope
to sell the bond issue around the
first of October.
SINGING NOTICE 1
The Annual Singing and Home
Coming Services will be held at
Beaver Ruin Church Sunday Sept
ember 4th. Everybody invited to
come and help make this a great
singing.