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.Volume 46.
Look Who Is Coming
To New Harmony
On the Fourth Sunday night in
September (Septefnber 25th) the
Singing York Family (All in their
Wheel Chair) from Summerville,
Georgia ALSO The Stepp Bros.
W. L. and Donald, both playing
the Piano from Cartersville, Also
several Duets, Quartetts, Solo’s
land Trio’s. In fact some of the
best Singers from all around will
be there.
You be sure and come and bring
a friend, also tell everybody about
this big get together. You want
ever regret it.
Don’t forget the date and place,
September 25, 1955 at NEW HAR
MONY CHURCH in Ducktown
community about seven miles west
of Cumming and one-fourth mile
off highway No. 20.
We will be looking for you.
Today & Tomorrow
Louie D. Newton
MONEY
A father came to my study, in
tears. I had seen him in a few days
before, and had asked about his
boy, knowing how much he loved
him and how earnestly he had
sought to give the boy every pos
sible advantage. He told me that
the boy had a good job, and was
making high wages.
What now, I wondered, could
these tears mean? And then the
story: N
The boy, barely 18, had gone
from high school to take a well
paying job, and was making lots
of over time, meaning that he was
getting substantially over a hund
red dollars a week. He had bought
a fine car, and was inclined to be
too heavy on the throttle.
There had been three arrests for
speeding. Then the license was re
voked for a month, and during that
month, the boy had been driving
right on, and had been arrested for
speeding, unable to produce a li
cense.
The judge had given him a jail
sentence!
That was enough to explain the
tears—tears that gushed from a
father’s broken heart. I thought of
the mother, more deeply hurt, if
possible.
The father was not defending
the boy, but wondering if there
was any way by which the boy
could be saved from his own folly.
He was thinking of the family
name—a good name, indeed, un
tarnished by any jail records.
The situation was worked out, I
hope, to save the boy’s present and
future. He came later in the day
to declare his sense of guilt and
his purpose to redeem himself in
the light of the court and his par
ents.
I have thought of this incident,
wondering what would have hap
pened to many of us when we
were teen-agers, had we been sub
jected to the temptations of easy
money. I reflected that this teen
age boy is making more per week
than I was making per month
when I was married in 1915, a pro
fessor in Mercer University. There
wasn’t any temptation for me to
be speeding in those days, except
to walk a little faster from one
duty to another.
Money is a good thing in its
place, but we’d better be sure that
it is mastered rather than master
ing. The Bible tells us that the
love of money is the root of every
evil. This fine young man readily
agreed that money can hurt, If we
have the wrong notions about it.
Drunk Story
This man had the habit of com
ing home three or four times a
week three sheets to the wind, so
his wife determined to teacn him
a lesson. With the aid of a sheet
and a floor lamp she made a fair
Imitation of a ghost. She went in
and shook her husband.
“Wash this?” he murmured sot
tily.
“This is the devil,” was the ans
wer.
“Shake, old horsh.’’ he said, “I
married your sister.”
The Forsyth County News
' OFFICIAL ORGAN OF FORSYTH COUNTY Si CITY OF CUMMING
DEVOTED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF FORSYTH. FULTON, CHERO KEE, DAWSON, LUMPKIN, HALL AND GWINNETT COUNTIES.
(City Population 2,500)
Mr. J. C. Fleming
Well-known Citizen
Passes September Bth.
Mr. Joe Clarence Fleming, 56
years of age and well-known busi
ness man of Cumming, passed
away in our local hospital Thurs
day afternoon September Bth, after
a short illness.
He was born in Franklin County
the son of Mr. J. W. Fleming of
Atlanta and the late Tinnie Bond
and moved to Cumming in the year
1920. For a number of years he
has been a beloved valued em
ployee of the Otwell Motor Com
pany and served for a number of
years on the Board of Stewards of
the Cumming Methodist Church,
and was a member of the Board of
Trustees of the Cumming Schools.
Survivors include his wife the
former, Miss Marie Hutchins, one
son, J. C. Fleming Jr., Atlanta,
three daughters, Miss Frances
Fleming and Mrs. Fred Wilis, of
Cumming and Mrs. Bruce Davis of
College Park, Georgia. Four sisters,
Mrs. Myrtie Holbrook, Atlanta, Mrs
T. G. Phillips, Canon, Ga„ Mrs.
Douglas Turner, Miami, Fla., and
Mrs. Carl Dagley, Sann Diego, Cal.,
four brothers, Dr. N. B. Fleming,
Jackson, Miss., Mr. James Flem
ing, Los Angeles, Cal., Mr. W. H.
Fleming, Forrest Park, Ga., and
Mr. Charles Fleming, Atlanta. Six
grandchildren, a number of nieces,
nepflews and other relatives.
Funeral services were held at the
Cumming Methodist Church Friday
afternoon September 9th, at 4 p. m.
with the Reverend John Ozley, offi
ciating.
The following friends served as
pall-bearers, B. Frank Roper, John
Pittard, John McClure, Guy Shoe
make, Joe Brooks and Clyde Mize.
Interment was in the City Ceme
tery.
When Does Surrender
Mean Victory?
In the wars that have been
fought throughout history, when
one army surrendered to another
army, it always meant defeat, for
the one surrendering. I want to
tell you that when you and I sur
render our stubborn wills to the
Will of God in Jesus Christ, we
have won the greatest victory we
can ever win. In giving up our
own selfish desires and ambitions
and opinions, we gain the victory
over temperal things and gain eter
nal life with God. We give up the
toys of earth for the ternal reali
ties here and hereafter.
When we renounce self and en
throne Jesus Christ in our lives
we have taken the step that brings
peace to our hearts and lives.
When we stop changing to the
opinions of men and believe, whole
heartedly in the teaching of the
Bible, and accept completely the
Lord Jesus Christ as our personal
Saviour and Lord:—We have won
the greatest victor we will ever
I win in this life. Why? Because we
have settled the greatest question
in Time and Eternity by surrend
ing to the Lord Jesus Christ as our
Saviour and Lord.
| The next thing for us to do is
to serve him faithfully the remain
der of our days on earth. The
greatest thrill you will ever have
in the service of the Master is the
| experience of leading someone else
jto follow Christ. That experience
is in reach of every Christian.
If you desire to be victorious in
your living, surrender your ALL to
Jesus Christ. The one who gave
you your physical life will also
give you eternal life with God, if
you will only trust him.
A godless Cowboy had broken
up religious services and ran the
preacher off several times. The
people told Dr. Truett about him
and warned him that this Cowboy
would probably break up the meet
ing. Dr. Truett was holding at the
time. He came one night and sat
in the back side of the tent. Groups
of Christian people began to pray
earnestly for his conversion. The
next night when the invitation was
given he came walking down the
isle—He cried out "I give up”, “I
surrender to Christ’’. He became
a power for God in Texas.
W. R. CALLAWAY
Cumming Georgia, Thursday Sept., 15, 1955.
Resolutions For 1955
From Tent Holders at
Holbrook Campground
God set a light on a hill for
men to see and be closer drawn
to Him. Thaat hill here is Holbrook
Camp Ground and in the ' 118th
year of its existence God again
speaks to His people. Therefore,
be it resolved:
1. That our leaders must have
had a great inspiration and feeling
of responsibility to have madee all
the plans which seem to have been
successfully completed.
2. That to every committee
grounds, cemetery, water, cleaning,
lights, gas, sanitation, preacher’s
tent, social, spiritual, finance, ush
ers, young people, children, music,
the Secretary, Treasurer, public ad
dress system, buglers, law and or
der, directors, preacher’s commit
tee—and to any others who helped,
we say ‘Thank You”.
3. Our preachers, we believe,
have been the men for the time
and the place. •We have never
heard the gospel of our Lord Jesus
preached any more sincerely or
forcefully. And never have we seen
such a harmonious spirit among
servants of God, which has of cour
se overflowed out into the congre
gation. Bishop Moore brought a
soul-stirring message to us.
4. Wie are especially thankful for
the wonderful group of young peo
ple, children, and everyone who
came from time to time.
5. That this spirit, which has
been so real here, we will carry
home and into our community and
churches. This will make the world
a better place in which to live. We
are so glad for our 1955 Camp
Meeting.
6. That we extend to Rev. Pelt
and his family a very hearty wel
come.
7. That a copy of these resolut-'
ions be sent to the Forsyth County
■ News, the North Georgia Tribune,
and the Wpsleyan Christian Advo
cate. We also want one kept on
file by our secretary.
Respectfully,
Mrs. Winnie Lathem, Chairman
Resolutions Committee
Mrs. John Fossett, Secretary
Soil Conservation News
Forsyth County
C. L. McGehee in the Chestatee
community has completed the con
struction of a farm pond dam. The
SCS technicians assisted Mr Me-
Gehee in the technical phases of
the construction.
A well prepared seedbed will en
able one to get a better stand of
grass than the use of large amount
of seed. Prepare your seedbed well
and plant the recommended amount
of seed per acre.
Anyone interested in planting a
half acre of Reed’s Canary grass
see your SCS technicians..
Anyone wishing to plant pines
this winter should place their or
der for the seedlings before Octob
er Ist.
A number of farmers and other
interested people in the watershed
adjoining Lake Lanier are consid
ering an application for Federal
assistance under Public Law 566.
Navy Recruiter To
Be Here Each Friday
From 1:00 To 4:00
Chief P. L. Kington U. S. Navy
recruiter announced today that he
would be at the local Post Office
on every Friday from 1:00 O’clock
until 4:00 O’clock for the purpose
of enlisting young men in the U. S.
Navy.
Chief Kington said that he was
new in the territory and that he
would like to meet as many of the
local people as he could. Just drop
by and say hello.
Chief Kington said to the young
boys that are going to school to
Stay in School as there is nothing
like having a high school diploma.
Chief Kington will be glad to ans
wer any of your questions con
cerning the Navy at the Post Of
fice or you may reach him by
writing to the U. S. Navy Recruit
ing Station. Basement, DeKalb Bldg
'Decatur, Georgia..
SPECIAL NOTICE
The Forsyth County Masonic
Association will meet at Redwine
Lodge No. 174, F. & A. M„ Satur
day, September 17, at 8 p. m.
Hon. Herman Spence will be the
principal speaker. This will be a
closed meeting. Light refreshments.
All Master Masons are cordially
invited.
Dr. Rupert H. Bramblett, Pres.
L. W. Holbrook, V-president
A. *C. Smith, Jr., Secretary
Invitation To Attend
Area Soil & Water Con
servation Meeting
You and your fami\y are invited
to attend an area-wide Soil Con
servation Meeting in Gainesville on
September 16. Please extend this
invitation to any others you think
would be interested.
Ninth District Congressman Phil
Landrum and C. W. Chapman, the
State Conservationist, will be the
principal speakers at the meeting.
The Little Watershed Protection
and Improvement Program will be
emphasized.
The meeting will be sponsored
by the Boards of Supervisors of
the Upper Chattahoochee River and
the Blue Ridge Mountain Soil Con
servation Districts. It will be held
at the Civic Building in Gainesville
starting at 11:00 A. M. A chicken
dinner will be served all those who
attend.
The public is invited to attend
the meeting which will be of spec
ial interest to farmers, Agricultur
al workers, public officials, pro
fessional and business men in
North Georgia.
Much damage is being done to
the fertile valley lands in North
Georgia by floods. Congress passed
a bill last year providing a method
by which farmers may get assist
ance in work of this kind. A num
ber of watershed associations have
been organized in this area and re
quests have been made for assist
ance. The public will appreciate
the opportunity to learn more
about this program..
Future Homemakers
Have Organization
Meeting For 1955-56
The Forsyth County Chapter of
the Future Homemakers of Ameri
ca met September 7, in the Cafe
torium of the Forsyth County High
School for the purpose of organiz
ing for the school year 1955-56.
The following officers were in
stalled:
President—Jane Otwell
V. president—Annette Vaughan
Secretary—Joyce Ingram
Treasurer—Betty Taylor
Historian—Gloria Brooks
Parliamentaian —Madge Nuckolls
Song Leader —Rebecca Martin
Reporter—Charlene Tallant
Social Chairman—Martha Sorrells
Chrm. or Projects—Janis Sexton
Chrm. of Degrees —Ann Burton &
Betty Hubbard
Honor Roll Ccore Card Chrm.
Shelby Wood
Chapter Mothers—Mrs. Jake Wolfe
Mrs. Edwin Otwell, Mrs. Weldon
Bramblett, Mrs. Royston Ingram
and Mrs. Paul Yarbrough
Chapter Father—Mr. Charlie Boling
Chapter Advisor —Miss Wilma Ivie
The purposes for which this or
ganization shall serve are as fol
lows:
1. To promote a growing appre
ciation of the joys and satisfactions
of home making.
2. To emphasize the importance
of worthy home membership.
3. To encourage democracy in
home and community life.
4. To work for good home and
family life.
5. To foster the development of
creative leadership in home and
community life.
6. To promote international good
will.
7. To provide wholesome indivi
dual and group recreation.
8. To further interests in Home
Economics.
The Future Homemakers are
very glad to have Mr. Clarance
Lambert as principal of our school,
and they are looking forward to
working under his guidance and
leadership.
County Population 15,000. Number 37.
Examination For Rural
Carrier Announced
The United States Civil Service
Commission has announced an ex
amination to fill the position of
rural carrier for the post office at
Cumming, Georgia.
Applicants for this examination
must actually reside within the de
livery of the above-mentioned post
office and must have so resided
for one year next preseding the
closing date for acceptance of ap
plications. They must have reached
their 18th birthday on the closing
date. There is no maximum age
limit.
Full information and application
forms may be obtained at above
mentioned post office or from the
Commission’s Washington office. |
Applications must be filed with the
U. S. Civil Service Commission,
Washington 25, D. C., and must be
received or postmarked not later
than October 11, 1955.
ASC NEWS
All farmers in Forsyth County
who requested a fall practice and
received an approval of this prac-'
tice may come by the County ASC
Committee Office at their conven
ience and we will issue you pur
chase orders for the material. The
fall practices must be reported by
October 15, 1955 or if it is impos
sible for you to complete the prac
tice by October 15, you may come
by the County Office and ask for
an extension of time in order to
complete the practice.
If you carried out a practice in
the fall of 1954 and you have not
received a check in payment of
this practice you should receive
one during the next few weeks.
All the farmers in the County
who did not overplant their cotton
allotment should have received
their cotton marketing cards as
they were mailed during the week
of September 9, 1955.
With "Y our County
Agent
Walter H. Rucker
Present forecasts pointto to the
largest corn harvest in the history
the state of Georgia. The esti
mate for this year is a record 21
bushels per acre. Compare this
with last -years yield of slightly
above 10 bushels per year and you
get a pretty good picture of this
year’s corn crop.
With this yield of corn, farmers
can expect lower immediate corn
prices. These lower prices will pre
sent problems to farms where
there is not enough storage space.
It is true that we here in For
syth County have ampe markets
for our crops through the many
feed mills in the area. But, to be
able to use it in feed, corn must
have 14 percent or less moisture
content. Very little, if any, corn
will be this dry when harvested
from the field.
The more fortunate or better
prepared farm will have enough
storage space to hold this year’s
corn. By holding his corn, the far
mer will accomplish two purposes.
First, it will allow the moisture
content to fall low enough to en
able it to be used in feed. Second,
it will enable him to miss the fall
market when it is generally flood
ed. Normally we can expect corn
prices to go back up after the fall
harvest is over.
Another alternative of the farm
er is to market his corn crop thru
livestock. This possibility should be
seriously considered, especially
where ample pasture is also avail
able.
Even with hog prices at the pre
sent level. A strong possibility ex
ists that you will be able to get
more per bushel for your corn
through hogs than by selling it on
the open market.
Important Notice
i
SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 18 at the
Midway Methodist Church, Rev.
Elisha Starr Winn, Father of the
pastor will conduct the Services at
11 a. m. 3:30 and 8 p. m. At the
3:30 service Baptism and Reception
Everyone cordially Invited to at
tend all the services.
Forsyth County High
School News
Everyone was happy to get into
the new school building last week.
Although many things were going
on at school we were able to get
off to a good start. Five hundred
and thirty-two students found their
places with very little trouble.
Three new teachers have been
added to the faculty since the last
report. They are Miss Alta Cleo
McGlasson, Commercial teacher,
Mr. Oklin Cooper, Mathematics and
Mr. McNeal, eighth grade. The
faculty has done an excellent job
the first week of school.
Mrs. Major Echols and the lunch
room personnel have done big busi
ness for the last five days in the
lunchroom. They were able to serve
an average of four hundred and
seventy-five meals a day with out
nearly all of their equipment. A
very high percentage of the stud
ents are eating in the lunchroom
this year. A good lunchroom is
one of the most important parts
of the total school program.
We send our thanks to all the
high school students and parents
that helped move the books and
equipment to the new school.
Georgia Held It’s Own
In Federal Aid This
Year For Public Health
Georgia has more than held its
own this year in federal aid re
ceived for public health.
Quick action on the part of Geor
gia’s congressmen and senators in
Washington block several decreas
es in allotments and brought about
some increases in others, according
to Dr. T. F. Sellers, director of the
Georgia Department of Public
Health.
“Cuts in funds that help to raise
the standard of health and produc
tivity of our people can only be
called false economy,” said Dr. Sel
j lers. "Public health, even in the
smallest community, is a joint fed
eral, state and local responsibility.’*
Federal public health appropria
tions to Georgia for the fiscal year
1954-1955 amounted to $4,577,861,
whereas the amount for the cur
rent fiscal year is $5,193,151 a net
increase of $615,290.
Budget differences for the two
fiscal years show hospital and
health center construction projects
under the Hill-Burton Act of 1946
and the Medical Racilities Act of
1954 receiving increased appropria
tions amounting to $433,080.
Other increases amount to $205-
513 went to veneral disease control,
mental hygiene and crippled child
ren.
Decreases totaling $23,303 affect
ed programs in maternal and child
health, tuberculosis control, general
health, cancer control and heart
diseases.
Under the Poliomyelitis Assist-1
ance Act, Georgia will receive al
most $1,000,000 worth of polio vac
cine before February 15. Distribut
ion will begin in October and the
vaccine will be limited to children
under 10 years of age and preg
nant women under the eighth
month of pregnancy.
CUM MING B. W. C. ELECTS
NEW OFFICERS & CHAIRMAN
The B. W. C. of the Gumming
First Baptist Church met with
Mrs. A. R. Housley Tuesday Sept
ember 6, at 8:00 p. m.
The meeting opened with a De
votion and Prayer by Mrs. H. P.
Matthews. Mrs. Marcellas Samples
was in charge of a most interest
ing program. The Thailand known
as "th / ' Land of Elephants”. Others
on the program were Mrs. Thom
as Nelms, Mrs. Ansel Poole, Mrs.
Joe Wheeler.
The nominating committee com
posed of Mrs. Marcellas Samples,
Mrs. Jake Wolfe and Mrs. Jerry
Perrin gave the slate of officers
as follows:
President—Mrs. Ansel Poole
V-president—Mrs. Thomas Nelms
Secretary—Mrs. Eldred Bagley
Treasurer—Mrs. Jake Wolfe
The committees will be appoint
ed by the various officers.
The B. W. C. also welcomed to
its group a new member Mrs. Roy
P. Otwell, Jr. Mrs. Housley hostess
served the group buffet style
Cokes and Cookies.