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Volume 46.
With y our County
Agent
Walter H. Rucker
A question asked frequently of
your county agent concerns plant
ing lawns. Since September and
October are the ideal months for
seeding winter grasses this will be
an opportune time to attempt to
offer some timely tips concerning
lawns in general..
Many people still prefer rye
grass for a winter lawn and a well
tended rye grass lawn during the
winter offers ample proof of a
good choice. Since rye grass also
dies in the spring it is necessary
to have a good summer grass on
your lawn also. Common bermuda
is the most commonly found and
is also one of the best for with-,
standing dryland hot weather.
While probably making one of
the most eye-pleasing lawns, a ber
muda-rye grass combination re
quires the most work. While ber
muda will continue year after year
when treated properly, the ry grass
must be over-seeded each fall. A
pretty lawn is well worth the
trouble required to make it. ,
Kentucky bluegrass and Kentucky
31 Fescue are the most widely used
grasses by people using only one
grass the entire year. These grass
es have the added advantage of
growing in partially shaded areas.
Bermuda definitely requires plenty
of sunshine.
Fescue has failed to give good
results on lawns in many cases
'due to a poor stand or else there
was just not enough seed sown.
Where there is a poor stand fescue
will grow in rather large bunches
making it difficult to cut with a
lawn mower.
Bluegrass grows on a very fine
stem and makes a very beautiful
lawn when treated well. Due to a
limited seed supply bluegrass is
one of the higher priced lawn
grasses at the present time.
Probably everyone has heard a
great deal about the new Zoysie
Matrelle grass in recent years. It
will grow almost anywhere in the
South. It is expensive and slow in
growing. It also requires a lot of
care its first year but after it be
comes established it stands neglect
and improves with age. Zoysie is
not evergreen and does not accept
winter grass seed as well as ber
muda.
The above mentioned are the
most commonly used. Regardless
of which grass or combination you
choose remember that preparing
a good seed bed, fertiliing correct
ly and furnishing an ample supply
of water will mean the difference
in a good lawn and a bare front
yard.
More elaborate information con
cerning these and other lawns are
found in the University of Georgia
Agricultural Extension Circular 380
Copies are available free at this
office.
SAWNEE E. M. C. APPOINTS
4 MEMBERS BY COMMITTEE
4 MEMBERS BY PETITION
The board of directors selected a
Nominating Committee from the
membershipp to nominate active
members as candidates for the of
fice of directors. In addition the
Secretary has received additional
nominations by petitions to be vot
ed on in accordance with cooper
ative by-laws, ARTICLE 111, Sec
tion 3.
BIRMINGHAM DISTRICT
HOMER A BUIC7 (Committee)
W, F. GARRETT (Petition)
DOUGHERTY DISTRICT
HORACE G. HUGHES (Committee)
J. G. PORTER (Petition)
ITALY DISTRICT
R. T. BAGLEY (Committee)
E. R. (Ebb) ROPER (Petition)
MATT DISTRICT .
L. E. (Edmund) MOORE
(Committee)
W. M. (Mac) ROPER (Petition)
NOTICE
All the Farmers in Forsyth
County who wish to apply for a
new growers wheat allotment may
do so before September 29, 1955.
No applications will be accepted (
after that date.
The Forsyth County News
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF FORSYTH COUNTY & CITY OF CUMMING
DEVOTED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF FORSYTH, FULTON, CHERQ REE, DAWSON, LUMPKIN, HALL AND GWINNETT COUNTIES.
(City Population 2,500)
M. D. Harris Memorial
All Day Singing
Everyone has a very Special in
-1 vitation to attend the big All-Day
Singing at Mt. Tabor Baptist
Church ten miles northwest of
Cumming.
This singing is held in memory
of the late M. D. Harris and has
been going on for 15 years.
We have promise of some of the
the best singe*s in North Georgia
planning to be with us. Make your
plans now to attend if you love
Gospel singing. The singing will
begin at 10:30 a. m. Plenty of
lunch for everyone.
Arthur Harris, Presiident
Herbert Harris, Secretary
Communities Told
To Take Lead In
Bid For Industry
CORDELE—(GPS) Citing Crisp
County as a good example, Gov.
Marvin Griffin said local communi
ties in Georgia can help their for
ward progress best by initiating
their own movements for advance
ment rather than depending on out
side aid.
“Crisp County furnishes an ex
cellent axample of this principle
by the record made in the last 50
years,” the Governor said in a
speech delivered during the four
day Golden Jubilee celebration of
Crisp County, held aat Cordele,
which also observed the silver an
niversary of the construction of the
Crisp County hydroelectric power
plant at Lae Blackshear.
“Fifty years ago,” Griffin said,
! “Crisp County was created by the
Georgia General Assembly out of
territory which was than a part of
Dooly County. Cordele was named
the county seat and was at that
time a thriving business communi
ty. The county was named in hon
or of the late Conggressman Char
les Crisp, Sr., once Speaker of the
U S. Congress..
“As an important railroad center
in South Georgia, Cordele was the
| market for a good farming terri
tory. With transportation advant
ages, Cordele and Crisp County be
came important in commercial dis
tribution in their section of the
state. Next came the industrial era
and this county has held her own
in locating many new industries
which have brought additional pay
rolls and more trade.
“Twenty-five years ago, far-seeing
citizens started the movement to
build the Lake Blackshear power
dam which has contributed much
to the prosperity of the entire sec
tion through its production of elec
tric power for all purposes.
“At that time the Lake Black
sheaar project was the only one of
its kind i nthe U. S. Its import
ance in developing community im
provement was so great that many
articles about it were carried in
national magazines of that era.
“It was faith in the community
and faith in its citizens which made
this movement possible and faith
in the cherished tradition of the:
citizens. It is recognized today in!
the themes of the speakers at this j
celebration, such ‘Power Through
Faith,’ ‘Prosperity With Faith,’ and
my own subject, ‘Progress by
Faith.’’ ’’
After telling about other worth
[ while activities in Crisp County,
j including the recreational center at
Lake Blackshear, the first State
Veterans Park, Camp Safety Patrol
and the like, which he promised
continued support from his admin
istration, Gov. Griffin concluded by
saying:
“Crisp County shares with other
counties in the movement to bring
industries to this state and we are
getting new factories at such a
rapid rate that we are now anab
led to balance our bountiful agri
culture With thriving manufactur
ing plants which sell their pro
ducts tot all parts of the world.”
Annual Singing
i
The Annual and Memorial Sing
ing will be at, New Hope Church
Sunday September 25th. All singers
and the public are cordially invited
to be with us. Dinner on the table. 1
Ezra Tallant, President.
Cumming Georgia, Thursday Sept., 22, 1955.
Soil Conservation News
Forsyth County
In observance of Soil Conserva
tion Week as proclaimed by our
Governor of the state Marvin Grif
fin the local Kiwanis Club present
ed a film Conserving Our Soil at
their regularly weekly meeting
with Clyde Mize as chairman. The
Pleasant Grove Community Im
provement Club discussed soil and
j water conservation at their Mon
day night meeting. The local Work
Unit Conservationist presented a
program on Little Watersheds al
the Gainesville Lions Club last
Tuesday. On Wednesday two tours
were held in the county led by
Walter Rucker, County Agent and
James T. Coots. Work Unit Con
servationist. On the afternoon tour
Kenneth Orr local SCS technician
showed how our woodlands could
be managed to return a higher net
profit per acre. Also, the group ob
served the operation of an irrigat
ion outfit. Still other groups that
observed Soil Conservation Week
have not reported.
As a climax to Soil Conservation
Week a large group of people from
this county attended the Area-Wide
Soil and Water Conservation Meet
ing Friday in Gainesville.
Ivan Eizey recently completed
a livestock dam pond- on his farm
on the Dr. Bramblett road.
Mr. J. W> Harwell of Tifton, Ga.,
will report to the Area office in
Gainesville as Area Conservationist
October Ist succeeding Mr. T. O.
Galloway who is retiring after
reaching the retirement age of 70.
HAPPINESS
Dr. Cabot, one of the best known
and most successful doctors in
New York has written a book in
which he says that out of his long
experience, as a doctor, he estimat
es that 50 percent of those who
come to him for treatment need
not have come if they had lived
well-balanced lives.
He says that we need to do four
things in order to live well-balanc
ed lives and find true happiness:
The first' thing is to work. We do
not need shorter hours and more
pay. We need to work more and to
enjoy our work. Jesus worked as
a carpenter. Jesus said, “My father
worketh hitherto and I work.”
I The second thing he says we
must learn to do is to play. We
must learn to relax and play. Re
creation is necessary—it recreates
and strengthens your body and it
gives you a healthy outlook on
life. Jesus attracted little children
and attended social functions, he
knew how to play.
The third thing Dr. Cabot said
that we must learn to do is to love
We must not be wrapped up with
in ourselves and be selfish, but
love people. Jesus, said by this
shall all men know that ye are
my disciples if ye have love one
for another. Another scripture tells
us that “Love worketh no ill to his
neighbor therefore love is the full
filling of the law”. Loving God
with the whole heart, soul and
strength and our neighbor as our
selves is necessary to true happi
ness.
J
The greaat Christian doctor gave
as the fourth necessary ingredient
—Worship. The worship of the true
and living God is necessary to per
fect happiness. We must Worship
as well as work, play and love.
I believe that this good doctor
has given us something good to
think about and to practice in or
der to live an abundant Christian
life.
W. R. Callaway !
Important Notice
A called communication of Mattj
Lodge No. 694, to honor Masonic'
Ministers, will be held Friday,
September 30th., at 7:30 p. m. This j
will not be a supper meeting. All
Master Masons are cordially in
vited.
Rev. W. J. Bottoms, W. M.
Matt Lodge No. 694, F. & A. M.
Dr. Rupert H. Bramblett, Pres.
Forsyth County Masonic Assn.
1956 FORDS ON DISPLAY-AT OTWELL MOTOR COMPANY
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ONE OF 17 MODELS—Advanced front end and side styling of the new 1956 Ford is emphasized in
this view of the Sunliner convertible, one of 17 new body styles which Ford dealers will place on display I
next Friday, September 23. The grille has been widened and lengthened, and parking lamps have been'
worked into chrome housings which extend around the of the fenders. A new-style hood ornament
is recessed above the special Fairiane Ford crest. On the fender is the new ornament indicating “Thunder
bird power”, which is standard in Fairiane models with the Y-8 engine.
“A Man Called Peter”
Booked To Open Here
The management of the Frances
Theatre announced today the book
ing of “A Man Called Peter," a
Twentieth Century-Fox Cinema
Scope production in De Luxe color,
for presentation starting October
10 through 13. This picturization of
Catherine Marshall’s biographical
novel, which has been on the best
seller list since it was first pub
lished in 1951, has been hailed as
one of the most unusual pictures
to come out of Hollywood in a
long time.
| Richard Todd and Jean Peters
are the stars in this story of Peter
Marshall, the Scottish immigrant
who came to America, dug ditches,
stoked furnaces, corrected proofs
on a Southern newspaper, was
staked to SSO a month by his bible
class for his first two years at
Columbia Theological Seminary at
Decatur, Ga., preached in Coving
ton, Atlanta and within 10 years
of his arrival in*the United States
became the minister of the New
York Avenue Church in Washing
ton, D. C., where eight presidents,
including Abraham Lincoln, wor
shipped.
Peter Marshall, known as “the
charming young Scot with the sil
ver tongue,’’ wound up the elected
chaplain of the U. S. Senate and
was known as “the conscience of
the Senate.”
Twentieth Century-Fox mounted
this tender love story with its Hor
atio Alger touches with every pos
sible advantage in talent and tech
nique. Henry Koster directed from
a script by Academy Award win
ning writer, Eleanore Griffin under
the aegis of Producer Samuel G.
7ngel. In the stellar cast are Mar
jorie Rambeau and Jill Esmond.
ANNUAL STAFF
APPOINTED
The Forsyth County High Bull
! dog Annual Staff for 1955-1956
, school term has been appointed,
j Those appointed were:
Editor-in-Chief—Carolyn Thomas
J Asso. Editor—Joyce Ingram
■ Business Mgr.—Annette Vaughan
J Adv. Editors—Lamar Williams, Rob
ert Charles, Jane Otwell.
Who’s Who Editors,—Betty Taylor,
Dorothy Cantrell.
Feature Editors- Wilma Jean An
drews, Jean Barnett.
Candid Editors—Barbara Brooks,
Rounette Martin.
Proof Readers— Frances Fowler
Hammond, Margaret Martin.
Picture Editors— Betty Hubbard,
Janis Sexton.
Sports Editors—Johnny Pirkle, Her
shell Fuller.
Club Editors—Rosalyn Westbrook,
Nancy Worley, Shelby Wood.
1 Circulation Managers Freddie
Jcain, Benson Fowler, Mickey Sut
,ton, Gene Holtzclaw.
Art Editor—Larry Martin
Betty Pirkle, Reporter
SINGING NOTICE
You are invited to attend the
Singing at the Cumming Church of
God next Saturday night Septem
ber 24th.
County Population 15,000. Number 38.
Tent Revival At The
Cumming Methodist
Church, Sept., 25-30
Revival services will be conduct
ed in a tent on the lawn of the
Cumming Methodist Church, Sept
ember 25 through September 30.
vSvtiyone of the county and sur
rounding area is given a very cor
dial invitation to attend. The Rev
erend Eugene Pelt of the Holbrook
Circuit will preach. The Reverend
Randall Williamson of the Mount
ville Circuit, LaG range District,
will lead the singing. Every effort
being made to make this a
spiritual revival for our town and
community. Services will be held
each evening aat 7:30.
The young people will have a
service at 7:00. Come and
thvite others to come with you.
ASC NEWS
The ASC Community Committee
election will be held on October 4,
1955 announces C. A. Bagwell,
Chairman of the Forsyth County
Agricultural Stabilization and Con
servation Committee.
Community ASC Committeemen
will be elected by means of secret
ballotts from slates of candidates
selected by the nominating commit
tee. However farmers who wish to
vote for someone other than those
listed on the ballots may do so by
writing in the name of the de
sired person.
Mr. Bagwell said that farmers
will vote for five persons and the
onereceiving the highest number of
votes will become chairman of the
community ASC Committee in that
community and also will be dele
gate to the county convention to
elect a county ASC Committee. The
person receiving the second hiigh
est number of votes will become
vice-chairman of the committee and
alternate delegate to the county
convention.
Committeemen elected by eligible
farmers will have the responsibili
ty for the administration of var
ious ASC activities including the
Agricultural Conservation Program
price support programs, allotment
and marketing quota programs,
and many oother duties.
“With so many big jobs for com
mitteemen coming up next year, it
behooves every eligible farmer for
his own good and the good of all
the farm programs administered by
committeemen to get out and vote
for the persons he thinks will do
the best jobs,” Mr. Bagwell stated.
Listed below are the Communi
ties as they will be grouped in the
election:
Coal Mountain and Rolands
Big Creek
Settendown and Ducktown
Cumming and Chattahoochee
Chestatee and New Bridge
Bells and Vickory
Barkers and Hightower
The Places where the election
will be held will be announced
later.
HARRIS REUNION
The Jack Harris Reunion will be
held Sunday September 25th at
Friendship Baptist Church. The
friends and relatives are cordially
invited to attend.
Come and spend the day and en
joy the fellowship.
Sen. George To Make
Nationwide Talk From
American Legion Meet
Georgia Senator Speaks For Demo
crats; 20 Autumn Speeches Slated
For Georgia Gatherings.
VIENNA, GA.—Senator Walter
F. George was launched this week
on a busy Fall speaking schedule,
highlighted by his appearance for
a nation-wide address from the
American Legion annual conven
tion at Miami October 10.
Senator George, filling the place
of honor at the National Comman
der’s dinner, will be the ranking
Democrat at the Legion Conven
tion. The Senator will fly to Miami
from San Juan, Puerto Rico where
he will be with the Georgia dele
gation to the Exchange Club Con
vention for a major address.
These will be the only oue-of
state appearance of Senator George
who has slated a score of appear
ances for the September-October
period, to be followed by other ad
dresses in the late Fall before re
turning to Washington for the re
opening of Congress in January.
The Senator opend his Fall
speaking schedule on September 13
at Tifton, and his second appear
j ance was scheduled for Monday
t September 19 at Cordele for Crisp
| County’s “Golden Jubilee” celebra
tion.
The rest of the schedule Is: '
Sepptember 22, Home Demonstra
tion Clubs, Dooly High School;
September 27, Georgia State Ki
wanis Convention, Albany;
September 29, Wjesleyan-Mercer
University, Macon;
October 3, Judge Robert Russell
Memorial Service, Atlanta;
October 5, George Appreciation
Day, Griffin;
October 6, Farm Bureau, Pine
hurst; October 7, Dixie Business
Award, Vienna; October 9, San
Juan; October 10, Miami; October
17, Civic Clubs, Columbus; Octob
er 18, LaGrange; October 19, Civic
Clubs, West Point; October 23,
State Directors, Jaycees, Athens;
October 24, dinner for Mrs. George
Vienna; October 27, ground-break
ing, Fort Gaines Dam; October 28,
Mercer Law Day, Macon, October
29, Civic Clubs, Augusta.
Look Who Is Coming 1
To New Harmony
On the Fourth Sunday night in
September (September 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
and 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.