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Volume 46.
Former Governor
Herman Talmadge To
To Speak Here Oct., 4.
Former Governor Herman Tal
madge and the Honorable Walt
Disney are invited to speak at the
new Forsyth County High School
Building Tuesday night October
4, at 8 o’clock at a joint meeting
of the Chamber of Commerce and
all Civic organizations in Forsyth
County.
Everyone interested in the New
Pants Factory project and other
developments of Cumming and For
syth County are Invited to attend.
Speaking to start promptly at
8 O’clock.
On Misjudging Others
It is a wonderful study to try to
find out the causes of behavior
and some of the motives behind
our acts. Psychology is a wonder
ful study (science) but there is a
danger of assigning a wrong mot
ive to certain individuals. There
are some general principals that
guide us in the study but we do a
person an injustice to assign to
him a selfish motive and call him
vain when we are not sure of his
real motive. There is a definite
limit which every psychologist or
Psychiatrist should recognize. If
we go beyond that limit we are
undertaking to do what only God
can do. For He knows the secret
intent of our heart, for in Him we
live and move and have our beings.
That tendency to analyze the
character of others can get out of
hand and cause us to become
“Chronic Faultfinders”. Jesus calss
that habit a sin. He said, “Judge
not, that ye be not judged for with
what judgment ye judge ye shall
be judged; and with what measure
ye mete, it shall be measured to
you again’’ etc. He goes on to say,
why look for the mote in your
brother’s eye and fail to recognize
the beam in your own eye?
We have sufficient evidence to
know thaat many times large gifts
have been given to good causes to
satisfy the vanity in the individual
who gave it, but it would be a
wrong conclusion to make in say
ing that everyone who gives large
gifts to good causes have the
wrong motive. We know full well
that there have been many unsel
fish gifts. We should assume that
tlfeir motives are pure. God alone
knows their real motive. He alone
is the Judge.
W. R. CALLAWAY
Important Notice
A called communication of Matt
Lodge No. 694, to honor Masonic
Ministers, will be held Friday,
September 30th„ at 7:30 p. m. This
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.
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COOK ISSUES
OPINIONS ON
PROPERTY TAX
In three recent unofficial opin
ions concerning ad valorem fprop
erty) taxes, Attorney General Eu
gene Cook has held:
1. State and County taxes be
come delinquent if not paid by
December 20 of each year, the date
on which tax collectors are requir
ed by state law to issue executions
against each delinquent or default
ing taxpayer in their respective
counties.
2. the 10 per cent penalty on de
linquent returns required by state
law applies to countywide school
taxes as well as to state and coun
ty taxes.
3. The State Revenue Commis
sioner derives authority to provide
tax receivers and collectors with
schedules for use in valuing auto
mobiles for taxation under the
state law which reqires him to see
that taxes are reasonably equalized (
among the counties.
The Forsyth County News
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF FORSYTH COUNTY & CITY OF CUMMING
DEVOTED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF FORSYTH, FULTON, CHERO KEE, DAWSON, LUMPKIN, HALL AND GWINNETT COUNTIES.
(City Population 2,500) Cumming Georgia, Thursday Sept., 29, 1955.
Driver Courtesy
Contest Set For
October In Georgia
ATLANTA, (GPS) The Georgia
Citizens Council, the state’s official
agency for promoting traffic safe
ty campaigns throughout Georgia,
is sponsoring an entirely new type
of "Most Courteous Driver” con
test, it was announced by John W.
Maloof, council director.
This contest, which will run thru
the month of October, differs from
the previous ones in that it invites
the participation of private citi
zens. Any citizen—other than gov
ernment officials and police offi
cers—can nominate, by letter, the
person he or she thinks to be the
most courteous driver.
Relatives, friends or strangers
(except pocile officials) may be
nominated. Letteres may be based
on past performance or on any
particular incident, Maloof explain
ed. A special board of judges will
select the winning letter. Prizes
will be awarded to both the writer
of the letter and his candidate.
“Each time our previous Courte
ous Driver contests have been in
effect, Georgia’s traffic accidents
and deaths have been considerably
reduced,” Maloof pointed out. “Lat
est statistics show that more per
sons have been killed in Georgia,
traffic accidents so far this year
than a year ago. For that reason,
we think now is an opportune time
to have another Most Courteous
Driver contest.”
Deadline for submitting nominat
ing letters is midnight, Monday,
October 31. They should be address
ed to John W. Maloof, director,
Georgia Citizens Council, 20 Ivy
St., S. E., Atlanta 3, Ga.
Soil Conservation News
Forsyth County
Livestock pond dams completed
recently were those of R. C. Vau
ghn near Brookwood church and
constructed by Bobby Jones of Du
luth, Rade Sexton near Matt and
constructed by Lee Anderson of
Jasper, C. C. and R. F. Powell near
Midway church and constructed by
Patterson Brothers of Roswell. E.
C. Brackett near Haw Creek has
one under construction. Charles
Welchel of Dahlonega is construct
ing the dam.
The Patton Brother are back oh
the job constructing the Flood Pre
vention dam in the Spot communi
ty after being away for a few
weeks.
John L. Spruce of Gainesville and
Hall county has transferred to Cum
ming and Forsyth County as a soil
conservation technician. Mr.. Spruce
resides near Buford.
John Harold Platt of Cumming,
and Forsyth county has transfer
red to Gainesville and Hall county
as a soil conservation technician.
Mr. Platt resides in Hall county.
SAWNEE E. M. C. APPOINTS
4 MEMBERS BY COMMITTEE
4 MEMBERS BY PETITION
i 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. BAG LEY (Committee)
E. R. (Ebb) ROPER (Petition)
MATT DISTRICT
L. E. (Edmund) MOORE
(Committee)
W. M. (Mac) ROPER (Petition)
CAKE WALK
AT MATT
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A Cake Walk at Matt School
house Friday night September 30,
at 7:30. We will sell Hot-dogs and
Hamburgers, Coffee and Coca Cola
All proceeds to go toward Lunch l
room. Please Come.
Southern Bell To
Spend Half Billion
In Two Years
Southern Bell Telephone Com
pany expects to spend almost SSOO,
million dollars in 1955 and 1956!
to improve and expand telephone
service in its nine-state territory,
according to a statement by Fred
J. Turner, president of the firm.
This two-year expansion program
will no doubt be the greatest in
vestment of any company in the
region for the period. The half Bil
lion is for expansion alone and
does not include normal operating
expenses.
In 1955 the company estimates
it will spend $240 million for new
facilities of all kinds. It will be the
biggest year’s service improvement
and construction program in the
firm’s history, comparing with
SIBB million in 1954, Mr. Turner
revealed. “Telephone service de
mand throughout the South is con
tinuing so heavy at present and
looks so big on into the future
that we expect to invest more than
$250 million for new equipment in
the nine states in 1956.”
This record expansion program
comes on top of record investments
already made in the South during
the past nine years by Southern
Bell.
Reasons for Heavy Demands
Mr. Turner cited three big fact
ors responsible for the heavy tele
phone demands in the South: 1.
Increased individual and total in
come resulting from commercial,
industrial and agricultural expan
sion of the area; 2. Increased num
ber of families and households -
created by population growth; mar
riages and other factors; 3. The
“telephone convenience quotient”,
whi\i he described as “that quality
of telephone service that meets
the increasing desires of the public
for an instrumentality that saves
time and adds convenience when
they want to get .something done
or get something said.”
He further stated that he ex
pected the phnoemenal develop
ment in the South’s economy to
continue. The first obective of Sou
thern Bell’s extensive expansion
program is to eliminate waits add
to provide telephone services to
meet the public needs on a current
basis, even though the demand con
tinues phenomenal.
Large Capital Must Be Raised
“Such a program beings the need
for large sums of new money. For
the most part, they will be new
capital funds invested in the con
fidence that ou rregion’s vigorous
growth will continue, that tele
phone communications will con
tinue to play a vital role in that
growth and that the business will
be able to realize adequate earn
ings in order to keep financially
sound and continue contributing to
the region’s progress.” Funds for
telephone construction do not come
out of monthly revenue from cus
tomers but “must be raised from
investors willing to put their mon
ey in the telephone business,’ ’ Mr.
Turner pointed out.
Record Georgia Program
In Georgia, where Southern Bell
has increased the number of tele
phones in use from 280,000 ten
years ago to 700,000 today, General
Manager C. C. Sloan said $30,000,-
000 in new facilities will be pro
vided in 1955 and about $35,000,000
are now contemplated for 1956.
Mr. Sloan said the new equip
ment to be provided will augment
“tremendous telephone growth that
has already taken place over the
state and that every Southrn Bell
exchange in Georgia will share in
this record-breaking telephone ex
pansion.”
NOTICE
Post 9143 V. F. W. will hold its
Annual Membership drive dinner at
the Post Home on the Dawsonville
Highway Saturday night October
Ist, 1955.
All World Wpr One, World War
Two and the Korean War are cor
dially invited to come and be with
us.
A fish dinner will be served. You
and your family are invited to at
tend. IT’S FREE.
Henry Evans, Commander.
Civil Defense
Announces New
Light Rescue Courses
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Major General George J. Hearn,
State Civil Defense Director an
nounced a new series of five-day
Rescu lenstructor Courses design
ed to teach light-duty rescue work.
The courses will be given at the
Federal Civil Defense Administrat
ion Rescue Instructor School at
Onley, Maryland. They will be of
particular interest to public safety
officials, such as firemen, police
men, and national guardsmen.
Instruction will be given in basic
knowledge and skills, light duty
rescue techniques and principles of
instruction.
The course will equip those who
enroll to assist in rescue operations
and to train others in rescue work
The goal is to build up a national
res«i\e of manpower trained >n
speeding rescue operations.
They also will help more indus
tries to develop training programs
for light-duty rescue teams that
will provide around the clock pro
tection in plants as will as for the
families of workers.
General Hearn said that the new
courses for the remainder of this
year includes: October 3—7—Oct.,
24—28—Nov. 28—Dec. 2.
Complete information on enroll
ment for all courses may be ob
tained from the State Civil De
fense Office, 909 E. Confederate
Avenue, S. E., Atlanta, Georgia.
With Your County
Agent
Walter H. Rucker
October 4th, is Election day for
farmers. That’s the day when the
farmers all over the state will
elect community ASC committee
members and alternates. Farmers
in about 11 hundred communities
over the state will take part. Here
in Forsyth county, committeemen
will be elected in 7 communities.
As chairman of the county elec
tion board, I hope that every farm
er in the county will vote in these
elections. The two other members
of the board are Mr. Ralph Dun
son, Farmers Home Administrat
ion supervisor and Mr. J. T. Coots,
Soil Conservation Service techni
cian. They join me in urging you
to vote. You are eligible to vote if
you participate in the ASC pro
gram. Generally speaking, that
would be anyone who earns an
ACP payment, is eligible for price
supports, or complys with market
ing quotas. The polling place in
your community will remain open
all day on the fourth for your con
venience.
Three committee members and
two alternates will be elected from
each community. A slate of ten
candidates has been nominated and
spaces are provided on the ballot
for write-in votes.
The community ASC committee
are important. They assist the
county committee in carrying out,
programs and making them work |
out there on the farm and in the
community. They help inform farm
ers of the purposes and provisions
of programs affecting them, and
assist in arranging and conducting,
the necessary meetings in connect
ion with the programs.
Were You There
Sunday Night? - New
Harmony Church
Wiell if you were I know you
really enjoyed it and if you were
not you ask someone who was and
let him tell you what you missed.
We had the best singing Sunday
night that we have ever had at
New Harmony, so the old timer
say. We truly appreciated every
one that was there and hope that
you will come back again.
The crippled York familly were
there, the Henderson Tro, the Cain
quartette, a large number of the
Smyrna people and also the Stepp
Brothers. You should have heard
them play a Piano Duett. Well we
really did enjoy it and hope every
one did so be present on the 4th
Sunday night in October for anoth
er good singing.
County Population 15,000. Number 39.
Homemaking Teachers
Meet At The Forsyth
County High School
Homemaking Teachers and Fu
ture Homemakers representative of
the schools from surrounding coun
ties met Saturday September 24 at
the Forsyth County High School
for the purpose of furthering in
terest in the individual home,
school, and community through I
Future Homemaker Chapter work.
Mr. Clarence Lambert, principal
Forsyth County High, extended a
warm welcome to the visitors and
invited the group to make a tour
of the new school plant.
Miss Wilma Ivie, Chairman and
local homemaking teacher led the
study group on “The Attainment of
Degrees in Future Homemaker
Work.’’ Future Homemakers parti
cipated by relating project exper
iences that had helped them to be
come better individuals.
Future Homemakers who assisted
with hostessing duties from the
Forsyth County Chapter were:
Jane Otwell, Janis Sexton, Joyce
Ingram and Annette Vaughn.
ASC NEWS
C. A. Bagwell, Chairman of the
Forsyth County ASC Committee,
would like to again urge all eligi
ble farmers to come to the election
meetings to be held on October 4,
1955 and help to elect the persons
they wish to serve on the communi
ty ASC Committees for the next
calendar year.
He stated that they should vote
for five persons from the slate of
candidates selected by the nominat
ing committee, he said, or they can
write the names of any others they
may choose in on the ballots.
Farmers eligible to vote in the
election meetings are those who
are of legal voting age and have
an interest in a farm, either as
owner, tenant or sharecropper,
where one of the approved ACP
practices is being carried out this
year, or who are eligible for a co
operator’s loan or other price sup
ports.
Written notices have been sent
to eligible farmers, but because
County Office records are not com
plete for tenants and sharecrop
pers there may be some farmers
eligible to vote who have not re
ceived notices. Persons who believe
they are eliggible to vote and fail
to receive notices in the mails,
should inquire at the County ASC
Committee Office for information
Mr. Bagwell urges all farmers to
vote, pointing out'that committee
men have important roles in the
administration of AC , marketing
quotas and price support programs
and other programs administered
through ASC. With additional mar
keting quota programs in operation
and the new-cross-compliance pro
visions, ASC programs will be of
vital importance to almost every
farm in the county, and the neces
sity fff having good committeemen
to administer these programs can
not be overemphasized. The elec
tion meetings will be held at the
following places in the county:
Chestatee & New Bridge— Free
man’s Store
Settendown & Ducktown M. M.
Green’s Store
Cumming & Chattahoochee —ASC
Committee Office
Barkers & Hightower—Hurt and
Moore's Store
Coal Mt. & Rolands —Grady Mar
tin’s 1 Store
Big Creek Big Creek Court House
Bells & Vickory Ralph Moore’s
Store
All polls will open promptly at
8:00 A. M. and close at 4:00 P. M.
Harrison Reunion
All descendants and Allied fami
lies of the late John Franklin Har
rison are especially invited to at
tend the Annual Reunion Sunday
October 2nd, at the Berne’s Street
Pavillion, Grant Park. Come and
enjoy the day of fellowship. Lunch
will be served at 12 O’clock.
Today & Tomorrow
Louie D. Newton
THE WAR GOES ON
Last week we had a very inter
esting and revealing meeting in the
Senate Chamber of the State Capi
tol. It was a public hearing, called
by State Commissioner of Revenue,
T. V. Williams, to hear the opin
ions of the people on the pending
application of Carling Brewery for
a license to build and operate a
brewery in Atlanta. The Atlanta
City Council had previously grant
ed the municipal license. Carling
was now asking for the state li
cense.
The place was crowded to stand
ing room, and then not enough It
developed that four of the people
present were in favor of the brew
ery coming into Gorgia. The rest
were ardently opposed to its com
ing. I wouldn’t say that the pro
portion would hold for the state,
but I venture the prediction that
“ the voters »n Georgia had a
chance to express themselves, they
would have denied the license by
an overwhelming majority.
One of the interesting facts de-
Ve o^J n th,s hearing, which had
not hitherto been admitted by the
beer crowd, is the fact that Cana
dian Breweries own Carling Brew
ery, at least 95 per cent of the
stock. It was further pointed out,
from official document of the Cana
dian Government, that Candian
Breweries has lately been under
fire for alleged monopolistic prac
tices. By the action of the recent
General Assembly, and the grant
ng of the licenses by Atlanta and
the State of Georgia, we are wel
coming a corporation that has been
in trouble in its own country.
The attorney for Carling argued
that the people who favored its
coming to Georgia were interested
only in the business aspects of the
transaction. Exactly. He went on
to say that he was not there to
argue the moral issues —that they
were purely personal. Exactly. It
is easy to see why a few people
are so interested in fastning a
necklace of breweries around the
throat of Georgia’s capitol city. It
will mean big profits for them.
Nor is it difficult, I hope, for any
one to understand why most of the
people in Georgia are opposed to
the coming of these breweries. We
are concerned for the personal wel
fare of our people. More beer
means more drunkenness, more tax
es, more jails, more asylums, more
helpless children, more loss of man
power, more wrecks on the high
ways, more grief, more sorrow,
core crime. We intend to keep up
the fight on liquor, wine and beer,
both legal and illegal. We lost the
battle last week, but the war goes
on.
State Farm Income
Rises s2—Million
ATLANTA, (GPS) Things ap
pear to be going better down on
the farm in Georgia. At least,
Georgia cash farm income in the
first half of 1955 was nearly $2-
million greater than in the same
1954 period, according to the U. S.
Department of Commerce.
This year’s total was $196,914,-
000 from January thru June, com
pared with $194,945,000 a year ago,
an increase of slightly more than
one per cent. Bigges help came
from the sale of livestock and its
products, which rose from $128,-
357,000 to $135,896,000, a gain of
nearly six per cent.
This brighter picture developed
despite a severe peach and pecan
killing freeze last spring, which
cost Georgia farmers an estimated
S2O-million in additional cash in
come, it was pointed out.
HOME COMIING
SERVICES
The Annual Home Coming Ser
vices will be held at Bethel Baptist
Church Sunday October 2, 1955.
Rev. Leon Morgan will deliver
the 11 O’clock sermon. Basket
lunch at the Noon hour. Singing in
the afternoon. All friends, former
members, Pastors and Singers are
cordially invited to come and spend
the day with us. f