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Volume 46.
GRAND AND PETIT JURORS DRAWN FOR
NOVEMBER TERM, 1955.
Grand Jurors
1. Will H. McLarin
2. Carroll Floyd
3. Sam Gordon
4. R. L. Conner
5. H C. Youngblood
6. Clyde Waldr.o
7. S R. James
8. Joe Nix
9. R. L. McClure
10. S. C. .Brannon
11. Frank Vaughan
12. Elbert Herring
13. Emory Lamb
14. Ford Phillips
ft. M. M. Green
16. Russell Holbrook
17. John M. Rogers
18. Clyde Pendley
19. H. W. Thompson
20. W. P. McFarland
21. Marcus Mashbum, Sr.
22. D. M. Nalley
23. Odith W. Gilbert
24. B. W. Harrison
25. Julian Gravitt
26. James A. Otwell
27. Tom Heard
8. R. W. Evans, Jr.
29. H. G. Bramblett
30. W. N. Green
Petit Jurors
1. M. C. Echols
2. Henry Willard
3. Newman Hughes
4. Eugene McGinnis
5. E. Wl Bramblett
6. Dallas Hall
7. W. L. Chamblee
8. Hoyt Heard
9. H. B. Haygood *
10. M. L. Martin
11. J. T. Floyd
12. Anderson Higgins
13. Edgar Lee Nalley
14. Gladstone Sudderth
15. W. F. Harrison
16. Homer Tatum
17. Ivan Elzey
18. W. J. Darnell
19. Clyde Mize
20. A. L. Hardin
21. Ben Hulsey
22. Silvey Bearden
23. R. B. Tallant, Jr.
24. Arthur Cowart
25. H. O. Swartwood
26. N. E. Bagley
27. L. L. Walls
28. Clav Hubbard
29. E. H .Sherrill
30. Homer Heard
31. J. O. Chadwick
32. Preston Green
133. Forrest Wade
34. G. B. Whitmire
35. Jay Grotran
36. A. H. Gilbert
37. John A. Stewart
38. Fleet Pirkle
39. Frank Roper
40. A. C. Smith, Jr.
41. Ralnh Phillips (841)
42. Minor Carnes
43. C. B. Gazaway
44. PoweH Bannister
45. Walter A. Herring
46. A. J. Gilbert
47. Guy Shoemake
48. Myron Bagwell
49. Billv Stone
50. Tyson Carnes
51. R. F. Tvev
52. J. D. Wills
53. Grady Hvde
54. A. S T^vtfond
55. L. A. Wheeler
56. Emmett Williams
57. E. D. Martin
58. Tom Bell
59. M. A. Cook
60. L. H. Tribble
61. N. F. Newton
62. Wawon w. Shoemake
63. Carl Curtis
64. A. C. Benson
65. Leonard Westray
Important Notice
All Master Masons are cordially
invited to Cross Roads Lodge No.
119, F. & A. M. on Saturday, Nov
ember 12, at 7:30 p. m. The M. M.
Degree will be conferred.
Newman Mathis, W. M.
Wayne Cox, Secretary
If family labor is used and a
real effort is made to follow re
commended cultural practices, a
garden can represent an annual
saving of S2OO or more on the fam
ily food bill.
The Forsyth County News
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF FORSYTH COUNTY A CITY OF CUMMING
DEVOTED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF FORSYTH, FULTON, CHKRO KEE, DAWSON, LUMPKIN, HAIJL AND GWINNETT COUNTIES.
(City Population 2,500) Cumming Nov., 10, 1955.
Today & Tomorrow
Louie D. Newton
. A GOOD MAN
Dr. W. Lee Cutts, for the past
38 years pastor of the Capitol View
Baptist Church, Atlanta, died sud
denly last week, at the end of a
busy day, crumbling in death as
he started into his home from pray
er meeting.
The funeral was a revealing oc
casion. The large church auditor
ium was crowded to the last pos
sible spot of standing room. The
people were there an hour before
the funeral, and they stood about
the church yard, I was told, for an
hour after we had gone on to the
cemetery.
The people loved Dr. Cutts
people in every walk of life. I ob
served the delegations from the
Fire Department, the Folic Depart
ment, the Masons, the school teach
ers, the Boy Scouts, merchants,
salesmen in every field of business,
lawyers, doctors. The most impres
sive group, I thought, were the
children in the Capitol View neigh
borhood—not just the children of
his congregation, but of all the
churches, including Jewish children
They loved him.
Dr. Cutts was a very quiet sort
of man. He was never in the head
lines. He went quietly about his
work, day after day, serving the
people, loving the people. I met
him many, many times in the hos
pitals. He would go to the jails and
to the work camps, trying to do
something for people in trouble —
trying to cooperate with the pub
lic officials who had the respon
sibility of doing something for such
people.
In trying to say some worthy
and appropriate word about Dr.
Cutts, I cited the opening lines of
the first Psalm:
“Blessed is the man that walketh
not in the counsel of the ungodly,
nor standeth in the way of sin
ners, nor sitteth in the seat of the
scornful. But his delight is in the
law of the Lord, and in His law
doth he meditate day and night.
And he shall.be like a tree, plant
ed by the rivers of water, that
bnneeth forth his fruit in his sea
son, his leaf also shall not wither,
and in whatsoever he doeth, he
shall prosper.”
God’s portrait of a good man,
and the nearest I can get to a de
scription of Dr. Cutts is to say
that he was a good man.
ASC NEWS
The newly elected County ASC
Committees met on Thursday, Nov
ember 3, in the Forsyth County
ASC Committee Office. The Com
mittees met for the purpose of re
viewing the County Office organi
zation and functions. Cotton,
Wheat and ACP' programs were
explained to the committee. We
feel meetings of this type are bene
ficial to the farmers as well as to
the office.
Since the County has been au
thorized to overobligate the 1955
ACP County Allocation by another
10 percent funds will be available
for some practices you might want
to carry out during 1955. The farm
ers who have already received an
approval for their practices should
renort the completion of the prac
tice as soon as it is completed.
When you make your report the
County Office will submit the prac
tice for pavment.
The 1956 ACP Handbook has
been approved by the State Office
for this County. The 1956 ACP pro
gram is very similiar to the 1955
program. The Handbook is now
being completed in the County of
fice and every farmer in the Coun
ty should receive a copy of it with
in the next few weeks. When you
receive your handbook read it care
fully and plan what practices will
be more beneficial to you on your
farm for 1956.
The total value of new building
and remodeling to farms and hom
es in the 1954 North Georgia rural
community improvement program i
was $7,897,599.
Future Homemakers
Beautify High
School Campus
Future Homemakers of the For
syth County Hi Chapter have chos
en beautification of the school
grounds as one of their projects.
Ninety hybrid tea rose bushes
have been set out on the campus.
They Were set near the home eco
nomics department and extended
the full length of the right wing
of the school building.
A red rose symbolic of vi
brant, glowing health which con
tributes to happiness and efficiency
in home and group life is the
Chapter flower for the Future
Homemakers of America. For this
reason, the red rose was chosen in
five different varities. The varities
are: McGredy Scarlet, Etoile de
Holland, Poensetta, Red Radiance
and Crimson Glory.
The Future Farmers prepared
the soil and set out most of the
bushes. The Future Homemakers
are most grateful for their help.
Not only do the Future Home
makers have the satisfaction of
having carried out a National Pro
ject, but they will «ee in the years
to come the results of efforts
through work in the F. H. A.
Charlene Tallant, Reporter
Fred Henry Williams
Gainesville Rt. 1, Dies
Fred Henry Williams, 31, Gaines
ville Route 1, died at Georgia Bap
tist Hospital in Atlanta, October 27
after a brief illness.
Funeral services was held Octob
er 28, at 3 p. m. at Salem Baptist
church with Rev. Henry Warren
officiating, assisted by the Rev.
Duffy Martin. Interment was in
the church cemetery.
A native of Forsyth County,
Mr. Williams has been employed
in the Engineering section of the
State Highway Department for the
past ten years. A graduate of Cum
ming High School, he has been a
member of the Baptist denominat
ion for the past 16 years and was
a Deacon at Salem Baptist church
at the time of his death. Mr. Wil
liams was a Veteran of World War
Two, a member of the Masons and
the Order of the Eastern Star.
Survivors include his wife, Vir
ginia Russell Williams, one daugh
ter, Janice Elaine Williams, his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. John B. Wil
liams, Cumming Route 2, one broth
er Charles Williams of Route 2,
three sisters, Mrs. John R. Dicker
son of Cumming, Rt. 2, Mrs. James
Cantrell of Buford, Mrs. Brent A.
Fulcher, Washington, D. C., his
Maternal Grandmother Mrs. F. H.
Tallant, Cumming, Route 2.
Forsyth County 'Loan
Company Open Offices
A group of local business men
have noted the necessity for pro
viding small loans for the Citizens
of Forsyth County and have de
cided to open a small loan com
pany.
The new loan company will be
located in the Mashburn Hospital
building next door to Col. Leon
Boling, and is called the Forsyth
County Loan Company.
The group h§s stated that the
loans will be made in accordance
with the Georgia Industrial Loan
Act, and have assured the paper
that loans will be made in strictest
confidence. No co-signers will be
necessary and that loans will be
extended to all steadily employed
people.
Cumming Parent
Teachers Meeting
The Cumming Parent Teacher’s
Association will meet at the For
syth County High School Lunch
Room on November 10th, at 7:30
p. m. The Theme of our program
will be Forward with Thanksgiv
ing. The speaker for ■the evening
will be Rev. John Ozley.
There will be a covered dish sup
per. All members please come and
bring your favorite dish.
(Please note change of date).
ATTENTION ALL
CITIZENS OF
FORSYTH COUNTY
There appears elsewhere in this
issue of The Forsyth County News
a Special notice of the call for an
! election to be held on December 3,
11955, to decide whether or not For
syth County people will have a
Public Hospital financed under the
Hili Burton Act of the Federal
Government. This article is publish
ed to give more informaation re
garding this movement.
The proposed hospital is to con
sist of approximately 30 beds and
is estimated to cost $450,000.00. Of
this amount, one-third of the cost
will be supplied by the Federal
Government, one-third by the State!
of Georgia, and the remaining one
third by the County. In other
words, the taxpayers of Forsyth
County will only be spending $150,-
000.00 to get a facility costing $450,
000.00. If this opportunity is notj
ta'ken advantage of by the people
in voting favorably on this issue,
it is most unlikely that the County
by itself could in a long time to
come, IF EVER AT ALL, finance
the construction of a hospital ade
quate to serve its people.
The tax digest of Forsyth County
is approximately $5,500,000.00. The
annual payments of principal and
interest on the bonds to be voted
on will be approximately $10,000.00.
This will only require a tax of ap
proximately 20c on each SIOO.OO of
taxable property in the County,
based on the present tax digest. If
more County improvements are
made and the tax digest is increas
ed during the 20 year period of
payment of the bonds, then the
rate will decrease in proportion.
Surely, a small payment such as
this will not be sorely missed by
any taxpayer and it is felt that
the benefits and advantages to be
received will greatly outweigh and
overbalance the cost of each tax
payer.
Upon completion, the Hospital
will be administered by an appoint
iv group of five Forsyth County
Citizens and taxpayers, who will
constitute the hospital authority.
..HELP US TO HELP YOU BY
VOTING FOR HOSPITAL BONDS.
FORSYTH COUNTY HOSPITAL
AUTHORITY.
By: A. C. Smith, Jr,
W. J. Fagan
William Chamblee
R. J. Kupper
Mrs. J. C. Roe
Members.
Christian Teaching
National character comes thru
Christian teaching of individuals in
the homes, schools and churches.
If these three institutions fall down
on the job our country will be run
by gangsters such as the Brewers,
Gamblers and cheap movies and
Magazines.
Man, as an individual created in
the image of God, with an immor
tal soul, and by the grace of God
given the privilege to be used by
the Holy Spirit, has in the last few
decades yielded more and more to
the forces that would collectivize
him and rob him of his dignity
under God.
The building of national charact
er by the strengthening of our
moral and spiritual fiber must
start with the Christian training
of individuals. This may seem to
be over-simplifying the matter, but
it is a fact we must face. Dr. Ed
ward Elson, pastor of National
Presbyterial Church in Washington
D. C., wrote "Our desperate need
is for something or someone to
awaken us to the greatness already
within us, and the still nobler great
ness we may obtain”.
The course of the kingdom of
[God has moved forward through
the ages because of individual re
sponse by persons who turned not
away from the call of God.
Quoting from The Sunday School
Builder "Faith in God begets faith
in man. Each step forward in thp
development of one individual into
a tsronger Christian, and therefore
a better citizen, adds that much
strength to our national character”.
Every Christian giving himself in
service to his God and his fellow
man can change this world and
bring an awakening on the earth.
Just pray toward that end.
County Population 15,000. Number 45.
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VEIhRA.MS DAY—Governor Marvin Griffin slfni PtmlumUmi
naming: November 11th as Veterans Day”, replacing Armistice Day. 1
by act of President Eisenhower’s proclamation in 1954. WUamfltaf iM
.«, n f are: to r >fht) Pete Wheeler, Director, State Department
of Veterans Service; Jack Langford, Chairman, Veterans Day CMK
mittee; V. F. W. Department Commander Randolph Medloek; Albert
toitler, of the Spanish War Vets; Commander Carl Norton, of the Dbu
abied American Vets; Legion State Department Commander Leea
Hobby; Commander Leon Hutchins, of the AMVETS; A 1 Sinter, Jew
ar e CtC d ar » lUld JUd ** A ' L Henson ’ Ch * irn »M»> State VeteraM
With y our County
Agent
Walter 11. Rucker
A preliminary report of the 1954
census taken by the United States
Department of Agriculture gives
some very interesting and most en
lightening facts about our country.
For example, did you know that
the average size farm in Forsyth
County is 66.8 acres? Or did you
know that the average value per
acre 'of farmland is our county is
$96.5? This value has more than
doubled since the 1950 census when
the average acre of land in For
syth County was worth $44.20.
From a total area of approxi
mately 155,520 acres, 74.5 percent
or 115,928 acres is in farms. We
have a total of 58,424 acres In wood
land which should give an idea of
the potential value of timber and
forest products from our county.
There were 1722 farm operators
in Forsyth County in 1954, a de-*
crease of some 292 farm operators
since 1950.
Of the 1722 farm operators, 1193
own their own farm and an addi
tional 126 operators are part own
ers of their farms. There are only
312 tenants on Forsyth County
farms. The percentage of farm
owners in this county is pprobably
higher than any other county in
the state, a very enviable fact.
Most of the trends show in the
1954 census compared to the 1950
census look good. Progress is not
ed in almost every case, a health
outlook in spite of generally poor
farm prices during these years.
The response to the farm crop
questionaire being sent out Is very
good. Our sincere appreciation to
all of those who have already re
turned theirs and those returning
them in the future.
Soil Conservation News
Forsyth County
Earnest White near Coal Moun
tain has completed the construct
ion of a livestock pond. Clark Bros,
of Lawrenceville were the contract
ors.
Jerry Byers on the Matt-Heard
ville road fias completed the con
struction of a livestock pond. Vick
Lang of Cumming did, the con
struction..
F. W. Guyton in the Settingdown
creek watershed has completed
clearing ten acres of his bottom
land. Dee Anderson did the clear
ing.
Winfred Wald rip and Clarence
Bagwell were by the office in re
gard to pasture and woodland man
agement.
William H. Park and family have
moved to Cumming from Waycross
Georgia. Mr. Park is an engineer
with the Soil Conservation Service
and will work under the suprevis
ion of James T. Coots local Work
Unit Conservationist. Mr. Park re
places L. M. Boggan who transfer
red to Mississippi.
CHURCH NOTICE
Saturday night and Sunday are
regular meeting days at Corinth.
Church. Also Sunday School Sun
day at 10. Everyone invited.
HOME SAFETY
A few weeks ago toe Northwest-
Regional Conference of Public
Health Nunses held their regular
meeting in Rome, Georgia. Our
speaker was Miss Helen Ronayne,
Consultant Nurse, Home Safety
Unit.
Her program was one that oun
community as a whole, as well a*
we as individual parents should be
vitally concerned with, Home Saf
ety. Christmas is coming soon.
Lets stop for a moment and con
sider how safety is connected witlt
this date. The leading cause of ae-'
cideptal deaths in Georgia is
and Bums. All right, lets look at
your Christmas tree.
Do we use flame resistant icicles.
Is the base of your tree in water
or wet sand?
Do you use a waste basket handy
for disposal of gift wrapping?
Is your snow non inflamabbJe?
Are your electric lines too heav
ily loaded? Are your fuses the
right size?
Keep your tree away from head
to avoid drying or exposure to
spark.
No lighted candles on or near
the tree.
These are a few things cited by
the National Safety Council. Con
sider them seriously, it could be
your child or mine being hospital
ized for burns this Yule Season.
Burns received because of our care
lessness. Another leadinng cause of
Accidental death is suffocation.
The age grotip we find here Is a
key in solving this problem. They
are infants and those just begin
ning to creep or crawl, also the
preschool group. If you will fol
low your newspaper you will find
recorded almost daily, "Infant
Smothers in Pillows", or some child
who has died from some object he
found lying around within his reach
And how about all those deaths
from suffocation in old refriger
ators, trunks, etc.
*We could go on for hours and
fill much spaace. But lets suffice
Just to name and briefly consider
some others.
Falls, look at your yards and es
pecially your barnyard surround
ings. How about your floors and
the wax you use, is it nonskid?
Poisoning, look under your kitch
en sink and around your laundry
unit. How many bottles of bleach,
insectfcide, etc. do you have? Can
the children reach them? Are they
labeled? Fire Arms, Are they out
of reach of your children? Are ydu
sure they aren’t loaded? Tak-> a
look around you and see what you
can find In your own home, Then
discuss this with your neighbors.
Lets don’t have our children reach
ing adulthood because we were
careless while they couldn't help
themselves,
WANTED WANTED
Carrier in Cumming to deliver Tfie
Gainesville Morning News. COJSfr
TACT: R. H. Cooper, ClretdatlOrf
Manager of the Gainesville 'turn
ing News, Gainesville, Georgia.