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The Forsyth County News Volume 47. EXECUTIVE DERVRTJIEXT I GEORGIA Y.M.C.A. WEEK BY THE GOVERNOR: ' H WHEREAS: The National Board of Young Men's Christian Associations has set aside the week of SB January 22-29, 1956, for Y.M.C.A. observances throughout the Nation; and WHEREAS: The Georgia Y.M.C.A. Hi-Y and Tri-Hi-Y Clubs 9H are rendering an invaluable service to the B| youth of this state through special Teen Age tlllll i Church Loyalty Caxnpaigns beginning in this I period, and ft WHEREAS: It is fitting that the State of Georgia have ¥ m and designate a week for the period of January m 22-29, 1956, as CEORGIA Y.M.C.A. WEEK, now | THEREFORE: I, Marvin Griffin, Governor of Georgia, do B hereby proclaim that the week beginning Sunday, ftL January 22, 1956, and ending January 29, 1956, to be designated as GEORGIA Y.M.C.A. WEEK and it is f F%, further proclaimed that January 22, 1956, shall be known and designated throughout the state as GEORGIA Y.M.C.A SUNDAY. B 111 fflitlirdfl •tjrrruf. .9 latt Ltrtumlo «/ my LanJ mnJ rmm uJ,I. ■ JS oaf of lit htcutitm Ztbtparlmtnl to It mffiitJL Oli}*, 3th ... l' ' «/«y of, Dertmher». 1»5. ,\\ /\ vSBSBk I “Great Truths About The Bible” The title of this brief article was the title of Bro. Zwaid’e sermon last Sunday. The text was Ps. 119: 11. ‘Thy word have I hid in my heart that I might not sin against thee”. Last Sunday was Bible Sun day all over the Nation. Every church everywhere should use every available method to teach the Bible and train the young people that they may be able to carry on the great work after the older ones have passed away. The words of the verse were used to make three very important points: 1. A Great Revelation: ‘‘Thy word—”. The Bible is God’s word. We should first of all, create a love for the study of the Bible for ourselves and then pass on that love of the study of the Bible to those under our care. The Bible is not an end in itself but it tells us of a living God who can become real to us. 2. A Great Act: “Have I hid in my heatr—”. Notice how personal that statement is—personal pro uons “I” “My”. If we will but bid God’s word in our hearts and make it a part of our everyday thinking and living. What a won derful change will take place in our lives, then we can pass that bless ing on to others. With .God’s word in our hearts we will live godly lives. 3. A Greaat Purpose: “That I might not sin against God”. What greater purpose can a man have? Have you carried out that purpose in nyour life? Have you read the Bible to your children? Is it a lamp unto your feet and a light unto your pathway? In your homes and in your churches and in our schools just do all we can to get as many peo ple as possible to hide God’s word in their hearts that they might sin against God. Preaching services; Bible schools, Young People’s Un ions, around the firesides at home Study the Bible reverently and hide it in your hearts. W. R. Callaway OOL. JOHN F. ECHOLS WRITES NOTE TO PAPER I cheerfully remit $6.18 subscrip tion. I haven’t missed an issue since Joe Patterson initiated the paper many, many years ago. It is like a letter from home each week. I read all of it, including the advertisements. I see many names of marriages, parties, en gagements and funerals that bring back lovely memories of days gone by. I love every issue of your paper. > V JOHN F. ECHOLS OFFICIAL ORGAN OF FORSYTH COUNTY a CITY OF CUMMING DEVOTED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF FORSYTH, FULTON. CHICRO KKE, DAWSON, LUMPKIN, HAIL AND GWINNETT COUNTIES. (City Population 2,500) Revival Notice There will be a Revival at the Orange Methodist Church, Lathem town, Georgia beginning Monday January 23 through 31st. Services each evening. The children’s ser vices will be at 6:45 and regular services will be at 7:15. Woodard Poole, songleader of Columbus, Georgia. Rev. George Blanchard of Chat tanooga, Tennessee will do the preaching. Everyone invited. NOTICE OF LOCAL LEGISLATION Notice is hereby given that ap plication will be made to the Gen eral Assembly of Georgia at its session convening in January 1956, for thq passage of local legislation affecting Forsyth County, to enable Forsyth County acting by and through its Board of Commission ers of Roads & Revenue to estab lish a planning commission; to provide for the appointment of members to such commission; to provide for the preparation and amendment of an overaall plan for the orderly growth and develop ment of said County; to provide for principal powers and duties of such planning commission; to pro vide for the regulation of the lo cation, height, bulk, number of stories, and size of buildings and other structures, the percentage of lot which may be occupied, the siz es of yards and courts, density and distribution of population, and the, uses of buildings, structures, and land within said County and all or specified parts of said County; to provide for the regulation of the subdivision of land; to provide for the regulation of buildings and map streets or roads and proposed pub- ] lie building sites; to provide for a Board of Zoning Appeals; to pro- 1 vide for duties and powers of said j Board of Zoning Appeals; to adopt procedures for processing and hand ! ling such zoning appeals; to pro vide for enforcement of ordinances and regulations enacted under said Act; to provide for the regulation relative to the recording of sub division plats and for the enforce ment of such regulations relating thereto; to provide that such au thority and powers shall be cumu lative of such other powers and authority already enjoyed or here after enjoyed under existing or future law; and for other purposes. This January 2. 1956. MARCUS MASHBURN Representative Forsyth County. The Extension Service is con ducting a campaign to increase al falfa acreage in 1956, and agrono mists estimate that the crop will be boosted by about 40 percent. Cumming Georgia, Thursday January 19, 1956. SPECIAL NOTICE TO THE PEOPLE OF FORSYTH COUNTY: After careful consideration and talking with friends I have definite ly decided to enter the Primary to be held March 21st, for the Office of County School Superintendent. My formal announement will ap pear in due time. Sincerely, ALMON HILL Vets Not Liable For Income Tax On VA Payments Veterans figuring their Federal income taxes need not count as in come any payments they have re ceived thru Veterans Administrat ion handled benefits, since these payments are tax-free. Pete Wheel er, Director of the State Depart ment of Veterans Service said this week. Wheeler listed some of the tax free payments as follows: Divi dends on G. I. Insurance: education and training allowances for post- Korea vets; payments made to dis abled vets and others training un der public law 16; disability com pensation and pensions received by veterans, grants to seriously dis abled vets for homes designed for “wheelchair” living, grants for motor vechicles to veterans who lost their sight or the use of limb or limbs, and World War I Emergency Officers Retirement pay. He added that death benefits to families of deceased veterans ar also exempt from taxation. These include compensation, pension and all G. I. Insurance payments. Wheeler invited those seeking further information to contact the nearest office of the Department of Veterans “Service. With y our County Agent Walter H. Rucker One of the least understood and most widely debated questions in I Forsyth County is how and why you got the cotton allotment you j did. The law passed by Congress I determined it. State, eounty, and farm acreage allotments are figured from mathe matical formulas provided by the cotton legislation. This information was released by Mr. John F. Brad ley, administrative officer for the Georgia Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee. Mr. Bradley explained that Georgia gets her allotment from the apportionment the national al lotment. How much cotton can be grown in Georgia in a given year is based on the average acreage planted to cotton in a previous five-year period. Allotments for this year are based on the years' 1950-54. Counties get their allotments in much the same way. The state al lotment is apportioned to the coun ties on a basis of the average plant ’ ed during the same five year per-! iod. Formulas change at the farm level. Mr. Bradley said that there j are two methods by which the, county allotment is apportioned to ] the individual farms. In all but one county, the average planted to cot ton on the farm in three years be- j fore 1956 will determine what the farm allotment will be this year. Only one county in the state is using cropland on the farm as the basis for making allotments. In Forsyth County, the three year av- j erage is used. In either method each “old grow er” cotton farm receives an allot- j ment which is the result of apply- j ing a uniform percentage for the ( county to the basis of each farm , allotment. The cotton legislation permits county ASC committees to with- j hold as much as 15 percent of the county allotment. Bradley explain ed that this is used by county com mittees in establishing allotments for new farms, making adjustment in the allottments (or small farms, arriving at equitable allotments between similar farms, and adjust ing allotment* in cases involving hardship. **+**&*. W OF AMERICANS fl W VACCINATED 1 ■ I AGAINSI DIPHTHERIA, I t SMALLPOX J mi L AND POLIO . DIPHTHERIA SMALLPOX POLIO JOIN THE MARCH OF DIMES',- JAN. 3-31 SOURCE: U. S. PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE America went into 1956 with the great bwtk ot its population still unprotocted by Salk polio vaccine. What this nv.ans is that millions of dollars will bo nooded to aid new patient; this year. Give to th« March of Dimes to protect yourself and thoso you hold dear. The March of Dimes returned i $189,560.00 to 47 Georgia counties which needed additional funds to take care of local polio patient needs in 1955. While these counties were receiv ing additional money 68 other Geor gia counties sent $67,299.79 to the National Epidemic Aid Fund. This money was earmarked for redis fribution among counties which were confronted with patient bills beyond their financial limits. "This means of swapping money I frmo less severe polio areas to hard hit counties in Georgia actu ally saved our program of patient care in the state”, Edgar J. Forio, State 1956 March of Dimes chair man said. t It will, however, leave Georgia practically "bone dry” financially j for the coming year, Mr. Forio emphasized. These figures point out clearly the 1956 March of Dimes slogan • “Polio Isn’t Licked Yet”. While the j promise of the Salk Vaccine Is j bright, no one knows where polio will strike next. We must be ready I for it financially, Mr. Forio stated.! We must support our 1956 March of Dimes. j Mr. Forio also pointed out that Georgia counties aided 1526 cases financially, during the year 1954 at a cos of $633,578.71. In addition the National Found ation furnished free of charge 346,- 160 shots of Salk Vaccine for first and second grade children as well as 15,000 Co's of Gamma Globulin for prophylaxis. Executive Committee Met Saturday And Set Date for Primary At the Forsyth County Demo cratic Executive Committee meet ing held Saturday January 14, 1956 at the J. Ps Office at the Courthouse in Camming the clos ing date for entrance fees to be paid and to qualify for any County Office were set at midnight Febru ary 4th, which means that in order to qualify for and be able to run for any County Office It will be necessary to Register with the Secretary-Treasurer of the Demo cratic Committee on or before mid night February 4th, 1956. The Election is set for Wednes day March 21st, 1956. Roy P. OtwelJ, Sr., Sec-Treas. County Population 15,000. Number 3. I Motorists Urged To Guard Against I Winter Hazards ATI. ANT A, (GPS) The Georgia Citizens Council, the state’s official agency for profoting traffic safety throughout Georgia, currently has for its Operation Safety theme “Winter Hazards." j Although wintry days in the I South are not as severe as in some parts of the nation, still Georgia has its share of cold weather which at times brings snow and sleet and resultant slippery, icy roads. '"That’s why we want to urge Georgia motorists to be especially careful at this time of year,” said John W. Maloof, council director. “The average Georgia driver is not too familiar with bad driving conditions caused by frigid weather He must, therefore, take extra pre caution when bad weather condi tions develop if he is to avoid acci dents.” Somq rules to follow for bad weather driving are these: 1. Accept your responsibility; do all in your power to drive without an accident. Don’t blame the weath erman for an accident. Be prepar ed to meet any situation that may arise in w’inter driving. 2. Get the “feel” of the road. Try brakes occasionally while driv ing slowly and when there is no passing traffic. Find out just how slippery the road is and adjust your speed to road and weather conditions. 3. Keep the windshield and win dows clear of snow, ice, fog and frost. Be sure your headlights, windshield wiper blades and de froster are in good condition. Re member you have to see danger to avoid it. 4. Be sure the tread of your tires is in good condition and noot worn smooth. Use tire chains if driving on ice or snow. They shorten stop- 1 ping distances and increase traction four to seven times. 5. Pump your brakes to slow down or stop. Jamming them on can lock the wheels and throw your car into a dangerous skid. 6. Follow at a safe distance. Keep well back of the vehicle ahead. Give yourself plenty of plenty of room to stop. Georgia farmers will enter 1956 with record supplies of most of their products already in thp- mark ets or in stocks held in govern ment price support programs. Direct Quotation From Governor Griffin On Race Question “All attempts to mix the races, whether they be in the classrooms, on the playgrounds, in public con | veyances or in any other area of i close personal contact constitute | the gravest peril to harmonious I race relations in Georgia and the South. “I am opposed to any breakdow n in such barriers no matter how slight, for no one can, in good con- I science, condone this in one in stance and be opposed to it in an | other. It is regrettable that the i Atlanta city administration has | chosen to throw in the towel as far as golf courses are concerned, j Since there is no disposition on the j part of the city to offer further j resistance, the State has no juris diction in the matter. “I offered every cooperation to the city in securing legislation au thorizing disposal of municipal park property where the races are mixed, but the officials did not see fit to accept this proposal. “This is but a foretaste of what the people can expect in those com munities where the white people are divided at the ballot box and where NAACP element holds the balance of power on election day.” MARVIN GRIFFIN Soil Conservation Service New# James T. Coots The gate on flood prevention structure number 15 in the Spot community has been closed and the lake is now beginning to form Be sides a beautiful lake behind the dam one can see some nice green pasture below the dam. One year ago this same area was one foot in water. Clement Chumbler and Marshall McWhorter are the land owners that have cleared this area and established a good pasture. John L. Spruce, SCS techiican is getting pine seedlings planted on the critical areas in the Set tingdown creek watershed. T. Kenneth Orr, SCS technlcan is working with a bulldozier on critical areas in the Cross Roads community. Bi-color lespedeza plants are now available for those farmers who had their applications in with the SCS technicians. There will be a limited number for those thai did not apply for any. ASC NEWS According to preliminary returns, growers of both upland and extra long staple cotton have approved marketing quotas for the 1956 crops in referenda held throughout the Cotton Belt on Decembei 13, the Department of Agricultur* an nounced today. Of the growers voting in th« re spective referenda, 93 pereeni ap proved quotas for the 1956 upland cotton crop, and 90.5 percent ap proved quotas for the 1956 crop of exttra long staple. These results compare with last year’s favorable votes of 92 percent for upland and 92.8 percent for extra long slaple of the 1955 crop. As directed by controlling legis lation, marketing quotas wer< pro claimed on October 14 for the 1956 crops of both upland and extra long staple cotton. The quotas must be proclaimed by the Secretary of Agriculture whenever the total sup ply exceeds the normal supply by more thanß percent for extra long staple cotton. Since the quotas on both types of cotton have been ap proved by more than the necessary two-thirds of those growers voting I in each of the December 13 refer enda, marketing quotas will con tinue in effect for the next year’s cotton crops. Preliminary results in the upland and extra long staple cotton refer enda for Georgia was as follows: 23,331 voting for, 1,451 voting against. This means 94.1 percent voting for quotas. Agronomists for the Agricultural Extension Service have prepared production outlines on all crops grown in Georgia, and these odt lines are available at county agent’s offices.