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Volume 47.
Harold V. Clum
Named Economist
For AG Extension
Harold V. Clum has been ap
pointed to the Agricultural Ex
tension Service staff of the Uni
versity of Georgia College of Agri
culture as a livestock marketing
economist. His appointmerit was an
nounced this week by W. A. Sut
ton, Extension director.
Along with Extension Economist
and Project Leader L. E. Farmer
and other members of this group,
Clum will work with farmers,
county agents, and the livestock
industry. His work will include a
program designed to develop more
efficient livestock marketing for
the livestock in the state.
The new livestock marketing
specialist also will work with buy
ers, handlers of livestock, meat
packers, and at auctions in his ef
fort to improve livestock market
ing.
Clum received his B. S. in Agri
culture degree in 1940 from Ohio
State University, where he majored
in animal husbandry. In February
of this year he completed require
ments for the M. S. in Agriculture
degree at the University of Florida,
with a major in animal breeding.
He assumed his duties with the
College of Agriculture Extension
Service in Athens on April 1.
Clum is a member of Gamma
Sigma Delta, national agriculture
honor society. While at the Uni
versity of Ohio he was high man
on the winning Ohio State livestock
judging team at the 1939 Internat
ional Livestock Expocition in Chi
cago.
Active in 4-H work in elementary
and high school, he also served as
president of the Ohio State Uni
versity 4-H Club.
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Local Boy Joins U. S.
Marines Corps.
Atlanta, Ga.—A young man from
Cumming was recently enlisted in
the United States Marine Corps
through the local Marine Corps Re
cruiting Office and is now wear
ing the uniform of the U. S.
Marine Corps at Parris Island,
South Carolina, according to the
announcement of Master Sergeant
Lewis J. CALLIHAN, Marine Corps
Recruiter for this area.
Accepted for recruit training and
presently undergoing ten weeks of
"Boot Camp” at the Marine Corps
Recruit Depot, Parris Island, S. C.
it; Robert RICKETT, age 17, son
of Mrs. Grace R. Brown of Rt. 5,
Cumming, Georgia.
During his enlistment this Geor
gia Leatherneck will be given the
opportunity of world travel and
education. He will receive training
in Basic Marine Corps Weapons,
and will also receive training in
such other subjects as first-aid,
field tactics and precision drill. Fol
lowing recruit training, young
Rickett will be given a ten day
leave to visit his family and friends
before reporting to a new post or
station for duty.
Young men between the ages of
17 - 28 are reminded that openings
are available for enlistment in the
Marine Corps. Choose the service
of your choice and serve with the
United States Marine Corps. Con
tact your local recruiter or write
or call the NCO in Charge, Marine
Corps Recruiting Station, Georgia
Savings Bank Building, Atlanta,
Ga. further information.
NOTICE!
Sunday May 13, is our Commun
ion Day at Corinth Baptist church.
All Sister Churches are especially
invited. There will be an All—Day
Service. Everyone bring well filled
baskets.
COMMUNION SERVICE
Sunday May 13 will be an All
Day Service at Daves Creek. It will
be our regular Communion Day.
You are invited to enjoy the fel
lowship, preaching service, song
service and dinner for everyone.
A cordial invitation ’s extended to
each and everyone.
The Forsyth County News
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF FORSYTH COUNTY A CITY OF CUMMING
DEVOTED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF FORSYTH, FULTON, CHEKQ REE, DAWSON, LUMPKIN, HALL AND GWINNETT COUNTIES.
(City Population 2,500)
Georgia Physicians
To Meet At Biltmore
Hotel May 13 - 16
Dr. Rupert H. Bramblett is plan
ning to attend a meeting of more
than 1,200 Georgia physicians May
13—16 at the Biltmore Hotel, At
lanta.
Doctors from every section of
the State will be attending the
10th Annual Session of the Medi
cal Association of Georgia. The As
sociation has some 3,000 members
and meets alternately in Savannah,
Macon, Augusta and Atlanta.
Dr. Bramblett will have an op
portunity to hear 30 of the nation’s
top medical authorities discuss new
developments and progress in the
fields of therapy and diagnosis. He
will see more than 30 scientific and
70 technical exhibits that report re
search results and display new
drugs, instruments and equipment.
The four day scientific program
includes such prominent medical
men as Major General Silas Hays,
Surgeon General of the Army,
Washington, D. C.; Dr. John W.
Kirklin and Dr. Edward S. Judd of
the Mayo Clinic; Dr. Francis D. W.
Lukens of Philadelphia, and many
others.
Grazing System
Winntrs Named
For Northwest
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Leonard Standard, Rt. 5, Cov
ington, has proved you donst have
to have a large farm to make a
good record in the Georgia grazing
system and feed production pro
gram.
With 61 acres of his 99-acre farm
devoted to permanent pasture, the
Newton county farmer has earned
first place in the Northeast dis
trict in the program sponsored by
the Georgia Plant Food Educat
i ional Society and conducted by the
Agricultural Extension Service.
Standerd will receive SIOO for
winning district honors, and now is
eligible to compete with five other
district champions for state awards
of S3OO, S2OO, and SIOO.
Troy Thomason, Rt. 1, Grayson,
is the second place winner in the
27-county Northwest area, and G. R.
Pope, Rt. 2, Tallapoosa, is third.
Thomason will receive $75, Pope
SSO. The Gwinnett county farmer
operates a 70-acre farm, 31 acres
of which are devoted to permanent
pasture. Pope owns 235 acres, and
70 of them are growing pasture
and feed crops.
J. R. Johnson, Extension agrono
mist and project leader, and W. A.
King, district agent at the Univer
sity of Georgia College of Agricul
ture, announced the Northwest
champions.
The three farmers had to earn
county honors before competing at
the district level. Johnson said
county agents supervised the graz
program in the counties, and were
ing system and feed production
in charge of the judging locally.
Agents in counties represented by
the winners are W. H. McKinney,
Newton; Ned W. Shirley, Gwinnett,
and A. B. Bond, Haralson.
Johnson added that last year’s
Northwest winner and second place
champion in the state, A. C. Ew
ing and Son of Newton county,
entered the contest again this year
and will be judged for state hon
ors only.
SINGING NOTICE
The Big Seven County Singing
Convention will meet at Zion fHfll
Baptist Church, Forsyth County
Sunday night, May 13th. This sing
ing will begin promptly at 7:30. A
lot of good singers have promised
to be with us. So come early in
order to get a good seat.
IRA COWART
O. E. BARRETT
J. C. WHITMIRE
MUSIC AT PIEDMONT
CLUB HOUSE SATURDAY NIGHT
Saturday night May 12, there
will be an Ole Fashion Music and
lots of fun at the Piedmont Club
House. We will have something to
eat and drink on hand, so come on
out and let’s have a good time.
Cumming Georgia, Thursday, May 10, 1956.
Soil Conservation
District News
♦
JAMES T. COOTS
SOIL CONSERVATION SERVICE
A number of cooperators with
the Upper Chattahoochee River Soil
Conservation District have reseed
ed thin stands of pasture and have
applied 300 pounds to 500' pounds
of 4-12-12 fertilizer per acre as a
maintenance fertilizer this spring.
Johnnie Garrett in the Cross
Roads community has recently seed
ed fourteen acres to Sericea les
pedeza. He plans to seed an addi
tional six acres to sericea in the
very near future. This sericea is
being, put on what was idle Class
IV land. Mr. Garrett used 400 lbs.
of 0-12-12 fertilizer per acre under
the sericea at seeding time and 30
pounds of seed per acre.
L. M. James in the Brandywine
community seeded five acres of
Sericea on a well prepared seedbed
this spring and used 500 pounds
of 4-12-12 fertilizer per acre.
TO ALL
FORD DEALERS
The Ford Rotunda in Dearborn,
Michigan cordially invites all of its
dealers to take advantage of its
master showroom facilities. During
1955, the world’s largest hospitality
center passed through its doors
over a million and three-quarters
visitors. This “Show Place of the
Auto Industry" is now among the
i ten top tourist attractions in the
United States.
Everything about the Rotunda is
fabulous. It is filled with fascinat
ing displays, exhibits, and special
attractions. Visiting tourists will
enjoy the entertaining motion pic
ture program in the Rotunda audi
torium and a visit to the amazing
“City of the Future.”
There are many other attractions
that tend to promote the sale of
Ford products, such as the exciting
ride in air-conditioned comfort over
the Roads of the World, and the
daily tours through the Rouge
Plant, where the dramatic spectacle
of steel making takes place, and
the miracle of mass production,
the final assembly line, can be
viewed.
With the approach of summer,
undoubtedly many of your friends,
neighbors, customers and prospects
will be thinking of vacations. Here
you have the opportunity of being
their host and inviting them to
spend a “Dearborn Holiday” at the
Ford Rotunda, one of the great
sights along the American Road.
We commend, for your favorable
consideration, the promotion to
them of the idea of a trip to Dear
born.
Sincerely yours,
C. J. SEYFFER
FORD MOTOR COMPANY
Dearborn, Michigan
Singing Notice
Everyone has a special invitation
'to attend the Annual All-day Sing
ing at Brookwood Baptist Church
Sunday May 13.
We are planning a big singing
the one that you will not want to
miss. Singing classes from Tucker,
Cobb County, Hall County and For
syth County are going to be with
us. A number of special singers,
Quartetts, Solo’s, Trios will be here
also.
The singing will start promptly
at 10:30 A. M. Evening session will
begin at 1:00. There will be plenty
of lunch for everyone. Make your
plans to attend. So don’t miss it.
O. E. Barrett, President
Jimmy Fagan, Vice President
IMPORTANT NOTICE
The Department of Public Wel
| fare Office has been moved to the
i New County Building on the North
east comer of the Courthouse
square.
Forsyth County High
School News
The Junior-Senior Reception last
Friday night was a real success.
Probably, one of the best attended
social event of the school year.
The Juniors, under the direction
lof Mrs. Edith Pulliam, Mrs. Ado
'Coots, and Mrs. E. E. Rogers dic’j
an excellent job in preparing for
the reception.
On the pitching arm of D. D.
Castleberry yarn! the booming bat
of George M. Johnson, Forsyth
County High School won the Ninth
District Baseball Championship
from South ll&bersham. The trophy
won was the first for baseball. To
win the Ninth District the team
had to beat Jasper, Buford and
South Habersham.
At a Chapel program last week,
Mr. Drane Watson of Gainesvlle,
presented Jane Otwell a large
plaque and twenty-five dollar War
Bond for winning the first bracket
in the Elk Leadership Contest in
five counties. She is still in the
running for a $500.00 Scholarship
sponsored by the Elks of Gaines
ville.
Probably one of the biggest ban
quets of the year will be at the
school Cafetorium Friday night,
May 11th. It is the F. H. A. and
F. F. A. Mother-Daughter and Fath
er-Son banquet. Every parent is
urged tto attend and see their
daughters and sons perform and to
hear about the activities they have
done this school year.
With y our County
Agent
V/alter H. Rucker
All Georgia farmers have been
warned to be alert for the black
tturpentine beetle which caused so
much damage to pine trees last
year.'
This warning came from Dr.
C. R. Jordan, entomologist for the
College of Agriculture Extension
Service.
Dr. Jordan said that recent rains
probably have helped the situation,
but he added that there is still a
possibility of heavy infestations in
1956.
Here in Forsyth County most of
the damage caused by the turpen
tine beetle was in spots where one
or more trees were damaged by
construction, cutting or ven light
ning. From the one or more dam
aged trees the turpentine beetle
can easily spread to the surround
ing trees.
The turpentine beetle is about
one-fourth to three-eights of an
inch long, and from dark brown
to black in color. The insect bores
through the outer bark and
worrks in the inner bark.
The* first signs of the presence
of this insect are the pitch tubes
which show up at the entrance
holes in the bark. When attacks
are severe, the foliage turns a yel
lowish-green and finally reddish
brown'as the tree dies.
Anything that can be done to
keep the trees in a healthy con
dition will help to decrease insect
damage. This includes carrying out
good logging ppractices.
Valuable trees san be protected
for a period of about six months
by applying a one-half percent
BHC spray to the lower six feet
of the trunk Pines that are dy
ing from beetle damage should be
removed. The lower trunks and
stumps should be sprayed with a
one percent BHC oil solution if
they are left in the area.
Pine trees that are attacked by
the beetle can be saved if control
measures are begun in time. As
soon as the infestation is noticed,
the lower portions of the trunks
|as high as the pitch tubes are
! found be sprayed. Trees in yards
; where the oil may injure grass or
j shrubbery should be sprayed with
! a one percent water Solution.
Important Notice
I have a New POWER DIGGER
for all Types of Sewerage and
Septic Tanks. In fact any kind of
ditch digging. Contact me by phone
or see me J. C. VAUGHAN, Cum
ming, Georgia.
County Population 15,000. Number 19.
Special Events
Mark Observance
Of HD Club Week
Building better homes today for
a better world tomorrow is the
idea back of the program carried i
on by some 50,000 Home Demon
stration Club members in Georgia,
and more than 5,000,000 members
throughout the nation, according to
Miss Eddye Ross, state home dem
onstration agent for the Agricul
tural Extension Service. Members
are observing the eleventh annual i
National Home Demonstration
Week this week.
Council reports from almost
every county in the state show
that what a thorough job of im
proving their homes and communi
ties these members have done,
Miss Ross said. Health, safety, and
civil defense were three projects
that seemed to go hand in hand in
many counties, the state leader
pointed out. Making health surveys,
contributing funds for health cent
ers, conducting drives to see that
more people had chest x-rays,
studying weight control, and learn
ing first aid and home nursing
were just a few of the ways mem
beis emphasized better health.
Miss Ross said some clubs deco
rated hospital rooms, made visits
to children’s homes each month,
raised funds so that children could
have their eyes examined and
bought glasses for those who need
ed them.
If highways, as well as homes
and yards,, are not safer it won’t
be the fault of Home Demonstra
tion Club members, Miss Ross said,
because several HD councils chose
clean-up drives and safety surveys
as their responsibility.
Hundreds of HD Club members
serve as local volunteer leaders for
the 4-H Club, too, the state leader
explained. Money from baz*a”s and
contests and sales of various kinds
has gone to college, used by some
deserving 4-H members sponsored
by a Home Demonstration Club.
Some of the money helped those
who stayed at home to have better
times, too, as it went toward build
ing funds for community or 4-H
Club houses. Where club houses al
ready were built HD Club memb
ers supplied the money when re
pairs, new draperies, or new furni
ture or equipment was needed.
Clubs are observing National IID
Week in various ways. Church ser
vices on April 29 spearheaded Ihe
event in many communities. Ex
hibits in local store windows, tours
to see results of living room, bed
room, and kitchen improvement
projects, and special programs also
are planned. One of the nicest
parts of the week is the chance it
affords clubs to salute members
for attendance records, outstanding
service, 4-H leadership, and all
around good club work. Some
counties will pay tribute to the
club of the year and to the Home
Demonstration Club member of
the year.
Studying clothing and nutrition,
conducting campaigns for better
lighting, sending Care packages,
sponsoring educational tours, or
ganizing choral groups, collecting
books for libraries, conducting con
tests to encourage better 4-H Club
work, sending 4-H and HD Club
delegates to district and state meet
ings are other projects of the 1,728
HD Clubs in Georgia.
Miss Ross said a message to club
members from President Eisen
hower congratulated the 563,000
local volunteer leaders, who bring
to American homemakers the op
portunities of the Extension Ser
vice program. Together they
strengthen the family and com
munity life of our nation.
Eisenhower said the theme of
the week, “Today’s Health Builds
; Tomorrow’s World,” will surely
emphasize the importance of the
home in teaching and preserving
values of individual freedom and
responsibility. It will also show
how American women improve
j their homes by applying methods
developed by home, economics re
: search,” the president stated.
1 $16,100,000 donated to charity by
79 corporations in 1948.
Governor Thanks
Junior Marshals,
Praises Activity
ATLANTA Georgia Junior Fire
Marshals who will soon graduate
from school hove been thanked for
their services to their schools, fel
low students, parents and to their
state by Governor Marvin Griffin.
"I am happy to give this parting
salute to these earnest young peo
ple who have so faithfully exercis
ed the responsibilities of these im
portant offices in Georgia’s famed
public school fire prevention pro
gram.” Governor Griffin wrote in
The Georgia Fire Cracker, official
monthly publication of the Safety
Fire Commission.
Continuing he said: “Lessons
learned in school have been taken
to their homes by these safety
minded youngsters. That has been
a good thing for Georgia and I
fondly hope that these lessons will
be taken with them as they leave
their schools to enter college or
the world of business and industry.
“It is a proud feather in the hat
of Safety Fire Commissioner Zack
D. Cravey that Georgia’s Junior
Fire Marshal program has been
copied by other states. But most
important, it has been a project
serving to make young people and
their parents more fully aware of
the necessity of ridding their
homes, stores, factories and public
places of all fire hazards.”
THE ENQUIRING
MIND
Many of our boys and girls fail
to acquire the enquiring mind in
their early years in the home and
in the school. Too many become!
lazy in mind and they begin dodg
ing the hard tasks actually becom
ing indifferent to acquiring knowl
edge.
Now as never before the leaders
of our country are callitrg for*
scientist, to few young men and
women are becoming scientist. The
desire for knowledge and wisdom
among our young people is not
strong enough. Many times the
fathers and mothers are to blame,
some parents actually oppose an
education for their children.
A person can never know to
much. We need not fear truth
all truth is Gods’ truth. God gave
us minds to use for His glory not:
to throw away on our selfishness
and trifles. If your child has an
enquiring mind, encourage him to
give himself to the search for
knowledge, wisdom and a deep
reverence for God, you will be
blessing the world through your
child.
Anyone can lx> ignorant but it:
takes work, a deep desire to know
and a thorough determination to
obtain all the knowledge that is
possible for our finite minds to
obtain. In other words use our
minds for the good of mankind
and for the glory of God.
W. R. CALLAWAY
ASC NEWS
Farmers in Forsyth County re
leased 295.7 acres of cotton to be
reapportioned to other farmers in
the county who badly need addition
al acreage. The Committee met on
May 1, 1956 to reapportion this
acreage. If you applied for addition
al acreage, and the Committee gave
you some additional acreage you
should have received a revised not
ice during the week of May 1,
If you have any questions con
cerning these notices or you do not
understand them please come by
the County ASC Office and we will
be glad to explain them to you.
June 15, 1956 is the closing date
, for reporting spring practices. If
you have a spring practice, try to
complete this practice and report
| it by the above date.
Mr. Willingham promises deliv
ery of lime to the ones receiving
purchase orders as soon as weather
permits.
Wheat performance was complet
ed in the county the latter part of
| April.
World Fund denies Polish charge
U. S. governs policies.