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Volume 47.
Soil Conservation
District News
A
JAMES T. COOTS
SOIL CONSERVATION SERVICE
Mark Heard, Sr. recently com
pleted the building of a farm pond.
The dam for impounding the water
is being stabilized with Bermuda
grass.
The treatment of roadbanks for
erosion control on the Dr. Bramb
lett road has been completed with
the exception of a portion of the
area on the southside of setting
down creek. T. K. Orr, SCS techni
cian, supervised the work.
Mercer L. Brown and Clay M.
Bennett, SCS technicians, supervis
ing the construction of the flood
prevention dam on Shop Branch,
report the contractors are progress
ing nicely with the construction.
The main pipe through the dam
has been installed and the dirt for
the floor of the dam is being put
in place. Weather permitting, the
structure should be completed by
August 1.
With y our County
Agent
Walter H. Rucker
Money is now available to For
syth County livestock owners for
free testing and free vaccination
in a cattle Brucellosis (Bang’s Dis
ease) eradication program. Indem
nity payments will be paid on re
actors that are sold for slaughter.
To be eligible for these free ser
vices the livestock producr must
sign an agreement with his local
veterinarian to follow one of the
following herd plans:
A—-Testing of cattle, prompt brand
ing and disposal of reactors for
slaughter with or without vacci
nation of calves.
B—Testing, branding and retaining
reactors pending disposal for slaug
ter, with vaccination of calves. Re
actors may be kept for two years.
C—Vaccination of calves without
testt of any part of herd. Calves
shall be vaccinated when not less
than six nor more than eight
months old.
D Testing with vaccination of neg
ative adult animals within 10 days
after blood samples are drawn, and
vaccination of calves. Reactors
must be branded and may be kept
for two years. When adult cattle
are vaccinated, permanent identi
fication by hot-iron AV brand on
right jaw is required. This plan Is
used by special permission where
infection is extensive. In most herd
Plan A with vaccination of calves
is recommended.
These free services were made
possible by an additional federal
appropriation of two million dol
lars. Georgia has received $60,000
an'd must use it by July 1, 1956.
The Georgia Legislature has ap
propriated $.100,000 that will be
available after July 1. In addition
to this money additional appropria
tions from the Federal Government
is expected. Now would be a good
time for all Forsyth County farm
ers to rid their herds of this dan
gerous and costly disease. It has
been done and is being done in
hundreds of Georgia herds.
NOTICE
All Rebekah Lodge are invited to
Novetta Lodge No. 34 Friday night
June Bth. Mrs. Maysie Rollins, the
president of the Rebekah Assemble
from Dalton will be with us and
member of Milon G. Stone* from
New Holland, and officers from E.
Atlanta Rebekah Lodge will be
with us also. t
Refreshments will be served.
Mrs. Wyleen Mathis, Noble, G.
Mrs. Louise Bennett, Secretary
Agricultural Extension Service
nutritionists say minerals and vita
mins used to enrich com meal and
grits are the most likely to be lack
ing in the daily diet.
The Forsyth County News
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF FORSYTH COUNTY & CITY OF CUM MING
DEVOIED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF FORSYTH, FULTON. CHKRO HKE, DAWSON, LUMPKIN, HALL AND GWINNETT COUNTIES.
(City Population 2,500)
Forsyth County Cancer
Drive Now Underway
AMERICAN
CANCER
SOCIETY
“Fight cancer with a checkup and
a check” is the slogan for the
American Cancer Society’s 1956
educational and fund-raising cru
sade in Forsyth County, which will
begin Monday, June 11.
The quota for Forsyth County
has been set at $900.00. Last year
the national goal was $24,000,000,
with some 24,400,000 being contri
buted, while this year the total
sought nationally by the ASC is
$26,000,000.
The goal is larger in 1956 because
of the rising over all incidence of
cancer in the country. This contin
ues to be due largely to the fact
that the span of human life has
been considerably increased in re
cen decades. People are living long
er, and thus reach an age when
cancer is most likely to strike them
however, cancer kills more child
ren between the ages of 3 and 15
than any other disease.
Last year almost 4,000 people in
Georgia died of Cancer. The total
cancer deaths last year in the U.
S., is estimated at about 245,000.
The money raised in these an
nual drives have a duel purpose
1. to carry on research to widen
control of and find new cures for
cancer, and 2. the sharp curtail
ment of cancer through education
and early detection. The ACS is
urging everyone in Forsyth County
to strike back at cancer twice, first
with a health checkup, and then
with a check.
“Cancer Volunteers Named”
Monday, June 11, will mark the
beginning of the 1956 Cancer fund
drive in Forsyth County. Volun
teers will be calling on their neigh
bors in the rural arears and here
in Cumming.
Members of the Eleven HD Clubs
have already started calling on
their neighbors. Mrs. Zelma R. Ban
nister is Chairman for this group.
Mr. H. R. Bramblett is Chairman
in the Silver City Community.
Volunteers working in Cumming
are: Mrs. C. B. Gazaway, Mrs. A. Y.
Howell, Mrs. W. O. Wills, Mrs.
Herman Wood, Mr. and Mrs. Paul
Yarbrough, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas
Nelms, Mrs. Myrtie Holbrook, Mrs.
Joe Brooks, Mr. and Mrs. James
Otwell, Mrs. Dean Barrett, Mrs.
Jimmie Barnes, Mrs. Paul Forrest,
Miss Betty Ann Moore, Miss Bar
bara Cates, Mrs. Leon Boling, Mr.
and Mrs. Walter Rucker, Mr. L. T.
Estes, Mr. and Mrs. Billy Stone,
Mr. and Mrs. Bob McElreath.
SPECIAL NOTICE
The Board of Registrars will meet
in the Tax Collectors office in the
Courthouse on June 11, 1956. Any
one who has any business with us
can meet us there.
T. P. THOMAS
W. E. HERRING
H. G. BRAMBLETT
Registrars
IMPORTANT NOTICE
The Forsyth County Democratic
Committee meeting is called for
Saturday June 9th at 2 P. M. at
the Justice of Peace Office in the
Courthouse here in Cumming.
A. E. Bramblett, Chairman
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Cumming Georgia, Thursday, June 7, 1956.
Public Speaking
Talent Are Listed ,
A.s 4-H Projects
Most 4-H Club projects deal with
farming and homemaking practices
according to Miss Rhonwyn Lowry,
assistant state 4-H leader, but she
named two this week that are de
signed to help 4-H members de
velop poise and ability to speak be
fore a group and to encourage
them to develop their other talents.
Miss Lowry said the projects are
public speaking and talent, and
added that both junior and senior
boys and girls can participate. She
continued that there is an increase
in these activities all over the sthte
as time draws near for district
project achievement meetings this
summer. The 4-H leader at the Col
lege of Agriculture Extension Ser
vice pointed out that county pub
lic speaking and talent winners will
vie for district honors at the six
area meetings starting in June.
Added incentives are being of
fered in each program for out
standing work, Miss Lowry stated.
The junior public speaking pro
ject is sponsored by Mr. -and Mrs.
Virgil Johnson of Savannah. They
award a cash prize to the boy and
girl winner in each district. Second
and third place champions in each
division receive one-year subscrip
tions to The National 4-H News.
Pure Oil Co. sponsors the speak
ing project for senior members.
Awards begin on a local level, with
a gold-filled medal going to the
winning boy and girl in each coun
ty. Trips to the State 4-H Club
Congress in Atlanta will be pro
vided one boy and one girl from
each Extension district. In Atlanta
the state winning boy will receive
a 19-jewel wrist watch, the girl a
set of silverware. One of the state
champions will be chosen to enter
national competition. Two national
winners chosen from the state
champions will receive trips to the
4-H Congress in Chicago and S3OO
college scholarships.
Miss Lowry said county, district,
and state talent shows have grown
in popularity as 4-H activities. Both
the junior and senior divisions are
sponsored by S. H. Kress and Co.,
New York.
Junior district awards are $5 for
first, $3 for second, and $2 for
third. Senior champions in each
district will receive a trophy and a
trip to the Atlanta 4-H Congress
to compete in the state 4-H talent
show. A rophy and a special award
will be presented to the member
judged to be the most talented
4-H’er in Georgia.
IS Jesus More
Than The Best Man
That Ever Lived?
Many people accept some of the
teaching of Jesus and agree that
he has exerted the greatest in
fluence upon the world than any
other man in history, but they do
not accept Jesus Christ as their
Personal Saviour. They do not ac
cept him as the son of God and as
their Lord and master.
Ghanda recognized Jesus as the
greatest influence and the greatest
teacher that ever lived and h ac
cepted his teachings and admired
him greatly. But the tragedy of it
all is that he did not accept him
as his personal saviour and Lord.
Many recognize the savouring and
healing influences of the Christian
religion in the world but they do
not accept him as their saviour,
j nor recognize him as the son of
; God and the only person who lived
1 his life on earth without sin.
In our “soul crisis,” help must
come from outside of ourrselves!
We must desire that help; we
must be convinced of our lost and
sinful condition and place our faith
in Jesus Christ as the only one
who can save. He, the perfect per
son, is the only one who is able to
help us in our imperfection.
Jesus said, “I am the way, the
truth, and the life, no man cometh
unto the Father but by me.” Do
you believe that?
W. R. Callaway
Georgia leads the South in pulp
wood production, with an annual
volume of approximately two and
one-half billion feet, Extension Ser
vice foresters point out.
4-H Projects On
Crops, Insects
Are Announced
Georgia 4-H Club members are
learning that certified seed produce
better crops, and they are keeping
poster! on up-to-date ways of pro
tecting these crops from insect
damage.
Encouragement for outstanding
work along these lines is provide
through projects in crop improve
ment and entomology. The projects
are sponsored by the Georgia Crop
Improvement Association, Inc., and
the Hercules Powder Co. of Wil
mington, Delaware, respectively.
Announced by Harold Darden, as
sistant state 4-H Club leader for
the University of Georgia Agricul
tural Extension Service, the crop
improvement program is designed
to give 4-H’ers an opportunity to
learn more about crop improve
ment work and the production of
certified seed, and to demonstrate
the value of using these seed as
compard with others.
L. R. Dunson, associate state 4-H
leader, said there are two object
ives of the entomology program:
(1) to learn to recognize major
harmful and beneficial insects, and
their relationship to health, wealth,
and happiness, and (2) to under
stand fundamentals of insect con
trol and to learn about insecticides
in control of insect pests, and to
help others understand these prob
lems.
Last year Stanford Childs of Ir
win county was state crop im
provement winner and represented
Georgia at the National 4-H Club
Congress in Chicago. Janice Rigdill
of Emanuel county was state ento
mology champion.
Again this year the Crop Im
provement Association will provide
a free trip to the National Cong
ress for the state champion. Each
county winner who gives a demon
stration at his district project
achievement meeting will receive a
one-year subscription to the Na
tional 4-H News. The six district
champs will attend the Georgia 4-H
Congress in Atlanta, expenses paid,
to compete for the state honors.
Awards in the entomology pro
ject begin on a county level. Her
cules Powder Co. provides four
gold-filled medals per county. The
state winner is determined on a
Basis of records, and con be gither
a boy or girl. The champion will
receive a trip to the State 4- H
Congress in Atlanta, and also to
the National Congress in Chicago.
In the Windy City, Georgia’s repre
sentative will vie with other state
winners for one of six S3OO college
scholarships awarded national
champions.
HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES
MAY ENLIST FOR TWO YEARS
IN U. S. MARINE CORPS
High school graduates may now
fulfill their active duty military
obligation with a two year tour
with the U. S. Marine Corps.
Under this new plan young men
may enlist in the Marine Corps Re
serve for three years and will be
placed on active duty with the Re
gular Marine Corps for only two
years. After the two-year tour, they
will return home to complete their
military obligaion in a reserve stat
us.
This is another plan which the
Marine Corps hope will give young
men the opportunity to complete
their military obligation with the
leas interrupion of their school and
plans for the future. Young men
desiring further information may
contact Marine Corps recruiters at
131 Luckie Street, Atlanta or write
to the NCO in Charge Marine Corp
Recruiting Sub-Station at the above
address. You may contact the Re
cruiter at the Post Office in Cum
ming on each Tuesday between
1:15 P. M. and 2:15 P. M.
.Cecil Blackwell, Extension horti
culturist, says mulching plants in
the garden is a good practice. A
mulch two to three inches deep
will help control weeds and grass,
jand reduce evaporation of moisture
| from the soil.
Georgia, boasting a cash farm in
! come from milk of $44,157,000 in
1954, ranked 29th in the nation in
that respect.
County Population 15,000. Number 23.
Appreciation Day
Fund Grows
There was a large crowd on hand
at the Court House Saturday after
noon for the first drawing of the
Merchants Appreciation Day fund
which will be sponsored by the For
syth County Chamber of Com
merce in cooperation with the fol
lowing merchants, Otwell Motor
Co., Cumming Drug Store, R. B.
Porter Service Station, Stone Fur
niture Co., Cumming 5 and 10
Cent Store, Parson’s & Co., Yar
brough & Son Grocery, Sam Gor
don Dept. Store, Patterson Radio
and TV Service, Echols Dress Shop
Pruitt’s Grocery, Thompson Variety
Store, Cumming Jewelers, Forsyth
County Furniture Store, Ware’s
Dept. Store, Poole’s Store & Groc
ery, Gem Jewelry Co., Cumming
Hardware Co, Drake Furniture Co.
Farmers Mutual Exchange, Corn’s
[TV and Appliance Co., and the
supporting firms Otwell & Barnes
Funeral Home and the Bank of
Cumming.
This program will continue for
the next 11 months or longer and
the above merchants are showing
their appreciation .to the buying
public throughout this area by mak
ing this drawing possible whereby
they are showing their appreciation
in a way that will help the lucky
winner to continue to trade with
the merchants that are responsible
for the program.
There will be special sales and
bargains offered from time to time
so watch for their newspaper ad
vertisements. The pot for the draw
ing this Saturday June Bth will be
$222.00 and the winner will of
course receive the percentage his
winning ticket calls for. So tell
your neighbors and friends and bo
here this Saturday as you may be
the lucky winner this week.
Bradley Cite*
Support Price*
For 1956 Crop*
Support prices for 1956 on 13
crops grown in Georgia were an
nounced this week by John F.
Bradley, state administrntive of
ficer, Agricultural Stabilization and
Conservation Committee.
Bradley said the following are
eligible for loan under the USDA
price support program this year:
flue-cured and burley tobacco,
wheat, corn, oats, cotton and cot
tonseed, grain sorghum, rye, bar
ley, soybeans, peanuts, and honey.
The administrative officer said
both flue-cured and burley tobacco
will be supported at 90 percent of
parity. In Georgia, the average
loan level for flue-cured will be
48.2 cents a pound, for burley 47.2
cents.
The average rate for
wheat has been set at $2 per bush
el. Bradley said this reflects 83.7
percent of parity. He said the sup
port rate was raised from the ear
lier 76 percent of parity and sl.Bl
a bushel which had been an
nounced.
A minimum average of $1.50 per
bushel has been set for com pro
! duced under acreage allotments fn
commercial areas. Bradley pointed
out, however, that Georgia is in the
noncommercial area, and the sup
port rate here will be 75 percent
of the commercial area rate. He
said this will be a minimum of
$1.12-1-2 a bushel.
Georgia oats will be supported at
73 cents per bushel for grade No.
3 or better. The national average
price o : n barley, rye, and grain sor
ghum has been set for 93 cents,
$1.16, and SI.BO respectively.
Cotton will be supported at a
minimum national average of 28.85
cents a pound. Bradley pointed out
that this is based on seven-eights
inch micddlyig. A.s for cotton-seed,
they will be supported by purchase
from producers and participating
ginners through February 28, 1957,
and will be at an average price of
$44 per ton, basis grade (100),
when purchased from producers,
and S4B if purchased from a par
ticipating ginner.
Extension poultry specialisas say
i broiler houses should be well ven
i tilated. On opening the door, if
I there is a strong smell of amonia,
the chickens need more air.
C. C. Sloan Elected
Vice President of
Sou. Bell Tel ,& Tel. Co
C. C. Sloan, of Atlanta, General
manager of Georgia Operations
for Southern Bell Tel. and Tel. Co.,
Monday was elected a Vice Presi
dent of the Company at a meeting
of Southern Bell directors in At
lanta.
Mr. Sloan will continue to serve
as Georgia General Manager. He is
a native of McDonough, Ga., and is
a graduate of Georgia Tech.
Mr. Sloan has served 43 years in
the Bell Telephone system. He has
served with the Southern Bell Com
pany in various capacities in Ken
tucky, Tennessee, South Carolina
and Georgia. He also served two
years with the American Telephone
and Telegraph Company at their
headquarters in New York.
Full Attendance
At Safety Meet
Urged By Cravey
ATLANTA—With several of the
nation’s outstanding authorities
scheduled to speak, Safety Fire
Commissioner Zack D. Cravey is
urging full attendance at the State
wide Fire Prevention Conference
which has been called by Governor
Marvin Griffin. It will be held in
the Senate Chamber of the State
Capitol on Friday June 15, starting
at 9:45 a. m.
Governor Griffin has invited over
1,000 Georgia public officials who
are charged with protecting their
communities from fire.
‘‘Georgians never before have
had the opportunity to hear such
fire safety experts as have been
lined up for this program," Com
missioner Cravey stated. "I am
sure they will benefit greatly from
the talks.”
Among the speakers he was re
ferring to are: Chief William Fitz
gerald president, International As
sociation of Fire Chiefs; Jay W.
Stephens, San Francisco, California
executive secretary of the Interna
tional Association of Fire Chiefs '
Chief Keith Klinger, Los Angeles
County Fire Department, and H. M.
Davis, special agent of the National
Board of Fire Underwriters.
Subjects to be discussed are “The
International Association of Fire
Chiefs and Its Fire Prevention
Program;” What the Fire Chiefs
are Doing on a National Level,”'
“Fire Prevention In the Home” and
“Know the Cause.” Chief Fitzger
ald will also lead a panel discussion
on “The How of a Statewide Fire
Prevention Program.”
Governor Griffin will deliver the
welcome address and Commissioner
Cravey will close the meeting.
Cost Of Milk
Increases Less
Than Other Foods
Enough milk is produced each
year in America to fill a river
3,286 miles long, 40 feet wide, and
three feet deep, according to Sid
Diamond, dairy marketing special
ist for the Agricultural Extansion
Service, University of Georgia Col
lege of Agriculture.
But in spite of the quantity of
milk produced, he said, many fami
lies still are not including as much
milk in their diet as they need.
Sometimes the reason given for
not using more milk is that it
costs too much, Diamond continued
//jth Tune Dairy Month getting
underway tomorrow (Friday), he
cited a report of the U. S. Depart
ment of Labor Statistics for price
increases in the Atlanta area from
1939 to 1955, which reveal only one
food-potatoes-had less advance in
price than milk. Milk went up 68.6
Other food price advances
noted in the report for the 16-year
period were: round .steak, 169 per
cent; pork chops, 175; flour, 152;
eggs, 141; green beans, 192; and
sugar, 152.
Government nutritionists say that
in terms of money value, from ine
fifth to one-third of the allowance
for food should be spent for milk
and milk products. „
When corn is degermed to make
meal and grits, most of its min
erals and vitamins are lost, Ex
tension nutritionists explain. ,