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Volume 47.
Soil Conservation
District News
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JAMES T. COOTS
SOIL CONSERVATION SERVICE
Black bass were received in the
county last week from the Depart
ment of Interior Cohutta Fish
Hatchery by means of tank truck.
Farmers receiving bass were: R. C.
Vaughn, I. H. Crawford, Clint
Odum, Hoke Park, R. B. Tallant,
Grady Hyde, Royston Smith, Ivan
Elzey, A. M. Pilkington, Olin Chad
wick, Joe Pirkle, E. P. Riley and
Fred Fell, Claud Fouts, A. C.
Smith and Franklin Groover. John
C. Cates, T. K. Orr and Jim Lank
ford, SCS, technicians assisted in
the fish distribution.
Coastal Bermuda grass that was
planted on the banks of the newly
constructed Settingdown creek
channel below 9 E highway has
grown successfully since its plant
ing on April 20. Nitrate of soda
was applied to the plantings on
May 28 and again June 13. Obser
vations made on June 12 indicated
that runners had attained a length
of three feet and approximately
twenty-five per cent of the ground
area had been covered.
With Your County
1 Agent
Walter H. Rucker
Forsyth County farmers who own
sheep or who are contemplating
adding sheep to their farm oper
ation will be interested in figures
from the lamb pools recently held
in the state.
A total of 8,682 head of lambs
and odd lot sheep were sold at the
6 sales for a total of $103,434.70.
Of the total number of sheep
sold, 7,271 were graded lambs and
the remaining 1,411 were sold as
odd lots. The average grade was
high utility.
The average prices received was
$29.57 per hundred weight for
price, 27.98 for choice, 24.86 for
good, 14.36 for utility and 13.02 for
cull.
Thes figues will further empha
size the importance of selling the
lambs in the upper grades.
The average prime grade lamb
weighed % pounds and sold for
f 28.39 while the average utility
grade lamb weighed 64 pounds and
sold for $9.19, or a difference of
$519.20 for each lamb.
We can produce choice and prime
lambs for these markets rather
easy. The first and most important
item is to breed our ewes as soon
after July Ist as possible.
A ewe bred on July Ist will lamb
about December Ist, and a lamb
bor nat that time should easily
weight from 90 to 100 pounds on
pasture alone.
Although July is not the normal
time for sheep to breed in Georgia
we can encourage early breeding
by flushing the ewes during the
month of June.
Flushing is the term used for
the practice of penning the ewes
away from pasture and causing
them to lose flesh until they be
come rather thin. Then they are
placed back on good pasture, along
with the ram for breeding.
CANNING PLANT OPENS
The Forsyth County Food Pre
servation Center (Canning Plant)
will open for summer operation on
June 26, and will operate twice
weekly until the heavy canning
season is over. Tentitive days, for
canning are Tuesdays and Thurs
days. Cost of cans will begin the
same as they were last year—sev
en cents for No. 2 and nine cents
for No. 3 cans.
Patrons are reminded that they
should attempt to have their pro
ducts at the cannery by 11:00 o’-
clock on canning days and to bring
enough help to prepare their pro
ducts and seal their cans.
James G. Harris, Jr.
t Vo-Ag Teacher
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The Forsyth County News
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF FORSYTH COUNTY t, CITY OF CUMMINQ
DEVOTED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF FORSYTH, FULTON, CHISRO RISE, DAWSON, LUMPKIN, lIALI. AND GWINNETT COUNTIES. •
(City Population 2,500)
A. R. Housley
Announces For
State Senator
To The People of Forsyth County.
At the request of my friends and
with a desire to serve you, I here
by announce as a candidate for
Senator from the 33rd District,
comprising Banks, Hall and For
syth Counties, in the September
12th, Democratic Primary.
In making this announcement I
want to express to you my thanks
and deep gratitude for your kind
ness and support you have always
extended to me. I shall ever be
grateful, and always strive to live
up to the confidence you have
placed in me as we worked togeth
er to improve the school system in
Forsyth County.
If elected your Senator, I pledge
to serve unselfishly and to the best
interest of all the people of the
County and State. I will oppose
any legislation that will increase
the tax burden of the people of
our State, and I shall work dili
gently for economy in State and
County government.
Your vote and support in the
coming election will be appreciated.
Respectfully yours,
A. R. (Gus) HOUSLEY
Four-H Projects
Stress Value Of
Farm And Home
“Ambassador of Rural Georgia”
is a title Tommy Walton, state 4-H
Club leader, says fits the senior
4-H boys and girls who win two
projects designed to develop and
instill in others a pride and respect
for agriculture.
One is the senior boys’ agricul
tural project, sponsored by the In
ternational Harvester Company,
and the other is the senior 4-H
home economics project which
Montgomery Ward sponsors.
To be eligible to compete in the
boys’ agricultural project a 4-H’er
must enter record books for at
least three years of 4-H Club work.
“Unlike other projects which in
volve work in only one phase of
farming, this one takes into con
sideration the work done by the
boy in several projects. It may in
clude dairy, electric, entomology,
forestry, field crops, livestock,
garden, tractor and soil conserva
tion,” Walton explained.
Objectives of the projects are to
gain a better knowledge of 4-H
agricultural projects and their con
tribution to better farming; to ap
ply latest agricultural practices and
researcr to farming, and to help
others acquire them, and to de
velop and promote respect for agri
culture.
Awards will start on a county
level and will lead up to six col
lege scholarships for national win
nerg. Two gold-filled medals will
be presented county winners. The
boy whose record book is judged
best will be awarded a trip to State
4-H Club Congress in Atlanta this
fall. He also will attend National
4-H Congress in Chicago where he
will have a chance to compete with
other state winners for one of six
college scholarships worth S3OO
each which will be awarded.
The girls’ home economics pro
ject has objectives which paralled
in the home vAat the boys’ project
strives for on the farm. Their goal
will be to make rural home life
pleasant, efficient, and comfortable.
They will learn to buy wisely and
use farm and home resources in
telligently so that family income
may be well utilized and family
goals attained,” Wtalton pointed out.
As in the boys’ project, girls will
submit record books showing what
they have accomplished in such
homemaking projects as canning,
clothing, home improvement, and
frozen foods.
Four gold-filled medals will be
given on a county level. Trips to
State and to National 4-H Club
Congress will be given state win
ners. Six college scholarships worth
S2OO each also will be presented to
national champions.
The President, whether his op
ponents admit it or not, is a hard
man to beat in the field of politics.
Gumming Georgia, Thursday, June 21, 1956.
Today & Tomorrow
Louie D. Newton
* When People Pray
The pilots were having a cup of
coffee before taking off for Nash
ville, and I asked about the weath
er. “Overcast, but no turbulence,”
answered the Captain. And then he
added: “But you might say a pray
er for us, just the same. I always
feel surer when I know someone
is praying for me.”
That led to this interesting ques
tion: Why do people prey? The
co-pilot had the answer: “Because
they feel their need of God.”
The public address was announc
ing the flight, and the pilots dart
ed through the terminaLwaving me
to the passenger gate. The big en
gines throbbed as we waited for
the flash from the tower, and then
came the first announcement about
the President’s illness: “Ladies and
Gentlemen, the President is suffer
ing from a stomach upset. The
White House doctors have ordered
him to Walter Reed Hospital.”
Passing over Chattanooga, the
Captain asked for any further
word from the President, and an
nounced: “The president’s on his
way to the hospital.”
What were the people doing in
that plane? There were newspapers
but not one person was reading.
There was a sunny landscape, but
not one person appeared to be
staying the terrian or the distant
horizon.
The people in that plane were
thinking - thinking about a sick
man in Washington - what a
serious illness might mean.
An elderly man of impressive
personality said, “Naone of us can
accurately predict the effect on
our country and the world, if that
man should die at this particular
juncture. I do not believe that any
man is absolutely essential, but
here is a Situation in which a man
represents more than mere political
destiny. It if a time when people
should pray.” It developed that
this man was at the head of one
of the nation’s largest manufactur
ing concerns.
As the big ship slid on to the
runways at Nashville, there was a
deep hush. The people were pray
ing - praying in their hearts that
it might be the will of God to re
store the man upon whose should
ers rest such heavy responsibilities
in our nation and in our world.
Appreciation Day
Crowd Grows,
The Merchants Appreciation Day
treasure chest drawing at Court
house every Saturday afternoon at
2 P. M. is having an increase in
crowds and it is hoped by the mer
chants that the public will continue
to ask for their coupons on each
and every purchase, as there will
be a Lucky winner each Saturday
and in this manner these merchants
are taking this method of thank
ing the public for their patronage.
So make your plans now to be on
hand Saturday at 2 P. M.
The following list of merchants
will welcome your visit:
Otwell Motor Company, Cumming
Drug Store, R. B. Porter Service
Station, Stone Furniture Co., Cum
ming Five and Ten Store, Parson
& Co, Yarbrough & Son Grocery,
Sam Gordon 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
and Cafe, Gem Jewelry Co, Cum
ming Hardware Co, Drake Furni
ture Co, Farmers Mutual Exchange
Corn’s TV and Appliance Co, and
the supporting firms The Bank of
Cumming and Otwell & Barnes
Funeral Home.
FOUR—H GIRLS GET
NEW UNIFORMS
Georgia 4-H Club girls soon will
be wearing new official uniforms,
according to Mrs. Martha Harrison,
state 4-H Club leader. The material
which will be available in July, is
a green and white pinstripe cotton
'called “Coravon.”
One of the best ways for sick
people to get well is to become
convinced that they can get well.
Martin Fisher
Appointed To
Staff 4-H Staff
Appointment of Miss Martin
Fisher as an assistant 4-H Club
leader on the Agricultural Extens
ion Service staff at the University
of Georgia was announced this
week by W. A. Sutton, Extension
director.
The new 4-H leader comes to
Athens from Fulton county, where
she has been assistant home dem
onstration agent since April 1, 1955.
In the Fulton county position she
worked with 29 Four-H Clubs hav
ing an enrollment of 1.200 girls.
As an assistant state leader, Miss
Fisher will aid county and home
demonstration agents and local
leaders in developing programs and
projects for 139,275 Georgia club
members. Her first duties will con
sist of helping to conduct six dis
trict project achievement meetings
and 4-H camps in wildlife, forestry,
and naval stores.
A graduate of the University of
Georgia with the B. S. Home Eco
nomics degree in 1945, Miss Fisher
began her Extension career as an
apprentice home demonstration
agent in Walton county. She later
served as agent in Columbia coun
ty and as assistant agent in Rich
mond county. Prior to going to
Fulton county, she was employed
by the Georgia Power Co. as home
economist at Augusta.
Sutton said Miss Fisher’s ap
pointment brings to seven the
number of state 4-H leaders on the
Extension Service staff. Others are
Tommy Walton, Mrs. Martha Har
rison. L. R. Dunson, R. J. Richard
son, Miss Rhonwyn Lowry, and
Harold Darden.
ASC NEWS
•
. How wheat farmers vote In the
July 20 referendum on wheat mar
keting quotas will actually affect
only two parts of the 1957 wheat
program, according to C. A. Bag
well, Chairman of the Forsyth
County Agricultural Stabilization
Conservation Committee. Wheth
er or not quotas are approved,
acreage allotments will remain in
effect for the crop, the Chairman
declared.
The two points at issue in the
vote are (1) whether marketing
quotas shall be in effect, with pen
alties on “excess” wheat from the
farms (with more than 1 acres of
wheat harvested as grain) not in
compliance wits the acreage allot
ment; and (2) the level of price
support available to those who com
ply with their farm acreage allot
ments.
If quotas are approved by at
least two-thirds of those who vote
in the referendum, the quotas and
penalties for excess production will
be in effect, and price support on
the crop will be available at a level
between 75 and 90 percent of par
ity to those who comply with the
farm wheat allotments.
If more than one-third of the
voters disapprove the quotas, there
will be no marketing quotas and
no penalties for excess production,
and the available price support will
drop to 50 percent of parity, as
provided by law.
Whether or not quotas are in
effect, acreage allotments will re
main in effect for the 1957 wheat
crop.
Chairman, C. A. Bagwell, explain
ed that wheat marketing quotas
and acreage allotments operate on
ly in commercial wheat states, in
cluding Georgia. Since the quotas
affect only those growers in the i
commercial area who will have
more than 15 acres of wheat for
harvest as grain on a farm in 1957,
these growers are the only ones
eligible to vote in the referendum.
HOME CURED PORK
Georgia ranks third in the nat
ion with respect to the tonnage of
pork slaughtered on the farm for
home consumption, according to
livestock specialists at the College
of Agriculture Extension Service.
They point out, however, that the
weather conditions during recent
winters have made home-curing of
pork without artificial refrigeration
increasingly difficult.
County Population 15,000. Number 25.
For Representative
I have qualified with the Forsyth
County Democratic Committee and
I am announcing my candidacy for
State Representative from Forsyth
County, subject to the State De
mocratic primary to be held Sept
ember 12th.
I was bom in Forsyth County
and received my education in the
schools of this county. I graduated
from Cumming High School in
1941 and attended North Georgia
College. I served with the United
States Army Air Forces in the Se
cond World War. Since receiving
my discharge in 1945 I have been
engaged in the operation of a
hatchery and poultry business in
Silver City.
If elected to this office I assure
you that I will be ON DUTY and
will be as honest and sincere in
voting for legislation as I know
how. I will work for this county,
not only while the Legislature is in
session but throughout the two
year term, in securing the things
that will make our county more
prosperous and a better place in
which to live.
If elected it will be my desire
to be of service to you and try to
never do anything that will make
the people of Forsyth County
ashamed of me.
Your vote and influence will be
greatly appreciated.
A. C. SMITH, JR.
ASC Conference
To Begin June 27
At Biltmore Hotel
More than 600 county committee
members and office managers of
the Agricultural Stabilization and
Conservation Committee will attend
the state ASC conference at the
Biltmore hotel, Atlanta, on June 27,
28, and 29.
John F. Bradley, state ASC ad
ministrative offieer, said represen
tatives from other state and fed
eral agricultural agencies have
been invited.
The conference is held annually,
Bradley said, to bring committee
men and office managers from all
over the state together for an ex
change of ideas. Methods for im
proving the administration of farm
programs will be discussed, he
stated. The meeting also will be
an opportunity for Georgia work
ers to become acquainted with key
personnel from the Washington of
fice who play a vital part in initi
ating programs based on legisla
tion at the national level.
Principal speaker for the meet
ing this year will be Marvin L.
McClain, assistant secretary of
agriculture for stabilization. He
will speak at the general session
Thursday morning, June 28. Anoth
er feature at this time will be a
forum on the recently enacted soil
bank program. This will be led by
Charles M. Cox, assistant to the
deputy administrator, Commodity
Stabilization Service.
Other speakers for the three-day
event include Paul M. Koger, atl
mlnistrator, ACP Service; Clay H.
Stackhouse, assistant deputy ad
ministrator, CSS, and Carl B.
Barnes, chief of the classification
and organization branch, CSS.
Bradley said the program will
consist of three general sessions
and one session devoted to com
mittee meetings. The committee
meetings will include discussions
on administration; agricultural
conservation program; allotments,
marketing quotas and performance,
and price supports.
Registration will begin at 9 a. m.
Wednesday, June 27, and the pro
gram will get underway at 2 that
afternoon.
Annual Singing
The Annual June Singing will be
held Sunday June 24 (4th Sunday)
at the Court House here in Cum
ming.
We expgct a large number of
singers. All special singers out of
the County will be given a FREE
LUNCH TICKET.
Everyone has a cordial invitation
singers and listeners. We will have
some good Loud Speakers.
THOMAS THORNHILL
B. B. WALLACE
EDWARD MARTIN
District Meets For
4-H Club Members
Are Scheduled
Nearly 2,500 Georgia 4-H memb
ers are getting ready to show oth
ers what they have been doing in
club work this year.
District project achievement meet
ings, where 4-H boys and girls ent
er their record books and give edu
cational demonstrations in an ef
fort to earn area championships,
have been announced by Tommy
Walton, state 4-H leader for the
College of Agriculture Extension
Service.
The schedule is as follows:
Southcentral district, June 14-16,
Abraham Baldwin Agricultural Col
lege, Tifton; Southeast, June 18-20,
Rock Eagle 4-H Club Center;
Northwest, June 20-22, Rock Eagle;
Northeast June 25-27, Rock Eagle;
North, June 27-29, Rock Eagle,
and Southwest, July 10-12, Georgia
Southwestern College, Americus.
Walton said approximately 400
Four-H’ers, local leaders, and
county and home demonstration
agents from 26 or 27 counties are
expected to attend each meeting.
The 4-H delegates will compete for
district honors in 40 farming and
homemaking projects.
Members will demonstrate the
practices and techniques they have
been using on their projects. Wal
ton explained this is "the 4-H dem
onstration way,” whereby club
members pass on to others what
they have learned.
The demonstrations count 60 per
cent, record books 40 percent in
determining winners who will rep
resent each district at the State
4-H Congress in Atlanta where
Georgia champions are chosen.
In addition to the project com
petition, the election of District 4-H
Council officers for 1957 and the
annual candlelighting service will
be features at each session.
SINGING NOTICE
Coming to New Harmony church
Sunday night June 24 the Famous
Darnell Family of Talking Roek
and other good singers. So come
out and help us to have the best
singing ever held at New Harmony
We have the best promises ever
for a good one. New Harmony Is
located in Ducktown communty
just off hghway 20 in Forsyth
County. We will be looking for
you all. Come see and hear the
Darnell family and the little Gro
gan boys, the little Lummus Child
ren and lots of other to sing.
Next Sunday night will be the
last Singing until the Fourth Sun
day night in September of this
year.
Success Over Polio
Vic Wertz, who plays first bane
for the Cleveland Indians in the
American League, is having him
self a good year at the plate, cur
rently batting over .300, and as
this is written, having slammer!
over a half dozen home runs.
The reason we mention this in
the editorial columns is the fact
that Wertz was struck down by
polio last August. It was assumed
by many that his playing days
were over and it certainly was a
shock to the erstwhile highly-suc
cessful athlete.
Wertz worked hard all winter,
trying to overcome his setback, and
it wasn’t until about ttVo months
ago that he knew he had he di
sease licked. That moment arrived
he says, when he hit one of the
longest balls he had ever hit in
his career.
The example of Wertz, fighting
polio (the non paralytic type) and
overcoming it and returning to ac
tive and successful participation in
sports, is highly encouraging. Ir
should be inspiring to those who
might have similar attacks, either
polio or some other disease.
53rd ANNUAL RURAL LETTER
CARRIERS MEET -JUNE 24—27
The 53rd annual convention of
the Georgia Rural Letter Carriers
Association and Ladies Auxiliary
will convene at Epworth by the
.Sea, St. Simons Island, June 24-27,
according to President G. C. Barn
hill of Glenwood, Georgia.