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Volume 47. Private Owners Hold Most Lake Lanier Lots Want to buy some land on Lake Lanier for a cottage? If you do, you’ll probably have to buy it from a private landowner rather than lease it from the government. The South Atlantic Division. U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, an nounced last March it is “too early to tell’ whether there will be “ex cess land’’ for lease to the public. But it knowns now there will be “substantially less than was avail able at Allatoona Reservoir ” The corps outlined the following steps for people who don’t want to chance the government’s having any extra land when the 37,000 acre lake fills up about June, 1957: 1. Write to the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, District Engineer at P. O. Box 1169, Mobile, Ala. En close a check or money order made out to the Treasurer of the U. S. in the amount of 60 cents They will send you a set of two maps outlining the lake as it will be when at high water mark. The maps will indicate land lots af fected in the six-county area. 2. Hop in the family car some bright day and follow the roads which the maps will indicate lead to the water’s edge. If you can’t find the owner of a particular plot that interests you, check owner ship records for that land lot at the county courthouse. 3. After you contact an owner willing to sell, the deal you make will be up to you and him. p Are You Obedient To The Heavenly Vision? As the great Apostle Paul was telling of his conversion to Christi anity pleading his defense before King Agrippa, he made this signi ficant statement: O King Agrippa I was not disobedient unto the heavenly vision . I believe that in every person’s life, that a heavenly vision of some proportion is experienced. Many are disobedient to that heavenly vision, some are obedient. This very statement made by Paul before the King is the secret of his power and success. He stands out as one of the greatest men in history and the greatest interpreter of Christ and his teachings. Are you true to the heavenly vision you had in your youth? Or have you substituted something else? In whatever walk of life: farmer ( teacher, housewife, mer chant or any other occupation if you are obedient to the heavenly vision you had in your youth, your life will be a power for good Throw yourself on the torrent of God’s power and new power and peace will flood your life. Do not compromise and do not be disobedient to your heavenly vision, but given to the world the best that you have and the best will come back o you. W. R. CALLAWAY Chattahooche P. T. A. On Monday night September 10, the Chattahoochee PTA met at the school house. The meeting was cal led to order by the president Mr. Herbert Youngblood. Opening pray er by Mr. Rupert Williams. Minu tes of the last meeting was read by the secretary Mrs. Roy Holtclaw. A discussion on our new equip ment for the lunch room was made and it was voted to have a Chicken Supper and the proceeds to go for this equipment This supper will be Saturday night September 29 from 6 to 9 o’clock. The ladies in charge of planning the supper are Mrs. Robert Young blood and Mrs. Rupert Williams. Mrs. Mattie Robbs and Miss Ruth Driskell were to print the tickets and get them out. Our next meeting is the second Monday night in October. The meet ing was adjourned. Mrs Wansley Watson, Reporter Willis Huston, Extension irrigat ion specialist and secretary-treasur er of the Georgia Association of Irrigation Distributors, announced the quarterly meeting of the Asso ciation for 10 a. m„ October 2, at the Dempsey hotel in Macon. The Forsyth County News OFFICIAL ORGAN OF FORSYTH COUNTY A CITY OF CUMMING DEVOTED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF FORSYTH, FULTON. CHKRO HEE, DAWSON, LUMPKIN, HAIL AND GWINNETT COUNTIES. (City Population 2,500) Today & Tomorrow Louie D. Newton THEN AND NOW The Franco regime in Spain has distinguished itself again by order ing a meeting of students closed in the First Baptist Church of Ma drid. There are now several Bap tist churches padlocked in Spain, and a Protestant Seminary has been closed by the Government for approximately a year. Protests from our Government have been ignored. It is all right for our Government to spend millions upon millions of dollars in Spain, but when it comes to the matter of religious liberty, we are thumbed out of the game. .We are shocked when we hear of such persecution in the 20th Century, inclined to dismiss it as belonging to the Dark Ages, but it goes on just the same Friends of the Franco regime in our coun try are embarrassed, but they have no way of explaining or defending the outrage. In 1661, John Bunyan languished in Bedford jail, charged with “se dition and treason,” for preaching the Gospel of Jesus Christ. In 1772, Daniel Marshall was arrested in the Colony of Georgia, for “preach ing the Gospel without the consent of the Crown.” Paul and Silas were arrested in Philippi, and fas tened in stocks in the lower dun geon, for preaching “salvation.” History reveals similar persecu tion in every generation. Savana rola, Wycliff, Hus, Luther, and countless others suffered for the Gospel’s sake. And because they were willing to suffer, many of us today enjoy religious liberty. ’But let us not forget that there are forces in today’s world that would quickly close every Protest ant church, not only in Spain, Italy Columbia, Mexico, and other well known situations, but righ here in the United States, if only they were in position to do so Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty. When we are lulled to sleep by sugared phrases of “sweet toleratnce,” we are sentencing our children to bitter struggle. We dare not become complacent so long as there is religious persecution any where on the face of God’s earth. ASC NEWS The wheat farmer must cut his 1957 wheat acreage below his farm wheat allotment to be eligible for 1957 wheat acreage reserve pay ments, C. A. Bagwell ( Chairman of the Forsyth County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation com mittee, said today. In addition he must keep within the allotments es tablished for any other crops on his farm. “And this same requirement ap plies to the Conservation Reserve part of the program,” saysy the chairman. If the farmer exceeds any allotment established for his farm, he is not eligible for either the wheat acreage reserve or the conservation reserve payments. Another important point which farmers should have in mind, re minds the Chairman, is that future farm wheat acreage allotments will not be reduced by taking part in the wheat acreage reserve program For example, a farmer with a wheat allotment of 15.0 aacres who designates 10.0 acres for the acre age reserve and produces wheat on only 5 0 acrces will be considered as having 15.0 acres of wheat when it comes time to calculate future allotments. Compliance with the Wheat acre age reserve program will be check ed by County ASC Committees in the same way as compliance with allotments and price support re quirements are checked, Mr. Bag well, said. ORDINATION SERVICE Brother Lawton Sewell will be ordained to the full work of the Ministery next Saturday September 29, at Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church All Sister churches have a aspecial invitaation, especially Preachers and Deacons. Services will start at 10:45. Preaching at 11. Ordination in the afternoon. Cumming Georgia, Thursday, Sept., 27, 1956. Soil Conservation District News JAMES T. COOTS SOIL CONSERVATION SERVICE J. C. Chumbler in the Spot Com munity has seeded several acres of permanent pasture. Also, has seed ed several acres to Austrian winter peas as winter cover crop. John W. Gravitt, three miles west of Coal Mountain has seeded permanent pastures of fescue and ladino clover. Spin Neisler near Mat plans to seed fifteen acres of fescue and ladino clover as a permanent pas ture Mr. and Mrs. Orlando F. Lima of Brazzill are here for two weeks. Mr. Lima will-spend his time with the survey part in the Settingdown Creek Watershed. Bids For Concession Sites At Lake Sidney Lanier Rejected Colonel Harold E. Bisbort, Dis trict Engineer, Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army, Mobile, Alabama, an nounced today that all bids receiv ed in connection with the proposed leasing of the Big Creek Site, Lake Sidney Lanier, Buford, Georgia, have been rejected and that new bids are being solicited. All prev ious bidders as well as any others interested are invited to submit bids under a new Invitation , tor Bids. Colonel Bisbort explained that the bids previously received did not contain sufficient information to enable the Corps of Engineers to evaluate them accurately enough to make certain that the award would go to the highest responsible bid der. The Colonel emphasized the fact that all bids must contain the necessary information so that the final determination of award will be in the public’s interest. The District Engineer stated that the Invitation has been revised so as to assure full and satisfactory information from all bidders. Bids under this new Invitation will be received in the office of the Dis trict Engineer, Corps of Engineers, U S. Army, 2301 Grant Street, Mobile, Alabama, until 11:00 A. M., CST, on October 4, 1956. All persons interested in bidding are urged to contact the Real Es tate Division, Corps of Engineers, Mobile, Alabama, or Mr. B. A. Mc- Kinley, Real Estate Division, Office of the Division Engineer, Corps of Engineers, Atlanta, Georgia, for additional information and details. F. F. A. NEWS The Forsyth County FFA Chap ter Officers attended the Officers Training Conference at Athens Sat urday, September 15th. The offi cers are as follows: Berry McWhorter, President Billy Dixon, Vice President Pat Gober, Reporter Larry Westray, Treasurer Gerald Blackburn, Secretary Allen McClure, Sentinal The officers were accompanied by Mr. J. L. Bannister and Mr. James Harris, Vocational Agricul ture teachers. Mac Holbrook a member of the Forsyth County FFA Chapter show ed the champion Jersey Dairy Hei fer at the Forsyth County Fair Tuesday night, September 18, The following boys also placed in the show, Berry McWhorter, second; Jerry McWhorter, third. Alton Christopher showed the Champion Hampshire FFA Gilt at the fair. The following boys also placed in the show, Pat Gober, se cond; Norris Williams, third PAT GOBER, Reporter Extension Service dairymen esti mate that about 10 percent of the dairy calves born in Georgia die of sickness and disease before they j reach milking age. With "Y our County Agent Walter 11. Rucker 1955 has come and gone and with it went two hundred million dollars of Georgia farmers’ money. This money failed to come into the far mers’ hands because they did not follow Extension fertilizer recom mendations on their crops. According to P. J. Bergeaux, Ag ricultural Extension Agronomis, it is estimated that adequate fertili zation would have meant an addi tional income of $201,551,000 to the Georgia farmers last year. A county agent survey taken in 1955 showed that Georgians used 192,000 tons of fertilizer and 11,050 tons of nitrogen side dressing on their cotton alone. Then on corn they applied 441,000 tons of ferti lizer and 37,000 tons of nitrogen Their pastures took plant food at the rate of 250.000 tons of fertilizer and 21.850 tons of nitrogen. If our Georgia farmers had fol lowed the suggestions of Extension agronomists, county agents, and other College of Agriculture work ers, there would have been an addi tional 1,258,062 tons of fertilizer and nitrogen materials used which is just about double the amount actually applied. Here is the way the picture might have been, broken down by crops. For cotton—97,ooo more tons of 4—12—12 and 11,000 more tons of nitrogen with $24,920,000 added in come. For cor more tons of 4—12 —12 and 51,428 additional tons of nitrogen with $125,775 in extra income. For pastures—4oo,ooo more tons of 4—12—12 and 400,000 more tons of nitrogen with $50,856,000 more cash income. When Bergeaux made his study, he f : T|ped cptton at 32 cents a pound lint, corn at $1.50 a bushel, and beef at 16 cents a pound. Another interesting point in the survey shows that the greatest potential in expanded fertilizer use is on pastures and corn FIRST HI—Y MEETIING On Wednesday September 19, the Forsyth County Hi—Y Chapter met for the first time since the begin ning of school under the leader shp of Coach J. Ray Hadaway. They discussed the program planning conference which will be held in Gainesville on October 2. All of the students are planning to attend. They also discussed the possibi lity of submitting a bill to the Con grees of the Youth Assembly. They talked about some subjects for the month of September. Some of these were clean Sportsmanship and welcome new students cam paigns. They also elected officers. These include: Emory Lipscomb, Pres., Supert Sexton, V. president and Secretary; Program Chairman, Hugh Smith, Reporter, Morris Thomas; Treasurer, Billy Burruss, Ways & Means Chairman, E. C. Martin. FORMER FORSYTH COUNTY FARMER PASSES SEPT., 24 Mr. Samuel J. McGee, well known retired farmer of Forsyth County died at his home in Alpharetta Georgia Route 3, Monday Septem ber 24 after a short illness. Funeral services were held Tues day from Beaver Ruin Baptist Church with Rev. D. M. Nalley, Rev. P. W. Tribble, and Rev. Clar ence Williams officiating. Mr. McGee is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Ivis Vaughan of Atlanta, 2 sons, Mr. Pat McGee of Duluth, Mr. Jim McGee, Alpharetta Several grand children, other re latives and a host of friends to mourn his departure. HOMECOMING AT PLEASANT GROVE SEPTEMBER 30TH. Everyone is invited to an Old Fashioned "Homecoming” Day Sun day September 30, at Pleasant Grove Methodist Church Services to begin at 10:30 Rev. James A. Mcßrayer will bring a Homecoming message at 11. All day service with dinner for all. County Population 15,000. Number 39. Important Notice To The Citizens of Forsyth County: As so many from all parts of the County an* urging me to make the Race for Chairman of Roads and Revenues again. As the other Race was not a fair race and my oppo nent was not elected by a majority of the votes cast, I am seriously considering making the race in the General Election. Sincerely, CHARLIE YARBROUGH MERCHANTS The Merchants Appreciation Day event is going into the twentieth week now and large crowds are continuing to be present for this popular drawing each week on Saturday afternoon at 3 P. M. at the Forsyth County Court House. This event is sponsored by the For syth County Chamber of Com merce and the following merchants make this drawing possible 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, D. E. Pruitt Grocery Store, Thompson Variety Store, Cumming Jewelery, For syth 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. PASTURE PROGRAM HAS RECORD NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS Record participation in Georgia’s new grazing system and feed pro duction contest has been reported by J. R. Johnson, Agricultural Ex tension Service agronomist and pro ject leader at the College of Agri culture. He said farmers in more than 80 counties are taking part in the 1956-57 program. Sponsored by the Georgia Plant Food Education Society, the contest is designed to recognize farmers who develop superior grazing sys tem and feed production operations. Johnson said certificates of recogni tion will be presented to contest ants who score 140 or more points out of a possible 200. Champions in each Extension district will receive “Master Forage Producer” certi ficates. Wards to the three farmers mak ing the highest scores in the state will be expense paid trips to the International Livestock Exposition in Chicago. County agents of the three farmers also will make the trip. Johnson said all county winners in the program will be honored at dinner meetings given by the spon soring organization. Contestants are visited at county district, and state levels by three different judging teams, and their pasture programs are inspected during two different periods—April through September and October through March. The Extension agronomist said points are awarded under two broad headings—provisions for pas ture and feed throughout the year, and pasture management and utili zation—and on 13 practices under these. Chief activity of county agents and farmers in the program right now, according to Johnson, is plan ning for winter grazing. SPECIAL NOTICE The Forsyth County Masonic As sociation will meet with Duektown Lodge, Saturday evening, Septem ber 29, 7:30 P. M. at the Lodge Hall. Supper will be served at 8:00 P. M. with the open meeting following All masons, their families and friends are invited to attend. The program will include the presentation of the 50 year Grand Lodge Award to one of our mason ic brothers. L W. Holbrook, President A. C. Smith, Jr., V. President Henry Taylor, Secretary Garden Clubs Plan Fall Flower Show The Garden Clubs of Cumming make plans for Fall Flower Show. “Indian Summer’” has been chos en for the theme of the Flower show which will be staged at the Community Club house Saturday, October 13 The Cumming, Rose and Sawnee Valley Garden Clubs are having the show with all members partici pating. Accredited fudges will use the Point Scoring system from the Nat ional Council handbook in judging the entries. The public is cordially invited to attend the show from 2:00 to 9:00 P. M. Publicity Committee: Mrs. A. R. Housley, Mrs. C N. Lambert. Tree Farming Short Course Set For ABAC "Pine Tree Farming Under the Soil Bank.” That is the subject of a short course to be held at Abraham Bald win Agricultural College, Tifton, on October 4. Dean T. M. Cordell call ed it one of the most important courses at the college this year. “The possibilities of planting pine trees under the Soil Bank look very promising,” Cordell stated. "Farm ers who are planning to set out trees this year, or who are inter ested in pine tree farming, cer tainly should attend the event.” Eight forestry topics will be dis cussed by seven experts during the day-long program “Farming the Woods of South Georgia,” a dis cussion by Fprester Dorsey Dyer of the College of Agriculture Ex tension Service, will kick off the agenda at 10:15 a. m. “Pine Tree Growth on Different Soil Types and Conditions” and "What the Soil Bank Offers Pine Tree Fanners’’ are other subjects on the morning session. Frank Ritchie, Jr., soil scientist for the Soil Conservation Service, Athens, and John F. Bradley, state admin istrative officer for the Agricultur al Stabilization and Conservation Committee, Athens, will be the speaker. Three talks are scheduled for the afternoon. They deal with land pre paration and planting, fire control and prescribed burning, and har vesting pine trees for regular in come. Presenting them will be Frank Bennett, Southeastern Forest Experiment Station, Cordele; II E. Ruark, fire chief of the Georgia Forestry Commission, Macon, and Norman Hawley, Southeastern For est Experiment Station. Two demonstrations—one on tree growth by Ritchie, the other on in sect control by Dr. R. P. Harrison, U. S. Forest Service, Macon and a general discussion led by Exten sion Service Forester Nelson Bright well will conclude the program. Beta Tri-Hi-Y News The first meeting of the Beta Tri-Hi-Y Club was held Wednesday September 19, in room No. 3 of the Forsyth County High School with the president, Jo Ann Ware, presid ing. The purpose of the club was given by the secretary, Jo Ann Barnett Peggy Wallace recited the pledge. The Tri-Hi-Y emblem was ex plained by the faculty sponsor, Mrs. Pulliam. The scripture reading was given by Mary Katherine Roper and then the members prayed the Lord’s Prayer. Minutes of the last meeting were read by Mary Katerine Roper and approved by the club. The following people were elected to serve as officers for this school term: Carolyn Pulliam, Treasurer: Patsy Holcomb, Chaplin; Gain Day, Project Chairman. Mrs Ware was selected to serve as co-sponsor for our club. Plans were made to attend the Training Conference in Gainesville, Georgia on October 2, at the Pres byterfan Church. We are looking forward to a large attendance at this meeting. Our club has several members interested in attending the Youth Assembly in Atlanta December 7th through the 9th. Jo Ann Barnett, Reporter.