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Volume 48.
Mr. W. A. Thornhill
Passes March 4th.
Mr. W. A. Thornhill of Cumming
and Buford passed away after a
short illness at the local hospital.
Funeral services were held at a
Gwinnett County Baptist Church,
Tuesday March 5, with Rev. C. B.
Gazaway and Rev. Odell Bands,
officiating.
Mr. Thornhill is survived by his
sons, Mr. Thomas Thornhill of
Cumming and Mr. R. L. Thornhill
of Buford, two daughters, Mrs.
Rose Morris of Atlanta and Mrs.
Lester Waud, Kincaid, 111., three
brothers, two sisters, other rela
tives and friends who mourn his
departure.
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With y our County
Agent
Walter H. Rucker
One of the big campaigns going
on right now in Georgia, and one
that we hope to have going on in
Forsyth County shortly, has to do
with complete Brucellosis eradi
cation. Each year the total loss
from Brucellosis amounts to about
one million dollars. About or.e-third
of this amount is in beef cattle.
At the present time it is estimat
ed tha 1t2,925 beef brood cows are
infected with Bang’s disease (bas
ed on 2.5 percent of all Georgia
beef brood cows being infected.)
Abortion from Ban’s disease
caused a loss each year of an esti
mated 1,928 calves valued at $43,-
468.73. This figure is based on one
study that estimates a 15 percent
abortion rate in infected cattle.
Most authoriies feel this figure is
conservative and that a 40 percent
calf crop reduction is more accur
ate.
Another loss comes from feeding
cows that do not produce calves.
This annual loss figure is estimat
ed at $77,550.
When an infected animal is run
through the sale barn for slaugh
ter, its value goes down automati
cally. The total loss from animals
sold in this manner is approxi
mately $212,312 annually.
Remember these figures are for
beef cattle losses alone. They do
not consider dairy losses which are
about twice as much as those from
beef animals.
The losses we’ve seen so far
are bad enough and yet we haven’t
even touched on Undulant feber —
the form of Brucellosis which af
fects human beings. The disease
is known as undulant fever be
cause of its up and down character
istics. In other words you’re in bed
for awhile and up for awhile.
It is impossible to estimate the
damage and suffering caused by
Undulant fever. Consider time lost
from work, inability to work at
full efficiency, and all the suffering
and you can easily see why this
is true.
There are 7,000 NEW cases of
Undulant fever reported in the
U. S. annually and these do not
take in the cases that are not re
ported due to individuals who do
not know they have this disease.
Many people go for years with
Undulant fever and never realize
it. This is because the disease is
not as severe in some individuals
as it is in others.
There are two ways to help all
of us avoid ever having Undulant
fever. The first is never drink raw
milk from any single cow or herd
if there is any idea at all that
Bang’s disease is present. The next
way is to help in every way pos
sible in completely eradicating this
malady from the state of Georgia.
Singing Notice
There will be a singing at Shar
on Baptist Church Sunday night
March 10, at 7:30 o’clock. We are
expecting the Smith quartett, Stan
cil Trio, The Gospel Singers, from
West Buford and several others.
Come and be with us.
SPECIAL NOTICE
There will be a Round & Square
Dance at Buford High School
Gymn every Saturday night be
ginning March 16, 1357 at 9—12
Sponsored by American Legion
Post 127—First Dance Free —Come
one, come all.
The Forsyth County News
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF FORSYTH COUNTY & CITY OF CUMMING
DEVOTED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF FORSYTH. FULTON, CHKBO KEE, DAWSON, LUMPKIN, HALL AND GWINNETT COUNTIES.
(City Population 2,500)
GOVERNOR JOINS IN OBSERVANCE OF NATIONAL 4-H WEEK
Nearly 142,000 Four-H Club members and 19,699 volunteer local
leaders are observing National 4-H Week, March 2-9. Gov. Marvin
Griffin signed a proclamation calling attention to the special Week
as Marcus Mansell, Roswell, State 4-H Leader Tommy Walton,
Agricultural Extension Service, and Betty Jeanes, Union City,
looked on. The proclamation pointed out that Georgia 4-H'ers work
with over 400,000 farm, home and community projects. Working
with their county and home demonstration agents, they apply the
latest farming and homemaking information in these fields, keep
records, arrange displays, and give educational demonstrations to
pass this information on to others.
Southern Bell Releases
Annual Report
Hugh A. Fleming, Group Man
ager for Southern Bell Telephone
Company here released his Com
pany’s annual report for 1956 to
day. The Company serves Cum
ming and 132 other cities, towns
and rural areas in Georgia.
"The Company had its greatest
| year of expansion in 1956, “Mr.
I Fleming said. “Our report shows
that we spend over one million dol
lars per working day for telephone
| construction during the year,’ > he
; added.
I Fred J. Turner. Chairman of the
j Board, made the report for the
directors, revealing that the Com
i pany added 462,000 telephones in
its nine-state service area during
11956. It was operating 5,358,000
telephones at year’s end.
In Georgia, about 0,000 telephon
es were added during 1956.
Southern Bell’s Georgia construct
ion program was the largest in
Company history, bringing the
Company’s telephones in the state
to a total of 780,000. Southern Bell
has over 11,500 employees in Geor
gia.
The company has over 69,000 em
ployees in the South. These men
and women earned a total of $266,-
000,000 in 1956—and increase of
nearly $32,000,000 over 1955.
“Asa result of increase cost and
the increased investment per tele
phone, rates paid by customers do
not meet today’s costs of provid
ing srvice,” the report shows.
“Consequently the overall com
pany earnings in 1956 were not
what they should have been and
were lower than those of business
in general in the South.”
Southern Bell’s exppansion pro
gram is expected to continue dur
ing the next several years.
ASC NEWS
The Forsyth County ASC Office
has been very busy in the last few
days, assisting farmers in the sign
ing of cotton acreage reserve agree
mets, Mr. C. A. Bagwell, Chairman
of the ASC Committee reports.
Mr. Bagwell, states that March
1, 1957 was the deadline for the
signing of these agreements. There
were 378 agreements signed and
th agreements cover a total of
1609.4 acres. If farmers remain in
compliance with the program they
will be eligible to earn a maximum
of $88,438.70. This is 72 percent
of the cotton farmers in Forsyth
County who have a cotton allot
ment, that have signed an agree
ment.
The agreements signed represent
63 1-2 of the total acreage of cot
ton alloted to Forsyth County.
To the farmers who have signed
these agreements, these acreages
that were designated for acreage
reserve land will be checked this
summer after this check, the pay
ments will be worked up, and pay
ment will be made, along ir. the
fall of the year.
Cumming Georgia, Thursday March 7, 1957
PRICES UP
AGAIN
The Government recently report
ed that consumer prices were the
highest on record and expected to
continue their climb. This was the
announcement from the Bureau of
Labor Statistics, of the Depart
ment of Labor, which reported the
fif the successive monthly increase
in the U. S Consumer Price Index.
As the reader knows, one effect
of this rise is an automatic pay
hike for almost a million and a
half employes, For about a million
of this number, the" pay rise will
amount to one cent an hour.
We are not opposed to the pay
increase, and if the cost of living
cannot be held in check, then pay
increases are automatic. However,
it is a matter for concern when
pay increases continue to be grant
ed automatically in a time of
highly threatening inflation.
The increases are highly inflat
ionary themselves and it appears
that we are in something of a
spiral, which—if not checked—
could lead to a pretty rough bump
in the coming months or years.
It should be recalled, too, in this
conection, that recent reports of
increases in business during the
past year do not make it clear
that about fifty per cent of the
reported increase is merely due to
higher prices and not actually to
increased business.
It is true that current inflation
is not exactly run-away inflation,
although it seems to be steadily
creeping forward. The regularly
increasing cost of living and result
ing wage hikes will have to be ac
companied by increased production
efficiency, general economic ad
vancement in other fields, and a
broader economic base if an un
favorable reaction is to be avoided.
AN EARLY
SPRING
Weather in many areas of the
country in recent weeks has con
vinced some of the experts that
we are in for a very early Spring.
The unseasonably warm weather
of February, in many sec-lions,
caused premature blooming of
many flowers, and while delightful
to many, could result in severe
damage to fruit trees, flowers and
other plants later, if a sudden hard
freeze should hit these blooms and
new growth.
We still have some time to go
before one can say that an early
Spring is a certainty. It seems cer
tain that severe cold will hit us
again before Spring arrives, ex
cept in the extreme southern parts
of the nation.
Therefore, chances appear to be
certain, unfortunately, that much
of the new growth and blooms, in
many sections, will be killed and
costly damage done.
PREACHING NOTICE
Brother Ralph Bagwell will preach
at Silver Shoals Baptist Church
Sunday night March 10—Everyone
invited to come out and hear him.
Soil Conservation
District News
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JAMES T. COOTS
SOIL CONSERVATION SERVICE
Landow'ners in the Spot Commu
ity have completed easements in
directly and directly with the Up
per Chattahoochee River Soil Con
servation District for the construct
ion of a flood retarding dam across
Thalley Creek on the J. C. Chumb
ler farm. The SCS technicians have
complettd field surveys on this
structure and it is expected that
construction will begin sometime
this summer. Land owners inter
ested in the building of this dam
are J. C. Chumbler, Ford Gravitt,
Cliff Johnson, John W. Gravitt,
W. C. Smith, FYank Pirkle, Kirby
Kemp, Leland and Waylon Tallant,
Eugene Vance, Eearl Heard and
jßart Gravitt. The County Commis
sioners of Roads and Revenues are
interested in the William’s road
that crosses the flooded area.
Farmers cooperating with the
District should plant their planned
sericea lespedeza as soon as the
ground gets dry enough.
Fertilize your fish ponds now.
i First application should be at the
I rate of 200 pounds per acre of
1 8 —8 —2 or 80 pounds per acre of
20—20—5. Both of these grades of
I fertilizer are available in Cumming.
Be Sure The Premises
Are Right
j If you believe that God created
I the heavens and the earth and all
| living things (including yourself);
and that he is the Author of life
physical and spiritual. Then your
reasoning with these eternal facts
1 as the basis is on a sure founda
-1 tion.
| The plan of the creator should
be known and accepted by his
creatures. It would be presumption
and lack of faith to depend entire
ly upon our human reason and
disregard Divine Revelation.
John, Ist chapter we read “In
I the beginning was the Word, and
| the Word was with God and the
Word was God. The same was in
the beginning with God. All things
were made by him, and without
| him was not anything made that
was made. In him was life; and
the life was the light of men” —
John was sent to bear witness of
that light. "He was in the
world, and the world was made by
him, and the world knew him noi.
He came unto his own, and his
own received him not. But as
many as received him, to them
gave be the power to become the
sons of God, even to them that
believe on his name. Which were
born, not of blood, nor of the will
of the flesh, nor of the will of
man, but of God. And The Word
was made flesh, and dwelt among
us, (and we bebheld his glory, the
glory as of the only begotten of
the Father) full of grace and
truth.”
Jesus is the complete and final
revelation of God to man. We may
find out some things about God by
observing the world he made but
the plan and purpose of God for
man is revealed in Christ Jesus.
Jesus said, “He that hath seen me,
hath seen the Father—l and the
Father are one.” We are building
upon a sure foundation when we
build upon faith in Jesus Christ
as our Saviour and Lord.
W. R. Callaway
!the chestatee fifth and
j SIXTH GRADE 4 If CLUB
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The regular meeting of the
Chestatee 4-H Club was held on
February 8. The Forsyth County
Forest Rangers presented a film
"Fire Prevention” to the club. We
all enjoyed it very much. The meet
ing adjourned.
Lanier Orr, Reporter
County Population 15,000.
THE WORLD OF
TOMORROW
For many years it has been the
vogue for men to say that the
frontiers have all been tamed and
that the days of great explora
tions are at an end.
However, this earth is only a
speck in a great vastness of space
and is insignificant in comparison
with what surrounds it. As far as
the future is concerned, the young
ster today faces a world of mar
vels, spectacular adventure and
discovery never before equalld.
Today’s youngstrs will someday
travel to the moon and even be
yond and will conquer space, just
as the early Norsemen first cross
ed the Atlantic, followed by others,
including hristopher Columbus, to
discover America, and just as other
explorers discovered the most re
mote places of this earth.
In the last few decades, discov
eries and explorations have been
limited, as the earth grew smaller
and smaller, but we are on the
verge of the exploration of outer
space. This will provide man a
great gield in which to work, and
since the earth is to last six billion
more years, we suspect that the
adventures of the past will be
trifling when compared to the ad
ventures and discoveries to be un
i folded tomorrow.
Choice-Duty-Desire
Choice has to do with many
things in life. It has to do with
the kind of food we eat, the kind
of company we keep, place to
which we go, manner of thinking,
| how time is spent, saving economy,
I selecting a help mate and building
a home. The State knew this when
j she made provision that each child
should have training- in school so
that they might be self supporting
and contributing to the govern
ment, in order to make it contin
ually better from year to year.
All this superstructure depends
upon the HOME, and of course its
success. A home success or failure
depends upon the Choice two peo
ple make of being the official, the
father and mother of the house.
Remember the state has done what
it has done for the good of indi
vidual people, and I am afraid
that we have not appreciated it as
much as we should by co-operation
in putting to use what the schools
have given to us, in a practical
way. .Judging that you have and
that you are about ready to start
out in life, young man or woman
and you desire to build a home,
have you, we judge you are a
Christian, gone somewhere in se
cret and prayed to God for that
wisdom which is necessary that
you may have the proper selection
in mind? Have you properly stud
ied your suitor to see that yours
and his likes and dislikes agree
in every way? Have you consider
ed whether you and he or she will
be congenial in every way because
this is a life choice. Here is where
many divorces spring from. Simp
ly failing to do your whole duty.
Just so your suitor has on pants
or a dress it is alright. Have you
thought about the DUTIES as in
dividuals devolved upon you as a
responsibility? The share of every
particular station in life carries
with it an obligation which cannot
be avoided without some kind of
penalty. What are you building a
home for anyhow? Will you, or
are you close enough now to God
that your home may be dedicated
to his name and his service? Will
you be close enough to God to
HOLD HIS HAND.
When you have selected and
gone to the home for the first
time, will you and your dear COM
PANION whom you have chosen
as worthy to be your helper for
life get on your knees as Christ
ians in not only a civilized land
and humbly ask him for wisdom,
guidance and protection in that
home with a dominant determinat
ion that such a spirit may be your
guide throughout your lives?
J. B. DRISKELL
Secretary of State Dulles recent
ly said the second postwar decade
holds great promise for peace but
may also "prove to be another de
cade of danger.’’
Number 10.
ON THE JOB
When it Counts
Where it Counts
Mrs. James E. Gravitt (Audrey
Mae) and Mrs. Julian Gravitt
(Polly) have kindly consented to
sponsor as co-chairman, ihe Rod
Cross und Drive. This is quite a
responsibility for these ladies to
assume. They will need the co
operation of everyone in the coun
ty to carry this out and raise our
quota.
I am suure that it is not no***
sary to emphasize the importance
of Red Cross work. I trust they
will have the whole-hearted sup
port of ever yindividual and bus;
ness in the county.
Marcus Mashbum, Sr.,
Chairman
RED CROSS WORKERS CHOSEN
FOR DRIVE
Will the following meet at th*-
school gym Saturday March 9th,
1957 at 2 p. m in order to organize
the Red Cross Fund Drive.
Mesdames: Almon Hill, Dean
Ledbetter, Bertha Harrison, Glenn
Worley, A. M. Sosebee, John Hol
brook, Grace (Joe) Hansard, Guy
Castleberry, F. L. Pendley, Betty
Floyd, Fleet Pirkle, Almeta Ban
nister, E. C. Waldrip, C. A. Hagwclt
H. D. Nuckolls, Grace Buice, Fan
nie Mae Kay, Dolphard Harris.
Ralph Moore, Wilbur Holbrook,
Luther Ellis, Bobby Tallant, Ruby
Holbrook, Eva Pendley,
Wills, Dorothy Fowler, Steve Cle
ment, Glenn Buice, Charlie How
j ard, Annie Wofford, Ruth Roe,
| Gladys Barrett, Helen Brooks, Vir-
I ginia Wood, Margaret Webb, Roy
jShoemake, Thad Wood, Margaret
Bagley, George Pirkle, Guy Tate,
Virginia Williams, Broughton Voy
les, John Lummus, Joe Bramblett,
Maude Karr, Ralph Otwell, Ed Ot
well, Carl Ware, Charlie Boling,
R. J. Kupper, Jerry Harris, Joe
Nix, Major Echols, Jeff Heard,
Jean Bolton, A. C. Smith, Jr. C. F.
Cain. Miss Edith Pierce, Messrs
Otis Freeman, Hubert Bennett, and
Paul Hammond.
GUMMING GARDEN CLUB MET
At 7:30 p. m. Tuesday February
19, the Cumming Garden Club met
at the home of Mrs. A. F. Howell
with Mrs. Bill Fagan as co-hostess.
Mrs. Matthews, president opened
the meeting and asked Mrs. Mer
cer Brown to introduce the speaker'
for the evening, Mr. C. T. Veatch,
agronomist for the Soil Conserva
tion Service gave a most interest
ing and informative talk on erosion
and preventative -grasses that are
most popular and hardy for our
area were discussed.
During the business meeting Mrs
Grady Williams was welcomed as
anew member and Mrs. Reed and
Mrs. Langford as visitors.
F. F. A. NEWS
The Forsyth County FFA < Chap
ter is sponsoring a Fish Slipper
Saturday night, March 16, for the
purpose of building a FFA Log
Cabin sometime in the near future
Members of the FFA will be sell
ing the tickets, SI.OO each during
the next several days.
PREACHING NOTICE
Rev. Clarence Williams will
preach at Pleasant View Sunday
night March 10, at 7:30. Everyone
jis cordially invited to attend
PREACHING NOTICE
Rev. Eddie Echols will preach at
Haw Creek Sunday night March
10, at 7:30. The public is cordially
invited to attend.
PREACHING NOTICE
Rev. John Wilson Morgan will
preach at the Second Baptist in
Cumming next Sunday March 10,
at 11 o'clock. Everyone invited to
i come out and hear him.