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Volume 48.
Nuckolls Family
Honored At FHA
Achievement Day
Mr. and Mrs. Truman N. Nuck
olls of Route 1, Cumming, will be
among 100 families in North Geor
gia to be honored at the annual
Farm Family Achievement day
May 16 sponsored by the Univer
sity of Georgia College of Agricul
ture and the Farmers Home Ad
ministration.
Each family selected for this hon
or will receive a certificate from
the institutions where the meeting
is held which will carry a citation
recognizing their outstanding suc
cess in farm and home operations.
The achievement of the families
selected for this honor is outstand
ing as evidenced by the fact that
only 200 of the more than 5,000
families in Georgia with whom the
FHA is presently working have
been invited to participate in the
Farm Family Achievement Day.
Briefly here are some of the ac
complishments of the Nuckolls fam
ily which earned them this recog
nition: Total farm income has
doubled and so has their net worth.
They have improved fifty acres of
permanent pasture (fescue and
clover), produce 30 acres grain, 30
acres of hay, and other feed crops
yearly; and have established 15
acres of Sericea. When the Nuck
olls received their first loan they
had eight cows—they now have 24.
At first they had no equipment—
they now have a tractor and re
lated equipment.
In addition to receiving a certi
ficate, the farmers and their fami
lies will hear State and National
agricultural leaders acclaim their
accomplishments.
Principal speaker for the occa
sion will be Dr. C. C. Murray,
Dean and Co-ordinator, College of
Agriculture. Others who will ap
pear on the program are Dr. W. A.
Sutton, Director, Agricultural Ex
tension Service: Dr. O. C Ader
hold, President University of Geor
gia; Dr. George P. King Director
Experiment Station, College of Ag
riculture; Dr. R. S. Wheeler, Dir
ector of Instruction, College of Ag
riculture; Miss Eddye Ross, State
Home Demonstration leader, Agri
cultural Extension Service; Mr. J.
W. Fanning, Division of Agricul
tural Economics, College of Agri
culture; and Mr. R. L. Vansant,
State Director, Farmers Home Ad- 1
ministration.
Soil Conservation
District News
P ' r~”
JAMES T. COOTS
SOIL CONSERVATION SERVICE
Local SCS technicians are work
ing with cooperators of the Upper
Chattahoochee River Soil Conser
vation District in stabilizing critical
areas in the Settingdown Creek
Watershed.
Some of the cooperators that are
being assisted are J. P. Dudley,
Willard Chastain, C. S. Mathieson,
Randolph Carnes, Mrs. Ike Martin,
Pqrman Hamby’, Sally Hamby,
Gordy Bragg, Clarence Mundy, Ed
win Moore, Spin Neisler, John
Willis Gravitt, Pearl Wallis, Marvin
Wallis, Amelia Wallis, Beela Munda
Work being performed include
shaping gullies, old roadbeds and
spots where severe erosion has tak
en place. Many additional landown
ers will be assisted as the summer
passes along.
John L. Spruce, SCS, technican,
is assisting Walter Woody of Daw
son County in laying 2000 feet of
six and eight inch clay tile in the
Etowah River bottoms.
CAKE WALK & BOX SUPPER
There will be a Cake Walk and
Box Supper at Matt School on
Friday night May 24. Proceeds to
go for the Little Ponny League
Base Ball Team.
The Forsyth County News
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF FORSYTH COUNTY ft CITY OF GUMMING
DEVOTED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF FORSYTH, FULTON, CHICRO REE, DAWSON, LUMPKIN, HAIL AND GWINNETT COUNTIES.
(City Population 2,500)
Health Department
News
A drop in the number of patients
admitted during 1956 for treatment
of tubberculosis at state operated
hospitals was revealed in the an
nual report for those institutions
released today by Dr. Raymond
Corpe, superintendent of Battey
State Hospital at Rome, Georgia.
There were 59 more applications
for admission last year than in the
previous year, but there were ac
tually 61 less patients admitted. In
1955 there were 1644 patients ad
mitted to Battey State Hospital,
Muscogee County Sanatorium or
Savannah Santorium, while in 1956
there were only 1603 admitted to
these hospitals.
The reasons given for this de
crease were the refusal of hospi
talization by patients after accept
ance, failure to rport for eadmis
sion, hospitalization elsewhere or
death prior to admission. The re
port showed that the hospitals op
erated during the year without a
waiting list and the only time elap
se between application and admis
sion was the time necessary to
process the case, an average of
sven to fourteen days.
At the beginning of the year,
there were only 1400 patients at
Battery, the lowest number in sev
en years It cost the state approxi
mately $7.70 per day per patient
last year to treat these tubercu
losis cases. This is an increase of
about $1.50 over the previous year.
The reason given in the report for
increased cost with less patients
was additional maintenance that
was necessary to renovate parts
of Battey Hospital to keep it in
operating condition.
The report pointed out that al
though great strides had been
'made in the treatment of tuber
culosis, much more advancement
could have been made if -the cases
had been discovered earlier. Last
year 45 percent of the admission
into the hospital had far advanced
tuberculosis. Even though this per
centage was high, it is a bbig im
provement over previous years.
Treatment of tuberculosis is now
done largely by drugs or a combi
nation of drugs and surgery. About
12 per cent of all patients dis
charged from the hospitals now
have had part of their lungs re
moved by surgery. The average
hospital stay for patients last year
was only 371 days as compared
with 506 days the previous year.
Many patients now receive an ear
lier dismissal from the hospital by
being able to continue their drug
treatments at home. During 1956,
there were 750 patients discharged
under this pplan.
In addition to these 750, there
were also 827 others who left the
hospital either with our without
medical approval, “We must con
tinue to counsel with and observe
each of these cases. Some need re
habilitation, others’welfare aid, but
those w’ho still have active cases of
tuberculosis must especially be
watched as they are the largest
known reservoir for the spread of
the disease,” Said Dr. Corpe. If
this group with knonn positive cas
es could be controlled each year, it
would add materially to the con
trol of tuberculosis in the state of
Georgia.
ASC NEWS
Farmers on land on which no
wheat was seeded for grain for any
of the years 1955, 1956 and 1957,
may apply for a 1958 Wheat Acre
age Allotment, according to Mr.
C. A. Bagwell, Chairman of the
Forsyth County Agricultural Stab
ilization and Conservation Commit
tee. To be considered for an allot
ment on a farm which had no
wheat seeded for grain for any of
those years, the farmer must apply
in writing to his County ASC Com
mittee by July 1, 1957.
Blank applications forms are av
ailable at the ASC County Office
for use in filing request for allot
ments.
If you have grain, of any kind
on the land you designated as Ace
age Reserve Land for this land to
be eligible the grain must be de
stroyed on or before May 24, 1957.
This also applies to excess
acreages of wheat.
Cumming Georgia, Thursday, May 16, 1957.
May 26 June 3
Soil Stewardship
Week In Georgia
i
May 26—June 2 has been desig
-1 nated as Soil Stewardship Week in
Georgia, and Gov. Marvin Griffin
| has issued a proclamation urging
' Georgians “to cooperate in every
, possible way to aid this worthy
! movement which means so much
j to all our people.”
j The governor’s proclamation call
| ed soil “one of our most important
] natural resources.”
j He pointed out that good soil is
I the first requisite for successful
I farming, and added, “It is essential
that soil conservation be emphasiz
|ed and practiced if we are to con
| tinue to maintain and improve
good land."
I Soil Stewardship Week is being
| co-sponsored by the State Soil Con
i servation Committee an dthe State
l Association of District Supervisors.
All agricultural agencies and
many other groups will cooperate
in the observance. County Exten
sion agents in each county have
called meetings to make plans for
the observance.
In Athens, Extension Service Soil
Conservationist E. H. Thomas said
county groups have been furnished
a list of 14 suggestions for use
during the Week.
In addition to meetings, articles
for newspapers, sermons on con
servation special school events,
tours, and other activities, ten lead
ers in the state have made tape
recordings for use on local radio
stations. These include the gover
nor; Jim L. Gillis, Jr., chairman of
the State Soil Conservation Com
mittee; Rev. 9. W. Greene, super
visor of the Ocone Rivr Soil Con
srvation District; J. W. Sargent,
former chief of operations, South
east Region Soil Conservation Ser
vice; E. O. Cabaniss, farmer and
supervisor. Broad River SC Dis
trict; C. \V. ChaSnan, state con
servationist. SCSrf Fred Statham,
acting president .State Association
of Soil Conservation Superviors;
W. A. Sutton, director of the Agri
cultural Extension Service; R. L.
Vansant director of the Farmers
Home Administration; Guyton De-
Loach, director of the Georgia For
estry Commission; T. G. Walter,
state superintendent of Vocational
Agricultural Education; Phil Camp
bell, Georgia Commissioner of Ag
riculture, and others.
FORSYTH COUNTY
FORESTERY NEWS
Orders for forest tree seedlings
received during acceptance dates —
between June 1 and October 1—
will be given special priority, Ed
estry Unit said today. Those receiv-
Wright of the Forsyth County For
ed before June 1 will be filled and
handled in a routine manner, he
added, and orders placed after Oc
tober 1. will be disregarded unless
there is a surplus of seedlings on
hand.
Ranger Wright pointed out that
many Georgians have been filing
their orders months ahead of ac
ceptance dates, with the apparent
belief they will receive special con
sideraation. According to Rfores
tation Chief Sanford Darby, he said
“all seedling orders received be
fore October I will be handled with
out consideration of mailing dates.
No discrimination will be shown in
handling any order received before
October 1.”
Wright said orders 9 received be
for acceptance dates hamper oper
ations in the reforestation depart
ment and stand a chance of being
lost or misplaced before the seed
lings are lifted. He urged everyone
to cooperate with the seedling pro
gram, emphasizing that this years
seedling production is expected to
yield a bumper crop with enough
plants to supply the demand.
HOME COMING AT HAW CREEK
SUNDAY MAY 19TK.
Preaching and Communion is
planned for the morning services
at Haw Creek Church Home Com
ing Day May 19. Dinner for all on
the grounds and singing in the af
ternoon. Everyone is cordially in
vited to attend..
Marines have guarded the Wash
ington Navy Yard (now known as
the Naval Gun Factory) since 1800
I STRUGGLE IN
! A PARTY
|
I A struggle for control is now in
'progess in the Democratic Party,
and the outcome of this manoeuv
ering may well determine the chan
ces of the party in the 1960 Presi
dential election. In bbief, the fight
is between the Left-wing element
and th modrates and conservatives.
The moderates and conservatives
are in control on Capitol Hill and
there Senate Majority Leader Lyn
don Johnson and House Speaker
Sam Rayburn are carrying on a
budget-cutting offensive with the
intention of cutting taxes, if pos
sible, at this session of Congress.
However, it was noted that in
the recent SIOO-a-plate dinner held
in Washington for top Democrats
(a dinner which was not a sell-out)
neither former President Harry
Truman nor former Presidential
candidate Adlai Stevenson centered
their main attack on the big bud
get. Other Democrats have done
so, and these include Senator Har
ry F. Byrd, of Virginia, the Major
ity Leader of the Senate, Speaker
Sam Rayburn and many others.
On the contrary, former Presi
dent Truman said he was not sure
the Eisenhower budget was too
big and that he thought the eco
nomy could stand spending on the
scale asked by Eisenhower—s7l.B
billion. Adlai Stevenson warned
that if the Democrats tried to ou-
Republican the Republicans on the
budget-cutting issue, it would harm
the Democratic party in the long
run.
It is widely rumored that Nat
ional Committee chairman Paul
Butler will be replaced later this
year and a battle between conser
vatives and moderates and the pro
gressives is expected to revolve
around his replacement. As with
the issue of budget-cutting, it is to
be assumed that Truman and Stev
enson, and others, will be on the
side of a Fair Deal Democrat, while
the conservatives and moderates
will be in favor of a more moder
ate candidate for the National Com
mittee chairmanship.
Therefore, the Democratic Party
is now experiencing and will ex
perience a struggle within its con
fines concerning its National Com
mittee leadership, the Party’s line
of attack on the Republican Ad
ministration at present, and other
issues. It is a fateful fight and one
which has split the Democratic
Party into two camps and may go
a long way toward establishing the
chances of the Party in the 1960
election.
WATCHING
FARM PRICES
The Department of Agriculture
recently revealed that prices re
ceived by farmers increased two
per cent during the month ending
April 15th. While this is slightly
encouraging, it is offset somewhat
by a further rise in prices paid by
farmers, which moved up approxi
mately one per cent.
Using the Department of Agri
culture’s index, and appraising con
ditions now in compparison with
those of a year ago, it will be
found that the increase in farm
product prices has failed to keep
pace with the rise in prices of
commodities and services bought
by farmers in the last 12 months.
Therefore the April 15th parity
ratio was 81, and although this is
one per cent better than the March
ratio, it is two per cent lower than
the ratio of April 15th, 1956. It is
hard to tell what the two per cent
rise in farm prices means, ■ and
farmers wil lhave to wait until
later in May to see if this is a
trend which will continue.
The only mildly encouraging part
of the story is the fact that prices
have moved up rather well since
mid-February -a little faster than
prices paid, though prices paid con
tinued to move up also. Asa whole
the outlook is still depressmg for
the farmer.
NOTICE!
Mrs. Grace Palmer, The Public
Health Nurse will not be in the:
Health Department for immuniza
tion on May 27, as previously
planned.
County Population 15,000.
Funeral Services Held
jSunday May 12, For
Hugh R. Shoemake
Mr. Hugh R. Shoemake. well-
I known Cumming citizen, died in
lan automobile accident, Friday
I night on the Cumming— Bufoixl
| highway about 7 miles West of
Cumming. He was 26 years of age
and was born and reared in For
syth County and was a Veteran of
the Korean War. At the time of his
death he was employed by the
Sawnee Electric Membershin Cor
poration.
Survivors include his wife, the
former Miss Jannelle Redd, four
children, Patricia, Pamela, Ronnie
and Stevie; Father and Mother,
Mr. and Mrs. Guy Shoemake, Pat
ernal Grandparents Mr. and Mrs.
Monroe Shoemake, Mrs. Vinnie B.
Redd and other relatives.
Funeral services were held Sun
day afternoon May 12, at 3 P. M.
at the First Baptist Church, with
Rev. Marcus Reed, Rev. W. H.
Warren, Rev. John McGinnis, offi
ciating.
Pallbearers were Ralph Pendley,
Rudolph Wheeler, Bennie Nuckolls,
Jack Wood, Edwin Waters, Bo
Bagley.
Interment was in the City Ceme
tery.
WASHINGTON
AND JORDAN
The belitf in Washington is that
U. S. intervention in the Middle
Eastern crisis concerning Jordan
and the presence of the Sixth Fleet
in the Mediterranean saved that
country from disintegration.
It is interesting to note that
Egypt and Syria, who would have
otherwise obeyed Moscow’s advice
to gain control of Jordan, were
j checkmated in their long prepared
plan to overthrow King Hussein.
The rapid deployment of the
Sixth Fleet to the Eastern Mediter
ranean shows again the value of a
powerful naval component in that
part of the world. Those who have
thought that the day of the Navy
is over perhaps have not taken into
account the powerful preventive
influence of a U. S. aerial force
within range of Jordan’s capital, j
airfields and lines of transportation
The Jordan crisis being the first
new one since Congress passed the
Eisenhower Doctrine resolution con
cerning the Middle East, it seems
that U. S. foreign policy has won
a significant diplomatic victory.
This is important because we have
lost so many victories in the Mid
dle East in recent years that anoth
er defeat in that area might well
have been the final debacle in a
series which would turn that area
over to Communist control.
On the contrary, Washington
seems to have won a victory in
Jordan, with the Administration
apparently having moved vigorous
ly, with the needed authority from
Congress to back up its new Mid
dle Eastern policy.
Joseph McCarthy
The death of Senator Joseph R.
McCarthy, Wisconsin Republican,
ends an era in America’s political
history which was often turbulent,
highly controversial and certainly
colorful.
McCarthy was one of the most
bombasted, and admired, men who
have operated in the U. S. Senate
in many years. In a way, he remin
ded some of the late Huey Long—
although the two men were com
pletely different in personality.
However, they certainly stirred
strong feelings and created hitter
controversy among their support
ers and opponents.
McCarthy enjoyed a sensational
rise to prominence, although sever -
i#l events clouded his career. First,
History will have to determine the
extent of good McCarthy did in
his anti-Communist crusade. Wheth
'er of not he deserves as much
I credit as his followers claim, there
lis no doubt that, with his sensat
ional charges he focused national
I attention on the problem and made
' the country conscious of Commun
j ist dangers.
PREACHING NOTICE
| Harold Thompson will preach at
Haw Creek Sunday night May 19
! at 8 o’clock. Everyone is cordially
1 invited to attend.
Number 20,
Today & Tomorrow
Louie D. Newton
CLIP KM CLOSE
The man came to shear our
sheep, the grand total of six. He
indicated his disaapointment that
he was having to set up business
j for so few customers- wondered
why “Fibber" McGee, our beloved
j County Agent, had not required us
I little fellows to pool our sheep,
I and thus same him so many stops.
| It was no time for me to talk,
seeing the mood he was in. His
helper, a young chap about 20, was
more congenial. In fact, he was
ready for conversation on any sub
ject.
“Why, do you suppose, the Lord
made things like Hedid? You have
to shear sheep, milk cows, pick
chickens. Looks to me like He
might have made it easier by put
ting everything up in celophane,
so you could put it in the deep
freeze, and use as directed.”
“Here, git on the job, and have
me a sheep ready without having
to wait,’’ said the older man.
The boy smiled, and said:
“You’re leaving ridges. I could
clip 'em better than that. No use
to get rough with me, just be
caus youe slept late.”
The older man looked at me and
winked.
“All right, try your hand on this
one,” he said to the boy.
And I*want you to know that
boy really sheared that ram. He
didn't leave a ridge anywhere, and
he didn’t one time draw blood.
True, he took as long to shear his
sheep as the older man did to
shear the other five, but he got
all the wool, and left the ram with
as smooth job as the best barber
shop in town.
“I figure the Lord meant for us
to clip 'em close, since we have to
go to all this trouble,” said the
young fellow. “My grandma says
that anything that’s worth doing,
is worth doing well. Here, uoy;
hoi dstill, and let me get that last
strand of wool under your chin.
You ain’t no senator. I’m going to
leave you without mustache or
side whiskers. You’re no better
than the rest of ’em.”
The older man had walked aside
to say:
"That boy gets on my nerves,
but I can’t deny that he’s way
above the average. Hear what he
said about slipping ’em close?
That's the way he does everything.
That’s why I put up with his back
talk. He’ll make a solid etizen.'
With y our County
Agent i
Walter H. Rucker
Diseased fruit trees, especially
among peaches and apples, seems
to be much more prevalent than
usual this year We should expect
this during any year that wc have
as many showers and damp weath
eras this year.
Several requests have been re
ceived for control measures for
these diseases, and especially peach
leaf curl.
Peach leaf curl control, like con
trols for many other diseases, must
be begun during the early winter
months, just after the leaves have
fallen off the tree.
To obtain adequate control of
diseases, spraying must be started
at this time and continued until a
week or 10 days before the peaches
are ripe enough to can or eat.
After the disease is visible to the
eye it is usually too late to control
it until the following winter.
Diseases on apple trees follow
the same pattern and control mea
sures must be begun during the
dormant season.
Spray schedules for both peach
and apple trees art* available free
from this office. Pick up now and
be ready to start your control mea
sures this fall.
Through error, the date of the
Gainesville Lamb Sale was given
in last week column as May 14th.
The correct date is May 22nd.
PREACHING NOTICE
Rev. Richard Mooney will preach
Saturday night May 24 at Second
Baptist Church at 7:30. Claude
Martin and The Gospel Singers
'from Buford West Baptist church
will be with us. Everyone is cor
dially invited to attend.