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The Forsyth County News
Volume 49.
Georgia Power Cos,,
Distributes Funds
District and local managers of
the Georgia Power Company thru
out the state this week are present
ing to municipal and county gov
ernment officials checks totaling
approximately $4,350,000 for the
comppany's 1958 property taxes,
according to C. B. Curtis, Local
manager at Cumming.
Of this amount, Mr. Curtis re
ported, $2,246,500 goes into general
county funds, $1,718,700 to school
districts, and $384,800 to cities and
towns.
The company already has paid
more than $925,000 in property
taxes for the year 1958 making
the total to be paid for this year
$5,275,000. This compares with
$4,840,486 paid for the year 1957.
Earlier in the year, municipal
partnership tax payments totaling
$1,931,983 were paid by the com
pany to the 381 cities, towns and
communities in which the firm’s
three per cent franchise agreement
was in effect. Under this agree
ment, the company pays each muni
cipality in which it operates three
per cent of its gross revenue from
the sale of electricity for residen
tial and commercial use.
The municipal partnership tax
payments were based on 1957 elec
trical revenue and were in addi
tion to property tax payments.
The Georgia Power Company
official pointed out that approxi
mately 20 per cent of the com
pany’s total revenue goes to pay
taxes, including federal and state
income taxes, municipal partner
ship taxes, and others.
District YMCA
Secretary News
Local Hi-Y and Tri-Hi-Y repre
sentatives will be invited to parti
pate in the annual State YMCA
Teen Talk Rally at Calhoun High
School, January 15, 1959.
The Rally will be limited to the
designated officers or representa
tives as follows: vice-president or
program chairman, community pro
ject chairman, YMCA World Ser
vice chairman, club advisor.
Materials for YMCA Week, Janu
ary 18-25. will be distributed, along
with the new Teen Talk books.
World Service Chairman Harry
West will present certificates to
qualifying clubs.
J. Ben Duff, of the Souhtern
Area (States) YMCA Council, will
appear twice on the program,
along with a representatives of
the World Service department.
Operating simultaneously with
the Rally, 7 to 9 p. m., in another
building, will be the District Clinic
for 14th State YMCA Youth As
sembly senators, representatives,
press delegates and chaperones or
advisors.
District youth and government
officials leading this phase of the
program will be Walter Jones, Jr.,
Dalton, speaker of the house of
representatives, Bobby Rentz, Ced
artown, Chaplain, Jim Eason, Bow
don, doorkeeper, Marte Shaw, Car
tersville, Roselyn David, Calhoun,
and Bearl Coulter, Ringgold, house
floor leader. A preliminary session
for these officials will be held on
January 3 in Calhoun.
Does Your School
Get These
Free Things?
We have three warehouses where
your school can get anything from
tacks to tractors, mules to mimeo
graphing paper free. There’s only
a small handling charge. This is
war surplus property. The State
Department of Education channels
this property to schools, hospitals,
and civil defense programs. Oddly
enough, we here in the State De
partment of Education are not eli
gible to get any for our own
offices. A. W. Blackburn supervises
this program. The three warehous
es are in Atlanta (this one is to
be moved from downtown to the
old Farmer’s Market), in Americus
and in Swainsboro. This makes it
convenient to all Georgia schools.
Last year, we disbursed $5,358,799.-
99 worth of property, at a handling
cost of only $247,653.16.
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF FORSYTH COUNTY A CITY OF CUMMING
DEVOTED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF FORSYTH. FULTON, CHICRO HICE, DAMSON, LUMPKIN, HALL AND GWINNETT COUNTIES.
(City Population 2C. 0) Cumming Georgia, Thursday Dec., 25, 1958.
1958 POLIO
COSTS HIGH
Polio costs continue to be high
in Forsyth County. Obligations of
$1671.54 have been incurred thus
far this year bv the Forsyth Coun
ty Chapter of The National Foun
dation in assisting with the medi
cal care of several patients accord
ing to Leon Boling Chapter Chair-'
man.
“To help us meet these bills, a
check for $1,000.00 has just been
received from the Medical Aid
Fund of The National Foundation.
Demands upon this fund have been
so heavy,” Mr. Boling said, “that
payment of many of our bills will
have to be deferred until after
he 1959 March of Dimes.”
“Wew people realize how long
drawn out and costly polio is” Mr.
Boling said. “Some of the patients
we are now assisting were paraly
ed by polio years ago. We have
not had any new cases this year,
but the previous costs are stag
gering!”
Forsyth County’s situation illus
trates the national polio problem
today, according to Mr. Boling.
New cases have dropped since the
advent of the Salk vaccine, develop
ed through March of Dimes funds.
But the cost of providing care and
rehabilitation for “old” cases re
mains high. In 1957 some 90 per
cent of all March of Dimes patient
aid funds went to persons stricken
with polio in pervious years. This
year the percentage will be about
the same.
Mr. Boling urged all persons to
complete their Salk Vaccine shots.
“The serious polio epidemic in
Detroit this fall where there have
been deaths and many people para
lyzed, emphasizes the importance
of everyone getting vaccinated.
Many, of those stricken were adults
who had received no polio shots.
Those who do not obtain the vac
cine are almost criminal in their
lack of personal responsibility.”
Although we expect to fulfill our
obligations to all polio victims,”
Mr. Boling said, “the National
Foundation has now become an
organized voluntary force in the
fields of medical scientific research,
patient care and professional edu
cation, with sufficient flexibility to
meet new health problems as they
arise. To polio we have added ar
thritis, birth defects, virus diseases
and disorders of the central ner
vous system. As soon as feasible,
we will provide patient aid for
children through the age of 18
suffering from arthritis and certain
birth defects of the central ner
vous system.”
ASC NEWS
A person who buys or sells farm
land for which an acreage allot
ment has been established has the
responsibility for notifying his
county Agricultural Stabilization
and Conservation Committee of the
change, according to C. A. Bagwell
of the Forsyth ASC Office.
Until a request is filed by an
interested producer, the county
committee is not in a position to
make the combination or division
of allotments which may be re
quired.
Mr. Bagwell urged that lawyers
or real estate agents handling the
sale or purchase of farm land be
come familiar with the regulations
on allotments before advising their
client or completing any transac
tion.
The 1959 ACP program will open
on December 26, 1958. The initial
signup period is December 26, 1958
through January 30, 1959.
Wie would liek to urge you who
wish to receive cost-sharing on a
conservation practice for your
farm to come into the county of
fice during the sign-up and file
your request. In that way you
will be sure your request v 11 be
considered before funds are ex
hausted.
PUPIL HEALTH WARNING
Wayne O. Reed, deputy United
States Commissioner of Education.
I told the nation’s teachers not to
neglect their students’ health in
I the face of stern education needs
of the space age.
| Cabinet Post
!Of Urban Affairs
Urged By George
There is strong support nation
ally for creation of a Cabinet post
in charge of urban affairs, accord
ing to W. E. George, executive
director of the Georgia Municipal
Association.
A resolution urging that Con
gress create the urban affairs post
in the Cabinet, and coordinate all
related programs in one depart
ment, was adopted by the Ameri
can Municipal Association at its
recent convention in Boston. George
served as a member of the resolu
tions committee at the convention.
More than 65 per cent of the
people of the United States now
live in cities or towns, much of
our population lives outside but
earns a living within cities, George
said.
In Georgia, 50 per cent of the
peopple now live in town, and
another 30 per cent earns a living
in town, he said.
“This urban ‘explosion’, which
has brought an economic industrial
revolution, makes it necessary that
cities be kept in a healthy and
progressive position,” George said.
“We can’t build progress on de
cadence. City governments must
receive equitable consideration,
along with the county, state, and
federal governments.”
The national association proposes
(hat all federal programs directly
affecting municipalities be coordi
nated and directed by one depart
mtnt of the federal government.
This would include housing and
slum clearnace, community facili
ties such as utilities, water re
sources programs such as storage
and pollution, air pollution, high
ways and transportation, airports,
and other programs relating speifi
cally to municipalities.
George said that several mtm
bers of Congress attending the
convention expressed their approv
al of the proposal.
I He said it may come up for con
jsideration at the next session of
| Congress.
With Your County
Accent
W’alter H. Rucker
This week I'm concluding my
comments on the six steps in the
Extension Forestry program. The
sixth and final step is: Wise Sell
ing Practices.
You don’t make money growing
trees. You make money selling
trees. Good timber sales probably
do more toward encouraging good
forest management than any other
factor. Good forest management is
the objective of the Extension Ser
vice’s Six-Step Forestry Program
for Georgia.
Wise selling is something that
can and should be practiced by
everyone. Only a little forethought
and preparation is necessary for a
successful and profitable sale.
Trees to be sold should be de
signated or marked. A written
timber sales agreement should
point out what is to be expected
of both the buyer and seller. Many
disagreements and hard feelings
can be avoided by having a good
timber sales agreement.
Trees or timber products should
always be sold on the basis of
some measurement. These measure
ments could be made as the tree
stands, after the logs or bolts
have been cut. or after the mater
ial, such as lumber, has been pro
cessed. It is important that a sale
be made on the basis of an ac
curate measurement rather than a
guess. You don’t sell cotton, pea
nuts, or chickens on an estimated
weight—why do this with forest
products?
Anew bulletin, “Tips on Timber
Sales,” which will be helpful t 0
timber buyers and '"downers,
can be obtained by ca'" 'g my of
fice. Remember, yet don’t make
money growing trees. You make
money selling trees. A well-planned
timber sale can bring satisfaction
and profit to both the buyer and
1 seller.
Give Polio Protection
A Gift To Child
A lifetime of protection against
polio would make a good gift for
young children this year.
Children under 5 years had more
than half of Georgia’s 35 cases of
paralytic polio in 1958, according
’to Dr. Thomas F. Sellers. Director
[of the Georgia Department of Pub
die Health. Dr. Sellers urges par
ents to start their children im
mediately on their course of 3
polio shots.
Georgia’s average for paralytic
polio in children under 5 years is
similar to the national average just
announced by Dr. Leroy Burney,
U. S. Surgeon General. Dr. Burney
said, “It is a tragic circumstance
that hundreds of children and
young adults will be spending the
balance of their lives in wheel
chairs or on crutches because of a
failure to be vaccinated."
Through December 6, Georgia
has had 55 cases of polio, of which
35 were paralytic. While this is
fewer than last year’s 78 cases in
the same period, Dr. Sellers said,
most of these victims would not
have had the disease if they had
received the Salk polio vaccine.
3 342 931 Members of
YMCA In U. S.
During the last year 3,342,931
different persons were members of
the YMCA in the United States,
belonging to 1,823 Y’s, the largest
recorded number since the 1920’5,
according to the YMCA Yearbook
report just released.
There were 111 Affiliated Com
munis Committtes and 34 District
YMCA Organizations similar to
this Y district.
Only 2.4 percent of the total Y
membership is 65 or older, indi
cating it is still a young men’s
movement, although 487,833 mem
bers were women and girls.
Work with clubs, classes and
teams is a widely accepted method
in the YMCA for providing acti
vities and services with its mem-
A total of 178,918 such groups
were reported, with enrollments
of 4.4 million and aggregate at
tendance of 73.5 million. Major
increases were reported in Sr. and
Jr. Tri-Hi-Y Clubs.
YMACA’s provided camping ex
periences. both residence and day
camps, for 401,901 persons during
the year, mostly boys and girls
| under 14.
The building “boom” continued
with 117 projects costing $74 mil
lion. Current operating expendi
tures totalled an additional $142
million.
The Buildings for Brotherhood
campaign was launched, with goals
accepted in excess of $5 million
for construction of facilities in
less privileged countries, with $lO
bing provided by the backward
countries from their own resources
Latest personnel report showed
a total of 3,827 professional YMCA
secretaries employed by various
YMCA’s across the country.
- The report was made by Clifford
M. Carey, director of YMCA re
search.
BUY CHRISTMAS SEALS
The annual Christmas Seal campaign is un
derway in Forsyth County. This newspaner need
not remind its readers this is one of the great
charitable causes of the year, and that the an
nual Christmas Seal sales, for help in combat
ting tuberculosis, should continue to be support
ed by civic-minded citizens.
It is never too late, even after Christmas, to
make your contribution.
We have some objections to some of the high
powered charity organizations, and we are skep
tical about far-fetched schemes for relief in all
corners of the world - on some occasions.
Bub as for the sale of Christmas Seals, we
can endorse this campaign wholeheartedly, one
hundred percent and hope the people of For
syth County will come through this year, as
they traditionally do, and buy Christmas Seals,
use them, and support the 1958 Christmas Seal
sale.
County Population 15,000.
Vand’ver Promised
“An Open Door
And Open Book”
In an address before new and
veteran legislators attending a two
day institute in Athens on Decem
ber 15, Governor-elect Ernest Van
diver promised “an open door and
open book" government after his
inauguration in January, 1959.
“Public records must be available
to the press and to the public.
MMeetings of public boards and
agencies must he open to the press
and public except under the most
unusual circumstances where the
public interest or public morality
demands that they be closed”, he
said.
All government officials in the
Vandiver administration will be
given notice “to conduct the peo
ple’s business as public business”,
stated Georgia's recently elected
chief executive.
M. A. Perry, President of the
Georgia Press Association and Edi
tor of Atlanta’s Metropolitan Her
ald, hailed this action by Governor
elect Vandiver with the following
statement: “The people’s right to
know about their own governmen
tal affairs has been reaffirmed by
Governor-elect Ernest Vandiver in
his forceful statement of Monday.
Members of the Georgia Press As
sociation have long fought for an
open records and open public meet
ings law so that they might report
the facts of government, local,
state and national to their readers
in an honest and intelligent man
ner. This is not possible when pub
lic records are withheld from the
press and the public and when
meetings of public bodies and bu
reaus are not open to the public.
Mr. Vandiver is to be commended
for his forthright statement on this
vita] issue. His action, if followed
in every phase of government,
from the local to the national lev
el, will result in better, more effi
cient government”, concluded Mr.
Perry.
Mr. Guy Kay, Retired
Forsyth County Farmer
Passes December 21st.
Mr. Guy Kay, a retire farmer of
Forsyth County passed away early
Sunday morning in the Forsyth
County Hospital after a short ill
ness.
Funernal Services were held at
Shady Grove Baptist Church Mon
day December 22 at 2:00 O’clock.
Rev. Frank Vaughan, Rev. Jay
Bottoms, Rev. D. M. Nalley offi
ciating. Interment in churchyard.
The Masonic Lodge was in charge
of graveside services.
Survivors include: Mr. and Mrs.
Clarence Kay, Carolyn, Martha,
Lynn, Stanley and Karen Kay of
Lawrenceville, Mr. and Mrs. Guy
Kay Jr, Brenda Sue and Deßorah
Ann Kay of Cumming, Brother
Mr. Walter Kay of Alpharetta:
Sisters, Mrs. Lula Turner of Cum
ming. Mrs. Fannie Turner of Mari
etta.
Number 52.
Georgia’s First
‘ Mayor’s Day” In
Atlanta, Jan., 20.
Georgia’s first "Mayor’s Day”, to
honor the m°n and women who
govern the state’s 420 towns mol
cities, will be he’d in Atlanta n
January 20, 1959.
W. E. George, Executive Director
of the Georgia Municipal Assoob
tion, said the Mayor’s Day wv*
! bring together the la: jest gattum
ing of city officials in the state’*
history. More than a thousand
mayors, council members, and
other city officials are expected
to attend.
The municipal officials plan t
visit with the General Assembly
for a brief joint session durtee
the morning. Governor Vandiwer
will speak.
An afternoon session will br
bo attended by municipal officiate
and leaders in Georgia irxtustiy,
business, and finance.
That night, officials of the new
state administration and rnrmfee**
of the General Assembly will to
entertained at a dinner.
George said that this is the lira*
time such a program has b*r
held to recognize the service b-’iw
rendered to the cities, count**;
and the state by municipal officiate
He said he hoped it can be maite
an annual event.
Mayor B. F. Merritt, Jr., of
Macon is president of the Gporjjta
Municipal Association, which ob
served its 25th anniversary this
year. * "IW
Mayor Charles A. Cowan of
Cartersville is Vice-President of
■ the association.
Soil Conservation
District News
JAMES T COOTS
SOIL CONSERVATION SKRVHX
The 14th and 15th flood retanf
ing structures in the Setting*jw
Creek Watershed have been com
pleted. This completes the nurnher
of dams as planned in the wairr
shod. Vegetation will be establish
ed on these two dams just complet
ed in the next few months.
Frozen ground and snow delay
ed tree planting in the county tar
a few days last week.
Sidney Jones, soil scientist tern
been classifying land according to
its capability on several farms tar
the past few days.
The soil and water conscnratto*
training class from Athens towed
the Settingdown Creek watershed
last Saturday. Land treatment,
flood retarding structures wad
channel improvement were observ
ed. Jackson Bennett, SCS, accom
panied the group.
A MERRY CHRISTMAS
AND A HAPPY NEW
YEAR TO ALL
Charles Nicholas
Named To Who’s
Who at North Georgia
Mr. Charles Nicho’as of On
ming has been named to Who's
Who Among Students in American
Universities and Colleges. The &?
tinction of being listed in this not
ional publication was based on Mr.
Nicholas’ high scholastic record
participation in extra-curricular ar
tivities and demonstrated canyr.
leadership. Mr. Nicholas is a Sen
ior at North Georgia College and
is majoring in History and 7ngicdh.
He has been President of the f%i
; Alpha Theta Honorary History So
ciety, winner of the American His
tory Award, on the Dean’s List,
winner of the Forensic Senate
Award, a member of the Nu Gam
ma Scholastic Honor Society, win
ner of the Public Speaking Award,
and a participant in Intramural
| Sports. He is a graduate of RiH
■ mond Academy in Augusta.