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Volume 50. New Year Resolutions To “Safeguard Your Heart” Good resolutions for 1959 should begin with a determination to let facts—rather than worrisome fears —govern your attitude towards heart disease, it was pointed out today by the Georgia Heart Asso ciation. “If you have any doubt about the condition of your heart, consult your doctor,” said the Association. “If he finds that there is nothing wrong with your heart and circu lation, needless anxiety can be eli minated. It a disorder is revealed, suitable treatment can be under taken immediately for the pat ient’s benefit.” Asa prelude to the 1959 Heart Fund Drive, which is to be con ducted throughout the state dur ing February, the Association pro posed that all citizens place these resolutions on their New Year’s List: 1. To learn the facts about the heart and its diseases, and to avoid needless fears and worry. 2. To shun self-diagnosis in fav or of regular heart and health checks by your own physician. ,3. To guard against excess weight, remembering that over weight overworks your heart. 4. To get the sleep and rest you neid, because rest lightens the wrk your heart has to do. < K. To keep fit by exercising mod erJtely and regularly. To be alert to the dangers of respirli fory infections, often the forerunners of strep infections and rheumatic^ - fever, common during the wintern months. The Asrfbciaton noted that hope and optinfiism are increasingly war ranted iJy the dramatic advances in diagnosis, treatment, prevention aijd cure \achieved in recent years a 1 the rwsult of heart research. Where disease was once re garded as M death sentence or life long invalidism, it is now recog nized th.mt some forms of heart disease c. an be prevented, a few can be enured, and that almost all cases calh be nelped by proper treatment*. A fj£ * resolution proposed by the Association is as follows: “tjttesolved, that I will do all wvWlin my power to advance the -in Ahmvide fight against heart dis ylrsV*- in its life-saving role of re- Hi e h by supporting the 1959 Heart Fund.” Gasoline Taxes In 3 Days Now Equal First Year Total Somewhere in Georgia this Sat urday (January 3), a gasoline pump meter will spin to the figure that will bring to $754,000 the amount collected in gasoline taxes so far in 1959. That is as much in three days as Georgia motorists used to pay in gasoline tax in a whole year. This was noted today by John S. Morrison, Chairman of the Pe troleum Association of Georgia, in commenting on present estimates that car owners of this state will pay a total of $124.5 million in taxes on gasoline in 1959, includ ing $36 million under the 3-cent federal tax. Morrison pointed out, however, that if Congress this year enacts the S9OO million a year increase in the federal gasoline tax, as pro posed recently in Washington, Georgia car owners will be paying an additional $lB million a year. Already, with Georgia s state tax of six and a half cents a gallon plus the state sales tax as applied to gasoline nd the 3-centa federal tax, motorists here are paying 10.2 cents in tax on each gallon, the equivalent of a 47 per cent sales tax on gasoline. In terms of revenue, Morrison noted, Georgia car owners are now paying this tax to the tune of $1,000,000 every 3 days, or as much as Georgia’s original one-cent gas tax yielded in a whole year fol lowing its enactment in 1921. Foresters at the Exttension Ser vice cite getting good forest man agement on 60 percent of the for est land in small ownerships as one of the pressing problems. The Forsyth County News OFFICIAL ORGAN OF FORSYTH COUNTY S CITY OF CUMMING DEVOTED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF FORSYTH. FULTON, CHERO REE. DAWSON, LUMPKIN, HALL AND GWINNETT COUNTIES. (City Population 2,500) Cecil Merritt, Forsyth County Director For 1959 March Of Dimes Atlanta, Dec. 29 —Mr. Cecil Merritt, manager of the Cumming Credit Bureau, has been appointed For syth County Director for he 1959 March of Dimes, it was announced recently by Leo Aikman, Georgia State campaign chairman. The drive will be held in January. Mr. Merritt is also active in other civic affairs being a director of the Kiwanis Club, deputy director of Civil Defense, a Mason, and a Shriner. He is a member of the Baptist Church. The polio-fighting organization is expanding into a broad new force that will tackle health problems on a wider front and no longer will confine its activities to a single disease. Initial new goals include arthritis and birth defects (con genital malformations). “I am confident that the people of Forsyth County, who helped make possible victory over polio through their contributions to the March of Dimes over the past 20 years, will give even greater sup port to the National Foundation’s expanded program in the future,” the county director said. “We would like to make it .dear, as we begin preparations for the 1959 March of Dimes, that the Nat ional Foundation will not abandon polio patients,” the director de clared. “We have a moral obligat ion to the patients of this county to continue to provide needed care and rehabilitation, and we will fulfill .this obligation.” The director stressed that while solution of the problems of arthri tis and birth defects are the im mediate new goals of the March of Dimes, the organization also will follow leads as they develop in the fields of virus research and studies of the central nervous sys tem. Little Things Women often are heard to say "it’s the little things that count”. And, in our opinion, the little things are often underrated by many of us. Have you ever thought how worthwhile a smile every morning is? Or some little thing you might do for someone each day this can change your whole life. And even if you do not know that life usually returns your kindnesses at a later stage, nonetheless these little considerations make life a better thing —and lifts one’s spirits. The Boy Scouts and their good deed each day have a wonderful motto. Do you, each day, do some one a good turn, to lighten the daily grind and cheer them up just a bit? Try iit. You’ll find you feel better at the end of the day. And in dealing with members of your family, who live in the same house, there is a rule which can be of great value to you all through life. It is not original with the Editor it came from a far more accomplished person. It is this: treat your husband or wife, or other members of your intimate family as nicely as you would treat a total stranger you might meet. This sounds strange but think it over. If we always treated our husband, or wife, as cordially and considerately as we would treat a total stranger, we would some times get along better and life would be a little sweeter, the home just a little more rewarding. AGRICULTURE Big Business Economists at the Agricultural Extension Service report agricul ture in the United States buys more petroleum than any other industry, purchases 6,500,000 tons of finished steel a year, buys enough rubber to put tires on 6,- 000,000 cars a year, uses 50.000,- 000 tons of chemicals annually, and uses more electric power than Chicago, Detroit, Houston, Balti more, and Boston combined. Every home may be made safer by recognizing and removing haz ards, points out Miss Lucile Hig ginbotham, health education spec ialist. Cumming Georgia, Thursday January 1, 1959. YOU AND 1959 In appraising 1959 and the outlook for our community, our state and nation, we have much to be thankful for. The country seems to have emerged from a stiff recession. We are still at peace, even though the cold war constantly ! threatens to grow heated. In Scotland, on New Year’s Day, boys used to go from house to house to collect the gifts as the nobility in England customarily sent the king a purse with gold in it at the beginning of the year. The Scottish boys often greeted their voluntary or involuntary donors with a poem: “I wish you a Merry Christmas and a happy New Year, A pocketful of money and a cellar full of beer, And a good fat pig to serve you all the year, Ladies and gentlemen sitting by the fire, Pity us poor boys out in the mire.” This was so productive in Scotland it was brought to the United States, where usually just the.firstfc'four wishes were repeated. (And it wa& used New Year’s Day, even though there was a “Merry involved.) It is good that we haven’t retyfrved' custom. Hallowe’en, however, is like it. H V In addition to ajt 1 amJfnV round of upoh >us* -we **to have many ’thing’s fo be thankful for. .Let us hqpe that fjtake the time to consider ffiem, gain arull iftfeasure of £stiMaction, ‘enjoyment, j contentment f 'and spiritual appreciation from | them. i, c/OM THfAMKH&ZHMgS. ASC NEWS Farmers who grow' upland cotton approved marketing quotas for the 1959 crop in the December 15, re ferendum on the question, Jhon F. Bradley, Administrative Officer of the State Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee has announced. Preliminary returns on the bal loting show' that above 90 percent of all the votes cast in the cotton referendum nationally were in fav or of the quotas. At least two thirds of the votes must be favor able in order to make the quotas effective. The 1959 ACP sign-up period is December 26, 1958 through Janu ary 30, 1959. If a conservation prac tice is needed on your farm please comt into the county office and request cost-sharing to carry out this practice. If the practice needed on ycur larm is permanent cover, tree planting, constructing a dam, or Improving a stand of forest trees you may earn cost-sharing as high as 70 percent of the cost. May we urge you to come in and file your request for cost-sharing during the initial sign-up period. In that way you can be sure your request is considered before funds are exhausted. County Population 15,000. Number 1. All Eyes Are On Vandiver As H!s Reign Draws Near ATLANTA, (GPS) As the old year Rave way to the new, there was excitement, anticipation and even wonderment in the air over Geor gia’s political arena. Reason: A ‘ new Governor is about to be j crowned. ' When Samuel Ernest Vandiver I Jr. takes the oath of office on the j Capitol grounds at high noon Janu ! ary 13 anew four-year state ad- will officilly begain. ( I What sort of Governor will the j 40-year-old Lavonia lawyer-farmer I businessman turn out to be? Only I time will tell. But one thing is ! certain at this point he’ll as j sume his new and greater respon | sibilities with the confidence and !best wishes of a vast majority of Georgians. Perhaps no other Georgia gov ernor faced more immediate prob lems at the beginning of a term. The immediate future conceivably could develop into the most criti cal four-year period in Georgia’s modern history. Certainly, the next administration has many a hatd row to hoe. Vandiver himself, who has serv ed as lieutenant governor for the past four years, realizes he has a tough job- ahead of him. Neverthe- I less, he is pledged to solve all the I pressing problems confronting the ! state, particularly such major ones ias preservation of school segrega ! tion and the County Unit System, ! handltrfe of state fiscal, affairs, essential public services manty others. j arfjk helD I9w tariSh the Idiwr hrff jaTCttjr well lined up ms t#Jm of I kAt tenants. Here are some ;of Tlie men #ho will t*id frej> j posts under, hiSf administration: I Executive Secretary: Peter Zack ! Geer, 31-year-old attorney of Col quitt in Miller County. Supervisor of Purchases: Wil liam R. Bowdoin, 45 year-old At lanta banker. (Bowdoin will be on leave of absence from the Trust Company of Georgia where he is senior vice president.) Revenue Commissioner: Dixon Oxford, 44-year-old businessman farmer of Dawson in Terrell County. Highway Board Chairman: James L. Gillis, of Soperton, a 66-year-old I veteran of the Highway Depart- ment. (When his appointment is confirmed by formal election by the General Assembly, as is ex pected. Gillis will be returning to a post he held under the Talmadge administration.) Director of Public Safety: Wil liam T. Trotter, 39-year-old La- Grange attorney. (Trotter, a form er state senator, will serve in the upcomirfg Legislature as a repre sentative from Troup County be fore assuming his $lO,OOO-a-year job.) Adjutant General: George J. (Bo) Hearn, a Monroe hardware store owner. (Hearn returns to a post he held for many years until mid-1957.) Others whom Gov.-elect Vandiver has announced he will appoint in clude: Dr. E. L. Wright, president of Darlington School at Rome (Vandiver’s alma mater), to the Board of Regents. Griffin B Bell, 40-year-old At lanta attorney, as chief of staff of his administration. This is an hon orary position. The incoming Governor also has announced he plans to reappoint Peter Wheeler as director of the State Department of Veterans Ser vice; Alan Kemper as director of the State Department of Public Welfare, and Morris M. Bryan Jr., of Jefferson, as a member of the Board of Regents from the Ninth District. And as he prepares to take over the operation of the state govern ment with the team he is assemb ling, Gov.-elect Vandiver delivered this message to the people of Georgia: For control of poultry disease laboratory diagnosis should be se cured before treatment is started, say poultrymen at the Agricultural ; Extension Service. F. C. H. School Vs. Lumpkin County High The Lumpkin County High teams 1 from Dahlonega will be in Cum ming for games on Tuesday Janu ary 6th. We do not know their i strength this year, hut in the past, | they have given us good games | and we may expect the same this | year. They are building anew j Gymnasium and the games here !are the only ones to be played I between the schools this year. North Side girls, led by Mary Rosebush were no match for the local girls on December 19th and lost 57 29. Our hoys played their boys a good first half and trailed by five points, hut dropped behind the big sharp shooting boys ftom the City and lost 45- 79. I.arry Rollins shot 34 points from long range to keep us within range for most of the game. This was a high score for Larry or any other boy. The Buford teams came on Mon day night December 22nd, and lost two one sided games. Helen Gilbert wah high for us with 19 points in the 50 29 win. Adrain Fowler had 22 poins for his nights work in the 60 39 win for the locals. This is Adrian’s best effort and we hope he has more big nights like this. Our teams piav Cherokee High on their new floor on Saturday night, January 3. The House of David, with their long beards will he here to play the local Athletic Club on Friday night January 2nd. They have a giant center, 6 7, who will oppose Harold Whitt, Hugh Smith, Dan Martin and Company at 8 p. m. : These fellows are magicians on the court and will furnish a fine even ings entertainment. One of the | Denny boys from Can*on is a member' of the team. This team summers in Jacksonville, Florida and *piays from Central America through Canada during the basket ball seasons. In addition to being clows and Knights of the court, they will win most of their games against all comers. A good pre liminary game will start at 7:00. The Seniors are the sponors and will be in charge of tickets and concessions. The Hous of David has suggosled we charge 25 100 I NEW YEAR LOOKS RRIGHTER, HUIET STATES “The New Year, 1959, promises to be brighter than 1958,” Georgia Commissioner of Labor Ben T. Huiet stated this week. "Business and industry employment has con tinued to climb steadily in the State since May this year, in spite of labor disputes involving large numbers of workers, model change over shutdowns and seasonal re ductions in a number of industries. "Total non-farm wages for 1958 will exceed those of 1957 when Georgia wage-earners carried home their largest paycheck, over $3 billion,” Huiet continued. "We saw our lowest employment in May, with seven percent of the State's insured wage earners seek ing job insurance. The nation’s average shot to 8.1 percent, and some states’ unemployment was double Georgia’s rate. The most re cent figures show Georgia’s unem ployment rate 20 percent below I the national average. "Of Georgia’s 963,000 non-farm | workers, 373.000 are engager! in the production of goods, and 590,- 1 000 in service and trade. Almost 96 percent of its workers are now carrying home pay checks. “Georgia's 1958 growth has been ! sound and stable. Baunk deposits ! and loans are up. Spending is up. New businesses are on the in crease. Air travel is on the rise. Farm income is higher. Building permits advanced 24 percent over last year. Trade, topped its 1957 record. The New Year will be even better than the old,” Commissioner Huiet concluded. BETTER DAIRYING The necessity for continued pro gress in dairying should be the concern of all Georgia dairymen, declares Sid Diamond, dairyman. Diamond cites low production p cow as being generally associr with high production costs.