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Camming, Georgia.
THE FORSYTH COUNTY NEWS
ESTABLISHED IWW
prAj-imn over Forsyth. Fulton, Cherokee, Dawson, Lumpkin,
Hall and Qwinnett Counties
TukT.APLK THAT APPKELLATES YOLK PATRONAGE
Published Every Thursday at Gumming, Georgia
P. OTWELL Editor and Owner
/AMES L REEVES Associate Editor
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Altered at the I’ost Office at Cummlng, Georgia August 10,
1910, as mail matter of Second Class.
Advertising Rales Made Known Upon Application
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF FOItSYTII COUNTY
AND CITY OF CUMMING
NATIONAL EDI TO RIAL
CHURCHES AND PEOPLE
Every once in a while you run across a citi
zen of GUMMING who tries to impress you
with the broadness of his religious viewpoint
by taking a pot-shot at the churches of the
nation.
The speaker will tell about helping other
Biuman beings in distress, and exhibit every sign
of an assumed superiority over those who wor
c'mp in organized churches in the name of their
leligion.
It is rather seldom that these talkers realize
matt without the organized churches of the past,
il is highly improbable that they would know
very much about religion. It is worse than that.
Without the organized churches of tthe past,
there is doubt if our present civilization would
be even vaguely as good as it is. The critics of
the church are quite willing to accept the fruits
of its work, but they are not always just enough
u give credit.
ATTAIN PERSONAL SATISFACTION
There was a day, not so long ago. when every
*. ung American v, as assured that he had a
chance to become President of the L nited States
and. if he failed in that, at the worst, he would
probably make a million dollars.
The result of this teaching has probaly been
evil. The generations that have grown on such
-uotions have been inclined to grab lor them
sdves and get all that the law allows, and some
of Ihe fiuit that the law prohibits.
it is about time that education includes the
idea that an individual attains satisfaction, not
by getting everything or the highest honors tVy
himself, or herself, but by serving society in his
m her place, with distinction. The development
if men and women into intelligent creatures,
/ilh an understanding of human nature, is a
task that most of us complete late in life, if
at all
Maybe, by starting early with the youngsters,
we could help them attain a greater goal earlier
in life, and that, we admit, is what life is intend
ed to accomplish.
SELF-CONTROL AND HAPPINESS
•
The peace and happiness of the average citi
zen does not depend upon the amount of money
tc or she possesses, the number of organizations
U which he or she belongs, or the outcome of
yjuy great social struggle.
The contentment that makes for human hap
jdr.eiis is within the reach o fevery individual
vho is able to face life with a philosophy that
calves personal problems. The acceptance and
i practice of religious tenets often provides the
whether these religious beliefs are ad
as an individual or as a member of some
2 dligiaus organization.
The capacity of the individual for self-control,
Itowever, is the real key to happiness and con
lanlnient. It is a product that you cannot buy,
tl , receive as a gift. It is, nevertheless, within
reach of all -but oftentimes, is attained by
very few.
The Forsyth County News
The person who smiles throughout the day
doesn’t have sense enough to know what’s going
on, or else too much to care.
If you seldom convince friends in discussions,
one of two things is wrong. Either you can’t
calmly present your ideas, or you don’tt see
.he other side of the argument.
The accomplishments of a community, like
GUMMING, are limited only by the willing
ness of its citizens to work for the commond
good.
MIKOYAN IKE STANDOFF
The recent meeting between President Eisen
lower and First Deputy Premier Anastas I.
Mikoyan lesulted in a standoff. It is now clear
hat both exhibited a friendly personality, and
vvarmth, but both held the line.
President Eisenhower, bulwarked by Secre
tary of State John Foster Dulles and the Ameri
can Ambassador to Moscow, who had been
called home, held his ground. When Mikoyan
suggested that the Soviet Union had not issued
an ultimatum concerning Berling and awaited
U. S. proposals on solving the Berling problem,
Mr. Eisenhower reiterated this country’s inten
tion to stand firms, and not be pushed out of
Berlin.
In addition, Mr. Eisenhower suggested that
there had been no Berlin problem until the Rus
sian move in November and that, therefore, the
present problem had been created by Moscow,
and could be solved by Moscow.
In spite of the fact that the meeting was a
standoff, Washington observers expect some
ort of consultation, perhaps on a top-level plane
to be held this Spring or thereabouts. But as
far a sthe recent Ike-Mikovan meeting, both
men had been well briefed, offered no new or
sensational solutions or concessions, and it was
apparently merely a case of “grinning on guard.
For once, apparently, the naive character of
vmerican officials did not produce gullibility.
THESE ARE
THE FACTS
about Senate Bill No. 30, to “redefine rural
areas”, in the General Assembly
The bill simply gives Georgia's Rural Electrics the right to
continue seiving their own customers who happen to live in
areas which are annexed to cities, and to serve such new cus
tomers who build on the lines in these annexed areas and re
quest service, and provides that Rural Electric service within
such city limits shall be only in annexed areas, where lines
presently exist
The bill does not authorize the Rural Electrics to take customers
from any city or power utility. It does not seek to penalize
or interfere with existing power supply of cities and towns.
and the reasons we
urge its passage.
We now have 38,904 "idle services”, representing almost $8,000,-
000 in services built to serve customers no longer there We
must preserve our existing investment, and we seek only to
keep what we have bought and paid for (with money borrowed
from the REA, which we are paying back with interest). We
built our lines under a law offering the same opportunity to
any qualified borrower. No one else would undertake the job.
We were asked to bring service to the areas near the cities,
and by so doing furthered their growth and progress, making
them attractive for city limits expansion.
The Rural Electrics of Georgia stand ready to meet the same franchise
tax payment arrangements covering the customers it serves who be
come city residents as those in effect between the cities and other
power suppliers.
NOW, OUR POSITION IS CLEAR WE MERELY' WISH
TO BE ALLOWED TO KEEP WHAT WE HAVE WORKED
LONG AND HARD TO BUILD
THE
RURAL ELECTRIC SYSTEMS
OF GEORGIA
FORSYTH COUNTY HOSPITAL
AUXILLARY MEETS
The Forsyth County Hospital
Auxiliary meeting was held Janu
ary 29th in the hospital dining
room with 17 members present.
The president, Mrs. Paul Holbrook
presided. The nominating commit
tee submitted the following names
to serve as officers for the en
suing year.
President—Mrs. Edith Bennett
V-president—Mrs. Monine Howell
Corresponding Secretary—Mrs. Vir
ginia Samples
Recording Secretary—-Mrs. Audrey
Gravitt
Treasurer- Mrs. Allene Wheeler
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OTWELL’S DEPARTMENT STORE
Roy Otwell, Jr., Owner
THE GUMMING METHODIST CHURCH
Pilgrim Mill Road
Rev. G. Horace Couch, Minister
Telephones: Church Office TULip 7 —2900
Parsonage TULip 7 —2379
“WORSHIP SERVICES”
Sunday Morning Worship Service 11:00 A. M.
Sunday Evening Worship Service 7:30 P. M.
Wednesday Night Prayer Service 7:30 P. M
“CHURCH SCHOOL ACTIVITIES”
Sunday School 10:00 A. M.
Mr. Clyde Mize, Church School Superintendent
Methodist Youth Fellowship (Sunday Evening) 6:30 P. M.
MYF Activity Hour (Sunday Evening) 8:30 P. M.
Mrs. Clyde Mize, Co-counselor
Junior Fellowship (Saturday Evening) 7:30—9:00 P. M.
Mrs. M. P. Holbrook, Co-counselor
“CHURCH ORGANIZATIONS"
OFFICIAL BOARD MEETING 730 P M.
Mr. Milton Patterson, Chairman
(Tuesday night after third Sunday every third month)
CHOIR PRACTICE (Every Wednesday Night) 8:15 P. M.
WOMEN’S SOCIETY OF CHRISTIAN SERVICE
(First Monday of every month) 3:00 P. M.
Mrs. Dan Devine, President
WESLEYAN SERVICE GUILD
(First Tuesday of every month 8:00 P. M.
Mrs. Doris Graham, President
METHODIST MEN'S CLUB “Supper Meetings**
(Tuesday after fourth Sunday every month) 7:00 P. M.
Mrs. James E. “Tommy” Gravitt, President
Thursday, February &J 959.
They were unamiously elected
and the Gavel was handed to the
new President. She appointed a
Ways and Means Committee with
I Mrs. Paul Holbrook, chairman.
1 The current project of the Auxil
| iar v is to secure a coffee dispenser
for the benefit of the hospital
patrons..
Any Lady in the county who has
a few hours of leisure each week
and wishes to be of service to suf
fering humanity should contact
the President, Don a "Cherry Pink
uniform and jon the ranks. Dues
iare SI.OO per year.
Publicity Committee:
Mrs. Bernice Garrett
Mrs. Glanna Pirkle