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Volume 50. William J. Poole Prominent Merchant Dies Suddenly, Feb., 14 Mr. William J. Poole, age 52, a prominent merchant of Cumming for a long time passed away sud denly Saturday night February 14. He was much loved by his friends and was taken ill while at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Mack Roper with several friends having dinner. Mr. Poole was a Deacon of the First Baptist Church of Cumming, a devoted Christian, a Mason and Shriner. He will be sadly missed throughout the community. Funeral services were conducted Monday morning at 11:00 A. M. at the First Baptist Church with Rev. Harold Zwald, Rev. Marcus Reed and Rev. Horace Couch offi ciating. Burial in Cumming Ceme tery. The Deacons of the First Baptist Church were Pallbearers. He is survived by his wife, the former Miss Ruby Ingram, one daughter, Mrs. Garland Bennett, Jr. of Atlanta; Mother, Mrs. W. N. Poole; sister, Mrs. Reppard De- Loach of Statesboro; grandchild ren. Ann and Garland Bennett, 111. nephews Dennis and William De- Loach of Statesboro. Cravey Honors Six Heroes Of School Blaze ATLANTA—HaiIing their feat an “inspiration to us all and an ex ample of fortitude indescribable”, Safety Fire Commissioner Zack D. Cravey Saturday swore in a Hon orary State Fire Marshals three teachers and three s-f-udents for their part in the evacuation of 160 occupants of the Lakemont (Rabun County) Elementary School which recently burned to the ground. “When a school is isolated such as was the Lakemonth school and out of reach of fire protection” Commissioner Cravey pointed out, “only sound training and presence of mind can save lives when dan ger strikes. Fortunately Lakemont had both,” Commissioner Cravey said. He praised Principal L. J. Wall for his persistence in having regu lar fire drills, Principal Wall hav ing repor-j-ed that he had held three fire drills the week of the fire and had even pulled a surprise drill shortly before the devatating blaze. Principal Wall was made an Honorary Deputy State Fire Mar shal along with Miss Lassie White and Arthur Craig, teachers. Miss Whi-j-e discovered the blaze and reported it to Principal Wall and led her first grade children out of the fiery building. Mr. Craig rushed into the burning school to rescue two frightened youngsters who hade marched out of the build ing fhen gone back to hide in the rest room. Also cited were Junior Fire Mar - shals Kenneth Page and Kenneth Carver. The former, as he had been trained, manned a fire extinguisher and held the fire as muchat bay as he could while the children were being evacuated. He stayed at his post until ordered ou-j- by Mr. Wall. The latter, on his prescribed check up after the alarm, found a young ster indisposed in the rest room and, picking him up bodily, brought him out to safety. Commissioner Cravey made the ■j-hree youngsters Junior Fire Mar shals Emeritus, State at Large. Although not a marchal, Arvil Graff proved himself a real “min ute man”. Several desks in his classroom inadvertently were block ing the aisles as the children arose to vacate. But nof for long. Arvil, a husky mountain boy, removed each and in a jiffy had cleared the way for his fellow students. There was no sign of panic. Commissioner Cravey swore in the honorees at ceremonies in his Capitol Chambers. Attending were Senator R. E. Cannon, of Clayton, and Rabun Counf y School Superin tent Berry Floyd. Both told Com missioner Cravey how grateful their entire community was to each of the six new marchals. General Trudeau bitterly denoun ces Mikoyan visit. The Forsyth County News OFFICIAL ORGAN OF POBBYTH COUNTY & CITY OF CUMMINS DEVOTED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF FOBSYTH. FULTON, CHICHO KEE, DAWSON, LUMPKIN, HALL AND GWINNETT COUNTIES. (City Population 2,500) Cumming Georgia, Thursday, Feb., 19, 1959. I Club To Honor jTop Producers Of Pimientos Georgia’s newest club to recog ' nize top producers of farm pro i ducts The Five-Ton Pimiento | Club —and how it will work will , be discussed here February 19 by j Cecil Blackwell, horticulturist. Ag ricultural Extension Service, Uni ] versity of Georgia College of Agri culture. Blackwell also will discuss how pimiento growers can produce five •j-ons per acre. Various production practices which affect the yield and quality of pimientos will be discussed by research staff membebrs of the Georgia Experiment Station and canning plant representatives dur ing the one-day short course. The Extension horticulturist said today that the contest is open and free to all Georgia growers under contract with a member of the Asociated Pimiento Canners who produce one or more acres of pimientos. A grower must enter his total acreage prodduced wheth er on the same farm or not. A tenant is eligible provided the crop is contracted in his name and his total acreage is entered. Blackwell said that the Agricul tural Extension Service, through its county agents, will be respon sible for checking sales receipts and acreage measurements, on which yields per acre will be deter mined. He added that interested growers should contact their coun ty agents for details of the contest and application blanks. Application for enrollment must be made to the county agent by July 1. All growers who produce five or more tons per acre will be awarded a certificate of member ship, Blackwell said. Special recog nition will be given to the three top growers in the state. First prize will be S3OO less the cost of a watch, appropriately inscrib ed; second prize will be S2OO and the third prize, SIOO. World War One Veterans To Hold Mass Meeting ATLANTA The Veterans of World War One in this city and surround | ing counties will hold a mass meet ing Saturday night at 7:30 P. M. in the Life Insurance Company of Georgia Building, 573 West Peach tree Street. The Atlanta Barracks No. 948. Veterans of World War Dne—USA will be the host Barracks and with their Ladies Auxiliary'. National Senior Vice Commander A. T. G. Novak of Seattle, Wash ington will be the principle speak er. Other national and department officers will be present at this meeting along with the present Georgia Department Commander R. H. Thompson of Augusta. Commander Thompson said “we are most certainly expecting to witness the greatest turnout of World War One veterans than has happened in the past fifteen years and a cordial invitation is extend ed to all of those war veterans, their families, the widows and their families of deceased World War One veterans to be present.” Both Commander Novak and Commander Thompson wil larrive in Atlanta Friday from Washing ton where they have been attend ing meetings of the National Board of Administration and the National Legislative Committee in which Mr. Thompson is a member repre senting, Alabama, Florida, Georgia and Mississippi, each will be able to report on the progress of pend ing legislation for the World War One veterans and their survivors. IT’S POSSIBLE! In Albania a workman asked a friend why they don’t sell liquor there on “election days.” The answer Somebody might see two parties on the ballot. At least one-fourth inch of shirt collar should show at the back of the neck of a man’s jacket, says Miss Avola Whitesell, cloth ing specialist, Agricultural Exten sion Service. Heart Sunday To Climax 1959 Heart Fund Campaign 1 20,000 GEORGIA VOLUNTEERS i WILL TAKE PART I __ j The 1959 Georgia Heart Fund Campaign will reach its climax next Sunday, February 22—HEART SUNDAY. At this ti me 20,000 men and women volunteers in 112 coun ties will visit 400,000 Georgia homes for contributions to support the fight against heart and cir culatory disease. Throughout the nation more than one and one half million volunteers are expect ed to call at 30 million homes. Heart Fund volunteers will make their visits in mos-j- most com munities between the hours of 12 noon and 4 P. M. Sunday with each calling on between 15 and 25 neighbors. At homes where no one answers the doorbell, Heart Sunday volunteers will leave a special en velope for use in mailing contri butions. It is -(-he most important Heart Fund appeal since the first cam paign was conducted ten years ago. "Only a very substantial increase in public support will enable the Georgia Heart Association to under write new research projects -j-o the extent that is clearly warranted,” said Dr. J. Gordon Barrow, Presi dent of the Georgia Heart Asso ciation. “We can meet our existing re search commitmenj-s, and we can also undertake the new research that is so deserving of support, if the people of Georgia give gener ously when their Heart Fund vol i unteers call Sundal,” Dr. Barrow j continued. “Our chief hope is that , gifts will be j-ruly representative of the entire family, rather than of a single individual in the family. Therefore, we are asking the pub lic to ‘give for every heart you 1 love’ ”. “Major targets of the Georgia Heart Research Program are strok es, high blood pressure and afheros clerosis, still responsible for 90 percent of heart illnesses and deaths,” he added. Religious leaders of all principal faiths have endorsed the Heart Sunday collections, and many have signified their intention of com mending the efforts from their pulpij-s Sunday morning. With Y our County A. gent Walter H. Kueker If you are a pecan grower, now’s the time to fertilize. Within four to six weeks growth of trees be gins and fertilizer will need at least this much time to dissolve and get down to the tree roots where it will do some good, i This month each tree not in a pasture system should receive 3 pounds of 8—8—8 fertilizer for each year it has been growing. This means a 33 year old tree would need 100 pounds of fertilizer broadcast under the spread of its branches, beginning three to five feet from the trunk and extending three to five feet beyond the verti cal tree shadow. Lime should be applied to the soil if soil tests show the pH is below 5.5. If liming, or if protect ion against rosette is needed, also apply zinc sulfate. For trees five to ten years old, three to four pounds of zinc sulfate should be brodcast under the branches. Ma ture trees should receive six to eight pounds. For trees intergraded into a pasture system, apply two pounds of B—B—B fertilizer for each year of the tree’s age. This application is needed in addition to that given for the pasture during the spring or fall. If soil tests show that ample amounts of phosphate and potash are in the soil, then fertilizer con taining only nitrogen may be ap plied in February. Apply one pound of actual nitrogen to trees five nad six years old, two pounds if 10 to 12 years old. four pounds if 20 to 22 years old, and six pounds if 30 to 32 years old. | Manures and organic matter are ! also beneficial topecan trees. The lack of fertilizers is one of the j main causes for low pecan pro duction in Georgia. Marked Improvement In Mail Service Noted In 79 Counties A “marked improvement” in mail service in the 79 counties which comprise the Atlanta "postal area” has been noted since the in auguration of the “Metoopolitan ; Plan” last November, it has been | announced by William L. Crawford Atlanta Regional Operations Dir ector. j Primarily designed to guarantee next business day delivery for ail first class letters mailed before 5 p. m. on any business day, a i series of careful checks and sur- I veys has revealed that this ob- j jectiye is being reached better than i 95 per cent of the time with no major difficulties being encounter ed, Mr. Crawford stated. Prior to the start of the new system, he continued, a similar survey had been conducted in the affected area and at that time it was found that approximately 85 per cent of the letters were ac complishing the desired delivery schedule. In order to better this figure, new methods of processing mail in every post office in the area and “completely revised” trans portation patterns were installed and the results have been describ ed as “quite satisfactory.” “We believe that the desired ser vice improvements sought through the inauguration of the Atlanta Metropolitan Plan have been ac complished,” Mr. Crawford said, “and that constant attention to its operation will assure continuation of the service advantages. The “Metropolitan Area” covers approximately 26,000 square miles with a population estimated at 2,500,000. Similar plans have been launched at several other “Con eeE.ctfjop Centers” throughout the country and still others are being made ready. MORAL FAILURE Some people are in the process iof becoming better day by day and some are in the process of becoming worse as the days go by. During the days of the public ministry of Jesus some men I brought, rather drug, a woman that they ysaid had been caught [in j-he act of Adultry and threw [ her at the feet of Jesus. Those men were taking judgment of human personality into their own hands and condemning this woman for her sin. They were trying to take the place of God in condemn ing this woman when -(-heir sin of “fault finding” and “haughty self-righteousness” was as bad as the sin of this woman. Where were the men who were partners in the crime with this woman? When this woman was dragged into the presence of Jesus and accused by fhese men. Jesus Jesus, gentleman that he was, stooped down and began tto write in the said. We don’t know what he wrote. When these men had finished their violent accusa-j-ions. Jesus said tto the men “Let him that is without sin cast the first stone”. Then Jesus confinued writing in the sand. The rocks began to fall out of the hands of these men as they walkked away, one by one. This wretched woman, crouched near Jesus perhaps was trying to see in the eyes of Jesus some un derstanding, some forgiveness. Then Jesus looked up and at this poor sinful woman and asked, “Where are those -j-hat accused thee”, They were gone. Then Jesus said, neither do I accuse thee. GO AND SIN NO MORE.” Accusing and stoning a person will not help them, but forgiving and praying for one another is the Christian way. In our moral failures only Christ and the Christ like spinf of Christians can bring genuine help and complete for giveness. W. R. CALLAWAY MISTAKEN IDENTITY “Your mother has been living with us for twenty years now,” said John. “Isn’t it tabout time she got an apartment of her own?” “My mother?” replied Helen, “I thought she was your mother.” County Population 15,000. |Hon. Phil M. Landrum Proud of Forestry Activities In Georgia As representative of the Ninth District of Georgia, I am quite proud of the forestry activities on the great Chattahoochee National Forest, which comprises almost 575,500 acres in my District. The activities are many yarn! diversi fied: Timber sales, fire control, forest research, road and trail building, and recreation and public use. This latter item is one of in creasing importance each year. Many people now come to the mountains of North Georgia for picnicking, camping, hunting, fish ing. Each year the number grows, and each year the use of the re creational facilities is more intense. I Last year an increase in the ap propriation item for recreation and public use was making it possible to more adequately meet the ex panding pressures of folks visiting the forest. Campgrounds and re creational areas were being main- tained, improved and developed to more adequately meet the needs. The proosed cut of almost 1 1-2 million dollars in the budget for F l . Y. 1960 for this work is a step backward. However, it will not deter in the least the continued and increased use of the national forest areas by the public. This item should be restored so that sanitary, safe, and full use can be made of the recreational facilities on the national forest in my State and on the other national forests throughout the country. Again this year, I recommend the restoration of the proposed cut in cooperative tree planting funds. If this cooperative Federal-State program is reduced by another 500 thousand dollars, then tree plant ing on private lands will surely deteriorate in many States. I am proud of Georgia’s pro gress in tree planting. It is good to report that over the years Georgia has worked effectively with her Federal partner, the U. S. Forest Service, in developing one of the finest tree planting programs in America. We planted 192,000 acres in 1958, exceeded only by Florida. However, we still have over 1 1-2 million acres in need of planting to forest trees. Our 5 operating State nurseries are now in full production and we have two more under construction. Other States, however, are not so fortunate. They need the cooper ative assistance provided under this appropriation item. I recom mend, therefore, restoration of the proposed 500 thousand dollar cut in cooperative tree planting money. To launch a realistic tree planting program with the States the full 2 1-2 million authorized in the Clarks-McNary Act should be ap propriated. Timber sales are important on the Chattahoochee National Forest. I am pleased to see an increase of $2,000,000 recommended for this activity in the budget. I support this increase with enthusiasm. Mrs. A. H. Fisher Celebrates 89th Birth* day February 4th. Mrs. A. H. Fisher of College Park, formerly of Cumming cele brated her 89th birthday February 4th at her home in College Park. Mrs. Fisher is the only one living of her family, having lost her only sister in January. Early in the morning WSB Radio announced her birthday, then when the mail came she received several cards from friends and relatives. Among them was a card from Mrs. T. J. Pirkle of New York, formerly of Cumming. She received many presents and flowers. Mrs. Joe Summerour, a daughter of Cum ming had visited a few days be fore and brought her a birthday cake. Pictures were made of Mrs. Fisher and the cake with the candles on it. Those enjoying the birthday din ner with her were her daughters, Miss Louise Fisher with whom she lives, Mrs. L. A. Tedder of Smyrna Mrs. J. C. Minor of College Park, and a neice, Mrs. M. M. Duncan of Atlanta. Number 8. 1 ana 7/\| l}M 7rij UiA WuLj •’SPH! CUMMING METHODIST NEWS Reinforcement of spiritual re sources is necessary to daily ex perience and living. We find suffi ciency in a higher power—in God. TRY HIS WAY. Meet His in church The Gainesville District Pastor’s Meeting was held Monday, Febru ary 16th, in the Gainesville District Parsonage with the Rev. and Mrs. H. C. Stratton. Plans were made that in all the rural churches there be held a revival simultaneously throughout the district. Two weeks were set aside so that this pro gram mightt be carried out. Thursday evening, 8:00 P. M„ at the Level Creek Methodist Church, the Union M. Y. F. Sub-District will hold its monthly meeting. There will be a representation from the Cumming Metthodist Church attending. The Christian Workers’ School will be held in the Buford Meth odist Church during March 1-5. On Sunday, March Ist, 2:30 until 5:00; Monday through Thursday, the time will be from 7:30 until 9:30 each evening. All teachers, youth, and interested parentts are I invited to attend. This is the school I for our area which is held annually F. H. A. NEWS On February 4, 1959 the Future Homemakers of America met in the Cafteiorium. The meeting was called to order by the President, Mar Jean Whitt. Lucretia Walls read the devot ional and led the members in the Lord’s Prayer. The motion was made that the club give SSO to the Home Eco jnomics department to buy new | supplies. This is the club’s school ; project for the year. The date for the Mother-Daugh ter banquet is March 28. The presi dent appointed the committees for the banquet and asked them to meet after the meeting was ad journed. The project for the month of February is selling dog tags. It is very important that everyone buy a dog tag. Mar Jean told us about the Dis trict meeting in Gainesville on February 28, 1959. She said that everyone who is working on a degree must go to this meeting if they did not go to the district meeting in Athens. Fifty per cent of the members must get a degree for the chapter to become an honor roll chapter. Jo Ann Wallace ,the vice presi dent, was in charge of the program for the month. She introduced Mrs. Alic Glover, who gave a very interesting talk on Civil Defense. Her talk was “BE PREPARED, NOT SCARED”. Mr. Cecil Merritt of the Cumming Civil Defense Chapter assisted Mrs. Glover in showing a film entitled FACTS ABOUT FALLOUT. Mrs. Glover distributed some material to the girls to read ar.J to take home for their parents to read. Mrs. Glover told us our dog tag sales cam paign was an excellent project be cause it was a great help in Civil Defense work. Pat Holbrook, Reporter Unpaid Tax Notice All (ax receipts Including interest and cost will remain in the Tax Commissioners Office until after (he tag season is closed, as the law requires all taxes must be paid in order to get your tag. After April Ist, by direction of County Com missioners, all unpaid tax receipts will be turned over to (he Sheriff for collection, which will mean additonal costs. VINNIK B. REDI), T. C. A Georgian, Dr. Crawford W, Long, first discovered and demon strated fhe use of ether in surgi cal operations in 1842.