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The Forsyth County News
Volume 50.
City Of Cumming Gets
Check From Georgia
Power Company
A check for $2,753.21 was deliv
ered to the City of Cumming Feb
ruary 23, 1959 by Mr. C. B. Curtis,
Local Manager, of the Georgia
Power Company.
This payment represents three
per cent of the gross receipts in
1958 from the sale of electric pow
er to commercial and residential
customers of the company under
the Municipal Partnership Plan.
The three per cent tax is paid by
the company in place of occupation
and franchise taxes and is in addi
tion to the company’s property
taxes which totaled $5,270,00 last
year.
More than $2,135,000 is being
paid to the communities of Georgia
for 1958 under the Municipal Part
nership Plan. This is an increase of
more than $117,000 over 1957.
The company’s total tax bill for
1958 was $26,699,000. This does not
include the sales tax which the
company collects from its custom
ers for the State of Georgia nor
the sales tax which the company
pays on materials used in its op
erations.
NOTICE
FHA and VA requirements in re
gard to installation of. individual
seweage disposal systems and wat
er supply systems on subdivision
lots or on individual lots not in
subdivision are cited by the Local
Health Department and listed be
low.
1. Soil test to determine the rate
of absorption of all liquid wastes
that would normally be discharged
from any home through a septic
tank into an underground drain
field, tests must be made by a
licensed engineer or a licensed
surveyor.
2. A topography may of each in
dividual lot in a subdivision show
ing water courses if any, filled
areas, rock outcrops, low or mar
shy areas, ponds or lakes and the
well if individual water supplies
are used.
This is essential information to
the State Health Department and
to the reviewing officials of the
FHA and VA lending agencies.
For example when soil test that
are required are made and if it is
determined that the soil does not
absorb water like it should and
located on a small lot with some
gulleys or filled dirt or outcrop
ping of rock, the amount of drain
field required according to the
test sometimes is more than the
size of the lot will accomodate.
Therefore anyone who is plan
ning to lay out a subdivision into
lots or planning to sell individual
lots, should have the necessary
details taken care of in the survey
to meet the requirements as relat
ed to the sanitary engineering as
pects of getting individual sewage
disposal systems and water sup
plies too, where an individual
water supply is involved, approved
by the State Health Department.
Mr. T. E. Nelms, County Sani
tarian says that these requirements
are protective measures for buyers
and sellers of lots alike. A buyer
would be at loss after paying for
a lot that would not meet require
ments. The person offering lots
for sale would benefit by getting
all of his lots approved at once
so that anyone planning to buy a
lot would have assurance that soil
conditions and other related factors
would allow for all present and
future drainage needs, as well as
for trees and shrubbery, to be
located a safe distance from an
individual sewage disposal system.
Mr. Nelms says that only details
that are administered through the
State and Local Health Depart
ments have been mentioned here.
FHA and VA lending agencies
should be contacted by those plan
ning lots for sale for all of the
surveying details.
The Ladies’ Garden Club of
Athens, organized in 1891, was the
first such organization to name
permanent officers, adopt a con
stitution and by-laws and be con
ducted according fo parlimentary
law.
OFFICIAL OKU AN OP POBSYTH COUNTY * CITV OF CUM MI.VO
DEVOTED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF FOBSITH, FULTON, CHKRO KEE, DAWSON, LUMPKIN, HAUL AND GWINNETT COUNTIES.
(City Population 2,500)
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CUMMING METHODIST NEWS
The need for spiritual renewal
is our daily reminder that the
Church is increasingly yimportant
in our lives. God is present with
us here. TRY HIS WAY. Attend
the Cumming Methodist Church re
gularly.
On Sunday, March Ist, the con
gregation of the Cumming Meth
oddist Church will be joining other
church members throughout the
state in observance of Methodist
Expansion Day. This Day in The
Methodist Church is like the Com
munity Service observance in cities
Cities give citizens a chance to
give to various projects in one
donation. Georgia Methodist Church
es gives their members a chance
!to "expand the kingdom” through
one united offering for ten (10)
worthy causes. The ten causes to
which the funds go include: new
church enterprises: new theology
building; school and colleges; Wes
ley Foundations; Assembly ground
Paine College; Scholarships and
loans; Methodist Information Week
of Dedication; and hospitals. Goals
for the two Georgia Conferences
this year are: North Georgia, $199,-
j 948; South Georgia. $141,792.
| On Sunday, March Ist, the Chris
: tian Workers School for the Bu
jford Area will begin at 2:30 in
the Buford Methodist Church. The
following courses will be offered
to Church School teachers, parents
and youth: "Working With Kinder
garten and Nursery Children”.
Mrs. E. H. LeVert, Jr; “Working
With Primaries in the Church
j School”, Mrs. J. A. Gray; "Work
ling WJith Junior Boys and Girls”,
! Mrs. Harry Mitcham; “Christian
I Beliefs” for youth and adults, Dr.
Claude M. Thompson; and "Un-
Sam West. Monday through Thurs
day, these courses will be offered
in the evening from 7:30 until
[9:30.
The Woman’s Society of Christ
ian Service will meet on Monday
afternoon, March 2nd, at 3:30 in
the home of Mrs. Dan Devine. The
Wesleyan Service Guild will meet
on Tuesday, March 3rd, at 8:00
P. M. with Mrs. John nPittard as
hostess.
Forsyth County Wins
Over Swainsboro
Shirley Roper, the tournament’s
premiere dribbler and shooter,
scored 42 points as Forsyth Coun
ty picked off win No. 30 at Swains
boro’s expense, 52—49. Jack Cres
well got a well-balanced scoring
attack from Rosie Rich, Pat Hod
ges and Margaret Ramsey, who
scored 22, 20 and 7 points. Forsyth
scored only 11 fielders, but con
verted 30 free throws, including
22 of 28 by Roper.
FORSYTH COUNTY (52)
Gilbert (5) F
Holcomb (4) F
Roper (42) F
Welch °
Wilkie '•••• c '
Henderson
SWAINSBORO (49)
Hodges (20) F
Rich (22) F
Ramsey (7) F
Kemp °
Hooks, S a
Grimes °
.Score at Half: Forsyth County
28. Swainsboro 27.
Subs: Forsyth County—Samples,
Housley, Wallis (1): Swainsboro —
Sconyers, Lewis, G. Hooks, Martin.
ROPER ROPES CASS
Shirley Roper, aided by Helen
Gilbert, led Forsyth County girls
by Cass, 47 —35 in Tuesday night
game. Roper scored 27 points, giv
ing her 60 points for her two
tournament games, Gilbert scored
15 points.
The first Christian baptism in
America occurred in 1540 in the
Ocmulgee River.
Cumming Georgia, Thursday, Feb., 26, 1959.
Young Scientists To
Enter State Event At
University of Georgia
ATHENS, Ga. Four hundred of
Georgia’s top young science stud
ents are expected to enter exhibits
Fair, to be held April 16—18 at
in the 11th annual State Science
the University of Georgia in.
Athens.
A special feature this yeyar will
j be tours of the new Physics Build
ing just completed in the Univer
, sity’s $12,500,000 Science Center,
i Five other buildings are rapidly
nearing completion,
j The State Science Fair of the
Georgia Junior Academy of Science
lis open to boys and girls from the
| eighth through the 12th grades in
| public, private and parochial
schools in Georgia, and to clubs
and organizations whose interest
,is basically scientific. Exhibits may
ibe entered by groups or by indi
j viduals—that is, two or more stud
i ents may cooperate in preparing
<a display.
Sponsors of the fair are the
Georgia Academy of Science, the
University of Georgia, and indus
tries of the state, in association
with the Science Clube of America
In announcing dates for the fair
Dr. Gayther L. Plummer, general
chairman, said entry blanks, rules
and other information are being
mailed to high school principals,
county superintendents, and science
teachers. Students unable to find
this information locally may write
to Dr. Plummer at the Department
l of Botany, University of Georgia,
Athens. Entries must be mailed
before April 6.
The fair consists of exhibits of
work prepared and displayed by
students. The displays may be
collections or exhibits designed to
show a bbi-ological. chemical, engi
neering, mathematical or physical
principle, procedure or industrial
development. Thousands of teach
ers, parents and other interested
persons visit the exhibit each year.
Purpose of the show is to dis
cover and develop scientific ability
i-n students, to encourage them to
continue their studies, and to
[ arouse public interest and appre
-1 ciation of science teaching and
the ability of youth.
Two state winners will receive
an all-expense paid trip to the
National Ecience Fair. Another
gets a set of encyclopedias. One
boy will win a cruise aboard a
U. S. Navy ship. Other prizes,
ribbons and medals also are offer
ed. Three of last year’s partici
pants won scholarships in the
Weestinghouse Talent Search.
Students are encourage, but not
required, to enter exhibits in local
or district science fairs before the
statewide event, to gain experience
and recognition.
Six major fields are scheduled
for this year’s exhibits—life science
earth science, celestial science,
physical science, applied biology,
and engineering. Displays could
cover anything from agriculture,
wildlife, or soil and water conser
vation to nuclear physics, astro
nomy, mathematics, or experi
mental psychology.
| Big Creek Community
Club
The Big Creek Community Club
met February' 7 at 7:30. Meeting
was called to order by Mr. Ben
i Hulsey with 27 members present.
| The Lord’s Prayer was repeated
, together.
Committee elected chairmans for
this year.
Planning & Improvement—Mr. Jess
Watson
Ways & Means—Mr. R. J. Kupper
j Program—Mr. Jimmy Fagan
} Church —-Mr. J. M. Boling
Membership—Mrs. Everett Nalley
Publicity—Mrs. Helen Watson
Road—Mr. C. W. Boling
Telephone—Mrs. Clo Herring
j Welfare—Mrs. J. M. Boling
; Visiting—Mrs. Gene McGinnis
Fair Booth—Mrs. Jimmy Fagan
Moundry—Mr. Elbert Roper
| Plans were made for our covered
ddish supper in April. Refresh
ments was served by Mrs. C. W.
Boling and Mrs. Helen Watson.
Cookies and Coffee and soft drinks
were enjoyed by everyone
, Bertie Fagan, Reporter
Seven Science Students
Will Be Selected First
Conference on Atom
Seven Georgia high school
science students will be selected to
attend the first national Youth
Conference on the Atom as guests
of the Georgia Power Company.
The conference will be held in
Atlantic City, N. J., April 30 and ■
May 1 under sponsorship of the
nation's electric light and power
companies. The purpose of the con
ference is to present to a group
of the nation’s most able high
school boys and girls the peaceful
applications of the atom and to
help advance the study of science.
The students will be chosen from
among first place winners in the
Congressional District Science
Fairs or Science Congresses to be
held in each of Georgia’s ten Con
gressional districts during Febru
ary and March.
H. V. Bullock, science consultant
of the Georgia Department of Edu
cation, is assisting the company in
distributing literature and appli
cation forms.
In addition to being a first place
winner in one of the Congressional i
District Sciece Fairs, the student
I must be a junior or senior in high !
school and must have completed
or be taking courses in chemistry
or physics, or both. The selection
of the seven students will be made
by officials of the company.
The Youth Conference will as
sembble more than 500 persons at
the Claridge hotel in Atlantic City,
including outstanding representa
tives of atomic science and indus
try. John A. McCone, chairman of
the U. S. Atomic Energy Commis
sion, will be one of the principal
speakers.
4 Ts ers9nal Matter
With a Personal God
The line in a Negro spiritual
tells the truth when it says, “It’s
not my brother nor my sister, but
it’s me Oh! Lord, standing in the
need of prayer”. Your father, Moth
: er, brother, sister or anyone else
can’t make your decision for Christ
for you. Someone says, “It doesn’t
make much difference, just so you
jtr y to do your best to live right.”
How wrong you are!
How big a difference does it
make? The difference is the dis
tance between “eternal life” and
"eternal death.” Dou you remember
John 3:l6?—these words are the
veryy ywords of Jesus. Do you
believe that they are true? Did
Jesus ever speak an untruth? All
of His words are absolute truth—
God cannto lie. Jesus said, “I and
the Father are one”, He also said,
“He that cometh unto me I will
in no wise cast out.”
Wlhat we believe determines
what we are. "Asa man thinketh
in his heart so is he”, saith the
scripture. How do you think to
ward God?—Do you allow jealousy,
hatrtd, envy, unforgiveness and
pride to enter into your thinking
as you think of God and man?
We are to love God and man if
we are true followers of Jesus.
Any person, it matters not how
high he stands in the yes of many
people as a scholar, writer, theolo
gian, scientist etc., if he thinks of
God only as an abstract idear or
influence he has departed from
the plain teaching of the Bible. The
God of the Bible is a personal
God —not an abstract idea. God
even took on the form of human
flesh when Jesus was begotten of
God and bom of the Virgin Mary.
Jesus said, “He that denieth me
before men him will I deny before
my father which is in heaven, and
he that ccnfesseth me before men
him will I also confess before my
mather which is in Heaven”. In
Rom. 10: 10. “For with the heart
(not just the head) man believeth
unto righteousness and with the
mouth confession is made unto
salvation”.
What a sobering thought to find
the plain and obvious truth in the
scriptures that every man is to
give an account of the deeds done
in his body. Your dealings with
God through Jesus Christ is a per
sonal matter —if you love God you
will also love your fellowman.
W. R. CALLAWAY
County Population 15,000.
Governor Issues
Proclamation For
National 4-H Week
In an official proclamation on
the observance, February 28
March 7, of National 4-H Club
Week, Governor Ernest Vandiver
urges all Georgians, "to support
and encourage the work of this
organization that has as its motto
‘To Make The Best Better’.
“The leadership and citizenship j
training which 4-H Club members i
receive in this program is a valu
asset to our Democratic way of
life,” he declares.
Governor Vandiver’s proclama
tion points out that with 144,657
members, the 4-H Clubs compose
Georgia’s largest youth organiza
tion. Its purpose is to give equal
training to the head, heart, hands
and health, being conducted by
the University of Georgia College
of Agriculture Extension Service
through the County Agricultural
Agents and Home Demonstration
Agents, along with the help of
16,982 local volunteer 4-H leaders
who are leading mtn and women
in the local community.
The Governor’s proclamation al
jso points out that Georgia’s 4-H
Club members work with more
than 450,000 projects to apply the
latest farming and homemaking
information in these fields. The
4-H’trs keep records, arrange dis
plays and give educational demon
stration in order to pass this in
formation on to others.
A. S. C. NEWS
A wheat card was mailed to all
farm operators with a wheat allot
ment, to be returned to the ASC
County Office. If you have not
returned this card (no postage
required) please entetr the requir
ed information, date and sign and
drop it in the mail. The planned
starting time for measuring wheat
is March 1, so if possible mail the
card soon. If you have misplaced
the card you may come by the
Office and give us the information.
March 2, 1959 is the deadline for
applying for a New Growers Cot
ton Allotment for 1959 crop year.
If you would like to plant cotton
and do not have an allotment,
come to the ASC County Office
and see if you can qualify by
March 2.
All operators of cotton farms
in Forsyth County was mailed a '
notice MQ —24CN (A), showing j
the cotton allotment, Choice (A) j
and Choice (B) with applicable j
price support rates for each. You j
have until March 16, 1959 to make (
this choice. To make the choice j
you may use the form mailed to j
you or the County Office has a
copy of this form, that you may
make your choice on.
The County Committee again
this year is offering the service of
premeasurement for cotton acre- I
age or soil bank base crops. The I
cost of this service is $5.00 per
farm plus .50 cents per acre, if
three (3) plots or less is being
premeasured. An additional (barge
of SI.OO per plot for all over three
(3) will be made. If interested ! n
this service make your request at
the County Office on or before
the closing datew hich is March
20, 1959. If you have a cotton
allotment and do not wish to plant
it, you have until April Ist. to re
lease it to the County Committee.
Then the Committee will be able
to reapportion cotton acreage to
farms that wants more acreage
to plant. The deadline for release
and reapportion of cotton acreage
is April 1, 1959.
CORINTH BAPTIST CHURCH
PROPERTY
Two Acres on Top of Knole at
the end of road overlooking a big
body of water on beautiful Lake
Lanier.
FOR INFORMATION SEE:
RICHARD WILLIAMS
THURSTON DAY
WAYMON TATE
Engineers at the Agricultural Ex
tension Service report the number
of electrified farms in Georgia in
creased from three percent in 1935
to over 95 percent in 1955.
Number 9.
SSOO Arthritis Writing
Award Offered
The Russell L. Cecil Award tor
science writing in the rheumatic
diseases will in 1959, and for the
first time, carry an honorarium
of five hundred dollars, it was .uv
nounced by the Georgia Chapter
of the Arthritis and Rheumatism
Foundation.
The award, named in honor of
Dr. Russell L. Cecil, pioneer rheu
matologist and consulting medieal
director of tht Foundtion, will he
presented to the author of the
outstanding writing effort on ar
thritis during the coming year,
for newspapers, magazines or the
broadcasting media.
Purpose of the award, establish
ed in 1956, on the anniversary of
Dr. Cecil’s 50th year in medicine,
the Foundation explained, is "to
encourage the writing of stork*
and scripts on the subject ol arth
ritis. Entries will be judged on
their effectiveness in stimulatine
greater public knowleddge of the
widespread problem of arthritis
and the other rheumatic diseases-*
Entries, which may be submitted
by the author, editor, publisher or
station representative, will be jml
ged by a special committee to lie
announced at a later date. Entries
must have been broadcast or pub
lished between January 1 and
December 31, 1959. Rules govern
ing the competition and application
blanks are available from the Ar
thritis and Rheumatism Found*-
I lion, 768 Juniper Street, N. E.
'Atlanta 8, Georgia.
! If the winner of the awaTd lives
j outside New York City, expenses
will be borne by the Foundation to
attend a special award presentation
ceremony in New York during the
j Spring of 1960.
j Liberty National
i Increases Capftr 1
i Names Joseph L. Lanier, Dirfcior
Stockholders of Liberty National
Life Insurance Company voted at
their annual meeting to increase
the company’s capital from $6
'million to $7 1-2 million. President
Frank P. Sanford said that this
! move would further strengthen the
company’s capital structure. The
additional $1 1-2 million win be
transferred to capital from the
company’s surplus and win be
represented by 750.000 shares of
new stock. The new stock will be
distributed to stockholders on April
17, 1959 on the basis of one addi
tional share for each four shares
held. The Directors declared a
dividend of 34 cents a share on
the company's stock payable March
10th to stockholders of record
February 27th.
In other action the stockholders
elected Joseph L. Lanier of West
Point, Georgia to the company's
Board of Diro"tors. Mr. Lanier is
President of West point Manruart
uring Company, and a director of
numerous other corporations inclod
ine First National Bank of At
lanta, First National B ank of West
Point, and Continental Gin Com
pany. The other Directors were an
re-elected. They are Loo E. Basb
inskv. Ehney A. Camp. Jr.. Charles
T. Clayton, Jack D. McSpadden.
Arthur M. Mead, Frank P. Sam
ford. Frank P. S-mford. Jr., Yctta
G. Samford, F. Page Seibert, and
Frank E. Spain.
Mr. Samford’s report to stock
holders pointed out the the com
pany's continued growth during
1958. Insurance in force increased
over $l5O million to anew high of
approximately $ 1 1-2 billion. As
sets increased a record $26 1-2
million to over $262 million. More
than half of this total was invested
in residential mortgage loans in
sured or guaranteed by agencies
of the Federal government.
The company continued to ex
pand its operations, Mr. Samford
said, increasing its field organiza
tion throughout the company’s ter
ritory and establishing new district
offices at Fairhope, Alabama, and
at Crestview and Fort Pierce, W*-
Georgia was j-he first state to
have a chartered college for women
Wesleyan College at Macon being
founded in 1839. Georgia was also
the first state in which a college
degree was granted to a woman.