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Volume 50.
E A S T E R ITS SIGNIFANCE
Contributed by
Mrs. F. C. Sagar
Easter is celebrated annually in
our country, and in many other
parts of the world. The Easter
festival is one of the oldest, and
its name is derived from “Ostera”
or “Eastre,” the trutonic goddess
of Spring.
Easter is generally regarded as
a Christian institution, altho many
students of sacred history tell us
that, while Easter commemorates
the Resurrection of Christ, the
origin dates back many hundreds
of years, and is really antedates
Christianity. The Jewish Feast of
the Passover and the old Tentonic
festival of “Ostera” occurred about
the same time each year, and so
it was that the early Church com
bined these two into one great day
which was made to commemorate
the Resurrection of Christ. We
are accustomed, and have been
since childhood, to regard Easter
with a sacred significance.
In our American Christian civi
lization, Easter has a proper place,
and it is possiible for us to learn
many inspiring lessons from the
day we regard as the one which
commemorates the Risen Christ.
In nature’s world, it is resurrec
tion time. From the long sleep of
winter there is evidence of an
awakening. It is Springtime, and
every flower, every shrub, every
tree, in garden or field or forest
gives testimony to that awakening,
and everyone is able to see that in
the organic world resurrection is
an actual fact. From the death
and decay of the old plant, there
comes anew and larger life. In
Nature’s world destruction is not
final. Nature finds a resurrection.
There is no Spring without a
Winter. There is no day without a
preceeding night. About us every
where we can see that from the
ruins of the things that were,
there is a birth of the better
things. At Easter-time there is
no sorrow out—of —doors.
In human life rewards come only
thru sacrifice “They that sow not,
shall not reap”. Self-denial in the
law of growth and progress. At
Easter time we are more fully able
to understand the truth” that men
may rise on stepping stones of
their dead selves to higher things”.
From the Pulpits, our Minister
tell us that Easter’s most beautiful
lesson lies in its prophecy of Im
mortality. Recently a student of
sacred history explained to his
questioner that while the Easter
festival looks back upon the Cross
and the Grave, it also points for
ward to the crown of Immortal
life.
The Easter spirit does have
for each a message. To many that
mesage is an inspiration to nobler
living. Larger hopes and loftier
aspirations become to each a part
of the daily life of the individual
who believes in the spiritual Easter
“Build thee more stately man
sions, O my soul,
As the swift season roll!
Leave thy low vaulted past!
Let each new temple, nobler
than the last,
Shut thee from heaven with a
dome more vast,
Till thou at length art free,
Leaving thine outgrow shell by
life’s unresting sea.”
SCHOOL ATTENDANCE
School attendance during the
month of February was very good.
Matt School was best with 93.53
percent. Forsyth County High was
second, and Chestatee third. The
$5.00 Kiwanis Club Award goes to
Mrs. Lois Heard’s 3rd an-! 4th
grades. These boys and girls at
tended school 95.83 percent of the
time. Mrs. Worley’s Ist grade and
Mrs. Walls’ sth and 6th grades at
Matt also attended better than 95
percent.
T. W. Nalls, Visiting Teacher.
COOPERATION
“What would you do if I kissed
you?” asked the timid sailor.
"I’d yell,” replied the girl.
Time passed and nothing at all
happened.
Then she whispered, “But not
loud enough for anybody to hear
me.”
The Forsyth County News
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF FORSYTH COUNTY & CITY OF CUM MING
DEVOTED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF FORSYTH. FULTON, CHICRO REE, DAWSON. LUMPKIN, HALL AND GWINNETT COUNTIES.
(City Population 2,500)
Georgia Youth Wins
National Script
Writing Contest
James W. Rachels, Jr., Colum
bus high school student, has been
announced as the national winner
of this year’s “Voice of Demo
cracy” scriptwriting contest by
Grady C. Pittard, Jr., Commander
of the Department of Georgia,
Veterans of Foreign Wars and
John M. Outler, Jr., representing
the Georgia Association of Broad
casters, co-chairmen of the Georgia
contest which was sponsored by
the VFW and GAB.
Jimmy will receive a $1500.00
journalism scholarship, to be used
at any school he may cnoose. Three
runners-up will receive $500.00
scholarships offered by the Uni
versity of Missouri.
The young winner wat selected
in December as the Georgia en
trant and received an all-expense
trip to Washington D. C. to appear
in the national competition this
month.
The contest is sponsored jointly
by the Veterans of Foreign Wars
and the National Association of
Broadcasters, and their units and
affiliates, on national, state and
loci levels.
Ech contestant was required to
write and deliver a three to five
minute script giving his views on
the democracy under which he
fives. This speech was tape-record
ed and judged on a school, school
system and state basis.
The contest in Columbus was
cri-sponsored by Moina Michael
Post 665 of the VFW and the
WRBL Radio and TV stations.
This is the first year the VFW
has been invited to co-sponsor this
program and under its leadership
the number of Georgia entries was
more than triple these of any
previous year.
The national winner is 17 and
the son of Mr. and Mrs. James W.
Rachels, Sr. He was the 1958 win
ner of the Georgia Scholastic Press
Association citation for sports writ
ing and is also active in o'her
school affairs. He is a member
of the National Honor Society.
Boys Glee Club and the Debating
Team at Jordon High School.
He is very active in church work
and has planned a career in the
field of Religious Education He is
president of the Youth Choir and
past president of the Baptist Train
ing Union of his church. He is
also president of the Key Club
and a Lt. Governor for the District
Key Clubs.
[ A. S. C. NE W S
If you are a cotton farmer with
an allotment, and are not going to
tend it in 1959, you have until
April 1, 1959 to release it. By re
leasing this allotment the County
Committee can reapportion it to
farmers that would like to have
additional acreage to plant.
April 1, 1959 is also the deadline
for requesting additional cotton
acreage. In asking for this addi
tional cotton acreage, try to be
sure to plant it. If you get the
additional acreage you request and
for some reason you fail to get it
planted, the county will lose the
amount of acreage not planted.
March 16, 1959 is the final date
for making your Choice (A) or
Choice (B) allotment for cotton.
If you have made a choice al
ready and have decided since mak
ing the choice, that the other
choice would be better or more pro
fitable for you, you may correst
this choice anytime before March
16, 1959. This may be done in the
ASC County office before tv.e
March 16, deadline.
THE GENIUS
"Dad, it says here tha certain
man was a financial genius. What
does tht mean?”
“That he could earn money fast
er than his family could spend It”
Cumming Georgia, Thursday, March 12, 1959.
Grand & Petit
Jurors Drawn For
March Term, 1959
Grand Jury
, 1. Weldon Corn
| 2. C. B. Benson
| 3. U. P. Pirkle
i 4. Jess Wallace
! 5. R. L. Conner
| 6. Waylon Tallant
7. B. H. Martin
! 8. Rupert H. Bramblett
; 9. H. F. Tribble
' 10. Carl Curtis
111. Clyde Pendley
12. Warren M. Foster
1 13. John W. Westray
14. Harley Hamby
115. Z. H. Frady
116. C. C. Walls
! 17. John V. Green
18. Guy Tinsley
[l9. J. C. Vaughan, Jr.
1 20. Mather Jennings
21. E. C. Waldrip
122. Vernie Harris
j 23. Z. D. Brannon
24. Joel T. Tallant
25. H. R. Bramblett
26. Wayne Cory
27. Paul B. Brackett
28. Henry C. Vernon
1 29. Galdston Sudderth
! 30. James Dewey Holbrook
Petit Jury
1. R. D. Garrett
2. Ralph Cowart < 879th)
3. B. H. Freeman
4. Tate Smith
5. W. N. Green
6. J. H. Pruitt
7. Thad Bramblett
8. Wayne Mundy
9. L. C. Majors
10. Larry Watson
11. S. C. Williams
,12. Winford Durand
13. Tommy Westray
14. C. D. Reid
15 M. E. Estes
16. Bob Chastain
17. L. D. Martin
18. M. C. Echols
19. A. E. Grindle
20. Charles S. Mathison
21. Levi T. Barren
22. Tyson Carnes
23. Marcus Reed
24. J. Herb lit Cant! ell
25. Hoyt Standford
! 26. Horace Boling
27. Egbert Turner
' 28. Gilbert Evans
29* Paul Cagle
30. Melvin Thomason
31. R. L. McClure
32. J. C. Martin
33. Clarence Pilcher
34. E. R. Pruitt
35. W. 11. Warren
36. E. H. Hansard
137. W. M. Caine
38. Tommy J. Garrett
139. Leland Watson
140. Jerry Harris
ill. R. W. Hardman
■42. J. H. Boling
| 43. Frank Bearden
! 44. Hubert J. Bennett
'45. A. B. Roper
46. C. W. Yarbrough, Sr.
■ 47. Winford W. Burruss
148. L. M. James
49. Walter Porter
50. George Parker
51. Samuel L. Burruss
52. Lendon Whitmire
53. Guy W. Castleberry
54. W. F. Bannister
55. James M. Hughes
56. Roy Bennett (1351)
57. Henry Chadwick
58. Hoyt Burton
59. Major Burruss
60. H. G. Hardin
61. J. C. Gilleland
62. Ford Phillips
63. Wallace Tatum
64. Roscoe W. Moon
65 Guy Shoemak©
66. W. M. Cowart
midway service center
WINS AWARD FOR THIRD
LARGEST SEI.LER
The Bryant Heating and Air Con
ditioning Company held their An
nual meeting at the Biltmore Hotel,
Monday and Tuesdayy, March 2nd
and 3rd, 1959.
Our local Bryant dealer, Midway
Service Center, Bud Boles and Don
Covington attended and received
their award for being Third largest
seller of Bryant Heating equipment
in the state of Georgia.
L. H. Tribble Elected
V. President Of
\rmored Express
Armored Express of Atlanta, Inc.
has named L. H. Tribble vice prtsi
dent in charge of operations. Mr.
Tribble has had wide experience
in the armored car and security
field, said H. K. Garges, Jr., presi
dent of the firm. Mr. Garges said
the firm recently completed 10
years of armored car service to
banks and commercial firms in
the Atlanta area.
L. H„ is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
L. H. Tribble of Cumming. His
many friends are glad to learn
that Forsyth Countains still seem
to be recognized for their ability
in the field of their endeavor.
Congratulations to you L. H.
IN MEMORY OF
BROTHER WILLIAM J. POOLE
Be it remembered, that on Feb
ruary 14, 1959, Brother William J.
Poole departed this life having
fulfilled the designs of life’s tres
tle-board, has passed through the
Portals of Eternity to the Grand
Lodge above where he has receiv
ed “The White Stone with a New
l Name”. We have indeed lost a
true friend and brother.
Brother Poole was a faithful
member of LaFayette Lodge for
more than 30 years. He fulfilled
the duties of Life extremely well
by serving his Church, his neigh
bor and his Lodge unselfishly and
untiringly, He was a true Mason
at heart, a devoted father and a
true companion.
We sorrow at the passing of our
Brother but we humblv bow to
the call of the One who knows
best and doeth all things well.
The cherished memory of our
derailed Brother will be enshrined
in our hearts and memory forever.
Be it Resolved that
1. To the family and loved ones
of our departed Brother we
express our deepest heartfelt
sympathy.
2. This Lodge stand a few mom
ents in silence in memory of
our departed Brother.
3. This resolution be recorded in
the. permanent files and re
cords of this Lodge.
4. A copy of this resolution be
delivered to the family.
5. A copy be furnished the For
syth County News for publi
cation.
Respectfully submitted in open
Lodge this 3rd day of March 1959.
COMMITTEE:
Lloyd G. Wright
H. Grady Savage
Roy Beaty, Jr.
WHAT DOES GOD
THINK ABOUT ME?
In a fashionable gathering in
London a lady came up to Dr.
Jowett, the great preacher, and
said Dr. Jowett, I am so glad to
meet you. I want to ask you a
question. “What do you think
about God.” "Dr. Jowett said. “It
matters very little what I think
about God but it matters very
much what God thinks about me.”
The "rubber glove touch” is the
method used by scientist in tear
ing apart and analyzing a prob
lem they attempt to use that same
method in understanding God. Can
the creature fully undestand the
Creator? Can the finite (human
mind) fully comprehend the in
finite mind of God? The man who
uses this “rubber glove” method
accepts what his human mind
(h’is way of thinking) will accept
and discards or ignores or fails
to believe the readation ot God
in Christ. So many of our would
be Christian leaders have failed to
accept the fact that Jesus Christ
is the son of God and that he is
the revelation of God to man.
If that is denied we have nothing
left except relative truth. The only
absolute truth is the truth of God
as revealed in Christ.
Jesus said. “I am the way, the
truth and the life no man eometh
unto the Father but by me.”
To know what God thinks of me
will help me think God’s thoughts
after Him. “Without faith it is
impossible to please God.”
W. R. CALLAWAY
County Population 15,000.
truett McConnell jr., college
Re-ELECT MR. ROY P. OTWELL
PRESIDENT OF BOARD
The Board of Trustees of Truett-
McConnell College met at the Cspt
tol City Club in Atlanta on Febru
ary 2. Mr. Roy P. Otwell of Cum
ming was re-elected President of
the Board, Mr. Warren P. Sewell
of Breman was re-elected Vice
president, Mr. Gelon E. Wasdin of
Breman was elected Secretary and
Mr. G. B. Foulder was elected
Treasurer.
j Mr. Dean S. Paden was elected
[chairman of the finance commit
[tee; Rev. Grady Jarrard of Gaines-
Iville was named chairman of the
[personnel committee; and Mr. Geo.
|C. Alexander the chairman of pro
[ perties committee. These men have
! served in these positions for many
years.
The most notable action of the
Trustees was their voting to begin
construction on anew Cafeteria
building on the college campus.
The dining hall facilities of the
college were destroyed by fire a
year ago. The contract was given
to the Harpers contractors of S. C.,
at the bid price of $82,290.00 ac
cording to Dr. Joe H. Miller, Presi
dent of the College. This building
constitutes the third on the 410
acre college campus in the last
four years.
This cafeteria building will have
the seating capacity of 216 and
may easily serve a student body of
500. Logan and Williams of Atlanta
are the Architect. The building is
of the latest design and materials.
When completed it will be the
finest building on the campus.
Truett-McConnell is owned and
operated by the Georgia Baptist
Convention and because of the
greatest success of convention’s
eapitol funds program, and success
ful matching funds by the college,
this building program is being
realized.
The members of the Trustees
are: Roy P. Otwell, Cumming:
George C. Alexander, McDonough;
Clarence McLanahan, Elberton; Joe
Abstance, Bowden; Paul Williams,
Athens: G. B. Moulder, Suwanee;
W. Q. Higdon, Copperhill; Cliff
Kimsey, Cornelia; Dr. Thomas
Fields, LaG range; Cope Ozier,
Bowden; Lee.Routh, Dalton; War
ren P. Sewell, Breman; W. L. Alli-
Aon, Cleveland; Rev. Solon C.
Couch, Calhoun; Mrs. L. H. Aber
nathy, Blue Ridge; Owen C. Mc-
Connell, Atlanta; Dr. Warner E.
Fusselle, Gainesville; Henry McD.
Tichenor, Monroe; Dean S. Paden,
Atlanta; H. G. Jarrard, Gainesville;
Joe Taylor, Augusta; Gelon E.
Wasdin, Breman; Henry F. Barks
dale, Atlanta; Jimmy Waters, Ma
con; R. A. Waldrop, Atlanta; Win
ford Pool, Winder; Rev. York
Chambless, Smyrna.
Cravey Pledges
Fight To Better
Rural Economy
ATLANTA— Declaring he would
devote the remainder of his long
political career, “as I have always
done”, to the uplifting of the “little
man’s economy, Comptroller-Gen
eral Zack D. Cravey today said
he was renewing his fight for the
use of more retirement finds in
Georgia's rural industrial develop
ment.
Mr. Cravey, member of several
Retirement Boards, pointed out
that less than 10 to 15 percent of
the approximately 140 million dol
lars which the Boards now have
are so invested.
“This fact presents a challenge
to all persons with authority or in
fluence. They must see that this
money, paid into the Boards treas
ury by Georgia people, is used to
create jobs and paychecks for their
fellow citizens,” he declared.
“Many of our rural people are
in a protracted depression and,
having been a farmer myself, I
know what hardships such entails.
“These people are ready, able
and willing to work. They should
have jobs and nearby factories can
provide these.
“With foresight and ingenuity
wise investments from funds al
ready available can locate these
plants. That they will prove pro
fitable my be gleaned from the
Number 11-
A Wonderful Trip
Miss Kathleen McClure, an 4
mother, Mrs. C. L. McClure nX
Oakwood, Georgia and an AxxM
Mrs. Thad Burruss of Cvimmi*®.
made an extended trip of recent
date, through Florida and fining
an invitation to visit their roust*
Captain David A. Harris and wif*-
who are stationed at Green Cbve
Springs.
Cptain Harris has charge of *
large fleet of vessels of numerous,
types anchored in harbor of St
Johns River. He will be retired
perhaps in another year where h*
has already served thirty years or
more.
David, is the second son of Oot
and rMs. C. L. Harris who once
lived in Cumming a number of
years ago, moving to Cordele.
The party, including Mrs. Davi#
Harris, drove to St. Augustine.
A tour of the more ancient parts
of the city, with the very narrow
streets, some of cobblestone, the
oldest sehoolhous in U. S. A. and
•other landmarks convince you of
its age. And there are many inter
esting places to visit, such as the
Wax Museum an old Spanish Fort
and others.
A long drive brought the patty
to beautiful Daytona Beach. Thr
day was cold and clear, with stiff
winds and a rough ocean, topped
with white caps as far as the eye
could see. A most beutiful sight
that all enjoyed.
While here the party visited with
the Robert Moore family who live
in Dahlonega, Georgia. They were
staying at their laige beach home.
“The Monte Carlo” whilp attendinr
the famous car races at Daytona,
race track s they do each year.
The visiting over, a wonderful
lunch, a tour of the city and itts
lovely beach, then a drive out to
the Daytona tracks where both
cars and Dog racing are held each
year. Seeing the boys “warming:
up” for races to follow on Sunday
I was thrilling.
On returning home, a look at
Okefenokee Swamps, an overnight
visit with close friends at Brnns
wick, Georgia and home again.
With hearts of gratitude to eachi
who contributed to their comfort
and happiness, they agree that th-
Great Creator has given North
Georgia a real share of beauty and
a great citizenry of which they
are very proud.
Brownie Scout News
The Brownie Scoutts met Satur*
day, March 7, 1959, 10 A. M., at
the lovely new home of one of
the members, Joan McCarty.
The work project for this meet
ing was the art of making pillove
cases. There were many different
colors in print.
We helped Joan McCarty cele
brate her 10th bbirthday. She sere
ed her birthday cake with cokes*
which delighted us all. After this
we toasted marshmallow in tire
Den fireplace.
The Brownie Scouts present
were: Joan McCarty, Linda Valen
tine, Vivian Mclntyre, Norma Roe,
Susan Gravitt, Peggy SudderOv
Judy Smith, Gail Bramblett, Susan
Bagley, Nancy Boggan, Trena
Dunn, Beverly Pittard and Elaine
Coots.
We are sorry to report Teres*.
Barrett was ill and could not at
tend this meeting.
Many thanks tto Joan and ber
mother, Mrs. McCarty for beidjf*
such gracious hostesses.
Nancy Boggan, Reporter
high satisfaction new plants 4*
Georgia are finding in the state**
climate, its labor, its ready acces
sibility to market and its unique
form of government.”
Comptroller-General Cravey said
he had met opposition to his pro
ject for using Georgia money for
Georgia benefit in the past and
expected more in the future.