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The Forsyth County News
Volume 50.
Dr. W. E. Lipscomb
Passes May 26 In
Local Hospital
Funeral Services were held Tues
day April 28, for Dr. William E.
Lipscomb, who died in the Forsyth
County Hospital Sunday, at the
Cumming Methodist Church, at
2 p. m.
Burial was in the Coal Mountain
Cemetery.
Dr. Lipscomb was a native of
Forsyth County. He was a gradu
ate of the Atlanta College of Phy
sicians and Surgeons, now a part
of Emory University. He practiced
medicine in Cumming and Forsyth
County for over 50 years.
He was a member of the Ameri
can, Southern and Georgia Medical
Associations. He was a Mason nd
in 1958 was presented a 50-year
membership pin at a dinner in his
honor. He was a member of the
Cumming Methodist Church.
He is survived by his wife, the
former Miss Sarah Louise Merritt;
one son, William Emory Lipscomb,
Jr.; a daughter, Dr. Laura L. Lips
comb; four grand children; two
brothers, D. H. Lipscomb, Dah
lonega and Edwin S. Lipscomb,
Atlanta; sisters. Mrs. A. N. Martin,
Mrs. F. M. Hawkins and Miss
Emily Lipscomb, Cumming; Mrs.
T. J. McCormack. Decatur, and
Mrs. G. A. Bacon, Oviedo, Fla., and
a numbber of nieces and nephews.
Parents’ Day, May 3,
At Reinhardt College
Parents’ Dav at Reinhardt Col
lege will be May 3, the beginning
of National Family Week. Parents
and families of Reinhardt students
are invited to spend the day on
the campus, and to bring picnic
lunches to spread in family groups
outdoors.
The day will begin with Sunday
School and church at the Waleska
Baptist and Methodist Churches. A
special program has been planned
for the afternoon. President J. R.
Burgess, Jr., and Harold Smith,
1959-60 Student Government Asso
ciation President, will speak, offi
cially welcoming the guests. After
a response by a parent and a de
votional by John Brown, 1955-59
S. G. A. president, the College
Choir will sing. Directed by Thom
as D. Warren, they will present
seven (7) of the selections they
have sung on tour this year. Then
a hymn sing by the entire group
will be concluded by refreshments.
If Ihe weather permits, the af
ternoon program will be held on
the hillside behind the college ad
ministration building. If not, it will
be in the College Chapel.
A large group of parents, rela
tives, and friends are expected.
They will have a chance to meet
and talk with faculty and staff
members, as well to become more
closely acquainted with student
life and the campus itself. The
dormitories will hold open house.
Communion Day At
Second Baptist Church
Sunday, May 3rd.
Sunday May 3, is Communion
Day At the Second Baptist church
and all Sister churches along with
the general public is cordially in
vited to come and be with us.
This is an all day affair and
we are expecting to have a large
crowd with us.
Cemetery Notice
Everyone that has loved onts
buried at Corinth Cemetery are
invited to come and help clean orf
the cemetery and clean the church
house and grounds on Saturday
morning May 2, at 8 o’clock. Every
one bring something to work with.
MAY’ MEETING & COMMUNION
AT PLEASANT VIEW BAPTIST
CHURCH, SUNDAY, MAY 3
Sunday May £ is May Meeting
and Communion at Pleasant View
Baptist Church.
All Sister Churches are invited
to come and Commune with us.
There will be dinner for all and in
the afternoon we will have some
good singing. Come and be with
us.
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF FORSYTH COUNTY 4 CITY OF CUMMING
DEVOTED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF FORSYTH. FULTON, CHKRO KICK, DAWSON, LUMPKIN, HALL AND GWINNETT COUNTIES.
(City Population 2,500)
HONOR ROLL
Cumming Elementary
School
Fifth Six Week Period 1958 —59
SECOND GRADE -
Joyce Corn, Nancy Fields, Linda
Gilbert, Brenda Gravitt, Judy Mun
dy, Joan Wilburn, Stella Jean Car
nes, Margaret Conner, Charlotte
Howard, Gayle Martin, Ronnie Mul
linax, Athene Tallant, Larry Bol
ing, Pam Echols, Henry Jackson..
Harley McClure, David Corn, Cathy
Burruss, Brenda Hitt, Joan Tram
mel.
THIRD GRADE- -
Stteven Benson, Judy Cash, Jar.e
Mundy, Deborah Stancil, Johnny
Marcinko, Ray Stanford, Ray West
brook, Pete Martin, Ann Hughes.
Ronnie Anglin, Allison Dooley, Peg
gy Hubbard, Lenda Benefield, Beth
Milum, Jimmy Pruitt.
FOURTH GRADE
Linda Hughes, Judith Smith, Wade
Tallant, Michael Hammond. Gail
Bramblett, Shelia Rives, Peggy
Sudderth, Donna Long, Susan Grav
itt, Nancy Heard, Nancy Martin,
Gail Barron, Jimmy Burruss.
I
j FIFTH GRADE—
iMai’cus Bennett, Joan Corn, Mar-,
j tha Corn, Bill Daniel, Andrey Few- j
I ler, Pat Hear, Cecilia McClure,
I
jßoy Thomas, Bevelia Sexton, John
j nie Day, Day, Dorothy McCoy,
I Sheryl Tatum, Lera Boling. Laura
I Boling, Dianne Deaton, Lavone
I Fuller, Penny Grogan, Marilyn
j Hughes, Brenda Lamb, Phyllis
j Potts, Carolyn Reed.
SIXTH GRADE—
Phil Bannister, Mary Masiiburn.
Nancy Tate, Linda Boling, Kathryn
Burnette. Bobbie Sue Burruss, Lin
da Sue Childers. Connie Hamrick.
Roy Mcßrayer, Jr.. Richard Nuck
olls, Starr Rives, Jo Ann Martin,
Betty Jean Chumbler, Ranee Cain.
j SEVENTH GRADE—
Nina Hughes. Andrea Conner, Pau
jla Heard, Suzanne Grogan, Beth
j White, Charlene Hughes.
Rock Eagle YMCA
Conference Deadline
Immediate attention of local Hi-Y
and Tri-Hi-Y clubs has been direct
ed to the May 18 deadline for re
gistrations for the Summer YMCA
Training Conference at Rock Eagle
Park.
Due to mounting demands for
reservations, the club quotas have
been set for two officers from girls
clubs and three officers from boys
clubs with only designated adult
instructoors scheduled to attend.
Conference dates are June B—l 2.
The following new officers are
eligible: president, vice-president or
chaplain (not both), school or com
munity project chairman (not
both), Don Goldthwaite is confer
ience director.
Kemp Mabry, of Cartersville, is
assistant director in charge of in
struction. Mabry served as director
fof four years previously. Bob
Theilman, Mcßae, is State Hi-Y
president.
Kelly McCutchen, Dalton, is State
Hi-Y conference secretary. Attend
ance at Rock Eagle Officers Train
ing Conference is a requirement
for clubs entering the State YMCA
Ten Point Efficiency Program re
porting for Honor “AA” rating for
1959-60 Georgia Y Club year.
George Graves, Calhoun, has re
cently completed his term as s+ate
conference chaplain.
HOMECOMING & REUNION
The Holbrook Rqpnion and Home
Coming will be held at Pleasant
Grove Methodist Church Sunday
May 3rd. Hamrick Smith will
preach at the 11:00 o’clock Service.
All friends and relatives are cor
dially invited to come and spend
the day.
Japanese set terms for new
U. S. Pact.
Laborites, trade unions assail
British budget.
Cumming Georgia, Thursday, April 30, 1953.
Toombs Farmer
| Sold On Use Of
Certified Seed
Ross P. Bowen, Toombs County
farmer, follows a program of soil
testing, use of recommended
amounts of fertilizer and the plant
ing of certified seed to produce
outstandding yields, according to
Hugh A. Inglis, agronomist of the
University of Georgia Agricultural
Extension Service.
Last year, he pointed out, Mr.
ißow'en averaged 138 bushels of
| corn per acre on 14 acres to be
come a member of the Georgia 1,-
000 Bushel Corn Club. This corn
was produced at a cost of 55 cents
per bushel.
The College of Agriculture agro
nomist said that Mr. Bowen fol
lowed recommendations of the Ag
ricultural Extension Service in se
lecting Dixie 18 as the variety to
grow and carried out good cultural
practices. He planted the corn nine
inches apart in 42-inch rows and
used 1,000 pounds of 0—12—12
fertilizer per acre at planting and
side dressed with 80 pounds of
nitrogen per acre. Soil in the field
was tested to determine fertilizer
needs.
Mr. Bowen, who is a director of
the Georgia Crop Improvement As
sociation, produces certified hybrid
j seed corn, oats and peanuts. In
j the fall of 1958 he built a hybrid
; seed corn processing plant on his
j farm and does custom work in the
i plant under the approval of the
j Crop Improvement Association.
State Convention
Of Future
Nurses Clubs
The First State Convention of
Future Nurses Clubs in Georgia
will provide an opportunity for
high school students throughout
the state to learn more about nurs
ing and allied medical careers.
The Future Nurses Club of Mari
etta High School will be hostess to
the meeting which will be held in
the Fine Arts Auditorium, Marietta
High School, Marietta, Georgia, on
Saturday, April 25, 1959, 9:00 A. M.
to 3:00 P. M. Invitations have been
sent to all high schools in Georgia
and a large enthusiastic group is
expected t,o attend.
This meeting of high school boys
and girls, faculty members and in
terested parents is of major inter
est not only because it is the first
such convention to be held on a
statewide basis, but because on
April 25 the first permanent state
officers will be elected, a Consti
tution and By-Laws adopted, ideas
for State F. N. C. pin and uniform
coordinated and a number of other
precedent-setting steps taken.
The convention, this year, will
deal primarily with nursing, how
ever, there will be resource people,
material and displays for future
physicians, dentists x-ray techni
cians. medical technicians, hospital
dieticians, dental hygientists, vo
cational rehabilitators and veteri
jnarians. An interesting and varied
program is pinned, with seven one
hour workshops for small group
participation, in addition to the
large group meetings.
NOTICE TO ALFALFA
GROWERS
Severe damage is being done in
some Forsyth County alfalfa
[stands by the larva of the alfalfa
weevil. This larvae is a light green
worm about one-fourth inch long
and has a milk colored stripe down
the middle of its back. It feeds
on the bud and leaves of the al
falfa plant and leaves the plant
with a “Scorched" ppearance. Out
of nine fields of alfalfa checked by
| vour county agent last week, six
i of them were infested and suffered
from very light to severe damage
This insect can be controlled by
the application of four ounces (ac
tive ingredient) of heptachlor per
acre applied as a dust or spray.
The alfalfa can then be cut for
hay or silage after a seven day
waiting period.
All alfalfa growers should check
their fields immediately and for
more detailed control recommen
dations, contact your county
•'agent’s office.
i PROCLAMATION
International Day
i
BY THE GOVERNOR:
WHEREAS: The members of the
Upper Chattahoochee Development
Association, the Gwinnett County
Chamber of Commerce, the Gwin
nett County Commissioners and
other interested citizens have do- ]
voted much time and effort to j
promote the industrial development |
of their section of the State; and j
WHEREAS: The State of Georgia, j
sa a whole, will benefit materially
from their promotional efforts to j
induce the location of new indus- j
tries within their area and the I
State of Georgia; and
I WHEREAS: An international roli- |
seum and merchandise mart will j
he erected in Gwinnett County,
Georgia, an dthus further encour- j
age and promote the commercial !
and industrial development of the |
State of Georgia; and
WHEREAS: The citizens of this
State join with the citizens of
Gwinnett County in recognizing the
industrial significance and interna
tional importance of the construct
ion of a mammoth merchandise
mart in Gwinnett County; and
, WHEREEAS: It is fitting and pro
per that the citizzens of Georgia
join with their neighbors of Gwin
nett County in celebrating and ob
serving the commencing of con
s*truet:hn of such merchandise
mart, and that such commence
ment should be marked and com
memorated with appropriate cere
monies; now
I THEREFORE: I. S. Ernest Vantii
ver, Governor of Georgia, do here
bv proclaim the first dav of May.
1959, as “Internatonai Dav”, and
urge all citizens of our State to
observe this day.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I
hrv hereunto set mv hand and
caused the Seal of the Executive
Department to h° affixed. This 14
day of April, 1959.
I S. Ernest Vandiver, Governor.
Bye The Governor
Peter Zack Geer
Secretary, Executive Department
i A Personal Word
There are only two reasons why
I have continued to write these
short articles for the paper: (1) It
was and is my prayer that some
thing could be written that would
cause some people to accept Jesus
Christ as their ppersonal Savior.
(2) The second reason for these
articles is to encourage professing
Christians to live anu practice (heir
Christianity. To allow Christ to
live in and through them in a mere
powerful wav an dto He more
thorough students of the Bible.
If I have failed in these pur
poses it has been caused by the
mistakes of my head and not of
my heart: God being my judge I
have no hatred or ill-feeling to
ward anyone on the earth. There
are those with whom I definitelv
disagree—but I prav for them
most earnestly that thev may come
to the knowledge of God in Christ.
One of the most important duties
of the prophets of old was to warn
people to turn from their unbelief
and sin back to God. This is still
one of the main duties of a follow
er of Christ to plead with people
;to follow Christ without reserva
i tion.
| If I have offended anyone by a
' careless word or an unkind word
it was surely not intentional my
motive was right. Many people
have been kind in saying that these
articles have helped them, but it
maybe that these articles have
. been a hindrance to others. There
fore I have decided to stop writing
ifor the present. I want to be thor
! oughly convinced that these articles
I are helpful; I certainly do not
want to stand in anyones way. If
I I can’t helf I certainly do not want
jto hinder.
May the Lord ricly bless each
of you durng the New Year.
W. R. CALLAWAY
I ~
Annual Home Coming
i
The Annual Homecoming will be
at Pleasant Grove Methodist church
next Sunday, May the third. Our
guest speaker for the morning ser
vice will be Hamrick Smith. Lunch
will be served. The public is cor
dially invited.
County Population 15,000.
CANCER IS
iOUR PROBLEM
If yop think cancer is “the other
man’s problem,” you would do well
to think again.
The American Cancer Society
tells us that if the present rate
continues cancer will strike one
person in every four and that it
will strike in two out of every
three homes. You think about the
four people you love most, or
about your home and two along
side it here in your town, and you
will come nearer really understand
ing just what this means.
Cancer is your problem. It is
everyone’s problem. Not a single
one of us can escape the effect it
will have on each of our lives soon j
er or later. So, let us not close j
our ears when someone tries to
tell us how we can guard our
lives against this killer. Let us
listen, and let us follow their ad
vice. And let us be very grateful
that someone is so concerned about
our well-being.
The No. 1 purpose of the Forsyth
County Unit of the American Can
cer Society is to teach the people
of our community how to best
guard their lives against cancer
Many of our fellow citizens volun
teer their time and talents for tins
purpose. Their devotion is based on
this fact:
“On of every three persons
stricken by cancer is being saved.
Yet through earlier diagnosis and
treatment, one-half of all c? 'cer
patients could be saved. Manv *’ ou
sands of lives depend on people
knowing the truth about cancer
and acting in time.
Give yourself and your family a
better chance against this terri ':•
disease. Follow the life-saving ad
vice of these volunteer cancer
crusaders. They ask that each of
us do two things:
(1) Go to our doctors at least
;once a year for a complete health
checkup no matter how well we
feel. A checkup oftentimes can
pick up early cancer before it
shows any outward symptoms.
(2) Learn the Seven Danger
Signals that may mean cancer and
go to see a doctor if one should
occur. The Danger Signals are: 1)
Unusual bleeding or discharge; (2)
A lump or thinkening in the breast
or elsewhere; (3) A sore that does
not heal; (4) Change in bowel or
bladder habits; (5) Hoarseness or
cough; (6) Indigestion or difficulty
inswallowing; 17) Change in a
wart or mole.
Don’t take these words lightly
They may save your life if cancer
should ever strikp you.
And let us join with the hopes
of the volunteer workers of the
American Cancer Society’s Forsyth
County Unit that not a single need
less cancer death will occur in our
| community because our 'citizens
learned the truth about cancer and
acted in time.
Your Hospital News
i
is always a need for Blood
of ALL types at hospitals through
out the state. YOUR hospital is
always in need of blood. To help
relieve this need your County
Chapter of the Red Cross made it
possible for us to receive blood
through the Red Cross Blood Bank.
Lives have been saved and many
ill patients have recovered from
serious operatons and illnesses
where blood was needed. This help
has always been as near as our
telephone, and in several instances,
our State Patrol has come to our
aid. You people who have had to
go to other hospitals in the sta f e
have also benefited by the Red
Cross Blood Bank.
On May 21, 1959, when your
community is called on to give
blood at the Local High School
Gym, please don’t fail to go down
and give your pint of life-giving
blood. YOUR HOSPITAL alone
used about 180 pints last year.
This does not count all that was
used for people in other hospitals
from Forsyth County. Your Red
Cross Donor Card will get neces
sary blood for you anywhere in
the U. S. A. Giving blood is not
the only way you can help. You
may help by contributing gener
ously to our Local Red Cross drive
PLEASE ON MAY 21, 1959
GIVE.
Number 18.
Jaycec’s To Hold
Election On May 7
The Forsyth County Junior
Chamber of Commerce at their ro-
Iguiar meeting on April 23, 1959
placed the names of the following
men in nomination for oftiees for
the 1959 year:
PRESIDENT: Mr. Bobby Wofford,
Mr. Edwin Gravitt.
FIRST & SECOND V
Lloyd Smith. Edmond Wallace
and Leland Barnett.
SECRETARY: Rupert Sexton and
Lawrence Gordon.
TREASURER: Bob Brogden and
Cary Martin.
The next regular meeting which
will be election night will be held
on May 7, at the S & M Cafe in
Cumming. The meeting being
changed from the Second Thursday
night to the First Thursday night
in order for the local members to
attend the Ninth District Meeting
which will be held in Gainesville
on May 14.
All members are urged to attend
the Election Meeting and the im
portance of the election cannot
be stressed too much.
The Forsyth County Jaycees
have added during the year 24
j members, making a total mem
, bership of 43 which is more than
lone hundred per-cent increase.
i
Bank Of Cumming
Announces Improve
ment In Services
OPEN 9 TO 3
In a step designed to provide
additional services to the majority
of its many customers the Bank
•of Cumming announces that ef
fective May 1. 1959 the hours for
transacting business will be to
open promptly at 9:00 o’clock A.
M. and close promptly at 3:00
o’clock P. M., with the exception
of Wednesday. The bank will con
tinue its present policy to close at
jnoon on Wedndesdays.
| The bank has a night depository
located on Dahlonega Street side of
the building and invites their cus
tomers to avail themselvds of this
facility when desiring to make
deposits at any hours other than
those mentioned above.
This is another move by the
Bank of Cumming to provide the
best type of banking service to the
best type of banking service to its
[ customers at all times.
Soil Conservation
District News
JAMES T COOTS
SOIL CONSERVATION SERVICE
Soil and water conservation plans
1 have been developed recently by
R. M. Bennett, near Cross Roads
Church; Egbert Keith, near Ches
tatee; W. B. Turner, near Coal
Mountain; H. T. Pirkle, near Sil
ver City; and Henry Carruth near
Hopewell Church. John M. Garrett,
Jr. and James T. Coots local soil
conservationists assisted these land
owners with their planning.
Coastal Bermuda Grass is being
planted this week by Clarence Har
rison near Coal Mountain and A.
C. Smith near Silver City.
Lake owners in cooperation with
the District who have bass finger
lings on order for their lakes can
expect to receive their allotments
soon.
In cooperation with the Forsyth
County Commissioners of Roads
and Revenue the District is fur
nishing and applying lime, fertili
zer and seed on several roadbank
cuts in the Settingdown Creek
watershed. The county will main
tain these areas by keeping a good
vegetative cover on the areas at
all times.