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The Forsyth County News
Volume 50.
Health Department
News
By Grace Palmour, PHN.
Don’t let Polio strike you or
your family! June 16, and July 14
is the date for your polio clinics
sponsored by the Forsyth County
Chamber of Commerce.
This is particularly for the third
injection for those who had two
at the fall and winter clinics; But
don’t let this stop you if you have
not had the first two, come on out
and get them and then get the
third one from your family doctor.
These clinics will be held in the
new Forsyth County Health Cen
ter. The Jaycees will charge SI.OO
for those who can afford to pay;
No charge for those who can’t.
Did you know that: Polio vacci
nation is not complete without
three injections.
Three "shots”—properly spaced —
are 85-90 per cent effective against
paralytic polio.
It takes about eight months to
btcome fully vaccinated. Americans
are not adequately vaccinated.
Only 42 percent have had any vac
cine at all; only 33 percent have
had the full series.
There is no wenough vaccine
for everyone.
Ask your doctor about the ad
visability of taking Polio Vaccine.
Purcell To Speak
At State Schools
Fire Safety Meet
ATLANTA —Declaring his office
was behind Georgia's original and
unique program of fire safety edu
cation among school children 100
per cent,, Dr. Claude Purcell, State
Superintendent of Schools, today
accepted Safety Fire Commissioner
Zack D. Cravey’s invitation to ad
dress the Third Annual Junior
Fire Marshals’ Statewide Confer
ence at Lake Jackson in August.
Dr. Purcell, in a letter to Mr.
Cravey also congratulated the Com
missioner for holding the only
such school fire officers’ encamp
ment held in the nation.
“You are* performing a job out
standing amon gour school children
in fire safety and prevention,” Dr.
Purcell wrote, "I am not surprised
that our Junior Fire Marshal Pro
gram has been adopted in toto by
several of our sister statts where
astute officials forsee its inesti
mable potential in lives and prop
erty saved and fires prevented.
Commissioner Cravey said at
least one representative from every
high school in the state is being
invited to the conference this year.
Formerly, only one or two students
from each county had attended.
PCA Directors
Will Meet In
Athens, June 8
Nearly 200 officers and directors
of the 28 Production Credit Asso
ciations in Georgia will attend the
annual directors’ conference at the
University of Georgia Center for
Continuing Education June 8 -
Key speakers for the opening
session Monday, June 8, will be
Dr. E. Broadus Browne, director
of the University’s College Experi
ment Station; R. A. Farr, presi
dent of the Federal Intermediate
Credit Bank of Columbia, and S.
J. Brannen. Extension economist
of the College of Agriculture.
Speaker for the conference ban
quet Monday night will be the Rev.
Bevel Jones, pastor of the Audubon
Forest Methodist Church. Atlanta.
Other speakers on the pprogram
will include J. C. Moore, vice presi
dent, and John L. Marshall, secre
tary of the Federal Intermediate
Credit Bank, and George W. Dar
den, director, Sandersville Produc
tion Credit Association.
Special reports and discussions
will occupy a large part of the
program with adjournment sche
duled for noon Tuesda, June 9.
It is strange how tired a man
can be on Sunday morning, about
church time, and how quickly he
can recover by mid afternoon, if
something turns up.
U. S. charges of .“softness” irri
tate British.
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF FORSYTH COUNTY Si CITY OF CUM MING
DEVOTED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF FORSYTH, FULTON, CHICRO HICK, DAWSON, LUMPKIN, HALL AND GWINNETT COUNTIES.
(City Population 2,500)
Pension Eligibility
For Widows And
Children of Veterans
Some widows and children of
wartime veterans may be eligible
for pensions and not be aware of
that fact, reports Pete Wheeler,
director of the State Department
of Veterans Service.
Pensionsare not automatic, He
explained—they must be applied
for, if a person meets eligibility
requirements.
Generally, Wheeler said, these
are the eligibility requirements for
pensions for widows and children
of veterans of World War 1, and
11, and the Korean War:
Widows and unmarried children
under age 18 (or 21 if attending
a VA approved school) may be
eligible for pensions if the widow’s
income is less than $1,400 a year,
if she has only one child, or $2,700
a year if more than one.
If there is no widow, or if the
widow is ineligible, the child or
children may become eligible for
pension provided their incomes do
not exceed $1,400 each.
The widow must have been liv
ing with the veteran from the
time of marriage until his death,
unless there was a separation with
no fault on the wife’s part.
Remarriage following death of
the veteran makes the widow per
manently ineligible, in most cases.
Wheeler said that since there
are other limitations and require
ments for widow’s pensions, the
various field offices of the State
Department of Veterans Service
located throughout the state will
be glad to furnish details.
Or additional information may
be obtained by writing the Depart
ment at 125 State Capital, Atlanta.
Handicapped Awards
Announced By Clarke
| ATLANTA—Awards in the state
wide contest sponsored by the Gov
ernor’s Committee on Employment
of the Physically Handicapped and
the Associated Industries of Geor
gia, Inc., for high school juniors
and seniors have been announced
by Clifford Clarke. Jr.. Chairman
of the Governor’s Committee.
The winners were: First—Ann
Andrews, Pelham High School,
Pelham; Second —Betty Smith. Bak
er High School. Columbus; Third—
Bonnie Sue Johnson. Gainesville
High School, Gainesville; Fourth —
Nedra White, West Side High
School, Rocky Face, and fifth—
Saundra A. Long, Roosevelt High
School, Atlanta.
They will receive cash prizes
ranging from SIOO to $lO awarded
by the Associated Industries of
Georgia, and certificates of merit
from the President’s Committee on
Employment of the Physically
Handicapped. Theme of this year’s
contest was: “Hiring the Handi
capped in our Town.”
The prizes will be presented by
Governor Ernest Vandivere at the
State Capitol on June 5.
Larcre Distiller Seized
In Forsyth County
Federal and State Revenue offi
cers, working in conjunction with
Sheriff L. H. Bornett and Deputies
carried, out the raid after more
than a week of continous observa
tion Friday night. May 29. Five
men were arrested and four ve
hicles conficated. Seized also was
3200 gallons of mash, 156 gallons
non-tax paid whisktl and one 8
h. p. Upright boiler. A spokesman
for the Revenue Department stat
ed more cases are pending further
investigation. All men are now
lnder bond.
BOTTOMS REUNION
The Bottoms Reunion will be
held on Sunday June 14 at Zion
Hill Baptist Church. All relatives
and friends are cordially invited
to come and spend the day.
PREACHING NOTICE /
Rev. Bud Boles will preach at
Bethlehem Baptist Church Sunday
night June 7th. Everyone cordially
invited to attend.
Cumming Georgia, Thursday, June 4, 1959.
Rev. J. B. Driskell
Funeral Held Sunday
jAt Shady Grove
Funeral services for Rev. J. B.
Driskell a Baptist minister and
former Forsyth County school su
perintendent was held Sunday at
2 p. m. at Shady Grove Baptist
Church. i
Rev. D. M. Nalley and Rev. Jay j
Bottoms officiating. Burial was in j
Shady Grove Cemetery with Mason !
ic rites. Ministers formed an hon- ]
orary escort.
Mr. Driskell passed away Friday I
after a lengthy illness. He was 73 j
years of age.
Mr. Driskell had been a school- j
teacher for most of his adult life, j
He is survived by four daughters i
Miss Carrie Bell Driskell and Miss j
Ruth Driskell, both of Cumming; |
Mrs. Gene Orr and Mrs. E. C. j
Waldrip, both of Gainesville; sister,
Mrs. W. S. Turner of Cumming;
two brothers, George Driskell of
Gainesville and Fred Driskell of
Cumming, and four grandchildren.
Hi-Y - Tri-Hi-Y
Officers Study on
June B—l 2
Over 700 Hi-Y and Tri-Hi-Y club
officers from nearly 300 Georgia
communities will study Christian
democratic leadership principles
and methods under 60 instructor
advisors at the State YMCA Sum
mer Training Conference at Rock
Eagle Park, June B—l 2.
Robert A. Potter, YMCA World
Service secretary from New York,
will represent the National Council
•of Young Men’s Christian Associa
tions during group and platform
sessions.
Other programs will be led by
the Rev. Jack Ballard. Atlanta, and
the Covington Y Clubs featuring
the annual dedication service.
“From This Day On” anew wor
ship drama.
Conference youth officers are:
Bob Thielman, Mcßae, president,
i Diana Smith, Douglas, and Virgi
j nia Bowen, Griffin, vice-presidents,
i Kelly McCuthchen, Dalton, secre
jtary .and Tom Peters, Monroe,
chaplain.
| C. Baxter Jones, Jr., State YMCA
1 president, has called a meeting of
| the State Y board of directors to
be held during the conference,
June 11 —12. at Rock Eagle.
Cumming delegates registered
' are: Gladysteen Garner( Lynda
Hill. Rhonda Rountree and Elaine
Graham.
Soil Conservation
District News
| 4 if
JAMES T COOTS
SOIL CONSERVATION SERVICE
|
; Invitation bids are out for con
struction of the first flood preven
tion dam in the Etowah River
Reach Watershed. The dam will
be located on Brewton Creek near
the W. H. Evans property. Bids
are expected to be opened June 10
and a construction award made
soon thereafter. Work should begin
around July 1. This watershed
work is a part of the District pro
gram. The Soil Conservation Ser
vice will furnish technical assist
ance in cooperation with the Upper
Chattahoochee River Soil Conser
vation District. Comnletion of this
i dam is expected around November
of this year.
| Fred Feil, a District cooperator,
in the Settingdown Creek Water
shed expects to plant five acres
of Coastal Bermuda grass this
month.
W. B. Benefield near Sharon re
| ports he is getting ready to seed
I new pasture this fall,
i Clint Odum west of Cumming
I reported that he optned his farm
lake for fishing last Saturday.
i 1
I Coco-Cola shows a rise in earn
ings.
Home, The Strength
Of The Nation
I am glad that we can dedicate
our homes at any time; we can
live within the purpose of God's
will. The home was the first schoo.
The Lord instructed the fathers to
teach their children the fundamen
tal principles of life. "And these
words which I command thee this
day shall be in thine heart; and
thou shalt teach them diligently
unto thy children, and thou shalt,
talk of them when thou sittest in
thine house, when thou walkest in
the wav. when thou best down and
when thou riscst up”. Devt. 6: 6—7
The family has the child when
it is learning about the world and
people, when it is most sensitive to
the truth. Failure on the part of
the parents then may bring failure
in the lives of their children be
cause they were not ttold of God’s
love for them. The home can be
the best school in the world. I had
the privilege of sitting at the feet
of some of the greatest teachers
in their -day—men like Dr. A. T.
Robertson, a world renound Greek
scholar and many other great teach
ers but the two teachers that
meant more to me were my father
and mother. They taught me to
reverence God and to pray, they
taught me to trust Jesus Christ
as my personal savior and to study
the Bible, God’s book; they taughr
me to love right and hate wrong.
Is there anything more imnortant
to learn in life than these attitudes
and truths?
The family is the first unit in
society—they should stand together
if necessary against the whole
world, if one suffers al lsuffer.
The words and deeds of the par
ents may affect the children for
ever. “The fathers have eaten sour
, grapes and the children's teeth
have been put on edge.” I want
to live and behave so that my fam
ily "Will not be ashamed of me.
The homes of a community is
' the best index of its life and char-
I acter. As long as there is one bad
or weak family, the community is
in danger of social disease and
shame. A simpple tvnhoid case is
a threat to the health of all who
live nearby. A bad home may be a
germ carrier that may destroy the
morals and the happiness of many
others. But one good home is a
source of strength to al Ithe com
munity. Hannah prayed to God for
a child, she dedicated him to God
before he was born. Her son Sam
uel made a great contribution to
the whole life of Israel.
Because we want a Christian
home we want the Bible in our
home as the basis of our best
teachings. I want Christian friends
and Christian work.
Henry W. Grady was travelling
through Georgia writing up the
various towns and interesting peo
ple he met. In his travels he spent
the night in a country home. That
night before retiring, ail gathered
in one room and the father read
the Bible and all knelt to pray.
When he wrote his article he re
called this visit and said that the
strength of our nation was in
these homes that reverence and
study of the Bible and pray with
their children. The stronger our
faith in God the stronger our na
tion will be.
W. R. Callaway
Singing Notice
Everyone has a special invitation
to attend the Annual All Day Sing
ing at Oak Grove Baptist Church
Sunday June 7. The Martin Sisters,
Melotone auartett, Roy Phillip’s
quartett, Shorty Bradford a: and Don
ald Step have promised to be with
us along with many other good
singers.. Make your plans to come
and spend the day. Singing will
begin promptly at 10:30 A. M.
There will be plenty of lunch
for everyone at the noon hour.
Fay Martin. President
Wayman Cox, Vice President
Lester Sexton, Secretary
If you advertise and don’t get
the expected results, change the
nature of your advertising. Well
aimed advertising will always hit
the mark. v
County Population 15,000.
THE GREAT MENACE TO AMERICA’S
CHILDREN: What you Can Do about it
Address by Hon. Arthur E. Sum
merfield. Postmaster General of the
United States before Conference of
Women Leader of Civic, Education
al, Parent and Religious organiza
tions and Women members of The
Congress and Government Agencies
I want to thank you for taking
the time to join us today. I know
that your schedules are full and
that you are very busy. But we
have asked you to be with us be
cause we want to discuss a very j
serious matter with you.
We know how intelligently, how
enaciously and yes, how success
fully American women can organ
ize to fight evil.
We know that, in your positions
of leadership in important organi
zations, as parents, and as citizens,
you can be of great help to us in
meeting a problem of growing con
cern to all of us.
I want to discuss this problem
with you frankly, tell you what we
are doing about it, and ask for
your personal support, and the as
sisttance and cooperation of the
organizations you represent.
There is flourishing in this coun
try today a vile racket of huge
propportions about which the 'pub
lic is not too well informed.
This racket involves the use of •
the United States mails for the
wholesale promotion and conduct
of mail order business in obscene
and pornographic materials. I say
it is huge advisedly. We can esti
mate at present that the sale of
these materials through the mails
is running at more than 500 mil
ion dollars a year. The especially
vicious aspect of this racket is the
fact that these purveyors of filfth
are aiming their attention more
and more at the nation's children
tenn-age boys and girls, and even
younger.
j With complete arrogance, they
are violating the homes of the nat
ion in defiance of the Federal Gov
ernment. They are dumping porno
i graphis sewage into the hands of
hundreds of thousands of our chil
dren, through the family mail box,
most of it material that has not
been ordered material intended to
solicit the sale of utterly obscene
picture, slides, films, and related
trash. How do these merchants of
filth obtain the names and addres
ses of children? They have any
number of ways. One of the most
common is to offer, in a legitimate
ad in a normal publication, the sale
of a product of interest to a boy J
or girl. This would be stamps, or
model airplanes, or doll clothes,
and the like. These items are fre
quently offered at bargain prices.
The child, usually with the par
net’s assistance, sends for and re
ceives the item. Now the mut deal
er has the name on his list, and
soon the child is receiving lewd
solicitations through the mail.
These racketeers also buy pre
pared mailing lists of children’s
names, of which there are many.
They even go to the extent of
gathering up high school year book
from which they take name sand
match them up with addresses in
city telephone books. Recently, we
conducted a raid in New York
City in which we confiscated 17
tons of highly obscene pprinted
and filmed materials. The producer
of tthese materials had in his pos
session a mailing list of names and
addresses of 100.000 persons, in
cluding many high school students.
If you were to read some of the
solicitation material that these de
bauched persons send to the child
ren, I believe you would be sicken
ed. You would also be deeply dis
turbed to read the letters our post
masters receive from parents. Such
letters for example as one from a
mother who wrote: “The enclosed
material was received by my son,
age eight years, a few days ago.
Is there anything that can be done
to stop this?” The material sent
to the eight-year-old boy began
with the statement: “I am writing
to you as a person interested in
collecting all types of art photo
graphy of nudes.” Or like the letter
which read: “Is there anything
that can be done about literature
like the enclosed? This is a moth
er’s plea to you to do all in your
power to stop the flow of this
’filth from seeping into our homes.
Number 23.
Thank you for anything you can
do to protect my 10 year old girl."
Or the letter which stated: "I am
enclosing a folder sent to boys at
our camp. Is there any way that
this terrible literature and its sour
ce can be destroyed?” It is appar
ent that many children .without
parental attention, do fail into the
trap of ordering such material, for
the filth merchants regard theig
traffic with children as a major
and growing part of their highly
! lucrative business. Most parents
who intercept these solicittations
in the mail are, of course, shocked
and greatly concerned. Last year,
our Postal Inspection Service in
vestigated 14,000 complaints about
obsenity in the mails. Nearly two
thirds of these complaints were
from parents objecting to the re
ceipt of lewd material by their
adolescent children.
In the case of a single mailing
by one purveyor of filth, over 5,000
complaints were received, and all
but three were from parents pro
testing mailings to their children.
On the basis of all the facts we
have, our Inspection Service esti
mates that probably 700,000 to one
million children this year will re
ceive such invitations to depravity
through the mails! This is big
business. It thrives on the curiosity
of adolescents. It has no boundar
ies based upon social position, re
ligion, race or location. Your child,
or the child next door, may be on
a list. If not, he —or she— may get
on one. For the lists are expand
ing. Nobody is immune. Obscene
mail is addressed to both sides of
the track. It finds its way into
orphanages. It is addressed to chil
dren as young as eight years.
Yes, their parents will be wor
ried- and well they should be. For
it is well known to law enforce
ment groups that juvenile delin
quency stems in measurable part
from the demoralizing influence of
exposure to obscenit and porno
graphy. Consider this, if you will,
in the light of a recent report on
delinquency by a Senate subcom
mittee. The report states that one
out of every five boys in this coun
try, of ages 10 to 17, has a court
record, charged with breaking the
Law. Again and again, in the in
vestigations of armed robbery, ex
tortion, embezzlement, and forgery,
authorities find that those guilty
of these crimes were early collect
ors of obscene pictures and films.
And it is well known that almost
jail sex criminals and sex murderers
prove to have a long record of
addiction to pornographic and sa
distic material. Your children may
never be exposed to this material.
But they could be victims of sex
criminals who have been exposed
to it. Let me quote from the report
of the Senate subcommittee that
studied this problem: l
“There is a Peru liar resemblance
to narcotics additiction in exposure
of juveniles to pornopranhv. There
is the same aapttern of progres
sion. Once initiated into a know
ledge of the unnatural, the impres
sionable young mind with the in
satiable curiosity characteristic of
those reaching for maturity in
evitably hunts for something strong
er, something with more ‘jolt,’
something imparting a greater
thrill. "The dealer in pornography
is acutely aware of this progressive
facet; his array of material to
feed this growing hunger is care
fully geared to the successive
stages. Like the peddler of nar
cotics. his only nterest is to insure
that his customers are ‘hooked’, he
knows that once they are ‘hooked’
they will continue to pay and pay.”
It is clear the Congress is con
cerned with this problem. Much
good should come from the hear
ings now being held by the House
Post Office and Civil Service Sub
committee On Obscene Literature,
headed by Congressman Kathryn
E. Granshan. I am sure you also
will agree that this, indeed, is a
problem that must be met. .1 per
sonally am both revolted and in
censed bv this dppraved, arrogant
and poisonous attack on the minds
of our children. These feelings are
shared, I can assure vou, by our
postmasters around the country
and by my associates in the Post
Office Department. TO BE CON
.TINUED NEXT WEEK.