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Volume 50.
New AMA President
Deplores ‘lnvaders’
Reprinted From Scope Weekly
Atlantic City, N. J.—Attempts of
people outside the medical profes
sion to inject themselves into the
practice of medicine is one of the
most serious problems confronting
the American physician today, said
Dr. Louis McDonald Orr in a Scope
Weekly interview as he prepared
to assume office here as the 113th
president of the American Medical
Association.
While grapping in office, labor
atory, and hospital with such prob
lems as heart disease, cancer, and
aging, Dr. Orr observed, the phy
sicans has also had to deal with
management, labor, hospital admin
strtors, and insurance people as
well as Government groups “who
wish to invade the practice of
medicine.” Moreover, there are, he
found, renewed attempts being
made today to set up a bureau
cratic system to control medical
services.
“Wherever Government has as
sumed such controls,” the Orlando,
Florida urologist warned, “the re
sults has been tremendous multi
plication of costs over original esti
mates, extreme tax burdens, nation
al deficits, and gradual extension
of socialization into other activi
ties.”
The gravest dangers he foresees
from Government control of medi
cine are a reduction in the quality
of patient care and an inevitable
destruction of the doctor patient
relationship.
Dr. Orr expects the growing drive
to unionize nonprofessional hospital
employees will pose new and ser
ious problems to physicians and
hosnital administrators.
“The major concern of the phy
sician," he said, “will be to assure
that such problems do not adversly
affect patient care. The problem
for administrators will be one of
rising costs of labbor and services,
which necessarily will be passed
along to the consumer and thus
create increases in medical and
hospital costs.”
The A. .M A.’s 113th president
was born September 27, 1899. in
Cumming. Georgia. His arrival
marked the culmination of a six
week wagon journey by his par
ents to that remote rural area to
visit his father’s brother.
His first glimmerings of ambi
tion were toward competitive sports
rather than medicine —specifically
to golf. He became an expert links
man and looked forward to becom
ing a professional golfer when he
entered Emorv College at Oxford,
Georgia in 1917.
But World War I frustrated that
hope and, after he returned to
Emory from Officers Training
School in Louisville, he was al
ready on his way to the medical
degree that came in 1924. He be
came a sturgical house officer at
Peter eßnt Brigham Hospital, Bos
ton. then a resident in urology and
general surgery at the old Lake
side Hospital, Cleveland. In 1927
he opened his office for private
practice in Orlando.
Although World War I ended be
fore young Douis Orr could see
service. World War II broke out
in tim®. H e entered service in 1942
at age 42, as a major and then
rose to full colonel in the Army
Medical Corps. He served first as
executive officer and later com
manding officer of the 15th Hos
pital Center, ETO. from 1943 until
mustered out in 1945
A slim wiry' man who looks many
years younger than his 59, Dr. Orr
has always acted on the belief that
"in the field of medicine we must
combat a temptation to restrict
ourselves to our speciality.”
A devout churchman, he recently
received a citation from the Cath
edral School as a “patron of the
arts and beloved citizens of Or
lando.” He was president of the
Central Florida Civic Music Asso
ciation for 17 years. He served as
a trustee of Rollins College, Winter
Park, Fla. And there was still
time for golf, rifle shooting, photo
graphy, and flower growing.
Dr. and Mrs. Orr have been mar
ried for 31 years. They have two
children, a son, Louis McDonald,
now in his third year in medicine
at Emory, and a daughter, Doris
Brown, who will enter college in
September.
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The Forsyth Comity News
OFFICIAL. ORGAN OF FORSYTH COUNTY & CITY OF CUMMING
DEVOTED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF FORSYTH, FULTON, CHEBO KKE, DAWSON, LUMPKIN. HALL ANO GWINNETT COUNTIES.
(City Population 2,500)
EVERY CHRISTIAN
IS CALLED!
Every Christian may be used of
God if he will determine once for
all to do what he can for God’s
glory in serving his fellowman. If
we will but see every person, on
the face o fthe earth, as people for
whom Christ died —and love them
with a Christ-like love. One thing
is sure, we will be living with peo
ple throughout all of our lives
upon earth. If we are fellowers of
Christ we should certainly do all
we can to influence others to fol
low Christ. If you have found
peace of mind and heart in follow
ing Christ you would surely want
to tell others about it. If your
faith in Christ as your personal
saviour has given real meaning
to life —your life —you surely will
want to tell others about it.
For example, there is no record
of Matthew preaching a great ser
mon as Simon Peter preached at
Pentecost, but Mathetw kept on
doing what he knew how to do—
WRITING. He is remembebred and
appreciated as the author of one
of the Gospels. Dorcas knew how
to use a needle—so she sewed gar
ments for the poor. Andrew knew
how to introduce people to Jesus
so he continued to bring people
to Jesus. Fanny Crosby and many
other gospel singers—sang the gos
pel and thereby was instrumental
in leading many to the saviour.
“Whether you eat or drink or
whatsoever you do, do it all to
the glory of God.”
It is so important to help young
boys and girls to think about the
goodness of God and the love of
God in Christ. To guide those little
minds toward God is a wonderful
calling. A Christian teacher is call
ed of God to teach those children
about the love of God for them.
God calls! Will you answer?
Have you ever felt impressed to
give your time and talent more
fully in the service of your Mas
ter? God has given everyone of
us some talents (if only one). Use
the talent or talents you have in
winning others to the Saviour.
That is exactly what God wants
you to do. DO WHAT YOU CAN.
W. R. CALLAWAY
UNION MEETING
Program For Union Meeting For
The Fourth District Meeting With
j Providence Church on July 2nd
! and 3rd, 1959.
THURSDAY, July 2, 1959
j 10:00 Organize.
■ 10:30 —Devotional by Rev. Walter
Haney
11:00 —Preaching by Rev. C. B. Gaz
away, Alternate Rev. W. J.
Sutton
1200 DINNER ON GROUNDS.
1 I:oo—Subject “What is the most
Noble Purpose introduced in Epho
sions 3rd chapter B—l 2 verses. Rev
Hillis McGinnis. Alternate Hubert
Ridings.
200 —Subject “Will we be judged
by our works” Revelations 20th
chapter 12—15 verses. Rev. Henry
Warren. Alternate Henry Boling.
FRIDAY, JULY 3rd, 1959
10:00 — Devotional. Rev. Harold
Thompson
10:30—Is the Old and New Testa
ment the word of God. Re
velations 19th chapter 12—
13 verses. St. John I—l 4.
Rev. Sam Cochran. Alter
nate J. I. Holbrook
11:00 Preaching. Rev. Tommie
Henderson. Alternate A. B.
Couch.
12:00—DINNER ON GROUNDS.
I:oo—Subject “Who was the mix
ed Multitudes that crossed the Red
Sea. Exadus 12th chapter 38 verse,
Numbers 11 chapter 4 verse. Rev.
John Lummus, Alternate Rev. Hoyt
Thompson
I:4s—Subject Define the meaning
of the word Tongues. Acts 2nd
Chapter 4th verse. Rev. C. B. Gaz
away. Alternate Rev. Frank Cau
ghn.
230—General Business.
PREACHING NOTICE
Rev. M. W. McKinzey will preach
at Silver Shoals Baptist Church
Sunday night, June 28. Everyone
invited.
Cumming Georgia, Thursday, June 25, 1959.
Mr. Hillard Rollins
Passes After Long
Illness Sunday, June 21
Funeral services were held Tues
day afternoon at 2:00 O'clock June
23 for Mr. Hillard Rollins who
passed away in the Forsyth County
Hospital after an extended illness.
Services were held at Freindship
Baptist Church with Revs. Tommy
Henderson, W. N. McConnell and
L. D. Martin officiating. Interment
in the church cemetery.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs.
Hillard Rollins, Cumming route 2:
and a number of nieces and neph
ews.
Atlanta Station To
Show Georgia Tourist
Film Sunday, June 28
Through the cooperation of Stat
ion WAGA-TV. Atlanta, residents
within the station’s coverage area
; are invited to take a pictorial tour
of their State by Abit Massey,
Director of the Georgia Depart
ment of Commerce.
Many of the state’s historical and
scenic attractions will be spotlight
ed in the film. “Land of the Chero
kee”. to be shown Sunday. June
28. at 4:00 —4:30 P. M. over WAGA
TV.
| The majestic sweep of Georgia's
mountains unfold in “Land of the
Cherokee”, a panorama of breath
takking beauty carrying its viewers
from Cherokee Indian land across
famous War Between the States
battlefields into the present indus
trial heartland of the state near
its capital civ.
Through films and oher promot
ional material, the Georgia Depart
ment of Commerce is currently en
gaged in an aggressive campaign
urging Georgians and others to
“SEE GEORGIA FIRST”, Massey
said.
“The campaign will continue,”
Massey emphasized, “until every
Georgian is aware of the wonder
ful recreation, vaetion, and tourist
attractions that Georgi offers fun,
sun and res-seekers.”
• Seed Production
Fits Into Crisp
Farm Operation
Orion J. Williams, Crist county
farmer, is finding that production
of certified seed fits in well with
his successful farming operation,
according to Hugh A. Inglis, agro
nomist in charge of seed certifi
cation for the University of Geor
gia Agricultural Extension Service.
Last year, the agronomist said.
Mr. Williams grew 50 acres of
certified Dixie 18 seed corn, one
acre of certified Coastal Bermuda
stolens, and one acre of certified
Suwanee Bermuda.
“The certified seed Mr. Williams
and other certified growers are
producing are helping to increase
yields and farm income in the
state,” Mr. Inglis said. Mr. Wil
liams is co-chairman of the certi
fication committee of the Georgia
Crop Improvement Association.
Mr. Williams is a member of the
Bale and Half Cotton club conduct
ed by the Extension Service of the
College of Agriculture. Last year
he averaged 782 pounds of lint
cotton per acre on 23 acres. He
did this, Mr. Inglis said, by follow
ing College of Agriculture recom
mendations on soil testing, fertili
zation, cultural practices and in
sect control.
To produce this crop he used
certified Plains seed planted in 38
inch rows. At planting, he applied
800 pounds of s—l fertilizer
and side dressed with 67 pounds of
nitrogen per acre. He poisoned
insects six times.
Sinpunsr School Begins
At Bethlehem Church
Monday Night, June 29
Prof. Herman Roper will teach
a Singing School at Bethlehem
Baptist Church beginning Monday
night June 29, (Night Only) They
wi’l continue throughout the week.
Everyone is cordially invited to
come and be with us.
Market is seen for older piston
craft.
ANNUAL JUNE
SINGING SUNDAY
The Annual June Singing will
be held at the Cumming Court
House Sunday, June 28.
We have the promise of Singers
from Gainesville, Buford, The Har
moneers from Atlanta, featuring
low note Hilton and others.
Thomas Thornhill,
Major Echols
Albert J. Tully Named
President of Kiwanis
International, June 17
j
ALEERT J. T TT 1 v '
Albert J. Tully, Mobile, Alabama
attorney has been named President
of Kiwanis International. He was
elected to the number-one Kiwanis
post Wednesday, June 17th by dele
gates attending the 44th annual
convention of Kiwanis International
jin Dallas. News of Tully’s election
j was received today by officers of
jthe Kiwanis Club of Cumming.
As head of Kiwanis International
j Tully will be official spokesman for
i 256,000 Kiwanians in 4700 clubs lo
i cated throughout the United States
! Canada, and the Hawaiian Islands
;He succeeds Kenneth B. Loheed.
• Toronto, Ontraio, businessman. Lo
heed has held the Kiwanis presi
dency since August of 1958.
I
| Tully, a 17-year veteran of Ki
j wanis membership has been Vice
President of the organization since
August 1, 1958. He also served a
term as Treasurer of Kiwanis In
ternational and he was an Inter
nationa] Trustee for four yers. He
is a practicing attorney, holding
memberships in the Mobilp, Ala.,
and American Bar Associations. He
is a former Assistant United States
Attorney, a post he occupied in
Mobile from 1941-43. Tully is a
graduate of the University of Ala
bama School of Law.
Attendance at the Dallas Conven
tion of Kiwanis was approximately
14,000 making this one of the larg
est such meetings in the organiza- i
tion’s history. In addition to select- i
ing officers for the coming year. I
delegates to the Dallas Convention |
adopted resolutions upon which the •
organization’s service pprogram for !
1959-60 will be based, recognized j
“the best all ‘round Kiwanis dis- •
tricts and clubs for 1958” and de- j
veloped new ideas in community ,
service and club administration.
Col. Leon Boling and Mr. John
Pittard attended the Convention.
finance Associaton
Makes Scholarship
Award To Emory
The School of Business Adminis
tration of Emory Universitv in At
lanta has been awarded a r rant of
$1,500 by the Georgia Consumer
Finance Association, to be used for
two scholarships to worthy stud
ents in the School’s graduate pro
gram leading to the Master of
Business Administration degree.
The award was presented last
week to Dr. John H. Golf, Dean of
the School, by Ben F. Cheek, Jr., of
Toccoa, President of the Associa
tion.
Dr. Goff stated that the School
will set up a faculty committee to
select the most worhv applicants.
The factors to be weighed in se
lecting the recipients of the schol
arships will be ability, personality,
potentiality and need.
The Georgia Consumer Finance
Association is composed of 350
companies in Georgia operating un
der the State Industrial Loan Act.
County Population 15,000.
OUR NATIONAL LEADERS CAN LEAD
THE WORLD IN OUTLAWING WAR
By RICHARD C. RODGERS, M. D.
(This is a series of articles that
will continue from week to w’eek
until the End).
The more powerful nations usu
ally are motivated by the convict
ion that their security depends
upon the acquision of a greater
military force than any possible
enemy. When the military leaders
of two unfriendly states decide
they need a positive “balance of
power" for security, an arms race
insvitably develops. Each nation
embroiled in an arms race seeks
to increase its power by forming
alliances and compeing for the co
operation and help of as many un
committed nations as feasible. In
the struggle tht ensues, the press
of each nation pictures the anta
gonist as evil an solidifies public
opinion against it. The amount of
hostility, fear and distrust of each
side toward the other gradually in
creases. In the atmosphere of pub
lic opinion which then follows, it
is rare that creative forces gain a
fair hearing in any attempt to find
a middle ground and approach a
solution With intelligence and ob
jectivity. Such objectivit is viewed
with suspicion by vast majorities
on each side. The foreign policies
of nations engaged in an arma
ments race eventually become dead
locked. When it is apparent that
negotiations can not break the
deadlock, the climate is ready tor
military action. It can begin with
a spark that ignites the powers
into total violence (such as the
assassination of Archduke Francis
Ferdinand before World War I),
jor with a surprise attack (such as
1 Pearl Harbor). ,
While national leaders, using dip
lomacy backed by the threat of
armed force, may steer their nat
ions down the narrow course of
peace for an interval, eventually
disputes will arise. Lacking mach
inery whereby disputes may be sol
ved through peaceful means, nat
ions will be tempted to resort to
the use of force or threat of force.
i Today, nations are relying upon
[1 he threat of nuclear retaliation in
jan effort to avoid war. But, can
this really prevent war? Certainly,
neither the U. S. A. nor Russia,
assuming sanity on both sides,
would unleash a war in th face of
certain retaliation and almost com
plete destruction of their respect
ive nations—unless they felt that
the other side had decided upon
war and hat was was inevitable.
However, there is no great assur
ance that snity will always prevail
and that command decisions will
never be made by irrational, para
noid or insne individuals—or bv
individuals overcome with fear and
hostility. Actually, the concept of
retaliation does not give even a
reasonable guarantee against war
occurring in the future. In fet this
concept, in the nuclear age, almost
insures that catastrophic war will
develop, given enough time. Be
cause a surprise attack might eli
minate many, if not most of the
centers of retaliation, it is neces
sary that retallatin to be initiated
almost instantly upon the first dis
covery of atack or approaching at
tack. This creates a situation never
before experienced in history,
where war can be triggered acci
dentally or by design from any
one of thousands of subordinate
officers or enlisted men. From pre
determined retaliation plans of the
U. S. A. and the U. S. S. R., civili
zation could be destroyed within
minutes or hours, if only one plane
or submarine commander should
fabricate a false order and pass
it to the members of his crew. Ac
tually, the destruction of the world
may now hinge uon the foolish
ness of one person. We stand in
mortal danger and this danger
stems as much from our own wea
pons as from the nuclear weapons
controlled by the individuals in
Russia’s military forces.
Regarding the inevitability of a
catastrophic war in a world which
looks only to national military
force for security, Dr. Harrison
Brown stated:
“Imagine if you will a w’orld in
which nuclear weapons of all sizes
have become commonplace anil
widespread. Couple this with the
ever-present possibility of rash
Number 26.
military action such as we have
just witnessed in Tunisia. Add la
this the pros|xst that rash ai-tiona
can be precipitated in virtually
every region of the globe. Mix with
this the consideration that indlvv
dual human beings arc moiV likely
to act in a crisis on the basis of
heated emotions and deep-seatrdi
fears than on the basis of consider
ed judgment. Add to this the ex
tent to whch Ignorance permeates
human society. Add, for what it bt
worth, our kknowledge from past
history concerning the frequency
of wars. Now examine all of these
factors and ask yourselves for how
long a time you honestly helievfe
violence on a large scale can be
avoided. Our opinions will, of
course, vary, but I believe that
most of us who are able to divorce
ourselves from our tendency to
indulge in wishful thinking would
agree that the time which stands
between us and large-scale disaster
some place in the world is agonis
ingly short.”
History records over eight thou
sands wars in three thousand years
Surely this tells us that the nat
ions or other political units of the
past lacked a suitable mechanism
to prevent war between them. Re
liance upon national military pre
paration has failed over and over
gain to preserve pece. The conclus
j ion is lmost inescapable that war
i between nations will continue until
'they achieve anew device, never
| before in existence, for ppreventing
.war between them.
The time has come when nations
must seek methods other than mili
tary for their survival. It is imper
ative that they establish adequate
j methods and machinery which ran
j assure a durble nd stable peaee
and the continued progress of civili
zation. It is a fearful and awesome
ordeal to speculate how perilously
short may be the time for such a
momentous accomplishment. ,
What are the Minimum Require
ments for Outlawing War?
Can nations achieve anew ear,
free from war? Only if they carr
! correctly define the basic funda
; mentals that are necessary to eli
minate war and then quickly pro
ceed in the construction of ad**
quate machinery built upon these
fundamental priciples to prohibi*
further- war. Accuracy of national
thought in the approach to the
problem is vital. In the past, nat
ions could err time and time again
and still survive. Error today in
safeguarding against war could
mean national suicide and probably
destruction of civiliztion.
If our nation and its people were
threatened with extinction from an
epidemic disease, we should de
mand that it expend great effort,
utilizing all available resources to
determine scientifically the cause
and cure of this disease. If ancient
remedies had failed, we would ex
pect that they would quickkly be
replaced with new and workable
remedies.
Today, our nation and its people
are seriously threatened with ex
tinction, not from disease btu from
an age-old malady—war, with a
new but fatal virility, the nuclear
weapon. The responsibility of find
ing the cure to this threat belongs
to our national government. This
responsibility, the abolition of war,
is so clear cut that one would ex
pect to find our national govern
ment maintaining a department of
peace, endorsing research for peace
in most colleges and universities,
encouraging the teaching of scienti
fic principles of peace in all high
schools nad colleges and sponsor
ing 'international seminars where
scientists of peace could exchange
the fruits of their research ami
study. Furthermore, since peace is
(dependent upon mutual cooperation
|of the world’s nations i nthe estab
i lishment of adequate machinery,
one would expect our national gov
ernment to be makking a mighty
effort to persuade other national
governments to assume the re
sponsibility for the education of
their own people on basic princi
ples of peace. Such efforts could
oroduee a world climate of opinion
that would insure the quick coop
eration of at least the majority of
nations in efforts to jointly estab
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