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Volume 50.
Petit Jurors Drawn For
July Term, 1959
1. Holbert Hall
2. Hari ! son Jennings
3. Cecil Merritt
4. Homer Woods
5. Weldon Bramblett
6. Jasper A. Stone
7. Leon Stancil
8. Maxie Morris
9. Toy Turner
10. Anderson Higgins
11. Oscar M. Grimes
12. G. C. McGinnis
13 W. A. Simpson
14. Benson Childers
15. Ralph Bagley
16. Billy Abbott
17. Grady Hyde
18. Lawton Sosebee
19. George Martin
20. John H. Durand
21. V. C. Millwood, Sr.
22. Robert Edison
23. William James
24. Wilburn Pinson
25. Clyde Martin
26. W. E. Herring
27. J B. Byers
28. Dowe Vaughan
29. Ben Edd Bramblett
30 Cranford Samples
31. Chester Thompson
32. A. C. Fagan
33 W. R. Dunn
34 Everett Bettis
35. Watson Rogers
36. Robert Castleberry
37. Dillard Thomason
38. Claude E. Terry
39. Hoyt Heard
40. R. A Ingram
?! C.aude Tallant
42. W. E. Lipscomb, Jr.
43. Frank Cain
44. George Welch
45. Lendon O. Whitmire
46. Paul Yarbrough
47. Luther T. Harris
48. Rudolph Tribble
49. Jeff Heard
50. John W Holbrook
51. Raymon Bennett
52. Howard Burton
53. Eugene Buice
54. W. A. Pruitt
55. George Corn
56. W. D. Buice, Jr.
57. Lane Clark
58. Maxie Hubbard
59. Leonard Evans
60. James W. Dover
61. -Wallace Grindle
62. Garland Sorrells
63. E. G. Floyd
64. J. C. Galloway
65. Emmett Williams
66. Fred Stripland
Ranger, Edward L. Wriglit
Elimination of fires in the woods
is one of the most effective means
of reducing decay and, for that
matter, insect damage to trees.
Decay fungi enter readily through
wounds caused by fire. But that
isn't the only way. In cutting trees
for lumber or pulp, an attempt
should be made to fell trees so as
to avoid breaking branches or
tearing off bark from stems of
adjacent trees.
Injuring the base of trees and
exposing roots should be avoided
as much as possible when skidding
out logs and during construction
work. This is especially true in
cities, where trees are treasured
for shade. In addditions, logs
should not be left in the woods for
a prolonged time, especially in
moist areas. Above all, badly de
caved trees, especially those bear
ing conks, should be cut down and
either utilized or burned. As for
second growth hardwoods, a re
duction in losses in sprout stands
requires special cultural treatment.
Oak sprouts are easily damaged
by butt rots which progress up
ward in the starn from the old
stump. Other hardwoods may also
be damaged by basal decay. Cultur
al treatments should be pplied to
second growth sprout hardwoods
before the stands are 20 years old.
Lights and reflectors should be
placed on all farm machinery. En
gineers, Agricultural Extension Ser
vice, recommend use of red flags
by day and lights by night.
Argentina ask Bulgarian diplo
mat to leave.
The Forsyth County News
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF FORSYTH COUNTY & CITY OF CUMMING
DEVOTED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF FORSYTH. FULTON, CHKRO KKE, DAWSON. LUMPKIN. HALL AND GWINNETT COUNTIES.
(City Population 2,509)
John D. Glover ,Sales
Representative For
Allstate Insurance
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JOHNT D. GLOVER
John D. Glover has been appoint
ed sales representative in Cumming
for Allstate Insurance Companies,
E. A. McDonald, Georgia-Alabama
Regional Manager, announced this
week.
Glover will continue to operate
his service station and will repre
sent Allstate in this area under
its new local agent program. He
has completed the company’s train
ing course and has qualified for a
state insurance license, according
to R. L. Cochran, Local Agent Su
pervisor.
A native of Cumming, Glover is
a member of Masonic Lodge No.
44, and is active member of the
Pleasant View Baptist Church.
McDonald stated that Glover will
also represent the Allstate Safety
Crusade, a country wide campaign
carried on by the Company and its
agents to assist officials in reduc
ing traffic accidents by working
with individuals and cvic organi
ziations in promotng safety pro
jects. As Crusade reresentative he
will make available to interested
persons or organizations safety
programs, movies and literature
specifically designed for children
and adults.
Farm Safety Week
“A successful farmer makes a
key part of his every day farm
planning”, the chairman of the
Petroleum Association of Georgia
advised today in pledging his or
ganization’s sunport for the annual
Farm Safety Week. July 19—25.
John S. Morrison urged farm
families to continue to reduce the
umber of accidental deaths by
using caution and care. Accidental
farm deaths have dropped from 6G
deths per 100 000 farm population
to 57 during the past ten "ears.
Here are some of the causes of
farm accidental dea + h= ranked in
order: machinery, drowning, fire
arms, falls, blows, birr', animals,
electrical current, lightning, poison
ing. suffocation.
“The more than 17,000 oil men
and women in Georgia urge all
farm people to carefully observe
safety rules on the farm and in
the home, not just during Farm
Safety Week but the entire year,”
Morrison said.
He pointed out that the Petro
leum Association of Georgia main
tains a film library on farm safety
including two award winning pro
ductions, “Farm Petroleum Safety”
and “Farm Tractor Safety”, both
of which can be obtained on loan
free from any oilman in the state.
OPEN HOUSE AT
HOSPITAL, AUG., 19
The Forsyth County Hospital
will celebrate the Second Anni
versary of it’sopening wdth OPEN
House on Wedridesday August 19.
The public is cordially invited
to visit the hospital between the
hours of 9 A. M. and 5 P. M.
The Auxiliary Volunteers will
be on duty to conduct visitors on
a Tour of Inspection.
All “Future Citizens” have been
born in the hospital since it opened
will have their picture displayed in
the lobby.
Mrs. Avola W. Callaway, clothing
specialist, Agricultural Extension
Service, says a steady, even pare
of stitching is a must for stitching
wash and wear fabrics.
Cumming Georgia, Thursday, July 23, 1959.
Kiwanians Honored
At Supper By Forsyth
County Jaycees,
, The Forsyth County Jaycees en
| tertained the Kiwanis Club Wed
i nesday night July 15 with a steak
| dinner at the Forsyth County High
! School Cafetorium after losing a
'contest to the c]ub after a chal
: lenge to give more blood than
they could.
j So Wednesday night the Junior
Chamber of Commerce and their
wives and dates entertained the
Kiwanis Club, along with Mayor
Roy P. Otwell, The Forsyth County
Commissioners, County Health
Nurse Mrs. Grace Palmour, County
Civil Defense Head Cecil Merritt,
Jane Carroll and Donna Phillips,
the Jaycees’ entrants in the Miss
Lake Lanier Pageant this year all
enjoyed a wonderful supper.
Byrd Proposes
Broad Study of
Municipal Problems
MACON, July 21—Lieut. Gov. Gar
land T. Byrd proposed today that
the State Senate undertake a broad
studv of financil problems of muni
cipalities.
Speaking at the annual eonven
tion of the Georgia Municipal As
sociation, the Lieutenant Governor
said he would ask the Senate Gov
ernment Operations Committee to
begin such a study immediately.
Byrd, in his speech prepared for
the convention, said a proposed
constitutional amendment sposor
ed by the cities and towns would
require a change in the financial
structure of the state.
This proposed amendment would
permit the state to return tax
funds to municipal governments.
It has not been acted on by either
House or Senate.
| Byrd noted that, the Government
Operations Committee alreday has
made studies of the Highway De
partrr.ent and the Public Service
Commission. He said it is available
to consider other areas affecting
all citizens of the state.
“Anyone who is involved in any
branch of government is aware
[tha’t the municipalities must solve
| a severe financial problem,” Byrd
I said. “We also are aware that
| county governments have a similar
problem.
| “The governments of our munici
palities and of our counties must
be given sincere consideration, if
we are to be able to continue sound
government at the local level. Our
structure in Georgia
is buflt upon the local units.”
He said he would ask the com
mittee to meet with members of
the municipal association, with var
ious other interested and affected
groups.
He said he wanted it to be a
“broad, thorough, and obejective
study”.
“I hope that action can be taken
which will be for the good of the
it will be for the good of the
municipalities, which means that
entire state of Georgia,” he said.
Drivers Testing Lab
Here July 28 31st.
Are you a safe driver? Find our
by taking advantage of the Driver
Testing Laboratory.
Exhaustive mental and physical
driving tests will be given to all
interested Forsyth County drivers
beginning Tuesday, July 28—31st.
The Mobile Driver Testing Labora
tory is sponsored by the Georgia
Motor Trucking Association, Inc.,
and is made available locally by
the Forsyth County Home Demon
stration Council. All drivers are
urged to take advantage of this
test.
The lab is housed in a van trail
er and was established with the
aim of reducing highway accidents
in Georgia by enabling incompetent
drivers to discover their deficien
ces and by acquainting capable driv
ers with their handicaps so they
may make allowances for them.
Contrary to general opinion, the
unit DOES NOT revoke driver’s
licenses.
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A U. S. Department of Agricul
ture survey shows that one-eighth
of Georgia’s farms used silage in
1955, with the greatest use on
dairy farms.
Russell Predicts
Golden Future In
River Development
Senator Richard B. Russell pre
diets a “golden future of progress
and prosperity” for Georgia thru
the over all development of the
state’s rich river and water re
sources.
Pointing out the importance of
water to the future industrial and
population expansion of the state,
Senator Russell declared:
“Through the prudent and far
sighted development of our resour
ces, Georgia can move forward
into the high plateau of progress
and opportunity, not only for to
day’s expanding population, but for
generations yet unborn.”
Senator Russell discussed the
vital role that water will play in
Georgia’s future in an article that
he wrote for the current edition
of the Georgia Local Government
Journal. He pointed out that an
adequate water supply is a prime
essential in attracting new indus
try to Georgia, a
“We are richly endowed with
the God-given resource of water,”
Georgia’s Senior Senator declared.
“We have abundant rainfall to
feed the magnificent river systems
that flow through our state from
the mountains to the sea.”
Senator Russell noted that much
nrogress has been made in tapping
Georgia’s river resources through
the construction of multipurpose
dams and navigation projects, not
ably on the Savannah and Chatt
hoochee Rivers. But he dded: “We
have barely scratched the surface.”
He said the full development of
the state’s river resources has
been hampered by the lack of an
over-all. coordinated plan of deve
looment with “an eye toward the
fullest development of all their
uses.”
Senator Russell pointed out that
a Water Resources Study Commis
sion has been set up under an act
he sponsored in the last Congress
to draw up such a comprehensive
plan of river and water develop
ment in Georgia. The Commission
is headed bv Columbus business
man James W. Woodruff, Jr., who
has been a leader in the develop
ment of the Chattahoochee.
The Commission will study Geor
gia’s river systems and make re
commendations for developing their
potential uses for:
Flood control; domestic and muni
cipal water supplies; navigation;
reclamation and irrigation of farm
land; hydroelectric power and in
dustrial development; forest eon
servation and utilization: develop
ment of fish and wildlife resour
ces; development of recreational
areas; salinity and sediment con
trol; pollution abtement and pro
tection of public health; and “such
other beneficial and useful pur
poses not herein enumerated.”
Senato Russell emphasized the
long-range nature of this under
taking. After the commission com
pletes its study, expected to re
Quire two years, it will be neces
sary to obbtain Congressional au
thorization and funds to carry out
the commission’s proposed program
“To this end, I shall devote my
untiring efforts and energies in the
years ahead,” Senator Russell
pledged.
Mrs. G. W. Forrist, 89,
Passes July 14 At
Home of Daughter
Funeral services were held Thurs
day morning at 11:00 o’clock July
16 for Mrs. G. W. Forrist, who
passed awav at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. Elmer Tvitty in
Gainesille. Services were conducted
at the Second Baptist Church .
Revs. Frank Vaughn, John Ozley,
and Bob Baxter officiating. Inter
ment in the church cemetery
Mrs. Forrist was the wife of the
late Rev. G. W. Forrist of Cum
ming.
Survivors inclue one son, Paul
Forrist, Cummin?: four daughters,
Mrs. Larmon Smith, Cummins.
Mrs. E. L. Cowart, Alpharetta,
Mrs. Elmer Twitty, Gainesville,
and Miss Manorie Forrist. Atlanta,
two sisters. Mrs. Lela Crawford.
Atlanta and Mrs. Worth McCollum
Smyrna; 15 grandchildrden and 17
great-grandchildren.
County Population 15,000.
Mrs. Evelyn Staton
Kills Kidnaper
A 20-year old Forsyth County
mother broke down in sobs last
Thursday as she told the story of
how she killed a crazed kidnaper
who had ordered her to “knock
my own baby in the head."
“I wouldn't do it, I wouldn’t!”
exclaimed Mrs. Station. “I begged
and begged—then he told me; “I'm
going to kill him and you, too’,”
Sitting in a straight-backed,
strawbottom chair on the front
porch of her father in law’s home,
the slightly built, blond haried
mother said that during and en
suing struggle with her pistol
waving capto She suddenly got
“hold of his gun.”
“I pulled the trigger and it
fired. I knew' it was him or me,”
she said, her blue eyes mirroring
the horror of a few hours earlier.
“I just ran and ran—ail I could
think of was my baby—l just
knew he was dead.”
With the single shot ringing in
her ears and the .22 cal. revolver
cltuched tightly in her hand, Mrs.
station fled back to the panel truck
in which, she related, the kidnaper
had abducted her husband. Her
11-moth old boy and herself.
Lying fatally wounded in a clump
of undergrowth a short distance
from the truck was the abductor,
identified by Sheriff Loy Barnett
as 30 year old Robert James Staton
of Route 3, Alpharetta, who was
freed from the Mil]edge State Hos
pital only two months ago. He had
been committed after his arrest on
charges of armed robbery. Deputy
Sheriff E. L. Barnett said.
The dead man was a second
cousin of the abducted woman’s
husband. J. W. tßud) Station, 25,
a hatchery employe who resides
in the Big Creek community about
nine miles south of Cumming.
After firing the shots, she said,
she got her child and ran to the
road. She flagged a motorist and
Iwa sdriven to the home of her
| husband’s parents near Cumming.
Meanwhile, the husband freed
J himself and went home. He re
ported his wife missing and a
lookout was placed for the truck.
Officers, accompanied by Mr.
and Mrs. Staton, found the wound
ed man near the point where he
had parked the true. He was car
ried to Grady Hospital and was
pronounced dead on his arrival of
pistol wounds of the chest.
Sheriff Barnett and GBI Agent
R. H. McCutcheon said they took
statement sand found no grounds
for charges.
Hospital Unsafe
Cravey Warns
Of more than 20 buildings at
Miliedgeviile State Hospital only
three have been certified safe for
occupancy, Georgia’s Safety Fire
j Commissioner Zack D. Cravey re
vealed today.
I Appearing before the Mental
I Health Committee of the Georgia
House and Senate, Mr. Cravey de
clared :
“If a fire were to break out it
could be catastrophic. Since all of
the patients are mentally ill, and
some senile, fatalities might well
run as high as 90 percent.”
Mr. Cravey appealed to the com
mittee to launch a campaign to
bring all buildings at th hospital
up to standard.
Under Georgia’s Safety Fire
Cod-V every public building is re
quired to have a Certificate of
Occupancy issued by the State Fire
Marshal.
“Since the jaw has been in effect
more than 10 years, I fee] the
hospital has had plenty of time
to get all its buildings certified,”
Mr. Cravey said. “Further delay
would be foolhardy.”
Responding to Mr. Cravey’s ap
peal, the committee chairman. Ren.
Culver Kidd, of Baldwin county,
appointed a subcommittee to study
the problem.
An on the scene inspection of
the hospital buildings was sche
duled for July 28. The subcommit
tee is to be accompanied by State
Fire Marshal F. E. Robinson; De
puty Fire Marsha] F. P. Reinero:
and Mr. Cravey.
Castro wants loans instead of
investments.
Number 30.
Georgia Banks In- i
crease Credit Service
To State’s Farmers
Georgia banks were serving far
mers with more e redit than any
institutional group of lenders on
January 1 of Ihis year, according
to Paul H. Woriey, Cashier, Bank
of Cumming, who represents the
Georgia Bankers Association as
•uEuioouiunuoo Xjunt>3
During 1958, the state's banks main
tained their leadership in agricul
tural credit services.
Based on the eighteenth annual
farm lending summary by the
Agricultural Commission of the
American Bankers Association, Mr
Paul H. Worley reported that “at
the beginning of the year, Georgia
bankers were helping farmers vrith
$79,632,000 in loans—7 per cent
more than a year previous. The
total included $35,636,000 in pro
duction loans and $43,996,000
agricultural mortgages. On the
same date, $29,482,000 in agricul
tural loans were held by insurance
companies: $41,733,000 by Federal
Land Banks; $24,930,000 by Produc
'tion Credit Associations; and SB.-
112.000 in nonreal estate loans plus
$26,615,000 in real estate loans toy
the FHA. More than one-half of
the production credit extended by
lending institutions to Georgia far
mers came from banks.”
Mr Worley said that “more and
more, the banks in Georgia find
that farmers need anew typo of
credit to help finance the rapid in
crease in capital requirements. To
meet this changing need, banks
in Georgia now make larger larm
loans, and an increasing amount of
agricuiturl credit is on n inter
mediate-term repayment basis.
“Intermediate-term loans arr* most
frequently needed for machinery
and equipment, livestock, soil im
j provements. additional land, and re
financing short-term notes. Ovcr
one-half of all real estate credit
is to finance those intermed
iate-type capital expenses.
"Asa further service to help
farmers improve their operations,
about one-tthird of all other bank
agricultural loans have a repav
ment program longer than one
year. Banks serve frmers with far
more intermediate-term credit than
any other group of lenders.”
Mr. Worley believes that “iarm
ors and bankers working together
in this way help make Georgia
agriculture more prosperous.”
Mr. Worley reported that vr
pei cent of the insured cnmmeirial
banks in Georgia are serving ngri
culture's credit needs.
Georgia Power
Company News
Seventy-five new industries re
presenting a capital investment or
526,180,000 have located on the
lines of the Georgia Power Com
panv during the first six months
of 1959, Eugen A, Yates, Jr., vice
president, announced this week.
This compares with 57 new irxlus
tries representing an investment of
$18,860,000 located in the power
company’s service area during the
same period of 1958.
Only industries representing more
than $50,000 of investment and cm
Ploying more than 10 people are
included in the power comapny’s
figures.
In addition to the new plants to
cated in Georgia during the first
helf of the year, .39 existing indirx
tries constructed new facilities to
expand their operations. These new
facilities represent an investment
of $39,265,000. In the first half of
1958, 20 mannufacturing plants in
creased their productive rapacity
at a cost of $30,105,000.
The new production units wifi
give employment to 4,954 Georgians
at annual wages of $15,786,000.
Manufacturing plants and additions
established during the first half otf
1 1958 provided 3,916 jobs, totaling
i $12,056,900 in annual wages.
FOR SALE
Ten room house with gas heat and
other modern conveniences. Locat
ed at Silver City, near Dawson
County Lockheed project Imme
diate possession. Bargain DR.
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