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Geo. Ezra Pilgrim Sr.,
Passes Nov., 18, After
Long Illness
Funeral services for George Ezra
Pilgrim Sr., 83, were held at 11
a. m. Friday November 20 at the
First Baptist Church in Gainesville.
The Rev. Dr. Warner E. Fusselle
and the Rev. D. P. McGeachy 111,
officiating.
Mr. Pilgrim died Wednesday af
ter an extended illness. He had
been active in business, civic, gov
ernmental and church affairs since
the early 1900 s. A native of For
syth County, he first came to
Gainesville in 1893.
He served as first captain of
Troop F in the First Georgia Cav
alry, an outfit that later was
known as the famed Candler Horse
Guards, during the Spanish-Ameri
can War in 1898.
He married the former Miss
Ethyyl Owen of Homer in 1904 and
in 1909 he established a soft goods
business on the square. Furniture
lines were added in 1910 and in
1913 he and the late Fred D. Estes
founded Pilgrim-Estes Furniture
Co. He was president and helped
build the concern into one of north
east Georgia’s largest stores.
Mr. Pilgrim was one of the found
ers of First Federal Savings and
Loan Assn, and served a long per
iod as president.
Active in Chamber of Commerce
work, he was president of the or
ganization and chairman of the
industrial committee that was in
strumental in bringing Chicopee
and Gaybourn to Gainesville.
Mr. Pilgrim helped found and
was a charter member of the Rot
ary Club and was an early presi
dent. He was active until 1956,
when he became an honorary mem
‘bbi/.
He served two terms on the city
commission and two years as
mayor of the city.
Besides his wife, he is survived
by four sons, Forrest Pilgrim of
Kingsport, Tenn.; Dr. Owen Pi!
grim of Mobile, Ala.; George B.
Pilgrim Jr. and Harold H. Pilgrim,
both of Gainesville; one daughter,
Miss Mary Pilgrim of Tucson, Ark;
a brother, Edgar Pilgrim of St
Augustine, Fla; four sisters, Miss
Blanche Brown, Mrs. Lillie Hughes
and Mrs. Thomas Glass, all of St.
Augustine, and Mrs. H. M. Fern
side of Palatka, Fla., and eight
grandchildren.
ATTENTION!
The Ninth recommendation of
the November Term 1959 Grand
Jury of the Superior Court of For
syth County, Georgia, is as follows:
We recommend that the Board of
Commissioners of Forsyth Countv
permit the Forsyth County Cham
ber of Commerce an other organi
zations including the Forsyth Coun
ty Officials to solicit community
assistance in identifying roads and
numbering houses.
Big Creek community, the home
community of Commissioner Boling
has marked their roads in a plain
and helpful manner, at a cost of
about $7.00 per marker. These mar
kers were made over near Buford
on State Route 23. We can supply
these markers at a considerable
less cost. Let us Identify our Roads
and Number Our Houses.
307 Haw Creek Road, S. E. is
three miles South of Cumming just
off U. S. No. 19.
Every house in the county can
be numbered and located by show
ing distance from Cumming and
the Section as above. Take Ga. 141
is located in each Section of the
County. GA 141, N. E.—GA. 141 N.
W.—GA. 141 S. E.—GA. 141 S. W..
The Chairman of the County
Board of Education is also Presi
dent of the County Chamber of
Commerce. He has directed that
each School receive a complimen
tary copy of the Enlarged May of
The County. Get an enlarge May of
your County for your School from
the Chamber of Commerce Office
now.
PRAYER SERVICES
Praver Services will be held at
the Second Baptist Church every
Saturday night, 7:30 P. M. Every
one cordially invited to attend.
The Forsyth County News
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF FORSYTH COUNTY A CITY OF CUMMING
DEVOTED TO TOT DEVELOPMENT OF FORSYTH, FULTON, CHICBO HEE, DAWSON, LUMPKIN, HAU, AND GWINNETT COUNTIES.
(City Population 2,500)
CHECK THOSE
DOCUMENTS. VETS
ARE REMINDED
ATLANTA—Now’s a good time for
veterans and their families to make
sure they have all the personal
documents and records they should
—and that they’re i na safe place.
“As we approach the year-end,
it’s advisable to review personal
papers and records, and be certain
they’re up to date,” said Pete
Wheeler, director of the State De
partment of Veterans Service.
Every veteran should make cer
tain that he has his birth certifi
cate, service discharge, marriage
license, copy of divorce order if
divorced, and birth certificates for
minor children. Windows of veter
ans also should have these records,
and a death certificate.
Under state law, Wheeler pointed
out, veterans may be furnished
free copies of birth or marriage
certificates, for use in filing claims
Veterans or widows drawing
pensions should report promptly
to the Veterans Administration any
change in marital status or depend
ency.
Wheeler also reminded veterans
they should make certain that they
have the proper beneficiary, or
contingent beneficiary reported for
life insurance they may have.
Field offices of the State Depart
ment of Veterans Service will be
glad to advise and assist veterans
and their families in these matters,
Wheeler sarid.
LANIER BAGWELL, Reporter
The regular night meeting of the
Forsyth County F. F. A. was called
to order November 18, 1959, Presi
dent Gene Hughes, presiding.
After the opening ceremonies
James Hughes gave his Treasurers
report, followed by the reading of
the minutes of the previous meet
ing by Donald Major, secretary.
Mr. Harris with the help of some
of his agriculture students have
put a second coat of paint on the
F. F. A. cabin.
The president appointed, a com
mittee to sod the bank going to
the cabin to keep it from washing
away.
Following the closing of the
meeting some of the boys played
ping-pong as part of the recreation
al program.
THE END OF
THE WORLD
An item crossed our desk recent
ly which makes us wonder whether
we are not close to the end the
end of the world, that is.
The item came from New York,
and that might explain it. It claim
ed that women admire men with
hairy chests, and that the latest
fad is one in chest tapestries.
The story contended that hair
making firm was queried about
the ridiculous notion of someone to
add artificial hair to his chest. To
the surprise of the interrogator,
the hair-making firm representa
tive, a woman, said that many
males already buv chest falsies.
In addition to that bit of infor
mation, the woman said that brown
was the favorite color, and that it
is almost impossible to detect a
chest rug when someone is wearing
one.
We find this bit of ‘information”
hard to believe. We are generally
against false appearances in any
form, but, up to now we have
thought this sort of business was
confined largely to women, who
pay more attention to their looks.
If men are coming to this, and
we seriously doubt it, it may be
+he first sign of the living end.
Life is getting sort of complicated
anyhow, what with ou rlag in the
missiles and rockets race, every
thing apparently turning out to be
a fraud in life and now this?
Cumming Georgia, Thursday, Nov., 26, 1959.
Extension Leaders
Laud Reasons For
Farm-City Week
National Farm-City Week this
year will precede Thanksgiving
Day and should leave rural and
urban families in a mood of true
thankfulness for the contribution
each makes to a better way ofdifc
for the other, points out Charles R.
O’Kelley, state agricultural leader.
AES.
“One of the signs of our times
is that the city limit sign no longer
separates ‘country’ from ‘up town,’”
O’Kelley said. ‘ Transportation, be!
ter earning power, and better un
derstanding between the two seg
ments of our population have torn
away any barriers that may have
existed in the past,” O'Kelley added
The special observance is set for
November 20—26 and is the fifth
national Farm-City Week proclaim
ed by the president of the United
States. In its first year Farm-City
Week received the distinguished
service award from Freedoms
Foundation. This is the highest
accolade that a community service
activity can attain. The coordinat
ing agency for the observance is
Kiwanis International.
Five objectives of the special
week are: an understanding of our
farm and ranch economy by urban
people; an understanding of town
and city problems by rural -people;
a demonstration that no one is
really self-sufficient, but rather
that all are interdependent; a realt
zation by farm and city people of
their individual citizenship respon
sibilities; a realization of the de
pendence of all people on the fruit
fulness of the good earth.
County agents and home demon
stration agents will cooperate in
every way possible to promote
Farm-City Week activities within
each county, O’Kellev pointed out.
Tommy Walton, state 4-H Club
leader, and Miss Edde Ross, state
home demonstration leader, said
4-H’ers and HD Club members
throughout the state are assisting
with plans for special programs
calling attention to Farm-City
Week.
Sin Abounds But
Christ Gives Us Victory
There are some gruesome stories
of murder and of killings in the
Old Ttestament and a few in the
New Testament showing to us the
awful things that sin can do and
has done in the lives of sinful man.
The blackness of sin in the hearts
of men caused them to put to
death the Son of God. God hart
been trying to teach mankind
through the centuries that jealousy,
hatred, murder and all the other
sins that plagued mankind could
be atoned for and forgiven if in
their heart they asked forgiveness
of God. In Old Testament times
they sacrificed animals (without
blemish). So black were the sins
of the people that sacrifice had to
be made as they came asking for
giveness of God.
But the Son of God voluntarily
gave his blood as a sacrifice for
the sins of mankind. This one
sacrifice He made is all that is
necessary as we trust Him as our
Savior and Lord. Some say that
stories of the Old Testament are
too bloody. Much of the Old Testa
ment is simply recording the facts
in the lives of the people who lived
at that time and in it all and thru
it all God is trving to teach them
a beter way of life hrough the
teachings and lives of the Prophets
and those who would listen to God.
If we don’t want our children to
hear these awful stories of murder
etc. we would have to stop the
circulation of the newspapers, Ra
dio and TV programs. Life is still
full of these awful things that are
happening in the* world. Are we
going to close our eyes to them
and say that they 'don’t exist and
tell our children to look the other
way. Or are we going to wisely tell
our children that these things are
wrong and plead with them to ask
God to forgive them and enter into
the Christian way of life. Sins
destroys but we can have new
life in Christ.
‘ W. R. CALLAWAY
Thinning Cited As
Essential Phase of
Growing Pines
Decreasing the number oftrees
in a pine tree stand is one of the
best ways to increase the profit on
the trees, declares George D. Walk
er, forester, AES.
“First of all, when a thinning is
made and the wood is sold for
pulpwood or some other product,
the landowner’s cost of maintaining
the stand is materially reduced,”
Walker explained. He added that
uring recent months prices for pulp
wood have increased and landown
ers will find that thinning can be
a very profitable operation.
Another advantage cited by the
forester is that removing some of
the trees increases the growth rate
of the remaining trees. Trees in a
properly thinned stand are more
vigorous and are in better condi
tion to withstand attacks by insects
particularly the pine bark beetle,
the forester continued.
"A thick stand of pines that is
Increasing in volume at the rate of
five or six percent a year might
have the annual growth increased
to a rate of 15 percent or more
through timely thinning.” Walker
emphasized the importance of thin
ning at the proper time. Once trees
have lost a good portion of their
crowns because of being over
crowded it is difficult to increase
the growth rate on the remaining
trees,” he said. “Stands need thin
ning before the decline in growth
rate occurs.”
Thinning is an important phase
of the six-step forestry manage
ment program recommended by the
Extension Service, points out Ex
tension Director W. A. Sutton. He
announced the publication of a cir
cular, “Thinning Pine Stands,”
which is available at county agents'
offices. The eircnlai explains the
Extension Service recommendations
regarding the techniques of proper
thinning, Sutton said.
Landrum Labor Bill
Reaps Fast Results
WASHINGTON—Secretary of Lab
or, James Mitchell, released a re
port on November 17th showing
the immediate results of the re
cently passed labor-reform legisla
tion. This legislation was introduc
ed by Ninth District Congressman
Phil Landrum during the past ses
sion of Congress and enacted into
law by the President’s signature
on September 14th.
The Secretary stated that the
law was already beginning to show
beneficial effects on the labor-man
agement relations scene by begin
ning to rid uniforms of such cor
rupt elements as exist and by as
suring all union members a full
voice in the affairs of their union.
Highlights of Secretary Mitchell’s
report on the first 60 days of the
new law include:
The removal from office of sev
eral union officials with recent
criminal or Communist records.
The release from trusteeship of
a number of local unions by their
international organizations.
The investigation by the Labor
Department of complaints made to
(t by union membbers and the re
ferral to the Justice Department of
matters found to warrant consider
ation for possible criminal prose
cution.
The receipt and public disclosure
of reports on 500 trusteed unions.
The receipt and public disclosure
of reports from labor-management
relations consultants.
The preparation and issuance of
regulations and interpretations, and
the preparation and release of re
quired reporting foms.
The answering of over 1.000 in
quiries weekly concerning the new
law.
Secretary Mitchel concluded by
saying that no honest trade union
ist or their organizations, or any
honest employers have cause to
fear that this law will harass them
but crooked union leaders or cor
rupt employers will be dealt with
summarily whenever they are
found.
Deadlock persists on U. N. Coun
cil seat.
County Population 15,000. Number 48.
NOVEMBER TERM, 1959 GRAND JURY
PRESENTMENTS, FORSYTH COUNTY
SUPERIOR COURT
STATE OF GEORGIA
COUNTY OF FORSYTH
TO THE HONORABLE HOWELL
BROOKE, JUDGE OF THE SUP
ERIOR COURT OF SAID COUNTY
I
We, the Grand Jurors, selected,
chosen and sworn for this the
November Term, 1959, of the Sup
erior Court of said County, make
these our presentments.
—FIRST—
WHEREAS it has come to the at
tention of the Grand Jury that the
Cumming Elementary School will
be removed from the Georgia ac
credited school list at the beginning
of the 1960 school year because of
l inadequate school buildings, and
| WHEREAS, the Grand Jury learn
,ed that as a result of the above,
the Forsyth County High School
Wlll 'also be removed from the ac
credited list beginning the’ school
year 1961; and,
! WHEREAS, it appears that there
are no funds available from other
1 sources; and
i WHEREAS, it appears that the
cost to the average taxpayer of
Forsyth Countv would be between
$5.00 and $15.00 per year to provide
ladeouate schools for the children
lof Forsyth County, and,
WHEREAS, the State Accreditation
Board will meet for the last time
prior to the 1960 school year on or
about March 1, 1960,
We, the Grand Jury for Novem
ber Term. 1959, do hereby recom
mend to the Forsyth County Board
of Education that the Forsyth Coun
tv Board of Education determine
the physical requirements of each
school in Forsyth County in order
that each sehool meet the physical
plant requirements for accredita
tion, and that action be taken by
I Forsyth Countv Board of Educat
ion to provide funds for such needs
before March 1, 1960.
—SECOND—
We recommend that our Repre
sentative and Senator in the Legis
lature introduce proper legislation
to amend the law regarding muf
flers on automobiles and tractors
so as to provide that the law shall
be applicable to all types of trucks
and tractors which use the public
highways. We further recommend
that a copy of this paragraph of
our Presentments be furnished to
Mr. Roy P. Otwell. Cumming, Geor
gia and Mr. R. J. Marshburn, Hom
er, Georgia by the Clerk of the
Superior Court.
—THIRD—
We recommend that the County
Board of Commissioners furnish
$50.00 per month accumulative to
the Forsyth County Civil Defense
Unit.
—FOURTH—
- We commend the Forsyth County
Hospital Authority for operating
I the Forsyth County Hospital on
high standards without cost to the
tax payers of Forsyth County.
—FIFTH—
We recommend that the Forsyth
County Board of Commissioners
offer rewards up to SIOO.OO for in
formation leading to the arrest and
conviction of any one for breaing
and entering, vandalism, malicious
mischief, theft, etc.
—SIXTH -
We appoint Mr. A. C. Kennemoro
to succeed himself as Notary Pub
lie and Ex-Officio Justice of Peace
for 879th District, Forsyth County.
- SEVENTH -
We fix the per diem pay for
jurors for ensuing year at SO.OO
per day and recommend that the
Foreman and Clerk of the Grand
Jury receive $7.50 per day.
—EIGHTH—
It has been brought to our at
tention that there is around $400.-
000 00 of Federal money, now avail
|able, to be spent in the town of
r Cumming on housing projects.
This will not cost either Cumming
or the County anything. The rent
from these houses will pay off the
debt in 40 years and at the same
time pay the City and County tax
es to the amount of 10 percent of
the rent collected. When the
amount is paid off this property
will be turned over to Cummine
free of any obligations. These will
be brick buildings with modern
conveniences. Now there an* IST
cities and towns in Georgia that
have these housing units, among
which are Norcross, Sugar Din.
Buford, Flowery Branch, Roswell,
Jasper, Dahlonega, Gainesville, and
Lawrenceville. Only tenants witk
low income can rent these units,
and the renting of them is entirely
in the hands of the local housing
authority. We strongly recommend
that the town and local housing
authority go ahead with this pro
ject at once. The local Community,
at this time, needs an economic
shot and the spending of this
amount of money will help enor
mously.
—NINTH—
"We recommend that the Board
of Commissioners of Forsyth Chan
ty permit the Forsyth County
Chamber of Commerce, or other
organizations including- the Forsyth
County Officials to solicit commun
ity assistance in identifying roads
and numbering houses.
- TENTH -
We recommend that the Board
of Commissioners of Forsyth Coun
ty use county machinery while not
needed to maintain county roads to
work for private citizens of the
county and be paid a rate com
mensurate with private
—ELEVENTH—
We, the ‘Grand Jury, desire to
commend the County Commisskm
ers and the Law Enforcement Of
ficers for improving law and order
in our Countv.
—TWELFTH—
We recommend that these pre
sentments and the attached report
from the County School Superin
tendent he published in the Forsyth
Countv News and the usual fee be
paid therefor.
THIRTEEN - i
We wish to extend our apprecia
tion to our Foreman, Maynard
Mashburn: our Assistant Foreman.
Rev. D. M. Nalley, our Clerk, Orat
Mize, our Asistant Clerk, Wiffiam
Chamblee and our Bailiff, H. J.
Bennett, for the service they hare
rendered us.
—FOURTEEN—
j We wish to express our thanks
to our Judge, Honorable Hcrodl
Brooke, for the able and Instructive
charge rendered our body and are
also wish to thank our Solicitor-
General, Sam P. Burtz, for his at
tendance upon our body and the
heln he has given us during our
deliberations.
» - FIFTEEN—
We wish to recommend to Ftr
syth County Board of Commission
ers that the Board of Commission
ers follow the procedure outlined in
Chapter 52 3 of the Code of Geor
gia relating to the licensing of road
houses, tourist courts, and other
establishments of like character
named in Chapter 52- 3 of the
Code of Georgia.
RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED:
Maynard Mashburn, Foreman
Cecil Mize, Clerk
Let the within and foregoing
presentments be filed and it is
ordered that the same, together
with the report from the County
School Superintendent attached
hereto, be published as therein re
commended. In Open Court this
18th day of November, 1959.
Howell Brooke, Judge Superior
Court, B. R. C.
Filed in Office November 18, 1969.
J. V. Merritt, Clerk.
REPORT FOR JULY 1. 1958
TO JUNE 30, 19591
Superintendent’s Annual Report to
the Grand Jury for the year 1958 -
1959.
To the Grand Jury, selected, ehos
en and sworn for the November
Term, 1959, of the Superior Qmrt
of Forsvth Countv, Georgia, I make
the following renort:
RECEIPTS
Beginning Balance in Bank,
all funds 34,94000
Income from County 56333.49
Income from State 436,06532
Income from U. S. Govern
ment 6,508.63
Cafeteria Operation, includ
ing balance of past year 12,01259
Athletic Program Receipts,
including balance of past
(Carried to Society Pago) J