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Volume 51.
Jaycees Sponsor 1960
Heart Fund Drive
The Forsyth County Jaycees are
sponsoring the 1960 Heard Fund
Drive in Forsyth County. Edwin
Gravitt, president o the Forsyth
County Junior Chamber of Com
merce, is serving as chairman of
the Heart Fund, William Chamblee
Is treasurer of the Fund and the
Jaycettes which is the newly-or
ganized auxiliary to the Jaycees
have agreed to take charge of
“Heart Sunday” during the drive.
Heart Sunday will be on February
28 this year, and the Jaycees are
planning a “Sunday roadblock” or
this day to ask for donations to
the fund in order to obtain the
quota for the year. Further details
concerning the plans for this spec
ial day will be announced later bv
the Jaycees.
t a regular meeting of the Jay
cees this week. Dr. W. R. Burtz,
an Atlanta physician and heart
specialist, gave a discussion on why
the heart fund drive was organized,
and the ways and means the monev
acquired through the drive is used.
The Jaycees and the Jaycettes
were urged by the chairman, Ed
win Gravitt. to “appear to all For
!syth County to help assist in this
drive, and to help the Jaycees
meet the quota of $987 for the
year 1960.”
At the meeting treasurer, Wil
liam Chamblee, said that “..realiz
ing that statistics have proved that
heart disease and diseases of the
blood vessels are the nations Num
ber One killers, and seeing these
facts evidenced in Forsyth County,
we should all have incentive
enough for each person to give
generously to this most worthy
drive.”
SOCIAL SECURITY
NEWS
The Gainesville social security
office has some good advice for
people who plan to retire early
this year and apply for social se
curity benefits.
“To speed the payment of your
first retirement check, bring the
necessary proofs with you the first
time you come in to file a claim
for benefits,’ Cecil W. Collins, dis
trict manager, said today.
A person applying for retire
ment benefits needs to sublit proof
of age and of his or her earnings
for 1959, he explained. “The first
of the year is usually the peak
time for retirement application,”
Collins said. “People can help us
during this rush period, and at
the same time avoid delays in get
ting their first payments by having
the proofs with them when thov
come to the social security office.”
“The best evidence of age”, lie
said, “is a birth certificate issued
shortly after birth. Most people
in this section do not have such
certificates. Thev should not ob
tain delayed birth certificates mere
ly for social security purposes as
they can prove their age in a num
ber of other ways.” Baptismal re
cords, birth date records in family
Bibles, old insurance policies, vot
ing records, and other old docu
ments may also be acceptable. Usu
ally the social security office will
be able to suggest some document
that will be near at hand or rea
sonably easy to get.
Persons who believe that their
dependents may be eligib! .* for
benefits should also bring docu
ments to show their relationship,
such as pproof of marriage or
adoption, as well as, birth certi
ficates or other proof of age for
the dependents. A wife age 62 or
more, children under age 18, and
disabled children over 18 whose
disability began in childhood are
eligible for dependents’ benefits if
the person retiring is eligible.
To furnish proof of his earnings
in 1959, a person who has worked
for someone else can use the W-2
form given him by his employer
A self-employed person should
bring a copy of his tax return for
1959, and also some evidence that
the tax w'as paid, such as a can
celled check. He should also have
an idea of how much he may earn
in 1960, if he believes that he will
be doing any further work.
The Forsyth County News
OFFICIAL OKU AN OF FORSYTH COUNTY & CITY OF CUMMING
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DEVOTED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF FOBSYTH. FULTON. CHICKO REE, DAWSON. LUMPKIN, HAM. AND GWINNETT COUNTIES.
(City Population 2,500) Gumming Georgia, Thursdky, February 4, 1960.
Roy P. Otwell Sr.
On Advisory Council
Of Naval Affairs
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Hon. Roy P. Otwell Sr.
Roy P. Otwell, Senior, prominent
businessman and Member of the
Georgia House of Representatives,
has been appointed to the Advisory
Council on Naval Affairs in the
Forsyth County area, it is announ
ced by John L. Conner, Chairman
for the Sixth Naval District.
Known as “ACONA”, the Advis
ory Council is a nationally estab
lished organization of outstanding
citizens appointed by Command
ants of Naval Districts to serve as
civilian advisors on matters relat
ing to Naval and Marine activities
at the local as well as national
levels.
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Appointment has been issued to
Mr. Otwell by RADM. K. M. Mc-
Manes, Commandant of the Sixth
Naval District at Charleston, and
In making the announcement, Mr.
Conner stated that the Navy is
most fortunate in having Mr.
Otwell serve on this important
council.
Peter Knezha To
S Speak At First
Baptist Church
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REV. PETER KNEZHA
Rev. Peter Knezha, Baptist
preacher from Latvia, will speak
at the First Baptist Church of
Cumming, next Sunday morning,
February 7, at 11:00 A. M., ac
cording to announcement by the
pastor, Rev. Marcus Reed,
Rev. Knezha fled his native coun
try when it was invaded by Soviet
Russia. After some time in refugee
camps in Western Germany he
came to America. His message will
be one of warning and information
about the dangers of Communism.
The public is invited to attend
this special service.
Notice of Intention
Many Forsyth County people
have asked me to introduce a bill
in this session of the Legislature,
making It a Jaw that anyone de
siring to run for the Office of
the Forsyth County Board of Com
missioners “as a Board Member,”
he or she must specify against
whom or what place on the Board
they desire to run for, which is
as you now have to do for Chair
man of the Board of Commission
ers.
Roy P. Otwell Sr.
Representative
Forsyth County, Ga.
W. H. Warren
Announces For Board
Member of Commr’s
I hereby announce as a eandi
date for a member of the Board
of Commissioners of Forsyth
County, subject to the rules and
regulations of the Democratic Pri
| mary to be held March 16, 1960.
I
■ I have lived in Forsyth County
I for more than thirty years. For a
j number of years I taught in your
schools, have served churches in
almost all sections of the county,
and have served on a number of
Boards especially the Welfare
Board for about fifteen years.
I think I understand the tax
burden on the people and the ne
cessity of relieving this as far as
possible by making every tax-dollar
expenditure buy a dollar’s worth
of service.
If I am honored with this office,
I shall continue to contend for the
high moral and spiritual standards
[which the people of Forsyth Coun
ty have set in the past.
i I believe I can make you a good
1 member of the Board, and this I
promise: at all times I will try.
Sincerely,
W. H. WARREN
HONOR ROLL
Ducktown School
Third Six weeks, ending Jan., 20
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FIRT GRADE Gloria Cowart,
Beth Tribble, Fay Frix, Judy Ann
Gazaway, Larry Higgins, Janice
Hawkins, Hazel McConnell, Danny
Padgett, Barbara Jean Phillips, Joe
Rich, Lynne Stancil, Louise Tribble.
SECOND GRADE Judy Ann
Bramblett, Rita Groover, Odesta
Henderson, Tony Tribble.
'THIRD GRADE—Dennis Anderson,
j FOURTH GRADE—Nancy Evans,
j Larry Floyd, Elaine Frix, Linda
| Hawkins, Dwight Porter, Janet
Watson, Mildred Dean.
FIFTH GRADE —Janice McConnell,
Martha Lee Norrell, David Tribble,
Etta Wilkie.
SEVENTH GRADE Eula Jean
Lummus, Jeanette Thompson.
EIGTHH GRADE—Lanier Floyd.
You Can Be Sure—
If Christ Leads You
There have been a few times
when I have said or written things,
when my predominating motive
was to win an argument or per
haps some lesser motive. I have
asked God to forgive me and with
God’s help I mean never to say or
write anything that I do not be
lieve is based frimly upon the life
and teaching of Jesus and the New
Testament. Life is entirely to short
and to uncertain to place my weak
opinions over against God’s eternal
truth. With Gods help I will never
advocate or write down anything
that does not coincide with the
! faith of the Lord Jesus Christ
i when speaking of matters of faith.
Look at the world from a politi
cal, economic, social, and just from
the human point of view—What do
| you see?—Chaos, confusion, uneer
,tainty" hatred, defeat—books with
out numbers—multitudes of philo
j sophies. Many false prophets or
leaders have arisen and are crying
jout “this is the way”—human rea
: son leads one off into many dir
ections. We follow this man or we
; follow another scholar and life
.ends in confusion and defeat. When
jit comes to my soul’s welfare we
jean trust no one except God in
iChrist. John 14: (Williams)" Stop
letting your heart be troubled keep
on believing in God also in me.
Those words of Jesus clears the
atmosphere for me, I believe them
and with His help I am going to
keep on believing in God also in
Jesus, the Son of God. There is no
certainty from any other source.
God provides a wa v of escaoe for
all mankind who are born in sin.
He provides a way of escape by
the atoning death of Jesus Christ
upon the cross that whosoever be
lieveth in Him should not perish
but have everlasting life. He lead
eth me Oh, bblessed thought.
W. R. Callaway
Transport study completed for
President.
Loy H. Barnett
Announces For
Re-election To Office
I hereby announce my candidacy
for re-election to the office of
Sheriff of Forsyth County, Georgia,
jin the Democratic Primary of
March 16, 1960. Subject to the rules
and regulations of the Forsyth
County Democratic Executive Com
mittee.
I also take this opportunity to
express my gratitude to my many
loyal friends and supporters for
your continued friendship and sup
port during my first term as your
sheriff.
In asking for your support for
this endorsement term as Sheriff
of Forsyth County T pledge my
best efforts toward fulfilling the
duties of the office justly and
treating everyone who has contact
with this office fairly.
It is not my desire to become
engaged in any “mud slinging”
tactics or sarcastic remarks be
cause; (1) i firmly believe the
good people of this county do not
approve of such activities, (2) No
man can stand in front of a mirror
and throw mud on someone else.
I am entering this campaign
standing on my own record of the
past three years as your sheriff
and on my own personal character.
When the election is completed and
the final vote counted, I fully ex
pect to abide by the results of this
count conducted by the very cap
able election managers (Democratic
Executive Committee) of this
county.
Sincerely,
Loy H. Barnett
Basket Ball News
F. C. H. S. Plays In Tourney
Region 4-A opens on February
Bth at Commerce, Georgia.
The Forsyth County High teams
had good enough records to be
seeded and do not play the first
night.
The local girls play Winder at
6:00 on February 9th. These two
hard fought games during the
season with both decisions going
to Forsyth County by close scores.
The Asiatic gift to America (Flu)
has already weakened our chances.
We hope none of the other players
take it, or fans.
Our boys play at 7:15 same night
against the winner of the Monroe—
Madison County game, which will
be played on the Bth.
Monroe is supposed to win, but
tournament game sare unpredict
able. Our teams had played some
good games recently and our fans
were thinking of Macon again, but
the “flu bug” is here. Three boys
miseed Friday nights loss to Elli
jay. Last week our girls turned
North Gwinnett for their first loss
42 27. Flue bitten Shirley Whitt
played one of her better games in
scoring 22 points, Helen Gilbert had
14, Joy Housley 6, Everyone
thought Elbie Welch, Janet Hen
derson, Carolyn Pulliam and Joyce
Holcomb played equally as well
in holding the opposition to 27
points.
North Gwinnett boys lost 40—48.
David Thompson scored 10, James
Hammond 10, Same Carroll 9, Ron
nie Roper nlayed in Russell Buice’s
position, did a fine job and had
seven points to his credit. It is
regrettable that Ronneie is a Sen
ior. He will earn letters in all
sports and is a crack student.
Ellijay girls could not contain
our forwards and lost 23—40. Helen
hits 23, Shirley 15, Joy 2, Elbie,
Carolyn and Joyce were super at
guard.
Our boys played with two regu
lars, plus J. W. Trammell, who
did a good job in his first full
game, socring 7 points, Ronnie
Roper 6, Harold Heard 1, Sam Car
roll 8, and James Hammond 12
in the 34—53 loss.
Driving with a clouded wind
shield is a foolish risk. Taking
time to stop and clear off fogged
or defrosted windows may spare
you time In a hospital.
ClDunty Population 15 v OOO. Number 5.
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Give to Build This Chapel
This is the architect’s drawing of the Chapel of All Faiths
for the 13,000 patients at Milledgeville State Hospital.
Give through your church during February, or send your
gift to Mills B. Lane, Treas., C&S National Bank, Atlanta.
Liqtiid Fertilizer
Conference Is Set For
February 9 Thru 11
The pros and cons of using li
quid fertilizers, a fairly recent
development in fertilization prac
tices, will bo thoroughly discussed
during the Southern Regional Li
quid Fertilizer Conference set for
February 9—ll at the Rock Eagle
4-H Club Center.
Jointly sponsored by the seven
land-grant agricultural colleges in
the Tennessee Valley States and
the Tennessee Valley Authority,
the primary purpose of the con
ference is to bring college agro
nomists and agricultural engineers
up-to-date on liquid fertilizer use.
Extension Agronomist P. J. Ber
geaux of the University of Georgia
said that representatives of manu
facturers of fertilizer and appli
cation equipment also will attend.
Bergeaux, who is In charge of local
arrangements, said that, In all,
about 300 persons are expected to
register.
Registration of delegates is set
for Tuesday afternoon, February
9, with the program beginning at
9 a. m. Wednesday.
Director E. T. York of the Au
burn University AES and A. V.
Slack of TVA will set the confer
ence stage with opening addresses
following welcome remarks of Dr.
C. C. Murray, dean and coordina
tor of the University of Georgia
College of Agriculture. Director
York will discuss soil fertility prob
lems of the South and Slack will
report on the status of liquid fer
tilizer.
Talks on the values, costs, sour
ces of materials, and problems
involved in production and use of
liquid fertilizers will continue thru
Wednesday afternoon.
Group meetings on farme use,
research, and production, distribu
tion and sale of liquid fertilizers
are on Thursday’s a. m. agenda.
Delegates will see demonstrations
of equipment usecf with liquid fer
tilizers Thursday afternoon.
George Scarseth of the American
Farm Research Association, LaFay
ette, Ind., will be banquet speaker
Wednesday night. J. Fielding Reed,
Atlanta, southern manager of the
American Potash Institute, Thurs
day morning will summarize con
ference talks and discuss the fu
ture possible use of liquid fertili
zers in the Southeast.
Director W. A. Sutton of the
Georgia Agricultural Extension Ser
vice will preside Wednesday. Dr.
G. H. Collins, head of the agronomv
department at Clemson College will
be chairman on Thursday.
Qualifying Date Set By
Executive Committee
The Forsyth County Democratic
Executive Committee set the clos
ing date for qualifying on Wednes
day Noon, February 10, 1960, at
the office of thf? Secretary in
Cumming.
The Primary Election for all
county offices to be held on Wed
nesday, March 16, 1960.
A. E. Bramblett, Chairjnan
Roy P. Otwell Sr., Sec-Treas.
Porpoise gives clue to faster sub
marines.
Sutton Announces
Appointment Of
Dr. Luther Farrar
The appointment of Dr. Luther
L. Farrar to the state staff of the
AES, was announced today by Ex
tension Director W. A. Sutton.
Dr. Farrar will be project leader
of a plant pathology project for
the Extension Service. In this posi
tion he will work through county
agents in helping farmers to iden
tify plant diseases and then in re
commending methods of eradicat
ing the disease and in preventing
its recurrence. "This is an area
of work that we have long needed
in our Extension program and
one which we think will be of
immense value to our farmers,”
Sutton pointed out. He added that
the annual report of 1954-55 from
plant pathologists of the Univer
sity system showed a loss of $60,-
837,741 on the 11 most important
crops in Georgia-due to plant
disease.
Born in Bernice, La., Farrar at
tended elementary school and high
school there. Since then he has
attended Louisiana Polytechnic In
stitute, Centenary College of Loui
siana, and Louisiana State Univer
sity. He received his doctor’s de
gree in plant pathology and agro
nomy from Louisiana State Uni
versity in 1956.
Following graduation he accepted
a position as assistant plant path
ologist for the Georgia Experiment
Station, a position he held until 1
coming to the Extenson Service.
Prior to that time he worked four
years as research assistant at Loui
siana State University, served for
six years in the Navy, and farmed
with his father.
Dr. Farrar is married to the
former Miss Doris Ann Heard of
Bernice, La., and they have two
children.
Governor Asks Army
Engineers To Remedy
River Trouble
Saying that the manner in which
the flow of water in the Chatta
hoochee as released from Buford
Dam is not as authorized by Geor
gia and as originally intended,
Governor Vandiver has requested
the Chief of Army Engineers to
remedy the situation.
Damage is being done in the
Chattahoochee Valley. Each week
80 percent of the water released
from Buford Dam is sent down
river in only 30 hours, resulting
in a rise in river level of 8 to 12
feet at points, erosion and flood
ing of land. For the large remain
der of the week but 10 percent of
normal is released, affecting sew
age disposal plant operation, coun
tv and city water systems and the
desirability of the area for indus
trial development, recreation and
fish and wildlife.
The findings on which Governor
Vandiver has made his request are
included in a report of a Commit
tee headed by Attorney General
Eugene Cook.
The wide fluctuattion of the Chat
tahoochee has been a matter of
much concern to citizens of Ful
ton, Gwinnett and Forsyth Coun
tfes. The Governors action is the
first important result of the pro
tests and agitation of the past
three years.