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Volume 51.
‘Heart Sunday’ Feb., 28
To Climax Campaign
In Georgia and Nation
More than 20,000 Georgia volun
teers will be among the 1,600,000
workers throughout the nation who
will join in the solicitations for
Heart Sunday, February 28, mark
ing the climax of the fifth annua!
Heart Fund campaign.
This program is dedicated to the
fight against this country’s num
ber one killer, heart and blood
vessel diseases.
On HEART
SUNDAY
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THE FORSYTH COUNTY
•IAYCEES & JAYCETTES
WILL BE CALLING ON YOU.
—Support This Worthy Cause —
Heart Sunday collections will
take place in about 5,000 communi
ties in all 50 states, and are ex
pected to yield more tahn the $9
million realized in the 1959 Heart
Sunday appeal. Georgia’s goal for
the 1960 Heart Fund camppaign
is $475,000.
In most communities, Heart Sun
day volunteers will make their
visits between 12 noon and 4 p. m.
In instances where persons are not
at home during collections hours,
the workers will leave a special
envelope in which contributions
may be mailed.
In emphasizing the seriousness
of heart and circulatory -diseases.
Dr. A. Calhound Witham, president
of the Georgia Heart Association,
said:
“This nation loses neariv 900.000
persons annually to these disorders,
and more than 17,000 of these are
Georgians. About 10 million Ameri
cans, including 500,000 school-age
children, are living with one form
or another of these afflictions.
“Because few families are snared
the ravages of heart or blood ves
sel diseases and because more peo
ple are concentrating their efforts
in the fight to overcome these dis
eases, interest in the annual Febru
ary Heart Fund camnaign increas
es each vear,” he said.
Dr. Witham pointed out that this
increased interest and support has
enabled the Georgia Heart Associa
tion to build one of the ef
fective nrograms in the country.
“In addition," Dr. Witham said,
“eran's and individual contribu
tions in Georgia and the nation
have made it possible for research
scientists to concentrate on dis
eases of the heart and related -dis
orders.”
He declared that the Georgia
Heart Association alone allocates
more than SIOO,OOO eo<"h year for
heart research, and of that portion
of collections it sends to the Ameri
can Heart Association. 57 percent
is now allocated to support heart
research. «
A total of more than 25 million
Heart Fund dollars has already
been channeled into research in the
11 years since the national heart
association was organized as the
only voluntary health agency in
the United States devoted exclusive
lv o* the cardiovascular diseases.
Dr. Witham said.
“Georgians have not been reluct
ant to support the heart program
in the state, and I’m sure thev
wil lagain be generous to the vol
unteer workers on Heart Sunday,”
Dr, Witham said.
BANDIT TAKES ADICE
Detroit A would-be holdup man,
Joseph J. Vranesich, entered a De
troit bakerv and demanded:
“Give me the money or I’ll shoot.”
Mrs. Dorothy Weiner, a clerk
suggested: “Whv don’t you go next
door to the meat market? They
have a lot more money.”
He did lust that. The woman
then called the police, who arrested
Vranesich as he came out of the
meat market with $79.00.
The Forsyth County News
OFFICIAL OKOAN OF K)RB¥TH COUNTY & CITY OF CUM MI NO
OKVOIED TO THE DEA'ELOPMKNT OF FORSYTH. FULTON. CHICRO KICK, DAWSON, LUMPKIN, HAM. AND GWINNETT COUNTIES
(City Population 2,SCO)
/andiver Lauds
Vork Completed
3y Legislature
ATLANTA (GPS) This year’s regu
lar session of the Georgia General
Assembly is now history, but the
full effect of its 40 days of law
making will not be felt for some
! fime to come.
j However, Gov. Ernset Vandiver
thinks the Legislature has done an
outstanding job. And he told the
solons just that in the customary
“farewell” address to members of
both houses just prior to sine die
adjournment.
“I am proud of you,” he told
them. “I am pproud of your work
X am proud of your accomplish
ments. I treasure your friendship
I am grateful for your cooperation
and support. I am encouraged and
enthusiastic over the broad pro
gram of constructive service whien
vou have enacted here for the peo
ple of Georgia.
“Marmony accord applica
tion to duty hard work strong
committee work workable com
promise that has been your re
cord. You have demonstrated:
Statesmanship love of state
self sacrifice understanding --
capacity vision ability in
sight.
“You have shown an awareness
of the state’s needs and problems
and have met them in a manner
that reflects great credit upon the
membership of this bodv.”
After reviewing legislative enact
ments, especially administration
sponsored measures calling for
changes in the financial and ad
ministrative structure of the state
government. Gov. Vandiver said:
"All of these things, this Gener
al Assembly and this administrat
ion have been able to initiate and
to carry forward without asking
the people of Georgia for any new
or additional taxes.
“It is my hope that the member
ship of the coming General Assem
bly will be equally as dedicated
as has been this one.
To The People of
Forsyth County
j In regards to my statement in
announcing for Board Member of
County Commissioners of Forsyth
County, February 18, 1960, con
cerning lake roads which were con
demnad by the U. S. Government
and the amount paid. I have in
my possession a letter from the
Corps of Engineers, Mobile, Ala
bama which states as follows:
Dear Mr. Scoggins:
The information requested i.o
telephone conversation of this date
is furnished hereinafter.
In Forsyth County, Georgia, 7.1
miles of roads were relocated, 9
bridges were abandoned or de
molished, and the county was paid
$128,450.00 by the Government. In
addition. 47.7 miles of roads were
abandoned in this county due to
the construction of Buford Dam.
In Hall County. Georgia, 2.5
miles of roads were relocated. 5
bridges were abandoned, and the
county was paid $338,500.00 under
the terms of four contracts be
tween the county and the Govern
ment. In addition, 16.3 miles of
roads were abandoned in those
portions of Hall County covered
by the contracts.
A condemnation was filed against
Hall county for the abandonment
of 54.1 miles of roads including
20 bridges. This matter was sub
mitted to a jury and resulted in
the payment of $1,867,250.00. in
clusive of interest, to the county.
Since the judgment of the Court
provided only for the payment of
money, this office has no infor
mation as to the numbpr of miles
of roads actually relocated by
Hall County.
i I trust this information is suf
ficient for your purposes.
Sincerely yours.
R. W. LOWE
Colonel, Corps of Engineers
District Engineer
Miss Lucile Higginbotham, health
education specialist, AES, says
milk is needed to insure healthy
nerves and to slow the againg
processes for adults.
Camming Georgia, Thursday, Feb., 25, 1960.
H. Brannon, Age 70
°asses February 15 In
3 rivate Hospital
Mr. A. H. Brannon, age 70, of
Iliawassee, passed away Monday
February 15 al a private hospital.
Born in Forsyth County, Mr.
j Brannon had lived in Florida for
(many years before moving to Ilia
wassee to make his home in 1953.
lie was retired president of the
Hialeah-Miami Springs Bank of
Hialeah. He held the post for 20
years.
Funeral services were held at
2 p. m. Tuesday in the McConnall
Memorial Baptist Church in Hia
wassee. Burial was on Friday
February 19, in the Woodlawn
Cemetery in Miami.
He is survived by his wife; a
•daughter, Mrs. James Stoinoff.
Miami Springs; his mother, Mrs.
E. E. Brannon, Gainesville; three
brothers, E. C. Sr. and B. B.
Brannon, both of Gainesville; and
I. I. Brannon, Miami; two step
daughters, Mrs. William Ingles.
Lake Charles, La. and Mrs. Rowe
Garrott. Decatur, and two sten
nons, Kenneth Brannon, USAF
Col.; and Robert Hathaway Bran
non, Hiawassee.
WITH YOUR
COUNTY AGENT
Walter H. Rnekpr
GRINDING HAY
Some Georgia dairymen have
been grinding hay for their cattle.
Does it pay? Research has shown
that hay that is not ground is
more completely digested in the
rumen of the cow than is ground
hav. in addition, cows fed finely
I ground hay often have a lower
| butterfat test than when fed the
same hay, not ground.
Grinding low-vuality forages,
puch as straw, stover, stemmy or
| badly weathered hav and mixing it
l with molasses, in the hopes of im
j proving the ouality of the hav. is
doing the dairy cow an injustice.
It doesn’t improve the quality of
the hay. And since the cow has
his own excellent digester, pi hid
ing ha y adds mainly to your labor
costs.
USING LIME
You may be using the right
amounts of fertilizer on your crops
and increasing yields. But did you
know that by using lime too, you
could increase your yields and
profits still more.
In a recent experiment on soy
beans lime along was used. Hie
profit was seven dollars per acre.
Where fertilizer alone was used,
the profit was also seven dollars
However, when both lime and fer
tilizer were used, the profits leap
ed to 26 dollars per acre
One of the main reasons why
lime can help so muoh to increase
yields is that many Forsyth County
soils are acid and the lime in the
soil releases many nutrients to
the crop.
In using lime it's not wise to
guess on the land’s lim ? needs.
To-o much lime may tie up some
trace elements that need to be
available to the plants.
The best way to find out if
soils need lime and how T much to
use is to have a soil test made.
This should be done now, for next
spring many other farmers mav
be rushing to get their soil tests
in. When everybody sends the
samples in at the same time, it
takes longer to get the recom
mendations back.
NEW I’HONE DIRECTORY
BEGINS DELIVERY, FEB., 25
Delivery of Cumming’s new tele
phone directory will begin today.
C. W. Knott, Group Manager for
Southern Bell said the job of get
ting a now telephone book to all
subscribers should be completed by
March 1.
The delivery is timed so that
everyone will have a directory be
fore all of Buford’s telephone num
bers change to the new numbering
plan.
Mr. Knott asked that everyone
“onsult the directory after March 6.
since all Buford numbers will
change completely to conform with
this new system. If you do not
get a new book by. March 1, Mr.
Knott asked that you notify South
- > rn Bell’s business office.
Forsyth County Girls
Lose Semi-Finals
Coach D. B. Carroll's team lost
to llcnry County by a score of
1 29 —16. Forsyth County did good
I for the first half, however, in the
|seeond half they seemed to be un
! able to find the ring.
1 Coach Carroll just had this lo
say, “We gol beat,” —It was just
a bad (lay.
The State Class A boys and girls
basketball tournament started in
full swing Monday with the For
syth County girls playing Gilmer
Cwunty of Elijay and won with a
final score of 36- 21.
Rated as the Pre-tourney fav
orites were Forsyth County, Henry
County and South Habersham of
Cornelia.
Wednesday’s finals will have the
girls battling at 7 p. m. with the
boys game at 8:30.
Forsyth County
Committee On Aging
Completes Survey
The Forsyth County Committee
on Aging has completed sur
vey on local resources and facilities
available to meet the needs of old
er people (age 65 and over).
Why was the survey made? It
was made in order to strengthen
Georgia's participation in the White
House Conference on Aging to be
held in Washington, D. C., in
January, 961. Each county in the
state has been asked to make
similiar surveys.
The survey covered the following
facilities and resources: Social Ser
vices (Casework, Friendly Visitors,
Homemaker Service, Easter Homes,
Boarding Homes, Meals on Wheels)
Health (Public Health and Medical
ci»re. Dental Care, Mental Health,
Hospitals, Nursing Homes and
Homes for the Aged); Employment
Housing; Leisure Time Activities
(Recreation, Education and Library
Services); and the Services pro
vided by Churches.
Georgia’s Commission on Aging
was created by an Executive Order
of Governor Ernest Vandiver. The
Governor, in turn, requested each
of the County Commissioners to
cooperate in the study of the aging
by appointing a County Committee
to work with the state committee.
Mr. C. W. Boling, Chairman of
the County Commissioners, appoint
ed Mrs. Zolma R. Bannister, Chair
man of the Forsyth County Com
mittee non Aging and the follow
ing to serve as members: Dr Mar
jcus Mashburn, Jr„ Dr. A. Y. How
ell, Rev. John Lummus, Col. Jess
Watson, Mr. William Winter, Mrs.
Grace Palmour, Mrs. Katherine
Martin, Mrs. Ruth Rowe, Mrs. Jean
Potts and Mrs. Ruth Winters,
The committee has worked con
scientiously on the survey and re
| ceived cooperation and help from
all of the various fiieds covered
in' the suryey.
City of Cumming
Receives $2 930.52
From Georgia Power
A chock for $2,930.52 was dcliv
jered to the City of Cumming, Feb
ruary 23, 1960 by C. B. Curtis,
j Local Manager, of the Georgia
Power Company.
This payment represents three
per cent of the gross receipts in
1959 from the sale of electric pow
er to commercial and residential
customers of the company under
the Municipal Partnership Plan.
The three per cent tax is paid by
the company in place of occupat
ion and franchise taxes and is in
addition to the company’s property
taxes which totaled $5,683,000 last
vear.
More than $2,292,000 is being
paid to the communities of Georgia
for 1959 under the Municipal Part
nershin Plan. This is an increase
of more than $157,000 over 1958.
The comnanv’s total tax bill for
1959 was $29,504,000. This does not
include the sa'es tax which the
company collects from its custom
ers for the State of Georgia nor
the sales tax which the company
iavs on materials used in its op
j orations.
Grains show sign of ending de
-1 cline.
County Population 15,000. Number 8.
GEORGIA HEART CLINICS SET 3 RE
CORDS: Doctors Contribute 13,000 HOURS
On HEART
SUNDAY
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THE FORSYTH COUNTY
JAYCEES & JAYCETTES
WILL BE CALLING ON YOU.
—Support This Worthy Cause —
Two hundred Georgia doctors
last year set a new record by
voluntarily spending more than
13,000 hours at work in the 16
heart clinics sponsored by the
Georgia Heart Association.
Two other now marks were es
tablished: patient-visits topped 30,
000 for the first time, and the
number of clinic sessions increased
to 1,396.
The Georgia Heart Clinic Sys
tem is the only such program
or ganized on a statewide basis
to provide diagnoses and treat
ment for indigent patients of the
state regardless of the area in
which they live.
This clinic system, which was |
launched in 1949 and now forms
the basis for the American Heart i
Association’s Manual for Heart
Clinics, is staffed entirely by vol
unteer physicians assisting in the
community services program of
the Georgia Heart Association.
The annual February H.-art Fund
campaign enables tho Georgia
Heart Association to continue its
various programs, which also in
clude research projects, and pro
fessional and public eduesrtion deal
ing with diseases of the heart and
blood vessels.
The state’s heart clinics are lo
cated in Albany, Athens, Atlanta,
Augusta, Brunswick, Columbus, j
Dalton, Gainesville, Jesup,
Grange, Macon, Savannah, Thom
asville, and Waycross.
4-H Members Set
Unusual Record
In Growing Corn
Twenty-one 4-H Club members
from seven counties in southcen- ;
tral Georgia produced an average
corn yield of 128 bushels per acre
during 1959 in Ihe 4-H area corn j
contest, reports J. Frank McGill,
agronomist of the University of
Georgia Extension Service.
“This average represents the
three highest corn yields made by
club members in each of the seven
counties in the area contest,” ho
said. “This record is more than
four times the 28-bushel average
yield in Georgia in 1959.”
Counties in the area arc Brooks,
Colquitt. Cook. Tift, Thomas, Lown
des. and Worth.
These club members evidently
believe in using plenty of fertilizer,
the agronomist said, pointing out
they used an average of approxi
mately 800 pounds of 5 10 15
fertilizer and 1?5 pounds of nitro
gen per acre. For the most part,
stalks per arrr ranged between
10.000 and 14,000.
Ton producers in this area corn
contest have made great strides
since its beginnine in 1952. Mr.
McGill declared. That year the
twentv-one ton yields averaged nnlv
76 bushels per acre. The highest
record ever set bv these contest
winners was in 1958 when they
averaged 135 bushels per acre,
j The 4-H Club area corn contest
.is supervised in each of the seven
I counties by the county Extension
agents.
Two common driver errors on
slippery roads are oversteering and
overbreaking, the Allstate Safety
Crusade advises. When you turn..
, steer the wheel smoothly to obtain
i maximum tire gripping. In using
I brakes, apply them lightly in a
ranid pumping action to keep the
,wheele from loeWing.
Mr. Hugh P. Matthews
Dies Suddenly At His
Home February 23
Funeral service will hr hrtrt »n
Thursday February 25 at (be Ftosi
Baptist Church at 11.00 A. M wrtb
Rev. Marcus Reed and Rrv. liaroAl
Zwald officiating.
The death of Mr. Matthews lime
as a shock to everyone, as hr h»*t
been getting along very well and
had just recently been thsmiKwd
from the hospital wilh his *•««*►
tion mueh improved.
He was a retired Postal rrnphiyrr
where ho had served as Rural Car
rier and Clerk for over 27 years
here in Cumming.
He is survived by his urtlr, two
daughters, Mrs. Jud l,ewis ©I War.
Virginia and Mrs. Maron Burr af
of Buford.
Notice To All
Candidate*:
There will be a political mrr«jaac
at the following Schnote.
Ducktown, Tuesday March a
Matt, Wednesday, March S.
Chestatee, Friday, March 11.
Big Creek, Saturday, March 12
Cumming Gym. Tuesday, Marrh 15.
These meetings will begaa at
: 7:30 p. m. Also there wig he ttw
j Tribesman Quartet.
The public is invited. ITs D«r
to everyone.
| All candidates wishing lo parti
cipate in these meeting, please gel
jn touch with me at uirce.
H. H. SCOGGINS 1
Phones Tu. 7 -5350. or
Tu. 7-5185.
SOCIAL SECURITY
NEWS
“Help us to help you,” is the
advice of Cecil W. Collins, Manager
lof the Gainesville Social Scrrurrfy
District Office, to persons pfemnnig
to retire soon and apply for fhrrr
social security benefits. “We ran
get that first check to you a hrt
sooner if you bring the nrers.-sary
proofs with you when you raw
in to file a claim lor benefits,'’
Collins states. •
Mr. Collins pointed out that
many people retire early in the
year. They are coming to the so
cial security office to file- claims
for benefits. These claims ran he
completed much faster when n#ed
ed proofs are presented at the
time of filing. A telephone rail to
his office before retirement may
save a great deal of time by
insuring that all evidence will be
produced promptly.
Generally, a claimant lor month
ly benefits must establish his age.
This may be done with a taiith
certificate or some other record
that is old and reliable. Also, gvi
dencp of the claimant’s cammgx
for 1959 is necessary. A copy
Form W-2, Withholding Statement,
for 1959 is acceptable i! the in
come was earned as an employee.
The self-employed should bring a
copy of their 1959 income tax re
turn, including the Schedule C or
F which shows their self-emplojr
ment income, and the cancelled
l check, money order stub, or bank
receipt which shows they paid
the tax.
“Brine your proofs with yon,”
! Mr. Collins stressed, “for prompt
payment of your first social se
curity cheek.” The GainesviTle So
' ciai Security Office is l«>eated at
439 North Bradford Street.
In 1959. according to state 4-H
Club leaders, AKS, 5.994 Club mrtn
hers • attended camp at the Rock
Eagle 4-H Center.
Overdressed drivers m cohl
weather create hazards for them
selves. savs the Allstate Salety
Crusade. Too buTky elolhinng swh
as overcoats, mittens and galoshes
can restrict limb movements and
limit control of the steering wheel
and foot pedals.