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Volume 51.
Almon Hill Announces
For Re-election For
County School Supt.
To The Voters Of Forsyth County
I hereby announce myself as
canidate for re-election to the office
of County School Superintendent
of Forsyth County, Georgia, subject
to rules and regulations of the
Democratic Primary to be held on
March 16, 1960.
I feel grateful to the people of
Forsyth County for their cooper
ation and help in working for bet
ter schools in our county.
I received my Superintendent
Provisional Certificate this year.
Much progress has been made in
our schools in the last three years
and you may rest assured I will
continue to work for the good of
our children in every way possible
to make our schools the best.
Thanks in advance for your sup
port and influence.
Sincerely,
ALMON HILL
Madison Family
Knows How To Use
Time Efficiently
Farming is a full time job for
most folks who do a good job
at it, says D. L. Branyon, agrono
mist of the University of Georgia
Agricultural Extension Service, but
he wonders where Hoke Smith of
Danielsville in Madison county gets
enough time to attend to all his
crops and other activities.
He operates three farms with
554 acres. This pas year he had
360 acres in pastures, 58 acres of
cotton, 15 acres of corn, 75 acres
of small grain, 30 acres of milo
and 6 acres in alfalfa. To round
out his farm program he has 100
grade beef cattle and 10 brood sows
Continuous rains during harvest
season increased cotton insects and
lowered yields and qualitv of all
fall harvested crops in 1959, Mr.
Branyon said, but even so cotton
that had been fertilized with 700
pounds of 4—12 -12 and 100 to 140
pounds of nitrogen per acre made
an average yield of 450 pounds
of lint.
Corn that received 500 pounds of
4—12—12 and 100 to 125 nounds of
nitrogen produced 50 to 60 bushels
an acre. Oats, wheat and barley
fertilized the same as corn made
40.27 and 40 bushels ner acre re- 1
snectivelv. Mr. Smith fertilized his
Coastal Bermuda with 500 pounds
of 4—12—12 and 100 rounds of
nitrogen and he anplied 1 000 lbs.
of 4—12—12 per acre to alfalfa.
Mr. Smith has a 50-capacity hog j
feeding parlor and has been grow- |
ing out two houses a vear. H% .
brood sows average about eight
pips per litter.
This Madison county farmer used ,
pre-emergence weed control mat- '
erial when cotton was planted and |
got good control of annual weeds ,
and crass for four to five weeks, j
the College of Agriculture agrono
mist said. Some of the cotton was 1
picked by a custom operated picker.
Quality of both hand and machine I
picked cotton was low because of
the unusual amourit of rain, Mr. |
Smith said.
Mr. Smith also operates a seed j
cleaning and treating plant. He
cleans lespedeza seed and cleans J
and treats thousands of bushels of
small grain and cotton seed for
farmers in the area every year.
All feed, except supplement and
minerals, for cattle and hogs are
rasied on the farms.
Mr. and Mrs. Smith are active in
community, school, church and civ
ic affairs. County Agent Virgil
Welborn says the Smiths are
mighty fine cooperators in the
County Extension program. The
teen-age son and daughter are ae
tive 4-H Club members.
USE OF FREEZER SPACE
Even though every homemaker
must decide how she is to use the
space in her food freezer, Miss
Nolle Thrash, food preservationist.
AES, says this pattern deserves
consideration; 40 percent of the
freezer space for meats and 20
percent each for vegetables, fruits,
and precooked or ready-to-serve
foods.
The Forsyth County News
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF FOBBYTH COUNTY A COY OF CUMMINU
OEVO'IED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF FORSYTH, FULTON, CHEBO KEE, DAWSON, LUMPKIN, HAM, AND OWINNETT COUNTIES.
(City Population 2,500)
New Pension Law
To Be Discussed in
Gainesville, March 24
GAINESVILLE, GA—The new vet
erans’ pension law which goes into
effect on July 1 will be the sub
ject of an area conference for field
office personnel of the Department
;of Veterans Service to be held at
j Gainesville, Georgia, on March 24,
it has been announced by Pete
Wheeler, director of the State De
partment of Veterans Service.
The conference will be held at
the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post
No. 8452, starting at 10 A. M.
Veterans, commanders and ser
vice officers of veterans organiza
tions, or other interested citizens
are also invited to attend the con
■ ference.
H. R. Jackson, rating specialist,
of the Veterans Administration Re
gional Office, will attend to parti
cipate in the conference. Olin Lis
ter, chief attorney of the Veterans
Administration will also be present
to discuss legal matters and prob
lems of the new pension law.
Wheeler said, A. W. Tate, man
ager or Harry Piper, assistant
manager of the Atlanta Veterans
Administration will head the dele
| gation from that Federal Agency.
Personnel of the Gainesville, Blue
; Ridge, Blairsville, Clayton. Clarkes
ville, Toccoa, Hartwell, Jefferson,
Athens, Winder, Monroe and Cov
ington offices of the Department
Jof Veterans Service will attend this
' conference, and these offices will
be closed on that date. Should
j emergency service be required on
. that date, veterans should telephone
JA5—5501 in Atlanta,
j Area conferences will also be
I held on March 22nd in Augusta:
I March 25th, Rome: March 29th.
.Columbus; March 30th, Albany and
i March 31st in Waycross.
5c GRADE
ORGANIZES CLUB
The 5C grade of 32 girls which
uses the Community House for its
daily school work has recently or
jganized a Club under the direction
of its teacher. Mrs. Sagar.
The girls voted to call their club
The American Girl Club. They meet
on Friday afternoons in their class
room for one hour. A program is
given by Club members.
The Officers are:
President- Wanda Watson
Vice President—Bette Carruth
Secretary—Deborah McGinnis
Treasurer—Brenda Pendley
The program committee is com
posed of the following: Program
Chairman, Susan Barnett. Members
Elane Glover, Marie Martin, Alice
Holtzclaw, Anne Holbrook.
This committee, while working
in the Library on Tuesday after
noons, selects and assigns the parts
to those who are on the program.
The club has learned the follow
ing for its Creed.
MY CREED
I would be true.
For there are those who trust me
I would be pure,
For there are those who care;
I would be strong,
For there is much to suffer;
I would be brave,
For there is much to dare;
I would be friend
To all—the foe —the friendless,
I would be giving,
And forget the gift;
I would be humble.
For I know my weakness;
I would look us
And laugh and love and lift.
—Howard Arnold Walter
The following program was en
joyed by the club on Friday Feb
ruary 9.
Reading—Weeds Serve, by Frances
Fayne
America For Me, Bv Barbara Miller
The Wild Rose, bv Mollie Melton
A Georgia Greeting, by Cheryl
Brae , P r
Solo —"Oh You Beautiful Doll’’ by
Paulette Trammel
What a Girl Should Learn, by Pau
line Witherow
George Washington, by Linda Shoe
make
Solo, “Moonlight Bay” by Betty
Jean Carruth
The Little Squirrel, by Joan Hub
bard>
The Clubs Creed, by the Club.
Cumming Georgia, Thursday, March 3, 1960.
Proclamation By The
Governor Commends
1-H Cilub Training
Governor Ernest Vandiver recent
ly took time from his busy sche
dule of administrative activities as
Chief Executive of the State of
Georgia to commen dthe leadership
;and citizenship training given thru
14-H Clubs as "a valuable asset to
our Democratic way of life.”
The Governor’s commendation
was included in his official pro
clamation of the observance, March
5—12, of National 4-H Club Week
; throughout the state.
A former 4-H Club member
himself, Gov. Vandiver, in his pro
clamation, notes the contributions
4-H’ers themselves are making to
a broader knowledge of farming
and homemaking. Mentioned are
the educational demonstrations and
displays given and arranged by
4-H’ers to pass to others the in-
I formation they gain in their work
in more than 470,000 projects.
Governor Vandiver’s proclama
tion also notes that, with 148,363
| members, the 4-H Clubs compose
(Georgia’s largest youth organiza-
I tion. It points out that the pur-
I pose of 4-H Club work is to give
equal training to the head, heart,
hands and health of each of these
members.
Recognizing the leadership given
4-H Club boys and girls bv county
agricultural agents and home de
monstration agents of the Univer
sity of Georgia College of Agricul
ture Extension Service and the
17 313 local volunteer leaders in
Georgia. Governor Vandiver con
cludes his proclamation by urging
i "all our people to sunport and
'encourage the work of this or
ganization which has as its Motton
To Make The Best Better.’ ”
Broiler Control
Program Eyed
In Congress
MACON, GA. —Georgia hens could
be eliminated if they lay more
eggs than their Washington estab
lished quota, and the farmer would
be penalized three-times the value
of excess quota production, if a
national farm bill under consider
ation is passed by Congress, and
approved in referendum by a two
third majority of producers voting.
The measure, in the form of
Senate Bill 2516, has been intro
duced by Senator Hubert Humph
rey.
The control measure would in
clude broilers, egg, and turkey
production of the nation, and would
leave up to the Secretary of Agri
culture and a Committee whether
a 10-hen flock owner, a 50,000-flock
owner or both would be allowed to
vote to determine if farmers de
sired such a control program.
Under the proposal growers
would finance the program through
an assessment up to 4 percent of
gross farm sales.
John P. Duncan, Jr., President
Georgia Farm Bureau Federation,
disclosed that the Federation was
voicing its opposition to the mea
sure. “It could very easily ruin
the poultry industry in Georgia
and the south, as commercial egg,
turkey and broiler production are
relatively young in our areas”, he
declared.
Under the Humphrey measure, a
state having less than S6O million
annual sales in eggs, $35 million
j annual sales in broilers, or $lO
j million annual sales on turkeys—
could not serve on the National
Advisory Board to administer the
program. Neither does the pro
posed law spell how the system of
establishment of quotas would bo
handled, Duncan said.
Farm Bureau families last fall
in determining policies and recom
mendations of the farm Federation
in both the Poultry Committee and
f he entire delegate body went on
record as onposed to any ycontrols
or regulations by the Federal Gov
ernment in the production of poul
try or poultry products.
“Non-poultry producing members
of Farm Bureau are ready to work
for poultry farmers wishes and
self-preservation,’ Duncan said.
Board of experts begins annual
tea tasting.
Burial Benefits
Available To
Veterans
Deceased veterans are entitled
to four particular burial benefits,
Pete Wheeler, Director of the State
Department of Veterans Service,
reports. The benefits are available
to all who served any period dur
ing' wartime in the military or who
served a full enlistment during
peacetime.
The widow of an eligible veteran
may be awarded $250, upon appli
cation, for burial expenses, and any ;
veteran may be buried in a nation- j
al cemetery where space is avail- ,
able. !
Headstones or grave markers!
may also be secured for any such j
veteran. They will be placed auto- I
matically at any national cemetery,
or may be requested for a private i
grave.
A United States flag, to drape
the coffin and later for presenta- j
tion to next of kin, will also be:
presented upon request. They may I
be secured at any large U. S. Post
Office.
The wiodw or any minor child
of a deceased veteran may also
be buried in a national cemetery,
either in the same grave or in
the site adjacent to the veteran,
provided such space is available.
If the wife or minor child pre
cedes the veteran in death, the
deceased may be interred in a
national cemetery if the veteran
presents a statement of his desire
to be buried there at his death.
Georgia School
Safety Hehalded
Around World
A'ILANTA—The Fire News, offi
cial publication of the National
Fire Protection Association of Bos
ton, Mass., with a world-wide circu
lation has again taken cognizance
of Georgia’s Junior Fire Marshal
program of school fire safety edu
cation.
Latest recognition came in the
reprint of a recent editorial which
appeared in The Augusta Chronicle
as follows:
“Effectiveness of Georgia’s Jun- 1
ior Fire Marshal program seems j
to be indicated in a report from
Safety Fire Commissioner Zack D. ,
Cravey that 1959 maintained the ,
state’s record of never having lost |
a child in a school fire since in- j
auguration of the rogram
“General Manager Percy Bugbee :
of the National Fire Protection As- i
sneiation—wrote—that his organiza
tion was ‘particularly impressed’
with the—program because we be
lieve that education of youngsters
in fire prevention offers the great
est onnortunitv for a future gener
ation that will be less careless with
fire.”
Th° Fire News is distributed by
NEPA, a non-profit organization,
to its members in every country
in the world except those behind
the iron curtain.
Buford Goes To New
Telephone Dialing
Sunday, March 6
Exactly at 2:01 A. M. Sunday
Southern Bell will pull a switch
to usher in a new era in Buford’s
telephone history. When the switch
is thrown, all telephone numbers
will become a part of the new
nationwide sytem using seven dig
its.
“It will be an historical event
for us in the telephone business
and for the city generally,” C. W.
Knott, Group Manager for South
ern Bell said, “Since it means that
Buford will he a part of our coun
try-wide numbering plan and since
it will help us to provide the best
possible service to our customers.”
He pointed out that the so-called
"all numeral calling” svstem will
mean that next October Buford’s
users will be able to dial their own
long distance calls without the
aid of an operator.
Miss Lucile Higginbotham, health
education specialist, AES. savs chil
jdren should never be allowed the
dangerous job of building or re
fueling fres.
County Population 15,000. Number 9.
DOES YOUR TAX COMPARE WITH
OTHERS IN THE COUNTY
Citizens and Voters of Forsyth County, Georgia
Dear Friend:
I
You may not know me person- j
ally and I may not have met you
yet, as I have only lived in this
county since 1951.
I
1 Regardless of that, however, I
want to serve you as your County
Commissioner. Please let me have
a few minutes of your time to
mention some things about the
business of our county and then
(you) decide whatever it is to
your own interest and advantage
to vote for me.
Since I first came to this fine
county nine years ago, I have
been more and more surprised that
the people who live here, some of
whom have long lines of family
ownership and residence in Forsyth
County, allow the business of the
County to be conducted in such a
manner as to always make the
rich people richer, and the poor
| people poorer. If you own property
worth $10.00.00 and you pay SIOO.OO
ilax on it. this means that your
property is assessed at 20% of
its value. If one of the persons who
own property worth $1,000,000.00
.and more than one person in our
county does have property worth
more than this) And if it was
jassesed al 20% like your SIO,OOO
- property, the owner would pay
tax on it, for example.
In looking through the tax re
cords I find, one Pulpwood Com
nanv which owns 3.229 acres of
(land in this county and paid
j $1,264.61, also I find a local land
j holder with 2,760 acres and paid
'51,611.55. Now this tract has farms,
I homes, paved roads, timber lands
jand lake front property. Had thev
jpaid tax in proportion with the
j small home owner, then they would
have paid upward of $20,000.00 tax
nn their lands.
Why is it that the millonaire is
inot taxed on the same percentage
of valuation on what he owns as
I the (LITTLE) property owner, who
|has a hard time holding on to his
j little place and paying over $75.00
| or SIOO.OO in county taxes. When
jyou want a road fixed, or some
j other countv service, and you are
told that we have a poor countv,
jand don’t have the money to do
it, think of the facts mentioned
I here. If you own property worth
$10,000.00 and you were taxed in
proportion to the millionaires of
Forsyth County, you might have
ito pav $30.00 or $40.00 in taxes
Rv the same token, if vour little
place is worth $4,000.00 you might
have to pay $12.00 or $15.00 in
taxes. How much tax do you pav
if you are one of manv neonle
who don’t own even $4,000.00
worth of nronertv? We have had
to vote on school bond issue in
Forsvth County. We had to vote
on a hospital bond issue in Forsvth
County. If the millionaires and near
millionaires had paid taxes all
along in proportion to the poor
people and almost-poor people of
the county, there would have been
plenty of money for school im
provements and hospital needs
without any bonds, provided, of
course, that some one was in
office who could and would use
the money wisely.
Before you decide who shall be
your County Commissioners, think
for awhile regarding each candi
date who has previously been
elected to anv office in Forsyth
County. Whatever office he held,
•did he line up with some of the
millionaires of the county, or did
he work for the average person
and for those who were not rich?
Regarding the other candidates
who have not previously boon elect
ed to any office, please ask each
one what he intends to do about
.the Tax Assessors, the Schools
the Roads, and the Income of our
county if he is elected. Isn't this
I fair? Don’t you believe that busi
nesses in our county which would
naturallv create some competition
| would help to some extent in slow
-1 ing up the rich people, getting
I richer while making the poor peo
' pie poorer?
I Let’s have a revised tax pro
gram with a new Tax Board.
I If elected I will meet any citi-
zen, any time, any place, to discuss
any county business.
VOTE FOR H. H. SCOGGINS,
for Board Member of County Com
missioners of Forsyth County,
come March 16.
Sincerely,
H. H. SCOGGINS
Georgia Employment
Sets Seasonal
Record, Huiet
ATLANTA— “Non-farm employ
ment continues to set records in
Georgia. Georgia saw 1,116,400
wage earners on public payrolls
in the State. This is the ninth
straight month non-farm payrolls
have exceeded the million mark,”
Commissioner of Labor Ben T.
Huiet reported today in the Geor
gia Department of labor’s monthly
report on earnings and employment
“December’s ali time high of
1,045,400 dropped only 19,000 in
January, making 1960’s first month
non-farm employment 40,200 over
January last year. The post Christ
mas season always sees a substan
tial drop, although this year’s
slump was not as great as usual
due mainly to full production in
auto assembly plants after shut
downs due to a steel shortage
following the steel strike last fall.”
Commissioner Huiet said the
construction industry last month
was the only one of the seven
major non-farm divisions not to
equal or exceed the January 1959
level. Construction employment has
dropped for six straight months.
Recent drops are due in part to
inclement weather and the down
ward trend is expected to ease
with the coming of spring.
“Employment of 339,800 in manu
facturing topped the previous Janu
ary high set in 1956, then 337,100.
Textiles in January 1960 were
2,000 over last January.
"Georgia’s outlook for 1960 is
now even more optimistic than we
thought at the turn of the new
year. We are confident that the
State’s economy will continue to
grow on a sound and stable basis,’
Commissioner Huiet concluded.
Veterans Asked To
Look For Special
Pamphlet with Check
Veterans and their dependents
now receiving pension payments
from the Veterans Administration
will receive a special pahphlct and
a card on which they ymay make
a choice in the envelope with their
next pension check, Mr. A. W.
Tate, Manager, Veterans Adminis
tration Regional Officp, Atlanta,
Georgia, announced today.
The check, pamphlet and card
will be received in the mail os or
about March 1, Mr. Tate added.
The pamphlet supplies full in
formation on both the present and
the new pension laws so that the
pension recipient will be able to
make a choice between the two
plans.
Mr. Tate pointed out that there
was no hurry about making the
choice and that the pensioner could
continue under the present law
as long as he or she was eligible.
Once a pensioner chooses to come
under the new law, however, there
is no return to the provisions of
the present law.
The pamphlet, in addition to ex
plaining the advantages or disad
vantages that may affect individual
nensioners under both laws, also
gives clear instructions for Idling
out the enclosed card by which
choice of the new pension law
mav be made.
The new pension law goes into
effect July 1, 1960, and the card
must be received by the VA on
or before that date for the new
rate to go in effect that date. If
the card Is received hv the VA
after that date, the new rate will
Ibe effective as of the date the
card is received, Mr. Tate Said.
Great pink diamond to be sold in
London.