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Volume 51.
CIVIL DEFENSE
SCORES AGAIN
Forsyth County Civil Defense
Unit, under the efficient leadership
of Mr. Cecil Merritt, F. M. Purcell,
J. C. Hitt, together with the co
operation of other Civil Defense
workers and city officials and the
Police Department, served in a
great way in helping to get feed
to the many poultry growers in
Forsyth County during the several
days of snow, ice and bad weather.
Without the help of the Civil De
fense unit, State and National
Guard men and trucks, many thou
sands of chickens in this area
would have suffered for the lack
of feed, which would have added
greatly to the loss of feed dealers
and poultry growers in this area.
We are indeed fortunate to have
a good Civil Defense unit here in
Forsyth County, men who are in
terested in helping the town and
county and men who can go into
action upon a very short notice.
Southern Bell News
The impact of the Southern Bell
Telephone Company’s operations on
Georgia’s and the South’s economy
is illustrated by the firm’s 1959
Annual Report just released. Sou
thern Bell serves Cumming and
135 other exchanges in Georgia.
As the year ended, there were
about 1,000,000 Southern Belle tele
phones in the State, 93,500 more
than at the close of' 1958."
The Company payroll In Georgia
was $49,920,000 for 1959, the report
shows. Employees located in the
State numbered 10,109. Taxes paid
to Federal, State and Local agen
cies totaled $23,559,000.
President Ben S. Gilmer, in mak
ing the report for the directors,
disclosed that in the South as a
whole, a new record was set when
more than 550 000 Southern Bell
telephones were added in 1959, a
new high by some 78,000 telephones
Of these, 215,000 were residence
extensions, reflecting the trend to
ward more ttelephones in each
home.
The number of Southern Bell
telephones more than doubled in
the past 10 years, which the re
port described as “our busiest de
cade.” The Company now operates
more than 6,825,000 telephones com
pared to about 3,000,000 at the be
ginning of the 1950’5.
Local calls made over Southern
Bell telephones in the single year
1959 averaged nearly 42 million
daily, nearly 15 1-2 million .more
than a decade ago. Long distance
calls averaged over 1 million daily,
double the number a decade ago.
“Million Dollar Plant” A Day
Demonstrating its faith in the
continued economic growth of the
South, the Company in its nine
state territory constructed $266
million of new facilities, equivalent
to a “Million-Dollar Plant’’ each
working day. Construction tottaled
$250 million in 1958.
Southern Bell’s wage costs for
the year totaled $333,600,000, up
$23,400,000 over 1958. The Com
pany has 66,000 employees. Tax
payments to Federal, State and
Local Agencies in 1959 amounted
to nearly $l6B million. This does
not include the nearly $66 million
in Federal Excise Tax on telephone
service paid by customers. Total
taxes amounted to $2.98 per tele
phone per month.
"The Company has long pointed
out,” said the report, “that the
Excise Tax, enacted as an emer
gency measure, should be eliminat
ed. As it is, essential telephone
service is the only utility service
now so taxed along with luxury
items.”
Overall Earnings Fell Short
The report stated that the per
share earnings of $1.89 while at a
slightly higher rate than for 1958,
were short of what they should be
and were below the level of other
businesses generally, regulated and
non-regulated. It continued —"We
must compete with other business
es for materials, supplies, compet
ent employees and capital and our
earnings should be more in har
mony with theirs than they are
now or have been since the war.
Good earnings make it possible in
the long run to provide better
telephone service and at a lower
price than would otherwise be
possible.
The Forsyth County News
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF FOBBYTB COUNTY • CITY OF CUMMING
DEVOTED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF FORSYTH. FULTON. CHKBO HER. DAWSON. LUMPKIN. HAU, AND GWINNETT COUNT IP*
(City Population 2 500)
A MYSTERY BUT
NOT A MYTH
"Great is the mystehy of Godli
ness”. The greatest of all the mys
teries that we find in reading the
Bible is the mystery of God’s great
love for every individual in the
I world. "God so loved the world.”
i How are we going to know that
| truth if we do not study the scrip
tures that tells us of the great
J truth.
| A person travelling through an
i unkknown country who depends
jupon guess-work and what little
.information he can gather along
jthe way and who never refers to
j his Guide Book, who never exam
■ ines the route that is worked out
I for him—but just travels the road
I that seems to be best do you
j think he will ever reach the de
' sired destination?
The way is worked out for us
; by the Author of our Guide Book.
(He will lead us into all truth. He
is our spiritual and moral guide.
iHow can we know the way unless
we faithfully study the instructions
and imbibe the spirit of our guide
and believe the instructions that
He gives.
! There are many things that we
cannot fathom and thoroughly un
derstand by our human reassuring
, but we know that God cannot lie.—
so we believe what He sayys. Be
cause we cannot explain the great
mysteries of God’s love is no rea
son for not believing that He loves
us.
The great truths of the Bible
are a mystery but let us not be
deceived by thinking that these
great truths are only myths. These
great truths are as real and as
eternal as God Himself. Do you
believe what Jesus said, when He
told his disciples "I am the
way” just follow Christ and
you will reach the Father’s house.
W. R. CALLAWAY
Army Engineers Help
Protect Gwinnett
County Water Supply
Continued operation of Gwinnett
water system was assured today by
quick action by the Army Corps of
Engineers and the County Board
of Commissioner. The Corps con
tracted with the County for the
performance of emergency repairs
where a wooden bridge across Se
wanee Creek supports the main
water supply line. This action will
enable the County to pay for re
pairing damages to the bridge ag
gravated by fluctuations in the
Chattahoochee River below the Bu
ford Dam. The County and the
Corps agreed that further action
will be necessary to provide long
term protection. Studies are under
way to determine the best solution
to the problem. Colonel Love, Dis
trict Engineer at Mobile, said the
contract was authorized by Major
General F. M. Albrecht, Division
Engineer, U. S. Army Engineer
Division, South Atlantic, Atlanta,
Georgia.
Abutment of the Sewanee Creek
bridge carrying the main 24” water
line had become badly damaged by
the current in the creek and it
appeared there was danger of the
bridge collapsing. The structure is
approximately 10 miles below T3u
ford Dam.
On February 16, Dr. W. C. Elin
burg, Jr., Chairman of the County
Board of Commissioners, requested
the Mobile District Engineer to re-
Iduce water flow at Buford Dam to
.facilitate repairs to the structure
and the request was complied with
immediately. After repair work was
initiated by Gwinnett County, fund
ing difficulties threatened to hold
up the work.
Attorney Melvin Dovith, legal re
presentative frpm the district head
quarters office in Mobile, and
James W. Phillips, Reservoir Man
ager at Lake Lanier, conferred with
Gwinnett County officials on March
7 and agreed on all details of the
contract with the County, which
will make’ the necessary funds av
jailable as the work is completed.
REFRIGERATOR CHOICE
Miss Doris Ogleby, housing-eqUip
ment‘specialist, AES, advises shop
ping for a refrigerator that opens
the way that best fits the location
you have for it. Aight and left
handed models are available, she
says.
Cumming Georgia, Thursday, March 17, 1960.
(“Miss Lake Lanier”
Beauty Pageant Set
For Saturday, April 2
The Buford Jaycees announced
this week that final plans have
been made and the annual “Miss
Lake Lanier Beauty Pageant” will
! be held Saturday night, April 2,
(beginning at 8 p. m. Girls in the
jarea surrounding Lake Lanier are
I being offered an apportunity for
(fame and fortune through educat
ion and proper guidance in build
ing a successful career for them
selves through pparticipation in the
Pageant.
The contest, preliminary elimina
tion leading to the eventual selec
tion of Miss America 1960 in At
lantic City this September, will
find the girls competing for the
local title and a chance to enter
the Miss Georgia elimination begin
ning in May.
The Lake Lanier Pageant will be
staged in the Buford High School
Gymnasium as it has been the last
two years. Plans for the decora
tions and program are now being
made and tickets are now on sale
by the Buford Jaycees.
Winner of the Lake Lanier con
test will have all her expenses paid
for the trip to Columbus and the
competition for the title of Miss
Georgia, 1960.
Each of the Miss Americas chos
en in Atlantic City since the con- j
test originated in 1921 began her j
rise to the national beauty title in I
just such a hometown contest as '
that which will be conducted here
on April 2.
Rules for participation in the;
Miss Lake Lanier Beauty Pageant j
are as follows:
1. Entrant must be resident of (
this area for the past six months. ;
This rule is only waived for eon
tstants whose residence is out of
the state but who is a college or
university student in this state.
She must not have competed In
more than one preliminary contest
this year.
2. Entrant must be single and
never have been married, divorced,
or had marriage annulled.
3. Entrant must be a high school
graduate by September of this year.
4. Entrant’s age on September
Ist, shall not be less than eighteen
nor more than twenty-eight years.
5. Entrant must be of good char
acter and possess poise, person
ality, intelligence, charm and beau
ty of face and figure.
6. Entrant must possess and dis
play in a three minutes routine
Talent. This talent may be singing,
dancing, playying a musical instru
ment, dramatic reading, are dis
play, dress designing, etc. or she
may give a three minute talk on
the career she wishes to pursue.
7. Entrant may be either ama
teur or professional.
The Miss Lake Lanier Pageant is
being spponsored by the Buford
Jaycees and they wish to stress
that the contest is not a "girlie
show,” a “bathing beauty contest”
or an amateur contest. It is a
search for a typical American girl,
representative of the kids in our
home towns, or college campus’ and
working in the shops of our cities.
Victor Martin is the chairman of
this year’s Contestants Committee
and anyone wishing to enter the
pageant will please contact him at
Martin’s Grovery, 565 Sawnee Ave.,
Buford, phone 434-7296.
Important Notice
The General Assembly Commit
tee on Schools will hold its Ninth
Congressional District Hearing in
Gainesville at the Hall County
Courthousie at 10 A. M. Thursday
March 24th. It hopes to hear testi
mony from City and County offi
cials, Labor organizations, Cham
bers of Commerce and other busi
ness organizations, Farm Civic Wo
mens and School organizations in
cluding PTA and members of the
County and City School boards.
PROTEIN NEEDED
Because the body is growing
rapidly during teens this age boy
or girl needs prore protein foods
such as meat, eggs, and '"extra”
cheese or toast, points out Miss
Nellie Boyd, nutritionist, AES.
! These protein-rich foods help to
eliminate that mid-morning empty
feeling and craving for fattening
snacks.
FORSYTH SUPERIOR cbuRT CONVENES
! MONDAY, MARCH 28, 1960 GRAND
AND PETIT JURORS DRAWN
GRAND JURORS
!
1. Glenn A. Tribble
2. H. T. Pirkle
3. Homer W. Collett
4. S. E. Bagley
; 5. N. E. Bagley
1 6. A. R. Sewell
7. Henry W. Cochran
8. Otis Mason
} 9. Jerry M. Byers
10. Kenneth Orr
11. Buell Martin
12. James E. Reives
13. Mercer Williams
14. E. G. Watson
15. C. B. Gazaway
16. E. H. Sherrill
17. Julian Gravltt
18. Claude Martin
19. Rupert C. Groover
20. W. E. Lipscomb, Jr.
21. R. A. Patterson
22. Lawton Sewell
23. W. P. McFarland
24. Roy Beaty
25. B. R. Roper
26. J. L. Robbs, Jr.
27. Clyde O. Woods
28. W. S. Turner
29 A. C. Thomas
30. Hillis McGinnis
j PETIT JURORS
1. James E. Hope
2. Mack Roper
| 3. Odath W. Gilbert
4. J. C. Hethcock
I 5. D. E. Nalley
! 6. Myron Bagwell
i 7. Walter P. Hughes
! 8. W. K. McCoy
9. Elmer Fagan
10. Fred Watson
11. Clay Grogan
12. A. G. Carlisle, Sr.
13. L. E. Moore
14. Leonard Westray
15 Thurston Day
16. Thurmon Green
17. Waymon Tate
Frank Hagan is being furnished
a land capability may and a con
servation plan map by the district
as a basic for his basic soil and
water conservation plan. This will
enable him to use each acre of
agricultural land within its capa
bilities and to treat each acre of
agricultural land in accordance
with its needs for protection and
improvement.
Woodland intermediate cutting is
planned by district cooperators,
J. W. Tatum, Warren Foster, Rup
ert Williams and C. T. Waite, Jr.
just as soon as the trees to be
CRAVEY STRESSES FIRE SAFETY
AS SPRING KEYNOTE
ATLANTA With the week of
April 17—23 having been designat
ed by Governor Ernest Vandiver
as Spring Clean-Up Time in Geor
gia this year, Safety Fire Commis
sioner Zack D. Cravey today urged
all co-operating Georgians to make
plans for the event with first
safety the keynote.
Directing his request to school,
civic club and city officials, Com
missioner Cravey said he was pleas
ed with the enthusiasm which has
been shown generally during the
past few years in Georgia.
"Formerly, only a few communi
ties observed this very important
event,’ he said, “but now its cele
bration if widespread. People are
realizing that a ‘clean house sel-
There were 50,910 acres of Geor
gia forest land damaged or destroy
ed by fire in 1959, says George D.
Walker, forester, AES.
18. Weldon Westray
19. G. B. Whitmire
20. Harmon Charles
21. Larmon Smith
22. G. E. Bennett
23. Troy Sams
24. Walter A. Herring
25. Lenwood Burruss
26. Lendon H. Cantrell
27. A. L. Harrison
28. Jewell Mathis
29. Herman J. Hamby
30. Eddie C. Brackett
31. Cecil Castleberry
32. Carl L. Martin
33. Ray Bennett
34. S. C. Pearson
35. Earl E. Martin, Jr.
36. C. E. Ivey
37. Roy Garrett
38. D. F. Pulliam
39. S. G. Clement, Sr.
40. Clarence A Heard
41. Heard Orr «
42. Johnny Redd
43. C. L. Milford
44. Avon Hughes
45. Berness Collett
46 Bill Perry
47. E. C. Waldrip
48. Eugene Chambers
49. Rupert H. Bramblett
50. Weldon Roper
51. Paris Holbrook
52. M. A. Cook
53. Wesley Hawkins
54. Dewey Walls
55. David D. Mathis
56. Clay Hubbard
57. Mather Nix
58. Hoke Parks
59. Waylon Tallant
60. Lamar Ledbetter
61. Eugene J. Stone
62. Everett H. Parks
63. George W. Thomas
64. Perry Holbrook
65. Weldon C. Stewart
66. John E. Bales
67. Edwin Gravltt
68. Z. H. Frady
69. Carl Kennemore
70. E. W. Tidwell
DISTRICT
NEWS
E OUR SOIL* OUR STRENGTHS
Soil And Water
Conservation Work
JAMES T. COOTS, Soil Conservation Service
removed can be marked. Frank
Morris and Lloyd Vaughters for
esters have agreed to mark the
trees for these district cooperators.
Anyone Interested in this type of
tree markklng should visit these
farms and make their own obser
vations.
The water conservation stamp
will be available at your local Post
Office April 19.
Wildlife seed furnished by the
State Game and Fish Commission
are available at the SCS Headquar
ters.
dom burns.”
“Spring Clean-Up Time is the
week for us to g&t rid of those
fire hazards which endanger life
and property around our homes.
Debris must be cleared out, we
must discard old oily rags and
I other combustibles, check our elec-
I trie fuses, see that flammable li
quids are safely kept in metal
containers, check our stoves and
heaters, pipes and chimneys and
make general repairs around our
premises.
“We should also remember, too,
that the precautions we take
against fire during Spring Clean-
Up Week should become a year
around habit with Uf.”
Engineers at the AES say a well
managed farm pond will yield 150-
200 pounds of game fish per acre
annually.
County Population 15,000. Number 11.
I SOCIAL SECURITY
j NEWS
To qualify for social security
benefits at retirement, how many
work units will you need? “Most
people don’t know”, Cecil W. Col
lins, Manager of the Gainesville
Social Security Office, said today.
Many don’t even know there is
such a requirement, while others
mistakenly think they can qualify
for payments with only a year or
two of work.
“Most people will need several
years of credit”, Collins continued,
“and the chances are, you will too.”
The exact number you will need
depends on when you reach re
tirement age; 62 for women, 65
for men. People raching rtirement
age now need 4 1-2 years of earn
ings. Younger people will need
more. For example, anyone now
under age 54 will need 10 yeara -
the maximum.
Since payments in the future
depend on your earnings now, It’s
Important that you receive aO
credits due. If you work for wages,
you should be certain your em
ployer reports them with your
correct social security number. If
you are self-employed, you should
be careful to use your correct so
cial security number on your tax
returns.
For additional information about
the number of credits needed to
qualify for social security benefits,
get In touch with the Gainesville
Social Security Office at 439 North
Bradford Street. The telephone
number is LEnox 2—6385. Ask for
the free pamphlet entitled "Social
Security Credits”.
Veteran* New*
What Is considered "income* in
applying for pension under the
new law which goes Into effect
July 1, 1960?
The Veterans Administration gave
the following guide today since the
amount of annual Income deter
mines the size of the pension pay
ment or whether or not there will
be any pension payment at aIL
All wages, salaries, profits, in
terest, dividends are considered
Income. So are retirement pensions,
annuities and Social Security Pay
ments, Mr. A. W. Tate, Manager,
Veterans Administration Regional l
Office, 441-449 West Peachtree St,
N. E., Atlanta, Georgia, said today.
In fact, ail money received must
be counted as Income except these
eight classifications:
1. The compensation or pension
payments received from the VA.
2. Donations from private or pub
lic relief or welfare sources.
3. Government life insurance pay
ments and payments of servfce
men’s indemnity.
4. Payments by the Armed For
ces of the six months death gratu
ity.
5. Social Security lump sum
death payments.
6. Payments from public or Pri
vate retirement, annuity or endow
ment plans up to the amount equal
to the money contributed or paid
in by the veteran or dependent in
order to become eligible for the
plan. After contributions have been
recovered, all of the pension or
annuity is counted as income.
7. Proceeds of fire insurance
policies.
There is an additional exception
for the widow or children of a
deceased veteran:
8. The money expended for the
burial of the veteran as well as
any money expended to pay off
his just debts may be deducted
from income reports.
Under the new pension system,
which goes into effect July 1, 1960,
veterans or dependents can not
waive any part or all of a pension,
annuity or endowment in order
to aualify for VA pension payments
under the income limitations, Mr.
Tate said.
Full information on any phase
of the pension program may be
obtained at the VA Regional Office
441-449 West Peachtree St., N. E.,
in Atlanta, Georgia.
Sows and gilts should be wormed
before breeding,. according to ani
;mal husbandmen, AES.