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Volume 51.
Otwell Motor Co.,
Salesmen Honored
At Banquet Monday
Two Cumming auto salesmen re
ceived honors from Ford Motor
Company at a banquet in Atlanta
Monday (March 21) for outstand
ing sales performance during 1959.
James M. Moore, Jr., Atlanta
Ford district sales manager, pre
sented the company’s Top Hatter
Award to Frank B. Roper, and A.
D. Holbrook was honored with a
300 —500 Club membership. Both
men are members of the sales staff
of Otwell Motor Company.
The award banquet was held at
the Henry Grady Hotel in Atlanta.
The Top Hatter Award is pre
sented annually to only one per
cent—or 300—of the nation’s Ford
dealership salesmen.
Mr. Moore said the purpose of
the Top Hatter Award is to focus
attention on the outstanding Ford
dealership salesmen of 1959 and
on car and truck selling as a pro
fession that performs valuable ser
vice to the national economy and
the local community.
He added that 300—500 Club
honors are in recognition of sup
erior retail sales performance, and
that efforts of winning salesmen
are of particular significance be
cause they resulted in Ford lead
ing all other makes in sales last
year.
NOTICE
The Relatives, Friends and ac
quaintances of the late Candler
Clement, Sr., are invited to attend
a Free Premier of a Tape Record
ing: featuring The highlights of
Mr. Clements Life, to be Weld at
the Cumming Court House, Super
ior Court Room Saturday, April 2,
at 2:30 Oelock P. M.
AIXEN W. DARDEN
To My Friends Of
Forsyth County
I wish to express to my friends
my appreciation and sincere thinks
for your loyal support in electing
me as Chairman of Commissioners
of Roads and Revenue of Forsyth
County.
I trust that I will be able to
live up to the confidence you have
placed in me and I shall ever be
grateful for the opportunity of
serving you.
Respectfully yours,
A. R. (Gus) Housley
To The People Of
Forsyth County
I want to take this method of
expressing my sincere appreciation
to my friends who re-elected me to
the office of Clerk of the Superior
Court. Only through your efforts
was I returned to office. I am very
grateful for the opportunity to
serve you for another term and
will strive to serve you in a courte
ous and efficient manner.
For those wh6 did not see fit
to support me I hold no ill feel
ings. I respect your right to speak
out on youf own feelings and
opinions.
To all Citizens of Forsyth County
I invite you to call on me when I
may be of service to you.
Again I want to thank you for
your confidence in me. I will en
deavor to warrant it.
Sincerely,
J. V. (Sport) Merritt
Important Notice
To The Voters and Citizens Of
Forsyth County
I wish to express to you my
appreciation for your support in
my behalf in the race for Board
Member of the County Commis
sioners.
If I can ever be of any service
to you. please call on me.
I hold no 111 Will toward any
one, so lets all work together to
make our county a better place in
which to live and grow.
Sincerely,
Jay L. Holbrook
Assembly group reports out for
«ga bank bill.
Of j
The Forsyth County News
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF FORSYTH COUNTY A CITY OF CUMMING
UEVO'fED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF FORSYTH. FULTON. CHKRO HICK. DAWSON. LUMPKIN. HAU. AND GWINNETT COUNTIES
(City Population 2 500)
Veterans News
Here’s a quick new-and-old pen
sion comparison that the Veterans
Administration has prepared for
veterans:
Under the present pension law,
a veteran’s pension is either $66.15
I a month, or $78.75 if he has been
|on the pension rolls ten years or
| has reached age 65.
j The one exception would be a
| veteran in need of regular aid and
'attendance; he would receive
j $135.45 a month.
Under the new pension law which
.goes into effect July 1. 1960, a
veteran’s monthly pension payment
; may vary from a low of S4O per
| month to a high of SIOO a month.
Ilf he is in need of regular aid and
j attendance, it could go as high as
! $l7O a month.
j These variations in the new
'pension payments result from the
i use of a sliding income scale. The
;larger ‘pension payments go to
veterans having lesser income or
with more dependents, Mr. A. W.
Tate, Manager, Veterans Adminis
tration Regional office, Atlanta,
i Georgia said.
The old pension law set limits
of SI4OO a year for a single veter
an and $2700 a year for veterans
with dependents. Once within the
income limitations, the payments
were the same for all.
The new law, however, provides
payments of SBS monthly to single
veterans whose annual income is
S6OO or less; S7O monthly to single
veterans whose incomes are not
over SI2OO, and S4O monthly to
single veterans whose incomes are
not over SIBOO. Pensions cease af
ter this SIBOO figure, Mr. Tate said
Veterans with dependents will
also receive pensions on a sliding
scale, no pension to those with
incomes over S3OOO annually; re
gardless of the number of depend
ents, those with incomes of be
tween S2OOO and S3OOO will receive
$45 monthly and those with in
comes between SIOOO and S2OOO
will receive $75 monthly. Those
with an income of SIOOO or less
will receive S9O with one dependent
$95 with two, and SIOO with three
or more dependents.
Those veterans requiring regular
aid and attendance would be paid
S7O a month in addition to any of
those penson payments listed above.
Veterans can get more complete
details at the Veterans Adminis
tration Regional Office, 441-449 W.
Peachtree St., NE, Atlanta, Ga.
APRIL FOOLS’ DAY
j There is no general agreement
on the origin of April Fools’ Day,
although it is a day which is ob
' served in most areas of the world.
iand not just in this country and
, Western Europe.
I It is customary in various coun
tries of the Western world to at
tempt to catch friends with foolish
pranks or jokes on April Ist. Any
one fooled by such pranks in
( France is called a Poisson d’Avril.
|ln French that means an April
fish. There are some who believe
that this is based on the fact that
, fish are caught easily in April,
when the sun is leaving the zodical
'sign of Pises.
| In Scotland, those caught by
April Fool pranks are called April
! gowks. The gowk is a cuckoo. In
the United States, there is no par
ticular term for anvone fooled on
I April st, but the custom has, in the
past, become so annoying that tele
phones would be disconnected on
April Fools’ Day.
Fortunately, April Fools’ Day in
the United States has developed
into a more sane observation in
recent years than it was formerly.
As is the case with Hallowe’en,
the country’s intellect seems to be
showing definite improvement in
its form of observance of this day,
which would refute those who cling
to the notion that the younger gen
eration is the worst yet, rapidly
going to the dogs, and so on into
the night.
ANNUAL MONTHLY SINGING
The Annual monthly singing will
be held Sunday night at Roanoke
Baptist Church, March 27. Every
one invited to come and enjoy
this good singing.
Rev. Early Day, Pastor
Cumming Georgia, Thursday, March 24, 1960.
! Health Department
News
i
Corrosion Control For Household
Plumbing Fixtures Is Cited By
Local Health Department
According to information from
]the local health department, water
I from many wells and springs con
tain disolved carbon dioxide in
j amounts sufficient to cause the
I water to attack iron or brass fit
j tings and tanks. This shortens the
life of plumbing, incheases pump
ing cost, stains bathroom fixtures
and gives laundred clothing a dingy
appearance.
The information indicates that
the pressure of corrosive conditions
with new plumbing clearly points
to the presence of disolved dioxide
or to the presence of iron in the
water.
County Sanitarian, T. E. Nelms,
wishes to pass some tried and prov
en remedies on to those of you
who may have corrosion problems
with household plumbing fixtures.
The suggested remedies are as
follows:
When water fro ma drilled well
proves to be corrosive a micromet
filter unit may be insttalled be
tween the pump and tank. The cost
is around $35.00. Also a special
tank can be installed to take the
place of the present storage tank.
The thank mentioned here is de
signed to get marble rock in and
out of it easily as needed. The
marble rock in sizes from one
fourth inch to one inch acts to
neutralize disolved carbon dioxide
or iron contents. The marble chips
have to be repplaced when all of
the calcium has leached out. So
does the chemically tested sand for
the micromet unit has to be re
placed when its strength has gone.
Now for a dug well, either of
the above remedies will work.
Also the marble rock can be placed
directly on the bottom of a dug
well, but the problems of getting
used rock out when the strength
is gone to add more rock is much
greater taan using it in a storage
tank designed for this purpose. ,
WITH YOUR
COUNTY AGENT
Walter H. Rucker
The poultry industry has been
one of Georgia's major agricultural
industries for a number of years.
Last year about 292,119,000 broilers
were grown in Georgia. With this
large number of birds in Georgia,
a lot of poultry manure is pro
duced. In fact, accordin gto re
searchers M. B. Parker and Dr.
H. F. Perkins at the University of
.Georgia, more than 2,000,000 tons
iof poultry manure is produced each
year in Georgia.
Farmers have long been aware
lof the fertilizer value of manure.
I Recent research to obtain specific
information on the pplant nutrient
j content of poultry manure and its
! value as fertilizer on crops has
been undertaken by Parker and Dr.
Perkins. They have obtained re
search data for one year, and they
say that further research will be
necessary before definite conclus-
I ions can be drawn,
i But according to their prelimi
inary research results, five tons of
poultry manure per acre was equi
valent to about 420 pounds of
4 — l2 —12 plus 40 pounds of nitro
gen sidedressing on the yield of
corn at Blairsville. Ten tons of
poultry manure gave somewhat
higher corn yields than the equi
valent of 840 pounds of 4—12—12
plus 66 pounds of nitrogen.
For cotton, five tons of broiler
manure per acre gave the highest
yield. Ten tons per acre gave no
increase in yield.
The researches conclude that ac
cording to their preliminary re
search results, poultry manure ap
nears to be a well-balanced ferti
lizer and use of it along, with no
addition of commercial fertilizer,
has resulted in yields as good or
better than similar amounts of
plant nutrients aDplied as commer
cial fertilizer. They recommend
that for best results in using poul
try manure it should be applied at
least two weeks before planting
and disked in.
India and Soviet Union plan cul
-1 tnral treaty.
FORSYTH SUPERIOR COURT CONVENES
MONDAY, MARCH 28, 1960 GRAND
AND PETIT JURORS DRAWN
1 GRAND JURORS
I -i f
1. Glenn A. Tribble
2. H. T. Pirkle
3. Homer W. Collett
4. S. E. Bagley
; 5. N. E. Bagley
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. Mercbr Williams
14. E. G. Watson
15. C. B. Gazaway
16. E. H. Sherrill
17. f Julian Gravitt
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
PETIT JURORS
1. James E. Hope
2. Mack Roper
3. Odath W. Gilbert
4. J. C. Hethcock
5. D. E. Nalley
6. Myron Bagwell
7. Walter P. Hughes
8. W. K. McCoy
9. Elmer Fagan
10. Fred Watson a
11. Clay Grogan
12. H. G. Carlisle, Sr.
*L. E. Moore
14. Leonard Westray
15 Thurston Day
16. Thurmon Green
17. Waymon Tate
vv t / ’ •
District cooperators who have
recently applied for technical as
sistance and cost-sharing in the
construction of dams for livestock
water are: Gene A. Maudin, Frog
town, U. S. Cowart, Drew; and
Newman Mathis Cross Roads
Cooperators who have made ap
plication for channel improvement
assistance are: Roy H. Mabry,
Midway; and Leonard Stone, Bran
dywine.
Cooerators who have made appli
cation for open drain ditch assist
ance are: Cleland Hansard, Bethel
view; Charles S. Mathieson, Wallis
Ford Road; and Jerry M. Byers,
Matt.
Cooperators who have made ap
plication for tile installation assist-
DIVIDENDS SAME
ON GI INSURANCE
ATLANTA—Over five million GI
insurance policy holders will share
in the 1960 dividend of $253 million.
Pete Wheeler, Director of the State
Department of Veterans Service
reports.
| The dividends, which will be ap
proximately the same as in 1959
for each individual, are primarily
a refund of premiums made pos
sible by the low death rate among
■ the group. Payments will be made
as near as posssible to the anni
versary date of the policy.
[ Earlier this year Wheeler urged
a study of the interest rates paid
by the government on ftinds it
borrowed from the NSLI, follow
ing a report by Congressman Tea
gue. An increase in the rate would
make larger dividends possible for
the veterans.
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
Lendon H. Cantrell
27. A. L. Harrison
28. Jewell Mathis
29. Herman J. Hamby
30. Eddie C. Brackett
31. Cecil Castleberry
32. Ccrl 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 Gravitt
68. Z. H. Frady
69. Carl Kennemore
70. E. W. Tidwell
DISTRICT
NEWS
Soil And Water
Conservation Work
JAMES T. COOTS, Soil Conservation Service
ance are: W. Robert Dunn, Cum
ming; J. Wallace Tatum, Matt;
Marcus Mashburn, Sr., Cumming;
and Jerry M. Byers, aMtt.
The Soil Conservation Service
furnishes the technical assistance
through the district and the county
ASC committee furnishes the cost
sharing through the ACP.
National Wildlife Week March
20—26, 1960 is sponsored by Nat
ional Wildlife Federation and State
Affiliates. The national chairman
is Walt Disney.
The water conservation postage
4-cent stamp will be available at
your local post office Tuesday
April 19, 1960.
Soil Stewardship Week is May
22 through May 29, 1960.
Important Notice
By act of Mayor and City Coun
cii, there will be a garbage service
charge in the amount of 50c per
residence and SI.OO per business
house within the city limit of
Cumming, effective April Ist.
The old garbage truck was com
pletely worn out, as all of us know,
we were unable to give the gar
bage collecting service desired by
our people and intended by our
city employees with the old truck;
therefore, a new truck has been
purchased and in order to meet
payments on this truck and to
give better garbage collecting ser
vice, which we plan to do, it is
necessary that each of us pay a
small monthly service charge.
HILL R. TALLANT,
Chief of Police
City of Cumming
County Population 15,000. Number 12.
Official Tabulation
The Forsyth County Democratic
Primary was held Wednesday
March 16, 1960. The tabulation is
as follows:
FOR CLERK SUPERIOR COURT
John Cates 1585
J. V. (Sport) Merritt 1957
CHAIRMAN OF COMMISSIONERS
Charlie W. Boling 1348
A. R. (Gus) Housley' 2124
BOARD MEMBERS
John Day 581
James W. Dover 675
Bill Echols : 222
Gladston R. Green 291
Jay L. Holbrook 940
Dillard Jones 512
Clarence Mundy 637
H. H. Scoggins 78
Loyd Smith 1056
Troy Sorrells 177
Hill Tallant 526
W. H. Warren 1096
TAX COMMISSIONER
John V, Green 500
Steve Grogan 436
Vlnnie B. Redd 2665
FOR SHERIFF
Loy Barnett 1681
Bass R. Farr 1567
Rex Porter 55
Namon Wallace —295.
COUNTY SCHOOL SUFT.
Almon Hill 3542
FOR ORDINARY
A. B. Tollison 3542
FOR SURVEYOR
Richard Williams 3542
FOR CORNER
Crafton Brooks 3542
Civil Defense
Closes Emergency
The Forsyth County Cumming
Civil Defense Unit brought to m
standstill Saturday, approximately
two weeks of 24 hour duty during
the recert snow and ice storms.
During this period, approximately
25 of the Civil Defense members
performed such duties as: Keeping
the roads cleared of marooned traf
fic and at the same time super
vising the hauling of 5000 bags of
chicken feed to all parts of For
syth County as well as, Cherokee,
Dawson, Gwinnett, and Lumpkin
counties. One of the 24 hour duties
of the local unit was the transpor
tation of nurses to the Foisyth
County Hospital, as well as pat
ients who were stranded.
At the time this emergency was
closed, the Civil Defense moved
into a new phase of operation of
the hauling and distribution of
emergency food ration to the peo
■ pie who were deprived of work
during the recent weather condf
itions. To date the Civil Defense
has received, hauled and is dis
tributing 6250 pounds of flour, 500
pounds of rice, 918 pounds of milk,
585 pounds of eggs, and 288 pounds
!of lard. The Civil Defense would
especially like to thank Mr. Caly
ton Hubbard for furnishing his
truck and driver to haul this food
from Gainesville, and also Mrs.
Eloise of Forsyth County Welfare
Department and her staff for
handling the paper work necessary
in the distribution of this food.
Steel imports set record last
year.