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The Forsyth County News
Volume 52.
PRAYER FOR TODAY
O God, grant ihat we may count no cost too high, no
sacrifice too great, if it lie in service to mankind in
obedience to Thy will Help us to remember that service is
the test of greatness. In the name of our Lord. Amen.
9th District Directors
Of Curriculum Visit
Forsyth County Schools
The Ninth District Georgia De
partment Directors of Curriculum
were guests of the Forsyth Coun
ty High School anti Ducktown
Elementary school on Monday of
this week.
These men accompanied by Mr.
John Lummus and Mr. Almon
Hill, paid a call on these schools
to visit and see demonstrations
and the good results of various
programs initiated recently in the
two above schools at Forsyth
County High they viewed a dem
onstration of teaching first year
French using the language lab at
which time Mrs. Ada Coots ex
plained the program to the group.
They were then guests for lunch
at the school where Principal C.
N. Lambert was host.
In the evening they visited
Ducktown school where, under
the direction of Principal J. C.
Wallace, a new non-graded read
ing program was initiated this
year. In this program students
were given a standardized reading
test twice last year and once this
year to determine the reading
.eve! of students in the whole
school. Thereby they were grouped
according to reading level and not
grades. Each student meets with
his reading group for a forty-five
minute period each day.. This is
the only school in the county ex
perimenting with this program
and results seem to be very satis
factory.
The directors met with the
teachers in Ducktown who were
teaching these groups and discuss
ed the program with them.
Vets, Widows Must
Speed Up Income Forms
Many Georgia veterans and wid
ows will not receive February pen
sion checks because they failed to
return annual Income Questionn
aires to the Veterans Administra
tion on time.
So reports Georgia Veterans Ser
vice Director Pete Wheeler, who
says answers to the questions on
the form determine if the person
remains on the pension rolls for
the coming year.
He estimates that hundreds of
veterans and widows in Georgia
haven't returned the form, which
was mailed with December pen
sion checks and scheduled for com
pletion by February Ist.
Wheeler added that some of
these forms were completed but
misdirected to the Veterans Ad
ministration in Hines, Illinois in
stead of the Atlanta office of the
Veterans Administration.
He urges anyone who hasn’t
completed the form to promptly
seek aid from their nearest Vet
erans Service Office to avoid fur
ther delay in pension checks.
Seventy-Seven Apply
For Lockheed College
Scholarship Awards
Seventy-seven high school seniors
sons and daughters of Lockheed
Georgia employees, applied for
the three college* scholarships off
ered for 1961 by the Lockheed
Management Club,
‘‘This is the largest number of
applicants in the club’s history,”
Walt Imrie, chairman of the Man
agement Club's Scholarship Com
mittee, said. "It shows the increas
ed interest among young people
in a higher education,”
Each scholarship is worth S7OO
at any college selected by the
FASTEST GROWING NEWSPAPER IN NORTH GEORGIA BY A DAM SITE
DEVOTED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OE FORSYTH, ITI.TON, MII.KOKKK. DAWSON, LUMPKIN, IIAI.I, AND (.WINNKTT COIN TIES.
(City Population 2,500)
Number Of Forest
Fires Increases By
2,000 In Year
Georgian's record in preventing
forest fires is nothing to be proud
of, declares Forester George D.
Walker of the University of Geor
gia Cooperative Extension Service.
There was an increase of near
ly 2.000 fires reported to the Geor
gia Forestry Commission last year
Mr. Walker says. The commission
reported 8,335 fires during the
year, compared with 6.422 during
1959.
These fires burned over an area
of 62.948 acres.
"Prevention is the problem, not
control,” he emphasizes. "The
Georgia Forestry Commission is
doing an excellent job of con
trolling fires. This is pointed up
by the fact that the average area
burned by this large number of
fires was held to 7.55 acreas.”
Carelessness is the ever-present
danger that is growing worse, the
forester says. Among the most
common causes of fires is trash
and leaf burning.
Even if actual losses from these
fires were only a few dollars per
acre, this would amount to several
hundred thousand dollars lost need
lessly. In addition to actual tim
ber and property lost, there were
also loss of wildlife and loss of
valuable organic matter which adds
to fertility of soil and is essential
for good soil and water conser
vation, Mr. Walker says. Growth
rate of trees not killed by fire is
slowed, thus adding to the fire
loss.
"Even the smallest fires can
become a vicious destroyer of
property and life,” he adds in
urging everone to use care in
burning trash and leaves.
Landrum Introduces
Amendment To Benefit
Social Security
Washington - Congressman Phil
Landrum has introduced a bill in
Congress which will make it easier
to qualify for disability benefits
under social security.
Landrum's bill provides that a
person would be considered dis
abled for social security purposes
if he were unable because of
physical or mental imparement to
engage in the occupation last per
formed by him on a regular basis.
Under the present law, a person
must he disabled from performing
any type of work before he is
eligible to receive disability pay
ments under social security.
The Ninth District Representa
tive stated that he personally
knew of many citizens from the
Ninth District who are unable to
work at the job for which they
arc qualified but are not now eli
gible to receive disability payments
because under existing law they
must be unable to perform any
type of work before receiving
payments. He pointed out that
when a person has worked 15 or
20 years doing aparticular job and
b<*comes physically unable to per
form that job. it is almost always
impossible for him to find other
employment which he can perform
with his disabilities. It is incon
ceivable. he states, that a worker
under these circumstances should
not be eligible for disability bene
fits.
Congressman Landrum, a long
time supporter of social security,
stated that this is one of several
injustices under the law which
should be corrected immediately.
three winners. The Scholarship
Committee is in the process of
picking the three to receive the
awards.
Cumming, Georgia, Thursday, February 9, 1961
Railroad Grade Crossings
more Dangerous In Feb.
Railroad grade crossings become
more dangerous in February, ac
cording to a study of grade cross
ing accidents by the Interstate
Commerce Commission.
The death toll shows strong
seasonal Lends for three obvious
reasons:
Icy or snow-covered roads
deny the driver a chance to stop
suddenly in time to prevent !
collision with an on-rushing train.
Car windows rolled up again
st the cold weather muffle the
sound of the train whistle espec- {
iallv if talk within the car is loud
or the radio is turned up full.
Windshields whose wiper:, arc
too weak to budge heavy snow,
or whose defrosters are not up
to the task of burning away in
side frost, fail to give the driver
an adequate view of railroad
warning signs, automatic signals,
or the approaching train itself.
According to Harry P >rter, Jr..
Manager of Traffic Department.
National Safety Council, drivers
fail to see. or they ignore, the
advance railroad warning sign. In
many' instances driving vision is
hampered at this time of year
by rain, sleet or snow, or road
muck. Don’t fuither restrict visi
bility by poor windsheld wipers.
Check the wiper arms for pres
sure and wiper blades for streak
ing the windshield. Streaking in
dicates dried out. dead rubber
that needs prompt replacement.
Check pressure of a: ms holding
the blades against windshield glass.
Automotive engineers recommend
at least one ounce of arm pres
sure for each inch of blade leng
th. Your serviceman usually has
a special indicator to test arm
pressure. After a snowfall, clear
your windshield and all auto glass
and lights. You must see danger
to avoid it.
Notice
To all dog owners in the City of
Cumming. If you have a dog that
is running loose on the streets of
Cumming and does not have a
collar on, it may Ire distroyed.
We have had numerioiis com
plaints about stray dogs running
over the town, so if you are a dog
lover, surely you will want to pro
tect it. lad's keep it up or put a
color on it, Irccause we will have to
destroy all dogs running loose.
•I. G. Davenport.
Chief of Police,
City of Cumming.
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Retiring Treasury Secretary Robert B. Anderson (left) and the new Secretary of the Treas
ury, C. Douglas Dillon, joined in ringing a replica of the Liberty Bell to signal the 20th anni
versary of the U. S. Savings Bond program. The recent ceremonies took place on the west
steps of the Treasury Building, opposite the east entrance to the White House. Americans now
own over $43 billion in series E and H Savings Bonds. This is an all-time record high.
The Liberty Bell replica in the Nation's capital has counterparts in every state, donated by
leading American companies as a feature of the Independence Savings Bond drive in 1950.
State governors, os honorary bond chairmen, will rally their volunteer forces with similar bell
ringing ceremonies this spring.
Bloodmobiie
The lied Cross Itloodmohile
will Ire at the Forsyth County
Gymnasium on February 16th
Irom 10:00 A. >l. until 1:00
r. m.
We urge you to help us in
thi- drive.
All pastors who have helped
solicit pl< dges for the Klood
drive (dease turn them in to
tire Hospital as soon as possi
hie,thunk you.
Forsyth County Hospital,
Henry A. Thornton. Ailni.
Georgia Chicken
To Be Featured
On School Menus
Ge trgia-producod chicken will Ire
featured in school lunchrooms
throughout the state during Feb
ruaiy as a salute to the state’s
broiler industry, which ranks first
in the nation and is the chief
source of farm income in the state.
Chicken is no stranger to Geor
gia school lunch menus, but during
February schools across the state
will serve chicken at least once a
week as a tribute to the state’s
broil r industry, reports Dewey Me
Niece., Extension poultryman at
the University of Georgia College
of Agriculture.
"Not only do we hope through
this salute to the Georgia broiler
industry to acquaint our school
children with the importance of
this industry to the state and the
nation, but also with the outstand
ing nutritive value of Georgia-pro
duced chicken,” says Miss Eleanor
Pryot, schob! lunch supervisor of
the Georgia State Department of
Education.
Mr. McNieee points out that (lur
ing 1959 Georgia produced 303,031.
000 broilers to lead all states, and
its 1960 output is again expected
to top that of all states. Broilers,
he added, also have become Geor
gia’s chief source of farm income,
with cash receipts in 1959 amount
ing to 8153.000.000 or 21 1-3 per
cent of the total cash of $717,810,-
000 that Georgia farmers received
for their 1959 marketings
In Georgia, the school lunch
program, too, has grown, and is
now' the largest food service in
dustry in the state, according to
Miss Pryor. During the 1959-60
school year, schools in the state
with lunch programs bought SlB
million worth of food from local
markets.
Savings Bonds Have A Birthday
County Population 15,000, Number Six.
Honor Roll Of Forsyth County
High And Elementary Schools
First Scmestei Cumming Elemen
tary School
Second Grade: Jimmy Carnes,
Laura Fowler, Diane Pruitt, Carter,
Payne, Judy Pruitt, Kathy Thomas,
Charles Anderson, Angela Bagley,
Sandra Dennett, Carolyn Bolton.
Judy Frazier, Tony Gravitt, Curtis
Hughes, Patsey Jones, Linda Mar
tin, Caroline Otwell, Debbie Sam
ples, Ricky Strectman, and Beth
Tallam.
Sixth Grade: Susan Gravitt.
Is. Semester —Bth tirade:
Russell Urges
Prompt Action
On Farm Problem
Senator Russell has called the
farm income slump the nation’s
“most Critical domestic problem”
and urged the Kennedy Adminis
tration to make it "the first order
of business."
Georgia’s senior senator, a con
gressional farm leader, expressed
some disapointment that the new
Administration had not “moved
with greater urgency to meet the
farm problem." He said a “higher
priority” has apparently been as
signed to other economic trouble
spots.
“1 realize that a new. long-range
farm program cannot hi* hammer
ed into law overnight," Russell said
in an address to the Cotton Ginn
ers’ Association. “But there is
much the Secretary of Agriculture
can do under existing law to bo
lster farm prices and reverse the
downward skid in farm income.”
Hi* specifically called on Agri
culture Secretary Freeman to raise
the support level for 1961 cotton
to “not less than 80 percent of
parity.” Russell said such a sup
port level would he “entirely fair
and reasonable.”
Russell predicted one feature of
the new Administration's .farm
program would he some plan for
land retirement. But he noted that
a “task force” on agriculture ap
pointed by the President had rec
ommended that funds for such a
land retirement program be taken
from the present Agricultural Con
servation Program.
“This to me, is totally unaccept
able,” he said. “I will vigorously
oppose any attempt to raid the
Agricultural Conservation Program
for any purpose whatever.”
Although the Georgia Senator
Jo Ann Martin, Mary Mashbum.
Linda Childers, Jerry Vernon, Shir
ley Kelly, Nancy Tate, Cereta
Sudderth. Starr Rives, Norma
Niekols, Phil Bannister. Linda Bel
ing. Ranee Cain, Betty Jean Chum
bier, Linda Wheeler
9th Grade: Marlon Wheeler.
Brenda Nalley, Nina Hughes, Pan
la Heard, Patsy Grogan, Elaine
Floyd, Andrea Conner, Susanne
Grogan, Sandra Thomas Beth
white, Carole Watson, Lanier
Floyd, Bernice Bottoms, Linda In
gram, Patricia Otwell
10th Grade: Lanier Orr, Louisa
Sexton. Patsy Lang. Mary Foster,
Cheryl 1-amhert, Jean Rhodes, Bre
nda Jennings.
Uth Grade: Carolyn Bennett,
Nellie Ruth Caldwell, Peggy Mil
um, Joy Moore, Delores Patterson,
Hugh Gazaway, Carolyn Holbrook.
Phillis Roper.
12th Grade: Frances Whitmire,
Jerry Sewell. Gay Kennemore. La
nicr Bagwell, Anne Jane Frix,
Margie McCormick, Bette Milum.
Lola Robertson, Dorris Hopei,
Millie Smith, Sara Vaughn, Lucre
tia Walls, Edwin Bramblett, Re
mclba Biamblelt, Billy Sewell
Sam Carroll, Mario Puckett, Janice
Westray, Lamar Orr, Jimmy Bene
field, Delores Waldrip, Janette
Dyer, Gail Heard, Carroll Walls.
Third Six Week IVriod, <rimming
Elementary School
Second Grade: .limmy Benson,
Jimmy Carnes. Jerry Karr. Laura
Fowler, Scotty Gravitt, Dyanne
Pruitt, Carter Payne, Judy Pruitt.
Dianne Whitmire, Jeanne Graham.
Richard Pruitt. Kathy Thomas.
Charles Anderson, Angela Bagley,
Sandra Rennet), Carolyn Bolton.
Judy Frazier. Tony Gravitt. Curtis
Hughes, Patsy Jones, Linda Martin.
Caroline Otwell, Debbie Tallant and
Dennis Glover.
Third Grade: Margie Sue Ben
nett, Betty Conner, Martha Fagan.
Linda Grogan, Lowell Corn, Byron
Goodson, Elizabeth Hansard. Ricky
Grogan, Arlene Heard, Jack Heard,
Kathy Lamb. Joy Martin, Rex
Heard, Jerry Stancil, Randy Pruitt
Julie Nicholas, Nathalie Mize, Jam
ce, Judy Lamb, Judy Monroe,
Dianne Scully, Teresa Westbrook.
Fourth Grade: Larry Boling
Brenda Hitt. Steven Bennett.
Sixth Grade: Susan Gravitt.
Seventh Grade: Laura Boling.
Lera Boling. Penny Grogan. Brenda
Lamb, Phyllis Potts.
expressed some disappointment in
the Administration’s approach thus
far to the farm problem, he highly
praised the appointment of John
P. Duncan of Georgia as Assistant
Secretary of Agriculture. Russell
termed Duncan, former President
of the Georgia Farm Bureau Fed
eration, "An outstanding farmer
and farm leader.”
The Georgia Senator expressed
the “devout hope” that the Ken
nedy Administration would be a
success, and he pledged to “coop
erate in every way that I con
scientiously can.” But he said he
doubtless would !«■ compelled to
oppose some parts of the new
President’s program.
Russell recalled his opposition to
some parts of the Democratic
Party platform, particularly the so
called civil rights proposals.
"I shall oppose with all vigor
any attempt to implement those
repugnant proposals,” he said.
Warning of the continuing threat
of communist aggression, Russell
declared that "oui foremost nation
al resolve must be to remain,
strong and impregnable."
CROPS GETTING ONE
FIFTH NEEDED LIME
Lime needs of Georgia soils art
estimated at two to three million
tons each year. However, less than
400,000 tons of lime are sold in
the state each year. This indicates
that less than one fifth of the lime
needed to maintain soils for top
crop production is used each year,
according to P. J. Bergeaux, Ex
tension agronomist at the Univers
ity of Georgia College of Agricul
lure.