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Stork Pulls Double Duty;
Presents Gibbs with Twins *
When the stork visited Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Stanley Gibbs of
Cumming he took on a double
duty assignment and presented
the proud parents with two bounc
ing babies.
The twins, born Jan. 6 at For
syth County Hospital, are William
David (Dave) and James Daniel
Gibbs. Their combined weight was
13 pounds, three and a half ounces
and each measured 19 and three
quarters of an inch in length.
“They are so near identical we
can’t even tell them apart our
selves,” Mrs. Gibbs said.
For a while the twins had a
touch of colic but now they're in
thw pink of condition.
Forsyth Adults Belong
To Tip Top 4-11 Club
The Tip Top 4-H Club of For
syth County consists of a group
of adult leaders from this county
who are being trained for the
purpose of serving as adult 4-H
advisors in local clubs.
The second session of these
meetings was held Wednesday
night, Jan. 22, at the Community
House with 25 members present.
The meeting was called to order
by acting president, Rodney Cole
man of the extension service.
Mr. Coleman was also in charge
of the program for the evening.
Devotional was given by Louise
Borman. The song leader was
Hoyt Pilcher. A report was given
by Rupert Williams, chairman of
the nominating committee and
election of officers for the year
followed. These officers are Edith
Pierce, president; Maggie Worley,
girls vice president; David Smith,
boys vice president; Elizabeth
Smith, secretary-treasurer; Hoyt
Pilcher, parliamentarian: and
Mozelle Floyd, reporter.
Interesting talks were given by
some of the adult leaders from
Drop-Out Problem Serious,
County Home Agent Asserts
By ZELMA BANNISTER
The school drop-out problem in
Georgia is of much concern to
educators and others interested
in seeing our people attain a high
er level of income for their fam
ilies.
The drop-out problem is real in
Georgia. We are at the top of
the heap in the numbers of our
boys and girls dropping out be
fore they finish high school.
This has serious implications
on the income-producing potential
of our future adult citizens, for
example, studies indicate that the
lifetime earning expectancy of a
high school drop-out is $116,000.
This sounds like a great deal of
money and would be if given in
a lump sum. But, this represents
what the drop-nut can expect to
earn during about 50 years of
productive work.
The high school graduate can
MRS. CHARLES STANLEY GIBBS AND TWINS
. . . William David and James Daniel Gibbs
Mrs. Gibbs is the former Vir
ginia Heard, a lifelong resident of
Cumming and daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Clifton Heard. Mr.
Gibbs is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Harry Gibbs of Ball Ground.
The twins have a 4-year-old
brother, Charles Jr., who is hap
py as a lark over the thought of
getting two playmates in his own
family.
Other relatives are Mrs. L.
Payne, Royston, Mrs. Lou Nichols,
Cumming and Mrs. Alice Heard,
Coal Mountain, all great-grand
parents; Mr. and Mrs. Herman
Heard (uncle and aunt), Cum
ming, and a cousin, Tony Heard,
Cumming.
the community. Mrs. Harold Glo
ver gave a talk on “How I can
help 4-H Members as a Program
Leader.” Mrs. Cleo Herrings talk
was on "How I can Help 4-H
members as a Project Leader.”
And Mrs. Virginia Williams talk
ed on “How I can help 4-H Mem
bers as a School leader”.
Recreation was under the di
rection of Robert Otwell. Refresh
ments were served by Mrs.
Zelma Bannister and Walter
Rucker.
Several new members were en
rolled at this meeting. The next
meeting which will be held at the
same place, Cumming Commu
nity House, on Wednesday night
Feb. 5, at 7:15.
LODGE MEETING
LaFayette Lodge No. 44 will
convene Saturday night, Feb. 1,
Worshipful Master J.E. Black
stock announced. Masters’ de
grees will be conferred and past
masters of the lodge will be
honored. All Masons are invited.
Refreshments will be served.
expect to find employment today
in a job that would give him a
lifetime expected earning of $165,-
000. This is 149,000 more than a
person who can expect to earn
at the present time who drops
out of high school.
Those who have some training
beyond the high school level, such
as some college or technical train
ing, can expect lifetime earnings
of about $190,000. Job opportuni
ties at this level are more readily
available and they are increasing.
Jobs are available in the service
industries, and as laboratory tech
nicians and skilled technologists
in the fields of electricity, elec
tronics, refrigeration, mechanical
engineering and many other pla
ces.
The average college graduate
today can expect to earn $286,000
during his productive years. Jobs
for college graduates include
rnalism
Sip Forsyth Qkmutg Nwub
Deaths
Mrs. DeLong
CUMMING Funeral services
for Mrs. G.W. (Alma) DeLong.
87, Cumming route 5, were held
Sunday at Cross Palins Baptist
Church. The Rev. Gilbert Evans
officiated and burial was in the
church cemetery.
Mrs. DeLong died Friday after
a long illness.
Surviving are two daughters,
Mrs. Not'a Hemrick, Cumming
route 5, and Mrs. Veora Shaw,
Atlanta: 10 grandchildren; 18
great-grandchildren and seven
great-great-grandchildren.
Mrs. Heard
CUMMING Graveside serv
ices for Mrs. WAV. Heard, For
syth County native who died at
her Atlanta residence Thursday,
were held Saturday afternoon at
the City Cemetery.
Funeral services were held ear
lier at Oglethorpe Hill in Atlanta
with Dr. Monroe Swilley Jr., and
the Rev. Hugh Brooks officiating.
Mrs. Heard, 83, was a member
of Virginia Avenue Baptist Church
in Atlanta.
Surviving are two daughters,
Mrs. W.A. Kelley and Mrs. W.S.
Simms. Atlanta: G.M. Heard,
Decatur, and J.L. Heard, Atlan
ta.
Bobby Ray Bagby
Bobby Ray Bagby, 26, died
Monday in Cumming.
Funeral services were held at
3 p.m. Tuesday at the Cumming
Second Baptist Church. The Revs.
Frank Vaughn, Egbert Richards,
Tommy Henderson and Hoyt
Thompson officiated. Burial was
in Cross Roads Cemetery.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Mary Jean Barrett Bagby; par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Zarley Bag
by, Cumming; two brothers, Mar
cus and Roy Bagby, both of
U.S. Navy, San Francisco: two
sisters, Mrs. Mary Grace Sisson
and Miss Linda Gail Bagby, Cum
ming route 4, and maternal
grandfather, George Daniel, At
lanta.
those in professions, manage
i " in 1 al
administration, and government.
They provide a level of living that
is tops in American society today.
Young people in school today
need to be motivated to stay in
school, the standard of living for
them and their future family will
be higher if we as adults succeed
in keeping them in school.
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If you see blooming azaleas at
your florist shop soon, don't be
too surprised.
The U.S. Department of Agri
culture has developed special
treatments that make potted a
zaleas bloom any time of the year
not just in the spring. Cooperat
ing nurserymen in some parts of
the nation are experimenting with
these treatments, and a few of
the azaleas have already reached
the public.
Dedicated To the Progress of Cumtning and Forsyth County
CUMMING, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 30, 1964
Datebook of Events
THURSDAY, Jan. 30
3:00 p.m. Den 2 meets with Mrs.'Phil Sheridan
6:00 p.m. County junior teams play at Cumming Gym.
7:30 p.m. Literature workshop at First Methodist Church, Gainesville.
FRIDAY, Jan. 31
3:00 p.m. I)er, 1 meets with Mrs. Buster Carnes
7:00 p.m. Forsyth Co. vs. S. Habersham basketball at Cornelia
7:00 p.m. Chestatee vs. Jackson Co. basketball at Brasellon
SUNDAY, Feb. 2
6:30 p.m. MYF and MJF at Cumming Methodist Church
MONDAY, Feb. 3
3:00 p.m. Sunbeams meet at First Baptist Church
6:00 p.m. County Junior Teams play basketball at Cumming Gym
7:00 p.m. Kiwanis meet at the Community House
7:00 p.m. Home Mission Study Course at First Baptist Church
7:30 p.m. Jaycetts meet at S&N
7:30 p.m. Chattahoochee PTA at school house
7:30 p.m. Allen Lewis Circle at First Baptist Church
TUESDAY, Feb. 4
3:00 p.m. Den 3 meets with Mrs. Robert Dunn
3:30 p.m. Circle number one meets with Mrs. Myrtie Poole
7:00 p.m. Forsyth Co. vs. North Hall basketball at North Hall
7:00 p.m. Chestatee vs. Duluth basketball at Chestatee
8:00 p.m. Laurie Zwald Circle meets with Mrs. Geo. Ingram
8:00 p.m. Circle No. 1 meets with Mrs. B A. Ingram
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 5
3:00 p.m. Den 4 meets with Mrs. Bobby Tailant
7:15 p.m. Tip Top 4-H Club meets at Community House
7:30 p.m. Prayer Service at First Methodist Church
8:00 p.m. Choir rehersal at First Methodist Church
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MRS. LEDFORD PRUITT
. . . New member of News Staff
Linda Pruitt Heroines
Women's News Editor
Mrs. Ledford Pruitt is now the
Women’s News Editor and office
manager of the Forsyth County
News. She replaces Mrs. Kenneth
Norwood who is expecting a baby
in the near future.
Since her birth in 1945, the for
mer Linda Hughes, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. John L. Hughes,
has resided in Cumming. She is
a member of the Cumming Meth
odist Church.
Linda was graduated in 1962
from Forsyth County High School
where she was active in several
clubs and organizations and a
member of the varsity basketball
team which played in state com
petition every year she was on
the squad.
She attended West Georgia Col
lege last year and is presently
attending classes at the off-cam
pus center of the University of
Georgia in Gainesville. She hopes
some day to share her husband’s
occupation of teaching and
coaching. Mr. Pruitt teaches at
North Gwinnett High School.
Mrs. Pruitt likes to spend her
The treatments were worked out
at Beltsville, Md„ by scientists
of the Argicultural Research Serv
ice. They used chemicals and con
trolled light to get the year-round
azaleas. First, a chemical growth
retardant is applied to the azalea
plant. Then, during part of their
development, the plants arc sub
jected to shorter-than-normal light
periods.
The chemical-light combination
suppresses shoot growth and
makes the azalea plants short and
compact, just right for a potted
houseplant. The treated plants al
so form more buds, from them
earlier than usual, and have dark
er green foliage than untreated
azaleas.
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It’s a Fact
Thinking well is wise. Planning
well is wiser. Doing well is w isest
and best .of all.
leisure attending sports functions,
mostly ball games, and visiting
her friends.
Three More Qualify
For Forsvtli Primary
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Three more candidates have
entered the Forsyth County
Democratic Primary and a fourth
candidate has announced but has
not yet paid his qualifying fee,
Secretary Ralph Holbrook said.
The new candidates are Hoyt
Pilcher, operator of a grocery
store in Matt Community, and
Carroll Tallant, Coal Mountain
resident, J. Lanier Bannister and
Ordinary A.B. Tollison.
Mr. Pilcher and Mr. Bannis
ter are seeking the tax commis
sioner’s office which is also being
sought by J.C. Redd, Larry Wat
]Naine Erroneously
Put on Demo List
The name of H.M. Holland was
erroneously included in last
week’s publication of the Forsyth
County Democratic Executive
Committee, Secretary Ralph Hol
brook said.
Mr. Holland is a former mem
ber of the committee and the
member from the Chatthoochee
District should have been listed
as Street Turner.
Future Farmers Meet
The Forsyth County Chamber
of the Future Farmers of Ameri
ca met Wednesday night, January
22, at the cabin. The president.
Calvin Puckett, presided.
Four boys received calves
through the calf chain. These boys
were Aaron Sexton, Jackie Frix,
Kenneth Ingram (Big CreekL Ru
pert Harris, and Jimmy' Burruss.
The chapter voted to put inlaid
linoleum on the cabin floor. Some
of the FFA boys will lay the
linoleum.
Larry Hughes received the door
prize of $3.00. Cokes .and cookies
were served as refreshments aft
er the meeting. A recreation hour
followed this.
Marion Harris,
Publicity Chairman
Proposed Legislation
Forsyth Commission
May Fare Changes
Angus Heifer
Stolen; SIOO
For Reward
The possibility of cattle thieves
operating jn Forsyth County was
raised here yesterday with the
report that a registered Angus
heifer was missing from the farm
of G.VV. Bragg, a resident of the
Oak Grove community.
Mr. Bragg told the sheriff’s
office that the cow. mother of a
month-old calf, was discovered
missing from his fenced-in pas
ture Saturday morning and since
that time he has checked every
heard within a five-mile radius.
“It looks like somebody just
entered the gate and hauled her
off,’’ Mr. Bragg said. He added
that the cow, valued at more
than SI,OOO was given to him on
his 33rd wedding anniversary by
E.E. Parnell, his father in-law,
who works for Ziron Angus Ranch
of Snapping Shoals.
The cow was branded with the
figure “72’’ on the left jaw, he
said, adding that he would give
anybody a SIOO reward just to
find out who stole her.
Canton Textile
Workers Start
Baek To Work
CANTON Textile workers of
Canton Cotton Mills started back
to work here Monday after vot
ing 555 to 27 to accept an “in
terim agreement” between their
union and mill management.
Michael Botclho, regional di
rector for the Textile Workers
Union of America, said full shifts
should be working later this week
and the mill is expected to be
in full production in about three
weeks.
Approximately 1,000 workers at
the mill went on strike last Oct.
28. A union committee met with
the mill’s management last Fri
day and recommended that its
membership accept the interim
understanding worked out by both
parties.
The vote, by secret ballot, came
Sunday in Canton. The interim a
greement, which sets out “cer
tain ground rules of conduct.”
will serve until both parties a
gree to a full contract.
son and the Rev. Hoyt Thomp
son.
Mr. Tallant has entered the
sheriff's race along with Sheriff
Loy Barnett and Deputy Ebb
Tallant. Judge Tollison, unoppos
ed. is seeking re-election.
Other who have qualified and
who have no announced opposi
tion are Superior Court Clerk
Cecil McClure, Commission Chair
man A.R. Housley, and School
Supt. Almon Hill.
The deadline for qualifying has
been set for noon Saturday, Feb.
15; the primary w ill be held
April 1 and the runoffs are sched
uled April 15.
Adequate Financial Support
Needed for Lanier Library
By Bob Leßoux
The State Department of Edu
cation has warned that if ade
quate local financial support is
not met, the Lanier Lake Region
al Library may lose its state
support and that all books bought
with state funds will be with
drawn.
At present there are over 60.-
000 books in the Lanier Lake
Regional Library. Forsyth County
branch has 3,244 of these and
Forsyth schools have 4,140. The
county and schools, however, have
access to every book in the re
gion by way of requests through
the Forsyth County Library and
its bookmobile.
Last year the state contributed
over $43,000 five times the
amount of $7,818 contributed by
local agencies. In' other words
the state buys all the books, pays
most of the salaries, and buys
most of the equipment. If we
lost this support, our libraries
would become almost inoperable.
The books deposited in the
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Marian Wheeler
Miss Wheeler
Forsvth Hi<*li
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Star Pupil
Miss Marian Wheeler, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Wheeler of
Cumming route 4, has been des
ignated Star Pupil for Forsyth
County for 1963-64. Marian will
graduate in June from Forsyth
County High School. Runner-up
was Bobby Thomas, son of Mr.
and Mrs. M.C. Thomas, Cumming
route 1.
Marian selected as her Star
Teacher Mrs. Frances Mize, li
brarian for Cumming Elemen
tary and Upper Elementary
Schools. Marian gives Mrs. Mize
credit for inspiring her love for
i books.
In high school, reading and sew
ing are her hobbies. Her favorite
! high school subject is literature.
Marian plans to attend Rein
hardt College for two years and
| will major in English literature.
I She hasn't made up her mind
where she will go to college after
leaving Reinhardt.
Marian has been very busy
high school. She is president of the
Alpha-Tri-Hi-Y Club, a member
of the Future Teacher's Organi
zation, member of the Beta Club
and is editor of the high school
annual.
Announcements
The board of registrars of For- i
syth County will meet at the
courthouse Monday, Feb. 3, to '
begin preparing for the election.
Anyone wishing to register, j
transfer or complete transfer or 1
having other business should at- i
tend the meeting. Chief Regis- j
trar W.E. Erring announced.
The Sawnee Mountain Little
League will meet tonight (Thurs
day) at 7:30 p.m. at the Dippsi
Doodle. All clubs interested in i
entering the little league in 1964
are invited.
The WMU of the First Baptist |
Church will conduct a home mis
sions study class under the di
rection of Mrs. F.S. Dosvis be
ginning at 7 p.m. Monday, Feb.
3. Mrs. Dowis is a former mem- i
her of the Home Missions Board 1
schools by Lanier Lake Regional
Library would be withdrawn. This
i would be a disaster to many of
| the small schools as books are
i placed there each year and since
: most of the schools depend upon
I the bookmobile service which also
! would be withdrawn. The schools
also depend upon the libraries
for their accreditation.
Therefore it is not without suf
ficient reason that Lanier Lake
Regional Library has asked for
an increase in local support. We
are pleased that the Forsyth Coun
ty Board of Commissioners found
it worthy to increase its contri
butions. We hope that the For
syth County Board of Education
also will increase its contribu
tions.
In light of the above informa
tion and following data we are
sure that the people of Forsyth
County will encourage and ap
prove any action taken in this
direction by the Forsyth County
Board of Education,
t Gwinnett contributions 52,800
Dollars You
Spend at Home
Stay at Home
CUMMING - Forsyth Rep. A.
C. Smith of Silver City plans to
introduce a measure in the cur
rent General Assembly to abolish
the law setting up the present
three-man county commission and
substitute a new law for the coun
ty governing body.
While it proposes no change in
the number or terms of com
missioners. he said, it would pro
vide for the following new fea
tures:
1. A $25,000 surety bond for
the chairman by a licensed sure
ty agency in the State of Geor
gia.
2. A $2,500 surety bond for the
clerk of the commission.
3. Competitive bidding on all
purchases amounting to S3OO or
more: the advertising of invita
tions for bids in the local organ
(The Forsyth County News) and
the posting of bid notices on the
courthouse door for two weeks be
fore bids are opened,
4. Prohibiting the commission
ers from hiring anyone to work
for the county who is related to
any of them within the third de
gree by blood or marriage.
5. A quarterly audit by a certi
fied public accountant and the
publication of a condensed finan
cial statement each quarter in
the local newspaper.
6. That all records of the com
mission's office shall be public
records and open to view by anv
taxpayer. (This provision, accord
ing to a local attorney, is already
contained in the state’s general
laws »
7. That the chairman shall se
lect one regular day of each week
to remain in his office for the
transaction of public business in
connection with his office, and
otherwise shall devote as much
time to his office as may be re
quired.
8. A regular meeting of the
commission on the first Monday
of each month.
Rep. Smith said he thinks it “a
shame” the county has been oper
ating all these years under the
inadequate commission law which
was passed about 20 years ago.
The Forsyth representative did
not have a copy of the bill at
Silver City, but pointed out that
it is practically the same bill
published several weeks ago in
the Forsyth County News with
the exception of the one-man com
mission feature.
That being the case, the bill
would also provide:
"... a proper and accurate
book of minutes, wherein shall ap
pear all orders and proceedings
had and passed with reference to
county matters ... a full and
accurate book of county vouchers
... a book of inventory of all
county property and equipment.”
‘March' Reported
‘3lost Successful'
The “most successful” Mothers
March in Forsyth County's his
tory was completed Thursday
evening, Jan. 23.
The Rev. Charles L. Hagood,
Forsyth County March of Dimes
chairman, reported that $653.44
was collected. Mr. Hagood said he
wishes to express his appreciation
to the chairmen of the drive,
Mrs. Zelma Bannister and Mrs.
John Williams, and to the moth
ers of Forsyth County who gave
so freely of their time and energy
for this worthwhile cause.
Early reports indicate that this
year’s March of Dimes drive will
he a highly successful one. A
complete report will appear in the
News at a later date.
from board of education last
j year and $4,500 this year: board
of commissioners 51,260 last
year and $2,500 this year.
Forsyth County S9OO from
board of education last year; sl,-
200 propose this year but no in
crease over last year approved:
board of commissioners $1,092
last year: $1,200 this year.
Book placements according to
libraries: Gwinnett 42,870; For
syth 3.244; Dawson 1,271; Nor
cross 4,191. Book placements ac
cording to schools: Gwinnett 6,-
805; Forsyth 4,140; Dawsuw V
248.
The Forsyth County Commis
sion has agreed to give SIO,OOO
towards a new library through
a funding arrangement 'which
would provide that the federal
, government put up matching
j funds.
School enrollments as of Oc
tober 1963 were reported as fol
■ lows: Dawson 921; Forsyth 3,252;
I Gwinnett 11,674.
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