About The Kennesaw neighbor. (Marietta, Ga.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (July 1, 1970)
KENNESAW NEIGHBOR Serving Cobb's Most Historic City H ^ 5* ro m rr ???< m x ifi x P\> NEWS DEPT. 427-8426 ??? J ???? ES KENNESAW, GEORGIA, 33144, JULY 1, 1970 10 c PER COPY X co x n x O X O X Z X X X X X X X X X Parade And Food To Highlight Day Fun, food, and entertainment will plan to ???spend this Fourth" at home and leave the crowded highways to all blend together to give folks in Acw- orth and North Cobb one of their big- others. gest holiday programs to date this Sa turday Tennis The July 4th festivities will get underway with a parade Saturday at 10 a.m. sponsored by the Acworth i iptimist Club. Included in the parade Ciourfs will be bicycles, horses, motorcycles old cars, decorated vehicles, athletic teams, music units, veterans. Scouts Tabled and other groups. ???Respect for Law ??t is the theme the Optimist have desig nated for the parade. Those who haven't contacted the Optimist Club The search for a new location for the Acworth tennis courts has been in vain thus far, Phil Robuck. Acworth alderman and chairman of the recrea- regarding participating in the parade can call N.H. < ???ausey, 974-6429 for more noon, an airplane is scheduled to flv details. over the field and drop candy to all t Following the parade, the crowd those in attendance. tion department reports. will move to the depot site in the center Various politicians will be featured Robuck says the present location is too costly to maintain due to the water level in that location. The courts have been resurfaced several times and need repairs now. An estimate on the cost for putting the proper kind of re surfacing on the courts exceeds the of town where the Optimist will serve V . on the program off and on during the barbecue. day, and on will land in a helicoper at At 1 p.m.. the action will move to the field. the elementary school gym and play- The Jaycees will hold a ???Goofy ground where there will be a number of Olpmpics" with such things as a ???pie- v field day activities for the children. eating contest, sack race. i * whip- ?? * sponsored by the City Recreation Dept. creaming contest, Goofy Obstacle $5800 mark, according to Robuck. The gym will also be open for free race, plus many more events. u- At a recent Lake Authority meet ing, Robuck asked for permission to put the tennis courts near the Acworth Beach. The Lake Authority declined to v give him permission to use the area he play. three beauty contests will be i> At 3:30 p.m., Rod Thumond of the staged. One will be for Little Miss i Acworth Ski Club has announced free Kennesaw, Junior Miss Kennesaw, and ski instructions to be given and free f Miss Kennesaw. Rehearsals will be at towing. All safety precautions will be 6 p.m. Friday. The contest starts at 2 requested. observed, 'he Acworth Ski Club site I- p.m. Saturday and is sponsored by the Joe Hayes, principal at Acworth School, offered some land in the flats to be used for the tennis courts. Again. Robuck said C.W. Matthews Co said this land was too low to make it feasi ble for tennis courts. Robuck said the money was avail able from the county to install two ten nis courts but since the land was not seemingly available, the new courts would have to be tabled until later. Meanwhile, tennis players will have to continue playing on the old courts. Tie courts are not only used by private citizens, but also by the high school tennis team when it is in ses- ??? 4 will be the place for the skiing. Jaycettes. Salute To A The climax of the July 4th program Beginning at home 11 i i a.m. will take place at Dunn's Shopping Center on Main Street where the Acw- cooked" covered plate lunches will be available at Adams Park. Two Acworth Boy Scouts, ( llynn Chaney, 1, and David Muller Jr. of Troop 116, give a snap py salute to the American flag prior to Inde pendence Day. More American flags will be seen on July 4 than at any other time during the year with many of the celebrations geared orth Jaycees will stage a street dance and talent show. The show will consist of local talent, country and blue grass music being the main attraction. There will also be a rock band. Bud Blake and the Dixie Ramblers will headline the show. The Kennesaw Swingers, a square dance club from the North Cobb area, will put on a preci sion square dance routine. The Swin gers will dress in their western attire and really present a colorful show as they perform their square dance rou tine Williard Barrentine will be the caller. around patriotic events. Glynn is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. Chaney of 5147 Lucille Avenue, Acworth. He is a Lite Scout. David is an Eagle Scout and the son of Mr. and Mrs. David B. Muller of 4368 Davis Drive, Acworth. (Photo by Ken Touchton). Other events scheduled on the pro gram will be a demonstration by the fire department, the presentation of awards to teams by the Little League Association and Recreation Board, along with other events. A complete schedule of all the July 4 events in Kennesaw will be available Wednesday at City Hall and from local merchants. Postman Abbott Retires After Working 36 Years ! I'V Boy Drowns i At Allatoona sion. Leash Law Will Begin Wednesday w X There will be no charge for admis sion to the show which starts at 7:30 p.m. a] * rv ??? * * A six-year-old Abilene. Tex., boy drowned in Lake Allatoona Friday night after wandering away from his family's campsite just off the Four- Lane Highway where it crosses the lake. In addition to the scheduled events, a score of persons will be spending the day at the local lakes, swimming, boat ing, and picknicking. Safety precautions are being redou bled at ail resort areas but the caution flag is still flying high. The Georgia State Patrol is predict ing that 24 persons will be killed during the 78 hour holiday period. Another 374 will be injured in a total of 1,276 traffic accidents. These are grim reminders to holiday-minded residents. bolt applied for a transfer, got it. and returned to Acworth as the first post man. Abbott has an excellent service rat ing according to Postmaster Frank Callahan. During the time he has been in Acworth. ???We have not had the first By ELLEN BUTLER Editor Acworth s first postman, Fred Abbott, delivered the mail with extra care Thursday, gave a teasing smile to all his four-legged friends that watch for him every day, and ran his time card through the clock for the last time. 1 * i i ,,- patron s complaint about his service. Callahan said, "He always performed the job over and beyond the call of duty.??? INSIDE THIS WEEK ???he victim was identified by Cobb County Civil Defense Rescue Squad workers as James Childs. A Civil Defense spokesman said the child apparently wandered away from the campsite, waded out into shallow water and drowned in about four feet of water. Dog days oegin tn J uly instead of August this year???as Cobb County's new leash law goes into effect July 1. ???This is not going to be a law we just put on the books and forget, Cobb Commission Chairman Ernest Barrett said Monday. ???We are going to enforce I * During his years on the job, Abbott says he has met with some interesting tand sometimes frightening) experi ences. ???I've delivered everthing from snakes to human ashes, Abbott said. "I???ve been stung 15-20 times by bees and wasps and have several dog bite scars," he laughingly said. Although a postman has to brave the weather, the job is interesting and keeps one abreast of the news when he visits so many homes daily. Before he can leave, a postman must sort his mail and get it in order for his route. While doing this. Abbott has been given the nickname of ???side- sway Abbott" since he shuffles from side to side as he sorts his daily mail. I wore out the tile in Decatur where 1 With a twinkle in his eye. Mr. Ab bott walked out the door of the Acw orth Post Office, putting a period at the end of 36 years of work as a govern ment employee. Abbott, an Acworth native, has been carrying mail in Acworth for the past 14 years. Prior to that, he was at the Decatur Post Office. As soon as he heard that city deli- very was scheduled for Acworth, Ab- i- Sports Deaths Editorials Women???s Page Norman Shavin Kennesaw r News Around Acworth From The Photo Ellen Butler Church Activities .... 6-7 2 While Acworth is not the only town holding big celebrations, the Jaycees, Optimist Club, and recreation depart ment are hoping that the residents will it. 11 4 A Smyrna Civil Defense Rescue Squad volunteer located the child s body at 7:50 a.m. Saturday. The Smyrna rescue worker located the body by sight in four feet of water some 10 feet from shore, Civil De fense spokesmen said. . Owners must also provide pets with identification showing the owner???s name and address. * ?? ??? * * * y f y d 4 10 7 m * m m ??? ^ 11 4 2 r/ Fullerton Finds 1-75 Relocation Is Touchy - f i * * used to stand,??? Abbott said. The Acworth city routes have grown so much now that three postmen are needed to carry the daily mail. In addition to delivering the mail. Abbot has cultivated several hobbies with the main one centering around plants. ???I???m looking forward to having time now to work with my plants, Abbott said. Another sideline for Ab bott is playing the organ. But he quick ly says he only plays for funerals.wed dings or on special request, Mr. Abbott and his wife live on Col lins Circle in Acworth. They havea daughter. Mrs. Don Whitton of Atlanta and five grandsons. was against the law to run a highway through parks if another route possible. And plenty of other routes are available, according to Fullerton. North Cobb has long awaited the completion of Interstate 75 and the general feeling has been that the route has already been selected. Fullerton said the final route had not been deter mined. By ELLEN BUTLER Editor We don???t need a major interstate highway crossing Lake Allatoona and messing up the recreation," Richard Fullerton, a Seventh District Congressional Candidate told the North Cobb Optimist Tuesday at the noonday luncheon. - Fullerton is advocating that Inter state 75 go west of the Allatoona dam. The proposed route has already been designated as going east of the dam across the lake and through the north ern part of Cobb County. The interstate will either be locat ed west of the dam or the reason why it???s not will have to be explained," Fullerton told the Optimist, the summer is over, the route will be decided. Fullerton explained that politics had been the primary reason for the eastern route being selected and that it ton, told the group he was an ordained minister in the Nazarene Church. While some people had expressed con cern as to religion and politics mixing. Fullerton said ???it s the moral content that is now lacking in government. ??? Moving on to federal government, Fullerton said "the root cause of the problems facing us now are liberal ... programs forced on us. Freedom under the law is the greatest on earth, but freedom under programs is the worst form of government," he explained. Sen, William Proxmire is trying to make himself a National hero, accord ing to Fullerton. cheese while we make the airplanes. Fullerton said of Proxmire, who has been the chief perpetrator of much of Lockheed???s recently publicized trou bles with the C-5A. Fullerton, a republican, is running against incumbent Rep. John W. Davis, a Democrat, among others in the Seventh District. was +1 t T % A L. * In answer to a question from the audience as to where he thought 1-75 should be put, Fullerton said between Cartersville and the dam. j One of the members, Milford Smith said he wouldn t mind it going the western route since the proposed route now would run the highway right by his home in Cherokee County. Fullerton said if the route were lo cated properly, he felt the interstate would be completed sooner. However, this leg of 1-75 is scheduled to be com pleted last. Touching on other subjects. Fuller- v PANORAMA He should make Before A new swimming class for both be ginners and intermediates got under way Nonday Anyone interested in joining either of these two classes should come to the beach at 10:30 a.m, i t FRED ABBOTT CLOCKS OUT For Last Time At Acworth Post Office J /
