About The Kennesaw neighbor. (Marietta, Ga.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 16, 1970)
The KENNESAW NEIGHBOR Serving Cobb's Most Historic City KENNESAW, GEORGIA, 30144, DECEMBER 16, 1970 10??? PER COPY VOL. 3, NO. 50 2 SECTIONS, 16 PAGES TELEPHONE 428-9411 J t 1 t T I t ??? J t * t f 4 I * t 4 1 * 1 * * i t i * i 4 t t t * i 4 t * it * * t * i 4 i t * * * * * 4 4 I i t t * By ELLEN BUTLER * i * I 4 # i - * f * * * *??? i t t i * i t J t i * J - ??? t i Editor i t ??? * * * t * I i t i i * 1 i t * t * Construction is to begin this week j i j < i * * * t t # 4 4 > i I 1 for Kennesaw s new City Hall and Rec- i f ?? i j i i I 4 4 ??? * 4 i* I f t M l f t i * * 4 4 * * f 4 ' * * reational facility, Mayor Louie Watts 4 4 4 t I I ??? * t i 4 4 4 announced today. * t 4 t S * i ??? t t 4 * 4 ??? i * I * i I t * * t * * * The building contract was awarded t 4 * I | * i J 4 I I f I > t l * I t i ?? * * I 4 J to J.H. Archer of Dandata Company of * * t i t ?? t * i i 4 t * r j it i t i t t t College Park, low bidder on the pro- t t 4 i * * if it* ft* lift ??? * * * ?? I * r l f * ' ject. i 4 t I ?? t < 4 4 4 1 4 * * i t f I I4#i Plans for the new facility were # * # 4 * 4 * * * * 4 * 4 4*49 I > J ' l t * f t somewhat stalmated when all bids I I * * 4 ??? *44 i 4 t * | 4 J | 4 r 4 ?? f f J f * 4 submitted greatly exceeded the archi- t I I f # I # f ' ' I ^ M r fj tects' and city council???s expectations. But the council did not give up easily. Instead, they reviewed the plans, elim inated some of the alternatives and extras, took off the cupicula and re duced the cost to a figure they had orig inally intended. The exterior has been changed very little,??? Watts said. ???We had to leave off the police station and some more extras inside, but now we???re ready and anxious to get the building moving. Total cost for the building is now $217,000, a figure similar to that considered in the beginning. Clearing and grading on the loca tion for the new building was complet ed last and City Hall expressed the hope that the construction would be started Monday. The contractor has 240 days to complete the building which means sometime around July 1, ac cording to Watts. The building will be 50' x 100' and will house all the City Hall offices on the ground floor. The basement floor will be devoted to recreational facili ties. That Christmas Look At Acworth It???s beginning to look a lot like Christmas at Acworth elementary school. Classrooms are decorated and the doors are especially dressed for the season. A sample of what one might expect to find the doors at Acworth School is shown at the entrance to Mrs. Ann Kennedy???s sixth grade. Admiring the Santa Claus door decorations are, 1-r: Melissa Bryans, Pattie Lester and Doug Cooper. (Photo by Ellen Butler) The building will face Park Street. But the City Hall and Recreational Facility is not the only thing that has Kennesaw excited. Next week, plans are also expected to be announced for a bank to be located on Dallas Street near City Hall. It will be called the Cobb Bank, with Kennesaw being one if its branches. Sims Garrett Jr., one of its develo pers of the bank, says he will see that it is build in keeping with the Williams burg design, similar to City Hall. The prospects of a new Post Office for Kennesaw also looms high for the coming year. ???So maybe we can really get things started in this town,??? Mayor Watts said. on Christmas Programs PlannedinNorthCobb Toy Soldier Marching In The Holidays This seven-foot tail toy soldier is fashioned after those in the ???Nutcracker Suite.??? Created by the staff of the Chastain Park Arts and Crafts Center, the soldier is made from an old dumping tube from a cement factory. Flanking the traditional Christmas soldier are (left) Shelley Stevens, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Stevens, Roger Mast, son of Mr. and Mrs. Kent Mast, and on the right isLoran Lewis, daughter of! )r. and Mrs. Ernest Lewis. (Staff Photo - Rodger Losier) sent a band concert at 8 p.m. (December 16) in the auditorium. The North Cobb P.T.A. will meet December 17 with the Acworth ele mentary choral group presenting the program. Awtrey Junior High School will have a Christmas choral program for the Thursday night P.T.A. at 7:30. The program will be repeated for the as- semly program for students Friday. Christmas holidays begin Decem ber 18 and will continue through Janu ary 4. Schools and churches in the North Cobb area are rushing to complete all their pre-Christmas activities before Friday when classes will be dismissed for the two-week holiday. Acworth elementary school has announced that it will present its Christmas Music Program at the Acw orth gym Thursday, December 17 at 7: 30 p.m. for the P.T.A. The Christmas story, with charac ters and chorus, will be portrayed. Grades two through six are represent ed, making a total participation of ap proximately 100 children. The program will be presented twice to the Acworth students Friday, December 18 at 9 and 10:30 a.m. Parents unable to attend the P.T.A. Thursday night may attend the Friday morning presentation. North Cobb High School will pre- way riainal I INSIDE THIS WEEK Editorials Deaths Ellen Butler ... Kennesaw News Women???s News Around Acworth Norman Shavin Classified Ads . Church Briefs . Sports 4 6 4 10 8-10 In addition to the schools, civic or ganizations are planning special Christmas projects. The North Cobb Optimist Club is selling fruit cakes to raise money for their Boys Work Fund. The Acworth Junior Woman's Club is sponsoring a Christmas decorations contest with a prize given for the best door and for the best overall effect. The Big Shanty Garden Club in Kennesaw is also sponsoring a decora tions project in their city. They plan to judge homes in three categories, in clude door decorations, over-all, and religious. Prizes will be awarded in each of the three categories. The State Highway Department, intending that conservation includes lives and money and that the highway * will not harm the environment, asks authority to build 1-75 from Marietta north to U.S. 411 along line "F,??? its original location as approved in 1965, ' with some minor changes at the re quest of the State Game and Fish Commission through their wildlife management area. The Department is submitting to day the report on the effect of the high way on the environment required un- der section 4 (f) of the 1968 Highway Act to the Georgia Division office of the U.S. Department of Transporta tion. It is expected to be forwarded to Washington in about a week. v Lines ???A??? and ???C???, along U.S. 41, and west of Cartersville, would cost $30 million and $14 million more to build , than line ???F???, respectively. Line ???A??? along U.S. 41 would also require some 10 or 12 lanes because of expected traffic of more than 118,000 cars per 5s* day, which is unreasonable for a rural freeway facility. The proposed road will be 6 lanes all the way from Mariet ta to U.S. 411. > Both lines would also result in a delay in building the new road for about four years that would cost the lives of twenty more Georgians. This is ' based on real traffic accident records comparing the two types of roads, and the Department's report points out that this many real people ???will die if * the 1-75 line is moved.??? ??? Traffic congestion around the north Marietta area will also be critical even if the line is not moved and the present schedule followed, and any delay would create intolerable conditions with seri ous economic losses as a result. The Highway Department has con tacted all parties affected by the pro posed line across Lake Allatoona and worked out solutions to any problems * that would be created bj^ the road and all lease holders with tj|e exception of the city of Atlanta, have concurred in the routing. The city had agreed to plan in 1966, but has only this year reversed their position despite the fact that the Department has attempted to work with the city in designing the road for minimum interferences and improved access to the area, even offering to build a half-interchange just for this area. by and those who want to camp or fish with much easier access to their recre ational areas which would still be sepa rated from the highway by wooded, rolling terrain. 9 4 . 11-16 2 .. 7 ??? i. . ??? ??? Others affected, but approving the route include the North West Georgia Council, Boy Scouts of America, the Catholic Archdiocese of Atlanta, the Atlanta Yacht Club, the U.S. Corps of Engineers, and the Georgia State Parks Department???which has stated that it will further develop both George Washington Carver and Red Top Moun tain State Parks to accommodate the increased usage expected. The State Game and Fish Commis sion has also agreed to the proposed routing after the addition of deer un derpasses and deer-proof fences. The commission feels that their game management area will be adversely affected, but that these design consid erations will keep the effect to a mini mum. Permits Exceed $ 141,000 r Building permits in excess of $141,- 350 has been issued by Acworth within the last couple of months. The largest building permit went to the Presbyterian Church for a $50,000 addition. Unique Knitting Company on North Main Street took out the second largest permit in the amount of $38,000 for an addition to the Dye House. The Super Test Station now being constructed on Main Street has a $25,- 000 building permit. A permit for $18,000 was issued for an addition to a building on Southside Drive and B.L. Jones of Glenwood Drive purchased a $10,000 permit for an addition to a shop building. C.W. Cochran of Cherokee Road bought a $350 permit for a storage building. The Department also intends to coastruct a joint-use rest area and rec reation area with the U.S. Corps of Engineers, which should be of great benefit in allowing more people to en joy the lake and surrounding country. The Highway Department intends to use every means available during construction to control erosion, and will leave most of the right-of-way in a natural state Their report to he Feder al Department of Transportation states this should be ???the most beauti ful section of highway in America.??? As the Department points out also, Lake Allatoona is a man-made lake, paid by all taxpayers, and already has much development around it. The new highway would allow much greater enjoyment of the lake and surrounding area, both by those who simply drive Scouts Give Out Toys cheer. Giving out the toys are, 1-r: Sharron Haley, Roxanne Kett- mann, Kay Dodd and Kim Riggs. (Photo by Bill Buckler) with stuffed animals or each of them. The Scouts made the ani mals and brought them to the children as part of their Christmas Children attending the Title One Kindergarten program at Acw orth School were thrilled when the Kennesaw' Junior Girl Scouts _ %. from Troop 579 arrived Friday
