About The Acworth neighbor. (Marietta, Ga.) 1968-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 12, 1968)
THE ACWORTH NEIGHBOR Formerly The Acworth Post VOL 1 NO 49 THURSDAY,-DECEMBER 12, 1968 ACWORTH, GEORGIA 30101 10e PER COPY Post Becomes Your Neighbor Nine months ago, the North Cobb News took on a new name. The Acworth Post, in an effort to more closely identify itself with its exact location. The Post is a good name and was one of the early names given to the Acworth newspaper. Although we’ve been called The Acworth Post for nine months, the name has been somewhat confusing. Perhaps the reason for this lies in the fact that The North Cobb News, Inc. publishes three newspapers and because of that, our office continued to answer to that name. Invariably, the caller on the other end of the phone would be puzzled when we answered - North Cobb News. If we said, Acworth Post, someone would be sure to say, but I was calling the Kennesaw Beacon, or the Woodstock Star. But it was confusing and we realized that. This week we decided to do something about this and change the name again—this time we decided to simply name our news- paper The Acworth Neighbor. For our Kennesaw publica tion, we’ll call it The Kennesaw Neighbor and for our Woodstock publication. The Woodstock Neighbor. (This will also correspond to a number of other community newspapers in Fulton and Cobb Counties owned by Times- Journal.) So we're your neighbor, whereever you live. When we answer the phone, we’ll simply say something like - "Good morning. Neighbor Office.' Oh, we may some- times cut it short and say "Neighbor Office." But if it's news, advertising, or pictures you have from Kennesaw, Acworth, or Woodstock, we'll take care of it. You don’t even have to say which paper you want, we’ll know from the context. No other changes except the name will take place. The present staff will remain the same in the same location. Typesetting and composition of the paper will be done at Star Printing Co. in Acworth, with printing done on the full-color presses of the Times-Journal in Marietta. The Acworth, Kennesaw and Woodstock Neighbors are part of a sixteen paper chain of community newspapers operated by Times-Journal under the trade name of Com munity Newspapers. Commercial display advertising appear in all three newspapers. The want ads appear in 16 newspapers with a combined circulation in excess of 50,000. Subscribers to the Acworth Post, Kennesaw Beacon, and Woodstock Star will continue receiving their local news paper with no delays. The only change will be the name. News articles of general interest to the entire area, such as school and sports activities will be published in both newspapers, while specialized news relating directly to one town will be confined to that newspaper. We sincerely hope, in making this name change, that it be the most appropriate one yet for this newspaper. We feel confident that it will be and are looking forward to a bright new year with a brand new name. Watts Wins Top Race In Kennesaw Voters in Kennesaw turned out 647 strong Saturday to elect Louis E. Watts' mayor in a landslide victory over his opponent, Councilman, Jim Ligon. The council race winners were J. H. Barfield, W. G. (Bill) McGarity. and Ralph J. Coolidge. Two one-vote margins in the council races were re corded in the final tally. In the bracket one race, Barfield edged by Bobbie Bentley with 318 votes to Ben tley’s 317 votes. The race has been contested, which means a recount will be held, proba bly this week. Wallace Hambrick, who tried to unseat incumbent W. G. McGarity in the bracket two post, lost in his attempt by one vote. Hambrick had 316 votes to McGarity’s 317 votes. Watts said Hambrick had said he would not contest the race. However, Watts Sells Cycle On First Phone Cali "FIRST CALL SOLD IT!’', said Mrs.R.G.B.of Smyrna. "My ad appeared on the Christmas Page - Pick a Present - and my buyer came from East Point.” SMALL TRICYCLE Perfect Condition $5.00 435-5478 Use the FAST, EVER- READY Marketplace.. with a low cost Community Want Ad. *Name upon request Inside I oday Editorials 4 Classified Ads 15-19 In And Around 8 Women’s Page 5 Kennesaw News..... 7 Photo Album .8 Council Awaits Legal Decision By Attorney NEW ACWORTH SANCTUARY TO BE USED SUNDAY Will Be First Service In New Building North Cobb Consecration Service noted that Hambrick has five days to reconsider. The bracket 3 race gave Coolidge a sharp victory with 373. votes to challenger Jim Harris’ 263 votes. Seventeen ballots were dis qualified. the new mayor said. Watts, who will assume his former duties as mayor after the first of next year, said of the election,” I appreciated all the help I had and I cer tainly will try to live up to the expectations of confidence these people have put in me. “This election has shown the people of Kennesaw are interested in their city government because this was he largest turnout in the his tory of Kennesaw." Watts noted that there are 977 registered voters in Ken nesaw. so the Saturday vote included about 65 percent of the possible turnout. ‘It certainly makes me very happy to know the people are interested enough in their city to turn out like this,” Watts added. He said he will be asking the help of the citizens that elected him. ‘‘I’ll be asking for their help to make Kennesaw progress as we have stated several times,” he said. Girls Win Games North Cobb Warriorettes won 2 games this past week- end to improve their record to 4 wins and 2 losses. The N. C. girls defeated Wills High School on Friday night by anarrow 39=33 score. They trailed Wills by 2 points going into the 4th quarter, but outscored Wills 13 to 5 points in this last quarter to capture the victory. Missy Underwood and June Barnes scored 18 and 17 points each but Coach Ingram credited Janie Wilbanks with a ''big basketball” in the 4th that finally put the Warriors in the lead. Belinda Truitt and Jackie Jackson were praised for their defensive work. Truitt had 11 rebounds for the Warrior ettes. The North Cobb girls re gistered their strongest vic- tory of the "roundball” season with a 73 to 44 romp over Campbell of Smyrna. The 73 points represents the lar- gest points production for the Warriorettes since 1966 when the Warriorettes scored 83. North Cobb lead the lady "Panthers” 24 to 9 at the end of the first quarter and ex- tended it to 40 to 20 by half- time. The reserves continued to 'pour it on'' in the last half. North Cobb hit a "hot" 54% from the field and 83% from the charity line. The two fast improving Junior forwards— June Barnes and Missy Under wood had 57 points between them. June had 30 and Missy had 27. Pivot forwards Bev- erly Abernathy and Janie Wil- banks were cited for their ball handling and playmaking. North Cobb played a good ''floor game,'' making only 13 Sunday For New Church The climax of a seven- year building program will be realized Sunday morning at 11 a.m. when the doors to the beautiful new sanctuary at the Acworth Methodist Church are opened. A consecration service will be held at 11 a.m., followed by Open House from 12:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. Dr. Charles Boleyn, District Superintend ¬ ent, will consecrate the sanct uary and Dr. W. Chandler Budd, Director of the Board of Missions and Evangelism, of the North Georgia Confer- ence. The United Methodist Church, will bring the mess age. A special invitation is being extended to all former pastors and members, as well as to all friends of the church. Car Flips, Kills Kennesaw Boy A 17 - year - old Kennesaw youth was killed Sunday after noon when he apparently lost control of his small foreign car and overturned on Kennesaw-Due West Road Phillip Byron Rice, a 17 - year - old senior at North Cobb High School, was pron ounced dead on arrival at Kennestone Hospital shortly after the accident, which po lice said occurred about 5:38 p.m. Cobb Patrolmen L. 1. Mar tin and J. J Rogers said Rice was traveling north on Kenne saw-Due West Road when he apparently lost control of the auto in a curve and ran off the right side of the road. The auto traveled about 100 feet, struck a sewer pipe, overturned, then traveled about 35 feet past an old dirt driveway, officers said The police report showed Rice was driving too fast for conditions. Officers said safe speed for the area is 35 miles per hour Rice lived with his PHILLIP B. RHE Killed Near Kennesaw family on Stanley Rd. in Ken- where he was a member of nesaw. Services will be Tuesday at Will Be Rendered By December 19th The deadline for the swearing-in ceremony for the Ac- worth Mayor and Council is fast approaching while write-in candidate Larry Braden awaits patiently to hear a legal opinion expressed by Acworth's Braden has been attending the council meetings since the election was held. The write- in candidate won a majority of the votes cast, but failed to comply with the new state law which states that write-in can- didates must register and ad- vertise as such 20 days prior to the election. Braden says it was impossible for him to comply with this state law since the deadline for quali- fying was only 11 days prior to the election. If he had known 20 days in advance that he wanted to run he would have qualified, he said. Write- in candidates are primarily ''protest candidates,” Braden indicated, and therefore it must of necessity be that all candidates should be listed before the write-in candidates enter the race. Braden asked the council to get a legal ruling on the Post 5 situation at a previous coun cil meeting. Although the council confirmed that they would do this, the ruling has not been made yet. Braden asked the city council again Thursday night for the ruling. The Acworth Council asked Attorney Awtrey during the meeting if he could give a legal ruling. Awtrey stated that he could not give the council a legal ruling on Post 5 at this time. He stated City Attorney Lemon Awtrey. that he would like to contact the Attorney General, Arthur Bolton, before he made any statements. Alderman V.E. Cheatham made a motion, which was seconded by W.H. Blake and unanimously carried that ''The City Attorney is re- quested to give a written opin- ion on who will be seated in Post 5 by the December 19th council meeting, if possible.'' The "swearing-ceremony” for the Acworth Council and Mayor has been set for 10 a.m. Saturday, December 28. James Rouski presented plans for developing the Mitchell Hill property to the council. He asked for a public hearing to change the zoning classification from I-1 to R-2 for the purpose of building apartments. He stated that he was planning to build apart- ments on most of the 32 acres. The property facing Southside Drive would have apartments for the elderly. The property Continued On Page 12 Changes In Christmas Mailing North Cobb wi11 return for a home game on Saturday when they meet the Dallas Tigers. Dallas captured the Region Championship last.year after North Cobb had been for 3 consecutive years. . mistakes. Guard, Clara Parker intercepted several passes. North Cobb will take its 4-2 record on the line against the McEachern Indians on Friday night. McEachern are unde feated at this time. 2 p.m. in New Salem Baptist Church, with the Rev. Johnny Belcher officiating Burial aill be in New Salem Ceme- ery. Albert M. Dobbins Fu neral Home is in charge of arra ngements. A native of Auburn, Ala., Mr. Rice had lived in Kenne saw 15 years. He was a senior at North Cobb High School, the Pep Club and secretary - treasurer of the Tri - Hi-Y. He was a member of New Salem Baptist Church. Survivors include parents, Mr and Mrs. T. D. Rice, of Kennesaw; brothers, Lowell Jerry Rice. Leonard Terry Rice, both of - Kennesaw: maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Reid, of Boaz. Ala: several aunts and un cles. The new sanctuary marks the final stage of the building program, spanning some sev- en years for the Acworth Methodist congregation. An education building and fellow- ship hall were erected in 1961 and a parsonage in 1964. The Acworth Methodist Church was founded in 1858 and built its first house of worship at the corner of Dixie Avenue and Academy Street. In 1905, it moved to the cor ner of N. Main Street and Morningside Drive. In Sept ember 1957, due to the grow- th in the church, a second relocation was founded at 328 Collins Circle, off Highway 92. In its present location, the church overlooks Lake Ac- worth and the towering steeple can be seen throughout the town and from the lakes. A paved asphalt parking lot, with yellow lines, has been completed and final work is being done on the landscap- ping. The circular driveway enables the members to park close to the front door of the church or use the parking spaces near the fellowship hall. Although many of the mem- bers have been in the new sanctuary to catch a glimpse of what’s in- store for them, few will have seen the final touches being added this week to the church. Musical Program Set For P.T.A. A Musical Christmas Pro gram will be the theme for the December meeting of the Ac worth P.T.A. This program, under the direction of Mrs. Marlyn Hammond, will be pre sented Monday, December 16, at 7:30 p.m. in the school gym. Selected students from the second through sixth grades will participate and their se- lections will include several solos. This program will be presented to all students of the school the following day. Acworth's Annual Xmas Program Set Acworth's annual Christ- mas community program will be held Friday night, Decem ber 13 at 7:30 p.m. The activities will take place a- round the community Christ- mas tree which is located adjacent to the depot on Main Street. Christmas carols will be led by the North Cobb High School glee club and Santa Claus will arrive, riding high on a truck, with his pack filled with good- ies for the youngsters. Santa Claus has warned, however, that he will not come down from the truck if the children are not nice and or derly. He has already heard what happened in Marietta and promises that should such an occurance happen here, he will mount his truck and leave the gathering. The Acworth Recreation Dept., sponsors of the event, has requested parents to con trol their children, especially the larger ones so everyone can have a good time. Traffic will be re-routed a- round Main Street on North- side Drive while the program is in progress. The program is open to the public. Two recent changes will af fect this year's Christmas mailing. First, mailers cannow send 30 pound parcels between first-class post offices which are 150 miles or more apart. The previous weight limit was 25 pounds. Second, there is no longer any price difference between first-class and third-class mail, except with regard to weight. The penny difference has been eliminated. First class mail is 6 cents per ounce, while third-class mail is 6 cents for the first two ounces. ‘‘Since most Christmas cards weigh under an ounce, it will usually cost # cents whether you send a Christmas card first-class or third- class unsealed,’’ Postmaster Callaghan said. ‘So unless you’re sending unusually heavy cards, it will be advantageous to send this year’s Christmas cards first- class and receive forwarding and return privileges.”. Postmaster Callaghan esti- mates that Acworth’s post of- fice will process about 70,000 pieces of mail during the holi- day season. Time and tax money can be saved if Ac- worth’s residents continue to use ZIP Code in mailing and return addresses, he said. "Remember it costs 6 cents to mail Christmas cards sealed or unsealed," Post- master Callaghan said. Looking Back Were you able to identify the shy little fellow in last week’s Looking Back? If not, his name is Rev. Union Herrin. So try your hand at this week’s mystery, if you missed last week. For clues, we’ll just say he was born in Gilmer County and married a Tennessee girl. He has lived in Acworth for 14 years. He works at Lockheed, has two children and likes to garden. He is a good sports observer and lives near one of the local schools. He is aMethodist. Can you guess who he is? Watch for the answer next week. WHO AM I?
