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
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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
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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?
