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VOL. 45 NO. 30
Local Carpenter Gets
Two Tears in Prison
A Forsyth County Superior
Court found James Bernard Ches
ter, 26 of the Friendship Com
munity guilty of burglarizing the
Friendship Elementary School
June 14. Chester was sentenced
to two years in prison.
Attorneys for the defendant
were Dick Neville and Robert
Robinson of Cumming; prosecut
ing attorney was Jess Watson,
Solicitor General of the Blue
Ridge Judicial Circuit.
First witness for the prosecut
ion was GBI agent, Burt Fry
who testified that he received
a call from Sheriff J. Carroll
Tallant around 10 a.m. June 15.
He said Tallant told him that
he had received a call from C.W.
Cox about some missing mater
ial from the Friendship School.
Cox lives next door to the
school.
Fry said that during their in
vestigation they found the lower
portion of a window (as part
of a small store room) partly
raised and the glass broken out.
Further investigation revealed
the following items missing from
the store room: an RCA Tele
vision removed from its stand;
a record player; a telephone;
one phonograph speaker; and a
typewriter.
C.W. Cox testified that he
saw a car (either a 1953 or ’54
* Chevrolet) make several trips to
the school yard during the night
of June 14. He said that the car
made an unusualy loud noise and
had a dent in the right front
fender.
Governor Sanders Praises
Sheriffs for Good Work
ST. SIMONS ISLAND, Ga.,-
Gov. Carl E. Sanders, whose ad
ministration has stepped rather
heavily on the toes of some coun
ty sheriffs, appeared before the
10th annual convention of the
Georgia Sheriffs’ Association,
held recently at St. Simons Is
land, and praised this group of
law enforcement officers to the
sky. Said the Governor:
“The Georgia Sheriffs’ Associa
tion is rightfully one of the proud
est group* of its kind <n the en
tire country, and in return, the
people of Georgia regard this
association with highest pride
and esteem. . .For playing this
important role in the lives of
our people, you have not only
my appreciation, but the lasting
gratitude of all the 4.1-million
citizens of Georgia.”
He quoted Thomas Jefferson
as saying in 1789 that “the exe
cution of the laws is more impor
tant than the making of them.”
Then Sanders said:
“In line with these beliefs, we
have gone far in Georgia to im
prove not only the enforcement
of law and order, but also to
improve and insure the well
being of those who are called
upon to maintain that law and
order.
“The reign of the speed trap
and the clip joint in Georgia has
come to an end. The day of the
vastly underpaid local law en
forcement agent is drawing to a
close. And the time has also run
out for both the fee system and
the deplorable law enforcement
on commission which it fosters.
“It has been with your help
that we have taken the necessary
steps to achieve those ends. Un
der your sponsorship, during the
last session of the Georgia Gen
eral Assembly, we passed the
sheriffs’ salary bill, which states
that no Georgia sheriff will be
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Holding this single barrel muzzle loader just above
a five foot ruler is the owner Forrest Wade, Cumming
route 4. The gun measures 67" from stock to front
sight; the barrel alone is 50" long. This rare antique
is all hand made, with ornate engraving on the trig
ger guard and has curved stock of solid walnut. Wade
acquired it 29 years ago from a friend, John Freeman,
formally of Ball Ground. The gun was originally a
British made flint lock rifle but had been modified by
American gunsmiths the bore reamed to the size of
_.16 gauge shotgun and the firing mechanism replaced
by the precussion type. The weapon was first introduc
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Cox said that the next evening,
Monday June 15, he saw a Chev
rolet with a dent in the right
front fender parked in the drive
way at the Chester home across
from the Friendship school on
the Merritt Road. Cox contacted
Sheriff Tallant that night, and an
investigation of the Chester home
was made.
The search revealed a Bell and
Howell record player, valued be
tween SSOO and $600; a RCA
Television set (S3OO, $400); a
typewriter S2O; and a telephone
which was found in the bureau
drawer of Chester’s bedroom.
The other articles were found on
or underneath the bed in the
room.
School Superintendent, Alman
Hill said that the number that
was assigned to the telephone
was the same one that had been
assigned to Friendship school.
Mrs. R.W. Lawson, who owns
the renter home that Chester and
his wife occupied up until the
time of his arrest, testified that
she heard a car going in and
out of the place Sunday evening.
The main line of Chester’s de
fense was that he had been
“drinking heavily” since Friday
of that weekend and did not
remember anything that happen
ed.
Chester testified that he had
a fifth grade education and that
for the last seven years he had
been employed as a part lime
carpenter in Forsyth and Daw
son counties.
paid by the fee system after
March 1, 1966.
“The bill, as finally approved,
leaves the actual setting of sal
ary on the local level for the
sheriffs and county officials to
work out as they see fit.”
Gov. Sanders also explained his
recent action in giving, by ex
executive order, the Georgia
Bureau of Investigation certain
statewide powers to be used,
whenever possible, in conjunction
a"d cooperation with, local law en
forcement agencies. He emphas
ized this point:
“This executive order does not
seek, in any way, to usurp the
authority of local officials. It is
designed primarily to aid in the
capture of automobile thieves who
often move too rapidly from coun
ty to county for the various law
agencies to coordinate their en
forcement activities.
“As you know, last year in the
United States there were over
399,000 automobiles stolen whose
total value exceeded $369-million
, . .The Georgia Bureau of In
vestigation is empowered now to
operate across the various coun
ty lines in their efforts to cut
down on this glaring increase in
automobile larceny, but the GBI
cannot do this job effectively un
less they are able to communi
cate and cooperate with local of
ficials.”
Go Slow in the Sun
Say Health People
It’s time for fun in the sun,
but you shouldn’t overdo it, ad
vises Miss Lucile Higginbotham,
head of the Extension Service
health department. “Get your sun
a little at a time don’t rush
out into the sun for an all-day
outing the first time.” She adds
that 20 minutes is long enough
the first day.
Ilp Uteijtl! (Emrnty Nana
Dedicated To the Progress of Cumming and Forsyth County
DEATH
Asberry Holbrook
Asberry F. Holbrook, 76 of
Cumming route 3 died July 31
at the Saint Joseph Hospital,
Atlanta from a heart attack.
Final services were held at
the Pleasant Grove Methodist
Church Saturday August 1 at
3:00 p.m. with the Revs. John
Ozley and James Mcßrayer of
ficiating. Interment was in the
church cemetery.
Survivors are: Wife, Mrs.
Ashberry F. Holbrook, Cumming
route 3; daughter, Mrs. Dewey
Gilbert, Atlanta; daughter, Mrs.
Egbert J. Cape, Atlanta; bro
ther, C.T. Holbrook, Union City,
Tenn.; brother, Joe C. Holbrook,
Tucker, Ga.; sister, Mrs. J.W.
Erwin, Atlanta; sister, Mrs. V.
G. McNeeley, College Park.
Holbrook was also survived by
three grandchildren and one
great grandchild.
Arrangements were made by
Ingram Funeral Home.
Forsyth Man
Gets Sentence
In Car Theft
A Forsyth County man was con
victed on a charge of car theft in
Hall County Superior Court last
week and sentenced to six-to
-10 years in prison.
Billy Wilson, 30, was found
guilty of stealing an auto own
ed by Jim Head last month from
Dorothy Drive address.
Jerry Painter, 19, of Dawson
County, was indicted on the same
charge with Wilson. Painter earl
ier entered a plea of guilty and
received an eight-to-10 year sen
tence.
In another trial which ended
yesterday, Nelson Wiley was
found guilty of shooting another.
The jury recommended misde
meanor punishment and Wiley
was sentenced to nine months.
Wiley was accused of wounding
Luther Turner with a shot from
a .38 caliber pistol during an al
tercation near Lula last May.
An assault and battery case
was on trial in court this morn
ings
Mental Health Group
Gathers Information
The mental health Advisory Committee of Forsyth
County devoted their meeting July 31 to discussing the in
formation they had been gathering for the past several
weeks and programming specific methods of putting their
plans into action.
Those present in the meeting
were: Mrs. Grace Palmour, lo
cal health nurse; Miss Jean
Meeks, social worker, health de
partment, Hall County; Mrs.
Kathlene Murphey, planning as
sistant of health department dis
trict 25; Mrs. Joe Gaines, direct
or of public health, Gainesville;
Forsyth County school superin
tendent, Alman Hill; hospital ad
ministrator, James Cox; Dr. Ral
ph Bottoms and Commissioner,
A.R. Housely.
Reports
Mrs. Palmour pointed out that
during the year ’63-’64 some 500
mental cases were treated pri
vately in Forsyth County; and
56 cases were referred to psy
chiatric centers outside the coun
ed in England in the mid 18th Century. In America
during the early 1800's it became known as the 'London
Barrel' shotgun, used mainly by the Cherokee Indians
of North Georgia. The U.S. Government had granted
the Indians a limited supply of these guns for hunt
ing game. Owner Wade has refused many SIOO offers
and believes that it may be worth in the thousands
of dollars. A popular belief among gun collectors is
that the London Barrel was distributed only in Geor
gia; if this is true, Wade indeed possesses a valuable
treasure.
CUMMING, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5, 1964
Grand Jury Indicts
17 Liquor Violators
Luke Appling Wins
Hall of Fame Honor
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Tribble and
family attended the installation
ceremonies which placed Luke
Appling, Mrs. Tribble’s" father,
in the baseball Hall of Fame
last Monday. The induction was
held in Cooperstown, N.Y. Mr.
Appling was selected to the Hall
of Fame earlier this year on the
basis of his being a valuable hit
and-run hitter and an outstand
ing shortstop between 1930 and
1950. He currently holds a coach
ing position with the Kansas City
Athletics.
Appling is only the second
Georgian to receive this much
coveted award: Ty Cobb was
number one in 1936.
Georgia Senators Support
Meat Import Restrictions
ATHENS - Beef, lamb and
mutton import quota restrictions
passed the Senate July 28 by a
vote of 72 - 15. The legislation
would limit these red meat im
ports to the 1959 - 1963 average
in lieu of the voluntary limits
negotiated by the administration
with the major exporters' which
based voluntary limits on the
average high import years of
1962 - 1963. These record imports
have resulted in depressed dom
estic prices that have bankrupt
ed many cattle feeders across
the country and seriously threat
ened the Southeastern feeder
calf market this fall.
The lopsided victory came as
a surprise to the nations’ live
stock producers in view of the
vigorous administration opposi
tion to the legislated quotas and
when passed by the House, faces
ty. Mrs. Palmour also mentioned
that 29 alcoholic cases, originat
ing in the county, have been
treated during the past year.
The second report involved
school drop-out cases for the ac
ademic year, ’63-64. Alman Hill
reported 90 drop-outs and 220
failures during this period. A
possible direct cause effecting
drop-outs is the number of teen
age marriages (33) in Forsyth
County.
Hill believes that drop-outs,
failures as well as the apathetic
attitude among students today
can all be traced to emotional
problems beginning at home.
A third report came from the
department of Family and Chil
dren, supervised by Mrs. Eloise
Others honored along with
Luke Appling were Red Faber,
Burleigh Grimes and Heinie
Manus. Posthumously elected
were Miller Huggins, Tim Keefe
and John Montgomery Ward.
Also present to hear a mes
sage of congratulations from
President Lyndon Johnson, read
to the new members by Com
missioner of baseball Ford Fri
ck were already Hall of Famers
George Sisler, Frank Erisch,
Bill Terry, Sam Rice, Elmer
Flick, Charley Gehringer, Joe
McCarthy, Ray Schalk, Bill Mc-
Kechnie and American League
' President Joe Cronin.
a threatened presidential veto.
Both of Georgia’s Senators sup
ported the measure and Congres
sman G. Elliott Hagan of the Ist
Congressional District is repre
senting Georgia as one of the
many sponsors of the legislation
in the House of Representatives.
The Bill sponsored by the
American National Cattlemen’s
Association has been strongly
supported by the Georgia Live
stock Association, the Georgia
affiliate of the National as well
as most of the Associations re
presenting the Georgia livestock
industry.
Hansel Chastain, Association
President and head cattle buyer
for Sunnland Packing Company
commented on the victory today:
“We are particularly pleased
with the support of Senators Rus
sell and Talmadge.
Poole. The report was made
December of 1963 when, at that
time, there were eight children
living in the four foster homes
in Forsyth County. Monies spent
on old age assistance for the
month of December was $22,076
and for foster children, $512.
At the time of the report, there
had been three maternal cases
referred to private doctors in the
county.
A.R. Housely pointed out that
$25,000 per year (about 4 per
cent of the total county funds) is
spent on welfare each year.
Concepts
Miss Meeks believes that the
term mental health involves much
more than just whether a child
is retarded or not. Miss Meeks
said that a person is mentally
adjusted if he or she has the
ability to gain basic pleasures
out of life, knows how to assume
mature responsibilities, has de
veloped sound work patterns and
does not come in conflict with
the law.
Miss Meeks indicated that the
most vunerable people to become
plagued with mental health
problems are the aged, children
(non teen age) and the physical
ly handicapped.
Plans
The purpose of the meeting was
to determine in what direction
to proceed now that some basic
information has been gathered.
Mrs. Murphey suggested that
the committee should decide upon
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Georgia Farm Bureau Federation
Backs States* Bights Amendment
The Georgia Farm Bureau
federation, joined by County
Farm Bureaus throughout the
state and a total of 2,743 County
Farm Bureaus in the nation,
will join other organizations in
support of a Constitutional a
mendment to uphold states’
rights in determining Assembly
structure.
The Board of Directors of the
state’s largest general farm or
ganization gave approval to con
certed effort in this direction in
a session on July 28.
Charles B. Shuman, President
of the 1,626,000 farm fam i ly
member American Farm Bureau
Federation, in a four-state Farm
Bureau conference in Charles
ton termed the Supreme Court
Lawmen Crack Down on Drag
Racing; 20 Arrests Made
County lawmen cracked down on liquor violators last
week as 17 persons were indicted for whisky violations by
a Grand Jury during the term, July 27-29.
Those indicted at the Forsyth
County superior Court were:
Homer Wilson, John Robert Sor
rells, James Phillips, Homer
Odom, Ollie Wilson, Hubert Ter
ry, Roger Martin, Lester Holtz
claw, Bobby Turner, Edan Fie
lds and L A. Smith.
Out of the 60 bills presented
by Solicitor General Jess Wat
son to the Grand Jury for vote,
53 were returned as true. Other
than the whiskey bills, the re
maining cases involved traffic
violations and 20 drag racing in
cidents, five termed as ‘clown
ing.’
Five teenagers from Gwinnett
County were given a suspended
sentence and placed on probation
for clowning on highway 19 last
month. The boys involved were:
Richard Shelton, Jerry Sebolt,
Jerry Payne, Douglas Sebolt and
Need Moore
The only civil case that was
tried in the July term was Hol
comb versus Edwin Martin,
Sandy Springs Student Wins
National Physics Contest
Denver Collins, a senior at San
dy Springs High School is one
of 12 winners of a SSO prize in
a nationwide 3M Physics Essay
Contest. The contest was spon
sored by the 3M Company
through' the “Physics Teacher,”
a magazine published by the A
merican Association of Physics
Teachers.
Denver is the grandson of Mr.
and Mrs. Jeff Crowe of Cum
ming, route I.
In the contest, students were
asked to write an essay on three
of eight physics problems. They
were to predict the result of an
experiment described in the pro
blem and then support their pre
diction.
Essays were submitted to the
“Physics Teacher” through the
student high school teacher, Mr.
William P. Adams.
As many as 40 awards will be
given in a series of contests held
over a two-year period.
The 3M Company, which is
headquartered in St. Paul,
Senator Fears Effect
Of Apportionment Decision
THE DISSENTING opinions in
the recent U.S. Supreme Court
legislative apportionment decis
ions clearly indicate how far the
court has strayed from its con
stitutional role in our govern
ment.
Said Justice Stewart: "The
court’s draconian pronouncement
which makes unconstitutional the
legislatures of most of the 50
states, finds no support in the
words of the Constitution, in any
prior decision of this court, or
in the 175-year political history
of our federal union. With all
respect, I am convinced these
decisions mark a long step back
ward into that unhappy era when
a majority of the rtiembers of
this court were thought by many
to have convinced themselves
and each other that the demands
of the Constitution were to be
measured not by what it says,
but by their own notions of wise
political theory.”
Said Justice Harlan: “These
decisions give support to a cur
rent mistaken view of the Con
stitution and the constitutional
decision on apportionment of
both houses “an absolute per
version of the intent of the Unit
ed States Constitution.”
Already over 60 different a
mendments have been introduc
ed in Congress which would up
hold the legislative rights exer
cised for 173 years by states un
der the Constitution, Bill of
Rights and legislative laws.
Georgia Farm Burau Presi
dent Harry L. Brown, of Moun
tain City, observed that "neith
er the Constitution, the Bill of
Rights nor Congressional laws
have been changed which would
destroy this state right.”
The Federation has asked
Georgia’s Congressional delega
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Martin Trucking Company and
Ford Martin. The jury found for
the plaintiff with Hammond re
ceiving $12,000. The case involv
ed a damage suit growing out
of an automobile accident.
Goings and Dickerson
A significant indictment made
last week was against R.L. Dick
erson and R.F. Goings, represen
tatives of the A-l Bonding Com
pany, Atlanta.
They were indicted by the
grand jury for an assault made
upon Louis Hill April 30. The
case grew out of an allocation
over a bond forfeit for a traffic
violation.
A spokesman for the A-l bond
ing Service said at the time
that the “whole business” was
a mistake when Goings and Dick
erson entered Hill’s home near
Cumming. struck him across the
face with a pistol, knocked him
down and continued to beat him.
The men were placed under a
$3,500 bond.
Minn., manufacturers thousands
of products for home and indus
try, including the well known
“Scotch” brand cellophane tape.
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Denver Collins
functon of this court. This view,
in a nutshell, is that every ma
jor social ill in this country can
find its cure in some constitu
tional ‘principal,’ and that this
court should 'take the lead’ in
promoting reform when other
branches of government fail to
act. The Constitution is not a
panacea for every blot upon the
public welfare, nor should this
court, ordained as a judicial
body, be thought of as a gen
eral haven for reform move
ments.”
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THESE ARE INDEED strong
indictments of the Supreme
Court, but well-justified, I be
lieve. In one decision after an
other, the court digs deeper and
deeper into the foundations of
our republican form of govern
ment.
Naturally, many Americans
have become greatly concerned
about the continued usurpation
by the court of legislative au
thority, by taking unto itself
powers it was never meant to
have under the Constitution.
tion and Governor Carl Sanders
to give support to such Congres
sional actions.
In other action, the Georgia
Farm Burau Board approved a
budged amendment whereby the
Federation would purchase $2,-
500 of preferred stock in the
Georgia Farm Bureau Marketing
Association approved purchase
of additional land for a future
building site, and voted to streng
then the Federation information
al activities.
The Directors, also serving as
the Beard for the Georgia Farm
Bureau Mutual Insurance Com
pany, reviewed progress reports
of that affiliate, plus the Geor
gia Farm Bureau Investment
Company.
WEATHER VANE
Temperatures as follows, normal maxi
mum, 89-93 degrees normal minimum 79
degrees. Showers very probable over
weekend.
NEWS NOTES
Out of State Men
Wreck Autos Here
Canton State Patrol reported
that Thomas Roland Phillips, 39,
of 118 Benson Drive, Marietta,
was involved in an automobile
accident near here, July 30.
The accident occurred at 7:30
a.m. at the intersection of Geo
rgia 141 and U.S. 19 four miles
north of Cumming.
The other driver involved was
Charles David Lacy of 423 Har
oldson Avenue, Gadston, Alaba
ma.
Police say that Haroldson col
lided with Phillips and was ch
arged with failure to grant right
of way. Patrolmen estimate the
damages to Phillips’ car at about
$400; Haroldson’s car at S3OO.
Basketball Clinic
Begins Next Week
D.B. Carroll, veteran basket
ball coach of Forsyth County will
conduct two periods of instruc
tion on girls basketball at the
Georgia Athletic Coaches Asso
ciation clinic in Atlanta next
week.
Carroll, a basketball mentor at
Forsyth, Pickens County and
Canton for more than 30 years,
will talk on fundamentals, plays
and defense.
This is Carroll’s third time as
instructor -at the clinic. During
his coaching career, he had tu
tored five state championship
basketball teams, and has com
peted in more state tournaments
than one could count on his fin
gers. He had three class cham
pionship teams at Pickens and
one each at Canton and Forsyth
County.
The Athletic Coaches clinic an
nually proceeds the North-South
All-Star football and basketball
games held in Atlanta at Grant
Field and Alexander Memorial
Colesieum.
Liberty Baptists
Schedule Revival
Revival services will begin at
Liberty Baptist Church in Daw
son County on Sunday, August 9.
The Rev. Jack Hardman of Haw
Creek Baptist Church will assist
the Rev. C. B. Gazaway through
the week. The services will be
gin at 11:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m.
daily.
Wade Family Ha*
Prominent Visitors
Mr. William Tate, dean of men
at the University of Georgia,
Athens, and Mr. Loyd G. Marlin
of Winder, noted minister and
historian were honored guests of
Mr. Forrest Wade, Cumming,
route 4. Sunday afternoon August
2.
Corinth Baptists
Hold Revival Meet
Revival services for Corinth
Baptist Church in Forsyth County
are slated to begin Sunday Aug
ust 9 and continue through the
15. Services will be held each
day at 11 a.m. and 8 p.m. The
Rev. C.E. Warren will assist the
pastor, the Rev. Joe Hudlow in
conducting the services.
Turner Reunion
Slated August 9
Sunday, August 9, is the date
set for the Turner Reunion to
be held at the Juno Baptist
Church in Dawson County. Re
latives of the family are invited
to attend and bring lunch.
Sharon PTA Offers
Automobile Tags
The Sharon P.T.A has tags of
Forsyth County for the front grills
of cars. These tags are printed
in red and white. The officers
of the P.T.A. say they will deliv
er anywhere in the county for
SI.OO each. Proceeds will be used
by the school. You may place
your order by calling 887-4089.
Bethelview iMews
The Bethelview Community
Club will meet Saturday, August
8 at 7:30 at the community house.
The Bethelview Methodist church
held its vacation Bible school
July 27 through the 31. Some 70
children enrolled. The Bcthsl
view MYF is having an outing
at the Vogel State Park Tues
day, August 4.
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