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FCHS PRINCIPAL LEONARD CRAWFORD (SEATED) ADMIRES VICA PLAQUE HELD BY
CLUB’S PRESIDENT, DONALD LAMB. CURTIS KINGSLEY AND C. N. LAMBERT LOOK ON.
VICA Club Rated Superior
The VICA Club of Forsyth
County High School received a
Superior rating at the recent
State VICA Leadership Confer
ence held at Atlanta’s Sherato
n and brought home a
handsome plaque to confirm the
award.
Attending the three-day con
ference and representing FCHS*
Club were Donald Lamb, VICA
President; Joe Smith, Vice -
President and Automotive
Mechanics Coach; Bud Lang,
Ass’t. Automotive Mechanics
Coach; Philip Martin, Club
Reporter; Randy Smith and Bil
ly Johnson, recent winners in
the N.W. Ga. Automotive com
petition; Loyd Pendley; and Mr.
Herschel Elrod, DCT Coordina
tor.
Randy and Billy will enter
State competition this weekend
at Atlanta Area Vocational
School, where they hope to win
yet another award for this out
standing club.
Loyd Pendley found himself
enmeshed in politics at the re
cent conference in Atlanta, as
he was running for the office
of State Parliamentarian. Af
ter the first ballot, Loyd was
high man, but a run-off was
necessitated and his loss was
by an unbelievably narrow mar
gin.
At the conference, which got
underway Thursday, April 24,
State Competition was held in
many categories; State officers
were elected and installed; gen
eral sessions were held; and the
weekend was climaxed with the
Saturday-evening Banquet.
The awards were presented
at the Banquet. Out of 92 VICA
Clubs represented, only 25 were
recipients of the coveted Su
perior rating. Ratings are
based on points earned through
out the year by the Clubs, and
a minimum of 1,000 is neces
sary in order to receive the
highest rating, as the FCHS
Club did.
As indication of how diffi
cult it is to amass the sum of
1,000 points, our local Club,
through competition, projects,
and participation in certain e
vents tallied up their points in
this way:
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SP4 DAVID C. NOLAN
Nolan
Promoted In
Vietnam
§P4 David C. Nolan , who is
serving with the United States
Army in Viet Nam, earned the
promotion to Sgt. First Class
last week.
Sgt. Nolan has been in Viet
Nam since last May 21, and
will be coming home in June.
He is the son ol Mrs. Ollie
Nolan of 257 Tolbert Street In
Cumming, Georgia.
For the N.W. Ga. competi
tion, they entered several ca
tegories, and earned a total of
20 points; attendance at the
VICA Breakfast was more than
100% membership, thereby net
ting the Club a total of 200
points. One-hundred percent
participation in the State VICA
organization earns 100 points
for a local club, and partici
pation in Area and State Com
petition earns 130. The FCHS
Club received 160 points for
participation in their local Pub
lic and Human Relations pro
grams. These, and other points
earned on various projects and
events this year, slowly but
surely put our local VICA or
ganization over the top and ra
ted them with other outstanding
organizations in Georgia VICA.
The festive banquet Saturday
evening was attended by all rep
resentatives at the conference,
numbering approximately 506,
in addition to members of the
various school’s administra
tions. C. N. Lambert, Forsyth
County School Superintendent,
and Curtis Kingsley, Director
of the new Vocational High
School attended. Principal of
Forsyth County High, Leonard
Crawford, had a previous en
gagement at the FBLA banquet
being held simultaneously at the
Dinkier.
VICA at Forsyth High is three
years old. In those three years,
the Club has earned one Excel
lent and two Superior ratings,
this year’s being the second Su
perior in a row. The next step,
Mr. Elrod explains, is to be des
ignated Outstanding Program in
the State. He also states that
the local organization wants to
begin grooming a candidate for
National office.
The plaque won by the FCHS
VICA Club will be on display
at the County Superintendent’s
office for two weeks, begin
ning Monday, May 5.
Summing up his feelings a
bout this award, Mr. Elrod said,
“ In receiving this distinct
honor from the State and Nation
al VICA organization, I must
say that in my 23 years of work
ing with our youth in school
programs, never have I seen
Cumming PTA
To Hold
Final Meet
The final meeting of the
1968-69 school year will beheld
by the Cumming PTA Thurs
day evening, May 1, at 8 p.m.
at Lower Elementary School.
There was no meeting in Ap
ril, due to Spring Holidays, so
there will be many important
matters included in the May
meeting.
Nomination and election of
officers is on the agenda, as
the Association prepares fora
nother year beginning in Sep
tember.
The program will concen
Physical Education, and will be
conducted by Miss Sherry A
dams, Girls’ Physical Educa
tion instructor at Forsyth High.
Featured on the program will
be a number of Elementary
school students.
Parents of students at Lower,
Upper, and Forsyth High School
are urged to attend this very im
portant final meeting,
A nursery will be provided
for small children.
a group of youngsters more ef
ficient in presenting the works
and views of the entire DCT de
partment than this year’s rep
resentatives. The display of
dignity, honor, and team-pro
fessionalism they presented
would be admired by any school
in the nation.”
Elrod further stated, “If we,
as adults, will point out an ac
tion program for our youth to
day, they will put the wheels
in motion....as the old saying
goes, ‘As the twig is bent, so
grows the tree’.”
Band Takes
Concert
To Florida
An audience estimated at 500-
600 people enthusiastically
greeted the Spring Concert of
the Bands of Forsyth County,
“ 1969: A Musical Odyssey”,
Friday evening, April 25.
Under the direction of Lon
Turner, the Flash of Crimson,
Red Flame, and Sparkler Bands
performed a program of va
ried and entertaining numbers
at the high-school gym.
The Flash of Crimson began
the evening’s entertainment
with the fanfare from the mo
tion picture “2001: A Space
Odyssey”, which suggested the
concert’s theme this year. Nar
rator Joyce Turner and the
three Bands then took the au
dience on a musical journey
highlighting many different
styles and tempos.
A more detailed description
of the Concert is on the inside
pages of this week’s NEWS,
in the Band’s regular column.
The Flash of Crimson’s next
appearance will beinSt.Augus
tine, Florida, May 10, when they
present a concert in the Band
Shell.
Communication with the St,
Augustine Chamber of Com
merce indicates a warm wel
come for Forsyth County’s rep
resentatives, who will leave on
May 8. A visit to Cape Kenne
dy is on the itenerary for May
9, and the Band and chaperones
will return to Cumming Sun
day, May 11.
Clegg Umpired Mantle And Son
BY:CHARLIE ROBERTS
James Burie Clegg, principal
of Chestatee School in Forsyth
County, undoubtedly holds the
rare distinction of being the
only person who ever umpired
baseball games involving two
Mickey Mantles.
Clegg, for many years a pro
fessional umpire and for many
years also a coach at numer
ous Georgia high schools in
Bald Ridge Hosts Bar-B-Q
Nearly 100 local businessmen
and Forsyth County citizens ate
what seemed like tons of A 1
Causey’s pork ribs and potato
salad at Bald Ridge Marina last
Thursday night in an acquaint
anceship meeting with the Ma
rina’s new owners.
Oby T. Brewer and Hilton
Johnson went all out with a fine
feast and short talks on their
plans for the "new” marina.
They have many plans under
way for clean-up, dress-up ,
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CUMMING, GEORGIA
City May Face Legal Action if Pollution
From Oxidation Pond Does Not Stop
FCHS Trailing In Race For
Sub-region Championship
With only one game left to
play this season, Forsyth Co
unty trails Gainesville by half
a game in the race for thesub
region championship. Gaines
ville beat Forsyth County in a
pitching duel last Monday, 2-0.
Danny Vaughan gave up only
three hits pitching for the Bull
dogs and David Chester gave up
only four hits pitching for
Gainesville and not until the
ninth inning did any runs cross
the plate. In the top of the
ninth, Vaughn walked the first
batter he faced. Then Gaines
ville’s Steve Pierce smashed
a single to right field that he
stretched into a triple when the
Bulldog outfileder bobbled the
ball. One run had crossed the
plate and Gainesville led 1-0.
The next batter sacrificed Pie
rce in and Gainesville hada2-0
lead when Vaughn finally re
tired the side. Chester put
the Bulldogs down quickly in
the bottom of the ninth inning
to claim the victory. The loss
of this game put the Bulldogs
into a tie with Gainesville for
the sub-region championship.
Newton County won a freak
game from the Bulldogs last
Wednesday in Covington. Jerry
Smith pitched for the Bulldogs
and gave up only three hits to
Newton batters while the Bull
dogs blasted the Ram pitchers
for twelve hits. Forsyth led
going into the bottom of the
sixth inning, 3-2. With two
outs and the bases loaded, a
Newton County player rapped a
hit that knocked in the tying
and winning runs. The Bulldogs
couldn’t score any more runs
in the top of the seventh and
the game ended with Newton
County winning 4-3.
Forsyth County beat Winder
last Monday 9-6 to hold onto a
slim chance at the sub-region
championship. Jerry Smith was
the winning pitcher for the Bull
dogs, giving up six hits. The
Bulldogs smashed 12 hits to
earn their 9 runs. In non
region games last week the
Bulldogs beat Fairmont be
hind Donny’s Castleberry’s pit
ching and lost their second
game to Cherokee County by a
score of 10-3. The Warriors
of Cherokee County smashed
12 hits, including two home
runs off the Bulldog pitcher
Steve Higginbotham. The Bull
dogs got 13 hits against Cher
okee pitchers Bill Darby and
James Grambling but left most
of the runners stranded on base.
The Bulldogs got two of their
runs in the second inning and
eluding Atlanta Roosevelt,
called balls and strikes behind
Mickey Mantle, Jr., in a Sat
urday, April 12 game between
Riverside and McCallie.
And the trip to Gainesville
proved to be a pleasant nostal
gic journey down memory lane
for Clegg, who in 1951 umpired
in theAmericanAssociationand
recalls the young Mickey Mantle
and expansion of the facility
which have been badly needed
for some time.
Businessmen, guests, and the
Forsyth County Chamber of
Commerce gave official greet
ing and a hearty welcome to
the new owners and wished them
every success as well as full
cooperation in their venture.
Good luck to a fine addition to
our community in their effort
to promote boating and tourism
In Forsyth County.
Dedicated to the Progress 4k Cumming and Forsyth County
the other run in tire sixth. The
Warriors had two big innings,
the third and the sixth, when
they got four runs.
While Forsyth County was
losing to Newton County and
beating Winder, Gainesville was
sweeping their region games.
The Red Elephants beat New
ton County twice last week, 9-1
on Thursday and 7-3 on Fri
day. Gainesville will play Win
der this Friday night and the
only chance Forsyth County has
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SGT. WILLIAM MARTIN (R.)
Sgt. William Martin
Gets Commendation
Sergeant William E. Martin
(left), son of Mr. and Mrs.
Edsel Martin, 111 Pirkle Wood
Circle, Cumming,Ga., receives
the U. S. Air Force Commenda
tion Medal at Moody AFB, Ga.
Sergeant Martin was decorated
for meritorious service as an
aircraft engine mechanic at
Phan Rang AB, Vietnam. He
was cited for his outstanding
professional skill and initiative.
The sergeant, now at Moody in
a unit of the Air Training Com
mand, is a 1965 graduate of
Forsyth County High School.
His wife, JoAnn, is the daughter
Redwine
t
The Red Wine Lodge will be
confering their Entered Appre
ntice Degree, May 3, at 8
o’clock.
All qualified persons are in
vited to attend.
-dispatched by the New York
Yankees to Kansas City for 40
games--as the most exciting
young player he ever saw.
"That fine looking young man
and performer playing center
field for Riverside surely prod
ded my memory,” reminisces
Clegg. "Mickey, Jr. made me
remember a lot of things be
sides how spectacular Mickey
Sr. was back then, too
like Ernie Johnson, now one of
those voices of the Braves,
leading the league in pitching;
Willie Mays playing for Minn
eapolis eary in the season, and
Harry Walker leading the lea
gue in hitting.
"I saw many future major
league stars come through the
Association, but Mickey was in
a class by himself and had the
super label stamped all over
him.
"Mickey Jr, looks quite like
his dad--well built, above 5-11
but not so broad in ths shoul
ders. And his dad had those
large forearms and wrists.”
TEN CENTS PER COPY
for winning sub-region hinge on
that game. Forsyth goes against
South Hall at South Hall Wed
nesday and should win the game
without too much trouble. If
Winder beats Gainesville and
the Bulldogs beat South Hall,
the Bulldogs and Gainesville
will be tied for first place a
a playoff will be necessary.
If Winder doesn’t beat Gaines
ville well, that will be
the end of this baseball season
for Forsyth County.
of Mr. and Mrs. Hoyt Mills,
Rt. 3, Cumming. Colonel Rus
sell V. Carson, deputy comma
nder for materiel for the 3550th
Pilot Training Wing, makes the
presentation.
Singing Set
There will be a Gospel sing
ing at the Shiloh Methodist Ch
urch (Cherokee County -Mica
Community) Saturday, May 3,
1969 at 7:30 p.m,.
The Calvarymen Quartet and
Joyfulaires will be present.
The public is cordially invited
to attend.
Singing
There will be a singing at
the Pine Crest Baptist Church
Sunday night May 4, at 7 o’clock.
Guest singers will be the
Calavrymen Quartet and the
Bennett Family.
Everyone is invited to attend.
Clegg dug up some clippings
of games in which Mantle play
ed, and the back side of one
reveals that Johnson was lead
ing the league in pitching thro
ugh Aug. 22. He was 13-2,
leading the league with 117
strike outs, and Clegg notes,
"Ole Ernie could buggy-whip
the ball in those days and was
never a cry baby on the mound.
He was a great pitcher and a
great guy. He is to this day
and you don’t hear him critic
izing umpires on Braves’broa
dcasts. That’s how he was
when he played, too no
alibis.”
Harry Walker of Columbus
was hitting .378 - 36 points
higher than second place Bob
Cerv-on the back of one yel
lowing clipping. And Clegg
points out that Jackie Jensen,
Taft Wright, Luis Olmo, Clint
Courtney, Murray Wall, Dick
Donovan, Bob Thorpe and num
erous other well knowns were
then trying to crash this last
rugged barrier to the majors.
The City of Cumming may be
faced with legal action concern
ing pollution from the oxidation
pond used by Wilson and Com
pany Poultry Processing plant.
The Georgia Water Quality
Control Board said Monday that
it has advised the state attorney
general’s office 1 to proceed with
legal action against the city and
Wilson and Company if the poll
ution is not cleared up or if
significant action has not been
taken.
A spokesman in the Attorney
General’s office, Lee Perry,
said that future action “depends
on the City of Cumming and the
Wilson firm”.
Perry said that the state
“does not wish to pursue the
matter through the courts ex
cept as a last resort.”
He pointed out that the odor
and pollution problem has stret
ched over a number of years.
Charles Starling of the Water
Quality Control Board said the
Cumming case was turned over
to the state legal department
“as a last resort.”
He said the Board “exhausted
all means of solving the prob
lem short of direct legal ac
tion."
The Board has been investi
gating the Cumming odor and
pollution problem for many
months.
The whole problem stems
from the sewage disposal pond
being utilized by the Wilson
and Company plant. Engineers
and city officials generally
agree that the pond is too small
and is inadequate to handle the
waste disposal needs of the
Wilson plant.
Both Starling and Perry said
some of the blame for the poll
ution is traced to waste prob
lems at the Wilson plant.
When asked if the Wilson firm
is to blame for the odor and
pollution problem, Perry only
stated that Wilson would be
named jointly in legal action if
such action is filed.
Starling suggested that a
more elaborate screening of
wastes and better controls in
the Wilson plant could possibly
alleviate a considerable port
ion of the problem. When asked
directly if Wilson and Company
could be doing more to help
solve the problem, Starling
said, “In view of the type of
treatment facilities in Cumm
ing, the answer is yes.”
Starling said the the Bio-
Chemical Oxygen Demand in the
creek emptying from the Wilson
oxidation pond exceeds safety
levels and has posed problems
for the municipal water system
of Roswell. Roswell obtains
its water from the same stream
which leaves the Wilson and
Company pond.
In checking with other cities
which have encountered similar
problems, The NEWS learned
from Gainesville water and
sewage superintendent Gurley
Satterfield Monday that Gaines
ville has an ordinance govern
ing wastes which may be dumoed
into the city system from poul
try plants. Waste must be pass
ed through a screen whose op
ening may not exceed 0.0012
(twelve then thousandths) of a
square inch. Also, no blood
may be passed into the sewage
system, Satterfield said the
ordinance is enfored in Gaine
sville. He said that, on one
or two occasions, his staff "has
come close to filing charges
against one or two plants, but
they have complied with the
ordinance after seeing that the
city meant business.”
The Gainesville ordinance
was passed after the city of
Gainesville lost a lawsuit filed
by a restaurant owner who con
tended that pollution of Flat
Creek by poultry plants in Gai
nesville damaged his business.
The jury reached the decision
that the city had full responsi
bility and liability for the sew
age once it entered the city
system.
An engineering firm employ
ed by the city of Cumming says
that an aeriation system will
make the Wilson pond usable
and effective - for a time, any
way.
The system will costs9o,ooo.
Mayor George Ingram said
MAY 1, 1969
Monday that the city is attempt
ing to work with Wilson to solve
the problem.
He also stated that Wilson
has indicated a willingness to
co-operate with the city.
No-one at Wilson’s this week
would make a statement to the
NEWS concerning the problem.
Both Starling of the Water
Quality Control Board and
Perry of the Georgia Attorney
General’s Office placed a gen
erous share of the blame for
the problemon WilsonandCom
pany and its apparent unwilling
ness to clean up the wastes
pouring into the local oxidation
pond.
The test will come within the
next few weeks. Wilson and
Company presently pays the
city S2OO per month for its
sewage service. It pays a
$4,000 per month water bill.
In other cities, poultry pro
cessors are usually charged for
sewage at a rate which amounts
to about half of the water bill.
That leaves Wilson SI,BOO
short.
Lambert
Attends
Council
Superintendent of Schools C.
N. Lambert, and some of the lo
cal school principals attended
the Northeast Georgia Teach
er Education Council held Tue
sday, April 29 at Reinhardt Col
lege in Waleska.
Featured on the program, be
ginning at 4:30p.m., were Jerry
Pritchard, Cherokee - Forsyth
Educational Services, who
works with Exceptional Chil
dren, and Donald Little, Read
ing Consultant. Both these men
work in Forsyth County schools
on a share-basis with Cherokee
County.
Speakers for the evening were
Dr. Harold Dennis and Mr. Ken
Simons. Their topic was “Feas
ibility Study of Computerized
Education in Ninth District”.
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SA LARRY B. VAUGHAN
Seaman
Vaughan
In Navy
SA Larry B. Vaughan, son of
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Vaughan,
Jr., is now serving with the
U. S. Navy. He completed his
basic training at NTC/RTC Or
lando, Fla., and is now stationed
aboard the USS San Pablo, which
is presently ported at his home
port, Philidelphia, Pa.
He is a 1967 graduate of
Forsyth County High School and
he also graduated from Lanier
Tech. He is married to the
former Nancy Martin.