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Landrum Hits Labeling
Hep. Phil Landrum warned
this week that unless discrimi
natory labeling of chicken meat
in sausage products is ended
before November certain poul
try companies in Georgia and
other states could be put out
of business.
The Georgia Congressman
pointed out that in November
the Wholesome Meat Act will
require labeling on cooked
sausage products sold within a
state to conform to misleading
discriminatory federal labeling
restrictions. Representative
Landrum stressed that when he
and his colleagues in Congress
voted for the Wholesome Meat
Act and Wholesome Poultry
Products Act they never in
tended them to be used to “pad
lock the doors of legitimate bus
iness houses."
Congress man Landrum’s
comments were carried on a
radio tape distributed by the
National Broiler Council to
farm broadcasters and key ra
dio stations throughout the na
tion.
The broiler industry has
sought for years to put an end
to the practice of using federal
food inspection laws to freeze
chicken out of competition with
other meats as a component of
hot dogs and other sausage.
In commenting on the situa
tion Congressman Landrum had
this to say: “We have been
hearing a great deal lately a
bout the so-called ‘chicken hot
dog* issue. The question before
us is whether or not the U. S.
Department of Agriculture
should allow manufacturers of
cooked sausage products to in
clude chicken in their sausages
and frankfurters without being
required to identify chicken in
the product name on the label.
“Actually, when we buy bo
logna, knockwurst even ‘all
meat franks’ we don’t see
beef, pork, or any other in
gredient named on the label.
I don’t see why there should be
any necessity for chicken to be
so named. After all, chicken
would be identified in the in
gredient statement of the label.
“Now, the USDA has taken at
least one small step in the right
direction. On April 9th they is
sued a proposal that up to 15%
chicken be permitted in cooked
sausage products without the
special labeling requirement.
Why 15%? I haven’t seen any
evidence which would suggest
the need for this mandatory cut
off at 15%. I think it’s arbi
trary and discriminatory .
There is no such forced cutoff
for any other meat ingredient.
“More important, my poul
try people in Georgia some
of whom are marketing chick
en in these cooked sausage
products IF THEY ARE SOLD
INTRASTATE (that is, within
the borders of the state in which
they are manufactured) tell
me that even this intrastate
trade in these products will be
threatened by November of this
year, at which time the Whole
some Meat Act will require
that labeling of these products
must conform to the federal la
beling restrictions even for in
trastate trade.
Veterans
Assisted
More than 11 million veter
ans have received G. I. Bill
education and training in the
quarter of a century since the
World War II G. I. Bill was
signed into law on June 22,
1944, the Veterans Administra
tion reported recently.
Under the World War II pro
gram, 7,800,000 veterans re
ceived $14.5 billion in educa
tional assistance from the VA.
Before that program ended in
July 1956, more than two and a
quarter million World War n
veterans entered the nation’s
colleges and universities. A
nother 3,400,000 took below -
college - level training.
The Korean G. I. Bill edu
cation and training program ran
from July 16, 1952 to Jan. 31,
1965.
During this period, 2,391,000
eligible veterans received $4.5
billion in VA educational assis
tance allowances.
The present Post-Korean G.I.
Bill education an training pro
gram began on June 1, 1966. To
date, nearly 1,150,000 eligible
veterans and 83,000 service
men have entered training
697,000 at the college level,
394,000 below - college - level,
and 58,000 in on-the-job train
ing.
The VA has paid approxima
tely $1.2 billion in educational
assistance allowances to these
trainees, more than half of
whom had Viet-Nam era ser
vice.
“This means only one thing.
Poultry companies in my state
of Georgia and other states
as well could be put out of
business because of actions by
an agency of the federal gov
ernment. These poultry com
panies, producing clean, whole
some, federally - inspected
chicken, would in that instance
be denied the right to do busi
ness because they have com
mitted the unforgivable sin of
wanting to compete on the same
terms as their competitors.
“When my colleagues in the
Congress and I voted for the
Wholesome Meat Act and the
Wholesome Poultry Products
Act, we never had any idea, I am
sure, that this legislation would
ever be used to padlock the
doors of legitimate business
houses. This was never the in
tent of Congress.
“The U. S. Department of
Agriculture should encourage
competition not stifle it. I
have written a letter to the
Secretary of Agriculture sta
ting my conviction that his Ap
ril 9th proposal as regards
MRS. PATTERSON
Has Highest
Possible
Average
Mrs. Fern Patterson, Flow
ery Branch, will be listed on
the Dean’s List at Brenau Col
lege, Gainesville, for the Spring
Semester with the highest pos
sible average, a 4.0.
She will be a Senior at Bre
nau this fall. Her major is
Elementary Education. She is
also completing the required
hours for a major in Psychol
ogy.
Mrs. Patterson, wife of Hey
ward Patterson, will be remem
bered as the former Miss Fern
Byrd, formerly of Cumming Rt.
1. The Pattersons now reside
in Flowery Branch. Mrs. Pa
tterson is a 1951 graduate of
Chestatee High School.
Softball
Action
Reported
Sunday was a beautiful day
for softball, and scores for the
day are as follows:
Ducktown W'omen 12, Coal Mt.
Women 6; Coal Mt. Men 13,
Ducktown Men 1; Chattahoochee
Women 8, Matt 2; Matt Men 11,
Chattahoochee 8; Cumming Wo
men won a close game over Oak
Grove 3-2, and Cumming Men
beat Oak Grove 11-2,
Midway - Friendship post
poned their game muntil Wed
nesday night, June 18. Their
score will be in next week’s
NEWS.
Chestatee was open this past
Sunday.
Standings as of this date are;
Women’s Division - Ist Place,
Chattahoochee, Chestatee, and
Friendship; 2nd Place, Duck
town and Midway; 3rd Place,
Matt; 4th, Coal Mountain; sth,
Cumming; and 6th Place, Oak
Grove.
Men’s Division Standings are:
Ist Place, Coal Mt.; 2nd, Matt;
3rd, Midway, Cumming, and
Chestatee; 4th, Oak Grove ,
Friendship, and Chattahoo
chee; and sth Place, Duck
town.
Games on schedule for next
week are: Matt at Coal Mt.,
Cumming at Midway, Friend
ship at Chestatee, Oak Grove
at Ducktown, and Chattahoochee
open.
poultry in cooked sausage prod
ucts is discriminatory and re
questing him to thoroughly re
study the matter and revise the
regulations so as to eliminate
any and all prejudicial and dis
criminatory treatment of the
poultry industry.
“....Not to mix metaphors,
but let’s remember: What’s
sauce for the goose is for the
gander.”
Checker
Tournament
Scheduled
On Saturday morning, June
21, at 10:00, drawing will be
gin for the Annual Checker
Tournament, to be held in the
Lanier Room of the Bank of
Cumming.
There will be no entry fee,
and prizes will be awarded
through six places in both the
majors and the minors. In
cluded in the prizes are four
country hams, two electric ra
dios, two transistor radios, bat
tery lanterns, and ballpoint
pens.
If minor checker players can
not be there at 10:00 a.m., they
may come and start playing af
ter the double elimination.
Sandwiches and soft drinks
will be served at supper.
Five dollars will be paid to
any and every one who can de
feat Mr. Cole, Traylor, Rola
der, or Jones a match.
James A. Otwell, Jr., Chair
man of the Annual Tournament,
hopes that this will be the big
gest checker attraction ever
held in Georgia. He urges all
who are interested to come,
bring a player, a checker board
and checkers and join the crowd
at the Lanier Room in the Bank
of Cumming on June 21.
Newspaper
Advertising
Wins Award
Four international awards for
excellence, one of them for a
series of ads run in weekly and
daily newspapers throughout
Georgia, have been presented
to Georgia Power Company’s
advertising department by the
Public Utilities Advertising As
sociation.
Winners of the 46th annual
International Better Copy Con
test were announced at PUAA’s
convention held recently in New
Orleans. The contest is the old
est continuous advertising com
petition in the world.
Contest entries totaled nearly
4,000. Investor-owned electric,
gas, water and telephone com
panies from throughout the na
tion and several foreign coun
tries submitted their best ad
vertising productions.
Categories in which Georgia
Power received awards of ex
cellence were public relations
newspaper advertising, interior
displays, painted outdoor ad
advertising and car, bus and
truck posters.
The newspaper ad series
outlined Georgia Power’s par
ticipation in community affairs.
One described the utility’s work
with Junior Achievement
groups. Another told of how
company employes and their fa
milies each Christmas dress
hundreds of dolls for under
privileged children. The third
encouraged Georgia’s young
people to study for a career In
science.
The Georgia utility’s ads
were ranked first in the PUAA
category of best complete ad
vertising programs in 1964 and
third in 1963 and 1965.
They Go
To See
Braves Play
On Thursday night, June 12,
over 200 Little Leaguers from
Forsyth County went by bus to
the Atlanta Stadium for the game
between the Atlanta Braves and
the Chicago Cubs.
Boys from the Pee Wee’s,
Minor League, Little League,
Senior Division and Haw Creek
Little Leaguers went as mem
bers of the Knothole Club.
Unfortunately, the Braves
were slaughtered 12-6 by the
Chicago Cubs.
THE NEWS
CUMMING, GEORGIA 30130
City Charges County Commissioner $5,000
Damages For Tapping Onto Water System
Parade Plans Finalized
The seventh meeting of the
4th of July Parade Committee
was held at 8 p.m. Monday night
in the Community House. The
following members were pres
ent: George Ingram, Rupert
Sexton, Cecil Merritt, Bobby
Wofford, Buck Roper, Earl Gil
strap, Athon Studdard, Edsel
Martin, Henry Willard, Bob La
ity, Al Fisher, Jack Tribble,
Billy Mcßrayer, Jimmy Fagan,
Everett Tate, Melvin Stansell,
Cleve Scoville, Broughton Wal
lace, Frank Roper and Joe Nunn.
Parade route and details con
cerning units were discussed.
The route will be east on Can
ton Road to Industrial Boule
vard, south on Industrial Blvd.
to Maple St., east on Maple
St. to Dahlonega Rd., north on
Dahlonega Road to Ingram Ave,
(steam engines only will travel
Ingram Avenue and Pilgrim Mill
Rd. to Dr. Jim Mashburn’s resi
dence) and the remainder of the
parade will return to the High
School or Kelly Mill Rd. byway
of Church St., Woodland St. and
Tribble Gap Rd.
Each group and all entries
will have identifying signs. The
parade will begin at 10:00 a.m.
sharp, with units lined up rea
dy to step off at 9:30.
ED WRIGHT
Forester
Wins Award
The Georgia Forestry Com
mission’s Forsyth-N. Fulton
County Forestry Unit, Cumming
has been named the Outstanding
County Unit in the Ninth Dis
trict by the Georgia Forestry
Association. Edward L. Wright
heads the unit.
The award was presented at
the opening of the 1969 annual
meeting of the Association at
Jekyll Island. Dorsey L. Dyer
head, Extension Forestry De
partment, Athens, made the
presentation. The three day
session concludes on Tuesday.
In making the award, Dyer
cited Wright for administering
one of the best forestry pro
grams in the Ninth District.
His educational activities have
aided in bringing about a county
wide appreciation for forest
fire control and the importance
of good forest management,
Dyer added.
In other awards, the Forestry
Commission’s Tenth District
with headquarters at Washing
ton, was named the Outstanding
District. H. G. Collier is the
district forester.
The Best Fire Record award
went to Gilmer County. J. L.
Dover heads the Gilmer County
facility.
Individual County Unit win
ners and rangers are Evans
County, A. D. Eason; Cook Co
unty, John B. MalnorjQuitman-
Stewart-Webster, James I. La
ne’ Fulton County, James F,
Bass; Laurens County, Grable
L. Ricks, and Glascock-Jeff
erson, George Barfield. Others
are Floyd County, Troy Floyd;
Glynn County, Clarence Hil
burn; and Richmond County,
T. M. Strickland.
Dedicated to the ProgressCumming and Forsyth County
Frank Roper reported that the
antique cars to be in the parade
are all ready to roll.
Earl Gilstrap is arranging for
street decorations, an innova
tion for this year’s parade.
Billy Mcßrayer stated that
the number of Shriners expected
for the parade will require about
30 minutes’marching time. The
Imperial Potentate has sent in
structions to all units to be pre
sent in Cumming for this great
event a tribute to the local
Shrine Club and is greatly
enthused over the opportunity to
be a part of the parade.
Afternoon activities will be
under the direction of the Lions
Club, which is preparing to feed
approximately 4,000 people at
noon and evening with barbecued
chicken and ham. Some 50 per
sons are said to be available for
helping in this mammoth under
taking, and they have asked for
any help from any source.
Various activities, such as
apple bobbing and greased pig
catching will be held on the
Courthouse Square from 2 to
5 p.m. Bobby Wofford has re
quested help on the various en
tries.
Radio station WSNE is co-
Census
Takers
Coming
Households in this area will
be included in a nationwide sur
vey of consumer buying and
home improvement expecta
tions during July, Director
Thomas W. McWhirter of the
Census Bureau’s regional of
fice in Atlanta announced to
day.
Householders will be asked
whether they expect to buy a
house, car or major appliances
during the next year and wheth
er they have made recent pur
chases of these items. Home
owners will be asked about home
improvements and repairs dur
ing the last three months and any
planned for the future.
The survey is taken quarter
ly throughout the Nation to ga
ther information that will guide
Fedeal agencies and other
groups with programs based on
consumer spending patterns.
In the most recent survey of
the series, taken in April, U.S.
families indicated that their
plans for buying houses and cars
were at about the same level
as a year earlier, but on the
average they expect to buy more
household appliances and fur
nishings.
Households included in the
July survey will not be identi
fied. All answers are kept con
fidential by the Census Bureau,
and information obtained in the
survey will be used only for
statistical purposes.
The Census Bureau repre
sentative who will visit house
holds in this area is Mrs. El
lene W. Sailers, C-15 Atlanta
Road, Gainesville, Ga. 30501.
Oak Grove
Singing
Oak Grove Baptist Church is
planning its Annual Singing June
22, with a covered - dish sup
per to begin at 6:00 p.m.
Hyman Brown and Jimmy Fa
gan are in charge of the sing
ing. The public is invited.
TEN CENTS PER COPY
operating in every way with the
4th of July festivities, and will
be on hand for narration of the
parade, and to provide music all
day on the square, according to
Cleve Scoville.
Billy Mcßrayer said that the
County would pay for restoring
the bandstand on the square, if
anyone could be found with time
enough to do the work before
the 4 th.
Chamblee doggers and the
Atlanta Federation of Square
Dancers are to be in Cumming,
bringing about 100 persons, for
an evening dance, and perhaps
some afternoon activity as well.
The Jaycees will handle par
king and traffic, with the help
of Kiwanis and other clubs. A
thon Studdard and Jack Tribble
will be in charge of this phase.
Broughton Wallace will make
up a program for music, and
Everett Tate offered use of e
quipment and trucks from Far
mers Mutual Exchange.
A First Aid Station will be
set up at City Hall.
Parking Areas are as fol
lows:
Forsyth County Bank, Lad
’N’ Dad area, County lot be
hind county office building ,
Humphries’ Ready - Mix lot,
Wilson & Co., Bank of Cum
ming, Upper Elementary Sch.,
Hamrick’s lot, First Baptist
Church, Food Town lot, Cum
ming Sales lot, Andean Motor
Co., area southofCummingDry
Cleaners.
The Parade and other 4th ac
tivities have now become ma
jor projects, and will bring our
city and county into the lime
light throughout the South.
The attendance of twenty at
the recent meetingwas most en
couraging, and foretells great
success for this event. Com
ment was made at the meeting
as to how much has been ac
complished since last year, and
the unity which now exists be
tween everyone involved and the
desire to make this the great
est Parade in history and to set
the pattern for future ones in
sures Cumming of a great 4th.
The general opinion was that
this can become a sensational
North Georgia attraction. The
expected attendance this year is
estimated at 10,000 persons.
The next meeting will be held
in the Community House Monday
June 23 at 8:00 p.m. Not only
the members of the Committee,
but anyone interested in helping,
or with ideas or suggestions, is
urged to come and join in making
this the best 4th of July ever in
Forsyth County.
Final Rites
Held For
Mr. O’Kelley
Funeral services for Wilson
O’Kelley, 53, of Cumming, who
died Tuesday, June 10, 1969 fol
lowing a short illness, were held
Wednesday, June 11, 1969 at the
Chapel of Ingram Funeral Home
at 2:00 p.m.
The Rev. Early Day officiated
and interment was in Sawnee
View Memorial Gardens.
Survivors include three sis
ters, Mrs. Ralph Hayes and
Mrs. Ida Mae Charles of Cum
ming, and Mrs. Tom Guins of
Tucker; two brothers, Raymond
O’Kelley of Atlanta and James
E. O’Kelley of Powder Springs;
step - mother, Mrs. Oscar O’-
Kelley of Cumming; Mrs. Vel
rie Goff and children of Cum
ming; and a number of neices
and nephews.
Ingram Funeral Home was in
charge of the arrangements.
The Cumming City Council
last week voted to levy a water
bill of $1,861.20 and damages
of $5,000 against County Comm
issioner Loyd Smith. The da
mages and water bill result
from Smith’s having tied onto
the city water system without
the authority to do so.
The city had metered water
used by Smith lakeside devel
opments for 30 days and then
avaerged the bill for the nine
months that Smith used water
from the city system.
The Bald Ridge Shores dev
elopment and Driftwood Trai
ler Park were tied into the
city system last year when a
well supplying a private water
system went dry.
Mayor George Ingram said
that Smith’s water line was
disconnected from the city sys
tem last week.
A resident who lives in Bald
Ridge Shores said the develop
ments are apparently again
being supplied water from the
well.
Kindergarten
Starts Here
The Language Arts Kinder
garten is off to a good start
at Forsyth County’s Lower El
ementary School, with an en
rollment of one-hundred and fif
ty students. Teachers and aides
worked one full week in prepa
ration for the Kindergarten, un
der the direction of Mrs. San
dra Moore, a teacher at Lower.
Personnel for this program,
which was most successful last
summer includes:
Mrs. Danette Haluski, Mrs.
Penny C. Pike, Miss Judith A
nderson, Mrs. Carolyn Hicks,
Mrs. Dorothy H. Otwell, Mrs.
Lawton Baggs, Mrs. Dorothy
Grindle, Mrs. Wylene C. Sam
ples, Mrs. Verna Blackstock,
Mrs. Frances Mize, Mrs. Hel
en Fowler, and Mrs. Irene
Buice.
Working as Aides in the Kin
dergarten Program are:
Mildred Gravitt, High School
English Workshop; Betty
Raines; Mrs. Henry Willard;
Janis Hulsey; Barbara Fowler;
Mrs. Julian Gravitt; Mrs. Jeane
Carnes; Mrs. Burnettie K.
Smith; Mrs. Montree Martin;
Jannie Nalley; Mrs. Phyllis
Potts Bailey; Mrs. Morris Wil
liams; Heidi Nix; Debra Bur
russ, High School Biology
Workshop; andßhenida Bennett,
Social Science Workshop.
Summer Head Start Person
nel for this summer’s program
is as follows:
Director, D. F. Pulliam; So
cial Worker, Mrs. Ellen Vena
ble; Secretary - Bookkeeper,
Mrs. June P. Fagan; Janitor,
Mr. Benny Grogan; Lunchroom
Supervisor, Mrs. Jeanette Har
per; Lunchroom Cooks, Mrs.
Essie Watson, Mrs. Vivian
Shelton, and Mrs. Annie Tur
ner.
Teachers are: Miss Ellen Ga
rrison, Mrs. Lloyd Wright,
Mrs . Emma Lee Orr, Mrs.
Eunice Williams, Mrs. Bren
da Shoemake, Mrs. Ruth Wal
lace, and Mrs. Margaret Ben
nett.
Teacher Aides for the Head
Start Program are: Mrs. Ne
via Lou Turner, Mrs. Emma
Jo Norrell, Mrs. Weldon Corn,
Miss Renee Mcßrayer, Miss
Penny Grogan, Miss Elaine
Coots, and Mrs. Ada Lee A
very.
All connected with Forsyth
Conty’s Language Arts Kin
dergarten Program and the
Head Start Program are ex
pecting another successful and
rewarding summer.
Car Added
The City of Cumming has
added a second police car.
Mayor Ingram said the new
car will allow the five-man
force to better patrol Cumming.
JUNE 19, 1969
Ingram said the city almost
ran out of water last week.
The tanks on Ridge Road were
drained almost dry and the
Wilson and Company Poultry
Plant was asked to cut back on
its production schedule.
Ingram said that people may
be asked to stop watering lawns
and washing autos if the water
system cannot meet local de
mands.
He said it is hoped that con
struction will soon begin on an
expansion to the water system
expected to relieve the crisis.
Sheriff
Is Busy
Sheriff Donald Pirkle re
ported this week that two ju
veniles have been arrested in
connection with burglaries of
the Selective Service office in
the Jackson Building.
Pirkle said one of the youths
admitted breaking into the Up
per Elementary School.
Last week, two cabins on Pil
grim Mill Road were burglar
ized. Sheriff Pirkle said his
deputies received a description
of a truck driven by the sus
pected burglars. A short time
later, four juveniles were
arrested and charged. They
were released into the custody
of their parents and will make
court appearances later this
month.
Last Thursday, the Sheriff’s
office investigated a break-in
at Jewell Brooks’ trailer park.
Two trailers were entered. The
Sheriff said three girls and
a boy were arrested and char
ged.
Two of the girls were ju
veniles.
The others were Brenda Wh
ite, Buford, age 17 and 17 year
old Larry Little of Cumming.
Also charged but not arrested
was Harold Hubbard of Buford,
17.
On Friday night, the Sher
iff’s office arrested Charles
Gayton of Bettis Gap Road. He
was charged with possessing
beer for resale.
Arrested in another raid was
Junior Frix of the Heardsville
Community. He was charged
with possessing 27 cases of
beer.
Gayton was arrested again
Saturday night on the same
charges after Sheriff Pirkle
said he received word that “he
was back in business" again.
Also arrested on beer char
ges was Willard Bruce of Sil
ver City.
Sheriff Pirkle, accompanied
by GBI agents, also raided the
VFW Club and the Moose Lodge.
Several Pinball and slot mac
hines were seized.
Routine charges were filed
against Ralph Perry, G.V.
Heard, Robert Pate and Ric
hard Mayfield.
UYF House
Opens Here
The United Youth Fellowship
is proud to announce the open
ing of Hallelujah House.
Hallelujah House is a place
for Christian young people to
gather to enjoy its many vari
ed activities. Hallelujah House
is open on Monday, Wednesday,
and Friday from 1:00 until 5:00
p.m. for the Junior High Age
Group, and on Tuesday and
Thursday from 7:30 p.m. un
til 11:00 p.m. for Senior Highs.
The House is chaperoned at all
times.
The United Youth Fellowship
is a joint effort of some com
munity churches to provide our
County's young people with a
Christian organization with
which they can Identify. The
UYF program Includes areas
of mission, Sunday evening pro
grams, and social activities.