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Accident
Occurs
A three car rear end col
lision took place Monday after
noon at 3 p.m. at the stop
sign on Hwy. 141 just off Hwy.
19. Injured in the collision were
Mrs. Mary Lou Dodd and Mrs.
Leila Land both of Rt. 3 Cum
ming. They were taken to Hall
County Hospital and Mrs. Land
was released later after being
treated for cuts and bruises.
The accident occurred when
a 1967 Ford driven by Mrs.
J.W. Walls, also of Cumming,
stopped at the sign on 141.
A 1968 Mustang driven by Mrs.
Dodd stopped behind the Ford
and was rammed by an Olds
mobile driven by George Know
land of Atlanta. Knowland later
was charged with driving under
the influence of alcohol and
following too close. The Mus
tang and Oldsmobile were pulled
from the scene by wreckers.
The Ford received only a bent
bumper.
Headstart
Program
Plans are being developed
for full year headstart program
to begin January 2, 1970. The
Forsyth County Board of Edu
cation is accepting applications
for two teachers, two aides,
a parent coordinator, two cooks
and a part-time bookkeeper.
Anyone interested in any of the
positions can pick up an app
lication in the office of Super
intendent Lambert.
Wheat
Program
1970 wheat program are much
the same as those for 1969,”
said ASC Committee Chairman
C.A. Bagwell. “The two obje
ctives are to strengthen the
farm price for wheat and to
attempt to bring wheat produc
tion into line with needs.
'‘All wheat farmers know that
world wheat production has been
higher than demand during the
last few years, and our sales
have slowed. The 12 percent cut
in the national wheat acreage
allotment this year should help
improve our national position,”
he said.
Chairman Bagwell pointed out
that the 1970 wheat program is
entirely voluntary. Those who
have allotments and sign up in
the program will be eligible for
price-support loans, domestic
marketing certificates, pay
ments for diverting acreage be
low allotments, and substitution
between wheat and feed grains
or oats/rye.
Last Week’s Homecoming Parade And Football Action FCHS Defeated Dawson County 36—12
Camping Complex Stalled
By Corps Of Engineers
A $300,000 camping and re
creation area scheduled for de
velopment at Mary Alice Park
on Lake Lanier just outside
the southeast boundries of Cum
ming, has been delayed indefin
itely by the U.S. Corp. of En
gineers in Washington, D.C.
Emory Lipscomb, Jr., spoke
sman for the developing firm,
Pleasure Island, Inc., said that
they had completed negotia
tions at the local level but are
being held up by the govern
ment’s concern over the effect
of the Mary Alice development
on the Lake Lanier Island De
velopment which is located off
State Road 347.
Lipscomb said, "We had
hoped to have a number of camp
sites finished by spring but the
way it looks now, we aren’t
sure we can.”
The Lake Lanier Island De
velopment Authority is located
on the east side of Lake Lanier
and is accessible only from that
side of the lake. State Road
347 runs off the Holiday-
McEver Road, west of Buford.
Lipscomb said that he could
not understand how a develop
ment so far away couldbe conn
ected wit h the Mary Alice
Park plans.
The Lake Lanier project is
only in the design stages acc
ording to officials sources. It
will be located on 1200 acres
of land, all islands in the lake.
A bridge name in hono r of
Senator Richard B. Russell has
been finished along with all of
its approaches and will be ded
icated in the Spring.
The Pleasure Island enter
prise consists of approximately
150 landscaped campsites, com
fort stations and year round
cabins with heat, air condition
ing, and fireplaces. The cabins
will be located at the northern
end of the peninsula across from
Bald Ridge Marina. There will
be an admissions building with
coin operated washing machines
and other conveniences, plus
electrical outlets to the camp
sites. An improved beach area
with a lifeguard will be open
to the public free of charge.
There are other plans for a
swimming pool, a civic build
ing wmcn can De used treeiy
for meetings by local residents,
a mlnature golf caurse, and a
pony trail. A full time care
taker will be in charge of op
erations and maintenance.
Bath houses with hot and
cold showers will be furnished
for the campers. In addition,
Lipscomb stated there wouldbe
a small sundry store which will
sell a limited variety of gro
ceries, swimming, fishing and
related items.
Lipscomb said that the cott
ages would be constructed after
the first phase of the devel
opment is complete.
The Mary Alice Park penin
sula has been leased by the
Forsyth County Jaycees but it
was decided that it would be
turned over to private devel
opers after management and
vandalism became constant
problems.
Charles Fife, Jr., Coy Joh
nson and Tom Fitzgerald, all
of Atlanta are the other mem
bers of the Pleasure Island
firm. Lipscomb resides in For
syth county and is employed
by the Comptroller General’s
office in Atlanta.
Water
Rules
Change
The city ot cumming has
received notice from the State
Health Department that it must
obtain a certificate of opera
tion from the Health Depart
ment for its water system. All
types of public water systems,
both ground and surface, are
included in the request.
According to Mayor George
Ingram, the certificate' is to
certify that any system has a
properly working purification
and chlorine system. It is aimed
at many private water systems
operated by developers.
The new public health mea
sure will become law within
45 days. It includes regulations
for installation and maintenance
of the systems . Prior to the
adoption of the revised regu
lations by the Health Board,
there were no state-wide st
andards for the many water
systems and the State Health
Department had little or no
enforcement powers only
an "advisory service.”
Open House
For School
Open House and dedication for
the new Forsyth County Voca
tional High School were held
Saturday.
Curtis Kingsley, director of
the school, presided over the
program in the high school gym.
Ninth District Congressman
Phil Landrum was the guest
speaker.
Landrum emphasized the im
portance of vocational education
and facilities for teaching vo
cational subjects.
A tour through the new buil
ding was provided for the peo
ple who attended the dedication.
Tlir FdRSYTH mjfIUVQ
lIIA county In Ci Vi 9
Dedicated to the Progreso Cumming and Forsyth County
CUMMING, GEORGIA 30130
County School Bond Election Scheduled
Saturday To Finance Building Program
COUNCIL ACTS - -
BREAKERS BACK
The Cumming City Conncil
met Tuesday night and acted
on the foUowing items:
The speed breakers will be
replaced on Pirkle Wood Cir
cle, which were recently remo
ved, and the breaker that was
left will be removed. After
being presented with a petition
containing twenty signatures for
the speed breakers and hearing
from several of the ten people
present at the council meeting,
Councilman Furman Stansell
moved that the two breakers
be placed on the street. The
motion was seconded by Jack
Hylton. The vote was unani
mous.
Stansell stated that the coun
cil had acted several weeks
ago to have the two breakers
removed because they believed
it was what the majority of
residents in the area wanted.
Stansell said that they were
trying to do the right thing
not hurt anyone or help one
group over another. City At
torney Richard Neville said that
the city did have the right
to place the breakers down le
gally as long as they did not
interfere with the flow of traf
fic.
Residents present were re
presented by Billy Houseley
Commissioners Agree :
Resolution
The Forsyth County Commi
ssioners met Tuesday and
determined that the Land De
velopment Resolutions for For
sy t h County wer e adopted by
the Commissioners last Dec
ember.
The Resolutions adopted
were: Code Adoption, subdivi
sions, Health Resolution foi
who indicated the need for the
breakers was extremely nec
essary due to safety of child
ren in the area. The new br
eakers will be replaced at the
same location they were in or
iginally and at a reasonable
height.
SPEEDING
Mayor George Ingram stated
that he felt more emphasis
should be placed on speeding
in the city and asked the coun
cil if they would consider this
action. Stansell said that he had
heard cars going at least 70
or 80 miles per hour within
the city limits. Tribble Gap
Road was named as one of the
trouble spots. The council de
cided that a need to crack
down was advisable but without
the use of any sort of speed
trap.
To date the mayor and coun
cil have placed approximately
30 street lights around the city.
Councilman Lawrence Gordon
asked for two more on Pirkle
Ferry and another one on the
old Atlanta Highway. Another
will be placed at Woodland Dr
ive as soon as the power pole
is changed there. It was also
recommended that a light be
placed at Shady Lane and Oak
wood Dr.
Was Passed
Mobile Home Parks, and Inter
im Zoning.
cnairn>«ui oeeier Munda, wno
recently stated that the Resol
utions had not been passed, st
ated publically at the meeting
that he was in error. Munda
was not in office at the time
the adoption was passed on by
lie commissioners.
TEN CENTS PER COPY
Saturday, Nov. 8, is the date
of the Forsyth County School
Bond election. Polls will be
apen from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Polling precincts are as fol
lows: Vickory,Settendown, Rol
lens, New Bridge, Hightower,
Ducktown, Cumming, Chesta
tee, Chattachoochee, Big Creek,
Bells and Barker.
The election is for
$1,800,000.00 bond. The money
will be used to build the fol
lowing units:
Big Creek: six new class
rooms, a gym and enlargement
of the library and lunchroom.
Approximate cost: 4230,000.
Chestatee: replacement of the
old Chestatee building with a
new thirteen classroom unit,
library and lunchroom. Approx
imate cost: $390,000.
Cumming Elementary: addi
tion of six classrooms, a gym
and enlargement of library and
lunchroom. Approximate cost:
$230,000.
Midway Elementary: addition
of six classrooms, a gym, and
enlargement of the library and
lunchroom. Approximate cost:
$230,000
Sawnee Elementary: addition
of a gym. Approximate cost:
550,000.
Coal Mountain School: const
ruction of a new twenty one
rlassroom building, with lib
rary, lunchroom and gym. Ap
proximate cost: $680,000.
How much will the bond cost
residents of the county? Acc
ording to school officials from
2 to 4 mills. The Board of
Education would like to keep
the increase to 2.5 mills.
If the school bond election
is defeated schools will pro
babl y go on double sessions
in 1970-71 due to school en
rollment jumping from 3,659
in 1965 to 4,053 in 1969. Double
sessions will force the Board
of Education to raise the gen
eral fund taxes to pay for the
increased cost of operation acc
ording to school officials;
Also, if the bond is defeated,
Forsyth school district might
lose standard and accreditation
classifications causing children
in mis county to ue unacceptaoie
in certain coueges and univer
sities.
special education programs
will be curtailed, and extra
curricular activities which sc
hool officials say enrich the
county education system, will
be cut off.
At present one school has
been condemned as unsafe for
operation and other schools are
operating with cramped space,
limited library and gym fac
ilities and out-dated lunchroom
areas.
Poultry
Changes
Discussed
Proposals to bring poultry
inspection requirements to the
level of livestock regulations,
by requiring slaughterers to
identify the origins of all lots
of poultry passing through the
slaughter process, have been
announced by the Agriculture
Department (USDA).
Dr. Ronald J. Prucha, a Con
sumer and Marketing Services
(C&MS) poultry specialist, said
the department has had some
trouble identifying the origins
of diseased poultry.
He said the proposals, which
could be in effect as early as
next February, would aid both
the department and the poultry
producer in containing disease
outbreaks.
Part of the proposals require
C&MS to send condemnation
information, such as the num
ber of diseased birds in a con
demned lot, back to the pro
ducer to help him deal with
the problem.
USD A said the amended re
gulations, applying to federally
inspected plants, would require
slaughter plants to give Fed
eral inspectors the names and
addresses of the producers or
handlers of poultry passing
through the plant, as well as a
head count of all poultry lots.
NOVEMRFR 6, 1969
School officials, parents ser
ving on steering committees,
school trustees, and concerned
businessmen and residents of
Forsyth County have, to date,
endorsed the school bond.
The rest is up to the voters
on Nov. 8.
Alcoholism
Is Topic
The alcoholic and his rehab
ilitation was the subject of an
interesting talk delivered
Monday night at the Cumming
Kiwanis Club by Charles B.
Methvin, Coordinator of Alc
ohoism Community Programs-
State Health Dept.
Mr. Methvin spoke in great
detail as to th e tremendous
amount of research and study
that had been carried out by
the state, since 1953, in rela
tion to alcoholism and the com
plex manner in which it is
handled to full rehabilitations.
While there is at present no
known cure for alcoholism,
much is being accomplished, sp
irtually, psychologically and
physically In returning thou
sands of these unfortunates to
society. Methvin stated there
were several million alcoholics
needing treatment throughout
the nation with as many as
40,000 in the Atlanta area al
one. The Georgia Clinic, as
this state department is known,
is located in the Decatur vi
cinity, with 10 out-patient
clinics spotted throughout the
state. All of the newest ones
will be located in Gainesville,
BE SURE
TO VOTE
SATURDAY