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THE ££? NEWS
Established 1908
TONY MADDOX. EDITOR AND PUBLISHER
Published Every Thursday By The Forsyth Co
unty News Company. Second Class Postage Paid
At The Post Office In Cumming, Georgia Under
The Act Of March 8,1897. Subscription Rates
In Forsyth And Adjoining Counties, $3.09 Including
State Sales Tax; Elsewhere, $4.12 Per Year. Tele
phone 887-3127
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Editor’s Desk
More than three and one-half million Americans will reach
voting age this year. They face a heavy responsibility.
The future of the nation depends on citizens who are willing
to study carefully and weigh the economic, educational and
social issues - and vote for candidates who stand for sound
government at every level - national, state and local.
We are talking particularly to the new voters - and the
generations to follow - because they will have to cope with
the colossal expenditures for programs implemented before
they could have their say at the polls.
We are talking to the new voters also in the hope that they
will believe that progress depends on individual incentive - not
federal paternalism.
Where this nation will head in the ‘7o’s should be the prime
concern of the young people of this generation. To a large degree,
it’s their responsibility. The time to start is now.
School Bond Defeat
Forsyth voters Saturday voiced their displeasure over the
prospect of higher school taxes and disposal of surplus school
building by defeating the school bond issue.
The problems faced by the schools remain and we hope the
future holds a solution acceptable to school officials and the
taxpayers.
The most controversial issue in the campaign seemed to
be the way three school buildings declared surplus were
“ put out to pasture”. Maybe, a lesson has been learned and
future such sale s of public property will receive a little more
consideration and publicity than did those which figured such
a prominent role in defeat of the bond issue.
Letter To The Editor
TO THE FRIENDS AND SUP
PORTERS OF FORSYTH CO
UNTY SCHOOL CHILDREN-
The students, parents and
teachers would like to say
“thanks” to all the people of
Forsyth County for their sup
port of the recent bond elec
tion, Although the bond elec
tion was defeated, we will not
reduce our efforts to provide
the facilities, the materials and
Three Measles Shots
Vital For Protection
An official of the State He
alth Department today warned
Georgia parents that there are
two different kinds of measles
and that their children need
two different types of vaccina
tions to be fully protected.
Dr. Elton S. Osborne, Jr.,
deputy director of the depart
ment, reported that there is
some confusion developing in
the state over the difference
between the two measles. He
said that many parents are
under the false belief that one
vaccination is a protection for
both.
Dr. Osborne said that the
misunderstanding was recently
brought to light after public
school officials had children
take home a questionaire to be
filled out by the parents con
cerning vaccination of their ch
ildren. Many of the parent’s
responses to the questionaire
indicated to both health and ed
ucation officials that confusion
had developed.
“Some of the confusion also
could be steming from the var
ious names that the measles
have, " said Dr. Osborne,
“There are two different mea
sles viruses which can attack a
child. One type is the ‘red’
measles which has the med
ical term of ‘rubeola’ and is
known by other such names as:
‘big red,’ ‘bad,’ ‘nine-day’ or
just ‘measles.’
w*3 “The other type of measled—
jqost commonly called ‘Ger
:p{an’ measles or the ‘three
■fey’ measles--has the medical
'srm of ‘rubella.’ Some people
know this type as the
>felack’ measles,” Dr. Osborne
&id.
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.vThe health official said that
#ate laws require school ch
•flhdren to have had the red
jieasles (rubeola) vaccination
;jJefore they enter the first
jfrade. “But,” he said, “there
Ifi no law requiring a child to
,j£ave the German measles (rub
;<Bla) vaccination.
“We are conducting a state
wide effort to get all children
instructional program every
child in Forsyth County should
have no matter where they live.
I want to thank all the PTA,
Civic Clubs, school organiza
tions, the Forsyth County News
and Radio Station WSNE for their
help and endorsement of the
school bond election.
Sincerely yours,
Clarence N. Lambert, Supt.
Forsyth County Schools
to take the German measles
vaccination as these measles
are just as dangerous as the
other type. If a child catches
the German measles at school
and brings it home to his mother
who is pregnant, there could be
serious damage to the unborn
child if the mother-to-be also
caught the measles.”
The deputy director pointed
out that in 1964 there was a
German measles epidemic in
Georgia as well as the nation
which caused thousands of mis
carriages and children to be
born with mental or physical
defects. “There is apossibility
that in the early 1970’s we will
have another dangerous out
break of German measles,” he
said. “However, if we can get
enough children vaccinated now,
we can head off any serious
threat.”
Meanwhile, Fred Lovell, the
department’s coordinator of the
immunization program, said
that local health departments
could obtain German measles
vaccine from the state health
department for the free vac
cination of all first grade sc
hool children in Georgia. He
also said that free vaccine would
be available for 6th and 7th
grade females under the age
of 12.
“At present, we don’t have
enough free vaccine for all
children in Georgia,” Dr. Os
borne commented, “but any pri
vate physician in the state should
be able to get the vaccine from
his usual source and give it to
any child for his normal ch
arge.”
The health official said that
parents should contact their lo
cal health department for in
formation on the free vaccine
or they should visit their own
private physician to get the
vaccine if their child does not
qualify for the free vaccine.
“I urge all Georgia parents
to be sure that their child
ren have had the German me
asles vaccine, and if any parent
is in doubt, then that parent
should immediately contact
their own private physician or
their local health department,”
Dr. Osborne concluded.
Ijfl THE AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS Mg"”
RECOGNIZES WITH GRATITUDE BHjjßfl
THE HELP GIVEN BY
Ik aBB FORSYTH COUNTY, GEORGIA CHAPTER —*
HURRICANE CAMILLE
AREA MANAGER the national red cross //,
SENSING THE NEWS . . .
By THURMAN SENSING
President Nixon’s statement
that he will persist in applying
“bitter medicine” until inflation
is brought under control was
timely and necessary.
One reason inflation has
continued is that there hasn’t
been widespread conviction
that the federal goverment is
determined to maintain firm
measures needed to halt
runaway inflation. The
President also should be ap
plauded for his decision to
reject wage and price controls
and the imposition of
guidelines.
WAGE AND price controls
would create black markets,
disrupt production, and apply a
brake to investment in industry
the source of new jobs in the
United States. As for guidelines,
these were tried during the
Johnson administration and
proved to be a farce.
President Nixon’s choice of
White House economic coun
selor, Arthur H. Burns, as
successor to William McC.
Martin, Chairman of the
Federal Reserve Board, is
another good sign. Mr. Burns
believes that the government
must have the will to resist
inflation.
TO BE SURE, Mr. Nixon
can’t singlehandedly turn back
the tide of inflation. The
Congress, as a coordinate
branch of the federal govern
ment, bears a vital respon
sibility in the anti-inflation
struggle. Money bills arise in
the House of Represnetatives,
and the flow of these bills must
be curbed if inflation is to be
curbed.
All too often members of
Congress urge individuals and
business to reduce unnecessary
spending so as to slow down
inflation. But Big Government
is the biggest spender of all.
Unfortunately, there are
powerful liberal blocs in both
houses of Congress who are
wedded to the notion that the
country can spend its way into
prosperity.
MEMBERS OF these blocs
are busy devising programs
that would undermine
President Nixon’s anti-inflation
program. For example, a huge
expansion of the free food
stamp plan was recently ap
proved in the Senate.
The sponsors of this
legislation no doubt regard
themselves as humanitarians.
But it isn't humanitarian to add
to the cost of goverment, to pour
fuel on the fires of inflation and,
thereby, to weaken the U. S.
dollar.
WHEN AMERICANS con
sider the high cost of living,
they should look at the most
expensive item there is-the cost
of government. People worry
Fighting
inflation
about the cost of food and
complain about increases.
But consumers now are
spending less than 17 per cent of
disposable dollars-after taxes
for food items. Thirty years ago
that food took 25 per cent.
Thirty years ago, however,
federal taxes took only nine per
cent of the national income.
Today, 26 per cent of this in
come goes for federal taxes.
TOO MUCH money is going
into the operation of govern
ment at all levels. The
proponents of big government
spending first became en
trenched in Washington. They
are still there. But the big
spenders also are to be found at
the state, county and municipal
level.
Taxes in these areas are
growing at an enormous rate, as
taxpayers can readily testify.
Every layer of bureaucracy in
the United States now
proclaims alleged “needs” of
their government departments
and agencies.
ONE FREQUENTLY hears
the statement from government
officials, in and out of
Washington, that the public
The Upper Room
Read Revelation 21:22-27
Love one another with brotherly affection; outdo
one another in showing honor. (Romans 12:10, RSV)
When I was in the hospital a few years ago a man
was brought in with
dangerously high blood
pressure and assigned to
the other bed in my room.
He was a stranger, and I
was wondering if he was
a Christian.
Soon he was inquiring if
having the window open
made too much draft on
my bed. He asked if the
light from his bed lamp
bothered me. When my
wife and other visitors
came in, he kept his
conversation toned down
to avoid annoying us.
All this courteous in
terest in my welfare
prepared me to find him reading the New Testament
the first thing next morning. But his conduct had
already brought to my mind a thought Paul had ex
pressed in writing to the Romans: “Let each of us
please his neighbor for his good, to edify him.” It was
obvious that the man with me in the hospital room
was carrying his Christian credentials with him in his
daily stewardship.
PRAYER: O God, help us to so clarify our everyday
conduct that the light of Thy presence may shine
through to others. May their inquiring glances find
evidence that we are Thy followers. We pray in the
spirit of our Lord. Amen.
"must” spend this or that
amount on a particular
program. The truth is that the
end of the world won’t come if
government spending is curbed.
On the contrary, the real danger
of collapse comes from con
tinuation of public spending at a
high rate.
Inflation ft butßt&e first step
towards devaluation of the
dollar. Year by year, the
dollar’s purchasing power has
declined because government is
spending more money than it
has. The liberals may fool many
people at home into thinking
inflation is compatible with a
sound dollar, but the world at
large won’t be fooled.
ONE DAY, Americans will
wake up and find out that the
world has stopped accepting the
dollar at its present value, and
insists on formal devaluation.
That’s what has happened
with the British pound on two
occasions since the end of World
War 11. On each occasion,
millions of Britons lost a per
centage of their savings. Their
pension and life insurance plans
and hopes were cruelly altered
by devaluation.
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Deaths
MR,BENNETT
Funeral services were held
for Mr. Arch J. (Mutt) Bennett,
of Atlanta, age 50, on Tuesday,
Nov. 11, 1969 at Salem Baptist
Church with Rev. Carl Stewart
and Rev. Tommy Henderson
officiating. Interment was held
in the church cemetery.
Mr. Bennett died Nov. 9,1969
after a long illness.
Survivors include: his wife,
Mrs. Leona M. Bennett, foster
children, Betty Ann and David
Coffee; three sisters, Mrs. T.R.
Lock, Mrs. Winston Darracott,
Mrs. Wendell Moss; four bro
thers, Mr. Norman P. Bennett
Mr. Claybornßennett, Mr. Par
lon Bennett, Mr. Jewell Bennett,
Jr; sister-in-law, Mrs. Hugh
Bennett and a number of neices
and nephews.
Ingram Funeral Home was in
charge of the arrangements.
MISS HEARD
Funeral services were held
for Miss Grace Lee Heard, of
Jonesboro, Ga., age 75 on Sun
day Nov. 9, 1969 atlngram Fun
eral Home Chapel with Rev.
Roger Williams officiating.
Interment was held inCum
ming City Cemetery.
Survivors include: brother,
Otto G. Heard, Sr. of Marie
tta; three aunts, Mrs. T.C.
Gray, Mrs. W.M. Gilstrap, and
Mrs. J.L. Heard; and five ne
ices and seven nephews.
Ingram Funeral Home was in
charge of the arrangements.
Varsity Games Begin at 7:00
B-Team Games Begin at 4:00
NOVEMBER
Sat. 15-Lumpkin Co. B-Boys & Girls Here
Tues. 18-Cherekee B-Boys There
Fri. 21-South Hall B-Boys & Girls There
Tues. 25-Mi lton B-Boys 9th Boys There
DECEMBER
Tues. 2-Burney Harris Here
Sat. 6-Newton County * Here
Fri. 12-Pickens B-Boys & Girls Here
Sat. 13-Dawsonville B-Boys & Girls There
Tues. 16-Gainesville B-Boys & Girls Here
Fri. 19-Winder Barrow Here
JANUARY
Tues. 6-Milton B-Boys-9th Boys Here
Fri. 9-Lumpkin County B-Boys & Girls There
Sat. 10-Newton County There
Fri. 16-Winder Barrow There
Fri. 23-Dawsonville B-Boys & Girls Here
Tues. 27-South Hall B-Boys & Girls Here
Fri. 30-Cherokee B-Boys Here
FEBRUARY
Tues. 3- Pickens B-Boys & Girls There
Fri. 6-Burney Harris There
Fri. 13-Gainesville B-Boys & Girls There
NEWSWINDOW / / /
LJJ
* j _f by tony maddox
The Chestatee men’s softball team will take on the preachers
of the area in a basket ball contest of “comedy and errors”.
The time is 7:30 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 15 at the Chestatee
Gym. Proceeds from the game will go toward providing lights
for the softball team.
Newcomers to Forsyth County include Mr. and Mrs, Paul
Plaginos, who have located in the Deer Creek area. Paul
used to own and operate the Royal and Ritz theaters in Gaines
ville prior to moving to Atlanta. It’s good to have the Plaginos’
in this area.
His Forsyth County friends will be sorry to hear of the death
of Vic Lang in Florida. Vic was a resident of Forsyth County
for many years and was in the used auto business.
The new Cumming Post Office is nearing completion and will
be occupied within the next few weeks. The new structure was
designed to handle future growth and will be one of the most
modern postal facilities in the area, according to Postmaster
Ray Taylor.
Edd Farr is a new scoutmaster and has a troop from the Midway
area. When asked if he intends to participate in camping
activities this winter, he laughingly voiced his intentions of
doing so - regardless of the cold temperatures.
Word came this week from the Lockheed Aircraft Company
that North Georgians will be given an opportunity to take
a close look at the C-5A Galaxy November 23. “Open House”
is scheduled at the Marietta plant from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. A
company spokesman said the large craft has accumulated almost
1,300 hours in testing.
It’s Camp To Camp
High camp or low camp, you
have to keep house even on the
road. To keep you camping
more than cleaning, here are
a few suggestions: furnishings
and equipment should be kept
to a minimum. Use neatness
props wherever possible—
drawstring bags for toiletries,
net bags for laundry, plastic
bags for just about everything,
and hang these up for order
and safety’s sake. For cleaning
gear use a tote able soft-drink
carton and keep the contents
as simple and general-purpose
as possible: sponges, lots of
paper towels, a scrub brush and
a triple-duty pine oil cleaner
disinfectant to clean, disinfect
and deodorize all at once. So
whether you take the high road
or the low road, don’t let house
keeping keep you from camp
ing.
Whether they’re mini or
maxi, grills need de-griming.
Treat yourself to a new bar
becue brush that cleans three
ways. The notch
ed spurs clean
wire grills and EY/
crevices, the wire j“i
bristles dislodge
baked-on par
tides and the \
metal scraper «
cleans flat sur- /A -t
faces. Here’s " == ''
one trick that could be called
a disappearing act: dump the
grills into a laundry tub and
soak them in a high concentra
tion pine oil cleaner and water.
Combined with this sturdy
brush, the treatments should
do the grease in with ease.
Have a happy, carefree cook
out!
Before a dress-up summer
party, be sure outdoor furni
ture and tables are fresh and
clean. In tune with summer
time, take little time for the
job by using an all-nurpose
cleaner and water. Rinse fur
niture by hosing it down, sun
dry—and your guests will sit
pretty at your party’.