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THEIR 1969-70
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The G. K. Wolfes
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Frank Stripland, Jr.
Holbrook Superette
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The M. C. Thomases
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T. R. Thomas
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Robert Hood
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Miss Jeanette Hicks
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Mrs. Ronnie Richard
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Miss Linda Grant
Mrs. Marie Bence
The Clyde Mizes
The CecU Mizes
Mrs. June McGinnis
Mrs. Harold Wallace
Mrs. Gloria Echols
Joe Wallis
Fambro’s
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Conway Vernon
Bert L. Garstin
Bill Barnett
The Joe Brooks
Dr. & Mrs. Edward J. Rohmer
The Athon Studdards
Roper Hardware
Eugene Evans
Bobby Wofford
The Joe C. Nunns
The John Davises
GUbert’s Service Station
The Chas. Gravitts
The George P. Ingrams
The Herbert H. Martins
The V lrgle Hammetts
The Truman Nuckolls
The E. J. Sargents
The Benny NuckoUs
The E. C. Parks
The Ernest C. PhUlips
The Walter H. Ruckers
The C. E. Samples
The Marcellas Samples
The Rayburn Samples
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The Paul Schutts, Jr.
The Steve Woods
Mrs. Sarah Smith
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The Leon Cooks
Wow! And we thought we
might get some rest when foot
ball season ended! Why, we’re
just now shifting into high!
You no doubt read elsewhere
in this week’s NEWS of the 3
engagements of our F.o.C. and
Red Peppers. What cannot be
said in a cut and dried news
item is that we are most hap
py and excited over these ap
pearances, and consider all 3
invitations honors to our kids,
school, town and county. I’ll
be snapping pictures, as usual,
and hope to show you a few in
next week’s paper.
I always wish many of you
could be with us on these out
of-town appearances, and see
the pleasure, wonder, interest,
etc. registered on the faces of
the crowds before whom the kids
play. Somehow or other you get
a whole new perspective it is
entirely different from seeing
and hearing them here, among
home-folks. You get a taste of
that during football season,
when out-of-town folks come to
our stadium and remark on our
band. I’m sure there aren’t ma
ny of you who haven’t received
some of these favorable and
complimentary remarks from
outsiders. Makes you rather
proud, doesn’t it? Well, that
is one of the primary jobs of
the F.o.C. making all you
folks proud of the job they are
doing with their music, their
appearance, their behavior, and
spirit.
We will all be spreading the
good word for you this Thurs
day night, Saturday, and next
Monday!
82 Students Get Business Experience
“This is the finest idea the
schools have had in years”,
said a local businesswoman
after serving for two weeks
as a supervisor for students
participating in Forsyth Co
unty’s Program of Educational
and-Career Exploration (PE
CE). That comment was typical
of the reaction on the part
of many blocal businessmen and
of many local business men and
women who have allowed these
students to work in their bus
inesses on an experience-gain
ing basis.
The eighty-two eighth grade
students from Midway, Sawnee,
Chestatee, and Big Creek Sc
hools who are taking part in
this new concept of career ex
ploration have just completed a
five week study of the business
occupations. During that period,
two weeks actual experience
was gained on the job. Students
worked in the following local
businesses: Forsyth County Ch
amber of Commerce, Samples
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In the meantime, lots is go
ing on in the Bandroom these
days, as the F.o.C. and the
Red Flames prepare for our
Christmas Concert on Thurs
day, December 18 in the High
School Cafeteria.
This year we are calling our
presentation “Christmas Is..’’
and the kids are working up a
group of lovely and traditional
tunes of the season. As al
ways, there will be surprises,
and something for everyone in
the family. We hope all of you
will mark the 18th on your cal
endar, take a pause during the
Christmas rush, and join us
for our concert.
The Red Flames are excited
about this, their first appear
ance on a Christmas Concert,
and I think you will have a
pleasant surprise in store as
you listen to these youngsters!
The cafeteria will truly ring
out with the sounds of the sea
son December 18 th, and we hope
to see many of you then.
Throughout the county, the
newest band members of them
all, our Sparklers, are begin
ning their Journey to the Top,
as they begin learning the skills
required to someday be mem
bers of the Flash of Crimson.
Toots and squawks and squeaks
will turn into melody before you
realize it, parents, believe me!
Just keep them at it, praise
and push a bit, encourage, and
before too long these Spark
lers will be a Band in their
own right, and be well on the
way to the Red Flames and the
F.o.C. We hope to get a look
at our Sparklers at the Christ
Realty Co., Holbrook Hardware,
Ramey’s Store, Cumming Su
perette, Liberty National Life
Insurance Co., Barnett’s Re
alty Co., La-Fran Mobile
Homes, Cumming Drug Store,
Da-Je Mobile Homes, Westb
rook Jewelers, J.O. Chadwick’s
General Store, C & S Auto
Sales, One Hour Martinizing,
Polly’s Dress Shop, Name Br
and Factory Outlet, Drake’s
Furniture Store, Otwell Motor
Comapny, The Sewing Shop,
Lake Lanier Building Supply
Co., Pendley Brothers Sporting
Goods Store, Midway Discount
Store, Red Barn Factory Out
let, Heard’s and Wood’s Bar
gain Barn, Gordon’s Store,Ma
rianne’s, Coal Mountain Buil
ders Supply Company, Heard &
Vernon Tractor Co., Tex Sm
ith Auto Sales, Western Auto
Store, Record World, and Bar
nett’s Superette. The experi
ence and training gained on
these jobs served as a basis
mas Concert.
Meantime, it’s work, work,
work for Mr. T. and the F.o.C.
and Red Flames. I tell you,
this outfit keeps a publicity di
rector hopping! (And if you
think I’d have it any other way,
you don’t know me very well!)
Basketball
Breakfast
On Nov. 11 at 7:30 a.m. Coach
Fredrick, Coach Pike and the
FCHS basketball boys had coun
try ham, eggs, grits, biscuits,
and whatever that’s wholesome
for a good nourishing break
fast.
Mr. Edrod, Principal Craw
ford and young Doug Crawford
also enjoyed the occasion.
Danny Forrester wanted to be
different so it seems a mix-up
in orders resulted and Danny
ended up with chile and grits.
The affair soon was on sche
dule and everyone consumed
much food and enjoyed the fel
lowship.
Everybody hopes for a good
season for our teams this
1969-70 year.
Alms House
The Alms House will be open
Thursday Nov. 20th from 10 am
until 2 pm. They have plenty
of clothes for the needy. It
is located behind the Welfare of
fice.
on which follow-up activities
in the classroom were based.
as a result of their study
of business occupations, the
PECE students have concluded
that:
1. The first requirement for
business success is the ability
to deal effectively with people.
2. Many business oppor
tunities of which the students
had no previous knowledge are
avaUable.
3. Most businessmen andwo
men are as interested in their
customers, their employees and
their community as in personal
gain.
4. The business would offer
opportunities for women as well
as men, and
5. The Forsyth Co. business
economy appears to be in good
shape.
Highlights of the classroom
activities dealing with bus
inesses were two talks pre
sented to the classes. Mr. Roy
Otwell spoke to the PECE stu
dents on the topic “Business
Opportunities”, Mrs. Linda Pr
uitt presented an excellent talk
on “The Multiple Role of Wo
men in Our Society”. The ideas
and information presented by
these speakers were well re
ceived the classes.
Druin g the same period, the
PECE classes participated in
the observance of American Vo
cation Guidance Week. Posters
were made, bulletin boards de
veloped and a radio program
presented. Judy Thompson from
Midway School, Deborah Shad
burn from Sawnee School, Mic
hael Whitmire fromChestatee
School, and Mark Parker from
Big Creek School ably repre
sented the PECE program on
WSNE. In addition to these ac
tivities, the PECE students also
took part in the recent open
house at the Forsyth County
Vocational School. Heidi Haight
from Midway, Karen Holbrook
from Sawnee, and Gary Barron
from Chestatee served as Stu
dent Guides on that occasion.
The PECE students feel that
their five weeks study of bus
iness occupations has been In
valuable to them. They express
sincere thanks to the many
adults in the local business
community who provided work
opportunities and supervision
to them. These students realize
that they have an opportunity
which has not been available
before. One lady who was su
pervising these students com
mented, '*l would have given
anything if a program like this
had been available when I was
in school. If it had been, per
haps, I would not have stum
bled around so long after gr
aduation." Forsyth County's
PECE students appreciate the
fact that, perhaps, they will
stumble les s than previous
generations.
Vic Kirby Finds Working With
Black Angus Hard ,Yet Satisfying
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FEEDING TIME. Vic gets out feed bucket for twice a day chore. Heifer is at rear, and
her calf by her side. Both weigh in at around 800 lbs.
Vic Kirby Enjoys Raising Angus Cattle
Vic Kirby, 16, of Matt, has
become one of 135 young peo
ple in the United States to re
ceive a junior membership in
the American Angus Associa
tion. He is a serious minded,
wiry, blond headed youngster
who has embarked on a cattle
venture of his own.
Here’s the way that it all
happened: Vic was a member
of the Future Farmers of Am
erica at Forsyth County High
School last year and decided
to take on the project of rai
sing a heifer. Since his father,
Max E. Kirby, had some big
Yorkshire hogs, they made a
swap with a neighbor, Austin
Cox, for a Black Angus heifer
and a young bull. Unknown to
Vic , th e heifer was going to
have a calf. Unfortunately the
bull died last winter when he
got too wet and caught pneu
monia.
GETTING STARTED
Vic, who is also involved with
a number of school activities
including an experiment using
dietary substances on white
mice, gave up the FFA project
and just concentrated on keep
in g the heifer and calf healthy.
He feels that any inexperienced
teenager can get started with
cattle if they have a little cap
itol. Not only has it been a good
experience in responsibility,
but it has helped him in his
relationship with his father.
They have worked closely toge
ther helping one another with
the raising of both heifer and
hogs. (Vic says he believes
there is a generation gap and
often it is caused by teenagers
tuning out on the adults.) You
can buy a registered Black
Angus for about sibu. u it is
not registered, you can get it
cheaper. At cattle sales up on
Highway 20, between Canton and
Cumming, some go as cheap
as $25 to SSO, according to size.
The registered animal is a
better buy if you are planning
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December ELECTION of OFFICERS
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THE FORSYTH COUNTY NEWS, CUMMING, GA.. NOV. 20, 1969
by Sara Flint
to breed it. But raising just
for future sale or for slau
ghter, the cheaper breed will
do. Vic plans to breed his hei
fer and later enter some cattle
shows.
REGISTRATION
To register a Black Angus
calf, the mother must be 18
to 20 months old and have 90
percent black color and the fa
ther must be registered also.
Vic recommends the Black An
gus because they are strong
animals and since they have
no horns, birth is easier, and
there being less chance for the
mother to injured during birth.
Breeding costs from sls to $25
and it is easy to find someone
with Black Angus who offer
registered stud service. Since
Vic’s calf was born to a mother
who was under eighteen months
old, he could not register him,
but he plans to get another bull
for breeding purposes.
Once the heifer has been pur
chased, it is necessary to find
a place to keep her. A shed
will do if a barn is not avail
able.
“Bur you can keep them out
in the open,” Vic says, “The
only thing to worry about is that
during a long, wet spell, they
might get sick lik e my bull
did.”
FEED
Vic feeds his animals ground
corn, morning and evening and
allows them to graze contin
uously. He says you can raise
about an acre of corn and grind
it down for feed. His father
has a n attachment on his tr
actor which does the grinding.
It takes the whole ear and gr
inds it into a mixture. But if
This is dried corn ana is more
nutritous than the ground corn
mix. He recommends grazing
cattle on one acre of pasture
per head. The only other item
he has had to buy was a salt
block.
the corn is slightly green, it
wll ferment and cause sour
ness. If you don’t have grinding
facilities, a few local mills
will do it for you. In the long
run, raising the corn is chea
per than buying feed each week.
The average cost of a 50 lb.
bag of feed is around $2.65
and it would last two heifers
about 10 days. Occasionally Vic
gets shelled corn from the Coop.
The heifer and her calf are
kept in the same pasture as
the Kirby’s horses and his fa
ther’s hogs. He says they are
all congenial and combined pas
tures presents no problems.
Vic moved to Forsyth County
three years ago and, contrary
to his present interests, says
he wants to be a doctor. But
he might consider becoming
a veternarian, since he likes
animals so much. Heplanstogo
to North Georgia College and
later Emory or the Georgia
Medical School in Augusta.
When asked how he liked
the change from the suburban
type community to the rural
one, Vic admitted that at first
the transition was hard, but
now he really likes rural life.
He has one sister, Regina who
goes to Sawnee Elementary Sc
hool. She has a horse of her
own.
Vic’s animal ownership goes
beyond his heifer and calf. He
has two geese, a German Sh
epherd named “Bruno” and,
believe it or not, a large black
and white tom cat named “Br
ain”.
Membership in the Black An
gus Association entitles Vic to
register his purebred Angus
at regular membership rates
and to other privileges of the
Association until the age of 21.