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Empty Stocking Effort Begins
Adhering to the philosophy
that it is more blessed to give
than to receive, Forsyth County
Jaycees are getting started on
their seasonal project of con
verting empty stockings to
bulging stockings and making
Christmas more joyous for the
less fortunate youngsters of our
area.
Forsyth Varsity Falls
To Cherokee County
The varsity teams visited Ch
erokee last Tuesday night and
suffered defeat in both games.
The boys’ team staged an ex
citing contest in which neither
team could pull away. The In
dians from Cherokee em
ployed the press which caused
the ‘Dogs to have several turn
overs. The ‘Dogs used a ball
hawking man to man defense
which resulted in some loose
baskets from steals.
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Probation
Office Is
Opened
The State Board of Probation
has opened a full time office
upstairs in the Forsyth County
courthouse.
William H. Massey will serve
as Chief Supervisor.
The office hours are 8:30
a.m. to 2 p.m. and 2 p.m.
to 5 p.m. Monday, Tuesday,
Thursday and Friday.
From 2 p.m. until 5 p.m.
is the time set aside for call
ing on probationers in the field.
Wednesdays will be alterna
ted between Fannin and Gil
mer Counties. The telephone
number of the Cummi ig proba
tion office is 887-6571.
Midway
PTA Meet
Midway will hold its Decem
ber P.T.A. meeting, Tuesday,
Dec. 2 at 7:30 p.m. in the
lunchroom. Our first, second,
and third grades will be in
charge of the devotion and pro
gram. Christmas carols will
be sung, and we will start off
our holiday season with the
true meaning of Christmas, as
only our primary students can
bring. Refreshments will be
served after the meeting. Our
P.T.A. membership has grown
to an all time high and we are
still welcoming those who are
missing out on the fellowship
we enjoy with each other. Our
purpose of being together is for
the health, education and wel
fare of our children; this is
the purpose of having a P.T.A.
Come join us Tuesday night and
take an active part in our won
derful school at, “Midway, Wh
ere the Action Is”.
Shorthorn
Wins Prize
A Polled Shorthorn female
shown by Dr. Alfred Haight,
Gum tree Farms, Cumming,
Ga„ was adjudged reserve jun
ior and reserve grand champion
at the recent Pennsylvania Li
vestock Exposition, Harrisbu
rg.
The female, Edgecreek Fa
shion 5A x, was a spring ye
arling acquired by Dr. Haight
last March in Missouri.
The show featured compe
tition of the best Shorthorns
and Polled Shorthorns from six
states.
Details were being worked out
at a Tuesday evening meeting
of chairmen and committee
members. Ledford Pruitt, ex
ternal vice president of the club,
said it looks at this point, as if
this year’s drive will exceed
last year’s efforts. He pointed
out that several inquiries and
votes of confidence and support
Travis Densmore came off
the bench to score 20 points in
the second half and this was
tops for the night on either team.
Dennis Howell collected 14;
Kenneth Hammond, 9; Herbert
Groover, 6; Donnie Castle
berry, 6; Danny Vaughan, 2;
and Danny Forrester, 1.
For Cherokee Keith Stanley
was high with 18 followed by
James Vines with 11. The
final score saw the ‘Dogs down
by two, 58060.
Friday night the Bulldogs’ su
perior height paid off as they
squared off against arch-rival
South Hall. This was the first
region game for both teams and
the ‘Dogs were victorious by
the score of 88-76.
The Bulldogs led by quarter
scores of 18-12, 39-23, 72-49,
and were never close after the
first quarter. Fht Forsyth Co
unty boys used the strong in
side shoorter of Hammond; 20
points and Howell 21, to do in
the Knights. Castleberry had
16, Groover, 11, Densmore, 13
and Vaughan with 7, gave ex
cellent outside support.
The Bulldogs led in the re
bound department 38-27, which
pretty well tells the story for
the game.
Mike Reed led South Hall and
the point battle with 26. Sam
Davis had 16 and Danny Proter
had 12. Both teams showed out
standing shooting from the
floor, with the ‘Dogs again lead
ing in this department with 54.5
percent to 45.5 percent for South
Hall. The Bulldogs also led
with free-throw percentage of
61 compared to the Knights 53
percent. The Bulldogs travel
to Milton on Tuesday and will
be back home on December 2,
against Burney Harris.
B-Team
Splits Two
The Forsyth County B-team
girls split two games this week,
losing to Cherokee 43-18 and
beating South Hall 38-36. In
the loss to Cherokee, Wanda
English was the leading scorer
with 11 points. Becky Thornton
played well on defense with 6
rebounds and 4 steals.
The South Hall game was de
cided by a last second shot by
Deborah Burruss, although the
Lady Bullpups were never be
hind. Leading scorers were
Wanda English with 18 points
and Pat Holtzclaw with 10
points. Leading the defense
were Rose Conner with 5 re
bounds and Becky Thornton with
3 steels.
B-Boys
Win Game
The Forsyth County boys B
team traveled to South Hall on
Friday November 21, and de
feated the Knights B-team by
a score of 70-47.
The leading scorer for the
Bulldogs was Raleigh Phillips
who had 16 points. He was as
sisted by Keith Holbrook with 15
points and Tommy Trammel
with 11. Steve Shoemake led
both teams in rebounding as he
pulled down 19 big rebounds be
fore the night was over.
Pressing all the way, the
Bulldogs stole 20 passes, with
Trammel and Phillips leading
the way with 6 steals each.
The Bulldogs’ next home
game is Tuesday, December 2,
at 5 :00 P.M. when they take
on the Yellow Jackets from Bur
ney Harris. The B-team sea
son record now stands at 2-1,
with the only loss coming to Ch
erokee by a 40-37 score.
THE NEWS OFFICE
WILL BE CLOSED
WEDNESDAY & THURSDAY
have been received from other
groups.
Letters to enlist further sup
port and setting forth specific
plans and helpful pointers are
being sent to numerous church
es and civic groups this week.
This year’s project has
become somewhat of a ‘‘family
affair” with the Garland Shoe
makes as he is Jaycee chair
man and she the Jaycette chair
man of the project.
Individuals and groups are
welcome and urged to become
active participants in this
worthy cause. A complete list
of workers and points of col
lection for toys and clothing
will appear in next week’s
NEWS.
ATTEND MEETING
Three couples were delegates
to the Fall Board Meeting of
Jaycees and Jaycettes in Al
bany November 14-16.
Attending were the Charles
Welchs, the George Barnetts,
and the Jack Tribbles.
Dignitaries present included
National Jaycee president A
ndre E. LeTendre; the 1915 co
founder and still active mem
ber of the Jaycee movement,
Andy Mungenast, and the Hon.
Phil M. Campbell, Under Sec
retary of Agriculture.
The delegation learned that
Forsyth County is third in the
state in their division in the
program of visitation.
SUPPORT COUNTY VOTE
With the recent defeat of
school bonds still much in the
minds of local citizens, much
interest has been shown in some
revisions in the policy-making
School Board.
At their November 13, meet
ing, FC Jaycees unanimously
endorsed the change to county
wide voting of school board
members as opposed to the cur
rent voting by district method
of election.
This change, the Jaycees feel,
would be in the best interest
of the electorate.
Joel Pittard
Is Honored
Joel G. Pittard, a second
year student in the School of
Medicine at the Medical Col
lege of Georgia, has been ele
cted as a Student Council Re
presentative for 1969-70.
The son of Mr. John Thomas
Pittard of Tucker and Mrs.
Irma Arrendale Pittard of At
hens, he received his B.S. de
gree in Applied Biology from the
Georgia Institute of Technology.
He is married to the former
Carol McWhorter of Athens.
Total enrollment at the Med
ical College this year is 830
with 418 students enrolled in
the School of Medicine and 412
in the Schools of Allied Health
Sciences, Nursing, Graduate St
udies and Dentistry.
Senior Award
Terry Smith of Rt. 3, Cum
ming, has been awarded the Out
standing Senior Award at the
Third Annual Poultry Student
Awards Program in Athens last
week.
Smith, a student at the Uni
versity of Georgia, is also ac
tive in many student affairs.
He is President of the Poul
try Science Club, served as sec
retary and President of AgClub
the last two years, a member of
the Poultry Judging team, and
voted most outstanding sopho
more and junior among other
activities and honors.
Mike Gravitt
Is Tapped
For Honors
Mike Gravitt, son of Mr. and
Mrs. James E. Gravitt of Cum
ming was one of the seven stu
dents tapped for Black Key
membership. Black Key, local
honorary for men at Valdosta
State College, received seven
outstanding sutdents for mem
bership in the exclusive organ
ization in conjuction with Par
ents’ Day activities on Nov
ember 1.
Black Key is in its fourth
year at VSC, and its members
are those VSC male students
who best exemplify the ideals
of leadership, service, spirit
and scholarship.
One ValdostaStateprofessor,
Dr. Clyde E. Connell, also was
received into the exculsive
group as an honorary member.
Dr. Connell is head of the De
partment of Biology at VSC.
THE CODNTY NEWS
CUMMING, GEORGIA 30130
Christmas Lights To Be Turned On
In Cumming During Saturday Ceremonies
Two Escape Forsyth Jail
After Sawing Through Bars
One prisoner who sawed his
way out of the Forsyth County
jail early Friday morning has
been taken into custody at Key
West, Florida. The search con
tinues for the second.
Sheriff Donald Pirkle
said Franklin Hamby and Wel
don Martin broke out of the
Forsyth jail at about 4 a.m.
Martin, with a long criminal
record and history of escapes,
had been sentenced to a total
of over 20 years in prison on
assorted charges last week.
The Sheriff said the pair
had assistance from outside
the jail in making the escape.
He said hacksaw blades and
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PRISONERS CAME DOWN SHEETS
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cutting tools were smuggled
into an air vent by persons
unknown. Martin and Hamby
retrieved the tools from the
vent and cut through four bars
and wire mesh at the jail.
They slipped down sheets from
the second floor window.
Key West, Florida police ar
rested Hamby, his father and
a third man Sunday. They rec
ognized Hamby following the
nationwide alert broadcast to
police agencies around the
country.
Sheriff Pirkle pointed out that
security at the jail suffers
because of old and worn jail
equipment. The bars cut by the
CLOSE-UP VIEW OF HOLE THROUGH WHICH TWO PRISONERS ESCAPED SUNDAY
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escaping pair had been prev
iously sawed in an escape and
had been welded
Pirkle said he is confident
that Martin will soon be pick
ed up. His photo and descrip
tion have been sent to other
police agencies.
Martin was the subject of
a manhunt about two years
ago when he ran from a work
gang in Cherokee County.
At the time of his last es
cape, charges were also pend
ing against him in Dekalb Coun
ty in connection with several
burglaries.
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The official heralding of the
holiday season will take place
here at 7:30 P.M.Saturday eve
ning in a lighting program on
the court house square.
Lambert
At Meeting
Supt. Clarence N. Lambert
attended the Four-Quarter Sc
hool Year Conference at Macon
Junior College November 24 and
25. Reports were given on the
first year of operation by the
six Metropolitan Atlanta School
Systems, The pitfalls and ad
vantages were discussed in de
tail. Supt. Lambert states he
believes the Four-Quarter Sc
hool Y’ear should be considered
by Forsyth County. The reduc
tion in the number of failures
and the flexibility of schedul
ing are the two most obvious
advantages.
WELDON MARTIN
NOVEMBER 27, 1969
Emerging as an annual event,
the program is headed by
Jaycees and Jaycettes who have
played a leading role in coord
inating city lighting and decor
ating efforts.
Seasonal music will be of
fered by the 75-voice First Bap
tist Youth Choir under the
direction of Ronald McClure and
by the rising pep band, the Red
Peppers of Forsyth County High
School.
Mayor George Ingram will
flip the ceremonial switch which
will turn on the multiple light
ing units around the square.
Jack Tribble, Jaycee pres
ident, will extend a welcome to
those who gather for the event.
Chairmen of the city lighting
project are Quincy Holton of
the Jaycees and Mrs. Charles
McPherson of the Jaycettes.
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Chestatee
Softball
Meeting
The Chestatee Soft Ball Teams
held their monthly meeting Sat.
night Nov. 22 at the Oscar
ville Community House.
The meeting was called to
order by the president R.C,
McNeal. Old and new business
was discussed. Films of our
“Invitational Tournament Ga
mes” we shown by Copeland
Smith.
Those present for the mee
ting were: Mr. and Mrs. Morris
Wood and children, Mr. and
Mrs. James Grindle and ch
ildren, Mr. and Mrs. David
Waldrip and Mike, Mr. and Mrs.
R.C. McNeal, Mr. and Mrs.
Ronald Watson and Donna, Mr.
and Mrs. Gene Thomas, Mr.
and Mrs. Copeland Smith.
Refreshments were enjoyed
by all.
Our next meeting will be Dec.
6 at 7:00.